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as of 07/28 06:08 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/28) 43,132

Calls: 20,719 (48%)

Puts: 22,413 (52%)

Prior (07/27) 31,693

Calls: 13,671 (43%)

Puts: 18,022 (57%)

Current vs Prior +36.09%

Calls: +51.55% (Calls)

Puts: +24.36% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 194,071

Calls: 69,814 (36%)

Puts: 124,257 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,724

Calls: 9,973 (36%)

Puts: 17,751 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +55.57%

Calls: +107.74%

Puts: +26.26%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/28) $91.09M

Calls: $50.44M (55%)

Puts: $40.66M (45%)

Prior (07/27) $76.34M

Calls: $33.18M (43%)

Puts: $43.16M (57%)

Current vs Prior +19.33%

Calls: +52.02%

Puts: -5.81%

Prior 7-Day Total $418.63M

Calls: $212.70M (51%)

Puts: $205.92M (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average $59.80M

Calls: $30.39M (51%)

Puts: $29.42M (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +52.32%

Calls: +65.99%

Puts: +38.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/28) 1.08

Prior (07/27) 1.32

Current vs Prior -17.94%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.99

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -45.63%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/28) 253,417

Calls: 124,028 (49%)

Puts: 129,389 (51%)

Prior (07/27) 244,332

Calls: 118,945 (49%)

Puts: 125,387 (51%)

Current vs Prior +3.72%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,532,428

Calls: 717,879 (47%)

Puts: 814,549 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 218,918

Calls: 102,554 (47%)

Puts: 116,364 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.76%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 5.31% | 9.56%11.68% | 15.97%

Prior 5.77% | 10.14%11.86% | 15.79%

Current vs Prior -7.97% | -5.69%-1.53% | +1.11%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.87% | 8.29%10.84% | 16.09%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +9.03% | +15.41%+7.68% | -0.72%

Prior 7-Day Eod 5.77% | 10.14%11.86% | 15.79%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -7.97% | -5.69%-1.53% | +1.11%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 19.25% | 14.15%

Calls: 18.63% | 15.15%

Puts: 19.87% | 13.15%

Prior 12.16% | 8.12%

Calls: 8.61% | 8.77%

Puts: 15.71% | 7.48%

Current vs Prior +58.31% | +74.26%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.04% | 12.71%

Calls: 28.85% | 15.21%

Puts: 31.22% | 10.21%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.91% | +11.32%

Liquidity Expensive

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Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (52% higher). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.08.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 98 of results (avg 8.5%, best 5.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Aug 21	146.30	157.15	$151.73	7.2%	1	0.90	48
$690.00	Aug 21	153.10	164.90	$159.00	7.4%	--	0.92	24
$710.00	Aug 21	136.00	146.55	$141.28	7.5%	--	0.89	78
$750.00	Aug 7	98.30	106.00	$102.15	7.5%	2	0.85	12
$680.00	Aug 28	165.00	178.00	$171.50	7.6%	--	0.92	13

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Aug 21	158.40	166.95	$162.68	5.3%	3	0.88	119
$860.00	Aug 21	54.80	58.30	$56.55	6.2%	15	0.53	486
$960.00	Aug 7	118.55	126.55	$122.55	6.5%	1	0.87	109
$945.00	Jul 31	100.00	107.00	$103.50	6.8%	1	1.00	22
$1000.00	Jul 31	152.95	163.95	$158.45	6.9%	5	1.00	77

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. 227 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Jul 31	137.00	150.00	$143.50	9.1%	30	0.98	--
$730.00	Jul 31	108.45	120.00	$114.23	10.1%	--	0.98	13
$760.00	Jul 31	81.00	88.00	$84.50	8.3%	--	0.94	13
$680.00	Aug 21	162.10	176.00	$169.05	8.2%	--	0.93	141
$680.00	Aug 28	165.00	178.00	$171.50	7.6%	--	0.92	13

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$945.00	Jul 31	100.00	107.00	$103.50	6.8%	1	1.00	22
$950.00	Jul 31	103.35	114.80	$109.07	10.5%	--	1.00	44
$955.00	Jul 31	106.30	119.00	$112.65	11.3%	--	1.00	38
$960.00	Jul 31	111.00	124.00	$117.50	11.1%	3	1.00	25
$965.00	Jul 31	116.00	129.00	$122.50	10.6%	3	1.00	20

