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$622.75 -3.81%

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as of 10/30 06:05 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30) 39,787

Calls: 17,644 (44%)

Puts: 22,143 (56%)

Prior (10/29) 72,922

Calls: 28,781 (39%)

Puts: 44,141 (61%)

Current vs Prior -45.44%

Calls: -38.70% (Calls)

Puts: -49.84% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 212,625

Calls: 105,927 (50%)

Puts: 106,698 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 30,375

Calls: 15,132 (50%)

Puts: 15,242 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +30.99%

Calls: +16.60%

Puts: +45.27%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30) $115.28M

Calls: $32.13M (28%)

Puts: $83.16M (72%)

Prior (10/29) $436.14M

Calls: $40.34M (9%)

Puts: $395.80M (91%)

Current vs Prior -73.57%

Calls: -20.37%

Puts: -78.99%

Prior 7-Day Total $776.13M

Calls: $193.40M (25%)

Puts: $582.73M (75%)

Prior 7-Day Average $110.88M

Calls: $27.63M (25%)

Puts: $83.25M (75%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.98%

Calls: +16.28%

Puts: -0.11%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/30) 1.25

Prior (10/29) 1.53

Current vs Prior -18.17%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.92

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +36.44%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/30) 263,054

Calls: 140,260 (53%)

Puts: 122,794 (47%)

Prior (10/29) 255,564

Calls: 132,535 (52%)

Puts: 123,029 (48%)

Current vs Prior +2.93%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,714,957

Calls: 862,161 (50%)

Puts: 852,796 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 244,993

Calls: 123,165 (50%)

Puts: 121,828 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.37%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

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

Current 0.72% | 5.74%9.02% | 12.42%

Prior 2.71% | 5.30%8.55% | 11.90%

Current vs Prior +111.64% | +43.84%+5.55% | +4.33%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.55% | 7.79%10.15% | 13.34%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +3.50% | -2.17%-11.11% | -6.92%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.94% | 5.55%8.55% | 11.90%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +507.86% | +37.42%+5.55% | +4.33%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 37.62% | 23.61%

Calls: 34.46% | 24.87%

Puts: 40.78% | 22.35%

Prior 37.62% | 23.61%

Calls: 34.46% | 24.87%

Puts: 40.78% | 22.35%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 48.59% | 17.58%

Calls: 63.73% | 18.11%

Puts: 39.38% | 17.21%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -22.57% | +34.31%

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Moderately bearish flow with 72% put dollar volume ($83.16M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 74% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 45% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.25 indicates protective positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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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 85 of results (avg 8.2%, best 4.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Nov 6	10.90	11.50	$11.20	5.4%	51	0.40	2
$620.00	Nov 13	23.55	25.05	$24.30	6.2%	7	0.53	6
$630.00	Nov 20	21.85	23.35	$22.60	6.6%	105	0.48	37
$625.00	Nov 13	20.90	22.45	$21.67	7.2%	2	0.50	1
$510.00	Nov 6	109.05	117.80	$113.43	7.7%	1	0.99	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$730.00	Nov 6	105.30	110.60	$107.95	4.9%	9	1.00	43
$687.50	Oct 30	63.40	67.05	$65.22	5.6%	3	0.99	2
$740.00	Nov 20	115.45	122.25	$118.85	5.7%	67	0.95	528
$685.00	Nov 6	61.70	65.35	$63.53	5.7%	5	0.92	47
$745.00	Oct 30	119.50	127.20	$123.35	6.2%	1	0.99	5

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. 235 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	87.80	96.35	$92.07	9.3%	1	1.00	--
$600.00	Oct 30	19.45	24.75	$22.10	24.0%	25	1.00	34
$615.00	Oct 30	4.85	10.65	$7.75	74.8%	6	1.00	--
$617.50	Oct 30	2.00	8.70	$5.35	125.2%	5	1.00	--
$500.00	Nov 20	117.75	129.40	$123.58	9.4%	--	1.00	32

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Nov 6	83.45	92.15	$87.80	9.9%	11	1.00	107
$712.50	Nov 6	86.95	96.85	$91.90	10.8%	--	1.00	12
$715.00	Nov 6	90.10	97.70	$93.90	8.1%	1	1.00	85
$717.50	Nov 6	91.55	99.50	$95.53	8.3%	--	1.00	27
$720.00	Nov 6	93.45	100.00	$96.73	6.8%	5	1.00	148

