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$18.26 +0.16%

$18.22 (-0.22%)🌙

as of 09/15 07:24 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/15) 28,410

Calls: 23,939 (84%)

Puts: 4,471 (16%)

Prior (09/11) 63,449

Calls: 52,626 (83%)

Puts: 10,823 (17%)

Current vs Prior -55.22%

Calls: -54.51% (Calls)

Puts: -58.69% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 401,865

Calls: 316,891 (79%)

Puts: 84,974 (21%)

Prior 7-Day Average 57,409

Calls: 45,270 (79%)

Puts: 12,139 (21%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -50.51%

Calls: -47.12%

Puts: -63.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/15) $1.10M

Calls: $830.3K (75%)

Puts: $271.5K (25%)

Prior (09/11) $2.40M

Calls: $1.39M (58%)

Puts: $1.01M (42%)

Current vs Prior -54.06%

Calls: -40.13%

Puts: -73.16%

Prior 7-Day Total $28.26M

Calls: $14.61M (52%)

Puts: $13.64M (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average $4.04M

Calls: $2.09M (52%)

Puts: $1.95M (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -72.70%

Calls: -60.23%

Puts: -86.07%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/15) 0.19

Prior (09/11) 0.21

Current vs Prior -9.19%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.26

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -27.79%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/15) 185,361

Calls: 159,973 (86%)

Puts: 25,388 (14%)

Prior (09/11) 254,454

Calls: 202,050 (79%)

Puts: 52,404 (21%)

Current vs Prior -27.15%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,617,336

Calls: 1,242,598 (77%)

Puts: 374,738 (23%)

Prior 7-Day Average 231,048

Calls: 177,514 (77%)

Puts: 53,534 (23%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -19.77%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 5.70% | 8.11%5.70% | 13.14%

Prior 6.59% | 9.35%6.59% | 13.84%

Current vs Prior -13.51% | -13.34%-13.51% | -5.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.05% | 7.63%8.03% | 15.40%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +12.84% | +6.20%-29.07% | -14.68%

Prior 7-Day Eod 6.59% | 9.35%6.59% | 13.84%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -13.51% | -13.34%-13.51% | -5.00%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

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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Strong bullish conviction with 75% of dollar volume in calls ($830.3K) vs puts ($271.5K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 54% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 55% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.19 - heavy call buying (23,939 calls vs 4,471 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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Expected Move

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 8 of results (avg 7.8%, best 6.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$15.00	Oct 9	3.20	3.40	$3.30	6.1%	4	0.94	--
$18.50	Sep 18	0.22	0.24	$0.23	8.7%	884	0.37	3.5K
$16.00	Oct 16	2.38	2.60	$2.49	8.8%	23	0.83	1.2K
$15.00	Oct 16	3.20	3.50	$3.35	9.0%	22	0.94	101
$17.50	Oct 2	1.15	1.26	$1.21	9.1%	2	0.68	--

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$21.00	Oct 16	3.25	3.45	$3.35	6.0%	7	0.71	181
$21.50	Sep 18	3.20	3.40	$3.30	6.1%	1	0.92	--
$20.00	Oct 2	2.04	2.22	$2.13	8.5%	1	0.71	21

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 11 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.22)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.50	Sep 18	0.22	0.24	$0.23	8.7%	884	0.37	3.5K
$20.00	Sep 18	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	2.0K	0.10	16.3K
$18.00	Sep 18	0.42	0.47	$0.44	11.4%	345	0.63	1.8K
$18.00	Sep 25	0.65	0.76	$0.71	15.5%	146	0.58	545
$18.00	Oct 2	0.86	1.05	$0.96	19.8%	14	0.56	1.4K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Sep 18	0.20	0.24	$0.22	18.2%	1.2K	0.42	3.6K
$19.00	Sep 18	0.81	0.99	$0.90	20.0%	13	0.76	814
$18.50	Sep 25	0.70	0.84	$0.77	18.2%	5	0.56	--

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 41 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.00	Sep 18	2.16	2.49	$2.33	14.2%	96	1.00	426
$16.50	Sep 18	1.52	1.93	$1.73	23.7%	32	1.00	196
$17.00	Sep 18	1.18	1.31	$1.25	10.4%	40	1.00	696
$17.50	Sep 18	0.72	0.88	$0.80	20.0%	165	1.00	670
$16.50	Oct 2	1.69	2.17	$1.93	24.9%	45	0.95	7

