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AXP

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO

$313.70 +0.41%

(9/16 18:13) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 10:00am) 994

Calls: 313 (31%)

Puts: 681 (69%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +0.00% (Calls)

Puts: +0.00% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 135,013

Calls: 68,063 (50%)

Puts: 66,950 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,002

Calls: 9,723 (50%)

Puts: 9,564 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -96.32%

Calls: -96.78%

Puts: -92.88%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 10:00am) $408.0K

Calls: $221.3K (54%)

Puts: $186.7K (46%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +0.00%

Puts: +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Total $58.22M

Calls: $24.57M (42%)

Puts: $33.66M (58%)

Prior 7-Day Average $11.64M

Calls: $3.51M (42%)

Puts: $4.81M (58%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -96.50%

Calls: -93.69%

Puts: -96.12%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 10:00am) 2.18

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior +117.57%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.06

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +104.40%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 10:00am) 266,827

Calls: 165,413 (62%)

Puts: 101,414 (38%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,275,180

Calls: 734,845 (58%)

Puts: 540,335 (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average 255,036

Calls: 146,969 (58%)

Puts: 108,067 (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.62%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.94% | 3.50%1.94% | 7.19%

Prior 1.00% | 3.35%6.57% | 9.66%

Current vs Prior +94.61% | +4.41%-70.40% | -25.57%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.60% | 3.65%6.81% | 10.18%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +21.77% | -4.20%-71.46% | -29.37%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.41% | 3.69%2.41% | 7.50%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -19.32% | -5.15%-19.32% | -4.10%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 41.01% | 25.06%

Calls: 41.38% | 23.42%

Puts: 40.63% | 26.70%

Prior -- | --

Calls: -- | --

Puts: -- | --

Current vs Prior -- | --

Prior 7-Day Avg -- | --

Calls: -- | --

Puts: -- | --

Current vs 7-Day Avg -- | --

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.18 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 118% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Call-heavy open interest (165,413 calls vs 101,414 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

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Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:05	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:35	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	BEARISH
10:35	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:55	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 21 of results (avg 7.6%, best 4.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Sep 18	52.50	55.00	$53.75	4.7%	--	1.00	45
$270.00	Oct 16	43.00	45.45	$44.23	5.5%	--	1.00	36
$260.00	Oct 16	52.70	55.75	$54.23	5.6%	--	1.00	25
$270.00	Sep 18	42.50	45.05	$43.78	5.8%	--	1.00	23
$280.00	Oct 16	33.55	35.80	$34.67	6.5%	--	0.94	55

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$360.00	Oct 16	45.25	47.35	$46.30	4.5%	--	0.96	186
$370.00	Oct 16	55.15	58.30	$56.72	5.6%	--	0.97	28
$370.00	Sep 18	55.15	58.50	$56.83	5.9%	--	0.99	12
$350.00	Oct 16	35.60	38.30	$36.95	7.3%	--	0.94	879
$350.00	Sep 18	34.90	37.70	$36.30	7.7%	1	0.99	228

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. 62 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Sep 18	52.50	55.00	$53.75	4.7%	--	1.00	45
$270.00	Sep 18	42.50	45.05	$43.78	5.8%	--	1.00	23
$280.00	Sep 18	32.45	35.20	$33.83	8.1%	--	1.00	26
$290.00	Sep 18	22.55	24.60	$23.58	8.7%	--	1.00	44
$300.00	Sep 18	13.10	14.65	$13.88	11.2%	4	1.00	165

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$340.00	Sep 18	25.30	27.60	$26.45	8.7%	--	0.99	280
$370.00	Sep 18	55.15	58.50	$56.83	5.9%	--	0.99	12
$350.00	Sep 18	34.90	37.70	$36.30	7.7%	1	0.99	228
$335.00	Sep 18	20.50	22.65	$21.58	10.0%	1	0.98	4
$342.50	Sep 18	27.55	30.30	$28.93	9.5%	--	0.98	19

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 91 active (total vol 831, top 154)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Oct 16	10.05	11.20	$10.63	10.8%	32	0.57	165
$340.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	29	0.01	10.9K
$320.00	Sep 18	0.33	0.65	$0.49	65.3%	19	0.15	549
$327.50	Sep 18	0.01	0.13	$0.07	171.4%	11	0.03	423
$337.50	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	10	0.00	189

