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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$168.88 -1.29%

(7/29 10:55) ◀

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 (11:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/29 11:00am) 2,668

Calls: 1,333 (50%)

Puts: 1,335 (50%)

Prior (07/28) 9,882

Calls: 4,169 (42%)

Puts: 5,713 (58%)

Current vs Prior -73.00%

Calls: -68.03% (Calls)

Puts: -76.63% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 68,530

Calls: 30,687 (45%)

Puts: 37,843 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 9,790

Calls: 4,383 (45%)

Puts: 5,406 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -72.75%

Calls: -69.59%

Puts: -75.31%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/29 11:00am) $1.91M

Calls: $1.38M (72%)

Puts: $537.7K (28%)

Prior (07/28) $6.30M

Calls: $2.16M (34%)

Puts: $4.14M (66%)

Current vs Prior -69.61%

Calls: -36.13%

Puts: -87.02%

Prior 7-Day Total $49.00M

Calls: $26.71M (55%)

Puts: $22.29M (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average $7.00M

Calls: $3.82M (55%)

Puts: $3.18M (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -72.65%

Calls: -63.93%

Puts: -83.11%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/29 11:00am) 1.00

Prior (07/28) 1.37

Current vs Prior -26.92%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.15

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.81%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/29 11:00am) 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 4,841,857

Calls: 1,786,994 (37%)

Puts: 3,054,863 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 691,693

Calls: 255,284 (37%)

Puts: 436,409 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.56% | 5.35%7.77% | 10.90%

Prior 3.57% | 5.31%7.44% | 11.21%

Current vs Prior -0.19% | +0.75%+4.41% | -2.76%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.25% | -3.22%+0.30% | -2.54%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -0.19% | +0.75%+4.41% | -2.76%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 22.94% | 17.08%

Calls: 24.03% | 19.15%

Puts: 21.84% | 15.01%

Prior 83.42% | 70.98%

Calls: 57.78% | 72.84%

Puts: 109.06% | 69.12%

Current vs Prior -72.50% | -75.94%

Prior 7-Day Avg 46.24% | 42.87%

Calls: 39.21% | 39.70%

Puts: 53.27% | 46.03%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -50.39% | -60.16%

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Moderately bullish flow with 72% call dollar volume ($1.38M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 70% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 73% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.00.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall MIXED

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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
11:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:55	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
10:50	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:45	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:40	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:30	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 34 of results (avg 8.1%, best 5.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$138.00	Aug 21	30.65	32.50	$31.58	5.9%	--	0.96	21
$136.00	Aug 21	32.45	34.45	$33.45	6.0%	--	0.96	14
$139.00	Aug 21	29.60	31.55	$30.58	6.4%	--	0.95	200
$140.00	Jul 31	27.80	29.65	$28.73	6.4%	--	1.00	42
$150.00	Aug 21	19.50	20.80	$20.15	6.5%	--	0.87	192

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Aug 21	9.20	9.75	$9.48	5.8%	12	0.64	1.1K
$200.00	Aug 21	30.30	32.55	$31.42	7.2%	--	1.00	28
$195.00	Aug 21	25.40	27.55	$26.48	8.1%	--	0.96	1.1K
$170.00	Aug 21	6.45	7.00	$6.73	8.2%	19	0.51	2.9K
$190.00	Aug 21	20.60	22.45	$21.53	8.6%	--	0.93	2.7K

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. 141 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Jul 31	27.80	29.65	$28.73	6.4%	--	1.00	42
$145.00	Jul 31	22.80	24.65	$23.73	7.8%	--	1.00	19
$136.00	Aug 21	32.45	34.45	$33.45	6.0%	--	0.96	14
$152.00	Jul 31	15.90	17.75	$16.83	11.0%	55	0.96	263
$154.00	Jul 31	14.00	15.75	$14.88	11.8%	3	0.96	6

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$197.00	Aug 21	27.00	29.95	$28.48	10.4%	2	1.00	2
$200.00	Aug 21	30.30	32.55	$31.42	7.2%	--	1.00	28
$190.00	Jul 31	20.25	22.45	$21.35	10.3%	2	0.99	--
$187.00	Jul 31	17.45	19.25	$18.35	9.8%	--	0.99	15
$186.00	Jul 31	16.50	18.30	$17.40	10.3%	--	0.98	42

