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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$186.85 -0.03%

(8/5 11:10) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/05 11:15am) 4,295

Calls: 2,241 (52%)

Puts: 2,054 (48%)

Prior (08/04) 20,400

Calls: 13,966 (68%)

Puts: 6,434 (32%)

Current vs Prior -78.95%

Calls: -83.95% (Calls)

Puts: -68.08% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 223,181

Calls: 90,094 (40%)

Puts: 133,087 (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average 31,883

Calls: 12,870 (40%)

Puts: 19,012 (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -86.53%

Calls: -82.59%

Puts: -89.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/05 11:15am) $3.71M

Calls: $2.98M (80%)

Puts: $723.3K (20%)

Prior (08/04) $6.93M

Calls: $6.31M (91%)

Puts: $618.7K (9%)

Current vs Prior -46.50%

Calls: -52.72%

Puts: +16.91%

Prior 7-Day Total $110.32M

Calls: $65.13M (59%)

Puts: $45.19M (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average $15.76M

Calls: $9.30M (59%)

Puts: $6.46M (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -76.49%

Calls: -67.95%

Puts: -88.80%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/05 11:15am) 0.92

Prior (08/04) 0.46

Current vs Prior +98.95%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.61

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.21%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/05 11:15am) 773,893

Calls: 278,577 (36%)

Puts: 495,316 (64%)

Prior (08/04) 713,707

Calls: 252,697 (35%)

Puts: 461,010 (65%)

Current vs Prior +8.43%

Prior 7-Day Total 4,864,543

Calls: 1,781,538 (37%)

Puts: 3,083,005 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 694,934

Calls: 254,505 (37%)

Puts: 440,429 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +11.36%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (08/07) | Next (08/14)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 2.62% | 4.51%5.98% | 9.67%

Prior 3.10% | 4.95%6.73% | 10.55%

Current vs Prior -15.35% | -8.94%-11.11% | -8.30%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.39% | 5.12%7.04% | 10.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -22.59% | -11.82%-15.07% | -9.46%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.10% | 4.95%6.73% | 10.55%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -15.35% | -8.94%-11.11% | -8.30%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 32.47% | 29.35%

Calls: 38.85% | 23.70%

Puts: 26.09% | 35.00%

Prior 36.37% | 39.11%

Calls: 35.71% | 37.74%

Puts: 37.02% | 40.48%

Current vs Prior -10.72% | -24.96%

Prior 7-Day Avg 127.54% | 53.94%

Calls: 66.61% | 43.28%

Puts: 188.45% | 64.60%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -74.54% | -45.59%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in calls ($2.98M) vs puts ($723.3K). Below-average activity with volume down 79% vs prior. P/C ratio rising 99% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (495,316 puts vs 278,577 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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
11:15	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
11:10	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
11:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
10:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:35	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
10:30	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:25	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:20	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:15	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:10	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:05	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
09:45	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
09:40	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 70 of results (avg 6.9%, best 3.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$185.00	Sep 18	9.65	10.00	$9.82	3.6%	12	0.57	3.1K
$150.00	Sep 18	37.40	38.80	$38.10	3.7%	--	0.94	3.9K
$155.00	Aug 21	31.45	32.70	$32.08	3.9%	--	0.97	92
$156.00	Sep 18	31.85	33.15	$32.50	4.0%	--	0.92	146
$150.00	Sep 4	36.70	38.25	$37.48	4.1%	17	0.96	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$185.00	Sep 18	7.00	7.45	$7.23	6.2%	9	0.44	1.6K
$175.00	Sep 18	3.55	3.80	$3.68	6.8%	17	0.26	5.4K
$205.00	Sep 18	19.45	21.05	$20.25	7.9%	--	0.78	43
$200.00	Sep 18	15.75	17.05	$16.40	7.9%	--	0.70	34
$202.50	Sep 18	17.45	19.00	$18.23	8.5%	3	0.74	26

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. 175 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Aug 7	35.90	38.25	$37.08	6.3%	11	1.00	26
$151.00	Aug 7	34.90	37.20	$36.05	6.4%	5	1.00	24
$152.00	Aug 7	33.80	36.25	$35.03	7.0%	3	1.00	116
$152.50	Aug 7	33.40	35.70	$34.55	6.7%	1	1.00	123
$153.00	Aug 7	32.85	35.25	$34.05	7.0%	--	1.00	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Aug 14	21.85	24.25	$23.05	10.4%	--	0.95	44
$205.00	Sep 18	19.45	21.05	$20.25	7.9%	--	0.78	43
$202.50	Sep 18	17.45	19.00	$18.23	8.5%	3	0.74	26
$190.00	Aug 7	3.80	4.90	$4.35	25.3%	15	0.71	169
$195.00	Aug 21	9.75	11.00	$10.38	12.0%	5	0.71	1.1K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 230 active (total vol 2.3K, top 323)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Aug 21	2.06	2.59	$2.33	22.7%	237	0.29	2.0K
$189.00	Aug 28	4.90	5.80	$5.35	16.8%	115	0.47	15
$182.50	Sep 18	10.50	12.05	$11.28	13.7%	65	0.61	1.5K
$210.00	Sep 18	1.41	2.44	$1.92	53.6%	51	0.17	808
$187.50	Aug 7	1.44	2.40	$1.92	50.0%	38	0.45	52

