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MICROSOFT CORP

$493.55 -0.72%

(9/16 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 1:00pm) 212,233

Calls: 134,629 (63%)

Puts: 77,604 (37%)

Prior (09/15) 186,015

Calls: 127,133 (68%)

Puts: 58,882 (32%)

Current vs Prior +14.09%

Calls: +5.90% (Calls)

Puts: +31.80% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,783,572

Calls: 1,839,697 (66%)

Puts: 943,875 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 397,653

Calls: 262,813 (66%)

Puts: 134,839 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -46.63%

Calls: -48.77%

Puts: -42.45%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 1:00pm) $155.02M

Calls: $119.38M (77%)

Puts: $35.64M (23%)

Prior (09/15) $142.51M

Calls: $105.16M (74%)

Puts: $37.35M (26%)

Current vs Prior +8.78%

Calls: +13.52%

Puts: -4.58%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.41B

Calls: $1.00B (71%)

Puts: $402.12M (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average $200.89M

Calls: $143.44M (71%)

Puts: $57.45M (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.83%

Calls: -16.78%

Puts: -37.97%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 1:00pm) 0.58

Prior (09/15) 0.46

Current vs Prior +24.46%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.56

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.39%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 1:00pm) 3,986,789

Calls: 2,598,905 (65%)

Puts: 1,387,884 (35%)

Prior (09/15) 3,945,174

Calls: 2,574,476 (65%)

Puts: 1,370,698 (35%)

Current vs Prior +1.05%

Prior 7-Day Total 27,413,159

Calls: 17,848,584 (65%)

Puts: 9,564,575 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 3,916,165

Calls: 2,549,797 (65%)

Puts: 1,366,367 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.80%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 0.91% | 2.06%2.06% | 3.46%0.91% | 6.30%

Prior 1.53% | 2.38%2.38% | 3.68%1.53% | 6.46%

Current vs Prior -40.36% | -13.36%-13.36% | -6.08%-40.36% | -2.55%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.71% | 2.46%1.75% | 3.37%2.69% | 6.85%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -46.71% | -16.12%+18.15% | +2.82%-66.22% | -8.01%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.53% | 2.38%2.38% | 3.68%1.52% | 6.46%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -40.36% | -13.36%-13.33% | -6.04%-40.34% | -2.51%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 5.14% | 5.41%

Calls: 5.63% | 5.94%

Puts: 4.66% | 4.87%

Prior 12.63% | 9.68%

Calls: 11.76% | 10.19%

Puts: 13.51% | 9.17%

Current vs Prior -59.30% | -44.11%

Prior 7-Day Avg 10.60% | 6.99%

Calls: 8.03% | 5.76%

Puts: 13.17% | 8.23%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -51.49% | -22.65%

Liquidity Pricy

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Strong bullish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in calls ($119.38M) vs puts ($35.64M). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.58. Call-heavy open interest (2,598,905 calls vs 1,387,884 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Open Interest

Expected Move

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 433 of results (avg 5.7%, best 1.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 16	47.20	47.70	$47.45	1.1%	16	0.89	7.7K
$400.00	Sep 25	93.25	94.70	$93.98	1.5%	--	1.00	39
$500.00	Oct 16	11.90	12.10	$12.00	1.7%	651	0.45	24.6K
$420.00	Oct 2	73.70	74.95	$74.33	1.7%	--	0.98	38
$430.00	Oct 9	64.60	65.70	$65.15	1.7%	--	0.97	25

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 16	22.60	23.10	$22.85	2.2%	22	0.66	1.2K
$520.00	Oct 16	29.65	30.45	$30.05	2.7%	1	0.75	1.0K
$505.00	Oct 16	19.35	19.90	$19.63	2.8%	12	0.60	1.9K
$560.00	Oct 16	65.60	67.55	$66.57	2.9%	--	0.93	19
$500.00	Oct 16	16.40	16.90	$16.65	3.0%	43	0.55	5.6K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 58 found (avg $0.51, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Sep 16	0.11	0.12	$0.12	8.3%	10.7K	0.06	3.0K
$497.50	Sep 16	0.31	0.34	$0.33	9.1%	15.2K	0.16	415
$495.00	Sep 16	0.89	0.92	$0.91	3.3%	22.9K	0.35	726
$515.00	Sep 18	0.19	0.21	$0.20	10.0%	788	0.04	4.7K
$517.50	Sep 18	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	129	0.03	950

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$487.50	Sep 16	0.16	0.18	$0.17	11.8%	3.6K	0.09	696
$485.00	Sep 16	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	2.9K	0.04	867
$490.00	Sep 16	0.42	0.44	$0.43	4.7%	10.5K	0.20	1.1K
$467.50	Sep 18	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	11	0.02	595
$470.00	Sep 18	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	801	0.03	7.3K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 307 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$440.00	Sep 23	52.40	55.40	$53.90	5.6%	1	1.00	--
$455.00	Sep 16	37.90	39.25	$38.58	3.5%	147	1.00	139
$435.00	Sep 16	57.50	59.60	$58.55	3.6%	264	1.00	12
$462.50	Sep 16	30.50	31.80	$31.15	4.2%	4	1.00	12
$470.00	Sep 16	23.15	24.20	$23.67	4.4%	28	1.00	155

