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as of 11/06 06:04 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/06) 34,038

Calls: 17,867 (52%)

Puts: 16,171 (48%)

Prior (11/05) 48,719

Calls: 20,870 (43%)

Puts: 27,849 (57%)

Current vs Prior -30.13%

Calls: -14.39% (Calls)

Puts: -41.93% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 279,193

Calls: 132,736 (48%)

Puts: 146,457 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 39,884

Calls: 18,962 (48%)

Puts: 20,922 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -14.66%

Calls: -5.78%

Puts: -22.71%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/06) $127.91M

Calls: $21.93M (17%)

Puts: $105.98M (83%)

Prior (11/05) $254.94M

Calls: $32.89M (13%)

Puts: $222.05M (87%)

Current vs Prior -49.83%

Calls: -33.33%

Puts: -52.27%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.18B

Calls: $207.79M (18%)

Puts: $968.06M (82%)

Prior 7-Day Average $167.98M

Calls: $29.68M (18%)

Puts: $138.29M (82%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -23.85%

Calls: -26.12%

Puts: -23.36%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/06) 0.91

Prior (11/05) 1.33

Current vs Prior -32.17%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.09

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.18%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/06) 270,222

Calls: 148,121 (55%)

Puts: 122,101 (45%)

Prior (11/05) 265,401

Calls: 140,883 (53%)

Puts: 124,518 (47%)

Current vs Prior +1.82%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,677,680

Calls: 860,463 (51%)

Puts: 817,217 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 239,668

Calls: 122,923 (51%)

Puts: 116,745 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.75%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.64% | 5.84%8.78% | 12.85%

Prior 3.67% | 7.13%9.61% | 13.73%

Current vs Prior +59.30% | +23.25%-8.66% | -6.42%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.65% | 6.81%8.97% | 12.56%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +25.51% | +28.94%-2.10% | +2.31%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.67% | 7.13%9.61% | 13.73%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +59.30% | +23.25%-8.66% | -6.42%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

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 36.26% | 24.11%

Calls: 33.27% | 25.18%

Puts: 39.25% | 23.03%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +3.75% | -2.06%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 83% of dollar volume in puts ($105.98M) vs calls ($21.93M). P/C ratio dropping 32% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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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 66 of results (avg 7.7%, best 4.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Dec 11	111.75	117.10	$114.43	4.7%	2	0.92	--
$450.00	Dec 18	110.85	118.70	$114.78	6.8%	--	0.90	34
$560.00	Dec 18	33.05	35.40	$34.22	6.9%	125	0.53	41
$515.00	Nov 27	52.50	56.55	$54.53	7.4%	6	0.78	12
$535.00	Dec 4	41.05	44.40	$42.72	7.8%	14	0.66	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Dec 18	93.60	97.90	$95.75	4.5%	7	0.84	480
$640.00	Dec 4	82.60	86.60	$84.60	4.7%	1	0.86	19
$640.00	Dec 18	84.90	89.50	$87.20	5.3%	13	0.81	256
$635.00	Dec 4	78.10	82.40	$80.25	5.4%	3	0.85	27
$630.00	Dec 18	76.25	80.45	$78.35	5.4%	29	0.78	350

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. 202 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Nov 6	46.00	53.80	$49.90	15.6%	1	1.00	1
$540.00	Nov 6	16.40	22.40	$19.40	30.9%	1	1.00	5
$550.00	Nov 6	7.00	12.60	$9.80	57.1%	49	1.00	42
$552.50	Nov 6	3.20	10.20	$6.70	104.5%	8	1.00	--
$555.00	Nov 6	2.26	6.70	$4.48	99.1%	23	1.00	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Nov 6	76.65	85.35	$81.00	10.7%	--	1.00	29
$590.00	Nov 6	29.35	32.00	$30.68	8.6%	10	1.00	123
$597.50	Nov 6	35.15	41.90	$38.53	17.5%	2	1.00	53
$610.00	Nov 6	48.80	55.20	$52.00	12.3%	1	1.00	8
$615.00	Nov 6	51.10	60.65	$55.88	17.1%	22	1.00	22

