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$55.69 -0.43%

(9/17 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 11:00am) 83,858

Calls: 20,120 (24%)

Puts: 63,738 (76%)

Prior (09/16) 45,888

Calls: 10,147 (22%)

Puts: 35,741 (78%)

Current vs Prior +82.74%

Calls: +98.29% (Calls)

Puts: +78.33% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,265,346

Calls: 387,282 (31%)

Puts: 878,064 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 180,763

Calls: 55,326 (31%)

Puts: 125,437 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -53.61%

Calls: -63.63%

Puts: -49.19%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 11:00am) $2.80M

Calls: $691.0K (25%)

Puts: $2.11M (75%)

Prior (09/16) $1.98M

Calls: $657.0K (33%)

Puts: $1.32M (67%)

Current vs Prior +41.52%

Calls: +5.17%

Puts: +59.62%

Prior 7-Day Total $93.44M

Calls: $52.11M (56%)

Puts: $41.33M (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average $13.35M

Calls: $7.44M (56%)

Puts: $5.90M (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -79.05%

Calls: -90.72%

Puts: -64.34%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17 11:00am) 3.17

Prior (09/16) 3.52

Current vs Prior -10.06%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.71

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +84.73%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 11:00am) 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 20,068,046

Calls: 6,523,964 (33%)

Puts: 13,544,082 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,866,863

Calls: 931,994 (33%)

Puts: 1,934,868 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.77%

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 1.01% | 1.40%1.40% | 1.90%1.40% | 2.44%1.01% | 4.63%

Prior 1.52% | 1.84%1.04% | 1.84%1.84% | 2.77%1.04% | 4.99%

Current vs Prior -33.83% | -23.95%+35.06% | +3.36%-23.95% | -11.88%-3.03% | -7.13%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.29% | 1.65%1.14% | 1.67%1.58% | 2.54%1.68% | 4.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -22.30% | -14.88%+22.85% | +14.10%-11.53% | -4.02%-40.22% | -5.39%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.52% | 1.84%2.86% | 1.88%1.88% | 2.61%2.86% | 4.97%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -33.83% | -23.95%-51.04% | +1.39%-25.39% | -6.45%-64.85% | -6.79%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.84% | 20.44%

Calls: 17.39% | 18.92%

Puts: 30.30% | 21.95%

Prior 18.48% | 22.48%

Calls: 24.07% | 17.46%

Puts: 12.90% | 27.50%

Current vs Prior +29.00% | -9.07%

Prior 7-Day Avg 52.75% | 39.24%

Calls: 43.29% | 46.12%

Puts: 62.21% | 32.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -54.80% | -47.91%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 75% of dollar volume in puts ($2.11M) vs calls ($691.0K). Above-average activity with volume up 83% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.17 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (2,107,929 puts vs 953,037 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 148 of results (avg 6.0%, best 1.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.00	Oct 16	1.40	1.42	$1.41	1.4%	53	0.60	31.7K
$45.00	Oct 16	10.65	10.85	$10.75	1.9%	--	1.00	10
$46.00	Oct 16	9.65	9.85	$9.75	2.1%	--	1.00	28
$47.00	Oct 16	8.65	8.85	$8.75	2.3%	--	1.00	38
$45.00	Sep 17	10.60	10.85	$10.73	2.3%	17	1.00	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$64.00	Sep 17	8.25	8.40	$8.32	1.8%	12	0.99	--
$63.50	Sep 17	7.75	7.90	$7.83	1.9%	4	0.99	--
$65.00	Oct 16	9.35	9.55	$9.45	2.1%	--	0.98	18
$63.50	Oct 2	7.85	8.05	$7.95	2.5%	--	0.98	10
$63.00	Sep 30	7.35	7.55	$7.45	2.7%	--	0.98	10

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 79 found (avg $0.56, cheapest $0.23)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.50	Sep 17	0.21	0.25	$0.23	17.4%	81	0.74	4
$56.00	Sep 18	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	4.6K	0.31	30.0K
$55.50	Sep 18	0.33	0.40	$0.37	18.9%	76	0.63	315
$55.00	Sep 17	0.65	0.79	$0.72	19.4%	49	0.97	10
$56.50	Sep 25	0.17	0.19	$0.18	11.1%	24	0.23	211

