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XLF

State StreetFinSelSectSPDRETF

$55.65 -0.42%

(9/17 18:05) ◀

Friday, September 18, 2026 (10:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:00am) 18,960

Calls: 5,929 (31%)

Puts: 13,031 (69%)

Prior (09/17) 34,259

Calls: 9,627 (28%)

Puts: 24,632 (72%)

Current vs Prior -44.66%

Calls: -38.41% (Calls)

Puts: -47.10% (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 -89.51%

Calls: -89.28%

Puts: -89.61%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:00am) $704.7K

Calls: $385.5K (55%)

Puts: $319.2K (45%)

Prior (09/17) $1.18M

Calls: $347.1K (29%)

Puts: $836.0K (71%)

Current vs Prior -40.43%

Calls: +11.06%

Puts: -61.81%

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 -94.72%

Calls: -94.82%

Puts: -94.59%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:00am) 2.20

Prior (09/17) 2.56

Current vs Prior -14.10%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.71

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +28.16%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:00am) 2,999,290

Calls: 950,191 (32%)

Puts: 2,049,099 (68%)

Prior (09/17) 3,060,966

Calls: 953,037 (31%)

Puts: 2,107,929 (69%)

Current vs Prior -2.01%

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 +4.62%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/21)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/21)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 1.19% | 1.53%1.19% | 1.53%1.19% | 2.17%1.19% | 4.42%

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

Current vs Prior -21.96% | -17.06%+14.37% | -17.06%-35.60% | -21.54%+14.37% | -11.38%

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 -8.36% | -7.18%+4.03% | -8.44%-25.08% | -14.54%-29.49% | -9.72%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.52% | 1.84%1.20% | 1.41%1.20% | 2.25%4.24% | 4.69%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -21.96% | -17.06%-1.08% | +8.04%-1.08% | -3.57%-72.04% | -5.72%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 21.59% | 23.95%

Calls: 13.64% | 27.27%

Puts: 29.55% | 20.63%

Prior 18.48% | 22.48%

Calls: 24.07% | 17.46%

Puts: 12.90% | 27.50%

Current vs Prior +16.83% | +6.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 52.75% | 39.24%

Calls: 43.29% | 46.12%

Puts: 62.21% | 32.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -59.07% | -38.97%

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Below-average activity with volume down 45% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.20 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (2,049,099 puts vs 950,191 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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14:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 120 of results (avg 6.4%, best 2.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$46.00	Sep 30	9.50	9.70	$9.60	2.1%	--	1.00	12
$46.00	Oct 16	9.50	9.75	$9.63	2.6%	--	1.00	28
$50.00	Oct 16	5.60	5.75	$5.68	2.6%	--	0.99	10.0K
$45.00	Oct 16	10.50	10.80	$10.65	2.8%	--	1.00	10
$47.00	Oct 16	8.50	8.75	$8.63	2.9%	--	1.00	38

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$63.50	Oct 2	7.95	8.15	$8.05	2.5%	--	0.98	10
$64.00	Oct 16	8.45	8.70	$8.57	2.9%	--	0.98	20
$65.00	Oct 16	9.40	9.70	$9.55	3.1%	--	0.98	18
$60.00	Oct 16	4.50	4.65	$4.58	3.3%	--	0.95	338
$63.00	Sep 30	7.45	7.70	$7.58	3.3%	--	0.99	10

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 65 found (avg $0.53, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 21	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	304	0.18	101
$55.50	Sep 18	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	25	0.62	341
$56.00	Sep 25	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	103	0.31	374
$55.50	Sep 24	0.35	0.42	$0.39	17.9%	12	0.50	40
$55.50	Sep 25	0.40	0.46	$0.43	14.0%	2	0.50	40

