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as of 07/24 05:39 PM

(7/23 18:03) ◀

Thursday, July 23, 2026 (5:40pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/23 5:40pm) 24,397

Calls: 5,917 (24%)

Puts: 18,480 (76%)

Prior (07/22 3:05pm) 24,462

Calls: 5,354 (22%)

Puts: 19,108 (78%)

Current vs Prior -0.27%

Calls: +10.52% (Calls)

Puts: -3.29% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 207,669

Calls: 78,503 (38%)

Puts: 129,166 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 29,667

Calls: 11,214 (38%)

Puts: 18,452 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.76%

Calls: -47.24%

Puts: +0.15%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/23 5:40pm) $38.41M

Calls: $19.02M (50%)

Puts: $19.39M (50%)

Prior (07/22 3:05pm) $27.71M

Calls: $14.62M (53%)

Puts: $13.09M (47%)

Current vs Prior +38.59%

Calls: +30.08%

Puts: +48.10%

Prior 7-Day Total $478.53M

Calls: $255.34M (53%)

Puts: $223.18M (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average $68.36M

Calls: $36.48M (53%)

Puts: $31.88M (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.82%

Calls: -47.87%

Puts: -39.19%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/23 5:40pm) 3.12

Prior (07/22 3:05pm) 3.57

Current vs Prior -12.49%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.82

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +72.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/23 5:40pm) 267,239

Calls: 128,349 (48%)

Puts: 138,890 (52%)

Prior (07/22 3:05pm) 257,064

Calls: 125,986 (49%)

Puts: 131,078 (51%)

Current vs Prior +3.96%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,732,365

Calls: 893,227 (48%)

Puts: 977,277 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 247,480

Calls: 127,603 (48%)

Puts: 139,611 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.98%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/24) | Next (07/31)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 2.60% | 6.54%12.34% | 16.30%

Prior 3.70% | 6.97%12.43% | 16.32%

Current vs Prior -29.67% | -6.09%-0.78% | -0.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.25% | 7.23%7.10% | 14.93%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -38.74% | -9.45%+73.76% | +9.19%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.68% | 7.14%12.42% | 16.54%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -29.25% | -8.37%-0.69% | -1.43%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 36.87% | 12.47%

Calls: 37.06% | 17.83%

Puts: 36.67% | 7.11%

Prior 19.57% | 14.75%

Calls: 20.96% | 19.78%

Puts: 18.18% | 9.72%

Current vs Prior +88.40% | -15.46%

Prior 7-Day Avg 25.47% | 12.69%

Calls: 25.13% | 12.88%

Puts: 25.82% | 12.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +44.74% | -1.73%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.12 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
17:40	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:40	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 61 of results (avg 8.6%, best 6.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Aug 7	155.20	164.75	$159.98	6.0%	12	0.92	1
$800.00	Jul 31	95.25	101.30	$98.28	6.2%	3	0.91	27
$745.00	Aug 7	150.05	160.15	$155.10	6.5%	20	0.91	1
$730.00	Aug 7	164.70	176.00	$170.35	6.6%	20	0.93	3
$780.00	Aug 28	130.55	139.95	$135.25	7.0%	2	0.81	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1040.00	Aug 21	148.00	159.35	$153.68	7.4%	2	0.83	74
$970.00	Aug 28	99.00	106.85	$102.93	7.6%	7	0.66	11
$1020.00	Aug 28	135.35	146.15	$140.75	7.7%	2	0.77	1
$995.00	Jul 31	99.00	107.00	$103.00	7.8%	10	0.91	76
$940.00	Aug 21	74.20	80.35	$77.28	8.0%	20	0.60	191

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. 237 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$730.00	Jul 24	157.25	171.00	$164.13	8.4%	2	1.00	--
$750.00	Jul 24	136.20	151.90	$144.05	10.9%	--	1.00	15
$775.00	Jul 24	111.60	127.00	$119.30	12.9%	1	1.00	11
$790.00	Jul 24	99.10	109.00	$104.05	9.5%	1	1.00	4
$800.00	Jul 24	89.00	98.90	$93.95	10.5%	3	1.00	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$995.00	Jul 24	97.80	106.00	$101.90	8.0%	21	0.99	18
$980.00	Jul 24	81.15	91.00	$86.08	11.4%	37	0.99	24
$1050.00	Jul 24	148.20	164.00	$156.10	10.1%	15	0.99	5
$1030.00	Jul 24	130.00	144.00	$137.00	10.2%	11	0.99	5
$965.00	Jul 24	66.30	76.00	$71.15	13.6%	--	0.99	77

