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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$171.40 +0.18%

(7/29 09:40) ◀

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 (9:45am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/29 9:45am) 364

Calls: 227 (62%)

Puts: 137 (38%)

Prior (07/28) 1,669

Calls: 1,212 (73%)

Puts: 457 (27%)

Current vs Prior -78.19%

Calls: -81.27% (Calls)

Puts: -70.02% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 60,378

Calls: 26,691 (44%)

Puts: 33,687 (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average 12,075

Calls: 3,813 (44%)

Puts: 4,812 (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -96.99%

Calls: -94.05%

Puts: -97.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/29 9:45am) $135.4K

Calls: $95.3K (70%)

Puts: $40.1K (30%)

Prior (07/28) $730.0K

Calls: $484.3K (66%)

Puts: $245.6K (34%)

Current vs Prior -81.45%

Calls: -80.32%

Puts: -83.68%

Prior 7-Day Total $43.31M

Calls: $22.55M (52%)

Puts: $20.76M (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average $8.66M

Calls: $3.22M (52%)

Puts: $2.97M (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -98.44%

Calls: -97.04%

Puts: -98.65%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/29 9:45am) 0.60

Prior (07/28) 0.38

Current vs Prior +60.06%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.11

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -45.78%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/29 9:45am) 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 3,455,289

Calls: 1,273,660 (37%)

Puts: 2,181,629 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 691,057

Calls: 254,732 (37%)

Puts: 436,325 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.32%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.50% | 5.22%7.40% | 10.90%

Prior 3.57% | 5.31%7.44% | 11.21%

Current vs Prior -1.94% | -1.68%-0.53% | -2.74%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -10.85% | -5.56%-4.45% | -2.53%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -1.94% | -1.68%-0.53% | -2.74%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 40.62% | 25.73%

Calls: 42.21% | 25.73%

Puts: 39.03% | 25.73%

Prior 83.42% | 70.98%

Calls: 57.78% | 72.84%

Puts: 109.06% | 69.12%

Current vs Prior -51.31% | -63.75%

Prior 7-Day Avg 46.24% | 42.87%

Calls: 39.21% | 39.70%

Puts: 53.27% | 46.03%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -12.16% | -39.98%

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Moderately bullish flow with 70% call dollar volume ($95.3K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 81% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 78% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.60.

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 BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 28 of results (avg 8.1%, best 5.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$138.00	Aug 21	33.10	34.90	$34.00	5.3%	--	0.96	21
$145.00	Aug 21	26.45	27.95	$27.20	5.5%	--	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%	--	0.98	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$191.00	Aug 21	19.15	20.85	$20.00	8.5%	--	0.90	72
$190.00	Aug 21	18.20	19.90	$19.05	8.9%	--	0.89	2.7K
$195.00	Aug 21	22.85	25.10	$23.98	9.4%	--	0.93	1.1K
$193.00	Aug 21	20.95	23.10	$22.03	9.8%	--	0.92	12
$200.00	Aug 21	27.30	30.15	$28.73	9.9%	--	1.00	28

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. 133 found (avg delta 0.78, 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%	--	0.98	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%	5	0.96	270

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$186.00	Jul 31	13.85	15.60	$14.73	11.9%	--	1.00	42
$187.00	Jul 31	14.75	16.60	$15.68	11.8%	--	1.00	15
$200.00	Aug 21	27.30	30.15	$28.73	9.9%	--	1.00	28
$189.00	Aug 7	16.75	19.15	$17.95	13.4%	--	0.95	13
$188.00	Aug 7	15.95	18.20	$17.08	13.2%	--	0.95	15

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 52 active (total vol 195, top 40)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$177.50	Aug 28	3.90	4.80	$4.35	20.7%	40	0.38	4
$178.00	Jul 31	0.31	0.80	$0.56	87.5%	11	0.16	549
$175.00	Aug 21	4.20	5.05	$4.63	18.4%	9	0.42	2.4K
$176.00	Jul 31	0.67	1.19	$0.93	55.9%	7	0.24	250
$152.50	Jul 31	18.00	19.75	$18.88	9.3%	5	0.96	270

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$167.00	Aug 28	4.70	5.65	$5.18	18.3%	28	0.39	17
$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	0.40	599
$170.00	Jul 31	1.76	2.68	$2.22	41.4%	2	0.42	1.7K
$173.00	Jul 31	3.35	4.25	$3.80	23.7%	2	0.59	78

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 88 strikes (avg 59.6%, max 169.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$205.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	77.1%	28.7%	169.2%	--	629
$202.50	Jul 31	Aug 14	100.4%	38.2%	162.4%	--	96
$140.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	123.2%	50.0%	146.5%	--	154
$198.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	68.2%	30.8%	121.2%	--	195
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	67.5%	30.7%	120.1%	--	450

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	76.6%	38.8%	97.7%	--	121
$160.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	65.8%	37.5%	75.3%	--	341
$145.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	78.0%	45.0%	73.4%	--	41
$185.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	54.6%	32.0%	70.7%	--	1.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 162 found (best R:R 34.71, avg 4.27)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$200.00	$205.00	Aug 28	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$200.18
$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