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 408 active (total vol 16.6K, top 959)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$565.00	Nov 13	9.90	14.60	$12.25	38.4%	959	0.46	707
$562.50	Nov 13	10.85	18.35	$14.60	51.4%	922	0.49	705
$610.00	Dec 18	11.55	14.70	$13.13	24.0%	601	0.29	170
$560.00	Nov 6	0.00	0.83	$0.42	197.6%	521	0.57	60
$565.00	Nov 6	0.00	0.30	$0.15	200.0%	503	0.08	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Dec 18	23.10	26.60	$24.85	14.1%	504	0.38	255
$587.50	Nov 13	29.25	37.95	$33.60	25.9%	478	0.75	8
$550.00	Nov 6	0.00	0.06	$0.03	200.0%	217	0.02	467
$550.00	Nov 13	10.30	12.55	$11.43	19.7%	208	0.39	170
$560.00	Nov 6	0.81	2.81	$1.81	110.5%	171	0.78	239

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 5 strikes (avg 142.6%, max 333.4%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$567.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	218.1%	50.3%	333.4%	220	61
$520.00	Nov 20	Dec 18	52.7%	45.1%	16.8%	14	143
$530.00	Nov 13	Dec 18	52.4%	45.1%	16.3%	13	177

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$567.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	218.1%	50.3%	333.4%	6	86
$557.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	60.6%	53.6%	13.2%	57	77

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 235 found (best R:R 13.29, avg 4.99)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$610.00	$620.00	Dec 18	$0.70	$9.30	$0.70	29%	13.29	$610.70
$545.00	$550.00	Dec 4	$1.45	$3.55	$1.45	60%	2.45	$546.45
$575.00	$580.00	Dec 4	$0.77	$4.23	$0.77	43%	5.49	$575.77
$560.00	$565.00	Dec 4	$1.48	$3.52	$1.48	51%	2.38	$561.48
$590.00	$595.00	Dec 4	$0.67	$4.33	$0.67	35%	6.46	$590.67

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$625.00	$622.50	Nov 13	$0.72	$1.78	$0.72	96%	2.47	$624.28
$650.00	$645.00	Nov 27	$3.08	$1.92	$3.08	92%	0.62	$646.92
$575.00	$572.50	Nov 13	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	64%	19.83	$574.88
$615.00	$610.00	Dec 4	$2.35	$2.65	$2.35	77%	1.13	$612.65
$560.00	$550.00	Dec 18	$3.15	$6.85	$3.15	47%	2.17	$556.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 186 found (best R:R 2.70, avg 0.70)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$595.00	$600.00	Dec 4	$3.65	$3.65	$1.35	67%	2.70	$598.65
$660.00	$662.50	Nov 6	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	92%	5.94	$662.14
$647.50	$650.00	Nov 6	$2.13	$2.13	$0.37	92%	5.76	$649.63
$637.50	$640.00	Nov 6	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	91%	5.94	$639.64
$607.50	$610.00	Nov 6	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	88%	5.94	$609.64

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$542.50	$540.00	Nov 6	$1.96	$1.96	$0.54	81%	3.63	$540.54
$540.00	$537.50	Nov 13	$2.15	$2.15	$0.35	69%	6.14	$537.85
$540.00	$530.00	Dec 18	$4.47	$4.47	$5.53	62%	0.81	$535.53
$515.00	$510.00	Dec 4	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	75%	0.72	$512.90
$545.00	$540.00	Nov 27	$2.75	$2.75	$2.25	61%	1.22	$542.25

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $12.90, cheapest $14.58)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$545.00	Nov 13	Nov 27	$8.62	50.9%	48.3%
$560.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$15.51	37.4%	49.9%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$557.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$14.58	60.6%	53.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 109 found (cheapest 0.40% of stock, avg 8.09%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$557.50	Nov 6	$1.75	$0.50	$2.25	$555.25	$559.75	0.40%
$560.00	Nov 6	$0.42	$1.81	$2.23	$557.77	$562.23	0.40%
$562.50	Nov 6	$0.09	$3.79	$3.88	$558.62	$566.38	0.69%
$555.00	Nov 6	$4.48	$0.11	$4.59	$550.41	$559.59	0.82%
$565.00	Nov 6	$0.15	$5.85	$6.00	$559.00	$571.00	1.07%
$552.50	Nov 6	$6.70	$0.13	$6.83	$545.67	$559.33	1.22%
$567.50	Nov 6	$0.88	$7.75	$8.63	$558.87	$576.13	1.54%
$550.00	Nov 6	$9.80	$0.03	$9.83	$540.17	$559.83	1.76%
$570.00	Nov 6	$0.01	$10.60	$10.61	$559.39	$580.61	1.90%
$572.50	Nov 6	$0.90	$12.93	$13.83	$558.67	$586.33	2.48%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.18% of stock, avg 5.59%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$572.50	$555.00	Nov 6	$0.90	$0.11	$1.01	$553.99	$573.51
$567.50	$555.00	Nov 6	$0.88	$0.11	$0.99	$554.01	$568.49
$572.50	$547.50	Nov 6	$0.90	$0.35	$1.25	$546.25	$573.75
$572.50	$545.00	Nov 6	$0.90	$0.35	$1.25	$543.75	$573.75
$567.50	$547.50	Nov 6	$0.88	$0.35	$1.23	$546.27	$568.73
$567.50	$545.00	Nov 6	$0.88	$0.35	$1.23	$543.77	$568.73
$567.50	$557.50	Nov 6	$0.88	$0.50	$1.38	$556.12	$568.88
$572.50	$557.50	Nov 6	$0.90	$0.50	$1.40	$556.10	$573.90
$607.50	$555.00	Nov 6	$2.15	$0.11	$2.26	$552.74	$609.76
$605.00	$555.00	Nov 6	$2.15	$0.11	$2.26	$552.74	$607.26

