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$55.83 -0.10%

(9/18 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 2:00pm) 75,516

Calls: 24,736 (33%)

Puts: 50,780 (67%)

Prior (09/17) 120,094

Calls: 35,012 (29%)

Puts: 85,082 (71%)

Current vs Prior -37.12%

Calls: -29.35% (Calls)

Puts: -40.32% (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 -60.36%

Calls: -56.37%

Puts: -62.05%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 2:00pm) $2.65M

Calls: $1.14M (43%)

Puts: $1.51M (57%)

Prior (09/17) $3.48M

Calls: $1.45M (42%)

Puts: $2.03M (58%)

Current vs Prior -23.77%

Calls: -21.31%

Puts: -25.54%

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 -79.92%

Calls: -84.10%

Puts: -74.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 2:00pm) 2.05

Prior (09/17) 2.43

Current vs Prior -15.52%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.65%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/18 2:00pm) 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% | 1.36%0.93% | 1.36%0.93% | 2.02%0.93% | 4.32%

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

Current vs Prior -17.39% | -3.71%-17.39% | -3.71%-17.39% | -10.24%+6.22% | -7.93%

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 -28.52% | -17.02%-18.95% | -17.03%-38.51% | -18.30%-33.99% | -11.29%

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 -17.39% | -3.71%-22.32% | -3.71%-22.32% | -10.24%-78.04% | -7.93%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 40.31% | 21.16%

Calls: 40.62% | 21.88%

Puts: 40.00% | 20.45%

Prior 41.33% | 45.97%

Calls: 50.00% | 36.17%

Puts: 32.65% | 55.77%

Current vs Prior -2.47% | -53.97%

Prior 7-Day Avg 50.00% | 42.52%

Calls: 46.40% | 48.18%

Puts: 53.61% | 36.85%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -19.39% | -50.23%

Liquidity Expensive

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.05 - 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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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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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
14:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 167 of results (avg 5.9%, best 1.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$46.00	Sep 21	9.75	9.85	$9.80	1.0%	4	1.00	--
$45.00	Sep 22	10.75	10.90	$10.83	1.4%	2	1.00	--
$45.00	Sep 23	10.75	10.90	$10.83	1.4%	2	1.00	--
$47.00	Sep 21	8.75	8.90	$8.82	1.7%	2	1.00	--
$47.00	Sep 23	8.75	8.90	$8.82	1.7%	2	1.00	--

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
$63.00	Sep 30	7.25	7.45	$7.35	2.7%	--	0.99	10
$59.00	Oct 16	3.35	3.45	$3.40	2.9%	25	0.92	976
$62.00	Sep 25	6.25	6.45	$6.35	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. 101 found (avg $0.47, 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%	2.4K	0.25	101
$56.00	Sep 22	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	821	0.32	3
$55.50	Sep 22	0.34	0.39	$0.37	13.5%	42	0.71	--
$57.00	Sep 25	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	122	0.12	1.5K
$56.50	Sep 25	0.12	0.13	$0.13	7.7%	46	0.21	322

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.50	Sep 21	0.13	0.15	$0.14	14.3%	111	0.41	84
$55.50	Sep 22	0.20	0.23	$0.22	13.6%	221	0.43	27
$55.00	Sep 23	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	6	0.24	135
$55.00	Sep 24	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	2	0.27	12
$55.00	Sep 25	0.19	0.21	$0.20	10.0%	77	0.28	5.8K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 177 found (avg delta 0.88, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Sep 18	10.50	10.95	$10.73	4.2%	1	1.00	5.6K
$47.00	Sep 18	8.60	8.95	$8.77	4.0%	1	1.00	22
$48.00	Sep 18	7.70	7.95	$7.83	3.2%	1	1.00	1.4K
$49.00	Sep 18	6.70	6.95	$6.83	3.7%	--	1.00	15.8K
$50.00	Sep 18	5.75	5.90	$5.83	2.6%	14	1.00	28.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$65.00	Sep 18	8.95	9.65	$9.30	7.5%	2	0.99	8
$64.00	Sep 18	8.00	8.75	$8.38	8.9%	2	0.99	--
$63.00	Sep 30	7.25	7.45	$7.35	2.7%	--	0.99	10
$59.00	Sep 18	3.10	3.25	$3.18	4.7%	22	0.99	66
$58.50	Sep 18	2.59	2.81	$2.70	8.1%	--	0.99	48

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 260 active (total vol 75.4K, top 17.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$57.00	Oct 16	0.39	0.42	$0.41	7.3%	5.3K	0.29	40.5K
$56.00	Oct 16	0.78	0.82	$0.80	5.0%	4.1K	0.45	17.6K
$61.00	Oct 16	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	4.0K	0.03	6.9K
$56.00	Sep 21	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	2.4K	0.25	101
$56.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	1.9K	0.16	27.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$54.00	Oct 16	0.35	0.37	$0.36	5.6%	17.8K	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	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	6.0K	0.32	19.1K
$55.50	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	4.5K	0.12	6.9K
$54.00	Sep 25	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	3.5K	0.11	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 19.1%, max 19.1%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	20.6%	17.3%	19.1%	1.9K	27.3K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	20.6%	17.3%	19.1%	383	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 0.90, avg 2.38)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$45.00	$47.00	Sep 25	$1.05	$0.95	$1.05	100%	0.90	$46.05
$55.50	$56.00	Sep 21	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	89%	1.00	$55.75
$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.59	$0.41	$0.59	77%	0.69	$55.59
$55.50	$56.00	Sep 22	$0.24	$0.26	$0.24	71%	1.08	$55.74
$57.00	$57.50	Oct 30	$0.14	$0.36	$0.14	34%	2.57	$57.14

