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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$188.21 +0.08%

(9/18 09:50) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 9:55am) 1,318

Calls: 832 (63%)

Puts: 486 (37%)

Prior (09/17) 1,726

Calls: 501 (29%)

Puts: 1,225 (71%)

Current vs Prior -23.64%

Calls: +66.07% (Calls)

Puts: -60.33% (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 -95.23%

Calls: -93.40%

Puts: -96.77%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 9:55am) $607.2K

Calls: $550.1K (91%)

Puts: $57.1K (9%)

Prior (09/17) $1.41M

Calls: $344.5K (24%)

Puts: $1.06M (76%)

Current vs Prior -56.89%

Calls: +59.70%

Puts: -94.64%

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 -97.87%

Calls: -97.61%

Puts: -98.94%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 9:55am) 0.58

Prior (09/17) 2.45

Current vs Prior -76.11%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.22

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -52.29%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/18 9:55am) 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 1.09% | 2.55%1.09% | 5.12%

Prior 1.11% | 2.75%1.11% | 5.01%

Current vs Prior -1.51% | -7.23%-1.51% | +2.15%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.30% | -29.14%-58.56% | -18.57%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -1.51% | -7.23%-1.51% | +2.15%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 79.83% | 31.84%

Calls: 111.83% | 33.47%

Puts: 47.83% | 30.21%

Prior 92.87% | 49.91%

Calls: 77.98% | 63.98%

Puts: 107.75% | 35.84%

Current vs Prior -14.04% | -36.21%

Prior 7-Day Avg 62.70% | 44.73%

Calls: 63.99% | 41.66%

Puts: 61.41% | 47.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +27.31% | -28.82%

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Strong bullish conviction with 91% of dollar volume in calls ($550.1K) vs puts ($57.1K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 57% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.58. P/C ratio dropping 76% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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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
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 48 of results (avg 7.2%, best 3.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Sep 18	17.95	18.50	$18.23	3.0%	--	1.00	1.2K
$151.00	Sep 18	37.10	38.55	$37.83	3.8%	--	1.00	341
$152.50	Sep 18	35.60	37.05	$36.33	4.0%	--	1.00	639
$160.00	Oct 16	28.80	30.00	$29.40	4.1%	--	0.96	26
$154.00	Sep 18	34.10	35.55	$34.83	4.2%	--	1.00	143

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$202.50	Oct 9	13.75	14.60	$14.18	6.0%	3	0.94	--
$187.00	Oct 30	4.80	5.10	$4.95	6.1%	2	0.44	13
$207.50	Oct 2	18.35	19.60	$18.98	6.6%	--	0.97	11
$179.00	Oct 16	1.58	1.70	$1.64	7.3%	3	0.22	105
$210.00	Oct 16	20.85	22.65	$21.75	8.3%	--	0.96	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
$160.00	Sep 18	28.10	29.55	$28.83	5.0%	--	1.00	621
$151.00	Sep 18	37.10	38.55	$37.83	3.8%	--	1.00	341
$152.50	Sep 18	35.60	37.05	$36.33	4.0%	--	1.00	639
$154.00	Sep 18	34.10	35.55	$34.83	4.2%	--	1.00	143
$155.00	Sep 18	33.10	34.55	$33.83	4.3%	--	1.00	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Sep 18	1.11	2.04	$1.58	58.9%	--	1.00	4.2K
$191.00	Sep 18	1.91	2.91	$2.41	41.5%	--	1.00	45
$192.50	Sep 18	3.25	4.60	$3.93	34.4%	--	1.00	121
$200.00	Sep 18	10.65	13.00	$11.83	19.9%	--	1.00	12
$207.50	Oct 2	18.35	19.60	$18.98	6.6%	--	0.97	11

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 92 active (total vol 1.1K, top 359)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Oct 16	1.78	1.95	$1.87	9.1%	359	0.29	574
$185.00	Oct 16	6.55	7.15	$6.85	8.8%	81	0.63	2.3K
$172.00	Sep 18	16.10	17.55	$16.83	8.6%	64	1.00	209
$172.50	Sep 18	15.60	17.05	$16.33	8.9%	64	1.00	320
$194.00	Oct 16	2.05	2.81	$2.43	31.3%	32	0.33	435

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
$170.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	37	0.00	3.2K
$188.00	Sep 18	0.37	0.55	$0.46	39.1%	26	0.38	130
$180.00	Oct 23	2.14	2.59	$2.37	19.0%	15	0.26	22

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 50.3%, max 73.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	38.2%	22.0%	73.3%	10	627
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	36.1%	21.4%	68.7%	1	417
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	33.9%	21.4%	57.9%	8	826
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	24.5%	21.1%	16.3%	20	315
$190.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	27.4%	24.1%	13.5%	23	4.9K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	36.1%	20.8%	73.8%	26	188
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	38.2%	22.5%	69.6%	6	746
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	33.9%	21.6%	57.0%	--	705
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	24.5%	20.0%	22.5%	5	480

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 166 found (best R:R 1.17, avg 4.63)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$170.00	$171.00	Sep 18	$0.46	$0.54	$0.46	100%	1.17	$170.46
$185.00	$186.00	Oct 16	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	63%	1.70	$185.37
$190.00	$191.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	46%	4.00	$190.20
$188.00	$189.00	Oct 2	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	52%	2.70	$188.27
$180.00	$181.00	Oct 16	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	77%	0.82	$180.55

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$190.00	$189.00	Sep 18	$0.66	$0.34	$0.66	100%	0.52	$189.34
$190.00	$188.00	Oct 2	$0.85	$1.15	$0.85	58%	1.35	$189.15
$173.00	$170.00	Oct 30	$0.21	$2.79	$0.21	16%	13.29	$172.79
$184.00	$183.00	Oct 30	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	36%	4.56	$183.82
$170.00	$165.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	9%	26.78	$169.82

