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XLF

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$56.07 +0.24%

(9/17 13:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 2:00pm) 120,094

Calls: 35,012 (29%)

Puts: 85,082 (71%)

Prior (09/16) 92,115

Calls: 38,800 (42%)

Puts: 53,315 (58%)

Current vs Prior +30.37%

Calls: -9.76% (Calls)

Puts: +59.58% (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 -33.56%

Calls: -36.72%

Puts: -32.17%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 2:00pm) $3.48M

Calls: $1.45M (42%)

Puts: $2.03M (58%)

Prior (09/16) $19.92M

Calls: $17.03M (86%)

Puts: $2.89M (14%)

Current vs Prior -82.53%

Calls: -91.46%

Puts: -29.81%

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 -73.92%

Calls: -80.46%

Puts: -65.68%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17 2:00pm) 2.43

Prior (09/16) 1.37

Current vs Prior +76.85%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.71

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +41.71%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/17 2:00pm) 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 1.00% | 1.28%1.28% | 1.77%1.28% | 2.32%1.00% | 4.49%

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

Current vs Prior -34.28% | -30.27%+23.83% | -4.12%-30.27% | -16.34%-3.68% | -9.90%

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 -22.82% | -21.96%+12.63% | +5.84%-18.89% | -8.87%-40.62% | -8.22%

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 -34.28% | -30.27%-55.11% | -5.94%-31.60% | -11.18%-65.09% | -9.58%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 42.95% | 10.41%

Calls: 62.50% | 8.33%

Puts: 23.40% | 12.50%

Prior 18.48% | 22.48%

Calls: 24.07% | 17.46%

Puts: 12.90% | 27.50%

Current vs Prior +132.41% | -53.69%

Prior 7-Day Avg 52.75% | 39.24%

Calls: 43.29% | 46.12%

Puts: 62.21% | 32.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -18.57% | -73.47%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 83% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.43 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 77% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. 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

Dollar Volume

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	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 155 of results (avg 6.1%, 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
$57.00	Oct 16	0.54	0.55	$0.55	1.8%	3.0K	0.34	37.2K
$51.00	Sep 18	5.00	5.10	$5.05	2.0%	5	0.99	28.1K
$46.00	Sep 30	9.90	10.10	$10.00	2.0%	--	1.00	12
$45.00	Sep 21	10.95	11.20	$11.08	2.3%	4	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$65.00	Oct 16	9.00	9.25	$9.13	2.7%	--	0.98	18
$64.00	Oct 16	8.00	8.25	$8.13	3.1%	--	0.98	20
$58.00	Oct 2	2.14	2.21	$2.17	3.2%	291	0.89	572
$62.00	Oct 16	6.05	6.25	$6.15	3.3%	10	0.98	19
$63.50	Oct 2	7.50	7.75	$7.63	3.3%	--	0.98	10

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 87 found (avg $0.48, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.50	Sep 18	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	384	0.20	521
$56.00	Sep 18	0.23	0.25	$0.24	8.3%	11.0K	0.56	30.0K
$56.00	Sep 21	0.24	0.28	$0.26	15.4%	76	0.48	8
$56.50	Sep 23	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	7	0.27	567
$57.50	Sep 25	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	408	0.10	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	14.3K	0.44	65.3K
$56.50	Sep 18	0.45	0.51	$0.48	12.5%	174	0.80	5.4K
$56.00	Sep 21	0.32	0.38	$0.35	17.1%	26	0.56	54
$55.00	Sep 25	0.20	0.24	$0.22	18.2%	49	0.26	5.2K
$56.00	Sep 23	0.43	0.52	$0.48	18.8%	2	0.56	16

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 193 found (avg delta 0.87, 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
$57.50	Sep 18	1.41	1.56	$1.49	10.1%	119	1.00	1.4K
$58.00	Sep 18	1.91	2.01	$1.96	5.1%	79	1.00	78.3K
$58.50	Sep 18	2.41	2.52	$2.47	4.5%	7	1.00	4.1K
$59.00	Sep 18	2.87	3.05	$2.96	6.1%	31	1.00	93
$60.00	Sep 18	3.80	4.10	$3.95	7.6%	--	1.00	13

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 313 active (total vol 119.9K, top 25.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	0.23	0.25	$0.24	8.3%	11.0K	0.56	30.0K
$56.00	Sep 17	0.06	0.11	$0.09	55.6%	7.7K	0.71	173
$57.00	Oct 16	0.54	0.55	$0.55	1.8%	3.0K	0.34	37.2K
$58.00	Oct 16	0.25	0.27	$0.26	7.7%	1.7K	0.20	36.7K
$57.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	1.6K	0.07	48.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$53.00	Oct 16	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	25.8K	0.15	33.2K
$56.00	Sep 18	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	14.3K	0.44	65.3K
$55.50	Sep 18	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	10.6K	0.15	11.6K
$53.50	Sep 25	0.04	0.07	$0.06	50.0%	4.4K	0.07	1.8K
$55.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	3.8K	0.07	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. -- strikes (avg --%, max --%)

No setups found for this strategy

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 2.28)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.00	$56.00	Oct 1	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	75%	0.54	$55.65
$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.66	$0.34	$0.66	76%	0.52	$55.66
$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
$56.50	$57.00	Sep 28	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	32%	3.17	$56.62

