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MICROSOFT CORP

$493.26 -0.90%

(9/18 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 1:00pm) 221,179

Calls: 139,209 (63%)

Puts: 81,970 (37%)

Prior (09/17) 166,198

Calls: 110,754 (67%)

Puts: 55,444 (33%)

Current vs Prior +33.08%

Calls: +25.69% (Calls)

Puts: +47.84% (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 -43.09%

Calls: -46.14%

Puts: -37.02%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 1:00pm) $128.58M

Calls: $94.19M (73%)

Puts: $34.40M (27%)

Prior (09/17) $103.47M

Calls: $74.26M (72%)

Puts: $29.21M (28%)

Current vs Prior +24.27%

Calls: +26.83%

Puts: +17.76%

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 -37.81%

Calls: -38.13%

Puts: -36.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 1:00pm) 0.59

Prior (09/17) 0.50

Current vs Prior +17.62%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.55

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.34%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 1:00pm) 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 0.73% | 1.47%0.73% | 2.74%0.73% | 5.79%

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

Current vs Prior -48.92% | -24.33%-48.92% | -9.73%-48.92% | -3.11%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -57.46% | -37.69%-59.75% | -19.09%-62.76% | -11.75%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -48.92% | -24.33%-48.05% | -8.97%-48.05% | -1.57%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 9.07% | 6.76%

Calls: 8.84% | 4.37%

Puts: 9.30% | 9.14%

Prior 8.32% | 13.75%

Calls: 6.77% | 11.24%

Puts: 9.88% | 16.25%

Current vs Prior +9.01% | -50.84%

Prior 7-Day Avg 9.41% | 8.06%

Calls: 7.72% | 6.63%

Puts: 11.11% | 9.49%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -3.66% | -16.13%

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Moderately bullish flow with 73% call dollar volume ($94.19M). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.59. 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
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 419 of results (avg 5.8%, best 0.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$410.00	Sep 18	83.05	83.50	$83.28	0.5%	34	1.00	5.9K
$420.00	Sep 18	73.05	73.65	$73.35	0.8%	128	1.00	8.0K
$400.00	Sep 18	93.00	94.20	$93.60	1.3%	30	1.00	8.8K
$440.00	Sep 18	53.00	53.75	$53.38	1.4%	100	1.00	10.3K
$430.00	Sep 18	63.05	63.95	$63.50	1.4%	64	1.00	14.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Oct 16	18.40	18.75	$18.58	1.9%	13	0.62	1.8K
$535.00	Oct 16	41.85	42.70	$42.28	2.0%	--	0.88	130
$580.00	Sep 18	85.75	87.65	$86.70	2.2%	1	1.00	--
$575.00	Sep 18	80.75	82.55	$81.65	2.2%	1	1.00	--
$515.00	Oct 16	25.05	25.70	$25.38	2.6%	5	0.73	347

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 74 found (avg $0.55, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$497.50	Sep 18	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	11.7K	0.07	2.8K
$495.00	Sep 18	0.37	0.42	$0.40	12.5%	14.4K	0.25	4.2K
$502.50	Sep 21	0.43	0.51	$0.47	17.0%	711	0.12	246
$500.00	Sep 21	0.78	0.85	$0.82	8.5%	2.0K	0.19	991
$515.00	Sep 23	0.27	0.32	$0.30	16.7%	176	0.05	235

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 18	0.17	0.20	$0.19	15.8%	15.5K	0.13	5.4K
$487.50	Sep 18	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	2.5K	0.05	1.8K
$492.50	Sep 18	0.68	0.76	$0.72	11.1%	12.0K	0.39	1.9K
$480.00	Sep 21	0.19	0.23	$0.21	19.0%	335	0.06	1.0K
$482.50	Sep 21	0.30	0.35	$0.32	15.6%	371	0.09	285

