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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$168.39 -1.58%

(7/29 11:15) ◀

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 (11:20am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/29 11:20am) 3,478

Calls: 1,791 (51%)

Puts: 1,687 (49%)

Prior (07/28) 12,119

Calls: 6,154 (51%)

Puts: 5,965 (49%)

Current vs Prior -71.30%

Calls: -70.90% (Calls)

Puts: -71.72% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 71,874

Calls: 32,205 (45%)

Puts: 39,669 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 10,267

Calls: 4,600 (45%)

Puts: 5,667 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -66.13%

Calls: -61.07%

Puts: -70.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/29 11:20am) $2.60M

Calls: $1.69M (65%)

Puts: $905.4K (35%)

Prior (07/28) $8.16M

Calls: $3.91M (48%)

Puts: $4.25M (52%)

Current vs Prior -68.15%

Calls: -56.70%

Puts: -78.68%

Prior 7-Day Total $52.07M

Calls: $28.27M (54%)

Puts: $23.79M (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average $7.44M

Calls: $4.04M (54%)

Puts: $3.40M (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -65.08%

Calls: -58.10%

Puts: -73.36%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/29 11:20am) 0.94

Prior (07/28) 0.97

Current vs Prior -2.82%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.17

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -19.45%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/29 11:20am) 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 3.54% | 5.26%7.78% | 10.94%

Prior 3.57% | 5.31%7.44% | 11.21%

Current vs Prior -0.73% | -0.97%+4.56% | -2.37%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.75% | -4.88%+0.44% | -2.15%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -0.73% | -0.97%+4.56% | -2.37%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 20.05% | 18.17%

Calls: 18.67% | 16.20%

Puts: 21.43% | 20.14%

Prior 83.42% | 70.98%

Calls: 57.78% | 72.84%

Puts: 109.06% | 69.12%

Current vs Prior -75.96% | -74.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 46.24% | 42.87%

Calls: 39.21% | 39.70%

Puts: 53.27% | 46.03%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -56.64% | -57.61%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($1.69M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 68% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 71% vs prior. Put-heavy open interest (436,617 puts vs 256,667 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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
11:20	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
11:15	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
11:10	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:05	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
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 39 of results (avg 7.9%, best 4.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Jul 31	32.95	34.60	$33.78	4.9%	--	0.99	60
$135.00	Aug 21	33.45	35.35	$34.40	5.5%	--	0.97	10
$138.00	Aug 21	30.65	32.50	$31.58	5.9%	--	0.96	21
$150.00	Aug 21	19.65	20.85	$20.25	5.9%	--	0.88	192
$136.00	Aug 21	32.45	34.45	$33.45	6.0%	--	0.97	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Aug 21	6.60	6.95	$6.78	5.2%	20	0.50	2.9K
$200.00	Aug 21	30.30	32.55	$31.42	7.2%	--	1.00	28
$181.00	Aug 21	13.10	14.10	$13.60	7.4%	4	0.80	241
$192.00	Aug 14	22.50	24.35	$23.43	7.9%	2	0.96	3
$195.00	Aug 21	25.40	27.55	$26.48	8.1%	--	1.00	1.1K

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. 149 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$145.00	Jul 31	22.80	24.65	$23.73	7.8%	--	1.00	19
$135.00	Jul 31	32.95	34.60	$33.78	4.9%	--	0.99	60
$140.00	Jul 31	27.80	29.65	$28.73	6.4%	--	0.98	42
$135.00	Aug 21	33.45	35.35	$34.40	5.5%	--	0.97	10
$136.00	Aug 21	32.45	34.45	$33.45	6.0%	--	0.97	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$182.50	Jul 31	12.95	14.80	$13.88	13.3%	2	1.00	113
$183.00	Jul 31	13.45	15.15	$14.30	11.9%	2	1.00	223
$184.00	Jul 31	14.55	16.15	$15.35	10.4%	106	1.00	98
$185.00	Jul 31	15.50	17.10	$16.30	9.8%	105	1.00	219
$186.00	Jul 31	16.55	18.30	$17.43	10.0%	--	1.00	42

