STRV
STRV Options Overview
IV is low with bearish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
STRV Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 8.1% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.38x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 8% — below sector median
Front/Back 1.13x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 18.4% — normal range
Effective IV 188.4% (ATM 18.4% + spread 85.0% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 90.26% (spread 85.00% + slippage 5.26%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.76 (vega 6.445 / spread 85.00%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -100% (strong bearish) — Raw: -100%
|OI skew| 49.5% — put-heavy
Vol skew +0.0%, OI skew -49.5% — weak (same direction)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: -100% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 51% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.0x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.3% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +6.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 10% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 100% — highly urgent
Conviction -100 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 85.0% — wide
OI 725 — thin
Volume 2/day — thin
$4.25 to cross — expensive
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 39% — tighter than sector
Depth 630.0 contracts (bid:463.5 ask:166.5) — deep
Avg slippage 5.26% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +13.5% — backwardation
IV percentile 8% — buyer opportunity
IV kink 2.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 413.12 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 2d (HIGH)
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.