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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/18) 36,456
Calls: 31,391 (86%)
Puts: 5,065 (14%)
Prior (08/17) 42,373
Calls: 34,017 (80%)
Puts: 8,356 (20%)
Current vs Prior -13.96%
Calls: -7.72% (Calls)
Puts: -39.38% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 320,210
Calls: 240,383 (75%)
Puts: 79,827 (25%)
Prior 7-Day Average 45,744
Calls: 34,340 (75%)
Puts: 11,403 (25%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.30%
Calls: -8.59%
Puts: -55.59%
Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/18) $2.74M
Calls: $1.10M (40%)
Puts: $1.64M (60%)
Prior (08/17) $2.97M
Calls: $1.81M (61%)
Puts: $1.16M (39%)
Current vs Prior -7.80%
Calls: -39.45%
Puts: +41.84%
Prior 7-Day Total $20.18M
Calls: $9.55M (47%)
Puts: $10.63M (53%)
Prior 7-Day Average $2.88M
Calls: $1.36M (47%)
Puts: $1.52M (53%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.99%
Calls: -19.49%
Puts: +8.02%
Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/18) 0.16
Prior (08/17) 0.25
Current vs Prior -34.31%
Prior 7-Day Average 0.38
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -57.18%
Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/18) 207,516
Calls: 157,111 (76%)
Puts: 50,405 (24%)
Prior (08/17) 198,174
Calls: 148,280 (75%)
Puts: 49,894 (25%)
Current vs Prior +4.71%
Prior 7-Day Total 1,421,777
Calls: 1,033,307 (73%)
Puts: 388,470 (27%)
Prior 7-Day Average 203,111
Calls: 147,615 (73%)
Puts: 55,495 (27%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.17%
Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 4.43% | 7.33%4.43% | 12.67%
Prior 3.28% | 5.95%3.28% | 11.90%
Current vs Prior +34.90% | +23.19%+34.90% | +6.51%
Prior 7-Day Avg 4.35% | 6.61%5.91% | 14.67%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +1.73% | +10.83%-25.13% | -13.63%
Prior 7-Day Eod 3.28% | 5.95%3.28% | 11.90%
Current vs 7-Day Eod +34.90% | +23.19%+34.90% | +6.51%
Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 78.77% | 16.09%
Calls: 121.43% | 15.25%
Puts: 36.11% | 16.92%
Prior 78.77% | 16.09%
Calls: 121.43% | 15.25%
Puts: 36.11% | 16.92%
Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%
Prior 7-Day Avg 78.77% | 16.09%
Calls: 121.43% | 15.25%
Puts: 36.11% | 16.92%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.16 - heavy call buying (31,391 calls vs 5,065 puts). P/C ratio dropping 34% - sentiment shifting bullish. Call-heavy open interest (157,111 calls vs 50,405 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 BEARISH
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads
💰 Best Value Under $1
📊 High Delta (ITM)
🔥 High Volume
⏰ Backwardation
📈 Debit Spreads
📉 Credit Spreads
📅 Calendar Spreads
⚡ Straddles
🔀 Strangles
🦅 Iron Condors
🦋 Butterflies
⚖️ Ratio Spreads
🛡️ Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 7 of results (avg 8.2%, best 6.5%)

CALLS (2)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$16.00Sep 183.553.80$3.686.8%2650.9516
$17.50Aug 212.022.23$2.139.9%31.0019
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$23.00Sep 183.703.95$3.836.5%1200.77462
$17.00Sep 180.130.14$0.147.1%1300.11--
$20.00Sep 181.361.47$1.427.7%1660.522.4K
$21.00Sep 182.032.23$2.139.4%330.62--
$22.00Sep 182.763.05$2.9110.0%1390.70--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.33, cheapest $0.18)

CALLS (3)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$20.00Aug 210.160.19$0.1816.7%8.4K0.337.2K
$21.00Aug 210.050.06$0.0616.7%4310.115.9K
$20.00Aug 280.410.49$0.4517.8%6970.421.7K
PUTS (2)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$17.00Sep 180.130.14$0.147.1%1300.11--
$20.00Aug 280.740.88$0.8117.3%200.58660