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.50	Sep 18	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	1.8K	0.38	6.9K
$55.50	Sep 22	0.30	0.36	$0.33	18.2%	--	0.54	27
$54.50	Sep 25	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	--	0.23	1.4K
$55.50	Sep 23	0.36	0.43	$0.40	17.5%	--	0.54	462
$55.00	Sep 25	0.26	0.30	$0.28	14.3%	10	0.36	5.8K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 150 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Sep 18	9.95	11.30	$10.63	12.7%	--	1.00	5.6K
$47.00	Sep 18	7.95	9.30	$8.63	15.6%	--	1.00	22
$48.00	Sep 18	6.95	8.30	$7.63	17.7%	--	1.00	1.4K
$49.00	Sep 18	5.95	7.30	$6.63	20.4%	--	1.00	15.8K
$50.00	Sep 18	5.10	5.95	$5.53	15.4%	--	1.00	28.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$63.00	Sep 30	7.45	7.70	$7.58	3.3%	--	0.99	10
$59.00	Sep 18	2.91	3.80	$3.36	26.5%	--	0.99	66
$58.50	Sep 18	2.80	2.96	$2.88	5.6%	--	0.99	48
$58.00	Sep 18	2.30	2.46	$2.38	6.7%	3	0.99	13.5K
$62.00	Sep 25	6.45	6.70	$6.58	3.8%	--	0.98	186

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 111 active (total vol 19.0K, top 6.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Oct 16	0.72	0.76	$0.74	5.4%	3.8K	0.42	17.6K
$56.00	Sep 21	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	304	0.18	101
$58.00	Oct 16	0.17	0.19	$0.18	11.1%	281	0.15	37.3K
$56.00	Sep 18	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	242	0.14	27.2K
$55.00	Oct 9	1.07	1.14	$1.11	6.3%	221	0.61	230

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.00	Sep 30	0.34	0.40	$0.37	16.2%	6.0K	0.38	19.1K
$54.00	Sep 25	0.09	0.11	$0.10	20.0%	1.9K	0.14	1.4K
$55.50	Sep 18	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	1.8K	0.38	6.9K
$54.50	Sep 21	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	1.4K	0.11	2.8K
$55.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	1.0K	0.09	60.1K

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 76.5%, max 80.6%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$55.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	25.4%	14.1%	80.6%	27	371

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$55.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	25.4%	14.7%	72.4%	1.8K	7.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 78 found (best R:R 1.22, avg 2.34)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$56.50	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.40	$0.10	31%	4.00	$56.10
$55.00	$56.00	Sep 23	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	78%	0.82	$55.55
$55.00	$55.50	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.18	$0.32	71%	0.56	$55.32
$56.00	$56.50	Sep 28	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	33%	3.17	$56.12
$56.00	$56.50	Oct 9	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	40%	1.94	$56.17

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	58%	1.22	$55.55
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 28	$0.18	$0.32	$0.18	53%	1.78	$55.32
$54.00	$53.00	Oct 23	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	29%	4.56	$53.82
$55.00	$54.50	Sep 29	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	37%	3.55	$54.89
$52.00	$50.00	Oct 23	$0.11	$1.89	$0.11	13%	17.18	$51.89

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 46 found (best R:R 0.56, avg 0.42)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$57.00	Oct 16	$0.36	$0.36	$0.64	58%	0.56	$56.36
$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	65%	0.30	$56.23
$57.00	$58.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$0.20	$0.80	74%	0.25	$57.20
$57.00	$58.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$0.27	$0.73	68%	0.37	$57.27
$56.00	$56.50	Oct 30	$0.23	$0.23	$0.27	56%	0.85	$56.23

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 21	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	45%	0.56	$55.32
$55.00	$54.00	Sep 28	$0.21	$0.21	$0.79	63%	0.27	$54.79
$55.00	$54.00	Sep 24	$0.16	$0.16	$0.84	66%	0.19	$54.84
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 24	$0.20	$0.20	$0.30	47%	0.67	$55.30
$55.00	$54.50	Sep 25	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	64%	0.32	$54.88

