IV is elevated with bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 80.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.30x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 57% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.87x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 65.2% — normal range
Effective IV 105.5% (ATM 65.2% + spread 20.1% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 27.31% (spread 20.13% + slippage 7.18%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 10.47 (vega 21.085 / spread 20.13%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +83% (strong bullish) — Raw: +78%
|OI skew| 8.0% — balanced
Vol skew +95.4%, OI skew +8.0% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +25%, ATM: +96%, OTM: +80% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 7% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.3% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +2.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 57% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 39% — patient
Conviction +83 (bullish) — strong conviction
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 20.1% — wide
OI 25,935 — adequate
Volume 346/day — thin
$1.01 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 83% — much wider than sector
Depth 93.19999999999999 contracts (bid:65.6 ask:27.6) — thin
Avg slippage 7.18% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -12.9% — contango
IV percentile 81% — seller opportunity
IV kink -1.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1506.08 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +83% @ 92% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
Score 87 (ITM 20% + inst 57%) — HIGH institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.