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iShares Russell 2000 ETF

$284.10 -0.47%

(9/18 16:20) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 1,480,558

Calls: 468,851 (32%)

Puts: 1,011,707 (68%)

Prior (09/17) 1,509,668

Calls: 447,203 (30%)

Puts: 1,062,465 (70%)

Current vs Prior -1.93%

Calls: +4.84% (Calls)

Puts: -4.78% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 9,386,767

Calls: 3,284,947 (35%)

Puts: 6,101,820 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,564,461

Calls: 469,278 (35%)

Puts: 871,688 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -5.36%

Calls: -0.09%

Puts: +16.06%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) $153.25M

Calls: $38.11M (25%)

Puts: $115.14M (75%)

Prior (09/17) $421.36M

Calls: $26.56M (6%)

Puts: $394.80M (94%)

Current vs Prior -63.63%

Calls: +43.47%

Puts: -70.84%

Prior 7-Day Total $2.87B

Calls: $1.73B (60%)

Puts: $1.14B (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $477.93M

Calls: $246.74M (60%)

Puts: $162.91M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -67.93%

Calls: -84.55%

Puts: -29.33%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 2.16

Prior (09/17) 2.38

Current vs Prior -9.17%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.99

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.50%

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 27,893,849

Calls: 7,926,149 (28%)

Puts: 19,967,700 (72%)

Prior 7-Day Average 4,648,974

Calls: 1,321,024 (28%)

Puts: 3,327,950 (72%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.22%

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 0.38% | 0.90%0.38% | 0.90%0.38% | 1.76%0.38% | 3.87%

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

Current vs Prior -4.72% | -7.60%-59.96% | -28.48%-59.96% | -13.26%+3.32% | -3.82%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.11% | 1.52%0.72% | 1.50%1.43% | 2.49%0.65% | 4.49%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -18.84% | -23.02%-47.41% | -39.75%-73.35% | -29.50%-41.67% | -13.75%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.39% | 0.89%0.95% | 1.26%0.95% | 2.02%0.37% | 4.03%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +133.28% | +31.55%-59.96% | -28.48%-59.96% | -13.26%+3.32% | -3.82%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 3.39% | 4.14%

Calls: 2.75% | 3.29%

Puts: 4.03% | 5.00%

Prior 3.67% | 3.59%

Calls: 3.10% | 3.41%

Puts: 4.23% | 3.78%

Current vs Prior -7.63% | +15.32%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.08% | 3.70%

Calls: 5.22% | 3.87%

Puts: 6.74% | 4.37%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -44.29% | +11.79%

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Strong bearish conviction with 75% of dollar volume in puts ($115.14M) vs calls ($38.11M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 64% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.16 - 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

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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 969 of results (avg 3.3%, best 0.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$230.00	Sep 22	53.97	54.37	$54.17	0.7%	30	1.00	30
$230.00	Oct 16	54.72	55.14	$54.93	0.8%	--	1.00	15
$230.00	Oct 23	54.95	55.39	$55.17	0.8%	2	1.00	2
$235.00	Oct 16	49.77	50.19	$49.98	0.8%	--	1.00	84
$235.00	Oct 2	49.31	49.73	$49.52	0.8%	2	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$283.00	Oct 30	5.76	5.80	$5.78	0.7%	115	0.46	93
$335.00	Oct 16	50.66	51.09	$50.88	0.8%	5	1.00	--
$330.00	Sep 18	45.68	46.07	$45.88	0.9%	25	1.00	26
$330.00	Oct 16	45.66	46.08	$45.87	0.9%	2	1.00	2
$284.00	Oct 16	4.82	4.87	$4.85	1.0%	1.2K	0.49	14.9K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 343 found (avg $0.38, cheapest $0.13)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$287.00	Sep 21	0.12	0.13	$0.13	7.7%	2.5K	0.11	1.5K
$286.00	Sep 21	0.29	0.30	$0.30	3.3%	5.6K	0.21	1.0K
$288.00	Sep 22	0.17	0.18	$0.18	5.6%	7.3K	0.11	574
$291.00	Sep 23	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	196	0.04	210
$285.00	Sep 21	0.60	0.63	$0.62	4.8%	11.6K	0.36	766

