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as of 09/21 06:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/21) 17,910

Calls: 8,711 (49%)

Puts: 9,199 (51%)

Prior (09/18) 20,471

Calls: 8,366 (41%)

Puts: 12,105 (59%)

Current vs Prior -12.51%

Calls: +4.12% (Calls)

Puts: -24.01% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 151,053

Calls: 74,501 (49%)

Puts: 76,552 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 21,579

Calls: 10,643 (49%)

Puts: 10,936 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.00%

Calls: -18.15%

Puts: -15.88%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/21) $47.41M

Calls: $31.79M (67%)

Puts: $15.61M (33%)

Prior (09/18) $32.96M

Calls: $20.01M (61%)

Puts: $12.95M (39%)

Current vs Prior +43.82%

Calls: +58.90%

Puts: +20.52%

Prior 7-Day Total $315.13M

Calls: $169.81M (54%)

Puts: $145.33M (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average $45.02M

Calls: $24.26M (54%)

Puts: $20.76M (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.30%

Calls: +31.06%

Puts: -24.79%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/21) 1.06

Prior (09/18) 1.45

Current vs Prior -27.02%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.29%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/21) 217,337

Calls: 107,839 (50%)

Puts: 109,498 (50%)

Prior (09/18) 305,069

Calls: 148,736 (49%)

Puts: 156,333 (51%)

Current vs Prior -28.76%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,065,993

Calls: 991,838 (48%)

Puts: 1,074,155 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 295,141

Calls: 141,691 (48%)

Puts: 153,450 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -26.36%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 3.29% | 5.14%7.58% | 13.97%

Prior 3.84% | 5.57%0.67% | 8.24%

Current vs Prior -14.30% | -7.74%+1027.11% | +69.47%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.98% | 5.09%2.90% | 8.93%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +10.49% | +1.04%+161.19% | +56.39%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.84% | 5.57%0.67% | 8.24%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -14.30% | -7.74%+1027.11% | +69.47%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 56.54% | 28.98%

Calls: 41.39% | 23.98%

Puts: 71.69% | 33.97%

Prior 56.54% | 28.98%

Calls: 41.39% | 23.98%

Puts: 71.69% | 33.97%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.70% | 24.12%

Calls: 29.65% | 22.64%

Puts: 35.74% | 25.60%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +72.93% | +20.16%

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Moderately bullish flow with 67% call dollar volume ($31.79M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.06. P/C ratio dropping 27% - sentiment shifting bullish. Declining open interest (down 29%) indicates positions being closed.

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 89 of results (avg 7.5%, best 3.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$705.00	Oct 30	120.15	125.60	$122.88	4.4%	14	0.87	3
$840.00	Oct 16	20.20	21.15	$20.67	4.6%	241	0.40	205
$780.00	Oct 23	56.20	59.05	$57.63	4.9%	2	0.71	31
$707.50	Sep 25	108.45	114.20	$111.33	5.2%	4	0.98	5
$670.00	Oct 16	146.45	154.65	$150.55	5.4%	--	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Oct 16	20.70	21.45	$21.08	3.6%	141	0.39	726
$880.00	Oct 16	69.05	71.75	$70.40	3.8%	118	0.77	217
$795.00	Oct 16	18.75	19.50	$19.13	3.9%	1	0.37	--
$780.00	Oct 16	13.85	14.50	$14.18	4.6%	124	0.29	564
$940.00	Oct 16	120.80	126.50	$123.65	4.6%	--	0.92	180

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. 184 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Oct 2	105.50	113.55	$109.53	7.3%	2	1.00	3
$670.00	Oct 16	146.45	154.65	$150.55	5.4%	--	1.00	10
$690.00	Sep 25	125.40	133.00	$129.20	5.9%	34	0.99	1
$700.00	Sep 25	114.20	122.60	$118.40	7.1%	--	0.99	10
$692.50	Sep 25	123.00	130.50	$126.75	5.9%	34	0.99	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$910.00	Sep 25	88.30	96.15	$92.23	8.5%	6	1.00	1
$945.00	Oct 9	122.80	132.30	$127.55	7.4%	1	0.97	--
$880.00	Sep 25	59.25	66.05	$62.65	10.9%	4	0.96	11
$930.00	Oct 9	107.30	118.25	$112.78	9.7%	--	0.95	15
$870.00	Sep 25	49.10	56.50	$52.80	14.0%	--	0.94	17

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 467 active (total vol 10.7K, top 343)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Sep 25	0.29	0.64	$0.47	74.5%	343	0.04	322
$830.00	Sep 25	6.80	8.35	$7.57	20.5%	281	0.35	264
$875.00	Sep 25	0.01	0.89	$0.45	195.6%	250	0.04	69
$840.00	Oct 16	20.20	21.15	$20.67	4.6%	241	0.40	205
$850.00	Sep 25	2.23	2.75	$2.49	20.9%	217	0.15	292

