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 65.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.40x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 62% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.00x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 53.5% — normal range
Effective IV 111.7% (ATM 53.5% + spread 29.1% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 40.86% (spread 29.08% + slippage 11.78%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.37 (vega 6.893 / spread 29.08%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -1% (neutral) — Raw: -8%
|OI skew| 42.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +47.2%, OI skew +42.1% — aligned
0-DTE 33%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +25%, ATM: -45%, OTM: -8% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 48% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.2x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.8% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +2.0% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 25% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 24% — mixed
Aggressive execution 36% — patient
Conviction -1 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 29.1% — wide
OI 197,592 — deep
Volume 1,659/day — adequate
$1.45 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 79% — wider than sector
Depth 640.2 contracts (bid:362.6 ask:277.6) — deep
Avg slippage 11.78% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -0.2% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 65% — neutral
IV kink 1.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 246.19 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -1% @ 51% consistency — unclear
Score 54 (ITM 20% + inst 24%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.