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Sep 18	0.62	1.28	$0.95	69.5%	154	0.27	1.9K
$255.00	Oct 2	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	132	0.00	54
$290.00	Oct 16	1.41	2.03	$1.72	36.0%	103	0.15	1.1K
$300.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.08	$0.07	42.9%	39	0.02	1.8K
$327.50	Sep 18	12.55	15.20	$13.88	19.1%	20	0.97	433

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 22.3%, max 34.8%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$310.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	30.9%	22.9%	34.8%	35	868
$317.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	33.8%	26.0%	30.0%	11	2.7K
$315.00	Sep 18	Oct 9	32.0%	25.8%	24.1%	11	95
$312.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	28.5%	24.7%	15.3%	11	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$307.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	32.8%	25.1%	30.4%	12	240
$317.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	33.8%	26.0%	30.0%	7	279
$312.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	28.5%	24.3%	17.3%	17	189
$310.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	30.9%	27.2%	13.5%	154	1.9K
$315.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	32.0%	30.3%	5.5%	6	587

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 100 found (best R:R 8.43, avg 9.34)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$340.00	$350.00	Oct 23	$1.06	$8.94	$1.06	20%	8.43	$341.06
$335.00	$340.00	Oct 9	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	14%	14.62	$335.32
$350.00	$360.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$9.79	$0.21	6%	46.62	$350.21
$360.00	$365.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	7%	37.46	$360.13
$350.00	$355.00	Oct 30	$0.47	$4.53	$0.47	15%	9.64	$350.47

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$322.50	$320.00	Sep 25	$1.58	$0.92	$1.58	76%	0.58	$320.92
$317.50	$315.00	Sep 25	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	62%	1.00	$316.25
$310.00	$305.00	Oct 23	$1.77	$3.23	$1.77	43%	1.82	$308.23
$300.00	$295.00	Oct 30	$1.21	$3.79	$1.21	31%	3.13	$298.79
$325.00	$320.00	Oct 9	$3.30	$1.70	$3.30	72%	0.52	$321.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 82 found (best R:R 0.41, avg 0.25)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$320.00	$340.00	Oct 23	$5.81	$5.81	$14.19	57%	0.41	$325.81
$320.00	$325.00	Oct 2	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	65%	0.49	$321.65
$350.00	$360.00	Oct 23	$1.04	$1.04	$8.96	87%	0.12	$351.04
$340.00	$345.00	Oct 9	$0.49	$0.49	$4.51	89%	0.11	$340.49
$320.00	$330.00	Oct 16	$2.93	$2.93	$7.07	61%	0.41	$322.93

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$295.00	$290.00	Oct 30	$1.57	$1.57	$3.43	75%	0.46	$293.43
$290.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$0.80	$0.80	$14.20	89%	0.06	$289.20
$295.00	$290.00	Oct 23	$1.23	$1.23	$3.77	76%	0.33	$293.77
$290.00	$280.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.97	$9.03	85%	0.11	$289.03
$290.00	$280.00	Oct 30	$1.49	$1.49	$8.51	80%	0.18	$288.51

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.49, cheapest $2.23)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$315.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.60	32.0%	26.3%
$312.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.65	28.5%	24.7%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$315.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.23	32.0%	26.3%
$312.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.48	28.5%	24.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 46 found (cheapest 1.46% of stock, avg 5.57%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$312.50	Sep 18	$2.90	$1.67	$4.57	$307.93	$317.07	1.46%
$315.00	Sep 18	$1.65	$3.20	$4.85	$310.15	$319.85	1.55%
$310.00	Sep 18	$4.63	$0.95	$5.58	$304.42	$315.58	1.78%
$317.50	Sep 18	$0.97	$4.82	$5.79	$311.71	$323.29	1.85%
$320.00	Sep 18	$0.49	$7.00	$7.49	$312.51	$327.49	2.39%
$322.50	Sep 18	$0.27	$8.98	$9.25	$313.25	$331.75	2.95%
$312.50	Sep 25	$5.55	$4.15	$9.70	$302.80	$322.20	3.09%
$315.00	Sep 25	$4.25	$5.43	$9.68	$305.32	$324.68	3.09%
$317.50	Sep 25	$3.18	$6.68	$9.86	$307.64	$327.36	3.14%
$320.00	Sep 25	$2.33	$8.60	$10.93	$309.07	$330.93	3.48%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 157 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 2.20%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$322.50	$305.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.23	$0.50	$304.50	$323.00
$320.00	$305.00	Sep 18	$0.49	$0.23	$0.72	$304.28	$320.72
$322.50	$307.50	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.51	$0.78	$306.72	$323.28
$320.00	$307.50	Sep 18	$0.49	$0.51	$1.00	$306.50	$321.00
$350.00	$280.00	Oct 16	$0.59	$0.75	$1.34	$278.66	$351.34
$317.50	$305.00	Sep 18	$0.97	$0.23	$1.20	$303.80	$318.70
$322.50	$310.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.95	$1.22	$308.78	$323.72
$317.50	$307.50	Sep 18	$0.97	$0.51	$1.48	$306.02	$318.98
$320.00	$310.00	Sep 18	$0.49	$0.95	$1.44	$308.56	$321.44
$317.50	$310.00	Sep 18	$0.97	$0.95	$1.92	$308.08	$319.42

