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as of 09/15 06:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/15) 16,810

Calls: 10,062 (60%)

Puts: 6,748 (40%)

Prior (09/14) 29,847

Calls: 15,295 (51%)

Puts: 14,552 (49%)

Current vs Prior -43.68%

Calls: -34.21% (Calls)

Puts: -53.63% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 161,756

Calls: 71,485 (44%)

Puts: 90,271 (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average 23,108

Calls: 10,212 (44%)

Puts: 12,895 (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -27.25%

Calls: -1.47%

Puts: -47.67%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/15) $43.49M

Calls: $31.93M (73%)

Puts: $11.56M (27%)

Prior (09/14) $51.18M

Calls: $22.37M (44%)

Puts: $28.81M (56%)

Current vs Prior -15.03%

Calls: +42.72%

Puts: -59.87%

Prior 7-Day Total $268.25M

Calls: $141.37M (53%)

Puts: $126.89M (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average $38.32M

Calls: $20.20M (53%)

Puts: $18.13M (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +13.48%

Calls: +58.09%

Puts: -36.21%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/15) 0.67

Prior (09/14) 0.95

Current vs Prior -29.51%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.30

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -48.38%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/15) 292,259

Calls: 140,662 (48%)

Puts: 151,597 (52%)

Prior (09/14) 283,645

Calls: 135,466 (48%)

Puts: 148,179 (52%)

Current vs Prior +3.04%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,048,886

Calls: 961,646 (47%)

Puts: 1,087,240 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 292,698

Calls: 137,378 (47%)

Puts: 155,320 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.33% | 5.08%3.33% | 8.98%

Prior 3.63% | 5.62%3.63% | 9.01%

Current vs Prior -8.21% | -9.70%-8.21% | -0.30%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.95% | 5.19%4.85% | 9.78%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +12.88% | -2.11%-31.34% | -8.12%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.63% | 5.62%3.63% | 9.01%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -8.21% | -9.70%-8.21% | -0.30%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 14.80% | 26.27%

Calls: 14.96% | 27.27%

Puts: 14.65% | 25.26%

Prior 16.03% | 25.92%

Calls: 15.07% | 21.98%

Puts: 16.99% | 29.86%

Current vs Prior -7.67% | +1.35%

Prior 7-Day Avg 47.19% | 17.15%

Calls: 38.60% | 17.96%

Puts: 55.77% | 16.34%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -68.64% | +53.15%

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Moderately bullish flow with 73% call dollar volume ($31.93M). Below-average activity with volume down 44% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.67. P/C ratio dropping 30% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Retail Flow BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 90 of results (avg 7.7%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 2	146.80	151.15	$148.98	2.9%	--	1.00	12
$640.00	Sep 18	139.50	146.75	$143.13	5.1%	--	1.00	175
$680.00	Sep 18	100.45	106.25	$103.35	5.6%	1	1.00	124
$650.00	Oct 30	137.55	145.85	$141.70	5.9%	2	0.89	--
$660.00	Sep 18	119.50	126.80	$123.15	5.9%	--	1.00	325

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 16	117.05	122.10	$119.57	4.2%	28	0.90	113
$940.00	Oct 16	153.85	161.15	$157.50	4.6%	--	0.95	178
$880.00	Sep 18	95.20	100.80	$98.00	5.7%	3	0.99	151
$830.00	Oct 16	58.55	62.10	$60.33	5.9%	1	0.70	102
$800.00	Oct 16	39.35	41.80	$40.58	6.0%	54	0.56	603

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.30, cheapest $0.30)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Sep 18	0.28	0.32	$0.30	13.3%	74	0.03	1.9K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 175 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Sep 18	139.50	146.75	$143.13	5.1%	--	1.00	175
$650.00	Sep 18	129.50	140.35	$134.93	8.0%	--	1.00	10
$660.00	Sep 18	119.50	126.80	$123.15	5.9%	--	1.00	325
$680.00	Sep 18	100.45	106.25	$103.35	5.6%	1	1.00	124
$700.00	Sep 18	79.65	86.90	$83.28	8.7%	11	1.00	371

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$940.00	Sep 18	152.40	163.20	$157.80	6.8%	--	1.00	89
$920.00	Sep 18	131.75	140.90	$136.32	6.7%	--	0.99	76
$900.00	Sep 18	113.30	122.50	$117.90	7.8%	15	0.99	74
$880.00	Sep 18	95.20	100.80	$98.00	5.7%	3	0.99	151
$890.00	Sep 18	103.50	110.65	$107.08	6.7%	7	0.99	50

