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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$188.55 +0.26%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 23,470

Calls: 16,282 (69%)

Puts: 7,188 (31%)

Prior (09/17) 26,770

Calls: 15,374 (57%)

Puts: 11,396 (43%)

Current vs Prior -12.33%

Calls: +5.91% (Calls)

Puts: -36.93% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 193,529

Calls: 88,308 (46%)

Puts: 105,221 (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,647

Calls: 12,615 (46%)

Puts: 15,031 (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.11%

Calls: +29.06%

Puts: -52.18%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) $24.93M

Calls: $23.31M (94%)

Puts: $1.62M (6%)

Prior (09/17) $36.24M

Calls: $31.70M (87%)

Puts: $4.54M (13%)

Current vs Prior -31.21%

Calls: -26.46%

Puts: -64.38%

Prior 7-Day Total $199.21M

Calls: $161.43M (81%)

Puts: $37.78M (19%)

Prior 7-Day Average $28.46M

Calls: $23.06M (81%)

Puts: $5.40M (19%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.40%

Calls: +1.09%

Puts: -70.03%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 0.44

Prior (09/17) 0.74

Current vs Prior -40.44%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.22

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -63.94%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 840,214

Calls: 294,433 (35%)

Puts: 545,781 (65%)

Prior (09/17) 830,205

Calls: 289,674 (35%)

Puts: 540,531 (65%)

Current vs Prior +1.21%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,556,594

Calls: 1,951,847 (35%)

Puts: 3,604,747 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 793,799

Calls: 278,835 (35%)

Puts: 514,963 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.85%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.68% | 2.39%0.68% | 4.99%

Prior 1.11% | 2.75%1.11% | 5.01%

Current vs Prior -38.43% | -12.99%-38.43% | -0.47%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.12% | 3.60%2.64% | 6.28%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -67.68% | -33.54%-74.10% | -20.66%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.11% | 2.75%1.11% | 5.01%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -38.43% | -12.99%-38.43% | -0.47%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 62.77% | 15.70%

Calls: 28.57% | 13.57%

Puts: 96.97% | 17.83%

Prior 92.87% | 49.91%

Calls: 77.98% | 63.98%

Puts: 107.75% | 35.84%

Current vs Prior -32.41% | -68.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 62.70% | 44.73%

Calls: 63.99% | 41.66%

Puts: 61.41% | 47.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.11% | -64.90%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 94% of dollar volume in calls ($23.31M) vs puts ($1.62M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.44 - heavy call buying (16,282 calls vs 7,188 puts). P/C ratio dropping 40% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (545,781 puts vs 294,433 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 100 of results (avg 6.5%, best 0.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$151.00	Sep 18	37.40	37.75	$37.58	0.9%	24	1.00	341
$155.00	Sep 18	33.45	33.95	$33.70	1.5%	201	1.00	2.7K
$162.50	Sep 18	25.95	26.55	$26.25	2.3%	46	1.00	1.8K
$154.00	Sep 18	33.95	34.80	$34.38	2.5%	33	1.00	143
$180.00	Sep 18	8.45	8.70	$8.57	2.9%	30	1.00	2.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$185.00	Oct 16	2.93	3.05	$2.99	4.0%	139	0.37	4.3K
$190.00	Oct 16	4.85	5.05	$4.95	4.0%	61	0.54	400
$189.00	Oct 16	4.40	4.60	$4.50	4.4%	33	0.51	458
$190.00	Oct 30	5.95	6.25	$6.10	4.9%	1	0.54	--
$188.00	Oct 16	3.95	4.15	$4.05	4.9%	25	0.47	58

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 14 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.62)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$192.00	Sep 25	0.59	0.65	$0.62	9.7%	81	0.23	404
$191.00	Sep 25	0.85	0.93	$0.89	9.0%	288	0.29	126
$196.00	Oct 2	0.51	0.58	$0.54	13.0%	4	0.15	54
$195.00	Oct 2	0.67	0.78	$0.73	15.1%	9	0.18	683
$205.00	Oct 16	0.27	0.31	$0.29	13.8%	110	0.07	473

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Sep 25	0.26	0.31	$0.29	17.2%	124	0.09	1.8K
$182.00	Sep 25	0.41	0.47	$0.44	13.6%	8	0.14	1.3K
$185.00	Sep 25	0.83	0.93	$0.88	11.4%	106	0.26	1.1K
$180.00	Oct 2	0.81	0.97	$0.89	18.0%	22	0.17	331
$171.00	Oct 16	0.69	0.77	$0.73	11.0%	9	0.10	750

