Tour v492
MTH
MERITAGE HOMES CORP
$74.94 +0.55%
$75.69 (+1.00%)🌙
as of 08/05 06:20 PM
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/05) 81
Calls: 24 (30%)
Puts: 57 (70%)
Prior (08/04) 42
Calls: 11 (26%)
Puts: 31 (74%)
Current vs Prior +92.86%
Calls: +118.18% (Calls)
Puts: +83.87% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 2,516
Calls: 1,148 (46%)
Puts: 1,368 (54%)
Prior 7-Day Average 359
Calls: 164 (46%)
Puts: 195 (54%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -77.46%
Calls: -85.37%
Puts: -70.83%
Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/05) $18.4K
Calls: $9.6K (52%)
Puts: $8.9K (48%)
Prior (08/04) $6.4K
Calls: $3.2K (49%)
Puts: $3.3K (51%)
Current vs Prior +186.02%
Calls: +202.15%
Puts: +170.44%
Prior 7-Day Total $503.7K
Calls: $221.6K (44%)
Puts: $282.1K (56%)
Prior 7-Day Average $72.0K
Calls: $31.7K (44%)
Puts: $40.3K (56%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -74.38%
Calls: -69.77%
Puts: -78.00%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/05) 2.38
Prior (08/04) 2.82
Current vs Prior -15.73%
Prior 7-Day Average 2.48
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.30%
Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/05) 306
Calls: -- (0%)
Puts: 306 (100%)
Prior (08/04) 1,163
Calls: 1,028 (88%)
Puts: 135 (12%)
Current vs Prior -73.69%
Prior 7-Day Total 29,286
Calls: 14,530 (50%)
Puts: 14,756 (50%)
Prior 7-Day Average 4,183
Calls: 2,075 (50%)
Puts: 2,108 (50%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -92.69%
Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 10.62% | 13.28%
Prior 9.16% | 13.28%
Current vs Prior +15.91% | -0.04%
Prior 7-Day Avg 10.93% | 14.31%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -2.81% | -7.23%
Prior 7-Day Eod 9.16% | 13.28%
Current vs 7-Day Eod +15.91% | -0.04%
Sentiment BEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 51.23% | 67.81%
Calls: 77.46% | 73.68%
Puts: 25.00% | 61.95%
Prior 39.14% | 30.69%
Calls: 44.44% | 36.89%
Puts: 33.85% | 24.49%
Current vs Prior +30.89% | +120.95%
Prior 7-Day Avg 33.40% | 45.42%
Calls: 27.74% | 35.96%
Puts: 39.07% | 54.86%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +53.38% | +49.31%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 186% vs prior. Above-average activity with volume up 93% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.38 - heavy put buying. Declining open interest (down 74%) indicates positions being closed.

Smart Money BULLISH
Retail Flow BEARISH
Overall BEARISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BULLISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg BEARISH
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads
💰 Best Value Under $1
📊 High Delta (ITM)
🔥 High Volume
⏰ Backwardation
📈 Debit Spreads
📉 Credit Spreads
📅 Calendar Spreads
⚡ Straddles
🔀 Strangles
🦅 Iron Condors
🦋 Butterflies
⚖️ Ratio Spreads
🛡️ Covered Calls
💧 Low Volume

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top -- of results (avg --%, best --%)

No options available for this category

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

No options available for this category

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 1 found (avg delta 0.51, highest 0.51)

CALLS (1)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$75.00Sep 182.855.40$4.1361.7%200.51--
PUTS (0)
No puts meet the criteria

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 5 active (total vol 79, top 25)

CALLS (2)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$75.00Sep 182.855.40$4.1361.7%200.51--
$77.50Sep 181.555.00$3.28105.2%40.43--
PUTS (3)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$70.00Aug 210.651.20$0.9359.1%250.23230
$65.00Sep 180.251.50$0.88142.0%200.1576
$75.00Aug 212.054.70$3.3878.4%100.50--

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. -- strikes (avg --%, max --%)

No setups found for this strategy

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 2 found (best R:R 1.94, avg 1.49)

