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as of 07/22 06:12 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22) 26,417

Calls: 6,017 (23%)

Puts: 20,400 (77%)

Prior (07/21) 25,521

Calls: 10,972 (43%)

Puts: 14,549 (57%)

Current vs Prior +3.51%

Calls: -45.16% (Calls)

Puts: +40.22% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 202,841

Calls: 79,856 (39%)

Puts: 122,985 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 28,977

Calls: 11,408 (39%)

Puts: 17,569 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -8.84%

Calls: -47.26%

Puts: +16.11%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22) $30.76M

Calls: $15.68M (51%)

Puts: $15.09M (49%)

Prior (07/21) $66.21M

Calls: $41.84M (63%)

Puts: $24.37M (37%)

Current vs Prior -53.53%

Calls: -62.53%

Puts: -38.09%

Prior 7-Day Total $497.07M

Calls: $263.27M (53%)

Puts: $233.81M (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average $71.01M

Calls: $37.61M (53%)

Puts: $33.40M (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -56.68%

Calls: -58.31%

Puts: -54.83%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22) 3.39

Prior (07/21) 1.33

Current vs Prior +155.68%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.61

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +111.02%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22) 118,925

Calls: 45,009 (38%)

Puts: 73,916 (62%)

Prior (07/21) 248,225

Calls: 121,588 (49%)

Puts: 126,637 (51%)

Current vs Prior -52.09%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,878,322

Calls: 893,029 (48%)

Puts: 985,293 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 268,331

Calls: 127,575 (48%)

Puts: 140,756 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -55.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.68% | 7.14%12.42% | 16.54%

Prior 4.51% | 7.65%12.92% | 16.87%

Current vs Prior -18.34% | -6.69%-3.84% | -1.99%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.37% | 7.18%5.91% | 14.59%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -15.72% | -0.52%+110.19% | +13.35%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.51% | 7.65%12.92% | 16.87%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -18.34% | -6.69%-3.84% | -1.99%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 19.57% | 14.75%

Calls: 20.96% | 19.78%

Puts: 18.18% | 9.72%

Prior 16.97% | 11.52%

Calls: 16.67% | 11.18%

Puts: 17.27% | 11.85%

Current vs Prior +15.32% | +28.04%

Prior 7-Day Avg 23.79% | 11.49%

Calls: 22.64% | 10.93%

Puts: 24.95% | 12.05%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -17.75% | +28.32%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 54% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.39 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 156% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (73,916 puts vs 45,009 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 50 of results (avg 8.4%, best 5.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Aug 21	91.65	97.15	$94.40	5.8%	1	0.72	--
$740.00	Aug 14	155.45	166.00	$160.73	6.6%	2	0.91	--
$800.00	Aug 7	101.00	109.00	$105.00	7.6%	20	0.82	3
$810.00	Aug 21	101.90	110.00	$105.95	7.6%	1	0.76	7
$905.00	Aug 21	47.75	51.60	$49.68	7.7%	7	0.49	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1005.00	Aug 28	126.45	135.35	$130.90	6.8%	10	0.75	9
$965.00	Aug 28	98.00	105.35	$101.68	7.2%	2	0.66	--
$1020.00	Aug 21	134.00	144.15	$139.07	7.3%	2	0.80	--
$955.00	Aug 28	91.00	97.95	$94.48	7.4%	2	0.64	4
$1040.00	Aug 14	148.25	159.60	$153.93	7.4%	15	0.86	4

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. 122 found (avg delta 0.70, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Jul 24	107.90	118.00	$112.95	8.9%	1	0.99	--
$760.00	Jul 31	127.95	140.00	$133.98	9.0%	2	0.96	3
$820.00	Jul 24	68.20	76.00	$72.10	10.8%	15	0.95	17
$780.00	Jul 31	108.75	118.20	$113.48	8.3%	2	0.94	--
$830.00	Jul 24	59.20	66.00	$62.60	10.9%	2	0.94	6

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$960.00	Jul 24	66.00	73.90	$69.95	11.3%	2	1.00	55
$965.00	Jul 24	71.00	78.60	$74.80	10.2%	3	1.00	80
$975.00	Jul 24	81.00	88.35	$84.68	8.7%	3	1.00	--
$1005.00	Jul 24	108.00	118.25	$113.13	9.1%	1	1.00	--
$950.00	Jul 24	56.00	63.60	$59.80	12.7%	5	0.95	213