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 488 active (total vol 11.8K, top 685)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$795.00	Aug 7	64.00	72.00	$68.00	11.8%	500	0.71	2
$900.00	Jul 31	2.80	3.90	$3.35	32.8%	393	0.14	766
$900.00	Aug 7	15.70	20.70	$18.20	27.5%	348	0.31	33
$960.00	Jul 31	0.00	1.51	$0.76	198.7%	296	0.03	89
$950.00	Jul 31	0.37	1.10	$0.74	98.6%	292	0.04	723

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Jul 31	13.75	17.40	$15.58	23.4%	685	0.40	1.5K
$820.00	Jul 31	10.35	13.00	$11.68	22.7%	678	0.33	217
$840.00	Jul 31	17.55	22.30	$19.93	23.8%	334	0.47	993
$730.00	Jul 31	0.24	0.79	$0.52	105.8%	292	0.02	18
$735.00	Jul 31	0.10	1.45	$0.78	173.1%	239	0.03	29

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 120 strikes (avg 38.6%, max 100.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$985.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	101.4%	51.2%	98.0%	11	135
$995.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	91.8%	50.0%	83.7%	36	41
$1005.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	94.8%	53.4%	77.7%	13	69
$700.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	102.0%	59.2%	72.1%	31	48
$990.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	89.1%	52.5%	69.7%	35	99

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$680.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	123.8%	61.7%	100.6%	6	312
$685.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	114.1%	57.6%	98.2%	5	24
$700.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	102.0%	54.8%	86.0%	6	95
$690.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	104.7%	56.5%	85.3%	127	156
$1005.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	94.8%	53.4%	77.7%	--	26

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 393 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 4.25)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$940.00	$945.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$940.12
$960.00	$965.00	Aug 14	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$960.12
$955.00	$960.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$955.13
$900.00	$902.50	Jul 31	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$900.13
$1000.00	$1005.00	Aug 28	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$1000.27

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$695.00	$690.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$694.90
$690.00	$680.00	Aug 21	$0.21	$9.79	$0.21	46.62	$689.79
$755.00	$750.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$754.85
$685.00	$680.00	Aug 7	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$684.83
$690.00	$685.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$689.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 505 found (best R:R 110.11, avg 2.04)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$730.00	$760.00	Jul 31	$29.73	$29.73	$0.27	110.11	$759.73
$700.00	$730.00	Jul 31	$29.27	$29.27	$0.73	40.10	$729.27
$760.00	$780.00	Jul 31	$19.30	$19.30	$0.70	27.57	$779.30
$720.00	$730.00	Aug 21	$9.52	$9.52	$0.48	19.83	$729.52
$730.00	$745.00	Aug 7	$13.67	$13.67	$1.33	10.28	$743.67

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$960.00	$955.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$955.15
$1005.00	$1000.00	Jul 31	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$1000.20
$1000.00	$990.00	Aug 7	$9.60	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$990.40
$990.00	$980.00	Aug 21	$9.57	$9.57	$0.43	22.26	$980.43
$892.50	$890.00	Jul 31	$2.38	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$890.12

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 123 found (avg debit $11.14, cheapest $1.18)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1005.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.94	94.8%	67.6%
$995.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$2.22	91.8%	66.5%
$680.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$2.45	61.7%	55.3%
$1000.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$2.82	79.8%	69.0%
$990.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$3.12	89.1%	69.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$680.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.18	123.8%	78.8%
$1005.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.20	94.8%	67.6%
$1000.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.53	79.8%	69.0%
$685.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.58	114.1%	77.9%
$675.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.61	116.7%	81.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 208 found (cheapest 4.93% of stock, avg 12.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$850.00	Jul 31	$16.83	$24.60	$41.43	$808.57	$891.43	4.93%
$860.00	Jul 31	$12.25	$29.55	$41.80	$818.20	$901.80	4.97%
$845.00	Jul 31	$19.83	$22.28	$42.11	$802.89	$887.11	5.01%
$835.00	Jul 31	$24.48	$17.70	$42.18	$792.82	$877.18	5.02%
$840.00	Jul 31	$22.38	$19.93	$42.31	$797.69	$882.31	5.03%
$855.00	Jul 31	$15.30	$27.58	$42.88	$812.12	$897.88	5.10%
$830.00	Jul 31	$27.35	$15.58	$42.93	$787.07	$872.93	5.11%
$865.00	Jul 31	$10.63	$33.00	$43.63	$821.37	$908.63	5.19%
$825.00	Jul 31	$31.10	$13.05	$44.15	$780.85	$869.15	5.25%
$870.00	Jul 31	$9.05	$36.00	$45.05	$824.95	$915.05	5.36%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 2.65% of stock, avg 8.52%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$865.00	$820.00	Jul 31	$10.63	$11.68	$22.31	$797.69	$887.31
$865.00	$825.00	Jul 31	$10.63	$13.05	$23.68	$801.32	$888.68
$860.00	$820.00	Jul 31	$12.25	$11.68	$23.93	$796.07	$883.93
$860.00	$825.00	Jul 31	$12.25	$13.05	$25.30	$799.70	$885.30
$865.00	$830.00	Jul 31	$10.63	$15.58	$26.21	$803.79	$891.21
$855.00	$820.00	Jul 31	$15.30	$11.68	$26.98	$793.02	$881.98
$860.00	$830.00	Jul 31	$12.25	$15.58	$27.83	$802.17	$887.83
$855.00	$825.00	Jul 31	$15.30	$13.05	$28.35	$796.65	$883.35
$865.00	$835.00	Jul 31	$10.63	$17.70	$28.33	$806.67	$893.33
$850.00	$820.00	Jul 31	$16.83	$11.68	$28.51	$791.49	$878.51

