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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$921.74 -0.80%

(7/21 18:03) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 3:05pm) 34,460

Calls: 15,578 (45%)

Puts: 18,882 (55%)

Prior (07/21) 44,055

Calls: 15,129 (34%)

Puts: 28,926 (66%)

Current vs Prior -21.78%

Calls: +2.97% (Calls)

Puts: -34.72% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 302,730

Calls: 146,836 (49%)

Puts: 155,894 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 43,247

Calls: 20,976 (49%)

Puts: 22,270 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.32%

Calls: -25.74%

Puts: -15.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 3:05pm) $17.02M

Calls: $9.19M (54%)

Puts: $7.83M (46%)

Prior (07/21) $36.33M

Calls: $29.15M (80%)

Puts: $7.18M (20%)

Current vs Prior -53.15%

Calls: -68.47%

Puts: +9.09%

Prior 7-Day Total $188.57M

Calls: $112.29M (60%)

Puts: $76.28M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $26.94M

Calls: $16.04M (60%)

Puts: $10.90M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.82%

Calls: -42.70%

Puts: -28.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 3:05pm) 1.21

Prior (07/21) 1.91

Current vs Prior -36.60%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.09

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +11.65%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 3:05pm) 318,538

Calls: 150,141 (47%)

Puts: 168,397 (53%)

Prior (07/21) 300,180

Calls: 145,710 (49%)

Puts: 154,470 (51%)

Current vs Prior +6.12%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,205,834

Calls: 1,100,512 (50%)

Puts: 1,105,322 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 315,119

Calls: 157,216 (50%)

Puts: 157,903 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.08%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 1.63% | 2.92%5.18% | 7.47%

Prior 2.25% | 3.36%5.61% | 7.53%

Current vs Prior -27.40% | -12.91%-7.70% | -0.79%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.56% | 3.00%2.33% | 6.26%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +4.30% | -2.44%+121.93% | +19.42%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.25% | 3.36%5.34% | 7.35%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -27.40% | -12.91%-3.09% | +1.62%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 19.86% | 14.41%

Calls: 26.21% | 16.61%

Puts: 13.50% | 12.21%

Prior 12.13% | 18.16%

Calls: 8.15% | 16.42%

Puts: 16.11% | 19.90%

Current vs Prior +63.73% | -20.65%

Prior 7-Day Avg 29.35% | 14.66%

Calls: 31.58% | 17.13%

Puts: 27.13% | 12.19%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -32.34% | -1.71%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 53% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.21 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 37% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 129 of results (avg 7.2%, best 3.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$745.00	Jul 24	175.75	181.60	$178.68	3.3%	--	1.00	18
$750.00	Jul 24	170.75	176.55	$173.65	3.3%	--	1.00	42
$740.00	Jul 31	179.60	186.60	$183.10	3.8%	--	1.00	15
$745.00	Jul 31	174.65	181.60	$178.13	3.9%	--	1.00	18
$760.00	Aug 7	160.30	166.90	$163.60	4.0%	--	1.00	69

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Aug 21	7.50	7.80	$7.65	3.9%	49	0.22	489
$1020.00	Aug 21	96.70	100.60	$98.65	4.0%	1	0.92	118
$920.00	Aug 7	15.95	16.65	$16.30	4.3%	11	0.48	159
$920.00	Aug 21	20.85	21.85	$21.35	4.7%	29	0.47	586
$925.00	Aug 7	18.45	19.35	$18.90	4.8%	15	0.52	242

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.83, cheapest $0.83)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$945.00	Jul 24	0.75	0.91	$0.83	19.3%	115	0.10	143

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 192 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$745.00	Jul 24	175.75	181.60	$178.68	3.3%	--	1.00	18
$750.00	Jul 24	170.75	176.55	$173.65	3.3%	--	1.00	42
$760.00	Jul 24	159.75	166.55	$163.15	4.2%	--	1.00	105
$780.00	Jul 24	140.25	146.55	$143.40	4.4%	--	1.00	45
$795.00	Jul 24	125.20	131.55	$128.38	4.9%	--	1.00	18

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$985.00	Jul 24	59.50	66.00	$62.75	10.4%	--	0.99	27
$990.00	Jul 24	64.50	71.35	$67.93	10.1%	--	0.99	16
$995.00	Jul 24	69.45	76.00	$72.72	9.0%	--	0.99	20
$1000.00	Jul 24	76.20	81.20	$78.70	6.4%	5	0.99	10
$980.00	Jul 24	56.10	61.30	$58.70	8.9%	9	0.99	88