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$21.00	Sep 18	2.72	3.05	$2.89	11.4%	2	0.94	--
$21.50	Sep 18	3.20	3.40	$3.30	6.1%	1	0.92	--
$20.00	Sep 18	1.70	1.93	$1.82	12.6%	79	0.89	2.5K
$19.50	Sep 18	1.26	1.44	$1.35	13.3%	3	0.85	23
$20.00	Sep 25	1.81	2.20	$2.01	19.4%	3	0.79	98

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 100 active (total vol 22.5K, top 4.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$19.00	Sep 18	0.13	0.17	$0.15	26.7%	4.2K	0.23	9.4K
$21.50	Sep 25	0.00	0.17	$0.09	188.9%	4.0K	0.09	--
$21.00	Sep 25	0.12	0.24	$0.18	66.7%	3.4K	0.15	3.3K
$20.00	Sep 18	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	2.0K	0.10	16.3K
$18.50	Sep 18	0.22	0.24	$0.23	8.7%	884	0.37	3.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Sep 18	0.20	0.24	$0.22	18.2%	1.2K	0.42	3.6K
$17.50	Sep 18	0.05	0.07	$0.06	33.3%	1.2K	0.16	2.2K
$17.00	Oct 16	0.44	0.66	$0.55	40.0%	167	0.30	1.6K
$17.00	Oct 9	0.20	0.45	$0.33	75.8%	164	0.25	227
$16.50	Oct 23	0.28	0.75	$0.52	90.4%	142	0.26	3

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 23.6%, max 34.3%)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$19.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	75.3%	56.1%	34.3%	7	54
$18.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	58.8%	52.0%	13.0%	86	880

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 42 found (best R:R 1.00, avg 1.97)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$16.00	$17.50	Oct 30	$0.75	$0.75	$0.75	78%	1.00	$16.75
$19.00	$21.00	Oct 30	$0.49	$1.51	$0.49	48%	3.08	$19.49
$17.50	$19.50	Oct 9	$0.68	$1.32	$0.68	65%	1.94	$18.18
$17.00	$18.00	Oct 23	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	68%	1.70	$17.37
$18.50	$20.00	Oct 23	$0.38	$1.12	$0.38	50%	2.95	$18.88

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$19.00	$18.50	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	76%	0.67	$18.70
$19.00	$18.50	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.18	$0.32	66%	0.56	$18.68
$17.00	$16.50	Oct 9	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	25%	3.55	$16.89
$18.00	$17.50	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.32	$0.18	42%	1.78	$17.82
$18.00	$17.50	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.34	$0.16	42%	2.12	$17.84

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 24 found (best R:R 1.08, avg 0.58)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$20.50	$21.00	Oct 2	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	77%	0.32	$20.62
$19.00	$19.50	Oct 2	$0.19	$0.19	$0.31	61%	0.61	$19.19
$20.50	$21.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	72%	0.39	$20.64
$19.50	$20.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	62%	0.47	$19.66
$19.00	$19.50	Sep 25	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	66%	0.32	$19.12

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$18.00	$17.00	Oct 16	$0.52	$0.52	$0.48	56%	1.08	$17.48
$17.50	$17.00	Oct 9	$0.28	$0.28	$0.22	65%	1.27	$17.22
$17.50	$17.00	Oct 23	$0.29	$0.29	$0.21	62%	1.38	$17.21
$18.00	$17.50	Oct 2	$0.30	$0.30	$0.20	56%	1.50	$17.70
$17.50	$17.00	Oct 2	$0.22	$0.22	$0.28	67%	0.79	$17.28

