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AXP

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO

$311.48 -0.30%

(9/17 15:00) ◀

Thursday, September 17, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 4:00pm) 12,557

Calls: 5,477 (44%)

Puts: 7,080 (56%)

Prior --

Calls: 22,290 (47%)

Puts: 25,334 (53%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -75.43% (Calls)

Puts: -72.05% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 79,701

Calls: 37,114 (47%)

Puts: 42,587 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 11,385

Calls: 5,302 (47%)

Puts: 6,083 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +10.29%

Calls: +3.30%

Puts: +16.37%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 4:00pm) $13.29M

Calls: $6.12M (46%)

Puts: $7.17M (54%)

Prior --

Calls: $9.43M (48%)

Puts: $10.17M (52%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -35.10%

Puts: -29.49%

Prior 7-Day Total $53.47M

Calls: $31.76M (59%)

Puts: $21.71M (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average $7.64M

Calls: $4.54M (59%)

Puts: $3.10M (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +74.03%

Calls: +34.95%

Puts: +131.20%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 4:00pm) 1.29

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior +29.27%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.29

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.05%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 4:00pm) 266,827

Calls: 165,413 (62%)

Puts: 101,414 (38%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,855,998

Calls: 1,139,447 (61%)

Puts: 716,551 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 265,142

Calls: 162,778 (61%)

Puts: 102,364 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.64%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.58% | 3.20%1.58% | 7.15%

Prior 1.00% | 3.35%6.57% | 9.66%

Current vs Prior +57.76% | -4.42%-76.00% | -25.97%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.00% | 3.35%6.57% | 9.66%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +57.76% | -4.42%-76.00% | -25.97%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.00% | 3.35%2.41% | 7.50%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +57.76% | -4.42%-34.60% | -4.62%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.70% | 15.71%

Calls: 27.67% | 11.54%

Puts: 27.73% | 19.87%

Prior 60.48% | 11.13%

Calls: 76.76% | 16.32%

Puts: 44.19% | 5.94%

Current vs Prior -54.20% | +41.15%

Prior 7-Day Avg 60.48% | 11.13%

Calls: 76.76% | 16.32%

Puts: 44.19% | 5.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -54.20% | +41.15%

Liquidity Expensive

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Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (74% higher). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.29 indicates protective positioning. Call-heavy open interest (165,413 calls vs 101,414 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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
16:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
14:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
13:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	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 51 of results (avg 6.4%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Oct 16	60.80	62.60	$61.70	2.9%	8	1.00	45
$260.00	Oct 16	51.05	52.65	$51.85	3.1%	--	1.00	25
$270.00	Oct 16	41.25	42.80	$42.03	3.7%	--	1.00	36
$250.00	Sep 18	60.70	63.25	$61.98	4.1%	--	1.00	158
$280.00	Oct 16	31.75	33.15	$32.45	4.3%	6	0.94	55

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$345.00	Oct 2	33.30	34.55	$33.92	3.7%	--	0.97	19
$360.00	Oct 16	48.15	50.00	$49.08	3.8%	--	0.97	186
$360.00	Sep 18	47.35	49.40	$48.38	4.2%	8	0.97	3
$350.00	Oct 16	38.30	40.00	$39.15	4.3%	17	0.95	879
$370.00	Sep 18	56.85	59.40	$58.13	4.4%	--	0.98	12

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.41, cheapest $0.41)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$350.00	Oct 16	0.38	0.44	$0.41	14.6%	57	0.05	1.4K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 77 found (avg delta 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 18	60.70	63.25	$61.98	4.1%	--	1.00	158
$260.00	Sep 18	50.70	53.25	$51.98	4.9%	--	1.00	45
$270.00	Sep 18	40.40	43.25	$41.83	6.8%	4	1.00	23
$280.00	Sep 18	30.75	32.75	$31.75	6.3%	--	1.00	26
$290.00	Sep 18	20.75	22.10	$21.43	6.3%	--	1.00	44

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$350.00	Sep 18	37.65	39.40	$38.53	4.5%	3	1.00	228
$340.00	Sep 18	28.05	29.60	$28.83	5.4%	406	0.99	280
$365.00	Sep 18	51.90	54.90	$53.40	5.6%	19	0.99	9
$330.00	Sep 18	18.05	19.60	$18.83	8.2%	1.0K	0.99	665
$342.50	Sep 18	30.55	32.10	$31.33	4.9%	28	0.98	19

