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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) 20,471

Calls: 8,366 (41%)

Puts: 12,105 (59%)

Prior (09/17) 29,773

Calls: 13,554 (46%)

Puts: 16,219 (54%)

Current vs Prior -31.24%

Calls: -38.28% (Calls)

Puts: -25.37% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 154,198

Calls: 75,788 (49%)

Puts: 78,410 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 22,028

Calls: 10,826 (49%)

Puts: 11,201 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.07%

Calls: -22.73%

Puts: +8.07%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) $32.96M

Calls: $20.01M (61%)

Puts: $12.95M (39%)

Prior (09/17) $72.52M

Calls: $29.15M (40%)

Puts: $43.37M (60%)

Current vs Prior -54.55%

Calls: -31.36%

Puts: -70.13%

Prior 7-Day Total $307.35M

Calls: $162.58M (53%)

Puts: $144.77M (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average $43.91M

Calls: $23.23M (53%)

Puts: $20.68M (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -24.93%

Calls: -13.86%

Puts: -37.36%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 1.45

Prior (09/17) 1.20

Current vs Prior +20.92%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +40.16%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/18) 305,069

Calls: 148,736 (49%)

Puts: 156,333 (51%)

Prior (09/17) 299,419

Calls: 145,519 (49%)

Puts: 153,900 (51%)

Current vs Prior +1.89%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,049,086

Calls: 978,200 (48%)

Puts: 1,070,886 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 292,726

Calls: 139,742 (48%)

Puts: 152,983 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.22%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.67% | 3.84%0.67% | 8.24%

Prior 1.79% | 4.15%1.79% | 8.51%

Current vs Prior +114.68% | +34.26%-62.45% | -3.10%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.80% | 5.02%3.54% | 9.18%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +37.37% | +10.89%-81.00% | -10.17%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.79% | 4.15%1.79% | 8.51%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +114.68% | +34.26%-62.45% | -3.10%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 56.54% | 28.98%

Calls: 41.39% | 23.98%

Puts: 71.69% | 33.97%

Prior 38.28% | 31.39%

Calls: 36.60% | 29.35%

Puts: 39.97% | 33.43%

Current vs Prior +47.70% | -7.68%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.15% | 22.39%

Calls: 26.18% | 22.65%

Puts: 30.12% | 22.13%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +100.87% | +29.42%

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Moderately bullish flow with 61% call dollar volume ($20.01M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 55% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.45 indicates protective positioning.

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 40 of results (avg 8.5%, best 5.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 16	136.60	144.60	$140.60	5.7%	--	1.00	10
$660.00	Sep 18	142.85	152.85	$147.85	6.8%	--	0.93	323
$680.00	Sep 18	122.85	131.55	$127.20	6.8%	2	1.00	124
$700.00	Sep 18	103.50	111.20	$107.35	7.2%	14	1.00	368
$650.00	Sep 18	150.50	162.90	$156.70	7.9%	--	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$925.00	Sep 18	113.90	121.80	$117.85	6.7%	6	0.93	--
$915.00	Sep 18	104.20	111.80	$108.00	7.0%	44	0.93	--
$900.00	Oct 16	92.15	99.05	$95.60	7.2%	5	0.86	133
$950.00	Oct 16	139.10	149.85	$144.48	7.4%	--	0.94	38
$930.00	Oct 16	119.20	128.70	$123.95	7.7%	--	0.91	27

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. 199 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Sep 18	150.50	162.90	$156.70	7.9%	--	1.00	10
$670.00	Sep 18	130.50	141.55	$136.03	8.1%	2	1.00	4
$680.00	Sep 18	122.85	131.55	$127.20	6.8%	2	1.00	124
$700.00	Sep 18	103.50	111.20	$107.35	7.2%	14	1.00	368
$710.00	Sep 18	92.30	100.20	$96.25	8.2%	5	1.00	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$920.00	Sep 18	107.50	119.50	$113.50	10.6%	46	1.00	71
$940.00	Sep 18	128.95	139.50	$134.23	7.9%	--	1.00	86
$960.00	Sep 18	147.70	159.50	$153.60	7.7%	4	1.00	63
$880.00	Sep 18	68.35	76.15	$72.25	10.8%	2	1.00	74
$900.00	Sep 18	89.10	97.50	$93.30	9.0%	9	1.00	68

