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$153.82 -0.96%

$153.59 (-0.15%)🌙

as of 09/18 07:11 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) 255,748

Calls: 141,547 (55%)

Puts: 114,201 (45%)

Prior (09/16) 219,561

Calls: 114,101 (52%)

Puts: 105,460 (48%)

Current vs Prior +16.48%

Calls: +24.05% (Calls)

Puts: +8.29% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,773,713

Calls: 967,761 (55%)

Puts: 805,952 (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average 253,387

Calls: 138,251 (55%)

Puts: 115,136 (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.93%

Calls: +2.38%

Puts: -0.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) $64.66M

Calls: $39.49M (61%)

Puts: $25.17M (39%)

Prior (09/16) $51.88M

Calls: $33.18M (64%)

Puts: $18.70M (36%)

Current vs Prior +24.64%

Calls: +19.04%

Puts: +34.57%

Prior 7-Day Total $608.82M

Calls: $461.87M (76%)

Puts: $146.95M (24%)

Prior 7-Day Average $86.97M

Calls: $65.98M (76%)

Puts: $20.99M (24%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.66%

Calls: -40.15%

Puts: +19.88%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 0.81

Prior (09/16) 0.92

Current vs Prior -12.71%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.85

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.97%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 800,041

Calls: 338,858 (42%)

Puts: 461,183 (58%)

Prior (09/16) 1,042,056

Calls: 415,556 (40%)

Puts: 626,500 (60%)

Current vs Prior -23.22%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,946,030

Calls: 2,563,661 (43%)

Puts: 3,382,369 (57%)

Prior 7-Day Average 849,432

Calls: 366,237 (43%)

Puts: 483,195 (57%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -5.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/23)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.68% | 4.52%0.68% | 5.30%0.68% | 10.55%

Prior 0.75% | 3.58%3.58% | 6.98%0.75% | 12.42%

Current vs Prior +501.33% | +48.29%-81.10% | -24.03%-10.15% | -15.06%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.38% | 5.03%3.26% | 6.93%4.59% | 13.08%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +33.91% | +5.41%-79.24% | -23.48%-85.28% | -19.31%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.77% | 4.33%3.58% | 6.98%0.75% | 12.42%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +488.80% | +22.49%-81.10% | -24.03%-10.15% | -15.06%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 7.04% | 8.36%

Calls: 9.51% | 12.85%

Puts: 4.57% | 3.87%

Prior 37.16% | 16.39%

Calls: 29.89% | 20.72%

Puts: 44.44% | 12.06%

Current vs Prior -81.05% | -48.99%

Prior 7-Day Avg 20.62% | 15.00%

Calls: 13.22% | 9.41%

Puts: 27.68% | 19.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -65.86% | -44.26%

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Moderately bullish flow with 61% call dollar volume ($39.49M). Declining open interest (down 23%) indicates positions being closed.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BEARISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 457 of results (avg 5.5%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$157.00	Sep 23	1.90	1.94	$1.92	2.1%	717	0.36	715
$125.00	Sep 18	28.40	29.00	$28.70	2.1%	142	1.00	1.8K
$124.00	Sep 18	29.45	30.15	$29.80	2.3%	55	0.97	206
$156.00	Oct 23	8.00	8.20	$8.10	2.5%	3	0.49	54
$156.00	Oct 9	5.80	5.95	$5.88	2.6%	73	0.47	128

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 23	1.67	1.70	$1.69	1.8%	3.1K	0.31	2.5K
$155.00	Oct 16	8.25	8.40	$8.32	1.8%	281	0.50	1.0K
$140.00	Oct 16	2.57	2.62	$2.60	1.9%	3.6K	0.22	7.9K
$130.00	Oct 16	1.00	1.02	$1.01	2.0%	1.8K	0.10	8.6K
$155.00	Oct 23	9.30	9.50	$9.40	2.1%	67	0.49	240

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 92 found (avg $0.53, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$168.00	Sep 23	0.30	0.35	$0.32	15.6%	47	0.08	187
$171.00	Sep 23	0.20	0.24	$0.22	18.2%	11	0.05	227
$170.00	Sep 23	0.23	0.24	$0.24	4.2%	538	0.06	595
$167.00	Sep 23	0.34	0.40	$0.37	16.2%	75	0.09	236
$169.00	Sep 23	0.26	0.29	$0.28	10.7%	150	0.07	105

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$134.00	Sep 23	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	161	0.03	13
$139.00	Sep 23	0.23	0.28	$0.26	19.2%	91	0.06	43
$140.00	Sep 23	0.30	0.31	$0.31	3.2%	837	0.07	822
$141.00	Sep 23	0.35	0.40	$0.38	13.2%	74	0.08	112
$142.00	Sep 23	0.42	0.45	$0.44	6.8%	206	0.10	132

