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iShares Russell 2000 ETF

$283.67 -0.62%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 1,258,501

Calls: 387,988 (31%)

Puts: 870,513 (69%)

Prior (09/17) 1,509,668

Calls: 447,203 (30%)

Puts: 1,062,465 (70%)

Current vs Prior -16.64%

Calls: -13.24% (Calls)

Puts: -18.07% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 10,039,691

Calls: 3,524,273 (35%)

Puts: 6,515,418 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,673,281

Calls: 503,467 (35%)

Puts: 930,774 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -24.79%

Calls: -22.94%

Puts: -6.47%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) $144.55M

Calls: $28.71M (20%)

Puts: $115.84M (80%)

Prior (09/17) $421.36M

Calls: $26.56M (6%)

Puts: $394.80M (94%)

Current vs Prior -65.69%

Calls: +8.09%

Puts: -70.66%

Prior 7-Day Total $3.10B

Calls: $1.76B (57%)

Puts: $1.34B (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average $516.06M

Calls: $251.30M (57%)

Puts: $191.04M (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -71.99%

Calls: -88.57%

Puts: -39.36%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 2.24

Prior (09/17) 2.38

Current vs Prior -5.56%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.96

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +14.72%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 4,638,713

Calls: 1,320,059 (28%)

Puts: 3,318,654 (72%)

Prior (09/17) 4,651,137

Calls: 1,293,360 (28%)

Puts: 3,357,777 (72%)

Current vs Prior -0.27%

Prior 7-Day Total 27,887,399

Calls: 8,018,483 (29%)

Puts: 19,868,916 (71%)

Prior 7-Day Average 4,647,899

Calls: 1,336,413 (29%)

Puts: 3,311,486 (71%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/21)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/21)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.40% | 0.89%0.40% | 0.89%0.40% | 1.78%0.40% | 3.93%

Prior 0.95% | 1.26%0.95% | 1.26%0.95% | 2.02%0.37% | 4.03%

Current vs Prior -57.67% | -29.48%-57.67% | -29.48%-57.67% | -12.09%+9.24% | -2.44%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.18% | 1.58%0.86% | 1.57%1.44% | 2.56%0.90% | 4.61%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -66.00% | -43.66%-53.02% | -43.17%-72.12% | -30.36%-55.42% | -14.86%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.95% | 1.26%0.95% | 1.26%0.95% | 2.02%0.37% | 4.03%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -57.67% | -29.48%-57.67% | -29.48%-57.67% | -12.09%+9.24% | -2.44%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 3.03% | 0.79%

Calls: 1.41% | 0.71%

Puts: 4.65% | 0.88%

Prior 3.67% | 3.59%

Calls: 3.10% | 3.41%

Puts: 4.23% | 3.78%

Current vs Prior -17.44% | -77.99%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.36% | 3.89%

Calls: 4.71% | 3.72%

Puts: 6.02% | 4.05%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -43.52% | -79.67%

Liquidity Excellent

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Strong bearish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in puts ($115.84M) vs calls ($28.71M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 66% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.24 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (3,318,654 puts vs 1,320,059 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 1,002 of results (avg 2.7%, best 0.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$282.50	Sep 23	2.46	2.47	$2.47	0.4%	634	0.60	13
$240.00	Sep 18	43.54	43.73	$43.64	0.4%	27	1.00	26
$245.00	Sep 18	38.55	38.73	$38.64	0.5%	--	1.00	1.3K
$250.00	Sep 18	33.56	33.73	$33.64	0.5%	2	1.00	255
$271.00	Oct 16	15.07	15.15	$15.11	0.5%	43	0.81	360

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$330.00	Sep 18	46.27	46.46	$46.37	0.4%	25	1.00	26
$310.00	Sep 18	26.28	26.41	$26.35	0.5%	--	1.00	8.0K
$320.00	Sep 18	36.27	36.46	$36.37	0.5%	6	1.00	5
$319.00	Sep 18	35.27	35.46	$35.37	0.5%	1	1.00	--
$318.00	Sep 18	34.27	34.46	$34.37	0.6%	3	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 366 found (avg $0.36, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$284.00	Sep 18	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	83.7K	0.28	2.2K
$283.00	Sep 18	0.70	0.71	$0.71	1.4%	49.0K	0.86	2.4K
$287.00	Sep 21	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	1.3K	0.08	1.5K
$286.00	Sep 21	0.19	0.20	$0.20	5.0%	3.1K	0.16	1.0K
$289.00	Sep 22	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	720	0.05	482