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 139 found (best R:R 0.71, avg 0.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$212.50	$215.00	Sep 18	$1.04	$1.04	$1.46	88%	0.71	$213.54
$205.00	$207.50	Sep 18	$1.06	$1.06	$1.44	85%	0.74	$206.06
$220.00	$225.00	Sep 18	$0.67	$0.67	$4.33	89%	0.15	$220.67
$191.00	$192.00	Oct 16	$0.69	$0.69	$0.31	57%	2.23	$191.69
$194.00	$195.00	Oct 16	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	67%	1.27	$194.56

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$183.00	$182.50	Oct 30	$0.32	$0.32	$0.18	66%	1.78	$182.68
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	91%	0.32	$182.38
$176.00	$175.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$0.27	$0.73	80%	0.37	$175.73
$180.00	$179.00	Oct 23	$0.32	$0.32	$0.68	74%	0.47	$179.68
$180.00	$179.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.15	$0.85	89%	0.18	$179.85

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $1.47, cheapest $1.31)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.31	36.1%	20.2%
$189.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.55	24.5%	21.0%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.54	36.1%	20.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 90 found (cheapest 0.67% of stock, avg 5.09%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$189.00	Sep 18	$0.35	$0.92	$1.27	$187.73	$190.27	0.67%
$188.00	Sep 18	$1.14	$0.46	$1.60	$186.40	$189.60	0.85%
$190.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$1.58	$1.71	$188.29	$191.71	0.91%
$187.00	Sep 18	$1.54	$0.21	$1.75	$185.25	$188.75	0.93%
$187.50	Sep 18	$1.50	$0.26	$1.76	$185.74	$189.26	0.94%
$191.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$2.41	$2.55	$188.45	$193.55	1.35%
$186.00	Sep 18	$2.55	$0.10	$2.65	$183.35	$188.65	1.41%
$185.00	Sep 18	$3.50	$0.15	$3.65	$181.35	$188.65	1.94%
$192.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$3.93	$3.94	$188.56	$196.44	2.09%
$190.00	Sep 25	$1.34	$2.88	$4.22	$185.78	$194.22	2.24%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.15% of stock, avg 2.72%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$191.00	$185.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.15	$0.29	$184.71	$191.29
$190.00	$185.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$0.15	$0.28	$184.72	$190.28
$190.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$0.21	$0.34	$186.66	$190.34
$190.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$0.21	$0.34	$183.66	$190.34
$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
$192.00	$185.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.15	$0.37	$184.63	$192.37
$190.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.13	$0.26	$0.39	$187.11	$190.39
$192.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.21	$0.43	$183.57	$192.43
$191.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.26	$0.40	$187.10	$191.40

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 256 found (best R:R 0.87, avg credit $0.54)

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	$1.18	$1.32	77%	0.89	$181.32	$206.18
186/187	212/215	Sep 18	$1.15	$1.35	68%	0.85	$185.85	$213.65
186/187	205/208	Sep 18	$1.17	$1.33	65%	0.88	$185.83	$206.17
172/173	194/195	Oct 16	$0.74	$0.26	54%	2.85	$172.26	$194.74
182/182	192/192	Sep 18	$0.33	$0.17	77%	1.94	$182.17	$192.33
175/176	196/197	Oct 30	$0.74	$0.26	47%	2.85	$175.26	$196.74
177/178	194/195	Oct 16	$0.74	$0.26	47%	2.85	$177.26	$194.74
181/182	194/195	Oct 16	$0.81	$0.19	38%	4.26	$181.19	$194.81
175/176	194/195	Oct 16	$0.68	$0.32	51%	2.12	$175.32	$194.68

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 67 found (best R:R 4.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	5%	49.00
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$2.40	8%	24.00
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$2.44	4%	40.67
$194.00	$195.00	$196.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$0.93	7%	13.29

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$0.80	62%	4.00
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	3%	99.00
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.94	9%	15.67
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$0.91	14%	10.11
$191.00	$192.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$0.95	7%	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. 161 found (best net $-2.31, 148 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$202.50	$207.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.14	$4.86
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.53	$0.47
$191.00	$194.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.66	$2.34
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.09	$14.91
$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	-$2.31	$7.69
$192.50	$191.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.89	$0.61
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.26	$0.74
$189.00	$188.00	1:2	Sep 18	$0.00	$1.00
$200.00	$195.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$3.87	$1.13

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 70 found (best yield 2.68%, avg 0.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$190.00	Oct 30	$5.05	0.48	0.9%	2.68%	3.63%	--	57
$191.00	Oct 30	$4.50	0.46	1.5%	2.39%	3.87%	2	44
$192.00	Oct 30	$4.15	0.43	2.0%	2.20%	4.22%	2	3
$189.00	Oct 30	$5.35	0.51	0.4%	2.84%	3.26%	--	51
$193.00	Oct 30	$3.65	0.40	2.5%	1.94%	4.48%	--	21
$194.00	Oct 30	$3.20	0.38	3.1%	1.70%	4.78%	--	26
$195.00	Oct 30	$2.99	0.35	3.6%	1.59%	5.20%	2	26
$190.00	Oct 23	$4.40	0.48	0.9%	2.34%	3.29%	--	31
$192.00	Oct 23	$3.45	0.42	2.0%	1.83%	3.85%	--	24
$196.00	Oct 30	$2.56	0.32	4.1%	1.36%	5.50%	2	12

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 832

Total Puts 486

Put/Call Ratio 0.58

Net Difference 346

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 501

Total Puts 1,225

Put/Call Ratio 2.45

Net Difference -724

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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