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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/23) 34,684

Calls: 17,265 (50%)

Puts: 17,419 (50%)

Prior (07/22) 38,162

Calls: 16,900 (44%)

Puts: 21,262 (56%)

Current vs Prior -9.11%

Calls: +2.16% (Calls)

Puts: -18.07% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 332,115

Calls: 150,633 (45%)

Puts: 181,482 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 47,445

Calls: 21,519 (45%)

Puts: 25,926 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -26.90%

Calls: -19.77%

Puts: -32.81%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/23) $94.17M

Calls: $87.62M (93%)

Puts: $6.54M (7%)

Prior (07/22) $18.60M

Calls: $10.90M (59%)

Puts: $7.70M (41%)

Current vs Prior +406.17%

Calls: +703.68%

Puts: -15.04%

Prior 7-Day Total $230.11M

Calls: $133.97M (58%)

Puts: $96.14M (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average $32.87M

Calls: $19.14M (58%)

Puts: $13.73M (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +186.45%

Calls: +357.85%

Puts: -52.36%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/23) 1.01

Prior (07/22) 1.26

Current vs Prior -19.81%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.26

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -19.97%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/23) 332,232

Calls: 156,384 (47%)

Puts: 175,848 (53%)

Prior (07/22) 168,090

Calls: 73,459 (44%)

Puts: 94,631 (56%)

Current vs Prior +97.65%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,045,126

Calls: 1,001,679 (49%)

Puts: 1,043,447 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 292,160

Calls: 143,097 (49%)

Puts: 149,063 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +13.72%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.16% | 2.60%5.14% | 7.36%

Prior 1.55% | 2.91%5.23% | 7.45%

Current vs Prior -24.67% | -10.63%-1.70% | -1.17%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.93% | 3.19%3.17% | 6.66%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.81% | -18.61%+62.39% | +10.63%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.55% | 2.91%5.23% | 7.45%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -24.67% | -10.63%-1.70% | -1.17%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.48% | 8.96%

Calls: 17.98% | 8.44%

Puts: 28.97% | 9.49%

Prior 19.86% | 14.41%

Calls: 26.21% | 16.61%

Puts: 13.50% | 12.21%

Current vs Prior +18.23% | -37.82%

Prior 7-Day Avg 23.56% | 14.16%

Calls: 25.26% | 15.65%

Puts: 21.87% | 12.67%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -0.36% | -36.71%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 93% of dollar volume in calls ($87.62M) vs puts ($6.54M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 406% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (186% higher). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.01.

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 45 of results (avg 7.1%, best 4.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$795.00	Jul 24	127.05	132.70	$129.88	4.4%	80	0.94	18
$765.00	Aug 21	159.00	166.25	$162.63	4.5%	--	1.00	10
$745.00	Jul 24	177.05	185.55	$181.30	4.7%	80	1.00	18
$745.00	Jul 31	177.05	185.55	$181.30	4.7%	80	1.00	18
$750.00	Jul 24	172.05	180.55	$176.30	4.8%	190	1.00	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Aug 21	66.20	70.65	$68.43	6.5%	2	0.84	133
$1040.00	Aug 21	112.35	120.00	$116.18	6.6%	--	0.94	143
$1050.00	Aug 21	120.70	129.05	$124.88	6.7%	--	0.95	23
$1060.00	Aug 21	130.85	139.95	$135.40	6.7%	--	0.96	32
$1040.00	Aug 7	111.25	119.95	$115.60	7.5%	--	0.93	19

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.55, cheapest $0.55)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Jul 31	0.52	0.58	$0.55	10.9%	21	0.04	296

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 206 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$745.00	Jul 24	177.05	185.55	$181.30	4.7%	80	1.00	18
$750.00	Jul 24	172.05	180.55	$176.30	4.8%	190	1.00	42
$760.00	Jul 24	162.05	170.55	$166.30	5.1%	445	1.00	105
$780.00	Jul 24	142.05	150.55	$146.30	5.8%	195	1.00	45
$785.00	Jul 24	137.05	145.55	$141.30	6.0%	10	1.00	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Jul 24	71.65	79.90	$75.78	10.9%	--	0.99	14
$980.00	Jul 24	51.95	59.70	$55.83	13.9%	--	0.99	82
$995.00	Jul 24	66.80	74.90	$70.85	11.4%	--	0.99	20
$985.00	Jul 24	57.00	64.90	$60.95	13.0%	--	0.99	27
$1020.00	Jul 31	91.90	99.90	$95.90	8.3%	--	0.99	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 491 active (total vol 20.3K, top 607)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Aug 14	1.63	3.45	$2.54	71.7%	607	0.10	110
$760.00	Jul 24	162.05	170.55	$166.30	5.1%	445	1.00	105
$950.00	Jul 24	0.14	0.29	$0.22	68.2%	350	0.04	1.2K
$950.00	Jul 31	2.75	4.00	$3.38	37.0%	308	0.20	378
$900.00	Jul 24	22.20	29.65	$25.92	28.7%	293	1.00	85

