URNMSprott Uranium Miners ETF
URNM Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
URNM Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 70.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.91x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 83% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.88x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 44.9% — normal range
Effective IV 63.9% (ATM 44.9% + spread 9.5% + bias) — good value
Total drag 15.11% (spread 9.52% + slippage 5.59%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 14.49 (vega 13.798 / spread 9.52%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +29% (bullish) — Raw: +13%
|OI skew| 83.9% — call-heavy
Vol skew +44.5%, OI skew +83.9% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +10%, ATM: +40%, OTM: +10% — bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 16% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 2.1x avg — hot
Vol/OI 1.6% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +1.5% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 41% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 21% — mixed
Aggressive execution 28% — patient
Conviction +29 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.5% — wide
OI 150,266 — deep
Volume 2,375/day — adequate
$0.48 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 87% — much wider than sector
Depth 296.7 contracts (bid:149.7 ask:147.0) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.59% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -12.5% — contango
IV percentile 70% — seller opportunity
IV kink -4.3pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 549.73 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +29% @ 64% consistency — moderate (bullish)
Score 51 (ITM 20% + inst 21%) — moderate institutional
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.