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as of 09/17 06:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17) 29,773

Calls: 13,554 (46%)

Puts: 16,219 (54%)

Prior (09/16) 14,995

Calls: 7,965 (53%)

Puts: 7,030 (47%)

Current vs Prior +98.55%

Calls: +70.17% (Calls)

Puts: +130.71% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 146,370

Calls: 72,268 (49%)

Puts: 74,102 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 20,910

Calls: 10,324 (49%)

Puts: 10,586 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +42.39%

Calls: +31.29%

Puts: +53.21%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17) $72.52M

Calls: $29.15M (40%)

Puts: $43.37M (60%)

Prior (09/16) $49.67M

Calls: $29.57M (60%)

Puts: $20.10M (40%)

Current vs Prior +46.00%

Calls: -1.42%

Puts: +115.78%

Prior 7-Day Total $273.86M

Calls: $159.57M (58%)

Puts: $114.29M (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average $39.12M

Calls: $22.80M (58%)

Puts: $16.33M (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +85.37%

Calls: +27.88%

Puts: +165.63%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17) 1.20

Prior (09/16) 0.88

Current vs Prior +35.58%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +16.07%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/17) 299,419

Calls: 145,519 (49%)

Puts: 153,900 (51%)

Prior (09/16) 297,215

Calls: 143,771 (48%)

Puts: 153,444 (52%)

Current vs Prior +0.74%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,031,860

Calls: 964,622 (47%)

Puts: 1,067,238 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 290,265

Calls: 137,803 (47%)

Puts: 152,462 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.79% | 4.15%1.79% | 8.51%

Prior 2.90% | 5.26%2.90% | 9.10%

Current vs Prior -38.20% | -21.18%-38.20% | -6.49%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.98% | 5.23%4.08% | 9.42%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.84% | -20.70%-56.15% | -9.72%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.90% | 5.26%2.90% | 9.10%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -38.20% | -21.18%-38.20% | -6.49%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 38.28% | 31.39%

Calls: 36.60% | 29.35%

Puts: 39.97% | 33.43%

Prior 14.80% | 26.27%

Calls: 14.96% | 27.27%

Puts: 14.65% | 25.26%

Current vs Prior +158.65% | +19.49%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.92% | 20.39%

Calls: 29.40% | 21.04%

Puts: 40.43% | 19.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +9.64% | +53.93%

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Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (85% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 99% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.20. P/C ratio rising 36% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Option Volume

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 73 of results (avg 8.0%, best 5.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 16	156.55	165.30	$160.93	5.4%	1	0.98	1
$640.00	Sep 18	154.10	164.50	$159.30	6.5%	1	1.00	175
$650.00	Oct 16	147.50	157.85	$152.68	6.8%	20	0.97	42
$800.00	Oct 16	31.40	33.85	$32.63	7.5%	66	0.52	226
$660.00	Sep 18	134.55	145.10	$139.82	7.5%	2	0.95	324

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$940.00	Oct 30	142.30	150.80	$146.55	5.8%	2	0.86	--
$890.00	Oct 16	91.05	96.60	$93.82	5.9%	11	0.84	73
$920.00	Sep 25	118.35	125.65	$122.00	6.0%	5	0.94	--
$860.00	Oct 16	67.15	71.30	$69.22	6.0%	39	0.76	155
$915.00	Oct 30	121.65	129.20	$125.43	6.0%	2	0.81	3

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. 215 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Sep 18	154.10	164.50	$159.30	6.5%	1	1.00	175
$650.00	Sep 18	141.85	157.50	$149.68	10.5%	--	1.00	10
$680.00	Sep 18	114.10	124.55	$119.32	8.8%	--	1.00	124
$700.00	Sep 18	94.85	103.00	$98.93	8.2%	4	1.00	370
$710.00	Sep 18	82.20	92.15	$87.18	11.4%	--	0.99	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Sep 18	47.80	55.40	$51.60	14.7%	142	1.00	95
$860.00	Sep 18	57.70	65.30	$61.50	12.4%	500	1.00	379
$870.00	Sep 18	68.00	76.15	$72.08	11.3%	191	1.00	127
$880.00	Sep 18	78.30	85.30	$81.80	8.6%	199	1.00	129
$890.00	Sep 18	88.30	95.40	$91.85	7.7%	66	1.00	42

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 513 active (total vol 19.2K, top 1.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Oct 2	11.00	14.75	$12.88	29.1%	513	0.34	23
$810.00	Sep 18	2.00	3.25	$2.63	47.5%	469	0.26	349
$870.00	Oct 16	8.70	10.50	$9.60	18.8%	379	0.22	263
$815.00	Oct 2	12.85	19.40	$16.13	40.6%	288	0.41	66
$810.00	Oct 16	25.50	30.80	$28.15	18.8%	270	0.47	460

