TALTAL Education Group
TAL Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
TAL Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 71.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.32x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 81% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.04x — flat
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 45.6% — normal range
Effective IV 109.4% (ATM 45.6% + spread 31.9% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 40.71% (spread 31.91% + slippage 8.80%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.01 (vega 3.233 / spread 31.91%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +14% (bullish) — Raw: +20%
|OI skew| 59.4% — call-heavy
Vol skew +47.8%, OI skew +59.4% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +33%, ATM: -67%, OTM: +44% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 36% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.1% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +1.8% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 2% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 28% — patient
Conviction +14 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 31.9% — wide
OI 38,142 — adequate
Volume 46/day — thin
$1.60 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 90% — much wider than sector
Depth 620.6 contracts (bid:382.1 ask:238.5) — deep
Avg slippage 8.80% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +4.4% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 71% — seller opportunity
IV kink 2.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 673.56 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +14% @ 57% 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.