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XLF

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$56.01 +0.13%

(9/17 14:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:00pm) 125,609

Calls: 37,917 (30%)

Puts: 87,692 (70%)

Prior (09/16) 112,830

Calls: 44,814 (40%)

Puts: 68,016 (60%)

Current vs Prior +11.33%

Calls: -15.39% (Calls)

Puts: +28.93% (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 -30.51%

Calls: -31.47%

Puts: -30.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:00pm) $3.69M

Calls: $1.55M (42%)

Puts: $2.14M (58%)

Prior (09/16) $20.65M

Calls: $15.91M (77%)

Puts: $4.74M (23%)

Current vs Prior -82.14%

Calls: -90.27%

Puts: -54.83%

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 -72.37%

Calls: -79.20%

Puts: -63.75%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17 3:00pm) 2.31

Prior (09/16) 1.52

Current vs Prior +52.38%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.71

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +34.86%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/17 3:00pm) 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 0.95% | 1.27%1.27% | 1.68%1.27% | 2.29%0.95% | 4.48%

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

Current vs Prior -37.74% | -31.17%+22.24% | -8.87%-31.17% | -17.54%-8.75% | -10.17%

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 -26.88% | -22.96%+11.18% | +0.61%-19.93% | -10.18%-43.74% | -8.48%

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 -37.74% | -31.17%-55.69% | -10.60%-32.48% | -12.45%-66.92% | -9.84%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 41.33% | 13.92%

Calls: 50.00% | 10.53%

Puts: 32.65% | 17.31%

Prior 18.48% | 22.48%

Calls: 24.07% | 17.46%

Puts: 12.90% | 27.50%

Current vs Prior +123.65% | -38.08%

Prior 7-Day Avg 52.75% | 39.24%

Calls: 43.29% | 46.12%

Puts: 62.21% | 32.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.65% | -64.53%

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 82% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.31 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 52% - 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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Put/Call Ratio

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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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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14:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 161 of results (avg 6.2%, 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
$45.00	Sep 21	10.95	11.20	$11.08	2.3%	4	1.00	--
$45.00	Oct 16	10.90	11.15	$11.03	2.3%	--	1.00	10
$50.00	Oct 16	6.00	6.15	$6.08	2.5%	15	1.00	10.0K
$48.00	Oct 16	7.95	8.15	$8.05	2.5%	--	1.00	499

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$63.50	Oct 2	7.55	7.75	$7.65	2.6%	--	0.98	10
$63.00	Sep 30	7.05	7.25	$7.15	2.8%	--	0.98	10
$62.00	Sep 25	6.05	6.25	$6.15	3.3%	--	0.98	186
$65.00	Oct 16	9.05	9.35	$9.20	3.3%	--	0.98	18
$64.00	Oct 16	8.05	8.35	$8.20	3.7%	--	0.99	20

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 83 found (avg $0.48, cheapest $0.17)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	0.18	0.20	$0.19	10.5%	11.3K	0.52	30.0K
$56.00	Sep 21	0.21	0.23	$0.22	9.1%	78	0.44	8
$57.50	Sep 25	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	408	0.10	1.2K
$57.00	Sep 25	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	602	0.17	1.3K
$56.50	Sep 25	0.21	0.23	$0.22	9.1%	194	0.30	211

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	0.16	0.17	$0.17	5.9%	14.6K	0.48	65.3K
$55.50	Sep 21	0.14	0.16	$0.15	13.3%	12	0.32	77
$56.50	Sep 18	0.48	0.57	$0.52	17.3%	174	0.86	5.4K
$56.00	Sep 21	0.35	0.40	$0.38	13.2%	26	0.59	54
$55.00	Sep 25	0.19	0.23	$0.21	19.0%	680	0.26	5.2K

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	8.80	9.10	$8.95	3.4%	11	1.00	4
$48.00	Sep 17	7.70	8.10	$7.90	5.1%	12	1.00	3
$49.00	Sep 17	6.90	7.10	$7.00	2.9%	22	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$57.50	Sep 18	1.40	1.56	$1.48	10.8%	119	1.00	1.4K
$58.00	Sep 18	1.90	2.09	$2.00	9.5%	206	1.00	78.3K
$58.50	Sep 18	2.40	2.60	$2.50	8.0%	20	1.00	4.1K
$59.00	Sep 18	2.90	3.10	$3.00	6.7%	44	1.00	93
$60.00	Sep 18	3.90	4.10	$4.00	5.0%	--	1.00	13

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 323 active (total vol 125.4K, top 25.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	0.18	0.20	$0.19	10.5%	11.3K	0.52	30.0K
$56.00	Sep 17	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	7.7K	0.52	173
$57.00	Oct 16	0.51	0.53	$0.52	3.8%	3.5K	0.33	37.2K
$58.00	Oct 16	0.25	0.26	$0.26	3.8%	2.5K	0.19	36.7K
$57.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	1.6K	0.04	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	0.16	0.17	$0.17	5.9%	14.6K	0.48	65.3K
$55.50	Sep 18	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	10.7K	0.16	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	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	3.8K	0.06	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 2.24)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.50	$56.00	Sep 29	$0.27	$0.23	$0.27	62%	0.85	$55.77
$55.00	$56.00	Oct 1	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	72%	0.59	$55.63
$57.50	$58.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	28%	3.17	$57.62
$56.00	$56.50	Sep 24	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	45%	1.94	$56.17
$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	75%	0.54	$55.65