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 158 active (total vol 1.7K, top 273)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$168.00	Jul 31	2.71	3.45	$3.08	24.0%	129	0.55	16
$152.50	Jul 31	15.40	17.25	$16.33	11.3%	70	0.96	270
$152.00	Jul 31	15.90	17.75	$16.83	11.0%	55	0.96	263
$177.50	Aug 28	3.05	4.25	$3.65	32.9%	40	0.34	4
$181.00	Jul 31	0.05	0.18	$0.12	108.3%	39	0.04	408

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$165.00	Jul 31	1.19	1.86	$1.53	43.8%	273	0.31	1.1K
$163.00	Jul 31	0.36	1.11	$0.74	101.4%	109	0.19	95
$150.00	Jul 31	0.01	0.33	$0.17	188.2%	63	0.04	163
$170.00	Jul 31	3.05	3.80	$3.43	21.9%	29	0.57	1.7K
$167.00	Aug 28	4.70	6.55	$5.63	32.9%	28	0.43	17

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 90 strikes (avg 62.1%, max 164.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Jul 31	Aug 14	109.6%	41.5%	164.1%	--	96
$140.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	116.7%	49.0%	138.2%	--	154
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	74.5%	32.6%	128.2%	2	450
$198.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	75.5%	33.1%	127.8%	--	195
$196.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	71.1%	31.5%	125.8%	--	107

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$150.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	85.6%	41.2%	107.6%	64	250
$190.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	60.5%	31.4%	92.6%	2	2.7K
$155.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	68.1%	37.7%	80.6%	8	121
$184.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	62.0%	34.8%	78.4%	27	111
$186.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	59.4%	34.2%	73.4%	--	829

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 151 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 4.55)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$190.00	$192.50	Aug 14	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$190.12
$175.00	$177.00	Aug 14	$0.13	$1.87	$0.13	14.38	$175.13
$188.00	$190.00	Aug 14	$0.14	$1.86	$0.14	13.29	$188.14
$191.00	$195.00	Sep 4	$0.39	$3.61	$0.39	9.26	$191.39
$183.00	$184.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$183.11

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$145.00	$140.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$144.90
$145.00	$140.00	Aug 14	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$144.87
$150.00	$145.00	Jul 31	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$149.84
$150.00	$145.00	Aug 7	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$149.81
$160.00	$155.00	Jul 31	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$159.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 210 found (best R:R 15.67, avg 1.71)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$136.00	$138.00	Aug 21	$1.87	$1.87	$0.13	14.38	$137.87
$142.00	$143.00	Aug 21	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$142.90
$155.00	$156.00	Jul 31	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$155.88
$152.00	$153.00	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$152.88
$174.00	$175.00	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$174.88

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$185.00	$183.00	Aug 7	$1.88	$1.88	$0.12	15.67	$183.12
$186.00	$182.50	Aug 14	$3.18	$3.18	$0.32	9.94	$182.82
$187.00	$186.00	Aug 21	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$186.10
$172.00	$171.00	Aug 14	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$171.12
$177.00	$176.00	Jul 31	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$176.13

