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$55.88 -0.09%

$55.90 (+0.04%)🌙

as of 09/17 04:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 4:00pm) 143,676

Calls: 40,389 (28%)

Puts: 103,287 (72%)

Prior (09/16) 238,205

Calls: 70,384 (30%)

Puts: 167,821 (70%)

Current vs Prior -39.68%

Calls: -42.62% (Calls)

Puts: -38.45% (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 -20.52%

Calls: -27.00%

Puts: -17.66%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 4:00pm) $4.93M

Calls: $1.66M (34%)

Puts: $3.27M (66%)

Prior (09/16) $32.18M

Calls: $25.25M (78%)

Puts: $6.93M (22%)

Current vs Prior -84.67%

Calls: -93.43%

Puts: -52.74%

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 -63.05%

Calls: -77.72%

Puts: -44.55%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17 4:00pm) 2.56

Prior (09/16) 2.38

Current vs Prior +7.25%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.71

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +49.13%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/17 4:00pm) 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

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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 0.88% | 1.13%1.13% | 1.41%1.13% | 2.25%0.88% | 4.69%

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

Current vs Prior -25.82% | -23.23%+8.72% | -23.24%-38.78% | -18.64%-15.44% | -6.01%

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 -12.88% | -14.08%-1.11% | -15.26%-28.79% | -11.38%-47.87% | -4.25%

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 -25.82% | -23.23%-60.59% | -24.70%-39.95% | -13.62%-69.35% | -5.67%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 41.33% | 45.97%

Calls: 50.00% | 36.17%

Puts: 32.65% | 55.77%

Prior 18.48% | 22.48%

Calls: 24.07% | 17.46%

Puts: 12.90% | 27.50%

Current vs Prior +123.65% | +104.49%

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% | +17.15%

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Moderately bearish flow with 66% put dollar volume ($3.27M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 85% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.56 - 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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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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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 42 of results (avg 6.6%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Oct 16	10.75	11.05	$10.90	2.8%	--	1.00	10
$46.00	Oct 16	9.75	10.05	$9.90	3.0%	--	1.00	28
$50.00	Sep 18	5.75	5.95	$5.85	3.4%	17	1.00	34.3K
$50.00	Sep 30	5.80	6.05	$5.93	4.2%	19	1.00	161
$49.00	Sep 30	6.75	7.05	$6.90	4.3%	--	1.00	37

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$65.00	Oct 16	9.15	9.45	$9.30	3.2%	--	0.98	18
$64.00	Oct 16	8.15	8.45	$8.30	3.6%	--	0.96	20
$58.00	Oct 2	2.25	2.35	$2.30	4.3%	291	0.90	572
$62.00	Oct 16	6.15	6.45	$6.30	4.8%	10	0.93	19
$61.00	Sep 30	5.15	5.45	$5.30	5.7%	--	0.98	275

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.71, cheapest $0.94)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$57.00	Oct 16	0.48	0.54	$0.51	11.8%	4.3K	0.31	37.2K
$57.50	Oct 30	0.55	0.64	$0.60	15.0%	1	0.30	3