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Sep 18	2.34	2.88	$2.61	20.7%	323	0.20	3.3K
$174.00	Aug 7	0.01	0.30	$0.16	181.2%	93	0.05	579
$160.00	Sep 18	1.17	1.44	$1.31	20.6%	48	0.10	3.3K
$157.00	Aug 7	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	37	0.00	104
$179.00	Aug 7	0.21	0.80	$0.51	115.7%	32	0.13	13

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 108 strikes (avg 56.4%, max 172.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$159.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	102.0%	37.5%	172.3%	--	63
$150.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	101.2%	42.9%	135.7%	11	3.9K
$151.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	98.0%	42.1%	132.8%	5	323
$152.50	Aug 7	Sep 18	93.8%	41.7%	124.7%	1	714
$155.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	86.9%	40.7%	113.7%	--	2.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$159.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	101.7%	37.5%	171.4%	2	1.6K
$150.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	101.2%	43.0%	135.2%	6	3.2K
$151.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	98.0%	42.2%	132.3%	--	138
$163.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	94.3%	42.9%	120.0%	3	1.4K
$155.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	86.9%	40.8%	113.2%	1	2.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 181 found (best R:R 37.46, avg 4.31)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$215.00	$220.00	Aug 21	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$215.16
$205.00	$210.00	Aug 21	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$205.20
$215.00	$217.50	Sep 18	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$215.17
$217.50	$220.00	Sep 18	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$217.68
$198.00	$200.00	Aug 7	$0.16	$1.84	$0.16	11.50	$198.16

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$155.00	$150.00	Sep 11	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$154.87
$155.00	$150.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$154.85
$160.00	$155.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$159.85
$163.00	$160.00	Aug 21	$0.14	$2.86	$0.14	20.43	$162.86
$165.00	$162.50	Sep 18	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$164.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 247 found (best R:R 55.82, avg 1.92)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$150.00	$162.50	Aug 14	$12.28	$12.28	$0.22	55.82	$162.28
$160.00	$165.00	Aug 21	$4.77	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$164.77
$167.00	$170.00	Aug 14	$2.82	$2.82	$0.18	15.67	$169.82
$151.00	$152.50	Sep 18	$1.40	$1.40	$0.10	14.00	$152.40
$165.00	$169.00	Aug 21	$3.73	$3.73	$0.27	13.81	$168.73

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$210.00	$192.50	Aug 14	$15.70	$15.70	$1.80	8.72	$194.30
$205.00	$202.50	Sep 18	$2.02	$2.02	$0.48	4.21	$202.98
$190.00	$189.00	Aug 21	$0.80	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$189.20
$192.00	$191.00	Aug 21	$0.80	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$191.20
$200.00	$197.50	Sep 18	$1.92	$1.92	$0.58	3.31	$198.08

