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$45.17 +3.07%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/24 12:20pm) 67,676

Calls: 49,185 (73%)

Puts: 18,491 (27%)

Prior (06/24) 798

Calls: 501 (63%)

Puts: 297 (37%)

Current vs Prior +8380.70%

Calls: +9717.37% (Calls)

Puts: +6125.93% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 39,831

Calls: 32,400 (81%)

Puts: 7,431 (19%)

Prior 7-Day Average 39,831

Calls: 4,628 (81%)

Puts: 1,061 (19%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +69.91%

Calls: +962.64%

Puts: +1641.85%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/24 12:20pm) $6.38M

Calls: $5.22M (82%)

Puts: $1.16M (18%)

Prior (06/24) $66.6K

Calls: $34.9K (52%)

Puts: $31.7K (48%)

Current vs Prior +9487.80%

Calls: +14879.20%

Puts: +3562.05%

Prior 7-Day Total $3.51M

Calls: $3.11M (89%)

Puts: $400.9K (11%)

Prior 7-Day Average $3.51M

Calls: $443.9K (89%)

Puts: $57.3K (11%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +81.92%

Calls: +1076.13%

Puts: +1927.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/24 12:20pm) 0.38

Prior (06/24) 0.59

Current vs Prior -36.58%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.23

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +63.86%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/24 12:20pm) 1,144,110

Calls: 651,263 (57%)

Puts: 492,847 (43%)

Prior (06/24) 975,934

Calls: 534,299 (55%)

Puts: 441,635 (45%)

Current vs Prior +17.23%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,144,110

Calls: 651,263 (57%)

Puts: 492,847 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,144,110

Calls: 651,263 (57%)

Puts: 492,847 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.00%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (07/24) | Next (07/31)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 1.39% | 3.52%6.27% | 8.86%

Prior 0.00% | ---- | --

Current vs Prior +0.00% | ---- | --

Prior 7-Day Avg -- | ---- | --

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | ---- | --

Prior 7-Day Eod -- | ---- | --

Current vs 7-Day Eod -- | ---- | --

Sentiment NEUTRAL--

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 60.75% | 13.86%

Calls: 64.00% | 14.47%

Puts: 57.50% | 13.25%

Prior -- | --

Calls: -- | --

Puts: -- | --

Current vs Prior -- | --

Prior 7-Day Avg -- | --

Calls: -- | --

Puts: -- | --

Current vs 7-Day Avg -- | --

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 82% of dollar volume in calls ($5.22M) vs puts ($1.16M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 9488% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (82% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 8381% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:30	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 39 of results (avg 8.1%, best 5.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Aug 21	1.40	1.48	$1.44	5.6%	263	0.54	10.7K
$38.00	Aug 14	7.15	7.60	$7.38	6.1%	1	0.96	5
$44.00	Jul 31	1.39	1.48	$1.44	6.3%	1.2K	0.77	3.0K
$43.50	Aug 7	1.99	2.12	$2.06	6.3%	84	0.77	28
$44.00	Aug 7	1.62	1.73	$1.68	6.5%	32	0.71	710

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$47.00	Aug 7	2.02	2.14	$2.08	5.8%	70	0.77	41
$47.00	Aug 21	2.22	2.36	$2.29	6.1%	29	0.70	83
$46.50	Jul 31	1.46	1.56	$1.51	6.6%	1	0.78	32
$46.00	Aug 21	1.60	1.72	$1.66	7.2%	1	0.58	283
$46.00	Aug 14	1.43	1.54	$1.49	7.4%	1	0.60	5

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 32 found (avg $0.57, cheapest $0.16)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$47.50	Aug 7	0.19	0.22	$0.21	14.3%	21	0.17	43
$47.00	Aug 7	0.28	0.32	$0.30	13.3%	148	0.23	333
$48.00	Aug 21	0.33	0.37	$0.35	11.4%	498	0.20	3.5K
$46.50	Aug 7	0.40	0.44	$0.42	9.5%	80	0.29	41
$47.00	Aug 14	0.43	0.47	$0.45	8.9%	87	0.27	388

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$41.00	Aug 21	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	183	0.09	1.6K
$43.00	Aug 7	0.20	0.24	$0.22	18.2%	54	0.17	242
$42.00	Aug 21	0.24	0.28	$0.26	15.4%	208	0.15	3.6K
$43.50	Aug 7	0.29	0.33	$0.31	12.9%	15	0.23	24
$43.00	Aug 14	0.30	0.35	$0.32	15.6%	56	0.20	382

