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PROSHARES TR II ULTRA VIX SHORT TERM FUTURES ETF

$17.64 +1.15%

(9/18 14:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 3:00pm) 33,328

Calls: 24,390 (73%)

Puts: 8,938 (27%)

Prior (09/17) 42,488

Calls: 33,344 (78%)

Puts: 9,144 (22%)

Current vs Prior -21.56%

Calls: -26.85% (Calls)

Puts: -2.25% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 300,970

Calls: 227,861 (76%)

Puts: 73,109 (24%)

Prior 7-Day Average 42,995

Calls: 32,551 (76%)

Puts: 10,444 (24%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.49%

Calls: -25.07%

Puts: -14.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 3:00pm) $3.37M

Calls: $1.37M (41%)

Puts: $2.00M (59%)

Prior (09/17) $2.84M

Calls: $1.45M (51%)

Puts: $1.39M (49%)

Current vs Prior +18.56%

Calls: -5.71%

Puts: +43.89%

Prior 7-Day Total $27.33M

Calls: $16.20M (59%)

Puts: $11.13M (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average $3.90M

Calls: $2.31M (59%)

Puts: $1.59M (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.81%

Calls: -40.96%

Puts: +25.71%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 3:00pm) 0.37

Prior (09/17) 0.27

Current vs Prior +33.63%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.31

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +16.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 3:00pm) 312,021

Calls: 225,112 (72%)

Puts: 86,909 (28%)

Prior (09/17) 305,609

Calls: 215,931 (71%)

Puts: 89,678 (29%)

Current vs Prior +2.10%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,065,789

Calls: 1,456,445 (71%)

Puts: 609,344 (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average 295,112

Calls: 208,063 (71%)

Puts: 87,049 (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.73%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 3.12% | 7.99%3.12% | 17.80%

Prior 4.59% | 8.37%4.59% | 17.03%

Current vs Prior -32.03% | -4.52%-32.03% | +4.53%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.89% | 11.43%8.34% | 20.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -54.77% | -30.06%-62.60% | -14.83%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.59% | 8.37%4.42% | 17.03%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -32.03% | -4.52%-29.38% | +4.53%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 32.91% | 8.61%

Calls: 36.84% | 9.52%

Puts: 28.97% | 7.69%

Prior 23.41% | 20.75%

Calls: 21.82% | 19.28%

Puts: 25.00% | 22.22%

Current vs Prior +40.58% | -58.51%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.16% | 19.48%

Calls: 22.33% | 13.14%

Puts: 22.00% | 25.82%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +48.50% | -55.80%

Liquidity Expensive

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Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.37 - heavy call buying (24,390 calls vs 8,938 puts). P/C ratio rising 34% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Call-heavy open interest (225,112 calls vs 86,909 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
15:00	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
14:00	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
13:00	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 16 of results (avg 7.8%, best 4.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$17.00	Oct 2	1.20	1.25	$1.23	4.1%	38	0.64	323
$17.00	Sep 25	0.87	0.92	$0.90	5.6%	291	0.71	499
$20.00	Oct 30	1.39	1.48	$1.44	6.3%	39	0.41	153
$19.00	Oct 16	1.12	1.20	$1.16	6.9%	150	0.43	778
$18.00	Oct 30	1.93	2.07	$2.00	7.0%	2	0.53	45

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.00	Oct 30	3.70	3.95	$3.83	6.5%	3	0.59	--
$18.00	Sep 25	0.75	0.81	$0.78	7.7%	406	0.58	472
$17.00	Oct 16	1.11	1.20	$1.16	7.8%	12	0.38	433
$21.00	Sep 18	3.20	3.50	$3.35	9.0%	--	0.99	287
$20.00	Oct 16	3.10	3.40	$3.25	9.2%	2	0.64	1.7K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 19 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.09)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$17.00	Sep 18	0.55	0.67	$0.61	19.7%	1.3K	0.95	2.0K
$19.00	Sep 25	0.21	0.25	$0.23	17.4%	744	0.24	1.3K
$18.50	Sep 25	0.30	0.33	$0.32	9.4%	547	0.32	862
$18.00	Sep 25	0.41	0.47	$0.44	13.6%	972	0.42	1.7K
$17.50	Sep 25	0.60	0.66	$0.63	9.5%	460	0.55	1.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.50	Sep 25	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	470	0.14	111
$17.50	Sep 25	0.44	0.53	$0.49	18.4%	553	0.45	356
$18.00	Sep 25	0.75	0.81	$0.78	7.7%	406	0.58	472
$17.00	Oct 2	0.52	0.62	$0.57	17.5%	113	0.36	100
$17.50	Oct 2	0.78	0.90	$0.84	14.3%	1	0.46	159