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 308 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Sep 21	42.70	44.80	$43.75	4.8%	5	1.00	--
$457.50	Sep 21	35.30	36.45	$35.88	3.2%	1	1.00	--
$460.00	Sep 21	32.25	34.35	$33.30	6.3%	15	1.00	2
$470.00	Sep 21	22.75	24.50	$23.63	7.4%	400	1.00	3
$472.50	Sep 21	20.25	22.05	$21.15	8.5%	1	1.00	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$502.50	Sep 18	8.55	9.50	$9.03	10.5%	47	1.00	758
$505.00	Sep 18	11.35	12.20	$11.77	7.2%	73	1.00	580
$507.50	Sep 18	13.60	15.10	$14.35	10.5%	15	1.00	395
$510.00	Sep 18	16.35	17.70	$17.02	7.9%	50	1.00	2.4K
$512.50	Sep 18	18.25	20.50	$19.38	11.6%	13	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 694 active (total vol 191.4K, top 15.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Sep 18	0.37	0.42	$0.40	12.5%	14.4K	0.25	4.2K
$500.00	Sep 18	0.03	0.04	$0.04	25.0%	14.4K	0.03	16.3K
$497.50	Sep 18	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	11.7K	0.07	2.8K
$492.50	Sep 18	1.40	1.53	$1.47	8.8%	8.2K	0.61	2.3K
$505.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	4.5K	0.00	5.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 18	0.17	0.20	$0.19	15.8%	15.5K	0.13	5.4K
$492.50	Sep 18	0.68	0.76	$0.72	11.1%	12.0K	0.39	1.9K
$495.00	Sep 18	2.05	2.25	$2.15	9.3%	5.7K	0.75	4.4K
$487.50	Sep 18	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	2.5K	0.05	1.8K
$485.00	Sep 18	0.03	0.04	$0.04	25.0%	2.1K	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 24.4%, max 24.4%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$492.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	27.7%	22.3%	24.4%	8.4K	2.3K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$492.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	27.7%	22.3%	24.4%	12.1K	2.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 319 found (best R:R 0.71, avg 8.53)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$462.50	$465.00	Oct 2	$1.46	$1.04	$1.46	90%	0.71	$463.96
$480.00	$482.50	Sep 28	$1.43	$1.07	$1.43	79%	0.75	$481.43
$485.00	$487.50	Sep 30	$1.35	$1.15	$1.35	67%	0.85	$486.35
$495.00	$500.00	Oct 30	$2.18	$2.82	$2.18	51%	1.29	$497.18
$490.00	$492.50	Sep 30	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	58%	1.17	$491.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 23	$2.47	$2.53	$2.47	60%	1.02	$502.53
$507.50	$505.00	Oct 2	$1.54	$0.96	$1.54	72%	0.62	$505.96
$495.00	$490.00	Oct 30	$2.15	$2.85	$2.15	49%	1.33	$492.85
$497.50	$495.00	Oct 2	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	56%	1.17	$496.35
$475.00	$472.50	Sep 28	$0.14	$2.36	$0.14	14%	16.86	$474.86

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 254 found (best R:R 0.48, avg 0.26)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$515.00	$520.00	Oct 23	$1.63	$1.63	$3.37	70%	0.48	$516.63
$512.50	$515.00	Sep 28	$0.46	$0.46	$2.04	85%	0.23	$512.96
$495.00	$497.50	Sep 23	$1.12	$1.12	$1.38	55%	0.81	$496.12
$505.00	$510.00	Oct 30	$2.20	$2.20	$2.80	56%	0.79	$507.20
$495.00	$500.00	Oct 9	$2.38	$2.38	$2.62	51%	0.91	$497.38

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$490.00	$485.00	Oct 30	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	55%	0.92	$487.60
$475.00	$470.00	Oct 23	$1.42	$1.42	$3.58	71%	0.40	$473.58
$475.00	$470.00	Oct 30	$1.70	$1.70	$3.30	66%	0.52	$473.30
$490.00	$487.50	Sep 25	$1.03	$1.03	$1.47	59%	0.70	$488.97
$482.50	$480.00	Sep 30	$0.75	$0.75	$1.75	71%	0.43	$481.75

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $1.91, cheapest $1.86)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$492.50	Sep 18	Sep 21	$1.96	27.7%	15.8%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$492.50	Sep 18	Sep 21	$1.86	27.7%	15.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 239 found (cheapest 0.44% of stock, avg 5.53%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$492.50	Sep 18	$1.47	$0.72	$2.19	$490.31	$494.69	0.44%
$495.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$2.15	$2.55	$492.45	$497.55	0.52%
$490.00	Sep 18	$3.45	$0.19	$3.64	$486.36	$493.64	0.74%
$497.50	Sep 18	$0.10	$4.35	$4.45	$493.05	$501.95	0.90%
$487.50	Sep 18	$5.82	$0.07	$5.89	$481.61	$493.39	1.19%
$492.50	Sep 21	$3.43	$2.58	$6.01	$486.49	$498.51	1.22%
$495.00	Sep 21	$2.19	$3.83	$6.02	$488.98	$501.02	1.22%
$490.00	Sep 21	$4.97	$1.63	$6.60	$483.40	$496.60	1.34%
$500.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$6.68	$6.72	$493.28	$506.72	1.36%
$497.50	Sep 21	$1.38	$5.48	$6.86	$490.64	$504.36	1.39%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 254 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 2.51%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$497.50	$490.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.19	$0.29	$489.71	$497.79
$505.00	$482.50	Sep 21	$0.28	$0.32	$0.60	$481.90	$505.60
$495.00	$490.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.19	$0.59	$489.41	$495.59
$502.50	$482.50	Sep 21	$0.47	$0.32	$0.79	$481.71	$503.29
$505.00	$485.00	Sep 21	$0.28	$0.57	$0.85	$484.15	$505.85
$502.50	$485.00	Sep 21	$0.47	$0.57	$1.04	$483.96	$503.54
$497.50	$492.50	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.72	$0.82	$491.68	$498.32
$500.00	$482.50	Sep 21	$0.82	$0.32	$1.14	$481.36	$501.14
$495.00	$492.50	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.72	$1.12	$491.38	$496.12
$505.00	$487.50	Sep 21	$0.28	$0.96	$1.24	$486.26	$506.24

