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MICROSOFT CORP

$493.45 -0.86%

(9/18 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 11:00am) 141,174

Calls: 89,247 (63%)

Puts: 51,927 (37%)

Prior (09/17) 109,662

Calls: 74,537 (68%)

Puts: 35,125 (32%)

Current vs Prior +28.74%

Calls: +19.74% (Calls)

Puts: +47.83% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,720,420

Calls: 1,809,290 (67%)

Puts: 911,130 (33%)

Prior 7-Day Average 388,631

Calls: 258,470 (67%)

Puts: 130,161 (33%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -63.67%

Calls: -65.47%

Puts: -60.11%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 11:00am) $77.63M

Calls: $62.84M (81%)

Puts: $14.80M (19%)

Prior (09/17) $64.11M

Calls: $47.30M (74%)

Puts: $16.81M (26%)

Current vs Prior +21.09%

Calls: +32.84%

Puts: -11.98%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.45B

Calls: $1.07B (74%)

Puts: $381.56M (26%)

Prior 7-Day Average $206.75M

Calls: $152.24M (74%)

Puts: $54.51M (26%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -62.45%

Calls: -58.72%

Puts: -72.85%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 11:00am) 0.58

Prior (09/17) 0.47

Current vs Prior +23.47%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.55

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.06%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 11:00am) 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 27,561,725

Calls: 17,943,528 (65%)

Puts: 9,618,197 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 3,937,389

Calls: 2,563,361 (65%)

Puts: 1,374,028 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.88% | 1.57%0.88% | 2.79%0.88% | 5.78%

Prior 1.44% | 1.95%1.44% | 3.03%1.44% | 5.97%

Current vs Prior -38.92% | -19.46%-38.92% | -7.96%-38.92% | -3.22%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.73% | 2.36%1.82% | 3.38%1.97% | 6.56%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -49.13% | -33.68%-51.87% | -17.50%-55.47% | -11.85%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.44% | 1.95%1.41% | 3.01%1.41% | 5.88%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -38.92% | -19.46%-37.88% | -7.18%-37.88% | -1.68%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 5.88% | 14.88%

Calls: 4.59% | 14.75%

Puts: 7.17% | 15.00%

Prior 8.32% | 13.75%

Calls: 6.77% | 11.24%

Puts: 9.88% | 16.25%

Current vs Prior -29.33% | +8.22%

Prior 7-Day Avg 9.41% | 8.06%

Calls: 7.72% | 6.63%

Puts: 11.11% | 9.49%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -37.54% | +84.62%

Liquidity Pricy

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Strong bullish conviction with 81% of dollar volume in calls ($62.84M) vs puts ($14.80M). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.58. Call-heavy open interest (2,600,185 calls vs 1,419,576 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 360 of results (avg 6.0%, best 1.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Sep 18	93.10	94.00	$93.55	1.0%	13	1.00	8.8K
$410.00	Sep 18	82.85	83.80	$83.32	1.1%	6	1.00	5.9K
$420.00	Sep 18	72.90	73.75	$73.33	1.2%	37	1.00	8.0K
$430.00	Sep 18	62.90	63.75	$63.33	1.3%	46	1.00	14.3K
$415.00	Sep 18	78.00	79.35	$78.68	1.7%	2	1.00	944

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 16	37.50	38.50	$38.00	2.6%	--	0.85	502
$495.00	Oct 2	9.25	9.50	$9.38	2.7%	262	0.52	315
$537.50	Sep 21	43.45	44.75	$44.10	2.9%	2	1.00	--
$500.00	Oct 16	15.35	15.90	$15.63	3.5%	108	0.56	8.6K
$535.00	Oct 16	41.30	42.80	$42.05	3.6%	--	0.88	130

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 54 found (avg $0.52, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Sep 18	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	11.2K	0.05	16.3K
$497.50	Sep 18	0.26	0.28	$0.27	7.4%	7.3K	0.14	2.8K
$495.00	Sep 18	0.77	0.82	$0.80	6.2%	7.5K	0.34	4.2K
$505.00	Sep 21	0.32	0.37	$0.35	14.3%	1.1K	0.09	509
$502.50	Sep 21	0.54	0.61	$0.57	12.3%	427	0.14	246

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$487.50	Sep 18	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	1.8K	0.07	1.8K
$485.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	1.6K	0.03	3.7K
$490.00	Sep 18	0.33	0.37	$0.35	11.4%	12.2K	0.17	5.4K
$475.00	Sep 21	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	40	0.03	462
$480.00	Sep 21	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	237	0.07	1.0K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 280 found (avg delta 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$395.00	Sep 18	96.40	99.20	$97.80	2.9%	1	1.00	939
$400.00	Sep 18	93.10	94.00	$93.55	1.0%	13	1.00	8.8K
$405.00	Sep 18	86.40	89.30	$87.85	3.3%	--	1.00	421
$410.00	Sep 18	82.85	83.80	$83.32	1.1%	6	1.00	5.9K
$415.00	Sep 18	78.00	79.35	$78.68	1.7%	2	1.00	944

