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MICROSOFT CORP

$494.56 -0.64%

(9/18 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 2:00pm) 256,561

Calls: 162,182 (63%)

Puts: 94,379 (37%)

Prior (09/17) 186,472

Calls: 123,179 (66%)

Puts: 63,293 (34%)

Current vs Prior +37.59%

Calls: +31.66% (Calls)

Puts: +49.11% (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 -33.98%

Calls: -37.25%

Puts: -27.49%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 2:00pm) $149.82M

Calls: $113.92M (76%)

Puts: $35.90M (24%)

Prior (09/17) $129.06M

Calls: $96.24M (75%)

Puts: $32.82M (25%)

Current vs Prior +16.09%

Calls: +18.37%

Puts: +9.39%

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 -27.53%

Calls: -25.17%

Puts: -34.14%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 2:00pm) 0.58

Prior (09/17) 0.51

Current vs Prior +13.25%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.55

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.08%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 2:00pm) 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

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

Current 0.73% | 1.46%0.73% | 2.72%0.73% | 5.78%

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

Current vs Prior -49.48% | -25.15%-49.47% | -10.30%-49.47% | -3.20%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -57.92% | -38.37%-60.19% | -19.60%-63.17% | -11.83%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -49.48% | -25.15%-48.62% | -9.54%-48.62% | -1.66%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 10.65% | 5.79%

Calls: 13.75% | 6.05%

Puts: 7.56% | 5.54%

Prior 8.32% | 13.75%

Calls: 6.77% | 11.24%

Puts: 9.88% | 16.25%

Current vs Prior +28.00% | -57.89%

Prior 7-Day Avg 9.41% | 8.06%

Calls: 7.72% | 6.63%

Puts: 11.11% | 9.49%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +13.13% | -28.16%

Liquidity Pricy

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Strong bullish conviction with 76% of dollar volume in calls ($113.92M) vs puts ($35.90M). 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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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:00	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 369 of results (avg 6.0%, best 0.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Sep 18	94.35	95.15	$94.75	0.8%	42	1.00	8.8K
$405.00	Sep 18	89.25	90.20	$89.73	1.1%	6	1.00	421
$415.00	Sep 18	79.30	80.40	$79.85	1.4%	30	1.00	944
$410.00	Sep 18	84.40	85.65	$85.03	1.5%	38	1.00	5.9K
$440.00	Oct 16	57.05	58.15	$57.60	1.9%	21	0.94	2.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Sep 18	84.30	86.05	$85.18	2.1%	1	1.00	--
$570.00	Sep 18	74.40	76.05	$75.22	2.2%	2	1.00	--
$505.00	Oct 16	17.65	18.10	$17.88	2.5%	25	0.61	1.8K
$560.00	Sep 18	64.40	66.05	$65.22	2.5%	4	1.00	--
$565.00	Sep 18	69.20	71.05	$70.13	2.6%	2	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 54 found (avg $0.53, cheapest $0.16)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$497.50	Sep 18	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	13.8K	0.13	2.8K
$495.00	Sep 18	0.72	0.80	$0.76	10.5%	19.1K	0.43	4.2K
$502.50	Sep 21	0.54	0.62	$0.58	13.8%	905	0.15	246
$510.00	Sep 23	0.60	0.71	$0.66	16.7%	316	0.11	180
$525.00	Sep 25	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	1.2K	0.04	2.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 18	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	16.8K	0.05	5.4K
$492.50	Sep 18	0.27	0.30	$0.29	10.3%	14.4K	0.20	1.9K
$485.00	Sep 21	0.35	0.41	$0.38	15.8%	682	0.10	456
$477.50	Sep 21	0.10	0.11	$0.11	9.1%	200	0.03	354
$487.50	Sep 21	0.63	0.71	$0.67	11.9%	634	0.17	487

