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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$170.70 -0.23%

(7/29 09:45) ◀

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 (9:50am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/29 9:50am) 441

Calls: 281 (64%)

Puts: 160 (36%)

Prior (07/28) 2,242

Calls: 1,322 (59%)

Puts: 920 (41%)

Current vs Prior -80.33%

Calls: -78.74% (Calls)

Puts: -82.61% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 60,742

Calls: 26,918 (44%)

Puts: 33,824 (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average 10,123

Calls: 3,845 (44%)

Puts: 4,832 (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -95.64%

Calls: -92.69%

Puts: -96.69%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/29 9:50am) $178.4K

Calls: $127.9K (72%)

Puts: $50.5K (28%)

Prior (07/28) $1.02M

Calls: $520.1K (51%)

Puts: $500.0K (49%)

Current vs Prior -82.51%

Calls: -75.40%

Puts: -89.90%

Prior 7-Day Total $43.45M

Calls: $22.65M (52%)

Puts: $20.80M (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average $7.24M

Calls: $3.24M (52%)

Puts: $2.97M (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -97.54%

Calls: -96.05%

Puts: -98.30%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/29 9:50am) 0.57

Prior (07/28) 0.70

Current vs Prior -18.18%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.61%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/29 9:50am) 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 4,148,573

Calls: 1,530,327 (37%)

Puts: 2,618,246 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 691,428

Calls: 255,054 (37%)

Puts: 436,374 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.27%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.62% | 5.26%7.53% | 10.89%

Prior 3.57% | 5.31%7.44% | 11.21%

Current vs Prior +1.58% | -0.95%+1.21% | -2.87%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -7.65% | -4.86%-2.77% | -2.66%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +1.58% | -0.95%+1.21% | -2.87%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 38.58% | 27.33%

Calls: 33.80% | 27.16%

Puts: 43.35% | 27.50%

Prior 83.42% | 70.98%

Calls: 57.78% | 72.84%

Puts: 109.06% | 69.12%

Current vs Prior -53.75% | -61.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 46.24% | 42.87%

Calls: 39.21% | 39.70%

Puts: 53.27% | 46.03%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -16.57% | -36.24%

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Moderately bullish flow with 72% call dollar volume ($127.9K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 83% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 80% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.57.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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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
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 25 of results (avg 8.4%, best 5.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$138.00	Aug 21	33.00	34.90	$33.95	5.6%	--	0.96	21
$145.00	Aug 21	26.35	27.95	$27.15	5.9%	--	0.93	21
$140.00	Aug 21	31.00	33.15	$32.08	6.7%	--	0.95	112
$140.00	Jul 31	30.35	32.50	$31.43	6.8%	--	0.99	42
$142.00	Aug 21	29.10	31.25	$30.18	7.1%	--	0.95	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Aug 21	22.85	25.10	$23.98	9.4%	--	0.97	1.1K
$200.00	Aug 21	27.40	30.15	$28.78	9.6%	--	1.00	28
$190.00	Aug 21	18.20	20.05	$19.13	9.7%	--	0.92	2.7K
$193.00	Aug 21	20.95	23.10	$22.03	9.8%	--	0.95	12
$191.00	Aug 21	19.15	21.15	$20.15	9.9%	--	0.93	72

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 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$145.00	Jul 31	25.35	27.55	$26.45	8.3%	--	1.00	19
$140.00	Jul 31	30.35	32.50	$31.43	6.8%	--	0.99	42
$150.00	Jul 31	20.25	22.40	$21.33	10.1%	--	0.97	13
$152.00	Jul 31	18.40	20.50	$19.45	10.8%	4	0.97	263
$152.50	Jul 31	17.90	19.75	$18.83	9.8%	7	0.97	270