BULL CALL (1)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$75.00$77.50Sep 18$0.85$1.65$0.851.94$75.85
BEAR PUT (1)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$75.00$70.00Aug 21$2.45$2.55$2.451.04$72.55

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 2 found (best R:R 0.96, avg 0.74)

BEAR CALL (1)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$75.00$77.50Sep 18$0.85$0.85$1.650.52$75.85
BULL PUT (1)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$75.00$70.00Aug 21$2.45$2.45$2.550.96$72.55

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

No setups found for this strategy

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

No straddle setups found

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 1 found (cheapest 5.55% of stock, avg 5.55%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$77.50$65.00Sep 18$3.28$0.88$4.16$60.84$81.66

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

No iron condor setups found

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 2 found (best net $-2.43, 1 credits)

CALLS (1)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$75.00$77.501:2Sep 18-$2.43$0.07
PUTS (1)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$75.00$70.001:2Aug 21$1.52$3.48

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 2 found (best yield 3.80%, avg 2.93%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$75.00Sep 18$2.850.510.1%3.80%3.88%20--
$77.50Sep 18$1.550.433.4%2.07%5.48%4--

Historical option prices for this thinly-traded ticker. Live quotes are wide and stale — use where each contract actually traded plus its 30-day range to place a limit order. 92 contracts (avg 259 vol/day, 92 traded recently)

