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 90.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.38x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 71% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.91x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 56.3% — normal range
Effective IV 75.7% (ATM 56.3% + spread 9.7% + bias) — fair
Total drag 14.56% (spread 9.69% + slippage 4.87%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.47 (vega 1.421 / spread 9.69%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +4% (neutral) — Raw: +9%
|OI skew| 20.9% — call-heavy
Vol skew +60.0%, OI skew +20.9% — aligned
0-DTE 56%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +6%, ATM: -22%, OTM: +41% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 13% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.4x avg — normal
Vol/OI 8.9% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +12.1% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 66% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 71% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 44% — patient
Conviction +4 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.7% — wide
OI 471,625 — deep
Volume 41,851/day — active
$0.48 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 71% — wider than sector
Depth 362.9 contracts (bid:193.9 ask:169.0) — adequate
Avg slippage 4.87% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -9.5% — contango
IV percentile 91% — seller opportunity
IV kink -8.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 3.35 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: Earnings in 20d (low risk)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +4% @ 52% consistency — unclear
Score 101 (ITM 20% + inst 71%) — HIGH institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.