SPTLState Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF
SPTL Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
SPTL Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 20.4% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.96x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 36% — below sector median
Front/Back 1.71x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 19.4% — normal range
Effective IV 181.1% (ATM 19.4% + spread 80.8% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 82.57% (spread 80.85% + slippage 1.72%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.44 (vega 3.566 / spread 80.85%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +60% (strong bullish) — Raw: +60%
|OI skew| 52.9% — call-heavy
Vol skew +100.0%, OI skew +52.9% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: +60% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.2% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +11.8% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 35% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction +60 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 80.8% — wide
OI 739 — thin
Volume 9/day — thin
$4.04 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 51% — neutral vs sector
Depth 314.3 contracts (bid:142.8 ask:171.5) — adequate
Avg slippage 1.72% — fair
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +70.7% — backwardation
IV percentile 20% — buyer opportunity
IV kink 10.6pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 424.48 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +60% @ 80% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
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.