Tour v490
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HOWMET AEROSPACE INC
$288.20 +0.65%
$290.91 (+0.94%)🌙
as of 08/04 06:48 PM
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04) 2,404
Calls: 923 (38%)
Puts: 1,481 (62%)
Prior (08/03) 1,267
Calls: 762 (60%)
Puts: 505 (40%)
Current vs Prior +89.74%
Calls: +21.13% (Calls)
Puts: +193.27% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 17,379
Calls: 9,230 (53%)
Puts: 8,149 (47%)
Prior 7-Day Average 2,482
Calls: 1,318 (53%)
Puts: 1,164 (47%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -3.17%
Calls: -30.00%
Puts: +27.22%
Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04) $2.62M
Calls: $1.85M (71%)
Puts: $772.2K (29%)
Prior (08/03) $2.10M
Calls: $1.87M (89%)
Puts: $230.7K (11%)
Current vs Prior +25.07%
Calls: -0.84%
Puts: +234.77%
Prior 7-Day Total $32.26M
Calls: $27.07M (84%)
Puts: $5.19M (16%)
Prior 7-Day Average $4.61M
Calls: $3.87M (84%)
Puts: $741.4K (16%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.06%
Calls: -52.12%
Puts: +4.15%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04) 1.60
Prior (08/03) 0.66
Current vs Prior +142.11%
Prior 7-Day Average 1.27
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +26.09%
Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04) 14,855
Calls: 9,884 (67%)
Puts: 4,971 (33%)
Prior (08/03) 13,295
Calls: 9,523 (72%)
Puts: 3,772 (28%)
Current vs Prior +11.73%
Prior 7-Day Total 77,946
Calls: 48,198 (62%)
Puts: 29,748 (38%)
Prior 7-Day Average 11,135
Calls: 6,885 (62%)
Puts: 4,249 (38%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +33.41%
Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/07) | Next (08/14)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 7.41% | 7.86%8.88% | 13.12%
Prior 7.02% | 8.03%8.85% | 13.20%
Current vs Prior +5.53% | -2.16%+0.33% | -0.65%
Prior 7-Day Avg 4.61% | 8.22%9.59% | 13.85%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +60.73% | -4.36%-7.34% | -5.30%
Prior 7-Day Eod 7.02% | 8.03%8.85% | 13.20%
Current vs 7-Day Eod +5.53% | -2.16%+0.33% | -0.65%
Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 54.56% | 16.91%
Calls: 54.95% | 17.14%
Puts: 54.17% | 16.67%
Prior 54.56% | 16.91%
Calls: 54.95% | 17.14%
Puts: 54.17% | 16.67%
Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%
Prior 7-Day Avg 54.56% | 16.91%
Calls: 54.95% | 17.14%
Puts: 54.17% | 16.67%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Moderately bullish flow with 71% call dollar volume ($1.85M). Above-average activity with volume up 90% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.60 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 142% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH
Retail Flow BEARISH
Overall BEARISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
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 14 of results (avg 7.7%, best 5.8%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$240.00Sep 1850.7053.70$52.205.7%50.90155
$245.00Aug 2144.2047.00$45.606.1%60.91--
$255.00Aug 2135.2037.60$36.406.6%20.87--
$250.00Aug 1439.1041.80$40.456.7%10.94--
$252.50Aug 2137.4040.10$38.757.0%200.88--
PUTS (1)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$300.00Sep 1820.4022.50$21.459.8%10.5816

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. 40 found (avg delta 0.69, highest 0.94)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$250.00Aug 1439.1041.80$40.456.7%10.94--
$245.00Aug 2144.2047.00$45.606.1%60.91--
$250.00Aug 2139.3042.30$40.807.4%70.90401
$240.00Sep 1850.7053.70$52.205.7%50.90155
$255.00Aug 734.0036.80$35.407.9%10.89--
PUTS (4)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$300.00Aug 715.1018.10$16.6018.1%100.661
$300.00Aug 2116.9019.10$18.0012.2%100.6234
$297.50Aug 2115.3017.40$16.3512.8%20.59--
$300.00Sep 1820.4022.50$21.459.8%10.5816

