SLABSilicon Laboratories Inc
SLAB Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
SLAB Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 2.2% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 2.58x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 0% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.84x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 8.8% — normal range
Effective IV 70.9% (ATM 8.8% + spread 31.0% + bias) — fair
Total drag 37.48% (spread 31.03% + slippage 6.45%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 23.64 (vega 73.341 / spread 31.03%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -40% (strong bearish) — Raw: -33%
|OI skew| 47.3% — call-heavy
Vol skew +93.5%, OI skew +47.3% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: -33% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 7% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.4% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.3% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 13% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 2% — patient
Conviction -40 (bearish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 31.0% — wide
OI 22,963 — adequate
Volume 92/day — thin
$1.55 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 40% — neutral vs sector
Depth 2.8 contracts (bid:1.6 ask:1.2) — thin
Avg slippage 6.45% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -15.7% — contango
IV percentile 2% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -1.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 3055.85 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -40% @ 70% consistency — moderate (bearish)
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.