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Sep 16	10.90	12.05	$11.48	10.0%	16	1.00	414
$507.50	Sep 16	13.15	14.70	$13.93	11.1%	84	1.00	2.9K
$510.00	Sep 16	15.30	17.25	$16.27	12.0%	56	1.00	298
$512.50	Sep 16	18.10	19.65	$18.88	8.2%	8	1.00	58
$515.00	Sep 16	20.60	22.05	$21.33	6.8%	33	1.00	24

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 679 active (total vol 185.0K, top 22.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Sep 16	0.89	0.92	$0.91	3.3%	22.9K	0.35	726
$497.50	Sep 16	0.31	0.34	$0.33	9.1%	15.2K	0.16	415
$500.00	Sep 16	0.11	0.12	$0.12	8.3%	10.7K	0.06	3.0K
$500.00	Sep 18	1.95	2.02	$1.99	3.5%	8.8K	0.29	15.7K
$502.50	Sep 16	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	4.8K	0.03	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 16	0.42	0.44	$0.43	4.7%	10.5K	0.20	1.1K
$492.50	Sep 16	1.06	1.13	$1.10	6.4%	9.7K	0.40	625
$487.50	Sep 16	0.16	0.18	$0.17	11.8%	3.6K	0.09	696
$495.00	Sep 16	2.30	2.41	$2.36	4.7%	3.1K	0.65	2.1K
$490.00	Sep 18	2.80	2.90	$2.85	3.5%	2.9K	0.37	4.8K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 51.0%, max 70.9%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$492.50	Sep 16	Oct 2	41.1%	24.0%	70.9%	3.9K	230
$497.50	Sep 16	Oct 2	41.6%	26.1%	59.4%	15.2K	430
$490.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	43.2%	30.6%	41.3%	1.2K	104
$495.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	40.1%	30.3%	32.6%	22.9K	822

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$492.50	Sep 16	Oct 2	41.1%	24.0%	70.9%	9.7K	632
$497.50	Sep 16	Oct 2	41.6%	26.1%	59.4%	856	799
$490.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	43.2%	30.6%	41.3%	10.5K	1.1K
$495.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	40.1%	30.3%	32.6%	3.1K	2.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 369 found (best R:R 1.22, avg 7.87)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$490.00	$495.00	Oct 30	$2.25	$2.75	$2.25	55%	1.22	$492.25
$480.00	$485.00	Oct 23	$2.77	$2.23	$2.77	66%	0.81	$482.77
$565.00	$570.00	Oct 30	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	12%	20.74	$565.23
$520.00	$525.00	Oct 30	$1.32	$3.68	$1.32	35%	2.79	$521.32
$500.00	$502.50	Sep 30	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	40%	2.85	$500.65

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$490.00	$487.50	Sep 30	$0.72	$1.78	$0.72	43%	2.47	$489.28
$515.00	$510.00	Oct 23	$3.00	$2.00	$3.00	68%	0.67	$512.00
$500.00	$495.00	Oct 9	$2.40	$2.60	$2.40	56%	1.08	$497.60
$505.00	$500.00	Sep 28	$3.12	$1.88	$3.12	70%	0.60	$501.88
$507.50	$505.00	Sep 25	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	75%	0.52	$505.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 294 found (best R:R 0.03, avg 0.28)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$497.50	$500.00	Sep 28	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	56%	1.08	$498.80
$527.50	$530.00	Sep 21	$0.29	$0.29	$2.21	95%	0.13	$527.79
$502.50	$505.00	Sep 30	$1.10	$1.10	$1.40	63%	0.79	$503.60
$497.50	$500.00	Sep 30	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	55%	1.08	$498.80
$560.00	$565.00	Oct 30	$0.84	$0.84	$4.16	86%	0.20	$560.84

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$465.00	$420.00	Sep 30	$1.26	$1.26	$43.74	88%	0.03	$463.74
$480.00	$477.50	Sep 28	$0.84	$0.84	$1.66	74%	0.51	$479.16
$487.50	$485.00	Sep 30	$1.18	$1.18	$1.32	61%	0.89	$486.32
$460.00	$455.00	Oct 30	$1.35	$1.35	$3.65	76%	0.37	$458.65
$490.00	$485.00	Oct 9	$2.20	$2.20	$2.80	56%	0.79	$487.80