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 131 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$151.00	Sep 18	37.40	37.75	$37.58	0.9%	24	1.00	341
$152.50	Sep 18	35.10	36.25	$35.67	3.2%	19	1.00	639
$154.00	Sep 18	33.95	34.80	$34.38	2.5%	33	1.00	143
$155.00	Sep 18	33.45	33.95	$33.70	1.5%	201	1.00	2.7K
$156.00	Sep 18	31.40	33.05	$32.22	5.1%	139	1.00	155

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 18	11.00	12.35	$11.68	11.6%	12	0.99	12
$195.00	Sep 18	6.25	7.00	$6.63	11.3%	5	0.99	5
$192.50	Sep 18	3.65	4.50	$4.08	20.8%	--	0.99	121
$200.00	Sep 25	11.45	12.55	$12.00	9.2%	16	0.99	7
$210.00	Oct 16	21.35	22.85	$22.10	6.8%	--	0.97	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 299 active (total vol 17.4K, top 2.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Oct 16	1.79	1.91	$1.85	6.5%	2.3K	0.28	574
$192.00	Oct 16	2.91	3.05	$2.98	4.7%	1.7K	0.39	1.1K
$190.00	Sep 25	1.15	1.33	$1.24	14.5%	1.3K	0.37	369
$190.00	Oct 16	3.80	3.95	$3.88	3.9%	435	0.46	1.8K
$157.50	Sep 18	30.30	31.50	$30.90	3.9%	423	1.00	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Sep 25	2.09	2.50	$2.30	17.8%	1.2K	0.55	21
$175.00	Oct 16	1.06	1.15	$1.11	8.1%	523	0.15	2.5K
$187.50	Sep 18	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	207	0.09	689
$188.00	Sep 18	0.04	0.15	$0.10	110.0%	174	0.25	130
$187.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	167	0.06	733

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 229.6%, max 746.2%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$192.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	201.5%	23.8%	746.2%	34	234
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	36.4%	24.2%	50.4%	119	315

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	33.4%	20.6%	61.7%	176	131
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	36.4%	22.7%	60.0%	60	480

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 189 found (best R:R 1.22, avg 4.72)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$176.00	$177.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	100%	1.22	$176.45
$179.00	$180.00	Sep 18	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	100%	0.59	$179.63
$172.50	$173.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	100%	0.67	$172.80
$179.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	78%	0.67	$179.60
$182.50	$183.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	86%	1.00	$182.75

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$190.00	$187.50	Oct 30	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	54%	1.94	$189.15
$185.00	$183.00	Oct 9	$0.37	$1.63	$0.37	36%	4.41	$184.63
$192.00	$188.00	Oct 9	$2.03	$1.97	$2.03	65%	0.97	$189.97
$186.00	$185.00	Oct 23	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	42%	4.88	$185.83
$169.00	$165.00	Oct 23	$0.11	$3.89	$0.11	10%	35.36	$168.89

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 150 found (best R:R 0.71, avg 0.42)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$212.50	$215.00	Sep 18	$1.04	$1.04	$1.46	88%	0.71	$213.54
$220.00	$225.00	Sep 18	$0.97	$0.97	$4.03	90%	0.24	$220.97
$192.00	$192.50	Sep 18	$0.35	$0.35	$0.15	82%	2.33	$192.35
$193.00	$195.00	Oct 23	$0.83	$0.83	$1.17	64%	0.71	$193.83
$202.50	$205.00	Sep 18	$0.19	$0.19	$2.31	94%	0.08	$202.69

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$184.00	$183.00	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	88%	0.30	$183.77
$187.50	$187.00	Oct 2	$0.36	$0.36	$0.14	54%	2.57	$187.14
$183.00	$182.50	Oct 9	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	70%	1.17	$182.73
$187.50	$187.00	Oct 9	$0.33	$0.33	$0.17	53%	1.94	$187.17
$177.50	$177.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	86%	0.47	$177.34