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 468 active (total vol 16.9K, top 874)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1075.00	Aug 14	0.33	0.64	$0.49	63.3%	874	0.02	7
$940.00	Jul 24	1.20	1.78	$1.49	38.9%	508	0.16	610
$980.00	Jul 24	0.05	0.09	$0.07	57.1%	396	0.01	1.2K
$950.00	Jul 24	0.50	0.69	$0.60	31.7%	354	0.07	1.2K
$935.00	Jul 24	2.00	2.71	$2.36	30.1%	249	0.23	500

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Aug 21	12.60	13.50	$13.05	6.9%	287	0.33	1.4K
$760.00	Jul 24	0.00	0.35	$0.18	194.4%	225	0.01	605
$900.00	Jul 24	0.68	0.96	$0.82	34.1%	219	0.10	1.0K
$920.00	Jul 31	11.05	12.25	$11.65	10.3%	200	0.48	673
$740.00	Jul 31	0.01	0.09	$0.05	160.0%	192	0.00	339

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 127 strikes (avg 75.9%, max 243.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$780.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	93.7%	28.9%	223.9%	--	66
$760.00	Jul 24	Aug 7	106.6%	35.1%	203.8%	--	174
$1085.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	78.8%	28.1%	180.7%	1	221
$1100.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	76.3%	27.5%	177.6%	15	1.1K
$1080.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	76.9%	28.4%	170.9%	3	671

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$760.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	106.6%	31.0%	243.6%	225	662
$740.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	112.4%	33.4%	236.2%	96	306
$785.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	90.5%	27.1%	233.7%	112	530
$780.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	93.7%	28.8%	225.2%	38	528
$790.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	82.1%	26.4%	210.7%	54	615

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 317 found (best R:R 75.92, avg 10.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1045.00	$1060.00	Aug 14	$0.28	$14.72	$0.28	52.57	$1045.28
$995.00	$1000.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$995.12
$1055.00	$1060.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1055.12
$1055.00	$1060.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1055.12
$1075.00	$1080.00	Aug 14	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1075.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$770.00	$760.00	Aug 14	$0.13	$9.87	$0.13	75.92	$769.87
$760.00	$750.00	Jul 24	$0.14	$9.86	$0.14	70.43	$759.86
$780.00	$770.00	Jul 24	$0.16	$9.84	$0.16	61.50	$779.84
$760.00	$750.00	Aug 28	$0.16	$9.84	$0.16	61.50	$759.84
$815.00	$810.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$814.90

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 420 found (best R:R 293.12, avg 3.91)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$820.00	$870.00	Jul 31	$49.83	$49.83	$0.17	293.12	$869.83
$745.00	$780.00	Jul 31	$34.81	$34.81	$0.19	183.21	$779.81
$760.00	$780.00	Jul 24	$19.75	$19.75	$0.25	79.00	$779.75
$765.00	$780.00	Aug 21	$14.58	$14.58	$0.42	34.71	$779.58
$810.00	$820.00	Jul 31	$9.67	$9.67	$0.33	29.30	$819.67

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1020.00	$1010.00	Aug 21	$9.83	$9.83	$0.17	57.82	$1010.17
$1040.00	$1020.00	Aug 21	$19.58	$19.58	$0.42	46.62	$1020.42
$1020.00	$1010.00	Jul 31	$9.75	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$1010.25
$955.00	$950.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$950.15
$1015.00	$1010.00	Aug 14	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1010.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 105 found (avg debit $2.58, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1100.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.05	76.3%	41.7%
$1060.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.06	59.6%	33.6%
$1095.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.06	82.0%	42.5%
$1025.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.07	54.5%	28.4%
$1070.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.09	63.2%	37.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$800.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.05	69.4%	35.8%
$805.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.06	62.9%	33.9%
$820.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.06	56.9%	29.8%
$810.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.07	61.4%	33.2%
$825.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.08	57.3%	30.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 192 found (cheapest 1.41% of stock, avg 6.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$920.00	Jul 24	$7.25	$5.78	$13.03	$906.97	$933.03	1.41%
$915.00	Jul 24	$9.80	$3.60	$13.40	$901.60	$928.40	1.45%
$925.00	Jul 24	$5.33	$9.18	$14.51	$910.49	$939.51	1.57%
$927.50	Jul 24	$4.13	$10.30	$14.43	$913.07	$941.93	1.57%
$922.50	Jul 24	$6.75	$7.78	$14.53	$907.97	$937.03	1.58%
$930.00	Jul 24	$3.65	$12.40	$16.05	$913.95	$946.05	1.74%
$932.50	Jul 24	$2.89	$13.20	$16.09	$916.41	$948.59	1.75%
$910.00	Jul 24	$14.60	$2.34	$16.94	$893.06	$926.94	1.84%
$935.00	Jul 24	$2.36	$15.18	$17.54	$917.46	$952.54	1.90%
$905.00	Jul 24	$18.88	$1.38	$20.26	$884.74	$925.26	2.20%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.40% of stock, avg 2.99%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$932.50	$900.00	Jul 24	$2.89	$0.82	$3.71	$896.29	$936.21
$932.50	$905.00	Jul 24	$2.89	$1.38	$4.27	$900.73	$936.77
$930.00	$900.00	Jul 24	$3.65	$0.82	$4.47	$895.53	$934.47
$927.50	$900.00	Jul 24	$4.13	$0.82	$4.95	$895.05	$932.45
$930.00	$905.00	Jul 24	$3.65	$1.38	$5.03	$899.97	$935.03
$932.50	$910.00	Jul 24	$2.89	$2.34	$5.23	$904.77	$937.73
$927.50	$905.00	Jul 24	$4.13	$1.38	$5.51	$899.49	$933.01
$930.00	$910.00	Jul 24	$3.65	$2.34	$5.99	$904.01	$935.99
$925.00	$900.00	Jul 24	$5.33	$0.82	$6.15	$893.85	$931.15
$927.50	$910.00	Jul 24	$4.13	$2.34	$6.47	$903.53	$933.97

