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$740.21 +2.06%

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as of 10/21 06:05 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/21) 12,894

Calls: 6,797 (53%)

Puts: 6,097 (47%)

Prior (10/20) 11,551

Calls: 5,895 (51%)

Puts: 5,656 (49%)

Current vs Prior +11.63%

Calls: +15.30% (Calls)

Puts: +7.80% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 150,661

Calls: 70,237 (47%)

Puts: 80,424 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 21,523

Calls: 10,033 (47%)

Puts: 11,489 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -40.09%

Calls: -32.26%

Puts: -46.93%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/21) $35.52M

Calls: $23.19M (65%)

Puts: $12.33M (35%)

Prior (10/20) $32.21M

Calls: $14.98M (46%)

Puts: $17.23M (54%)

Current vs Prior +10.29%

Calls: +54.83%

Puts: -28.43%

Prior 7-Day Total $375.07M

Calls: $149.91M (40%)

Puts: $225.16M (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average $53.58M

Calls: $21.42M (40%)

Puts: $32.17M (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.71%

Calls: +8.28%

Puts: -61.66%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/21) 0.90

Prior (10/20) 0.96

Current vs Prior -6.51%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.15

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.12%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/21) 236,977

Calls: 115,131 (49%)

Puts: 121,846 (51%)

Prior (10/20) 233,996

Calls: 113,809 (49%)

Puts: 120,187 (51%)

Current vs Prior +1.27%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,581,285

Calls: 764,388 (48%)

Puts: 816,897 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 225,897

Calls: 109,198 (48%)

Puts: 116,699 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/30)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 3.55% | 7.92%10.57% | 13.77%

Prior 3.71% | 7.96%11.01% | 13.99%

Current vs Prior -4.21% | -0.43%-4.01% | -1.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.33% | 6.44%5.28% | 12.54%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +6.58% | +23.11%+100.20% | +9.85%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.71% | 7.96%11.01% | 13.99%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -4.21% | -0.43%-4.01% | -1.54%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 60.91% | 13.82%

Calls: 80.45% | 14.19%

Puts: 41.36% | 13.45%

Prior 60.91% | 13.82%

Calls: 80.45% | 14.19%

Puts: 41.36% | 13.45%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 67.86% | 13.88%

Calls: 82.53% | 13.45%

Puts: 53.19% | 14.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -10.25% | -0.46%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($23.19M).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

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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 8.7%, best 6.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$745.00	Nov 20	34.85	37.30	$36.08	6.8%	6	0.50	1
$600.00	Nov 20	137.65	148.10	$142.88	7.3%	--	0.94	53
$750.00	Nov 20	33.05	35.80	$34.42	8.0%	44	0.48	196
$640.00	Nov 20	101.10	109.85	$105.48	8.3%	--	0.88	23
$620.00	Nov 20	119.40	130.00	$124.70	8.5%	--	0.92	82

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Nov 20	81.70	86.95	$84.33	6.2%	2	0.75	479
$760.00	Nov 20	47.45	50.65	$49.05	6.5%	3	0.56	692
$700.00	Nov 27	21.35	22.85	$22.10	6.8%	18	0.32	41
$880.00	Nov 20	139.40	149.85	$144.63	7.2%	--	0.90	70
$825.00	Oct 30	88.10	94.95	$91.53	7.5%	--	0.87	97

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. 228 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 23	131.90	147.60	$139.75	11.2%	--	1.00	12
$625.00	Oct 23	106.90	122.55	$114.73	13.6%	--	1.00	41
$650.00	Oct 23	84.20	94.20	$89.20	11.2%	10	1.00	11
$652.50	Oct 23	81.70	91.70	$86.70	11.5%	10	1.00	--
$662.50	Oct 23	71.75	81.75	$76.75	13.0%	--	1.00	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Oct 23	82.65	90.75	$86.70	9.3%	4	0.99	5
$810.00	Oct 23	65.55	75.00	$70.28	13.4%	--	0.98	59
$820.00	Oct 23	76.10	85.80	$80.95	12.0%	1	0.97	--
$800.00	Oct 23	56.55	66.00	$61.28	15.4%	9	0.97	169
$815.00	Oct 23	73.00	80.80	$76.90	10.1%	--	0.97	12

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 413 active (total vol 6.4K, top 400)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$685.00	Oct 23	49.75	59.75	$54.75	18.3%	400	1.00	402
$690.00	Oct 23	45.10	55.00	$50.05	19.8%	400	1.00	408
$760.00	Oct 23	3.60	4.90	$4.25	30.6%	225	0.25	197
$740.00	Nov 20	35.55	41.75	$38.65	16.0%	134	0.52	601
$750.00	Oct 23	6.15	9.85	$8.00	46.2%	125	0.38	334

