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as of 09/16 06:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16) 14,995

Calls: 7,965 (53%)

Puts: 7,030 (47%)

Prior (09/15) 16,810

Calls: 10,062 (60%)

Puts: 6,748 (40%)

Current vs Prior -10.80%

Calls: -20.84% (Calls)

Puts: +4.18% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 159,395

Calls: 74,018 (46%)

Puts: 85,377 (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average 22,770

Calls: 10,574 (46%)

Puts: 12,196 (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.15%

Calls: -24.67%

Puts: -42.36%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16) $49.67M

Calls: $29.57M (60%)

Puts: $20.10M (40%)

Prior (09/15) $43.49M

Calls: $31.93M (73%)

Puts: $11.56M (27%)

Current vs Prior +14.21%

Calls: -7.38%

Puts: +73.84%

Prior 7-Day Total $266.79M

Calls: $154.32M (58%)

Puts: $112.46M (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average $38.11M

Calls: $22.05M (58%)

Puts: $16.07M (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +30.33%

Calls: +34.13%

Puts: +25.11%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16) 0.88

Prior (09/15) 0.67

Current vs Prior +31.61%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.17

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -24.82%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16) 297,215

Calls: 143,771 (48%)

Puts: 153,444 (52%)

Prior (09/15) 292,259

Calls: 140,662 (48%)

Puts: 151,597 (52%)

Current vs Prior +1.70%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,039,733

Calls: 961,981 (47%)

Puts: 1,077,752 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 291,390

Calls: 137,425 (47%)

Puts: 153,964 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 2.90% | 5.26%2.90% | 9.10%

Prior 3.33% | 5.08%3.33% | 8.98%

Current vs Prior -12.95% | +3.68%-12.95% | +1.27%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.13% | 5.27%4.46% | 9.57%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -7.35% | -0.09%-35.01% | -4.94%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.33% | 5.08%3.33% | 8.98%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -12.95% | +3.68%-12.95% | +1.27%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 14.80% | 26.27%

Calls: 14.96% | 27.27%

Puts: 14.65% | 25.26%

Prior 14.80% | 26.27%

Calls: 14.96% | 27.27%

Puts: 14.65% | 25.26%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 45.04% | 19.13%

Calls: 35.72% | 19.73%

Puts: 54.36% | 18.53%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -67.14% | +37.35%

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Current BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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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 75 of results (avg 8.0%, best 4.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Sep 18	137.55	146.45	$142.00	6.3%	1	1.00	175
$697.50	Sep 25	83.50	89.10	$86.30	6.5%	1	0.93	--
$700.00	Sep 25	80.85	86.45	$83.65	6.7%	--	0.96	10
$650.00	Oct 16	131.35	140.85	$136.10	7.0%	--	0.96	42
$660.00	Sep 18	117.70	126.30	$122.00	7.0%	1	0.99	325

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$890.00	Sep 25	104.45	109.45	$106.95	4.7%	1	0.93	6
$880.00	Sep 25	95.00	99.60	$97.30	4.7%	1	0.94	12
$910.00	Sep 25	124.40	130.95	$127.68	5.1%	1	1.00	1
$880.00	Oct 2	95.85	100.90	$98.38	5.1%	2	0.92	5
$930.00	Oct 9	143.90	151.65	$147.78	5.2%	--	0.93	15

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. 208 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Sep 18	137.55	146.45	$142.00	6.3%	1	1.00	175
$650.00	Sep 18	125.25	140.85	$133.05	11.7%	--	1.00	10
$680.00	Sep 18	97.75	105.35	$101.55	7.5%	1	1.00	124
$660.00	Sep 18	117.70	126.30	$122.00	7.0%	1	0.99	325
$700.00	Sep 18	77.40	85.60	$81.50	10.1%	--	0.99	370

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Sep 18	55.00	62.75	$58.88	13.2%	11	1.00	564
$845.00	Sep 18	59.80	67.80	$63.80	12.5%	--	1.00	23
$850.00	Sep 18	63.80	70.50	$67.15	10.0%	34	1.00	735
$860.00	Sep 18	75.00	83.20	$79.10	10.4%	4	1.00	1.0K
$870.00	Sep 18	85.00	92.50	$88.75	8.5%	--	1.00	127

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 443 active (total vol 8.7K, top 398)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Sep 18	4.00	5.35	$4.68	28.8%	398	0.28	1.1K
$810.00	Sep 18	1.50	2.64	$2.07	55.1%	275	0.16	267
$800.00	Oct 2	14.10	20.90	$17.50	38.9%	248	0.41	37
$920.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	165	0.00	2.1K
$850.00	Sep 18	0.08	0.28	$0.18	111.1%	159	0.02	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Oct 16	7.35	11.15	$9.25	41.1%	313	0.20	444
$750.00	Oct 16	17.30	18.85	$18.08	8.6%	237	0.32	1.4K
$760.00	Sep 18	1.74	4.35	$3.05	85.6%	227	0.19	2.0K
$750.00	Sep 18	0.60	2.30	$1.45	117.2%	213	0.11	1.2K
$780.00	Sep 18	7.10	10.65	$8.88	40.0%	184	0.45	930

