VSCO
VSCO Options Overview
IV is elevated with unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
VSCO Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 86.8% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.14x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 92% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.35x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 76.6% — normal range
Effective IV 99.7% (ATM 76.6% + spread 11.6% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 15.32% (spread 11.55% + slippage 3.77%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 20.86 (vega 24.088 / spread 11.55%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -2% (neutral) — Raw: -4%
|OI skew| 26.4% — call-heavy
Vol skew -11.5%, OI skew +26.4% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +69%, ATM: -43%, OTM: +10% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 81% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 5.3x avg — hot
Vol/OI 39.8% — high turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +6.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 97% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 13% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 34% — patient
Conviction -2 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 11.6% — wide
OI 34,309 — adequate
Volume 13,664/day — active
$0.58 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 96% — much wider than sector
Depth 95.1 contracts (bid:47.7 ask:47.4) — thin
Avg slippage 3.77% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +35.0% — backwardation
IV percentile 87% — seller opportunity
IV kink 25.8pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 1486.91 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings 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.