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State StreetEngySelSectSPDRETF

$64.44 +0.65%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:05pm) 78,593

Calls: 33,777 (43%)

Puts: 44,816 (57%)

Prior (09/15) 188,284

Calls: 74,141 (39%)

Puts: 114,143 (61%)

Current vs Prior -58.26%

Calls: -54.44% (Calls)

Puts: -60.74% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 900,366

Calls: 407,557 (45%)

Puts: 492,809 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 128,623

Calls: 58,222 (45%)

Puts: 70,401 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -38.90%

Calls: -41.99%

Puts: -36.34%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 3:05pm) $9.25M

Calls: $5.02M (54%)

Puts: $4.23M (46%)

Prior (09/15) $19.20M

Calls: $11.26M (59%)

Puts: $7.94M (41%)

Current vs Prior -51.83%

Calls: -55.42%

Puts: -46.75%

Prior 7-Day Total $115.61M

Calls: $71.38M (62%)

Puts: $44.23M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $16.52M

Calls: $10.20M (62%)

Puts: $6.32M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.00%

Calls: -50.79%

Puts: -33.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17 3:05pm) 1.33

Prior (09/15) 1.54

Current vs Prior -13.82%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.24

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.92%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:05pm) 4,863,035

Calls: 1,784,653 (37%)

Puts: 3,078,382 (63%)

Prior (09/15) 4,688,151

Calls: 1,730,781 (37%)

Puts: 2,957,370 (63%)

Current vs Prior +3.73%

Prior 7-Day Total 31,759,652

Calls: 12,055,385 (38%)

Puts: 19,704,267 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 4,537,093

Calls: 1,722,197 (38%)

Puts: 2,814,895 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.18%

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 1.60% | 2.89%1.60% | 3.54%1.60% | 6.78%

Prior 1.62% | 2.71%2.99% | 4.35%2.71% | 7.12%

Current vs Prior -1.15% | +6.70%-46.45% | -18.72%-40.91% | -4.76%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.59% | 2.66%2.18% | 3.70%3.90% | 7.54%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.73% | +8.53%-26.81% | -4.33%-58.97% | -10.00%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.62% | 2.71%2.22% | 4.08%5.04% | 7.26%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -1.15% | +6.70%-27.93% | -13.20%-68.31% | -6.62%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 9.11% | 7.87%

Calls: 7.69% | 7.04%

Puts: 10.53% | 8.70%

Prior 32.12% | 8.06%

Calls: 35.48% | 4.00%

Puts: 28.77% | 12.12%

Current vs Prior -71.64% | -2.36%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.38% | 9.25%

Calls: 21.77% | 7.98%

Puts: 22.99% | 10.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -59.29% | -14.88%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 52% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 58% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.33 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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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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 258 of results (avg 4.7%, best 0.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$64.50	Oct 2	1.23	1.24	$1.23	0.8%	137	0.47	62
$65.00	Oct 2	1.01	1.02	$1.02	1.0%	36	0.41	209
$65.00	Oct 16	1.58	1.60	$1.59	1.3%	2.6K	0.45	10.1K
$64.50	Oct 9	1.52	1.54	$1.53	1.3%	15	0.48	57
$64.00	Oct 16	2.05	2.08	$2.07	1.4%	400	0.53	3.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$64.00	Oct 16	1.76	1.77	$1.77	0.6%	488	0.47	21.5K
$63.00	Oct 16	1.32	1.33	$1.33	0.8%	13.8K	0.39	39.6K
$63.00	Oct 9	1.10	1.11	$1.11	0.9%	12	0.38	129
$63.50	Oct 2	1.05	1.06	$1.06	0.9%	93	0.42	124
$64.00	Sep 25	0.93	0.94	$0.94	1.1%	277	0.48	1.1K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 117 found (avg $0.44, cheapest $0.18)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$65.00	Sep 18	0.16	0.17	$0.17	5.9%	7.0K	0.28	41.3K
$64.50	Sep 18	0.34	0.35	$0.35	2.9%	585	0.48	2.8K
$66.00	Sep 21	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	164	0.11	184
$65.00	Sep 21	0.23	0.25	$0.24	8.3%	195	0.29	378
$64.00	Sep 18	0.62	0.67	$0.65	7.7%	866	0.70	6.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$64.00	Sep 18	0.17	0.18	$0.18	5.6%	578	0.30	18.0K
$64.50	Sep 18	0.36	0.40	$0.38	10.5%	215	0.52	2.3K
$63.00	Sep 21	0.16	0.18	$0.17	11.8%	41	0.20	4.2K
$65.00	Sep 18	0.67	0.74	$0.71	9.9%	839	0.72	17.3K
$64.00	Sep 21	0.48	0.51	$0.50	6.0%	389	0.45	372

