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XLF

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$56.01 +0.13%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 1:00pm) 110,978

Calls: 29,273 (26%)

Puts: 81,705 (74%)

Prior (09/16) 92,115

Calls: 38,800 (42%)

Puts: 53,315 (58%)

Current vs Prior +20.48%

Calls: -24.55% (Calls)

Puts: +53.25% (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 -38.61%

Calls: -47.09%

Puts: -34.86%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 1:00pm) $3.40M

Calls: $1.20M (35%)

Puts: $2.20M (65%)

Prior (09/16) $19.92M

Calls: $17.03M (86%)

Puts: $2.89M (14%)

Current vs Prior -82.91%

Calls: -92.94%

Puts: -23.78%

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 -74.50%

Calls: -83.83%

Puts: -62.73%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17 1:00pm) 2.79

Prior (09/16) 1.37

Current vs Prior +103.13%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.71

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +62.76%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 1:00pm) 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 1.05% | 1.39%1.39% | 1.79%1.39% | 2.39%1.05% | 4.52%

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

Current vs Prior -30.69% | -24.38%+34.29% | -3.05%-24.38% | -13.67%+1.58% | -9.45%

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 -18.60% | -15.37%+22.15% | +7.03%-12.03% | -5.97%-37.38% | -7.75%

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 -30.69% | -24.38%-51.32% | -4.90%-25.82% | -8.35%-63.18% | -9.12%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 51.28% | 15.26%

Calls: 83.33% | 9.09%

Puts: 19.23% | 21.43%

Prior 18.48% | 22.48%

Calls: 24.07% | 17.46%

Puts: 12.90% | 27.50%

Current vs Prior +177.49% | -32.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 52.75% | 39.24%

Calls: 43.29% | 46.12%

Puts: 62.21% | 32.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -2.78% | -61.11%

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Moderately bearish flow with 65% put dollar volume ($2.20M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 83% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.79 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 103% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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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 159 of results (avg 6.5%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Sep 17	10.90	11.10	$11.00	1.8%	20	1.00	3
$46.00	Sep 30	9.90	10.10	$10.00	2.0%	--	1.00	12
$50.00	Oct 16	6.00	6.15	$6.08	2.5%	15	0.98	10.0K
$52.00	Sep 30	3.95	4.05	$4.00	2.5%	13	1.00	169
$46.00	Sep 17	9.85	10.10	$9.98	2.5%	30	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$60.00	Oct 23	4.15	4.25	$4.20	2.4%	--	0.92	11
$57.00	Oct 16	1.54	1.58	$1.56	2.6%	23	0.67	49.9K
$56.00	Oct 16	0.98	1.01	$1.00	3.0%	1.4K	0.52	204.1K
$55.00	Oct 16	0.61	0.63	$0.62	3.2%	3.1K	0.36	30.8K
$63.50	Oct 2	7.55	7.80	$7.68	3.3%	--	0.98	10

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 80 found (avg $0.50, cheapest $0.21)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	0.21	0.23	$0.22	9.1%	8.8K	0.50	30.0K
$56.00	Sep 23	0.32	0.37	$0.35	14.3%	3	0.45	18
$56.50	Sep 25	0.22	0.26	$0.24	16.7%	32	0.30	211
$56.00	Sep 24	0.37	0.42	$0.40	12.5%	7	0.46	23
$56.00	Sep 25	0.39	0.47	$0.43	18.6%	358	0.46	194

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	0.20	0.22	$0.21	9.5%	14.3K	0.50	65.3K
$55.50	Sep 21	0.16	0.18	$0.17	11.8%	10	0.34	77
$56.50	Sep 17	0.47	0.57	$0.52	19.2%	2	0.96	111
$56.00	Sep 21	0.37	0.44	$0.41	17.1%	24	0.59	54
$56.00	Sep 22	0.43	0.50	$0.47	14.9%	2	0.57	9

