REMiShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF
REM Options Overview
bearish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
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RISK ANALYSIS
REM Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 33.8% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.77x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 53% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.34x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 24.8% — normal range
Effective IV 52.8% (ATM 24.8% + spread 14.0% + bias) — good value
Total drag 22.44% (spread 14.00% + slippage 8.44%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 14.00%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +4% (neutral) — Raw: +8%
|OI skew| 37.4% — put-heavy
Vol skew -97.0%, OI skew -37.4% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +100%, OTM: +0% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 100% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.5x avg — elevated
Vol/OI 2.5% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +2.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 52% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 21% — patient
Conviction +4 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 14.0% — wide
OI 2,672 — thin
Volume 66/day — thin
$0.70 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 65% — wider than sector
Depth 103.19999999999999 contracts (bid:69.1 ask:34.1) — adequate
Avg slippage 8.44% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +34.5% — backwardation
IV percentile 34% — neutral
IV kink 13.1pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 1.00 — favors mixed
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +4% @ 52% consistency — unclear
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
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.