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 483 active (total vol 15.1K, top 808)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Sep 18	0.14	0.55	$0.35	117.1%	372	0.26	326
$880.00	Sep 25	0.35	0.74	$0.54	72.2%	339	0.04	69
$790.00	Sep 18	15.35	20.35	$17.85	28.0%	324	1.00	493
$815.00	Sep 25	8.85	12.85	$10.85	36.9%	324	0.43	185
$805.00	Sep 18	1.58	5.15	$3.37	105.9%	316	1.00	105

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.41	$0.21	195.2%	808	0.08	1.2K
$760.00	Sep 25	1.10	2.38	$1.74	73.6%	652	0.10	130
$775.00	Sep 18	0.00	4.30	$2.15	200.0%	394	0.13	1.1K
$800.00	Oct 30	36.45	41.25	$38.85	12.4%	391	0.45	19
$740.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	314	0.00	990

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 428.7%, max 976.9%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	346.0%	32.1%	976.9%	11	26
$822.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	289.4%	35.2%	722.7%	47	64

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$810.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	39.0%	35.5%	9.7%	46	337
$845.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	34.6%	32.8%	5.4%	--	31

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 341 found (best R:R 0.67, avg 7.06)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$750.00	$755.00	Sep 18	$3.00	$2.00	$3.00	100%	0.67	$753.00
$775.00	$780.00	Sep 18	$2.85	$2.15	$2.85	87%	0.75	$777.85
$750.00	$755.00	Sep 25	$3.07	$1.93	$3.07	95%	0.63	$753.07
$795.00	$800.00	Oct 30	$1.13	$3.87	$1.13	57%	3.42	$796.13
$830.00	$835.00	Oct 9	$0.52	$4.48	$0.52	39%	8.62	$830.52

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 2	$2.47	$2.53	$2.47	75%	1.02	$842.53
$815.00	$810.00	Oct 9	$1.47	$3.53	$1.47	52%	2.40	$813.53
$845.00	$840.00	Sep 25	$3.07	$1.93	$3.07	82%	0.63	$841.93
$780.00	$775.00	Oct 23	$0.80	$4.20	$0.80	35%	5.25	$779.20
$800.00	$790.00	Oct 30	$3.35	$6.65	$3.35	45%	1.99	$796.65

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 285 found (best R:R 1.86, avg 0.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$885.00	$890.00	Oct 23	$3.25	$3.25	$1.75	78%	1.86	$888.25
$835.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$3.88	$3.88	$1.12	63%	3.46	$838.88
$925.00	$930.00	Sep 18	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	93%	0.75	$927.14
$915.00	$920.00	Sep 18	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	93%	0.75	$917.14
$905.00	$910.00	Sep 18	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	92%	0.75	$907.14

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$650.00	Sep 18	$2.14	$2.14	$7.86	95%	0.27	$657.86
$725.00	$722.50	Sep 18	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	93%	5.94	$722.86
$747.50	$745.00	Sep 18	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	91%	5.94	$745.36
$732.50	$730.00	Sep 18	$2.09	$2.09	$0.41	92%	5.10	$730.41
$665.00	$660.00	Sep 25	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	95%	0.68	$662.98

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 152 found (cheapest 0.30% of stock, avg 7.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$810.00	Sep 18	$0.35	$2.07	$2.42	$807.58	$812.42	0.30%
$805.00	Sep 18	$3.37	$0.20	$3.57	$801.43	$808.57	0.44%
$815.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$6.88	$6.94	$808.06	$821.94	0.86%
$800.00	Sep 18	$7.85	$0.21	$8.06	$791.94	$808.06	1.00%
$797.50	Sep 18	$10.65	$0.24	$10.89	$786.61	$808.39	1.35%
$820.00	Sep 18	$0.29	$11.85	$12.14	$807.86	$832.14	1.50%
$795.00	Sep 18	$13.38	$0.35	$13.73	$781.27	$808.73	1.70%
$825.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$17.00	$17.01	$807.99	$842.01	2.10%
$790.00	Sep 18	$17.85	$0.23	$18.08	$771.92	$808.08	2.23%
$830.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$22.53	$22.66	$807.34	$852.66	2.80%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 4.68%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$810.00	$805.00	Sep 18	$0.35	$0.20	$0.55	$804.45	$810.55
$810.00	$795.00	Sep 18	$0.35	$0.35	$0.70	$794.30	$810.70
$835.00	$805.00	Sep 18	$1.08	$0.20	$1.28	$803.72	$836.28
$835.00	$795.00	Sep 18	$1.08	$0.35	$1.43	$793.57	$836.43
$855.00	$805.00	Sep 18	$2.15	$0.20	$2.35	$802.65	$857.35
$827.50	$805.00	Sep 18	$2.15	$0.20	$2.35	$802.65	$829.85
$822.50	$805.00	Sep 18	$2.15	$0.20	$2.35	$802.65	$824.85
$855.00	$795.00	Sep 18	$2.15	$0.35	$2.50	$792.50	$857.50
$827.50	$795.00	Sep 18	$2.15	$0.35	$2.50	$792.50	$830.00
$810.00	$775.00	Sep 18	$0.35	$2.15	$2.50	$772.50	$812.50

