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$55.74 -0.26%

(9/18 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 12:00pm) 65,736

Calls: 18,498 (28%)

Puts: 47,238 (72%)

Prior (09/17) 97,567

Calls: 23,161 (24%)

Puts: 74,406 (76%)

Current vs Prior -32.62%

Calls: -20.13% (Calls)

Puts: -36.51% (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 -65.49%

Calls: -67.38%

Puts: -64.69%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 12:00pm) $2.30M

Calls: $776.6K (34%)

Puts: $1.53M (66%)

Prior (09/17) $2.96M

Calls: $1.03M (35%)

Puts: $1.93M (65%)

Current vs Prior -22.11%

Calls: -24.44%

Puts: -20.87%

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 -82.58%

Calls: -89.21%

Puts: -74.64%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 12:00pm) 2.55

Prior (09/17) 3.21

Current vs Prior -20.51%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +36.40%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 12:00pm) 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

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 0.93% | 1.45%0.93% | 1.45%0.93% | 2.12%0.93% | 4.43%

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

Current vs Prior -17.25% | +2.79%-17.25% | +2.79%-17.25% | -6.11%+6.39% | -5.49%

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 -28.41% | -11.42%-18.81% | -11.43%-38.41% | -14.55%-33.88% | -8.93%

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 -17.25% | +2.79%-22.19% | +2.79%-22.19% | -6.11%-78.00% | -5.49%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 32.70% | 23.25%

Calls: 34.62% | 28.12%

Puts: 30.77% | 18.37%

Prior 41.33% | 45.97%

Calls: 50.00% | 36.17%

Puts: 32.65% | 55.77%

Current vs Prior -20.88% | -49.42%

Prior 7-Day Avg 50.00% | 42.52%

Calls: 46.40% | 48.18%

Puts: 53.61% | 36.85%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -34.61% | -45.32%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bearish flow with 66% put dollar volume ($1.53M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.55 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 21% - sentiment shifting bullish. 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

Dollar Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 139 of results (avg 6.2%, best 1.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$47.00	Oct 16	8.65	8.80	$8.73	1.7%	--	1.00	38
$50.00	Sep 18	5.70	5.80	$5.75	1.7%	14	1.00	28.3K
$46.00	Oct 16	9.65	9.90	$9.78	2.6%	--	1.00	28
$48.00	Oct 16	7.70	7.90	$7.80	2.6%	--	1.00	499
$45.00	Oct 16	10.60	10.90	$10.75	2.8%	--	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$54.00	Oct 16	0.39	0.40	$0.40	2.5%	17.5K	0.26	52.3K
$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
$58.00	Sep 30	2.42	2.49	$2.46	2.8%	130	0.94	926
$55.00	Oct 16	0.64	0.66	$0.65	3.1%	1.4K	0.39	42.4K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 87 found (avg $0.50, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 21	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	1.4K	0.23	101
$56.00	Sep 22	0.12	0.13	$0.13	7.7%	207	0.29	3
$57.00	Sep 25	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	119	0.12	1.5K
$56.50	Sep 25	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	43	0.21	322
$56.50	Sep 28	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	--	0.23	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.50	Sep 21	0.18	0.20	$0.19	10.5%	86	0.43	84
$55.50	Sep 22	0.25	0.26	$0.26	3.8%	30	0.46	27
$56.00	Sep 21	0.44	0.53	$0.49	18.4%	109	0.78	59
$55.50	Sep 23	0.28	0.33	$0.31	16.1%	--	0.47	462
$55.00	Sep 25	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	73	0.31	5.8K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 154 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Sep 18	10.00	10.80	$10.40	7.7%	1	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	6.65	7.30	$6.98	9.3%	--	1.00	15.8K
$50.00	Sep 18	5.70	5.80	$5.75	1.7%	14	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	3.30	$3.22	4.7%	20	0.99	66
$58.50	Sep 18	2.63	2.79	$2.71	5.9%	--	0.99	48
$65.00	Oct 16	9.30	9.60	$9.45	3.2%	--	0.99	18
$58.00	Sep 18	2.15	2.30	$2.22	6.8%	3	0.99	13.5K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 197 active (total vol 65.7K, top 17.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Oct 16	0.79	0.83	$0.81	4.9%	4.0K	0.44	17.6K
$61.00	Oct 16	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	4.0K	0.03	6.9K
$57.00	Oct 16	0.41	0.43	$0.42	4.8%	3.9K	0.28	40.5K
$56.00	Sep 18	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	1.8K	0.17	27.2K
$56.00	Sep 21	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	1.4K	0.23	101

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$54.00	Oct 16	0.39	0.40	$0.40	2.5%	17.5K	0.26	52.3K
$55.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	6.5K	0.03	60.1K
$55.00	Sep 30	0.29	0.34	$0.32	15.6%	6.0K	0.34	19.1K
$55.50	Sep 18	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	4.4K	0.18	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 37.1%, max 44.4%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$55.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	20.4%	14.1%	44.4%	83	371
$56.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	23.2%	17.6%	31.6%	1.8K	27.3K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$55.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	20.4%	14.5%	40.8%	4.5K	7.0K
$56.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	23.2%	17.6%	31.6%	283	74.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 91 found (best R:R 0.54, avg 2.05)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$48.00	$49.00	Sep 18	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	100%	0.54	$48.65
$55.00	$55.50	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.18	$0.32	75%	0.56	$55.32
$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	72%	0.82	$55.55
$55.00	$56.00	Oct 1	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	68%	0.82	$55.55
$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.27	$0.23	82%	1.17	$55.73