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 122 active (total vol 2.0K, top 340)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$272.50Aug 719.1022.10$20.6014.6%1000.762
$270.00Aug 721.3024.00$22.6511.9%400.7911
$277.50Aug 715.4018.50$16.9518.3%400.692
$290.00Aug 78.6011.20$9.9026.3%370.5193
$320.00Aug 70.951.80$1.3861.6%270.12--
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$260.00Aug 211.953.90$2.9366.6%3400.16332
$270.00Sep 187.009.00$8.0025.0%3030.29437
$270.00Aug 214.105.70$4.9032.7%2530.25658
$260.00Aug 71.203.00$2.1085.7%1220.1458
$280.00Aug 75.307.20$6.2530.4%350.3540

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 35 strikes (avg 115.4%, max 206.1%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$330.00Aug 7Sep 18107.1%39.7%170.0%43
$290.00Aug 7Sep 18100.4%38.3%162.2%39292
$310.00Aug 7Sep 1898.8%38.2%158.5%23367
$280.00Aug 7Sep 1899.9%40.1%149.5%51.0K
$270.00Aug 7Sep 18100.0%40.8%144.7%49125
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$250.00Aug 7Sep 18128.1%41.9%206.1%5701
$260.00Aug 7Sep 18113.0%41.7%170.7%14258
$290.00Aug 7Sep 18100.4%38.3%162.2%537
$270.00Aug 7Sep 18100.0%40.8%144.7%332482
$265.00Aug 7Aug 28109.8%45.3%142.3%5105

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 88 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 4.11)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$325.00$330.00Aug 7$0.60$4.40$0.607.33$325.60
$315.00$330.00Aug 21$2.00$13.00$2.006.50$317.00
$315.00$320.00Aug 7$0.82$4.18$0.825.10$315.82
$310.00$340.00Sep 11$5.35$24.65$5.354.61$315.35
$297.50$300.00Aug 21$0.45$2.05$0.454.56$297.95
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$265.00$260.00Aug 28$0.10$4.90$0.1049.00$264.90
$250.00$235.00Aug 7$0.32$14.68$0.3245.87$249.68
$250.00$240.00Sep 18$0.55$9.45$0.5517.18$249.45
$270.00$267.50Aug 7$0.15$2.35$0.1515.67$269.85
$255.00$250.00Aug 7$0.43$4.57$0.4310.63$254.57

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 105 found (best R:R 24.00, avg 1.49)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$245.00$250.00Aug 21$4.80$4.80$0.2024.00$249.80
$252.50$255.00Aug 21$2.35$2.35$0.1515.67$254.85
$260.00$262.50Aug 21$2.20$2.20$0.307.33$262.20
$255.00$270.00Aug 7$12.75$12.75$2.255.67$267.75
$250.00$272.50Aug 14$19.05$19.05$3.455.52$269.05
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$300.00$297.50Aug 21$1.65$1.65$0.851.94$298.35
$300.00$290.00Aug 7$6.10$6.10$3.901.56$293.90
$300.00$290.00Sep 18$5.80$5.80$4.201.38$294.20
$282.50$280.00Aug 21$1.40$1.40$1.101.27$281.10
$290.00$287.50Aug 21$1.35$1.35$1.151.17$288.65

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 34 found (avg debit $1.22, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$250.00Aug 14Aug 21$0.3559.5%55.0%
$290.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.40100.4%58.3%
$330.00Aug 7Aug 21$0.40107.1%48.1%
$287.50Aug 7Aug 14$0.5096.8%56.0%
$302.50Aug 7Aug 14$0.5096.6%56.6%
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$265.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.08109.8%59.2%
$250.00Aug 7Aug 21$0.17128.1%55.0%
$267.50Aug 7Aug 14$0.28105.8%58.5%
$257.50Aug 7Aug 21$0.40122.3%53.8%
$280.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6599.9%56.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 25 found (cheapest 6.96% of stock, avg 10.33%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$287.50Aug 7$10.85$9.20$20.05$267.45$307.556.96%
$290.00Aug 7$9.90$10.50$20.40$269.60$310.407.08%
$280.00Aug 7$15.20$6.25$21.45$258.55$301.457.44%
$300.00Aug 7$5.50$16.60$22.10$277.90$322.107.67%
$277.50Aug 7$16.95$5.60$22.55$254.95$300.057.82%
$280.00Aug 14$16.45$6.90$23.35$256.65$303.358.10%
$275.00Aug 7$18.95$4.60$23.55$251.45$298.558.17%
$287.50Aug 21$13.20$11.05$24.25$263.25$311.758.41%
$290.00Aug 21$11.85$12.40$24.25$265.75$314.258.41%
$272.50Aug 7$20.60$3.95$24.55$247.95$297.058.52%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 106 found (cheapest 1.94% of stock, avg 4.91%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$330.00$250.00Sep 4$2.88$2.72$5.60$244.40$335.60
$330.00$240.00Sep 18$4.05$2.70$6.75$233.25$336.75
$330.00$260.00Sep 4$2.88$4.03$6.91$253.09$336.91
$330.00$250.00Sep 18$4.05$3.25$7.30$242.70$337.30
$315.00$260.00Aug 28$4.15$4.10$8.25$251.75$323.25
$315.00$265.00Aug 28$4.15$4.20$8.35$256.65$323.35
$320.00$240.00Sep 18$5.95$2.70$8.65$231.35$328.65
$310.00$260.00Aug 28$5.05$4.10$9.15$250.85$319.15
$320.00$250.00Sep 18$5.95$3.25$9.20$240.80$329.20
$310.00$265.00Aug 28$5.05$4.20$9.25$255.75$319.25

