TXTTextron, Inc.
TXT Options Overview
bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
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RISK ANALYSIS
TXT Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 30.3% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.15x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 33% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.79x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 25.6% — normal range
Effective IV 90.5% (ATM 25.6% + spread 32.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 50.61% (spread 32.43% + slippage 18.18%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 5.55 (vega 18.000 / spread 32.43%) — acceptable
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +45% (strong bullish) — Raw: +28%
|OI skew| 23.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +49.4%, OI skew +23.1% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +100%, ATM: +8%, OTM: +28% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 28% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.5% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +34.5% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 28% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 60% — urgent
Conviction +45 (bullish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 32.4% — wide
OI 12,199 — adequate
Volume 178/day — thin
$1.62 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 35% — tighter than sector
Depth 111.69999999999999 contracts (bid:40.4 ask:71.3) — adequate
Avg slippage 18.18% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -21.0% — contango
IV percentile 30% — neutral
IV kink -4.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 652.17 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +45% @ 72% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
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.