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 468 found (best R:R 175.47, avg credit $7.97)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
690/695	730/760	Jul 31	$29.83	$0.17	175.47	$665.17	$759.83
710/715	760/780	Jul 31	$19.88	$0.12	165.67	$695.12	$779.88
675/680	700/730	Jul 31	$29.64	$0.36	82.33	$650.36	$729.64
730/732	760/780	Jul 31	$19.73	$0.27	73.07	$712.77	$779.73
765/775	790/800	Sep 4	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$765.15	$799.85
748/750	760/780	Jul 31	$19.68	$0.32	61.50	$730.32	$779.68
675/680	760/780	Jul 31	$19.67	$0.33	59.61	$660.33	$779.67
690/695	700/730	Jul 31	$29.37	$0.63	46.62	$665.63	$729.37
720/722	760/780	Jul 31	$19.52	$0.48	40.67	$702.98	$779.52
680/690	720/730	Aug 21	$9.73	$0.27	36.04	$680.27	$729.73

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 223 found (best R:R 124.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$805.00	$810.00	$815.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$925.00	$930.00	$935.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$760.00	$780.00	$800.00	Aug 21	$0.39	$19.61	50.28
$790.00	$795.00	$800.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$4.89	44.45

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$9.92	124.00
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$870.00	$875.00	$880.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$925.00	$930.00	$935.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$940.00	$945.00	$950.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$4.95	99.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 102 found (best net $-0.86, 94 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$795.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$33.85	$11.15
$915.00	$940.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$16.03	$8.97
$980.00	$990.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$4.94	$5.06
$990.00	$1000.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$5.08	$4.92
$990.00	$995.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.61	$4.39

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$685.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.86	$14.14
$685.00	$675.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$2.36	$7.64
$700.00	$690.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.86	$6.14
$690.00	$680.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$4.66	$5.34
$680.00	$675.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.11	$4.89

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 173 found (best yield 6.30%, avg 1.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$845.00	Sep 4	$53.00	0.53	0.5%	6.30%	6.80%	5	12
$845.00	Aug 28	$49.00	0.52	0.5%	5.83%	6.32%	1	3
$855.00	Sep 4	$48.05	0.50	1.7%	5.71%	7.40%	2	8
$850.00	Aug 28	$46.00	0.51	1.1%	5.47%	6.56%	1	3
$860.00	Sep 4	$46.00	0.49	2.3%	5.47%	7.75%	2	6
$845.00	Aug 21	$44.00	0.52	0.5%	5.23%	5.73%	4	3
$850.00	Aug 21	$41.20	0.50	1.1%	4.90%	5.99%	6	51
$875.00	Sep 4	$40.00	0.45	4.1%	4.76%	8.82%	1	1
$845.00	Aug 14	$39.00	0.52	0.5%	4.64%	5.13%	11	1
$860.00	Aug 21	$37.10	0.47	2.3%	4.41%	6.69%	3	158

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 20,719

Total Puts 22,413

Put/Call Ratio 1.08

Net Difference -1,694

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,671

Total Puts 18,022

Put/Call Ratio 1.32

Net Difference -4,351

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 69,814

Total Puts 124,257

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.99

Ratio Trend Falling

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

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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