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $0.17, cheapest $0.17)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$55.50	Sep 18	Sep 21	$0.17	25.4%	11.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 114 found (cheapest 0.58% of stock, avg 4.23%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$55.50	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.10	$0.32	$55.18	$55.82	0.58%
$56.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$0.44	$0.47	$55.53	$56.47	0.84%
$55.50	Sep 21	$0.22	$0.27	$0.49	$55.01	$55.99	0.88%
$55.00	Sep 18	$0.61	$0.02	$0.63	$54.37	$55.63	1.13%
$56.00	Sep 21	$0.06	$0.63	$0.69	$55.31	$56.69	1.24%
$55.00	Sep 21	$0.63	$0.09	$0.72	$54.28	$55.72	1.29%
$55.50	Sep 24	$0.39	$0.44	$0.83	$54.67	$56.33	1.49%
$56.00	Sep 23	$0.15	$0.71	$0.86	$55.14	$56.86	1.55%
$56.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$0.89	$0.90	$55.60	$57.40	1.62%
$55.00	Sep 23	$0.70	$0.21	$0.91	$54.09	$55.91	1.64%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 190 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 1.23%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$56.50	$54.00	Sep 21	$0.02	$0.02	$0.04	$53.96	$56.54
$56.00	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$0.02	$0.05	$54.95	$56.05
$56.50	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.02	$0.04	$0.06	$54.44	$56.56
$57.50	$53.00	Sep 25	$0.03	$0.05	$0.08	$52.92	$57.58
$56.00	$54.00	Sep 21	$0.06	$0.02	$0.08	$53.92	$56.08
$58.00	$52.00	Sep 30	$0.04	$0.05	$0.09	$51.91	$58.09
$57.00	$54.50	Sep 22	$0.02	$0.07	$0.09	$54.41	$57.09
$57.50	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.03	$0.07	$0.10	$53.40	$57.60
$56.00	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.06	$0.04	$0.10	$54.40	$56.10
$57.00	$53.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.05	$0.11	$52.89	$57.11

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 8 found (best R:R 0.92, avg credit $0.33)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
54/54	56/57	Oct 9	$0.24	$0.26	38%	0.92	$54.26	$56.74
52/53	57/58	Oct 16	$0.30	$0.70	56%	0.43	$52.70	$57.30
53/54	57/58	Oct 30	$0.49	$0.51	37%	0.96	$53.51	$57.49
53/54	57/58	Oct 16	$0.36	$0.64	46%	0.56	$53.64	$57.36
52/53	57/58	Oct 23	$0.24	$0.76	51%	0.32	$52.76	$57.24
53/54	57/58	Oct 23	$0.31	$0.69	41%	0.45	$53.69	$57.31
51/52	57/58	Oct 30	$0.42	$1.08	50%	0.39	$52.08	$57.42
50/52	57/58	Oct 23	$0.24	$1.76	57%	0.14	$51.76	$57.24

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 76 found (best R:R 2.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.30	$0.70	62%	2.33
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$0.30	78%	1.50
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.28	$0.72	55%	2.57
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 21	$0.25	$0.25	82%	1.00
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$0.90	27%	9.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.39	59%	3.55
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Sep 30	$0.12	$0.88	29%	7.33
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.24	77%	0.92
$54.50	$55.00	$55.50	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.43	34%	6.14
$52.00	$53.00	$54.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$0.94	16%	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 115 found (best net $-0.58, 92 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$52.00	$54.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.67	$1.33
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.06	$0.94
$53.00	$54.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.62	$0.38
$54.50	$55.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.11	$0.39
$53.00	$54.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.69	$0.31

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$59.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.58	$2.42
$57.00	$56.00	1:2	Sep 28	$0.00	$1.00
$57.00	$56.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.07	$0.93
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.59	$0.41
$58.50	$57.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.82	$0.68

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 40 found (best yield 1.80%, avg 0.52%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Oct 30	$1.00	0.44	0.6%	1.80%	2.43%	1	88
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.77	0.38	1.5%	1.38%	2.91%	--	132
$57.00	Oct 30	$0.61	0.32	2.4%	1.10%	3.52%	42	240
$56.00	Oct 23	$0.85	0.43	0.6%	1.53%	2.16%	--	41
$56.50	Oct 23	$0.64	0.36	1.5%	1.15%	2.68%	42	149
$56.00	Oct 16	$0.72	0.42	0.6%	1.29%	1.92%	3.8K	17.6K
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.47	0.29	2.4%	0.84%	3.27%	--	313
$58.00	Oct 30	$0.33	0.21	4.2%	0.59%	4.82%	--	135
$57.50	Oct 23	$0.34	0.23	3.3%	0.61%	3.94%	--	150
$58.50	Oct 30	$0.25	0.17	5.1%	0.45%	5.57%	--	2.0K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,929

Total Puts 13,031

Put/Call Ratio 2.20

Net Difference -7,102

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,627

Total Puts 24,632

Put/Call Ratio 2.56

Net Difference -15,005

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 387,282

Total Puts 878,064

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.71

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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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