
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 77.5% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.25x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 68% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.97x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 60.5% — normal range
Effective IV 96.8% (ATM 60.5% + spread 18.1% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 27.59% (spread 18.14% + slippage 9.45%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 19.91 (vega 36.111 / spread 18.14%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -1% (neutral) — Raw: -4%
|OI skew| 36.8% — call-heavy
Vol skew +24.0%, OI skew +36.8% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -100%, ATM: -16%, OTM: +15% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 53% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.5% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.8% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 48% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 27% — patient
Conviction -1 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 18.1% — wide
OI 17,752 — adequate
Volume 258/day — thin
$0.91 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 86% — much wider than sector
Depth 56.3 contracts (bid:20.8 ask:35.5) — thin
Avg slippage 9.45% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -2.8% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 78% — seller opportunity
IV kink -1.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 489.31 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -1% @ 50% consistency — unclear
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
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