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$55.88 +0.00%

$55.85 (-0.05%)🌙

as of 09/18 04:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 4:00pm) 163,900

Calls: 65,089 (40%)

Puts: 98,811 (60%)

Prior (09/17) 143,676

Calls: 40,389 (28%)

Puts: 103,287 (72%)

Current vs Prior +14.08%

Calls: +61.16% (Calls)

Puts: -4.33% (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 -13.96%

Calls: +14.80%

Puts: -26.15%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 4:00pm) $20.21M

Calls: $17.72M (88%)

Puts: $2.50M (12%)

Prior (09/17) $4.93M

Calls: $1.66M (34%)

Puts: $3.27M (66%)

Current vs Prior +309.83%

Calls: +968.33%

Puts: -23.79%

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 +52.99%

Calls: +146.20%

Puts: -58.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 4:00pm) 1.52

Prior (09/17) 2.56

Current vs Prior -40.64%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -18.92%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/18 4:00pm) 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 1.16% | 1.43%1.16% | 1.43%1.16% | 2.00%1.16% | 4.49%

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

Current vs Prior +26.98% | +17.72%+3.18% | +1.27%+3.18% | -11.11%+32.65% | -4.20%

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 +9.86% | +1.45%+1.23% | -12.75%-23.21% | -19.10%-17.56% | -7.69%

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 +26.98% | +17.72%-2.99% | +1.27%-2.99% | -11.11%-72.57% | -4.20%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 106.67% | 26.57%

Calls: 119.05% | 26.67%

Puts: 94.29% | 26.47%

Prior 41.33% | 45.97%

Calls: 50.00% | 36.17%

Puts: 32.65% | 55.77%

Current vs Prior +158.09% | -42.20%

Prior 7-Day Avg 50.00% | 42.52%

Calls: 46.40% | 48.18%

Puts: 53.61% | 36.85%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +113.32% | -37.51%

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Strong bullish conviction with 88% of dollar volume in calls ($17.72M) vs puts ($2.50M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 310% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (53% higher). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.52 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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
16:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 68 of results (avg 7.0%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$48.00	Oct 16	7.80	8.00	$7.90	2.5%	--	1.00	499
$45.00	Oct 16	10.70	11.05	$10.88	3.2%	--	1.00	10
$47.00	Oct 16	8.75	9.05	$8.90	3.4%	--	1.00	38
$50.00	Sep 30	5.80	6.00	$5.90	3.4%	--	1.00	159
$48.00	Oct 30	7.85	8.15	$8.00	3.8%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$64.00	Oct 16	8.15	8.45	$8.30	3.6%	--	0.98	20
$61.00	Sep 30	5.15	5.40	$5.28	4.7%	--	0.98	275
$62.00	Oct 16	6.15	6.45	$6.30	4.8%	--	0.97	29
$65.00	Oct 16	9.15	9.65	$9.40	5.3%	--	0.99	18
$61.00	Oct 16	5.15	5.45	$5.30	5.7%	--	0.96	136

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 16 found (avg $0.60, cheapest $0.09)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 21	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	4.1K	0.30	101
$56.00	Sep 25	0.28	0.31	$0.30	10.0%	4.4K	0.41	374
$55.00	Sep 25	0.83	0.97	$0.90	15.6%	6	0.83	41
$58.00	Oct 16	0.19	0.22	$0.21	14.3%	1.8K	0.17	37.3K
$57.00	Oct 23	0.48	0.57	$0.52	17.3%	23	0.31	313

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.50	Sep 25	0.29	0.33	$0.31	12.9%	276	0.42	377
$56.00	Sep 25	0.51	0.62	$0.56	19.6%	54	0.61	6.4K
$56.00	Oct 2	0.66	0.78	$0.72	16.7%	17	0.61	275
$56.50	Sep 25	0.83	1.00	$0.92	18.5%	37	0.72	1.4K
$55.50	Oct 9	0.55	0.67	$0.61	19.7%	744	0.46	122