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Sep 25	0.58	0.88	$0.73	41.1%	337	0.05	712
$755.00	Sep 25	0.43	0.64	$0.54	38.9%	267	0.04	184
$750.00	Oct 16	6.80	7.50	$7.15	9.8%	203	0.17	1.4K
$780.00	Sep 25	1.73	2.28	$2.01	27.4%	146	0.12	198
$800.00	Oct 16	20.70	21.45	$21.08	3.6%	141	0.39	726

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 14 strikes (avg 8.8%, max 14.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$785.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	39.1%	34.0%	14.8%	3	48
$820.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	39.1%	34.3%	14.3%	93	129
$800.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	38.2%	34.5%	10.7%	43	146
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	38.1%	34.7%	10.0%	39	34
$812.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	36.2%	33.3%	8.6%	54	47

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$790.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	38.6%	33.9%	13.8%	77	65
$795.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	38.3%	34.8%	10.1%	48	112
$812.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	36.2%	33.3%	8.6%	13	30
$845.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	37.1%	34.5%	7.5%	9	16
$850.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	37.0%	34.9%	6.2%	18	49

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 347 found (best R:R 1.29, avg 7.10)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$725.00	$730.00	Oct 30	$2.18	$2.82	$2.18	82%	1.29	$727.18
$830.00	$840.00	Oct 30	$2.82	$7.18	$2.82	49%	2.55	$832.82
$805.00	$810.00	Oct 30	$1.20	$3.80	$1.20	57%	3.17	$806.20
$865.00	$870.00	Oct 30	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	37%	20.74	$865.23
$830.00	$835.00	Oct 9	$0.85	$4.15	$0.85	44%	4.88	$830.85

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$815.00	$810.00	Oct 9	$0.70	$4.30	$0.70	46%	6.14	$814.30
$840.00	$835.00	Oct 2	$1.72	$3.28	$1.72	67%	1.91	$838.28
$890.00	$885.00	Oct 23	$2.42	$2.58	$2.42	78%	1.07	$887.58
$805.00	$800.00	Oct 2	$0.48	$4.52	$0.48	39%	9.42	$804.52
$765.00	$760.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	29%	17.52	$764.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 285 found (best R:R 4.15, avg 0.49)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$840.00	$845.00	Oct 30	$3.45	$3.45	$1.55	55%	2.23	$843.45
$835.00	$840.00	Oct 2	$2.90	$2.90	$2.10	62%	1.38	$837.90
$817.50	$820.00	Oct 16	$2.32	$2.32	$0.18	49%	12.89	$819.82
$835.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$3.03	$3.03	$1.97	58%	1.54	$838.03
$870.00	$875.00	Oct 30	$2.65	$2.65	$2.35	64%	1.13	$872.65

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$760.00	$755.00	Oct 30	$4.03	$4.03	$0.97	72%	4.15	$755.97
$775.00	$770.00	Oct 23	$2.98	$2.98	$2.02	71%	1.48	$772.02
$810.00	$805.00	Oct 2	$3.67	$3.67	$1.33	56%	2.76	$806.33
$785.00	$780.00	Oct 9	$2.93	$2.93	$2.07	70%	1.42	$782.07
$797.50	$795.00	Oct 16	$2.20	$2.20	$0.30	62%	7.33	$795.30

