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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$173.71 +4.29%

(7/30 09:40) ◀

Thursday, July 30, 2026 (9:45am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/30 9:45am) 1,188

Calls: 255 (21%)

Puts: 933 (79%)

Prior (07/29) 364

Calls: 227 (62%)

Puts: 137 (38%)

Current vs Prior +226.37%

Calls: +12.33% (Calls)

Puts: +581.02% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 84,989

Calls: 35,684 (42%)

Puts: 49,305 (58%)

Prior 7-Day Average 14,164

Calls: 5,097 (42%)

Puts: 7,043 (58%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -91.61%

Calls: -95.00%

Puts: -86.75%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/30 9:45am) $584.6K

Calls: $254.9K (44%)

Puts: $329.7K (56%)

Prior (07/29) $135.4K

Calls: $95.3K (70%)

Puts: $40.1K (30%)

Current vs Prior +331.68%

Calls: +167.37%

Puts: +722.45%

Prior 7-Day Total $58.67M

Calls: $29.15M (50%)

Puts: $29.52M (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average $9.78M

Calls: $4.16M (50%)

Puts: $4.22M (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -94.02%

Calls: -93.88%

Puts: -92.18%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/30 9:45am) 3.66

Prior (07/29) 0.60

Current vs Prior +506.24%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.15

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +217.66%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/30 9:45am) 703,304

Calls: 260,492 (37%)

Puts: 442,812 (63%)

Prior (07/29) 693,284

Calls: 256,667 (37%)

Puts: 436,617 (63%)

Current vs Prior +1.45%

Prior 7-Day Total 4,168,613

Calls: 1,537,977 (37%)

Puts: 2,630,636 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 694,768

Calls: 256,329 (37%)

Puts: 438,439 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.74% | 4.84%7.25% | 10.94%

Prior 3.92% | 5.71%8.31% | 11.77%

Current vs Prior -30.10% | -15.20%-12.76% | -7.09%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.92% | 5.57%7.89% | 11.33%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -30.12% | -13.10%-8.04% | -3.48%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.92% | 5.71%8.31% | 11.77%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -30.10% | -15.20%-12.76% | -7.09%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 35.83% | 32.06%

Calls: 48.57% | 31.02%

Puts: 23.08% | 33.11%

Prior 76.12% | 73.47%

Calls: 45.72% | 47.80%

Puts: 106.53% | 99.15%

Current vs Prior -52.93% | -56.36%

Prior 7-Day Avg 53.71% | 50.52%

Calls: 40.84% | 41.73%

Puts: 66.59% | 59.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -33.29% | -36.54%

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 332% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 226% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.66 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 506% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
09:45	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 23 of results (avg 8.0%, best 6.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Aug 21	32.55	34.70	$33.63	6.4%	--	1.00	112
$142.00	Aug 21	30.70	32.75	$31.73	6.5%	--	1.00	27
$141.00	Aug 21	31.55	33.75	$32.65	6.7%	--	1.00	14
$145.00	Aug 21	27.80	29.75	$28.78	6.8%	--	0.95	19
$140.00	Jul 31	31.85	34.10	$32.98	6.8%	--	1.00	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Aug 21	4.20	4.50	$4.35	6.9%	12	0.40	2.9K
$184.00	Aug 21	11.80	12.70	$12.25	7.3%	1	0.76	316
$180.00	Aug 21	9.05	9.85	$9.45	8.5%	--	0.66	3.2K
$172.00	Aug 28	5.60	6.10	$5.85	8.5%	1	0.45	11
$192.00	Aug 21	18.45	20.15	$19.30	8.8%	1	0.89	11

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. 136 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Jul 31	31.85	34.10	$32.98	6.8%	--	1.00	42
$145.00	Jul 31	26.85	28.95	$27.90	7.5%	--	1.00	22
$150.00	Jul 31	21.90	24.00	$22.95	9.2%	--	1.00	15
$152.00	Jul 31	19.95	22.05	$21.00	10.0%	7	1.00	261
$152.50	Jul 31	19.40	21.35	$20.38	9.6%	7	1.00	279

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$182.50	Jul 31	8.60	10.70	$9.65	21.8%	--	0.97	48
$184.00	Jul 31	10.00	12.45	$11.23	21.8%	--	0.95	116
$183.00	Jul 31	9.20	11.35	$10.27	20.9%	--	0.95	163
$182.00	Jul 31	8.20	9.85	$9.02	18.3%	--	0.94	62
$192.50	Aug 14	18.20	20.80	$19.50	13.3%	--	0.94	24