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$890.00	Aug 7	4.00	5.65	$4.83	34.2%	466	0.20	101
$850.00	Jul 31	0.10	0.50	$0.30	133.3%	311	0.02	95
$820.00	Jul 24	0.01	0.11	$0.06	166.7%	290	0.00	388
$745.00	Jul 31	0.01	0.39	$0.20	190.0%	275	0.01	192
$785.00	Jul 31	0.00	0.53	$0.27	196.3%	268	0.01	256

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 129 strikes (avg 143.3%, max 534.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	197.5%	31.1%	534.3%	80	37
$780.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	141.8%	32.0%	343.3%	195	66
$870.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	98.7%	22.8%	332.7%	10	33
$1085.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	115.3%	27.1%	324.8%	2	199
$1080.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	112.4%	27.7%	305.4%	2	229

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	197.5%	34.2%	478.1%	224	462
$825.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	129.4%	25.1%	416.2%	75	250
$870.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	98.7%	21.9%	351.4%	20	172
$855.00	Jul 24	Sep 4	95.2%	24.5%	288.0%	196	181
$770.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	155.2%	40.3%	285.2%	111	882

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 321 found (best R:R 89.91, avg 8.08)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1000.00	$1005.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1000.12
$970.00	$975.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$970.13
$1075.00	$1080.00	Aug 14	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$1075.14
$1000.00	$1005.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1000.15
$995.00	$1000.00	Aug 7	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$995.16

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$780.00	$770.00	Aug 14	$0.11	$9.89	$0.11	89.91	$779.89
$770.00	$760.00	Aug 7	$0.17	$9.83	$0.17	57.82	$769.83
$770.00	$760.00	Jul 24	$0.18	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$769.82
$800.00	$795.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$799.90
$860.00	$855.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$859.90

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 426 found (best R:R 345.15, avg 4.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$760.00	$805.00	Aug 7	$44.87	$44.87	$0.13	345.15	$804.87
$805.00	$840.00	Aug 7	$34.63	$34.63	$0.37	93.59	$839.63
$780.00	$795.00	Aug 21	$14.82	$14.82	$0.18	82.33	$794.82
$820.00	$870.00	Jul 31	$49.10	$49.10	$0.90	54.56	$869.10
$875.00	$880.00	Aug 21	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$879.90

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1040.00	$1000.00	Aug 7	$39.78	$39.78	$0.22	180.82	$1000.22
$1030.00	$1015.00	Aug 14	$14.80	$14.80	$0.20	74.00	$1015.20
$980.00	$975.00	Jul 24	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$975.10
$990.00	$985.00	Jul 24	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$985.10
$1020.00	$1010.00	Aug 21	$9.73	$9.73	$0.27	36.04	$1010.27

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 114 found (avg debit $3.11, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1025.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.09	77.9%	30.1%
$1020.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.11	73.0%	29.1%
$1030.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.12	79.3%	31.7%
$1035.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.12	78.9%	32.7%
$1110.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.12	129.9%	50.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$750.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.06	146.1%	54.3%
$875.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.07	68.7%	23.8%
$785.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.09	137.0%	49.3%
$840.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.10	81.5%	30.2%
$1020.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	$0.15	29.1%	24.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 199 found (cheapest 1.03% of stock, avg 6.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$925.00	Jul 24	$4.45	$5.08	$9.53	$915.47	$934.53	1.03%
$922.50	Jul 24	$6.25	$3.73	$9.98	$912.52	$932.48	1.08%
$927.50	Jul 24	$3.72	$6.33	$10.05	$917.45	$937.55	1.09%
$920.00	Jul 24	$7.28	$2.88	$10.16	$909.84	$930.16	1.10%
$930.00	Jul 24	$2.83	$8.28	$11.11	$918.89	$941.11	1.20%
$932.50	Jul 24	$1.87	$10.18	$12.05	$920.45	$944.55	1.30%
$915.00	Jul 24	$11.53	$1.49	$13.02	$901.98	$928.02	1.41%
$935.00	Jul 24	$1.50	$12.63	$14.13	$920.87	$949.13	1.53%
$910.00	Jul 24	$15.10	$0.80	$15.90	$894.10	$925.90	1.72%
$940.00	Jul 24	$0.73	$15.90	$16.63	$923.37	$956.63	1.80%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 165 found (cheapest 0.25% of stock, avg 3.05%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$935.00	$910.00	Jul 24	$1.50	$0.80	$2.30	$907.70	$937.30
$932.50	$910.00	Jul 24	$1.87	$0.80	$2.67	$907.33	$935.17
$935.00	$915.00	Jul 24	$1.50	$1.49	$2.99	$912.01	$937.99
$932.50	$915.00	Jul 24	$1.87	$1.49	$3.36	$911.64	$935.86
$930.00	$910.00	Jul 24	$2.83	$0.80	$3.63	$906.37	$933.63
$935.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$1.50	$2.40	$3.90	$866.10	$938.90
$932.50	$870.00	Jul 24	$1.87	$2.40	$4.27	$865.73	$936.77
$930.00	$915.00	Jul 24	$2.83	$1.49	$4.32	$910.68	$934.32
$935.00	$920.00	Jul 24	$1.50	$2.88	$4.38	$915.62	$939.38
$927.50	$910.00	Jul 24	$3.72	$0.80	$4.52	$905.48	$932.02

