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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 2:20pm) 4,829
Calls: 420 (9%)
Puts: 4,409 (91%)
Prior (05/06) 5,077
Calls: 414 (8%)
Puts: 4,663 (92%)
Current vs Prior -4.88%
Calls: +1.45% (Calls)
Puts: -5.45% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 10,660
Calls: 1,911 (18%)
Puts: 8,749 (82%)
Prior 7-Day Average 5,330
Calls: 273 (18%)
Puts: 1,249 (82%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.40%
Calls: +53.85%
Puts: +252.76%
Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 2:20pm) $1.44M
Calls: $150.9K (10%)
Puts: $1.29M (90%)
Prior (05/06) $119.0K
Calls: $70.0K (59%)
Puts: $48.9K (41%)
Current vs Prior +1113.66%
Calls: +115.47%
Puts: +2541.54%
Prior 7-Day Total $1.17M
Calls: $311.2K (27%)
Puts: $861.6K (73%)
Prior 7-Day Average $586.4K
Calls: $44.5K (27%)
Puts: $123.1K (73%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +146.23%
Calls: +239.36%
Puts: +950.55%
Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 2:20pm) 10.50
Prior (05/06) 11.26
Current vs Prior -6.80%
Prior 7-Day Average 3.86
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +171.62%
Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 2:20pm) 26,317
Calls: 11,516 (44%)
Puts: 14,801 (56%)
Prior (05/06) 62,352
Calls: 5,517 (9%)
Puts: 56,835 (91%)
Current vs Prior -57.79%
Prior 7-Day Total 123,495
Calls: 11,150 (9%)
Puts: 112,345 (91%)
Prior 7-Day Average 61,747
Calls: 5,575 (9%)
Puts: 56,172 (91%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -57.38%
Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 11.40% | 13.65%
Prior 9.61% | 12.11%
Current vs Prior +18.60% | +12.74%
Prior 7-Day Avg 7.72% | 10.43%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +47.76% | +30.96%
Prior 7-Day Eod 9.61% | 12.11%
Current vs 7-Day Eod +18.60% | +12.74%
Sentiment BEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 38.98% | 28.70%
Calls: 34.67% | 23.16%
Puts: 43.30% | 34.23%
Prior 18.79% | 20.15%
Calls: 20.29% | 21.74%
Puts: 17.28% | 18.56%
Current vs Prior +107.45% | +42.43%
Prior 7-Day Avg 18.79% | 20.15%
Calls: 20.29% | 21.74%
Puts: 17.28% | 18.56%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +107.45% | +42.43%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Strong bearish conviction with 90% of dollar volume in puts ($1.29M) vs calls ($150.9K). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 1114% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (146% higher). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 10.50 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH
Retail Flow BEARISH
Overall BEARISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BEARISH
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH
Sentiment Timeline (Today)
TimeSmart MoneyRetailOverall
14:20BEARISHBEARISHBEARISH
14:10BULLISHBEARISHBEARISH

📈 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

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. 3 found (avg delta 0.58, highest 0.65)

CALLS (3)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$72.50Aug 214.005.90$4.9538.4%--0.6527
$75.00Sep 184.205.30$4.7523.2%1080.552
$75.00Aug 213.104.40$3.7534.7%1480.53149
PUTS (0)
No puts meet the criteria

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 12 active (total vol 4.8K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$80.00Aug 211.753.00$2.3852.5%1530.3515
$75.00Aug 213.104.40$3.7534.7%1480.53149
$75.00Sep 184.205.30$4.7523.2%1080.552
$77.50Aug 211.803.20$2.5056.0%10.424.6K
$82.50Aug 210.001.75$0.88198.9%10.204.5K
PUTS (4)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$75.00Aug 213.203.80$3.5017.1%2.7K0.472.0K
$70.00Aug 211.402.05$1.7337.6%1.5K0.27159
$75.00Sep 183.004.70$3.8544.2%2450.453
$60.00Aug 210.200.80$0.50120.0%10.0824

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 5 strikes (avg 38.5%, max 65.8%)

CALLS (4)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$80.00Aug 21Sep 1865.6%39.6%65.8%15445
$75.00Aug 21Sep 1855.0%39.1%40.7%256151
$77.50Aug 21Sep 1854.1%39.9%35.6%24.6K
$82.50Aug 21Sep 1849.3%44.9%9.7%24.6K
PUTS (1)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$75.00Aug 21Sep 1855.0%39.1%40.7%2.9K2.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 13 found (best R:R 19.83, avg 5.91)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$77.50$80.00Aug 21$0.12$2.38$0.1219.83$77.62
$80.00$82.50Sep 18$0.20$2.30$0.2011.50$80.20
$82.50$85.00Aug 21$0.31$2.19$0.317.06$82.81
$77.50$80.00Sep 18$0.93$1.57$0.931.69$78.43
$72.50$75.00Aug 21$1.20$1.30$1.201.08$73.70
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$65.00$60.00Aug 21$0.28$4.72$0.2816.86$64.72
$67.50$65.00Aug 21$0.32$2.18$0.326.81$67.18
$72.50$70.00Aug 21$0.37$2.13$0.375.76$72.13
$70.00$67.50Aug 21$0.63$1.87$0.632.97$69.37
$75.00$72.50Aug 21$1.40$1.10$1.400.79$73.60

