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XLF

State StreetFinSelSectSPDRETF

$55.43 -0.85%

(9/21 18:05) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/22 10:00am) 46,502

Calls: 2,814 (6%)

Puts: 43,688 (94%)

Prior (09/18) 18,960

Calls: 5,929 (31%)

Puts: 13,031 (69%)

Current vs Prior +145.26%

Calls: -52.54% (Calls)

Puts: +235.26% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,371,347

Calls: 366,845 (27%)

Puts: 1,004,502 (73%)

Prior 7-Day Average 195,906

Calls: 52,406 (27%)

Puts: 143,500 (73%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -76.26%

Calls: -94.63%

Puts: -69.56%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/22 10:00am) $2.49M

Calls: $292.8K (12%)

Puts: $2.19M (88%)

Prior (09/18) $704.7K

Calls: $385.5K (55%)

Puts: $319.2K (45%)

Current vs Prior +252.91%

Calls: -24.04%

Puts: +587.34%

Prior 7-Day Total $108.98M

Calls: $65.38M (60%)

Puts: $43.60M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $15.57M

Calls: $9.34M (60%)

Puts: $6.23M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -84.03%

Calls: -96.87%

Puts: -64.77%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/22 10:00am) 15.53

Prior (09/18) 2.20

Current vs Prior +606.39%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.04

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +660.01%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/22 10:00am) 1,133,748

Calls: 411,559 (36%)

Puts: 722,189 (64%)

Prior (09/18) 2,999,290

Calls: 950,191 (32%)

Puts: 2,049,099 (68%)

Current vs Prior -62.20%

Prior 7-Day Total 20,643,263

Calls: 6,602,453 (32%)

Puts: 14,040,810 (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,949,037

Calls: 943,207 (32%)

Puts: 2,005,830 (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.56%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/22) | Next (09/23)Expiry (09/23) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.32% | 1.62%1.62% | 2.00%2.00% | 2.76%3.93% | 6.35%

Prior 1.43% | 1.66%1.16% | 1.43%1.16% | 2.00%1.16% | 4.49%

Current vs Prior -8.01% | -2.44%+39.59% | +39.88%+72.15% | +37.71%+238.11% | +41.38%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.33% | 1.65%1.18% | 1.61%1.45% | 2.41%1.20% | 4.78%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -1.15% | -1.32%+38.18% | +24.19%+38.28% | +14.61%+227.33% | +32.81%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.43% | 1.66%0.95% | 1.25%1.74% | 2.67%0.95% | 3.77%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -8.01% | -2.44%+71.26% | +59.92%+15.40% | +3.55%+314.82% | +68.24%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 19.38% | 20.00%

Calls: 18.75% | 20.00%

Puts: 20.00% | 20.00%

Prior 106.67% | 26.57%

Calls: 119.05% | 26.67%

Puts: 94.29% | 26.47%

Current vs Prior -81.83% | -24.73%

Prior 7-Day Avg 60.66% | 43.59%

Calls: 57.28% | 48.86%

Puts: 64.04% | 38.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -68.05% | -54.11%

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Strong bearish conviction with 88% of dollar volume in puts ($2.19M) vs calls ($292.8K). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 253% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 145% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 15.53 - heavy put buying.

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

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 72 of results (avg 7.3%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$50.00	Oct 16	5.60	5.70	$5.65	1.8%	--	0.94	22.5K
$49.00	Sep 22	6.30	6.50	$6.40	3.1%	6	0.99	111
$48.00	Oct 16	7.45	7.70	$7.58	3.3%	--	1.00	251
$51.00	Sep 22	4.35	4.50	$4.43	3.4%	1	0.99	19
$50.00	Sep 22	5.30	5.50	$5.40	3.7%	51	0.99	61

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$58.00	Oct 2	2.56	2.64	$2.60	3.1%	4	0.93	400
$65.00	Oct 16	9.40	9.75	$9.57	3.7%	--	0.99	18
$58.50	Sep 25	3.05	3.20	$3.13	4.8%	7	1.00	96
$58.50	Oct 9	3.05	3.20	$3.13	4.8%	--	0.92	180
$58.00	Oct 16	2.61	2.75	$2.68	5.2%	20	0.85	7.8K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 75 found (avg $0.53, cheapest $0.16)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.50	Sep 22	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	179	0.40	103
$56.00	Sep 25	0.16	0.18	$0.17	11.8%	132	0.28	5.4K
$55.00	Sep 22	0.43	0.52	$0.48	18.8%	32	0.76	240
$55.50	Sep 25	0.33	0.39	$0.36	16.7%	21	0.46	238
$55.50	Sep 29	0.41	0.49	$0.45	17.8%	--	0.46	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.00	Sep 25	0.22	0.26	$0.24	16.7%	384	0.35	5.7K
$55.50	Sep 25	0.41	0.48	$0.44	15.9%	280	0.54	3.1K
$56.00	Sep 23	0.62	0.74	$0.68	17.6%	10.0K	0.80	715
$56.00	Sep 24	0.66	0.80	$0.73	19.2%	--	0.77	502
$54.50	Oct 2	0.26	0.30	$0.28	14.3%	8	0.28	71

