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$75.23 +0.28%

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as of 07/25 01:42 AM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/25) 170,392

Calls: 127,165 (75%)

Puts: 43,227 (25%)

Prior (07/23) 112,969

Calls: 88,236 (78%)

Puts: 24,733 (22%)

Current vs Prior +50.83%

Calls: +44.12% (Calls)

Puts: +74.77% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,002,643

Calls: 557,225 (56%)

Puts: 445,418 (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average 167,107

Calls: 79,603 (56%)

Puts: 63,631 (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.97%

Calls: +59.75%

Puts: -32.07%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/25) $35.98M

Calls: $27.61M (77%)

Puts: $8.37M (23%)

Prior (07/23) $29.68M

Calls: $22.70M (76%)

Puts: $6.98M (24%)

Current vs Prior +21.20%

Calls: +21.60%

Puts: +19.90%

Prior 7-Day Total $368.35M

Calls: $132.38M (36%)

Puts: $235.96M (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average $61.39M

Calls: $18.91M (36%)

Puts: $33.71M (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -41.40%

Calls: +45.97%

Puts: -75.16%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/25) 0.34

Prior (07/23) 0.28

Current vs Prior +21.27%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.71

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -51.99%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/25) 1,049,859

Calls: 548,008 (52%)

Puts: 501,851 (48%)

Prior (07/23) 2,081,685

Calls: 883,889 (42%)

Puts: 1,197,796 (58%)

Current vs Prior -49.57%

Prior 7-Day Total 11,827,348

Calls: 5,282,207 (45%)

Puts: 6,545,141 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,971,224

Calls: 880,367 (45%)

Puts: 1,090,856 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -46.74%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 4.87% | 6.63%9.94% | 13.69%

Prior 2.80% | 5.51%10.30% | 13.69%

Current vs Prior +73.80% | +20.49%-3.50% | +0.01%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.69% | 6.18%7.80% | 13.45%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +31.72% | +7.33%+27.39% | +1.83%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.80% | 5.51%10.30% | 13.69%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +73.80% | +20.49%-3.50% | +0.01%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 67.31% | 11.86%

Calls: 50.00% | 11.59%

Puts: 84.62% | 12.12%

Prior 67.31% | 11.86%

Calls: 50.00% | 11.59%

Puts: 84.62% | 12.12%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 67.31% | 11.86%

Calls: 50.00% | 11.59%

Puts: 84.62% | 12.12%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in calls ($27.61M) vs puts ($8.37M). Above-average activity with volume up 51% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.34 - heavy call buying (127,165 calls vs 43,227 puts). Declining open interest (down 50%) indicates positions being closed.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 45 of results (avg 7.6%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$65.00	Aug 21	10.75	11.05	$10.90	2.8%	1	0.89	--
$63.00	Aug 21	12.40	12.85	$12.63	3.6%	11	0.92	21
$75.00	Aug 21	3.60	3.80	$3.70	5.4%	323	0.53	4.7K
$71.00	Aug 21	5.90	6.25	$6.08	5.8%	11	0.71	195
$71.50	Aug 21	5.55	5.90	$5.73	6.1%	7	0.69	22

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$89.00	Aug 21	13.90	14.40	$14.15	3.5%	5	0.90	--
$90.00	Aug 21	14.75	15.35	$15.05	4.0%	3	0.92	--
$85.00	Aug 21	10.25	10.70	$10.48	4.3%	1	0.83	7.0K
$75.00	Aug 21	3.20	3.35	$3.28	4.6%	103	0.47	11.7K
$77.00	Aug 21	4.20	4.40	$4.30	4.7%	142	0.56	1.5K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 10 found (avg $0.60, cheapest $0.30)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$80.00	Jul 31	0.31	0.37	$0.34	17.6%	6.5K	0.15	9.8K
$79.50	Jul 31	0.37	0.43	$0.40	15.0%	55	0.17	52
$79.00	Jul 31	0.47	0.56	$0.52	17.3%	284	0.21	5.2K
$78.50	Jul 31	0.54	0.64	$0.59	16.9%	3.3K	0.24	175
$85.00	Aug 21	0.74	0.84	$0.79	12.7%	3.2K	0.17	10.4K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$70.00	Jul 31	0.28	0.31	$0.30	10.0%	1.1K	0.12	4.7K
$72.00	Jul 31	0.56	0.68	$0.62	19.4%	391	0.23	332
$68.00	Aug 14	0.61	0.71	$0.66	15.2%	1.6K	0.16	200
$68.00	Aug 21	0.86	1.01	$0.94	16.0%	37	0.18	2.7K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 133 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$67.00	Jul 24	7.70	8.90	$8.30	14.5%	38	0.99	5
$63.00	Jul 24	10.95	12.85	$11.90	16.0%	17	0.99	18
$69.00	Jul 24	5.25	6.95	$6.10	27.9%	5	0.99	66
$70.00	Jul 24	4.80	5.60	$5.20	15.4%	29	0.99	234
$71.00	Jul 24	3.75	4.70	$4.22	22.5%	33	0.99	115

