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$55.75 -0.33%

(9/16 18:06) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 10:00am) 34,259

Calls: 9,627 (28%)

Puts: 24,632 (72%)

Prior (09/16) 23,745

Calls: 2,145 (9%)

Puts: 21,600 (91%)

Current vs Prior +44.28%

Calls: +348.81% (Calls)

Puts: +14.04% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,072,820

Calls: 336,382 (31%)

Puts: 736,438 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 153,260

Calls: 48,054 (31%)

Puts: 105,205 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -77.65%

Calls: -79.97%

Puts: -76.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 10:00am) $1.18M

Calls: $347.1K (29%)

Puts: $836.0K (71%)

Prior (09/16) $724.1K

Calls: $140.4K (19%)

Puts: $583.7K (81%)

Current vs Prior +63.38%

Calls: +147.28%

Puts: +43.21%

Prior 7-Day Total $64.65M

Calls: $29.48M (46%)

Puts: $35.17M (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average $9.24M

Calls: $4.21M (46%)

Puts: $5.02M (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -87.19%

Calls: -91.76%

Puts: -83.36%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17 10:00am) 2.56

Prior (09/16) 10.07

Current vs Prior -74.59%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.57

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +63.36%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/17 10:00am) 3,060,966

Calls: 953,037 (31%)

Puts: 2,107,929 (69%)

Prior (09/16) 3,082,973

Calls: 983,151 (32%)

Puts: 2,099,822 (68%)

Current vs Prior -0.71%

Prior 7-Day Total 19,748,115

Calls: 6,463,872 (33%)

Puts: 13,284,243 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,821,159

Calls: 923,410 (33%)

Puts: 1,897,749 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.50%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/17) | Next (09/18)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/21)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/17) | Next (10/16)

Current 1.13% | 1.52%1.52% | 1.92%1.52% | 2.48%1.13% | 4.68%

Prior 1.44% | 1.71%1.44% | 1.99%1.99% | 2.71%0.88% | 4.94%

Current vs Prior -21.65% | -10.64%+5.71% | -3.44%-23.29% | -8.62%+28.48% | -5.28%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.26% | 1.59%1.12% | 1.61%1.45% | 2.41%1.92% | 4.92%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -10.41% | -3.90%+36.15% | +19.27%+5.30% | +2.65%-41.22% | -4.78%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.44% | 1.71%2.86% | 1.88%1.88% | 2.61%2.86% | 4.97%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -21.65% | -10.64%-46.70% | +2.24%-18.78% | -5.18%-60.50% | -5.81%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.96% | 16.45%

Calls: 25.81% | 18.60%

Puts: 28.12% | 14.29%

Prior 33.71% | 30.46%

Calls: 25.49% | 27.59%

Puts: 41.94% | 33.33%

Current vs Prior -20.02% | -45.99%

Prior 7-Day Avg 57.03% | 41.27%

Calls: 49.03% | 49.89%

Puts: 65.03% | 32.63%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -52.73% | -60.14%

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Moderately bearish flow with 71% put dollar volume ($836.0K). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 63% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.56 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 75% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 135 of results (avg 6.3%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Sep 25	10.65	10.85	$10.75	1.9%	--	1.00	25
$46.00	Sep 30	9.65	9.85	$9.75	2.1%	--	1.00	12
$48.00	Oct 16	7.70	7.90	$7.80	2.6%	--	1.00	499
$50.00	Oct 16	5.75	5.90	$5.83	2.6%	--	0.97	10.0K
$48.00	Sep 18	7.65	7.85	$7.75	2.6%	2	0.99	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$64.00	Sep 17	8.15	8.35	$8.25	2.4%	8	1.00	--
$63.50	Oct 2	7.80	8.00	$7.90	2.5%	--	0.98	10
$65.00	Oct 16	9.30	9.55	$9.43	2.7%	--	0.98	18
$62.00	Sep 18	6.15	6.35	$6.25	3.2%	4	1.00	--
$63.00	Sep 30	7.30	7.55	$7.43	3.4%	--	0.98	10

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 61 found (avg $0.60, cheapest $0.42)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.50	Sep 18	0.39	0.47	$0.43	18.6%	75	0.64	315
$55.00	Sep 17	0.71	0.84	$0.77	16.9%	17	0.93	10
$57.00	Sep 30	0.16	0.19	$0.18	16.7%	14	0.20	2.8K
$56.00	Sep 25	0.34	0.39	$0.37	13.5%	80	0.39	194
$55.00	Sep 18	0.77	0.89	$0.83	14.5%	3	0.83	91.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	0.39	0.45	$0.42	14.3%	10.2K	0.65	65.3K
$56.00	Sep 21	0.55	0.66	$0.61	18.0%	10	0.66	54
$55.00	Sep 25	0.30	0.36	$0.33	18.2%	32	0.34	5.2K
$56.00	Sep 22	0.59	0.72	$0.66	19.7%	1	0.65	9
$56.00	Sep 23	0.62	0.74	$0.68	17.6%	--	0.64	16

