IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 70.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.32x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 33% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.89x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 42.7% — normal range
Effective IV 55.4% (ATM 42.7% + spread 6.3% + bias) — good value
Total drag 9.42% (spread 6.33% + slippage 3.09%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 84.89 (vega 53.734 / spread 6.33%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -6% (neutral) — Raw: -8%
|OI skew| 11.0% — balanced
Vol skew -7.9%, OI skew +11.0% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 3%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -23%, ATM: +6%, OTM: -18% — bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 83% — very bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.7x avg — elevated
Vol/OI 7.0% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +14.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 54% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 42% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 32% — patient
Conviction -6 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 6.3% — wide
OI 159,422 — deep
Volume 11,102/day — active
$0.32 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 34% — tighter than sector
Depth 80.30000000000001 contracts (bid:35.7 ask:44.6) — thin
Avg slippage 3.09% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -11.1% — contango
IV percentile 71% — seller opportunity
IV kink -3.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 642.76 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -6% @ 53% consistency — unclear
Score 72 (ITM 20% + inst 42%) — HIGH institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.