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 255 found (best R:R 8.62, avg credit $2.83)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
550/552	638/640	Nov 6	$2.24	$0.26	84%	8.62	$550.26	$639.74
550/552	608/610	Nov 6	$2.24	$0.26	82%	8.62	$550.26	$609.74
540/542	625/628	Nov 6	$2.20	$0.30	78%	7.33	$540.30	$627.20
540/542	582/585	Nov 6	$2.31	$0.19	73%	12.16	$540.19	$584.81
520/525	610/615	Nov 27	$4.08	$0.92	50%	4.43	$520.92	$614.08
540/542	595/598	Nov 6	$2.13	$0.37	78%	5.76	$540.37	$597.13
540/542	572/575	Nov 6	$2.29	$0.21	66%	10.90	$540.21	$574.79
530/538	638/640	Nov 6	$2.27	$5.23	88%	0.43	$535.23	$639.77
530/538	608/610	Nov 6	$2.27	$5.23	85%	0.43	$535.23	$609.77
525/530	610/615	Nov 27	$3.77	$1.23	48%	3.07	$526.23	$613.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 204 found (best R:R 89.91, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$560.00	$570.00	$580.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$9.89	15%	89.91
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Nov 6	$1.00	$1.50	92%	1.50
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Nov 20	$0.27	$9.73	15%	36.04
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Nov 6	$0.39	$2.11	49%	5.41
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Nov 20	$0.49	$9.51	13%	19.41

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$580.00	$590.00	$600.00	Dec 4	$0.13	$9.87	13%	75.92
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Nov 20	$0.25	$9.75	14%	39.00
$590.00	$600.00	$610.00	Nov 20	$0.18	$9.82	12%	54.56
$580.00	$590.00	$600.00	Nov 20	$0.37	$9.63	15%	26.03
$520.00	$530.00	$540.00	Nov 20	$0.26	$9.74	12%	37.46

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 164 found (best net $-9.59, 133 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$500.00	$530.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$9.59	$20.41
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.20	$9.80
$600.00	$620.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$4.68	$15.32
$590.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.80	$8.20
$552.50	$555.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$2.26	$0.24

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$490.00	$470.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.04	$19.96
$490.00	$470.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.91	$19.09
$565.00	$562.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.73	$0.77
$555.00	$552.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.15	$2.35
$530.00	$520.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.01	$9.99

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 110 found (best yield 5.92%, avg 1.43%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$560.00	Dec 18	$33.05	0.53	0.2%	5.92%	6.16%	125	41
$570.00	Dec 18	$27.40	0.48	2.0%	4.90%	6.94%	43	107
$580.00	Dec 18	$22.50	0.43	3.8%	4.03%	7.85%	49	232
$560.00	Dec 11	$29.65	0.53	0.2%	5.31%	5.55%	2	10
$565.00	Dec 11	$27.15	0.51	1.1%	4.86%	6.00%	5	--
$570.00	Dec 11	$24.85	0.48	2.0%	4.45%	6.48%	--	61
$600.00	Dec 18	$15.90	0.34	7.4%	2.85%	10.25%	414	369
$590.00	Dec 18	$17.00	0.39	5.6%	3.04%	8.66%	100	90
$580.00	Dec 11	$19.70	0.43	3.8%	3.53%	7.35%	5	86
$590.00	Dec 11	$16.75	0.38	5.6%	3.00%	8.61%	1	55

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 17,867

Total Puts 16,171

Put/Call Ratio 0.91

Net Difference 1,696

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 20,870

Total Puts 27,849

Put/Call Ratio 1.33

Net Difference -6,979

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 132,736

Total Puts 146,457

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.09

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 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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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