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$98.06 +1.36%

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as of 09/17 06:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17) 46,152

Calls: 32,257 (70%)

Puts: 13,895 (30%)

Prior (09/16) 40,862

Calls: 29,100 (71%)

Puts: 11,762 (29%)

Current vs Prior +12.95%

Calls: +10.85% (Calls)

Puts: +18.13% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 308,303

Calls: 208,138 (68%)

Puts: 100,165 (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average 44,043

Calls: 29,734 (68%)

Puts: 14,309 (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.79%

Calls: +8.49%

Puts: -2.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17) $53.67M

Calls: $29.20M (54%)

Puts: $24.47M (46%)

Prior (09/16) $26.11M

Calls: $17.96M (69%)

Puts: $8.15M (31%)

Current vs Prior +105.53%

Calls: +62.55%

Puts: +200.31%

Prior 7-Day Total $242.50M

Calls: $129.01M (53%)

Puts: $113.49M (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average $34.64M

Calls: $18.43M (53%)

Puts: $16.21M (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +54.91%

Calls: +58.43%

Puts: +50.91%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17) 0.43

Prior (09/16) 0.40

Current vs Prior +6.57%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.51

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.19%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17) 344,464

Calls: 186,164 (54%)

Puts: 158,300 (46%)

Prior (09/16) 332,920

Calls: 175,689 (53%)

Puts: 157,231 (47%)

Current vs Prior +3.47%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,307,773

Calls: 1,219,283 (53%)

Puts: 1,088,490 (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average 329,681

Calls: 174,183 (53%)

Puts: 155,498 (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.48%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 4.35% | 10.35%4.35% | 18.87%

Prior 6.82% | 11.99%6.82% | 19.33%

Current vs Prior -36.17% | -13.68%-36.17% | -2.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 7.28% | 12.37%9.83% | 22.69%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -40.22% | -16.32%-55.70% | -16.85%

Prior 7-Day Eod 6.82% | 11.99%6.82% | 19.33%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -36.17% | -13.68%-36.17% | -2.40%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 57.81% | 14.47%

Calls: 43.75% | 15.09%

Puts: 71.87% | 13.86%

Prior 57.81% | 14.47%

Calls: 43.75% | 15.09%

Puts: 71.87% | 13.86%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 57.81% | 14.47%

Calls: 43.75% | 15.09%

Puts: 71.87% | 13.86%

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

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 106% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (55% higher). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.43 - heavy call buying (32,257 calls vs 13,895 puts).

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 38 of results (avg 8.3%, best 3.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$95.00	Oct 16	10.50	10.90	$10.70	3.7%	34	0.60	242
$100.00	Oct 16	8.30	8.70	$8.50	4.7%	307	0.52	400
$110.00	Oct 16	4.90	5.20	$5.05	5.9%	68	0.36	841
$99.00	Sep 25	4.30	4.60	$4.45	6.7%	182	0.50	27
$100.00	Sep 25	3.80	4.10	$3.95	7.6%	467	0.47	239

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$100.00	Oct 16	9.70	10.30	$10.00	6.0%	69	0.48	1.8K
$100.00	Oct 23	10.50	11.20	$10.85	6.5%	12	0.47	40
$95.00	Oct 16	7.00	7.50	$7.25	6.9%	45	0.40	554
$100.00	Oct 30	11.50	12.40	$11.95	7.5%	82	0.47	70
$92.00	Oct 30	7.50	8.10	$7.80	7.7%	3	0.35	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.73, cheapest $0.70)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$101.00	Sep 18	0.75	0.90	$0.83	18.1%	1.7K	0.28	304

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$95.00	Sep 18	0.65	0.75	$0.70	14.3%	767	0.25	1.8K
$85.00	Sep 25	0.60	0.70	$0.65	15.4%	175	0.11	403

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 139 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$80.00	Sep 18	17.00	19.70	$18.35	14.7%	51	1.00	214
$83.00	Sep 18	14.20	17.00	$15.60	17.9%	36	1.00	431
$84.00	Sep 18	13.20	16.00	$14.60	19.2%	60	1.00	427
$85.00	Sep 18	11.90	14.00	$12.95	16.2%	84	1.00	453
$86.00	Sep 18	11.00	14.10	$12.55	24.7%	63	1.00	23

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$115.00	Sep 18	16.20	18.70	$17.45	14.3%	8	0.99	1.5K
$116.00	Sep 18	16.20	20.00	$18.10	21.0%	24	0.98	16
$114.00	Sep 18	14.00	18.00	$16.00	25.0%	5	0.98	49
$111.00	Sep 18	11.30	14.70	$13.00	26.2%	12	0.98	59
$113.00	Sep 18	13.60	16.20	$14.90	17.4%	11	0.97	69