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $0.23, cheapest $0.17)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.26	58.8%	52.0%
$18.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.27	43.4%	42.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.17	58.8%	52.0%
$18.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.20	43.4%	42.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 28 found (cheapest 3.61% of stock, avg 10.20%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$18.00	Sep 18	$0.44	$0.22	$0.66	$17.34	$18.66	3.61%
$18.50	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.60	$0.83	$17.67	$19.33	4.55%
$17.50	Sep 18	$0.80	$0.06	$0.86	$16.64	$18.36	4.71%
$19.00	Sep 18	$0.15	$0.90	$1.05	$17.95	$20.05	5.75%
$18.00	Sep 25	$0.71	$0.42	$1.13	$16.87	$19.13	6.19%
$17.50	Sep 25	$0.98	$0.24	$1.22	$16.28	$18.72	6.68%
$18.50	Sep 25	$0.49	$0.77	$1.26	$17.24	$19.76	6.90%
$17.00	Sep 18	$1.25	$0.02	$1.27	$15.73	$18.27	6.96%
$19.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$1.35	$1.44	$18.06	$20.94	7.89%
$17.00	Sep 25	$1.37	$0.07	$1.44	$15.56	$18.44	7.89%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 95 found (cheapest 0.66% of stock, avg 4.44%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$21.50	$17.50	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.06	$0.12	$17.38	$21.62
$20.00	$17.50	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.06	$0.13	$17.37	$20.13
$19.50	$17.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.06	$0.15	$17.35	$19.65
$19.00	$17.50	Sep 18	$0.15	$0.06	$0.21	$17.29	$19.21
$21.00	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.07	$0.25	$16.75	$21.25
$21.00	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.07	$0.25	$15.75	$21.25
$21.00	$16.50	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.13	$0.31	$16.19	$21.31
$20.00	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.23	$0.07	$0.30	$16.70	$20.30
$19.50	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.23	$0.07	$0.30	$16.70	$19.80
$20.00	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.23	$0.07	$0.30	$15.70	$20.30

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 4 found (best R:R 2.13, avg credit $0.29)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
17/18	20/21	Oct 2	$0.34	$0.16	45%	2.13	$17.16	$20.84
16/17	20/21	Oct 9	$0.25	$0.25	47%	1.00	$16.75	$20.75
17/18	19/20	Sep 25	$0.29	$0.21	39%	1.38	$17.21	$19.29
15/16	20/21	Oct 9	$0.30	$1.20	54%	0.25	$16.20	$20.80

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 33 found (best R:R 2.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Sep 18	$0.15	$0.35	63%	2.33
$18.50	$20.00	$21.50	Oct 23	$0.14	$1.36	22%	9.71
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.45	29%	9.00
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.41	37%	4.56
$16.50	$17.00	$17.50	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.44	27%	7.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$18.00	$19.00	$20.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$0.90	20%	9.00
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.38	37%	3.17
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Oct 2	$0.08	$0.42	26%	5.25
$17.00	$18.00	$19.00	Oct 16	$0.16	$0.84	26%	5.25
$16.00	$16.50	$17.00	Oct 2	$0.08	$0.42	11%	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. 54 found (best net $-0.08, 46 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$15.00	$17.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.08	$1.92
$17.50	$19.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.04	$1.96
$16.00	$17.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.44	$0.56
$19.00	$21.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.49	$1.51
$17.50	$18.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.08	$0.42

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$21.00	$20.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.75	$0.25
$18.50	$18.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.07	$0.43
$19.00	$18.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.39	$0.61
$18.00	$17.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.08	$0.42
$18.00	$17.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.06	$0.44

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 28 found (best yield 4.27%, avg 2.39%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$21.00	Oct 30	$0.78	0.34	15.0%	4.27%	19.28%	2	--
$21.50	Oct 23	$0.67	0.28	17.7%	3.67%	21.41%	1	1.5K
$19.00	Oct 30	$1.21	0.48	4.0%	6.63%	10.68%	305	38
$20.00	Oct 23	$0.89	0.37	9.5%	4.87%	14.40%	11	97
$20.00	Oct 16	$0.75	0.36	9.5%	4.11%	13.64%	187	12.1K
$18.50	Oct 23	$1.25	0.50	1.3%	6.85%	8.16%	10	--
$21.00	Oct 16	$0.50	0.28	15.0%	2.74%	17.74%	34	800
$19.00	Oct 16	$0.85	0.44	4.0%	4.65%	8.71%	50	1.6K
$19.50	Oct 9	$0.61	0.38	6.8%	3.34%	10.13%	3	1
$20.50	Oct 9	$0.39	0.28	12.3%	2.14%	14.40%	1	1

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 23,939

Total Puts 4,471

Put/Call Ratio 0.19

Net Difference 19,468

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 52,626

Total Puts 10,823

Put/Call Ratio 0.21

Net Difference 41,803

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 316,891

Total Puts 84,974

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.26

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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