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$56.00 +0.12%

(9/17 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 12:00pm) 97,567

Calls: 23,161 (24%)

Puts: 74,406 (76%)

Prior (09/16) 87,314

Calls: 36,899 (42%)

Puts: 50,415 (58%)

Current vs Prior +11.74%

Calls: -37.23% (Calls)

Puts: +47.59% (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 -46.03%

Calls: -58.14%

Puts: -40.68%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 12:00pm) $2.96M

Calls: $1.03M (35%)

Puts: $1.93M (65%)

Prior (09/16) $19.71M

Calls: $17.33M (88%)

Puts: $2.37M (12%)

Current vs Prior -85.00%

Calls: -94.07%

Puts: -18.78%

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 -77.86%

Calls: -86.19%

Puts: -67.35%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17 12:00pm) 3.21

Prior (09/16) 1.37

Current vs Prior +135.13%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.71

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +87.34%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/17 12:00pm) 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 0.30% | 0.84%0.84% | 1.23%0.84% | 1.84%0.30% | 3.52%

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

Current vs Prior -80.03% | -54.43%-19.06% | -33.10%-54.43% | -33.63%-70.72% | -29.48%

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 -76.54% | -49.00%-26.38% | -26.14%-46.98% | -27.71%-81.95% | -28.16%

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 -80.03% | -54.43%-70.66% | -34.37%-55.29% | -29.54%-89.39% | -29.22%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.61% | 17.21%

Calls: 25.00% | 8.33%

Puts: 22.22% | 26.09%

Prior 18.48% | 22.48%

Calls: 24.07% | 17.46%

Puts: 12.90% | 27.50%

Current vs Prior +27.76% | -23.44%

Prior 7-Day Avg 52.75% | 39.24%

Calls: 43.29% | 46.12%

Puts: 62.21% | 32.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -55.24% | -56.14%

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Moderately bearish flow with 65% put dollar volume ($1.93M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 85% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.21 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 135% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 150 of results (avg 6.4%, best 1.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Sep 17	10.90	11.05	$10.98	1.4%	20	1.00	3
$46.00	Sep 17	9.85	10.05	$9.95	2.0%	30	1.00	--
$45.00	Sep 25	10.85	11.10	$10.98	2.3%	--	1.00	25
$45.00	Oct 16	10.85	11.10	$10.98	2.3%	--	1.00	10
$46.00	Sep 30	9.85	10.10	$9.98	2.5%	--	1.00	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$65.00	Oct 16	9.10	9.30	$9.20	2.2%	--	0.98	18
$60.00	Oct 16	4.15	4.25	$4.20	2.4%	--	0.94	341
$63.50	Oct 2	7.60	7.80	$7.70	2.6%	--	0.98	10
$63.00	Sep 30	7.10	7.30	$7.20	2.8%	--	0.98	10
$63.00	Oct 16	7.10	7.30	$7.20	2.8%	--	0.98	13

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 76 found (avg $0.52, cheapest $0.24)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	0.23	0.25	$0.24	8.3%	5.1K	0.50	30.0K
$55.50	Sep 17	0.46	0.53	$0.50	14.0%	111	0.96	4
$56.00	Sep 21	0.25	0.28	$0.27	11.1%	44	0.45	8
$57.00	Sep 25	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	193	0.18	1.3K
$56.50	Sep 24	0.18	0.21	$0.20	15.0%	--	0.28	47

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.50	Sep 21	0.17	0.19	$0.18	11.1%	5	0.34	77
$56.00	Sep 21	0.38	0.46	$0.42	19.0%	24	0.58	54
$56.00	Sep 23	0.48	0.58	$0.53	18.9%	2	0.57	16
$55.50	Sep 25	0.35	0.42	$0.39	17.9%	9	0.41	366
$56.50	Sep 21	0.72	0.86	$0.79	17.7%	2	0.80	37

