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$81.25 -0.65%

$81.29 (+0.05%)🌙

as of 09/18 07:07 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) 521,663

Calls: 306,999 (59%)

Puts: 214,664 (41%)

Prior (09/17) 525,455

Calls: 361,554 (69%)

Puts: 163,901 (31%)

Current vs Prior -0.72%

Calls: -15.09% (Calls)

Puts: +30.97% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 4,510,477

Calls: 2,628,784 (58%)

Puts: 1,881,693 (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average 644,353

Calls: 375,540 (58%)

Puts: 268,813 (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -19.04%

Calls: -18.25%

Puts: -20.14%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) $19.68M

Calls: $11.14M (57%)

Puts: $8.54M (43%)

Prior (09/17) $50.25M

Calls: $16.90M (34%)

Puts: $33.35M (66%)

Current vs Prior -60.84%

Calls: -34.07%

Puts: -74.40%

Prior 7-Day Total $392.42M

Calls: $188.52M (48%)

Puts: $203.90M (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average $56.06M

Calls: $26.93M (48%)

Puts: $29.13M (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -64.90%

Calls: -58.64%

Puts: -70.69%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 0.70

Prior (09/17) 0.45

Current vs Prior +54.25%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.73

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 3,393,554

Calls: 2,102,026 (62%)

Puts: 1,291,528 (38%)

Prior (09/17) 4,167,727

Calls: 2,664,673 (64%)

Puts: 1,503,054 (36%)

Current vs Prior -18.58%

Prior 7-Day Total 26,307,961

Calls: 15,914,677 (60%)

Puts: 10,393,284 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 3,758,280

Calls: 2,273,525 (60%)

Puts: 1,484,754 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.70%

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 0.64% | 0.87%0.64% | 1.51%0.64% | 3.18%

Prior 0.88% | 1.06%0.88% | 1.53%0.88% | 3.08%

Current vs Prior -0.81% | +12.15%-27.35% | -1.02%-27.35% | +2.99%

Prior 7-Day Avg 0.93% | 1.38%1.18% | 1.91%1.24% | 3.55%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.64% | -13.18%-45.73% | -20.57%-48.36% | -10.55%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.65% | 0.89%0.88% | 1.53%0.88% | 3.08%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +33.83% | +34.59%-27.35% | -1.02%-27.35% | +2.99%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 2.79% | 2.01%

Calls: 2.63% | 1.89%

Puts: 2.94% | 2.13%

Prior 2.78% | 2.30%

Calls: 2.70% | 2.22%

Puts: 2.86% | 2.38%

Current vs Prior +0.36% | -12.61%

Prior 7-Day Avg 8.73% | 3.42%

Calls: 9.71% | 3.19%

Puts: 6.46% | 3.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -68.03% | -41.20%

Liquidity Good

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 61% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.70. P/C ratio rising 54% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Call-heavy open interest (2,102,026 calls vs 1,291,528 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

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 245 of results (avg 3.6%, best 0.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$80.00	Oct 23	1.85	1.86	$1.86	0.5%	92	0.68	355
$80.50	Oct 23	1.52	1.53	$1.53	0.7%	39	0.59	444
$81.00	Oct 30	1.39	1.40	$1.40	0.7%	532	0.51	1.6K
$81.00	Oct 23	1.22	1.23	$1.23	0.8%	713	0.51	1.2K
$80.00	Oct 30	2.01	2.03	$2.02	1.0%	186	0.66	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$83.00	Oct 30	2.33	2.35	$2.34	0.9%	59	0.72	1.5K
$80.50	Oct 23	0.80	0.81	$0.81	1.2%	161	0.43	592
$85.00	Oct 16	4.00	4.05	$4.03	1.2%	28	0.92	--
$97.00	Sep 18	15.65	15.85	$15.75	1.3%	23	1.00	--
$93.00	Sep 18	11.65	11.80	$11.73	1.3%	23	1.00	15

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 123 found (avg $0.35, cheapest $0.11)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$81.50	Sep 21	0.10	0.11	$0.11	9.1%	8.1K	0.31	2.9K
$82.00	Sep 23	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	2.2K	0.20	3.1K
$81.00	Sep 21	0.35	0.36	$0.36	2.8%	2.3K	0.68	7.2K
$82.50	Sep 25	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	2.1K	0.16	8.6K
$81.50	Sep 23	0.24	0.25	$0.25	4.0%	2.3K	0.39	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$81.00	Sep 21	0.10	0.11	$0.11	9.1%	3.7K	0.32	3.1K
$81.50	Sep 21	0.34	0.36	$0.35	5.7%	1.8K	0.69	1.4K
$80.50	Sep 23	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	2.3K	0.20	1.6K
$81.00	Sep 23	0.22	0.23	$0.23	4.3%	3.1K	0.39	8.2K
$80.00	Sep 25	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	584	0.13	9.9K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 181 found (avg delta 0.87, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$70.00	Sep 18	11.15	11.35	$11.25	1.8%	219	1.00	259
$71.00	Sep 18	10.15	10.35	$10.25	2.0%	8	1.00	28
$72.00	Sep 18	9.20	9.35	$9.27	1.6%	16	1.00	31
$73.00	Sep 18	8.15	8.35	$8.25	2.4%	16	1.00	344
$74.00	Sep 18	7.15	7.35	$7.25	2.8%	16	1.00	87

