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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$923.36 -0.43%

(7/23 18:04) ◀

Thursday, July 23, 2026 (6:30pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/23 6:30pm) 31,529

Calls: 14,934 (47%)

Puts: 16,595 (53%)

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

Calls: 15,578 (45%)

Puts: 18,882 (55%)

Current vs Prior -8.51%

Calls: -4.13% (Calls)

Puts: -12.11% (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 -33.55%

Calls: -30.60%

Puts: -35.99%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/23 6:30pm) $62.49M

Calls: $56.36M (90%)

Puts: $6.13M (10%)

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

Calls: $9.19M (54%)

Puts: $7.83M (46%)

Current vs Prior +267.17%

Calls: +513.17%

Puts: -21.64%

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 +90.11%

Calls: +194.49%

Puts: -55.33%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/23 6:30pm) 1.11

Prior (07/22 3:05pm) 1.21

Current vs Prior -8.32%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.26

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.85%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/23 6:30pm) 332,232

Calls: 156,384 (47%)

Puts: 175,848 (53%)

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

Calls: 150,141 (47%)

Puts: 168,397 (53%)

Current vs Prior +4.30%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,045,126

Calls: 1,078,361 (49%)

Puts: 1,117,213 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 292,160

Calls: 154,051 (49%)

Puts: 159,601 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +13.72%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 1.21% | 2.65%5.04% | 7.19%

Prior 1.63% | 2.92%5.18% | 7.47%

Current vs Prior -25.75% | -9.25%-2.58% | -3.75%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.93% | 3.19%3.15% | 6.62%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -37.40% | -16.94%+59.98% | +8.63%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -21.65% | -8.80%-3.63% | -3.45%

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 90% of dollar volume in calls ($56.36M) vs puts ($6.13M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 267% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (90% higher). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.11.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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
18:30	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:40	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 46 of results (avg 7.0%, 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
$740.00	Jul 31	182.05	190.55	$186.30	4.6%	65	1.00	15
$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

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. 207 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. 494 active (total vol 20.7K, 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 148.6%, max 535.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	197.0%	31.0%	535.5%	80	37
$780.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	141.0%	31.0%	354.8%	195	66
$870.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	98.0%	22.0%	345.5%	10	33
$1085.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	115.0%	27.0%	325.9%	2	199
$1080.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	112.0%	27.0%	314.8%	2	229

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$740.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	270.0%	43.0%	527.9%	219	342
$795.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	197.0%	34.0%	479.4%	224	462
$825.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	129.0%	25.0%	416.0%	75	250
$870.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	98.0%	21.0%	366.7%	20	172
$855.00	Jul 24	Sep 4	95.0%	24.0%	295.8%	196	181

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 324 found (best R:R 89.91, avg 8.09)

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. 429 found (best R:R 345.15, avg 4.27)

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. 113 found (avg debit $3.14, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1025.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.09	77.0%	30.0%
$1020.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.11	73.0%	29.0%
$1030.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.12	79.0%	31.0%
$1035.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.12	78.0%	32.0%
$995.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.24	57.0%	24.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$750.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.06	146.0%	54.0%
$875.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.07	68.0%	23.0%
$785.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.09	137.0%	49.0%
$840.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.10	81.0%	30.0%
$1020.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	$0.15	29.0%	24.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 200 found (cheapest 1.03% of stock, avg 6.87%)

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	1.31%
$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 3.06%)

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. 305 found (best R:R 174.00, avg credit $7.09)

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
740/745	765/780	Aug 21	$14.81	$0.19	77.95	$730.19	$779.81
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
740/745	820/830	Aug 21	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$735.20	$829.80
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

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 233 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. 333 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. 124 found (best yield 3.09%, avg 0.78%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$925.00	Sep 4	$28.50	0.52	0.2%	3.09%	3.26%	1	--
$925.00	Aug 28	$24.90	0.51	0.2%	2.70%	2.87%	2	42
$930.00	Sep 4	$24.40	0.49	0.7%	2.64%	3.36%	1	--
$925.00	Aug 21	$22.50	0.51	0.2%	2.44%	2.61%	8	233
$930.00	Aug 28	$22.50	0.48	0.7%	2.44%	3.16%	--	29
$927.50	Aug 21	$21.30	0.49	0.5%	2.31%	2.76%	3	10
$935.00	Aug 28	$20.20	0.46	1.3%	2.19%	3.45%	3	17
$930.00	Aug 21	$20.10	0.48	0.7%	2.18%	2.90%	34	143
$932.50	Aug 21	$18.95	0.46	1.0%	2.05%	3.04%	3	3
$925.00	Aug 14	$18.75	0.51	0.2%	2.03%	2.21%	2	168

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,934

Total Puts 16,595

Put/Call Ratio 1.11

Net Difference -1,661

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 15,578

Total Puts 18,882

Put/Call Ratio 1.21

Net Difference -3,304

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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