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $0.60, cheapest $0.60)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$192.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$0.60	20.5%	21.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 107 found (cheapest 0.39% of stock, avg 5.07%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Sep 18	$0.63	$0.10	$0.73	$187.27	$188.73	0.39%
$189.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.66	$0.74	$188.26	$189.74	0.39%
$187.50	Sep 18	$1.05	$0.03	$1.08	$186.42	$188.58	0.57%
$190.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$1.38	$1.41	$188.59	$191.41	0.75%
$187.00	Sep 18	$1.60	$0.03	$1.63	$185.37	$188.63	0.86%
$186.00	Sep 18	$2.42	$0.03	$2.45	$183.55	$188.45	1.30%
$191.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$2.53	$2.64	$188.36	$193.64	1.40%
$185.00	Sep 18	$3.55	$0.01	$3.56	$181.44	$188.56	1.89%
$189.00	Sep 25	$1.72	$2.30	$4.02	$184.98	$193.02	2.13%
$188.00	Sep 25	$2.21	$1.82	$4.03	$183.97	$192.03	2.14%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 2.83%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$189.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.03	$0.11	$187.39	$189.11
$189.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.03	$0.11	$186.89	$189.11
$191.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.03	$0.14	$187.36	$191.14
$191.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.03	$0.14	$186.86	$191.14
$189.00	$188.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.10	$0.18	$187.82	$189.18
$191.00	$188.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.10	$0.21	$187.79	$191.21
$189.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.24	$0.32	$183.68	$189.32
$191.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.24	$0.35	$183.65	$191.35
$192.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.03	$0.39	$187.11	$192.39
$192.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.03	$0.39	$186.61	$192.39

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 255 found (best R:R 1.03, avg credit $0.45)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
183/184	212/215	Sep 18	$1.27	$1.23	76%	1.03	$182.73	$213.77
183/184	192/192	Sep 18	$0.58	$0.42	70%	1.38	$183.42	$192.58
177/178	192/192	Oct 2	$0.38	$0.12	55%	3.17	$177.12	$192.38
164/165	199/200	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.79	92%	0.27	$164.79	$199.21
164/165	197/198	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.79	91%	0.27	$164.79	$197.21
175/176	199/200	Oct 9	$0.37	$0.63	74%	0.59	$175.63	$199.37
177/178	192/193	Oct 2	$0.31	$0.19	58%	1.63	$177.19	$192.81
183/184	220/225	Sep 18	$1.20	$3.80	78%	0.32	$182.80	$221.20
185/186	199/200	Sep 25	$0.47	$0.53	62%	0.89	$185.53	$199.47
182/183	192/192	Oct 2	$0.37	$0.13	42%	2.85	$182.63	$192.37

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 94 found (best R:R 5.25, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.50	$0.50	81%	1.00
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Oct 16	$0.29	$4.71	12%	16.24
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$0.93	14%	13.29
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$0.92	14%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.84	67%	5.25
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Oct 30	$0.09	$4.91	5%	54.56
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	16%	15.67
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	6%	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 162 found (best net $-2.20, 138 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$187.50	$188.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.21	$0.29
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.78	$0.22
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.09	$14.91
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.10	$4.90
$210.00	$215.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.08	$4.92

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.20	$7.80
$200.00	$195.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.58	$3.42
$195.00	$192.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.53	$0.97
$191.00	$190.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.23	$0.77
$192.00	$188.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.67	$2.33

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 74 found (best yield 2.84%, avg 0.89%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$189.00	Oct 30	$5.35	0.49	0.2%	2.84%	3.08%	--	51
$192.00	Oct 30	$4.15	0.41	1.8%	2.20%	4.03%	6	3
$190.00	Oct 30	$4.85	0.46	0.8%	2.57%	3.34%	1	57
$191.00	Oct 30	$4.30	0.44	1.3%	2.28%	3.58%	2	44
$194.00	Oct 30	$3.35	0.36	2.9%	1.78%	4.67%	3	26
$193.00	Oct 30	$3.55	0.38	2.4%	1.88%	4.24%	2	21
$195.00	Oct 30	$2.90	0.33	3.4%	1.54%	4.96%	4	26
$196.00	Oct 30	$2.65	0.31	4.0%	1.41%	5.36%	5	12
$190.00	Oct 23	$4.15	0.45	0.8%	2.20%	2.97%	--	31
$197.00	Oct 30	$2.33	0.28	4.5%	1.24%	5.72%	5	11

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 16,282

Total Puts 7,188

Put/Call Ratio 0.44

Net Difference 9,094

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 15,374

Total Puts 11,396

Put/Call Ratio 0.74

Net Difference 3,978

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 88,308

Total Puts 105,221

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.22

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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