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$96.00	Sep 18	14.65	14.85	$14.75	1.4%	23	1.00	--
$97.00	Sep 18	15.65	15.85	$15.75	1.3%	23	1.00	--
$92.00	Sep 18	10.65	10.85	$10.75	1.9%	23	1.00	4.6K
$93.00	Sep 18	11.65	11.80	$11.73	1.3%	23	1.00	15
$94.00	Sep 18	12.65	12.85	$12.75	1.6%	3	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 403 active (total vol 520.9K, top 38.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$81.00	Sep 18	0.23	0.30	$0.27	25.9%	38.5K	0.98	54.1K
$82.00	Sep 25	0.18	0.21	$0.20	15.0%	38.1K	0.27	15.3K
$81.50	Sep 25	0.35	0.38	$0.37	8.1%	37.8K	0.43	4.6K
$83.00	Oct 16	0.33	0.34	$0.34	2.9%	23.4K	0.22	206.8K
$83.00	Oct 2	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	14.4K	0.15	9.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$77.00	Oct 16	0.10	0.11	$0.11	9.1%	35.7K	0.08	75.4K
$79.00	Oct 16	0.30	0.32	$0.31	6.5%	34.5K	0.21	123.2K
$81.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	32.7K	0.07	69.5K
$81.50	Sep 18	0.20	0.30	$0.25	40.0%	9.0K	0.93	11.3K
$81.50	Sep 25	0.55	0.57	$0.56	3.6%	8.5K	0.57	5.4K

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. 76 found (best R:R 0.67, avg 2.05)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$80.50	$81.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	76%	0.67	$80.80
$81.00	$81.50	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.24	$0.26	98%	0.92	$81.26
$80.50	$81.00	Sep 28	$0.33	$0.17	$0.33	73%	0.52	$80.83
$82.50	$83.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	31%	2.85	$82.63
$84.00	$85.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	19%	6.69	$84.13

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$82.00	$81.00	Oct 30	$0.53	$0.47	$0.53	61%	0.89	$81.47
$81.00	$80.50	Oct 23	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	51%	1.50	$80.80
$81.00	$80.00	Oct 30	$0.39	$0.61	$0.39	50%	1.56	$80.61
$81.00	$80.00	Oct 16	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	51%	1.63	$80.62
$82.00	$81.00	Oct 16	$0.56	$0.44	$0.56	65%	0.79	$81.44

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 42 found (best R:R 0.28, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$82.00	$83.00	Sep 30	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	68%	0.28	$82.22
$82.00	$83.00	Oct 30	$0.35	$0.35	$0.65	61%	0.54	$82.35
$82.00	$83.00	Oct 16	$0.29	$0.29	$0.71	64%	0.41	$82.29
$81.50	$82.00	Oct 2	$0.20	$0.20	$0.30	59%	0.67	$81.70
$81.50	$82.00	Sep 23	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	61%	0.43	$81.65

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$80.00	$79.50	Oct 2	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	72%	0.32	$79.88
$80.00	$79.00	Sep 30	$0.11	$0.11	$0.89	80%	0.12	$79.89
$81.00	$80.00	Sep 30	$0.28	$0.28	$0.72	57%	0.39	$80.72
$81.00	$80.50	Sep 23	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	61%	0.35	$80.87
$81.00	$80.50	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	60%	0.43	$80.85