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 519 active (total vol 20.7K, top 513)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	513	0.00	16
$720.00	Nov 20	1.81	2.64	$2.23	37.2%	354	0.08	138
$630.00	Oct 30	0.05	0.27	$0.16	137.5%	311	0.07	9
$640.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.27	$0.14	192.9%	283	0.04	69
$625.00	Oct 30	0.27	0.56	$0.42	69.0%	249	0.25	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Nov 20	11.70	13.20	$12.45	12.0%	504	0.28	353
$570.00	Nov 6	1.35	2.70	$2.03	66.5%	496	0.10	52
$600.00	Nov 20	14.50	16.80	$15.65	14.7%	461	0.34	1.1K
$630.00	Oct 30	6.25	8.90	$7.58	35.0%	383	0.93	434
$620.00	Nov 20	21.75	25.40	$23.58	15.5%	374	0.46	457

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 12 strikes (avg 532.7%, max 1081.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$605.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	441.3%	39.7%	1012.0%	2	10
$642.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	452.7%	48.6%	832.2%	130	35
$637.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	380.1%	49.3%	671.4%	80	22
$625.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	62.1%	38.1%	62.8%	258	42
$570.00	Nov 20	Dec 11	45.3%	41.4%	9.5%	51	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$597.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	554.4%	46.9%	1081.4%	153	188
$605.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	441.3%	41.0%	977.5%	91	251
$642.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	452.7%	48.1%	841.7%	48	222
$637.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	380.1%	49.3%	671.4%	24	94
$620.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	79.9%	38.0%	110.0%	381	432

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 291 found (best R:R 8.43, avg 5.89)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$635.00	Nov 27	$0.77	$4.23	$0.77	48%	5.49	$630.77
$590.00	$595.00	Oct 30	$2.95	$2.05	$2.95	90%	0.69	$592.95
$580.00	$590.00	Dec 11	$5.65	$4.35	$5.65	72%	0.77	$585.65
$610.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$4.58	$5.42	$4.58	60%	1.18	$614.58
$605.00	$610.00	Nov 6	$2.17	$2.83	$2.17	68%	1.30	$607.17

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$620.00	$615.00	Nov 27	$0.53	$4.47	$0.53	46%	8.43	$619.47
$655.00	$650.00	Dec 4	$1.70	$3.30	$1.70	64%	1.94	$653.30
$580.00	$570.00	Nov 27	$0.92	$9.08	$0.92	25%	9.87	$579.08
$720.00	$717.50	Nov 6	$1.20	$1.30	$1.20	100%	1.08	$718.80
$660.00	$655.00	Nov 27	$2.06	$2.94	$2.06	69%	1.43	$657.94

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 240 found (best R:R 0.27, avg 0.68)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$712.50	$715.00	Oct 30	$2.12	$2.12	$0.38	92%	5.58	$714.62
$692.50	$695.00	Oct 30	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	90%	5.94	$694.64
$722.50	$725.00	Oct 30	$2.07	$2.07	$0.43	92%	4.81	$724.57
$707.50	$710.00	Oct 30	$2.06	$2.06	$0.44	91%	4.68	$709.56
$667.50	$670.00	Oct 30	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	88%	5.94	$669.64

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$530.00	Oct 30	$2.14	$2.14	$7.86	93%	0.27	$537.86
$580.00	$570.00	Oct 30	$2.14	$2.14	$7.86	89%	0.27	$577.86
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 30	$2.12	$2.12	$0.38	81%	5.58	$602.88
$570.00	$560.00	Nov 27	$3.43	$3.43	$6.57	78%	0.52	$566.57
$610.00	$605.00	Nov 27	$3.33	$3.33	$1.67	60%	1.99	$606.67

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $11.04, cheapest $15.20)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$622.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$16.56	79.7%	49.9%
$612.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$6.39	50.6%	46.1%
$610.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$6.00	50.8%	47.4%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$622.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$15.20	79.7%	49.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 141 found (cheapest 0.44% of stock, avg 7.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$622.50	Oct 30	$1.46	$1.30	$2.76	$619.74	$625.26	0.44%
$620.00	Oct 30	$2.85	$0.47	$3.32	$616.68	$623.32	0.53%
$625.00	Oct 30	$0.42	$3.05	$3.47	$621.53	$628.47	0.56%
$627.50	Oct 30	$0.16	$4.95	$5.11	$622.39	$632.61	0.82%
$617.50	Oct 30	$5.35	$0.16	$5.51	$611.99	$623.01	0.88%
$630.00	Oct 30	$0.16	$7.58	$7.74	$622.26	$637.74	1.24%
$615.00	Oct 30	$7.75	$0.14	$7.89	$607.11	$622.89	1.27%
$632.50	Oct 30	$0.31	$10.33	$10.64	$621.86	$643.14	1.71%
$635.00	Oct 30	$0.01	$12.68	$12.69	$622.31	$647.69	2.04%
$637.50	Oct 30	$2.15	$15.25	$17.40	$620.10	$654.90	2.79%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 5.63%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$625.00	$620.00	Oct 30	$0.42	$0.47	$0.89	$619.11	$625.89
$625.00	$622.50	Oct 30	$0.42	$1.30	$1.72	$620.78	$626.72
$637.50	$620.00	Oct 30	$2.15	$0.47	$2.62	$617.38	$640.12
$642.50	$620.00	Oct 30	$2.15	$0.47	$2.62	$617.38	$645.12
$625.00	$605.00	Oct 30	$0.42	$2.15	$2.57	$602.43	$627.57
$625.00	$597.50	Oct 30	$0.42	$2.15	$2.57	$594.93	$627.57
$655.00	$620.00	Oct 30	$2.15	$0.47	$2.62	$617.38	$657.62
$625.00	$595.00	Oct 30	$0.42	$2.15	$2.57	$592.43	$627.57
$667.50	$620.00	Oct 30	$2.15	$0.47	$2.62	$617.38	$670.12
$642.50	$605.00	Oct 30	$2.15	$2.15	$4.30	$600.70	$646.80