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 221 active (total vol 8.3K, top 1.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$330.00	Oct 9	1.31	1.75	$1.53	28.8%	228	0.16	33
$335.00	Oct 9	0.66	1.26	$0.96	62.5%	225	0.11	15
$315.00	Sep 18	0.45	0.68	$0.57	40.4%	193	0.22	82
$310.00	Oct 16	8.95	9.40	$9.18	4.9%	179	0.53	165
$317.50	Sep 18	0.12	0.38	$0.25	104.0%	177	0.11	85

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$330.00	Sep 18	18.05	19.60	$18.83	8.2%	1.0K	0.99	665
$327.50	Sep 18	15.55	17.00	$16.27	8.9%	676	0.97	433
$255.00	Oct 2	0.00	0.09	$0.05	180.0%	497	0.01	54
$340.00	Sep 18	28.05	29.60	$28.83	5.4%	406	0.99	280
$290.00	Oct 9	0.81	1.38	$1.10	51.8%	249	0.12	46

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 5 strikes (avg 11.6%, max 17.8%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$310.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	26.5%	22.5%	17.8%	205	868
$312.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	27.4%	24.7%	11.3%	74	50

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$307.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	27.1%	23.2%	16.7%	172	240
$312.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	27.4%	24.7%	11.3%	128	189
$310.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	26.5%	26.3%	0.7%	218	1.9K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 120 found (best R:R 6.19, avg 10.33)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$330.00	$340.00	Oct 30	$1.39	$8.61	$1.39	28%	6.19	$331.39
$315.00	$320.00	Oct 30	$1.87	$3.13	$1.87	48%	1.67	$316.87
$355.00	$360.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	10%	37.46	$355.13
$315.00	$320.00	Oct 23	$1.82	$3.18	$1.82	46%	1.75	$316.82
$340.00	$345.00	Oct 23	$0.49	$4.51	$0.49	17%	9.20	$340.49

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$300.00	$295.00	Oct 30	$1.08	$3.92	$1.08	33%	3.63	$298.92
$310.00	$305.00	Oct 30	$1.80	$3.20	$1.80	46%	1.78	$308.20
$290.00	$285.00	Oct 30	$0.71	$4.29	$0.71	21%	6.04	$289.29
$305.00	$300.00	Oct 9	$1.31	$3.69	$1.31	36%	2.82	$303.69
$317.50	$315.00	Oct 2	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	66%	0.72	$316.05

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 100 found (best R:R 0.58, avg 0.25)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$352.50	$355.00	Sep 18	$0.92	$0.92	$1.58	92%	0.58	$353.42
$320.00	$325.00	Oct 30	$2.53	$2.53	$2.47	58%	1.02	$322.53
$325.00	$330.00	Oct 30	$1.75	$1.75	$3.25	65%	0.54	$326.75
$320.00	$330.00	Oct 16	$2.52	$2.52	$7.48	65%	0.34	$322.52
$347.50	$350.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.16	$2.34	97%	0.07	$347.66

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$295.00	$290.00	Oct 30	$1.87	$1.87	$3.13	72%	0.60	$293.13
$280.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$1.30	$1.30	$18.70	88%	0.07	$278.70
$305.00	$300.00	Oct 23	$2.12	$2.12	$2.88	60%	0.74	$302.88
$300.00	$290.00	Oct 16	$2.08	$2.08	$7.92	71%	0.26	$297.92
$285.00	$280.00	Oct 23	$0.91	$0.91	$4.09	84%	0.22	$284.09

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.52, cheapest $2.37)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$310.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.67	26.5%	22.6%
$312.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.64	27.4%	24.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$310.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.37	26.5%	22.6%
$312.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.40	27.4%	24.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 58 found (cheapest 1.18% of stock, avg 5.81%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$310.00	Sep 18	$2.53	$1.13	$3.66	$306.34	$313.66	1.18%
$312.50	Sep 18	$1.29	$2.38	$3.67	$308.83	$316.17	1.18%
$315.00	Sep 18	$0.57	$4.08	$4.65	$310.35	$319.65	1.49%
$317.50	Sep 18	$0.25	$6.23	$6.48	$311.02	$323.98	2.08%
$305.00	Sep 18	$6.55	$0.21	$6.76	$298.24	$311.76	2.17%
$310.00	Sep 25	$5.20	$3.50	$8.70	$301.30	$318.70	2.79%
$312.50	Sep 25	$3.93	$4.78	$8.71	$303.79	$321.21	2.80%
$320.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$8.82	$9.02	$310.98	$329.02	2.90%
$315.00	Sep 25	$2.81	$6.25	$9.06	$305.94	$324.06	2.91%
$317.50	Sep 25	$2.00	$7.85	$9.85	$307.65	$327.35	3.16%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 152 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 2.44%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$320.00	$305.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$0.21	$0.41	$304.59	$320.41
$317.50	$305.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.21	$0.46	$304.54	$317.96
$320.00	$307.50	Sep 18	$0.20	$0.46	$0.66	$306.84	$320.66
$317.50	$307.50	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.46	$0.71	$306.79	$318.21
$315.00	$305.00	Sep 18	$0.57	$0.21	$0.78	$304.22	$315.78
$315.00	$307.50	Sep 18	$0.57	$0.46	$1.03	$306.47	$316.03
$352.50	$305.00	Sep 18	$0.97	$0.21	$1.18	$303.82	$353.68
$352.50	$307.50	Sep 18	$0.97	$0.46	$1.43	$306.07	$353.93
$322.50	$300.00	Sep 25	$0.84	$0.81	$1.65	$298.35	$324.15
$317.50	$310.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$1.13	$1.38	$308.62	$318.88