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Sep 18	0.80	1.28	$1.04	46.2%	1.1K	0.12	860
$720.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.16	$0.11	100.0%	904	0.01	2.1K
$785.00	Sep 18	1.31	2.18	$1.75	49.7%	841	0.19	146
$860.00	Sep 18	57.70	65.30	$61.50	12.4%	500	1.00	379
$730.00	Oct 16	7.55	8.25	$7.90	8.9%	489	0.17	1.1K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 9.9%, max 20.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$797.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	39.5%	32.7%	20.8%	33	38
$785.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	41.2%	35.0%	17.5%	20	271
$812.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	39.9%	36.2%	10.1%	79	18
$790.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	43.3%	40.3%	7.6%	48	497
$800.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	41.3%	40.2%	2.7%	262	1.1K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$815.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	42.3%	37.0%	14.2%	1	108
$790.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	43.3%	40.3%	7.6%	140	1.5K
$785.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	41.2%	38.9%	6.0%	841	157
$800.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	41.3%	40.2%	2.7%	145	1.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 356 found (best R:R 1.33, avg 6.77)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$775.00	$790.00	Oct 30	$7.17	$7.83	$7.17	61%	1.09	$782.17
$730.00	$740.00	Oct 23	$6.40	$3.60	$6.40	80%	0.56	$736.40
$810.00	$815.00	Oct 9	$0.73	$4.27	$0.73	46%	5.85	$810.73
$750.00	$755.00	Oct 9	$2.40	$2.60	$2.40	78%	1.08	$752.40
$745.00	$770.00	Oct 23	$16.62	$8.38	$16.62	75%	0.50	$761.62

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$855.00	$850.00	Oct 9	$2.15	$2.85	$2.15	76%	1.33	$852.85
$860.00	$855.00	Sep 25	$2.95	$2.05	$2.95	91%	0.69	$857.05
$850.00	$845.00	Oct 30	$1.60	$3.40	$1.60	64%	2.13	$848.40
$770.00	$765.00	Oct 30	$0.30	$4.70	$0.30	37%	15.67	$769.70
$780.00	$775.00	Oct 2	$0.37	$4.63	$0.37	35%	12.51	$779.63

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 287 found (best R:R 0.75, avg 0.45)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$915.00	$920.00	Sep 18	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	93%	0.75	$917.14
$895.00	$900.00	Sep 25	$2.06	$2.06	$2.94	92%	0.70	$897.06
$925.00	$930.00	Sep 18	$1.77	$1.77	$3.23	93%	0.55	$926.77
$827.50	$830.00	Oct 2	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	66%	11.50	$829.80
$905.00	$910.00	Oct 9	$1.86	$1.86	$3.14	89%	0.59	$906.86

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$650.00	Sep 18	$2.09	$2.09	$7.91	95%	0.26	$657.91
$665.00	$660.00	Sep 25	$1.96	$1.96	$3.04	95%	0.64	$663.04
$790.00	$785.00	Oct 30	$3.97	$3.97	$1.03	56%	3.85	$786.03
$645.00	$640.00	Oct 2	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	95%	0.57	$643.18
$665.00	$660.00	Oct 2	$1.75	$1.75	$3.25	94%	0.54	$663.25

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $9.88, cheapest $8.50)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$800.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$8.50	41.3%	32.3%
$805.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$8.95	40.1%	33.3%
$797.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$9.53	39.5%	32.7%
$795.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$9.35	38.7%	33.6%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$800.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$9.30	41.3%	32.3%
$805.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$8.05	40.1%	33.3%
$795.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$9.43	38.7%	33.6%
$797.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	$15.95	39.5%	34.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 154 found (cheapest 1.61% of stock, avg 7.70%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$797.50	Sep 18	$7.35	$5.50	$12.85	$784.65	$810.35	1.61%
$800.00	Sep 18	$6.28	$6.95	$13.23	$786.77	$813.23	1.66%
$795.00	Sep 18	$9.00	$4.30	$13.30	$781.70	$808.30	1.67%
$805.00	Sep 18	$4.00	$10.55	$14.55	$790.45	$819.55	1.82%
$790.00	Sep 18	$12.05	$3.25	$15.30	$774.70	$805.30	1.92%
$810.00	Sep 18	$2.63	$13.23	$15.86	$794.14	$825.86	1.99%
$785.00	Sep 18	$15.58	$1.75	$17.33	$767.67	$802.33	2.17%
$812.50	Sep 18	$1.88	$15.45	$17.33	$795.17	$829.83	2.17%
$815.00	Sep 18	$1.67	$17.52	$19.19	$795.81	$834.19	2.40%
$780.00	Sep 18	$19.55	$1.04	$20.59	$759.41	$800.59	2.58%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.34% of stock, avg 5.23%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$815.00	$780.00	Sep 18	$1.67	$1.04	$2.71	$777.29	$817.71
$812.50	$780.00	Sep 18	$1.88	$1.04	$2.92	$777.08	$815.42
$815.00	$785.00	Sep 18	$1.67	$1.75	$3.42	$781.58	$818.42
$812.50	$785.00	Sep 18	$1.88	$1.75	$3.63	$781.37	$816.13
$810.00	$780.00	Sep 18	$2.63	$1.04	$3.67	$776.33	$813.67
$810.00	$785.00	Sep 18	$2.63	$1.75	$4.38	$780.62	$814.38
$815.00	$790.00	Sep 18	$1.67	$3.25	$4.92	$785.08	$819.92
$812.50	$790.00	Sep 18	$1.88	$3.25	$5.13	$784.87	$817.63
$810.00	$790.00	Sep 18	$2.63	$3.25	$5.88	$784.12	$815.88
$805.00	$780.00	Sep 18	$4.00	$1.04	$5.04	$774.96	$810.04

