RHRH
RH Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
RH Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 90.5% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.07x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 96% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.96x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 73.4% — normal range
Effective IV 122.4% (ATM 73.4% + spread 24.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 37.16% (spread 24.48% + slippage 12.68%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.88 (vega 2.150 / spread 24.48%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +4% (neutral) — Raw: +0%
|OI skew| 9.4% — balanced
Vol skew +13.0%, OI skew +9.4% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -25%, ATM: +27%, OTM: -8% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 48% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.2% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +9.5% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 54% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 21% — patient
Conviction +4 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 24.5% — wide
OI 69,247 — deep
Volume 1,519/day — adequate
$1.22 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 98% — much wider than sector
Depth 85.6 contracts (bid:43.6 ask:42.0) — thin
Avg slippage 12.68% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -4.2% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 90% — seller opportunity
IV kink -8.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 5.14 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
acceptable: Earnings in 10d
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.