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MICROSOFT CORP

$493.54 -0.85%

(9/18 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 12:00pm) 188,753

Calls: 120,127 (64%)

Puts: 68,626 (36%)

Prior (09/17) 145,701

Calls: 98,140 (67%)

Puts: 47,561 (33%)

Current vs Prior +29.55%

Calls: +22.40% (Calls)

Puts: +44.29% (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 -51.43%

Calls: -53.52%

Puts: -47.28%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 12:00pm) $105.65M

Calls: $78.91M (75%)

Puts: $26.75M (25%)

Prior (09/17) $89.22M

Calls: $64.86M (73%)

Puts: $24.35M (27%)

Current vs Prior +18.43%

Calls: +21.65%

Puts: +9.84%

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 -48.90%

Calls: -48.17%

Puts: -50.93%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 12:00pm) 0.57

Prior (09/17) 0.48

Current vs Prior +17.88%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.55

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 12:00pm) 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

ℹ

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

Current 0.80% | 1.48%0.80% | 2.79%0.80% | 5.77%

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

Current vs Prior -44.58% | -24.17%-44.57% | -8.11%-44.57% | -3.40%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -53.84% | -37.55%-56.33% | -17.64%-59.60% | -12.02%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -44.58% | -24.17%-43.63% | -7.34%-43.63% | -1.87%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 8.45% | 10.29%

Calls: 9.24% | 6.89%

Puts: 7.66% | 13.70%

Prior 8.32% | 13.75%

Calls: 6.77% | 11.24%

Puts: 9.88% | 16.25%

Current vs Prior +1.56% | -25.16%

Prior 7-Day Avg 9.41% | 8.06%

Calls: 7.72% | 6.63%

Puts: 11.11% | 9.49%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -10.24% | +27.67%

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Moderately bullish flow with 75% call dollar volume ($78.91M). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.57. Call-heavy open interest (2,600,185 calls vs 1,419,576 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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
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 406 of results (avg 5.8%, best 1.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Sep 18	43.30	43.80	$43.55	1.1%	138	1.00	15.5K
$435.00	Oct 2	59.25	59.95	$59.60	1.2%	58	0.98	17
$452.50	Sep 18	40.80	41.35	$41.08	1.3%	27	1.00	3
$455.00	Oct 2	39.85	40.40	$40.13	1.4%	2	0.94	44
$455.00	Sep 18	38.25	38.80	$38.53	1.4%	57	1.00	2.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Sep 18	65.95	66.90	$66.43	1.4%	4	1.00	--
$545.00	Sep 18	50.70	51.90	$51.30	2.3%	14	1.00	--
$542.50	Sep 18	48.05	49.30	$48.68	2.6%	7	0.99	--
$575.00	Sep 18	79.90	82.10	$81.00	2.7%	1	1.00	--
$540.00	Sep 18	45.45	46.75	$46.10	2.8%	16	1.00	14

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 67 found (avg $0.56, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	13.0K	0.04	16.3K
$497.50	Sep 18	0.17	0.18	$0.18	5.6%	10.7K	0.11	2.8K
$495.00	Sep 18	0.61	0.66	$0.64	7.8%	12.4K	0.32	4.2K
$510.00	Sep 21	0.11	0.12	$0.12	8.3%	198	0.03	489
$512.50	Sep 21	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	44	0.02	146

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 18	0.24	0.25	$0.25	4.0%	14.5K	0.14	5.4K
$492.50	Sep 18	0.78	0.81	$0.80	3.8%	10.7K	0.37	1.9K
$482.50	Sep 21	0.29	0.35	$0.32	18.8%	214	0.09	285
$485.00	Sep 21	0.48	0.58	$0.53	18.9%	460	0.13	456
$487.50	Sep 21	0.85	0.98	$0.92	14.1%	485	0.21	487

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 303 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$395.00	Sep 18	97.80	99.85	$98.82	2.1%	1	1.00	939
$400.00	Sep 18	92.95	94.30	$93.63	1.4%	19	1.00	8.8K
$405.00	Sep 18	88.05	89.70	$88.88	1.9%	6	1.00	421
$410.00	Sep 18	83.30	84.60	$83.95	1.5%	32	1.00	5.9K
$415.00	Sep 18	78.20	79.90	$79.05	2.2%	5	1.00	944

