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AXP

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$312.21 +0.33%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 10,272

Calls: 4,821 (47%)

Puts: 5,451 (53%)

Prior (09/17) 12,557

Calls: 5,477 (44%)

Puts: 7,080 (56%)

Current vs Prior -18.20%

Calls: -11.98% (Calls)

Puts: -23.01% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 96,124

Calls: 54,234 (56%)

Puts: 41,890 (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average 13,732

Calls: 7,747 (56%)

Puts: 5,984 (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.20%

Calls: -37.78%

Puts: -8.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) $6.20M

Calls: $3.82M (62%)

Puts: $2.38M (38%)

Prior (09/17) $13.29M

Calls: $6.12M (46%)

Puts: $7.17M (54%)

Current vs Prior -53.37%

Calls: -37.61%

Puts: -66.83%

Prior 7-Day Total $95.83M

Calls: $53.65M (56%)

Puts: $42.18M (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average $13.69M

Calls: $7.66M (56%)

Puts: $6.03M (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -54.72%

Calls: -50.16%

Puts: -60.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18) 1.13

Prior (09/17) 1.29

Current vs Prior -12.53%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.96

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +17.60%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 266,469

Calls: 166,693 (63%)

Puts: 99,776 (37%)

Prior (09/17) 172,038

Calls: 120,714 (70%)

Puts: 51,324 (30%)

Current vs Prior +54.89%

Prior 7-Day Total 823,248

Calls: 472,859 (57%)

Puts: 350,389 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 117,606

Calls: 67,551 (57%)

Puts: 50,055 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +126.58%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.91% | 2.86%0.91% | 6.97%

Prior 1.58% | 3.21%1.58% | 7.16%

Current vs Prior -42.35% | -10.82%-42.35% | -2.61%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.28% | 3.62%2.73% | 7.53%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -60.15% | -21.01%-66.68% | -7.42%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.58% | 3.21%1.58% | 7.16%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -42.35% | -10.82%-42.35% | -2.61%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 70.39% | 9.68%

Calls: 65.38% | 8.69%

Puts: 75.41% | 10.67%

Prior 27.70% | 15.71%

Calls: 27.67% | 11.54%

Puts: 27.73% | 19.87%

Current vs Prior +154.12% | -38.38%

Prior 7-Day Avg 55.80% | 11.78%

Calls: 69.75% | 15.64%

Puts: 41.84% | 7.93%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +26.15% | -17.86%

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Moderately bullish flow with 62% call dollar volume ($3.82M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 53% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.13. Call-heavy open interest (166,693 calls vs 99,776 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 62 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Oct 16	61.80	63.65	$62.72	2.9%	--	1.00	45
$280.00	Oct 16	32.25	33.55	$32.90	4.0%	--	0.94	52
$250.00	Sep 18	60.30	62.85	$61.58	4.1%	--	1.00	158
$260.00	Oct 16	51.65	53.90	$52.78	4.3%	--	1.00	25
$270.00	Oct 16	41.95	44.00	$42.98	4.8%	--	1.00	36

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$370.00	Oct 16	56.85	59.10	$57.98	3.9%	--	0.98	28
$360.00	Oct 16	47.10	49.00	$48.05	4.0%	--	0.97	186
$320.00	Oct 16	12.20	12.70	$12.45	4.0%	76	0.64	979
$350.00	Oct 16	37.65	39.20	$38.42	4.0%	4	0.95	879
$370.00	Sep 18	57.05	59.70	$58.38	4.5%	--	1.00	12

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 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Oct 16	61.80	63.65	$62.72	2.9%	--	1.00	45
$260.00	Oct 16	51.65	53.90	$52.78	4.3%	--	1.00	25
$270.00	Oct 16	41.95	44.00	$42.98	4.8%	--	1.00	36
$280.00	Sep 18	30.30	33.00	$31.65	8.5%	1	1.00	26
$290.00	Sep 18	20.30	22.85	$21.58	11.8%	1	1.00	44

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$315.00	Sep 18	2.35	3.00	$2.68	24.3%	224	1.00	554
$317.50	Sep 18	4.85	5.50	$5.18	12.5%	118	1.00	251
$320.00	Sep 18	7.35	8.00	$7.68	8.5%	58	1.00	1.1K
$322.50	Sep 18	9.65	11.00	$10.33	13.1%	1	1.00	52
$325.00	Sep 18	12.00	13.75	$12.88	13.6%	5	1.00	16