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 312 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Sep 23	28.45	29.35	$28.90	3.1%	2	1.00	--
$130.00	Sep 23	23.50	24.25	$23.88	3.1%	3	1.00	--
$131.00	Sep 23	22.50	23.40	$22.95	3.9%	2	1.00	--
$132.00	Sep 23	21.25	22.60	$21.93	6.2%	2	1.00	2
$134.00	Sep 23	19.30	20.85	$20.08	7.7%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 18	1.02	1.28	$1.15	22.6%	5.8K	1.00	3.4K
$156.00	Sep 18	1.96	2.27	$2.12	14.6%	2.4K	1.00	1.7K
$157.00	Sep 18	2.80	3.70	$3.25	27.7%	2.7K	1.00	512
$157.50	Sep 18	3.30	4.20	$3.75	24.0%	470	1.00	439
$158.00	Sep 18	3.90	4.25	$4.08	8.6%	1.4K	1.00	498

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 817 active (total vol 229.4K, top 9.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	9.7K	0.02	7.6K
$160.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	7.8K	0.01	11.7K
$157.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	7.4K	0.01	2.3K
$156.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	6.2K	0.01	1.9K
$160.00	Sep 23	1.14	1.18	$1.16	3.4%	4.5K	0.24	905

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Oct 16	0.61	0.66	$0.64	7.8%	6.6K	0.06	11.9K
$155.00	Sep 18	1.02	1.28	$1.15	22.6%	5.8K	1.00	3.4K
$145.00	Oct 16	3.90	4.00	$3.95	2.5%	5.0K	0.30	4.8K
$154.00	Sep 18	0.16	0.28	$0.22	54.5%	4.7K	0.67	966
$140.00	Oct 16	2.57	2.62	$2.60	1.9%	3.6K	0.22	7.9K

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. 357 found (best R:R 4.88, avg 2.76)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$170.00	$175.00	Oct 30	$0.85	$4.15	$0.85	30%	4.88	$170.85
$146.00	$148.00	Sep 30	$0.97	$1.03	$0.97	74%	1.06	$146.97
$142.00	$143.00	Sep 23	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	90%	1.33	$142.43
$134.00	$135.00	Sep 25	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	94%	1.08	$134.48
$134.00	$135.00	Oct 2	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	90%	1.22	$134.45

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$165.00	$163.00	Oct 30	$0.89	$1.11	$0.89	62%	1.25	$164.11
$160.00	$159.00	Sep 23	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	76%	1.22	$159.55
$159.00	$158.00	Oct 23	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	56%	2.70	$158.73
$152.00	$151.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	44%	5.67	$151.85
$167.00	$166.00	Sep 23	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	91%	0.59	$166.37

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 265 found (best R:R 3.00, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$177.00	$177.50	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	95%	1.08	$177.26
$172.00	$172.50	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	94%	1.08	$172.26
$162.00	$163.00	Oct 9	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	65%	1.27	$162.56
$162.00	$162.50	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.30	$0.20	77%	1.50	$162.30
$166.00	$167.00	Sep 25	$0.28	$0.28	$0.72	85%	0.39	$166.28

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$151.00	$150.00	Oct 23	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	58%	3.00	$150.25
$150.00	$149.00	Oct 23	$0.73	$0.73	$0.27	59%	2.70	$149.27
$147.00	$146.00	Oct 2	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	70%	1.27	$146.44
$133.00	$131.00	Oct 23	$0.48	$0.48	$1.52	84%	0.32	$132.52
$150.00	$149.00	Oct 2	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	63%	1.27	$149.44