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 97 found (avg delta 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$37.00	Aug 7	8.00	8.80	$8.40	9.5%	4	1.00	--
$37.00	Jul 24	7.95	8.70	$8.32	9.0%	13	1.00	11
$37.50	Jul 24	7.10	8.30	$7.70	15.6%	6	1.00	8
$38.00	Jul 24	6.95	7.80	$7.38	11.5%	4	1.00	9
$37.00	Jul 31	8.00	8.80	$8.40	9.5%	4	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$46.50	Jul 24	1.12	1.67	$1.40	39.3%	1	1.00	2
$47.00	Jul 24	1.64	2.05	$1.84	22.3%	47	1.00	109
$47.50	Jul 24	1.92	2.51	$2.22	26.6%	1	1.00	1
$48.00	Jul 24	2.54	3.10	$2.82	19.9%	2	1.00	12
$51.00	Jul 24	5.45	7.00	$6.23	24.9%	6	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 210 active (total vol 42.7K, top 5.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.50	Jul 31	0.47	0.55	$0.51	15.7%	3.9K	0.43	328
$45.00	Jul 24	0.16	0.32	$0.24	66.7%	3.3K	0.75	7.2K
$45.50	Jul 24	0.03	0.06	$0.05	60.0%	1.8K	0.21	1.4K
$44.00	Jul 24	1.09	1.28	$1.19	16.0%	1.7K	0.98	7.3K
$46.00	Jul 24	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	1.6K	0.07	3.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$44.00	Jul 31	0.19	0.28	$0.24	37.5%	5.6K	0.23	10.2K
$45.00	Jul 24	0.02	0.07	$0.05	100.0%	2.0K	0.26	516
$45.00	Jul 31	0.52	0.59	$0.55	12.7%	698	0.45	442
$45.50	Jul 31	0.77	0.88	$0.83	13.3%	494	0.57	38
$44.50	Jul 24	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	490	0.05	486

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 46 strikes (avg 413.2%, max 907.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$39.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	280.4%	30.1%	832.0%	55	129
$51.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	231.6%	25.5%	808.2%	13	4.9K
$40.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	237.0%	28.5%	732.0%	40	300
$38.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	324.3%	41.5%	681.5%	5	14
$50.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	198.0%	25.4%	680.1%	274	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$40.00	Jul 24	Sep 4	237.0%	23.5%	907.1%	260	2.3K
$38.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	324.3%	32.5%	898.2%	--	429
$39.50	Jul 24	Aug 21	258.7%	30.8%	739.6%	4	201
$37.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	368.8%	44.5%	728.2%	--	798
$39.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	280.4%	35.6%	688.6%	58	1.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 68 found (best R:R 7.33, avg 2.32)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$51.00	$52.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$51.12
$49.00	$50.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$49.12
$48.00	$49.00	Aug 21	$0.14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$48.14
$48.00	$49.00	Aug 28	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	4.56	$48.18
$47.00	$48.00	Aug 14	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$47.20

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$39.00	$38.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$38.88
$43.00	$42.00	Aug 14	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$42.87
$42.00	$41.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$41.85
$42.00	$40.00	Sep 4	$0.34	$1.66	$0.34	4.88	$41.66
$40.50	$40.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$40.39

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 91 found (best R:R 15.67, avg 1.61)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$41.00	$42.00	Aug 14	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$41.90
$42.00	$43.00	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$42.88
$41.00	$43.00	Aug 28	$1.57	$1.57	$0.43	3.65	$42.57
$43.00	$43.50	Aug 7	$0.39	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$43.39
$43.00	$43.50	Jul 31	$0.38	$0.38	$0.12	3.17	$43.38

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$48.00	$46.00	Sep 4	$1.88	$1.88	$0.12	15.67	$46.12
$49.00	$48.00	Jul 31	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$48.12
$48.00	$47.00	Aug 7	$0.83	$0.83	$0.17	4.88	$47.17
$48.00	$47.00	Aug 21	$0.81	$0.81	$0.19	4.26	$47.19
$46.00	$45.50	Jul 24	$0.38	$0.38	$0.12	3.17	$45.62