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 307 found (best R:R 174.00, avg credit $6.88)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
760/770	805/840	Aug 7	$34.80	$0.20	174.00	$735.20	$839.80
780/785	820/870	Jul 31	$49.25	$0.75	65.67	$735.75	$869.25
830/835	840/850	Aug 28	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$825.15	$849.85
795/800	820/870	Jul 31	$49.20	$0.80	61.50	$750.80	$869.20
760/765	860/870	Aug 21	$9.84	$0.16	61.50	$755.16	$869.84
800/805	820/830	Aug 21	$9.83	$0.17	57.82	$795.17	$829.83
835/840	865/895	Aug 14	$29.32	$0.68	43.12	$810.68	$894.32
760/765	820/830	Aug 21	$9.72	$0.28	34.71	$755.28	$829.72
800/805	915/920	Aug 14	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$800.17	$919.83
820/825	840/850	Aug 28	$9.66	$0.34	28.41	$815.34	$849.66

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 231 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$980.00	$985.00	$990.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$1000.00	$1005.00	$1010.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$1010.00	$1015.00	$1020.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$1040.00	$1050.00	$1060.00	Aug 28	$0.14	$9.86	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Aug 14	$0.10	$9.90	99.00
$880.00	$885.00	$890.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$870.00	$875.00	$880.00	Jul 31	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Aug 7	$0.16	$9.84	61.50
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Jul 24	$0.18	$9.82	54.56

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 331 found (best net $-8.10, 287 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$820.00	$870.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$8.10	$41.90
$865.00	$895.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$13.13	$16.87
$1085.00	$1100.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.81	$14.19
$980.00	$995.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$3.37	$11.63
$1085.00	$1100.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$3.81	$11.19

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$820.00	$800.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$4.44	$15.56
$900.00	$880.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$4.70	$15.30
$1010.00	$975.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$22.55	$12.45
$760.00	$750.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.04	$9.96
$770.00	$760.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.09	$9.91

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 117 found (best yield 2.63%, avg 0.70%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$930.00	Sep 4	$24.40	0.49	0.4%	2.63%	3.06%	1	--
$930.00	Aug 28	$22.50	0.48	0.4%	2.43%	2.86%	--	29
$927.50	Aug 21	$21.30	0.49	0.2%	2.30%	2.46%	3	10
$935.00	Aug 28	$20.20	0.46	1.0%	2.18%	3.15%	3	17
$930.00	Aug 21	$20.10	0.48	0.4%	2.17%	2.60%	34	143
$932.50	Aug 21	$18.95	0.46	0.7%	2.05%	2.74%	3	3
$940.00	Aug 28	$18.60	0.43	1.5%	2.01%	3.51%	1	31
$935.00	Aug 21	$17.85	0.45	1.0%	1.93%	2.89%	19	114
$930.00	Aug 14	$17.50	0.47	0.4%	1.89%	2.32%	9	71
$940.00	Aug 21	$16.60	0.41	1.5%	1.79%	3.30%	81	373

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 17,265

Total Puts 17,419

Put/Call Ratio 1.01

Net Difference -154

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 16,900

Total Puts 21,262

Put/Call Ratio 1.26

Net Difference -4,362

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 150,633

Total Puts 181,482

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.26

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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