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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17) 17,380

Calls: 5,627 (32%)

Puts: 11,753 (68%)

Prior (09/16) 8,038

Calls: 3,944 (49%)

Puts: 4,094 (51%)

Current vs Prior +116.22%

Calls: +42.67% (Calls)

Puts: +187.08% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 72,749

Calls: 41,239 (57%)

Puts: 31,510 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 10,392

Calls: 5,891 (57%)

Puts: 4,501 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +67.23%

Calls: -4.49%

Puts: +161.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17) $6.77M

Calls: $1.29M (19%)

Puts: $5.48M (81%)

Prior (09/16) $1.83M

Calls: $592.7K (32%)

Puts: $1.23M (68%)

Current vs Prior +270.95%

Calls: +117.63%

Puts: +344.63%

Prior 7-Day Total $16.22M

Calls: $7.55M (47%)

Puts: $8.67M (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average $2.32M

Calls: $1.08M (47%)

Puts: $1.24M (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +192.35%

Calls: +19.65%

Puts: +342.65%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17) 2.09

Prior (09/16) 1.04

Current vs Prior +101.22%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.84

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +149.10%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/17) 260,650

Calls: 134,900 (52%)

Puts: 125,750 (48%)

Prior (09/16) 257,195

Calls: 133,700 (52%)

Puts: 123,495 (48%)

Current vs Prior +1.34%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,794,349

Calls: 942,869 (53%)

Puts: 851,480 (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average 256,335

Calls: 134,695 (53%)

Puts: 121,640 (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.68%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 3.11% | 6.20%3.11% | 12.07%

Prior 3.98% | 6.74%3.98% | 12.19%

Current vs Prior -21.85% | -8.14%-21.85% | -0.99%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.71% | 7.51%5.97% | 12.79%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -33.96% | -17.51%-47.94% | -5.63%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.98% | 6.74%3.98% | 12.19%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -21.85% | -8.14%-21.85% | -0.99%

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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Strong bearish conviction with 81% of dollar volume in puts ($5.48M) vs calls ($1.29M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 271% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (192% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 116% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 13 of results (avg 7.7%, best 3.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Oct 16	7.50	7.75	$7.63	3.3%	1	0.88	155
$38.00	Sep 18	8.80	9.45	$9.13	7.1%	1	0.92	109
$45.00	Oct 16	3.80	4.10	$3.95	7.6%	18	0.65	391
$47.00	Oct 23	3.05	3.30	$3.18	7.9%	13	0.55	1
$40.00	Sep 18	6.75	7.35	$7.05	8.5%	2	0.98	89

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$53.00	Oct 23	6.70	7.15	$6.93	6.5%	1	0.75	2
$51.00	Oct 9	4.50	4.85	$4.68	7.5%	23	0.76	160
$50.00	Oct 16	4.15	4.50	$4.33	8.1%	7	0.63	3.1K
$52.00	Sep 18	4.70	5.10	$4.90	8.2%	3	0.95	97
$56.00	Sep 25	8.60	9.35	$8.98	8.4%	1	1.00	26

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.74, cheapest $0.76)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$50.00	Oct 2	0.70	0.83	$0.76	17.1%	4	0.28	106
$49.50	Oct 2	0.81	0.98	$0.90	18.9%	11	0.32	82
$55.00	Oct 16	0.55	0.60	$0.57	8.8%	120	0.17	13.0K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 80 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Sep 25	6.75	7.80	$7.28	14.4%	7	0.99	11
$43.00	Sep 18	3.70	4.50	$4.10	19.5%	3	0.99	24
$40.00	Sep 18	6.75	7.35	$7.05	8.5%	2	0.98	89
$44.00	Sep 18	2.71	3.45	$3.08	24.0%	2	0.98	27
$41.00	Sep 18	5.75	6.40	$6.08	10.7%	1	0.98	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$53.00	Sep 18	5.55	6.50	$6.03	15.8%	--	1.00	29
$55.00	Sep 18	7.55	8.45	$8.00	11.2%	18	1.00	235
$54.00	Sep 25	6.55	7.30	$6.93	10.8%	1	1.00	9
$56.00	Sep 25	8.60	9.35	$8.98	8.4%	1	1.00	26
$50.00	Sep 18	2.75	3.10	$2.93	11.9%	33	0.97	1.7K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 167 active (total vol 4.8K, top 606)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$50.00	Oct 16	1.57	1.71	$1.64	8.5%	606	0.37	3.2K
$52.00	Oct 2	0.35	0.48	$0.42	31.0%	348	0.17	150
$47.00	Sep 18	0.43	0.71	$0.57	49.1%	335	0.51	611
$50.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	275	0.03	4.5K
$47.00	Oct 30	3.25	3.65	$3.45	11.6%	202	0.54	4

