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MICROSOFT CORP

$491.29 -1.17%

(9/16 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16 3:00pm) 293,771

Calls: 186,109 (63%)

Puts: 107,662 (37%)

Prior (09/15) 233,136

Calls: 158,916 (68%)

Puts: 74,220 (32%)

Current vs Prior +26.01%

Calls: +17.11% (Calls)

Puts: +45.06% (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 -26.12%

Calls: -29.19%

Puts: -20.16%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 3:00pm) $198.51M

Calls: $147.11M (74%)

Puts: $51.39M (26%)

Prior (09/15) $176.87M

Calls: $123.44M (70%)

Puts: $53.44M (30%)

Current vs Prior +12.23%

Calls: +19.18%

Puts: -3.82%

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 -1.19%

Calls: +2.56%

Puts: -10.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 3:00pm) 0.58

Prior (09/15) 0.47

Current vs Prior +23.86%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.56

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.77%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 3:00pm) 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 0.77% | 2.08%2.08% | 3.50%0.77% | 6.33%

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

Current vs Prior -49.69% | -12.54%-12.53% | -5.10%-49.69% | -2.01%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -55.05% | -15.32%+19.27% | +3.90%-71.50% | -7.50%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -49.69% | -12.54%-12.50% | -5.06%-49.67% | -1.96%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 7.16% | 7.35%

Calls: 7.37% | 6.69%

Puts: 6.95% | 8.00%

Prior 12.63% | 9.68%

Calls: 11.76% | 10.19%

Puts: 13.51% | 9.17%

Current vs Prior -43.31% | -24.07%

Prior 7-Day Avg 10.60% | 6.99%

Calls: 8.03% | 5.76%

Puts: 13.17% | 8.23%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -32.43% | +5.09%

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Moderately bullish flow with 74% call dollar volume ($147.11M). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.58. Call-heavy open interest (2,598,905 calls vs 1,387,884 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

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Retail Flow BULLISH

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
15:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 329 of results (avg 6.5%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Sep 18	90.30	92.05	$91.18	1.9%	47	1.00	8.8K
$500.00	Oct 16	10.95	11.20	$11.08	2.3%	1.6K	0.42	24.6K
$395.00	Oct 16	96.80	99.25	$98.03	2.5%	3	0.98	1.6K
$400.00	Oct 16	91.95	94.30	$93.13	2.5%	20	0.98	2.8K
$395.00	Sep 18	95.05	97.50	$96.28	2.5%	5	1.00	935

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 16	24.15	24.80	$24.48	2.7%	43	0.68	1.2K
$492.50	Sep 25	8.15	8.45	$8.30	3.6%	533	0.52	84
$565.00	Sep 16	72.20	74.90	$73.55	3.7%	1	1.00	--
$575.00	Sep 16	82.20	85.40	$83.80	3.8%	1	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 16	67.20	69.85	$68.53	3.9%	--	0.94	19

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 25 found (avg $0.63, cheapest $0.16)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$492.50	Sep 16	0.60	0.71	$0.66	16.7%	5.7K	0.31	229
$512.50	Sep 18	0.19	0.21	$0.20	10.0%	686	0.04	2.6K
$510.00	Sep 18	0.26	0.30	$0.28	14.3%	3.7K	0.06	17.4K
$507.50	Sep 18	0.37	0.45	$0.41	19.5%	4.4K	0.08	4.2K
$505.00	Sep 18	0.56	0.67	$0.62	17.7%	3.4K	0.11	5.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$487.50	Sep 16	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	5.0K	0.12	696
$490.00	Sep 16	0.56	0.61	$0.59	8.5%	16.1K	0.36	1.1K
$472.50	Sep 18	0.29	0.31	$0.30	6.7%	207	0.06	900
$475.00	Sep 18	0.42	0.47	$0.44	11.4%	1.6K	0.08	4.1K
$477.50	Sep 18	0.61	0.72	$0.67	16.4%	768	0.12	636

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 323 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$435.00	Sep 21	55.20	57.65	$56.43	4.3%	1	1.00	6
$400.00	Sep 25	90.20	92.80	$91.50	2.8%	--	1.00	39
$415.00	Sep 25	75.30	78.35	$76.82	4.0%	--	1.00	17
$420.00	Sep 25	70.30	73.30	$71.80	4.2%	--	1.00	35
$425.00	Sep 25	65.25	68.20	$66.72	4.4%	--	1.00	62

