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XLE

State StreetEngySelSectSPDRETF

$68.55 +0.85%

(10/20 18:04) ◀

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 (3:05pm)

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◀ 10/21 15:06 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/21 3:05pm) 119,191

Calls: 39,460 (33%)

Puts: 79,731 (67%)

Prior (10/20) 225,081

Calls: 76,275 (34%)

Puts: 148,806 (66%)

Current vs Prior -47.05%

Calls: -48.27% (Calls)

Puts: -46.42% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 709,141

Calls: 403,167 (57%)

Puts: 305,974 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 101,305

Calls: 57,595 (57%)

Puts: 43,710 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +17.65%

Calls: -31.49%

Puts: +82.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/21 3:05pm) $13.71M

Calls: $8.47M (62%)

Puts: $5.24M (38%)

Prior (10/20) $38.28M

Calls: $25.53M (67%)

Puts: $12.75M (33%)

Current vs Prior -64.18%

Calls: -66.81%

Puts: -58.90%

Prior 7-Day Total $144.56M

Calls: $113.46M (78%)

Puts: $31.09M (22%)

Prior 7-Day Average $20.65M

Calls: $16.21M (78%)

Puts: $4.44M (22%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.59%

Calls: -47.72%

Puts: +17.95%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/21 3:05pm) 2.02

Prior (10/20) 1.95

Current vs Prior +3.57%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.86

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +135.81%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/21 3:05pm) 3,742,163

Calls: 1,421,380 (38%)

Puts: 2,320,783 (62%)

Prior (10/20) 3,624,031

Calls: 1,372,901 (38%)

Puts: 2,251,130 (62%)

Current vs Prior +3.26%

Prior 7-Day Total 27,559,665

Calls: 10,319,155 (37%)

Puts: 17,240,510 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 3,937,095

Calls: 1,474,165 (37%)

Puts: 2,462,930 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.95%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/21) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/30)Expiry (10/21) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.81% | 2.32%2.32% | 3.98%1.81% | 6.62%

Prior 2.06% | 2.99%2.06% | 3.76%2.06% | 7.61%

Current vs Prior -12.09% | -22.44%+12.72% | +5.91%-12.09% | -12.96%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.75% | 2.58%1.99% | 3.57%2.96% | 7.79%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +3.25% | -10.22%+16.62% | +11.42%-38.79% | -15.00%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.06% | 2.99%2.55% | 4.12%2.09% | 6.69%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -12.09% | -22.44%-8.87% | -3.33%-13.42% | -1.06%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 60.00% | 9.36%

Calls: 46.00% | 8.82%

Puts: 74.00% | 9.89%

Prior 6.50% | 11.87%

Calls: 6.67% | 12.15%

Puts: 6.33% | 11.58%

Current vs Prior +823.08% | -21.15%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.97% | 14.88%

Calls: 39.22% | 13.08%

Puts: 28.72% | 16.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +76.63% | -37.09%

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Moderately bullish flow with 62% call dollar volume ($8.47M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 64% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 47% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.02 - heavy put buying.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 129 of results (avg 6.9%, best 1.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$70.00	Nov 20	1.62	1.64	$1.63	1.2%	355	0.41	69.8K
$69.00	Nov 6	1.47	1.51	$1.49	2.7%	1.0K	0.47	1.4K
$68.00	Nov 20	2.51	2.59	$2.55	3.1%	416	0.55	14.5K
$69.50	Nov 20	1.78	1.85	$1.82	3.8%	290	0.45	7.6K
$69.00	Nov 20	2.01	2.09	$2.05	3.9%	287	0.48	5.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$69.00	Nov 20	2.25	2.29	$2.27	1.8%	631	0.52	231
$69.00	Oct 30	1.41	1.45	$1.43	2.8%	1	0.55	4
$68.50	Oct 30	1.16	1.20	$1.18	3.4%	20	0.48	35
$68.00	Nov 27	1.90	1.97	$1.94	3.6%	41	0.46	109
$67.00	Nov 20	1.34	1.39	$1.37	3.6%	199	0.37	6.5K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 90 found (avg $0.48, cheapest $0.11)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$70.50	Oct 23	0.10	0.11	$0.11	9.1%	123	0.13	4.2K
$69.50	Oct 23	0.27	0.31	$0.29	13.8%	544	0.28	3.1K
$71.00	Oct 26	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	3.2K	0.13	2.1K
$69.00	Oct 23	0.45	0.48	$0.47	6.4%	458	0.39	1.3K
$70.00	Oct 26	0.29	0.32	$0.31	9.7%	602	0.25	141

