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iShares Russell 2000 ETF

$283.67 -0.62%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 1,273,517

Calls: 391,989 (31%)

Puts: 881,528 (69%)

Prior (09/17) 1,509,668

Calls: 447,203 (30%)

Puts: 1,062,465 (70%)

Current vs Prior -15.64%

Calls: -12.35% (Calls)

Puts: -17.03% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 11,298,192

Calls: 3,912,261 (35%)

Puts: 7,385,931 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,614,027

Calls: 558,894 (35%)

Puts: 1,055,133 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -21.10%

Calls: -29.86%

Puts: -16.45%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) $144.91M

Calls: $28.75M (20%)

Puts: $116.16M (80%)

Prior (09/17) $421.36M

Calls: $26.56M (6%)

Puts: $394.80M (94%)

Current vs Prior -65.61%

Calls: +8.23%

Puts: -70.58%

Prior 7-Day Total $3.24B

Calls: $1.79B (55%)

Puts: $1.45B (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average $462.99M

Calls: $255.41M (55%)

Puts: $207.58M (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -68.70%

Calls: -88.74%

Puts: -44.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 2.25

Prior (09/17) 2.38

Current vs Prior -5.34%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.00

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.62%

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 32,526,112

Calls: 9,338,542 (29%)

Puts: 23,187,570 (71%)

Prior 7-Day Average 4,646,587

Calls: 1,334,077 (29%)

Puts: 3,312,510 (71%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.17%

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 0.39% | 0.89%0.39% | 0.89%0.39% | 1.78%0.39% | 3.93%

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

Current vs Prior -59.16% | -29.76%-59.15% | -29.76%-59.15% | -11.91%+5.41% | -2.27%

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 -67.19% | -43.89%-54.67% | -43.39%-73.10% | -30.22%-56.99% | -14.70%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.40% | 0.89%0.95% | 1.26%0.95% | 2.02%0.37% | 4.03%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -3.51% | -0.40%-59.15% | -29.76%-59.15% | -11.91%+5.41% | -2.27%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 6.61% | 1.61%

Calls: 5.71% | 1.43%

Puts: 7.50% | 1.79%

Prior 3.67% | 3.59%

Calls: 3.10% | 3.41%

Puts: 4.23% | 3.78%

Current vs Prior +80.11% | -55.15%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.03% | 3.44%

Calls: 4.71% | 3.72%

Puts: 6.02% | 4.05%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +31.37% | -53.26%

Liquidity Good

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Strong bearish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in puts ($116.16M) vs calls ($28.75M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 66% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.25 - 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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Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 976 of results (avg 2.5%, best 0.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Sep 18	38.60	38.72	$38.66	0.3%	--	1.00	1.3K
$282.00	Sep 23	2.80	2.81	$2.81	0.4%	312	0.65	53
$250.00	Sep 18	33.60	33.73	$33.67	0.4%	2	1.00	255
$251.00	Sep 18	32.59	32.73	$32.66	0.4%	2	1.00	22
$255.00	Sep 18	28.60	28.73	$28.67	0.5%	4	1.00	751

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$330.00	Sep 18	46.27	46.40	$46.34	0.3%	25	1.00	26
$319.00	Sep 18	35.27	35.40	$35.34	0.4%	1	1.00	--
$318.00	Sep 18	34.27	34.40	$34.34	0.4%	3	1.00	--
$315.00	Sep 18	31.28	31.40	$31.34	0.4%	2	1.00	14.8K
$317.00	Sep 18	33.27	33.40	$33.34	0.4%	3	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 322 found (avg $0.40, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$284.00	Sep 18	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	85.0K	0.24	2.2K
$283.00	Sep 18	0.68	0.72	$0.70	5.7%	49.5K	0.88	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
$288.00	Sep 22	0.11	0.12	$0.12	8.3%	1.4K	0.08	574

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$284.00	Sep 18	0.38	0.41	$0.40	7.5%	63.7K	0.76	69.6K
$280.00	Sep 21	0.15	0.16	$0.16	6.3%	4.4K	0.11	7.5K
$279.00	Sep 21	0.10	0.11	$0.11	9.1%	1.3K	0.07	2.2K
$281.00	Sep 21	0.25	0.26	$0.26	3.8%	5.6K	0.17	1.3K
$278.00	Sep 21	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	355	0.05	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	11.63	11.84	$11.74	1.8%	1	1.00	--
$274.00	Sep 21	9.63	9.85	$9.74	2.3%	--	1.00	19
$275.00	Sep 21	8.62	8.87	$8.74	2.9%	6	1.00	24
$276.00	Sep 21	7.64	7.85	$7.74	2.7%	--	1.00	739
$230.00	Sep 22	53.53	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	3.40	$3.34	3.6%	1.7K	1.00	20.5K
$288.00	Sep 18	4.30	4.38	$4.34	1.8%	16.7K	1.00	72.4K
$289.00	Sep 18	5.28	5.39	$5.34	2.1%	144	1.00	39.4K
$290.00	Sep 18	6.29	6.38	$6.34	1.4%	6.3K	1.00	32.7K
$291.00	Sep 18	7.28	7.40	$7.34	1.6%	136	1.00	1.9K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,251 active (total vol 1.3M, top 129.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$284.00	Sep 18	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	85.0K	0.24	2.2K
$283.00	Sep 18	0.68	0.72	$0.70	5.7%	49.5K	0.88	2.4K
$285.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	45.0K	0.05	33.3K
$293.00	Sep 25	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	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	0.03	0.04	$0.04	25.0%	129.7K	0.12	76.6K
$282.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	78.5K	0.04	58.3K
$284.00	Sep 18	0.38	0.41	$0.40	7.5%	63.7K	0.76	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 5.0%, max 5.0%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$284.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	16.8%	16.0%	5.0%	85.0K	2.2K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$284.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	16.8%	16.0%	4.9%	63.8K	69.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 393 found (best R:R 8.80, avg 3.45)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$283.00	$284.00	Sep 18	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	88%	0.59	$283.63
$295.00	$296.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	13%	7.33	$295.12
$303.00	$304.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	12%	8.09	$303.11
$300.00	$301.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	12%	7.33	$300.12
$293.00	$294.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	12%	8.09	$293.11

