IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 92.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.22x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 96% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.14x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 93.6% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 109.6% (ATM 93.6% + spread 8.0% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 10.42% (spread 7.98% + slippage 2.44%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.86 (vega 2.283 / spread 7.98%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +24% (bullish) — Raw: +37%
|OI skew| 42.7% — call-heavy
Vol skew +78.9%, OI skew +42.7% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -54%, ATM: +3%, OTM: +54% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 8% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 4.2% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +1.7% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 69% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 62% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 48% — patient
Conviction +24 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 8.0% — wide
OI 2,526,380 — deep
Volume 106,998/day — active
$0.40 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 96% — much wider than sector
Depth 571.0999999999999 contracts (bid:363.9 ask:207.2) — deep
Avg slippage 2.44% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +14.1% — backwardation
IV percentile 92% — seller opportunity
IV kink 13.5pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 39.30 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +24% @ 62% consistency — unclear
Score 92 (ITM 20% + inst 62%) — HIGH institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.