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 426 active (total vol 9.1K, top 321)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$785.00	Sep 18	10.35	12.25	$11.30	16.8%	309	0.48	56
$790.00	Sep 18	7.50	10.00	$8.75	28.6%	303	0.42	283
$835.00	Sep 18	0.46	0.74	$0.60	46.7%	303	0.05	460
$780.00	Sep 18	11.65	14.60	$13.13	22.5%	259	0.55	715
$800.00	Sep 18	4.35	5.90	$5.13	30.2%	175	0.29	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$722.50	Sep 18	0.27	0.70	$0.49	87.8%	321	0.03	40
$740.00	Sep 18	0.76	1.66	$1.21	74.4%	310	0.08	902
$775.00	Sep 18	7.30	9.50	$8.40	26.2%	307	0.39	1.2K
$730.00	Sep 18	0.60	1.02	$0.81	51.9%	228	0.05	2.3K
$730.00	Oct 16	11.35	12.55	$11.95	10.0%	165	0.23	999

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 16 strikes (avg 11.4%, max 24.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$780.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	43.5%	34.9%	24.8%	310	718
$760.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	43.3%	35.0%	23.9%	35	908
$790.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	42.3%	36.4%	16.1%	327	290
$785.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	43.6%	41.5%	5.1%	315	56
$775.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	43.2%	41.2%	4.9%	42	53

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$765.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	44.3%	35.4%	24.9%	9	94
$810.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	43.0%	35.7%	20.5%	20	376
$790.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	42.3%	36.4%	16.1%	47	1.5K
$805.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	41.2%	36.6%	12.4%	11	58
$755.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	45.1%	41.8%	8.0%	7	112

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 343 found (best R:R 0.62, avg 6.25)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$720.00	$770.00	Oct 30	$30.95	$19.05	$30.95	73%	0.62	$750.95
$780.00	$785.00	Oct 23	$0.68	$4.32	$0.68	54%	6.35	$780.68
$730.00	$740.00	Oct 16	$5.57	$4.43	$5.57	76%	0.80	$735.57
$800.00	$805.00	Oct 30	$0.78	$4.22	$0.78	47%	5.41	$800.78
$810.00	$820.00	Oct 16	$2.40	$7.60	$2.40	40%	3.17	$812.40

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$845.00	$840.00	Sep 25	$2.75	$2.25	$2.75	88%	0.82	$842.25
$795.00	$790.00	Oct 9	$1.25	$3.75	$1.25	55%	3.00	$793.75
$835.00	$830.00	Sep 25	$2.80	$2.20	$2.80	85%	0.79	$832.20
$695.00	$685.00	Oct 30	$0.47	$9.53	$0.47	19%	20.28	$694.53
$865.00	$860.00	Oct 2	$3.30	$1.70	$3.30	89%	0.52	$861.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 284 found (best R:R 1.15, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$820.00	$830.00	Oct 16	$5.35	$5.35	$4.65	64%	1.15	$825.35
$855.00	$860.00	Oct 30	$3.17	$3.17	$1.83	70%	1.73	$858.17
$835.00	$840.00	Oct 23	$3.12	$3.12	$1.88	68%	1.66	$838.12
$795.00	$800.00	Oct 2	$3.60	$3.60	$1.40	56%	2.57	$798.60
$880.00	$885.00	Oct 30	$2.53	$2.53	$2.47	76%	1.02	$882.53

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$640.00	Oct 2	$1.80	$1.80	$3.20	95%	0.56	$643.20
$665.00	$660.00	Oct 2	$1.73	$1.73	$3.27	94%	0.53	$663.27
$635.00	$630.00	Oct 9	$1.62	$1.62	$3.38	95%	0.48	$633.38
$780.00	$775.00	Oct 23	$3.75	$3.75	$1.25	54%	3.00	$776.25
$640.00	$635.00	Sep 25	$1.57	$1.57	$3.43	95%	0.46	$638.43

