VEUVanguard FTSE All-World Ex-US ETF
VEU Options Overview
IV is low. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
VEU Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 14.4% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.49x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 26% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.91x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 17.0% — normal range
Effective IV 242.0% (ATM 17.0% + spread 112.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 133.30% (spread 112.50% + slippage 20.80%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.65 (vega 7.274 / spread 112.50%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -59% (strong bearish) — Raw: -60%
|OI skew| 46.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +0.0%, OI skew +46.5% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: -50%, OTM: -100% — bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 27% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.2% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +6.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 9% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 50% — patient
Conviction -59 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 112.5% — wide
OI 2,768 — thin
Volume 6/day — thin
$5.62 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 44% — neutral vs sector
Depth 222.8 contracts (bid:160.8 ask:62.0) — adequate
Avg slippage 20.80% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -9.4% — contango
IV percentile 14% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -1.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 188.94 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -59% @ 75% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
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.