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MICROSOFT CORP

$495.61 -0.43%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 356,944

Calls: 241,599 (68%)

Puts: 115,345 (32%)

Prior (09/17) 219,974

Calls: 137,717 (63%)

Puts: 82,257 (37%)

Current vs Prior +62.27%

Calls: +75.43% (Calls)

Puts: +40.23% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,694,808

Calls: 1,821,509 (68%)

Puts: 873,299 (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average 384,972

Calls: 260,215 (68%)

Puts: 124,757 (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.28%

Calls: -7.15%

Puts: -7.54%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) $188.66M

Calls: $145.33M (77%)

Puts: $43.33M (23%)

Prior (09/17) $146.93M

Calls: $108.16M (74%)

Puts: $38.77M (26%)

Current vs Prior +28.40%

Calls: +34.36%

Puts: +11.77%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.43B

Calls: $1.05B (74%)

Puts: $377.93M (26%)

Prior 7-Day Average $204.44M

Calls: $150.45M (74%)

Puts: $53.99M (26%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.72%

Calls: -3.40%

Puts: -19.74%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 0.48

Prior (09/17) 0.60

Current vs Prior -20.07%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.52

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -8.06%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 4,019,761

Calls: 2,600,185 (65%)

Puts: 1,419,576 (35%)

Prior (09/17) 3,979,244

Calls: 2,583,671 (65%)

Puts: 1,395,573 (35%)

Current vs Prior +1.02%

Prior 7-Day Total 24,115,527

Calls: 15,984,732 (66%)

Puts: 8,130,795 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 3,445,075

Calls: 2,283,533 (66%)

Puts: 1,161,542 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +16.68%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/21)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.70% | 1.47%0.70% | 2.72%0.70% | 5.69%

Prior 1.41% | 1.92%1.41% | 3.01%1.41% | 5.88%

Current vs Prior -50.15% | -23.68%-50.15% | -9.60%-50.15% | -3.24%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.44% | 2.24%1.79% | 3.36%1.76% | 6.46%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -51.04% | -34.37%-60.71% | -19.13%-60.07% | -11.96%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.78% | 1.48%1.41% | 3.01%1.41% | 5.88%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -9.55% | -1.05%-50.15% | -9.60%-50.15% | -3.24%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 9.54% | 10.32%

Calls: 9.92% | 10.51%

Puts: 9.17% | 10.13%

Prior 7.13% | 6.29%

Calls: 6.98% | 6.12%

Puts: 7.29% | 6.45%

Current vs Prior +33.80% | +64.07%

Prior 7-Day Avg 10.75% | 7.41%

Calls: 9.67% | 6.81%

Puts: 12.34% | 7.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -11.28% | +39.19%

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Strong bullish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in calls ($145.33M) vs puts ($43.33M). Above-average activity with volume up 62% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.48 - heavy call buying (241,599 calls vs 115,345 puts). P/C ratio dropping 20% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 450 of results (avg 5.5%, best 1.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 16	48.50	49.00	$48.75	1.0%	249	0.91	7.7K
$455.00	Oct 16	43.90	44.40	$44.15	1.1%	3	0.89	1.1K
$420.00	Sep 18	75.25	76.15	$75.70	1.2%	197	1.00	8.0K
$435.00	Sep 18	60.35	61.10	$60.73	1.2%	33	1.00	1.1K
$460.00	Oct 16	39.45	39.95	$39.70	1.3%	70	0.86	3.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$455.00	Oct 16	2.00	2.03	$2.01	1.5%	347	0.11	2.8K
$505.00	Oct 16	17.00	17.30	$17.15	1.7%	366	0.60	1.8K
$580.00	Sep 18	82.95	85.35	$84.15	2.9%	1	1.00	--
$495.00	Oct 16	11.60	11.95	$11.77	3.0%	763	0.48	2.9K
$575.00	Sep 18	77.90	80.35	$79.13	3.1%	1	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 69 found (avg $0.56, cheapest $0.16)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$497.50	Sep 18	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	20.3K	0.20	2.8K
$505.00	Sep 21	0.35	0.39	$0.37	10.8%	2.6K	0.10	509
$502.50	Sep 21	0.66	0.73	$0.70	10.0%	1.1K	0.18	246
$515.00	Sep 23	0.31	0.37	$0.34	17.6%	299	0.06	235
$512.50	Sep 23	0.47	0.52	$0.50	10.0%	103	0.09	90

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$492.50	Sep 18	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	15.7K	0.12	1.9K
$495.00	Sep 18	0.66	0.71	$0.69	7.2%	9.0K	0.40	4.4K
$480.00	Sep 21	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	577	0.04	1.0K
$485.00	Sep 21	0.37	0.41	$0.39	10.3%	939	0.10	456
$487.50	Sep 21	0.60	0.70	$0.65	15.4%	864	0.15	487