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Oct 23	3.55	4.80	$4.18	29.9%	375	0.24	141
$760.00	Oct 23	22.40	27.90	$25.15	21.9%	122	0.75	194
$785.00	Oct 23	43.95	51.45	$47.70	15.7%	122	0.93	350
$670.00	Oct 23	0.05	0.44	$0.25	156.0%	112	0.02	294
$700.00	Oct 23	0.80	1.89	$1.35	80.7%	93	0.09	665

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 37 strikes (avg 23.4%, max 40.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$730.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	55.8%	39.8%	40.2%	41	113
$725.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	56.6%	40.7%	39.0%	27	74
$735.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	55.3%	40.1%	37.9%	32	158
$745.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	59.1%	44.2%	33.6%	35	185
$737.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	57.2%	43.5%	31.3%	4	27

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$730.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	55.8%	39.8%	40.2%	27	192
$725.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	56.6%	40.7%	39.0%	34	140
$745.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	59.1%	44.2%	33.6%	57	354
$720.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	53.9%	40.9%	31.7%	380	151
$715.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	53.4%	41.1%	30.1%	16	87

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 368 found (best R:R 0.79, avg 5.34)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$695.00	$710.00	Nov 6	$8.40	$6.60	$8.40	72%	0.79	$703.40
$700.00	$705.00	Nov 13	$1.57	$3.43	$1.57	69%	2.18	$701.57
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 30	$1.68	$3.32	$1.68	66%	1.98	$716.68
$785.00	$790.00	Nov 27	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	35%	17.52	$785.27
$665.00	$670.00	Nov 27	$2.60	$2.40	$2.60	81%	0.92	$667.60

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$822.50	$820.00	Oct 30	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	86%	6.14	$822.15
$815.00	$810.00	Nov 6	$2.40	$2.60	$2.40	79%	1.08	$812.60
$755.00	$750.00	Nov 6	$1.20	$3.80	$1.20	55%	3.17	$753.80
$810.00	$805.00	Nov 13	$2.25	$2.75	$2.25	75%	1.22	$807.75
$730.00	$725.00	Nov 20	$0.80	$4.20	$0.80	44%	5.25	$729.20

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 288 found (best R:R 2.21, avg 0.46)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$855.00	$860.00	Oct 23	$1.93	$1.93	$3.07	93%	0.63	$856.93
$875.00	$880.00	Oct 30	$1.75	$1.75	$3.25	92%	0.54	$876.75
$825.00	$830.00	Nov 27	$2.43	$2.43	$2.57	78%	0.95	$827.43
$812.50	$815.00	Oct 23	$1.51	$1.51	$0.99	92%	1.53	$814.01
$770.00	$775.00	Nov 27	$3.15	$3.15	$1.85	60%	1.70	$773.15

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$740.00	$730.00	Nov 27	$6.88	$6.88	$3.12	52%	2.21	$733.12
$670.00	$665.00	Nov 27	$2.99	$2.99	$2.01	77%	1.49	$667.01
$635.00	$630.00	Nov 13	$1.80	$1.80	$3.20	88%	0.56	$633.20
$700.00	$695.00	Nov 27	$2.85	$2.85	$2.15	68%	1.33	$697.15
$690.00	$685.00	Nov 6	$2.44	$2.44	$2.56	74%	0.95	$687.56

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 24 found (avg debit $15.63, cheapest $21.20)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$705.00	Nov 13	Nov 20	$2.02	48.3%	45.3%
$745.00	Oct 23	Oct 30	$14.60	59.1%	61.2%
$737.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	$15.17	57.2%	60.4%
$727.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	$13.86	59.8%	63.2%
$742.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	$15.05	56.8%	61.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$727.50	Oct 23	Nov 6	$21.20	59.8%	55.7%
$747.50	Oct 23	Nov 6	$22.15	55.7%	53.7%
$745.00	Oct 23	Oct 30	$16.60	59.1%	61.2%
$737.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	$16.57	57.2%	60.4%
$742.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	$16.87	56.8%	61.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 151 found (cheapest 3.10% of stock, avg 9.03%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$735.00	Oct 23	$13.28	$9.68	$22.96	$712.04	$757.96	3.10%
$740.00	Oct 23	$11.95	$12.25	$24.20	$715.80	$764.20	3.27%
$737.50	Oct 23	$13.33	$11.23	$24.56	$712.94	$762.06	3.32%
$732.50	Oct 23	$15.88	$8.85	$24.73	$707.77	$757.23	3.34%
$742.50	Oct 23	$10.80	$14.33	$25.13	$717.37	$767.63	3.39%
$745.00	Oct 23	$10.18	$14.95	$25.13	$719.87	$770.13	3.39%
$730.00	Oct 23	$17.48	$7.70	$25.18	$704.82	$755.18	3.40%
$747.50	Oct 23	$8.45	$16.80	$25.25	$722.25	$772.75	3.41%
$750.00	Oct 23	$8.00	$17.98	$25.98	$724.02	$775.98	3.51%
$725.00	Oct 23	$20.83	$6.10	$26.93	$698.07	$751.93	3.64%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.76% of stock, avg 7.17%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$755.00	$730.00	Oct 23	$5.33	$7.70	$13.03	$716.97	$768.03
$755.00	$732.50	Oct 23	$5.33	$8.85	$14.18	$718.32	$769.18
$750.00	$730.00	Oct 23	$8.00	$7.70	$15.70	$714.30	$765.70
$747.50	$730.00	Oct 23	$8.45	$7.70	$16.15	$713.85	$763.65
$755.00	$735.00	Oct 23	$5.33	$9.68	$15.01	$719.99	$770.01
$750.00	$732.50	Oct 23	$8.00	$8.85	$16.85	$715.65	$766.85
$747.50	$732.50	Oct 23	$8.45	$8.85	$17.30	$715.20	$764.80
$747.50	$735.00	Oct 23	$8.45	$9.68	$18.13	$716.87	$765.63
$750.00	$735.00	Oct 23	$8.00	$9.68	$17.68	$717.32	$767.68
$745.00	$730.00	Oct 23	$10.18	$7.70	$17.88	$712.12	$762.88

