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$55.86 -0.04%

(9/18 12:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 1:00pm) 72,248

Calls: 22,416 (31%)

Puts: 49,832 (69%)

Prior (09/17) 110,978

Calls: 29,273 (26%)

Puts: 81,705 (74%)

Current vs Prior -34.90%

Calls: -23.42% (Calls)

Puts: -39.01% (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 -62.07%

Calls: -60.47%

Puts: -62.75%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 1:00pm) $2.45M

Calls: $989.8K (40%)

Puts: $1.46M (60%)

Prior (09/17) $3.40M

Calls: $1.20M (35%)

Puts: $2.20M (65%)

Current vs Prior -27.93%

Calls: -17.74%

Puts: -33.50%

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 -81.43%

Calls: -86.25%

Puts: -75.68%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 1:00pm) 2.22

Prior (09/17) 2.79

Current vs Prior -20.35%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +18.74%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 1:00pm) 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

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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 0.98% | 1.38%0.98% | 1.38%0.98% | 2.04%0.98% | 4.39%

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

Current vs Prior -12.67% | -2.50%-12.67% | -2.50%-12.67% | -9.49%+12.28% | -6.45%

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 -24.44% | -15.98%-14.32% | -15.99%-35.00% | -17.63%-30.21% | -9.86%

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 -12.67% | -2.50%-17.88% | -2.50%-17.88% | -9.49%-76.78% | -6.45%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.55% | 23.52%

Calls: 23.68% | 27.03%

Puts: 29.41% | 20.00%

Prior 41.33% | 45.97%

Calls: 50.00% | 36.17%

Puts: 32.65% | 55.77%

Current vs Prior -35.76% | -48.84%

Prior 7-Day Avg 50.00% | 42.52%

Calls: 46.40% | 48.18%

Puts: 53.61% | 36.85%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -46.90% | -44.68%

Liquidity Expensive

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.22 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 20% - 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

Option Volume

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
13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 126 of results (avg 6.6%, best 2.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$46.00	Sep 30	9.75	9.95	$9.85	2.0%	--	1.00	12
$47.00	Sep 18	8.75	8.95	$8.85	2.3%	1	1.00	22
$47.00	Oct 16	8.75	8.95	$8.85	2.3%	--	1.00	38
$45.00	Oct 16	10.75	11.00	$10.88	2.3%	--	1.00	10
$46.00	Oct 16	9.75	10.00	$9.88	2.5%	--	1.00	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$63.50	Oct 2	7.75	7.95	$7.85	2.5%	--	0.98	10
$65.00	Oct 16	9.20	9.45	$9.32	2.7%	--	0.99	18
$54.00	Oct 16	0.36	0.37	$0.37	2.7%	17.6K	0.24	52.3K
$63.00	Sep 30	7.25	7.45	$7.35	2.7%	--	0.99	10
$62.00	Sep 25	6.25	6.45	$6.35	3.1%	--	0.98	186

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 83 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%	2.4K	0.28	101
$56.00	Sep 22	0.13	0.15	$0.14	14.3%	820	0.34	3
$56.00	Sep 23	0.18	0.21	$0.20	15.0%	10	0.36	17
$55.50	Sep 22	0.38	0.43	$0.41	12.2%	41	0.72	--
$57.00	Sep 25	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	119	0.12	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.50	Sep 22	0.19	0.21	$0.20	10.0%	63	0.41	27
$56.50	Sep 18	0.59	0.66	$0.63	11.1%	578	0.96	5.3K
$56.00	Sep 22	0.42	0.51	$0.47	19.1%	12	0.69	10
$55.00	Sep 25	0.18	0.21	$0.20	15.0%	77	0.28	5.8K
$55.50	Sep 25	0.32	0.36	$0.34	11.8%	59	0.44	377

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 157 found (avg delta 0.86, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$54.50	Sep 21	1.26	1.43	$1.35	12.6%	2	1.00	--
$55.00	Sep 21	0.78	0.91	$0.85	15.3%	3	1.00	5
$45.00	Sep 25	8.95	11.90	$10.43	28.3%	--	1.00	25
$54.00	Sep 25	1.77	1.91	$1.84	7.6%	1	1.00	65
$54.00	Sep 28	1.74	2.01	$1.88	14.4%	30	1.00	9

