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VST

VISTRA CORP

$136.98 -0.08%

(8/31 12:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 1:00pm) 20,961

Calls: 12,731 (61%)

Puts: 8,230 (39%)

Prior (08/07) 67,268

Calls: 45,389 (67%)

Puts: 21,879 (33%)

Current vs Prior -68.84%

Calls: -71.95% (Calls)

Puts: -62.38% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 238,356

Calls: 149,923 (63%)

Puts: 88,433 (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average 34,050

Calls: 21,417 (63%)

Puts: 12,633 (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -38.44%

Calls: -40.56%

Puts: -34.85%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 1:00pm) $9.97M

Calls: $5.47M (55%)

Puts: $4.50M (45%)

Prior (08/07) $17.00M

Calls: $11.11M (65%)

Puts: $5.88M (35%)

Current vs Prior -41.36%

Calls: -50.78%

Puts: -23.58%

Prior 7-Day Total $120.99M

Calls: $86.55M (72%)

Puts: $34.44M (28%)

Prior 7-Day Average $17.28M

Calls: $12.36M (72%)

Puts: $4.92M (28%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -42.34%

Calls: -55.76%

Puts: -8.60%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 1:00pm) 0.65

Prior (08/07) 0.48

Current vs Prior +34.11%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.61

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.65%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 1:00pm) 517,403

Calls: 262,542 (51%)

Puts: 254,861 (49%)

Prior (08/07) 565,605

Calls: 326,860 (58%)

Puts: 238,745 (42%)

Current vs Prior -8.52%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,894,559

Calls: 1,213,214 (48%)

Puts: 1,289,904 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 413,508

Calls: 173,316 (48%)

Puts: 184,272 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +25.13%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (09/04) | Next (09/11)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 3.88% | 5.61%7.48% | 13.64%

Prior 5.62% | 8.04%8.04% | 15.10%

Current vs Prior -30.87% | -30.23%-6.89% | -9.68%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.01% | 8.73%8.88% | 15.63%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.35% | -35.76%-15.73% | -12.73%

Prior 7-Day Eod 5.62% | 8.04%7.72% | 13.88%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -30.87% | -30.23%-3.03% | -1.75%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 8.24% | 9.78%

Calls: 6.78% | 9.64%

Puts: 9.70% | 9.92%

Prior 13.89% | 15.19%

Calls: 14.63% | 11.86%

Puts: 13.16% | 18.52%

Current vs Prior -40.68% | -35.62%

Prior 7-Day Avg 14.88% | 10.51%

Calls: 13.92% | 10.23%

Puts: 15.83% | 10.79%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -44.61% | -6.93%

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Below-average activity with volume down 69% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.65. P/C ratio rising 34% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 63 of results (avg 7.7%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Sep 18	5.85	6.10	$5.98	4.2%	7	0.59	572
$135.00	Sep 25	6.65	6.95	$6.80	4.4%	5	0.57	38
$115.00	Sep 18	22.05	23.10	$22.58	4.7%	--	0.97	35
$120.00	Sep 18	17.45	18.45	$17.95	5.6%	--	0.93	195
$125.00	Sep 18	13.00	13.80	$13.40	6.0%	10	0.86	56

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Sep 18	22.50	23.40	$22.95	3.9%	--	0.93	983
$125.00	Sep 25	1.53	1.60	$1.57	4.5%	134	0.18	305
$140.00	Sep 11	5.10	5.35	$5.23	4.8%	34	0.61	262
$155.00	Sep 18	17.75	18.70	$18.23	5.2%	--	0.89	768
$139.00	Sep 11	4.50	4.75	$4.63	5.4%	1	0.57	21