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 29 found (avg debit $0.24, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$47.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.07	107.1%	27.4%
$37.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.08	368.8%	55.3%
$41.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.10	194.0%	39.9%
$47.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.11	87.3%	25.8%
$51.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.12	231.6%	59.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$43.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.09	119.8%	29.3%
$46.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.11	66.6%	26.1%
$40.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.12	215.5%	56.1%
$43.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.13	96.0%	27.4%
$48.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.13	126.3%	26.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 94 found (cheapest 0.64% of stock, avg 8.36%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$45.00	Jul 24	$0.24	$0.05	$0.29	$44.71	$45.29	0.64%
$45.50	Jul 24	$0.05	$0.39	$0.44	$45.06	$45.94	0.97%
$44.50	Jul 24	$0.72	$0.01	$0.73	$43.77	$45.23	1.62%
$46.00	Jul 24	$0.02	$0.77	$0.79	$45.21	$46.79	1.75%
$44.00	Jul 24	$1.19	$0.01	$1.20	$42.80	$45.20	2.66%
$45.00	Jul 31	$0.76	$0.55	$1.31	$43.69	$46.31	2.90%
$45.50	Jul 31	$0.51	$0.83	$1.34	$44.16	$46.84	2.97%
$46.50	Jul 24	$0.01	$1.40	$1.41	$45.09	$47.91	3.12%
$44.50	Jul 31	$1.07	$0.38	$1.45	$43.05	$45.95	3.21%
$46.00	Jul 31	$0.34	$1.15	$1.49	$44.51	$47.49	3.30%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 137 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 2.17%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$46.00	$44.50	Jul 24	$0.02	$0.01	$0.03	$44.47	$46.03
$45.50	$44.50	Jul 24	$0.05	$0.01	$0.06	$44.44	$45.56
$46.00	$45.00	Jul 24	$0.02	$0.05	$0.07	$44.93	$46.07
$45.50	$45.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$0.05	$0.10	$44.90	$45.60
$47.50	$43.00	Jul 31	$0.08	$0.10	$0.18	$42.82	$47.68
$47.00	$43.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$0.10	$0.22	$42.78	$47.22
$47.50	$43.50	Jul 31	$0.08	$0.14	$0.22	$43.28	$47.72
$47.00	$43.50	Jul 31	$0.12	$0.14	$0.26	$43.24	$47.26
$46.50	$43.00	Jul 31	$0.21	$0.10	$0.31	$42.69	$46.81
$47.50	$44.00	Jul 31	$0.08	$0.24	$0.32	$43.68	$47.82

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 54 found (best R:R 8.09, avg credit $0.62)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
41/42	43/44	Aug 28	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$41.11	$43.89
38/39	45/46	Aug 14	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$38.13	$45.87
38/39	43/44	Aug 28	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$38.14	$43.86
38/39	41/43	Aug 28	$1.69	$0.31	5.45	$37.31	$42.69
42/43	44/45	Aug 28	$0.82	$0.18	4.56	$42.18	$44.82
44/45	46/47	Aug 28	$0.82	$0.18	4.56	$44.18	$46.82
43/44	45/46	Aug 28	$0.79	$0.21	3.76	$43.21	$45.79
44/44	45/46	Jul 31	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$44.11	$45.39
42/43	44/45	Aug 21	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$42.61	$44.89
43/44	44/45	Aug 21	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$43.11	$44.89

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 67 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$49.00	$50.00	$51.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$47.00	$48.00	$49.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$48.00	$49.00	$50.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$49.00	$50.00	$51.00	Aug 7	$0.08	$0.92	11.50
$43.00	$44.00	$45.00	Aug 14	$0.08	$0.92	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$42.00	$43.00	$44.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$41.00	$42.00	$43.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$40.00	$41.00	$42.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.92	11.50
$40.00	$41.00	$42.00	Aug 14	$0.09	$0.91	10.11
$39.50	$40.00	$40.50	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.45	9.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 93 found (best net $-0.54, 79 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$48.00	$49.00	1:2	Jul 31	$0.00	$1.00
$49.00	$50.00	1:2	Jul 31	$0.00	$1.00
$49.00	$50.00	1:2	Aug 7	$0.00	$1.00
$49.00	$50.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.05	$0.95
$50.00	$51.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.06	$0.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$50.00	$48.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.54	$1.46
$39.00	$38.00	1:2	Jul 31	$0.00	$1.00
$40.00	$39.00	1:2	Aug 7	$0.00	$1.00
$38.00	$37.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.05	$0.95
$42.00	$41.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.05	$0.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 34 found (best yield 2.44%, avg 0.86%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$45.50	Aug 21	$1.10	0.48	0.7%	2.44%	3.17%	257	192
$46.00	Aug 28	$1.00	0.42	1.8%	2.21%	4.05%	130	1.1K
$46.00	Aug 21	$0.91	0.42	1.8%	2.01%	3.85%	387	15.8K
$45.50	Aug 7	$0.76	0.45	0.7%	1.68%	2.41%	60	72
$46.50	Aug 21	$0.72	0.36	2.9%	1.59%	4.54%	93	224
$46.00	Aug 14	$0.71	0.40	1.8%	1.57%	3.41%	194	3.3K
$47.00	Aug 28	$0.66	0.32	4.0%	1.46%	5.51%	101	191
$47.00	Sep 4	$0.65	0.31	4.0%	1.44%	5.49%	19	1
$47.00	Aug 21	$0.56	0.30	4.0%	1.24%	5.29%	266	3.5K
$46.00	Aug 7	$0.55	0.37	1.8%	1.22%	3.06%	177	4.3K

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 49,185

Total Puts 18,491

Put/Call Ratio 0.38

Net Difference 30,694

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 501

Total Puts 297

Put/Call Ratio 0.59

Net Difference 204

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 32,400

Total Puts 7,431

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.23

Ratio Trend Falling

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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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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