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State StreetEngySelSectSPDRETF

$64.03 -2.88%

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as of 09/16 06:06 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16) 280,351

Calls: 112,128 (40%)

Puts: 168,223 (60%)

Prior (09/15) 223,225

Calls: 87,822 (39%)

Puts: 135,403 (61%)

Current vs Prior +25.59%

Calls: +27.68% (Calls)

Puts: +24.24% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,187,633

Calls: 519,484 (44%)

Puts: 668,149 (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average 169,661

Calls: 74,212 (44%)

Puts: 95,449 (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +65.24%

Calls: +51.09%

Puts: +76.24%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16) $25.41M

Calls: $13.53M (53%)

Puts: $11.88M (47%)

Prior (09/15) $24.39M

Calls: $13.60M (56%)

Puts: $10.79M (44%)

Current vs Prior +4.19%

Calls: -0.55%

Puts: +10.18%

Prior 7-Day Total $159.91M

Calls: $104.76M (66%)

Puts: $55.15M (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average $22.84M

Calls: $14.97M (66%)

Puts: $7.88M (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +11.24%

Calls: -9.61%

Puts: +50.84%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/16) 1.50

Prior (09/15) 1.54

Current vs Prior -2.69%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.37

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/16) 4,804,422

Calls: 1,756,275 (37%)

Puts: 3,048,147 (63%)

Prior (09/15) 4,688,151

Calls: 1,730,781 (37%)

Puts: 2,957,370 (63%)

Current vs Prior +2.48%

Prior 7-Day Total 32,174,970

Calls: 12,061,908 (37%)

Puts: 20,113,062 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 4,596,424

Calls: 1,723,129 (37%)

Puts: 2,873,294 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/16) | Next (09/18)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/16) | Next (10/16)

Current 5.04% | 2.22%2.22% | 4.08%5.04% | 7.26%

Prior 2.14% | 3.19%3.19% | 4.60%2.14% | 7.11%

Current vs Prior +3.70% | +15.23%-30.37% | -11.31%+135.88% | +2.09%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.46% | 2.89%2.13% | 3.99%3.35% | 7.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.78% | +27.14%+4.02% | +2.19%+50.54% | -2.23%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.14% | 3.19%3.19% | 4.60%2.14% | 7.11%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +3.70% | +15.23%-30.37% | -11.31%+135.88% | +2.09%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 11.95% | 6.62%

Calls: 12.37% | 4.80%

Puts: 11.54% | 8.43%

Prior 11.95% | 6.62%

Calls: 12.37% | 4.80%

Puts: 11.54% | 8.43%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 19.63% | 9.25%

Calls: 17.72% | 8.21%

Puts: 21.56% | 10.29%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.14% | -28.40%

Liquidity Pricy

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.50 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (3,048,147 puts vs 1,756,275 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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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 7.7%, best 5.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$52.00	Oct 16	11.75	12.45	$12.10	5.8%	--	0.94	124
$54.00	Oct 2	9.75	10.45	$10.10	6.9%	6	0.93	--
$54.50	Oct 2	9.25	9.95	$9.60	7.3%	--	0.93	17
$55.00	Sep 25	8.75	9.45	$9.10	7.7%	3	0.84	14
$55.00	Oct 9	8.75	9.45	$9.10	7.7%	2	0.92	7

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$75.00	Sep 25	10.90	12.00	$11.45	9.6%	1	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.89, cheapest $0.89)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$67.00	Oct 16	0.83	0.95	$0.89	13.5%	16.1K	0.29	6.9K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 181 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.00	Sep 18	8.70	9.90	$9.30	12.9%	4	1.00	17.5K
$56.00	Sep 18	7.70	8.80	$8.25	13.3%	2	1.00	3.0K
$51.50	Sep 30	11.95	13.35	$12.65	11.1%	--	1.00	21
$52.50	Sep 30	11.05	13.70	$12.38	21.4%	--	1.00	57
$55.00	Sep 30	8.75	9.50	$9.13	8.2%	--	1.00	619

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$65.00	Sep 16	0.44	1.21	$0.83	92.8%	1.1K	1.00	5.7K
$66.00	Sep 16	1.20	4.15	$2.68	110.1%	94	1.00	421
$67.00	Sep 16	1.07	4.90	$2.99	128.1%	23	1.00	35
$68.00	Sep 16	3.50	4.30	$3.90	20.5%	28	1.00	56
$69.00	Sep 16	4.55	5.30	$4.93	15.2%	1	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 379 active (total vol 226.0K, top 20.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$65.00	Sep 18	0.17	0.25	$0.21	38.1%	16.7K	0.29	47.6K
$67.00	Oct 16	0.83	0.95	$0.89	13.5%	16.1K	0.29	6.9K
$66.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.12	$0.09	77.8%	12.4K	0.12	18.0K
$65.00	Sep 16	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	11.1K	0.03	223
$66.00	Sep 25	0.34	0.69	$0.52	67.3%	5.9K	0.28	922

