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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/21) 12,199

Calls: 9,679 (79%)

Puts: 2,520 (21%)

Prior (09/18) 44,134

Calls: 32,732 (74%)

Puts: 11,402 (26%)

Current vs Prior -72.36%

Calls: -70.43% (Calls)

Puts: -77.90% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 114,736

Calls: 67,848 (59%)

Puts: 46,888 (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average 16,390

Calls: 9,692 (59%)

Puts: 6,698 (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.57%

Calls: -0.14%

Puts: -62.38%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/21) $1.88M

Calls: $1.40M (74%)

Puts: $481.2K (26%)

Prior (09/18) $7.71M

Calls: $4.90M (64%)

Puts: $2.81M (36%)

Current vs Prior -75.57%

Calls: -71.40%

Puts: -82.85%

Prior 7-Day Total $26.04M

Calls: $10.54M (40%)

Puts: $15.50M (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average $3.72M

Calls: $1.51M (40%)

Puts: $2.21M (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -49.35%

Calls: -6.83%

Puts: -78.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/21) 0.26

Prior (09/18) 0.35

Current vs Prior -25.26%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.98

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -73.51%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/21) 227,088

Calls: 109,186 (48%)

Puts: 117,902 (52%)

Prior (09/18) 270,936

Calls: 136,400 (50%)

Puts: 134,536 (50%)

Current vs Prior -16.18%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,816,285

Calls: 945,952 (52%)

Puts: 870,333 (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average 259,469

Calls: 135,136 (52%)

Puts: 124,333 (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.48%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 5.20% | 7.24%11.16% | 15.93%

Prior 7.97% | 7.86%3.13% | 11.93%

Current vs Prior -34.77% | -7.89%+256.59% | +33.52%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.87% | 7.28%4.63% | 12.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +6.71% | -0.67%+141.02% | +28.17%

Prior 7-Day Eod 7.97% | 7.86%3.13% | 11.93%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -34.77% | -7.89%+256.59% | +33.52%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

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%

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Moderately bullish flow with 74% call dollar volume ($1.40M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 76% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 72% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.26 - heavy call buying (9,679 calls vs 2,520 puts).

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 39 of results (avg 7.8%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Oct 16	2.26	2.31	$2.29	2.2%	583	0.51	629
$40.00	Oct 16	5.30	5.60	$5.45	5.5%	3	0.82	152
$36.00	Sep 25	8.50	9.00	$8.75	5.7%	16	0.97	19
$37.00	Sep 25	7.50	7.95	$7.73	5.8%	8	0.99	2
$47.00	Oct 16	1.45	1.55	$1.50	6.7%	222	0.38	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$53.00	Sep 25	8.10	8.50	$8.30	4.8%	5	1.00	--
$51.00	Sep 25	6.10	6.45	$6.28	5.6%	4	1.00	123
$50.00	Oct 16	5.70	6.05	$5.88	6.0%	5	0.77	3.1K
$49.00	Oct 9	4.55	4.85	$4.70	6.4%	7	0.80	57
$45.00	Oct 30	2.86	3.05	$2.96	6.4%	17	0.48	111

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 10 found (avg $0.78, cheapest $0.44)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$52.00	Oct 16	0.41	0.47	$0.44	13.6%	37	0.15	--
$51.00	Oct 16	0.52	0.63	$0.57	19.3%	44	0.18	--
$50.00	Oct 16	0.71	0.78	$0.75	9.3%	271	0.23	14.2K
$49.00	Oct 16	0.90	1.01	$0.96	11.5%	6	0.27	--
$51.00	Oct 23	0.73	0.89	$0.81	19.8%	24	0.22	28

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Oct 16	0.58	0.68	$0.63	15.9%	189	0.18	3.3K
$41.00	Oct 16	0.79	0.92	$0.86	15.1%	33	0.23	--
$40.00	Oct 23	0.73	0.84	$0.78	14.1%	3	0.20	18
$40.00	Oct 30	0.89	1.07	$0.98	18.4%	2	0.22	42

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 77 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$37.00	Sep 25	7.50	7.95	$7.73	5.8%	8	0.99	2
$38.00	Sep 25	6.45	6.90	$6.68	6.7%	15	0.99	6
$36.00	Sep 25	8.50	9.00	$8.75	5.7%	16	0.97	19
$40.00	Sep 25	4.60	5.00	$4.80	8.3%	8	0.97	10
$39.00	Sep 25	5.55	6.00	$5.78	7.8%	7	0.93	4

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$50.00	Sep 25	5.10	5.50	$5.30	7.5%	18	1.00	220
$51.00	Sep 25	6.10	6.45	$6.28	5.6%	4	1.00	123
$52.00	Sep 25	6.95	7.80	$7.38	11.5%	1	1.00	26
$53.00	Sep 25	8.10	8.50	$8.30	4.8%	5	1.00	--
$49.50	Sep 25	4.50	5.05	$4.78	11.5%	4	0.97	12