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 419 active (total vol 8.5K, top 601)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1030.00	Aug 7	4.05	8.55	$6.30	71.4%	323	0.12	19
$930.00	Jul 24	2.55	3.55	$3.05	32.8%	171	0.16	159
$950.00	Jul 24	0.87	1.50	$1.19	52.9%	144	0.07	633
$1050.00	Jul 24	0.01	0.48	$0.25	188.0%	137	0.01	1.1K
$925.00	Jul 24	2.90	5.15	$4.03	55.8%	127	0.20	137

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$875.00	Jul 24	6.25	10.90	$8.57	54.3%	601	0.33	405
$730.00	Aug 21	6.10	8.45	$7.28	32.3%	382	0.10	140
$720.00	Jul 24	0.01	0.24	$0.13	176.9%	289	0.01	76
$835.00	Jul 24	0.99	2.18	$1.59	74.8%	266	0.08	95
$730.00	Jul 24	0.01	0.09	$0.05	160.0%	249	0.00	61

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 95 strikes (avg 28.6%, max 101.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1050.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	98.3%	50.6%	94.3%	138	1.1K
$1065.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	99.8%	54.0%	85.0%	6	9
$1060.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	88.0%	51.4%	71.3%	9	19
$1045.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	86.1%	53.0%	62.7%	5	--
$1005.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	80.1%	50.7%	58.0%	4	431

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$720.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	116.2%	57.8%	101.1%	293	483
$725.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	119.2%	59.7%	99.5%	14	20
$735.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	113.5%	59.5%	90.7%	21	7
$760.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	93.1%	52.7%	76.7%	41	125
$740.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	99.5%	56.6%	75.8%	38	1.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 294 found (best R:R 186.50, avg 6.53)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1010.00	$1040.00	Jul 24	$0.16	$29.84	$0.16	186.50	$1010.16
$1005.00	$1020.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$14.88	$0.12	124.00	$1005.12
$1020.00	$1025.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1020.12
$1050.00	$1060.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$1050.25
$1050.00	$1055.00	Jul 24	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$1050.14

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$720.00	$715.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$719.90
$795.00	$790.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$794.90
$765.00	$760.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$764.89
$850.00	$845.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$849.85
$747.50	$725.00	Jul 31	$0.70	$21.80	$0.70	31.14	$746.80

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 356 found (best R:R 82.33, avg 1.74)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$785.00	$815.00	Jul 31	$28.65	$28.65	$1.35	21.22	$813.65
$820.00	$830.00	Jul 24	$9.50	$9.50	$0.50	19.00	$829.50
$820.00	$825.00	Aug 21	$4.73	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$824.73
$830.00	$840.00	Jul 24	$9.02	$9.02	$0.98	9.20	$839.02
$840.00	$860.00	Jul 24	$17.38	$17.38	$2.62	6.63	$857.38

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$975.00	$965.00	Jul 24	$9.88	$9.88	$0.12	82.33	$965.12
$965.00	$960.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$960.15
$890.00	$885.00	Aug 14	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$885.15
$1005.00	$975.00	Jul 24	$28.45	$28.45	$1.55	18.35	$976.55
$1020.00	$1005.00	Jul 31	$14.00	$14.00	$1.00	14.00	$1006.00

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 101 found (avg debit $9.44, cheapest $0.42)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$780.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.53	82.4%	54.9%
$1060.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.55	88.0%	54.2%
$1050.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.61	98.3%	54.7%
$1045.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.72	86.1%	53.0%
$1040.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.01	78.0%	54.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$725.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.42	119.2%	64.5%
$715.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.05	105.1%	74.7%
$755.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.13	102.1%	61.7%
$760.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.39	93.1%	61.1%
$1005.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.40	80.1%	50.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 105 found (cheapest 3.27% of stock, avg 10.34%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$890.00	Jul 24	$14.93	$14.13	$29.06	$860.94	$919.06	3.27%
$895.00	Jul 24	$13.00	$17.10	$30.10	$864.90	$925.10	3.38%
$900.00	Jul 24	$10.95	$19.63	$30.58	$869.42	$930.58	3.44%
$885.00	Jul 24	$18.60	$12.48	$31.08	$853.92	$916.08	3.49%
$880.00	Jul 24	$21.75	$10.13	$31.88	$848.12	$911.88	3.58%
$905.00	Jul 24	$8.88	$23.55	$32.43	$872.57	$937.43	3.65%
$875.00	Jul 24	$24.67	$8.57	$33.24	$841.76	$908.24	3.74%
$910.00	Jul 24	$7.38	$25.98	$33.36	$876.64	$943.36	3.75%
$915.00	Jul 24	$6.20	$30.08	$36.28	$878.72	$951.28	4.08%
$920.00	Jul 24	$4.68	$33.53	$38.21	$881.79	$958.21	4.30%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.48% of stock, avg 7.68%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$915.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$6.20	$6.93	$13.13	$856.87	$928.13
$910.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$7.38	$6.93	$14.31	$855.69	$924.31
$915.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$6.20	$8.57	$14.77	$860.23	$929.77
$905.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$8.88	$6.93	$15.81	$854.19	$920.81
$910.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$7.38	$8.57	$15.95	$859.05	$925.95
$915.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$6.20	$10.13	$16.33	$863.67	$931.33
$905.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$8.88	$8.57	$17.45	$857.55	$922.45
$910.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$7.38	$10.13	$17.51	$862.49	$927.51
$900.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$10.95	$6.93	$17.88	$852.12	$917.88
$915.00	$885.00	Jul 24	$6.20	$12.48	$18.68	$866.32	$933.68