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 221 found (best R:R 0.72, avg credit $1.24)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
302/305	352/355	Sep 18	$1.05	$1.45	83%	0.72	$303.95	$353.55
290/295	325/330	Oct 30	$3.62	$1.38	38%	2.62	$291.38	$328.62
305/308	352/355	Sep 18	$1.17	$1.33	73%	0.88	$306.33	$353.67
290/295	360/365	Oct 30	$2.28	$2.72	64%	0.84	$292.72	$362.28
290/295	350/355	Oct 30	$2.40	$2.60	60%	0.92	$292.60	$352.40
290/295	365/370	Oct 30	$2.05	$2.95	66%	0.69	$292.95	$367.05
290/295	345/350	Oct 30	$2.50	$2.50	56%	1.00	$292.50	$347.50
290/295	340/345	Oct 30	$2.68	$2.32	52%	1.16	$292.32	$342.68
290/295	355/360	Oct 30	$2.00	$3.00	63%	0.67	$293.00	$357.00
280/285	345/350	Oct 23	$1.59	$3.41	69%	0.47	$283.41	$346.59

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 116 found (best R:R 5.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$290.00	$300.00	$310.00	Oct 16	$1.50	$8.50	33%	5.67
$300.00	$310.00	$320.00	Oct 16	$1.95	$8.05	37%	4.13
$330.00	$340.00	$350.00	Oct 16	$0.55	$9.45	15%	17.18
$270.00	$280.00	$290.00	Oct 16	$0.51	$9.49	14%	18.61
$330.00	$335.00	$340.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	10%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$295.00	$300.00	$305.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$4.90	18%	49.00
$320.00	$330.00	$340.00	Oct 16	$1.05	$8.95	24%	8.52
$290.00	$300.00	$310.00	Oct 16	$1.57	$8.43	32%	5.37
$300.00	$310.00	$320.00	Oct 16	$1.95	$8.05	36%	4.13
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$4.87	12%	37.46

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 182 found (best net $-1.67, 155 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.67	$8.33
$300.00	$315.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.88	$14.12
$300.00	$305.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.55	$3.45
$310.00	$320.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.38	$9.62
$300.00	$310.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.83	$7.17

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$340.00	$325.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$7.00	$8.00
$320.00	$310.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.90	$8.10
$310.00	$300.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.20	$9.80
$330.00	$320.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$5.40	$4.60
$315.00	$312.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.68	$1.82

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 49 found (best yield 3.05%, avg 0.73%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$315.00	Oct 30	$9.50	0.48	1.1%	3.05%	4.18%	10	9
$320.00	Oct 30	$7.30	0.42	2.7%	2.34%	5.08%	2	3
$320.00	Oct 23	$6.95	0.40	2.7%	2.23%	4.97%	--	69
$325.00	Oct 30	$5.45	0.35	4.3%	1.75%	6.09%	15	24
$315.00	Oct 23	$8.50	0.46	1.1%	2.73%	3.86%	5	7
$330.00	Oct 23	$3.95	0.27	6.0%	1.27%	7.21%	2	7
$330.00	Oct 30	$3.70	0.28	6.0%	1.19%	7.13%	5	16
$340.00	Oct 30	$2.77	0.20	9.2%	0.89%	10.05%	2	2
$335.00	Oct 23	$2.95	0.22	7.5%	0.95%	8.50%	5	4
$320.00	Oct 16	$4.60	0.35	2.7%	1.48%	4.21%	41	233

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 5,477

Total Puts 7,080

Put/Call Ratio 1.29

Net Difference -1,603

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 22,290

Total Puts 25,334

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference -3,044

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 37,114

Total Puts 42,587

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.29

Ratio Trend Rising

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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