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 233 found (best R:R 0.75, avg credit $2.59)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/540	692/695	Oct 30	$4.28	$5.72	83%	0.75	$535.72	$696.78
530/540	682/685	Oct 30	$4.22	$5.78	82%	0.73	$535.78	$686.72
530/540	668/670	Oct 30	$4.28	$5.72	80%	0.75	$535.72	$671.78
570/580	692/695	Oct 30	$4.28	$5.72	79%	0.75	$575.72	$696.78
530/540	655/658	Oct 30	$4.25	$5.75	78%	0.74	$535.75	$659.25
570/580	682/685	Oct 30	$4.22	$5.78	78%	0.73	$575.78	$686.72
570/580	668/670	Oct 30	$4.28	$5.72	76%	0.75	$575.72	$671.78
610/612	682/685	Oct 30	$2.40	$0.10	78%	24.00	$610.10	$684.90
602/605	688/690	Oct 30	$2.23	$0.27	80%	8.26	$602.77	$689.73
530/540	642/645	Oct 30	$4.26	$5.74	74%	0.74	$535.74	$646.76

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 240 found (best R:R 6.14, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 30	$0.35	$2.15	62%	6.14
$510.00	$550.00	$590.00	Nov 6	$3.53	$36.47	18%	10.33
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$0.28	$9.72	11%	34.71
$655.00	$660.00	$665.00	Dec 4	$0.10	$4.90	5%	49.00
$645.00	$650.00	$655.00	Dec 4	$0.13	$4.87	6%	37.46

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$622.50	$625.00	$627.50	Oct 30	$0.15	$2.35	45%	15.67
$580.00	$590.00	$600.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$9.90	11%	99.00
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Dec 4	$0.10	$9.90	6%	99.00
$630.00	$640.00	$650.00	Nov 20	$0.44	$9.56	12%	21.73
$560.00	$570.00	$580.00	Nov 20	$0.29	$9.71	8%	33.48

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 194 found (best net $-1.15, 159 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$550.00	$590.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.15	$38.85
$510.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$33.87	$6.13
$570.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$17.76	$12.24
$580.00	$605.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$13.91	$11.09
$550.00	$580.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$24.70	$5.30

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$610.00	$580.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$5.93	$24.07
$627.50	$625.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.15	$1.35
$540.00	$530.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.30	$9.70
$570.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.23	$9.77
$540.00	$510.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.13	$29.87

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 153 found (best yield 3.56%, avg 1.26%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$645.00	Dec 11	$22.15	0.43	3.6%	3.56%	7.13%	4	3
$635.00	Dec 11	$25.45	0.47	2.0%	4.09%	6.05%	4	--
$655.00	Dec 11	$18.45	0.38	5.2%	2.96%	8.14%	2	7
$630.00	Dec 11	$26.90	0.49	1.2%	4.32%	5.48%	4	--
$650.00	Dec 11	$19.30	0.41	4.4%	3.10%	7.47%	4	2
$625.00	Dec 11	$28.85	0.52	0.4%	4.63%	4.99%	9	--
$640.00	Dec 4	$21.85	0.44	2.8%	3.51%	6.28%	3	7
$625.00	Dec 4	$28.20	0.51	0.4%	4.53%	4.89%	1	--
$635.00	Dec 4	$23.35	0.47	2.0%	3.75%	5.72%	24	3
$670.00	Dec 11	$13.70	0.32	7.6%	2.20%	9.79%	2	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 17,644

Total Puts 22,143

Put/Call Ratio 1.25

Net Difference -4,499

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 28,781

Total Puts 44,141

Put/Call Ratio 1.53

Net Difference -15,360

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 105,927

Total Puts 106,698

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.92

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

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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