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 166 found (best R:R 24.00, avg credit $3.17)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossR:RBE LowBE High
272/275278/280Aug 7$2.40$0.1024.00$272.60$279.90
275/278292/295Aug 7$2.40$0.1024.00$275.10$294.90
268/270280/282Aug 14$2.37$0.1318.23$267.63$282.37
255/258270/272Aug 7$2.35$0.1515.67$255.15$272.35
255/258275/278Aug 7$2.30$0.2011.50$255.20$277.30
260/262270/272Aug 7$2.30$0.2011.50$260.20$272.30
265/268270/272Aug 7$2.30$0.2011.50$265.20$272.30
265/268285/288Aug 14$2.30$0.2011.50$265.20$287.30
250/258265/272Aug 21$6.76$0.749.14$250.74$271.76
260/262275/278Aug 7$2.25$0.259.00$260.25$277.25

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 39 found (best R:R 44.45, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$305.00$310.00$315.00Aug 7$0.11$4.8944.45
$310.00$312.50$315.00Aug 21$0.08$2.4230.25
$280.00$290.00$300.00Sep 18$0.35$9.6527.57
$310.00$315.00$320.00Aug 7$0.20$4.8024.00
$270.00$280.00$290.00Sep 18$0.50$9.5019.00
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$265.00$267.50$270.00Aug 14$0.12$2.3819.83
$250.00$260.00$270.00Sep 18$0.55$9.4517.18
$277.50$280.00$282.50Aug 7$0.15$2.3515.67
$260.00$265.00$270.00Aug 21$0.33$4.6714.15
$260.00$262.50$265.00Aug 7$0.20$2.3011.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 49 found (best net $-2.35, 45 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$250.00$272.501:2Aug 14-$2.35$20.15
$300.00$310.001:2Aug 28-$1.90$8.10
$320.00$330.001:2Sep 18-$2.15$7.85
$290.00$300.001:2Aug 28-$3.20$6.80
$310.00$320.001:2Sep 18-$4.00$6.00
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$290.00$270.001:2Sep 18-$0.35$19.65
$250.00$235.001:2Aug 7-$0.86$14.14
$255.00$240.001:2Aug 14-$1.26$13.74
$260.00$250.001:2Sep 18-$1.15$8.85
$260.00$250.001:2Sep 4-$1.41$8.59

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 43 found (best yield 5.48%, avg 2.01%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$290.00Sep 18$15.800.530.6%5.48%6.11%2199
$290.00Sep 11$13.700.520.6%4.75%5.38%5--
$290.00Aug 28$12.100.520.6%4.20%4.82%25
$290.00Aug 21$11.100.510.6%3.85%4.48%13310
$300.00Sep 18$10.100.434.1%3.50%7.60%10176
$290.00Aug 14$9.700.500.6%3.37%3.99%311
$292.50Aug 21$9.400.481.5%3.26%4.75%21
$300.00Sep 11$9.100.424.1%3.16%7.25%1--
$295.00Aug 21$8.900.452.4%3.09%5.45%139
$290.00Aug 7$8.600.510.6%2.98%3.61%3793

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 923
Total Puts 1,481
Put/Call Ratio 1.60
Net Difference -558

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 762
Total Puts 505
Put/Call Ratio 0.66
Net Difference 257

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 9,230
Total Puts 8,149
Average Put/Call Ratio 1.27
Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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