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HERSHEY CO
$179.04 +0.77%
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04) 1,205
Calls: 650 (54%)
Puts: 555 (46%)
Prior (08/03) 1,350
Calls: 827 (61%)
Puts: 523 (39%)
Current vs Prior -10.74%
Calls: -21.40% (Calls)
Puts: +6.12% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 18,734
Calls: 11,417 (61%)
Puts: 7,317 (39%)
Prior 7-Day Average 2,676
Calls: 1,631 (61%)
Puts: 1,045 (39%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -54.97%
Calls: -60.15%
Puts: -46.90%
Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04) $567.8K
Calls: $340.9K (60%)
Puts: $226.9K (40%)
Prior (08/03) $398.6K
Calls: $179.9K (45%)
Puts: $218.7K (55%)
Current vs Prior +42.44%
Calls: +89.43%
Puts: +3.77%
Prior 7-Day Total $7.18M
Calls: $4.76M (66%)
Puts: $2.42M (34%)
Prior 7-Day Average $1.03M
Calls: $680.6K (66%)
Puts: $345.1K (34%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.65%
Calls: -49.92%
Puts: -34.25%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04) 0.85
Prior (08/03) 0.63
Current vs Prior +35.02%
Prior 7-Day Average 0.74
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.21%
Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04) 10,405
Calls: 6,807 (65%)
Puts: 3,598 (35%)
Prior (08/03) 9,685
Calls: 5,759 (59%)
Puts: 3,926 (41%)
Current vs Prior +7.43%
Prior 7-Day Total 127,774
Calls: 74,690 (58%)
Puts: 53,084 (42%)
Prior 7-Day Average 18,253
Calls: 10,670 (58%)
Puts: 7,583 (42%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.00%
Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/07) | Next (08/14)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 3.37% | 5.00%5.92% | 9.58%
Prior 3.71% | 5.32%6.13% | 9.65%
Current vs Prior -9.34% | -6.02%-3.50% | -0.76%
Prior 7-Day Avg 4.52% | 5.85%7.28% | 10.46%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -25.47% | -14.50%-18.69% | -8.39%
Prior 7-Day Eod 3.71% | 5.32%6.13% | 9.65%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -9.34% | -6.02%-3.50% | -0.76%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 32.97% | 17.11%
Calls: 18.05% | 20.90%
Puts: 47.89% | 13.33%
Prior 32.97% | 17.11%
Calls: 18.05% | 20.90%
Puts: 47.89% | 13.33%
Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%
Prior 7-Day Avg 42.52% | 19.55%
Calls: 30.19% | 19.48%
Puts: 54.85% | 19.64%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -22.47% | -12.50%
Liquidity Expensive
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Moderately bullish flow with 60% call dollar volume ($340.9K). P/C ratio rising 35% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Call-heavy open interest (6,807 calls vs 3,598 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH
Retail Flow BULLISH
Overall BULLISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BULLISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH
Current NEUTRAL
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current NEUTRAL
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads
💰 Best Value Under $1
📊 High Delta (ITM)
🔥 High Volume
⏰ Backwardation
📈 Debit Spreads
📉 Credit Spreads
📅 Calendar Spreads
⚡ Straddles
🔀 Strangles
🦅 Iron Condors
🦋 Butterflies
⚖️ Ratio Spreads
🛡️ Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 2 of results (avg 7.2%, best 5.3%)

CALLS (1)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$170.00Sep 1811.4012.50$11.959.2%60.70--
PUTS (1)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$210.00Aug 2131.4033.10$32.255.3%70.96--

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. 14 found (avg delta 0.69, highest 0.96)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$170.00Aug 78.6010.20$9.4017.0%30.92--
$172.50Aug 76.307.80$7.0521.3%2000.872
$175.00Aug 74.305.60$4.9526.3%60.7827
$170.00Sep 1811.4012.50$11.959.2%60.70--
$175.00Aug 215.707.20$6.4523.3%90.63425
PUTS (4)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$210.00Aug 2131.4033.10$32.255.3%70.96--
$182.50Aug 74.005.00$4.5022.2%10.73--
$180.00Aug 72.503.20$2.8524.6%20.5614
$180.00Aug 215.406.20$5.8013.8%70.56162