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.84, cheapest $2.80)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$492.50	Sep 16	Sep 18	$2.92	41.1%	29.3%
$495.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$2.89	40.1%	29.6%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$492.50	Sep 16	Sep 18	$2.80	41.1%	29.3%
$495.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$2.77	40.1%	29.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 241 found (cheapest 0.65% of stock, avg 5.65%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$492.50	Sep 16	$2.13	$1.10	$3.23	$489.27	$495.73	0.65%
$495.00	Sep 16	$0.91	$2.36	$3.27	$491.73	$498.27	0.66%
$490.00	Sep 16	$3.93	$0.43	$4.36	$485.64	$494.36	0.88%
$497.50	Sep 16	$0.33	$4.32	$4.65	$492.85	$502.15	0.94%
$487.50	Sep 16	$6.08	$0.17	$6.25	$481.25	$493.75	1.27%
$500.00	Sep 16	$0.12	$6.63	$6.75	$493.25	$506.75	1.37%
$502.50	Sep 16	$0.05	$8.68	$8.73	$493.77	$511.23	1.77%
$485.00	Sep 16	$8.85	$0.08	$8.93	$476.07	$493.93	1.81%
$492.50	Sep 18	$5.05	$3.90	$8.95	$483.55	$501.45	1.81%
$495.00	Sep 18	$3.80	$5.13	$8.93	$486.07	$503.93	1.81%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 284 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 2.84%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$500.00	$487.50	Sep 16	$0.12	$0.17	$0.29	$487.21	$500.29
$497.50	$487.50	Sep 16	$0.33	$0.17	$0.50	$487.00	$498.00
$500.00	$490.00	Sep 16	$0.12	$0.43	$0.55	$489.45	$500.55
$497.50	$490.00	Sep 16	$0.33	$0.43	$0.76	$489.24	$498.26
$495.00	$487.50	Sep 16	$0.91	$0.17	$1.08	$486.42	$496.08
$495.00	$490.00	Sep 16	$0.91	$0.43	$1.34	$488.66	$496.34
$500.00	$492.50	Sep 16	$0.12	$1.10	$1.22	$491.28	$501.22
$497.50	$492.50	Sep 16	$0.33	$1.10	$1.43	$491.07	$498.93
$505.00	$482.50	Sep 18	$0.92	$1.02	$1.94	$480.56	$506.94
$495.00	$492.50	Sep 16	$0.91	$1.10	$2.01	$490.49	$497.01

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 630 found (best R:R 1.05, avg credit $1.07)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
478/480	518/520	Sep 28	$1.28	$1.22	58%	1.05	$478.72	$518.78
462/465	528/530	Sep 21	$0.45	$2.05	91%	0.22	$464.55	$527.95
478/480	502/505	Sep 28	$1.71	$0.79	39%	2.16	$478.29	$504.21
470/472	528/530	Sep 21	$0.42	$2.08	88%	0.20	$472.08	$527.92
475/478	512/515	Sep 30	$1.29	$1.21	53%	1.07	$476.21	$513.79
472/475	528/530	Sep 21	$0.46	$2.04	86%	0.23	$474.54	$527.96
478/480	528/530	Sep 21	$0.63	$1.87	79%	0.34	$479.37	$528.13
485/488	528/530	Sep 21	$1.03	$1.47	63%	0.70	$486.47	$528.53
475/478	528/530	Sep 21	$0.53	$1.97	83%	0.27	$476.97	$528.03
460/462	518/520	Sep 23	$0.47	$2.03	85%	0.23	$462.03	$517.97

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 362 found (best R:R 54.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$480.00	$485.00	$490.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$4.86	11%	34.71
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Oct 23	$0.11	$4.89	10%	44.45
$490.00	$492.50	$495.00	Sep 16	$0.58	$1.92	46%	3.31
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Oct 16	$0.16	$4.84	10%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	11%	54.56
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$4.88	12%	40.67
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00
$490.00	$492.50	$495.00	Sep 16	$0.59	$1.91	46%	3.24

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 383 found (best net $-3.93, 359 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$435.00	$462.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$3.93	$23.57
$490.00	$492.50	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.33	$2.17
$475.00	$485.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$6.82	$3.18
$487.50	$490.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$1.78	$0.72
$570.00	$580.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.15	$9.85

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$550.00	$525.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$9.15	$15.85
$540.00	$515.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$14.30	$10.70
$505.00	$495.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$3.82	$6.18
$497.50	$495.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.40	$2.10
$500.00	$497.50	1:2	Sep 16	-$2.01	$0.49

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 143 found (best yield 4.43%, avg 0.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$495.00	Oct 30	$21.85	0.52	0.3%	4.43%	4.72%	13	96
$500.00	Oct 30	$19.50	0.48	1.3%	3.95%	5.26%	22	68
$505.00	Oct 30	$17.25	0.45	2.3%	3.50%	5.82%	44	29
$510.00	Oct 30	$15.35	0.41	3.3%	3.11%	6.44%	61	228
$515.00	Oct 30	$13.50	0.38	4.3%	2.74%	7.08%	11	22
$520.00	Oct 30	$11.80	0.35	5.4%	2.39%	7.75%	6	67
$525.00	Oct 30	$10.25	0.32	6.4%	2.08%	8.45%	4	100
$530.00	Oct 30	$9.00	0.29	7.4%	1.82%	9.21%	10	42
$535.00	Oct 30	$7.75	0.26	8.4%	1.57%	9.97%	8	68
$540.00	Oct 30	$6.70	0.23	9.4%	1.36%	10.77%	7	141

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 134,629

Total Puts 77,604

Put/Call Ratio 0.58

Net Difference 57,025

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 127,133

Total Puts 58,882

Put/Call Ratio 0.46

Net Difference 68,251

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 1,839,697

Total Puts 943,875

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.56

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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