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$181.00	Jul 31	8.90	10.90	$9.90	20.2%	1	1.00	215
$182.00	Jul 31	10.00	11.85	$10.93	16.9%	--	1.00	211
$182.50	Jul 31	10.25	12.30	$11.28	18.2%	2	1.00	113
$183.00	Jul 31	10.70	12.80	$11.75	17.9%	--	1.00	223
$184.00	Jul 31	11.80	13.75	$12.78	15.3%	2	1.00	98

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 60 active (total vol 227, top 40)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$177.50	Aug 28	3.70	4.80	$4.25	25.9%	40	0.38	4
$178.00	Jul 31	0.31	0.80	$0.56	87.5%	11	0.16	549
$175.00	Aug 21	4.00	4.85	$4.43	19.2%	10	0.42	2.4K
$152.50	Jul 31	17.90	19.75	$18.83	9.8%	7	0.97	270
$176.00	Jul 31	0.66	1.19	$0.93	57.0%	7	0.24	250

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
$162.00	Jul 31	0.25	0.80	$0.53	103.8%	3	0.12	139
$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	0.43	1.7K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 87 strikes (avg 57.9%, max 162.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Jul 31	Aug 14	100.4%	38.3%	162.2%	--	96
$140.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	123.4%	49.9%	147.4%	--	154
$198.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	68.2%	30.9%	120.4%	--	195
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	67.5%	30.7%	119.9%	--	450
$197.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	65.5%	30.6%	113.6%	--	275

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$150.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	91.0%	41.8%	117.9%	1	250
$155.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	76.8%	38.8%	98.1%	--	121
$160.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	65.9%	37.5%	75.8%	--	341
$145.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	78.1%	44.9%	73.8%	--	41
$167.50	Jul 31	Aug 28	59.1%	35.9%	64.5%	1	408

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 4.14)

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
$179.00	$180.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$179.11
$188.00	$190.00	Aug 14	$0.23	$1.77	$0.23	7.70	$188.23
$181.00	$182.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$181.12

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. 214 found (best R:R 29.00, avg 1.78)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$147.00	$150.00	Aug 21	$2.90	$2.90	$0.10	29.00	$149.90
$150.00	$152.00	Jul 31	$1.88	$1.88	$0.12	15.67	$151.88
$157.50	$165.00	Jul 31	$6.72	$6.72	$0.78	8.62	$164.22
$150.00	$151.00	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$150.88
$156.00	$157.00	Aug 21	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$156.87

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$200.00	$195.00	Aug 21	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$195.20
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 14	$3.68	$3.68	$0.32	11.50	$186.32
$188.00	$187.00	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$187.12
$177.00	$176.00	Jul 31	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$176.13
$189.00	$188.00	Aug 7	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$188.13

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 84 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%	31.3%
$197.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	65.5%	43.3%
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	67.5%	46.8%
$193.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.10	57.0%	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%	54.3%
$186.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.18	50.6%	33.4%
$145.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.20	78.1%	58.2%
$150.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.20	91.0%	53.5%
$193.00	Aug 14	Aug 21	$0.23	31.5%	31.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 103 found (cheapest 3.25% of stock, avg 9.16%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$172.00	Jul 31	$2.42	$3.12	$5.54	$166.46	$177.54	3.25%
$172.50	Jul 31	$2.25	$3.40	$5.65	$166.85	$178.15	3.31%
$170.00	Jul 31	$3.55	$2.22	$5.77	$164.23	$175.77	3.38%
$174.00	Jul 31	$1.57	$4.30	$5.87	$168.13	$179.87	3.44%
$169.00	Jul 31	$4.07	$1.85	$5.92	$163.08	$174.92	3.47%
$173.00	Jul 31	$2.03	$3.90	$5.93	$167.07	$178.93	3.47%
$175.00	Jul 31	$1.16	$5.00	$6.16	$168.84	$181.16	3.61%
$168.00	Jul 31	$4.88	$1.61	$6.49	$161.51	$174.49	3.80%
$176.00	Jul 31	$0.93	$5.63	$6.56	$169.44	$182.56	3.84%
$177.00	Jul 31	$0.72	$6.50	$7.22	$169.78	$184.22	4.23%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 133 found (cheapest 1.62% of stock, avg 4.26%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$175.00	$168.00	Jul 31	$1.16	$1.61	$2.77	$165.23	$177.77
$175.00	$167.50	Jul 31	$1.16	$1.63	$2.79	$164.71	$177.79
$175.00	$169.00	Jul 31	$1.16	$1.85	$3.01	$165.99	$178.01
$174.00	$168.00	Jul 31	$1.57	$1.61	$3.18	$164.82	$177.18
$174.00	$167.50	Jul 31	$1.57	$1.63	$3.20	$164.30	$177.20
$175.00	$170.00	Jul 31	$1.16	$2.22	$3.38	$166.62	$178.38
$174.00	$169.00	Jul 31	$1.57	$1.85	$3.42	$165.58	$177.42
$173.00	$168.00	Jul 31	$2.03	$1.61	$3.64	$164.36	$176.64
$173.00	$167.50	Jul 31	$2.03	$1.63	$3.66	$163.84	$176.66
$174.00	$170.00	Jul 31	$1.57	$2.22	$3.79	$166.21	$177.79

