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$647.39 -9.25%

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as of 10/29 06:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29) 72,922

Calls: 28,781 (39%)

Puts: 44,141 (61%)

Prior (10/28) 27,490

Calls: 19,374 (70%)

Puts: 8,116 (30%)

Current vs Prior +165.27%

Calls: +48.55% (Calls)

Puts: +443.88% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 128,480

Calls: 73,702 (57%)

Puts: 54,778 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 18,354

Calls: 10,528 (57%)

Puts: 7,825 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +297.30%

Calls: +173.35%

Puts: +464.07%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29) $436.14M

Calls: $40.34M (9%)

Puts: $395.80M (91%)

Prior (10/28) $41.54M

Calls: $24.82M (60%)

Puts: $16.71M (40%)

Current vs Prior +950.05%

Calls: +62.55%

Puts: +2267.91%

Prior 7-Day Total $310.78M

Calls: $162.57M (52%)

Puts: $148.21M (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average $44.40M

Calls: $23.22M (52%)

Puts: $21.17M (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +882.37%

Calls: +73.72%

Puts: +1769.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29) 1.53

Prior (10/28) 0.42

Current vs Prior +266.11%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.79

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +93.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/29) 255,564

Calls: 132,535 (52%)

Puts: 123,029 (48%)

Prior (10/28) 241,348

Calls: 120,866 (50%)

Puts: 120,482 (50%)

Current vs Prior +5.89%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,667,312

Calls: 818,306 (49%)

Puts: 849,006 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 238,187

Calls: 116,900 (49%)

Puts: 121,286 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.30%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.71% | 5.30%8.55% | 11.90%

Prior 6.66% | 7.60%9.57% | 12.74%

Current vs Prior -59.24% | -30.33%-10.63% | -6.58%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.41% | 8.19%10.56% | 13.70%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -49.79% | -35.30%-19.06% | -13.13%

Prior 7-Day Eod 6.66% | 7.60%9.57% | 12.74%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -59.24% | -30.33%-10.63% | -6.58%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 37.62% | 23.61%

Calls: 34.46% | 24.87%

Puts: 40.78% | 22.35%

Prior 28.11% | 27.09%

Calls: 26.14% | 27.06%

Puts: 30.07% | 27.12%

Current vs Prior +33.83% | -12.85%

Prior 7-Day Avg 56.22% | 15.72%

Calls: 72.69% | 16.03%

Puts: 39.75% | 15.40%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -33.09% | +50.23%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 91% of dollar volume in puts ($395.80M) vs calls ($40.34M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 950% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (882% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 165% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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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 76 of results (avg 8.0%, best 4.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Nov 6	11.20	11.95	$11.58	6.5%	168	0.39	14
$650.00	Nov 20	23.35	25.15	$24.25	7.4%	124	0.50	44
$550.00	Oct 30	91.05	99.60	$95.32	9.0%	8	1.00	--
$600.00	Nov 6	48.30	53.10	$50.70	9.5%	2	0.88	1
$540.00	Nov 20	102.85	113.20	$108.03	9.6%	--	0.96	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$765.00	Oct 30	116.50	121.40	$118.95	4.1%	147	1.00	97
$760.00	Oct 30	111.65	116.60	$114.13	4.3%	203	1.00	121
$750.00	Oct 30	101.65	106.60	$104.13	4.8%	341	1.00	169
$745.00	Oct 30	96.70	101.65	$99.18	5.0%	204	1.00	134
$775.00	Oct 30	126.40	133.20	$129.80	5.2%	71	1.00	41

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. 264 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 30	81.30	89.55	$85.43	9.7%	8	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 30	91.05	99.60	$95.32	9.0%	8	1.00	--
$587.50	Oct 30	53.50	62.30	$57.90	15.2%	1	1.00	--
$592.50	Oct 30	48.55	57.70	$53.13	17.2%	1	1.00	--
$540.00	Oct 30	100.25	110.55	$105.40	9.8%	5	0.99	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$682.50	Oct 30	32.45	40.20	$36.33	21.3%	9	1.00	34
$685.00	Oct 30	36.05	41.65	$38.85	14.4%	53	1.00	112
$687.50	Oct 30	38.55	46.45	$42.50	18.6%	8	1.00	28
$690.00	Oct 30	41.50	47.35	$44.43	13.2%	152	1.00	236
$692.50	Oct 30	43.05	51.75	$47.40	18.4%	4	1.00	9

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 589 active (total vol 34.3K, top 1.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	2.75	3.30	$3.03	18.2%	1.1K	0.26	501
$662.50	Oct 30	1.50	2.69	$2.09	56.9%	954	0.20	506
$700.00	Oct 30	0.02	0.12	$0.07	142.9%	876	0.01	292
$680.00	Oct 30	0.15	1.05	$0.60	150.0%	528	0.07	72
$720.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.08	$0.04	200.0%	478	0.01	938