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	$0.31	$4.69	$0.31	12%	15.13	$264.69
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	7%	28.41	$249.83
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$4.79	$0.21	8%	22.81	$259.79
$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. 284 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	83%	0.11	$280.90
$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
$275.00	$274.00	Sep 29	$0.11	$0.11	$0.89	85%	0.12	$274.89
$282.50	$282.00	Sep 23	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	61%	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%	11.7%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$282.50	Sep 21	Sep 22	$0.36	9.8%	11.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 480 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 4.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$284.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.40	$0.47	$283.53	$284.47	0.17%
$283.00	Sep 18	$0.70	$0.04	$0.74	$282.26	$283.74	0.26%
$285.00	Sep 18	$0.02	$1.35	$1.37	$283.63	$286.37	0.48%
$282.00	Sep 18	$1.69	$0.02	$1.71	$280.29	$283.71	0.60%
$284.00	Sep 21	$0.83	$1.12	$1.95	$282.05	$285.95	0.69%
$283.00	Sep 21	$1.40	$0.70	$2.10	$280.90	$285.10	0.74%
$285.00	Sep 21	$0.43	$1.72	$2.15	$282.85	$287.15	0.76%
$282.50	Sep 21	$1.75	$0.55	$2.30	$280.20	$284.80	0.81%
$286.00	Sep 18	$0.02	$2.36	$2.38	$283.62	$288.38	0.84%
$282.00	Sep 21	$2.13	$0.43	$2.56	$279.44	$284.56	0.90%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 346 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 1.67%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$284.00	$283.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.04	$0.11	$282.89	$284.11
$287.00	$280.00	Sep 21	$0.09	$0.16	$0.25	$279.75	$287.25
$287.00	$281.00	Sep 21	$0.09	$0.26	$0.35	$280.65	$287.35
$286.00	$280.00	Sep 21	$0.20	$0.16	$0.36	$279.64	$286.36
$286.00	$281.00	Sep 21	$0.20	$0.26	$0.46	$280.54	$286.46
$288.00	$280.00	Sep 22	$0.12	$0.38	$0.50	$279.50	$288.50
$287.00	$282.00	Sep 21	$0.09	$0.43	$0.52	$281.48	$287.52
$287.00	$280.00	Sep 22	$0.24	$0.38	$0.62	$279.38	$287.62
$286.00	$282.00	Sep 21	$0.20	$0.43	$0.63	$281.37	$286.63
$285.00	$280.00	Sep 21	$0.43	$0.16	$0.59	$279.41	$285.59

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 348 found (best R:R 0.96, avg credit $0.41)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
265/266	290/291	Oct 23	$0.49	$0.51	50%	0.96	$265.51	$290.49
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
274/275	287/288	Sep 29	$0.44	$0.56	54%	0.79	$274.56	$287.44
269/270	290/291	Oct 9	$0.41	$0.59	57%	0.69	$269.59	$290.41
271/272	289/290	Oct 16	$0.54	$0.46	44%	1.17	$271.46	$289.54
266/267	290/291	Oct 23	$0.49	$0.51	49%	0.96	$266.51	$290.49
266/267	291/292	Oct 30	$0.51	$0.49	47%	1.04	$266.49	$291.51
267/268	290/291	Oct 23	$0.50	$0.50	48%	1.00	$267.50	$290.50
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. 158 found (best R:R 1.94, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$282.00	$283.00	$284.00	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.64	72%	1.78
$283.00	$284.00	$285.00	Sep 18	$0.58	$0.42	83%	0.72
$284.00	$285.00	$286.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	21%	19.00
$280.00	$281.00	$282.00	Sep 22	$0.06	$0.94	15%	15.67
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	5%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$282.00	$283.00	$284.00	Sep 18	$0.34	$0.66	72%	1.94
$283.00	$284.00	$285.00	Sep 18	$0.59	$0.41	82%	0.69
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$4.80	9%	24.00
$284.00	$285.00	$286.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.94	19%	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 495 found (best net $-4.57, 486 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$261.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$4.57	$16.43
$261.00	$272.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.99	$10.01
$260.00	$271.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$2.07	$8.93
$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	-$2.40	$7.60
$300.00	$292.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.37	$7.63
$303.00	$295.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$3.26	$4.74
$310.00	$300.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$6.36	$3.64
$286.00	$285.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.34	$0.66

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%	116	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	$5.30	0.42	1.4%	1.87%	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	$4.16	0.37	2.2%	1.47%	3.70%	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

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 391,989

Total Puts 881,528

Put/Call Ratio 2.25

Net Difference -489,539

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 3,912,261

Total Puts 7,385,931

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.00

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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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