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 182 active (total vol 8.5K, top 2.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$50.00	Oct 23	0.92	1.03	$0.98	11.2%	2.2K	0.26	61
$46.00	Sep 25	0.38	0.52	$0.45	31.1%	663	0.31	168
$45.00	Oct 16	2.26	2.31	$2.29	2.2%	583	0.51	629
$48.00	Oct 2	0.39	0.50	$0.45	24.4%	284	0.22	80
$47.00	Sep 25	0.16	0.29	$0.22	59.1%	274	0.18	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Oct 16	0.58	0.68	$0.63	15.9%	189	0.18	3.3K
$44.00	Sep 25	0.57	0.73	$0.65	24.6%	147	0.37	398
$42.50	Sep 25	0.17	0.43	$0.30	86.7%	110	0.19	53
$43.00	Sep 25	0.27	0.34	$0.31	22.6%	108	0.22	502
$43.50	Sep 25	0.41	0.52	$0.47	23.4%	91	0.29	36

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 17 strikes (avg 9.1%, max 23.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$44.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	55.7%	45.3%	23.0%	61	19
$42.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	59.6%	49.0%	21.5%	2	900
$43.00	Sep 25	Oct 9	51.6%	45.0%	14.6%	1	75
$44.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	53.8%	49.2%	9.3%	9	13
$47.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	56.0%	52.1%	7.6%	93	53

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$42.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	59.6%	49.0%	21.5%	118	53
$44.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	55.7%	49.2%	13.3%	74	79
$44.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	53.8%	49.2%	9.3%	155	491
$45.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	55.3%	51.7%	7.0%	83	776
$43.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	51.6%	48.8%	5.6%	110	566

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 107 found (best R:R 0.55, avg 2.39)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$40.00	$44.00	Oct 23	$2.58	$1.42	$2.58	80%	0.55	$42.58
$40.00	$44.00	Oct 30	$2.55	$1.45	$2.55	78%	0.57	$42.55
$44.00	$44.50	Sep 25	$0.14	$0.36	$0.14	64%	2.57	$44.14
$43.00	$45.00	Oct 9	$1.05	$0.95	$1.05	67%	0.90	$44.05
$48.00	$49.00	Oct 23	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	35%	4.00	$48.20

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$48.00	$47.50	Oct 2	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	80%	1.00	$47.75
$49.00	$48.50	Oct 9	$0.27	$0.23	$0.27	80%	0.85	$48.73
$47.50	$47.00	Oct 2	$0.28	$0.22	$0.28	78%	0.79	$47.22
$44.50	$44.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	46%	2.85	$44.37
$45.50	$45.00	Oct 2	$0.23	$0.27	$0.23	56%	1.17	$45.27

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 81 found (best R:R 0.92, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$46.00	$46.50	Oct 2	$0.31	$0.31	$0.19	60%	1.63	$46.31
$49.50	$50.00	Oct 2	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	82%	0.56	$49.68
$47.00	$47.50	Oct 2	$0.21	$0.21	$0.29	71%	0.72	$47.21
$45.00	$45.50	Sep 25	$0.28	$0.28	$0.22	52%	1.27	$45.28
$51.00	$52.00	Oct 23	$0.24	$0.24	$0.76	78%	0.32	$51.24

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$39.50	$39.00	Oct 16	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	83%	0.92	$39.26
$42.50	$42.00	Oct 2	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	74%	1.00	$42.25
$39.00	$38.00	Sep 25	$0.13	$0.13	$0.87	93%	0.15	$38.87
$41.00	$40.00	Oct 30	$0.35	$0.35	$0.65	73%	0.54	$40.65
$40.50	$40.00	Oct 2	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	87%	0.39	$40.36