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 22 strikes (avg 17.2%, max 41.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$760.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	49.0%	37.0%	32.4%	7	912
$800.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	48.4%	38.1%	27.2%	413	1.1K
$797.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	48.7%	39.0%	24.8%	11	36
$770.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	48.7%	41.3%	18.0%	5	39
$810.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	45.1%	38.8%	16.4%	277	269

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$755.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	51.3%	36.1%	41.9%	40	148
$765.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	49.7%	35.9%	38.5%	42	95
$775.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	48.8%	36.6%	33.2%	20	1.0K
$805.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	45.9%	38.2%	20.2%	6	65
$795.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	44.4%	37.4%	18.8%	17	140

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 328 found (best R:R 2.33, avg 5.65)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$780.00	$790.00	Oct 9	$3.00	$7.00	$3.00	54%	2.33	$783.00
$760.00	$765.00	Sep 25	$1.40	$3.60	$1.40	69%	2.57	$761.40
$770.00	$780.00	Oct 16	$4.03	$5.97	$4.03	58%	1.48	$774.03
$805.00	$815.00	Oct 30	$2.75	$7.25	$2.75	45%	2.64	$807.75
$730.00	$750.00	Oct 30	$12.14	$7.86	$12.14	70%	0.65	$742.14

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$860.00	$855.00	Sep 25	$2.78	$2.22	$2.78	93%	0.80	$857.22
$890.00	$885.00	Sep 25	$2.90	$2.10	$2.90	93%	0.72	$887.10
$810.00	$805.00	Oct 2	$1.50	$3.50	$1.50	64%	2.33	$808.50
$685.00	$655.00	Oct 9	$0.75	$29.25	$0.75	9%	39.00	$684.25
$790.00	$780.00	Oct 16	$3.70	$6.30	$3.70	51%	1.70	$786.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 261 found (best R:R 0.69, avg 0.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$895.00	$900.00	Sep 25	$2.00	$2.00	$3.00	92%	0.67	$897.00
$805.00	$815.00	Oct 9	$5.37	$5.37	$4.63	59%	1.16	$810.37
$815.00	$820.00	Oct 30	$3.50	$3.50	$1.50	58%	2.33	$818.50
$920.00	$925.00	Sep 25	$1.48	$1.48	$3.52	94%	0.42	$921.48
$890.00	$900.00	Oct 23	$2.58	$2.58	$7.42	84%	0.35	$892.58

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$665.00	$660.00	Sep 25	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	94%	0.69	$662.95
$745.00	$740.00	Sep 25	$2.84	$2.84	$2.16	78%	1.31	$742.16
$760.00	$750.00	Oct 30	$5.53	$5.53	$4.47	60%	1.24	$754.47
$710.00	$705.00	Oct 9	$2.35	$2.35	$2.65	85%	0.89	$707.65
$775.00	$770.00	Oct 23	$3.52	$3.52	$1.48	56%	2.38	$771.48

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 13 found (avg debit $8.40, cheapest $7.03)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$775.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$9.37	48.8%	37.3%
$770.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$8.13	48.7%	38.6%
$797.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$7.37	48.7%	39.0%
$790.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$8.73	47.9%	40.6%
$780.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$9.65	45.9%	39.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$775.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$7.03	48.8%	37.3%
$770.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$7.35	48.7%	38.6%
$790.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$8.50	47.9%	40.6%
$780.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$9.00	45.9%	39.6%
$785.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$8.87	46.3%	40.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 132 found (cheapest 2.59% of stock, avg 8.06%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$780.00	Sep 18	$11.40	$8.88	$20.28	$759.72	$800.28	2.59%
$785.00	Sep 18	$9.65	$11.28	$20.93	$764.07	$805.93	2.67%
$775.00	Sep 18	$14.68	$7.40	$22.08	$752.92	$797.08	2.82%
$790.00	Sep 18	$7.85	$14.23	$22.08	$767.92	$812.08	2.82%
$795.00	Sep 18	$5.33	$17.98	$23.31	$771.69	$818.31	2.98%
$770.00	Sep 18	$18.60	$5.60	$24.20	$745.80	$794.20	3.09%
$800.00	Sep 18	$4.68	$20.93	$25.61	$774.39	$825.61	3.27%
$765.00	Sep 18	$22.00	$4.33	$26.33	$738.67	$791.33	3.36%
$805.00	Sep 18	$3.05	$25.13	$28.18	$776.82	$833.18	3.60%
$760.00	Sep 18	$25.73	$3.05	$28.78	$731.22	$788.78	3.68%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.99% of stock, avg 5.66%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$800.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$4.68	$3.05	$7.73	$752.27	$807.73
$800.00	$765.00	Sep 18	$4.68	$4.33	$9.01	$755.99	$809.01
$797.50	$760.00	Sep 18	$5.43	$3.05	$8.48	$751.52	$805.98
$795.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$5.33	$3.05	$8.38	$751.62	$803.38
$797.50	$765.00	Sep 18	$5.43	$4.33	$9.76	$755.24	$807.26
$795.00	$765.00	Sep 18	$5.33	$4.33	$9.66	$755.34	$804.66
$800.00	$770.00	Sep 18	$4.68	$5.60	$10.28	$759.72	$810.28
$797.50	$770.00	Sep 18	$5.43	$5.60	$11.03	$758.97	$808.53
$795.00	$770.00	Sep 18	$5.33	$5.60	$10.93	$759.07	$805.93
$800.00	$775.00	Sep 18	$4.68	$7.40	$12.08	$762.92	$812.08

