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as of 10/26 06:06 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26) 14,829

Calls: 9,528 (64%)

Puts: 5,301 (36%)

Prior (10/23) 26,534

Calls: 13,103 (49%)

Puts: 13,431 (51%)

Current vs Prior -44.11%

Calls: -27.28% (Calls)

Puts: -60.53% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 139,315

Calls: 65,990 (47%)

Puts: 73,325 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 19,902

Calls: 9,427 (47%)

Puts: 10,475 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.49%

Calls: +1.07%

Puts: -49.39%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26) $33.74M

Calls: $15.42M (46%)

Puts: $18.33M (54%)

Prior (10/23) $72.48M

Calls: $35.01M (48%)

Puts: $37.47M (52%)

Current vs Prior -53.44%

Calls: -55.97%

Puts: -51.09%

Prior 7-Day Total $401.22M

Calls: $177.98M (44%)

Puts: $223.24M (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average $57.32M

Calls: $25.43M (44%)

Puts: $31.89M (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -41.13%

Calls: -39.37%

Puts: -42.53%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/26) 0.56

Prior (10/23) 1.02

Current vs Prior -45.72%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.09

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -48.96%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/26) 234,764

Calls: 115,055 (49%)

Puts: 119,709 (51%)

Prior (10/23) 243,525

Calls: 119,240 (49%)

Puts: 124,285 (51%)

Current vs Prior -3.60%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,565,158

Calls: 755,510 (48%)

Puts: 809,648 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 223,594

Calls: 107,930 (48%)

Puts: 115,664 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/06)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 7.03% | 8.61%10.47% | 13.51%

Prior 7.38% | 9.11%11.15% | 14.11%

Current vs Prior -4.74% | -5.47%-6.16% | -4.24%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.15% | 7.91%8.37% | 13.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +69.54% | +8.86%+25.07% | +0.08%

Prior 7-Day Eod 7.38% | 9.11%11.15% | 14.11%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -4.74% | -5.47%-6.16% | -4.24%

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 60.91% | 13.82%

Calls: 80.45% | 14.19%

Puts: 41.36% | 13.45%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -0.00% | -0.00%

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 53% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 44% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.56. P/C ratio dropping 46% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg 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 8.3%, best 5.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$742.50	Nov 20	15.85	16.70	$16.27	5.2%	2	0.31	19
$692.50	Nov 6	28.25	30.05	$29.15	6.2%	4	0.52	--
$570.00	Nov 20	121.35	130.80	$126.08	7.5%	--	0.92	26
$600.00	Nov 20	96.25	104.10	$100.18	7.8%	--	0.87	53
$730.00	Nov 20	18.95	20.70	$19.83	8.8%	17	0.36	171

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Oct 30	105.65	112.15	$108.90	6.0%	2	0.95	149
$810.00	Nov 20	118.00	125.95	$121.98	6.5%	24	0.89	472
$830.00	Nov 20	135.85	145.05	$140.45	6.6%	1	0.92	265
$820.00	Nov 20	127.25	136.25	$131.75	6.8%	3	0.91	314
$790.00	Oct 30	95.60	102.40	$99.00	6.9%	1	0.94	58

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 0.72, highest 0.98)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$595.00	Oct 30	93.90	103.30	$98.60	9.5%	73	0.95	--
$600.00	Oct 30	88.95	97.85	$93.40	9.5%	--	0.94	33
$605.00	Oct 30	85.95	95.30	$90.63	10.3%	--	0.94	10
$570.00	Nov 20	121.35	130.80	$126.08	7.5%	--	0.92	26
$625.00	Oct 30	67.25	76.80	$72.03	13.3%	--	0.89	40

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Oct 30	131.60	144.95	$138.27	9.7%	2	0.98	17
$825.00	Oct 30	126.20	141.05	$133.63	11.1%	--	0.98	97
$817.50	Oct 30	118.80	133.60	$126.20	11.7%	2	0.98	--
$820.00	Oct 30	124.20	133.85	$129.03	7.5%	1	0.98	71
$822.50	Oct 30	123.70	137.45	$130.57	10.5%	--	0.98	14

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 386 active (total vol 6.1K, top 243)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 30	4.85	5.70	$5.28	16.1%	212	0.18	230
$800.00	Oct 30	0.85	1.24	$1.05	37.1%	207	0.04	482
$730.00	Oct 30	8.75	10.05	$9.40	13.8%	163	0.27	122
$740.00	Oct 30	6.85	7.60	$7.23	10.4%	161	0.22	100
$810.00	Oct 30	0.39	0.92	$0.66	80.3%	153	0.03	366