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$497.50	Sep 16	5.10	7.10	$6.10	32.8%	953	1.00	787
$500.00	Sep 16	7.95	9.90	$8.93	21.8%	358	1.00	3.3K
$502.50	Sep 16	10.30	12.40	$11.35	18.5%	70	1.00	1.4K
$505.00	Sep 16	12.20	15.10	$13.65	21.2%	29	1.00	414
$507.50	Sep 16	14.70	17.10	$15.90	15.1%	84	1.00	2.9K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 725 active (total vol 253.7K, top 29.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Sep 16	0.14	0.18	$0.16	25.0%	29.7K	0.10	726
$497.50	Sep 16	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	21.5K	0.01	415
$500.00	Sep 16	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	14.0K	0.01	3.0K
$500.00	Sep 18	1.36	1.50	$1.43	9.8%	10.4K	0.22	15.7K
$505.00	Sep 16	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	8.0K	0.00	6.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 16	0.56	0.61	$0.59	8.5%	16.1K	0.36	1.1K
$492.50	Sep 16	1.80	1.93	$1.87	7.0%	12.3K	0.69	625
$487.50	Sep 16	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	5.0K	0.12	696
$495.00	Sep 16	3.65	4.45	$4.05	19.8%	4.3K	0.90	2.1K
$490.00	Sep 18	3.65	3.95	$3.80	7.9%	4.1K	0.46	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. 4 strikes (avg 77.3%, max 91.9%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$492.50	Sep 16	Oct 2	50.6%	26.3%	91.9%	5.7K	230
$490.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	50.4%	31.0%	62.8%	1.7K	104

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$492.50	Sep 16	Oct 2	50.6%	26.3%	91.9%	12.3K	632
$490.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	50.4%	31.0%	62.8%	16.2K	1.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 372 found (best R:R 3.55, avg 7.99)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$520.00	$525.00	Oct 30	$0.90	$4.10	$0.90	33%	4.56	$520.90
$510.00	$515.00	Sep 28	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	21%	14.63	$510.32
$495.00	$497.50	Sep 23	$0.52	$1.98	$0.52	44%	3.81	$495.52
$540.00	$545.00	Oct 23	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	14%	21.73	$540.22
$565.00	$570.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	12%	37.46	$565.13

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$497.50	$495.00	Sep 28	$0.55	$1.95	$0.55	59%	3.55	$496.95
$500.00	$497.50	Sep 23	$1.03	$1.47	$1.03	69%	1.43	$498.97
$500.00	$495.00	Oct 30	$2.00	$3.00	$2.00	54%	1.50	$498.00
$515.00	$510.00	Oct 16	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	73%	0.64	$511.95
$510.00	$505.00	Oct 2	$3.13	$1.87	$3.13	75%	0.60	$506.87

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 292 found (best R:R 0.72, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$515.00	$517.50	Sep 28	$1.05	$1.05	$1.45	82%	0.72	$516.05
$560.00	$565.00	Oct 23	$0.63	$0.63	$4.37	93%	0.14	$560.63
$507.50	$510.00	Sep 28	$0.96	$0.96	$1.54	74%	0.62	$508.46
$505.00	$510.00	Oct 23	$2.18	$2.18	$2.82	60%	0.77	$507.18
$515.00	$520.00	Oct 30	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	64%	0.68	$517.02

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$405.00	$400.00	Oct 30	$0.65	$0.65	$4.35	94%	0.15	$404.35
$400.00	$395.00	Oct 30	$0.53	$0.53	$4.47	95%	0.12	$399.47
$445.00	$440.00	Oct 23	$0.85	$0.85	$4.15	88%	0.20	$444.15
$455.00	$450.00	Oct 30	$1.38	$1.38	$3.62	77%	0.38	$453.62
$445.00	$440.00	Oct 9	$0.60	$0.60	$4.40	92%	0.14	$444.40

