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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$188.38 +0.17%

(9/18 09:45) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 9:50am) 791

Calls: 381 (48%)

Puts: 410 (52%)

Prior (09/17) 1,447

Calls: 336 (23%)

Puts: 1,111 (77%)

Current vs Prior -45.34%

Calls: +13.39% (Calls)

Puts: -63.10% (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 -97.14%

Calls: -96.98%

Puts: -97.27%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 9:50am) $401.3K

Calls: $353.6K (88%)

Puts: $47.8K (12%)

Prior (09/17) $1.27M

Calls: $234.9K (19%)

Puts: $1.03M (81%)

Current vs Prior -68.39%

Calls: +50.50%

Puts: -95.38%

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 -98.59%

Calls: -98.47%

Puts: -99.11%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 9:50am) 1.08

Prior (09/17) 3.31

Current vs Prior -67.46%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.22

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.11%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 9:50am) 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

Detail

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

Current 1.14% | 2.58%1.14% | 5.15%

Prior 1.11% | 2.75%1.11% | 5.01%

Current vs Prior +2.70% | -6.15%+2.71% | +2.80%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -46.09% | -28.31%-56.79% | -18.05%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +2.70% | -6.15%+2.71% | +2.80%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 74.99% | 25.20%

Calls: 102.15% | 23.44%

Puts: 47.83% | 26.96%

Prior 92.87% | 49.91%

Calls: 77.98% | 63.98%

Puts: 107.75% | 35.84%

Current vs Prior -19.25% | -49.51%

Prior 7-Day Avg 62.70% | 44.73%

Calls: 63.99% | 41.66%

Puts: 61.41% | 47.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +19.60% | -43.66%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 88% of dollar volume in calls ($353.6K) vs puts ($47.8K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 68% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 45% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.08.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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09:50	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
09:45	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:35	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 46 of results (avg 7.5%, 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%	--	0.96	26
$165.00	Oct 16	24.00	25.20	$24.60	4.9%	--	0.94	14
$185.00	Oct 16	6.75	7.15	$6.95	5.8%	81	0.64	2.3K
$170.00	Oct 16	19.25	20.40	$19.83	5.8%	--	0.91	65
$170.00	Sep 25	18.25	19.40	$18.83	6.1%	--	0.99	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$187.00	Oct 30	4.80	5.05	$4.93	5.1%	1	0.44	13
$202.50	Oct 9	13.75	14.55	$14.15	5.7%	3	0.93	--
$207.50	Oct 2	18.35	19.45	$18.90	5.8%	--	1.00	11
$205.00	Oct 2	15.85	16.95	$16.40	6.7%	--	0.95	10
$200.00	Oct 16	11.40	12.35	$11.88	8.0%	--	0.85	160

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
$160.00	Sep 18	28.20	30.50	$29.35	7.8%	--	1.00	621
$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

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$191.00	Sep 18	1.91	2.82	$2.36	38.6%	--	1.00	45
$192.50	Sep 18	3.25	4.30	$3.78	27.8%	--	1.00	121
$200.00	Sep 18	10.65	13.05	$11.85	20.3%	--	1.00	12
$207.50	Oct 2	18.35	19.45	$18.90	5.8%	--	1.00	11
$210.00	Oct 16	20.85	22.65	$21.75	8.3%	--	0.96	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 76 active (total vol 583, top 81)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$185.00	Oct 16	6.75	7.15	$6.95	5.8%	81	0.64	2.3K
$172.00	Sep 18	16.25	17.80	$17.02	9.1%	51	1.00	209
$172.50	Sep 18	15.75	17.30	$16.52	9.4%	51	0.99	320
$195.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	22	0.01	2.5K
$195.00	Oct 16	1.84	1.96	$1.90	6.3%	21	0.29	574

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	0.36	0.48	$0.42	28.6%	26	0.35	130
$180.00	Oct 23	2.14	2.59	$2.37	19.0%	15	0.26	22
$170.00	Sep 25	0.00	0.09	$0.05	180.0%	14	0.01	2.1K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 58.3%, max 84.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	39.9%	21.6%	84.5%	9	627
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	36.2%	21.4%	69.1%	1	417
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	35.9%	21.5%	67.1%	8	826
$190.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	34.1%	24.1%	41.3%	--	4.9K
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	25.4%	21.1%	20.4%	19	315

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	39.9%	22.4%	77.9%	5	746
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	36.2%	21.0%	72.8%	26	188
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	35.9%	21.6%	66.1%	--	705
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	25.4%	20.2%	25.7%	5	480

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 175 found (best R:R 0.72, avg 4.44)

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	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	98%	0.54	$180.65
$185.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	94%	0.54	$185.65
$187.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	82%	3.17	$187.12
$180.00	$181.00	Oct 16	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	77%	1.00	$180.50

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$190.00	$189.00	Sep 18	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	91%	0.82	$189.45
$173.00	$170.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$2.80	$0.20	16%	14.00	$172.80
$190.00	$188.00	Oct 2	$0.82	$1.18	$0.82	57%	1.44	$189.18
$182.00	$180.00	Oct 23	$0.34	$1.66	$0.34	30%	4.88	$181.66
$189.00	$188.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	54%	2.33	$188.70