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$67.00	Oct 23	0.16	0.19	$0.18	16.7%	463	0.18	2.5K
$67.50	Oct 23	0.26	0.28	$0.27	7.4%	11.1K	0.26	553
$68.00	Oct 23	0.40	0.43	$0.42	7.1%	770	0.37	3.0K
$67.00	Oct 26	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	134	0.22	165
$68.50	Oct 23	0.61	0.67	$0.64	9.4%	51	0.49	236

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 160 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.00	Oct 21	12.55	13.60	$13.08	8.0%	15	1.00	13
$56.00	Oct 21	11.65	12.65	$12.15	8.2%	9	1.00	20
$57.00	Oct 21	10.55	11.70	$11.13	10.3%	18	1.00	19
$58.00	Oct 21	9.65	10.65	$10.15	9.9%	14	1.00	4
$59.00	Oct 21	8.70	9.65	$9.18	10.3%	3	1.00	8

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$77.00	Oct 21	8.25	10.10	$9.18	20.2%	30	0.99	--
$78.00	Oct 21	9.25	11.00	$10.13	17.3%	33	0.99	--
$75.00	Oct 21	6.40	8.15	$7.28	24.0%	22	0.99	--
$76.00	Oct 21	7.30	9.15	$8.23	22.5%	12	0.99	--
$74.00	Oct 21	5.40	7.15	$6.28	27.9%	22	0.98	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 326 active (total vol 67.6K, top 11.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$71.00	Oct 26	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	3.2K	0.13	2.1K
$68.00	Oct 23	0.95	1.00	$0.98	5.1%	2.9K	0.63	2.9K
$68.00	Oct 21	0.38	0.61	$0.50	46.0%	2.5K	1.00	7.2K
$69.50	Nov 6	1.23	1.29	$1.26	4.8%	2.0K	0.42	63
$73.50	Nov 27	0.74	0.79	$0.77	6.5%	1.4K	0.22	139

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$67.50	Oct 23	0.26	0.28	$0.27	7.4%	11.1K	0.26	553
$65.00	Nov 20	0.77	0.80	$0.79	3.8%	6.0K	0.24	5.9K
$66.00	Oct 23	0.06	0.08	$0.07	28.6%	3.4K	0.08	20.7K
$68.00	Oct 21	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	2.2K	0.10	1.0K
$67.00	Oct 21	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.2K	0.02	1.9K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 6 strikes (avg 31.5%, max 63.9%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$73.50	Oct 30	Nov 27	46.4%	28.3%	63.9%	1.4K	225
$67.50	Oct 23	Nov 27	32.5%	24.5%	32.7%	80	1.2K
$68.50	Oct 23	Nov 27	31.9%	25.7%	23.8%	908	1.9K
$69.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	32.4%	28.8%	12.2%	834	10.7K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$67.50	Oct 23	Nov 27	32.5%	24.5%	32.7%	11.2K	884
$68.50	Oct 23	Nov 27	31.9%	25.7%	23.8%	84	317

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 139 found (best R:R 0.92, avg 2.32)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$62.00	$63.00	Oct 21	$0.52	$0.48	$0.52	100%	0.92	$62.52
$63.00	$63.50	Nov 20	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	86%	3.17	$63.12
$66.00	$67.00	Oct 26	$0.57	$0.43	$0.57	89%	0.75	$66.57
$64.50	$65.00	Oct 23	$0.23	$0.27	$0.23	100%	1.17	$64.73
$64.50	$65.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	89%	1.50	$64.70