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 465 active (total vol 10.9K, top 639)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Jul 31	6.95	9.95	$8.45	35.5%	639	0.22	94
$930.00	Jul 24	0.26	1.30	$0.78	133.3%	325	0.07	216
$950.00	Jul 24	0.20	0.48	$0.34	82.4%	221	0.03	701
$945.00	Jul 24	0.30	0.62	$0.46	69.6%	204	0.04	139
$900.00	Jul 24	4.90	9.90	$7.40	67.6%	184	0.41	709

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$845.00	Jul 24	0.07	1.24	$0.66	177.3%	430	0.05	655
$815.00	Jul 24	0.00	0.29	$0.14	207.1%	409	0.01	831
$860.00	Jul 24	0.68	2.16	$1.42	104.2%	378	0.10	571
$855.00	Jul 24	0.52	1.56	$1.04	100.0%	345	0.08	427
$900.00	Jul 24	10.90	13.75	$12.33	23.1%	341	0.59	453

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 123 strikes (avg 63.5%, max 298.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1070.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	215.0%	54.0%	298.1%	--	154
$1065.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	181.0%	54.0%	235.2%	--	40
$1045.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	165.0%	51.0%	223.5%	8	64
$730.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	161.0%	57.0%	182.5%	2	287
$1050.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	132.0%	49.0%	169.4%	8	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$735.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	185.0%	55.0%	236.4%	1	26
$1045.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	165.0%	51.0%	223.5%	15	15
$740.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	172.0%	55.0%	212.7%	--	330
$725.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	160.0%	54.0%	196.3%	2	29
$730.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	161.0%	57.0%	182.5%	23	266

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 383 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 4.62)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$975.00	$980.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$975.12
$1010.00	$1015.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1010.15
$1015.00	$1020.00	Aug 14	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1015.15
$1025.00	$1030.00	Jul 24	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$1025.16
$985.00	$990.00	Jul 31	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$985.19

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$755.00	$750.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$754.89
$835.00	$830.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$834.89
$865.00	$860.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$864.89
$785.00	$780.00	Jul 24	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$784.86
$745.00	$740.00	Aug 7	$0.21	$4.79	$0.21	22.81	$744.79

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 503 found (best R:R 124.00, avg 3.17)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$750.00	$765.00	Jul 31	$14.88	$14.88	$0.12	124.00	$764.88
$750.00	$765.00	Aug 7	$14.87	$14.87	$0.13	114.38	$764.87
$750.00	$775.00	Jul 24	$24.75	$24.75	$0.25	99.00	$774.75
$730.00	$750.00	Jul 31	$19.80	$19.80	$0.20	99.00	$749.80
$730.00	$740.00	Aug 21	$9.80	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$739.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$975.00	$970.00	Jul 31	$4.88	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$970.12
$1030.00	$1025.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1025.15
$995.00	$990.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$990.15
$1015.00	$1010.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1010.15
$985.00	$980.00	Jul 31	$4.83	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$980.17