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$281.00	Sep 21	0.22	0.24	$0.23	8.7%	7.7K	0.15	1.3K
$280.00	Sep 21	0.14	0.15	$0.15	6.7%	5.4K	0.10	7.5K
$279.00	Sep 21	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	1.7K	0.06	2.2K
$278.00	Sep 21	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	782	0.04	1.3K
$277.50	Sep 21	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	218	0.04	1.0K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 528 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$272.00	Sep 21	12.06	12.33	$12.20	2.2%	1	1.00	--
$274.00	Sep 21	10.07	10.33	$10.20	2.5%	--	1.00	19
$275.00	Sep 21	9.08	9.34	$9.21	2.8%	6	1.00	24
$276.00	Sep 21	8.10	8.34	$8.22	2.9%	--	1.00	739
$230.00	Sep 22	53.97	54.37	$54.17	0.7%	30	1.00	30

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$286.00	Sep 18	1.74	2.05	$1.90	16.3%	5.4K	1.00	72.2K
$287.00	Sep 18	2.71	3.07	$2.89	12.5%	2.2K	1.00	20.5K
$288.00	Sep 18	3.71	4.05	$3.88	8.8%	17.0K	1.00	72.4K
$289.00	Sep 18	4.71	5.05	$4.88	7.0%	164	1.00	39.4K
$290.00	Sep 18	5.76	6.05	$5.90	4.9%	6.5K	1.00	32.7K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,282 active (total vol 1.5M, top 147.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$284.00	Sep 18	0.13	0.20	$0.17	41.2%	105.3K	0.70	2.2K
$285.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	52.1K	0.06	33.3K
$283.00	Sep 18	0.94	1.21	$1.08	25.0%	51.2K	0.98	2.4K
$293.00	Sep 25	0.08	0.10	$0.09	22.2%	19.7K	0.04	2.6K
$286.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	13.0K	0.02	6.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$283.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	147.1K	0.02	76.6K
$282.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	82.3K	0.01	58.3K
$284.00	Sep 18	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	79.5K	0.30	69.6K
$270.00	Oct 16	1.45	1.49	$1.47	2.7%	56.1K	0.17	59.2K
$285.00	Sep 18	0.75	1.06	$0.91	34.1%	49.4K	0.96	86.7K

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

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Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 385 found (best R:R 9.42, avg 3.27)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$284.00	$285.00	Sep 18	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	70%	5.67	$284.15
$303.00	$304.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	12%	8.09	$303.11
$297.00	$297.50	Oct 30	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	22%	3.55	$297.11
$299.00	$300.00	Oct 23	$0.14	$0.86	$0.14	15%	6.14	$299.14
$297.50	$298.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	21%	3.55	$297.61

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$270.00	$265.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$4.52	$0.48	17%	9.42	$269.52
$265.00	$260.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$4.70	$0.30	12%	15.67	$264.70
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	7%	30.25	$249.84
$284.00	$283.00	Oct 30	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	49%	1.63	$283.62
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	5%	44.45	$249.89

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 278 found (best R:R 1.27, avg 0.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$285.00	$286.00	Oct 23	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	52%	1.27	$285.56
$285.00	$286.00	Sep 25	$0.49	$0.49	$0.51	56%	0.96	$285.49
$285.00	$286.00	Oct 30	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	52%	1.27	$285.56
$285.00	$286.00	Oct 9	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	52%	1.17	$285.54
$285.00	$286.00	Sep 30	$0.51	$0.51	$0.49	54%	1.04	$285.51

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$282.00	$281.00	Sep 21	$0.15	$0.15	$0.85	77%	0.18	$281.85
$281.00	$280.00	Sep 22	$0.15	$0.15	$0.85	78%	0.18	$280.85
$280.00	$279.00	Sep 23	$0.14	$0.14	$0.86	80%	0.16	$279.86
$283.00	$282.50	Sep 24	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	59%	0.52	$282.83
$282.50	$282.00	Sep 23	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	64%	0.39	$282.36