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 47 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$17.50Aug 212.022.23$2.139.9%31.0019
$18.00Aug 211.461.74$1.6017.5%21.0086
$18.50Aug 210.931.25$1.0929.4%71.0023
$17.00Aug 282.432.81$2.6214.5%51.0043
$17.50Aug 281.982.44$2.2120.8%1011.00134
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$22.00Aug 212.242.57$2.4113.7%2660.94878
$21.00Aug 211.291.54$1.4217.6%1490.891.6K
$22.50Aug 282.793.10$2.9510.5%30.86--
$22.00Aug 282.242.68$2.4617.9%150.86--
$22.50Sep 42.853.40$3.1317.6%30.82--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 110 active (total vol 24.0K, top 8.4K)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$20.00Aug 210.160.19$0.1816.7%8.4K0.337.2K
$23.00Aug 280.020.17$0.10150.0%4.6K0.09242
$19.50Aug 210.290.38$0.3426.5%1.2K0.588.0K
$22.50Aug 280.110.20$0.1656.2%1.0K0.1462
$20.00Aug 280.410.49$0.4517.8%6970.421.7K
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$19.00Aug 210.040.07$0.0650.0%8410.165.2K
$19.50Aug 210.180.26$0.2236.4%5740.43772
$22.00Aug 212.242.57$2.4113.7%2660.94878
$20.00Aug 210.440.62$0.5334.0%2200.679.4K
$20.00Sep 181.361.47$1.427.7%1660.522.4K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 2 strikes (avg 8.2%, max 14.4%)

CALLS (1)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$20.50Aug 21Sep 1154.3%53.3%1.9%4436.6K
PUTS (1)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$20.50Aug 21Sep 454.3%47.4%14.4%26561

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 45 found (best R:R 2.77, avg 2.30)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$20.00$22.00Oct 2$0.53$1.47$0.5350%2.77$20.53
$17.50$19.00Oct 2$0.77$0.73$0.7776%0.95$18.27
$18.50$19.50Sep 25$0.40$0.60$0.4068%1.50$18.90
$20.00$21.00Sep 25$0.25$0.75$0.2550%3.00$20.25
$22.00$23.00Oct 2$0.15$0.85$0.1535%5.67$22.15
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$18.50$17.50Sep 25$0.21$0.79$0.2132%3.76$18.29
$18.50$17.00Sep 4$0.16$1.34$0.1623%8.38$18.34
$20.00$19.50Aug 21$0.31$0.19$0.3167%0.61$19.69
$19.50$19.00Aug 21$0.16$0.34$0.1643%2.12$19.34
$19.00$18.50Sep 4$0.18$0.32$0.1834%1.78$18.82

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 26 found (best R:R 1.27, avg 0.46)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$21.00$21.50Aug 28$0.14$0.14$0.3676%0.39$21.14
$20.00$20.50Sep 4$0.21$0.21$0.2955%0.72$20.21
$23.00$23.50Sep 25$0.13$0.13$0.3772%0.35$23.13
$20.00$20.50Aug 28$0.16$0.16$0.3458%0.47$20.16
$21.50$23.00Sep 11$0.31$0.31$1.1968%0.26$21.81
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$19.50$18.50Sep 25$0.56$0.56$0.4455%1.27$18.94
$19.00$18.00Sep 18$0.42$0.42$0.5862%0.72$18.58
$18.00$17.00Sep 18$0.24$0.24$0.7676%0.32$17.76
$19.50$19.00Sep 4$0.30$0.30$0.2054%1.50$19.20
$19.00$18.50Aug 28$0.16$0.16$0.3471%0.47$18.84

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $0.28, cheapest $0.27)