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 190 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	11.10	$11.00	1.8%	20	1.00	3
$46.00	Sep 17	9.85	10.10	$9.98	2.5%	30	1.00	--
$47.00	Sep 17	8.65	9.10	$8.88	5.1%	10	1.00	4
$48.00	Sep 17	7.70	8.10	$7.90	5.1%	12	1.00	3
$49.00	Sep 17	6.80	7.10	$6.95	4.3%	21	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$58.00	Sep 18	1.94	2.10	$2.02	7.9%	78	1.00	78.3K
$58.50	Sep 18	2.40	2.60	$2.50	8.0%	--	1.00	4.1K
$59.00	Sep 18	2.90	3.15	$3.03	8.3%	24	1.00	93
$60.00	Sep 18	3.95	4.10	$4.03	3.7%	--	1.00	13
$62.00	Sep 18	5.90	6.50	$6.20	9.7%	4	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 302 active (total vol 110.8K, top 25.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	0.21	0.23	$0.22	9.1%	8.8K	0.50	30.0K
$56.00	Sep 17	0.04	0.09	$0.07	71.4%	7.4K	0.47	173
$57.00	Oct 16	0.51	0.54	$0.53	5.7%	3.0K	0.33	37.2K
$58.50	Oct 30	0.32	0.39	$0.36	19.4%	1.4K	0.21	728
$58.00	Oct 16	0.26	0.28	$0.27	7.4%	1.1K	0.20	36.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$53.00	Oct 16	0.23	0.28	$0.26	19.2%	25.8K	0.16	33.2K
$56.00	Sep 18	0.20	0.22	$0.21	9.5%	14.3K	0.50	65.3K
$55.50	Sep 18	0.05	0.09	$0.07	57.1%	10.6K	0.20	11.6K
$53.50	Sep 25	0.05	0.08	$0.07	42.9%	4.4K	0.08	1.8K
$55.00	Sep 18	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	3.7K	0.08	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 15.2%, max 15.2%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Sep 17	Oct 30	16.9%	14.7%	15.2%	7.5K	224

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Sep 17	Oct 30	16.9%	14.7%	15.2%	2.4K	1.9K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 97 found (best R:R 0.67, avg 2.44)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	76%	0.54	$55.65
$57.50	$58.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	28%	3.17	$57.62
$58.00	$58.50	Oct 30	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	25%	3.55	$58.11
$55.00	$56.00	Oct 1	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	72%	0.59	$55.63
$55.00	$55.50	Oct 23	$0.31	$0.19	$0.31	64%	0.61	$55.31

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$60.50	$60.00	Sep 17	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	99%	0.67	$60.20
$54.00	$53.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	24%	7.33	$53.88
$56.00	$55.50	Oct 23	$0.19	$0.31	$0.19	52%	1.63	$55.81
$57.00	$56.00	Oct 16	$0.56	$0.44	$0.56	67%	0.79	$56.44
$55.50	$55.00	Oct 30	$0.16	$0.34	$0.16	45%	2.12	$55.34

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 58 found (best R:R 0.10, avg 0.44)

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
$56.50	$57.50	Sep 28	$0.20	$0.20	$0.80	68%	0.25	$56.70
$58.00	$59.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$0.15	$0.85	80%	0.18	$58.15
$57.00	$58.00	Oct 16	$0.26	$0.26	$0.74	67%	0.35	$57.26
$56.50	$57.00	Oct 30	$0.22	$0.22	$0.28	57%	0.79	$56.72

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.00	$52.50	Sep 28	$0.22	$0.22	$2.28	71%	0.10	$54.78
$56.00	$55.50	Sep 21	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	41%	0.92	$55.76
$56.00	$55.50	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	50%	0.39	$55.86
$55.00	$54.00	Sep 24	$0.12	$0.12	$0.88	74%	0.14	$54.88
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	59%	0.43	$55.35

