RDWRedwire Corporation
RDW Options Overview
IV is elevated with unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
RDW Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 92.4% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.86x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 95% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.79x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 78.9% — normal range
Effective IV 101.1% (ATM 78.9% + spread 11.1% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 17.03% (spread 11.09% + slippage 5.94%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.21 (vega 1.338 / spread 11.09%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -19% (bearish) — Raw: -20%
|OI skew| 53.2% — call-heavy
Vol skew +15.6%, OI skew +53.2% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -32%, ATM: +35%, OTM: -27% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 49% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.9x avg — normal
Vol/OI 9.6% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +6.0% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 93% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 43% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 29% — patient
Conviction -19 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 11.1% — wide
OI 275,447 — deep
Volume 26,326/day — active
$0.55 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 97% — much wider than sector
Depth 1,241.3 contracts (bid:794.0 ask:447.3) — deep
Avg slippage 5.94% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -20.9% — contango
IV percentile 92% — seller opportunity
IV kink -14.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 79.15 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -19% @ 60% consistency — unclear
Score 73 (ITM 20% + inst 43%) — HIGH institutional
Directional Strategy Fit
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.
The Options Desk tracks the move options price into every US earnings report the week of Aug 31, next to how much each stock has actually moved on its past prints — plus the SPY, QQQ and IWM expected ranges and the gamma walls that box them in.