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as of 11/04 06:13 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/04) 42,491

Calls: 23,807 (56%)

Puts: 18,684 (44%)

Prior (11/03) 23,001

Calls: 9,977 (43%)

Puts: 13,024 (57%)

Current vs Prior +84.74%

Calls: +138.62% (Calls)

Puts: +43.46% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 218,397

Calls: 106,843 (49%)

Puts: 111,554 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 31,199

Calls: 15,263 (49%)

Puts: 15,936 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +36.19%

Calls: +55.98%

Puts: +17.24%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/04) $121.54M

Calls: $43.02M (35%)

Puts: $78.52M (65%)

Prior (11/03) $106.39M

Calls: $11.10M (10%)

Puts: $95.29M (90%)

Current vs Prior +14.24%

Calls: +287.68%

Puts: -17.60%

Prior 7-Day Total $875.14M

Calls: $168.97M (19%)

Puts: $706.17M (81%)

Prior 7-Day Average $125.02M

Calls: $24.14M (19%)

Puts: $100.88M (81%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.78%

Calls: +78.22%

Puts: -22.17%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/04) 0.78

Prior (11/03) 1.31

Current vs Prior -39.88%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.97

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -18.86%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/04) 161,845

Calls: 76,445 (47%)

Puts: 85,400 (53%)

Prior (11/03) 248,647

Calls: 127,161 (51%)

Puts: 121,486 (49%)

Current vs Prior -34.91%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,721,831

Calls: 875,930 (51%)

Puts: 845,901 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 245,975

Calls: 125,132 (51%)

Puts: 120,843 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (11/06) | Next (11/13)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 3.77% | 6.08%8.15% | 11.89%

Prior 4.76% | 6.79%8.67% | 12.17%

Current vs Prior -20.68% | -10.48%-5.99% | -2.26%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.59% | 7.34%9.38% | 12.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -32.55% | -17.21%-13.09% | -6.71%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.76% | 6.79%8.67% | 12.17%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -20.68% | -10.48%-5.99% | -2.26%

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 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 42.92% | 21.31%

Calls: 46.41% | 22.13%

Puts: 39.42% | 20.49%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -12.34% | +10.79%

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Moderately bearish flow with 65% put dollar volume ($78.52M). Above-average activity with volume up 85% vs prior. P/C ratio dropping 40% - sentiment shifting bullish. Declining open interest (down 35%) indicates positions being closed.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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 47 of results (avg 8.6%, best 4.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Dec 18	34.55	36.10	$35.33	4.4%	22	0.54	55
$600.00	Dec 18	29.30	31.00	$30.15	5.6%	332	0.49	160
$580.00	Dec 18	39.60	42.55	$41.08	7.2%	16	0.59	35
$550.00	Dec 18	56.85	61.80	$59.33	8.3%	8	0.73	32
$540.00	Dec 18	63.15	69.05	$66.10	8.9%	6	0.77	27

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Dec 18	109.20	116.80	$113.00	6.7%	119	0.87	851
$580.00	Nov 27	18.30	19.60	$18.95	6.9%	61	0.41	61
$700.00	Nov 20	106.80	114.80	$110.80	7.2%	46	0.95	610
$690.00	Dec 18	100.00	107.70	$103.85	7.4%	54	0.85	297
$550.00	Dec 18	14.80	15.95	$15.38	7.5%	102	0.28	453

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. 190 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Nov 6	27.05	34.00	$30.53	22.8%	1	1.00	--
$510.00	Nov 13	76.70	86.05	$81.38	11.5%	2	1.00	--
$510.00	Dec 4	83.50	91.45	$87.48	9.1%	3	0.90	--
$500.00	Dec 18	94.00	102.85	$98.43	9.0%	6	0.89	--
$520.00	Dec 4	72.70	82.45	$77.58	12.6%	10	0.88	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Nov 6	105.80	114.65	$110.23	8.0%	11	0.99	50
$685.00	Nov 6	90.10	99.65	$94.88	10.1%	17	0.99	46
$695.00	Nov 6	100.45	109.75	$105.10	8.8%	1	0.98	73
$665.00	Nov 6	70.30	79.65	$74.97	12.5%	11	0.98	162
$670.00	Nov 6	75.45	84.65	$80.05	11.5%	12	0.98	118

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 431 active (total vol 20.4K, top 879)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$562.50	Nov 13	30.60	39.40	$35.00	25.1%	700	0.78	--
$565.00	Nov 13	30.70	37.15	$33.92	19.0%	700	0.76	4
$590.00	Nov 20	20.45	23.95	$22.20	15.8%	570	0.53	8
$640.00	Nov 6	0.10	0.80	$0.45	155.6%	560	0.04	496
$600.00	Dec 18	29.30	31.00	$30.15	5.6%	332	0.49	160

