
TDToronto Dominion Bank
TD Options Overview
IV is low with bearish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
TD Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 25.1% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.06x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 43% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.89x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 21.3% — normal range
Effective IV 39.0% (ATM 21.3% + spread 8.8% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 15.33% (spread 8.83% + slippage 6.50%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 19.66 (vega 17.355 / spread 8.83%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -22% (bearish) — Raw: -18%
|OI skew| 7.0% — balanced
Vol skew -26.2%, OI skew -7.0% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -45%, ATM: +1%, OTM: -20% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 92% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.9x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.8% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +5.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 45% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 17% — mixed
Aggressive execution 35% — patient
Conviction -22 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 8.8% — wide
OI 63,874 — deep
Volume 1,166/day — adequate
$0.44 to cross — cheap
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 57% — neutral vs sector
Depth 124.1 contracts (bid:60.1 ask:64.0) — adequate
Avg slippage 6.50% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -11.2% — contango
IV percentile 25% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -0.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 488.88 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -22% @ 61% consistency — unclear
Score 47 (ITM 20% + inst 17%) — moderate institutional
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.