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 173 active (total vol 2.3K, top 273)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$169.00	Jul 31	2.31	2.86	$2.59	21.2%	207	0.49	13
$168.00	Jul 31	2.86	3.45	$3.16	18.7%	130	0.55	16
$152.50	Jul 31	15.40	17.25	$16.33	11.3%	96	0.96	270
$152.00	Jul 31	15.90	17.75	$16.83	11.0%	81	0.96	263
$181.00	Jul 31	0.05	0.18	$0.12	108.3%	40	0.04	408

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$165.00	Jul 31	1.07	1.48	$1.27	32.3%	273	0.29	1.1K
$163.00	Jul 31	0.38	1.11	$0.75	97.3%	109	0.20	95
$184.00	Jul 31	14.55	16.15	$15.35	10.4%	106	1.00	98
$185.00	Jul 31	15.50	17.10	$16.30	9.8%	105	1.00	219
$150.00	Jul 31	0.00	0.33	$0.17	194.1%	63	0.04	163

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 93 strikes (avg 61.6%, max 185.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$135.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	132.7%	51.7%	156.7%	--	70
$140.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	117.3%	49.3%	137.7%	--	154
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	74.6%	32.4%	130.4%	2	450
$198.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	75.6%	32.9%	129.7%	--	195
$196.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	71.2%	31.3%	127.7%	--	107

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$135.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	132.7%	46.5%	185.6%	1	775
$150.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	85.6%	41.9%	104.1%	64	250
$190.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	60.5%	31.1%	94.8%	2	2.7K
$187.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	61.2%	33.4%	83.0%	--	79
$186.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	59.4%	33.8%	75.5%	--	829

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 152 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 4.45)

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
$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
$181.00	$182.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$181.10
$175.00	$176.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$175.11

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
$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
$145.00	$140.00	Aug 14	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$144.80
$160.00	$155.00	Jul 31	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$159.72

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 214 found (best R:R 19.00, avg 1.81)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$147.00	$150.00	Aug 21	$2.85	$2.85	$0.15	19.00	$149.85
$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
$152.00	$153.00	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$152.88
$157.50	$165.00	Jul 31	$6.48	$6.48	$1.02	6.35	$163.98

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
$191.00	$189.00	Aug 7	$1.87	$1.87	$0.13	14.38	$189.13
$186.00	$182.50	Aug 14	$3.25	$3.25	$0.25	13.00	$182.75
$192.00	$190.00	Aug 14	$1.85	$1.85	$0.15	12.33	$190.15
$181.00	$180.00	Aug 7	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$180.12

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 87 found (avg debit $0.91, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$188.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.06	72.6%	38.7%
$192.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.07	42.5%	34.6%
$195.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	71.9%	45.2%
$197.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	73.2%	47.5%
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	74.6%	51.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$135.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.05	132.7%	70.0%
$185.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.10	56.5%	37.2%
$188.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.13	38.7%	32.5%
$191.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.13	40.9%	33.6%
$182.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.17	53.3%	38.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 120 found (cheapest 3.20% of stock, avg 9.74%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$169.00	Jul 31	$2.59	$2.80	$5.39	$163.61	$174.39	3.20%
$170.00	Jul 31	$2.15	$3.35	$5.50	$164.50	$175.50	3.27%
$168.00	Jul 31	$3.16	$2.44	$5.60	$162.40	$173.60	3.33%
$171.00	Jul 31	$1.74	$3.88	$5.62	$165.38	$176.62	3.34%
$172.00	Jul 31	$1.38	$4.53	$5.91	$166.09	$177.91	3.51%
$165.00	Jul 31	$5.05	$1.27	$6.32	$158.68	$171.32	3.75%
$172.50	Jul 31	$1.29	$5.03	$6.32	$166.18	$178.82	3.75%
$173.00	Jul 31	$1.13	$5.25	$6.38	$166.62	$179.38	3.79%
$174.00	Jul 31	$0.86	$6.10	$6.96	$167.04	$180.96	4.13%
$175.00	Jul 31	$0.62	$6.88	$7.50	$167.50	$182.50	4.45%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.52% of stock, avg 4.58%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$172.50	$165.00	Jul 31	$1.29	$1.27	$2.56	$162.44	$175.06
$172.00	$165.00	Jul 31	$1.38	$1.27	$2.65	$162.35	$174.65
$172.50	$166.00	Jul 31	$1.29	$1.59	$2.88	$163.12	$175.38
$172.00	$166.00	Jul 31	$1.38	$1.59	$2.97	$163.03	$174.97
$171.00	$165.00	Jul 31	$1.74	$1.27	$3.01	$161.99	$174.01
$172.50	$167.00	Jul 31	$1.29	$1.92	$3.21	$163.79	$175.71
$172.00	$167.00	Jul 31	$1.38	$1.92	$3.30	$163.70	$175.30
$171.00	$166.00	Jul 31	$1.74	$1.59	$3.33	$162.67	$174.33
$170.00	$165.00	Jul 31	$2.15	$1.27	$3.42	$161.58	$173.42
$172.50	$167.50	Jul 31	$1.29	$2.13	$3.42	$164.08	$175.92