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Nov 6	0.30	0.41	$0.36	30.6%	879	0.03	79
$550.00	Nov 6	0.57	0.92	$0.75	46.7%	452	0.06	166
$550.00	Nov 20	5.40	8.20	$6.80	41.2%	290	0.21	461
$600.00	Nov 20	24.25	27.70	$25.98	13.3%	254	0.55	1.5K
$530.00	Nov 6	0.07	0.42	$0.25	140.0%	247	0.02	28

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 25 strikes (avg 34.3%, max 52.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$580.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	60.6%	39.8%	52.3%	18	35
$590.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	56.8%	38.5%	47.7%	131	56
$615.00	Nov 6	Dec 4	59.4%	40.6%	46.4%	227	33
$600.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	59.4%	41.1%	44.3%	526	176
$610.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	58.3%	41.4%	40.6%	134	192

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$570.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	61.2%	40.1%	52.8%	232	1.5K
$580.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	60.6%	39.8%	52.3%	177	917
$590.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	56.8%	38.5%	47.7%	161	368
$615.00	Nov 6	Dec 4	59.4%	40.6%	46.4%	22	122
$600.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	59.4%	41.1%	44.3%	303	1.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 244 found (best R:R 0.63, avg 6.13)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$570.00	Nov 6	$6.15	$3.85	$6.15	100%	0.63	$566.15
$560.00	$580.00	Nov 20	$11.55	$8.45	$11.55	75%	0.73	$571.55
$570.00	$580.00	Dec 18	$4.20	$5.80	$4.20	64%	1.38	$574.20
$567.50	$572.50	Nov 13	$2.25	$2.75	$2.25	73%	1.22	$569.75
$650.00	$680.00	Dec 11	$3.77	$26.23	$3.77	24%	6.96	$653.77

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$617.50	$615.00	Nov 6	$0.28	$2.22	$0.28	84%	7.93	$617.22
$620.00	$610.00	Nov 20	$4.88	$5.12	$4.88	68%	1.05	$615.12
$630.00	$627.50	Nov 13	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	81%	3.17	$629.40
$657.50	$655.00	Nov 13	$0.97	$1.53	$0.97	92%	1.58	$656.53
$610.00	$607.50	Nov 13	$0.37	$2.13	$0.37	65%	5.76	$609.63

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 186 found (best R:R 1.42, avg 0.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$620.00	$625.00	Nov 27	$2.93	$2.93	$2.07	66%	1.42	$622.93
$627.50	$630.00	Nov 13	$1.70	$1.70	$0.80	77%	2.13	$629.20
$645.00	$650.00	Dec 11	$2.30	$2.30	$2.70	73%	0.85	$647.30
$632.50	$635.00	Nov 13	$1.26	$1.26	$1.24	80%	1.02	$633.76
$687.50	$690.00	Nov 13	$0.84	$0.84	$1.66	94%	0.51	$688.34

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$530.00	Dec 11	$3.33	$3.33	$6.67	77%	0.50	$536.67
$570.00	$560.00	Dec 4	$4.30	$4.30	$5.70	65%	0.75	$565.70
$560.00	$550.00	Nov 27	$3.35	$3.35	$6.65	71%	0.50	$556.65
$557.50	$550.00	Nov 13	$2.27	$2.27	$5.23	78%	0.43	$555.23
$577.50	$575.00	Nov 6	$1.55	$1.55	$0.95	70%	1.63	$575.95

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 20 found (avg debit $7.09, cheapest $6.30)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$592.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$6.82	64.2%	49.4%
$597.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$6.78	61.8%	48.3%
$595.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$6.90	61.2%	48.2%
$587.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$7.47	59.6%	46.9%
$582.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$6.85	59.2%	46.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$577.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$6.30	63.1%	47.0%
$592.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$6.35	64.2%	49.4%
$580.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$6.50	60.6%	46.0%
$597.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$8.43	61.8%	48.3%
$595.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$7.23	61.2%	48.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 116 found (cheapest 3.36% of stock, avg 8.18%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$590.00	Nov 6	$10.43	$9.45	$19.88	$570.12	$609.88	3.36%
$585.00	Nov 6	$13.40	$6.82	$20.22	$564.78	$605.22	3.42%
$597.50	Nov 6	$7.60	$13.20	$20.80	$576.70	$618.30	3.52%
$582.50	Nov 6	$14.53	$6.55	$21.08	$561.42	$603.58	3.57%
$587.50	Nov 6	$12.43	$8.73	$21.16	$566.34	$608.66	3.58%
$600.00	Nov 6	$6.25	$15.20	$21.45	$578.55	$621.45	3.63%
$595.00	Nov 6	$8.55	$12.95	$21.50	$573.50	$616.50	3.64%
$592.50	Nov 6	$10.20	$11.88	$22.08	$570.42	$614.58	3.73%
$602.50	Nov 6	$5.55	$16.58	$22.13	$580.37	$624.63	3.74%
$580.00	Nov 6	$16.38	$5.85	$22.23	$557.77	$602.23	3.76%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.93% of stock, avg 5.41%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$602.50	$580.00	Nov 6	$5.55	$5.85	$11.40	$568.60	$613.90
$602.50	$582.50	Nov 6	$5.55	$6.55	$12.10	$570.40	$614.60
$640.00	$550.00	Nov 20	$5.65	$6.80	$12.45	$537.55	$652.45
$600.00	$580.00	Nov 6	$6.25	$5.85	$12.10	$567.90	$612.10
$600.00	$582.50	Nov 6	$6.25	$6.55	$12.80	$569.70	$612.80
$602.50	$585.00	Nov 6	$5.55	$6.82	$12.37	$572.63	$614.87
$600.00	$585.00	Nov 6	$6.25	$6.82	$13.07	$571.93	$613.07
$597.50	$580.00	Nov 6	$7.60	$5.85	$13.45	$566.55	$610.95
$597.50	$585.00	Nov 6	$7.60	$6.82	$14.42	$570.58	$611.92
$597.50	$582.50	Nov 6	$7.60	$6.55	$14.15	$568.35	$611.65

