
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 91.5% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.04x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 92% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.08x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 91.7% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 115.4% (ATM 91.7% + spread 11.8% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 17.72% (spread 11.83% + slippage 5.89%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.81 (vega 2.140 / spread 11.83%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -1% (neutral) — Raw: -2%
|OI skew| 42.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +47.4%, OI skew +42.5% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +10%, ATM: -3%, OTM: -3% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 47% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 3.9% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +1.1% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 82% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 18% — mixed
Aggressive execution 44% — patient
Conviction -1 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 11.8% — wide
OI 529,661 — deep
Volume 20,592/day — active
$0.59 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 95% — much wider than sector
Depth 551.3 contracts (bid:351.8 ask:199.5) — deep
Avg slippage 5.89% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +8.0% — backwardation
IV percentile 92% — seller opportunity
IV kink 9.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 99.06 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -1% @ 50% consistency — unclear
Score 48 (ITM 20% + inst 18%) — moderate institutional
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