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RF Options Overview
Mixed signals. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
RF Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 32.0% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.45x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 61% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.75x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 26.2% — normal range
Effective IV 95.7% (ATM 26.2% + spread 34.8% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 40.89% (spread 34.75% + slippage 6.14%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.81 (vega 2.831 / spread 34.75%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -10% (neutral) — Raw: -19%
|OI skew| 1.7% — balanced
Vol skew +44.1%, OI skew -1.7% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: -44%, OTM: -4% — bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 26% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.2x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.3% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +3.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 9% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 17% — patient
Conviction -10 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 34.8% — wide
OI 70,914 — deep
Volume 186/day — thin
$1.74 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 61% — wider than sector
Depth 464.20000000000005 contracts (bid:251.8 ask:212.4) — adequate
Avg slippage 6.14% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -24.5% — contango
IV percentile 32% — neutral
IV kink -5.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 318.06 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -10% @ 55% 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.