Iv percentile is a good thing to screen for . IV percentile is a mesure of the relative IV for the stock youre looking at . You also need to screen for adiquit volume . If you ' re strike has low volume , you ' ll typically recieve less to sell it and pay more to buy it . If you ' re screening to find trades , make sure you ' re aware of earnings , news and dividends . Any of these can make a trade look better than it is . As you ' ve seen , higher IV pays better , but it isn ' t free money . With the increased premium comes increased risk . So IV is good , but you don ' t want too much of it . I don ' t screen for trades . I follow a handful of stocks and trade on them when I see opportunities . <| sep |> well , while reloading you can only shove zombies because you have no ammo in the clip