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 9 found (avg $0.74, cheapest $0.34)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$145.00	Sep 4	0.31	0.36	$0.34	14.7%	355	0.11	1.5K
$143.00	Sep 4	0.54	0.61	$0.57	12.3%	54	0.18	129
$142.00	Sep 4	0.72	0.84	$0.78	15.4%	148	0.22	147
$141.00	Sep 4	0.92	1.03	$0.98	11.2%	185	0.27	214
$155.00	Sep 18	0.57	0.65	$0.61	13.1%	85	0.10	2.7K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$132.00	Sep 4	0.55	0.66	$0.61	18.0%	144	0.19	188
$129.00	Sep 11	0.79	0.90	$0.85	12.9%	5	0.17	28
$130.00	Sep 11	0.93	1.05	$0.99	12.1%	256	0.20	250
$125.00	Sep 18	0.87	0.94	$0.91	7.7%	223	0.14	13.0K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 65 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$110.00	Sep 18	25.75	28.15	$26.95	8.9%	--	0.98	40
$125.00	Sep 4	11.70	12.90	$12.30	9.8%	--	0.97	13
$115.00	Sep 18	22.05	23.10	$22.58	4.7%	--	0.97	35
$120.00	Sep 18	17.45	18.45	$17.95	5.6%	--	0.93	195
$130.00	Sep 4	7.15	8.10	$7.63	12.5%	1	0.89	170

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 4	17.40	19.10	$18.25	9.3%	--	1.00	14
$160.00	Sep 11	22.20	24.30	$23.25	9.0%	10	1.00	17
$150.00	Sep 4	12.60	13.40	$13.00	6.2%	2	0.94	567
$155.00	Sep 11	17.45	19.70	$18.58	12.1%	--	0.94	50
$149.00	Sep 4	11.30	13.35	$12.33	16.6%	1	0.93	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 170 active (total vol 12.3K, top 2.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$136.00	Sep 4	2.85	3.05	$2.95	6.8%	2.5K	0.57	33
$146.00	Sep 4	0.22	0.30	$0.26	30.8%	1.5K	0.09	92
$140.00	Sep 4	1.19	1.36	$1.27	13.4%	750	0.32	762
$160.00	Sep 18	0.23	0.34	$0.29	37.9%	628	0.05	10.6K
$145.00	Sep 4	0.31	0.36	$0.34	14.7%	355	0.11	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$129.00	Sep 4	0.20	0.28	$0.24	33.3%	565	0.09	51
$133.00	Sep 4	0.74	0.91	$0.83	20.5%	281	0.24	223
$130.00	Sep 11	0.93	1.05	$0.99	12.1%	256	0.20	250
$131.00	Sep 4	0.37	0.48	$0.43	25.6%	255	0.14	128
$134.00	Sep 4	1.02	1.24	$1.13	19.5%	230	0.30	266

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 21 strikes (avg 4.8%, max 12.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$136.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	40.3%	37.7%	6.7%	2.5K	35
$142.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	42.9%	40.8%	5.0%	203	168
$143.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	42.4%	40.4%	5.0%	58	174
$140.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	42.5%	40.6%	4.6%	751	764
$137.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	40.5%	38.8%	4.5%	82	87

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$142.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	42.9%	38.0%	12.9%	141	121
$143.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	42.4%	39.0%	8.9%	50	341
$136.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	40.3%	37.7%	6.7%	39	256
$134.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	40.4%	38.1%	6.1%	260	303
$140.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	42.5%	40.6%	4.6%	45	401

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 121 found (best R:R 2.70, avg 4.28)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$140.00	$145.00	Oct 9	$1.35	$3.65	$1.35	46%	2.70	$141.35
$125.00	$135.00	Oct 9	$6.53	$3.47	$6.53	78%	0.53	$131.53
$140.00	$145.00	Oct 2	$1.42	$3.58	$1.42	46%	2.52	$141.42
$135.00	$140.00	Oct 2	$2.25	$2.75	$2.25	58%	1.22	$137.25
$140.00	$145.00	Sep 25	$1.55	$3.45	$1.55	44%	2.23	$141.55