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 142 found (best R:R 0.69, avg credit $1.16)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
290/295	350/355	Oct 30	$2.04	$2.96	60%	0.69	$292.96	$352.04
290/295	365/370	Oct 23	$1.47	$3.53	70%	0.42	$293.53	$366.47
300/302	322/325	Sep 25	$0.92	$1.58	58%	0.58	$301.58	$323.42
295/298	322/325	Sep 25	$0.73	$1.77	66%	0.41	$296.77	$323.23
292/295	322/325	Sep 25	$0.65	$1.85	69%	0.35	$294.35	$323.15
300/302	328/330	Sep 25	$0.65	$1.85	69%	0.35	$301.85	$328.15
295/298	328/330	Sep 25	$0.46	$2.04	76%	0.23	$297.04	$327.96
300/302	325/328	Sep 25	$0.73	$1.77	65%	0.41	$301.77	$325.73
295/298	325/328	Sep 25	$0.54	$1.96	73%	0.28	$296.96	$325.54
292/295	328/330	Sep 25	$0.38	$2.12	79%	0.18	$294.62	$327.88

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 104 found (best R:R 21.22, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$290.00	$300.00	$310.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$9.55	26%	21.22
$290.00	$300.00	$310.00	Oct 16	$1.12	$8.88	29%	7.93
$280.00	$290.00	$300.00	Oct 16	$0.80	$9.20	20%	11.50
$315.00	$320.00	$325.00	Oct 2	$0.37	$4.63	23%	12.51
$325.00	$330.00	$335.00	Oct 9	$0.15	$4.85	14%	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$320.00	$330.00	$340.00	Oct 16	$0.78	$9.22	26%	11.82
$315.00	$320.00	$325.00	Oct 9	$0.13	$4.87	19%	37.46
$312.50	$315.00	$317.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$2.41	31%	26.78
$280.00	$290.00	$300.00	Oct 16	$0.81	$9.19	19%	11.35
$290.00	$300.00	$310.00	Oct 16	$1.40	$8.60	28%	6.14

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 153 found (best net $-4.18, 136 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$4.18	$5.82
$310.00	$320.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.97	$9.03
$300.00	$310.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$3.63	$6.37
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.73	$9.27
$330.00	$340.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.63	$8.37

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$370.00	$350.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$15.77	$4.23
$320.00	$310.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.43	$8.57
$310.00	$300.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.32	$9.68
$330.00	$320.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$4.51	$5.49
$315.00	$312.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.14	$2.36

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 38 found (best yield 2.18%, avg 0.68%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$325.00	Oct 30	$6.85	0.38	3.6%	2.18%	5.79%	--	24
$320.00	Oct 23	$8.15	0.43	2.0%	2.60%	4.61%	--	69
$330.00	Oct 30	$5.00	0.33	5.2%	1.59%	6.79%	1	16
$340.00	Oct 30	$3.25	0.23	8.4%	1.04%	9.42%	2	2
$320.00	Oct 16	$5.50	0.39	2.0%	1.75%	3.76%	4	233
$340.00	Oct 23	$2.13	0.20	8.4%	0.68%	9.06%	--	333
$315.00	Oct 9	$6.35	0.48	0.4%	2.02%	2.44%	3	13
$320.00	Oct 9	$4.25	0.38	2.0%	1.35%	3.36%	1	95
$330.00	Oct 16	$2.68	0.23	5.2%	0.85%	6.05%	3	745
$350.00	Oct 23	$1.50	0.13	11.6%	0.48%	12.05%	--	270

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 313

Total Puts 681

Put/Call Ratio 2.18

Net Difference -368

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls --

Total Puts --

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference --

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 68,063

Total Puts 66,950

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.06

Ratio Trend Rising

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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