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 220 active (total vol 7.5K, top 457)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Oct 16	9.10	9.55	$9.32	4.8%	457	0.54	231
$330.00	Oct 9	1.18	1.70	$1.44	36.1%	257	0.16	260
$335.00	Oct 9	0.68	1.00	$0.84	38.1%	250	0.10	237
$340.00	Oct 16	0.80	1.12	$0.96	33.3%	188	0.10	859
$320.00	Sep 25	1.02	1.32	$1.17	25.6%	163	0.22	87

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$305.00	Sep 25	1.02	1.28	$1.15	22.6%	421	0.21	332
$310.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	290	0.06	1.9K
$295.00	Oct 9	1.42	1.65	$1.54	14.9%	255	0.16	288
$290.00	Oct 9	0.87	1.30	$1.09	39.4%	251	0.11	291
$315.00	Sep 18	2.35	3.00	$2.68	24.3%	224	1.00	554

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 2 strikes (avg 79.0%, max 79.0%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$312.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	38.5%	21.5%	79.0%	91	87

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$312.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	38.5%	21.5%	79.0%	110	242

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 114 found (best R:R 0.57, avg 9.12)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$300.00	$310.00	Oct 16	$6.36	$3.64	$6.36	74%	0.57	$306.36
$305.00	$310.00	Oct 30	$2.58	$2.42	$2.58	61%	0.94	$307.58
$345.00	$350.00	Oct 23	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	13%	17.52	$345.27
$320.00	$325.00	Oct 30	$1.65	$3.35	$1.65	41%	2.03	$321.65
$325.00	$330.00	Oct 23	$1.25	$3.75	$1.25	33%	3.00	$326.25

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$310.00	$305.00	Oct 23	$1.89	$3.11	$1.89	46%	1.65	$308.11
$295.00	$290.00	Oct 9	$0.45	$4.55	$0.45	16%	10.11	$294.55
$310.00	$305.00	Oct 30	$1.98	$3.02	$1.98	46%	1.53	$308.02
$295.00	$292.50	Oct 2	$0.14	$2.36	$0.14	12%	16.86	$294.86
$300.00	$297.50	Oct 2	$0.29	$2.21	$0.29	18%	7.62	$299.71

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 91 found (best R:R 0.44, avg 0.26)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$330.00	$335.00	Oct 30	$1.52	$1.52	$3.48	71%	0.44	$331.52
$320.00	$330.00	Oct 16	$2.64	$2.64	$7.36	64%	0.36	$322.64
$330.00	$340.00	Oct 16	$1.28	$1.28	$8.72	80%	0.15	$331.28
$312.50	$315.00	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.42	$2.08	55%	0.20	$312.92
$330.00	$335.00	Oct 23	$1.26	$1.26	$3.74	73%	0.34	$331.26

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$300.00	$290.00	Oct 16	$1.85	$1.85	$8.15	73%	0.23	$298.15
$310.00	$300.00	Oct 16	$3.58	$3.58	$6.42	54%	0.56	$306.42
$305.00	$300.00	Oct 23	$1.93	$1.93	$3.07	61%	0.63	$303.07
$270.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.64	$0.64	$19.36	93%	0.03	$269.36
$280.00	$270.00	Oct 16	$0.46	$0.46	$9.54	93%	0.05	$279.54

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.25, cheapest $3.13)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$312.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$3.38	38.5%	21.2%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$312.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$3.13	38.5%	21.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 62 found (cheapest 0.34% of stock, avg 5.28%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$312.50	Sep 18	$0.45	$0.62	$1.07	$311.43	$313.57	0.34%
$310.00	Sep 18	$2.22	$0.03	$2.25	$307.75	$312.25	0.72%
$315.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$2.68	$2.71	$312.29	$317.71	0.87%
$307.50	Sep 18	$4.85	$0.03	$4.88	$302.62	$312.38	1.56%
$317.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$5.18	$5.19	$312.31	$322.69	1.66%
$312.50	Sep 25	$3.83	$3.75	$7.58	$304.92	$320.08	2.43%
$320.00	Sep 18	$0.02	$7.68	$7.70	$312.30	$327.70	2.47%
$310.00	Sep 25	$5.18	$2.63	$7.81	$302.19	$317.81	2.50%
$315.00	Sep 25	$2.66	$5.15	$7.81	$307.19	$322.81	2.50%
$317.50	Sep 25	$1.75	$6.82	$8.57	$308.93	$326.07	2.74%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 138 found (cheapest 0.15% of stock, avg 2.55%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$312.50	$310.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$0.03	$0.48	$309.52	$312.98
$322.50	$300.00	Sep 25	$0.71	$0.47	$1.18	$298.82	$323.68
$322.50	$302.50	Sep 25	$0.71	$0.81	$1.52	$300.98	$324.02
$340.00	$280.00	Oct 16	$0.96	$0.74	$1.70	$278.30	$341.70
$320.00	$300.00	Sep 25	$1.17	$0.47	$1.64	$298.36	$321.64
$335.00	$290.00	Oct 9	$0.84	$1.09	$1.93	$288.07	$336.93
$322.50	$305.00	Sep 25	$0.71	$1.15	$1.86	$303.14	$324.36
$320.00	$302.50	Sep 25	$1.17	$0.81	$1.98	$300.52	$321.98
$320.00	$305.00	Sep 25	$1.17	$1.15	$2.32	$302.68	$322.32
$335.00	$295.00	Oct 9	$0.84	$1.54	$2.38	$292.62	$337.38