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 89 active (total vol 1.0K, top 754)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Aug 21	2.69	3.50	$3.10	26.1%	14	0.33	2.2K
$172.50	Jul 31	2.12	2.87	$2.50	30.0%	10	0.56	42
$187.00	Aug 21	0.98	1.63	$1.31	49.6%	9	0.18	96
$180.00	Aug 7	0.89	1.53	$1.21	52.9%	8	0.23	219
$152.00	Jul 31	19.95	22.05	$21.00	10.0%	7	1.00	261

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$173.00	Aug 7	3.30	4.25	$3.78	25.1%	754	0.49	18
$167.50	Aug 7	1.52	2.27	$1.90	39.5%	20	0.28	190
$160.00	Aug 21	1.53	2.40	$1.97	44.2%	16	0.20	3.1K
$165.00	Aug 21	2.67	3.60	$3.14	29.6%	16	0.29	2.1K
$170.00	Aug 21	4.20	4.50	$4.35	6.9%	12	0.40	2.9K

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 82.0%, max 295.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Jul 31	Aug 14	151.9%	38.4%	295.1%	--	96
$140.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	168.9%	50.7%	233.0%	--	154
$205.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	98.1%	32.0%	206.2%	--	629
$145.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	145.3%	48.3%	201.0%	--	41
$196.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	79.9%	29.6%	169.8%	--	106

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$145.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	145.3%	45.0%	223.1%	--	41
$155.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	101.3%	39.9%	154.1%	1	133
$150.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	90.6%	41.9%	116.0%	--	325
$159.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	85.1%	40.3%	111.2%	--	752
$184.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	60.7%	32.3%	87.8%	--	129

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 156 found (best R:R 40.67, avg 3.91)

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
$188.00	$190.00	Aug 14	$0.12	$1.88	$0.12	15.67	$188.12
$188.00	$190.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$1.85	$0.15	12.33	$188.15
$202.50	$205.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$202.75
$193.00	$194.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$193.11

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$155.00	$150.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$154.88
$155.00	$150.00	Aug 7	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$154.84
$145.00	$140.00	Aug 28	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$144.75
$150.00	$145.00	Aug 28	$0.31	$4.69	$0.31	15.13	$149.69
$155.00	$150.00	Aug 14	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	14.63	$154.68

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 213 found (best R:R 37.46, avg 1.93)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$157.50	$162.50	Jul 31	$4.87	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$162.37
$147.00	$150.00	Aug 21	$2.77	$2.77	$0.23	12.04	$149.77
$154.00	$155.00	Jul 31	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$154.90
$153.00	$154.00	Aug 21	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$153.90
$155.00	$156.00	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$155.88

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$192.50	$190.00	Aug 14	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$190.15
$195.00	$193.00	Aug 21	$1.88	$1.88	$0.12	15.67	$193.12
$188.00	$186.00	Aug 7	$1.87	$1.87	$0.13	14.38	$186.13
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 14	$3.65	$3.65	$0.35	10.43	$186.35
$179.00	$178.00	Jul 31	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$178.12

