ZEUS
ZEUS Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
ZEUS Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 85.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 2.11x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 87% — above sector median
Front/Back 3.56x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 103.8% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 109.0% (ATM 103.8% + spread 2.6% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 2.58% (spread 2.58% + slippage 0.00%) — acceptable
Vega efficiency 13.12 (vega 3.385 / spread 2.58%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
P/C 0.72 — balanced (buy/sell unknown)
|OI skew| 29.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +16.1%, OI skew +29.1% — aligned
0-DTE 52%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
Sector P/C percentile 74% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 2.6x avg — hot
Vol/OI 10.4% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
2 day(s) elevated — sustained
OI change +0.3% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 90% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction +0 (neutral) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 2.6% — acceptable
OI 299 — thin
Volume 31/day — thin
$0.13 to cross — cheap
10 liquid strikes — good coverage
Sector spread percentile 93% — much wider than sector
Depth 0 contracts (bid:0 ask:0) — thin
Avg slippage 0.00% — excellent
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +256.0% — backwardation
IV percentile 86% — seller opportunity
IV kink 109.8pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 129.21 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +0% @ 50% consistency — unclear
Score 60 (ITM 20% + inst 30%) — HIGH 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.