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$55.79 -0.16%

(9/18 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 11:00am) 62,206

Calls: 16,746 (27%)

Puts: 45,460 (73%)

Prior (09/17) 83,858

Calls: 20,120 (24%)

Puts: 63,738 (76%)

Current vs Prior -25.82%

Calls: -16.77% (Calls)

Puts: -28.68% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,333,463

Calls: 396,900 (30%)

Puts: 936,563 (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average 190,494

Calls: 56,700 (30%)

Puts: 133,794 (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -67.35%

Calls: -70.47%

Puts: -66.02%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 11:00am) $2.06M

Calls: $753.3K (37%)

Puts: $1.31M (63%)

Prior (09/17) $2.80M

Calls: $691.0K (25%)

Puts: $2.11M (75%)

Current vs Prior -26.37%

Calls: +9.01%

Puts: -37.98%

Prior 7-Day Total $92.49M

Calls: $50.38M (54%)

Puts: $42.11M (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average $13.21M

Calls: $7.20M (54%)

Puts: $6.02M (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -84.42%

Calls: -89.53%

Puts: -78.30%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 11:00am) 2.71

Prior (09/17) 3.17

Current vs Prior -14.31%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +45.00%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 11:00am) 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 20,398,191

Calls: 6,564,731 (32%)

Puts: 13,833,460 (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,914,027

Calls: 937,818 (32%)

Puts: 1,976,208 (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.93%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

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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 1.02% | 1.43%1.02% | 1.43%1.02% | 2.12%1.02% | 4.43%

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

Current vs Prior -9.38% | +1.43%-9.38% | +1.43%-9.38% | -6.20%+16.51% | -5.57%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.30% | 1.64%1.15% | 1.64%1.51% | 2.48%1.41% | 4.87%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.60% | -12.59%-11.09% | -12.61%-32.55% | -14.63%-27.59% | -9.01%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.13% | 1.41%1.20% | 1.41%1.20% | 2.25%4.24% | 4.69%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -9.38% | +1.43%-14.79% | +1.43%-14.79% | -6.20%-75.91% | -5.57%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 24.05% | 26.01%

Calls: 27.27% | 36.11%

Puts: 20.83% | 15.91%

Prior 41.33% | 45.97%

Calls: 50.00% | 36.17%

Puts: 32.65% | 55.77%

Current vs Prior -41.81% | -43.42%

Prior 7-Day Avg 50.00% | 42.52%

Calls: 46.40% | 48.18%

Puts: 53.61% | 36.85%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -51.90% | -38.82%

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Moderately bearish flow with 63% put dollar volume ($1.31M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.71 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (2,049,099 puts vs 950,191 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

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

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 121 of results (avg 6.6%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$48.00	Oct 16	7.70	7.90	$7.80	2.6%	--	1.00	499
$45.00	Oct 16	10.65	10.95	$10.80	2.8%	--	1.00	10
$49.00	Oct 16	6.70	6.90	$6.80	2.9%	--	1.00	867
$46.00	Sep 30	9.65	9.95	$9.80	3.1%	--	1.00	12
$46.00	Oct 16	9.65	9.95	$9.80	3.1%	--	1.00	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$63.50	Oct 2	7.80	8.00	$7.90	2.5%	--	0.98	10
$63.00	Sep 30	7.30	7.50	$7.40	2.7%	--	0.99	10
$59.00	Oct 16	3.35	3.45	$3.40	2.9%	25	0.91	976
$62.00	Sep 25	6.30	6.50	$6.40	3.1%	--	0.98	186
$65.00	Oct 16	9.25	9.55	$9.40	3.2%	--	0.99	18

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 81 found (avg $0.51, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 21	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	1.4K	0.26	101
$56.00	Sep 22	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	202	0.31	3
$56.00	Sep 23	0.17	0.20	$0.19	15.8%	10	0.34	17
$55.50	Sep 22	0.36	0.42	$0.39	15.4%	17	0.67	--
$56.50	Sep 25	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	39	0.21	322

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.50	Sep 21	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	79	0.41	84
$55.50	Sep 22	0.22	0.25	$0.24	12.5%	29	0.45	27
$56.00	Sep 21	0.41	0.48	$0.44	15.9%	102	0.77	59
$55.00	Sep 25	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	71	0.30	5.8K
$56.00	Sep 22	0.51	0.55	$0.53	7.5%	6	0.71	10