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 83 active (total vol 1.0K, top 200)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$172.50Aug 76.307.80$7.0521.3%2000.872
$195.00Sep 181.802.40$2.1028.6%640.20304
$190.00Sep 182.853.40$3.1317.6%540.28280
$180.00Sep 185.907.00$6.4517.1%530.47360
$200.00Sep 181.101.60$1.3537.0%220.14221
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$165.00Aug 210.551.05$0.8062.5%790.13153
$175.00Aug 70.451.00$0.7375.3%480.23114
$175.00Aug 142.002.70$2.3529.8%480.36129
$150.00Aug 210.050.35$0.20150.0%370.03368
$170.00Sep 112.654.00$3.3340.5%300.303

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 20 strikes (avg 36.2%, max 149.5%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$195.00Aug 7Sep 1851.2%30.8%66.1%78387
$170.00Aug 7Sep 1841.6%28.4%46.4%9--
$210.00Aug 21Sep 1841.4%32.6%27.2%5--
$175.00Aug 7Sep 1834.0%27.4%24.0%1227
$185.00Aug 7Sep 1837.1%30.4%22.0%29757
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$162.50Aug 7Aug 2182.9%33.2%149.5%770
$165.00Aug 7Sep 1849.5%28.2%75.6%9264
$155.00Aug 14Sep 1846.5%31.6%47.1%1215
$170.00Aug 7Sep 1841.6%28.4%46.4%2152
$145.00Aug 21Sep 1849.0%35.2%39.2%21--

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 58 found (best R:R 36.04, avg 6.63)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$185.00$195.00Aug 7$0.40$9.60$0.4024.00$185.40
$195.00$197.50Aug 21$0.13$2.37$0.1318.23$195.13
$200.00$202.50Aug 21$0.13$2.37$0.1318.23$200.13
$200.00$210.00Sep 18$0.67$9.33$0.6713.93$200.67
$192.50$195.00Aug 21$0.22$2.28$0.2210.36$192.72
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$165.00$155.00Aug 14$0.27$9.73$0.2736.04$164.73
$170.00$167.50Aug 7$0.10$2.40$0.1024.00$169.90
$160.00$155.00Aug 21$0.23$4.77$0.2320.74$159.77
$155.00$145.00Sep 18$0.57$9.43$0.5716.54$154.43
$172.50$170.00Aug 7$0.15$2.35$0.1515.67$172.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 62 found (best R:R 15.67, avg 0.90)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$170.00$172.50Aug 7$2.35$2.35$0.1515.67$172.35
$172.50$175.00Aug 7$2.10$2.10$0.405.25$174.60
$175.00$177.50Aug 7$1.77$1.77$0.732.42$176.77
$175.00$177.50Aug 21$1.65$1.65$0.851.94$176.65
$170.00$175.00Sep 18$3.10$3.10$1.901.63$173.10
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$210.00$180.00Aug 21$26.45$26.45$3.557.45$183.55
$182.50$180.00Aug 7$1.65$1.65$0.851.94$180.85
$180.00$177.50Aug 7$1.37$1.37$1.131.21$178.63
$180.00$175.00Aug 21$2.50$2.50$2.501.00$177.50
$175.00$170.00Sep 18$1.80$1.80$3.200.56$173.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 21 found (avg debit $0.96, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$195.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.2351.2%36.5%
$210.00Aug 21Sep 18$0.4841.4%32.6%
$185.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.9037.1%32.7%
$200.00Aug 21Sep 18$0.9236.6%30.7%
$190.00Aug 21Sep 4$1.0032.3%31.0%
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$162.50Aug 7Aug 21$0.0682.9%33.2%
$155.00Aug 14Aug 21$0.0746.5%37.4%
$145.00Aug 21Sep 18$0.2549.0%35.2%
$165.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.3549.5%35.5%
$160.00Aug 21Sep 4$0.5234.9%31.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 12 found (cheapest 2.60% of stock, avg 6.13%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$177.50Aug 7$3.18$1.48$4.66$172.84$182.162.60%
$180.00Aug 7$1.85$2.85$4.70$175.30$184.702.63%
$182.50Aug 7$0.88$4.50$5.38$177.12$187.883.00%
$175.00Aug 7$4.95$0.73$5.68$169.32$180.683.17%
$172.50Aug 7$7.05$0.40$7.45$165.05$179.954.16%
$180.00Aug 21$3.70$5.80$9.50$170.50$189.505.31%
$170.00Aug 7$9.40$0.25$9.65$160.35$179.655.39%
$175.00Aug 21$6.45$3.30$9.75$165.25$184.755.45%
$175.00Sep 4$7.65$4.55$12.20$162.80$187.206.81%
$175.00Sep 18$8.85$5.65$14.50$160.50$189.508.10%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 106 found (cheapest 0.42% of stock, avg 2.28%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$185.00$170.00Aug 7$0.50$0.25$0.75$169.25$185.75
$195.00$165.00Aug 14$0.33$0.45$0.78$164.22$195.78
$185.00$172.50Aug 7$0.50$0.40$0.90$171.60$185.90
$195.00$167.50Aug 14$0.33$0.70$1.03$166.47$196.03
$185.00$162.50Aug 7$0.50$0.57$1.07$161.43$186.07
$182.50$170.00Aug 7$0.88$0.25$1.13$168.87$183.63
$185.00$175.00Aug 7$0.50$0.73$1.23$173.77$186.23
$182.50$172.50Aug 7$0.88$0.40$1.28$171.22$183.78
$195.00$170.00Aug 14$0.33$1.05$1.38$168.62$196.38
$182.50$162.50Aug 7$0.88$0.57$1.45$161.05$183.95