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 186 found (avg delta 0.86, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Sep 17	10.90	11.05	$10.98	1.4%	20	1.00	3
$46.00	Sep 17	9.85	10.05	$9.95	2.0%	30	1.00	--
$47.00	Sep 17	8.65	9.10	$8.88	5.1%	10	1.00	4
$48.00	Sep 17	7.55	8.10	$7.82	7.0%	11	1.00	3
$49.00	Sep 17	6.60	7.05	$6.82	6.6%	17	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$58.00	Sep 18	1.95	2.13	$2.04	8.8%	13	1.00	78.3K
$58.50	Sep 18	2.45	2.63	$2.54	7.1%	--	1.00	4.1K
$59.00	Sep 18	2.94	3.15	$3.05	6.9%	--	1.00	93
$60.00	Sep 18	3.95	4.15	$4.05	4.9%	--	1.00	13
$62.00	Sep 18	5.95	6.50	$6.23	8.8%	4	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 289 active (total vol 97.4K, top 25.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 17	0.07	0.09	$0.08	25.0%	6.8K	0.48	173
$56.00	Sep 18	0.23	0.25	$0.24	8.3%	5.1K	0.50	30.0K
$57.00	Oct 16	0.53	0.55	$0.54	3.7%	2.9K	0.33	37.2K
$58.50	Oct 30	0.30	0.38	$0.34	23.5%	1.3K	0.20	728
$56.50	Sep 17	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	731	0.04	146

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$53.00	Oct 16	0.23	0.25	$0.24	8.3%	25.8K	0.15	33.2K
$55.50	Sep 18	0.06	0.10	$0.08	50.0%	10.6K	0.22	11.6K
$56.00	Sep 18	0.20	0.26	$0.23	26.1%	10.4K	0.50	65.3K
$53.50	Sep 25	0.04	0.08	$0.06	66.7%	4.4K	0.08	1.8K
$55.00	Sep 18	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	3.7K	0.09	60.7K

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 18.8%, max 18.8%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Sep 17	Oct 30	17.4%	14.6%	18.8%	6.8K	224

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Sep 17	Oct 30	17.4%	14.6%	18.8%	701	1.9K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 94 found (best R:R 1.70, avg 2.41)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.33	$0.17	$0.33	78%	0.52	$55.83
$57.00	$57.50	Oct 30	$0.16	$0.34	$0.16	36%	2.12	$57.16
$55.50	$56.00	Sep 21	$0.32	$0.18	$0.32	76%	0.56	$55.82
$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.64	$0.36	$0.64	73%	0.56	$55.64
$57.00	$57.50	Oct 9	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	29%	3.17	$57.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	52%	1.70	$55.63
$58.00	$57.50	Oct 23	$0.33	$0.17	$0.33	78%	0.52	$57.67
$56.00	$55.50	Oct 23	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	52%	1.50	$55.80
$57.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.66	$0.34	$0.66	77%	0.52	$56.34
$55.00	$54.50	Oct 23	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	38%	2.85	$54.87

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 44 found (best R:R 0.10, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.50	$58.00	Sep 23	$0.14	$0.14	$1.36	74%	0.10	$56.64
$57.00	$58.00	Oct 16	$0.27	$0.27	$0.73	67%	0.37	$57.27
$56.50	$57.50	Sep 28	$0.19	$0.19	$0.81	69%	0.23	$56.69
$58.00	$59.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$0.15	$0.85	80%	0.18	$58.15
$56.50	$57.00	Oct 23	$0.21	$0.21	$0.29	59%	0.72	$56.71

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.00	$52.50	Sep 28	$0.23	$0.23	$2.27	70%	0.10	$54.77
$55.00	$54.00	Sep 24	$0.13	$0.13	$0.87	73%	0.15	$54.87
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	59%	0.43	$55.35
$55.50	$55.00	Oct 23	$0.19	$0.19	$0.31	55%	0.61	$55.31
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 23	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	61%	0.35	$55.37

