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State StreetEngySelSectSPDRETF

$64.48 +0.70%

$64.60 (+0.19%)🌙

as of 09/17 06:05 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17) 88,955

Calls: 38,749 (44%)

Puts: 50,206 (56%)

Prior (09/16) 280,351

Calls: 112,128 (40%)

Puts: 168,223 (60%)

Current vs Prior -68.27%

Calls: -65.44% (Calls)

Puts: -70.16% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,365,025

Calls: 597,489 (44%)

Puts: 767,536 (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average 195,003

Calls: 85,355 (44%)

Puts: 109,648 (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -54.38%

Calls: -54.60%

Puts: -54.21%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17) $10.56M

Calls: $6.06M (57%)

Puts: $4.51M (43%)

Prior (09/16) $25.41M

Calls: $13.53M (53%)

Puts: $11.88M (47%)

Current vs Prior -58.43%

Calls: -55.22%

Puts: -62.07%

Prior 7-Day Total $173.43M

Calls: $111.07M (64%)

Puts: $62.35M (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average $24.78M

Calls: $15.87M (64%)

Puts: $8.91M (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -57.36%

Calls: -61.82%

Puts: -49.40%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17) 1.30

Prior (09/16) 1.50

Current vs Prior -13.64%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.30

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.32%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/17) 4,863,035

Calls: 1,784,653 (37%)

Puts: 3,078,382 (63%)

Prior (09/16) 4,804,422

Calls: 1,756,275 (37%)

Puts: 3,048,147 (63%)

Current vs Prior +1.22%

Prior 7-Day Total 32,407,411

Calls: 12,082,723 (37%)

Puts: 20,324,688 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 4,629,630

Calls: 1,726,103 (37%)

Puts: 2,903,526 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/21)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 1.54% | 2.67%1.54% | 3.54%1.54% | 6.73%

Prior 2.22% | 3.67%2.22% | 4.08%5.04% | 7.26%

Current vs Prior -30.77% | -27.32%-30.77% | -13.25%-69.56% | -7.32%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.40% | 3.02%2.33% | 4.18%3.49% | 7.40%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.92% | -11.70%-34.12% | -15.42%-56.03% | -9.04%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.22% | 3.67%2.22% | 4.08%5.04% | 7.26%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -30.77% | -27.32%-30.77% | -13.25%-69.56% | -7.32%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 9.11% | 7.87%

Calls: 7.69% | 7.04%

Puts: 10.53% | 8.70%

Prior 11.95% | 6.62%

Calls: 12.37% | 4.80%

Puts: 11.54% | 8.43%

Current vs Prior -23.77% | +18.88%

Prior 7-Day Avg 17.38% | 8.80%

Calls: 15.84% | 7.45%

Puts: 18.92% | 10.14%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -47.58% | -10.55%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 58% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 68% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.30 indicates protective positioning. Put-heavy open interest (3,078,382 puts vs 1,784,653 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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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 38 of results (avg 7.5%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$52.00	Sep 30	12.30	12.80	$12.55	4.0%	--	1.00	59
$52.50	Sep 30	11.80	12.30	$12.05	4.1%	20	1.00	57
$52.50	Sep 18	11.80	12.35	$12.08	4.6%	32	1.00	6.6K
$54.00	Sep 18	10.30	10.85	$10.58	5.2%	7	1.00	3.7K
$55.00	Sep 25	9.30	9.80	$9.55	5.2%	5	1.00	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$71.00	Oct 16	6.70	7.20	$6.95	7.2%	--	0.90	16
$70.00	Oct 23	5.90	6.35	$6.13	7.3%	--	0.85	20
$70.00	Oct 16	5.75	6.25	$6.00	8.3%	31	0.86	202
$63.00	Oct 16	1.19	1.30	$1.25	8.8%	13.9K	0.38	39.6K
$68.00	Oct 16	4.10	4.50	$4.30	9.3%	54	0.76	225

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 11 found (avg $0.44, cheapest $0.17)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$65.00	Sep 18	0.16	0.18	$0.17	11.8%	7.1K	0.33	41.3K
$65.00	Sep 30	0.87	1.01	$0.94	14.9%	324	0.41	7.6K
$70.00	Oct 16	0.33	0.35	$0.34	5.9%	2.8K	0.14	27.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$60.00	Oct 2	0.19	0.22	$0.21	14.3%	2	0.11	244
$61.00	Oct 2	0.30	0.36	$0.33	18.2%	73	0.17	216
$59.50	Oct 9	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	23	0.12	43
$57.00	Oct 16	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	100	0.07	22.4K
$59.00	Oct 16	0.30	0.35	$0.32	15.6%	100	0.13	15.4K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 152 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$60.00	Sep 21	4.30	4.85	$4.57	12.0%	2	1.00	6
$62.00	Sep 21	2.33	2.82	$2.58	19.0%	6	1.00	5
$63.00	Sep 21	1.38	1.78	$1.58	25.3%	26	1.00	7
$55.00	Sep 25	9.30	9.80	$9.55	5.2%	5	1.00	16
$56.00	Sep 25	8.30	8.85	$8.57	6.4%	--	1.00	40