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Sep 18	46.20	48.10	$47.15	4.0%	--	1.00	14
$550.00	Sep 18	56.00	58.10	$57.05	3.7%	--	1.00	13
$537.50	Sep 21	43.45	44.75	$44.10	2.9%	2	1.00	--
$520.00	Sep 18	26.20	27.75	$26.98	5.7%	8	1.00	135
$530.00	Sep 18	35.70	38.10	$36.90	6.5%	2	1.00	51

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 618 active (total vol 125.6K, top 12.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Sep 18	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	11.2K	0.05	16.3K
$495.00	Sep 18	0.77	0.82	$0.80	6.2%	7.5K	0.34	4.2K
$497.50	Sep 18	0.26	0.28	$0.27	7.4%	7.3K	0.14	2.8K
$492.50	Sep 18	1.91	2.00	$1.96	4.6%	5.3K	0.61	2.3K
$505.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	3.6K	0.01	5.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 18	0.33	0.37	$0.35	11.4%	12.2K	0.17	5.4K
$492.50	Sep 18	0.96	1.04	$1.00	8.0%	9.0K	0.39	1.9K
$495.00	Sep 18	2.28	2.45	$2.37	7.2%	3.9K	0.67	4.4K
$487.50	Sep 18	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	1.8K	0.07	1.8K
$485.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	1.6K	0.03	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. 6 strikes (avg 12.1%, max 32.3%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$492.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	29.6%	22.4%	32.3%	5.3K	2.3K
$490.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	30.4%	29.7%	2.4%	691	7.0K
$495.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	29.9%	29.5%	1.5%	7.5K	4.4K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$492.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	29.6%	22.4%	32.3%	9.0K	2.0K
$490.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	30.4%	29.7%	2.4%	12.2K	5.5K
$495.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	29.9%	29.5%	1.5%	4.0K	4.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 321 found (best R:R 0.59, avg 8.09)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$457.50	$460.00	Sep 18	$1.57	$0.93	$1.57	100%	0.59	$459.07
$455.00	$460.00	Oct 23	$3.30	$1.70	$3.30	85%	0.52	$458.30
$510.00	$515.00	Oct 30	$1.37	$3.63	$1.37	40%	2.65	$511.37
$475.00	$480.00	Oct 23	$3.12	$1.88	$3.12	70%	0.60	$478.12
$480.00	$485.00	Oct 9	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	70%	0.64	$483.05

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$495.00	$492.50	Sep 30	$0.82	$1.68	$0.82	53%	2.05	$494.18
$502.50	$500.00	Sep 28	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	69%	0.89	$501.18
$505.00	$502.50	Oct 2	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	68%	0.89	$503.68
$490.00	$485.00	Oct 30	$1.83	$3.17	$1.83	45%	1.73	$488.17
$490.00	$487.50	Sep 28	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	42%	2.57	$489.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 259 found (best R:R 1.04, avg 0.26)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$510.00	Oct 30	$2.55	$2.55	$2.45	56%	1.04	$507.55
$500.00	$502.50	Sep 30	$1.13	$1.13	$1.37	62%	0.82	$501.13
$497.50	$500.00	Sep 28	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	59%	0.92	$498.70
$510.00	$512.50	Sep 28	$0.50	$0.50	$2.00	82%	0.25	$510.50
$500.00	$505.00	Oct 9	$2.00	$2.00	$3.00	58%	0.67	$502.00

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$487.50	$485.00	Sep 28	$1.13	$1.13	$1.37	63%	0.82	$486.37
$480.00	$475.00	Oct 30	$2.00	$2.00	$3.00	62%	0.67	$478.00
$475.00	$470.00	Oct 30	$1.73	$1.73	$3.27	66%	0.53	$473.27
$472.50	$470.00	Sep 28	$0.41	$0.41	$2.09	87%	0.20	$472.09
$435.00	$430.00	Oct 23	$0.42	$0.42	$4.58	93%	0.09	$434.58