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 312 found (best R:R 56.69, avg credit $5.59)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
755/760	765/780	Aug 21	$14.74	$0.26	56.69	$745.26	$779.74
820/825	845/850	Aug 21	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$820.12	$849.88
755/760	780/795	Aug 21	$14.63	$0.37	39.54	$745.37	$794.63
765/770	780/795	Aug 21	$14.63	$0.37	39.54	$755.37	$794.63
770/775	780/795	Aug 21	$14.63	$0.37	39.54	$760.37	$794.63
845/850	865/875	Aug 14	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$840.25	$874.75
860/865	875/880	Jul 31	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$860.13	$879.87
790/795	830/840	Aug 21	$9.73	$0.27	36.04	$785.27	$839.73
835/840	850/855	Aug 21	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$835.14	$854.86
790/795	865/875	Aug 14	$9.71	$0.29	33.48	$785.29	$874.71

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 246 found (best R:R 135.36, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$765.00	$780.00	$795.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$14.89	135.36
$970.00	$975.00	$980.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$1095.00	$1100.00	$1105.00	Jul 24	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$975.00	$980.00	$985.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$930.00	$935.00	$940.00	Aug 14	$0.06	$4.94	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Aug 7	$0.09	$9.91	110.11
$885.00	$890.00	$895.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$985.00	$990.00	$995.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$740.00	$745.00	$750.00	Jul 24	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Aug 14	$0.06	$4.94	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 332 found (best net $-2.72, 311 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$820.00	$870.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$3.77	$46.23
$820.00	$865.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$13.25	$31.75
$1045.00	$1060.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.55	$14.45
$1085.00	$1100.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.68	$14.32
$1065.00	$1075.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.10	$8.90

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1040.00	$980.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$2.72	$57.28
$820.00	$800.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.84	$19.16
$770.00	$760.00	1:2	Jul 31	$0.00	$10.00
$770.00	$760.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.01	$9.99
$770.00	$760.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.02	$9.98

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 132 found (best yield 2.79%, avg 0.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$925.00	Aug 28	$25.70	0.49	0.3%	2.79%	3.14%	8	42
$930.00	Aug 28	$23.10	0.47	0.9%	2.51%	3.40%	15	19
$922.50	Aug 21	$22.90	0.51	0.1%	2.48%	2.57%	1	--
$925.00	Aug 21	$22.20	0.50	0.3%	2.41%	2.76%	10	227
$935.00	Aug 28	$21.40	0.44	1.4%	2.32%	3.76%	13	14
$927.50	Aug 21	$21.30	0.48	0.6%	2.31%	2.94%	8	5
$930.00	Aug 21	$20.15	0.47	0.9%	2.19%	3.08%	6	143
$932.50	Aug 21	$19.10	0.45	1.2%	2.07%	3.24%	3	--
$940.00	Aug 28	$19.10	0.41	2.0%	2.07%	4.05%	41	16
$925.00	Aug 14	$18.55	0.48	0.3%	2.01%	2.37%	16	160

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 15,578

Total Puts 18,882

Put/Call Ratio 1.21

Net Difference -3,304

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 15,129

Total Puts 28,926

Put/Call Ratio 1.91

Net Difference -13,797

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 146,836

Total Puts 155,894

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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