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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$170.66 -0.25%

(7/29 09:35) ◀

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 (9:40am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/29 9:40am) 216

Calls: 128 (59%)

Puts: 88 (41%)

Prior (07/28) 898

Calls: 671 (75%)

Puts: 227 (25%)

Current vs Prior -75.95%

Calls: -80.92% (Calls)

Puts: -61.23% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 60,162

Calls: 26,563 (44%)

Puts: 33,599 (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average 15,040

Calls: 3,794 (44%)

Puts: 4,799 (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -98.56%

Calls: -96.63%

Puts: -98.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/29 9:40am) $64.3K

Calls: $44.5K (69%)

Puts: $19.8K (31%)

Prior (07/28) $497.9K

Calls: $357.0K (72%)

Puts: $140.9K (28%)

Current vs Prior -87.08%

Calls: -87.52%

Puts: -85.94%

Prior 7-Day Total $43.25M

Calls: $22.51M (52%)

Puts: $20.74M (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average $10.81M

Calls: $3.22M (52%)

Puts: $2.96M (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -99.40%

Calls: -98.61%

Puts: -99.33%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/29 9:40am) 0.69

Prior (07/28) 0.34

Current vs Prior +103.22%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.22

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.62%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/29 9:40am) 693,284

Calls: 256,667 (37%)

Puts: 436,617 (63%)

Prior (07/28) 681,107

Calls: 251,688 (37%)

Puts: 429,419 (63%)

Current vs Prior +1.79%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,762,005

Calls: 1,016,993 (37%)

Puts: 1,745,012 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 690,501

Calls: 254,248 (37%)

Puts: 436,253 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.40%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/31) | Next (08/07)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 3.63% | 5.29%7.53% | 10.97%

Prior 3.57% | 5.31%7.44% | 11.21%

Current vs Prior +1.73% | -0.30%+1.20% | -2.10%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.92% | 5.53%7.75% | 11.19%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -7.51% | -4.23%-2.79% | -1.88%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.57% | 5.31%7.44% | 11.21%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +1.73% | -0.30%+1.20% | -2.10%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 38.34% | 28.16%

Calls: 34.92% | 28.83%

Puts: 41.76% | 27.50%

Prior 83.42% | 70.98%

Calls: 57.78% | 72.84%

Puts: 109.06% | 69.12%

Current vs Prior -54.04% | -60.33%

Prior 7-Day Avg 46.24% | 42.87%

Calls: 39.21% | 39.70%

Puts: 53.27% | 46.03%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -17.09% | -34.31%

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Moderately bullish flow with 69% call dollar volume ($44.5K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 87% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 76% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.69.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 27 of results (avg 8.0%, best 5.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$138.00	Aug 21	33.05	34.90	$33.97	5.4%	--	0.96	21
$145.00	Aug 21	26.40	27.95	$27.17	5.7%	--	0.93	21
$140.00	Aug 21	31.15	33.15	$32.15	6.2%	--	0.95	112
$141.00	Aug 21	30.20	32.25	$31.23	6.6%	--	0.95	14
$140.00	Jul 31	30.40	32.50	$31.45	6.7%	--	0.99	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$191.00	Aug 21	19.15	20.85	$20.00	8.5%	--	0.94	72
$189.00	Aug 21	17.35	18.95	$18.15	8.8%	--	0.91	60
$190.00	Aug 21	18.20	19.90	$19.05	8.9%	--	0.93	2.7K
$200.00	Aug 21	27.30	30.15	$28.73	9.9%	--	1.00	28
$193.00	Aug 21	20.95	23.15	$22.05	10.0%	--	0.97	12

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 134 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$145.00	Jul 31	25.45	27.55	$26.50	7.9%	--	1.00	19
$140.00	Jul 31	30.40	32.50	$31.45	6.7%	--	0.99	42
$150.00	Jul 31	20.45	22.40	$21.42	9.1%	--	0.97	13
$152.00	Jul 31	18.50	20.50	$19.50	10.3%	2	0.97	263
$152.50	Jul 31	18.00	19.75	$18.88	9.3%	3	0.97	270

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Jul 31	7.95	9.75	$8.85	20.3%	--	1.00	196
$181.00	Jul 31	8.90	10.70	$9.80	18.4%	--	1.00	215
$182.00	Jul 31	9.85	11.65	$10.75	16.7%	--	1.00	211
$182.50	Jul 31	10.25	12.15	$11.20	17.0%	2	1.00	113
$183.00	Jul 31	10.70	12.65	$11.68	16.7%	--	1.00	223