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$66.00	Sep 18	1.27	1.72	$1.50	30.0%	44	1.00	821
$67.00	Sep 18	2.23	2.69	$2.46	18.7%	109	1.00	111
$67.50	Sep 18	2.72	3.20	$2.96	16.2%	75	1.00	50
$70.00	Sep 21	5.55	6.10	$5.82	9.5%	3	0.98	1
$67.00	Sep 21	2.61	3.30	$2.96	23.3%	--	0.96	12

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 334 active (total vol 73.6K, top 13.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$65.00	Sep 18	0.16	0.18	$0.17	11.8%	7.1K	0.33	41.3K
$66.00	Oct 16	1.08	1.27	$1.18	16.1%	4.5K	0.37	4.7K
$65.00	Oct 16	1.53	1.71	$1.62	11.1%	2.8K	0.45	10.1K
$70.00	Oct 16	0.33	0.35	$0.34	5.9%	2.8K	0.14	27.6K
$64.50	Sep 18	0.34	0.53	$0.44	43.2%	1.7K	0.56	2.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$63.00	Oct 16	1.19	1.30	$1.25	8.8%	13.9K	0.38	39.6K
$63.50	Sep 18	0.03	0.08	$0.06	83.3%	4.5K	0.12	6.8K
$63.00	Sep 25	0.31	0.55	$0.43	55.8%	3.7K	0.30	5.0K
$60.00	Sep 30	0.14	0.18	$0.16	25.0%	2.9K	0.10	4.1K
$62.00	Sep 25	0.18	0.47	$0.32	90.6%	2.8K	0.21	19.9K

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 569.0%, max 698.4%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$59.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	173.9%	32.2%	439.7%	2	31

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$59.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	173.9%	21.8%	698.4%	5	231

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 148 found (best R:R 3.00, avg 2.43)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$57.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	100%	3.00	$56.25
$54.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	100%	2.12	$54.32
$62.00	$64.00	Oct 30	$1.16	$0.84	$1.16	77%	0.72	$63.16
$68.00	$69.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	26%	7.33	$68.12
$64.00	$65.00	Sep 30	$0.36	$0.64	$0.36	54%	1.78	$64.36

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$70.00	$64.50	Oct 30	$3.21	$2.29	$3.21	81%	0.71	$66.79
$65.00	$64.50	Sep 25	$0.19	$0.31	$0.19	64%	1.63	$64.81
$66.00	$65.00	Sep 28	$0.61	$0.39	$0.61	74%	0.64	$65.39
$63.00	$62.50	Oct 23	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	38%	3.55	$62.89
$63.50	$63.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	49%	1.94	$63.33

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 100 found (best R:R 0.13, avg 0.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$66.50	$67.00	Oct 2	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	72%	1.17	$66.77
$70.00	$71.00	Oct 9	$0.20	$0.20	$0.80	87%	0.25	$70.20
$67.00	$68.00	Sep 28	$0.21	$0.21	$0.79	81%	0.27	$67.21
$69.50	$70.00	Oct 30	$0.19	$0.19	$0.31	79%	0.61	$69.69
$66.00	$66.50	Oct 9	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	65%	1.08	$66.26

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$57.00	$55.00	Oct 23	$0.23	$0.23	$1.77	90%	0.13	$56.77
$64.00	$63.50	Sep 25	$0.33	$0.33	$0.17	52%	1.94	$63.67
$62.50	$62.00	Oct 23	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	65%	1.17	$62.23
$64.00	$63.00	Sep 21	$0.35	$0.35	$0.65	57%	0.54	$63.65
$57.00	$56.50	Oct 9	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	92%	0.32	$56.88