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 271 found (best R:R 4.32, avg credit $2.88)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
575/578	615/618	Nov 6	$2.03	$0.47	52%	4.32	$575.47	$617.03
565/568	618/620	Nov 13	$2.22	$0.28	42%	7.93	$565.28	$619.72
565/568	620/622	Nov 13	$2.14	$0.36	44%	5.94	$565.36	$622.14
575/578	610/612	Nov 6	$2.05	$0.45	47%	4.56	$575.45	$612.05
560/562	618/620	Nov 13	$2.03	$0.47	46%	4.32	$560.47	$619.53
560/562	620/622	Nov 13	$1.95	$0.55	48%	3.55	$560.55	$621.95
575/578	608/610	Nov 6	$2.05	$0.45	44%	4.56	$575.45	$609.55
575/578	605/608	Nov 6	$2.11	$0.39	41%	5.41	$575.39	$607.11
575/578	612/615	Nov 6	$1.87	$0.63	50%	2.97	$575.63	$614.37
530/540	645/650	Dec 11	$5.63	$4.37	50%	1.29	$534.37	$650.63

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 174 found (best R:R 141.86, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$580.00	$590.00	$600.00	Dec 11	$0.06	$9.94	11%	165.67
$620.00	$630.00	$640.00	Nov 20	$0.20	$9.80	12%	49.00
$570.00	$580.00	$590.00	Dec 11	$0.29	$9.71	11%	33.48
$620.00	$630.00	$640.00	Dec 18	$0.19	$9.81	9%	51.63
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Dec 18	$0.19	$9.81	9%	51.63

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Nov 27	$0.07	$9.93	12%	141.86
$560.00	$570.00	$580.00	Dec 4	$0.25	$9.75	12%	39.00
$590.00	$600.00	$610.00	Dec 11	$0.19	$9.81	10%	51.63
$630.00	$640.00	$650.00	Dec 18	$0.17	$9.83	8%	57.82
$610.00	$620.00	$630.00	Dec 18	$0.22	$9.78	9%	44.45

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 151 found (best net $-15.18, 140 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$520.00	$560.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$15.18	$24.82
$650.00	$680.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$2.26	$27.74
$680.00	$700.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$0.61	$19.39
$620.00	$640.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$5.24	$14.76
$690.00	$700.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.05	$9.95

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$540.00	$520.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.57	$19.43
$540.00	$530.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.52	$9.48
$540.00	$530.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.14	$9.86
$520.00	$510.00	1:2	Nov 6	$0.00	$10.00
$530.00	$520.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.56	$9.44

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 117 found (best yield 4.96%, avg 1.17%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$600.00	Dec 18	$29.30	0.49	1.5%	4.96%	6.43%	332	160
$610.00	Dec 18	$25.05	0.45	3.2%	4.24%	7.40%	79	123
$620.00	Dec 18	$20.50	0.40	4.8%	3.47%	8.32%	30	110
$630.00	Dec 18	$17.10	0.35	6.5%	2.89%	9.44%	97	118
$640.00	Dec 18	$14.25	0.31	8.2%	2.41%	10.65%	46	172
$600.00	Dec 11	$24.35	0.48	1.5%	4.12%	5.59%	23	1
$650.00	Dec 18	$11.95	0.27	9.9%	2.02%	11.95%	204	99
$605.00	Dec 11	$21.50	0.45	2.3%	3.64%	5.95%	1	--
$610.00	Dec 11	$19.65	0.43	3.2%	3.32%	6.49%	3	2
$600.00	Dec 4	$23.40	0.48	1.5%	3.96%	5.43%	40	12

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 23,807

Total Puts 18,684

Put/Call Ratio 0.78

Net Difference 5,123

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,977

Total Puts 13,024

Put/Call Ratio 1.31

Net Difference -3,047

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 106,843

Total Puts 111,554

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.97

Ratio Trend Falling

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

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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