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 30	0.18	1.66	$0.92	160.9%	243	0.04	82
$680.00	Dec 4	30.35	36.50	$33.42	18.4%	119	0.42	16
$690.00	Dec 4	34.55	40.70	$37.63	16.3%	102	0.46	5
$630.00	Oct 30	3.90	4.80	$4.35	20.7%	75	0.14	101
$600.00	Nov 20	5.90	6.95	$6.43	16.3%	69	0.13	938

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 64 strikes (avg 71.1%, max 93.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$695.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	82.1%	42.4%	93.9%	35	47
$690.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	83.3%	44.6%	86.8%	9	52
$675.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	82.9%	44.5%	86.4%	15	13
$710.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	83.0%	45.4%	83.0%	23	50
$735.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	81.8%	44.7%	83.0%	45	68

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$695.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	82.1%	42.4%	93.9%	13	260
$690.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	83.3%	43.2%	92.9%	120	227
$650.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	83.0%	43.2%	92.0%	23	197
$635.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	84.0%	44.4%	89.3%	16	144
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	83.2%	44.2%	88.5%	25	769

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 332 found (best R:R 1.38, avg 5.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$685.00	$690.00	Nov 27	$0.55	$4.45	$0.55	56%	8.09	$685.55
$600.00	$605.00	Oct 30	$2.77	$2.23	$2.77	94%	0.81	$602.77
$680.00	$685.00	Nov 20	$1.05	$3.95	$1.05	58%	3.76	$681.05
$700.00	$715.00	Dec 4	$5.50	$9.50	$5.50	50%	1.73	$705.50
$660.00	$675.00	Nov 6	$8.42	$6.58	$8.42	69%	0.78	$668.42

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$785.00	$780.00	Nov 6	$2.10	$2.90	$2.10	88%	1.38	$782.90
$745.00	$740.00	Nov 6	$2.38	$2.62	$2.38	74%	1.10	$742.62
$760.00	$755.00	Nov 13	$2.70	$2.30	$2.70	77%	0.85	$757.30
$660.00	$655.00	Nov 6	$0.40	$4.60	$0.40	31%	11.50	$659.60
$760.00	$750.00	Nov 20	$6.30	$3.70	$6.30	74%	0.59	$753.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 260 found (best R:R 1.86, avg 0.46)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$760.00	$765.00	Nov 20	$2.87	$2.87	$2.13	74%	1.35	$762.87
$755.00	$760.00	Nov 6	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	78%	0.92	$757.40
$760.00	$765.00	Dec 4	$2.72	$2.72	$2.28	71%	1.19	$762.72
$730.00	$735.00	Nov 13	$2.88	$2.88	$2.12	65%	1.36	$732.88
$700.00	$705.00	Nov 20	$3.57	$3.57	$1.43	51%	2.50	$703.57

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$635.00	Nov 6	$3.25	$3.25	$1.75	77%	1.86	$636.75
$620.00	$590.00	Dec 4	$6.30	$6.30	$23.70	79%	0.27	$613.70
$670.00	$650.00	Dec 4	$8.67	$8.67	$11.33	62%	0.77	$661.33
$650.00	$640.00	Nov 13	$4.10	$4.10	$5.90	71%	0.69	$645.90
$580.00	$570.00	Nov 27	$2.19	$2.19	$7.81	90%	0.28	$577.81

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 38 found (avg debit $5.76, cheapest $14.21)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	$14.21	82.6%	45.4%
$722.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	$10.65	82.2%	48.0%
$710.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$4.23	83.0%	58.8%
$682.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.78	82.8%	58.7%
$690.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$5.32	83.3%	59.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$710.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$4.05	83.0%	58.8%
$690.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$4.65	83.3%	59.5%
$670.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$4.68	83.1%	60.1%
$697.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$5.90	83.9%	61.3%
$677.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$4.98	82.6%	60.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 119 found (cheapest 6.79% of stock, avg 9.71%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$692.50	Oct 30	$23.10	$23.88	$46.98	$645.52	$739.48	6.79%
$695.00	Oct 30	$21.83	$25.25	$47.08	$647.92	$742.08	6.80%
$697.50	Oct 30	$21.20	$26.05	$47.25	$650.25	$744.75	6.83%
$682.50	Oct 30	$28.10	$19.33	$47.43	$635.07	$729.93	6.85%
$685.00	Oct 30	$27.33	$20.05	$47.38	$637.62	$732.38	6.85%
$700.00	Oct 30	$19.60	$27.90	$47.50	$652.50	$747.50	6.86%
$687.50	Oct 30	$26.15	$21.58	$47.73	$639.77	$735.23	6.90%
$690.00	Oct 30	$24.78	$23.08	$47.86	$642.14	$737.86	6.91%
$680.00	Oct 30	$30.05	$18.23	$48.28	$631.72	$728.28	6.98%
$705.00	Oct 30	$17.15	$31.20	$48.35	$656.65	$753.35	6.99%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 5.27% of stock, avg 7.66%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$705.00	$682.50	Oct 30	$17.15	$19.33	$36.48	$646.02	$741.48
$705.00	$685.00	Oct 30	$17.15	$20.05	$37.20	$647.80	$742.20
$702.50	$682.50	Oct 30	$18.95	$19.33	$38.28	$644.22	$740.78
$702.50	$685.00	Oct 30	$18.95	$20.05	$39.00	$646.00	$741.50
$705.00	$687.50	Oct 30	$17.15	$21.58	$38.73	$648.77	$743.73
$735.00	$670.00	Nov 13	$15.77	$21.95	$37.72	$632.28	$772.72
$700.00	$682.50	Oct 30	$19.60	$19.33	$38.93	$643.57	$738.93
$700.00	$685.00	Oct 30	$19.60	$20.05	$39.65	$645.35	$739.65
$702.50	$687.50	Oct 30	$18.95	$21.58	$40.53	$646.97	$743.03
$700.00	$687.50	Oct 30	$19.60	$21.58	$41.18	$646.32	$741.18

