IV is elevated with bullish flow and unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 94.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.28x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 86% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.04x — flat
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 103.6% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 121.9% (ATM 103.6% + spread 9.2% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 12.13% (spread 9.15% + slippage 2.98%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 10.67 (vega 9.763 / spread 9.15%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -27% (bearish) — Raw: -6%
|OI skew| 33.7% — call-heavy
Vol skew +89.1%, OI skew +33.7% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +25%, ATM: -9%, OTM: -7% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 10% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 4.2% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +6.2% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 61% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 40% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 42% — patient
Conviction -27 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.2% — wide
OI 144,757 — deep
Volume 6,151/day — active
$0.46 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 92% — much wider than sector
Depth 215.39999999999998 contracts (bid:146.6 ask:68.8) — adequate
Avg slippage 2.98% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +4.2% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 94% — seller opportunity
IV kink 6.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 189.21 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -27% @ 63% consistency — moderate (bearish)
Score 70 (ITM 20% + inst 40%) — HIGH institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.