SUSuncor Energy, Inc.
SU Options Overview
Mixed signals. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
SU Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 46.0% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.98x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 30% — below sector median
Front/Back 1.09x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 30.3% — normal range
Effective IV 60.4% (ATM 30.3% + spread 15.0% + bias) — good value
Total drag 21.35% (spread 15.04% + slippage 6.31%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 4.75 (vega 7.138 / spread 15.04%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -4% (neutral) — Raw: -7%
|OI skew| 33.4% — call-heavy
Vol skew +32.2%, OI skew +33.4% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +29%, ATM: -29%, OTM: +3% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 61% — bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.8% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +12.5% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 35% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 29% — patient
Conviction -4 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 15.0% — wide
OI 160,858 — deep
Volume 1,300/day — adequate
$0.75 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 56% — neutral vs sector
Depth 196.7 contracts (bid:66.5 ask:130.2) — adequate
Avg slippage 6.31% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +8.7% — backwardation
IV percentile 46% — neutral
IV kink 3.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 185.89 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -4% @ 52% consistency — unclear
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.