Find stocks where implied volatility has diverged from its historical norm
The IV Dislocation Detector identifies stocks where current implied volatility has moved significantly away from its statistical baseline — either spiking on fear or collapsing on complacency. Both conditions create tradeable opportunities: elevated IV favors premium selling, while compressed IV signals potential volatility expansion plays. The detector quantifies the dislocation, ranks it by mean-reversion probability, and routes directly to trade execution.
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Ranks every stock by how many standard deviations its current IV sits above or below its 252-day mean. Z-scores above +2 signal extreme overpricing; below -2 signal extreme underpricing.
Tracks the real-time spread between implied and historical volatility for each stock. A widening spread indicates growing risk premium — favorable for sellers. A narrowing spread signals potential IV expansion.
Visualizes the IV term structure (30/60/90/180 DTE) to identify contango and backwardation conditions. Steep contango favors calendar spreads; backwardation signals near-term event risk.
For each dislocation, estimates the historical average time for IV to revert to its mean — helping you select the right expiration for your trade.
Set custom thresholds (e.g., IV Z-score > 2.5) and receive real-time email alerts when a stock crosses into extreme territory.
View IV dislocation across all 11 S&P 500 sectors simultaneously. Identify sector-wide fear spikes or complacency zones that create systematic opportunities.
Composite score combining IV Z-score, IV/HV spread, term structure shape, and absence of known binary catalysts. Scores above 75 indicate high-conviction mean-reversion setups.
Click any ticker to open the options chain pre-filtered for the optimal expiration based on the estimated reversion timeline. Route to the Trade Execution tab instantly.
Using a rolling 252-trading-day window, the detector computes the mean and standard deviation of 30-day implied volatility for every stock in the universe. This baseline is updated daily after market close.
The Z-score measures how many standard deviations today's IV sits above or below the annual mean. A Z-score of +2.5 means IV is in the top 1% of its annual range — statistically extreme and likely to revert.
Not all IV spikes revert quickly. The detector cross-references the Z-score with the absence of known catalysts (earnings, FDA events, M&A) to estimate the probability that the dislocation is noise rather than signal.
The output is a ranked table showing the top 20 most dislocated stocks in each direction, with Z-score, current IV, mean IV, and the suggested strategy (sell premium for high IV, buy options for low IV).
Click any ticker to open the full options chain filtered for the optimal expiration. One click routes the setup to the Trade Execution tab.
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