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$284.00	Sep 18	0.42	0.44	$0.43	4.7%	60.8K	0.72	69.6K
$280.00	Sep 21	0.16	0.17	$0.17	5.9%	4.4K	0.11	7.5K
$279.00	Sep 21	0.10	0.11	$0.11	9.1%	1.3K	0.07	2.2K
$277.50	Sep 21	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	133	0.04	1.0K
$281.00	Sep 21	0.26	0.27	$0.27	3.7%	5.6K	0.17	1.3K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 519 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$272.00	Sep 21	11.64	11.82	$11.73	1.5%	1	1.00	--
$274.00	Sep 21	9.64	9.85	$9.75	2.2%	--	1.00	19
$275.00	Sep 21	8.65	8.83	$8.74	2.1%	3	1.00	24
$276.00	Sep 21	7.65	7.86	$7.76	2.7%	--	1.00	739
$230.00	Sep 22	53.54	53.86	$53.70	0.6%	30	1.00	30

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$287.00	Sep 18	3.28	3.47	$3.38	5.6%	1.7K	1.00	20.5K
$288.00	Sep 18	4.30	4.39	$4.35	2.1%	16.7K	1.00	72.4K
$289.00	Sep 18	5.30	5.39	$5.35	1.7%	144	1.00	39.4K
$290.00	Sep 18	6.28	6.41	$6.35	2.0%	6.3K	1.00	32.7K
$291.00	Sep 18	7.30	7.46	$7.38	2.2%	136	1.00	1.9K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,244 active (total vol 1.2M, top 126.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$284.00	Sep 18	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	83.7K	0.28	2.2K
$283.00	Sep 18	0.70	0.71	$0.71	1.4%	49.0K	0.86	2.4K
$285.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	44.5K	0.05	33.3K
$293.00	Sep 25	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	18.4K	0.04	2.6K
$286.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	12.5K	0.03	6.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$283.00	Sep 18	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	126.5K	0.14	76.6K
$282.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	78.3K	0.04	58.3K
$284.00	Sep 18	0.42	0.44	$0.43	4.7%	60.8K	0.72	69.6K
$270.00	Oct 16	1.54	1.57	$1.56	1.9%	53.9K	0.18	59.2K
$271.00	Oct 16	1.67	1.70	$1.69	1.8%	44.0K	0.19	68.8K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 2 strikes (avg 16.9%, max 16.9%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$284.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	18.7%	16.0%	16.9%	83.7K	2.2K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$284.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	18.7%	16.0%	16.9%	60.9K	69.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 389 found (best R:R 8.80, avg 3.34)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$283.00	$284.00	Sep 18	$0.61	$0.39	$0.61	86%	0.64	$283.61
$298.00	$299.00	Oct 16	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	12%	8.09	$298.11
$295.00	$296.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	13%	7.33	$295.12
$292.50	$293.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$0.40	$0.10	20%	4.00	$292.60
$303.00	$304.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	12%	8.09	$303.11

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$270.00	$265.00	Oct 16	$0.51	$4.49	$0.51	18%	8.80	$269.49
$265.00	$260.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	12%	14.62	$264.68
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	8%	24.00	$259.80
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	7%	28.41	$249.83
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	6%	37.46	$254.87

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 282 found (best R:R 1.17, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$284.00	$285.00	Sep 28	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	52%	1.17	$284.54
$284.00	$285.00	Sep 29	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	52%	1.17	$284.54
$284.00	$285.00	Oct 9	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	51%	1.27	$284.56
$284.00	$285.00	Oct 23	$0.57	$0.57	$0.43	50%	1.33	$284.57
$284.00	$285.00	Oct 2	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	51%	1.22	$284.55

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$281.00	$280.00	Sep 21	$0.10	$0.10	$0.90	82%	0.11	$280.90
$282.50	$282.00	Sep 22	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	63%	0.43	$282.35
$282.00	$281.00	Sep 21	$0.17	$0.17	$0.83	73%	0.20	$281.83
$282.50	$282.00	Sep 21	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	67%	0.32	$282.38
$282.50	$282.00	Sep 23	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	60%	0.47	$282.34