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $0.15, cheapest $0.14)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$56.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$0.16	17.4%	18.2%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$56.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$0.14	17.4%	18.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 126 found (cheapest 0.30% of stock, avg 4.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$56.00	Sep 17	$0.08	$0.09	$0.17	$55.83	$56.17	0.30%
$56.00	Sep 18	$0.24	$0.23	$0.47	$55.53	$56.47	0.84%
$55.50	Sep 17	$0.50	$0.01	$0.51	$54.99	$56.01	0.91%
$56.50	Sep 17	$0.01	$0.55	$0.56	$55.94	$57.06	1.00%
$56.50	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.58	$0.64	$55.86	$57.14	1.14%
$55.50	Sep 18	$0.57	$0.08	$0.65	$54.85	$56.15	1.16%
$56.00	Sep 21	$0.27	$0.42	$0.69	$55.31	$56.69	1.23%
$55.50	Sep 21	$0.59	$0.18	$0.77	$54.73	$56.27	1.38%
$56.50	Sep 21	$0.09	$0.79	$0.88	$55.62	$57.38	1.57%
$56.00	Sep 23	$0.35	$0.53	$0.88	$55.12	$56.88	1.57%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 230 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 1.28%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$57.00	$54.50	Sep 18	$0.02	$0.02	$0.04	$54.46	$57.04
$57.00	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.02	$0.03	$0.05	$54.95	$57.05
$57.50	$54.00	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.04	$0.07	$53.93	$57.57
$57.00	$54.00	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.04	$0.07	$53.93	$57.07
$56.50	$54.50	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.02	$0.08	$54.42	$56.58
$57.00	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.06	$0.09	$54.41	$57.09
$57.50	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.06	$0.09	$54.41	$57.59
$56.50	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.03	$0.09	$54.91	$56.59
$58.00	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.06	$0.10	$53.40	$58.10
$57.00	$55.50	Sep 18	$0.02	$0.08	$0.10	$55.40	$57.10

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 19 found (best R:R 0.92, avg credit $0.28)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
54/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.24	$0.26	42%	0.92	$54.26	$58.24
54/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.24	$0.26	41%	0.92	$54.26	$57.74
54/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.21	$0.29	47%	0.72	$54.29	$58.21
54/54	57/58	Oct 23	$0.27	$0.23	34%	1.17	$54.23	$57.27
54/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.26	$0.24	36%	1.08	$54.24	$57.76
54/55	57/58	Oct 9	$0.25	$0.25	37%	1.00	$54.75	$57.25
53/54	58/59	Oct 16	$0.30	$0.70	56%	0.43	$53.70	$58.30
53/54	57/58	Oct 16	$0.42	$0.58	43%	0.72	$53.58	$57.42
53/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.27	$0.73	52%	0.37	$53.73	$58.27
53/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.31	$0.69	47%	0.45	$53.69	$58.31

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 116 found (best R:R 4.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.18	$0.82	50%	4.56
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 17	$0.06	$0.44	52%	7.33
$56.00	$56.50	$57.00	Sep 17	$0.07	$0.43	46%	6.14
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 18	$0.15	$0.35	59%	2.33
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 17	$0.35	$0.15	92%	0.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 17	$0.08	$0.42	49%	5.25
$56.00	$56.50	$57.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.40	45%	4.00
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Oct 1	$0.09	$0.91	22%	10.11
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$0.87	28%	6.69
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.21	$0.79	39%	3.76

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 151 found (best net $-0.28, 125 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$52.00	$54.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.20	$2.30
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.15	$0.85
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.29	$0.71
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.29	$0.71
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.33	$0.67

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$59.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.28	$2.72
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 17	$0.00	$1.00
$57.00	$56.50	1:2	Sep 17	-$0.08	$0.42
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.48	$0.52
$57.00	$56.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.13	$0.37

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 56 found (best yield 2.14%, avg 0.60%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Oct 30	$1.20	0.48	0.0%	2.14%	2.14%	37	51
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.95	0.43	0.9%	1.70%	2.59%	1	131
$57.00	Oct 30	$0.73	0.36	1.8%	1.30%	3.09%	97	145
$56.00	Oct 23	$1.05	0.48	0.0%	1.88%	1.88%	12	31
$57.50	Oct 30	$0.56	0.31	2.7%	1.00%	3.68%	1	3
$56.50	Oct 23	$0.80	0.41	0.9%	1.43%	2.32%	103	110
$56.00	Oct 16	$0.94	0.48	0.0%	1.68%	1.68%	103	17.5K
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.59	0.34	1.8%	1.05%	2.84%	105	217
$58.00	Oct 30	$0.43	0.25	3.6%	0.77%	4.34%	8	132
$57.00	Oct 16	$0.53	0.33	1.8%	0.95%	2.73%	2.9K	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 23,161

Total Puts 74,406

Put/Call Ratio 3.21

Net Difference -51,245

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 36,899

Total Puts 50,415

Put/Call Ratio 1.37

Net Difference -13,516

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 387,282

Total Puts 878,064

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.71

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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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