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$62.00	Sep 25	0.26	0.61	$0.44	79.5%	20.6K	0.23	21.7K
$57.00	Oct 16	0.20	0.26	$0.23	26.1%	16.3K	0.09	6.7K
$63.00	Sep 18	0.08	0.27	$0.18	105.6%	10.6K	0.20	16.4K
$65.00	Sep 18	0.75	1.58	$1.17	70.9%	9.6K	0.85	19.5K
$64.00	Sep 18	0.30	0.55	$0.43	58.1%	7.2K	0.43	16.7K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 10 strikes (avg 79.8%, max 371.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$64.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	69.0%	24.8%	178.9%	1.2K	237
$65.50	Oct 2	Oct 30	35.7%	30.3%	17.9%	54	292
$63.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	32.9%	30.8%	7.1%	132	769
$64.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	34.8%	33.8%	3.0%	444	2.8K
$66.50	Oct 2	Oct 30	28.8%	28.7%	0.3%	161	681

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$59.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	108.4%	23.0%	371.9%	10	231
$64.00	Sep 16	Oct 23	69.0%	23.7%	191.3%	3.8K	2.4K
$65.50	Oct 2	Oct 30	35.7%	30.3%	17.9%	23	92
$63.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	32.9%	30.8%	7.1%	3.9K	8.1K
$64.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	34.8%	33.8%	3.0%	2.2K	2.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 122 found (best R:R 2.23, avg 3.67)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$57.00	$58.00	Sep 16	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	99%	2.03	$57.33
$61.00	$63.50	Oct 30	$0.98	$1.52	$0.98	71%	1.55	$61.98
$62.00	$63.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	67%	2.13	$62.32
$56.00	$57.00	Oct 16	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	94%	0.54	$56.65
$63.00	$64.00	Oct 23	$0.29	$0.71	$0.29	61%	2.45	$63.29

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$67.00	$66.00	Sep 16	$0.31	$0.69	$0.31	100%	2.23	$66.69
$69.00	$68.00	Oct 9	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	86%	1.08	$68.52
$68.00	$67.50	Sep 18	$0.28	$0.22	$0.28	100%	0.79	$67.72
$64.00	$63.00	Sep 21	$0.21	$0.79	$0.21	50%	3.76	$63.79
$65.50	$65.00	Oct 2	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	62%	2.33	$65.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 90 found (best R:R 0.54, avg 0.53)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$69.00	$70.00	Sep 21	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	80%	1.17	$69.54
$68.00	$69.50	Oct 30	$0.92	$0.92	$0.58	63%	1.59	$68.92
$67.00	$68.00	Sep 21	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	80%	0.43	$67.30
$66.00	$67.00	Oct 23	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	62%	1.17	$66.54
$67.00	$68.00	Sep 28	$0.35	$0.35	$0.65	76%	0.54	$67.35

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$57.00	$55.00	Oct 30	$0.70	$0.70	$1.30	81%	0.54	$56.30
$58.00	$57.00	Sep 23	$0.37	$0.37	$0.63	85%	0.59	$57.63
$59.50	$59.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.30	$0.20	85%	1.50	$59.20
$59.50	$59.00	Oct 2	$0.31	$0.31	$0.19	82%	1.63	$59.19
$59.50	$59.00	Oct 23	$0.33	$0.33	$0.17	77%	1.94	$59.17

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $0.48, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$64.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.45	34.8%	29.0%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$64.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$0.32	69.0%	29.6%
$65.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$0.54	35.7%	27.7%
$64.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.59	34.8%	29.0%
$63.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.52	32.9%	28.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 133 found (cheapest 1.31% of stock, avg 6.25%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$65.00	Sep 16	$0.01	$0.83	$0.84	$64.16	$65.84	1.31%
$63.00	Sep 16	$1.12	$0.01	$1.13	$61.87	$64.13	1.76%
$64.00	Sep 18	$0.74	$0.43	$1.17	$62.83	$65.17	1.83%
$64.50	Sep 18	$0.56	$0.68	$1.24	$63.26	$65.74	1.94%
$63.50	Sep 18	$1.00	$0.30	$1.30	$62.20	$64.80	2.03%
$63.00	Sep 18	$1.13	$0.18	$1.31	$61.69	$64.31	2.05%
$65.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$1.17	$1.38	$63.62	$66.38	2.16%
$64.00	Sep 21	$0.78	$0.76	$1.54	$62.46	$65.54	2.41%
$62.50	Sep 18	$1.68	$0.09	$1.77	$60.73	$64.27	2.76%
$65.00	Sep 21	$0.31	$1.57	$1.88	$63.12	$66.88	2.94%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 270 found (cheapest 0.37% of stock, avg 2.93%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$68.00	$63.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.18	$0.24	$62.76	$68.24
$68.00	$60.50	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.21	$0.27	$60.23	$68.27
$66.00	$63.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.18	$0.27	$62.73	$66.27
$66.00	$60.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.21	$0.30	$60.20	$66.30
$68.00	$59.00	Sep 21	$0.05	$0.24	$0.29	$58.71	$68.29
$67.00	$63.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.18	$0.28	$62.72	$67.28
$67.00	$60.50	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.21	$0.31	$60.19	$67.31
$68.00	$60.00	Sep 23	$0.14	$0.17	$0.31	$59.69	$68.31
$67.00	$60.00	Sep 23	$0.19	$0.17	$0.36	$59.64	$67.36
$66.00	$59.00	Sep 21	$0.16	$0.24	$0.40	$58.60	$66.40