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$76.50	Jul 24	1.21	1.75	$1.48	36.5%	86	1.00	195
$77.00	Jul 24	1.64	2.27	$1.96	32.1%	272	1.00	588
$77.50	Jul 24	1.95	2.52	$2.24	25.4%	35	1.00	206
$78.00	Jul 24	2.66	3.20	$2.93	18.4%	41	1.00	288
$80.00	Jul 24	4.00	5.25	$4.63	27.0%	8	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 341 active (total vol 131.9K, top 15.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$77.00	Jul 31	0.95	1.05	$1.00	10.0%	15.4K	0.35	8.7K
$76.00	Jul 24	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	13.2K	0.03	17.7K
$76.50	Jul 24	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	11.2K	0.02	12.1K
$73.50	Jul 24	1.34	1.90	$1.62	34.6%	10.0K	0.98	10.0K
$81.00	Jul 31	0.20	0.26	$0.23	26.1%	9.4K	0.11	248

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$69.50	Jul 31	0.08	0.31	$0.20	115.0%	6.1K	0.09	118
$73.50	Jul 31	0.98	1.10	$1.04	11.5%	3.9K	0.34	34
$66.00	Jul 24	0.00	0.07	$0.04	175.0%	3.1K	0.02	5.0K
$65.00	Aug 7	0.00	0.42	$0.21	200.0%	3.0K	0.06	--
$65.00	Aug 21	0.42	0.52	$0.47	21.3%	2.6K	0.10	10.4K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 68 strikes (avg 822.6%, max 4668.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$62.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	1768.8%	45.2%	3812.7%	23	94
$65.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	936.8%	43.8%	2038.6%	228	5
$63.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	944.8%	45.3%	1986.9%	28	39
$82.00	Jul 24	Sep 4	880.6%	44.5%	1877.7%	74	--
$88.00	Jul 24	Sep 4	768.4%	48.9%	1473.0%	7	64

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$89.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	2168.3%	45.5%	4668.6%	6	--
$62.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	1768.8%	45.2%	3812.7%	7	252
$84.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	1676.2%	44.5%	3663.9%	9	--
$65.00	Jul 24	Sep 4	936.8%	42.9%	2085.5%	18	2.8K
$63.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	944.8%	45.3%	1986.9%	6	312

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 150 found (best R:R 10.54, avg 2.37)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$87.00	$90.00	Aug 14	$0.26	$2.74	$0.26	10.54	$87.26
$82.00	$83.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$82.11
$82.00	$83.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$82.11
$84.00	$85.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$84.12
$88.00	$89.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$88.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$75.00	$73.00	Aug 28	$0.18	$1.82	$0.18	10.11	$74.82
$66.00	$65.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$65.88
$66.00	$65.00	Aug 14	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$65.85
$69.00	$65.00	Sep 4	$0.64	$3.36	$0.64	5.25	$68.36
$67.00	$66.00	Aug 21	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	4.88	$66.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 188 found (best R:R 11.50, avg 1.42)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$65.00	$70.50	Aug 14	$5.05	$5.05	$0.45	11.22	$70.05
$69.00	$70.00	Jul 24	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$69.90
$63.00	$65.00	Aug 21	$1.73	$1.73	$0.27	6.41	$64.73
$74.00	$75.00	Jul 24	$0.84	$0.84	$0.16	5.25	$74.84
$65.00	$70.00	Aug 21	$4.12	$4.12	$0.88	4.68	$69.12

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$81.50	$80.00	Jul 31	$1.38	$1.38	$0.12	11.50	$80.12
$89.00	$85.00	Aug 21	$3.67	$3.67	$0.33	11.12	$85.33
$84.00	$81.00	Aug 28	$2.65	$2.65	$0.35	7.57	$81.35
$76.00	$75.00	Jul 24	$0.84	$0.84	$0.16	5.25	$75.16
$80.00	$79.00	Jul 31	$0.83	$0.83	$0.17	4.88	$79.17

