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$156.17 -3.52%

$156.49 (+0.20%)🌙

as of 09/16 04:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16 4:00pm) 240,779

Calls: 123,609 (51%)

Puts: 117,170 (49%)

Prior (09/15) 217,549

Calls: 109,329 (50%)

Puts: 108,220 (50%)

Current vs Prior +10.68%

Calls: +13.06% (Calls)

Puts: +8.27% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,700,144

Calls: 916,894 (54%)

Puts: 783,250 (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average 242,877

Calls: 130,984 (54%)

Puts: 111,892 (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.86%

Calls: -5.63%

Puts: +4.72%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16 4:00pm) $59.74M

Calls: $36.34M (61%)

Puts: $23.40M (39%)

Prior (09/15) $101.44M

Calls: $77.91M (77%)

Puts: $23.52M (23%)

Current vs Prior -41.11%

Calls: -53.36%

Puts: -0.52%

Prior 7-Day Total $617.79M

Calls: $479.80M (78%)

Puts: $137.99M (22%)

Prior 7-Day Average $88.26M

Calls: $68.54M (78%)

Puts: $19.71M (22%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -32.31%

Calls: -46.99%

Puts: +18.71%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/16 4:00pm) 0.95

Prior (09/15) 0.99

Current vs Prior -4.24%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.43%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/16 4:00pm) 1,042,056

Calls: 415,556 (40%)

Puts: 626,500 (60%)

Prior (09/15) 986,080

Calls: 400,843 (41%)

Puts: 585,237 (59%)

Current vs Prior +5.68%

Prior 7-Day Total 6,319,559

Calls: 2,692,298 (43%)

Puts: 3,627,261 (57%)

Prior 7-Day Average 902,794

Calls: 384,614 (43%)

Puts: 518,180 (57%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.43%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.89% | 3.53%3.53% | 6.81%0.89% | 12.52%

Prior 4.47% | 4.62%4.62% | 7.83%4.47% | 13.33%

Current vs Prior -21.01% | +31.08%-23.65% | -13.11%-80.07% | -6.11%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.85% | 5.16%3.12% | 6.76%5.15% | 12.99%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -8.43% | +17.33%+13.21% | +0.74%-82.70% | -3.65%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.47% | 4.62%4.62% | 7.83%4.47% | 13.33%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -21.01% | +31.08%-23.65% | -13.11%-80.07% | -6.11%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 19.07% | 17.32%

Calls: 10.08% | 10.51%

Puts: 28.05% | 24.13%

Prior 11.22% | 4.65%

Calls: 14.15% | 5.06%

Puts: 8.29% | 4.25%

Current vs Prior +69.96% | +272.47%

Prior 7-Day Avg 17.87% | 15.74%

Calls: 13.94% | 10.72%

Puts: 21.80% | 20.78%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +6.71% | +10.01%

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Moderately bullish flow with 61% call dollar volume ($36.34M). Put-heavy open interest (626,500 puts vs 415,556 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
15:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
13:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
12:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
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 130 of results (avg 7.1%, best 1.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Sep 18	26.05	26.60	$26.33	2.1%	142	1.00	2.5K
$140.00	Sep 18	15.95	16.40	$16.17	2.8%	76	1.00	4.2K
$125.00	Sep 18	30.90	31.90	$31.40	3.2%	50	1.00	1.8K
$140.00	Sep 25	16.40	17.10	$16.75	4.2%	9	0.90	1.4K
$135.00	Oct 16	23.20	24.20	$23.70	4.2%	58	0.85	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 23	1.97	1.99	$1.98	1.0%	954	0.29	1.6K
$150.00	Oct 16	6.35	6.45	$6.40	1.6%	2.7K	0.37	4.8K
$150.00	Sep 18	0.49	0.50	$0.50	2.0%	9.8K	0.15	9.8K
$148.00	Oct 16	5.40	5.55	$5.48	2.7%	156	0.33	1.0K
$155.00	Oct 16	8.60	8.85	$8.73	2.9%	261	0.46	865

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 14 found (avg $0.67, cheapest $0.11)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$162.50	Sep 18	0.60	0.71	$0.66	16.7%	514	0.18	339
$161.00	Sep 18	0.81	0.95	$0.88	15.9%	1.0K	0.23	1.0K
$170.00	Sep 23	0.85	1.01	$0.93	17.2%	590	0.15	864
$173.00	Sep 25	0.89	1.08	$0.99	19.2%	42	0.14	53
$175.00	Sep 25	0.80	0.91	$0.86	12.8%	532	0.12	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$144.00	Sep 18	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	149	0.04	2.2K
$145.00	Sep 18	0.13	0.15	$0.14	14.3%	3.9K	0.05	9.2K
$149.00	Sep 18	0.36	0.43	$0.40	17.5%	383	0.12	411
$150.00	Sep 18	0.49	0.50	$0.50	2.0%	9.8K	0.15	9.8K
$151.00	Sep 18	0.60	0.71	$0.66	16.7%	454	0.19	348