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 121 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$48.00	Oct 16	7.45	7.70	$7.58	3.3%	--	1.00	251
$45.00	Sep 22	10.10	11.00	$10.55	8.5%	12	0.99	--
$46.00	Sep 22	9.20	10.45	$9.82	12.7%	16	0.99	1
$47.00	Sep 22	8.25	9.35	$8.80	12.5%	6	0.99	1
$48.00	Sep 22	7.25	8.10	$7.68	11.1%	12	0.99	24

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.50	Sep 22	0.97	1.21	$1.09	22.0%	--	1.00	145
$57.00	Sep 22	1.55	1.71	$1.63	9.8%	--	1.00	88
$60.50	Sep 22	3.05	6.45	$4.75	71.6%	1	1.00	--
$61.00	Sep 22	3.85	6.90	$5.38	56.7%	1	1.00	--
$61.50	Sep 22	4.05	7.75	$5.90	62.7%	2	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 158 active (total vol 46.2K, top 14.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.00	Oct 9	1.01	1.15	$1.08	13.0%	314	0.58	425
$56.00	Sep 22	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	242	0.11	1.3K
$56.00	Sep 23	0.07	0.10	$0.09	33.3%	241	0.20	393
$55.50	Sep 22	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	179	0.40	103
$56.00	Sep 24	0.10	0.13	$0.12	25.0%	176	0.23	414

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.50	Sep 22	0.22	0.27	$0.25	20.0%	14.4K	0.60	288
$56.00	Sep 23	0.62	0.74	$0.68	17.6%	10.0K	0.80	715
$55.00	Sep 30	0.30	0.37	$0.34	20.6%	4.9K	0.38	18.2K
$55.00	Sep 23	0.13	0.18	$0.16	31.2%	2.6K	0.31	205
$55.50	Sep 23	0.31	0.38	$0.35	20.0%	2.6K	0.57	668

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 135.5%, max 145.7%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$55.00	Sep 22	Oct 30	37.3%	15.2%	145.7%	32	254
$55.50	Sep 22	Oct 23	33.0%	14.6%	125.7%	179	203

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$55.00	Sep 22	Oct 30	37.3%	15.2%	145.7%	271	1.3K
$55.50	Sep 22	Oct 30	33.0%	14.7%	124.9%	14.5K	476

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 80 found (best R:R 5.67, avg 1.75)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$54.50	$55.00	Oct 2	$0.33	$0.17	$0.33	72%	0.52	$54.83
$57.00	$57.50	Oct 23	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	28%	3.55	$57.11
$57.00	$57.50	Oct 30	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	30%	2.85	$57.13
$55.00	$55.50	Sep 22	$0.32	$0.18	$0.32	76%	0.56	$55.32
$56.50	$57.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	29%	3.17	$56.62

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$66.00	$65.00	Sep 22	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	100%	5.67	$65.85
$57.00	$56.00	Oct 16	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	75%	0.54	$56.35
$55.50	$55.00	Oct 23	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	51%	1.50	$55.30
$54.50	$54.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	37%	2.85	$54.37
$56.00	$55.50	Sep 23	$0.33	$0.17	$0.33	80%	0.52	$55.67

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 39 found (best R:R 0.27, avg 0.49)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.21	$0.21	$0.79	67%	0.27	$56.21
$55.50	$56.00	Sep 22	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	60%	0.35	$55.63
$55.50	$56.00	Oct 23	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	51%	1.08	$55.76
$56.00	$56.50	Oct 30	$0.23	$0.23	$0.27	57%	0.85	$56.23
$56.00	$56.50	Oct 9	$0.19	$0.19	$0.31	62%	0.61	$56.19

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$55.00	$54.00	Sep 28	$0.20	$0.20	$0.80	63%	0.25	$54.80
$55.00	$54.00	Sep 30	$0.21	$0.21	$0.79	62%	0.27	$54.79
$54.00	$53.50	Oct 30	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	69%	0.35	$53.87
$55.00	$54.50	Sep 24	$0.10	$0.10	$0.40	67%	0.25	$54.90
$55.00	$54.50	Oct 2	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	60%	0.43	$54.85