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$527.50	Sep 25	33.00	35.10	$34.05	6.2%	--	1.00	12
$530.00	Sep 25	35.25	37.60	$36.42	6.5%	--	1.00	78
$532.50	Sep 18	37.90	39.45	$38.67	4.0%	46	1.00	--
$535.00	Sep 18	40.35	41.95	$41.15	3.9%	46	1.00	--
$537.50	Sep 18	42.50	44.40	$43.45	4.4%	16	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 672 active (total vol 166.7K, top 14.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	13.0K	0.04	16.3K
$495.00	Sep 18	0.61	0.66	$0.64	7.8%	12.4K	0.32	4.2K
$497.50	Sep 18	0.17	0.18	$0.18	5.6%	10.7K	0.11	2.8K
$492.50	Sep 18	1.75	1.92	$1.84	9.2%	7.4K	0.63	2.3K
$505.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	4.3K	0.01	5.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 18	0.24	0.25	$0.25	4.0%	14.5K	0.14	5.4K
$492.50	Sep 18	0.78	0.81	$0.80	3.8%	10.7K	0.37	1.9K
$495.00	Sep 18	2.01	2.17	$2.09	7.7%	4.7K	0.68	4.4K
$487.50	Sep 18	0.07	0.09	$0.08	25.0%	2.3K	0.05	1.8K
$485.00	Sep 18	0.03	0.04	$0.04	25.0%	2.0K	0.02	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. 2 strikes (avg 30.7%, max 30.7%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$492.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	28.8%	22.1%	30.7%	7.5K	2.3K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$492.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	28.8%	22.1%	30.7%	10.7K	2.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 327 found (best R:R 0.62, avg 8.63)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$460.00	$462.50	Oct 2	$1.54	$0.96	$1.54	92%	0.62	$461.54
$455.00	$460.00	Oct 30	$3.18	$1.82	$3.18	80%	0.57	$458.18
$480.00	$482.50	Sep 25	$1.58	$0.92	$1.58	81%	0.58	$481.58
$480.00	$485.00	Oct 23	$2.82	$2.18	$2.82	67%	0.77	$482.82
$487.50	$490.00	Sep 30	$1.17	$1.33	$1.17	63%	1.14	$488.67

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$517.50	$515.00	Sep 25	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	93%	0.56	$515.90
$515.00	$510.00	Oct 23	$2.92	$2.08	$2.92	70%	0.71	$512.08
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 9	$2.85	$2.15	$2.85	64%	0.75	$502.15
$500.00	$495.00	Oct 16	$2.45	$2.55	$2.45	56%	1.04	$497.55
$475.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$0.81	$4.19	$0.81	24%	5.17	$474.19

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 259 found (best R:R 0.54, avg 0.26)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$507.50	Sep 30	$0.88	$0.88	$1.62	70%	0.54	$505.88
$505.00	$510.00	Oct 30	$2.25	$2.25	$2.75	56%	0.82	$507.25
$495.00	$500.00	Oct 30	$2.62	$2.62	$2.38	49%	1.10	$497.62
$500.00	$502.50	Sep 28	$0.94	$0.94	$1.56	63%	0.60	$500.94
$510.00	$512.50	Sep 28	$0.48	$0.48	$2.02	82%	0.24	$510.48

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$490.00	$487.50	Sep 28	$1.08	$1.08	$1.42	59%	0.76	$488.92
$490.00	$487.50	Sep 25	$1.03	$1.03	$1.47	60%	0.70	$488.97
$470.00	$465.00	Oct 30	$1.48	$1.48	$3.52	70%	0.42	$468.52
$455.00	$450.00	Oct 30	$1.03	$1.03	$3.97	79%	0.26	$453.97
$415.00	$410.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.16	$4.84	98%	0.03	$414.84

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.71, cheapest $1.71)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$492.50	Sep 18	Sep 21	$1.79	28.8%	16.1%
$495.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$1.78	28.5%	17.1%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$492.50	Sep 18	Sep 21	$1.71	28.8%	16.1%
$495.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$1.56	28.5%	17.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 236 found (cheapest 0.53% of stock, avg 5.53%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$492.50	Sep 18	$1.84	$0.80	$2.64	$489.86	$495.14	0.53%
$495.00	Sep 18	$0.64	$2.09	$2.73	$492.27	$497.73	0.55%
$490.00	Sep 18	$3.90	$0.25	$4.15	$485.85	$494.15	0.84%
$497.50	Sep 18	$0.18	$4.08	$4.26	$493.24	$501.76	0.86%
$495.00	Sep 21	$2.42	$3.65	$6.07	$488.93	$501.07	1.23%
$492.50	Sep 21	$3.63	$2.51	$6.14	$486.36	$498.64	1.24%
$487.50	Sep 18	$6.20	$0.08	$6.28	$481.22	$493.78	1.27%
$500.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$6.48	$6.54	$493.46	$506.54	1.33%
$490.00	Sep 21	$5.30	$1.56	$6.86	$483.14	$496.86	1.39%
$497.50	Sep 21	$1.53	$5.32	$6.85	$490.65	$504.35	1.39%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 256 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 2.45%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$497.50	$487.50	Sep 18	$0.18	$0.08	$0.26	$487.24	$497.76
$497.50	$490.00	Sep 18	$0.18	$0.25	$0.43	$489.57	$497.93
$505.00	$482.50	Sep 21	$0.32	$0.32	$0.64	$481.86	$505.64
$502.50	$482.50	Sep 21	$0.54	$0.32	$0.86	$481.64	$503.36
$505.00	$485.00	Sep 21	$0.32	$0.53	$0.85	$484.15	$505.85
$495.00	$487.50	Sep 18	$0.64	$0.08	$0.72	$486.78	$495.72
$495.00	$490.00	Sep 18	$0.64	$0.25	$0.89	$489.11	$495.89
$502.50	$485.00	Sep 21	$0.54	$0.53	$1.07	$483.93	$503.57
$497.50	$492.50	Sep 18	$0.18	$0.80	$0.98	$491.52	$498.48
$500.00	$482.50	Sep 21	$0.91	$0.32	$1.23	$481.27	$501.23

