SLVPiShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Miners ETF
SLVP Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
SLVP Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 77.4% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.93x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 87% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.93x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 51.4% — normal range
Effective IV 147.5% (ATM 51.4% + spread 48.0% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 66.30% (spread 48.04% + slippage 18.26%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.81 (vega 3.882 / spread 48.04%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -32% (strong bearish) — Raw: -51%
|OI skew| 1.6% — balanced
Vol skew +24.6%, OI skew +1.6% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -20%, ATM: -12%, OTM: -70% — bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 21% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.4x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.6% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +8.8% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 40% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 2% — patient
Conviction -32 (bearish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 48.0% — wide
OI 3,910 — thin
Volume 61/day — thin
$2.40 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 90% — much wider than sector
Depth 194.8 contracts (bid:136.8 ask:58.0) — adequate
Avg slippage 18.26% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -7.2% — contango
IV percentile 77% — seller opportunity
IV kink -2.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 67.75 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -32% @ 66% 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.