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $6.81, cheapest $6.20)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$780.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$7.17	43.5%	35.0%
$785.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$6.35	43.6%	36.7%
$775.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$6.85	43.2%	36.4%
$770.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$7.28	41.2%	36.5%
$790.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$7.25	42.3%	37.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$780.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$6.20	43.5%	35.0%
$785.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$6.53	43.6%	36.7%
$775.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$6.78	43.2%	36.4%
$770.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$7.08	41.2%	36.5%
$790.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$6.65	42.3%	37.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 119 found (cheapest 3.03% of stock, avg 7.84%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$780.00	Sep 18	$13.13	$10.65	$23.78	$756.22	$803.78	3.03%
$775.00	Sep 18	$15.80	$8.40	$24.20	$750.80	$799.20	3.09%
$785.00	Sep 18	$11.30	$12.95	$24.25	$760.75	$809.25	3.09%
$790.00	Sep 18	$8.75	$15.80	$24.55	$765.45	$814.55	3.13%
$770.00	Sep 18	$19.00	$6.05	$25.05	$744.95	$795.05	3.20%
$795.00	Sep 18	$6.63	$18.85	$25.48	$769.52	$820.48	3.25%
$800.00	Sep 18	$5.13	$22.75	$27.88	$772.12	$827.88	3.56%
$805.00	Sep 18	$3.85	$26.08	$29.93	$775.07	$834.93	3.82%
$760.00	Sep 18	$26.30	$3.78	$30.08	$729.92	$790.08	3.84%
$810.00	Sep 18	$3.21	$30.23	$33.44	$776.56	$843.44	4.27%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.14% of stock, avg 5.63%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$800.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$5.13	$3.78	$8.91	$751.09	$808.91
$800.00	$765.00	Sep 18	$5.13	$5.25	$10.38	$754.62	$810.38
$797.50	$760.00	Sep 18	$6.08	$3.78	$9.86	$750.14	$807.36
$800.00	$770.00	Sep 18	$5.13	$6.05	$11.18	$758.82	$811.18
$797.50	$765.00	Sep 18	$6.08	$5.25	$11.33	$753.67	$808.83
$795.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$6.63	$3.78	$10.41	$749.59	$805.41
$797.50	$770.00	Sep 18	$6.08	$6.05	$12.13	$757.87	$809.63
$795.00	$765.00	Sep 18	$6.63	$5.25	$11.88	$753.12	$806.88
$795.00	$770.00	Sep 18	$6.63	$6.05	$12.68	$757.32	$807.68
$800.00	$775.00	Sep 18	$5.13	$8.40	$13.53	$761.47	$813.53

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 341 found (best R:R 10.63, avg credit $1.97)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
690/695	835/840	Oct 23	$4.57	$0.43	53%	10.63	$690.43	$839.57
645/650	835/840	Oct 23	$4.09	$0.91	62%	4.49	$645.91	$839.09
665/670	835/840	Oct 23	$4.07	$0.93	58%	4.38	$665.93	$839.07
630/635	835/840	Oct 9	$3.49	$1.51	69%	2.31	$631.51	$838.49
635/640	825/828	Sep 25	$3.19	$1.81	74%	1.76	$636.81	$828.19
650/655	825/828	Sep 25	$3.07	$1.93	73%	1.59	$651.93	$828.07
630/635	820/825	Oct 9	$3.60	$1.40	62%	2.57	$631.40	$823.60
640/645	818/820	Oct 2	$3.40	$1.60	65%	2.12	$641.60	$820.90
675/680	835/840	Oct 23	$3.79	$1.21	57%	3.13	$676.21	$838.79
640/645	810/815	Oct 2	$3.58	$1.42	60%	2.52	$641.42	$813.58

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 228 found (best R:R 9.24, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$840.00	$850.00	$860.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$9.94	7%	165.67
$720.00	$730.00	$740.00	Sep 18	$0.19	$9.81	8%	51.63
$880.00	$890.00	$900.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$9.92	5%	124.00
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Oct 16	$0.34	$9.66	10%	28.41
$805.00	$810.00	$815.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$820.00	$850.00	$880.00	Oct 9	$2.93	$27.07	20%	9.24
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$9.85	9%	65.67
$775.00	$780.00	$785.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$4.95	13%	99.00
$760.00	$770.00	$780.00	Oct 16	$0.28	$9.72	10%	34.71
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$0.28	$9.72	10%	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 220 found (best net $-28.90, 208 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$28.90	$41.10
$700.00	$755.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$13.10	$41.90
$650.00	$700.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$35.89	$14.11
$720.00	$770.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$23.40	$26.60
$650.00	$700.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$44.62	$5.38

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$670.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.45	$14.55
$680.00	$670.00	1:2	Sep 18	$0.00	$10.00
$700.00	$690.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.04	$9.96
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.02	$9.98
$660.00	$650.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.05	$9.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 152 found (best yield 4.50%, avg 1.28%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$805.00	Oct 30	$35.25	0.46	2.7%	4.50%	7.24%	32	2
$815.00	Oct 30	$31.45	0.43	4.0%	4.01%	8.03%	6	12
$810.00	Oct 30	$33.10	0.44	3.4%	4.22%	7.60%	2	--
$785.00	Oct 30	$43.90	0.52	0.2%	5.60%	5.79%	6	--
$800.00	Oct 30	$36.80	0.47	2.1%	4.70%	6.80%	3	1
$795.00	Oct 30	$38.25	0.49	1.5%	4.88%	6.34%	--	17
$825.00	Oct 30	$27.70	0.39	5.3%	3.54%	8.83%	40	3
$830.00	Oct 30	$26.00	0.38	5.9%	3.32%	9.25%	1	1
$850.00	Oct 30	$20.45	0.32	8.5%	2.61%	11.09%	10	--
$845.00	Oct 30	$21.30	0.33	7.8%	2.72%	10.56%	6	12

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,062

Total Puts 6,748

Put/Call Ratio 0.67

Net Difference 3,314

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 15,295

Total Puts 14,552

Put/Call Ratio 0.95

Net Difference 743

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 71,485

Total Puts 90,271

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.30

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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