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$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
$57.00	$56.00	Oct 16	$0.61	$0.39	$0.61	71%	0.64	$56.39
$55.00	$54.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	39%	3.00	$54.75
$55.00	$54.00	Oct 1	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	35%	4.88	$54.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 49 found (best R:R 0.39, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.28	$0.28	$0.72	61%	0.39	$56.28
$56.00	$57.00	Oct 16	$0.39	$0.39	$0.61	56%	0.64	$56.39
$56.00	$57.00	Oct 1	$0.28	$0.28	$0.72	60%	0.39	$56.28
$56.50	$57.00	Oct 30	$0.21	$0.21	$0.29	60%	0.72	$56.71
$56.00	$56.50	Oct 9	$0.21	$0.21	$0.29	57%	0.72	$56.21

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 21	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	57%	0.35	$55.37
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 22	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	54%	0.47	$55.34
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	53%	0.56	$55.32
$55.00	$54.00	Sep 24	$0.13	$0.13	$0.87	71%	0.15	$54.87
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 23	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	53%	0.47	$55.34

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. 124 found (cheapest 0.52% of stock, avg 4.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$55.50	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.03	$0.29	$55.21	$55.79	0.52%
$56.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$0.26	$0.29	$55.71	$56.29	0.52%
$55.50	Sep 21	$0.32	$0.19	$0.51	$54.99	$56.01	0.91%
$56.00	Sep 21	$0.07	$0.49	$0.56	$55.44	$56.56	1.00%
$55.50	Sep 22	$0.35	$0.26	$0.61	$54.89	$56.11	1.09%
$56.00	Sep 22	$0.13	$0.56	$0.69	$55.31	$56.69	1.24%
$55.50	Sep 23	$0.39	$0.31	$0.70	$54.80	$56.20	1.26%
$56.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$0.75	$0.76	$55.74	$57.26	1.36%
$55.00	Sep 18	$0.76	$0.01	$0.77	$54.23	$55.77	1.38%
$56.00	Sep 23	$0.18	$0.60	$0.78	$55.22	$56.78	1.40%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 203 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	$0.03	$0.03	$0.06	$55.44	$56.06
$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	$0.05	$0.05	$0.10	$54.40	$56.60
$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
$56.00	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.07	$0.03	$0.10	$54.40	$56.10
$57.00	$54.00	Sep 24	$0.05	$0.07	$0.12	$53.88	$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. 16 found (best R:R 0.92, 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	$0.24	$0.26	42%	0.92	$54.26	$58.24
54/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.24	$0.26	42%	0.92	$54.26	$57.74
54/54	57/58	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.21	31%	1.38	$54.21	$57.29
54/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.26	$0.24	37%	1.08	$54.24	$57.76
54/54	57/58	Oct 23	$0.26	$0.24	36%	1.08	$54.24	$57.26
53/54	58/59	Oct 16	$0.27	$0.73	58%	0.37	$53.73	$58.27
53/54	57/58	Oct 16	$0.37	$0.63	46%	0.59	$53.63	$57.37
53/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.31	$0.69	48%	0.45	$53.69	$58.31
53/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.29	$0.71	48%	0.41	$53.71	$57.79
53/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.33	$0.67	42%	0.49	$53.67	$57.83

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 89 found (best R:R 1.38, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 18	$0.21	$0.29	79%	1.38
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 21	$0.21	$0.29	77%	1.38
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.29	$0.71	54%	2.45
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.27	$0.73	51%	2.70
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$0.92	25%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$0.29	80%	1.38
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.24	78%	0.92
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$0.91	23%	10.11
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Oct 1	$0.26	$0.74	47%	2.85
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.25	$0.75	46%	3.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 133 found (best net $-0.38, 106 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 30	-$0.12	$0.88
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.14	$0.86
$53.00	$54.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.72	$0.28

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	-$0.43	$0.57
$57.00	$56.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.09	$0.91
$58.50	$57.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.73	$0.77
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.52	$0.48

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 49 found (best yield 1.92%, avg 0.53%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Oct 30	$1.07	0.46	0.5%	1.92%	2.39%	1	88
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.85	0.40	1.4%	1.52%	2.89%	35	132
$57.00	Oct 30	$0.65	0.34	2.3%	1.17%	3.43%	55	240
$56.00	Oct 23	$0.93	0.45	0.5%	1.67%	2.13%	9	41
$56.50	Oct 23	$0.70	0.38	1.4%	1.26%	2.62%	43	149
$57.50	Oct 30	$0.49	0.28	3.2%	0.88%	4.04%	2	4
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.52	0.31	2.3%	0.93%	3.19%	3	313
$56.00	Oct 16	$0.79	0.44	0.5%	1.42%	1.88%	4.0K	17.6K
$58.00	Oct 30	$0.37	0.23	4.0%	0.66%	4.72%	8	135
$57.50	Oct 23	$0.37	0.25	3.2%	0.66%	3.82%	5	150

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 18,498

Total Puts 47,238

Put/Call Ratio 2.55

Net Difference -28,740

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 23,161

Total Puts 74,406

Put/Call Ratio 3.21

Net Difference -51,245

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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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