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Relative Value Scanner

IV percentile vs SPY and sector, ratio mean-reversion and pairs trade generator. Identifies when a ticker's vol is statistically extreme relative to its peers.

Ratio HistoryZ-Score RankingPairs Generator

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Relative Value Scanner — ApexVol Terminal module

What is Relative Value Scanner?

Relative Value Scanner The Relative Value Scanner compares a ticker's implied volatility against SPY and sector benchmarks, identifies statistical extremes via z-scores, and generates pairs trade candidates.

Why this matters for your trading.

How professional options traders use Relative Value Scanner to find edge.

Find Relative Richness and Cheapness

A ticker might have IV rank at 50 — middling on its own. But if its IV/SPY ratio is at the 95th percentile, it's extremely rich relative to the market. That's your edge.

Trade Pairs for Market-Neutral Vol

The pairs generator matches rich tickers against cheap ones with adequate correlation. Sell vol on the rich, buy on the cheap — your P&L comes from the spread normalising, not market direction.

Quantify with Z-Scores

Z-scores tell you how many standard deviations from the mean the ratio sits. Above +2 is a statistical extreme that tends to revert — the entry signal for relative value trades.

What's inside.

Ratio History

IV/SPY ratio time series with mean and z-score bands

Mean Reversion Scanner

Market-wide scan for extreme deviations

Pairs Generator

Rich vs cheap matching with correlation data

Z-Score Ranking

Statistical significance quantification

How it works.

Step 01

Select ticker

Enter any US stock or ETF

Step 02

Review data

Analyse the key metrics and charts

Step 03

Identify signal

Find the actionable insight

Step 04

Execute

Use the signal to inform your trade

When you'd reach for it.

Vol Pairs Trade

Find a pair with the rich ticker at +2 z-score and the cheap at -1. Sell strangles on the rich, buy strangles on the cheap.

Single-Name RV

Track a key ticker's ratio vs SPY over time. Enter short vol when the ratio hits the 90th percentile, cover at the median.

Common questions, answered.

Each ticker is compared against SPY (broad market) and its sector ETF (e.g. XLK for tech, XLF for financials). Both ratios are tracked with z-scores and percentiles.
The scanner identifies tickers at opposite IV rank extremes, filters for minimum correlation (ensuring the pair moves together), and ranks by spread width and mean reversion probability.

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