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.50	Sep 18	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	10.5K	0.37	11.6K
$56.50	Sep 17	0.73	0.86	$0.80	16.2%	1	0.95	111
$53.50	Sep 25	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	1.8K	0.10	1.8K
$54.50	Sep 25	0.19	0.23	$0.21	19.0%	1	0.24	1.4K
$55.00	Sep 25	0.30	0.35	$0.32	15.6%	39	0.35	5.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 182 found (avg delta 0.86, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Sep 17	10.60	10.85	$10.73	2.3%	17	1.00	3
$46.00	Sep 17	9.50	9.85	$9.68	3.6%	18	1.00	--
$47.00	Sep 17	8.60	8.95	$8.77	4.0%	1	1.00	4
$48.00	Sep 17	7.55	7.90	$7.73	4.5%	11	1.00	3
$49.00	Sep 17	6.60	6.90	$6.75	4.4%	16	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$57.50	Sep 18	1.72	1.94	$1.83	12.0%	79	1.00	1.4K
$58.00	Sep 18	2.21	2.39	$2.30	7.8%	2	1.00	78.3K
$58.50	Sep 18	2.71	2.94	$2.83	8.1%	--	1.00	4.1K
$59.00	Sep 18	3.20	3.40	$3.30	6.1%	--	1.00	93
$60.00	Sep 18	4.20	4.40	$4.30	4.7%	--	1.00	13

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 256 active (total vol 83.8K, top 23.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 17	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	5.5K	0.15	173
$56.00	Sep 18	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	4.6K	0.31	30.0K
$57.00	Oct 16	0.44	0.46	$0.45	4.4%	2.8K	0.29	37.2K
$58.50	Oct 30	0.29	0.35	$0.32	18.8%	1.3K	0.19	728
$56.50	Sep 17	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	626	0.05	146

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$53.00	Oct 16	0.28	0.30	$0.29	6.9%	23.7K	0.18	33.2K
$55.50	Sep 18	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	10.5K	0.37	11.6K
$56.00	Sep 18	0.36	0.45	$0.41	22.0%	10.4K	0.69	65.3K
$55.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.07	$0.06	33.3%	3.3K	0.16	60.7K
$54.00	Oct 16	0.45	0.48	$0.47	6.4%	2.8K	0.28	53.2K

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 37.6%, max 48.6%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$55.50	Sep 17	Oct 23	21.9%	14.8%	48.6%	104	35
$56.00	Sep 17	Oct 30	23.1%	17.9%	28.7%	5.5K	224

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$55.50	Sep 17	Oct 30	21.9%	15.2%	44.5%	664	902
$56.00	Sep 17	Oct 30	23.1%	17.9%	28.7%	676	1.9K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 98 found (best R:R 0.79, avg 2.25)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.00	$55.50	Oct 9	$0.27	$0.23	$0.27	62%	0.85	$55.27
$57.00	$57.50	Oct 23	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	31%	3.17	$57.12
$57.50	$58.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	28%	3.17	$57.62
$55.00	$56.00	Oct 1	$0.53	$0.47	$0.53	64%	0.89	$55.53
$56.00	$56.50	Sep 28	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	38%	2.33	$56.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$64.50	$64.00	Sep 17	$0.28	$0.22	$0.28	99%	0.79	$64.22
$56.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	56%	1.33	$55.57
$52.00	$50.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$1.90	$0.10	13%	19.00	$51.90
$55.00	$54.50	Oct 23	$0.14	$0.36	$0.14	41%	2.57	$54.86
$55.00	$54.00	Oct 16	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	41%	2.70	$54.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 54 found (best R:R 0.64, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$57.00	Oct 16	$0.39	$0.39	$0.61	56%	0.64	$56.39
$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.29	$0.29	$0.71	61%	0.41	$56.29
$56.50	$57.00	Oct 23	$0.21	$0.21	$0.29	62%	0.72	$56.71
$56.50	$58.00	Sep 23	$0.11	$0.11	$1.39	80%	0.08	$56.61
$56.50	$57.50	Sep 28	$0.16	$0.16	$0.84	74%	0.19	$56.66

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 21	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	53%	0.56	$55.32
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 23	$0.20	$0.20	$0.30	51%	0.67	$55.30
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.10	$0.40	63%	0.25	$55.40
$55.00	$54.00	Sep 30	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	63%	0.30	$54.77
$55.00	$54.50	Oct 2	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	62%	0.43	$54.85

