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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$188.52 +0.24%

(9/18 09:35) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 9:45am) 608

Calls: 253 (42%)

Puts: 355 (58%)

Prior (09/17) 1,278

Calls: 280 (22%)

Puts: 998 (78%)

Current vs Prior -52.43%

Calls: -9.64% (Calls)

Puts: -64.43% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 193,529

Calls: 88,308 (46%)

Puts: 105,221 (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,647

Calls: 12,615 (46%)

Puts: 15,031 (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -97.80%

Calls: -97.99%

Puts: -97.64%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 9:45am) $259.5K

Calls: $221.4K (85%)

Puts: $38.1K (15%)

Prior (09/17) $1.19M

Calls: $201.9K (17%)

Puts: $985.1K (83%)

Current vs Prior -78.14%

Calls: +9.65%

Puts: -96.13%

Prior 7-Day Total $199.21M

Calls: $161.43M (81%)

Puts: $37.78M (19%)

Prior 7-Day Average $28.46M

Calls: $23.06M (81%)

Puts: $5.40M (19%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -99.09%

Calls: -99.04%

Puts: -99.29%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 9:45am) 1.40

Prior (09/17) 3.56

Current vs Prior -60.63%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.22

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +14.61%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/18 9:45am) 840,214

Calls: 294,433 (35%)

Puts: 545,781 (65%)

Prior (09/17) 830,205

Calls: 289,674 (35%)

Puts: 540,531 (65%)

Current vs Prior +1.21%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,556,594

Calls: 1,951,847 (35%)

Puts: 3,604,747 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 793,799

Calls: 278,835 (35%)

Puts: 514,963 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.85%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

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WKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 1.16% | 2.54%1.16% | 5.15%

Prior 1.11% | 2.75%1.11% | 5.01%

Current vs Prior +4.53% | -7.77%+4.54% | +2.72%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.12% | 3.60%2.64% | 6.28%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -45.13% | -29.55%-56.02% | -18.12%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.11% | 2.75%1.11% | 5.01%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +4.53% | -7.77%+4.54% | +2.72%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 69.83% | 29.41%

Calls: 102.15% | 31.85%

Puts: 37.50% | 26.96%

Prior 92.87% | 49.91%

Calls: 77.98% | 63.98%

Puts: 107.75% | 35.84%

Current vs Prior -24.81% | -41.07%

Prior 7-Day Avg 62.70% | 44.73%

Calls: 63.99% | 41.66%

Puts: 61.41% | 47.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +11.37% | -34.25%

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Strong bullish conviction with 85% of dollar volume in calls ($221.4K) vs puts ($38.1K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 78% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 52% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.40 indicates protective positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 45 of results (avg 7.7%, best 3.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Oct 16	28.90	30.00	$29.45	3.7%	--	0.95	26
$165.00	Oct 16	24.00	25.20	$24.60	4.9%	--	0.94	14
$185.00	Oct 16	6.75	7.10	$6.93	5.1%	6	0.64	2.3K
$170.00	Oct 16	19.25	20.40	$19.83	5.8%	--	0.91	65
$180.00	Sep 18	8.25	8.75	$8.50	5.9%	--	1.00	2.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$202.50	Oct 9	13.75	14.55	$14.15	5.7%	3	0.92	--
$207.50	Oct 2	18.35	19.45	$18.90	5.8%	--	0.94	11
$205.00	Oct 2	15.85	16.95	$16.40	6.7%	--	0.94	10
$200.00	Oct 16	11.40	12.35	$11.88	8.0%	--	0.85	160
$210.00	Oct 16	20.85	22.65	$21.75	8.3%	--	0.94	10

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. 115 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$151.00	Sep 18	37.20	39.55	$38.38	6.1%	--	1.00	341
$152.50	Sep 18	35.70	38.00	$36.85	6.2%	--	1.00	639
$154.00	Sep 18	34.25	36.50	$35.38	6.4%	--	1.00	143
$155.00	Sep 18	33.20	35.55	$34.38	6.8%	--	1.00	2.7K
$156.00	Sep 18	32.20	34.50	$33.35	6.9%	--	1.00	155

