VRTVertiv Holdings Co Class A Common Stock
VRT Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
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RISK ANALYSIS
VRT Gamma Walls
VRT Hedge Radar
Neither score is at an extreme today. Neither axis is a forecast — this is where VRT sits on protection cost vs. fragility today.
Protection is priced in the cheap band (2.9) — downside puts carry 0.7 IV points more than at-the-money, and implied vol sits in the 10th percentile of its own past year, measured against this name's own rolling 21-trading-day realized moves (483 overlapping windows). Fragility reads neutral (4.61): it is trading 2% above its hedge wall on a wall graded MEDIUM for reliability, and its realized-vol regime is stable.
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 76.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.91x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 78% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.84x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 50.2% — normal range
Effective IV 66.0% (ATM 50.2% + spread 7.9% + bias) — fair
Total drag 15.98% (spread 7.89% + slippage 8.09%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 17.27 (vega 13.622 / spread 7.89%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -2% (neutral) — Raw: -1%
|OI skew| 3.0% — balanced
Vol skew +11.7%, OI skew -3.0% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +7%, OTM: -4% — neutral (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 51% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 4.3% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +10.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 78% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 13% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 24% — patient
Conviction -2 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 7.9% — wide
OI 453,099 — deep
Volume 19,689/day — active
$0.39 to cross — cheap
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 86% — much wider than sector
Depth 96.19999999999999 contracts (bid:40.3 ask:55.9) — thin
Avg slippage 8.09% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -15.9% — contango
IV percentile 76% — seller opportunity
IV kink -5.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 29.86 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -2% @ 51% consistency — unclear
Score 43 (ITM 20% + inst 13%) — 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.