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$18.02 -2.86%

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as of 09/02 07:09 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/02) 33,346

Calls: 26,704 (80%)

Puts: 6,642 (20%)

Prior (09/01) 38,165

Calls: 30,893 (81%)

Puts: 7,272 (19%)

Current vs Prior -12.63%

Calls: -13.56% (Calls)

Puts: -8.66% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 324,604

Calls: 252,707 (78%)

Puts: 71,897 (22%)

Prior 7-Day Average 46,372

Calls: 36,101 (78%)

Puts: 10,271 (22%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.09%

Calls: -26.03%

Puts: -35.33%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/02) $2.51M

Calls: $1.24M (50%)

Puts: $1.27M (50%)

Prior (09/01) $2.24M

Calls: $1.39M (62%)

Puts: $851.8K (38%)

Current vs Prior +12.18%

Calls: -10.30%

Puts: +48.78%

Prior 7-Day Total $20.56M

Calls: $9.26M (45%)

Puts: $11.29M (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average $2.94M

Calls: $1.32M (45%)

Puts: $1.61M (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -14.47%

Calls: -5.96%

Puts: -21.45%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/02) 0.25

Prior (09/01) 0.24

Current vs Prior +5.66%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.30

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.19%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/02) 215,718

Calls: 161,271 (75%)

Puts: 54,447 (25%)

Prior (09/01) 223,105

Calls: 183,874 (82%)

Puts: 39,231 (18%)

Current vs Prior -3.31%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,545,310

Calls: 1,201,653 (78%)

Puts: 343,657 (22%)

Prior 7-Day Average 220,758

Calls: 171,664 (78%)

Puts: 49,093 (22%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.28%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 4.38% | 6.71%9.60% | 16.09%

Prior 4.53% | 7.71%9.54% | 17.63%

Current vs Prior -3.19% | -12.90%+0.61% | -8.71%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.32% | 7.03%9.31% | 16.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +1.40% | -4.43%+3.13% | -2.50%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.53% | 7.71%9.54% | 17.63%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -3.19% | -12.90%+0.61% | -8.71%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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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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Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.25 - heavy call buying (26,704 calls vs 6,642 puts). Call-heavy open interest (161,271 calls vs 54,447 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 12 of results (avg 7.8%, best 4.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$17.00	Oct 16	1.84	1.97	$1.91	6.8%	41	0.65	176
$16.00	Oct 16	2.36	2.54	$2.45	7.3%	806	0.77	224
$20.00	Oct 16	0.90	0.97	$0.94	7.4%	953	0.37	8.8K
$19.00	Oct 16	1.11	1.22	$1.17	9.4%	162	0.44	1.4K
$18.00	Oct 16	1.40	1.54	$1.47	9.5%	75	0.53	4.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.00	Sep 18	2.18	2.29	$2.24	4.9%	35	0.78	2.5K
$20.00	Oct 16	2.76	2.90	$2.83	4.9%	345	0.63	2.9K
$20.50	Sep 4	2.42	2.56	$2.49	5.6%	4	1.00	--
$21.50	Sep 4	3.40	3.70	$3.55	8.5%	110	0.93	282
$21.00	Oct 16	3.60	3.95	$3.78	9.3%	5	0.69	139

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 10 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.23)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Sep 4	0.21	0.25	$0.23	17.4%	908	0.53	925
$19.00	Sep 11	0.19	0.21	$0.20	10.0%	1.6K	0.26	694
$17.50	Sep 11	0.69	0.82	$0.75	17.3%	6	0.72	87
$18.00	Sep 18	0.65	0.75	$0.70	14.3%	301	0.52	1.2K
$17.50	Sep 18	0.88	1.02	$0.95	14.7%	64	0.64	220

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.50	Sep 4	0.53	0.60	$0.56	12.5%	468	0.75	2.8K
$18.50	Sep 11	0.67	0.80	$0.74	17.6%	38	0.63	729
$18.00	Sep 18	0.60	0.70	$0.65	15.4%	263	0.48	2.8K
$18.00	Sep 25	0.80	0.97	$0.89	19.1%	5	0.48	199

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 44 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.00	Sep 11	1.91	2.19	$2.05	13.7%	51	0.99	1
$16.50	Sep 4	1.39	1.72	$1.56	21.2%	4	0.98	9
$17.00	Sep 4	0.94	1.10	$1.02	15.7%	253	0.98	75
$16.50	Sep 11	1.45	1.67	$1.56	14.1%	5	0.92	--
$17.50	Sep 4	0.47	0.58	$0.52	21.2%	96	0.90	257