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 93 found (avg debit $1.08, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$197.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.05	44.2%	34.8%
$190.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.06	64.8%	31.8%
$197.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.10	82.7%	43.5%
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.10	85.1%	47.7%
$205.00	Jul 31	Aug 14	$0.10	98.1%	40.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$140.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.06	71.4%	55.6%
$145.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.08	145.3%	62.7%
$186.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.12	34.7%	30.6%
$150.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.25	90.6%	56.0%
$155.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.29	101.3%	50.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 112 found (cheapest 2.40% of stock, avg 8.30%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$173.00	Jul 31	$2.10	$2.07	$4.17	$168.83	$177.17	2.40%
$174.00	Jul 31	$1.56	$2.66	$4.22	$169.78	$178.22	2.43%
$172.00	Jul 31	$2.63	$1.77	$4.40	$167.60	$176.40	2.53%
$175.00	Jul 31	$1.24	$3.18	$4.42	$170.58	$179.42	2.54%
$172.50	Jul 31	$2.50	$1.96	$4.46	$168.04	$176.96	2.57%
$171.00	Jul 31	$3.32	$1.51	$4.83	$166.17	$175.83	2.78%
$176.00	Jul 31	$0.94	$3.95	$4.89	$171.11	$180.89	2.82%
$170.00	Jul 31	$4.08	$0.94	$5.02	$164.98	$175.02	2.89%
$177.00	Jul 31	$0.62	$4.53	$5.15	$171.85	$182.15	2.96%
$177.50	Jul 31	$0.56	$5.10	$5.66	$171.84	$183.16	3.26%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 140 found (cheapest 0.85% of stock, avg 4.19%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$177.50	$169.00	Jul 31	$0.56	$0.91	$1.47	$167.53	$178.97
$177.50	$170.00	Jul 31	$0.56	$0.94	$1.50	$168.50	$179.00
$177.00	$169.00	Jul 31	$0.62	$0.91	$1.53	$167.47	$178.53
$177.00	$170.00	Jul 31	$0.62	$0.94	$1.56	$168.44	$178.56
$176.00	$169.00	Jul 31	$0.94	$0.91	$1.85	$167.15	$177.85
$176.00	$170.00	Jul 31	$0.94	$0.94	$1.88	$168.12	$177.88
$177.50	$171.00	Jul 31	$0.56	$1.51	$2.07	$168.93	$179.57
$177.00	$171.00	Jul 31	$0.62	$1.51	$2.13	$168.87	$179.13
$175.00	$169.00	Jul 31	$1.24	$0.91	$2.15	$166.85	$177.15
$175.00	$170.00	Jul 31	$1.24	$0.94	$2.18	$167.82	$177.18

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 255 found (best R:R 6.69, avg credit $1.19)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
157/158	170/171	Aug 7	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$156.63	$170.87
165/166	170/171	Aug 7	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$165.13	$170.87
150/155	160/168	Aug 7	$6.46	$1.04	6.21	$148.54	$166.46
171/172	174/175	Aug 14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$171.14	$174.86
157/158	160/168	Aug 7	$6.44	$1.06	6.08	$151.06	$166.44
169/170	173/174	Aug 28	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$169.15	$173.85
159/160	170/171	Aug 7	$0.84	$0.16	5.25	$159.16	$170.84
161/162	170/171	Aug 7	$0.84	$0.16	5.25	$161.16	$170.84
167/168	170/172	Aug 28	$2.06	$0.44	4.68	$165.44	$172.06
165/168	170/174	Aug 14	$3.24	$0.76	4.26	$164.26	$173.24

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 81 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$154.00	$155.00	$156.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$194.00	$195.00	$196.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$186.00	$187.00	$188.00	Aug 14	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$140.00	$141.00	$142.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Aug 7	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Jul 31	$0.21	$4.79	22.81
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Aug 14	$0.24	$4.76	19.83

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 141 found (best net $-1.56, 133 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$167.50	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.18	$6.32
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.03	$4.97
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.08	$4.92
$196.00	$200.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.31	$3.69
$180.00	$184.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.12	$2.88

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$168.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.56	$6.44
$155.00	$150.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.07	$4.93
$150.00	$145.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.10	$4.90
$155.00	$150.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.10	$4.90
$145.00	$140.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.13	$4.87

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 73 found (best yield 3.51%, avg 0.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$174.00	Aug 28	$6.10	0.50	0.2%	3.51%	3.68%	2	1
$175.00	Sep 4	$5.20	0.48	0.7%	2.99%	3.74%	--	20
$174.00	Aug 21	$5.10	0.49	0.2%	2.94%	3.10%	1	13
$175.00	Aug 21	$5.00	0.47	0.7%	2.88%	3.62%	4	2.4K
$175.00	Aug 28	$4.35	0.47	0.7%	2.50%	3.25%	--	28
$176.00	Aug 21	$4.25	0.44	1.3%	2.45%	3.76%	--	92
$177.50	Aug 28	$3.85	0.42	2.2%	2.22%	4.40%	--	46
$177.00	Aug 21	$3.75	0.41	1.9%	2.16%	4.05%	--	128
$178.00	Aug 21	$3.35	0.38	2.5%	1.93%	4.40%	1	26
$180.00	Aug 28	$3.15	0.36	3.6%	1.81%	5.43%	1	15

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 255

Total Puts 933

Put/Call Ratio 3.66

Net Difference -678

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 227

Total Puts 137

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 90

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 35,684

Total Puts 49,305

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.15

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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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