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 71 found (avg delta 56.98, highest 999.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$15.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	--	999.00	1.6K
$19.00	Sep 18	0.00	2.13	$1.07	199.1%	--	999.00	266
$20.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	--	999.00	31
$15.00	Sep 18	2.37	2.75	$2.56	14.8%	2	1.00	525
$16.00	Sep 18	1.40	1.87	$1.64	28.7%	16	1.00	742

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.00	Sep 18	10.50	14.60	$12.55	32.7%	1	999.00	1
$21.00	Sep 18	3.20	3.50	$3.35	9.0%	--	0.99	287
$20.50	Sep 18	2.63	2.98	$2.81	12.5%	59	0.99	105
$20.00	Sep 18	2.21	2.46	$2.34	10.7%	23	0.99	1.9K
$19.50	Sep 18	1.67	2.10	$1.89	22.8%	94	0.98	173

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 116 active (total vol 23.9K, top 3.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$17.50	Sep 18	0.15	0.22	$0.19	36.8%	3.2K	0.90	2.7K
$18.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	3.1K	0.05	2.7K
$16.50	Sep 25	1.06	1.39	$1.23	26.8%	1.4K	0.86	88
$17.00	Sep 18	0.55	0.67	$0.61	19.7%	1.3K	0.95	2.0K
$18.00	Sep 25	0.41	0.47	$0.44	13.6%	972	0.42	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$17.50	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.4K	0.10	1.2K
$17.00	Sep 25	0.20	0.25	$0.23	21.7%	937	0.29	2.0K
$18.00	Sep 18	0.32	0.40	$0.36	22.2%	646	0.95	1.1K
$17.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	640	0.04	2.5K
$17.50	Sep 25	0.44	0.53	$0.49	18.4%	553	0.45	356

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. 68 found (best R:R 2.33, avg 1.66)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$17.00	$18.00	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	60%	2.33	$17.30
$19.00	$20.00	Oct 30	$0.19	$0.81	$0.19	46%	4.26	$19.19
$17.00	$18.00	Oct 16	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	62%	1.86	$17.35
$15.00	$15.50	Oct 2	$0.26	$0.24	$0.26	94%	0.92	$15.26
$15.00	$16.00	Oct 16	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	84%	0.67	$15.60

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$20.00	$19.50	Oct 2	$0.26	$0.24	$0.26	76%	0.92	$19.74
$20.00	$19.50	Oct 9	$0.26	$0.24	$0.26	68%	0.92	$19.74
$19.00	$18.50	Oct 2	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	66%	0.67	$18.70
$16.50	$16.00	Oct 23	$0.16	$0.34	$0.16	35%	2.12	$16.34
$19.00	$18.50	Oct 9	$0.31	$0.19	$0.31	62%	0.61	$18.69

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 36 found (best R:R 1.44, avg 0.67)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$20.50	$21.00	Oct 9	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	72%	0.52	$20.67
$19.50	$20.00	Oct 2	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	69%	0.52	$19.67
$18.50	$19.00	Oct 30	$0.23	$0.23	$0.27	50%	0.85	$18.73
$18.50	$19.00	Oct 9	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	56%	0.52	$18.67
$19.50	$20.00	Oct 9	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	64%	0.35	$19.63

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$17.50	$16.50	Oct 30	$0.59	$0.59	$0.41	56%	1.44	$16.91
$17.00	$16.00	Oct 16	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	62%	1.00	$16.50
$16.00	$15.00	Oct 16	$0.36	$0.36	$0.64	73%	0.56	$15.64
$15.50	$15.00	Oct 23	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	74%	1.08	$15.24
$16.50	$16.00	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.30	$0.20	64%	1.50	$16.20