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	Sep 30	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	78%	0.59	$56.37
$57.00	$56.00	Oct 16	$0.56	$0.44	$0.56	67%	0.79	$56.44
$57.00	$56.00	Sep 29	$0.66	$0.34	$0.66	78%	0.52	$56.34
$55.50	$55.00	Oct 30	$0.16	$0.34	$0.16	44%	2.12	$55.34

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 57 found (best R:R 0.52, avg 0.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$57.50	$58.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	69%	0.52	$57.67
$56.50	$57.50	Sep 23	$0.12	$0.12	$0.88	74%	0.14	$56.62
$57.00	$58.00	Oct 16	$0.26	$0.26	$0.74	67%	0.35	$57.26
$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	81%	0.16	$58.14

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$55.50	Sep 21	$0.23	$0.23	$0.27	41%	0.85	$55.77
$55.00	$52.50	Sep 28	$0.20	$0.20	$2.30	72%	0.09	$54.80
$56.00	$55.50	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	52%	0.32	$55.88
$56.00	$55.50	Sep 22	$0.21	$0.21	$0.29	43%	0.72	$55.79
$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. 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	14.2%	14.5%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$56.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$0.13	14.2%	14.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 133 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 3.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$56.00	Sep 17	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$55.92	$56.08	0.14%
$56.00	Sep 18	$0.19	$0.17	$0.36	$55.64	$56.36	0.64%
$56.50	Sep 17	$0.01	$0.49	$0.50	$56.00	$57.00	0.89%
$55.50	Sep 17	$0.50	$0.01	$0.51	$54.99	$56.01	0.91%
$56.50	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.52	$0.56	$55.94	$57.06	1.00%
$56.00	Sep 21	$0.22	$0.38	$0.60	$55.40	$56.60	1.07%
$55.50	Sep 18	$0.57	$0.05	$0.62	$54.88	$56.12	1.11%
$55.50	Sep 21	$0.58	$0.15	$0.73	$54.77	$56.23	1.30%
$56.50	Sep 21	$0.07	$0.72	$0.79	$55.71	$57.29	1.41%
$56.00	Sep 23	$0.33	$0.48	$0.81	$55.19	$56.81	1.45%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 228 found (cheapest 0.11% of stock, avg 1.27%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$57.00	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.03	$0.03	$0.06	$54.44	$57.06
$56.50	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.02	$0.06	$54.94	$56.56
$56.50	$55.50	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.05	$0.09	$55.41	$56.59
$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	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.07	$0.03	$0.10	$54.40	$56.60
$57.00	$54.50	Sep 22	$0.04	$0.07	$0.11	$54.39	$57.11
$57.50	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.06	$0.12	$53.38	$57.62
$58.00	$54.00	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.08	$0.12	$53.88	$58.12
$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. 12 found (best R:R 1.50, 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	$0.30	$0.20	36%	1.50	$54.20	$57.80
54/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.22	$0.28	47%	0.79	$54.28	$58.22
54/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.23	$0.27	41%	0.85	$54.27	$57.73
54/55	57/58	Oct 9	$0.24	$0.26	37%	0.92	$54.76	$57.24
53/54	58/59	Oct 16	$0.29	$0.71	57%	0.41	$53.71	$58.29
53/54	57/58	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.59	44%	0.69	$53.59	$57.41
53/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.26	$0.74	52%	0.35	$53.74	$58.26
53/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.34	$0.66	41%	0.52	$53.66	$57.84
54/55	57/58	Sep 30	$0.27	$0.73	48%	0.37	$54.73	$57.27
53/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.27	$0.73	46%	0.37	$53.73	$57.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 108 found (best R:R 3.55, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.22	$0.78	47%	3.55
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 17	$0.06	$0.44	42%	7.33
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.22	$0.78	45%	3.55
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$0.88	30%	7.33
$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
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.25	$0.75	48%	3.00
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 21	$0.11	$0.39	50%	3.55
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Sep 30	$0.08	$0.92	22%	11.50
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.41	43%	4.56
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$0.92	21%	11.50

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 $-0.15, 127 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	-$0.10	$0.90
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.26	$0.74
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.31	$0.69
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.33	$0.67

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$59.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.15	$2.85
$57.00	$56.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.05	$0.95
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.43	$0.57
$56.50	$56.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$0.09	$0.41
$57.00	$56.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.25	$0.25

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 45 found (best yield 1.73%, avg 0.46%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.97	0.43	0.9%	1.73%	2.61%	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	$0.82	0.42	0.9%	1.46%	2.34%	103	110
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.63	0.35	1.8%	1.12%	2.89%	111	217
$58.00	Oct 30	$0.43	0.25	3.5%	0.77%	4.32%	8	132
$57.50	Oct 23	$0.45	0.28	2.7%	0.80%	3.46%	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%	3.5K	37.2K
$58.00	Oct 23	$0.33	0.23	3.5%	0.59%	4.14%	4	176

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 37,917

Total Puts 87,692

Put/Call Ratio 2.31

Net Difference -49,775

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 44,814

Total Puts 68,016

Put/Call Ratio 1.52

Net Difference -23,202

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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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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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