
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 83.4% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.89x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 83% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.93x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 70.4% — normal range
Effective IV 98.5% (ATM 70.4% + spread 14.1% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 22.76% (spread 14.05% + slippage 8.71%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.38 (vega 0.532 / spread 14.05%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -19% (bearish) — Raw: -24%
|OI skew| 23.8% — call-heavy
Vol skew +54.9%, OI skew +23.8% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +42%, ATM: -26%, OTM: -29% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 42% — bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.4% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -1.2% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 51% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 18% — mixed
Aggressive execution 39% — patient
Conviction -19 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 14.1% — wide
OI 781,837 — deep
Volume 10,827/day — active
$0.70 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 90% — much wider than sector
Depth 503.5 contracts (bid:312.3 ask:191.2) — deep
Avg slippage 8.71% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -6.7% — contango
IV percentile 83% — seller opportunity
IV kink -3.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 11.46 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -19% @ 60% consistency — unclear
Score 48 (ITM 20% + inst 18%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.