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 209 found (best R:R 0.17, avg credit $1.21)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
290/292	342/345	Oct 2	$0.36	$2.14	87%	0.17	$292.14	$342.86
280/285	330/335	Oct 30	$2.31	$2.69	54%	0.86	$282.69	$332.31
300/302	342/345	Oct 2	$0.67	$1.83	73%	0.37	$301.83	$343.17
295/298	342/345	Oct 2	$0.45	$2.05	82%	0.22	$297.05	$342.95
292/295	330/332	Sep 25	$0.24	$2.26	90%	0.11	$294.76	$330.24
290/292	328/330	Oct 2	$0.57	$1.93	76%	0.30	$291.93	$328.07
295/300	330/335	Oct 30	$3.05	$1.95	38%	1.56	$296.95	$333.05
300/302	330/332	Sep 25	$0.47	$2.03	80%	0.23	$302.03	$330.47
290/292	335/338	Oct 2	$0.36	$2.14	84%	0.17	$292.14	$335.36
290/295	330/335	Oct 30	$2.72	$2.28	44%	1.19	$292.28	$332.72

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 125 found (best R:R 0.70, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$310.00	$312.50	$315.00	Sep 18	$1.35	$1.15	90%	0.85
$300.00	$310.00	$320.00	Oct 16	$1.92	$8.08	38%	4.21
$280.00	$290.00	$300.00	Oct 16	$0.82	$9.18	20%	11.20
$310.00	$320.00	$330.00	Oct 16	$1.80	$8.20	34%	4.56
$312.50	$315.00	$317.50	Sep 18	$0.40	$2.10	41%	5.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$310.00	$312.50	$315.00	Sep 18	$1.47	$1.03	94%	0.70
$300.00	$310.00	$320.00	Oct 16	$1.94	$8.06	38%	4.15
$320.00	$330.00	$340.00	Oct 16	$1.14	$8.86	26%	7.77
$310.00	$315.00	$320.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	14%	61.50
$270.00	$280.00	$290.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$9.70	11%	32.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 192 found (best net $-2.78, 168 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$2.78	$7.22
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$3.28	$6.72
$310.00	$320.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.44	$9.56
$300.00	$310.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.96	$7.04
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$7.48	$2.52

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$335.00	$320.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$4.35	$10.65
$335.00	$320.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$4.86	$10.14
$320.00	$310.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.41	$8.59
$330.00	$320.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$4.77	$5.23
$317.50	$315.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.18	$2.32

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 47 found (best yield 3.15%, avg 0.83%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$315.00	Oct 30	$9.85	0.47	0.9%	3.15%	4.05%	2	11
$320.00	Oct 30	$7.80	0.41	2.5%	2.50%	4.99%	1	4
$325.00	Oct 30	$6.30	0.35	4.1%	2.02%	6.11%	12	25
$315.00	Oct 23	$8.80	0.46	0.9%	2.82%	3.71%	10	12
$330.00	Oct 30	$4.90	0.29	5.7%	1.57%	7.27%	6	17
$320.00	Oct 23	$6.90	0.40	2.5%	2.21%	4.71%	1	69
$325.00	Oct 23	$5.10	0.33	4.1%	1.63%	5.73%	3	3
$330.00	Oct 23	$4.00	0.27	5.7%	1.28%	6.98%	22	9
$335.00	Oct 30	$3.20	0.23	7.3%	1.02%	8.32%	3	2
$340.00	Oct 30	$2.50	0.19	8.9%	0.80%	9.70%	5	4

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 4,821

Total Puts 5,451

Put/Call Ratio 1.13

Net Difference -630

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,477

Total Puts 7,080

Put/Call Ratio 1.29

Net Difference -1,603

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 54,234

Total Puts 41,890

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.96

Ratio Trend Falling

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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