bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 39.5% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.45x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 68% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.55x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 33.0% — normal range
Effective IV 75.4% (ATM 33.0% + spread 21.2% + bias) — fair
Total drag 37.13% (spread 21.22% + slippage 15.91%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 32.91 (vega 69.842 / spread 21.22%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +87% (strong bullish) — Raw: +78%
|OI skew| 61.9% — call-heavy
Vol skew +80.7%, OI skew +61.9% — aligned
0-DTE 6%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +15%, ATM: +34%, OTM: +83% — bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 7% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 2.5x avg — hot
Vol/OI 25.0% — high turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +30.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 97% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 73% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 67% — urgent
Conviction +87 (bullish) — strong conviction
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 21.2% — wide
OI 16,492 — adequate
Volume 4,130/day — adequate
$1.06 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 74% — wider than sector
Depth 23.9 contracts (bid:14.9 ask:9.0) — thin
Avg slippage 15.91% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +54.7% — backwardation
IV percentile 40% — neutral
IV kink 9.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1699.31 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
acceptable: Earnings in 12d
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +87% @ 93% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
Score 103 (ITM 20% + inst 73%) — HIGH institutional
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