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 250 found (best R:R 4.68, avg credit $1.83)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
640/645	828/830	Oct 2	$4.12	$0.88	61%	4.68	$640.88	$831.62
660/665	828/830	Oct 2	$4.05	$0.95	60%	4.26	$660.95	$831.55
680/685	828/830	Oct 2	$3.86	$1.14	60%	3.39	$681.14	$831.36
700/705	828/830	Oct 2	$3.67	$1.33	58%	2.76	$701.33	$831.17
715/720	828/830	Oct 2	$3.63	$1.37	56%	2.65	$716.37	$831.13
650/660	840/845	Sep 18	$2.27	$7.73	91%	0.29	$657.73	$842.27
640/645	830/835	Oct 2	$3.19	$1.81	64%	1.76	$641.81	$833.19
730/735	828/830	Oct 2	$3.78	$1.22	52%	3.10	$731.22	$831.28
660/665	825/828	Sep 25	$3.01	$1.99	66%	1.51	$661.99	$828.01
660/665	830/835	Oct 2	$3.12	$1.88	63%	1.66	$661.88	$833.12

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 263 found (best R:R 180.82, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$660.00	$680.00	$700.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$19.89	5%	180.82
$860.00	$870.00	$880.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$9.95	6%	199.00
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Sep 18	$0.48	$4.52	20%	9.42
$800.00	$810.00	$820.00	Oct 16	$0.43	$9.57	9%	22.26
$810.00	$820.00	$830.00	Oct 16	$0.43	$9.57	9%	22.26

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$720.00	$730.00	$740.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$9.92	7%	124.00
$700.00	$710.00	$720.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$9.88	5%	82.33
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$750.00	$755.00	$760.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$790.00	$800.00	$810.00	Oct 16	$0.44	$9.56	10%	21.73

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 239 found (best net $-36.34, 211 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$750.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$36.34	$13.66
$800.00	$805.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.72	$3.28
$805.00	$810.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.26	$3.74
$870.00	$875.00	1:2	Sep 18	$0.00	$5.00
$905.00	$910.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.37	$4.63

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.25	$4.75
$785.00	$780.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.33	$4.67
$775.00	$770.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.17	$4.83
$780.00	$775.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.38	$4.62
$720.00	$715.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.25	$4.75

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 161 found (best yield 4.48%, avg 1.22%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$820.00	Oct 30	$35.80	0.46	2.7%	4.48%	7.17%	6	2
$815.00	Oct 30	$37.30	0.47	2.1%	4.67%	6.73%	1	16
$805.00	Oct 30	$41.70	0.51	0.8%	5.22%	6.03%	5	17
$810.00	Oct 30	$39.35	0.49	1.4%	4.93%	6.36%	42	1
$830.00	Oct 30	$31.00	0.43	3.9%	3.88%	7.82%	6	2
$800.00	Oct 30	$43.25	0.52	0.2%	5.42%	5.60%	1	2
$835.00	Oct 30	$28.90	0.41	4.6%	3.62%	8.18%	2	--
$825.00	Oct 30	$31.75	0.44	3.3%	3.98%	7.29%	1	22
$845.00	Oct 30	$24.90	0.38	5.8%	3.12%	8.93%	2	15
$850.00	Oct 30	$23.30	0.36	6.4%	2.92%	9.36%	--	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 13,554

Total Puts 16,219

Put/Call Ratio 1.20

Net Difference -2,665

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,965

Total Puts 7,030

Put/Call Ratio 0.88

Net Difference 935

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 72,268

Total Puts 74,102

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.03

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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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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