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $0.38, cheapest $0.36)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$282.50	Sep 21	Sep 22	$0.39	9.8%	11.8%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$282.50	Sep 21	Sep 22	$0.36	9.8%	11.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 480 found (cheapest 0.19% of stock, avg 4.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$284.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.43	$0.53	$283.47	$284.53	0.19%
$283.00	Sep 18	$0.71	$0.05	$0.76	$282.24	$283.76	0.27%
$285.00	Sep 18	$0.02	$1.34	$1.36	$283.64	$286.36	0.48%
$282.00	Sep 18	$1.64	$0.02	$1.66	$280.34	$283.66	0.59%
$284.00	Sep 21	$0.84	$1.13	$1.97	$282.03	$285.97	0.69%
$283.00	Sep 21	$1.40	$0.71	$2.11	$280.89	$285.11	0.74%
$285.00	Sep 21	$0.44	$1.73	$2.17	$282.83	$287.17	0.76%
$282.50	Sep 21	$1.76	$0.56	$2.32	$280.18	$284.82	0.82%
$286.00	Sep 18	$0.02	$2.37	$2.39	$283.61	$288.39	0.84%
$282.00	Sep 21	$2.13	$0.44	$2.57	$279.43	$284.57	0.91%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 346 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 1.67%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$284.00	$283.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.05	$0.15	$282.85	$284.15
$287.00	$280.00	Sep 21	$0.09	$0.17	$0.26	$279.74	$287.26
$286.00	$280.00	Sep 21	$0.20	$0.17	$0.37	$279.63	$286.37
$287.00	$281.00	Sep 21	$0.09	$0.27	$0.36	$280.64	$287.36
$286.00	$281.00	Sep 21	$0.20	$0.27	$0.47	$280.53	$286.47
$288.00	$280.00	Sep 22	$0.13	$0.39	$0.52	$279.48	$288.52
$287.00	$282.00	Sep 21	$0.09	$0.44	$0.53	$281.47	$287.53
$287.00	$280.00	Sep 22	$0.25	$0.39	$0.64	$279.36	$287.64
$286.00	$282.00	Sep 21	$0.20	$0.44	$0.64	$281.36	$286.64
$285.00	$280.00	Sep 21	$0.44	$0.17	$0.61	$279.39	$285.61

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 341 found (best R:R 0.96, avg credit $0.42)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
264/265	291/292	Oct 30	$0.49	$0.51	49%	0.96	$264.51	$291.49
265/266	291/292	Oct 30	$0.50	$0.50	48%	1.00	$265.50	$291.50
266/267	291/292	Oct 30	$0.51	$0.49	47%	1.04	$266.49	$291.51
271/272	289/290	Oct 16	$0.54	$0.46	44%	1.17	$271.46	$289.54
265/266	290/291	Oct 23	$0.48	$0.52	50%	0.92	$265.52	$290.48
266/267	290/291	Oct 23	$0.49	$0.51	49%	0.96	$266.51	$290.49
268/269	291/292	Oct 30	$0.53	$0.47	45%	1.13	$268.47	$291.53
271/272	289/290	Oct 9	$0.47	$0.53	51%	0.89	$271.53	$289.47
270/271	289/290	Oct 16	$0.52	$0.48	46%	1.08	$270.48	$289.52
265/266	291/292	Oct 23	$0.45	$0.55	53%	0.82	$265.55	$291.45

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 170 found (best R:R 2.12, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$282.00	$283.00	$284.00	Sep 18	$0.32	$0.68	68%	2.12
$283.00	$284.00	$285.00	Sep 18	$0.53	$0.47	81%	0.89
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$284.00	$285.00	$286.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.92	24%	11.50
$280.00	$281.00	$282.00	Sep 21	$0.06	$0.94	16%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$282.00	$283.00	$284.00	Sep 18	$0.35	$0.65	68%	1.86
$283.00	$284.00	$285.00	Sep 18	$0.53	$0.47	80%	0.89
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$4.81	9%	25.32
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	6%	40.67
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 505 found (best net $-4.55, 495 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$261.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$4.55	$16.45
$261.00	$272.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.99	$10.01
$260.00	$271.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$2.08	$8.92
$250.00	$263.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$7.73	$5.27
$268.00	$274.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$3.75	$2.25

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$306.00	$296.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$2.44	$7.56
$300.00	$292.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.42	$7.58
$303.00	$295.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$3.28	$4.72
$310.00	$300.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$6.35	$3.65
$286.00	$285.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.31	$0.69

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 190 found (best yield 2.53%, avg 0.56%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$284.00	Oct 30	$7.17	0.50	0.1%	2.53%	2.64%	51	22
$285.00	Oct 30	$6.60	0.48	0.5%	2.33%	2.80%	115	207
$286.00	Oct 30	$6.06	0.46	0.8%	2.14%	2.96%	47	62
$287.00	Oct 30	$5.54	0.44	1.2%	1.95%	3.13%	48	106
$287.50	Oct 30	$5.29	0.42	1.4%	1.86%	3.22%	64	97
$288.00	Oct 30	$5.05	0.41	1.5%	1.78%	3.31%	52	108
$289.00	Oct 30	$4.59	0.39	1.9%	1.62%	3.50%	8	149
$290.00	Oct 30	$4.15	0.37	2.2%	1.46%	3.69%	31	235
$284.00	Oct 23	$6.28	0.50	0.1%	2.21%	2.33%	21	13
$285.00	Oct 23	$5.71	0.47	0.5%	2.01%	2.48%	167	264

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

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 387,988

Total Puts 870,513

Put/Call Ratio 2.24

Net Difference -482,525

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 447,203

Total Puts 1,062,465

Put/Call Ratio 2.38

Net Difference -615,262

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 3,524,273

Total Puts 6,515,418

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.96

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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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

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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Price — Past 7 Days

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