
IV is elevated with bullish flow and unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 98.8% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.08x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 99% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.11x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 170.7% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 189.3% (ATM 170.7% + spread 9.3% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 13.21% (spread 9.29% + slippage 3.92%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.08 (vega 1.929 / spread 9.29%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +0% (neutral) — Raw: +0%
|OI skew| 42.6% — call-heavy
Vol skew +65.9%, OI skew +42.6% — aligned
0-DTE 28%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +3%, ATM: +15%, OTM: -2% — neutral (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 33% — bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.7x avg — elevated
Vol/OI 23.8% — high turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
3 day(s) elevated — sustained
OI change +44.8% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 94% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 37% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 46% — patient
Conviction +0 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.3% — wide
OI 543,747 — deep
Volume 129,167/day — active
$0.46 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 100% — much wider than sector
Depth 774.4 contracts (bid:461.7 ask:312.7) — deep
Avg slippage 3.92% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +11.3% — backwardation
IV percentile 99% — seller opportunity
IV kink 6.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 100.46 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +0% @ 50% consistency — unclear
Score 67 (ITM 20% + inst 37%) — HIGH institutional
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