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 330 found (best R:R 3.50, avg credit $2.03)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
705/710	845/850	Oct 9	$3.89	$1.11	62%	3.50	$706.11	$848.89
660/665	810/815	Sep 25	$3.77	$1.23	64%	3.07	$661.23	$813.77
745/748	818/820	Sep 18	$2.34	$0.16	72%	14.62	$745.16	$819.84
705/710	835/840	Oct 9	$3.58	$1.42	59%	2.52	$706.42	$838.58
705/710	810/815	Sep 25	$3.29	$1.71	61%	1.92	$706.71	$813.29
740/742	818/820	Sep 18	$1.94	$0.56	74%	3.46	$740.56	$819.44
660/665	815/820	Sep 25	$2.85	$2.15	68%	1.33	$662.15	$817.85
745/748	822/825	Sep 18	$1.85	$0.65	75%	2.85	$745.65	$824.35
738/740	818/820	Sep 18	$1.82	$0.68	76%	2.68	$738.18	$819.32
722/725	818/820	Sep 18	$1.69	$0.81	81%	2.09	$723.31	$819.19

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 217 found (best R:R 332.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$730.00	$750.00	$770.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$19.94	14%	332.33
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$0.28	$9.72	12%	34.71
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Oct 2	$0.21	$9.79	10%	46.62
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Oct 16	$0.24	$9.76	7%	40.67
$790.00	$795.00	$800.00	Oct 2	$0.18	$4.82	6%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$660.00	$670.00	$680.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$9.93	4%	141.86
$670.00	$680.00	$690.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$9.91	4%	110.11
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Oct 16	$0.29	$9.71	7%	33.48
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$0.19	$4.81	8%	25.32

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 213 found (best net $-9.92, 196 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$640.00	$710.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$9.92	$60.08
$640.00	$710.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$14.80	$55.20
$630.00	$705.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$31.28	$43.72
$720.00	$750.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$14.04	$15.96
$730.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$20.75	$9.25

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$875.00	$825.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$13.47	$36.53
$755.00	$750.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.45	$4.55
$720.00	$710.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.06	$9.94
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Sep 18	$0.00	$10.00
$700.00	$690.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.03	$9.97

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 134 found (best yield 5.02%, avg 1.25%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$790.00	Oct 30	$39.30	0.50	0.9%	5.02%	5.95%	2	6
$795.00	Oct 30	$37.05	0.48	1.6%	4.73%	6.30%	7	17
$785.00	Oct 30	$41.50	0.52	0.3%	5.30%	5.59%	1	3
$815.00	Oct 30	$29.15	0.42	4.1%	3.72%	7.85%	1	15
$830.00	Oct 30	$24.95	0.37	6.0%	3.19%	9.23%	1	2
$805.00	Oct 30	$32.35	0.45	2.9%	4.13%	6.98%	--	17
$825.00	Oct 30	$25.60	0.39	5.4%	3.27%	8.67%	1	21
$820.00	Oct 30	$26.50	0.40	4.8%	3.39%	8.15%	3	1
$845.00	Oct 30	$20.30	0.33	8.0%	2.59%	10.55%	--	15
$850.00	Oct 30	$18.85	0.31	8.6%	2.41%	11.00%	14	8

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,965

Total Puts 7,030

Put/Call Ratio 0.88

Net Difference 935

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,062

Total Puts 6,748

Put/Call Ratio 0.67

Net Difference 3,314

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 74,018

Total Puts 85,377

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.17

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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