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ALBEMARLE CORP

$118.62 +0.36%

$118.99 (+0.31%)🌙

as of 07/21 06:02 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/21) 3,337

Calls: 2,260 (68%)

Puts: 1,077 (32%)

Prior (07/20) 3,981

Calls: 2,237 (56%)

Puts: 1,744 (44%)

Current vs Prior -16.18%

Calls: +1.03% (Calls)

Puts: -38.25% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 49,057

Calls: 21,248 (43%)

Puts: 27,809 (57%)

Prior 7-Day Average 7,008

Calls: 3,035 (43%)

Puts: 3,972 (57%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -52.38%

Calls: -25.55%

Puts: -72.89%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/21) $1.95M

Calls: $1.05M (54%)

Puts: $897.6K (46%)

Prior (07/20) $1.78M

Calls: $812.5K (46%)

Puts: $963.6K (54%)

Current vs Prior +9.73%

Calls: +29.38%

Puts: -6.85%

Prior 7-Day Total $62.50M

Calls: $19.58M (31%)

Puts: $42.92M (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average $8.93M

Calls: $2.80M (31%)

Puts: $6.13M (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -78.17%

Calls: -62.41%

Puts: -85.36%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/21) 0.48

Prior (07/20) 0.78

Current vs Prior -38.87%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.55

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -69.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/21) 188,190

Calls: 86,862 (46%)

Puts: 101,328 (54%)

Prior (07/20) 186,156

Calls: 85,595 (46%)

Puts: 100,561 (54%)

Current vs Prior +1.09%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,385,213

Calls: 677,116 (49%)

Puts: 708,097 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 197,887

Calls: 96,730 (49%)

Puts: 101,156 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/24) | Next (07/31)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 5.16% | 8.50%15.34% | 20.93%

Prior 6.07% | 8.91%14.48% | 21.01%

Current vs Prior -14.95% | -4.61%+5.93% | -0.35%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.28% | 8.29%5.70% | 18.01%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -2.32% | +2.45%+169.10% | +16.20%

Prior 7-Day Eod 6.07% | 8.91%14.48% | 21.01%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -14.95% | -4.61%+5.93% | -0.35%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 31.62% | 18.41%

Calls: 32.18% | 21.94%

Puts: 31.05% | 14.89%

Prior 31.62% | 18.41%

Calls: 32.18% | 21.94%

Puts: 31.05% | 14.89%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 31.62% | 18.41%

Calls: 32.18% | 21.94%

Puts: 31.05% | 14.89%

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

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Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.48 - heavy call buying (2,260 calls vs 1,077 puts). P/C ratio dropping 39% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 14 of results (avg 7.2%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$114.00	Aug 21	10.90	11.35	$11.13	4.0%	2	0.61	--
$120.00	Aug 21	7.95	8.30	$8.13	4.3%	4	0.51	410
$125.00	Aug 21	5.80	6.25	$6.03	7.5%	30	0.42	126
$114.00	Jul 31	7.15	7.85	$7.50	9.3%	1	0.67	--
$110.00	Aug 21	13.20	14.55	$13.88	9.7%	10	0.69	69

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$127.00	Jul 31	9.80	10.35	$10.07	5.5%	2	0.73	24
$120.00	Aug 21	8.90	9.40	$9.15	5.5%	3	0.49	468
$140.00	Aug 21	22.70	24.05	$23.38	5.8%	11	0.80	199
$135.00	Aug 21	18.75	19.95	$19.35	6.2%	9	0.73	341
$128.00	Aug 7	12.10	13.10	$12.60	7.9%	--	0.67	73

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 76 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 0.96)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$99.00	Jul 31	18.75	21.40	$20.08	13.2%	28	0.96	--
$100.00	Jul 31	17.80	20.45	$19.13	13.9%	--	0.96	17
$95.00	Jul 24	22.45	25.10	$23.78	11.1%	5	0.91	5
$100.00	Jul 24	17.50	20.10	$18.80	13.8%	--	0.91	36
$98.00	Jul 31	19.70	22.35	$21.03	12.6%	28	0.89	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Jul 24	10.60	12.75	$11.68	18.4%	10	0.96	106
$135.00	Jul 24	15.75	17.65	$16.70	11.4%	4	0.96	127
$140.00	Jul 31	20.10	22.75	$21.43	12.4%	2	0.93	47
$138.00	Jul 31	18.20	20.80	$19.50	13.3%	--	0.92	26
$136.00	Jul 31	16.30	18.95	$17.63	15.0%	--	0.91	23