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 136 found (best R:R 14.62, avg credit $3.15)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
630/635	730/735	Nov 13	$4.68	$0.32	43%	14.62	$630.32	$734.68
630/635	760/765	Dec 4	$4.05	$0.95	46%	4.26	$630.95	$764.05
610/615	730/735	Nov 13	$3.85	$1.15	50%	3.35	$611.15	$733.85
635/640	760/765	Dec 4	$4.12	$0.88	44%	4.68	$635.88	$764.12
625/630	730/735	Nov 13	$3.98	$1.02	45%	3.90	$626.02	$733.98
605/610	730/735	Nov 13	$3.58	$1.42	51%	2.52	$606.42	$733.58
600/605	730/735	Nov 13	$3.48	$1.52	53%	2.29	$601.52	$733.48
630/635	760/765	Nov 13	$3.25	$1.75	54%	1.86	$631.75	$763.25
630/635	740/745	Nov 13	$3.40	$1.60	47%	2.12	$631.60	$743.40
605/610	750/755	Nov 27	$3.08	$1.92	54%	1.60	$606.92	$753.08

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 189 found (best R:R 141.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$640.00	$650.00	$660.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$9.93	8%	141.86
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$0.21	$9.79	8%	46.62
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Dec 4	$0.08	$9.92	5%	124.00
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$9.91	5%	110.11
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	2%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$0.22	$9.78	8%	44.45
$630.00	$640.00	$650.00	Nov 20	$0.20	$9.80	8%	49.00
$580.00	$590.00	$600.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$9.88	4%	82.33
$640.00	$650.00	$660.00	Nov 20	$0.35	$9.65	8%	27.57
$705.00	$710.00	$715.00	Oct 30	$0.14	$4.86	6%	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. 104 found (best net $-13.40, 101 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$715.00	$755.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$3.13	$36.87
$815.00	$817.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.29	$2.21
$822.50	$825.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.30	$2.20
$817.50	$820.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.45	$2.05
$807.50	$810.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.48	$2.02

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$785.00	$725.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$13.40	$46.60
$620.00	$590.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.38	$29.62
$590.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.73	$19.27
$590.00	$580.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.59	$9.41
$585.00	$582.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.03	$2.47

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 154 found (best yield 5.39%, avg 1.55%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$695.00	Dec 4	$37.30	0.52	0.4%	5.39%	5.80%	2	4
$700.00	Dec 4	$34.65	0.50	1.1%	5.01%	6.14%	2	--
$715.00	Dec 4	$28.05	0.45	3.3%	4.05%	7.36%	2	--
$700.00	Nov 27	$31.55	0.50	1.1%	4.56%	5.70%	1	9
$720.00	Nov 27	$23.70	0.42	4.0%	3.42%	7.45%	--	23
$700.00	Nov 20	$30.65	0.49	1.1%	4.43%	5.57%	29	138
$760.00	Dec 4	$14.80	0.29	9.8%	2.14%	11.94%	5	--
$705.00	Nov 27	$28.10	0.48	1.9%	4.06%	5.92%	1	3
$710.00	Nov 27	$25.80	0.46	2.6%	3.73%	6.31%	7	11
$730.00	Nov 27	$19.25	0.38	5.5%	2.78%	8.25%	3	29

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 9,528

Total Puts 5,301

Put/Call Ratio 0.56

Net Difference 4,227

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,103

Total Puts 13,431

Put/Call Ratio 1.02

Net Difference -328

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 65,990

Total Puts 73,325

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.09

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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