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 151 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$60.00	Sep 21	4.35	4.60	$4.47	5.6%	2	1.00	6
$62.00	Sep 21	2.40	2.56	$2.48	6.5%	6	1.00	5
$62.00	Sep 23	2.38	2.57	$2.47	7.7%	1	1.00	1
$55.00	Sep 25	9.30	9.60	$9.45	3.2%	--	1.00	16
$56.00	Sep 25	8.35	8.60	$8.48	2.9%	--	1.00	40

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$67.00	Sep 18	2.52	2.66	$2.59	5.4%	109	1.00	111
$67.50	Sep 18	2.97	3.20	$3.09	7.4%	75	1.00	50
$70.00	Sep 21	5.80	6.05	$5.93	4.2%	3	0.98	1
$67.00	Sep 21	2.85	3.05	$2.95	6.8%	--	0.96	12
$69.00	Sep 25	4.80	5.05	$4.93	5.1%	--	0.95	13

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 322 active (total vol 65.3K, top 13.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$65.00	Sep 18	0.16	0.17	$0.17	5.9%	7.0K	0.28	41.3K
$66.00	Oct 16	1.20	1.22	$1.21	1.7%	4.5K	0.37	4.7K
$65.00	Oct 16	1.58	1.60	$1.59	1.3%	2.6K	0.45	10.1K
$70.00	Oct 16	0.34	0.35	$0.35	2.9%	2.6K	0.14	27.6K
$64.00	Sep 18	0.62	0.67	$0.65	7.7%	866	0.70	6.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$63.00	Oct 16	1.32	1.33	$1.33	0.8%	13.8K	0.39	39.6K
$63.50	Sep 18	0.06	0.08	$0.07	28.6%	4.4K	0.15	6.8K
$63.00	Sep 25	0.54	0.55	$0.55	1.8%	3.6K	0.33	5.0K
$60.00	Sep 30	0.16	0.19	$0.18	16.7%	2.8K	0.10	4.1K
$62.00	Sep 25	0.29	0.30	$0.30	3.3%	2.8K	0.20	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 5.4%, max 5.4%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$64.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	26.1%	24.8%	5.4%	868	6.8K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$64.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	26.1%	24.8%	5.4%	621	18.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 146 found (best R:R 0.85, avg 2.87)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$61.50	$62.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$0.23	$0.27	71%	0.85	$61.77
$62.00	$64.00	Oct 23	$1.18	$0.82	$1.18	69%	0.69	$63.18
$63.00	$64.00	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.47	$0.53	62%	0.89	$63.53
$65.00	$65.50	Oct 30	$0.18	$0.32	$0.18	46%	1.78	$65.18
$64.00	$65.00	Sep 28	$0.41	$0.59	$0.41	54%	1.44	$64.41

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$66.00	$65.00	Sep 30	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	71%	0.54	$65.35
$64.00	$63.00	Sep 28	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	48%	1.70	$63.63
$61.50	$61.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	29%	3.17	$61.38
$61.00	$60.50	Oct 30	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	27%	3.17	$60.88
$63.50	$63.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	40%	1.94	$63.33

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 101 found (best R:R 0.92, avg 0.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$66.50	$67.00	Oct 30	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	64%	0.92	$66.74
$65.00	$66.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.14	$0.86	72%	0.16	$65.14
$67.00	$68.00	Sep 28	$0.13	$0.13	$0.87	84%	0.15	$67.13
$65.00	$66.00	Sep 28	$0.33	$0.33	$0.67	62%	0.49	$65.33
$65.50	$66.00	Oct 30	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	57%	0.92	$65.74

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$64.00	$63.00	Sep 21	$0.33	$0.33	$0.67	56%	0.49	$63.67
$62.00	$61.50	Oct 30	$0.20	$0.20	$0.30	66%	0.67	$61.80
$60.50	$60.00	Oct 30	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	75%	0.39	$60.36
$63.00	$62.00	Oct 16	$0.36	$0.36	$0.64	61%	0.56	$62.64
$62.00	$61.00	Sep 28	$0.17	$0.17	$0.83	78%	0.20	$61.83