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 101 found (avg debit $1.01, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$150.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.05	101.2%	66.8%
$158.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.05	79.1%	46.4%
$159.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.07	102.0%	46.8%
$160.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.07	79.2%	43.5%
$205.00	Aug 14	Aug 21	$0.14	39.1%	32.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$159.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.06	101.7%	54.0%
$150.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.11	101.2%	66.6%
$155.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.13	86.9%	59.8%
$163.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.15	94.3%	52.7%
$166.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.15	80.6%	46.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 149 found (cheapest 2.35% of stock, avg 9.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$187.00	Aug 7	$2.10	$2.30	$4.40	$182.60	$191.40	2.35%
$186.00	Aug 7	$2.60	$2.00	$4.60	$181.40	$190.60	2.46%
$187.50	Aug 7	$1.92	$2.78	$4.70	$182.80	$192.20	2.52%
$188.00	Aug 7	$2.08	$2.84	$4.92	$183.08	$192.92	2.63%
$185.00	Aug 7	$3.39	$1.69	$5.08	$179.92	$190.08	2.72%
$190.00	Aug 7	$0.98	$4.35	$5.33	$184.67	$195.33	2.85%
$184.00	Aug 7	$4.20	$1.16	$5.36	$178.64	$189.36	2.87%
$183.00	Aug 7	$4.55	$1.08	$5.63	$177.37	$188.63	3.01%
$182.00	Aug 7	$5.70	$0.59	$6.29	$175.71	$188.29	3.37%
$182.50	Aug 7	$5.48	$0.95	$6.43	$176.07	$188.93	3.44%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 162 found (cheapest 1.03% of stock, avg 4.20%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 7	$0.98	$0.95	$1.93	$180.57	$191.93
$190.00	$183.00	Aug 7	$0.98	$1.08	$2.06	$180.94	$192.06
$190.00	$184.00	Aug 7	$0.98	$1.16	$2.14	$181.86	$192.14
$189.00	$182.50	Aug 7	$1.36	$0.95	$2.31	$180.19	$191.31
$189.00	$183.00	Aug 7	$1.36	$1.08	$2.44	$180.56	$191.44
$189.00	$184.00	Aug 7	$1.36	$1.16	$2.52	$181.48	$191.52
$190.00	$185.00	Aug 7	$0.98	$1.69	$2.67	$182.33	$192.67
$187.50	$182.50	Aug 7	$1.92	$0.95	$2.87	$179.63	$190.37
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 7	$0.98	$2.00	$2.98	$183.02	$192.98
$187.50	$183.00	Aug 7	$1.92	$1.08	$3.00	$180.00	$190.50

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 174 found (best R:R 17.18, avg credit $1.50)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
169/170	173/175	Aug 28	$1.89	$0.11	17.18	$168.11	$174.89
168/169	170/172	Aug 28	$2.34	$0.16	14.63	$166.66	$172.34
168/170	171/174	Sep 4	$2.80	$0.20	14.00	$167.20	$173.80
170/171	173/175	Aug 28	$1.86	$0.14	13.29	$169.14	$174.86
171/172	173/175	Aug 28	$1.86	$0.14	13.29	$170.14	$174.86
160/162	170/172	Aug 28	$2.31	$0.19	12.16	$159.69	$172.31
152/154	160/162	Sep 18	$2.31	$0.19	12.16	$151.69	$162.31
159/160	162/165	Sep 18	$2.31	$0.19	12.16	$157.69	$164.81
167/168	173/175	Aug 28	$1.84	$0.16	11.50	$165.66	$174.84
152/154	162/165	Sep 18	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$151.70	$164.80

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 100 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Sep 4	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$167.50	$170.00	$172.50	Sep 18	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$202.50	$205.00	$207.50	Sep 18	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$4.85	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$192.50	$195.00	$197.50	Sep 18	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$151.00	$152.50	$154.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$1.43	20.43
$167.50	$170.00	$172.50	Sep 18	$0.14	$2.36	16.86
$187.50	$190.00	$192.50	Sep 18	$0.15	$2.35	15.67
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 4	$0.34	$4.66	13.71

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 $-0.78, 125 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$170.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.78	$19.22
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.11	$4.89
$210.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.21	$4.79
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.27	$4.73
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.30	$4.70

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$172.00	$165.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.58	$6.42
$155.00	$150.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.05	$4.95
$160.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.08	$4.92
$155.00	$150.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.10	$4.90
$160.00	$155.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.20	$4.80

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 81 found (best yield 4.25%, avg 1.34%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Sep 18	$7.95	0.52	0.3%	4.25%	4.60%	--	610
$188.00	Sep 11	$6.85	0.51	0.6%	3.67%	4.28%	1	1
$190.00	Sep 18	$6.80	0.47	1.7%	3.64%	5.33%	25	2.2K
$189.00	Sep 11	$6.40	0.49	1.1%	3.43%	4.58%	2	5
$190.00	Sep 11	$5.95	0.47	1.7%	3.18%	4.87%	1	11
$192.50	Sep 18	$5.85	0.43	3.0%	3.13%	6.15%	26	257
$187.00	Aug 28	$5.80	0.52	0.1%	3.10%	3.18%	4	17
$189.00	Sep 4	$5.75	0.48	1.1%	3.08%	4.23%	1	7
$188.00	Aug 28	$5.30	0.49	0.6%	2.84%	3.45%	--	93
$190.00	Sep 4	$5.30	0.46	1.7%	2.84%	4.52%	1	32

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 2,241

Total Puts 2,054

Put/Call Ratio 0.92

Net Difference 187

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,966

Total Puts 6,434

Put/Call Ratio 0.46

Net Difference 7,532

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 90,094

Total Puts 133,087

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.61

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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

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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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