Premium Weather Detail

Premium Quality Read

A live read on SPY premium quality: premium level, cushion, gamma, theta, and tail demand.

Current read

Initial premium read

Coverage is still being wired

48quality score
Planned · Option chain pending

Core four

The homepage card shows the four fastest reads first.

Use them for the first pass. Cushion, open interest, gamma, and theta set the final grade.

SPY Put IVNormal25-65D seller zonePlanned ·
Seller CushionCoverage buildingBreakeven roomPlanned ·
Gamma HeatCoverage buildingATM gammaPlanned ·
Tail DemandNormalSKEWSnapshot ·

Six-factor breakdown

Premium quality balances income, cushion, movement, and tail risk.

SPY Put IVNormal

Tracks the SPY put premium level in the seller zone.

Planned ·
Seller CushionCoverage building

Checks how much room exists between spot price and the weighted seller-zone breakeven.

Planned ·
Put/Call OICoverage building

Reads the open-interest tilt between protection demand and calmer positioning.

Planned ·
Gamma HeatCoverage building

Hot gamma cuts the usable value of rich premium.

Planned ·
Theta QualityCoverage building

Compares time decay against vega risk. Better theta quality means the carry is cleaner.

Planned ·
Tail DemandNormal

SKEW shows how much the market is paying for far-tail protection.

Snapshot ·

How to read it

Rich premium needs a clear reason.

1Name the reason

High IV can mean paid risk, unstable price action, or both.

2Check cushion

Seller cushion shows the room before the weighted breakeven zone.

3Discount hot gamma

Hot gamma makes rich premium fragile.

4Let theta earn its keep

Theta quality compares time decay with vega and movement risk.

What improves the read

Cleaner premium needs better coverage and calmer movement risk.

  • Seller Cushion connects cleanly and shows enough breakeven room.
  • Gamma Heat cools while SPY Put IV remains paid.
  • Theta Quality improves without tail demand jumping.
  • Put/Call OI stops leaning too heavily toward protection demand.

What downgrades the read

Jump risk can eat a bigger premium fast.

  • Option-chain coverage stays partial, especially cushion, gamma, or theta.
  • Gamma Heat rises faster than the premium score.
  • Tail Demand jumps, suggesting the market is paying up for crash protection.
  • IV rises while price action gets less stable.
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Source confidence

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PREM-SCOREMiss Lemon premium formulaPartial ·
PREM-SPY-IVMassive SPY option chainPlanned ·
PREM-CUSHIONMassive SPY option chainPlanned ·
PREM-OIMassive SPY option chainPlanned ·
PREM-GAMMAMassive SPY option chainPlanned ·
PREM-THETAMassive SPY option chainPlanned ·
PREM-TAILCboe SKEWPlanned ·