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
$57.00	$56.00	Oct 16	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	66%	0.82	$56.45
$56.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	51%	1.70	$55.63
$55.50	$55.00	Oct 30	$0.16	$0.34	$0.16	45%	2.12	$55.34
$54.00	$53.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	28%	4.88	$53.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 58 found (best R:R 0.41, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$57.00	$58.00	Oct 16	$0.29	$0.29	$0.71	66%	0.41	$57.29
$56.50	$57.50	Sep 23	$0.13	$0.13	$0.87	73%	0.15	$56.63
$57.00	$57.50	Oct 23	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	65%	0.56	$57.18
$58.00	$59.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$0.14	$0.86	80%	0.16	$58.14
$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	$0.21	$0.21	$2.29	72%	0.09	$54.79
$56.00	$55.50	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	56%	0.28	$55.89
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 23	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	63%	0.35	$55.37
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 22	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	65%	0.28	$55.39
$55.00	$54.00	Sep 24	$0.11	$0.11	$0.89	75%	0.12	$54.89

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $0.13, cheapest $0.13)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$56.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$0.13	13.8%	16.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 132 found (cheapest 0.21% of stock, avg 3.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$56.00	Sep 17	$0.09	$0.03	$0.12	$55.88	$56.12	0.21%
$56.00	Sep 18	$0.24	$0.16	$0.40	$55.60	$56.40	0.71%
$56.50	Sep 17	$0.01	$0.47	$0.48	$56.02	$56.98	0.86%
$56.50	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.48	$0.54	$55.96	$57.04	0.96%
$55.50	Sep 17	$0.56	$0.01	$0.57	$54.93	$56.07	1.02%
$56.00	Sep 21	$0.26	$0.35	$0.61	$55.39	$56.61	1.09%
$55.50	Sep 18	$0.60	$0.05	$0.65	$54.85	$56.15	1.16%
$55.50	Sep 21	$0.60	$0.16	$0.76	$54.74	$56.26	1.36%
$56.50	Sep 21	$0.09	$0.73	$0.82	$55.68	$57.32	1.46%
$56.00	Sep 23	$0.36	$0.48	$0.84	$55.16	$56.84	1.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 224 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 1.29%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$57.00	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.02	$0.02	$0.04	$54.96	$57.04
$57.00	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.04	$0.07	$54.43	$57.07
$57.00	$55.50	Sep 18	$0.02	$0.05	$0.07	$55.43	$57.07
$56.50	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.02	$0.08	$54.92	$56.58
$58.00	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.06	$0.10	$53.40	$58.10
$57.00	$55.00	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.07	$0.10	$54.90	$57.10
$56.50	$55.50	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.05	$0.11	$55.39	$56.61
$57.50	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.06	$0.12	$53.38	$57.62
$57.00	$54.50	Sep 22	$0.05	$0.08	$0.13	$54.37	$57.13
$58.00	$52.00	Sep 30	$0.07	$0.06	$0.13	$51.87	$58.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 16 found (best R:R 1.27, avg credit $0.27)

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 23	$0.22	$0.28	46%	0.79	$54.28	$58.22
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
54/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.23	$0.27	41%	0.85	$54.27	$57.73
53/54	57/58	Oct 16	$0.44	$0.56	43%	0.79	$53.56	$57.44
53/54	58/59	Oct 16	$0.29	$0.71	57%	0.41	$53.71	$58.29
52/53	58/58	Oct 23	$0.21	$0.79	60%	0.27	$52.79	$58.21
53/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.26	$0.74	52%	0.35	$53.74	$58.26
52/53	58/58	Oct 23	$0.22	$0.78	54%	0.28	$52.78	$57.72

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 107 found (best R:R 5.25, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$56.00	$56.50	$57.00	Sep 17	$0.08	$0.42	68%	5.25
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.21	$0.79	53%	3.76
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Sep 30	$0.07	$0.93	24%	13.29
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.22	$0.78	46%	3.55
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.29	$0.71	53%	2.45

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$57.00	$58.00	$59.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$0.93	23%	13.29
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$0.92	20%	11.50
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.42	37%	5.25
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Oct 1	$0.09	$0.91	21%	10.11
$57.00	$58.00	$59.00	Sep 30	$0.07	$0.93	18%	13.29

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 152 found (best net $-0.17, 126 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	-$0.28	$0.72
$53.50	$55.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.58	$0.92
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.35	$0.65

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$59.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.17	$2.83
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.41	$0.59
$62.00	$60.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.70	$0.30
$56.50	$56.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$0.09	$0.41
$57.00	$56.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.27	$0.23

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 43 found (best yield 1.73%, avg 0.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.97	0.43	0.8%	1.73%	2.50%	1	131
$57.00	Oct 30	$0.75	0.37	1.7%	1.34%	3.00%	97	145
$57.50	Oct 30	$0.57	0.31	2.5%	1.02%	3.57%	1	3
$56.50	Oct 23	$0.81	0.42	0.8%	1.44%	2.21%	103	110
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.63	0.35	1.7%	1.12%	2.78%	111	217
$58.00	Oct 30	$0.43	0.25	3.4%	0.77%	4.21%	8	132
$57.00	Oct 16	$0.54	0.34	1.7%	0.96%	2.62%	3.0K	37.2K
$57.50	Oct 23	$0.44	0.28	2.5%	0.78%	3.34%	13	141
$58.50	Oct 30	$0.32	0.21	4.3%	0.57%	4.90%	1.4K	728
$58.00	Oct 23	$0.33	0.23	3.4%	0.59%	4.03%	4	176

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 35,012

Total Puts 85,082

Put/Call Ratio 2.43

Net Difference -50,070

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

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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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