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 309 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Sep 18	94.35	95.15	$94.75	0.8%	42	1.00	8.8K
$450.00	Sep 21	43.35	46.55	$44.95	7.1%	11	1.00	--
$457.50	Sep 21	36.10	38.80	$37.45	7.2%	1	1.00	--
$460.00	Sep 21	33.40	36.60	$35.00	9.1%	15	1.00	2
$470.00	Sep 21	23.90	25.50	$24.70	6.5%	565	1.00	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$502.50	Sep 18	6.55	8.10	$7.32	21.2%	55	1.00	758
$505.00	Sep 18	9.55	10.75	$10.15	11.8%	111	1.00	580
$507.50	Sep 18	11.90	13.60	$12.75	13.3%	26	1.00	395
$510.00	Sep 18	14.45	16.05	$15.25	10.5%	57	1.00	2.4K
$512.50	Sep 18	16.90	18.55	$17.73	9.3%	14	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 709 active (total vol 221.8K, top 19.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Sep 18	0.72	0.80	$0.76	10.5%	19.1K	0.43	4.2K
$500.00	Sep 18	0.03	0.04	$0.04	25.0%	17.1K	0.04	16.3K
$497.50	Sep 18	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	13.8K	0.13	2.8K
$492.50	Sep 18	2.23	2.56	$2.40	13.8%	8.7K	0.80	2.3K
$505.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	4.6K	0.00	5.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 18	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	16.8K	0.05	5.4K
$492.50	Sep 18	0.27	0.30	$0.29	10.3%	14.4K	0.20	1.9K
$495.00	Sep 18	1.15	1.24	$1.19	7.6%	6.7K	0.57	4.4K
$487.50	Sep 18	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	2.9K	0.02	1.8K
$485.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	2.4K	0.01	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. 4 strikes (avg 23.8%, max 44.4%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$492.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	31.7%	22.0%	44.4%	8.9K	2.3K
$495.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	30.4%	29.4%	3.2%	19.1K	4.4K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$492.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	31.7%	22.0%	44.4%	14.4K	2.0K
$495.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	30.4%	29.4%	3.2%	6.7K	4.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 323 found (best R:R 1.08, avg 8.28)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$485.00	$490.00	Oct 23	$2.65	$2.35	$2.65	63%	0.89	$487.65
$482.50	$485.00	Sep 25	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	79%	0.56	$484.10
$505.00	$510.00	Oct 30	$1.87	$3.13	$1.87	45%	1.67	$506.87
$490.00	$495.00	Oct 30	$2.45	$2.55	$2.45	56%	1.04	$492.45
$510.00	$515.00	Oct 23	$1.42	$3.58	$1.42	36%	2.52	$511.42

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 23	$2.40	$2.60	$2.40	59%	1.08	$502.60
$505.00	$502.50	Sep 28	$1.35	$1.15	$1.35	72%	0.85	$503.65
$520.00	$515.00	Oct 30	$2.87	$2.13	$2.87	66%	0.74	$517.13
$495.00	$490.00	Oct 16	$1.92	$3.08	$1.92	49%	1.60	$493.08
$510.00	$507.50	Sep 30	$1.58	$0.92	$1.58	77%	0.58	$508.42

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 252 found (best R:R 0.85, avg 0.27)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$497.50	$500.00	Sep 23	$1.13	$1.13	$1.37	58%	0.82	$498.63
$495.00	$500.00	Oct 30	$2.72	$2.72	$2.28	48%	1.19	$497.72
$500.00	$502.50	Sep 30	$1.08	$1.08	$1.42	59%	0.76	$501.08
$495.00	$497.50	Oct 2	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	49%	1.17	$496.35
$510.00	$515.00	Oct 9	$1.45	$1.45	$3.55	69%	0.41	$511.45

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$490.00	$487.50	Sep 28	$1.15	$1.15	$1.35	62%	0.85	$488.85
$475.00	$470.00	Oct 30	$1.72	$1.72	$3.28	67%	0.52	$473.28
$485.00	$482.50	Sep 28	$0.79	$0.79	$1.71	72%	0.46	$484.21
$455.00	$450.00	Oct 30	$1.05	$1.05	$3.95	80%	0.27	$453.95
$472.50	$470.00	Sep 28	$0.33	$0.33	$2.17	89%	0.15	$472.17