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$192.50	Sep 18	3.25	4.30	$3.78	27.8%	--	0.99	121
$200.00	Sep 18	10.65	13.05	$11.85	20.3%	--	0.99	12
$205.00	Oct 2	15.85	16.95	$16.40	6.7%	--	0.94	10
$207.50	Oct 2	18.35	19.45	$18.90	5.8%	--	0.94	11
$210.00	Oct 16	20.85	22.65	$21.75	8.3%	--	0.94	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 69 active (total vol 424, top 50)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$172.00	Sep 18	16.30	17.80	$17.05	8.8%	31	1.00	209
$172.50	Sep 18	15.80	17.30	$16.55	9.1%	31	1.00	320
$195.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	22	0.01	2.5K
$195.00	Oct 16	1.84	2.05	$1.94	10.8%	21	0.29	574
$189.00	Sep 18	0.29	0.58	$0.43	67.4%	19	0.38	264

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$174.00	Sep 25	0.02	0.31	$0.17	170.6%	50	0.04	470
$176.00	Sep 25	0.04	0.36	$0.20	160.0%	50	0.06	406
$188.00	Sep 18	0.40	0.69	$0.54	53.7%	24	0.40	130
$170.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	6	0.01	3.2K
$185.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.11	$0.08	75.0%	6	0.07	6.6K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 12 strikes (avg 79.0%, max 163.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$186.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	57.7%	21.9%	163.9%	--	744
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	37.0%	21.4%	72.8%	1	417
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	35.2%	21.6%	63.1%	8	627
$190.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	38.8%	24.1%	60.8%	--	4.9K
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	33.2%	21.4%	54.8%	8	826

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$186.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	57.7%	22.7%	154.8%	1	221
$190.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	38.8%	22.0%	76.4%	--	4.6K
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	37.0%	21.0%	76.1%	24	188
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	32.5%	20.3%	60.4%	5	480
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	35.2%	22.4%	56.9%	5	746

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 174 found (best R:R 0.72, avg 4.42)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$159.00	$160.00	Sep 18	$0.58	$0.42	$0.58	100%	0.72	$159.58
$180.00	$181.00	Sep 18	$0.62	$0.38	$0.62	100%	0.61	$180.62
$180.00	$181.00	Oct 16	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	77%	1.00	$180.50
$185.00	$186.00	Sep 25	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	73%	1.22	$185.45
$190.00	$191.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$0.78	$0.22	46%	3.55	$190.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$173.00	$170.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$2.80	$0.20	16%	14.00	$172.80
$189.00	$188.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	53%	2.33	$188.70
$170.00	$165.00	Oct 16	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	9%	28.41	$169.83
$184.00	$183.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	36%	4.00	$183.80
$187.00	$186.00	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.79	$0.21	38%	3.76	$186.79

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 140 found (best R:R 0.27, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$220.00	$225.00	Sep 18	$1.06	$1.06	$3.94	90%	0.27	$221.06
$212.50	$215.00	Sep 18	$1.04	$1.04	$1.46	88%	0.71	$213.54
$205.00	$207.50	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.25	$2.25	94%	0.11	$205.25
$194.00	$195.00	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.53	$0.47	67%	1.13	$194.53
$189.00	$190.00	Oct 16	$0.68	$0.68	$0.32	50%	2.12	$189.68

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$186.00	$185.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.25	$0.75	80%	0.33	$185.75
$181.00	$180.00	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.21	$0.79	86%	0.27	$180.79
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	91%	0.35	$182.37
$175.00	$173.00	Oct 23	$0.40	$0.40	$1.60	82%	0.25	$174.60
$187.50	$187.00	Sep 25	$0.29	$0.29	$0.21	58%	1.38	$187.21

