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IV Rank Strategy Tool

IV rank measures how rich or cheap an option's current implied volatility is relative to its own trailing range — see the implied volatility FAQ for the full definition. Enter your ticker's IV rank, IV magnitude, and price below to see which strategies fit today's volatility regime, with computed example numbers from the same Black-Scholes pricing model used elsewhere on this site. Don't have an IV rank handy? Use the general Strategy Recommender instead.

Calculation, not advice. Results are illustrative and depend on the assumptions entered.

What's your market outlook?

How do you expect the underlying stock to move?

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Neutral

What's the current IV rank?

0-100 percentile of current IV vs. its own trailing range, from your broker's options chain (e.g. "IV Rank" or "IV Percentile"). Not fetched automatically.

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What's the current IV magnitude?

The annualized implied volatility itself, not the rank — also from your broker.

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What's the underlying price?

Used only to generate illustrative, ATM-relative example strikes and premiums.

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What's your time horizon?

Days to the expiration used for the computed example