IV is elevated with bullish flow and unusual activity. No clear edge detected.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 88.0% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.13x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 67% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.01x — flat
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 80.8% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 109.7% (ATM 80.8% + spread 14.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 20.12% (spread 14.45% + slippage 5.67%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 3.18 (vega 4.595 / spread 14.45%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +10% (neutral) — Raw: +10%
|OI skew| 66.8% — call-heavy
Vol skew +88.2%, OI skew +66.8% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -21%, ATM: +7%, OTM: +10% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 11% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.6x avg — elevated
Vol/OI 10.8% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
2 day(s) elevated — sustained
OI change +1.4% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 89% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 67% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 54% — patient
Conviction +10 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 14.4% — wide
OI 266,242 — deep
Volume 28,697/day — active
$0.72 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 81% — much wider than sector
Depth 467.5 contracts (bid:276.8 ask:190.7) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.67% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +0.6% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 88% — seller opportunity
IV kink 0.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 306.33 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +10% @ 55% consistency — unclear
Score 97 (ITM 20% + inst 67%) — HIGH institutional
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