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 220 found (best R:R 5.10, avg credit $1.87)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
625/630	790/795	Nov 27	$4.18	$0.82	54%	5.10	$625.82	$794.18
605/610	790/795	Nov 27	$3.91	$1.09	58%	3.59	$606.09	$793.91
645/650	790/795	Nov 27	$4.02	$0.98	50%	4.10	$645.98	$794.02
615/620	790/795	Nov 27	$3.46	$1.54	56%	2.25	$616.54	$793.46
630/635	790/795	Nov 27	$3.57	$1.43	53%	2.50	$631.43	$793.57
660/670	790/800	Nov 20	$6.50	$3.50	47%	1.86	$663.50	$796.50
650/655	790/795	Nov 27	$3.70	$1.30	49%	2.85	$651.30	$793.70
630/635	785/790	Nov 13	$3.33	$1.67	56%	1.99	$631.67	$788.33
640/645	790/795	Nov 27	$3.52	$1.48	52%	2.38	$641.48	$793.52
660/665	785/790	Nov 6	$3.53	$1.47	51%	2.40	$661.47	$788.53

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 237 found (best R:R 37.46, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$760.00	$765.00	$770.00	Oct 23	$0.20	$4.80	11%	24.00
$775.00	$780.00	$785.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50
$745.00	$750.00	$755.00	Nov 27	$0.08	$4.92	4%	61.50
$855.00	$860.00	$865.00	Nov 13	$0.05	$4.95	2%	99.00
$745.00	$750.00	$755.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$4.87	5%	37.46

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$0.26	$9.74	8%	37.46
$715.00	$720.00	$725.00	Nov 13	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Nov 13	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$600.00	$610.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$9.90	3%	99.00
$705.00	$710.00	$715.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$4.92	4%	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 153 found (best net $-0.05, 137 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$790.00	$795.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.05	$4.95
$865.00	$870.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.13	$4.87
$807.50	$810.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.02	$2.48
$785.00	$790.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.37	$4.63
$795.00	$800.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.27	$4.73

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$687.50	$685.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.05	$2.45
$662.50	$660.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.03	$2.47
$635.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.01	$4.99
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.03	$4.97
$660.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.06	$4.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 143 found (best yield 4.46%, avg 1.46%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$750.00	Nov 20	$33.05	0.48	1.3%	4.46%	5.79%	44	196
$755.00	Nov 27	$30.60	0.46	2.0%	4.13%	6.13%	--	29
$745.00	Nov 20	$34.85	0.50	0.7%	4.71%	5.36%	6	1
$780.00	Nov 27	$22.15	0.37	5.4%	2.99%	8.37%	2	22
$760.00	Nov 20	$28.05	0.44	2.7%	3.79%	6.46%	10	396
$790.00	Nov 27	$19.45	0.34	6.7%	2.63%	9.35%	1	58
$770.00	Nov 27	$24.35	0.40	4.0%	3.29%	7.31%	1	4
$765.00	Nov 27	$25.55	0.42	3.4%	3.45%	6.80%	--	10
$750.00	Nov 27	$31.00	0.48	1.3%	4.19%	5.51%	3	8
$775.00	Nov 27	$22.25	0.38	4.7%	3.01%	7.71%	8	32

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 6,797

Total Puts 6,097

Put/Call Ratio 0.90

Net Difference 700

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,895

Total Puts 5,656

Put/Call Ratio 0.96

Net Difference 239

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 70,237

Total Puts 80,424

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.15

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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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

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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