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.50	Sep 25	0.85	1.02	$0.94	18.1%	59	0.73	1.3K
$56.00	Oct 9	0.81	0.97	$0.89	18.0%	25	0.55	314
$55.00	Oct 16	0.60	0.65	$0.63	7.9%	13.3K	0.38	30.8K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 197 found (avg delta 0.87, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Sep 21	8.85	12.95	$10.90	37.6%	4	1.00	--
$54.00	Sep 23	1.76	2.03	$1.90	14.2%	6	1.00	--
$55.00	Sep 23	0.81	1.05	$0.93	25.8%	21	1.00	21
$53.00	Sep 25	2.78	3.25	$3.01	15.6%	2	1.00	3
$54.00	Sep 29	1.58	2.86	$2.22	57.7%	22	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.50	Sep 17	0.50	0.72	$0.61	36.1%	65	1.00	111
$57.00	Sep 17	0.00	1.29	$0.65	198.5%	2	1.00	84
$58.00	Sep 17	0.44	4.25	$2.35	162.1%	4	1.00	4
$59.00	Sep 17	2.00	5.00	$3.50	85.7%	25	1.00	--
$59.50	Sep 17	1.70	5.60	$3.65	106.8%	25	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 334 active (total vol 143.5K, top 25.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	0.13	0.29	$0.21	76.2%	11.3K	0.53	30.0K
$56.00	Sep 17	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	7.7K	0.21	173
$57.00	Oct 16	0.48	0.54	$0.51	11.8%	4.3K	0.31	37.2K
$58.00	Oct 16	0.24	0.41	$0.32	53.1%	2.8K	0.18	36.7K
$57.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.6K	0.03	48.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$53.00	Oct 16	0.21	0.27	$0.24	25.0%	25.8K	0.16	33.2K
$56.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.30	$0.18	138.9%	15.7K	0.58	65.3K
$55.00	Oct 16	0.60	0.65	$0.63	7.9%	13.3K	0.38	30.8K
$55.50	Sep 18	0.02	0.26	$0.14	171.4%	11.0K	0.27	11.6K
$55.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.08	$0.04	200.0%	4.8K	0.10	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 48.5%, max 49.2%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Sep 17	Oct 30	30.4%	20.6%	47.8%	7.8K	224

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Sep 17	Oct 30	30.4%	20.4%	49.2%	3.9K	1.9K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 111 found (best R:R 5.67, avg 2.72)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$48.00	$49.00	Sep 18	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	99%	5.67	$48.15
$46.00	$47.00	Sep 17	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	99%	0.54	$46.65
$53.00	$53.50	Sep 17	$0.16	$0.34	$0.16	98%	2.12	$53.16
$53.00	$54.00	Sep 25	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	100%	0.54	$53.65
$54.00	$54.50	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	97%	1.27	$54.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$59.50	$59.00	Sep 17	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	100%	2.33	$59.35
$60.00	$59.00	Oct 23	$0.56	$0.44	$0.56	94%	0.79	$59.44
$61.00	$60.50	Oct 9	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	98%	1.27	$60.78
$60.50	$60.00	Sep 17	$0.24	$0.26	$0.24	100%	1.08	$60.26
$57.00	$56.50	Sep 24	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	89%	1.00	$56.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 61 found (best R:R 0.08, avg 0.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$58.00	$58.50	Oct 23	$0.20	$0.20	$0.30	78%	0.67	$58.20
$58.50	$59.00	Oct 30	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	80%	0.56	$58.68
$57.50	$58.00	Oct 30	$0.23	$0.23	$0.27	70%	0.85	$57.73
$63.00	$64.00	Sep 30	$0.11	$0.11	$0.89	94%	0.12	$63.11
$62.50	$63.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	97%	0.28	$62.61

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$54.00	$48.00	Sep 24	$0.43	$0.43	$5.57	80%	0.08	$53.57
$55.00	$54.50	Sep 29	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	72%	0.56	$54.82
$55.50	$55.00	Oct 9	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	55%	1.17	$55.23
$55.00	$54.50	Sep 23	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	79%	0.39	$54.86
$54.00	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	83%	0.32	$53.88