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 168 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Sep 25	10.65	10.85	$10.75	1.9%	--	1.00	25
$46.00	Sep 30	9.65	9.85	$9.75	2.1%	--	1.00	12
$49.00	Sep 30	6.65	6.85	$6.75	3.0%	--	1.00	37
$50.00	Sep 30	5.65	5.85	$5.75	3.5%	--	1.00	161
$51.00	Sep 30	4.65	4.85	$4.75	4.2%	--	1.00	405

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$57.00	Sep 17	1.17	1.34	$1.25	13.6%	--	1.00	84
$59.00	Sep 17	3.15	3.35	$3.25	6.2%	25	1.00	--
$59.50	Sep 17	3.65	3.85	$3.75	5.3%	25	1.00	--
$60.00	Sep 17	4.05	4.35	$4.20	7.1%	14	1.00	--
$60.50	Sep 17	4.50	4.85	$4.68	7.5%	8	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 173 active (total vol 34.2K, top 10.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 17	0.05	0.07	$0.06	33.3%	3.0K	0.25	173
$57.00	Oct 16	0.45	0.48	$0.47	6.4%	2.4K	0.30	37.2K
$58.50	Oct 30	0.30	0.34	$0.32	12.5%	1.3K	0.19	728
$56.50	Sep 17	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	615	0.05	146
$58.00	Oct 16	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	322	0.17	36.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	0.39	0.45	$0.42	14.3%	10.2K	0.65	65.3K
$55.50	Sep 18	0.15	0.19	$0.17	23.5%	10.1K	0.36	11.6K
$55.50	Sep 17	0.05	0.09	$0.07	57.1%	618	0.28	849
$56.00	Sep 17	0.27	0.36	$0.32	28.1%	574	0.77	1.7K
$50.00	Sep 30	0.02	0.05	$0.04	75.0%	400	0.03	1.3K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 63.1%, max 85.6%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$55.50	Sep 17	Oct 23	27.4%	14.8%	85.6%	71	35
$56.00	Sep 17	Oct 30	25.4%	17.9%	42.3%	3.0K	224

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$55.50	Sep 17	Oct 30	27.4%	15.1%	82.2%	629	902
$56.00	Sep 17	Oct 30	25.4%	17.9%	42.3%	574	1.9K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 93 found (best R:R 1.38, avg 2.46)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.50	$57.00	Oct 2	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	31%	3.17	$56.62
$56.50	$57.00	Oct 9	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	34%	2.33	$56.65
$58.00	$59.00	Oct 16	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	17%	8.09	$58.11
$55.50	$56.00	Sep 17	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	72%	1.00	$55.75
$56.50	$58.00	Sep 23	$0.10	$1.40	$0.10	21%	14.00	$56.60

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	56%	1.38	$55.58
$56.00	$55.00	Sep 30	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	60%	1.38	$55.58
$52.00	$50.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$1.90	$0.10	13%	19.00	$51.90
$55.00	$54.00	Oct 16	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	40%	2.70	$54.73
$55.50	$55.00	Oct 23	$0.18	$0.32	$0.18	48%	1.78	$55.32

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 53 found (best R:R 0.27, avg 0.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$57.50	Sep 28	$0.32	$0.32	$1.18	61%	0.27	$56.32
$56.00	$57.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.41	$0.59	55%	0.69	$56.41
$57.00	$58.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$0.25	$0.75	70%	0.33	$57.25
$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.29	$0.29	$0.71	60%	0.41	$56.29
$56.00	$56.50	Oct 30	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	54%	1.00	$56.25

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.00	$54.00	Sep 24	$0.18	$0.18	$0.82	67%	0.22	$54.82
$55.00	$54.50	Sep 23	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	69%	0.28	$54.89
$54.50	$54.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	70%	0.32	$54.38
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 22	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	54%	0.52	$55.33
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 21	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	55%	0.43	$55.35