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. 124 found (cheapest 0.50% of stock, avg 4.16%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$55.50	Sep 17	$0.23	$0.05	$0.28	$55.22	$55.78	0.50%
$56.00	Sep 17	$0.03	$0.33	$0.36	$55.64	$56.36	0.65%
$55.50	Sep 18	$0.37	$0.16	$0.53	$54.97	$56.03	0.95%
$56.00	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.41	$0.53	$55.47	$56.53	0.95%
$55.00	Sep 17	$0.72	$0.01	$0.73	$54.27	$55.73	1.31%
$55.50	Sep 21	$0.42	$0.34	$0.76	$54.74	$56.26	1.36%
$56.50	Sep 17	$0.01	$0.80	$0.81	$55.69	$57.31	1.45%
$56.00	Sep 21	$0.18	$0.64	$0.82	$55.18	$56.82	1.47%
$55.00	Sep 18	$0.78	$0.06	$0.84	$54.16	$55.84	1.51%
$56.50	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.85	$0.89	$55.61	$57.39	1.60%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 220 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 1.34%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$56.00	$55.00	Sep 17	$0.03	$0.01	$0.04	$54.96	$56.04
$56.50	$54.50	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.03	$0.07	$54.43	$56.57
$57.50	$54.00	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.05	$0.08	$53.92	$57.58
$56.00	$55.50	Sep 17	$0.03	$0.05	$0.08	$55.42	$56.08
$57.00	$54.00	Sep 21	$0.04	$0.05	$0.09	$53.91	$57.09
$56.50	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.06	$0.10	$54.90	$56.60
$57.50	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.08	$0.11	$54.39	$57.61
$58.00	$52.00	Sep 30	$0.07	$0.06	$0.13	$51.87	$58.13
$57.00	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.04	$0.08	$0.12	$54.38	$57.12
$58.00	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.09	$0.13	$53.37	$58.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 13 found (best R:R 1.00, avg credit $0.29)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
54/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.25	$0.25	39%	1.00	$54.25	$57.75
54/54	57/58	Oct 23	$0.25	$0.25	34%	1.00	$54.25	$57.25
53/54	58/59	Oct 16	$0.30	$0.70	55%	0.43	$53.70	$58.30
53/54	57/58	Oct 16	$0.40	$0.60	44%	0.67	$53.60	$57.40
53/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.33	$0.67	46%	0.49	$53.67	$58.33
52/53	58/58	Oct 23	$0.24	$0.76	54%	0.32	$52.76	$57.74
53/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.32	$0.68	45%	0.47	$53.68	$57.82
53/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.34	$0.66	41%	0.52	$53.66	$57.84
53/54	57/58	Oct 30	$0.39	$0.61	35%	0.64	$53.61	$57.39
52/53	57/58	Oct 23	$0.24	$0.76	49%	0.32	$52.76	$57.24

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 99 found (best R:R 1.78, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 17	$0.18	$0.32	69%	1.78
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Sep 30	$0.13	$0.87	32%	6.69
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.26	$0.74	47%	2.85
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$0.90	25%	9.00
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.26	$0.74	46%	2.85

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 17	$0.24	$0.26	79%	1.08
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 17	$0.19	$0.31	68%	1.63
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$0.91	23%	10.11
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.22	$0.78	42%	3.55
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 23	$0.07	$0.43	34%	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. 142 found (best net $-0.45, 122 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$52.00	$54.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.06	$2.44
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.09	$0.91
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.15	$0.85
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.19	$0.81
$51.50	$53.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$1.22	$0.28

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$59.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.45	$2.55
$57.00	$56.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.18	$0.82
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.67	$0.33
$56.00	$55.50	1:2	Sep 22	-$0.06	$0.44
$57.00	$56.50	1:2	Sep 17	-$0.30	$0.20

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 52 found (best yield 1.99%, avg 0.56%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Oct 30	$1.11	0.46	0.6%	1.99%	2.55%	37	51
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.87	0.40	1.4%	1.56%	3.02%	1	131
$57.00	Oct 30	$0.68	0.34	2.4%	1.22%	3.57%	96	145
$56.00	Oct 23	$0.95	0.45	0.6%	1.71%	2.26%	12	31
$56.50	Oct 23	$0.72	0.38	1.4%	1.29%	2.75%	103	110
$57.50	Oct 30	$0.51	0.28	3.2%	0.92%	4.17%	1	3
$56.00	Oct 16	$0.82	0.44	0.6%	1.47%	2.03%	50	17.5K
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.54	0.31	2.4%	0.97%	3.32%	105	217
$58.00	Oct 30	$0.40	0.23	4.2%	0.72%	4.87%	1	132
$57.50	Oct 23	$0.42	0.26	3.2%	0.75%	4.00%	12	141

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 20,120

Total Puts 63,738

Put/Call Ratio 3.17

Net Difference -43,618

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,147

Total Puts 35,741

Put/Call Ratio 3.52

Net Difference -25,594

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 387,282

Total Puts 878,064

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.71

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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Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

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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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