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ALCOA CORP

$44.97 +4.87%

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as of 07/30 06:13 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/30) 8,820

Calls: 4,911 (56%)

Puts: 3,909 (44%)

Prior (07/29) 10,231

Calls: 7,595 (74%)

Puts: 2,636 (26%)

Current vs Prior -13.79%

Calls: -35.34% (Calls)

Puts: +48.29% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 91,039

Calls: 59,913 (66%)

Puts: 31,126 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 13,005

Calls: 8,559 (66%)

Puts: 4,446 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -32.18%

Calls: -42.62%

Puts: -12.09%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/30) $1.58M

Calls: $936.4K (59%)

Puts: $648.0K (41%)

Prior (07/29) $1.99M

Calls: $1.33M (67%)

Puts: $653.8K (33%)

Current vs Prior -20.28%

Calls: -29.79%

Puts: -0.89%

Prior 7-Day Total $27.91M

Calls: $13.27M (48%)

Puts: $14.64M (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average $3.99M

Calls: $1.90M (48%)

Puts: $2.09M (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -60.26%

Calls: -50.59%

Puts: -69.02%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/30) 0.80

Prior (07/29) 0.35

Current vs Prior +129.34%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.56

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +42.10%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/30) 142,216

Calls: 88,318 (62%)

Puts: 53,898 (38%)

Prior (07/29) 143,593

Calls: 91,861 (64%)

Puts: 51,732 (36%)

Current vs Prior -0.96%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,253,085

Calls: 716,286 (57%)

Puts: 536,799 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 179,012

Calls: 102,326 (57%)

Puts: 76,685 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.56%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/31) | Next (08/07)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 3.22% | 6.92%10.54% | 15.34%

Prior 5.01% | 7.49%10.80% | 14.97%

Current vs Prior -35.69% | -7.62%-2.38% | +2.48%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.33% | 8.55%12.39% | 17.44%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.52% | -19.10%-14.94% | -12.00%

Prior 7-Day Eod 5.01% | 7.49%10.80% | 14.97%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -35.69% | -7.62%-2.38% | +2.48%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 32.04% | 29.55%

Calls: 47.31% | 15.86%

Puts: 16.77% | 43.24%

Prior 32.04% | 29.55%

Calls: 47.31% | 15.86%

Puts: 16.77% | 43.24%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.04% | 29.55%

Calls: 47.31% | 15.86%

Puts: 16.77% | 43.24%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%

Liquidity Expensive

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P/C ratio rising 129% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Call-heavy open interest (88,318 calls vs 53,898 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 8 of results (avg 8.3%, best 4.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$43.50	Aug 21	3.00	3.15	$3.08	4.9%	15	0.62	30
$44.00	Aug 21	2.71	2.96	$2.84	8.8%	31	0.59	209
$44.00	Aug 28	3.05	3.35	$3.20	9.4%	9	0.58	36
$43.50	Aug 7	2.15	2.37	$2.26	9.7%	39	0.68	82
$44.50	Aug 21	2.39	2.64	$2.52	9.9%	14	0.55	392

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$47.00	Aug 21	3.35	3.55	$3.45	5.8%	6	0.62	24
$44.00	Aug 28	2.05	2.23	$2.14	8.4%	15	0.41	--
$52.00	Aug 21	7.20	7.95	$7.58	9.9%	2	0.86	18

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.72, cheapest $0.38)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$47.00	Aug 7	0.60	0.72	$0.66	18.2%	56	0.31	86
$50.00	Aug 21	0.62	0.70	$0.66	12.1%	129	0.21	12.7K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Aug 14	0.35	0.40	$0.38	13.2%	12	0.14	247
$40.00	Aug 28	0.74	0.86	$0.80	15.0%	8	0.20	35
$42.50	Aug 14	0.79	0.94	$0.87	17.2%	1	0.28	--
$44.00	Aug 7	0.87	1.04	$0.96	17.7%	17	0.37	256

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 63 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$37.50	Jul 31	6.15	7.80	$6.98	23.6%	2	0.99	14
$39.00	Jul 31	4.55	6.30	$5.43	32.2%	1	0.99	--
$38.00	Jul 31	5.70	7.30	$6.50	24.6%	1	0.99	--
$38.50	Jul 31	5.05	6.65	$5.85	27.4%	1	0.98	--
$37.00	Jul 31	6.60	8.50	$7.55	25.2%	3	0.97	19