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 310 found (best R:R 5.94, avg credit $2.38)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
722/725	895/900	Sep 18	$4.28	$0.72	84%	5.94	$720.72	$899.28
722/725	875/880	Sep 18	$4.28	$0.72	83%	5.94	$720.72	$879.28
730/732	895/900	Sep 18	$4.23	$0.77	84%	5.49	$728.27	$899.23
745/748	895/900	Sep 18	$4.28	$0.72	82%	5.94	$743.22	$899.28
730/732	875/880	Sep 18	$4.23	$0.77	82%	5.49	$728.27	$879.23
745/748	875/880	Sep 18	$4.28	$0.72	81%	5.94	$743.22	$879.28
722/725	855/860	Sep 18	$4.24	$0.76	81%	5.58	$720.76	$859.24
722/725	885/890	Sep 18	$4.03	$0.97	84%	4.15	$720.97	$889.03
730/732	855/860	Sep 18	$4.19	$0.81	80%	5.17	$728.31	$859.19
745/748	855/860	Sep 18	$4.24	$0.76	79%	5.58	$743.26	$859.24

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 241 found (best R:R 2.42, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Sep 18	$1.46	$3.54	74%	2.42
$765.00	$775.00	$785.00	Oct 9	$0.28	$9.72	11%	34.71
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$9.75	8%	39.00
$800.00	$810.00	$820.00	Oct 16	$0.39	$9.61	10%	24.64
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Oct 16	$0.33	$9.67	9%	29.30

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Sep 18	$1.88	$3.12	69%	1.66
$805.00	$810.00	$815.00	Sep 18	$2.94	$2.06	83%	0.70
$810.00	$815.00	$820.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$4.84	16%	30.25
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 2	$0.12	$4.88	7%	40.67
$755.00	$760.00	$765.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 263 found (best net $-1.76, 222 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$770.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.76	$68.24
$700.00	$742.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$23.38	$19.12
$930.00	$945.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.49	$14.51
$812.50	$815.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.04	$2.46
$920.00	$925.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.04	$4.96

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$820.00	$815.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.91	$3.09
$675.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.02	$4.98
$805.00	$800.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.22	$4.78
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.11	$4.89
$715.00	$710.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.05	$4.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 135 found (best yield 3.46%, avg 1.23%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$845.00	Oct 30	$28.00	0.40	4.5%	3.46%	7.91%	2	17
$810.00	Oct 30	$41.35	0.52	0.1%	5.11%	5.24%	5	20
$840.00	Oct 30	$28.90	0.42	3.8%	3.57%	7.41%	1	2
$835.00	Oct 30	$30.55	0.43	3.2%	3.78%	6.99%	4	1
$820.00	Oct 30	$36.15	0.48	1.4%	4.47%	5.83%	1	5
$815.00	Oct 30	$37.75	0.50	0.7%	4.67%	5.41%	5	16
$825.00	Oct 30	$32.80	0.47	2.0%	4.05%	6.03%	1	22
$830.00	Oct 30	$30.70	0.45	2.6%	3.79%	6.39%	1	5
$850.00	Oct 30	$24.55	0.38	5.1%	3.03%	8.10%	--	11
$855.00	Oct 30	$22.85	0.37	5.7%	2.82%	8.51%	6	2

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,366

Total Puts 12,105

Put/Call Ratio 1.45

Net Difference -3,739

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,554

Total Puts 16,219

Put/Call Ratio 1.20

Net Difference -2,665

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 75,788

Total Puts 78,410

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.03

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

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