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 30	3.00	5.70	$4.35	62.1%	1.1K	0.35	861
$650.00	Oct 30	8.20	11.05	$9.63	29.6%	797	0.57	376
$737.50	Oct 30	87.95	96.45	$92.20	9.2%	582	1.00	393
$725.00	Oct 30	76.35	82.50	$79.43	7.7%	572	1.00	374
$660.00	Oct 30	14.75	18.45	$16.60	22.3%	565	0.76	506

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 24 strikes (avg 49.3%, max 72.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	63.2%	36.7%	72.4%	16	14
$660.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	60.3%	37.7%	60.2%	1.1K	501
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	58.6%	37.6%	56.0%	200	13
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	56.1%	36.7%	53.0%	156	20
$665.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	58.0%	39.0%	48.6%	234	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	63.2%	36.7%	72.4%	182	197
$650.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	58.3%	35.5%	64.0%	818	376
$645.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	59.8%	36.6%	63.7%	252	104
$660.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	60.3%	37.7%	60.2%	606	506
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	58.6%	37.6%	56.0%	195	97

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 322 found (best R:R 0.87, avg 6.56)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$635.00	Dec 4	$22.30	$12.70	$22.30	75%	0.57	$622.30
$645.00	$650.00	Nov 27	$1.05	$3.95	$1.05	53%	3.76	$646.05
$660.00	$665.00	Nov 27	$0.82	$4.18	$0.82	44%	5.10	$660.82
$630.00	$640.00	Nov 20	$4.65	$5.35	$4.65	63%	1.15	$634.65
$670.00	$675.00	Nov 13	$0.45	$4.55	$0.45	36%	10.11	$670.45

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$760.00	$755.00	Nov 13	$2.67	$2.33	$2.67	100%	0.87	$757.33
$695.00	$692.50	Oct 30	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	100%	2.57	$694.30
$705.00	$700.00	Nov 6	$3.10	$1.90	$3.10	90%	0.61	$701.90
$690.00	$685.00	Nov 20	$2.48	$2.52	$2.48	74%	1.02	$687.52
$645.00	$640.00	Nov 27	$1.12	$3.88	$1.12	47%	3.46	$643.88

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 259 found (best R:R 1.53, avg 0.42)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$695.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$2.26	$2.26	$2.74	78%	0.82	$697.26
$650.00	$655.00	Dec 11	$3.82	$3.82	$1.18	48%	3.24	$653.82
$715.00	$720.00	Nov 27	$2.07	$2.07	$2.93	80%	0.71	$717.07
$650.00	$655.00	Nov 27	$3.62	$3.62	$1.38	49%	2.62	$653.62
$685.00	$690.00	Nov 27	$2.45	$2.45	$2.55	68%	0.96	$687.45

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$625.00	$620.00	Nov 27	$3.02	$3.02	$1.98	64%	1.53	$621.98
$642.50	$640.00	Nov 6	$2.05	$2.05	$0.45	55%	4.56	$640.45
$610.00	$600.00	Nov 20	$3.10	$3.10	$6.90	74%	0.45	$606.90
$620.00	$610.00	Nov 20	$3.68	$3.68	$6.32	68%	0.58	$616.32
$610.00	$607.50	Nov 13	$1.38	$1.38	$1.12	76%	1.23	$608.62

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 16 found (avg debit $9.15, cheapest $8.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$637.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$15.25	62.3%	43.2%
$645.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.88	59.8%	43.3%
$642.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$9.57	59.8%	44.6%
$652.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.97	59.5%	44.9%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.75	58.6%	44.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$637.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.06	62.3%	43.1%
$645.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.95	59.8%	43.3%
$642.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$9.32	59.8%	44.6%
$652.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.12	59.5%	44.9%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.02	58.6%	44.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 152 found (cheapest 2.34% of stock, avg 7.57%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$642.50	Oct 30	$9.38	$5.78	$15.16	$627.34	$657.66	2.34%
$640.00	Oct 30	$11.10	$4.35	$15.45	$624.55	$655.45	2.39%
$645.00	Oct 30	$8.82	$6.90	$15.72	$629.28	$660.72	2.43%
$647.50	Oct 30	$6.98	$8.75	$15.73	$631.77	$663.23	2.43%
$650.00	Oct 30	$6.13	$9.63	$15.76	$634.24	$665.76	2.43%
$637.50	Oct 30	$11.83	$4.22	$16.05	$621.45	$653.55	2.48%
$652.50	Oct 30	$5.28	$11.90	$17.18	$635.32	$669.68	2.65%
$655.00	Oct 30	$4.28	$13.18	$17.46	$637.54	$672.46	2.70%
$632.50	Oct 30	$15.88	$2.17	$18.05	$614.45	$650.55	2.79%
$657.50	Oct 30	$3.18	$15.05	$18.23	$639.27	$675.73	2.82%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 160 found (cheapest 1.04% of stock, avg 5.30%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$657.50	$635.00	Oct 30	$3.18	$3.56	$6.74	$628.26	$664.24
$657.50	$637.50	Oct 30	$3.18	$4.22	$7.40	$630.10	$664.90
$657.50	$640.00	Oct 30	$3.18	$4.35	$7.53	$632.47	$665.03
$655.00	$635.00	Oct 30	$4.28	$3.56	$7.84	$627.16	$662.84
$655.00	$640.00	Oct 30	$4.28	$4.35	$8.63	$631.37	$663.63
$655.00	$637.50	Oct 30	$4.28	$4.22	$8.50	$629.00	$663.50
$652.50	$635.00	Oct 30	$5.28	$3.56	$8.84	$626.16	$661.34
$652.50	$640.00	Oct 30	$5.28	$4.35	$9.63	$630.37	$662.13
$657.50	$642.50	Oct 30	$3.18	$5.78	$8.96	$633.54	$666.46
$652.50	$637.50	Oct 30	$5.28	$4.22	$9.50	$628.00	$662.00