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $3.25, cheapest $3.21)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$490.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$3.33	50.4%	30.3%
$492.50	Sep 16	Sep 18	$3.31	50.6%	30.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$490.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$3.21	50.4%	30.3%
$492.50	Sep 16	Sep 18	$3.13	50.6%	30.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 251 found (cheapest 0.51% of stock, avg 5.65%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$490.00	Sep 16	$1.90	$0.59	$2.49	$487.51	$492.49	0.51%
$492.50	Sep 16	$0.66	$1.87	$2.53	$489.97	$495.03	0.51%
$495.00	Sep 16	$0.16	$4.05	$4.21	$490.79	$499.21	0.86%
$487.50	Sep 16	$4.10	$0.16	$4.26	$483.24	$491.76	0.87%
$497.50	Sep 16	$0.03	$6.10	$6.13	$491.37	$503.63	1.25%
$485.00	Sep 16	$6.40	$0.05	$6.45	$478.55	$491.45	1.31%
$482.50	Sep 16	$8.88	$0.02	$8.90	$473.60	$491.40	1.81%
$500.00	Sep 16	$0.01	$8.93	$8.94	$491.06	$508.94	1.82%
$492.50	Sep 18	$3.97	$5.00	$8.97	$483.53	$501.47	1.83%
$490.00	Sep 18	$5.23	$3.80	$9.03	$480.97	$499.03	1.84%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 279 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 2.88%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$495.00	$487.50	Sep 16	$0.16	$0.16	$0.32	$487.18	$495.32
$495.00	$490.00	Sep 16	$0.16	$0.59	$0.75	$489.25	$495.75
$492.50	$487.50	Sep 16	$0.66	$0.16	$0.82	$486.68	$493.32
$492.50	$490.00	Sep 16	$0.66	$0.59	$1.25	$488.75	$493.75
$502.50	$480.00	Sep 18	$0.95	$0.99	$1.94	$478.06	$504.44
$502.50	$482.50	Sep 18	$0.95	$1.41	$2.36	$480.14	$504.86
$500.00	$480.00	Sep 18	$1.43	$0.99	$2.42	$477.58	$502.42
$500.00	$482.50	Sep 18	$1.43	$1.41	$2.84	$479.66	$502.84
$502.50	$485.00	Sep 18	$0.95	$1.98	$2.93	$482.07	$505.43
$502.50	$480.00	Sep 21	$1.66	$1.74	$3.40	$476.60	$505.90

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 643 found (best R:R 4.00, avg credit $1.10)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
478/480	515/518	Sep 28	$2.00	$0.50	53%	4.00	$478.00	$517.00
478/480	508/510	Sep 28	$1.91	$0.59	45%	3.24	$478.09	$509.41
400/405	525/530	Oct 30	$2.20	$2.80	63%	0.79	$402.80	$527.20
475/478	515/518	Sep 28	$1.40	$1.10	58%	1.27	$476.10	$516.40
440/445	525/530	Oct 23	$2.13	$2.87	64%	0.74	$442.87	$527.13
475/478	508/510	Sep 23	$1.33	$1.17	60%	1.14	$476.17	$508.83
395/400	525/530	Oct 30	$2.08	$2.92	65%	0.71	$397.92	$527.08
435/440	525/530	Oct 23	$1.96	$3.04	67%	0.64	$438.04	$526.96
410/415	525/530	Oct 30	$2.20	$2.80	61%	0.79	$412.80	$527.20
450/455	525/530	Oct 30	$2.93	$2.07	46%	1.42	$452.07	$527.93

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 376 found (best R:R 24.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$485.00	$487.50	$490.00	Sep 16	$0.10	$2.40	32%	24.00
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	10%	54.56
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	10%	61.50
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$4.92	10%	61.50
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Oct 2	$0.15	$4.85	12%	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$485.00	$487.50	$490.00	Sep 16	$0.32	$2.18	32%	6.81
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Oct 23	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Sep 28	$0.14	$4.86	10%	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 387 found (best net $-1.87, 360 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$435.00	$462.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$1.87	$25.63
$485.00	$487.50	1:2	Sep 16	-$1.80	$0.70
$475.00	$485.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$6.76	$3.24
$515.00	$517.50	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.12	$2.38
$560.00	$565.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.07	$4.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$550.00	$525.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$11.15	$13.85
$540.00	$515.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$15.03	$9.97
$550.00	$530.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$18.64	$1.36
$497.50	$495.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$2.00	$0.50
$460.00	$450.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.12	$9.88

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 146 found (best yield 3.78%, avg 0.82%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$500.00	Oct 30	$18.55	0.47	1.8%	3.78%	5.55%	29	68
$495.00	Oct 30	$20.60	0.50	0.8%	4.19%	4.95%	17	96
$505.00	Oct 30	$16.15	0.43	2.8%	3.29%	6.08%	72	29
$510.00	Oct 30	$14.35	0.40	3.8%	2.92%	6.73%	61	228
$515.00	Oct 30	$12.60	0.36	4.8%	2.56%	7.39%	11	22
$520.00	Oct 30	$10.85	0.33	5.8%	2.21%	8.05%	25	67
$525.00	Oct 30	$9.50	0.30	6.9%	1.93%	8.80%	12	100
$530.00	Oct 30	$7.85	0.27	7.9%	1.60%	9.48%	11	42
$535.00	Oct 30	$7.30	0.25	8.9%	1.49%	10.38%	8	68
$540.00	Oct 30	$6.20	0.22	9.9%	1.26%	11.18%	8	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 186,109

Total Puts 107,662

Put/Call Ratio 0.58

Net Difference 78,447

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 158,916

Total Puts 74,220

Put/Call Ratio 0.47

Net Difference 84,696

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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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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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

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