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$48.00	Jul 31	2.76	3.65	$3.21	27.7%	20	1.00	50
$52.00	Aug 7	6.85	7.80	$7.32	13.0%	5	1.00	14
$50.00	Jul 31	4.80	6.70	$5.75	33.0%	57	0.96	22
$49.50	Jul 31	4.25	6.05	$5.15	35.0%	1	0.95	--
$51.00	Jul 31	5.70	7.95	$6.83	32.9%	6	0.95	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 193 active (total vol 6.1K, top 814)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$48.00	Aug 7	0.36	0.50	$0.43	32.6%	546	0.22	288
$45.00	Jul 31	0.43	0.79	$0.61	59.0%	243	0.51	397
$45.00	Aug 21	1.99	2.31	$2.15	14.9%	188	0.51	989
$44.00	Aug 7	1.77	2.09	$1.93	16.6%	132	0.63	84
$48.00	Jul 31	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	131	0.03	320

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$42.00	Jul 31	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	814	0.03	886
$41.50	Jul 31	0.00	0.29	$0.14	207.1%	560	0.10	143
$40.00	Aug 7	0.09	0.16	$0.13	53.8%	188	0.07	77
$41.00	Aug 7	0.08	0.41	$0.25	132.0%	158	0.12	228
$40.50	Aug 7	0.01	0.59	$0.30	193.3%	156	0.13	18

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 45 strikes (avg 96.4%, max 368.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$52.00	Jul 31	Sep 11	228.4%	55.6%	310.7%	12	387
$37.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	208.1%	52.8%	294.0%	4	20
$38.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	158.9%	53.4%	197.6%	7	6
$40.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	143.8%	52.0%	176.7%	75	247
$49.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	113.5%	52.4%	116.8%	17	35

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$36.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	271.1%	57.9%	368.5%	4	21
$52.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	228.4%	52.6%	334.3%	51	18
$38.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	158.9%	54.2%	193.3%	5	--
$41.50	Jul 31	Aug 21	130.2%	46.6%	179.7%	570	160
$40.00	Jul 31	Sep 11	143.8%	53.7%	167.7%	16	1.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 101 found (best R:R 7.33, avg 2.27)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$52.00	$53.00	Aug 14	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$52.12
$50.00	$51.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$50.13
$50.00	$51.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$50.13
$51.00	$52.00	Aug 21	$0.14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$51.14
$50.00	$51.00	Aug 28	$0.19	$0.81	$0.19	4.26	$50.19

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$39.00	$37.00	Aug 21	$0.24	$1.76	$0.24	7.33	$38.76
$37.00	$36.00	Sep 4	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$36.88
$40.00	$39.00	Aug 28	$0.14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$39.86
$41.50	$40.00	Aug 14	$0.22	$1.28	$0.22	5.82	$41.28
$39.00	$37.00	Aug 28	$0.31	$1.69	$0.31	5.45	$38.69

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 113 found (best R:R 8.68, avg 1.07)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$43.00	$43.50	Aug 21	$0.37	$0.37	$0.13	2.85	$43.37
$44.50	$45.00	Aug 21	$0.37	$0.37	$0.13	2.85	$44.87
$43.00	$43.50	Aug 7	$0.36	$0.36	$0.14	2.57	$43.36
$40.00	$42.50	Aug 21	$1.70	$1.70	$0.80	2.13	$41.70
$40.50	$41.50	Jul 31	$0.68	$0.68	$0.32	2.12	$41.18

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$52.00	$49.00	Aug 7	$2.69	$2.69	$0.31	8.68	$49.31
$51.00	$50.00	Aug 21	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$50.15
$52.00	$51.00	Aug 21	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$51.15
$50.00	$48.00	Aug 21	$1.68	$1.68	$0.32	5.25	$48.32
$49.00	$47.00	Aug 7	$1.67	$1.67	$0.33	5.06	$47.33