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 150 active (total vol 1.8K, top 171)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Jul 24	0.48	0.90	$0.69	60.9%	171	0.19	163
$131.00	Jul 24	0.10	0.41	$0.26	119.2%	135	0.07	37
$128.00	Aug 7	3.05	3.80	$3.43	21.9%	118	0.33	38
$129.00	Aug 7	2.65	3.60	$3.13	30.4%	118	0.31	3
$135.00	Jul 31	0.28	0.98	$0.63	111.1%	52	0.11	80

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$110.00	Jul 24	0.27	0.51	$0.39	61.5%	81	0.11	365
$110.00	Aug 21	4.35	4.75	$4.55	8.8%	80	0.31	268
$111.00	Jul 24	0.43	0.57	$0.50	28.0%	58	0.13	114
$115.00	Jul 31	2.82	3.40	$3.11	18.6%	43	0.36	189
$116.00	Jul 31	3.20	3.80	$3.50	17.1%	29	0.39	97

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 44 strikes (avg 40.4%, max 154.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$100.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	155.9%	61.2%	154.7%	--	49
$140.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	156.5%	62.9%	148.7%	15	178
$136.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	138.9%	57.0%	143.6%	2	187
$138.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	147.5%	64.0%	130.3%	12	17
$137.00	Jul 24	Aug 7	143.7%	67.7%	112.1%	1	29

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$100.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	155.9%	62.4%	149.8%	32	60
$140.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	156.5%	62.8%	149.4%	12	252
$136.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	138.9%	57.0%	143.6%	--	46
$135.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	84.0%	63.4%	32.5%	13	468
$105.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	78.1%	60.9%	28.3%	13	2.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 130 found (best R:R 32.33, avg 2.71)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$136.00	$138.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$1.89	$0.11	17.18	$136.11
$131.00	$133.00	Aug 7	$0.26	$1.74	$0.26	6.69	$131.26
$125.00	$126.00	Jul 24	$0.14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$125.14
$134.00	$135.00	Jul 31	$0.14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$134.14
$133.00	$134.00	Jul 31	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	4.88	$133.17

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$105.00	$100.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$104.85
$105.00	$100.00	Jul 31	$0.41	$4.59	$0.41	11.20	$104.59
$108.00	$106.00	Jul 24	$0.17	$1.83	$0.17	10.76	$107.83
$103.00	$100.00	Jul 24	$0.29	$2.71	$0.29	9.34	$102.71
$111.00	$110.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$110.89

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 158 found (best R:R 20.05, avg 1.44)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$103.00	$111.00	Jul 24	$7.62	$7.62	$0.38	20.05	$110.62
$132.00	$133.00	Jul 24	$0.89	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$132.89
$134.00	$135.00	Jul 24	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$134.85
$100.00	$114.00	Jul 31	$11.63	$11.63	$2.37	4.91	$111.63
$100.00	$105.00	Aug 21	$3.78	$3.78	$1.22	3.10	$103.78

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$138.00	$136.00	Jul 31	$1.87	$1.87	$0.13	14.38	$136.13
$134.00	$130.00	Jul 24	$3.67	$3.67	$0.33	11.12	$130.33
$135.00	$130.00	Jul 31	$4.38	$4.38	$0.62	7.06	$130.62
$125.00	$123.00	Jul 24	$1.75	$1.75	$0.25	7.00	$123.25
$140.00	$135.00	Aug 7	$4.22	$4.22	$0.78	5.41	$135.78