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.07, cheapest $3.06)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$154.00	Sep 18	Sep 23	$3.08	32.9%	45.8%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$154.00	Sep 18	Sep 23	$3.06	32.9%	45.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 211 found (cheapest 0.21% of stock, avg 8.49%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$154.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.22	$0.32	$153.68	$154.32	0.21%
$153.00	Sep 18	$0.82	$0.03	$0.85	$152.15	$153.85	0.55%
$155.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$1.15	$1.16	$153.84	$156.16	0.75%
$152.50	Sep 18	$1.53	$0.02	$1.55	$150.95	$154.05	1.01%
$152.00	Sep 18	$1.75	$0.02	$1.77	$150.23	$153.77	1.15%
$156.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$2.12	$2.13	$153.87	$158.13	1.38%
$151.00	Sep 18	$2.87	$0.14	$3.01	$147.99	$154.01	1.96%
$157.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$3.25	$3.26	$153.74	$160.26	2.12%
$157.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$3.75	$3.76	$153.74	$161.26	2.44%
$150.00	Sep 18	$3.78	$0.01	$3.79	$146.21	$153.79	2.46%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 206 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 6.78%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$154.00	$153.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.03	$0.13	$152.87	$154.13
$172.00	$153.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.03	$0.30	$152.70	$172.30
$177.00	$153.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.03	$0.30	$152.70	$177.30
$154.00	$151.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.14	$0.24	$150.76	$154.24
$172.00	$151.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.14	$0.41	$150.59	$172.41
$177.00	$151.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.14	$0.41	$150.59	$177.41
$158.00	$150.00	Sep 23	$1.64	$1.69	$3.33	$146.67	$161.33
$157.50	$150.00	Sep 23	$1.80	$1.69	$3.49	$146.51	$160.99
$158.00	$151.00	Sep 23	$1.64	$2.01	$3.65	$147.35	$161.65
$157.00	$150.00	Sep 23	$1.92	$1.69	$3.61	$146.39	$160.61

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 167 found (best R:R 4.88, avg credit $0.46)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
136/137	162/163	Oct 9	$0.83	$0.17	50%	4.88	$136.17	$162.83
132/133	162/163	Oct 9	$0.73	$0.27	55%	2.70	$132.27	$162.73
146/147	161/162	Oct 2	$0.89	$0.11	38%	8.09	$146.11	$161.89
144/144	162/163	Oct 9	$0.87	$0.13	39%	6.69	$143.13	$162.87
146/147	160/161	Oct 2	$0.88	$0.12	35%	7.33	$146.12	$160.88
150/151	177/178	Sep 18	$0.39	$0.61	83%	0.64	$150.61	$177.39
126/128	177/178	Sep 18	$0.36	$1.64	93%	0.22	$127.64	$177.36
142/143	162/163	Oct 9	$0.80	$0.20	41%	4.00	$142.20	$162.80
150/151	172/172	Sep 18	$0.39	$0.61	82%	0.64	$150.61	$172.39
141/142	162/162	Sep 25	$0.58	$0.42	63%	1.38	$141.42	$162.58

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 199 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$154.00	$155.00	$156.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.91	36%	10.11
$153.00	$154.00	$155.00	Sep 18	$0.63	$0.37	89%	0.59
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 23	$0.23	$4.77	10%	20.74
$149.00	$150.00	$151.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.94	11%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$153.00	$154.00	$155.00	Sep 18	$0.74	$0.26	92%	0.35
$125.00	$130.00	$135.00	Sep 30	$0.10	$4.90	5%	49.00
$175.00	$176.00	$177.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00
$154.00	$155.00	$156.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$0.95	6%	19.00
$150.00	$151.00	$152.00	Sep 23	$0.07	$0.93	9%	13.29

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 193 found (best net $-5.22, 181 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$152.50	$153.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.11	$0.39
$151.00	$152.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.63	$0.37
$180.00	$182.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.02	$1.98
$177.50	$180.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.01	$2.49
$182.50	$183.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.05	$0.45

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$180.00	$166.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$5.22	$8.78
$156.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.18	$0.82
$135.00	$130.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.12	$4.88
$130.00	$125.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.12	$4.88
$157.00	$156.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.99	$0.01

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 185 found (best yield 4.88%, avg 1.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$160.00	Oct 30	$7.50	0.43	4.0%	4.88%	8.89%	349	343
$165.00	Oct 30	$6.00	0.37	7.3%	3.90%	11.17%	305	399
$157.00	Oct 30	$8.50	0.48	2.1%	5.53%	7.59%	118	174
$161.00	Oct 30	$7.00	0.42	4.7%	4.55%	9.22%	1	--
$155.00	Oct 30	$9.35	0.51	0.8%	6.08%	6.85%	330	155
$157.50	Oct 30	$8.20	0.47	2.4%	5.33%	7.72%	1	5
$154.00	Oct 30	$9.70	0.52	0.1%	6.31%	6.42%	78	30
$159.00	Oct 30	$7.45	0.45	3.4%	4.84%	8.21%	7	110
$167.00	Oct 30	$5.30	0.34	8.6%	3.45%	12.01%	10	17
$158.00	Oct 30	$7.85	0.46	2.7%	5.10%	7.82%	2	74

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 141,547

Total Puts 114,201

Put/Call Ratio 0.81

Net Difference 27,346

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 114,101

Total Puts 105,460

Put/Call Ratio 0.92

Net Difference 8,641

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 967,761

Total Puts 805,952

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.85

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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