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$46.00	Sep 25	0.62	0.95	$0.78	42.3%	235	0.35	68
$45.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.06	$0.03	200.0%	128	0.06	2.3K
$44.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	104	0.02	263
$47.00	Sep 18	0.41	0.71	$0.56	53.6%	90	0.49	1.1K
$44.00	Sep 25	0.05	0.41	$0.23	156.5%	85	0.14	144

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 23.0%, max 27.2%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$46.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	65.5%	51.6%	27.0%	6	35
$46.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	54.2%	44.0%	23.2%	200	265
$47.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	59.6%	49.4%	20.7%	537	615
$47.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	59.4%	49.2%	20.7%	22	121

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$46.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	65.5%	51.4%	27.2%	16	496
$45.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	70.7%	57.2%	23.5%	18	221
$46.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	54.2%	44.0%	23.2%	17	19
$47.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	59.6%	49.4%	20.7%	90	1.1K
$47.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	59.4%	49.2%	20.7%	19	275

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 92 found (best R:R 1.00, avg 2.47)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$43.00	$47.00	Oct 23	$2.00	$2.00	$2.00	74%	1.00	$45.00
$44.00	$46.00	Oct 30	$0.93	$1.07	$0.93	69%	1.15	$44.93
$47.00	$48.00	Oct 30	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	54%	3.00	$47.25
$45.00	$50.00	Oct 16	$2.31	$2.69	$2.31	65%	1.16	$47.31
$47.00	$49.00	Oct 23	$0.80	$1.20	$0.80	54%	1.50	$47.80

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$52.00	$51.00	Oct 23	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	70%	1.86	$51.65
$48.00	$47.50	Sep 18	$0.21	$0.29	$0.21	78%	1.38	$47.79
$49.00	$48.50	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	71%	1.00	$48.75
$47.00	$46.00	Oct 23	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	46%	1.86	$46.65
$50.00	$49.00	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.36	$0.64	72%	0.56	$49.36

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 68 found (best R:R 0.33, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$48.00	$49.00	Oct 30	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	50%	2.03	$48.67
$54.00	$55.00	Oct 30	$0.37	$0.37	$0.63	74%	0.59	$54.37
$50.00	$51.00	Oct 9	$0.38	$0.38	$0.62	68%	0.61	$50.38
$54.00	$55.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$0.13	$0.87	89%	0.15	$54.13
$50.00	$51.00	Sep 25	$0.19	$0.19	$0.81	79%	0.23	$50.19

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$45.00	$40.00	Oct 16	$1.23	$1.23	$3.77	65%	0.33	$43.77
$43.00	$42.00	Oct 2	$0.35	$0.35	$0.65	81%	0.54	$42.65
$46.50	$46.00	Sep 25	$0.39	$0.39	$0.11	58%	3.55	$46.11
$43.00	$42.00	Oct 23	$0.40	$0.40	$0.60	74%	0.67	$42.60
$45.00	$44.00	Oct 30	$0.48	$0.48	$0.52	64%	0.92	$44.52

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $0.77, cheapest $0.69)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$47.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.82	59.6%	46.9%
$47.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.78	59.4%	47.3%
$46.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.76	54.2%	52.7%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$47.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.69	59.6%	46.9%
$47.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.69	59.4%	47.3%
$46.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.87	54.2%	52.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 50 found (cheapest 2.41% of stock, avg 8.18%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$47.00	Sep 18	$0.57	$0.56	$1.13	$45.87	$48.13	2.41%
$46.50	Sep 18	$0.90	$0.30	$1.20	$45.30	$47.70	2.55%
$47.50	Sep 18	$0.35	$0.87	$1.22	$46.28	$48.72	2.60%
$48.00	Sep 18	$0.18	$1.08	$1.26	$46.74	$49.26	2.68%
$46.00	Sep 18	$1.23	$0.24	$1.47	$44.53	$47.47	3.13%
$48.50	Sep 18	$0.10	$1.51	$1.61	$46.89	$50.11	3.43%
$49.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$2.02	$2.09	$46.91	$51.09	4.45%
$45.00	Sep 18	$2.16	$0.03	$2.19	$42.81	$47.19	4.66%
$49.50	Sep 18	$0.06	$2.45	$2.51	$46.99	$52.01	5.34%
$47.00	Sep 25	$1.39	$1.25	$2.64	$44.36	$49.64	5.62%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 154 found (cheapest 0.47% of stock, avg 5.18%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$49.50	$45.50	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.16	$0.22	$45.28	$49.72
$49.00	$45.50	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.16	$0.23	$45.27	$49.23
$48.50	$45.50	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.16	$0.26	$45.24	$48.76
$49.50	$38.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.28	$0.34	$37.66	$49.84
$48.00	$45.50	Sep 18	$0.18	$0.16	$0.34	$45.16	$48.34
$49.00	$38.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.28	$0.35	$37.65	$49.35
$49.50	$46.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.24	$0.30	$45.70	$49.80
$49.00	$46.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.24	$0.31	$45.69	$49.31
$48.50	$46.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.24	$0.34	$45.66	$48.84
$48.50	$38.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.28	$0.38	$37.62	$48.88