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.50	$55.50	Sep 24	$0.61	$0.39	$0.61	82%	0.64	$55.89
$56.00	$55.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.59	$0.41	55%	1.44	$55.59
$56.50	$56.00	Oct 30	$0.24	$0.26	$0.24	60%	1.08	$56.26
$55.00	$54.50	Oct 30	$0.14	$0.36	$0.14	40%	2.57	$54.86
$56.00	$55.00	Oct 1	$0.41	$0.59	$0.41	60%	1.44	$55.59

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 47 found (best R:R 0.37, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.27	$0.27	$0.73	60%	0.37	$56.27
$56.00	$57.00	Oct 16	$0.39	$0.39	$0.61	55%	0.64	$56.39
$56.50	$57.00	Oct 30	$0.22	$0.22	$0.28	60%	0.79	$56.72
$57.00	$58.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	71%	0.28	$57.22
$56.00	$56.50	Oct 9	$0.22	$0.22	$0.28	56%	0.79	$56.22

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 22	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	57%	0.35	$55.37
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 23	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	55%	0.43	$55.35
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 24	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	55%	0.47	$55.34
$55.50	$55.00	Sep 25	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	55%	0.47	$55.34
$54.50	$54.00	Oct 30	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	66%	0.39	$54.36

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. 128 found (cheapest 0.39% of stock, avg 3.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$56.00	Sep 18	$0.02	$0.20	$0.22	$55.78	$56.22	0.39%
$55.50	Sep 18	$0.32	$0.02	$0.34	$55.16	$55.84	0.61%
$55.50	Sep 21	$0.32	$0.14	$0.46	$55.04	$55.96	0.82%
$56.00	Sep 21	$0.07	$0.44	$0.51	$55.49	$56.51	0.91%
$55.50	Sep 22	$0.37	$0.22	$0.59	$54.91	$56.09	1.06%
$56.00	Sep 22	$0.13	$0.50	$0.63	$55.37	$56.63	1.13%
$56.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$0.68	$0.69	$55.81	$57.19	1.24%
$55.50	Sep 23	$0.42	$0.28	$0.70	$54.80	$56.20	1.25%
$56.00	Sep 23	$0.18	$0.55	$0.73	$55.27	$56.73	1.31%
$55.50	Sep 24	$0.47	$0.32	$0.79	$54.71	$56.29	1.42%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 219 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 1.14%)

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	$0.02	$0.02	$0.04	$55.46	$56.04
$57.00	$54.00	Sep 22	$0.02	$0.03	$0.05	$53.95	$57.05
$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	$54.00	Sep 22	$0.05	$0.03	$0.08	$53.92	$56.58
$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
$56.00	$54.50	Sep 21	$0.07	$0.02	$0.09	$54.41	$56.09
$56.50	$53.50	Sep 23	$0.07	$0.03	$0.10	$53.40	$56.60

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 12 found (best R:R 1.27, avg credit $0.26)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
54/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.28	$0.22	38%	1.27	$54.22	$57.78
54/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.24	$0.26	43%	0.92	$53.76	$57.74
54/54	57/58	Oct 30	$0.28	$0.22	32%	1.27	$54.22	$57.28
54/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.22	$0.28	43%	0.79	$54.28	$57.72
54/54	57/58	Oct 23	$0.25	$0.25	37%	1.00	$54.25	$57.25
54/54	57/58	Oct 30	$0.24	$0.26	38%	0.92	$53.76	$57.24
54/55	56/57	Oct 2	$0.22	$0.28	38%	0.79	$54.78	$56.72
53/54	58/59	Oct 16	$0.24	$0.76	60%	0.32	$53.76	$58.24
53/54	57/58	Oct 16	$0.36	$0.64	47%	0.56	$53.64	$57.36
54/55	56/57	Oct 1	$0.28	$0.72	38%	0.39	$54.72	$56.78

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 97 found (best R:R 1.94, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$0.30	84%	1.50
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 21	$0.20	$0.30	83%	1.50
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.27	$0.73	54%	2.70
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.35	$0.65	61%	1.86
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.33	$0.67	58%	2.03

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.33	81%	1.94
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Sep 30	$0.09	$0.91	24%	10.11
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.20	85%	0.67
$54.50	$55.00	$55.50	Sep 21	$0.06	$0.44	34%	7.33
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.32	$0.68	52%	2.12

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 143 found (best net $-0.48, 114 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	-$0.11	$0.89
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.18	$0.82
$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	-$0.35	$2.65
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.37	$0.63
$58.50	$57.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.66	$0.84
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.47	$0.53
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.51	$0.49

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 53 found (best yield 1.93%, avg 0.50%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Oct 30	$1.08	0.47	0.3%	1.93%	2.24%	2	88
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.85	0.40	1.2%	1.52%	2.72%	35	132
$57.00	Oct 30	$0.63	0.34	2.1%	1.13%	3.22%	111	240
$56.00	Oct 23	$0.92	0.46	0.3%	1.65%	1.95%	42	41
$57.50	Oct 30	$0.49	0.28	3.0%	0.88%	3.87%	4	4
$56.50	Oct 23	$0.69	0.38	1.2%	1.24%	2.44%	43	149
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.51	0.31	2.1%	0.91%	3.01%	3	313
$58.00	Oct 30	$0.37	0.23	3.9%	0.66%	4.55%	12	135
$56.00	Oct 16	$0.78	0.45	0.3%	1.40%	1.70%	4.1K	17.6K
$57.50	Oct 23	$0.37	0.25	3.0%	0.66%	3.65%	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 24,736

Total Puts 50,780

Put/Call Ratio 2.05

Net Difference -26,044

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 35,012

Total Puts 85,082

Put/Call Ratio 2.43

Net Difference -50,070

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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