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.69, cheapest $1.68)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$492.50	Sep 18	Sep 21	$1.77	29.6%	16.7%
$495.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$1.69	29.9%	17.5%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$492.50	Sep 18	Sep 21	$1.68	29.6%	16.7%
$495.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$1.63	29.9%	17.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 223 found (cheapest 0.60% of stock, avg 5.49%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$492.50	Sep 18	$1.96	$1.00	$2.96	$489.54	$495.46	0.60%
$495.00	Sep 18	$0.80	$2.37	$3.17	$491.83	$498.17	0.64%
$490.00	Sep 18	$3.70	$0.35	$4.05	$485.95	$494.05	0.82%
$497.50	Sep 18	$0.27	$4.35	$4.62	$492.88	$502.12	0.94%
$487.50	Sep 18	$6.03	$0.12	$6.15	$481.35	$493.65	1.25%
$492.50	Sep 21	$3.73	$2.68	$6.41	$486.09	$498.91	1.30%
$495.00	Sep 21	$2.49	$4.00	$6.49	$488.51	$501.49	1.32%
$500.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$6.78	$6.87	$493.13	$506.87	1.39%
$490.00	Sep 21	$5.15	$1.74	$6.89	$483.11	$496.89	1.40%
$497.50	Sep 21	$1.61	$5.70	$7.31	$490.19	$504.81	1.48%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 259 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 2.51%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$500.00	$487.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.12	$0.21	$487.29	$500.21
$497.50	$487.50	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.12	$0.39	$487.11	$497.89
$500.00	$490.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.35	$0.44	$489.56	$500.44
$497.50	$490.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.35	$0.62	$489.38	$498.12
$505.00	$482.50	Sep 21	$0.35	$0.44	$0.79	$481.71	$505.79
$502.50	$482.50	Sep 21	$0.57	$0.44	$1.01	$481.49	$503.51
$505.00	$485.00	Sep 21	$0.35	$0.69	$1.04	$483.96	$506.04
$495.00	$487.50	Sep 18	$0.80	$0.12	$0.92	$486.58	$495.92
$502.50	$485.00	Sep 21	$0.57	$0.69	$1.26	$483.74	$503.76
$495.00	$490.00	Sep 18	$0.80	$0.35	$1.15	$488.85	$496.15

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 590 found (best R:R 0.57, avg credit $0.95)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
470/472	510/512	Sep 28	$0.91	$1.59	69%	0.57	$471.59	$510.91
462/465	510/512	Sep 28	$0.74	$1.76	74%	0.42	$464.26	$510.74
470/472	502/505	Sep 28	$1.16	$1.34	56%	0.87	$471.34	$503.66
462/465	502/505	Sep 28	$0.99	$1.51	62%	0.66	$464.01	$503.49
470/472	518/520	Sep 28	$0.57	$1.93	78%	0.30	$471.93	$518.07
465/468	515/518	Sep 23	$0.27	$2.23	89%	0.12	$467.23	$515.27
470/472	512/515	Sep 28	$0.68	$1.82	73%	0.37	$471.82	$513.18
470/472	515/518	Sep 28	$0.61	$1.89	75%	0.32	$471.89	$515.61
462/465	518/520	Sep 28	$0.40	$2.10	83%	0.19	$464.60	$517.90
462/465	512/515	Sep 28	$0.51	$1.99	78%	0.26	$464.49	$513.01

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 340 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	11%	70.43
$490.00	$492.50	$495.00	Sep 18	$0.58	$1.92	50%	3.31
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	11%	49.00
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$4.86	12%	34.71
$490.00	$492.50	$495.00	Sep 21	$0.18	$2.32	25%	12.89

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	12%	54.56
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00
$495.00	$497.50	$500.00	Sep 21	$0.15	$2.35	21%	15.67
$495.00	$497.50	$500.00	Sep 23	$0.07	$2.43	15%	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. 404 found (best net $-23.62, 383 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$400.00	$440.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$23.62	$16.38
$465.00	$480.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$3.11	$11.89
$480.00	$490.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$1.38	$8.62
$490.00	$492.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.22	$2.28
$487.50	$490.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.37	$1.13

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$527.50	$510.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$1.83	$15.67
$540.00	$510.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$7.63	$22.37
$510.00	$500.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$4.63	$5.37
$497.50	$495.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.39	$2.11
$500.00	$497.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.92	$0.58

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 122 found (best yield 3.76%, avg 0.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$500.00	Oct 30	$18.55	0.48	1.3%	3.76%	5.09%	13	118
$495.00	Oct 30	$20.65	0.51	0.3%	4.18%	4.50%	5	119
$505.00	Oct 30	$16.30	0.44	2.3%	3.30%	5.64%	1	104
$515.00	Oct 30	$12.45	0.37	4.4%	2.52%	6.89%	2	41
$510.00	Oct 30	$13.40	0.40	3.4%	2.72%	6.07%	213	296
$520.00	Oct 30	$10.75	0.33	5.4%	2.18%	7.56%	19	83
$525.00	Oct 30	$9.30	0.30	6.4%	1.88%	8.28%	5	110
$530.00	Oct 30	$7.90	0.27	7.4%	1.60%	9.01%	9	246
$535.00	Oct 30	$6.90	0.24	8.4%	1.40%	9.82%	2	96
$540.00	Oct 30	$5.85	0.21	9.4%	1.19%	10.62%	6	383

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

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 89,247

Total Puts 51,927

Put/Call Ratio 0.58

Net Difference 37,320

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 74,537

Total Puts 35,125

Put/Call Ratio 0.47

Net Difference 39,412

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 1,809,290

Total Puts 911,130

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.55

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

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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