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $0.92, cheapest $0.90)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$284.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$0.94	10.8%	9.7%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$284.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$0.90	10.8%	9.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 483 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 4.15%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$284.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.05	$0.22	$283.78	$284.22	0.08%
$285.00	Sep 18	$0.02	$0.91	$0.93	$284.07	$285.93	0.33%
$283.00	Sep 18	$1.08	$0.01	$1.09	$281.91	$284.09	0.38%
$286.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$1.90	$1.91	$284.09	$287.91	0.67%
$284.00	Sep 21	$1.11	$0.95	$2.06	$281.94	$286.06	0.73%
$285.00	Sep 21	$0.62	$1.46	$2.08	$282.92	$287.08	0.73%
$282.00	Sep 18	$2.12	$0.01	$2.13	$279.87	$284.13	0.75%
$283.00	Sep 21	$1.76	$0.60	$2.36	$280.64	$285.36	0.83%
$286.00	Sep 21	$0.30	$2.13	$2.43	$283.57	$288.43	0.86%
$282.50	Sep 21	$2.14	$0.48	$2.62	$279.88	$285.12	0.92%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 341 found (cheapest 0.02% of stock, avg 1.66%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$285.00	$284.00	Sep 18	$0.02	$0.05	$0.07	$283.93	$285.07
$287.00	$281.00	Sep 21	$0.13	$0.23	$0.36	$280.64	$287.36
$286.00	$281.00	Sep 21	$0.30	$0.23	$0.53	$280.47	$286.53
$287.00	$282.00	Sep 21	$0.13	$0.38	$0.51	$281.49	$287.51
$289.00	$281.00	Sep 22	$0.08	$0.50	$0.58	$280.42	$289.58
$286.00	$282.00	Sep 21	$0.30	$0.38	$0.68	$281.32	$286.68
$287.00	$282.50	Sep 21	$0.13	$0.48	$0.61	$281.89	$287.61
$288.00	$281.00	Sep 22	$0.18	$0.50	$0.68	$280.32	$288.68
$286.00	$282.50	Sep 21	$0.30	$0.48	$0.78	$281.72	$286.78
$287.00	$281.00	Sep 22	$0.33	$0.50	$0.83	$280.17	$287.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 349 found (best R:R 0.85, avg credit $0.41)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
264/265	291/292	Oct 23	$0.46	$0.54	53%	0.85	$264.54	$291.46
270/271	290/291	Oct 16	$0.50	$0.50	48%	1.00	$270.50	$290.50
266/267	291/292	Oct 23	$0.47	$0.53	51%	0.89	$266.53	$291.47
272/273	290/291	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.47	45%	1.13	$272.47	$290.53
268/269	291/292	Oct 23	$0.49	$0.51	49%	0.96	$268.51	$291.49
271/272	291/292	Oct 23	$0.53	$0.47	45%	1.13	$271.47	$291.53
271/272	290/291	Oct 16	$0.51	$0.49	47%	1.04	$271.49	$290.51
270/271	289/290	Oct 9	$0.46	$0.54	52%	0.85	$270.54	$289.46
272/273	289/290	Oct 9	$0.49	$0.51	48%	0.96	$272.51	$289.49
275/276	287/288	Sep 30	$0.50	$0.50	47%	1.00	$275.50	$287.50

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 169 found (best R:R 6.69, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$284.00	$285.00	$286.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.86	68%	6.14
$283.00	$284.00	$285.00	Sep 18	$0.76	$0.24	92%	0.32
$282.00	$283.00	$284.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$0.87	29%	6.69
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$4.81	9%	25.32
$283.00	$284.00	$285.00	Sep 23	$0.08	$0.92	18%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$284.00	$285.00	$286.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$0.87	70%	6.69
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$4.82	9%	26.78
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00
$283.00	$284.00	$285.00	Sep 23	$0.06	$0.94	18%	15.67
$283.00	$284.00	$285.00	Sep 18	$0.82	$0.18	93%	0.22

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 487 found (best net $-0.49, 480 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$250.00	$267.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.49	$16.51
$240.00	$261.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$4.95	$16.05
$261.00	$272.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$1.43	$9.57
$260.00	$271.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$2.51	$8.49
$250.00	$263.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$8.22	$4.78

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$310.00	$298.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.78	$10.22
$306.00	$296.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$2.01	$7.99
$303.00	$295.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$2.82	$5.18
$310.00	$300.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$5.89	$4.11
$294.00	$290.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$3.00	$1.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 180 found (best yield 2.40%, avg 0.54%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$285.00	Oct 30	$6.81	0.48	0.3%	2.40%	2.71%	123	207
$286.00	Oct 30	$6.25	0.47	0.7%	2.20%	2.87%	50	62
$287.00	Oct 30	$5.72	0.45	1.0%	2.01%	3.03%	50	106
$287.50	Oct 30	$5.47	0.43	1.2%	1.93%	3.12%	64	97
$288.00	Oct 30	$5.22	0.42	1.4%	1.84%	3.21%	57	108
$289.00	Oct 30	$4.74	0.40	1.7%	1.67%	3.39%	11	149
$290.00	Oct 30	$4.30	0.38	2.1%	1.51%	3.59%	32	235
$285.00	Oct 23	$5.92	0.48	0.3%	2.08%	2.40%	168	264
$291.00	Oct 30	$3.89	0.35	2.4%	1.37%	3.80%	10	135
$286.00	Oct 23	$5.37	0.46	0.7%	1.89%	2.56%	107	141

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 468,851

Total Puts 1,011,707

Put/Call Ratio 2.16

Net Difference -542,856

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 3,284,947

Total Puts 6,101,820

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.99

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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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Price — Past 7 Days

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