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 9 found (avg debit $0.45, cheapest $0.36)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$44.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.41	55.7%	45.3%
$45.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.38	55.3%	45.4%
$44.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.48	53.8%	48.6%
$45.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.54	51.5%	48.6%
$46.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.64	50.1%	51.8%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$44.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.36	55.7%	45.3%
$45.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.50	55.3%	45.4%
$44.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.48	53.8%	48.6%
$45.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.25	51.5%	48.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 52 found (cheapest 4.44% of stock, avg 9.08%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$44.00	Sep 25	$1.33	$0.65	$1.98	$42.02	$45.98	4.44%
$45.00	Sep 25	$0.92	$1.13	$2.05	$42.95	$47.05	4.59%
$44.50	Sep 25	$1.19	$0.90	$2.09	$42.41	$46.59	4.68%
$46.00	Sep 25	$0.45	$1.69	$2.14	$43.86	$48.14	4.79%
$43.50	Sep 25	$1.71	$0.47	$2.18	$41.32	$45.68	4.88%
$45.50	Sep 25	$0.64	$1.61	$2.25	$43.25	$47.75	5.04%
$43.00	Sep 25	$2.07	$0.31	$2.38	$40.62	$45.38	5.33%
$46.50	Sep 25	$0.30	$2.13	$2.43	$44.07	$48.93	5.44%
$42.50	Sep 25	$2.42	$0.30	$2.72	$39.78	$45.22	6.09%
$47.00	Sep 25	$0.22	$2.62	$2.84	$44.16	$49.84	6.36%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.16% of stock, avg 5.91%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$47.00	$42.50	Sep 25	$0.22	$0.30	$0.52	$41.98	$47.52
$47.00	$43.00	Sep 25	$0.22	$0.31	$0.53	$42.47	$47.53
$46.50	$43.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.31	$0.61	$42.39	$47.11
$46.50	$42.50	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.30	$0.60	$41.90	$47.10
$47.00	$43.50	Sep 25	$0.22	$0.47	$0.69	$42.81	$47.69
$46.50	$43.50	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.47	$0.77	$42.73	$47.27
$46.00	$43.00	Sep 25	$0.45	$0.31	$0.76	$42.24	$46.76
$46.00	$42.50	Sep 25	$0.45	$0.30	$0.75	$41.75	$46.75
$46.00	$43.50	Sep 25	$0.45	$0.47	$0.92	$42.58	$46.92
$47.00	$44.00	Sep 25	$0.22	$0.65	$0.87	$43.13	$47.87

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 88 found (best R:R 1.78, avg credit $0.39)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
40/40	50/50	Oct 2	$0.32	$0.18	70%	1.78	$40.18	$49.82
40/40	47/48	Oct 2	$0.35	$0.15	58%	2.33	$40.15	$47.35
39/40	48/48	Oct 16	$0.39	$0.11	50%	3.55	$39.11	$48.39
40/41	50/50	Oct 2	$0.31	$0.19	66%	1.63	$40.69	$49.81
42/42	49/50	Oct 2	$0.36	$0.14	54%	2.57	$42.14	$49.36
39/40	48/49	Oct 16	$0.36	$0.14	53%	2.57	$39.14	$48.86
42/42	48/48	Oct 2	$0.35	$0.15	53%	2.33	$42.15	$48.35
40/41	47/48	Oct 2	$0.34	$0.16	54%	2.13	$40.66	$47.34
39/40	48/49	Oct 9	$0.27	$0.23	64%	1.17	$39.23	$48.77
42/43	50/50	Oct 2	$0.33	$0.17	52%	1.94	$42.67	$49.83

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 63 found (best R:R 11.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$45.00	$46.00	$47.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.92	16%	11.50
$50.00	$51.00	$52.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$0.95	8%	19.00
$40.00	$41.00	$42.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	8%	15.67
$46.00	$47.00	$48.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$0.92	11%	11.50
$46.00	$46.50	$47.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$0.43	13%	6.14

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$41.00	$42.00	$43.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$0.94	11%	15.67
$46.00	$46.50	$47.00	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.45	14%	9.00
$38.00	$39.00	$40.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$0.94	8%	15.67
$42.00	$43.00	$44.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$0.92	11%	11.50
$42.00	$43.00	$44.00	Oct 23	$0.09	$0.91	12%	10.11

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 $-0.10, 77 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$40.00	$43.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.10	$2.90
$40.00	$44.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.47	$3.53
$40.00	$44.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.80	$3.20
$43.00	$45.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.71	$1.29
$50.00	$52.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.39	$1.61

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$50.00	$47.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.72	$1.28
$41.00	$40.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.07	$0.93
$39.00	$37.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.19	$1.81
$42.50	$42.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.11	$0.39
$43.50	$43.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.15	$0.35

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 58 found (best yield 5.06%, avg 2.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$46.00	Oct 30	$2.26	0.47	3.0%	5.06%	8.11%	1	3
$45.00	Oct 30	$2.68	0.52	0.8%	6.00%	6.81%	1	20
$48.00	Oct 30	$1.61	0.37	7.5%	3.61%	11.13%	--	12
$47.00	Oct 30	$1.80	0.41	5.3%	4.03%	9.32%	10	204
$49.00	Oct 30	$1.28	0.33	9.8%	2.87%	12.63%	21	26
$46.00	Oct 23	$2.09	0.46	3.0%	4.68%	7.73%	1	--
$45.00	Oct 23	$2.50	0.52	0.8%	5.60%	6.41%	3	--
$47.00	Oct 23	$1.73	0.40	5.3%	3.88%	9.16%	7	14
$48.00	Oct 23	$1.41	0.35	7.5%	3.16%	10.69%	6	4
$50.00	Oct 30	$1.09	0.28	12.0%	2.44%	14.45%	14	114

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 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 9,679

Total Puts 2,520

Put/Call Ratio 0.26

Net Difference 7,159

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 32,732

Total Puts 11,402

Put/Call Ratio 0.35

Net Difference 21,330

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 67,848

Total Puts 46,888

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.98

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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