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.41, cheapest $1.25)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.25	37.0%	21.3%
$189.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.57	32.5%	20.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.46	37.0%	21.3%
$189.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.34	32.5%	20.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 90 found (cheapest 0.74% of stock, avg 5.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$189.00	Sep 18	$0.43	$0.96	$1.39	$187.61	$190.39	0.74%
$188.00	Sep 18	$1.23	$0.54	$1.77	$186.23	$189.77	0.94%
$187.50	Sep 18	$1.50	$0.30	$1.80	$185.70	$189.30	0.95%
$190.00	Sep 18	$0.26	$1.57	$1.83	$188.17	$191.83	0.97%
$187.00	Sep 18	$1.87	$0.21	$2.08	$184.92	$189.08	1.10%
$191.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$2.36	$2.50	$188.50	$193.50	1.33%
$186.00	Sep 18	$3.00	$0.33	$3.33	$182.67	$189.33	1.77%
$192.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$3.78	$3.79	$188.71	$196.29	2.01%
$185.00	Sep 18	$3.75	$0.08	$3.83	$181.17	$188.83	2.03%
$189.00	Sep 25	$2.00	$2.30	$4.30	$184.70	$193.30	2.28%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.19% of stock, avg 2.70%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$191.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.22	$0.36	$183.64	$191.36
$191.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.21	$0.35	$186.65	$191.35
$192.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.22	$0.44	$183.56	$192.44
$192.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.21	$0.43	$186.57	$192.43
$190.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.21	$0.47	$186.53	$190.47
$191.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.33	$0.47	$185.53	$191.47
$191.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.30	$0.44	$187.06	$191.44
$190.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.22	$0.48	$183.52	$190.48
$192.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.33	$0.55	$185.45	$192.55
$190.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.33	$0.59	$185.41	$190.59

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 265 found (best R:R 0.88, avg credit $0.50)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
182/182	212/215	Sep 18	$1.17	$1.33	79%	0.88	$181.33	$213.67
185/186	212/215	Sep 18	$1.29	$1.21	68%	1.07	$184.71	$213.79
177/178	194/195	Oct 16	$0.77	$0.23	46%	3.35	$177.23	$194.77
182/182	192/192	Sep 18	$0.34	$0.16	78%	2.12	$182.16	$192.34
182/182	220/225	Sep 18	$1.19	$3.81	81%	0.31	$181.31	$221.19
181/182	194/195	Oct 16	$0.78	$0.22	38%	3.55	$181.22	$194.78
174/175	194/195	Oct 16	$0.63	$0.37	52%	1.70	$174.37	$194.63
175/176	194/195	Oct 16	$0.64	$0.36	50%	1.78	$175.36	$194.64
180/181	194/195	Oct 16	$0.73	$0.27	41%	2.70	$180.27	$194.73
176/177	194/195	Oct 16	$0.65	$0.35	49%	1.86	$176.35	$194.65

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 64 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	25%	19.00
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$2.40	8%	24.00
$194.00	$195.00	$196.00	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.19	$0.81	38%	4.26
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	3%	82.33
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	14%	15.67
$191.00	$192.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00
$180.00	$181.00	$182.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$0.95	5%	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. 163 found (best net $-2.01, 149 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$202.50	$207.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.14	$4.86
$191.00	$194.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.64	$2.36
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.09	$14.91
$189.00	$190.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.09	$0.91
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.05	$4.95

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.01	$7.99
$192.50	$191.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.94	$0.56
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.35	$0.65
$189.00	$188.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.12	$0.88
$200.00	$195.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$3.98	$1.02

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 70 found (best yield 2.49%, avg 0.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$191.00	Oct 30	$4.70	0.46	1.3%	2.49%	3.81%	1	44
$189.00	Oct 30	$5.55	0.51	0.2%	2.94%	3.20%	--	51
$190.00	Oct 30	$5.05	0.48	0.8%	2.68%	3.46%	--	57
$192.00	Oct 30	$4.20	0.43	1.9%	2.23%	4.07%	1	3
$193.00	Oct 30	$3.65	0.40	2.4%	1.94%	4.31%	--	21
$195.00	Oct 30	$3.05	0.35	3.4%	1.62%	5.06%	1	26
$194.00	Oct 30	$3.20	0.38	2.9%	1.70%	4.60%	--	26
$190.00	Oct 23	$4.40	0.48	0.8%	2.33%	3.12%	--	31
$196.00	Oct 30	$2.67	0.32	4.0%	1.42%	5.38%	1	12
$192.00	Oct 23	$3.45	0.42	1.9%	1.83%	3.68%	--	24

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 253

Total Puts 355

Put/Call Ratio 1.40

Net Difference -102

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 280

Total Puts 998

Put/Call Ratio 3.56

Net Difference -718

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 88,308

Total Puts 105,221

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.22

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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