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 133 found (avg debit $8.17, cheapest $0.17)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1070.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.17	215.0%	74.0%
$1050.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.43	132.0%	53.0%
$1055.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.49	127.0%	54.0%
$1060.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.53	116.0%	55.0%
$1025.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.75	124.0%	51.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$725.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.46	160.0%	68.0%
$755.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.61	143.0%	60.0%
$735.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.70	185.0%	73.0%
$1050.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.80	132.0%	53.0%
$740.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.08	172.0%	73.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 224 found (cheapest 2.20% of stock, avg 11.27%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$900.00	Jul 24	$7.40	$12.33	$19.73	$880.27	$919.73	2.20%
$895.00	Jul 24	$9.63	$10.80	$20.43	$874.57	$915.43	2.28%
$890.00	Jul 24	$12.85	$7.93	$20.78	$869.22	$910.78	2.32%
$905.00	Jul 24	$5.53	$15.68	$21.21	$883.79	$926.21	2.37%
$885.00	Jul 24	$15.55	$6.33	$21.88	$863.12	$906.88	2.45%
$880.00	Jul 24	$19.20	$4.75	$23.95	$856.05	$903.95	2.68%
$910.00	Jul 24	$4.53	$20.38	$24.91	$885.09	$934.91	2.78%
$875.00	Jul 24	$22.67	$3.52	$26.19	$848.81	$901.19	2.93%
$915.00	Jul 24	$2.97	$23.80	$26.77	$888.23	$941.77	2.99%
$870.00	Jul 24	$26.88	$2.27	$29.15	$840.85	$899.15	3.26%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.59% of stock, avg 8.37%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$915.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$2.97	$2.27	$5.24	$864.76	$920.24
$915.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$2.97	$3.52	$6.49	$868.51	$921.49
$910.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$4.53	$2.27	$6.80	$863.20	$916.80
$915.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$2.97	$4.75	$7.72	$872.28	$922.72
$905.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$5.53	$2.27	$7.80	$862.20	$912.80
$910.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$4.53	$3.52	$8.05	$866.95	$918.05
$905.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$5.53	$3.52	$9.05	$865.95	$914.05
$910.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$4.53	$4.75	$9.28	$870.72	$919.28
$915.00	$885.00	Jul 24	$2.97	$6.33	$9.30	$875.70	$924.30
$900.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$7.40	$2.27	$9.67	$860.33	$909.67

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 352 found (best R:R 70.43, avg credit $9.02)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
735/740	785/795	Aug 7	$9.86	$0.14	70.43	$730.14	$794.86
735/740	765/780	Jul 31	$14.70	$0.30	49.00	$725.30	$779.70
755/760	800/805	Jul 31	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$755.11	$804.89
750/755	815/820	Jul 24	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$750.12	$819.88
800/805	810/815	Jul 31	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$800.12	$814.88
755/760	785/795	Aug 7	$9.74	$0.26	37.46	$750.26	$794.74
725/730	900/905	Aug 28	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$725.15	$904.85
840/845	940/945	Sep 4	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$840.15	$944.85
770/775	800/805	Jul 31	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$770.19	$804.81
780/785	800/805	Jul 31	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$780.23	$804.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 238 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$920.00	$925.00	$930.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$9.90	99.00
$790.00	$800.00	$810.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$9.85	65.67
$955.00	$960.00	$965.00	Aug 7	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$905.00	$910.00	$915.00	Aug 14	$0.10	$4.90	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$805.00	$810.00	$815.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$810.00	$815.00	$820.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$1005.00	$1010.00	$1015.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$4.93	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 157 found (best net $-1.23, 144 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1020.00	$1050.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.23	$28.77
$820.00	$870.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$30.70	$19.30
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$6.47	$13.53
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$8.41	$11.59
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$9.40	$10.60

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.38	$8.62
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.86	$8.14
$1020.00	$965.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$48.50	$6.50
$740.00	$730.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$4.11	$5.89
$770.00	$760.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.70	$5.30

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 157 found (best yield 6.48%, avg 2.09%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$900.00	Sep 4	$58.00	0.52	0.6%	6.48%	7.06%	4	--
$905.00	Sep 4	$55.00	0.51	1.1%	6.15%	7.28%	1	--
$900.00	Aug 28	$53.00	0.52	0.6%	5.92%	6.50%	5	6
$905.00	Aug 28	$52.00	0.51	1.1%	5.81%	6.95%	3	4
$895.00	Aug 21	$51.00	0.53	0.0%	5.70%	5.72%	1	9
$900.00	Aug 21	$49.40	0.51	0.6%	5.52%	6.10%	67	858
$910.00	Aug 28	$48.50	0.49	1.7%	5.42%	7.12%	1	20
$905.00	Aug 21	$47.30	0.50	1.1%	5.29%	6.42%	18	29
$895.00	Aug 14	$46.65	0.53	0.0%	5.21%	5.23%	10	6
$915.00	Aug 28	$46.30	0.48	2.2%	5.17%	7.43%	--	16

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,917

Total Puts 18,480

Put/Call Ratio 3.12

Net Difference -12,563

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,354

Total Puts 19,108

Put/Call Ratio 3.57

Net Difference -13,754

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 78,503

Total Puts 129,166

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.82

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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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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