CALLS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$20.00Aug 21Aug 28$0.2747.3%47.5%
$19.50Aug 21Aug 28$0.2938.9%42.0%
PUTS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$20.00Aug 21Aug 28$0.2847.3%47.5%
$19.50Aug 21Aug 28$0.2638.9%42.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 27 found (cheapest 2.85% of stock, avg 9.07%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$19.50Aug 21$0.34$0.22$0.56$18.94$20.062.85%
$20.00Aug 21$0.18$0.53$0.71$19.29$20.713.61%
$19.00Aug 21$0.67$0.06$0.73$18.27$19.733.72%
$20.50Aug 21$0.10$0.97$1.07$19.43$21.575.45%
$18.50Aug 21$1.09$0.01$1.10$17.40$19.605.60%
$19.50Aug 28$0.63$0.48$1.11$18.39$20.615.65%
$19.00Aug 28$0.97$0.24$1.21$17.79$20.216.16%
$20.00Aug 28$0.45$0.81$1.26$18.74$21.266.41%
$18.50Aug 28$1.29$0.08$1.37$17.13$19.876.97%
$20.50Aug 28$0.29$1.17$1.46$19.04$21.967.43%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 85 found (cheapest 0.51% of stock, avg 4.60%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$21.50$19.00Aug 21$0.04$0.06$0.10$18.90$21.60
$22.50$19.00Aug 21$0.05$0.06$0.11$18.89$22.61
$21.00$19.00Aug 21$0.06$0.06$0.12$18.88$21.12
$20.50$19.00Aug 21$0.10$0.06$0.16$18.84$20.66
$22.00$18.00Aug 28$0.14$0.04$0.18$17.82$22.18
$22.50$18.00Aug 28$0.16$0.04$0.20$17.80$22.70
$22.00$18.50Aug 28$0.14$0.08$0.22$18.28$22.22
$22.50$18.50Aug 28$0.16$0.08$0.24$18.26$22.74
$20.00$19.00Aug 21$0.18$0.06$0.24$18.76$20.24
$21.00$18.00Aug 28$0.25$0.04$0.29$17.71$21.29

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 6 found (best R:R 1.50, avg credit $0.35)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossPOPR:RBE LowBE High
18/1921/22Aug 28$0.30$0.2047%1.50$18.70$21.30
17/1822/23Sep 18$0.44$0.5647%0.79$17.56$22.44
18/1823/24Sep 25$0.34$0.6640%0.52$18.16$23.34
18/1822/23Sep 25$0.37$0.6334%0.59$18.13$22.37
18/1921/22Sep 4$0.34$0.6635%0.52$18.66$21.34
17/1821/22Sep 4$0.32$1.1846%0.27$18.18$21.32

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 33 found (best R:R 10.11, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$18.50$19.00$19.50Aug 21$0.09$0.4142%4.56
$19.50$20.00$20.50Aug 21$0.08$0.4239%5.25
$20.00$21.00$22.00Sep 18$0.07$0.9318%13.29
$19.00$19.50$20.00Aug 21$0.17$0.3354%1.94
$19.00$20.00$21.00Sep 18$0.13$0.8724%6.69
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$19.00$20.00$21.00Sep 18$0.09$0.9124%10.11
$20.00$21.00$22.00Sep 18$0.07$0.9318%13.29
$19.00$19.50$20.00Aug 21$0.15$0.3551%2.33
$18.50$19.00$19.50Aug 21$0.11$0.3940%3.55
$18.50$19.00$19.50Aug 28$0.08$0.4231%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. 61 found (best net $-0.60, 52 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$16.00$18.001:2Sep 18-$0.60$1.40
$16.50$18.001:2Sep 4-$0.40$1.10
$16.00$17.501:2Aug 21-$0.66$0.84
$17.50$18.501:2Aug 28-$0.37$0.63
$18.00$19.001:2Sep 4-$0.38$0.62
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$22.50$21.001:2Sep 4-$0.43$1.07
$22.00$21.001:2Aug 21-$0.43$0.57
$20.00$19.001:2Sep 11-$0.07$0.93
$20.50$20.001:2Aug 21-$0.09$0.41
$20.00$19.001:2Sep 18-$0.18$0.82

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 30 found (best yield 3.51%, avg 2.43%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$23.00Oct 2$0.690.3017.1%3.51%20.56%1--
$22.00Oct 2$0.860.3512.0%4.38%16.34%102
$20.00Oct 2$1.340.501.8%6.82%8.60%628
$22.00Sep 25$0.690.3412.0%3.51%15.47%4072
$21.00Sep 25$0.840.416.9%4.27%11.15%843
$23.00Sep 25$0.430.2817.1%2.19%19.24%1252
$20.00Sep 25$1.170.501.8%5.95%7.74%8157
$22.00Sep 18$0.570.3012.0%2.90%14.86%994.0K
$21.00Sep 18$0.730.386.9%3.72%10.59%77397
$23.50Sep 25$0.290.2419.6%1.48%21.07%4195

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

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 31,391
Total Puts 5,065
Put/Call Ratio 0.16
Net Difference 26,326

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 34,017
Total Puts 8,356
Put/Call Ratio 0.25
Net Difference 25,661

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 240,383
Total Puts 79,827
Average Put/Call Ratio 0.38
Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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