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 41 active (total vol 99, top 9)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Aug 21	4.20	5.05	$4.63	18.4%	9	0.43	2.4K
$176.00	Jul 31	0.67	1.19	$0.93	55.9%	7	0.24	250
$178.00	Aug 28	3.65	4.45	$4.05	19.8%	5	0.37	21
$174.00	Jul 31	1.22	2.06	$1.64	51.2%	4	0.36	56
$178.00	Jul 31	0.31	0.80	$0.56	87.5%	4	0.16	549

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$171.00	Aug 7	3.45	4.55	$4.00	27.5%	4	0.48	1.8K
$169.00	Aug 7	2.63	3.65	$3.14	32.5%	3	0.41	599
$176.00	Jul 31	4.75	6.30	$5.53	28.0%	2	0.79	556
$182.50	Jul 31	10.25	12.15	$11.20	17.0%	2	1.00	113
$184.00	Jul 31	11.80	13.70	$12.75	14.9%	2	1.00	98

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 86 strikes (avg 57.9%, max 162.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Jul 31	Aug 14	100.2%	38.2%	162.3%	--	96
$140.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	123.2%	50.0%	146.5%	--	154
$198.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	68.1%	30.8%	120.9%	--	195
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	67.4%	30.6%	120.0%	--	450
$197.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	65.4%	30.5%	114.1%	--	275

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$150.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	90.8%	41.8%	117.3%	1	250
$155.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	77.4%	38.8%	99.8%	--	121
$160.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	65.8%	37.5%	75.5%	--	341
$145.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	78.0%	45.0%	73.3%	--	41
$185.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	54.5%	32.0%	70.3%	--	1.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 161 found (best R:R 34.71, avg 4.10)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$196.00	$200.00	Aug 28	$0.20	$3.80	$0.20	19.00	$196.20
$190.00	$192.50	Aug 14	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$190.13
$188.00	$190.00	Aug 14	$0.23	$1.77	$0.23	7.70	$188.23
$188.00	$189.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$188.12
$190.00	$192.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$1.76	$0.24	7.33	$190.24

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$150.00	$145.00	Jul 31	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$149.86
$150.00	$145.00	Aug 7	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$149.86
$145.00	$140.00	Aug 14	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$144.85
$160.00	$155.00	Jul 31	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$159.82
$150.00	$145.00	Aug 14	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$149.77

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 207 found (best R:R 17.52, avg 1.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$147.00	$150.00	Aug 21	$2.77	$2.77	$0.23	12.04	$149.77
$153.00	$154.00	Jul 31	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$153.90
$157.50	$165.00	Jul 31	$6.75	$6.75	$0.75	9.00	$164.25
$152.00	$153.00	Aug 21	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$152.90
$157.00	$158.00	Aug 21	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$157.85