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 69 found (avg debit $0.71, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$84.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.06	53.2%	40.6%
$85.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.07	55.9%	43.0%
$81.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.22	394.6%	43.0%
$90.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.22	53.8%	59.2%
$72.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.23	217.1%	40.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$67.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.09	595.2%	50.0%
$78.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.11	310.6%	42.1%
$68.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.15	574.2%	50.2%
$69.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.17	458.2%	45.8%
$82.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.23	880.6%	44.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 113 found (cheapest 0.41% of stock, avg 8.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$75.00	Jul 24	$0.27	$0.04	$0.31	$74.69	$75.31	0.41%
$76.00	Jul 24	$0.01	$0.88	$0.89	$75.11	$76.89	1.18%
$74.00	Jul 24	$1.11	$0.01	$1.12	$72.88	$75.12	1.49%
$76.50	Jul 24	$0.01	$1.48	$1.49	$75.01	$77.99	1.98%
$73.50	Jul 24	$1.62	$0.01	$1.63	$71.87	$75.13	2.17%
$77.00	Jul 24	$0.01	$1.96	$1.97	$75.03	$78.97	2.62%
$73.00	Jul 24	$2.09	$0.01	$2.10	$70.90	$75.10	2.79%
$77.50	Jul 24	$0.01	$2.24	$2.25	$75.25	$79.75	2.99%
$78.00	Jul 24	$0.01	$2.93	$2.94	$75.06	$80.94	3.91%
$72.00	Jul 24	$3.11	$0.01	$3.12	$68.88	$75.12	4.15%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 158 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 5.78%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$79.50	$75.00	Jul 24	$0.14	$0.04	$0.18	$74.82	$79.68
$82.00	$75.00	Jul 24	$0.24	$0.04	$0.28	$74.72	$82.28
$82.50	$75.00	Jul 24	$0.33	$0.04	$0.37	$74.63	$82.87
$79.50	$62.00	Jul 24	$0.14	$0.30	$0.44	$61.56	$79.94
$82.00	$62.00	Jul 24	$0.24	$0.30	$0.54	$61.46	$82.54
$82.50	$62.00	Jul 24	$0.33	$0.30	$0.63	$61.37	$83.13
$85.50	$75.00	Jul 24	$1.07	$0.04	$1.11	$73.89	$86.61
$85.50	$62.00	Jul 24	$1.07	$0.30	$1.37	$60.63	$86.87
$77.50	$73.00	Jul 31	$0.87	$0.81	$1.68	$71.32	$79.18
$77.00	$73.00	Jul 31	$1.00	$0.81	$1.81	$71.19	$78.81

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 163 found (best R:R 9.00, avg credit $0.85)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
70/71	75/76	Aug 28	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$70.10	$75.90
66/67	73/74	Aug 14	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$66.11	$73.89
69/70	75/76	Aug 28	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$68.61	$75.89
67/68	70/71	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$67.12	$70.88
71/72	73/74	Aug 7	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$70.63	$73.87
71/72	73/74	Aug 14	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$71.13	$73.87
74/75	76/77	Aug 14	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$74.13	$76.87
66/67	70/71	Aug 21	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$66.13	$70.87
70/70	74/75	Aug 14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$69.64	$74.86
68/69	73/74	Aug 14	$0.84	$0.16	5.25	$68.16	$73.84

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 80 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$78.00	$79.00	$80.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$81.00	$82.00	$83.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$82.00	$83.00	$84.00	Aug 14	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$85.00	$86.00	$87.00	Jul 31	$0.09	$0.91	10.11
$84.00	$85.00	$86.00	Aug 21	$0.09	$0.91	10.11

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$65.00	$66.00	$67.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$67.00	$68.00	$69.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$65.00	$66.00	$67.00	Aug 14	$0.08	$0.92	11.50
$68.00	$68.50	$69.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.44	7.33
$72.50	$73.00	$73.50	Jul 31	$0.07	$0.43	6.14

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 95 found (best net $-0.68, 87 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$70.00	$77.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.68	$6.32
$82.00	$88.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.35	$5.65
$65.00	$70.50	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.88	$4.62
$86.00	$90.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.25	$3.75
$65.00	$70.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.66	$2.34

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$80.00	$75.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.79	$4.21
$69.00	$65.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.25	$3.75
$73.00	$71.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.50	$1.50
$68.00	$67.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.06	$0.94
$67.00	$66.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.07	$0.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 82 found (best yield 4.65%, avg 1.57%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$77.00	Sep 4	$3.50	0.47	2.4%	4.65%	7.01%	1	--
$76.00	Aug 21	$3.00	0.49	1.0%	3.99%	5.01%	100	9.5K
$76.00	Aug 28	$2.91	0.49	1.0%	3.87%	4.89%	13	35
$76.50	Aug 28	$2.85	0.47	1.7%	3.79%	5.48%	1	--
$77.00	Aug 28	$2.83	0.46	2.4%	3.76%	6.11%	11	--
$76.50	Aug 21	$2.71	0.47	1.7%	3.60%	5.29%	3	33
$77.00	Aug 21	$2.59	0.44	2.4%	3.44%	5.80%	38	3.7K
$75.50	Aug 14	$2.54	0.50	0.4%	3.38%	3.74%	6	3
$77.50	Aug 28	$2.52	0.44	3.0%	3.35%	6.37%	3	31
$78.00	Aug 28	$2.50	0.41	3.7%	3.32%	7.01%	12	24

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 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 127,165

Total Puts 43,227

Put/Call Ratio 0.34

Net Difference 83,938

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 88,236

Total Puts 24,733

Put/Call Ratio 0.28

Net Difference 63,503

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 557,225

Total Puts 445,418

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.71

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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