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 424 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Sep 16	29.65	32.20	$30.93	8.2%	91	1.00	295
$126.00	Sep 16	28.70	31.20	$29.95	8.3%	49	1.00	242
$127.00	Sep 16	28.60	30.20	$29.40	5.4%	53	1.00	106
$128.00	Sep 16	27.65	29.20	$28.42	5.5%	45	1.00	125
$129.00	Sep 16	26.30	28.25	$27.28	7.1%	66	1.00	24

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$185.00	Sep 16	27.00	30.10	$28.55	10.9%	28	1.00	--
$173.00	Sep 16	15.50	17.35	$16.43	11.3%	33	1.00	--
$174.00	Sep 16	16.40	18.35	$17.38	11.2%	13	1.00	--
$175.00	Sep 16	17.00	20.45	$18.73	18.4%	32	1.00	11
$180.00	Sep 16	22.70	25.55	$24.13	11.8%	43	1.00	5

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 851 active (total vol 203.9K, top 9.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Sep 16	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	8.4K	0.01	2.2K
$165.00	Sep 18	0.28	0.42	$0.35	40.0%	8.2K	0.11	6.6K
$159.00	Sep 16	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	4.6K	0.01	506
$157.00	Sep 16	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	4.4K	0.07	122
$158.00	Sep 16	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	4.3K	0.02	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 18	0.49	0.50	$0.50	2.0%	9.8K	0.15	9.8K
$155.00	Sep 16	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	8.3K	0.07	2.0K
$155.00	Sep 18	1.86	1.95	$1.91	4.7%	5.9K	0.42	3.7K
$154.00	Sep 16	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	4.7K	0.01	4.6K
$145.00	Sep 18	0.13	0.15	$0.14	14.3%	3.9K	0.05	9.2K

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 344.3%, max 1687.7%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$156.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	60.1%	52.2%	15.2%	3.4K	618
$162.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	58.5%	53.5%	9.3%	526	647

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$168.00	Sep 16	Sep 25	998.2%	55.8%	1687.7%	10	58
$162.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	58.5%	53.5%	9.3%	164	107
$156.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	52.2%	52.2%	0.1%	2.4K	2.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 396 found (best R:R 6.69, avg 2.81)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$170.00	$175.00	Oct 30	$0.82	$4.18	$0.82	36%	5.10	$170.82
$175.00	$180.00	Oct 30	$0.68	$4.32	$0.68	31%	6.35	$175.68
$143.00	$144.00	Sep 18	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	100%	2.57	$143.28
$180.00	$185.00	Oct 23	$0.41	$4.59	$0.41	24%	11.20	$180.41
$149.00	$150.00	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.77	$0.23	88%	3.35	$149.23

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$171.00	$170.00	Sep 16	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	92%	6.69	$170.87
$175.00	$174.00	Sep 18	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	97%	0.82	$174.45
$164.00	$163.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	70%	2.33	$163.70
$162.00	$161.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	65%	3.00	$161.75
$168.00	$167.00	Sep 18	$0.58	$0.42	$0.58	94%	0.72	$167.42

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 282 found (best R:R 8.09, avg 0.73)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$158.00	$159.00	Sep 25	$0.80	$0.80	$0.20	54%	4.00	$158.80
$161.00	$162.00	Oct 30	$0.79	$0.79	$0.21	53%	3.76	$161.79
$158.00	$159.00	Oct 9	$0.79	$0.79	$0.21	51%	3.76	$158.79
$162.00	$163.00	Sep 30	$0.60	$0.60	$0.40	62%	1.50	$162.60
$164.00	$165.00	Sep 16	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	91%	0.28	$164.22

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$126.00	$125.00	Sep 23	$0.89	$0.89	$0.11	91%	8.09	$125.11
$140.00	$139.00	Oct 9	$0.74	$0.74	$0.26	81%	2.85	$139.26
$154.00	$151.00	Sep 30	$1.72	$1.72	$1.28	56%	1.34	$152.28
$135.00	$134.00	Oct 9	$0.63	$0.63	$0.37	86%	1.70	$134.37
$136.00	$135.00	Oct 9	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	84%	1.86	$135.35