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. 40 found (cheapest 1.13% of stock, avg 15.16%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$17.50	Sep 18	$0.19	$0.01	$0.20	$17.30	$17.70	1.13%
$18.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$0.36	$0.37	$17.63	$18.37	2.10%
$17.00	Sep 18	$0.61	$0.01	$0.62	$16.38	$17.62	3.51%
$18.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$0.78	$0.79	$17.71	$19.29	4.48%
$16.50	Sep 18	$1.08	$0.01	$1.09	$15.41	$17.59	6.18%
$17.50	Sep 25	$0.63	$0.49	$1.12	$16.38	$18.62	6.35%
$17.00	Sep 25	$0.90	$0.23	$1.13	$15.87	$18.13	6.41%
$18.00	Sep 25	$0.44	$0.78	$1.22	$16.78	$19.22	6.92%
$16.50	Sep 25	$1.23	$0.09	$1.32	$15.18	$17.82	7.48%
$18.50	Sep 25	$0.32	$1.19	$1.51	$16.99	$20.01	8.56%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 132 found (cheapest 0.11% of stock, avg 10.56%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$18.00	$17.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$0.01	$0.02	$17.48	$18.02
$20.00	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.03	$0.18	$15.82	$20.18
$20.00	$16.50	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.09	$0.24	$16.26	$20.24
$19.50	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.03	$0.24	$15.76	$19.74
$19.00	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.23	$0.03	$0.26	$15.74	$19.26
$19.50	$16.50	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.09	$0.30	$16.20	$19.80
$19.00	$16.50	Sep 25	$0.23	$0.09	$0.32	$16.18	$19.32
$20.00	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.23	$0.38	$16.62	$20.38
$18.50	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.03	$0.35	$15.65	$18.85
$19.50	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.23	$0.44	$16.56	$19.94

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 3 found (best R:R 2.85, avg credit $0.31)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
16/16	20/21	Oct 9	$0.37	$0.13	46%	2.85	$15.63	$20.87
16/16	20/20	Oct 2	$0.28	$0.22	51%	1.27	$15.72	$19.78
16/16	20/20	Oct 2	$0.29	$0.21	43%	1.38	$16.21	$19.79

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 54 found (best R:R 6.14, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Sep 18	$0.18	$0.32	87%	1.78
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Sep 18	$0.24	$0.26	90%	1.08
$16.50	$17.00	$17.50	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.44	30%	7.33
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$0.42	29%	5.25
$15.00	$16.00	$17.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$0.88	22%	7.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.43	87%	6.14
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Sep 18	$0.35	$0.15	91%	0.43
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Oct 2	$0.05	$0.45	15%	9.00
$15.00	$16.00	$17.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$0.86	22%	6.14
$16.00	$16.50	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$0.42	23%	5.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 39 found (best net $-0.14, 33 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$16.50	$17.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.14	$0.36
$17.50	$18.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.25	$0.25
$18.50	$19.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.14	$0.36
$19.50	$20.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.09	$0.41
$18.00	$18.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.20	$0.30

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$19.00	$18.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.14	$0.36
$17.00	$16.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.10	$0.90
$17.00	$16.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.16	$0.84
$18.00	$17.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.20	$0.30
$17.00	$16.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.09	$0.41

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 38 found (best yield 6.97%, avg 4.57%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$21.00	Oct 30	$1.23	0.38	19.1%	6.97%	26.02%	2	23
$20.00	Oct 30	$1.39	0.41	13.4%	7.88%	21.26%	39	153
$20.50	Oct 30	$1.20	0.40	16.2%	6.80%	23.02%	--	25
$18.50	Oct 30	$1.72	0.50	4.9%	9.75%	14.63%	--	32
$18.00	Oct 30	$1.93	0.53	2.0%	10.94%	12.98%	2	45
$19.00	Oct 30	$1.47	0.46	7.7%	8.33%	16.04%	--	48
$21.00	Oct 23	$0.91	0.34	19.1%	5.16%	24.21%	5	407
$20.00	Oct 23	$1.12	0.39	13.4%	6.35%	19.73%	--	39
$20.50	Oct 23	$1.01	0.36	16.2%	5.73%	21.94%	9	4
$19.50	Oct 23	$1.19	0.42	10.5%	6.75%	17.29%	1	29

Current 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 24,390

Total Puts 8,938

Put/Call Ratio 0.37

Net Difference 15,452

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 33,344

Total Puts 9,144

Put/Call Ratio 0.27

Net Difference 24,200

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 227,861

Total Puts 73,109

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.31

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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