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. 141 found (cheapest 0.32% of stock, avg 3.39%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$81.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$0.25	$0.26	$81.24	$81.76	0.32%
$81.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.01	$0.28	$80.72	$81.28	0.34%
$81.50	Sep 21	$0.11	$0.35	$0.46	$81.04	$81.96	0.57%
$81.00	Sep 21	$0.36	$0.11	$0.47	$80.53	$81.47	0.58%
$81.50	Sep 23	$0.25	$0.47	$0.72	$80.78	$82.22	0.89%
$81.00	Sep 23	$0.50	$0.23	$0.73	$80.27	$81.73	0.90%
$82.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$0.75	$0.76	$81.24	$82.76	0.94%
$80.50	Sep 18	$0.76	$0.01	$0.77	$79.73	$81.27	0.95%
$82.00	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.77	$0.80	$81.20	$82.80	0.98%
$80.50	Sep 21	$0.78	$0.03	$0.81	$79.69	$81.31	1.00%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 180 found (cheapest 0.02% of stock, avg 0.77%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$81.50	$81.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$0.01	$0.02	$80.98	$81.52
$82.00	$80.50	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.03	$0.06	$80.44	$82.06
$82.50	$80.00	Sep 23	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$79.92	$82.58
$83.50	$79.00	Sep 28	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$78.92	$83.58
$83.00	$79.50	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.04	$0.09	$79.41	$83.09
$83.50	$79.50	Sep 28	$0.04	$0.06	$0.10	$79.40	$83.60
$83.00	$79.00	Sep 28	$0.07	$0.04	$0.11	$78.89	$83.11
$84.00	$79.00	Sep 30	$0.05	$0.07	$0.12	$78.88	$84.12
$83.00	$79.50	Sep 28	$0.07	$0.06	$0.13	$79.37	$83.13
$83.00	$80.00	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.08	$0.13	$79.87	$83.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 12 found (best R:R 1.00, avg credit $0.29)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
80/80	82/82	Oct 2	$0.25	$0.25	41%	1.00	$79.75	$82.25
80/80	82/82	Oct 9	$0.28	$0.22	35%	1.27	$79.72	$82.28
80/80	82/83	Oct 9	$0.24	$0.26	43%	0.92	$79.76	$82.74
79/80	83/84	Oct 23	$0.22	$0.28	46%	0.79	$79.28	$83.22
79/80	82/83	Oct 23	$0.24	$0.26	40%	0.92	$79.26	$82.74
77/78	84/85	Oct 30	$0.24	$0.76	64%	0.32	$77.76	$84.24
77/78	83/84	Oct 30	$0.33	$0.67	55%	0.49	$77.67	$83.33
78/79	84/85	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.70	56%	0.43	$78.70	$84.30
78/79	83/84	Oct 30	$0.39	$0.61	47%	0.64	$78.61	$83.39
78/79	83/84	Oct 16	$0.29	$0.71	56%	0.41	$78.71	$83.29

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 97 found (best R:R 1.17, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$80.50	$81.00	$81.50	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.27	93%	1.17
$81.00	$81.50	$82.00	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.24	94%	0.92
$79.00	$80.00	$81.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$0.85	34%	5.67
$80.50	$81.00	$81.50	Sep 21	$0.17	$0.33	62%	1.94
$79.00	$80.00	$81.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$0.88	28%	7.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$80.50	$81.00	$81.50	Sep 18	$0.24	$0.26	90%	1.08
$81.00	$81.50	$82.00	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.24	90%	0.92
$80.50	$81.00	$81.50	Sep 21	$0.16	$0.34	60%	2.12
$79.00	$80.00	$81.00	Sep 30	$0.17	$0.83	35%	4.88
$80.00	$81.00	$82.00	Sep 30	$0.27	$0.73	48%	2.70

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 132 found (best net $-1.33, 113 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$70.00	$75.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.33	$3.67
$70.00	$75.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.43	$3.57
$75.00	$78.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.43	$2.57
$75.00	$77.50	1:2	Sep 23	-$1.28	$1.22
$80.00	$81.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.07	$0.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$83.00	$82.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.21	$0.79
$82.50	$82.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.25	$0.25
$82.00	$81.50	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.11	$0.39
$84.00	$83.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.78	$0.22
$81.00	$80.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.17	$0.83

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 44 found (best yield 1.11%, avg 0.36%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$82.00	Oct 30	$0.90	0.39	0.9%	1.11%	2.03%	1.3K	3.8K
$81.50	Oct 23	$0.96	0.44	0.3%	1.18%	1.49%	236	3.8K
$83.00	Oct 30	$0.56	0.28	2.1%	0.69%	2.84%	1.2K	2.5K
$82.00	Oct 23	$0.75	0.37	0.9%	0.92%	1.85%	708	1.8K
$82.50	Oct 23	$0.57	0.31	1.5%	0.70%	2.24%	197	2.6K
$82.00	Oct 16	$0.62	0.35	0.9%	0.76%	1.69%	11.1K	90.1K
$83.00	Oct 23	$0.43	0.25	2.1%	0.53%	2.68%	193	26.4K
$84.00	Oct 30	$0.33	0.19	3.4%	0.41%	3.79%	220	3.3K
$81.50	Oct 9	$0.68	0.42	0.3%	0.84%	1.14%	131	7.8K
$83.50	Oct 23	$0.32	0.20	2.8%	0.39%	3.16%	232	767

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 306,999

Total Puts 214,664

Put/Call Ratio 0.70

Net Difference 92,335

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 361,554

Total Puts 163,901

Put/Call Ratio 0.45

Net Difference 197,653

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 2,628,784

Total Puts 1,881,693

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.73

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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