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 13 found (best R:R 1.50, avg 0.58)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$80.00$82.50Aug 21$1.50$1.50$1.001.50$81.50
$75.00$77.50Sep 18$1.37$1.37$1.131.21$76.37
$75.00$77.50Aug 21$1.25$1.25$1.251.00$76.25
$72.50$75.00Aug 21$1.20$1.20$1.300.92$73.70
$77.50$80.00Sep 18$0.93$0.93$1.570.59$78.43
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$75.00$72.50Aug 21$1.40$1.40$1.101.27$73.60
$70.00$67.50Aug 21$0.63$0.63$1.870.34$69.37
$72.50$70.00Aug 21$0.37$0.37$2.130.17$72.13
$67.50$65.00Aug 21$0.32$0.32$2.180.15$67.18
$65.00$60.00Aug 21$0.28$0.28$4.720.06$64.72

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $0.73, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (4)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$80.00Aug 21Sep 18$0.0765.6%39.6%
$77.50Aug 21Sep 18$0.8854.1%39.9%
$75.00Aug 21Sep 18$1.0055.0%39.1%
$82.50Aug 21Sep 18$1.3749.3%44.9%
PUTS (1)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$75.00Aug 21Sep 18$0.3555.0%39.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 3 found (cheapest 9.35% of stock, avg 10.12%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$72.50Aug 21$4.95$2.10$7.05$65.45$79.559.35%
$75.00Aug 21$3.75$3.50$7.25$67.75$82.259.61%
$75.00Sep 18$4.75$3.85$8.60$66.40$83.6011.40%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 23 found (cheapest 1.79% of stock, avg 5.08%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$85.00$65.00Aug 21$0.57$0.78$1.35$63.65$86.35
$82.50$65.00Aug 21$0.88$0.78$1.66$63.34$84.16
$85.00$67.50Aug 21$0.57$1.10$1.67$65.83$86.67
$82.50$67.50Aug 21$0.88$1.10$1.98$65.52$84.48
$85.00$70.00Aug 21$0.57$1.73$2.30$67.70$87.30
$82.50$70.00Aug 21$0.88$1.73$2.61$67.39$85.11
$85.00$72.50Aug 21$0.57$2.10$2.67$69.83$87.67
$82.50$72.50Aug 21$0.88$2.10$2.98$69.52$85.48
$80.00$65.00Aug 21$2.38$0.78$3.16$61.84$83.16
$77.50$65.00Aug 21$2.50$0.78$3.28$61.72$80.78

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 21 found (best R:R 5.76, avg credit $1.29)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossR:RBE LowBE High
68/7080/82Aug 21$2.13$0.375.76$67.87$82.13
68/7075/78Aug 21$1.88$0.623.03$68.12$76.88
70/7280/82Aug 21$1.87$0.632.97$70.63$81.87
68/7072/75Aug 21$1.83$0.672.73$68.17$74.33
65/6880/82Aug 21$1.82$0.682.68$65.68$81.82
72/7582/85Aug 21$1.71$0.792.16$73.29$84.21
70/7275/78Aug 21$1.62$0.881.84$70.88$76.62
65/6875/78Aug 21$1.57$0.931.69$65.93$76.57
65/6872/75Aug 21$1.52$0.981.55$65.98$74.02
72/7578/80Aug 21$1.52$0.981.55$73.48$79.02

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 6 found (best R:R 7.06, cheapest $0.31)

CALLS (4)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$75.00$77.50$80.00Sep 18$0.44$2.064.68
$77.50$80.00$82.50Sep 18$0.73$1.772.42
$75.00$77.50$80.00Aug 21$1.13$1.371.21
$80.00$82.50$85.00Aug 21$1.19$1.311.10
PUTS (2)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$65.00$67.50$70.00Aug 21$0.31$2.197.06
$70.00$72.50$75.00Aug 21$1.03$1.471.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 12 found (best net $-0.22, 11 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$82.50$85.001:2Aug 21-$0.26$2.24
$75.00$77.501:2Aug 21-$1.25$1.25
$77.50$80.001:2Sep 18-$1.52$0.98
$75.00$77.501:2Sep 18-$2.01$0.49
$80.00$82.501:2Sep 18-$2.05$0.45
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$65.00$60.001:2Aug 21-$0.22$4.78
$67.50$65.001:2Aug 21-$0.46$2.04
$70.00$67.501:2Aug 21-$0.47$2.03
$75.00$72.501:2Aug 21-$0.70$1.80
$72.50$70.001:2Aug 21-$1.36$1.14

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 5 found (best yield 3.38%, avg 2.36%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$77.50Sep 18$2.550.462.7%3.38%6.11%131
$77.50Aug 21$1.800.422.7%2.39%5.12%14.6K
$80.00Sep 18$1.800.376.0%2.39%8.43%130
$80.00Aug 21$1.750.356.0%2.32%8.36%15315
$82.50Sep 18$1.000.329.4%1.33%10.68%17

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 420
Total Puts 4,409
Put/Call Ratio 10.50
Net Difference -3,989

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 414
Total Puts 4,663
Put/Call Ratio 11.26
Net Difference -4,249

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 1,911
Total Puts 8,749
Average Put/Call Ratio 3.86
Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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