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 0.42)

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	89%	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	$0.85	$0.85	$1.65	87%	0.52	$205.85
$194.00	$195.00	Oct 16	$0.57	$0.57	$0.43	67%	1.33	$194.57
$191.00	$192.00	Oct 16	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	57%	1.86	$191.65

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$181.00	$180.00	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.21	$0.79	86%	0.27	$180.79
$186.00	$185.00	Oct 30	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	59%	1.00	$185.50
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	92%	0.32	$182.38
$187.50	$187.00	Sep 25	$0.29	$0.29	$0.21	57%	1.38	$187.21
$176.00	$175.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$0.27	$0.73	80%	0.37	$175.73

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.47, cheapest $1.33)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.33	36.2%	20.8%
$189.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.57	25.4%	21.4%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.58	36.2%	20.8%
$189.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.38	25.4%	21.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 90 found (cheapest 0.72% of stock, avg 5.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$189.00	Sep 18	$0.43	$0.92	$1.35	$187.65	$190.35	0.72%
$188.00	Sep 18	$1.23	$0.42	$1.65	$186.35	$189.65	0.88%
$190.00	Sep 18	$0.26	$1.47	$1.73	$188.27	$191.73	0.92%
$187.50	Sep 18	$1.50	$0.26	$1.76	$185.74	$189.26	0.93%
$187.00	Sep 18	$1.62	$0.21	$1.83	$185.17	$188.83	0.97%
$191.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$2.36	$2.50	$188.50	$193.50	1.33%
$186.00	Sep 18	$3.00	$0.10	$3.10	$182.90	$189.10	1.65%
$185.00	Sep 18	$3.65	$0.06	$3.71	$181.29	$188.71	1.97%
$192.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$3.78	$3.79	$188.71	$196.29	2.01%
$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 0.13% of stock, avg 2.70%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$191.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.10	$0.24	$185.76	$191.24
$192.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.10	$0.32	$185.68	$192.32
$191.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.21	$0.35	$183.65	$191.35
$191.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.21	$0.35	$186.65	$191.35
$190.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.10	$0.36	$185.64	$190.36
$191.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.26	$0.40	$187.10	$191.40
$192.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.21	$0.43	$183.57	$192.43
$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
$192.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.26	$0.48	$187.02	$192.48

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 261 found (best R:R 0.87, avg credit $0.51)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
182/182	212/215	Sep 18	$1.16	$1.34	79%	0.87	$181.34	$213.66
182/182	205/208	Sep 18	$0.97	$1.53	78%	0.63	$181.53	$205.97
186/187	212/215	Sep 18	$1.15	$1.35	69%	0.85	$185.85	$213.65
177/178	194/195	Oct 16	$0.76	$0.24	47%	3.17	$177.24	$194.76
182/182	220/225	Sep 18	$1.18	$3.82	81%	0.31	$181.32	$221.18
175/176	194/195	Oct 16	$0.72	$0.28	50%	2.57	$175.28	$194.72
182/182	192/192	Sep 18	$0.33	$0.17	77%	1.94	$182.17	$192.33
182/183	194/195	Oct 16	$0.86	$0.14	35%	6.14	$182.14	$194.86
181/182	194/195	Oct 16	$0.82	$0.18	38%	4.56	$181.18	$194.82
174/175	194/195	Oct 16	$0.67	$0.33	52%	2.03	$174.33	$194.67

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 66 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	30%	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
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	14%	15.67
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$2.40	8%	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	3%	99.00
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	14%	15.67
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.93	13%	13.29
$191.00	$192.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00
$178.00	$179.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$0.95	4%	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. 156 found (best net $-2.01, 143 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.24	$0.76
$202.50	$207.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.14	$4.86
$191.00	$194.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.64	$2.36
$189.00	$190.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.09	$0.91
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.09	$14.91

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	-$0.37	$0.63
$191.00	$190.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.58	$0.42
$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	1.4%	2.49%	3.89%	1	44
$189.00	Oct 30	$5.55	0.51	0.3%	2.95%	3.28%	--	51
$190.00	Oct 30	$5.05	0.48	0.9%	2.68%	3.54%	--	57
$192.00	Oct 30	$4.20	0.43	1.9%	2.23%	4.15%	1	3
$193.00	Oct 30	$3.65	0.40	2.5%	1.94%	4.39%	--	21
$195.00	Oct 30	$3.05	0.35	3.5%	1.62%	5.13%	1	26
$194.00	Oct 30	$3.20	0.38	3.0%	1.70%	4.68%	--	26
$190.00	Oct 23	$4.40	0.48	0.9%	2.34%	3.20%	--	31
$196.00	Oct 30	$2.67	0.33	4.0%	1.42%	5.46%	1	12
$192.00	Oct 23	$3.45	0.42	1.9%	1.83%	3.75%	--	24

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 381

Total Puts 410

Put/Call Ratio 1.08

Net Difference -29

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 336

Total Puts 1,111

Put/Call Ratio 3.31

Net Difference -775

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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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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