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 115 found (cheapest 0.68% of stock, avg 4.22%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$55.50	Sep 17	$0.31	$0.07	$0.38	$55.12	$55.88	0.68%
$56.00	Sep 17	$0.06	$0.32	$0.38	$55.62	$56.38	0.68%
$56.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.42	$0.58	$55.42	$56.58	1.04%
$55.50	Sep 18	$0.43	$0.17	$0.60	$54.90	$56.10	1.08%
$56.50	Sep 17	$0.01	$0.77	$0.78	$55.72	$57.28	1.40%
$55.50	Sep 21	$0.46	$0.32	$0.78	$54.72	$56.28	1.40%
$55.00	Sep 17	$0.77	$0.02	$0.79	$54.21	$55.79	1.42%
$56.00	Sep 21	$0.20	$0.61	$0.81	$55.19	$56.81	1.45%
$56.50	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.80	$0.84	$55.66	$57.34	1.51%
$55.00	Sep 18	$0.83	$0.08	$0.91	$54.09	$55.91	1.63%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 218 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 1.32%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$56.50	$55.00	Sep 17	$0.01	$0.02	$0.03	$54.97	$56.53
$57.50	$54.00	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.05	$0.08	$53.92	$57.58
$56.50	$54.50	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$54.42	$56.58
$57.00	$54.00	Sep 21	$0.04	$0.05	$0.09	$53.91	$57.09
$56.00	$55.00	Sep 17	$0.06	$0.02	$0.08	$54.92	$56.08
$56.50	$55.50	Sep 17	$0.01	$0.07	$0.08	$55.42	$56.58
$56.50	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.08	$0.12	$54.88	$56.62
$58.00	$52.00	Sep 30	$0.07	$0.06	$0.13	$51.87	$58.13
$56.00	$55.50	Sep 17	$0.06	$0.07	$0.13	$55.37	$56.13
$57.50	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.09	$0.12	$54.38	$57.62

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 19 found (best R:R 0.92, avg credit $0.30)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
54/54	57/58	Oct 9	$0.24	$0.26	43%	0.92	$54.26	$57.24
54/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.25	$0.25	40%	1.00	$54.25	$57.75
54/54	57/58	Oct 23	$0.28	$0.22	34%	1.27	$54.22	$57.28
54/54	56/57	Oct 9	$0.27	$0.23	35%	1.17	$54.23	$56.77
52/53	57/58	Oct 16	$0.36	$0.64	53%	0.56	$52.64	$57.36
52/53	58/59	Oct 16	$0.22	$0.78	65%	0.28	$52.78	$58.22
53/54	57/58	Oct 30	$0.50	$0.50	36%	1.00	$53.50	$57.50
53/54	57/58	Oct 16	$0.42	$0.58	43%	0.72	$53.58	$57.42
53/54	58/59	Oct 16	$0.28	$0.72	56%	0.39	$53.72	$58.28
53/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.32	$0.68	46%	0.47	$53.68	$58.32

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 93 found (best R:R 2.70, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.27	$0.73	50%	2.70
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.23	$0.77	44%	3.35
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Sep 30	$0.13	$0.87	30%	6.69
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 17	$0.20	$0.30	67%	1.50
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 17	$0.21	$0.29	68%	1.38

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 17	$0.20	$0.30	70%	1.50
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 17	$0.20	$0.30	70%	1.50
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.20	$0.80	40%	4.00
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 18	$0.13	$0.37	54%	2.85
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Sep 30	$0.12	$0.88	26%	7.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 141 found (best net $-0.43, 114 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$52.00	$54.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$2.45
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.14	$0.86
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.24	$0.76
$56.00	$57.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.06	$0.94
$51.50	$53.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$1.25	$0.25

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$59.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.43	$2.57
$57.00	$56.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.14	$0.86
$58.50	$57.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.77	$0.73
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.66	$0.34
$57.00	$56.50	1:2	Sep 17	-$0.29	$0.21

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 49 found (best yield 2.01%, avg 0.57%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Oct 30	$1.12	0.46	0.5%	2.01%	2.46%	37	51
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.88	0.40	1.4%	1.58%	2.92%	--	131
$57.00	Oct 30	$0.68	0.34	2.2%	1.22%	3.46%	--	145
$56.00	Oct 23	$0.96	0.46	0.5%	1.72%	2.17%	--	31
$56.50	Oct 23	$0.73	0.39	1.4%	1.31%	2.65%	--	110
$56.00	Oct 16	$0.84	0.45	0.5%	1.51%	1.96%	24	17.5K
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.55	0.32	2.2%	0.99%	3.23%	1	217
$58.00	Oct 30	$0.39	0.23	4.0%	0.70%	4.74%	--	132
$57.50	Oct 23	$0.40	0.26	3.1%	0.72%	3.86%	--	141
$57.00	Oct 16	$0.45	0.30	2.2%	0.81%	3.05%	2.4K	37.2K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,627

Total Puts 24,632

Put/Call Ratio 2.56

Net Difference -15,005

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,145

Total Puts 21,600

Put/Call Ratio 10.07

Net Difference -19,455

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 336,382

Total Puts 736,438

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.57

Ratio Trend Falling

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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