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The ring visualization shows two key scores:

Direction Score (Inner Ring - Green): Measures the strength of the directional signal based on technical analysis, market context, and options flow. Higher scores indicate stronger directional conviction.

Options Score (Outer Ring - Cyan): Evaluates the options setup quality, including IV rank, liquidity, and trade structure. This helps determine if the current options environment is favorable for trading.

IV Range Rank shows where the current implied volatility (IV) sits within its 1-year high/low range. It's expressed as a percentage (0-100).

How it works: We compare today's IV to the highest and lowest IV readings from the past 252 trading days (~1 year). A score of 100 means IV is at its yearly high; 0 means it's at the yearly low.

High IV Range Rank (70+): IV is near its yearly highs — options are relatively expensive. This favors premium-selling strategies like credit spreads and covered calls.

Low IV Range Rank (30 or less): IV is near its yearly lows — options are relatively cheap. This favors premium-buying strategies like long calls/puts and debit spreads.

IV Range Rank helps you understand whether you're paying a premium or getting a discount on options compared to the past year.

Earnings announcements can significantly impact stock prices and options pricing. MarketFlare highlights earnings dates because:

Before Earnings: IV typically increases (IV crush risk), making options more expensive. Consider strategies that benefit from volatility expansion or avoid holding through earnings.

After Earnings: IV often collapses, which can hurt long options positions but benefit short options strategies.

We show earnings days out so you can plan your trade timing and avoid unexpected volatility events.

Flares are MarketFlare's currency for accessing premium analysis features. Each analysis you perform uses 1 Flare. You receive Flares when you sign up and can earn more through regular use.

Flares unlock:
• Deep analysis with FlareAware insights
• Advanced strategy recommendations
• Detailed options flow analysis
• Enhanced trade readiness assessments

Our trade readiness signals help you understand the current trading environment:

GO-CREDIT / GO-DEBIT: Strong setup - favorable conditions for credit or debit strategies respectively.

Ready-Credit / Ready-Debit: Good setup - conditions are acceptable for trading.

BLOCKED-DS: Direction Score too low - wait for a stronger directional signal.

Revisit Later: Current conditions aren't ideal - check back when market conditions change.

Data may show as "Unavailable" for several reasons:

Market Hours: Some data (like real-time options flow) is only available during market hours.

Data Source Issues: Temporary delays from our data providers.

New Ticker: Recently listed stocks may have limited historical data.

Data Processing: The ticker may be processing - try refreshing in a few moments.

If data remains unavailable, it may indicate the ticker isn't in our supported list (currently S&P 500 companies).