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 182 found (avg delta 0.87, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$46.00	Sep 21	9.55	10.45	$10.00	9.0%	4	1.00	--
$47.00	Sep 21	8.75	9.10	$8.93	3.9%	2	1.00	--
$54.50	Sep 21	1.14	1.49	$1.32	26.5%	2	1.00	--
$45.00	Sep 22	10.55	11.45	$11.00	8.2%	2	1.00	--
$54.50	Sep 22	1.14	1.49	$1.32	26.5%	2	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.56	$0.28	200.0%	14.0K	1.00	74.1K
$56.50	Sep 18	0.52	0.74	$0.63	34.9%	840	1.00	5.3K
$57.00	Sep 18	1.09	1.35	$1.22	21.3%	1.4K	1.00	54.0K
$57.50	Sep 18	1.51	1.88	$1.69	21.9%	58	1.00	641
$58.00	Sep 18	2.01	2.23	$2.12	10.4%	6	1.00	13.5K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 306 active (total vol 163.8K, top 17.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$50.00	Sep 18	5.80	6.95	$6.38	18.0%	12.5K	0.99	28.3K
$50.00	Oct 16	5.80	6.05	$5.93	4.2%	12.5K	1.00	10.0K
$57.00	Oct 16	0.32	0.73	$0.53	77.4%	5.5K	0.31	40.5K
$56.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	4.5K	0.12	27.2K
$56.00	Sep 25	0.28	0.31	$0.30	10.0%	4.4K	0.41	374

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$54.00	Oct 16	0.32	0.41	$0.37	24.3%	17.8K	0.25	52.3K
$56.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.56	$0.28	200.0%	14.0K	1.00	74.1K
$50.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	12.5K	0.01	89.7K
$50.00	Oct 16	0.06	0.09	$0.08	37.5%	12.5K	0.05	39.9K
$55.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	6.6K	0.03	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. -- strikes (avg --%, max --%)

No setups found for this strategy

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 94 found (best R:R 0.75, avg 2.66)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$49.00	$50.00	Sep 18	$0.57	$0.43	$0.57	100%	0.75	$49.57
$56.00	$57.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$0.79	$0.21	44%	3.76	$56.21
$55.50	$56.00	Sep 22	$0.14	$0.36	$0.14	64%	2.57	$55.64
$55.50	$56.00	Oct 1	$0.19	$0.31	$0.19	59%	1.63	$55.69
$56.50	$57.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	39%	2.85	$56.63

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.50	$55.50	Sep 24	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	86%	1.00	$56.00
$57.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	88%	0.54	$56.35
$56.50	$56.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	61%	1.94	$56.33
$56.00	$55.50	Sep 28	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	65%	2.33	$55.85
$56.00	$55.50	Oct 2	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	61%	2.33	$55.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 59 found (best R:R 0.43, avg 0.44)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$64.00	$65.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	89%	0.43	$64.30
$61.50	$62.00	Sep 18	$0.28	$0.28	$0.22	86%	1.27	$61.78
$58.00	$58.50	Oct 23	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	78%	1.00	$58.25
$61.50	$63.00	Oct 2	$0.20	$0.20	$1.30	89%	0.15	$61.70
$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.33	$0.33	$0.67	59%	0.49	$56.33

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$50.00	$47.00	Oct 2	$0.20	$0.20	$2.80	90%	0.07	$49.80
$49.00	$48.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.10	$0.90	94%	0.11	$48.90
$52.00	$51.00	Sep 30	$0.11	$0.11	$0.89	90%	0.12	$51.89
$55.00	$54.50	Oct 9	$0.22	$0.22	$0.28	65%	0.79	$54.78
$55.00	$54.50	Sep 22	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	74%	0.39	$54.86

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. 133 found (cheapest 0.52% of stock, avg 3.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$56.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$0.28	$0.29	$55.71	$56.29	0.52%
$55.50	Sep 18	$0.37	$0.01	$0.38	$55.12	$55.88	0.68%
$56.00	Sep 21	$0.09	$0.40	$0.49	$55.51	$56.49	0.88%
$55.50	Sep 21	$0.40	$0.18	$0.58	$54.92	$56.08	1.04%
$56.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$0.63	$0.64	$55.86	$57.14	1.15%
$55.50	Sep 22	$0.39	$0.29	$0.68	$54.82	$56.18	1.22%
$56.00	Sep 23	$0.19	$0.49	$0.68	$55.32	$56.68	1.22%
$55.50	Sep 23	$0.43	$0.32	$0.75	$54.75	$56.25	1.34%
$55.50	Sep 24	$0.40	$0.38	$0.78	$54.72	$56.28	1.40%
$56.00	Sep 22	$0.25	$0.54	$0.79	$55.21	$56.79	1.41%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 259 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 1.11%)