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 573 found (best R:R 0.85, avg credit $0.94)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
465/468	505/508	Sep 30	$1.15	$1.35	59%	0.85	$466.35	$506.15
460/462	505/508	Sep 30	$1.01	$1.49	62%	0.68	$461.49	$506.01
462/465	505/508	Sep 30	$1.03	$1.47	61%	0.70	$463.97	$506.03
468/470	505/508	Sep 30	$1.12	$1.38	57%	0.81	$468.88	$506.12
472/475	505/508	Sep 30	$1.23	$1.27	52%	0.97	$473.77	$506.23
475/478	505/508	Sep 30	$1.28	$1.22	49%	1.05	$476.22	$506.28
475/478	510/512	Sep 28	$0.89	$1.61	64%	0.55	$476.61	$510.89
465/468	512/515	Sep 30	$0.73	$1.77	70%	0.41	$466.77	$513.23
470/472	505/508	Sep 30	$1.11	$1.39	55%	0.80	$471.39	$506.11
468/470	510/512	Sep 28	$0.69	$1.81	72%	0.38	$469.31	$510.69

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 344 found (best R:R 9.42, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$487.50	$490.00	$492.50	Sep 18	$0.24	$2.26	31%	9.42
$487.50	$490.00	$492.50	Sep 21	$0.16	$2.34	24%	14.62
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Oct 16	$0.17	$4.83	11%	28.41
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$4.85	10%	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$4.85	12%	32.33
$490.00	$492.50	$495.00	Sep 21	$0.19	$2.31	26%	12.16
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$490.00	$492.50	$495.00	Sep 18	$0.74	$1.76	54%	2.38
$492.50	$495.00	$497.50	Sep 18	$0.70	$1.80	52%	2.57

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 412 found (best net $-1.53, 391 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$465.00	$482.50	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.57	$16.93
$465.00	$480.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$3.28	$11.72
$487.50	$490.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.60	$0.90
$497.50	$500.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.29	$2.21
$495.00	$497.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.64	$1.86

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$527.50	$510.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$1.53	$15.97
$540.00	$510.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$7.37	$22.63
$510.00	$500.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$3.85	$6.15
$497.50	$495.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.10	$2.40
$500.00	$497.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.68	$0.82

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 122 found (best yield 4.24%, avg 0.81%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$495.00	Oct 30	$20.95	0.51	0.3%	4.24%	4.54%	9	119
$500.00	Oct 30	$18.25	0.48	1.3%	3.70%	5.01%	81	118
$505.00	Oct 30	$16.35	0.44	2.3%	3.31%	5.63%	1	104
$510.00	Oct 30	$14.15	0.41	3.3%	2.87%	6.20%	214	296
$515.00	Oct 30	$12.50	0.37	4.3%	2.53%	6.88%	4	41
$520.00	Oct 30	$11.05	0.34	5.4%	2.24%	7.60%	25	83
$525.00	Oct 30	$9.40	0.30	6.4%	1.90%	8.28%	13	110
$530.00	Oct 30	$8.15	0.27	7.4%	1.65%	9.04%	9	246
$535.00	Oct 30	$6.95	0.24	8.4%	1.41%	9.81%	3	96
$540.00	Oct 30	$5.95	0.22	9.4%	1.21%	10.62%	61	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

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 120,127

Total Puts 68,626

Put/Call Ratio 0.57

Net Difference 51,501

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 98,140

Total Puts 47,561

Put/Call Ratio 0.48

Net Difference 50,579

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)

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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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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