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 332 found (best R:R 12.33, avg credit $1.30)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
165/167	173/175	Aug 28	$1.85	$0.15	12.33	$165.15	$174.85
168/169	173/175	Aug 28	$1.85	$0.15	12.33	$167.15	$174.85
165/167	170/172	Aug 28	$2.29	$0.21	10.90	$164.71	$172.29
168/169	170/172	Aug 28	$2.29	$0.21	10.90	$166.71	$172.29
168/169	178/178	Aug 28	$1.37	$0.13	10.54	$167.63	$178.87
168/169	184/185	Aug 28	$1.35	$0.15	9.00	$167.65	$185.35
169/170	172/173	Aug 28	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$169.10	$173.40
170/171	172/173	Aug 28	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$170.10	$173.40
159/160	169/170	Aug 7	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$159.13	$169.87
165/167	178/180	Aug 28	$1.74	$0.26	6.69	$165.26	$179.74

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 92 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$135.00	$140.00	$145.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$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

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$135.00	$140.00	$145.00	Aug 7	$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	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Aug 14	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Aug 28	$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. 136 found (best net $-0.17, 128 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	-$0.16	$2.84
$165.00	$170.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.50	$2.50

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$145.00	$135.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.17	$9.83
$168.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.06	$6.94
$145.00	$140.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.01	$4.99
$150.00	$145.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.02	$4.98
$145.00	$140.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.06	$4.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 100 found (best yield 4.19%, avg 0.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$170.00	Sep 4	$7.05	0.51	1.0%	4.19%	5.14%	--	13
$171.00	Sep 4	$6.30	0.49	1.6%	3.74%	5.29%	1	11
$170.00	Aug 28	$6.05	0.51	1.0%	3.59%	4.55%	4	14
$170.00	Aug 21	$5.35	0.51	1.0%	3.18%	4.13%	40	493
$173.00	Aug 28	$4.85	0.44	2.7%	2.88%	5.62%	4	7
$171.00	Aug 21	$4.75	0.48	1.6%	2.82%	4.37%	8	17
$172.50	Aug 28	$4.70	0.46	2.4%	2.79%	5.23%	--	35
$175.00	Sep 4	$4.40	0.40	3.9%	2.61%	6.54%	--	10
$172.00	Aug 21	$4.35	0.46	2.1%	2.58%	4.73%	--	20
$170.00	Aug 14	$4.20	0.48	1.0%	2.49%	3.45%	--	21

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,791

Total Puts 1,687

Put/Call Ratio 0.94

Net Difference 104

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,154

Total Puts 5,965

Put/Call Ratio 0.97

Net Difference 189

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 32,205

Total Puts 39,669

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.17

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 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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