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 151 found (avg delta 0.86, 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	8.50	9.20	$8.85	7.9%	--	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	5.65	6.35	$6.00	11.7%	9	1.00	28.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$63.00	Sep 30	7.30	7.50	$7.40	2.7%	--	0.99	10
$59.00	Sep 18	3.15	3.35	$3.25	6.2%	20	0.99	66
$58.50	Sep 18	2.57	2.80	$2.68	8.6%	--	0.99	48
$65.00	Oct 16	9.25	9.55	$9.40	3.2%	--	0.99	18
$58.00	Sep 18	2.11	2.30	$2.21	8.6%	3	0.99	13.5K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 177 active (total vol 62.2K, top 17.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Oct 16	0.81	0.86	$0.84	6.0%	4.0K	0.45	17.6K
$61.00	Oct 16	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	4.0K	0.03	6.9K
$57.00	Oct 16	0.43	0.45	$0.44	4.5%	3.8K	0.29	40.5K
$56.00	Sep 21	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	1.4K	0.26	101
$56.00	Sep 18	0.03	0.04	$0.04	25.0%	403	0.23	27.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$54.00	Oct 16	0.38	0.40	$0.39	5.1%	17.5K	0.25	52.3K
$55.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	6.5K	0.03	60.1K
$55.00	Sep 30	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	6.0K	0.33	19.1K
$55.50	Sep 18	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	4.3K	0.17	6.9K
$54.00	Sep 25	0.07	0.09	$0.08	25.0%	2.7K	0.12	1.4K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 37.4%, max 63.0%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$55.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	23.5%	14.5%	62.3%	63	371
$56.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	19.6%	17.5%	12.1%	404	27.3K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$55.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	23.5%	14.4%	63.0%	4.5K	7.0K
$56.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	19.6%	17.5%	12.1%	271	74.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 88 found (best R:R 0.59, avg 2.16)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$49.00	$50.00	Sep 18	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	100%	0.59	$49.63
$52.00	$52.50	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	100%	0.67	$52.30
$55.00	$55.50	Oct 9	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	65%	0.67	$55.30
$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.61	$0.39	$0.61	76%	0.64	$55.61
$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.29	$0.21	$0.29	83%	0.72	$55.79

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.50	$55.00	Oct 30	$0.16	$0.34	$0.16	48%	2.12	$55.34
$56.00	$55.50	Oct 23	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	54%	1.50	$55.80
$52.50	$51.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$1.38	$0.12	17%	11.50	$52.38
$56.50	$55.50	Sep 24	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	82%	0.54	$55.85
$55.00	$54.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	39%	3.00	$54.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 48 found (best R:R 0.37, avg 0.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.27	$0.27	$0.73	60%	0.37	$56.27
$56.00	$57.00	Oct 16	$0.40	$0.40	$0.60	55%	0.67	$56.40
$56.00	$56.50	Oct 30	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	54%	1.08	$56.26
$57.00	$58.00	Oct 16	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	71%	0.30	$57.23
$57.00	$58.00	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.29	$0.71	66%	0.41	$57.29

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.00	$54.00	Sep 24	$0.13	$0.13	$0.87	71%	0.15	$54.87
$55.50	$55.00	Oct 23	$0.21	$0.21	$0.29	53%	0.72	$55.29
$55.00	$54.50	Oct 9	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	63%	0.43	$54.85
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 21	$0.10	$0.10	$0.40	59%	0.25	$55.40
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 22	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	55%	0.35	$55.37