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 288 active (total vol 28.3K, top 4.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$99.00	Sep 18	1.40	1.60	$1.50	13.3%	4.3K	0.42	342
$100.00	Sep 18	1.10	1.20	$1.15	8.7%	3.1K	0.35	2.4K
$105.00	Sep 18	0.20	0.25	$0.23	21.7%	2.9K	0.10	3.1K
$101.00	Sep 18	0.75	0.90	$0.83	18.1%	1.7K	0.28	304
$110.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.10	$0.08	62.5%	1.7K	0.03	2.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$95.00	Sep 18	0.65	0.75	$0.70	14.3%	767	0.25	1.8K
$100.00	Sep 18	2.75	3.60	$3.18	26.7%	309	0.65	2.3K
$90.00	Sep 18	0.10	0.30	$0.20	100.0%	308	0.07	2.8K
$95.00	Oct 2	4.70	5.30	$5.00	12.0%	213	0.39	186
$98.00	Sep 18	1.65	2.20	$1.93	28.5%	212	0.50	475

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 21 strikes (avg 19.3%, max 37.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$93.00	Sep 18	Oct 2	113.8%	83.3%	36.6%	3	17
$99.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	100.8%	82.3%	22.4%	4.3K	347
$100.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	101.8%	83.8%	21.5%	3.1K	2.5K
$101.00	Sep 18	Oct 9	100.1%	83.5%	19.8%	1.7K	310
$102.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	100.5%	84.3%	19.2%	375	577

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$93.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	113.8%	82.8%	37.4%	168	379
$99.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	100.8%	82.3%	22.4%	35	66
$100.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	101.8%	83.8%	21.5%	391	2.4K
$103.00	Sep 18	Oct 9	102.7%	85.9%	19.5%	35	95
$102.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	100.5%	84.3%	19.2%	82	101

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 196 found (best R:R 0.59, avg 2.24)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$80.00	$95.00	Oct 9	$9.45	$5.55	$9.45	87%	0.59	$89.45
$87.00	$94.00	Oct 30	$3.55	$3.45	$3.55	72%	0.97	$90.55
$86.00	$90.00	Sep 25	$2.55	$1.45	$2.55	88%	0.57	$88.55
$96.00	$99.00	Oct 23	$0.95	$2.05	$0.95	60%	2.16	$96.95
$85.00	$86.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	100%	1.50	$85.40

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$109.00	$108.00	Sep 25	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	78%	4.00	$108.80
$112.00	$111.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	96%	0.67	$111.40
$104.00	$103.00	Sep 18	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	86%	1.00	$103.50
$116.00	$115.00	Sep 18	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	98%	0.54	$115.35
$110.00	$109.00	Oct 2	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	72%	1.50	$109.60

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 136 found (best R:R 1.67, avg 0.59)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$113.00	$115.00	Oct 23	$0.95	$0.95	$1.05	64%	0.90	$113.95
$113.00	$115.00	Oct 9	$0.72	$0.72	$1.28	70%	0.56	$113.72
$104.00	$105.00	Oct 30	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	51%	1.86	$104.65
$100.00	$101.00	Oct 2	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	51%	1.86	$100.65
$115.00	$116.00	Oct 23	$0.45	$0.45	$0.55	68%	0.82	$115.45

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$95.00	$93.00	Oct 9	$1.25	$1.25	$0.75	61%	1.67	$93.75
$95.00	$90.00	Oct 16	$2.20	$2.20	$2.80	60%	0.79	$92.80
$92.00	$90.00	Oct 23	$1.05	$1.05	$0.95	65%	1.11	$90.95
$90.00	$85.00	Oct 16	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	69%	0.49	$88.35
$85.00	$80.00	Oct 30	$1.40	$1.40	$3.60	74%	0.39	$83.60