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $1.90, cheapest $1.88)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$495.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$1.93	30.4%	16.3%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$495.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$1.88	30.4%	16.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 236 found (cheapest 0.39% of stock, avg 5.42%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$495.00	Sep 18	$0.76	$1.19	$1.95	$493.05	$496.95	0.39%
$492.50	Sep 18	$2.40	$0.29	$2.69	$489.81	$495.19	0.54%
$497.50	Sep 18	$0.16	$3.07	$3.23	$494.27	$500.73	0.65%
$490.00	Sep 18	$4.63	$0.07	$4.70	$485.30	$494.70	0.95%
$500.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$5.33	$5.37	$494.63	$505.37	1.09%
$495.00	Sep 21	$2.69	$3.07	$5.76	$489.24	$500.76	1.16%
$492.50	Sep 21	$4.13	$1.94	$6.07	$486.43	$498.57	1.23%
$497.50	Sep 21	$1.68	$4.47	$6.15	$491.35	$503.65	1.24%
$490.00	Sep 21	$5.90	$1.17	$7.07	$482.93	$497.07	1.43%
$500.00	Sep 21	$1.00	$6.28	$7.28	$492.72	$507.28	1.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 254 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 2.47%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$497.50	$490.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.07	$0.23	$489.77	$497.73
$497.50	$492.50	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.29	$0.45	$492.05	$497.95
$505.00	$482.50	Sep 21	$0.32	$0.25	$0.57	$481.93	$505.57
$505.00	$485.00	Sep 21	$0.32	$0.38	$0.70	$484.30	$505.70
$502.50	$482.50	Sep 21	$0.58	$0.25	$0.83	$481.67	$503.33
$502.50	$485.00	Sep 21	$0.58	$0.38	$0.96	$484.04	$503.46
$505.00	$487.50	Sep 21	$0.32	$0.67	$0.99	$486.51	$505.99
$502.50	$487.50	Sep 21	$0.58	$0.67	$1.25	$486.25	$503.75
$495.00	$492.50	Sep 18	$0.76	$0.29	$1.05	$491.45	$496.05
$495.00	$490.00	Sep 18	$0.76	$0.07	$0.83	$489.17	$495.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 544 found (best R:R 1.91, avg credit $1.00)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
482/485	502/505	Sep 28	$1.64	$0.86	38%	1.91	$483.36	$504.14
482/485	512/515	Sep 28	$1.19	$1.31	56%	0.91	$483.81	$513.69
482/485	508/510	Sep 28	$1.39	$1.11	48%	1.25	$483.61	$508.89
470/472	502/505	Sep 28	$1.18	$1.32	55%	0.89	$471.32	$503.68
470/472	512/515	Sep 28	$0.73	$1.77	73%	0.41	$471.77	$513.23
470/472	508/510	Sep 28	$0.93	$1.57	65%	0.59	$471.57	$508.43
482/485	518/520	Sep 28	$1.00	$1.50	62%	0.67	$484.00	$518.50
460/462	508/510	Sep 30	$0.88	$1.62	65%	0.54	$461.62	$508.38
470/472	518/520	Sep 28	$0.54	$1.96	79%	0.28	$471.96	$518.04
468/470	508/510	Sep 30	$0.99	$1.51	61%	0.66	$469.01	$508.49

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 324 found (best R:R 3.24, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$490.00	$492.50	$495.00	Sep 18	$0.59	$1.91	52%	3.24
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Oct 9	$0.13	$4.87	13%	37.46
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$4.86	12%	34.71
$492.50	$495.00	$497.50	Sep 18	$1.04	$1.46	67%	1.40
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Oct 16	$0.16	$4.84	11%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$492.50	$495.00	$497.50	Sep 18	$0.98	$1.52	67%	1.55
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Oct 9	$0.17	$4.83	14%	28.41
$495.00	$497.50	$500.00	Sep 18	$0.38	$2.12	39%	5.58
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	9%	82.33
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Oct 9	$0.22	$4.78	15%	21.73

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 409 found (best net $-0.03, 391 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$465.00	$482.50	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.88	$16.62
$465.00	$480.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$3.53	$11.47
$490.00	$492.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.17	$2.33
$487.50	$490.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.58	$0.92
$497.50	$500.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.32	$2.18

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$527.50	$510.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.03	$17.47
$500.00	$497.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.81	$1.69
$492.50	$490.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.40	$2.10
$490.00	$487.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.17	$2.33
$495.00	$492.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.81	$1.69

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 124 found (best yield 4.35%, avg 0.82%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$495.00	Oct 30	$21.50	0.52	0.1%	4.35%	4.44%	9	119
$500.00	Oct 30	$19.00	0.49	1.1%	3.84%	4.94%	136	118
$505.00	Oct 30	$16.40	0.45	2.1%	3.32%	5.43%	1	104
$510.00	Oct 30	$14.80	0.41	3.1%	2.99%	6.11%	227	296
$515.00	Oct 30	$12.90	0.38	4.1%	2.61%	6.74%	6	41
$520.00	Oct 30	$11.25	0.35	5.1%	2.27%	7.42%	39	83
$525.00	Oct 30	$9.55	0.31	6.2%	1.93%	8.09%	19	110
$530.00	Oct 30	$8.35	0.28	7.2%	1.69%	8.85%	14	246
$535.00	Oct 30	$7.20	0.25	8.2%	1.46%	9.63%	28	96
$540.00	Oct 30	$6.10	0.22	9.2%	1.23%	10.42%	163	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 162,182

Total Puts 94,379

Put/Call Ratio 0.58

Net Difference 67,803

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 123,179

Total Puts 63,293

Put/Call Ratio 0.51

Net Difference 59,886

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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Earnings This Week

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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