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 42 found (avg debit $0.51, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$41.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.06	130.2%	64.8%
$50.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.20	113.9%	59.3%
$37.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	$0.33	208.1%	52.8%
$47.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.36	99.4%	52.7%
$48.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.41	65.6%	53.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$40.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.06	143.8%	56.9%
$39.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.07	125.2%	59.3%
$36.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.08	271.1%	104.0%
$50.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	$0.13	113.9%	52.2%
$39.50	Aug 14	Aug 21	$0.14	56.0%	51.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 50 found (cheapest 2.69% of stock, avg 9.52%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$45.00	Jul 31	$0.61	$0.60	$1.21	$43.79	$46.21	2.69%
$44.50	Jul 31	$0.85	$0.44	$1.29	$43.21	$45.79	2.87%
$45.50	Jul 31	$0.35	$1.00	$1.35	$44.15	$46.85	3.00%
$46.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$1.27	$1.38	$44.62	$47.38	3.07%
$44.00	Jul 31	$1.17	$0.28	$1.45	$42.55	$45.45	3.22%
$43.50	Jul 31	$1.41	$0.24	$1.65	$41.85	$45.15	3.67%
$43.00	Jul 31	$2.13	$0.11	$2.24	$40.76	$45.24	4.98%
$42.50	Jul 31	$2.26	$0.07	$2.33	$40.17	$44.83	5.18%
$47.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$2.53	$2.65	$44.35	$49.65	5.89%
$45.00	Aug 7	$1.46	$1.37	$2.83	$42.17	$47.83	6.29%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 149 found (cheapest 0.44% of stock, avg 5.12%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$46.50	$43.00	Jul 31	$0.09	$0.11	$0.20	$42.80	$46.70
$46.00	$43.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$0.11	$0.22	$42.78	$46.22
$47.00	$43.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$0.11	$0.23	$42.77	$47.23
$47.50	$43.00	Jul 31	$0.17	$0.11	$0.28	$42.72	$47.78
$46.50	$43.50	Jul 31	$0.09	$0.24	$0.33	$43.17	$46.83
$46.00	$43.50	Jul 31	$0.11	$0.24	$0.35	$43.15	$46.35
$47.00	$43.50	Jul 31	$0.12	$0.24	$0.36	$43.14	$47.36
$46.50	$44.00	Jul 31	$0.09	$0.28	$0.37	$43.63	$46.87
$46.00	$44.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$0.28	$0.39	$43.61	$46.39
$47.00	$44.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$0.28	$0.40	$43.60	$47.40

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 153 found (best R:R 6.69, avg credit $0.63)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
42/44	50/50	Aug 14	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$42.63	$50.37
46/47	48/48	Aug 14	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$46.15	$48.85
44/45	46/47	Aug 21	$0.81	$0.19	4.26	$44.19	$47.31
43/44	46/47	Aug 28	$0.81	$0.19	4.26	$43.19	$46.81
42/42	46/46	Aug 7	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$42.10	$45.90
42/43	45/46	Aug 7	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$42.60	$45.40
42/42	46/47	Aug 21	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$42.10	$46.90
41/42	46/47	Aug 28	$0.79	$0.21	3.76	$41.21	$46.79
38/38	46/46	Aug 7	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$38.11	$45.89
41/42	44/44	Aug 7	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$41.11	$44.39

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 49 found (best R:R 13.29, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$50.00	$51.00	$52.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$47.00	$48.00	$49.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$51.00	$52.00	$53.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$0.89	8.09
$49.00	$50.00	$51.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.88	7.33
$44.50	$45.00	$45.50	Aug 7	$0.07	$0.43	6.14

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$45.00	$46.00	$47.00	Aug 14	$0.09	$0.91	10.11
$37.00	$38.00	$39.00	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.87	6.69
$42.50	$43.00	$43.50	Jul 31	$0.09	$0.41	4.56
$45.00	$45.50	$46.00	Aug 7	$0.09	$0.41	4.56
$44.50	$45.00	$45.50	Aug 7	$0.11	$0.39	3.55

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 76 found (best net $-0.04, 66 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$50.00	$52.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.52	$1.48
$48.00	$50.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.85	$1.15
$49.00	$50.00	1:2	Jul 31	$0.00	$1.00
$52.00	$53.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.21	$0.79
$51.00	$52.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.25	$0.75

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$39.00	$37.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.04	$1.96
$38.00	$36.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.22	$1.78
$42.00	$40.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.25	$1.75
$41.50	$40.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.16	$1.34
$52.00	$49.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.94	$1.06

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 53 found (best yield 5.29%, avg 1.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$45.00	Aug 28	$2.38	0.52	0.1%	5.29%	5.36%	11	72
$46.00	Aug 28	$2.00	0.47	2.3%	4.45%	6.74%	2	--
$45.00	Aug 21	$1.99	0.51	0.1%	4.43%	4.49%	188	989
$45.50	Aug 21	$1.96	0.48	1.2%	4.36%	5.54%	2	--
$46.00	Aug 21	$1.70	0.45	2.3%	3.78%	6.07%	30	333
$48.00	Sep 4	$1.67	0.37	6.7%	3.71%	10.45%	1	--
$47.00	Aug 28	$1.64	0.41	4.5%	3.65%	8.16%	37	94
$45.00	Aug 14	$1.60	0.51	0.1%	3.56%	3.62%	17	113
$45.50	Aug 14	$1.54	0.47	1.2%	3.42%	4.60%	1	1
$46.50	Aug 21	$1.54	0.42	3.4%	3.42%	6.83%	11	16

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,911

Total Puts 3,909

Put/Call Ratio 0.80

Net Difference 1,002

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,595

Total Puts 2,636

Put/Call Ratio 0.35

Net Difference 4,959

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 59,913

Total Puts 31,126

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.56

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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