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 18 found (avg debit $7.78, cheapest $5.63)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$805.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.85	38.2%	33.1%
$815.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.43	38.1%	35.7%
$832.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.28	38.9%	37.4%
$810.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.93	36.9%	35.8%
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.80	38.1%	37.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$805.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$5.63	38.2%	33.1%
$815.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.43	38.1%	35.7%
$810.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.77	36.9%	35.8%
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.63	38.1%	37.1%
$820.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.23	39.1%	38.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 143 found (cheapest 3.09% of stock, avg 7.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$825.00	Sep 25	$8.82	$16.45	$25.27	$799.73	$850.27	3.09%
$812.50	Sep 25	$15.18	$10.13	$25.31	$787.19	$837.81	3.10%
$817.50	Sep 25	$12.58	$12.85	$25.43	$792.07	$842.93	3.11%
$815.00	Sep 25	$14.05	$11.95	$26.00	$789.00	$841.00	3.18%
$820.00	Sep 25	$11.75	$14.30	$26.05	$793.95	$846.05	3.19%
$810.00	Sep 25	$16.90	$9.28	$26.18	$783.82	$836.18	3.21%
$807.50	Sep 25	$18.85	$8.63	$27.48	$780.02	$834.98	3.37%
$805.00	Sep 25	$20.10	$7.75	$27.85	$777.15	$832.85	3.41%
$830.00	Sep 25	$7.57	$20.50	$28.07	$801.93	$858.07	3.44%
$835.00	Sep 25	$5.65	$23.83	$29.48	$805.52	$864.48	3.61%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.88% of stock, avg 5.74%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$830.00	$805.00	Sep 25	$7.57	$7.75	$15.32	$789.68	$845.32
$830.00	$807.50	Sep 25	$7.57	$8.63	$16.20	$791.30	$846.20
$827.50	$805.00	Sep 25	$8.80	$7.75	$16.55	$788.45	$844.05
$827.50	$807.50	Sep 25	$8.80	$8.63	$17.43	$790.07	$844.93
$825.00	$805.00	Sep 25	$8.82	$7.75	$16.57	$788.43	$841.57
$830.00	$810.00	Sep 25	$7.57	$9.28	$16.85	$793.15	$846.85
$825.00	$807.50	Sep 25	$8.82	$8.63	$17.45	$790.05	$842.45
$825.00	$810.00	Sep 25	$8.82	$9.28	$18.10	$791.90	$843.10
$827.50	$810.00	Sep 25	$8.80	$9.28	$18.08	$791.92	$845.58
$830.00	$812.50	Sep 25	$7.57	$10.13	$17.70	$794.80	$847.70

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 170 found (best R:R 5.41, avg credit $1.80)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
725/728	832/835	Sep 25	$2.11	$0.39	63%	5.41	$725.39	$834.61
720/722	832/835	Sep 25	$2.09	$0.41	63%	5.10	$720.41	$834.59
670/675	845/850	Oct 2	$2.85	$2.15	65%	1.33	$672.15	$847.85
715/718	832/835	Sep 25	$1.96	$0.54	64%	3.63	$715.54	$834.46
725/728	840/845	Sep 25	$2.47	$2.53	70%	0.98	$725.03	$842.47
720/722	840/845	Sep 25	$2.45	$2.55	71%	0.96	$720.05	$842.45
670/675	850/855	Oct 2	$2.53	$2.47	68%	1.02	$672.47	$852.53
715/718	840/845	Sep 25	$2.32	$2.68	71%	0.87	$715.18	$842.32
655/660	870/875	Oct 23	$2.54	$2.46	66%	1.03	$657.46	$872.54
665/670	875/880	Oct 30	$2.91	$2.09	58%	1.39	$667.09	$877.91

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 211 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Oct 16	$0.28	$9.72	7%	34.71
$870.00	$875.00	$880.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33
$875.00	$880.00	$885.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$820.00	$825.00	$830.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	4%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$760.00	$765.00	$770.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$4.88	5%	40.67
$660.00	$670.00	$680.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$9.93	1%	141.86
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$0.23	$4.77	8%	20.74

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 204 found (best net $-20.61, 193 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$20.61	$39.39
$870.00	$875.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.07	$4.93
$890.00	$895.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.01	$4.99
$950.00	$955.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.02	$4.98
$960.00	$965.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.02	$4.98

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$930.00	$885.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$29.12	$15.88
$975.00	$910.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$46.37	$18.63
$880.00	$850.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$20.98	$9.02
$660.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.08	$4.92
$715.00	$710.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.03	$4.97

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 135 found (best yield 4.94%, avg 1.37%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$825.00	Oct 30	$40.35	0.50	1.0%	4.94%	5.98%	2	23
$840.00	Oct 30	$33.60	0.45	2.9%	4.12%	6.99%	1	3
$865.00	Oct 30	$25.15	0.37	5.9%	3.08%	9.02%	17	5
$855.00	Oct 30	$27.20	0.40	4.7%	3.33%	8.05%	5	3
$860.00	Oct 30	$25.65	0.39	5.3%	3.14%	8.47%	--	42
$870.00	Oct 30	$23.35	0.36	6.5%	2.86%	9.41%	3	6
$830.00	Oct 30	$35.65	0.49	1.6%	4.37%	6.02%	1	6
$845.00	Oct 30	$30.05	0.43	3.5%	3.68%	7.17%	2	16
$850.00	Oct 30	$27.35	0.42	4.1%	3.35%	7.45%	3	11
$875.00	Oct 30	$20.90	0.34	7.2%	2.56%	9.72%	2	9

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,711

Total Puts 9,199

Put/Call Ratio 1.06

Net Difference -488

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,366

Total Puts 12,105

Put/Call Ratio 1.45

Net Difference -3,739

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 74,501

Total Puts 76,552

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.03

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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