MTH averages only 259 option contracts/day, so quotes are thin and bid/ask spreads run wide. Use the last actually-traded price below to set a limit order rather than chasing the displayed ask. Most tradeable put: the $70.00 08-21 put last traded $2.60 on 07/31 (now $0.65/$1.20) — try a limit near $0.93.
CALLS (49)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkLast Traded30d RangeHistorySugg. LimitOI
$75.00Aug 21$1.35$4.70$3.03$1.65 07/31$1.58–$6.40$1.65--
$75.00Sep 18$2.85$5.40$4.13$2.50 07/30$2.48–$7.25$2.85--
$75.00Dec 18$6.30$8.90$7.60$9.34 06/18$5.55–$10.50$7.60--
$72.50Aug 21$2.85$6.30$4.58$3.55 07/29$1.63–$7.10$3.55--
$72.50Sep 18$4.40$6.90$5.65$3.80 07/30$3.00–$8.55$4.40--
$77.50Aug 21$1.30$3.90$2.60$1.10 07/31$1.18–$4.55$1.30--
$77.50Sep 18$1.55$5.00$3.28$4.80 07/17$2.03–$6.00$3.28--
$77.50Dec 18$5.20$7.90$6.55$5.00 07/31$4.90–$9.25$5.20--
$70.00Aug 21$4.60$8.00$6.30$4.03 07/31$3.08–$9.15$4.60--
$70.00Sep 18$6.00$8.60$7.30$16.40 06/30$4.55–$10.20$7.30--
$70.00Dec 18$8.60$11.60$10.10$12.20 07/08$7.75–$12.95$10.10--
$80.00Aug 21$0.05$3.10$1.58$0.85 07/30$0.93–$3.35$0.85--
$80.00Sep 18$0.65$3.70$2.18$1.30 07/31$1.18–$4.85$1.30--
$80.00Dec 18$4.30$6.90$5.60$4.20 07/31$4.13–$8.20$4.30--
$67.50Sep 18$7.80$10.10$8.95$11.45 07/10$5.95–$11.90$8.95--
$67.50Dec 18$10.40$13.20$11.80$13.90 07/10$8.95–$14.55$11.80--
$82.50Aug 21$0.00$2.80$1.40$1.12 07/28$0.48–$2.60$1.12--
$82.50Sep 18$0.05$2.60$1.33$1.60 07/21$1.25–$3.93$1.33--
$82.50Dec 18$2.65$6.00$4.33$3.50 07/31$3.25–$7.10$3.50--
$65.00Sep 18$9.80$11.80$10.80$10.09 07/24$7.60–$13.75$10.09--
$65.00Dec 18$11.50$14.80$13.15$18.92 07/06$10.30–$16.45$13.15--
$85.00Aug 21$0.00$2.60$1.30$0.50 07/23$0.38–$1.80$0.50--
$85.00Sep 18$0.00$2.70$1.35$2.35 07/08$0.85–$3.15$1.35--
$85.00Dec 18$2.40$5.30$3.85$4.40 07/13$2.63–$6.45$3.85--
$87.50Aug 21$0.00$2.50$1.25$0.69 07/21$0.35–$1.67$0.69--
$60.00Sep 18$13.80$17.10$15.45$21.74 07/06$12.05–$18.20$15.45--
$90.00Aug 21$0.00$2.40$1.20$1.05 07/30$0.25–$1.63$1.05--
$90.00Sep 18$0.00$2.15$1.08$3.70 06/24$0.55–$2.00$1.08--
$90.00Dec 18$1.10$3.90$2.50$2.20 07/29$1.88–$4.85$2.20--
$90.00Mar 19$3.10$6.10$4.60$4.21 07/29$3.60–$6.00$4.21--
$57.50Sep 18$16.10$18.80$17.45$15.90 06/09$14.25–$20.80$16.10--
$55.00Sep 18$18.50$21.90$20.20$21.47 06/18$16.50–$22.80$20.20--
$55.00Dec 18$19.40$22.80$21.10$22.72 06/18$17.35–$23.85$21.10--
$95.00Aug 21$0.00$2.25$1.13$2.23 06/29$0.25–$1.30$1.13--
$95.00Sep 18$0.00$2.45$1.23$1.10 07/24$0.33–$1.53$1.10--
$95.00Dec 18$0.10$3.40$1.75$1.70 07/21$1.40–$2.95$1.70--
$50.00Sep 18$23.40$26.90$25.15$31.70 06/24$21.35–$27.40$25.15--
$100.00Sep 18$0.00$2.30$1.15$1.50 06/24$0.57–$1.25$1.15--
$100.00Dec 18$0.00$3.80$1.90$2.28 07/10$1.10–$3.03$1.90--
$100.00Mar 19$1.05$4.10$2.58$2.55 07/30$2.07–$3.85$2.55--
$45.00Dec 18$28.50$32.00$30.25$31.58 07/08$26.15–$33.05$30.25--
$105.00Sep 18$0.00$1.35$0.68$0.45 06/04$0.33–$1.15$0.45--
$105.00Mar 19$0.40$3.70$2.05$1.90 07/30$1.55–$3.00$1.90--
$42.50Mar 19$31.30$34.90$33.10$33.10 07/30$29.00–$33.25$33.10--
$110.00Dec 18$0.00$2.20$1.10$2.95 06/26$1.08–$1.60$1.10--
$110.00Mar 19$0.00$3.40$1.70$1.75 07/30$1.27–$2.42$1.70--
$115.00Sep 18$0.00$1.40$0.70$0.65 06/26$0.38–$1.08$0.65--