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 70 found (best R:R 1.56, avg credit $0.45)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
39/40	54/55	Oct 30	$0.61	$0.39	58%	1.56	$39.39	$54.61
42/43	54/55	Oct 2	$0.48	$0.52	70%	0.92	$42.52	$54.48
42/43	53/54	Oct 2	$0.52	$0.48	65%	1.08	$42.48	$53.52
44/45	50/51	Oct 9	$0.78	$0.22	35%	3.55	$44.22	$50.78
42/43	51/52	Oct 2	$0.54	$0.46	58%	1.17	$42.46	$51.54
42/43	52/53	Oct 23	$0.69	$0.31	43%	2.23	$42.31	$52.69
38/39	54/55	Oct 30	$0.49	$0.51	62%	0.96	$38.51	$54.49
42/43	54/55	Oct 30	$0.63	$0.37	46%	1.70	$42.37	$54.63
40/41	50/51	Oct 9	$0.53	$0.47	56%	1.13	$40.47	$50.53
42/43	50/51	Oct 9	$0.62	$0.38	47%	1.63	$42.38	$50.62

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 68 found (best R:R 3.03, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$45.00	$50.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$1.24	$3.76	49%	3.03
$40.00	$45.00	$50.00	Oct 16	$1.37	$3.63	50%	2.65
$47.00	$47.50	$48.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.45	28%	9.00
$48.00	$49.00	$50.00	Oct 9	$0.05	$0.95	14%	19.00
$51.00	$52.00	$53.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$0.95	9%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$40.00	$45.00	$50.00	Oct 16	$1.38	$3.62	51%	2.62
$45.00	$50.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$1.46	$3.54	49%	2.42
$48.00	$49.00	$50.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$0.93	14%	13.29
$45.00	$46.00	$47.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.92	14%	11.50
$48.00	$48.50	$49.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.42	14%	5.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 79 found (best net $-0.27, 71 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$40.00	$45.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.27	$4.73
$43.00	$47.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.18	$2.82
$45.00	$46.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.30	$0.70
$50.00	$51.00	1:2	Sep 25	$0.00	$1.00
$47.00	$47.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.13	$0.37

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$55.00	$50.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.26	$4.74
$55.00	$51.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.56	$2.44
$42.00	$40.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.26	$1.74
$41.00	$40.00	1:2	Oct 2	$0.00	$1.00
$47.50	$47.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.25	$0.25

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 52 found (best yield 4.39%, avg 2.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$50.00	Oct 30	$2.06	0.41	6.5%	4.39%	10.84%	9	106
$47.00	Oct 30	$3.25	0.54	0.1%	6.92%	6.98%	202	4
$51.00	Oct 30	$1.73	0.37	8.6%	3.68%	12.26%	3	1
$49.00	Oct 30	$2.25	0.45	4.3%	4.79%	9.11%	24	2
$48.00	Oct 30	$2.64	0.50	2.2%	5.62%	7.81%	--	12
$47.00	Oct 23	$3.05	0.55	0.1%	6.49%	6.56%	13	1
$52.00	Oct 30	$1.36	0.33	10.7%	2.90%	13.60%	1	14
$49.00	Oct 23	$2.02	0.45	4.3%	4.30%	8.62%	20	19
$50.00	Oct 23	$1.67	0.40	6.5%	3.56%	10.01%	1	37
$51.00	Oct 23	$1.31	0.35	8.6%	2.79%	11.37%	--	27

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,627

Total Puts 11,753

Put/Call Ratio 2.09

Net Difference -6,126

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,944

Total Puts 4,094

Put/Call Ratio 1.04

Net Difference -150

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 41,239

Total Puts 31,510

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.84

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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