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. 121 found (cheapest 0.50% of stock, avg 4.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$56.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.24	$0.28	$55.72	$56.28	0.50%
$55.50	Sep 18	$0.33	$0.03	$0.36	$55.14	$55.86	0.65%
$55.50	Sep 21	$0.36	$0.16	$0.52	$54.98	$56.02	0.93%
$56.00	Sep 21	$0.08	$0.44	$0.52	$55.48	$56.52	0.93%
$55.50	Sep 22	$0.39	$0.24	$0.63	$54.87	$56.13	1.13%
$56.00	Sep 22	$0.14	$0.53	$0.67	$55.33	$56.67	1.20%
$56.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$0.71	$0.72	$55.78	$57.22	1.29%
$55.50	Sep 23	$0.43	$0.30	$0.73	$54.77	$56.23	1.31%
$56.00	Sep 23	$0.19	$0.57	$0.76	$55.24	$56.76	1.36%
$55.00	Sep 18	$0.78	$0.01	$0.79	$54.21	$55.79	1.42%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 198 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 1.24%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$56.50	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.02	$0.03	$0.05	$54.45	$56.55
$56.00	$55.50	Sep 18	$0.04	$0.03	$0.07	$55.43	$56.07
$57.00	$54.50	Sep 22	$0.02	$0.05	$0.07	$54.43	$57.07
$56.50	$55.00	Sep 21	$0.02	$0.06	$0.08	$54.92	$56.58
$56.50	$54.50	Sep 22	$0.04	$0.05	$0.09	$54.41	$56.59
$57.50	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.06	$0.10	$53.40	$57.60
$58.00	$53.00	Sep 30	$0.04	$0.07	$0.11	$52.89	$58.11
$57.00	$54.00	Sep 24	$0.05	$0.07	$0.12	$53.88	$57.12
$57.00	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.06	$0.12	$53.38	$57.12
$57.50	$54.00	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.08	$0.12	$53.88	$57.62

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 15 found (best R:R 0.92, avg credit $0.30)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
54/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.24	$0.26	42%	0.92	$54.26	$57.74
54/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.23	$0.27	43%	0.85	$54.27	$58.23
54/54	57/58	Oct 23	$0.26	$0.24	36%	1.08	$54.24	$57.26
54/55	56/57	Oct 2	$0.26	$0.24	36%	1.08	$54.74	$56.76
53/54	57/58	Oct 30	$0.48	$0.52	37%	0.92	$53.52	$57.48
53/54	58/59	Oct 16	$0.26	$0.74	58%	0.35	$53.74	$58.26
53/54	57/58	Oct 16	$0.38	$0.62	45%	0.61	$53.62	$57.38
52/53	58/58	Oct 23	$0.22	$0.78	57%	0.28	$52.78	$57.72
53/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.71	48%	0.41	$53.71	$58.29
53/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.29	$0.71	48%	0.41	$53.71	$57.79

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 92 found (best R:R 3.17, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.24	$0.76	62%	3.17
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.22	$0.78	54%	3.55
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 21	$0.15	$0.35	74%	2.33
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.34	73%	2.12
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.33	$0.67	56%	2.03

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.19	$0.31	74%	1.63
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.24	79%	0.92
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Sep 30	$0.10	$0.90	25%	9.00
$54.50	$55.00	$55.50	Sep 21	$0.07	$0.43	34%	6.14
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 21	$0.18	$0.32	60%	1.78

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 129 found (best net $-0.38, 102 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$48.00	$52.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.38	$3.62
$52.00	$54.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.80	$1.20
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.08	$0.92
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.17	$0.83
$55.00	$55.50	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.06	$0.44

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$59.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.40	$2.60
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.40	$0.60
$58.50	$57.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.71	$0.79
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.55	$0.45
$57.00	$56.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.21	$0.29

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 45 found (best yield 1.92%, avg 0.54%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Oct 30	$1.07	0.46	0.4%	1.92%	2.29%	1	88
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.83	0.40	1.3%	1.49%	2.76%	5	132
$57.00	Oct 30	$0.64	0.34	2.2%	1.15%	3.32%	53	240
$56.00	Oct 23	$0.93	0.46	0.4%	1.67%	2.04%	9	41
$56.50	Oct 23	$0.70	0.39	1.3%	1.25%	2.53%	43	149
$56.00	Oct 16	$0.81	0.45	0.4%	1.45%	1.83%	4.0K	17.6K
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.51	0.31	2.2%	0.91%	3.08%	1	313
$58.00	Oct 30	$0.35	0.23	4.0%	0.63%	4.59%	1	135
$57.50	Oct 23	$0.37	0.25	3.1%	0.66%	3.73%	2	150
$57.00	Oct 16	$0.43	0.29	2.2%	0.77%	2.94%	3.8K	40.5K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 16,746

Total Puts 45,460

Put/Call Ratio 2.71

Net Difference -28,714

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 20,120

Total Puts 63,738

Put/Call Ratio 3.17

Net Difference -43,618

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 396,900

Total Puts 936,563

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.87

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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