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$69.00	$68.50	Nov 27	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	52%	1.27	$68.78
$69.00	$68.00	Oct 28	$0.46	$0.54	$0.46	57%	1.17	$68.54
$69.00	$68.50	Nov 20	$0.23	$0.27	$0.23	52%	1.17	$68.77
$71.00	$70.50	Nov 20	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	65%	0.67	$70.70
$67.00	$66.00	Nov 2	$0.23	$0.77	$0.23	32%	3.35	$66.77

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 91 found (best R:R 0.38, avg 0.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$73.50	$75.00	Oct 30	$0.41	$0.41	$1.09	82%	0.38	$73.91
$70.00	$73.00	Nov 2	$0.54	$0.54	$2.46	67%	0.22	$70.54
$70.50	$71.00	Nov 6	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	67%	0.92	$70.74
$72.00	$72.50	Nov 13	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	74%	0.56	$72.18
$69.00	$70.00	Nov 4	$0.47	$0.47	$0.53	54%	0.89	$69.47

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$59.00	$58.50	Nov 6	$0.21	$0.21	$0.29	92%	0.72	$58.79
$64.50	$64.00	Nov 27	$0.30	$0.30	$0.20	75%	1.50	$64.20
$68.50	$68.00	Nov 27	$0.37	$0.37	$0.13	51%	2.85	$68.13
$65.00	$64.50	Nov 6	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	81%	0.52	$64.83
$56.00	$55.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$0.12	$0.88	92%	0.14	$55.88

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $0.58, cheapest $0.54)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$68.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	$0.62	31.9%	28.0%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$68.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	$0.54	31.9%	28.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 113 found (cheapest 0.74% of stock, avg 5.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$68.00	Oct 21	$0.50	$0.01	$0.51	$67.49	$68.51	0.74%
$69.00	Oct 21	$0.02	$0.74	$0.76	$68.24	$69.76	1.11%
$67.00	Oct 21	$1.24	$0.01	$1.25	$65.75	$68.25	1.82%
$68.50	Oct 23	$0.68	$0.64	$1.32	$67.18	$69.82	1.93%
$69.00	Oct 23	$0.47	$0.91	$1.38	$67.62	$70.38	2.01%
$68.00	Oct 23	$0.98	$0.42	$1.40	$66.60	$69.40	2.04%
$67.50	Oct 23	$1.34	$0.27	$1.61	$65.89	$69.11	2.35%
$68.00	Oct 26	$1.12	$0.54	$1.66	$66.34	$69.66	2.42%
$70.00	Oct 23	$0.17	$1.63	$1.80	$68.20	$71.80	2.63%
$67.00	Oct 23	$1.65	$0.18	$1.83	$65.17	$68.83	2.67%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 220 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 2.59%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$69.00	$68.00	Oct 21	$0.02	$0.01	$0.03	$67.97	$69.03
$69.00	$65.00	Oct 21	$0.02	$0.10	$0.12	$64.88	$69.12
$71.00	$66.50	Oct 23	$0.05	$0.11	$0.16	$66.34	$71.16
$70.50	$66.50	Oct 23	$0.11	$0.11	$0.22	$66.28	$70.72
$71.00	$65.00	Oct 26	$0.14	$0.09	$0.23	$64.77	$71.23
$72.00	$64.00	Oct 28	$0.13	$0.12	$0.25	$63.75	$72.25
$71.00	$67.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$0.18	$0.23	$66.77	$71.23
$71.00	$66.00	Oct 26	$0.14	$0.13	$0.27	$65.73	$71.27
$72.00	$65.00	Oct 28	$0.13	$0.16	$0.29	$64.71	$72.29
$70.00	$66.50	Oct 23	$0.17	$0.11	$0.28	$66.22	$70.28