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. 135 found (cheapest 0.23% of stock, avg 4.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$56.00	Sep 17	$0.02	$0.11	$0.13	$55.87	$56.13	0.23%
$55.50	Sep 17	$0.38	$0.01	$0.39	$55.11	$55.89	0.70%
$56.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$0.18	$0.39	$55.61	$56.39	0.70%
$56.00	Sep 21	$0.15	$0.32	$0.47	$55.53	$56.47	0.84%
$55.50	Sep 18	$0.45	$0.14	$0.59	$54.91	$56.09	1.06%
$56.50	Sep 17	$0.01	$0.61	$0.62	$55.88	$57.12	1.11%
$57.00	Sep 17	$0.01	$0.65	$0.66	$56.34	$57.66	1.18%
$55.50	Sep 21	$0.47	$0.20	$0.67	$54.83	$56.17	1.20%
$56.50	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.68	$0.72	$55.78	$57.22	1.29%
$56.00	Sep 24	$0.31	$0.48	$0.79	$55.21	$56.79	1.41%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 233 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 1.25%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$57.00	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.02	$0.02	$0.04	$54.46	$57.04
$56.50	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$54.92	$56.58
$57.50	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.06	$0.11	$53.39	$57.61
$57.00	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.07	$0.06	$0.13	$53.37	$57.13
$58.00	$53.00	Sep 30	$0.06	$0.08	$0.14	$52.86	$58.14
$58.00	$54.50	Sep 23	$0.08	$0.06	$0.14	$54.36	$58.14
$61.50	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.04	$0.15	$54.85	$61.65
$64.00	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.04	$0.15	$54.85	$64.15
$59.00	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.11	$0.06	$0.17	$53.33	$59.17
$57.00	$55.00	Sep 21	$0.02	$0.14	$0.16	$54.84	$57.16

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 37 found (best R:R 4.00, 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	$0.40	$0.10	45%	4.00	$54.10	$58.40
54/54	58/58	Oct 2	$0.29	$0.21	61%	1.38	$54.21	$57.79
54/55	58/58	Sep 21	$0.22	$0.28	73%	0.79	$54.78	$57.72
54/54	62/63	Oct 30	$0.27	$0.23	63%	1.17	$54.23	$62.77
54/54	58/59	Oct 30	$0.34	$0.16	47%	2.13	$54.16	$58.84
54/54	59/60	Oct 23	$0.32	$0.18	51%	1.78	$54.18	$59.32
54/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.39	$0.11	36%	3.55	$54.11	$57.89
50/51	62/63	Oct 30	$0.23	$0.77	84%	0.30	$50.77	$62.73
54/54	56/57	Oct 2	$0.33	$0.17	47%	1.94	$54.17	$56.83
54/54	56/57	Sep 25	$0.26	$0.24	55%	1.08	$53.74	$56.76

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 133 found (best R:R 4.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$0.93	34%	13.29
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 17	$0.14	$0.36	77%	2.57
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.43	59%	6.14
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$0.94	25%	15.67
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 23	$0.15	$0.35	63%	2.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 17	$0.10	$0.40	82%	4.00
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Oct 1	$0.20	$0.80	49%	4.00
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 21	$0.06	$0.44	44%	7.33
$57.00	$58.00	$59.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$0.94	18%	15.67
$54.50	$55.00	$55.50	Sep 23	$0.06	$0.44	33%	7.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 189 found (best net $-0.40, 140 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$52.00	$54.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.90	$1.10
$53.50	$55.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.33	$1.17
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.29	$0.71
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.35	$0.65
$55.00	$56.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.21	$0.79

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$59.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.40	$2.60
$57.00	$56.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.05	$0.95
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.44	$0.56
$57.00	$56.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.24	$0.26
$56.00	$55.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.17	$0.83

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 34 found (best yield 2.06%, avg 0.54%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Oct 30	$1.15	0.48	0.2%	2.06%	2.27%	57	51
$57.50	Oct 30	$0.55	0.30	2.9%	0.98%	3.88%	1	3
$57.00	Oct 30	$0.57	0.35	2.0%	1.02%	3.02%	97	145
$56.00	Oct 23	$0.80	0.47	0.2%	1.43%	1.65%	12	31
$57.00	Oct 16	$0.48	0.31	2.0%	0.86%	2.86%	4.3K	37.2K
$56.50	Oct 23	$0.56	0.40	1.1%	1.00%	2.11%	103	110
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.55	0.41	1.1%	0.98%	2.09%	1	131
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.37	0.33	2.0%	0.66%	2.67%	111	217
$57.50	Oct 23	$0.28	0.28	2.9%	0.50%	3.40%	13	141
$56.00	Oct 16	$0.67	0.46	0.2%	1.20%	1.41%	115	17.5K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 40,389

Total Puts 103,287

Put/Call Ratio 2.56

Net Difference -62,898

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 70,384

Total Puts 167,821

Put/Call Ratio 2.38

Net Difference -97,437

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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