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 528 found (best R:R 62.83, avg credit $8.14)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
760/765	785/815	Jul 31	$29.53	$0.47	62.83	$735.47	$814.53
800/805	820/830	Jul 24	$9.84	$0.16	61.50	$795.16	$829.84
785/795	800/810	Aug 7	$9.83	$0.17	57.82	$785.17	$809.83
725/748	785/815	Jul 31	$29.35	$0.65	45.15	$718.15	$814.35
850/855	945/950	Aug 28	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$850.11	$949.89
780/785	860/865	Jul 31	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$780.16	$864.84
730/735	820/830	Jul 24	$9.67	$0.33	29.30	$725.33	$829.67
750/755	820/830	Jul 24	$9.67	$0.33	29.30	$745.33	$829.67
748/750	785/815	Jul 31	$28.91	$1.09	26.52	$721.09	$813.91
760/765	820/830	Jul 24	$9.61	$0.39	24.64	$755.39	$829.61

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 121 found (best R:R 165.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Aug 7	$0.14	$9.86	70.43
$980.00	$990.00	$1000.00	Aug 21	$0.14	$9.86	70.43
$950.00	$955.00	$960.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$1050.00	$1055.00	$1060.00	Jul 24	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$840.00	$850.00	$860.00	Aug 7	$0.18	$9.82	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$9.94	165.67
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$725.00	$730.00	$735.00	Aug 14	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$875.00	$880.00	$885.00	Aug 14	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$845.00	$850.00	$855.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$4.91	54.56

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 144 found (best net $-27.27, 132 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$740.00	$820.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$27.27	$52.73
$890.00	$935.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$22.52	$22.48
$1000.00	$1030.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$9.60	$20.40
$790.00	$850.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$42.01	$17.99
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$5.92	$14.08

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1010.00	$940.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$17.33	$52.67
$955.00	$890.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$17.88	$47.12
$750.00	$735.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$4.07	$10.93
$770.00	$755.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.61	$10.39
$750.00	$740.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.10	$9.90

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 120 found (best yield 6.41%, avg 2.06%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$890.00	Aug 28	$57.00	0.54	0.1%	6.41%	6.49%	3	3
$890.00	Aug 21	$52.70	0.54	0.1%	5.93%	6.00%	14	356
$895.00	Aug 21	$50.10	0.52	0.6%	5.63%	6.27%	1	--
$900.00	Aug 21	$48.00	0.51	1.2%	5.40%	6.60%	22	852
$905.00	Aug 21	$47.75	0.49	1.8%	5.37%	7.13%	7	--
$910.00	Aug 21	$44.30	0.48	2.3%	4.98%	7.31%	7	61
$895.00	Aug 14	$44.05	0.51	0.6%	4.95%	5.59%	12	1
$900.00	Aug 14	$43.35	0.50	1.2%	4.87%	6.08%	44	25
$915.00	Aug 21	$42.75	0.47	2.9%	4.81%	7.70%	1	4
$890.00	Aug 7	$42.50	0.53	0.1%	4.78%	4.86%	2	11

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 6,017

Total Puts 20,400

Put/Call Ratio 3.39

Net Difference -14,383

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,972

Total Puts 14,549

Put/Call Ratio 1.33

Net Difference -3,577

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 79,856

Total Puts 122,985

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.61

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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