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.50	Sep 4	2.42	2.56	$2.49	5.6%	4	1.00	--
$21.00	Sep 4	2.85	3.15	$3.00	10.0%	100	1.00	--
$19.50	Sep 4	1.36	1.58	$1.47	15.0%	1	0.94	--
$21.50	Sep 4	3.40	3.70	$3.55	8.5%	110	0.93	282
$20.00	Sep 4	1.87	2.07	$1.97	10.2%	6	0.91	644

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 112 active (total vol 22.7K, top 4.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.50	Sep 11	0.00	0.16	$0.08	200.0%	4.0K	0.10	--
$20.00	Sep 11	0.08	0.12	$0.10	40.0%	2.7K	0.13	7.1K
$19.00	Sep 11	0.19	0.21	$0.20	10.0%	1.6K	0.26	694
$19.00	Sep 4	0.04	0.07	$0.06	50.0%	1.2K	0.13	11.2K
$21.00	Sep 11	0.06	0.15	$0.11	81.8%	1.1K	0.11	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$17.50	Sep 11	0.14	0.22	$0.18	44.4%	1.6K	0.28	118
$18.00	Sep 4	0.18	0.22	$0.20	20.0%	661	0.47	2.2K
$17.50	Sep 4	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	608	0.10	2.4K
$18.50	Sep 4	0.53	0.60	$0.56	12.5%	468	0.75	2.8K
$20.00	Oct 16	2.76	2.90	$2.83	4.9%	345	0.63	2.9K

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. 46 found (best R:R 0.65, avg 2.26)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$15.00	$18.00	Oct 9	$1.82	$1.18	$1.82	89%	0.65	$16.82
$18.00	$20.00	Oct 9	$0.58	$1.42	$0.58	54%	2.45	$18.58
$20.00	$21.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	34%	8.09	$20.11
$16.00	$17.00	Oct 16	$0.54	$0.46	$0.54	77%	0.85	$16.54
$18.00	$19.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	53%	2.33	$18.30

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$18.50	$18.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.32	$0.18	56%	1.78	$18.32
$17.50	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.14	$0.36	$0.14	38%	2.57	$17.36
$19.00	$18.50	Sep 18	$0.33	$0.17	$0.33	66%	0.52	$18.67
$18.00	$17.50	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	48%	1.27	$17.78
$18.50	$18.00	Sep 11	$0.31	$0.19	$0.31	63%	0.61	$18.19

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 29 found (best R:R 1.38, avg 0.66)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$18.50	$19.00	Sep 25	$0.22	$0.22	$0.28	56%	0.79	$18.72
$19.00	$19.50	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	66%	0.39	$19.14
$19.00	$19.50	Oct 2	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	60%	0.52	$19.17
$18.50	$19.00	Oct 2	$0.19	$0.19	$0.31	54%	0.61	$18.69
$18.50	$19.00	Sep 11	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	63%	0.28	$18.61

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$15.50	$15.00	Oct 9	$0.29	$0.29	$0.21	81%	1.38	$15.21
$18.00	$17.00	Oct 16	$0.59	$0.59	$0.41	54%	1.44	$17.41
$18.00	$17.50	Sep 25	$0.38	$0.38	$0.12	52%	3.17	$17.62
$16.00	$15.00	Oct 16	$0.28	$0.28	$0.72	77%	0.39	$15.72
$17.00	$16.00	Oct 16	$0.39	$0.39	$0.61	66%	0.64	$16.61

