SMINiShares MSCI India Small-Cap ETF
SMIN Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
SMIN Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 20.9% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 2.08x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 37% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.96x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 19.9% — normal range
Effective IV 203.7% (ATM 19.9% + spread 91.9% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 92.81% (spread 91.89% + slippage 0.92%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 91.89%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -100% (strong bearish) — Raw: -100%
|OI skew| 88.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +100.0%, OI skew +88.5% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: -100%, OTM: -100% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.2x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.6% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -40.9% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 37% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction -100 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 91.9% — wide
OI 192 — thin
Volume 3/day — thin
$4.59 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 52% — neutral vs sector
Depth 46.0 contracts (bid:22.3 ask:23.7) — thin
Avg slippage 0.92% — good
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -3.9% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 21% — buyer opportunity
IV kink 0.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1.00 — favors mixed
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -100% @ 100% consistency — STRONG directional (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.