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 138 found (best R:R 7.33, avg credit $1.75)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossR:RBE LowBE High
168/170172/175Aug 7$2.20$0.307.33$167.80$174.70
172/175178/180Aug 14$2.02$0.484.21$172.98$179.52
165/170175/180Sep 18$3.95$1.053.76$166.05$178.95
160/165170/175Sep 18$3.92$1.083.63$161.08$173.92
170/172175/178Aug 7$1.92$0.583.31$170.58$176.92
170/175180/185Sep 18$3.75$1.253.00$171.25$183.75
168/170175/178Aug 7$1.87$0.632.97$168.13$176.87
162/165175/178Aug 21$1.82$0.682.68$163.18$176.82
160/162175/178Aug 21$1.80$0.702.57$160.70$176.80
155/160170/175Sep 18$3.58$1.422.52$156.42$173.58

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 38 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$190.00$192.50$195.00Aug 21$0.06$2.4440.67
$195.00$197.50$200.00Aug 21$0.06$2.4440.67
$192.50$195.00$197.50Aug 21$0.09$2.4126.78
$190.00$195.00$200.00Sep 18$0.28$4.7216.86
$185.00$190.00$195.00Sep 4$0.29$4.7116.24
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$167.50$170.00$172.50Aug 7$0.05$2.4549.00
$150.00$155.00$160.00Aug 21$0.18$4.8226.78
$165.00$167.50$170.00Aug 14$0.10$2.4024.00
$165.00$170.00$175.00Sep 18$0.25$4.7519.00
$155.00$160.00$165.00Sep 18$0.34$4.6613.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 65 found (best net $-0.01, 54 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$200.00$210.001:2Sep 18-$0.01$9.99
$202.50$210.001:2Aug 21-$0.10$7.40
$190.00$195.001:2Sep 4-$0.41$4.59
$195.00$200.001:2Sep 18-$0.60$4.40
$180.00$185.001:2Aug 28-$0.65$4.35
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$160.00$150.001:2Sep 4-$0.80$9.20
$175.00$170.001:2Aug 21$0.00$5.00
$160.00$155.001:2Aug 21-$0.02$4.98
$155.00$150.001:2Aug 21-$0.15$4.85
$150.00$145.001:2Aug 21-$0.16$4.84

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 28 found (best yield 3.30%, avg 0.91%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$180.00Sep 18$5.900.470.5%3.30%3.83%53360
$185.00Sep 18$4.000.373.3%2.23%5.56%18587
$180.00Aug 28$3.700.450.5%2.07%2.60%1--
$180.00Aug 21$3.200.440.5%1.79%2.32%8489
$190.00Sep 18$2.850.286.1%1.59%7.71%54280
$185.00Sep 4$2.650.333.3%1.48%4.81%1--
$180.00Aug 14$2.500.440.5%1.40%1.93%2118
$182.50Aug 21$2.250.351.9%1.26%3.19%334
$185.00Aug 28$2.050.313.3%1.14%4.47%283
$195.00Sep 18$1.800.208.9%1.01%9.92%64304

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 650
Total Puts 555
Put/Call Ratio 0.85
Net Difference 95

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 827
Total Puts 523
Put/Call Ratio 0.63
Net Difference 304

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 11,417
Total Puts 7,317
Average Put/Call Ratio 0.74
Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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