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. 211 found (best R:R 22.08, avg 1.56)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$147.00	$150.00	Aug 21	$2.87	$2.87	$0.13	22.08	$149.87
$157.50	$165.00	Jul 31	$6.77	$6.77	$0.73	9.27	$164.27
$142.00	$143.00	Aug 21	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$142.90
$153.00	$154.00	Jul 31	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$153.88
$151.00	$152.00	Aug 21	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$151.85

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$200.00	$195.00	Aug 21	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$195.25
$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
$186.00	$182.50	Aug 14	$2.97	$2.97	$0.53	5.60	$183.03

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 85 found (avg debit $0.90, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$188.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.07	62.1%	34.0%
$192.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.07	38.1%	31.2%
$197.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	65.5%	43.3%
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	67.5%	46.8%
$205.00	Jul 31	Aug 14	$0.09	77.1%	40.3%

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	50.6%	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. 103 found (cheapest 3.22% of stock, avg 9.12%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$172.00	Jul 31	$2.42	$3.10	$5.52	$166.48	$177.52	3.22%
$172.50	Jul 31	$2.25	$3.37	$5.62	$166.88	$178.12	3.28%
$170.00	Jul 31	$3.58	$2.22	$5.80	$164.20	$175.80	3.38%
$173.00	Jul 31	$2.03	$3.80	$5.83	$167.17	$178.83	3.40%
$174.00	Jul 31	$1.65	$4.22	$5.87	$168.13	$179.87	3.42%
$169.00	Jul 31	$4.07	$1.81	$5.88	$163.12	$174.88	3.43%
$175.00	Jul 31	$1.23	$4.90	$6.13	$168.87	$181.13	3.58%
$176.00	Jul 31	$0.93	$5.53	$6.46	$169.54	$182.46	3.77%
$168.00	Jul 31	$4.88	$1.61	$6.49	$161.51	$174.49	3.79%
$177.00	Jul 31	$0.73	$6.32	$7.05	$169.95	$184.05	4.11%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 133 found (cheapest 1.52% of stock, avg 4.25%)

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
$174.00	$167.50	Jul 31	$1.65	$1.37	$3.02	$164.48	$177.02
$175.00	$169.00	Jul 31	$1.23	$1.81	$3.04	$165.96	$178.04
$174.00	$168.00	Jul 31	$1.65	$1.61	$3.26	$164.74	$177.26
$173.00	$167.50	Jul 31	$2.03	$1.37	$3.40	$164.10	$176.40
$175.00	$170.00	Jul 31	$1.23	$2.22	$3.45	$166.55	$178.45
$174.00	$169.00	Jul 31	$1.65	$1.81	$3.46	$165.54	$177.46
$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 9.00, avg credit $1.19)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
171/172	174/175	Aug 14	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$171.10	$174.90
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
165/167	175/178	Aug 28	$2.06	$0.44	4.68	$164.94	$177.06
140/145	150/170	Aug 14	$16.28	$3.72	4.38	$128.72	$166.28
171/172	184/185	Aug 14	$0.81	$0.19	4.26	$171.19	$184.81
170/171	178/178	Aug 28	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$170.20	$178.30
164/165	170/171	Aug 7	$0.79	$0.21	3.76	$164.21	$170.79
165/167	178/180	Aug 28	$1.58	$0.42	3.76	$165.42	$179.58

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 88 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$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
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$176.00	$177.00	$178.00	Aug 21	$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
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$4.89	44.45

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 130 found (best net $-0.51, 123 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$157.50	$165.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.51	$6.99
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.01	$4.99
$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

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. 76 found (best yield 3.27%, avg 0.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$175.00	Sep 4	$5.60	0.45	2.1%	3.27%	5.37%	--	10
$172.00	Aug 21	$5.50	0.50	0.3%	3.21%	3.56%	--	20
$172.50	Aug 28	$5.10	0.49	0.6%	2.98%	3.62%	--	35
$175.00	Aug 28	$4.90	0.44	2.1%	2.86%	4.96%	--	27
$174.00	Aug 21	$4.40	0.45	1.5%	2.57%	4.08%	--	13
$175.00	Aug 21	$4.20	0.42	2.1%	2.45%	4.55%	9	2.4K
$177.50	Aug 28	$3.90	0.38	3.6%	2.28%	5.83%	40	4
$178.00	Aug 28	$3.65	0.37	3.9%	2.13%	5.98%	5	21
$176.00	Aug 21	$3.60	0.40	2.7%	2.10%	4.78%	--	92
$174.00	Aug 14	$3.40	0.43	1.5%	1.98%	3.50%	--	23

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 227

Total Puts 137

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 90

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,212

Total Puts 457

Put/Call Ratio 0.38

Net Difference 755

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 26,691

Total Puts 33,687

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.11

Ratio Trend Rising

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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