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $0.14, cheapest $0.13)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$56.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$0.15	16.9%	17.0%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$56.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$0.13	16.9%	17.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 128 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 4.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$56.00	Sep 17	$0.07	$0.08	$0.15	$55.85	$56.15	0.27%
$56.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.21	$0.43	$55.57	$56.43	0.77%
$55.50	Sep 17	$0.49	$0.01	$0.50	$55.00	$56.00	0.89%
$56.50	Sep 17	$0.01	$0.52	$0.53	$55.97	$57.03	0.95%
$56.50	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.56	$0.61	$55.89	$57.11	1.09%
$55.50	Sep 18	$0.57	$0.07	$0.64	$54.86	$56.14	1.14%
$56.00	Sep 21	$0.25	$0.41	$0.66	$55.34	$56.66	1.18%
$55.50	Sep 21	$0.60	$0.17	$0.77	$54.73	$56.27	1.37%
$56.50	Sep 21	$0.09	$0.75	$0.84	$55.66	$57.34	1.50%
$56.00	Sep 23	$0.35	$0.52	$0.87	$55.13	$56.87	1.55%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 227 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	$0.03	$0.06	$53.94	$57.56
$57.00	$54.00	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.03	$0.06	$53.94	$57.06
$56.50	$54.50	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.02	$0.07	$54.43	$56.57
$57.00	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.05	$0.08	$54.42	$57.08
$57.50	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.05	$0.08	$54.42	$57.58
$56.50	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.03	$0.08	$54.92	$56.58
$57.00	$55.50	Sep 18	$0.02	$0.07	$0.09	$55.41	$57.09
$58.00	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.07	$0.11	$53.39	$58.11

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 17 found (best R:R 1.27, avg credit $0.29)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
54/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.28	$0.22	36%	1.27	$54.22	$57.78
54/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.24	$0.26	42%	0.92	$54.26	$58.24
54/55	57/58	Oct 9	$0.25	$0.25	37%	1.00	$54.75	$57.25
54/55	57/58	Oct 2	$0.21	$0.29	43%	0.72	$54.79	$57.21
52/53	58/59	Oct 16	$0.25	$0.75	64%	0.33	$52.75	$58.25
52/53	57/58	Oct 16	$0.36	$0.64	51%	0.56	$52.64	$57.36
53/54	58/59	Oct 16	$0.27	$0.73	56%	0.37	$53.73	$58.27
53/54	57/58	Oct 16	$0.38	$0.62	44%	0.61	$53.62	$57.38
54/55	57/58	Sep 30	$0.28	$0.72	48%	0.39	$54.72	$57.28
53/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.29	$0.71	46%	0.41	$53.71	$57.79

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 102 found (best R:R 6.14, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Sep 30	$0.07	$0.93	26%	13.29
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.23	$0.77	48%	3.35
$56.00	$56.50	$57.00	Sep 17	$0.06	$0.44	45%	7.33
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 17	$0.09	$0.41	50%	4.56
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.22	$0.78	45%	3.55

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 17	$0.07	$0.43	49%	6.14
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 21	$0.10	$0.40	47%	4.00
$56.00	$56.50	$57.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.41	44%	4.56
$56.00	$57.00	$58.00	Sep 30	$0.18	$0.82	36%	4.56
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Oct 1	$0.19	$0.81	37%	4.26

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 153 found (best net $-0.18, 128 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$52.00	$54.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.17	$2.33
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.15	$0.85
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.26	$0.74
$53.50	$55.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.54	$0.96
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.31	$0.69

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$59.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.18	$2.82
$57.00	$56.00	1:2	Sep 29	$0.00	$1.00
$57.00	$56.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.08	$0.92
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.52	$0.48
$57.00	$56.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.12	$0.38

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 42 found (best yield 1.71%, avg 0.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.96	0.43	0.9%	1.71%	2.59%	1	131
$57.00	Oct 30	$0.75	0.37	1.8%	1.34%	3.11%	97	145
$57.50	Oct 30	$0.57	0.31	2.7%	1.02%	3.68%	1	3
$56.50	Oct 23	$0.81	0.42	0.9%	1.45%	2.32%	103	110
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.62	0.35	1.8%	1.11%	2.87%	105	217
$58.00	Oct 30	$0.43	0.25	3.5%	0.77%	4.32%	8	132
$57.50	Oct 23	$0.44	0.28	2.7%	0.79%	3.45%	13	141
$58.50	Oct 30	$0.32	0.21	4.5%	0.57%	5.02%	1.4K	728
$57.00	Oct 16	$0.51	0.33	1.8%	0.91%	2.68%	3.0K	37.2K
$58.00	Oct 23	$0.33	0.23	3.5%	0.59%	4.14%	4	176

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 29,273

Total Puts 81,705

Put/Call Ratio 2.79

Net Difference -52,432

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 38,800

Total Puts 53,315

Put/Call Ratio 1.37

Net Difference -14,515

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 387,282

Total Puts 878,064

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.71

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Put/Call Ratio

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Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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