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 239 found (best R:R 13.29, avg credit $1.87)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
610/615	685/690	Nov 27	$4.65	$0.35	38%	13.29	$610.35	$689.65
632/635	660/662	Oct 30	$2.33	$0.17	46%	13.71	$632.67	$662.33
605/610	685/690	Nov 27	$3.85	$1.15	41%	3.35	$606.15	$688.85
600/605	685/690	Nov 27	$3.62	$1.38	44%	2.62	$601.38	$688.62
632/635	668/670	Oct 30	$1.73	$0.77	57%	2.25	$633.27	$669.23
632/635	670/672	Oct 30	$1.66	$0.84	60%	1.98	$633.34	$671.66
632/635	662/665	Oct 30	$1.72	$0.78	52%	2.21	$633.28	$664.22
610/615	695/700	Nov 27	$3.33	$1.67	43%	1.99	$611.67	$698.33
632/635	665/668	Oct 30	$1.59	$0.91	55%	1.75	$633.41	$666.59
588/590	660/662	Oct 30	$1.06	$1.44	72%	0.74	$588.94	$661.06

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 229 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$640.00	$650.00	$660.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$9.90	12%	99.00
$550.00	$570.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.80	$19.20	11%	24.00
$660.00	$670.00	$680.00	Nov 20	$0.52	$9.48	12%	18.23
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Nov 27	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Nov 27	$0.10	$4.90	5%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$570.00	$580.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$9.83	7%	57.82
$640.00	$650.00	$660.00	Nov 20	$0.58	$9.42	13%	16.24
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$9.92	2%	124.00
$600.00	$610.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$0.58	$9.42	12%	16.24
$650.00	$655.00	$660.00	Dec 4	$0.10	$4.90	5%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 190 found (best net $-4.82, 178 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$550.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$4.82	$45.18
$600.00	$635.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$16.18	$18.82
$692.50	$695.00	1:2	Oct 30	$0.00	$2.50
$697.50	$700.00	1:2	Oct 30	$0.00	$2.50
$712.50	$715.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.01	$2.49

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.09	$19.91
$540.00	$520.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.17	$19.83
$690.00	$660.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$18.15	$11.85
$570.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.03	$9.97
$530.00	$520.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.13	$9.87

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 165 found (best yield 3.80%, avg 1.10%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$660.00	Dec 11	$24.60	0.47	1.9%	3.80%	5.75%	3	--
$650.00	Dec 11	$28.90	0.52	0.4%	4.46%	4.87%	2	--
$655.00	Dec 11	$26.25	0.49	1.2%	4.05%	5.23%	12	--
$680.00	Dec 11	$17.15	0.38	5.0%	2.65%	7.69%	3	--
$650.00	Dec 4	$27.90	0.51	0.4%	4.31%	4.71%	18	--
$660.00	Dec 4	$23.40	0.46	1.9%	3.61%	5.56%	6	--
$685.00	Dec 11	$15.50	0.36	5.8%	2.39%	8.20%	6	--
$665.00	Dec 4	$21.10	0.43	2.7%	3.26%	5.98%	3	--
$670.00	Dec 4	$19.15	0.41	3.5%	2.96%	6.45%	2	--
$690.00	Dec 11	$13.90	0.34	6.6%	2.15%	8.73%	4	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 28,781

Total Puts 44,141

Put/Call Ratio 1.53

Net Difference -15,360

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 19,374

Total Puts 8,116

Put/Call Ratio 0.42

Net Difference 11,258

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 73,702

Total Puts 54,778

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.79

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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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