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$57.00	Sep 18	1.08	1.14	$1.11	5.4%	139	1.00	54.0K
$57.50	Sep 18	1.57	1.74	$1.66	10.2%	58	1.00	641
$58.00	Sep 18	2.06	2.21	$2.13	7.0%	4	1.00	13.5K
$58.50	Sep 18	2.51	2.74	$2.63	8.7%	--	1.00	48
$59.00	Sep 18	3.00	3.30	$3.15	9.5%	20	1.00	66

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 220 active (total vol 72.2K, top 17.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$57.00	Oct 16	0.42	0.44	$0.43	4.7%	5.3K	0.29	40.5K
$56.00	Oct 16	0.82	0.85	$0.84	3.6%	4.1K	0.46	17.6K
$61.00	Oct 16	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	4.0K	0.03	6.9K
$56.00	Sep 21	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	2.4K	0.28	101
$56.00	Sep 18	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	1.9K	0.23	27.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$54.00	Oct 16	0.36	0.37	$0.37	2.7%	17.6K	0.24	52.3K
$55.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	6.5K	0.03	60.1K
$55.00	Sep 30	0.24	0.30	$0.27	22.2%	6.0K	0.31	19.1K
$55.50	Sep 18	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	4.4K	0.13	6.9K
$54.00	Sep 25	0.07	0.09	$0.08	25.0%	3.5K	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. 2 strikes (avg 1.9%, max 1.9%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	17.6%	17.3%	1.9%	1.9K	27.3K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	17.6%	17.3%	1.9%	361	74.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 85 found (best R:R 0.56, avg 2.09)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$52.50	$53.00	Sep 18	$0.32	$0.18	$0.32	98%	0.56	$52.82
$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.59	$0.41	$0.59	78%	0.69	$55.59
$55.50	$56.00	Sep 21	$0.29	$0.21	$0.29	91%	0.72	$55.79
$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.59	$0.41	$0.59	75%	0.69	$55.59
$55.50	$56.00	Sep 22	$0.27	$0.23	$0.27	72%	0.85	$55.77

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.50	$56.00	Oct 30	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	60%	1.27	$56.28
$56.50	$55.50	Sep 24	$0.62	$0.38	$0.62	82%	0.61	$55.88
$55.00	$54.50	Oct 30	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	40%	2.85	$54.87
$56.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	54%	1.50	$55.60
$54.00	$53.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	26%	5.67	$53.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 46 found (best R:R 0.69, avg 0.42)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$57.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.41	$0.59	54%	0.69	$56.41
$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.28	$0.28	$0.72	58%	0.39	$56.28
$56.00	$56.50	Oct 9	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	55%	0.92	$56.24
$56.00	$56.50	Oct 23	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	54%	1.00	$56.25
$56.00	$57.00	Oct 1	$0.28	$0.28	$0.72	58%	0.39	$56.28

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 22	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	59%	0.32	$55.38
$54.50	$54.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	66%	0.43	$54.35
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 23	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	57%	0.39	$55.36
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 29	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	54%	0.52	$55.33
$55.50	$55.00	Oct 2	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	55%	0.52	$55.33