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 290 found (best R:R 15.67, avg credit $1.18)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
168/169	170/172	Aug 28	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$166.65	$172.35
170/171	174/175	Aug 14	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$170.13	$174.87
165/167	175/178	Aug 28	$2.14	$0.36	5.94	$164.86	$177.14
169/170	174/175	Aug 14	$0.83	$0.17	4.88	$169.17	$174.83
164/165	170/171	Aug 7	$0.82	$0.18	4.56	$164.18	$170.82
140/145	150/170	Aug 14	$16.25	$3.75	4.33	$128.75	$166.25
171/172	184/185	Aug 14	$0.81	$0.19	4.26	$171.19	$184.81
165/167	178/180	Aug 28	$1.58	$0.42	3.76	$165.42	$179.58
162/163	170/171	Aug 7	$0.78	$0.22	3.55	$162.22	$170.78
150/155	160/170	Aug 7	$7.78	$2.22	3.50	$147.22	$167.78

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 74 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$152.00	$153.00	$154.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$176.00	$177.00	$178.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$187.00	$188.00	$189.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Aug 21	$0.34	$4.66	13.71
$178.00	$179.00	$180.00	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
$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. 129 found (best net $-0.51, 124 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$157.50	$165.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.51	$6.99
$196.00	$200.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.06	$3.94
$180.00	$184.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.93	$3.07
$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. 80 found (best yield 4.45%, avg 0.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$171.00	Sep 4	$7.60	0.53	0.2%	4.45%	4.63%	--	11
$171.00	Aug 21	$5.85	0.52	0.2%	3.43%	3.60%	--	17
$175.00	Sep 4	$5.60	0.45	2.5%	3.28%	5.80%	--	10
$172.00	Aug 21	$5.35	0.50	0.8%	3.13%	3.90%	--	20
$172.50	Aug 28	$5.10	0.49	1.1%	2.99%	4.04%	--	35
$175.00	Aug 28	$4.85	0.44	2.5%	2.84%	5.36%	--	27
$174.00	Aug 21	$4.40	0.45	1.9%	2.58%	4.51%	--	13
$175.00	Aug 21	$4.00	0.42	2.5%	2.34%	4.86%	10	2.4K
$171.00	Aug 7	$3.90	0.53	0.2%	2.28%	2.46%	2	39
$177.50	Aug 28	$3.70	0.38	4.0%	2.17%	6.15%	40	4

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 281

Total Puts 160

Put/Call Ratio 0.57

Net Difference 121

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,322

Total Puts 920

Put/Call Ratio 0.70

Net Difference 402

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 26,918

Total Puts 33,824

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.03

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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