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 51 found (avg debit $1.50, cheapest $0.13)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$100.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.33	155.9%	60.7%
$135.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.45	84.0%	61.8%
$137.00	Jul 24	Aug 7	$0.49	143.7%	67.7%
$131.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.64	73.8%	57.4%
$133.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.69	82.0%	64.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$140.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.13	156.5%	58.6%
$136.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.30	138.9%	57.0%
$105.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.49	78.1%	61.0%
$126.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.62	63.6%	57.7%
$130.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.62	62.1%	60.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 68 found (cheapest 4.84% of stock, avg 11.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$119.00	Jul 24	$2.81	$2.93	$5.74	$113.26	$124.74	4.84%
$118.00	Jul 24	$3.19	$2.59	$5.78	$112.22	$123.78	4.87%
$117.00	Jul 24	$3.80	$2.15	$5.95	$111.05	$122.95	5.02%
$120.00	Jul 24	$2.33	$3.65	$5.98	$114.02	$125.98	5.04%
$116.00	Jul 24	$4.45	$1.67	$6.12	$109.88	$122.12	5.16%
$121.00	Jul 24	$1.92	$4.30	$6.22	$114.78	$127.22	5.24%
$122.00	Jul 24	$1.50	$4.95	$6.45	$115.55	$128.45	5.44%
$123.00	Jul 24	$1.30	$5.40	$6.70	$116.30	$129.70	5.65%
$125.00	Jul 24	$0.69	$7.15	$7.84	$117.16	$132.84	6.61%
$111.00	Jul 24	$8.18	$0.50	$8.68	$102.32	$119.68	7.32%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 149 found (cheapest 1.91% of stock, avg 7.57%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$124.00	$115.00	Jul 24	$0.97	$1.29	$2.26	$112.74	$126.26
$123.00	$115.00	Jul 24	$1.30	$1.29	$2.59	$112.41	$125.59
$124.00	$116.00	Jul 24	$0.97	$1.67	$2.64	$113.36	$126.64
$122.00	$115.00	Jul 24	$1.50	$1.29	$2.79	$112.21	$124.79
$123.00	$116.00	Jul 24	$1.30	$1.67	$2.97	$113.03	$125.97
$124.00	$117.00	Jul 24	$0.97	$2.15	$3.12	$113.88	$127.12
$122.00	$116.00	Jul 24	$1.50	$1.67	$3.17	$112.83	$125.17
$121.00	$115.00	Jul 24	$1.92	$1.29	$3.21	$111.79	$124.21
$123.00	$117.00	Jul 24	$1.30	$2.15	$3.45	$113.55	$126.45
$124.00	$118.00	Jul 24	$0.97	$2.59	$3.56	$114.44	$127.56

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 277 found (best R:R 12.64, avg credit $1.60)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
122/125	127/128	Aug 14	$2.78	$0.22	12.64	$122.22	$129.78
112/113	117/118	Jul 24	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$112.11	$117.89
113/114	117/118	Jul 24	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$113.11	$117.89
116/117	120/121	Jul 24	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$116.11	$120.89
112/113	117/118	Jul 31	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$112.12	$117.88
116/117	118/119	Jul 31	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$116.12	$118.88
116/117	120/121	Jul 31	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$116.12	$120.88
108/109	114/115	Jul 31	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$108.13	$114.87
108/109	119/120	Jul 31	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$108.13	$119.87
115/116	127/128	Aug 7	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$115.13	$127.87

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 51 found (best R:R 32.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$118.00	$120.00	$122.00	Aug 7	$0.09	$1.91	21.22
$123.00	$124.00	$125.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$119.00	$120.00	$121.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$120.00	$121.00	$122.00	Jul 31	$0.08	$0.92	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$136.00	$138.00	$140.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$1.94	32.33
$125.00	$130.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.24	$4.76	19.83
$130.00	$135.00	$140.00	Aug 21	$0.26	$4.74	18.23
$116.00	$117.00	$118.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$0.92	11.50

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 $-1.23, 49 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$120.00	$130.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.23	$8.77
$106.00	$116.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$2.13	$7.87
$130.00	$138.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.55	$7.45
$103.00	$111.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.56	$7.44
$131.00	$138.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.02	$4.98

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$100.00	$95.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.35	$4.65
$105.00	$100.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.65	$4.35
$115.00	$110.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.17	$3.83
$105.00	$100.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.49	$3.51
$115.00	$110.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$2.28	$2.72

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 68 found (best yield 6.95%, avg 2.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$120.00	Aug 28	$8.25	0.51	1.2%	6.95%	8.12%	1	1
$120.00	Aug 21	$7.95	0.51	1.2%	6.70%	7.87%	4	410
$120.00	Aug 14	$6.65	0.50	1.2%	5.61%	6.77%	3	10
$123.00	Aug 21	$6.25	0.45	3.7%	5.27%	8.96%	1	2
$125.00	Aug 21	$5.80	0.42	5.4%	4.89%	10.27%	30	126
$120.00	Aug 7	$5.55	0.50	1.2%	4.68%	5.84%	6	16
$122.00	Aug 7	$4.95	0.46	2.9%	4.17%	7.02%	1	1
$126.00	Aug 14	$4.35	0.39	6.2%	3.67%	9.89%	2	2
$130.00	Aug 28	$4.35	0.35	9.6%	3.67%	13.26%	4	3
$119.00	Jul 31	$4.30	0.51	0.3%	3.63%	3.95%	4	1

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 2,260

Total Puts 1,077

Put/Call Ratio 0.48

Net Difference 1,183

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,237

Total Puts 1,744

Put/Call Ratio 0.78

Net Difference 493

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 21,248

Total Puts 27,809

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.55

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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