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

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Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 125 found (cheapest 0.36% of stock, avg 3.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$56.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$0.17	$0.20	$55.80	$56.20	0.36%
$55.50	Sep 18	$0.38	$0.02	$0.40	$55.10	$55.90	0.72%
$56.00	Sep 21	$0.08	$0.40	$0.48	$55.52	$56.48	0.86%
$55.50	Sep 21	$0.37	$0.13	$0.50	$55.00	$56.00	0.90%
$55.50	Sep 22	$0.41	$0.20	$0.61	$54.89	$56.11	1.09%
$56.00	Sep 22	$0.14	$0.47	$0.61	$55.39	$56.61	1.09%
$56.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$0.63	$0.64	$55.86	$57.14	1.15%
$56.00	Sep 23	$0.20	$0.52	$0.72	$55.28	$56.72	1.29%
$55.50	Sep 23	$0.46	$0.27	$0.73	$54.77	$56.23	1.31%
$55.50	Sep 24	$0.48	$0.31	$0.79	$54.71	$56.29	1.41%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 205 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 1.20%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$56.50	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.02	$0.02	$0.04	$54.46	$56.54
$56.00	$55.50	Sep 18	$0.03	$0.02	$0.05	$55.45	$56.05
$57.00	$54.50	Sep 22	$0.02	$0.04	$0.06	$54.44	$57.06
$56.50	$55.00	Sep 21	$0.02	$0.05	$0.07	$54.93	$56.57
$56.50	$54.50	Sep 22	$0.05	$0.04	$0.09	$54.41	$56.59
$57.50	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.06	$0.10	$53.40	$57.60
$56.50	$53.50	Sep 23	$0.07	$0.03	$0.10	$53.40	$56.60
$58.00	$53.00	Sep 30	$0.04	$0.07	$0.11	$52.89	$58.11
$57.00	$55.00	Sep 22	$0.02	$0.08	$0.10	$54.90	$57.10
$57.00	$54.00	Sep 24	$0.05	$0.07	$0.12	$53.88	$57.12

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 10 found (best R:R 1.78, avg credit $0.27)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
54/54	57/58	Oct 30	$0.32	$0.18	32%	1.78	$54.18	$57.32
54/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.26	$0.24	43%	1.08	$54.24	$58.26
54/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.28	$0.22	38%	1.27	$54.22	$57.78
54/54	57/58	Oct 23	$0.25	$0.25	36%	1.00	$54.25	$57.25
54/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.21	$0.29	43%	0.72	$54.29	$57.71
54/55	56/57	Oct 2	$0.22	$0.28	37%	0.79	$54.78	$56.72
53/54	58/59	Oct 16	$0.25	$0.75	59%	0.33	$53.75	$58.25
53/54	57/58	Oct 16	$0.35	$0.65	46%	0.54	$53.65	$57.35
53/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.26	$0.74	48%	0.35	$53.74	$57.76
53/54	57/58	Oct 23	$0.30	$0.70	42%	0.43	$53.70	$57.30

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 91 found (best R:R 2.57, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.34	74%	2.12
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 21	$0.23	$0.27	85%	1.17
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.31	$0.69	58%	2.23
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Oct 1	$0.24	$0.76	50%	3.17
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 21	$0.19	$0.31	72%	1.63

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.36	75%	2.57
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Sep 30	$0.08	$0.92	23%	11.50
$56.00	$57.00	$58.00	Oct 1	$0.16	$0.84	34%	5.25
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Oct 1	$0.23	$0.77	42%	3.35
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 18	$0.31	$0.19	83%	0.61

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 137 found (best net $-0.48, 107 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$48.00	$52.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.48	$3.52
$52.00	$54.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.77	$1.23
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.10	$0.90
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.19	$0.81
$55.00	$55.50	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.07	$0.43

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$59.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.35	$2.65
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.36	$0.64
$57.00	$56.00	1:2	Oct 1	$0.00	$1.00
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.46	$0.54
$58.50	$57.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.68	$0.82

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 49 found (best yield 1.93%, avg 0.53%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Oct 30	$1.08	0.47	0.2%	1.93%	2.18%	1	88
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.85	0.40	1.1%	1.52%	2.67%	35	132
$57.00	Oct 30	$0.66	0.34	2.0%	1.18%	3.22%	105	240
$56.00	Oct 23	$0.96	0.46	0.2%	1.72%	1.97%	17	41
$56.50	Oct 23	$0.70	0.39	1.1%	1.25%	2.40%	43	149
$57.50	Oct 30	$0.49	0.28	2.9%	0.88%	3.81%	2	4
$56.00	Oct 16	$0.82	0.46	0.2%	1.47%	1.72%	4.1K	17.6K
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.51	0.32	2.0%	0.91%	2.95%	3	313
$58.00	Oct 30	$0.37	0.23	3.8%	0.66%	4.49%	8	135
$57.50	Oct 23	$0.37	0.25	2.9%	0.66%	3.60%	5	150

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 22,416

Total Puts 49,832

Put/Call Ratio 2.22

Net Difference -27,416

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 29,273

Total Puts 81,705

Put/Call Ratio 2.79

Net Difference -52,432

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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