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $2.82, cheapest $2.67)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$100.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.80	101.8%	82.3%
$99.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.95	100.8%	83.4%
$98.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$3.15	96.0%	83.4%
$96.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.75	95.1%	82.8%
$97.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$3.02	90.4%	81.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$100.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.67	101.8%	82.3%
$99.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.73	100.8%	83.4%
$98.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.77	96.0%	83.4%
$96.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.65	95.1%	82.8%
$97.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.75	90.4%	81.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 75 found (cheapest 3.85% of stock, avg 13.51%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$98.00	Sep 18	$1.85	$1.93	$3.78	$94.22	$101.78	3.85%
$97.00	Sep 18	$2.48	$1.35	$3.83	$93.17	$100.83	3.91%
$99.00	Sep 18	$1.50	$2.42	$3.92	$95.08	$102.92	4.00%
$96.00	Sep 18	$3.15	$1.05	$4.20	$91.80	$100.20	4.28%
$100.00	Sep 18	$1.15	$3.18	$4.33	$95.67	$104.33	4.42%
$101.00	Sep 18	$0.83	$3.70	$4.53	$96.47	$105.53	4.62%
$95.00	Sep 18	$3.90	$0.70	$4.60	$90.40	$99.60	4.69%
$102.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$4.55	$5.15	$96.85	$107.15	5.25%
$103.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$5.45	$5.90	$97.10	$108.90	6.02%
$93.00	Sep 18	$5.45	$0.55	$6.00	$87.00	$99.00	6.12%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 165 found (cheapest 0.97% of stock, avg 11.73%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$103.00	$94.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$0.50	$0.95	$93.05	$103.95
$102.00	$94.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$0.50	$1.10	$92.90	$103.10
$103.00	$95.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$0.70	$1.15	$93.85	$104.15
$102.00	$95.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$0.70	$1.30	$93.70	$103.30
$101.00	$94.00	Sep 18	$0.83	$0.50	$1.33	$92.67	$102.33
$101.00	$95.00	Sep 18	$0.83	$0.70	$1.53	$93.47	$102.53
$103.00	$96.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$1.05	$1.50	$94.50	$104.50
$102.00	$96.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$1.05	$1.65	$94.35	$103.65
$100.00	$94.00	Sep 18	$1.15	$0.50	$1.65	$92.35	$101.65
$101.00	$96.00	Sep 18	$0.83	$1.05	$1.88	$94.12	$102.88

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 105 found (best R:R 2.51, avg credit $0.61)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
85/87	113/115	Oct 9	$1.43	$0.57	46%	2.51	$85.57	$114.43
88/89	115/116	Oct 23	$0.85	$0.15	37%	5.67	$88.15	$115.85
92/93	104/105	Sep 18	$0.47	$0.53	69%	0.89	$92.53	$104.47
90/92	115/116	Oct 23	$1.50	$0.50	33%	3.00	$90.50	$116.50
92/93	100/101	Sep 18	$0.67	$0.33	47%	2.03	$92.33	$100.67
92/93	104/105	Sep 25	$0.78	$0.22	35%	3.55	$92.22	$104.78
92/93	101/102	Sep 18	$0.58	$0.42	55%	1.38	$92.42	$101.58
82/83	104/105	Sep 25	$0.55	$0.45	58%	1.22	$82.45	$104.55
92/93	107/108	Oct 2	$0.80	$0.20	32%	4.00	$92.20	$107.80
92/93	102/103	Sep 18	$0.50	$0.50	61%	1.00	$92.50	$102.50

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 104 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$95.00	$100.00	$105.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	17%	49.00
$105.00	$110.00	$115.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	14%	49.00
$95.00	$96.00	$97.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.92	16%	11.50
$100.00	$101.00	$102.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.91	13%	10.11
$101.00	$102.00	$103.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.92	11%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$95.00	$100.00	$105.00	Oct 16	$0.35	$4.65	17%	13.29
$101.00	$102.00	$103.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	11%	19.00
$99.00	$100.00	$101.00	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.95	6%	19.00
$93.00	$94.00	$95.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$0.95	5%	19.00
$91.00	$92.00	$93.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	6%	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 57 found (best net $-0.35, 54 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$80.00	$95.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.35	$14.65
$104.00	$105.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.11	$0.89
$112.00	$113.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.06	$0.94
$105.00	$106.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.13	$0.87
$115.00	$116.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.07	$0.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$85.00	$80.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.63	$4.37
$92.00	$91.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.10	$0.90
$84.00	$83.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.07	$0.93
$88.00	$87.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.08	$0.92
$81.00	$80.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.10	$0.90

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 86 found (best yield 8.46%, avg 4.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$105.00	Oct 30	$8.30	0.47	7.1%	8.46%	15.54%	3	10
$112.00	Oct 30	$6.10	0.39	14.2%	6.22%	20.44%	--	16
$111.00	Oct 30	$6.30	0.40	13.2%	6.42%	19.62%	1	4
$106.00	Oct 30	$7.80	0.46	8.1%	7.95%	16.05%	--	12
$104.00	Oct 30	$8.50	0.49	6.1%	8.67%	14.73%	1	3
$103.00	Oct 30	$8.90	0.50	5.0%	9.08%	14.11%	3	10
$115.00	Oct 30	$5.40	0.35	17.3%	5.51%	22.78%	26	15
$117.00	Oct 30	$5.00	0.33	19.3%	5.10%	24.41%	2	--
$102.00	Oct 30	$9.20	0.51	4.0%	9.38%	13.40%	4	4
$100.00	Oct 30	$10.00	0.54	2.0%	10.20%	12.18%	14	23

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 32,257

Total Puts 13,895

Put/Call Ratio 0.43

Net Difference 18,362

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 29,100

Total Puts 11,762

Put/Call Ratio 0.40

Net Difference 17,338

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 208,138

Total Puts 100,165

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.51

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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