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $0.36, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$64.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$0.06	26.1%	21.7%
$64.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.47	26.6%	26.4%
$65.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$0.28	27.1%	27.1%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$64.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$0.32	26.1%	21.7%
$64.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.82	26.6%	26.4%
$65.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$0.22	27.1%	27.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 123 found (cheapest 1.13% of stock, avg 5.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$64.50	Sep 18	$0.35	$0.38	$0.73	$63.77	$65.23	1.13%
$64.00	Sep 18	$0.65	$0.18	$0.83	$63.17	$64.83	1.29%
$65.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.71	$0.88	$64.12	$65.88	1.37%
$63.50	Sep 18	$1.01	$0.07	$1.08	$62.42	$64.58	1.68%
$64.00	Sep 21	$0.71	$0.50	$1.21	$62.79	$65.21	1.88%
$65.00	Sep 21	$0.24	$1.15	$1.39	$63.61	$66.39	2.16%
$63.00	Sep 18	$1.48	$0.03	$1.51	$61.49	$64.51	2.34%
$66.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$1.59	$1.62	$64.38	$67.62	2.51%
$64.00	Sep 23	$0.88	$0.75	$1.63	$62.37	$65.63	2.53%
$63.00	Sep 21	$1.48	$0.17	$1.65	$61.35	$64.65	2.56%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 227 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 2.72%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$66.00	$63.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$0.03	$0.06	$62.94	$66.06
$66.00	$63.50	Sep 18	$0.03	$0.07	$0.10	$63.40	$66.10
$66.00	$62.00	Sep 21	$0.08	$0.06	$0.14	$61.86	$66.14
$67.00	$61.00	Sep 23	$0.09	$0.08	$0.17	$60.83	$67.17
$69.00	$60.00	Sep 28	$0.07	$0.13	$0.20	$59.80	$69.20
$68.00	$60.00	Sep 28	$0.10	$0.13	$0.23	$59.77	$68.23
$65.00	$63.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.03	$0.20	$62.80	$65.20
$65.00	$63.50	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.07	$0.24	$63.26	$65.24
$66.00	$63.00	Sep 21	$0.08	$0.17	$0.25	$62.75	$66.25
$66.00	$64.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$0.18	$0.21	$63.79	$66.21

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 94 found (best R:R 2.33, avg credit $0.31)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
62/62	68/68	Oct 30	$0.35	$0.15	38%	2.33	$61.65	$68.35
60/60	68/68	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.21	47%	1.38	$60.21	$68.29
62/62	68/68	Oct 30	$0.34	$0.16	35%	2.13	$61.66	$67.84
62/62	68/69	Oct 30	$0.31	$0.19	41%	1.63	$61.69	$68.81
61/62	68/68	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.20	42%	1.50	$61.20	$68.30
60/60	68/68	Oct 30	$0.28	$0.22	45%	1.27	$60.22	$67.78
60/60	68/69	Oct 30	$0.25	$0.25	50%	1.00	$60.25	$68.75
60/61	68/68	Oct 30	$0.27	$0.23	45%	1.17	$60.73	$68.27
62/62	68/68	Oct 9	$0.25	$0.25	48%	1.00	$61.75	$67.75
62/62	67/68	Oct 23	$0.31	$0.19	36%	1.63	$61.69	$67.31

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 83 found (best R:R 2.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$63.00	$64.00	$65.00	Sep 21	$0.30	$0.70	63%	2.33
$64.00	$65.00	$66.00	Sep 28	$0.08	$0.92	29%	11.50
$63.00	$64.00	$65.00	Sep 23	$0.22	$0.78	45%	3.55
$63.50	$64.00	$64.50	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.44	37%	7.33
$63.00	$64.00	$65.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$0.95	17%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$64.00	$65.00	$66.00	Sep 21	$0.19	$0.81	44%	4.26
$65.00	$66.00	$67.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$0.93	23%	13.29
$64.00	$65.00	$66.00	Sep 23	$0.15	$0.85	34%	5.67
$64.00	$65.00	$66.00	Sep 30	$0.08	$0.92	23%	11.50
$62.00	$63.00	$64.00	Sep 28	$0.10	$0.90	26%	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. 145 found (best net $-1.71, 126 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$56.00	$60.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.71	$2.29
$60.00	$62.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.49	$1.51
$59.00	$61.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.30	$1.20
$57.50	$60.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$2.01	$0.49
$62.00	$63.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.48	$0.52

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$66.00	$65.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.31	$0.69
$67.00	$66.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.59	$0.41
$65.00	$64.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.14	$0.86
$65.00	$64.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.05	$0.45
$66.00	$65.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.60	$0.40

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 81 found (best yield 2.81%, avg 1.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$65.50	Oct 30	$1.81	0.43	1.6%	2.81%	4.45%	11	137
$64.50	Oct 30	$2.14	0.49	0.1%	3.32%	3.41%	3	8
$66.00	Oct 30	$1.53	0.40	2.4%	2.37%	4.80%	6	29
$65.00	Oct 30	$1.87	0.46	0.9%	2.90%	3.77%	6	10
$66.50	Oct 30	$1.37	0.36	3.2%	2.13%	5.32%	3	15
$64.50	Oct 23	$1.98	0.49	0.1%	3.07%	3.17%	11	38
$65.00	Oct 23	$1.76	0.45	0.9%	2.73%	3.60%	18	70
$65.50	Oct 23	$1.56	0.42	1.6%	2.42%	4.07%	10	114
$66.00	Oct 23	$1.38	0.38	2.4%	2.14%	4.56%	4	523
$67.50	Oct 30	$1.00	0.31	4.8%	1.55%	6.30%	1	15

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 33,777

Total Puts 44,816

Put/Call Ratio 1.33

Net Difference -11,039

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 74,141

Total Puts 114,143

Put/Call Ratio 1.54

Net Difference -40,002

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 407,557

Total Puts 492,809

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.24

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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

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Put/Call Ratio

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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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