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$144.00	$143.00	Sep 4	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	85%	0.59	$143.37
$141.00	$140.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	61%	1.22	$140.55
$140.00	$139.00	Sep 4	$0.57	$0.43	$0.57	68%	0.75	$139.43
$130.00	$129.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	26%	4.88	$129.83
$141.00	$140.00	Sep 11	$0.57	$0.43	$0.57	65%	0.75	$140.43

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 92 found (best R:R 0.41, avg 0.35)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$145.00	$150.00	Oct 2	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	64%	0.49	$146.65
$145.00	$150.00	Oct 9	$1.67	$1.67	$3.33	63%	0.50	$146.67
$157.50	$160.00	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.13	$2.37	97%	0.05	$157.63
$139.00	$140.00	Sep 11	$0.48	$0.48	$0.52	57%	0.92	$139.48
$141.00	$142.00	Sep 11	$0.36	$0.36	$0.64	65%	0.56	$141.36

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$130.00	$125.00	Oct 2	$1.45	$1.45	$3.55	69%	0.41	$128.55
$123.00	$120.00	Sep 4	$0.34	$0.34	$2.66	92%	0.13	$122.66
$135.00	$130.00	Oct 9	$2.07	$2.07	$2.93	57%	0.71	$132.93
$125.00	$120.00	Sep 25	$0.81	$0.81	$4.19	82%	0.19	$124.19
$125.00	$120.00	Oct 9	$1.00	$1.00	$4.00	78%	0.25	$124.00

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 12 found (avg debit $1.19, cheapest $1.13)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$140.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.13	42.5%	38.3%
$138.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.26	41.9%	38.5%
$137.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.33	40.5%	37.2%
$136.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.20	40.3%	37.0%
$139.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.27	42.4%	39.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$140.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.13	42.5%	38.3%
$138.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.13	41.9%	38.5%
$137.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.16	40.5%	37.2%
$136.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.15	40.3%	37.0%
$139.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.10	42.4%	39.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 55 found (cheapest 3.48% of stock, avg 7.28%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$137.00	Sep 4	$2.40	$2.37	$4.77	$132.23	$141.77	3.48%
$136.00	Sep 4	$2.95	$1.88	$4.83	$131.17	$140.83	3.53%
$138.00	Sep 4	$1.97	$2.92	$4.89	$133.11	$142.89	3.57%
$135.00	Sep 4	$3.65	$1.44	$5.09	$129.91	$140.09	3.72%
$139.00	Sep 4	$1.61	$3.53	$5.14	$133.86	$144.14	3.75%
$140.00	Sep 4	$1.27	$4.10	$5.37	$134.63	$145.37	3.92%
$141.00	Sep 4	$0.98	$4.82	$5.80	$135.20	$146.80	4.23%
$132.00	Sep 4	$5.80	$0.61	$6.41	$125.59	$138.41	4.68%
$142.00	Sep 4	$0.78	$5.65	$6.43	$135.57	$148.43	4.69%
$143.00	Sep 4	$0.57	$6.55	$7.12	$135.88	$150.12	5.20%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 141 found (cheapest 0.74% of stock, avg 3.82%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$160.00	$115.00	Sep 25	$0.63	$0.39	$1.02	$113.98	$161.02
$160.00	$120.00	Sep 25	$0.63	$0.76	$1.39	$118.61	$161.39
$155.00	$115.00	Sep 25	$1.10	$0.39	$1.49	$113.51	$156.49
$142.00	$133.00	Sep 4	$0.78	$0.83	$1.61	$131.39	$143.61
$160.00	$115.00	Oct 2	$1.07	$0.52	$1.59	$113.41	$161.59
$141.00	$133.00	Sep 4	$0.98	$0.83	$1.81	$131.19	$142.81
$155.00	$120.00	Sep 25	$1.10	$0.76	$1.86	$118.14	$156.86
$142.00	$134.00	Sep 4	$0.78	$1.13	$1.91	$132.09	$143.91
$160.00	$120.00	Oct 2	$1.07	$1.09	$2.16	$117.84	$162.16
$141.00	$134.00	Sep 4	$0.98	$1.13	$2.11	$131.89	$143.11