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 570 found (best R:R 0.53, avg credit $0.99)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
395/400	515/520	Oct 23	$1.74	$3.26	67%	0.53	$398.26	$516.74
470/472	512/515	Sep 28	$0.77	$1.73	73%	0.45	$471.73	$513.27
465/468	512/515	Sep 28	$0.63	$1.87	77%	0.34	$466.87	$513.13
478/480	512/515	Sep 28	$0.94	$1.56	64%	0.60	$479.06	$513.44
415/420	515/520	Oct 23	$1.76	$3.24	66%	0.54	$418.24	$516.76
468/470	512/515	Sep 28	$0.65	$1.85	75%	0.35	$469.35	$513.15
455/460	515/520	Oct 23	$2.42	$2.58	52%	0.94	$457.58	$517.42
482/485	512/515	Sep 28	$1.16	$1.34	54%	0.87	$483.84	$513.66
425/430	515/520	Oct 23	$1.83	$3.17	64%	0.58	$428.17	$516.83
420/425	515/520	Oct 23	$1.77	$3.23	65%	0.55	$423.23	$516.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 345 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$490.00	$492.50	$495.00	Sep 18	$0.91	$1.59	62%	1.75
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Oct 9	$0.24	$4.76	14%	19.83
$492.50	$495.00	$497.50	Sep 23	$0.08	$2.42	16%	30.25
$480.00	$485.00	$490.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$4.90	11%	49.00
$490.00	$492.50	$495.00	Sep 18	$0.90	$1.60	62%	1.78
$495.00	$497.50	$500.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$2.37	21%	18.23
$490.00	$492.50	$495.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$2.44	13%	40.67
$492.50	$495.00	$497.50	Sep 18	$0.77	$1.73	53%	2.25

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 $-1.85, 390 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$465.00	$482.50	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.15	$17.35
$465.00	$480.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$2.21	$12.79
$487.50	$490.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.08	$1.42
$497.50	$500.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.26	$2.24
$495.00	$497.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.57	$1.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$527.50	$510.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$1.85	$15.65
$540.00	$510.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$7.21	$22.79
$500.00	$497.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$2.02	$0.48
$490.00	$487.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.29	$2.21
$492.50	$490.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.68	$1.82

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 121 found (best yield 4.22%, avg 0.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$495.00	Oct 30	$20.80	0.51	0.3%	4.22%	4.57%	9	119
$500.00	Oct 30	$18.35	0.47	1.4%	3.72%	5.09%	81	118
$505.00	Oct 30	$16.35	0.44	2.4%	3.31%	5.69%	1	104
$510.00	Oct 30	$14.35	0.40	3.4%	2.91%	6.30%	214	296
$515.00	Oct 30	$12.50	0.37	4.4%	2.53%	6.94%	5	41
$520.00	Oct 30	$10.85	0.33	5.4%	2.20%	7.62%	33	83
$525.00	Oct 30	$9.30	0.30	6.4%	1.89%	8.32%	14	110
$530.00	Oct 30	$8.10	0.27	7.5%	1.64%	9.09%	12	246
$535.00	Oct 30	$6.95	0.24	8.5%	1.41%	9.87%	4	96
$540.00	Oct 30	$5.95	0.21	9.5%	1.21%	10.68%	78	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 139,209

Total Puts 81,970

Put/Call Ratio 0.59

Net Difference 57,239

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 110,754

Total Puts 55,444

Put/Call Ratio 0.50

Net Difference 55,310

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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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Put/Call Ratio

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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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