TRSTrimas Corporation
TRS Options Overview
bearish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
TRS Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 66.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 2.75x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 58% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.37x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 42.4% — normal range
Effective IV 188.7% (ATM 42.4% + spread 73.2% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 80.49% (spread 73.17% + slippage 7.32%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.79 (vega 5.772 / spread 73.17%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -100% (strong bearish) — Raw: -100%
|OI skew| 3.0% — balanced
Vol skew -100.0%, OI skew -3.0% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: -100% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 55% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.8% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +1.8% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 29% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction -100 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 73.2% — wide
OI 1,278 — thin
Volume 10/day — thin
$3.66 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 77% — wider than sector
Depth 2.0 contracts (bid:1.0 ask:1.0) — thin
Avg slippage 7.32% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +36.9% — backwardation
IV percentile 67% — neutral
IV kink 10.9pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 197.01 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -100% @ 100% 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.