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 135 found (best R:R 0.19, avg credit $0.60)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
120/123	158/160	Sep 4	$0.47	$2.53	89%	0.19	$122.53	$157.97
130/131	141/142	Sep 11	$0.66	$0.34	42%	1.94	$130.34	$141.66
130/131	144/145	Sep 11	$0.55	$0.45	52%	1.22	$130.45	$144.55
128/129	144/145	Sep 18	$0.61	$0.39	46%	1.56	$128.39	$144.61
132/133	141/142	Sep 11	$0.71	$0.29	34%	2.45	$132.29	$141.71
128/129	146/147	Sep 18	$0.54	$0.46	51%	1.17	$128.46	$146.54
124/125	141/142	Sep 11	$0.48	$0.52	56%	0.92	$124.52	$141.48
132/133	144/145	Sep 11	$0.60	$0.40	44%	1.50	$132.40	$144.60
124/125	144/145	Sep 11	$0.37	$0.63	67%	0.59	$124.63	$144.37
130/131	146/147	Sep 11	$0.46	$0.54	58%	0.85	$130.54	$146.46

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 77 found (best R:R 12.16, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$115.00	$120.00	$125.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$4.92	11%	61.50
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Sep 25	$0.42	$4.58	22%	10.90
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 25	$0.13	$4.87	12%	37.46
$120.00	$125.00	$130.00	Sep 18	$0.47	$4.53	19%	9.64
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$0.31	$4.69	12%	15.13

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$125.00	$130.00	$135.00	Oct 2	$0.38	$4.62	22%	12.16
$120.00	$125.00	$130.00	Sep 25	$0.34	$4.66	19%	13.71
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$4.86	10%	34.71
$115.00	$120.00	$125.00	Oct 2	$0.29	$4.71	14%	16.24
$120.00	$125.00	$130.00	Oct 9	$0.45	$4.55	18%	10.11

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 97 found (best net $-1.92, 87 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$125.00	$135.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.92	$8.08
$125.00	$130.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$2.96	$2.04
$132.00	$135.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.50	$1.50
$145.00	$150.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.73	$4.27
$145.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.57	$4.43

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$5.87	$4.13
$135.00	$130.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.86	$4.14
$130.00	$125.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.50	$4.50
$130.00	$125.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.42	$4.58
$140.00	$135.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.91	$3.09

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 60 found (best yield 2.85%, avg 1.30%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$145.00	Oct 9	$3.90	0.37	5.8%	2.85%	8.70%	1	1
$140.00	Oct 9	$5.45	0.46	2.2%	3.98%	6.18%	1	2
$140.00	Oct 2	$5.20	0.46	2.2%	3.80%	6.00%	5	62
$145.00	Oct 2	$3.45	0.36	5.8%	2.52%	8.37%	64	43
$150.00	Oct 9	$2.75	0.27	9.5%	2.01%	11.51%	3	1
$140.00	Sep 25	$4.20	0.44	2.2%	3.07%	5.27%	11	343
$150.00	Oct 2	$2.21	0.25	9.5%	1.61%	11.12%	10	33
$155.00	Oct 9	$1.63	0.20	13.2%	1.19%	14.35%	1	6
$145.00	Sep 25	$2.66	0.31	5.8%	1.94%	7.80%	9	156
$138.00	Sep 18	$4.35	0.49	0.7%	3.18%	3.92%	--	15

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 12,731

Total Puts 8,230

Put/Call Ratio 0.65

Net Difference 4,501

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 45,389

Total Puts 21,879

Put/Call Ratio 0.48

Net Difference 23,510

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 149,923

Total Puts 88,433

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.61

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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