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $0.10, cheapest $0.09)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$55.50	Sep 22	Sep 23	$0.09	33.0%	22.3%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$55.50	Sep 22	Sep 23	$0.10	33.0%	22.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 91 found (cheapest 0.74% of stock, avg 3.73%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$55.50	Sep 22	$0.16	$0.25	$0.41	$55.09	$55.91	0.74%
$55.00	Sep 22	$0.48	$0.08	$0.56	$54.44	$55.56	1.01%
$55.50	Sep 23	$0.25	$0.35	$0.60	$54.90	$56.10	1.08%
$56.00	Sep 22	$0.03	$0.64	$0.67	$55.33	$56.67	1.21%
$55.50	Sep 24	$0.28	$0.39	$0.67	$54.83	$56.17	1.21%
$56.00	Sep 23	$0.09	$0.68	$0.77	$55.23	$56.77	1.39%
$55.50	Sep 25	$0.36	$0.44	$0.80	$54.70	$56.30	1.44%
$56.00	Sep 24	$0.12	$0.73	$0.85	$55.15	$56.85	1.53%
$55.00	Sep 25	$0.67	$0.24	$0.91	$54.09	$55.91	1.64%
$55.50	Sep 28	$0.42	$0.49	$0.91	$54.59	$56.41	1.64%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 186 found (cheapest 0.11% of stock, avg 1.31%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$56.00	$54.50	Sep 22	$0.03	$0.03	$0.06	$54.44	$56.06
$56.50	$53.50	Sep 23	$0.03	$0.03	$0.06	$53.44	$56.56
$57.00	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$53.42	$57.08
$56.50	$54.00	Sep 24	$0.04	$0.05	$0.09	$53.91	$56.59
$57.50	$54.00	Sep 28	$0.03	$0.08	$0.11	$53.89	$57.61
$56.50	$54.50	Sep 23	$0.03	$0.08	$0.11	$54.39	$56.61
$57.00	$54.00	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.08	$0.12	$53.88	$57.12
$56.00	$55.00	Sep 22	$0.03	$0.08	$0.11	$54.89	$56.11
$56.50	$53.50	Sep 25	$0.08	$0.04	$0.12	$53.38	$56.62
$57.00	$54.00	Sep 28	$0.05	$0.08	$0.13	$53.87	$57.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 4 found (best R:R 1.08, avg credit $0.25)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
54/54	57/58	Oct 30	$0.26	$0.24	39%	1.08	$53.74	$57.26
54/54	56/57	Oct 16	$0.28	$0.22	32%	1.27	$54.22	$56.78
54/54	57/58	Oct 16	$0.23	$0.27	40%	0.85	$54.27	$57.23
54/54	56/57	Oct 9	$0.23	$0.27	39%	0.85	$54.27	$56.73

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 73 found (best R:R 7.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$54.50	$55.00	$55.50	Sep 22	$0.11	$0.39	51%	3.55
$55.00	$55.50	$56.00	Sep 22	$0.19	$0.31	65%	1.63
$54.50	$55.00	$55.50	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.44	33%	7.33
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.30	$0.70	50%	2.33
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 24	$0.08	$0.42	34%	5.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$55.50	$56.00	$56.50	Sep 22	$0.06	$0.44	40%	7.33
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Sep 30	$0.13	$0.87	31%	6.69
$54.50	$55.00	$55.50	Sep 22	$0.12	$0.38	52%	3.17
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Sep 30	$0.30	$0.70	50%	2.33
$57.00	$58.00	$59.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$0.93	18%	13.29

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 124 found (best net $-0.78, 97 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$55.00	$55.50	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.12	$0.38
$55.00	$55.50	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.14	$0.36
$55.00	$56.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.41	$0.59
$54.50	$55.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.30	$0.20
$56.00	$56.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.07	$0.43

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$58.50	$57.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.78	$0.72
$56.50	$56.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$0.19	$0.31
$56.00	$55.50	1:2	Sep 24	-$0.05	$0.45
$58.00	$57.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.72	$0.28
$56.00	$55.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.11	$0.39

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 54 found (best yield 1.68%, avg 0.56%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.00	Oct 30	$0.93	0.43	1.0%	1.68%	2.71%	4	238
$56.50	Oct 30	$0.72	0.37	1.9%	1.30%	3.23%	1	180
$55.50	Oct 23	$1.04	0.49	0.1%	1.88%	2.00%	--	100
$56.00	Oct 23	$0.79	0.42	1.0%	1.43%	2.45%	--	55
$57.00	Oct 30	$0.53	0.30	2.8%	0.96%	3.79%	62	301
$56.50	Oct 23	$0.58	0.35	1.9%	1.05%	2.98%	--	173
$55.50	Oct 16	$0.92	0.48	0.1%	1.66%	1.79%	10	--
$56.00	Oct 16	$0.68	0.41	1.0%	1.23%	2.26%	17	21.2K
$57.50	Oct 30	$0.39	0.25	3.7%	0.70%	4.44%	5	61
$57.00	Oct 23	$0.42	0.28	2.8%	0.76%	3.59%	--	326

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,814

Total Puts 43,688

Put/Call Ratio 15.53

Net Difference -40,874

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,929

Total Puts 13,031

Put/Call Ratio 2.20

Net Difference -7,102

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 366,845

Total Puts 1,004,502

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.04

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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 Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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