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 99 found (best R:R 3.44, avg credit $0.43)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
55/57	70/70	Oct 30	$1.55	$0.45	52%	3.44	$55.45	$71.05
60/61	69/70	Sep 21	$0.84	$0.16	60%	5.25	$60.16	$69.84
58/59	69/70	Sep 21	$0.65	$0.35	69%	1.86	$58.35	$69.65
57/58	69/70	Sep 23	$0.66	$0.34	66%	1.94	$57.34	$69.66
62/62	70/71	Sep 25	$0.76	$0.24	54%	3.17	$61.74	$70.76
62/62	66/67	Sep 25	$0.88	$0.12	38%	7.33	$61.62	$66.88
62/63	69/70	Sep 21	$0.78	$0.22	47%	3.55	$62.22	$69.78
55/57	70/72	Oct 30	$1.00	$1.00	62%	1.00	$56.00	$71.00
61/62	69/70	Sep 23	$0.61	$0.39	60%	1.56	$61.39	$69.61
60/61	67/68	Sep 21	$0.60	$0.40	60%	1.50	$60.40	$67.60

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 120 found (best R:R 0.61, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$66.00	$67.00	$68.00	Sep 23	$0.10	$0.90	20%	9.00
$63.50	$64.00	$64.50	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.42	25%	5.25
$67.00	$68.00	$69.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$0.93	11%	13.29
$65.00	$66.00	$67.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$0.87	19%	6.69
$74.00	$75.00	$76.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$0.95	2%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$63.00	$64.00	$65.00	Sep 16	$0.62	$0.38	98%	0.61
$62.00	$63.00	$64.00	Sep 16	$0.10	$0.90	43%	9.00
$63.00	$64.00	$65.00	Sep 23	$0.10	$0.90	24%	9.00
$61.00	$62.00	$63.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$0.95	14%	19.00
$61.00	$62.00	$63.00	Sep 30	$0.09	$0.91	19%	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. 195 found (best net $-0.95, 157 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$55.00	$58.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$2.21	$1.29
$62.00	$63.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.12	$0.88
$59.00	$61.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.21	$1.29
$71.00	$75.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.06	$3.94
$65.00	$66.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.22	$0.78

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$75.00	$70.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.95	$4.05
$70.00	$67.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.32	$2.68
$70.00	$66.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.55	$3.45
$70.00	$68.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.27	$0.73
$66.00	$65.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.29	$0.71

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 43 found (best yield 2.64%, avg 0.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$65.50	Oct 30	$1.69	0.42	2.3%	2.64%	4.94%	9	130
$66.50	Oct 30	$1.20	0.35	3.9%	1.87%	5.73%	--	15
$64.50	Oct 30	$1.71	0.48	0.7%	2.67%	3.40%	6	2
$66.00	Oct 23	$1.09	0.38	3.1%	1.70%	4.78%	57	1.2K
$65.00	Oct 16	$1.35	0.43	1.5%	2.11%	3.62%	1.5K	9.5K
$67.00	Oct 16	$0.83	0.29	4.6%	1.30%	5.93%	16.1K	6.9K
$66.00	Oct 16	$0.98	0.35	3.1%	1.53%	4.61%	514	4.9K
$66.00	Oct 30	$0.90	0.38	3.1%	1.41%	4.48%	2	30
$70.00	Oct 30	$0.50	0.19	9.3%	0.78%	10.10%	12	12
$68.00	Oct 16	$0.56	0.23	6.2%	0.87%	7.07%	256	8.3K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 112,128

Total Puts 168,223

Put/Call Ratio 1.50

Net Difference -56,095

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 87,822

Total Puts 135,403

Put/Call Ratio 1.54

Net Difference -47,581

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 519,484

Total Puts 668,149

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.37

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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