TMDXTransMedics Group, Inc. Common Stock
TMDX Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
TMDX Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 82.8% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.10x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 58% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.90x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 59.0% — normal range
Effective IV 78.3% (ATM 59.0% + spread 9.7% + bias) — fair
Total drag 16.78% (spread 9.67% + slippage 7.11%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 22.33 (vega 21.594 / spread 9.67%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -40% (strong bearish) — Raw: -18%
|OI skew| 20.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +28.6%, OI skew +20.5% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -83%, ATM: +36%, OTM: +9% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 46% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.8% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +1.3% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 34% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 29% — patient
Conviction -40 (bearish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.7% — wide
OI 49,252 — adequate
Volume 392/day — thin
$0.48 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 83% — much wider than sector
Depth 105.30000000000001 contracts (bid:47.6 ask:57.7) — adequate
Avg slippage 7.11% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -10.3% — contango
IV percentile 83% — seller opportunity
IV kink -0.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 424.24 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -40% @ 70% 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.