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
$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
$57.00	$53.50	Sep 23	$0.04	$0.03	$0.07	$53.43	$57.07
$56.50	$53.50	Sep 23	$0.05	$0.03	$0.08	$53.42	$56.58
$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
$57.00	$54.00	Sep 24	$0.05	$0.05	$0.10	$53.90	$57.10
$57.00	$54.50	Sep 23	$0.04	$0.06	$0.10	$54.40	$57.10
$57.50	$53.50	Sep 28	$0.06	$0.05	$0.11	$53.39	$57.61

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 20 found (best R:R 2.57, avg credit $0.29)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
52/52	58/58	Oct 23	$0.36	$0.14	64%	2.57	$51.64	$58.36
54/54	58/58	Oct 23	$0.36	$0.14	46%	2.57	$54.14	$58.36
53/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.31	$0.19	54%	1.63	$53.19	$58.31
54/54	56/57	Sep 25	$0.28	$0.22	56%	1.27	$53.72	$56.78
51/52	62/63	Sep 30	$0.21	$0.79	84%	0.27	$51.79	$62.21
54/55	58/58	Sep 21	$0.22	$0.28	64%	0.79	$54.78	$58.22
52/53	56/57	Oct 9	$0.27	$0.23	53%	1.17	$52.73	$56.77
52/52	57/58	Oct 23	$0.25	$0.25	55%	1.00	$51.75	$57.25
54/54	57/58	Oct 30	$0.34	$0.16	33%	2.13	$54.16	$57.34
54/54	58/58	Oct 30	$0.25	$0.25	45%	1.00	$54.25	$58.25

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 131 found (best R:R 5.25, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.27	$0.73	68%	2.70
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 28	$0.24	$0.76	62%	3.17
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.36	85%	2.57
$54.00	$55.00	$56.00	Sep 30	$0.28	$0.72	59%	2.57
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 21	$0.10	$0.40	59%	4.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.42	95%	5.25
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.18	$0.82	56%	4.56
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Oct 1	$0.17	$0.83	50%	4.88
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.23	97%	0.85
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Sep 30	$0.11	$0.89	24%	8.09

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 194 found (best net $-0.20, 144 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$48.00	$52.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.20	$3.80
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 28	$0.00	$1.00
$52.00	$54.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.82	$1.18
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.12	$0.88
$54.00	$55.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.21	$0.79

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$59.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.30	$2.70
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.34	$0.66
$57.00	$56.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.09	$0.91
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.36	$0.64
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.39	$0.61

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 38 found (best yield 1.63%, avg 0.46%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Oct 30	$0.91	0.46	0.2%	1.63%	1.84%	153	88
$57.00	Oct 30	$0.57	0.33	2.0%	1.02%	3.02%	111	240
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.62	0.39	1.1%	1.11%	2.22%	35	132
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.48	0.31	2.0%	0.86%	2.86%	23	313
$56.00	Oct 23	$0.72	0.46	0.2%	1.29%	1.50%	43	41
$57.50	Oct 23	$0.34	0.25	2.9%	0.61%	3.51%	7	150
$56.50	Oct 23	$0.48	0.37	1.1%	0.86%	1.97%	56	149
$58.00	Oct 23	$0.24	0.22	3.8%	0.43%	4.22%	38	177
$57.50	Oct 30	$0.27	0.26	2.9%	0.48%	3.38%	5	4
$56.00	Oct 16	$0.61	0.45	0.2%	1.09%	1.31%	4.1K	17.6K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 65,089

Total Puts 98,811

Put/Call Ratio 1.52

Net Difference -33,722

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 40,389

Total Puts 103,287

Put/Call Ratio 2.56

Net Difference -62,898

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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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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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