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $0.44, cheapest $0.37)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$64.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.37	27.3%	25.9%
$65.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$0.30	25.8%	25.9%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$64.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.87	27.3%	25.9%
$65.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$0.21	25.8%	25.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 121 found (cheapest 1.15% of stock, avg 5.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$64.50	Sep 18	$0.44	$0.30	$0.74	$63.76	$65.24	1.15%
$65.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.57	$0.74	$64.26	$65.74	1.15%
$64.00	Sep 18	$0.69	$0.14	$0.83	$63.17	$64.83	1.29%
$64.00	Sep 21	$0.71	$0.45	$1.16	$62.84	$65.16	1.80%
$65.00	Sep 21	$0.21	$1.01	$1.22	$63.78	$66.22	1.89%
$63.50	Sep 18	$1.17	$0.06	$1.23	$62.27	$64.73	1.91%
$66.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$1.50	$1.54	$64.46	$67.54	2.39%
$64.00	Sep 23	$0.95	$0.67	$1.62	$62.38	$65.62	2.51%
$65.00	Sep 23	$0.44	$1.23	$1.67	$63.33	$66.67	2.59%
$63.00	Sep 18	$1.65	$0.03	$1.68	$61.32	$64.68	2.61%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 228 found (cheapest 0.11% of stock, avg 2.64%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$66.00	$63.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.03	$0.07	$62.93	$66.07
$66.00	$63.50	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.06	$0.10	$63.40	$66.10
$66.00	$62.00	Sep 21	$0.08	$0.05	$0.13	$61.87	$66.13
$66.00	$63.00	Sep 21	$0.08	$0.10	$0.18	$62.82	$66.18
$69.00	$60.00	Sep 28	$0.07	$0.12	$0.19	$59.81	$69.19
$66.00	$64.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.14	$0.18	$63.82	$66.18
$68.00	$60.00	Sep 28	$0.11	$0.12	$0.23	$59.77	$68.23
$65.00	$63.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.03	$0.20	$62.80	$65.20
$67.00	$61.00	Sep 23	$0.18	$0.07	$0.25	$60.75	$67.25
$69.00	$61.00	Sep 28	$0.07	$0.20	$0.27	$60.73	$69.27

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 78 found (best R:R 3.55, avg credit $0.34)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
58/59	66/67	Oct 2	$0.39	$0.11	62%	3.55	$58.61	$66.89
60/60	70/70	Oct 30	$0.39	$0.11	52%	3.55	$60.11	$69.89
56/57	68/68	Oct 9	$0.29	$0.21	71%	1.38	$56.71	$68.29
59/60	65/66	Sep 18	$0.62	$0.38	51%	1.63	$58.88	$65.62
60/60	68/68	Oct 9	$0.31	$0.19	62%	1.63	$59.69	$68.31
58/59	68/69	Oct 2	$0.23	$0.27	77%	0.85	$58.77	$68.73
56/57	70/71	Oct 9	$0.32	$0.68	80%	0.47	$56.68	$70.32
60/60	71/72	Oct 30	$0.32	$0.18	59%	1.78	$60.18	$71.32
58/59	68/68	Oct 2	$0.25	$0.25	73%	1.00	$58.75	$68.25
58/59	68/68	Oct 9	$0.28	$0.22	66%	1.27	$58.72	$68.28

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 113 found (best R:R 3.76, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$63.00	$64.00	$65.00	Sep 23	$0.09	$0.91	40%	10.11
$63.00	$64.00	$65.00	Sep 21	$0.37	$0.63	72%	1.70
$62.00	$63.00	$64.00	Sep 21	$0.13	$0.87	39%	6.69
$65.00	$66.00	$67.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.90	30%	9.00
$65.00	$66.00	$67.00	Sep 21	$0.08	$0.92	24%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$63.00	$64.00	$65.00	Sep 21	$0.21	$0.79	57%	3.76
$62.00	$63.00	$64.00	Sep 30	$0.08	$0.92	25%	11.50
$64.00	$64.50	$65.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.39	50%	3.55
$66.00	$67.00	$68.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	16%	15.67
$63.50	$64.00	$64.50	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.42	34%	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. 164 found (best net $-0.07, 140 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$54.50	$59.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.07	$4.93
$56.00	$60.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.81	$2.19
$60.00	$62.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.59	$1.41
$59.00	$61.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.23	$1.27
$62.00	$63.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.58	$0.42

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$70.00	$64.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.28	$5.22
$70.00	$67.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.10	$2.90
$66.00	$65.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.14	$0.86
$67.00	$66.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.54	$0.46
$65.00	$64.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.11	$0.89

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 80 found (best yield 2.76%, avg 0.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$65.50	Oct 30	$1.78	0.41	1.6%	2.76%	4.34%	15	137
$64.50	Oct 30	$2.18	0.47	0.0%	3.38%	3.41%	29	8
$66.00	Oct 30	$1.54	0.38	2.4%	2.39%	4.75%	6	29
$65.00	Oct 30	$1.87	0.43	0.8%	2.90%	3.71%	9	10
$66.50	Oct 30	$1.37	0.35	3.1%	2.12%	5.26%	3	15
$68.00	Oct 30	$0.94	0.27	5.5%	1.46%	6.92%	2	31
$67.00	Oct 30	$1.07	0.32	3.9%	1.66%	5.57%	1	13
$67.50	Oct 30	$1.00	0.29	4.7%	1.55%	6.23%	1	15
$65.00	Oct 23	$1.55	0.46	0.8%	2.40%	3.21%	18	70
$65.50	Oct 23	$1.34	0.42	1.6%	2.08%	3.66%	10	114

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 38,749

Total Puts 50,206

Put/Call Ratio 1.30

Net Difference -11,457

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 112,128

Total Puts 168,223

Put/Call Ratio 1.50

Net Difference -56,095

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 597,489

Total Puts 767,536

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.30

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 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)

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