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 320 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$440.00	Sep 21	54.70	57.60	$56.15	5.2%	4	1.00	1
$450.00	Sep 21	45.60	46.55	$46.08	2.1%	13	1.00	--
$457.50	Sep 21	37.10	40.20	$38.65	8.0%	1	1.00	--
$460.00	Sep 21	34.75	37.75	$36.25	8.3%	15	1.00	2
$470.00	Sep 21	25.05	26.95	$26.00	7.3%	602	1.00	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$502.50	Sep 18	5.95	7.20	$6.58	19.0%	83	1.00	758
$505.00	Sep 18	8.65	9.80	$9.23	12.5%	147	1.00	580
$507.50	Sep 18	10.75	12.25	$11.50	13.0%	26	1.00	395
$510.00	Sep 18	13.60	14.70	$14.15	7.8%	74	1.00	2.4K
$512.50	Sep 18	15.60	17.85	$16.73	13.4%	14	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 739 active (total vol 314.6K, top 21.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Sep 18	1.24	1.37	$1.31	9.9%	21.6K	0.60	4.2K
$500.00	Sep 18	0.03	0.04	$0.04	25.0%	21.3K	0.04	16.3K
$497.50	Sep 18	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	20.3K	0.20	2.8K
$492.50	Sep 18	2.95	3.60	$3.28	19.8%	9.0K	0.88	2.3K
$550.00	Oct 16	0.84	0.87	$0.86	3.5%	6.4K	0.06	55.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 18	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	17.5K	0.04	5.4K
$492.50	Sep 18	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	15.7K	0.12	1.9K
$495.00	Sep 18	0.66	0.71	$0.69	7.2%	9.0K	0.40	4.4K
$487.50	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	3.2K	0.01	1.8K
$485.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	2.8K	0.01	3.7K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 85.1%, max 101.1%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$497.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	47.8%	23.8%	101.1%	20.5K	2.9K
$495.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	49.9%	29.5%	69.1%	21.6K	4.4K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$497.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	47.8%	23.8%	101.1%	1.3K	789
$495.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	49.9%	29.5%	69.1%	9.0K	4.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 328 found (best R:R 0.56, avg 9.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$485.00	$487.50	Sep 21	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	90%	0.56	$486.60
$470.00	$475.00	Oct 23	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	77%	0.54	$473.25
$482.50	$485.00	Sep 30	$1.53	$0.97	$1.53	75%	0.63	$484.03
$480.00	$485.00	Oct 23	$3.08	$1.92	$3.08	69%	0.62	$483.08
$485.00	$490.00	Oct 30	$2.70	$2.30	$2.70	61%	0.85	$487.70

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$510.00	$505.00	Oct 9	$2.78	$2.22	$2.78	68%	0.80	$507.22
$517.50	$515.00	Oct 2	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	82%	0.61	$515.95
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 30	$2.93	$2.07	$2.93	68%	0.71	$522.07
$500.00	$497.50	Sep 28	$1.07	$1.43	$1.07	60%	1.34	$498.93
$500.00	$495.00	Oct 30	$2.17	$2.83	$2.17	51%	1.30	$497.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 254 found (best R:R 0.24, avg 0.26)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$520.00	$525.00	Oct 9	$0.96	$0.96	$4.04	80%	0.24	$520.96
$537.50	$540.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.11	$2.39	98%	0.05	$537.61
$542.50	$545.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.11	$2.39	98%	0.05	$542.61
$497.50	$500.00	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.23	$2.27	80%	0.10	$497.73
$507.50	$510.00	Sep 28	$0.63	$0.63	$1.87	75%	0.34	$508.13

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$485.00	$482.50	Oct 2	$0.83	$0.83	$1.67	69%	0.50	$484.17
$490.00	$487.50	Sep 30	$0.98	$0.98	$1.52	62%	0.64	$489.02
$465.00	$460.00	Oct 30	$1.25	$1.25	$3.75	74%	0.33	$463.75
$492.50	$490.00	Sep 28	$1.05	$1.05	$1.45	58%	0.72	$491.45
$495.00	$492.50	Sep 18	$0.53	$0.53	$1.97	60%	0.27	$494.47