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 84 found (avg debit $0.92, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$188.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.06	72.6%	38.5%
$192.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.07	42.3%	34.8%
$195.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	71.9%	45.1%
$197.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	73.1%	47.4%
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	74.5%	50.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$185.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.10	56.5%	37.3%
$140.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.12	61.5%	50.9%
$188.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.13	38.5%	32.9%
$182.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.17	59.0%	38.7%
$183.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.19	52.3%	38.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 116 found (cheapest 3.26% of stock, avg 9.50%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$169.00	Jul 31	$2.57	$2.93	$5.50	$163.50	$174.50	3.26%
$170.00	Jul 31	$2.07	$3.43	$5.50	$164.50	$175.50	3.26%
$168.00	Jul 31	$3.08	$2.48	$5.56	$162.44	$173.56	3.29%
$171.00	Jul 31	$1.81	$4.08	$5.89	$165.11	$176.89	3.49%
$172.00	Jul 31	$1.26	$4.75	$6.01	$165.99	$178.01	3.56%
$172.50	Jul 31	$1.24	$5.05	$6.29	$166.21	$178.79	3.72%
$173.00	Jul 31	$1.05	$5.35	$6.40	$166.60	$179.40	3.79%
$165.00	Jul 31	$5.00	$1.53	$6.53	$158.47	$171.53	3.87%
$174.00	Jul 31	$0.83	$6.15	$6.98	$167.02	$180.98	4.13%
$175.00	Jul 31	$0.69	$6.85	$7.54	$167.46	$182.54	4.46%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.64% of stock, avg 4.65%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$172.50	$165.00	Jul 31	$1.24	$1.53	$2.77	$162.23	$175.27
$172.00	$165.00	Jul 31	$1.26	$1.53	$2.79	$162.21	$174.79
$172.50	$166.00	Jul 31	$1.24	$1.77	$3.01	$162.99	$175.51
$172.00	$166.00	Jul 31	$1.26	$1.77	$3.03	$162.97	$175.03
$172.50	$167.00	Jul 31	$1.24	$2.00	$3.24	$163.76	$175.74
$172.00	$167.00	Jul 31	$1.26	$2.00	$3.26	$163.74	$175.26
$171.00	$165.00	Jul 31	$1.81	$1.53	$3.34	$161.66	$174.34
$172.50	$167.50	Jul 31	$1.24	$2.25	$3.49	$164.01	$175.99
$172.00	$167.50	Jul 31	$1.26	$2.25	$3.51	$163.99	$175.51
$171.00	$166.00	Jul 31	$1.81	$1.77	$3.58	$162.42	$174.58

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 317 found (best R:R 10.90, avg credit $1.30)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
168/169	170/172	Aug 28	$2.29	$0.21	10.90	$166.71	$172.29
168/169	184/185	Aug 28	$1.35	$0.15	9.00	$167.65	$185.35
164/165	170/171	Aug 7	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$164.11	$170.89
169/170	184/185	Aug 28	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$169.12	$184.88
162/163	170/171	Aug 7	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$162.13	$170.87
170/171	178/178	Aug 28	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$170.13	$178.37
160/161	169/170	Aug 7	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$160.14	$169.86
160/161	172/173	Aug 7	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$160.14	$173.36
164/165	173/174	Aug 7	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$164.14	$173.86
168/169	173/175	Aug 28	$1.72	$0.28	6.14	$167.28	$174.72

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 88 found (best R:R 54.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$141.00	$142.00	$143.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$151.00	$152.00	$153.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	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 7	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Aug 7	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Jul 31	$0.23	$4.77	20.74
$145.00	$146.00	$147.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$178.00	$179.00	$180.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	19.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 133 found (best net $-1.06, 124 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$185.00	$190.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.46	$4.54
$196.00	$200.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.16	$3.84
$191.00	$195.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.32	$3.68
$177.00	$180.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.08	$2.92
$165.00	$170.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.46	$2.54

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$168.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.06	$6.94
$145.00	$140.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.06	$4.94
$150.00	$145.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.07	$4.93
$155.00	$150.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.13	$4.87
$145.00	$140.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.15	$4.85

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 98 found (best yield 4.09%, avg 0.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$170.00	Sep 4	$6.90	0.51	0.7%	4.09%	4.75%	--	13
$171.00	Sep 4	$6.30	0.49	1.3%	3.73%	4.99%	1	11
$170.00	Aug 28	$6.05	0.50	0.7%	3.58%	4.25%	4	14
$170.00	Aug 21	$5.40	0.50	0.7%	3.20%	3.86%	2	493
$171.00	Aug 21	$4.75	0.47	1.3%	2.81%	4.07%	8	17
$173.00	Aug 28	$4.75	0.43	2.4%	2.81%	5.25%	1	7
$172.50	Aug 28	$4.70	0.45	2.1%	2.78%	4.93%	--	35
$175.00	Sep 4	$4.40	0.40	3.6%	2.61%	6.23%	--	10
$172.00	Aug 21	$4.35	0.45	1.9%	2.58%	4.42%	--	20
$170.00	Aug 14	$4.20	0.47	0.7%	2.49%	3.15%	--	21

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,333

Total Puts 1,335

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference -2

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,169

Total Puts 5,713

Put/Call Ratio 1.37

Net Difference -1,544

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 30,687

Total Puts 37,843

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.15

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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