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.21, cheapest $2.15)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$156.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$2.15	60.1%	52.2%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$156.00	Sep 18	Sep 23	$2.27	52.2%	52.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 261 found (cheapest 0.66% of stock, avg 9.37%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$155.00	Sep 16	$1.00	$0.03	$1.03	$153.97	$156.03	0.66%
$157.00	Sep 16	$0.02	$1.06	$1.08	$155.92	$158.08	0.69%
$157.50	Sep 16	$0.01	$1.40	$1.41	$156.09	$158.91	0.90%
$154.00	Sep 16	$1.93	$0.01	$1.94	$152.06	$155.94	1.24%
$158.00	Sep 16	$0.01	$2.10	$2.11	$155.89	$160.11	1.35%
$153.00	Sep 16	$2.93	$0.01	$2.94	$150.06	$155.94	1.88%
$159.00	Sep 16	$0.01	$3.11	$3.12	$155.88	$162.12	2.00%
$152.50	Sep 16	$3.78	$0.10	$3.88	$148.62	$156.38	2.48%
$152.00	Sep 16	$3.93	$0.01	$3.94	$148.06	$155.94	2.52%
$160.00	Sep 16	$0.01	$4.13	$4.14	$155.86	$164.14	2.65%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 237 found (cheapest 0.03% of stock, avg 7.59%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$157.00	$155.00	Sep 16	$0.02	$0.03	$0.05	$154.95	$157.05
$157.00	$152.50	Sep 16	$0.02	$0.10	$0.12	$152.38	$157.12
$157.00	$148.00	Sep 16	$0.02	$0.20	$0.22	$147.78	$157.22
$164.00	$155.00	Sep 16	$0.23	$0.03	$0.26	$154.74	$164.26
$163.00	$155.00	Sep 16	$0.28	$0.03	$0.31	$154.69	$163.31
$164.00	$152.50	Sep 16	$0.23	$0.10	$0.33	$152.17	$164.33
$163.00	$152.50	Sep 16	$0.28	$0.10	$0.38	$152.12	$163.38
$164.00	$148.00	Sep 16	$0.23	$0.20	$0.43	$147.57	$164.43
$163.00	$148.00	Sep 16	$0.28	$0.20	$0.48	$147.52	$163.48
$168.00	$155.00	Sep 16	$1.07	$0.03	$1.10	$153.90	$169.10

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 294 found (best R:R 1.63, avg credit $0.75)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
126/127	163/164	Sep 18	$0.62	$0.38	77%	1.63	$126.38	$163.62
126/127	161/162	Sep 18	$0.67	$0.33	70%	2.03	$126.33	$161.67
145/146	167/168	Sep 30	$0.86	$0.14	47%	6.14	$145.14	$167.86
140/141	165/166	Sep 30	$0.76	$0.24	53%	3.17	$140.24	$165.76
132/133	163/164	Sep 23	$0.61	$0.39	65%	1.56	$132.39	$163.61
136/137	163/164	Sep 23	$0.61	$0.39	64%	1.56	$136.39	$163.61
147/148	164/165	Sep 16	$0.39	$0.61	84%	0.64	$147.61	$164.39
132/133	162/162	Sep 23	$0.60	$0.40	61%	1.50	$132.40	$162.60
136/137	162/162	Sep 23	$0.60	$0.40	61%	1.50	$136.40	$162.60
141/142	165/166	Sep 30	$0.69	$0.31	51%	2.23	$141.31	$165.69

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 285 found (best R:R 1.78, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$155.00	$156.00	$157.00	Sep 16	$0.36	$0.64	93%	1.78
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	9%	61.50
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Oct 2	$0.09	$4.91	9%	54.56
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$0.18	$4.82	11%	26.78
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 30	$0.14	$4.86	8%	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$149.00	$150.00	$151.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.94	7%	15.67
$147.00	$148.00	$149.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	5%	19.00
$149.00	$150.00	$151.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	6%	15.67
$155.00	$156.00	$157.00	Sep 23	$0.08	$0.92	7%	11.50
$139.00	$140.00	$141.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	1%	19.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 182 found (best net $-1.10, 161 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$154.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.07	$0.93
$175.00	$180.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.14	$4.86
$135.00	$143.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$7.33	$0.67
$159.00	$161.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.40	$1.60
$180.00	$185.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.44	$4.56

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$179.00	$166.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$1.10	$11.90
$173.00	$166.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$5.13	$1.87
$137.00	$136.00	1:2	Sep 18	$0.00	$1.00
$144.00	$143.00	1:2	Sep 16	$0.00	$1.00
$146.00	$145.00	1:2	Sep 16	$0.00	$1.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 159 found (best yield 5.83%, avg 2.16%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$161.00	Oct 30	$9.10	0.47	3.1%	5.83%	8.92%	30	460
$160.00	Oct 30	$9.45	0.48	2.5%	6.05%	8.50%	56	170
$165.00	Oct 30	$7.40	0.42	5.7%	4.74%	10.39%	32	393
$157.50	Oct 30	$10.40	0.52	0.8%	6.66%	7.51%	1	2
$159.00	Oct 30	$9.65	0.49	1.8%	6.18%	7.99%	2	104
$180.00	Oct 30	$4.45	0.27	15.3%	2.85%	18.11%	33	82
$163.00	Oct 30	$7.75	0.44	4.4%	4.96%	9.34%	23	57
$157.00	Oct 30	$10.25	0.52	0.5%	6.56%	7.09%	5	8
$162.00	Oct 30	$7.85	0.46	3.7%	5.03%	8.76%	21	462
$170.00	Oct 30	$5.70	0.35	8.9%	3.65%	12.51%	55	179

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 123,609

Total Puts 117,170

Put/Call Ratio 0.95

Net Difference 6,439

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 109,329

Total Puts 108,220

Put/Call Ratio 0.99

Net Difference 1,109

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 916,894

Total Puts 783,250

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.87

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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