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.00, cheapest $1.97)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$495.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$2.02	49.9%	16.1%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$495.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$1.97	49.9%	16.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 242 found (cheapest 0.40% of stock, avg 5.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$495.00	Sep 18	$1.31	$0.69	$2.00	$493.00	$497.00	0.40%
$497.50	Sep 18	$0.27	$2.18	$2.45	$495.05	$499.95	0.49%
$492.50	Sep 18	$3.28	$0.16	$3.44	$489.06	$495.94	0.69%
$500.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$4.32	$4.36	$495.64	$504.36	0.88%
$490.00	Sep 18	$5.83	$0.05	$5.88	$484.12	$495.88	1.19%
$495.00	Sep 21	$3.33	$2.66	$5.99	$489.01	$500.99	1.21%
$497.50	Sep 21	$2.11	$3.95	$6.06	$491.44	$503.56	1.22%
$492.50	Sep 21	$4.88	$1.68	$6.56	$485.94	$499.06	1.32%
$502.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$6.58	$6.59	$495.91	$509.09	1.33%
$500.00	Sep 21	$1.25	$5.55	$6.80	$493.20	$506.80	1.37%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 252 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 2.49%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$497.50	$492.50	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.16	$0.43	$492.07	$497.93
$507.50	$485.00	Sep 21	$0.21	$0.39	$0.60	$484.40	$508.10
$505.00	$485.00	Sep 21	$0.37	$0.39	$0.76	$484.24	$505.76
$507.50	$487.50	Sep 21	$0.21	$0.65	$0.86	$486.64	$508.36
$505.00	$487.50	Sep 21	$0.37	$0.65	$1.02	$486.48	$506.02
$497.50	$495.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.69	$0.96	$494.04	$498.46
$502.50	$485.00	Sep 21	$0.70	$0.39	$1.09	$483.91	$503.59
$502.50	$487.50	Sep 21	$0.70	$0.65	$1.35	$486.15	$503.85
$507.50	$490.00	Sep 21	$0.21	$1.07	$1.28	$488.72	$508.78
$505.00	$490.00	Sep 21	$0.37	$1.07	$1.44	$488.56	$506.44

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 631 found (best R:R 0.46, avg credit $0.98)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
470/472	515/518	Sep 30	$0.79	$1.71	69%	0.46	$471.71	$515.79
472/475	508/510	Sep 28	$0.92	$1.58	63%	0.58	$474.08	$508.42
468/470	508/510	Sep 28	$0.80	$1.70	67%	0.47	$469.20	$508.30
465/468	515/518	Sep 30	$0.64	$1.86	73%	0.34	$466.86	$515.64
472/475	515/518	Sep 30	$0.80	$1.70	67%	0.47	$474.20	$515.80
462/465	520/522	Oct 2	$0.59	$1.91	75%	0.31	$464.41	$520.59
470/472	518/520	Sep 30	$0.65	$1.85	72%	0.35	$471.85	$518.15
462/465	515/518	Sep 30	$0.59	$1.91	75%	0.31	$464.41	$515.59
470/472	508/510	Sep 30	$1.00	$1.50	58%	0.67	$471.50	$508.50
462/465	518/520	Oct 2	$0.65	$1.85	72%	0.35	$464.35	$518.15

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 350 found (best R:R 54.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Oct 9	$0.09	$4.91	14%	54.56
$492.50	$495.00	$497.50	Sep 18	$0.93	$1.57	67%	1.69
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Oct 9	$0.13	$4.87	10%	37.46
$495.00	$497.50	$500.00	Sep 18	$0.81	$1.69	56%	2.09
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$4.78	12%	21.73

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$495.00	$497.50	$500.00	Sep 18	$0.65	$1.85	56%	2.85
$492.50	$495.00	$497.50	Sep 18	$0.96	$1.54	68%	1.60
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Oct 23	$0.09	$4.91	10%	54.56
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$4.85	12%	32.33
$497.50	$500.00	$502.50	Sep 18	$0.12	$2.38	20%	19.83

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 419 found (best net $-0.92, 396 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$465.00	$482.50	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.76	$16.74
$465.00	$480.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$3.43	$11.57
$490.00	$492.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.73	$1.77
$497.50	$500.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.39	$2.11
$500.00	$502.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.15	$2.35

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$527.50	$510.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.92	$16.58
$500.00	$497.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.04	$2.46
$502.50	$500.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$2.06	$0.44
$495.00	$492.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.70	$1.80
$490.00	$487.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.23	$2.27

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 115 found (best yield 3.94%, avg 0.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$500.00	Oct 30	$19.55	0.49	0.9%	3.94%	4.83%	171	118
$505.00	Oct 30	$17.35	0.46	1.9%	3.50%	5.40%	1	104
$510.00	Oct 30	$15.15	0.42	2.9%	3.06%	5.96%	229	296
$515.00	Oct 30	$13.25	0.38	3.9%	2.67%	6.59%	12	41
$520.00	Oct 30	$11.55	0.35	4.9%	2.33%	7.25%	42	83
$525.00	Oct 30	$10.05	0.32	5.9%	2.03%	7.96%	28	110
$530.00	Oct 30	$8.60	0.28	6.9%	1.74%	8.67%	35	246
$535.00	Oct 30	$7.35	0.25	8.0%	1.48%	9.43%	33	96
$540.00	Oct 30	$6.30	0.23	9.0%	1.27%	10.23%	196	383
$500.00	Oct 23	$13.35	0.48	0.9%	2.69%	3.58%	94	371

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 241,599

Total Puts 115,345

Put/Call Ratio 0.48

Net Difference 126,254

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 137,717

Total Puts 82,257

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 55,460

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 1,821,509

Total Puts 873,299

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.52

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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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

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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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