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$200.00	$195.00	Aug 21	$4.73	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$195.27
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 14	$3.70	$3.70	$0.30	12.33	$186.30
$189.00	$188.00	Aug 7	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$188.13
$182.00	$181.00	Aug 7	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$181.15
$188.00	$187.00	Aug 21	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$187.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 83 found (avg debit $0.88, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$188.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.07	62.0%	34.0%
$192.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.07	38.1%	31.2%
$197.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	65.4%	43.3%
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	67.4%	46.8%
$193.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.10	56.9%	38.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$140.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.12	65.3%	54.4%
$186.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.15	50.5%	33.4%
$188.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.15	34.0%	31.8%
$145.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.20	78.0%	58.2%
$150.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.20	90.8%	53.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 102 found (cheapest 3.23% of stock, avg 9.16%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$172.00	Jul 31	$2.42	$3.10	$5.52	$166.48	$177.52	3.23%
$172.50	Jul 31	$2.25	$3.37	$5.62	$166.88	$178.12	3.29%
$173.00	Jul 31	$2.03	$3.63	$5.66	$167.34	$178.66	3.32%
$170.00	Jul 31	$3.58	$2.22	$5.80	$164.20	$175.80	3.40%
$169.00	Jul 31	$4.07	$1.75	$5.82	$163.18	$174.82	3.41%
$174.00	Jul 31	$1.64	$4.22	$5.86	$168.14	$179.86	3.43%
$175.00	Jul 31	$1.23	$4.97	$6.20	$168.80	$181.20	3.63%
$176.00	Jul 31	$0.93	$5.53	$6.46	$169.54	$182.46	3.79%
$168.00	Jul 31	$4.88	$1.61	$6.49	$161.51	$174.49	3.80%
$177.00	Jul 31	$0.73	$6.32	$7.05	$169.95	$184.05	4.13%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 133 found (cheapest 1.52% of stock, avg 4.22%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$175.00	$167.50	Jul 31	$1.23	$1.37	$2.60	$164.90	$177.60
$175.00	$168.00	Jul 31	$1.23	$1.61	$2.84	$165.16	$177.84
$175.00	$169.00	Jul 31	$1.23	$1.75	$2.98	$166.02	$177.98
$174.00	$167.50	Jul 31	$1.64	$1.37	$3.01	$164.49	$177.01
$174.00	$168.00	Jul 31	$1.64	$1.61	$3.25	$164.75	$177.25
$173.00	$167.50	Jul 31	$2.03	$1.37	$3.40	$164.10	$176.40
$174.00	$169.00	Jul 31	$1.64	$1.75	$3.39	$165.61	$177.39
$175.00	$170.00	Jul 31	$1.23	$2.22	$3.45	$166.55	$178.45
$172.50	$167.50	Jul 31	$2.25	$1.37	$3.62	$163.88	$176.12
$173.00	$168.00	Jul 31	$2.03	$1.61	$3.64	$164.36	$176.64

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 289 found (best R:R 6.14, avg credit $1.19)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
167/168	170/172	Aug 28	$2.15	$0.35	6.14	$165.35	$172.15
165/166	170/171	Aug 7	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$165.15	$170.85
162/163	170/171	Aug 7	$0.84	$0.16	5.25	$162.16	$170.84
171/172	184/185	Aug 14	$0.83	$0.17	4.88	$171.17	$184.83
140/145	150/170	Aug 14	$16.28	$3.72	4.38	$128.72	$166.28
164/165	170/171	Aug 7	$0.79	$0.21	3.76	$164.21	$170.79
150/155	160/170	Aug 7	$7.82	$2.18	3.59	$147.18	$167.82
145/150	160/170	Aug 7	$7.71	$2.29	3.37	$142.29	$167.71
170/171	184/185	Aug 28	$0.77	$0.23	3.35	$170.23	$184.77
166/167	170/171	Aug 7	$0.76	$0.24	3.17	$166.24	$170.76

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 85 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$176.00	$177.00	$178.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$187.00	$188.00	$189.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$180.00	$181.00	$182.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$0.93	13.29

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Aug 14	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Aug 7	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	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. 127 found (best net $-0.55, 122 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$157.50	$165.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.55	$6.95
$196.00	$200.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.06	$3.94
$180.00	$184.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.95	$3.05
$190.00	$192.50	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.06	$2.44
$195.00	$197.50	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.09	$2.41

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$168.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.08	$6.92
$160.00	$155.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.03	$4.97
$150.00	$145.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.07	$4.93
$155.00	$150.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.09	$4.91
$155.00	$150.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.10	$4.90

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 78 found (best yield 4.45%, avg 0.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$171.00	Sep 4	$7.60	0.53	0.2%	4.45%	4.65%	--	11
$171.00	Aug 21	$5.85	0.53	0.2%	3.43%	3.63%	--	17
$175.00	Sep 4	$5.60	0.45	2.5%	3.28%	5.82%	--	10
$172.00	Aug 21	$5.50	0.50	0.8%	3.22%	4.01%	--	20
$172.50	Aug 28	$5.10	0.49	1.1%	2.99%	4.07%	--	35
$175.00	Aug 28	$4.90	0.44	2.5%	2.87%	5.41%	--	27
$174.00	Aug 21	$4.40	0.45	2.0%	2.58%	4.54%	--	13
$175.00	Aug 21	$4.20	0.43	2.5%	2.46%	5.00%	9	2.4K
$171.00	Aug 7	$3.90	0.53	0.2%	2.29%	2.48%	2	39
$178.00	Aug 28	$3.65	0.37	4.3%	2.14%	6.44%	5	21

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 128

Total Puts 88

Put/Call Ratio 0.69

Net Difference 40

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 671

Total Puts 227

Put/Call Ratio 0.34

Net Difference 444

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 26,563

Total Puts 33,599

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.22

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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