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $0.23, cheapest $0.23)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.24	40.9%	39.1%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.23	40.9%	39.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 27 found (cheapest 2.39% of stock, avg 9.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$18.00	Sep 4	$0.23	$0.20	$0.43	$17.57	$18.43	2.39%
$17.50	Sep 4	$0.52	$0.02	$0.54	$16.96	$18.04	3.00%
$18.50	Sep 4	$0.10	$0.56	$0.66	$17.84	$19.16	3.66%
$18.00	Sep 11	$0.47	$0.43	$0.90	$17.10	$18.90	4.99%
$17.50	Sep 11	$0.75	$0.18	$0.93	$16.57	$18.43	5.16%
$18.50	Sep 11	$0.31	$0.74	$1.05	$17.45	$19.55	5.83%
$19.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$1.02	$1.08	$17.92	$20.08	5.99%
$17.00	Sep 11	$1.09	$0.07	$1.16	$15.84	$18.16	6.44%
$18.00	Sep 18	$0.70	$0.65	$1.35	$16.65	$19.35	7.49%
$19.00	Sep 11	$0.20	$1.17	$1.37	$17.63	$20.37	7.60%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 113 found (cheapest 0.22% of stock, avg 5.05%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$19.50	$17.50	Sep 4	$0.02	$0.02	$0.04	$17.46	$19.54
$20.00	$17.50	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.02	$0.07	$17.43	$20.07
$19.00	$17.50	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.02	$0.08	$17.42	$19.08
$18.50	$17.50	Sep 4	$0.10	$0.02	$0.12	$17.38	$18.62
$20.00	$16.50	Sep 11	$0.10	$0.04	$0.14	$16.36	$20.14
$21.00	$16.50	Sep 11	$0.11	$0.04	$0.15	$16.35	$21.15
$20.00	$17.00	Sep 11	$0.10	$0.07	$0.17	$16.83	$20.17
$19.50	$16.50	Sep 11	$0.12	$0.04	$0.16	$16.34	$19.66
$21.00	$17.00	Sep 11	$0.11	$0.07	$0.18	$16.82	$21.18
$19.50	$17.00	Sep 11	$0.12	$0.07	$0.19	$16.81	$19.69

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 6 found (best R:R 1.78, avg credit $0.30)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
16/16	20/20	Oct 2	$0.32	$0.18	42%	1.78	$16.18	$19.82
16/17	19/20	Sep 18	$0.28	$0.22	42%	1.27	$16.72	$19.28
16/17	20/20	Oct 2	$0.31	$0.19	34%	1.63	$16.69	$19.81
15/16	20/21	Oct 9	$0.40	$0.60	47%	0.67	$15.10	$20.40
15/16	19/20	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.73	53%	0.37	$15.73	$19.27
15/16	20/20	Oct 2	$0.23	$0.77	52%	0.30	$15.77	$19.73

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 40 found (best R:R 2.13, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Sep 4	$0.16	$0.34	65%	2.13
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.44	35%	7.33
$16.00	$17.00	$18.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$0.90	24%	9.00
$18.00	$18.50	$19.00	Sep 4	$0.09	$0.41	39%	4.56
$18.00	$19.00	$20.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$0.93	17%	13.29

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Sep 4	$0.18	$0.32	65%	1.78
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.44	35%	7.33
$17.00	$18.00	$19.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$0.92	21%	11.50
$18.00	$19.00	$20.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$0.94	17%	15.67
$15.00	$16.00	$17.00	Oct 16	$0.11	$0.89	23%	8.09

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 62 found (best net $-0.17, 48 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$18.00	$20.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.17	$1.83
$17.50	$18.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.19	$0.31
$18.00	$18.50	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.15	$0.35
$18.50	$19.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.09	$0.41
$20.00	$21.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.19	$0.81

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$19.00	$18.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.10	$0.40
$20.00	$19.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.48	$0.52
$17.00	$16.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.06	$0.94
$18.50	$18.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.12	$0.38
$18.00	$17.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.25	$0.75

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 29 found (best yield 4.99%, avg 2.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$20.00	Oct 16	$0.90	0.37	11.0%	4.99%	15.98%	953	8.8K
$21.00	Oct 16	$0.70	0.31	16.5%	3.88%	20.42%	59	736
$19.00	Oct 16	$1.11	0.44	5.4%	6.16%	11.60%	162	1.4K
$21.00	Oct 9	$0.50	0.28	16.5%	2.77%	19.31%	6	--
$20.00	Oct 9	$0.62	0.34	11.0%	3.44%	14.43%	11	52
$18.50	Oct 2	$0.90	0.46	2.7%	4.99%	7.66%	4	179
$21.50	Oct 2	$0.32	0.22	19.3%	1.78%	21.09%	3	--
$19.00	Oct 2	$0.68	0.40	5.4%	3.77%	9.21%	7	642
$19.50	Oct 2	$0.45	0.34	8.2%	2.50%	10.71%	3	160
$20.00	Oct 2	$0.37	0.29	11.0%	2.05%	13.04%	6	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 26,704

Total Puts 6,642

Put/Call Ratio 0.25

Net Difference 20,062

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 30,893

Total Puts 7,272

Put/Call Ratio 0.24

Net Difference 23,621

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 252,707

Total Puts 71,897

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.30

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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