$115.00Dec 18$0.00$2.15$1.08$2.30 06/26$0.93–$1.48$1.08--
$115.00Mar 19$0.00$3.00$1.50$1.20 07/28$1.15–$1.78$1.20--
PUTS (43)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkLast Traded30d RangeHistorySugg. LimitOI
$75.00Aug 21$2.05$4.70$3.38$3.10 07/30$2.93–$5.80$3.10--
$75.00Sep 18$3.00$5.60$4.30$5.65 07/27$4.30–$7.55$4.30--
$75.00Dec 18$5.50$8.50$7.00$7.60 07/10$7.00–$10.20$7.00--
$72.50Aug 21$0.50$3.70$2.10$3.75 07/29$1.60–$4.60$2.10--
$72.50Sep 18$1.85$4.00$2.93$3.21 06/24$2.93–$5.90$2.93--
$72.50Dec 18$4.80$7.50$6.15$7.45 07/13$6.15–$8.75$6.15--
$77.50Aug 21$2.90$6.10$4.50$5.20 07/17$4.50–$7.50$4.50--
$77.50Sep 18$4.40$6.80$5.60$6.50 07/17$5.60–$8.80$5.60--
$77.50Dec 18$7.80$10.20$9.00$6.02 06/26$8.45–$11.70$7.80--
$77.50Mar 19$9.10$12.20$10.65$9.90 07/30$10.15–$13.25$9.90--
$70.00Aug 21$0.65$1.20$0.93$2.60 07/31$0.93–$3.58$0.93230
$70.00Sep 18$1.65$2.85$2.25$3.90 07/31$2.25–$4.35$2.25--
$80.00Aug 21$5.00$7.90$6.45$8.15 07/29$5.95–$9.95$6.45--
$80.00Sep 18$6.60$9.00$7.80$10.90 07/31$7.45–$10.75$7.80--
$80.00Dec 18$9.10$11.70$10.40$12.53 07/23$10.40–$13.30$10.40--
$67.50Aug 21$0.15$1.15$0.65$2.00 07/29$0.65–$2.20$0.65--
$67.50Sep 18$0.70$2.05$1.38$2.75 07/30$1.38–$3.33$1.38--
$82.50Aug 21$7.00$10.10$8.55$6.10 07/01$7.85–$12.05$7.00--
$82.50Sep 18$8.20$10.90$9.55$5.80 06/29$8.85–$12.85$8.20--
$65.00Aug 21$0.00$2.35$1.18$1.60 07/20$0.68–$1.65$1.18--
$65.00Sep 18$0.25$1.50$0.88$1.90 07/17$0.68–$2.48$0.8876
$65.00Dec 18$1.90$4.60$3.25$4.50 07/30$3.25–$5.20$3.25--
$85.00Dec 18$12.10$14.90$13.50$12.00 07/07$13.15–$16.65$12.10--
$62.50Aug 21$0.00$2.25$1.13$0.75 07/24$0.40–$1.40$0.75--
$62.50Sep 18$0.50$0.80$0.65$1.10 06/24$0.65–$2.08$0.65--
$62.50Dec 18$1.05$4.00$2.53$2.20 06/30$2.53–$4.25$2.20--
$60.00Aug 21$0.00$0.70$0.35$0.53 07/30$0.28–$1.40$0.35--
$60.00Sep 18$0.00$2.50$1.25$1.01 07/30$0.95–$1.60$1.01--
$60.00Dec 18$0.60$3.70$2.15$2.50 07/28$2.08–$3.20$2.15--
$60.00Mar 19$1.90$4.90$3.40$4.00 07/30$3.28–$4.72$3.40--
$90.00Dec 18$16.00$18.50$17.25$12.93 06/29$16.00–$21.10$16.00--
$57.50Sep 18$0.00$2.40$1.20$0.80 07/20$0.43–$1.50$0.80--
$55.00Aug 21$0.00$0.40$0.20$0.11 07/30$0.10–$1.20$0.11--
$55.00Sep 18$0.20$0.55$0.38$0.64 06/25$0.38–$1.50$0.38--
$55.00Dec 18$0.00$3.20$1.60$1.50 07/31$1.45–$2.20$1.50--
$95.00Sep 18$19.70$22.30$21.00$18.20 07/17$18.55–$24.50$19.70--
$95.00Dec 18$20.40$23.10$21.75$22.47 06/16$19.80–$25.20$21.75--
$52.50Sep 18$0.00$2.35$1.18$0.55 06/18$0.33–$1.33$0.55--
$100.00Dec 18$24.00$27.30$25.65$30.00 07/30$24.15–$29.75$25.65--
$47.50Sep 18$0.00$1.75$0.88$0.48 06/15$0.28–$1.25$0.48--
$37.50Dec 18$0.00$1.80$0.90$0.50 06/23$0.57–$1.18$0.50--
$35.00Dec 18$0.00$2.15$1.08$0.45 06/23$0.48–$1.15$0.45--
$32.50Dec 18$0.00$2.15$1.08$0.40 06/23$0.48–$1.13$0.40--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 24
Total Puts 57
Put/Call Ratio 2.38
Net Difference -33

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11
Total Puts 31
Put/Call Ratio 2.82
Net Difference -20

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 1,148
Total Puts 1,368
Average Put/Call Ratio 2.48
Ratio Trend Falling

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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