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 77 found (best R:R 0.65, avg credit $0.34)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
57/58	74/75	Nov 6	$0.59	$0.91	77%	0.65	$56.91	$74.09
57/58	71/72	Nov 6	$0.61	$0.39	62%	1.56	$56.89	$71.61
55/56	74/75	Oct 30	$0.53	$0.97	74%	0.55	$55.47	$74.03
66/66	72/72	Nov 13	$0.39	$0.11	42%	3.55	$66.11	$72.39
65/66	73/74	Nov 27	$0.36	$0.14	46%	2.57	$65.14	$73.36
65/66	70/71	Nov 6	$0.36	$0.14	44%	2.57	$65.14	$70.86
66/67	70/71	Nov 6	$0.40	$0.10	32%	4.00	$66.60	$70.90
66/66	73/74	Nov 27	$0.36	$0.14	40%	2.57	$66.14	$73.36
66/66	70/71	Nov 6	$0.37	$0.13	37%	2.85	$66.13	$70.87
66/66	72/72	Nov 13	$0.32	$0.18	46%	1.78	$65.68	$72.32

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 93 found (best R:R 2.85, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$67.00	$68.00	$69.00	Oct 21	$0.26	$0.74	92%	2.85
$68.00	$69.00	$70.00	Oct 21	$0.47	$0.53	98%	1.13
$69.00	$70.00	$71.00	Oct 28	$0.11	$0.89	25%	8.09
$68.00	$69.00	$70.00	Oct 26	$0.19	$0.81	36%	4.26
$69.00	$70.00	$71.00	Oct 26	$0.14	$0.86	28%	6.14

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$68.00	$69.00	$70.00	Oct 21	$0.57	$0.43	88%	0.75
$67.00	$68.00	$69.00	Oct 21	$0.73	$0.27	91%	0.37
$65.00	$66.00	$67.00	Nov 2	$0.06	$0.94	17%	15.67
$66.00	$67.00	$68.00	Oct 26	$0.13	$0.87	27%	6.69
$67.00	$68.00	$69.00	Oct 28	$0.14	$0.86	29%	6.14

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 $-0.69, 127 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$64.00	$66.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.69	$1.31
$67.00	$69.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.21	$1.79
$60.00	$63.50	1:2	Nov 27	-$2.48	$1.02
$68.00	$69.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.12	$0.88
$67.00	$68.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.39	$0.61

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$70.00	$69.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.19	$0.81
$68.00	$67.00	1:2	Oct 26	$0.00	$1.00
$68.00	$67.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$0.16	$0.84
$69.00	$68.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$0.34	$0.66
$67.00	$66.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$0.06	$0.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 64 found (best yield 2.55%, avg 1.06%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$70.00	Nov 27	$1.75	0.42	2.1%	2.55%	4.67%	190	161
$69.00	Nov 27	$2.12	0.48	0.7%	3.09%	3.75%	15	27
$71.00	Nov 27	$1.39	0.36	3.6%	2.03%	5.60%	--	36
$69.00	Nov 20	$2.01	0.48	0.7%	2.93%	3.59%	287	5.1K
$70.00	Nov 20	$1.62	0.41	2.1%	2.36%	4.48%	355	69.8K
$69.50	Nov 20	$1.78	0.45	1.4%	2.60%	3.98%	290	7.6K
$70.50	Nov 20	$1.39	0.38	2.8%	2.03%	4.87%	190	7.5K
$72.00	Nov 27	$1.09	0.30	5.0%	1.59%	6.62%	57	27
$71.00	Nov 20	$1.25	0.35	3.6%	1.82%	5.40%	582	4.0K
$72.50	Nov 27	$0.96	0.27	5.8%	1.40%	7.16%	17	18

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 39,460

Total Puts 79,731

Put/Call Ratio 2.02

Net Difference -40,271

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 76,275

Total Puts 148,806

Put/Call Ratio 1.95

Net Difference -72,531

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 403,167

Total Puts 305,974

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.86

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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

Relative Spread

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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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