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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.66 -0.21%

(9/18 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:05am) 1,934

Calls: 1,053 (54%)

Puts: 881 (46%)

Prior (09/17) 3,325

Calls: 1,931 (58%)

Puts: 1,394 (42%)

Current vs Prior -41.83%

Calls: -45.47% (Calls)

Puts: -36.80% (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 -93.00%

Calls: -91.65%

Puts: -94.14%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:05am) $816.2K

Calls: $710.2K (87%)

Puts: $106.0K (13%)

Prior (09/17) $3.86M

Calls: $2.75M (71%)

Puts: $1.12M (29%)

Current vs Prior -78.87%

Calls: -74.14%

Puts: -90.51%

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 -97.13%

Calls: -96.92%

Puts: -98.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:05am) 0.84

Prior (09/17) 0.72

Current vs Prior +15.90%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.22

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -31.66%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 10:05am) 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 1.04% | 2.40%1.04% | 5.07%

Prior 1.11% | 2.75%1.11% | 5.01%

Current vs Prior -6.02% | -12.58%-6.02% | +1.17%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -50.67% | -33.22%-60.46% | -19.35%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -6.02% | -12.58%-6.02% | +1.17%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 86.43% | 17.03%

Calls: 103.76% | 19.65%

Puts: 69.09% | 14.41%

Prior 92.87% | 49.91%

Calls: 77.98% | 63.98%

Puts: 107.75% | 35.84%

Current vs Prior -6.93% | -65.88%

Prior 7-Day Avg 62.70% | 44.73%

Calls: 63.99% | 41.66%

Puts: 61.41% | 47.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +37.84% | -61.93%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 87% of dollar volume in calls ($710.2K) vs puts ($106.0K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 79% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 42% vs prior. Put-heavy open interest (545,781 puts vs 294,433 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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 NEUTRAL

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
10:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
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 44 of results (avg 7.9%, best 5.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Sep 18	17.60	18.50	$18.05	5.0%	--	1.00	1.2K
$151.00	Sep 18	36.60	38.55	$37.58	5.2%	--	1.00	341
$152.50	Sep 18	35.10	37.05	$36.08	5.4%	--	1.00	639
$154.00	Sep 18	33.60	35.55	$34.58	5.6%	--	1.00	143
$181.00	Oct 16	9.15	9.70	$9.43	5.8%	--	0.74	54

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$182.00	Oct 30	3.20	3.45	$3.33	7.5%	4	0.33	3
$192.00	Oct 16	6.20	6.70	$6.45	7.8%	--	0.62	105
$170.00	Oct 16	0.70	0.76	$0.73	8.2%	2	0.10	1.5K
$210.00	Oct 16	20.85	22.65	$21.75	8.3%	--	1.00	10
$183.00	Oct 30	3.45	3.75	$3.60	8.3%	2	0.35	21

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.60, cheapest $0.73)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Oct 16	0.70	0.76	$0.73	8.2%	2	0.10	1.5K
$165.00	Oct 16	0.43	0.52	$0.48	18.8%	13	0.06	5.1K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 116 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Sep 18	27.55	29.50	$28.53	6.8%	--	1.00	621
$151.00	Sep 18	36.60	38.55	$37.58	5.2%	--	1.00	341
$152.50	Sep 18	35.10	37.05	$36.08	5.4%	--	1.00	639
$154.00	Sep 18	33.60	35.55	$34.58	5.6%	--	1.00	143
$155.00	Sep 18	32.55	34.55	$33.55	6.0%	--	1.00	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Sep 18	1.00	1.55	$1.27	43.3%	7	1.00	22
$190.00	Sep 18	1.11	2.43	$1.77	74.6%	--	1.00	4.2K
$191.00	Sep 18	1.91	3.40	$2.66	56.0%	--	1.00	45
$192.50	Sep 18	3.25	4.95	$4.10	41.5%	--	1.00	121
$200.00	Sep 18	10.65	13.00	$11.83	19.9%	--	1.00	12

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 128 active (total vol 1.6K, top 365)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Oct 16	1.65	1.79	$1.72	8.1%	365	0.28	574
$185.00	Oct 16	6.25	6.85	$6.55	9.2%	102	0.62	2.3K
$172.00	Sep 18	15.60	17.55	$16.58	11.8%	76	1.00	209
$172.50	Sep 18	15.10	17.05	$16.08	12.1%	76	1.00	320
$194.00	Oct 16	1.92	2.51	$2.22	26.6%	38	0.32	435

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$187.00	Sep 18	0.23	0.36	$0.30	43.3%	117	0.26	733
$188.00	Sep 18	0.44	0.82	$0.63	60.3%	94	0.51	130
$187.50	Oct 2	2.85	3.10	$2.98	8.4%	66	0.48	5
$174.00	Sep 25	0.02	0.31	$0.17	170.6%	50	0.05	470
$176.00	Sep 25	0.04	0.36	$0.20	160.0%	50	0.06	406

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 231.0%, max 1141.1%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	263.4%	21.2%	1141.1%	10	1.7K
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	38.0%	20.8%	82.3%	8	826
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	39.1%	21.6%	81.1%	11	627
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	35.9%	20.5%	74.9%	3	417

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	38.0%	21.1%	80.0%	18	705
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	39.1%	21.8%	79.4%	119	746
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	35.9%	20.1%	78.4%	94	188

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 175 found (best R:R 1.13, avg 4.37)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$170.00	$171.00	Sep 18	$0.47	$0.53	$0.47	100%	1.13	$170.47
$183.00	$184.00	Oct 2	$0.23	$0.77	$0.23	72%	3.35	$183.23
$184.00	$185.00	Oct 9	$0.21	$0.79	$0.21	66%	3.76	$184.21
$180.00	$181.00	Sep 18	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	98%	0.59	$180.63
$185.00	$188.00	Oct 30	$1.42	$1.58	$1.42	60%	1.11	$186.42

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$190.00	$189.00	Sep 18	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	100%	1.00	$189.50
$193.00	$192.00	Oct 16	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	66%	2.03	$192.67
$189.00	$188.00	Sep 18	$0.64	$0.36	$0.64	100%	0.56	$188.36
$188.00	$187.00	Oct 16	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	49%	2.57	$187.72
$173.00	$170.00	Oct 30	$0.24	$2.76	$0.24	16%	11.50	$172.76

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 0.50)

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	$1.05	$1.05	$1.45	85%	0.72	$206.05
$220.00	$225.00	Sep 18	$0.77	$0.77	$4.23	91%	0.18	$220.77
$188.00	$189.00	Oct 30	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	48%	7.33	$188.88
$188.00	$189.00	Sep 18	$0.80	$0.80	$0.20	41%	4.00	$188.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	91%	0.47	$182.34
$170.00	$169.00	Oct 23	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	88%	0.28	$169.78
$181.00	$180.00	Oct 30	$0.39	$0.39	$0.61	70%	0.64	$180.61
$173.00	$172.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$0.21	$0.79	87%	0.27	$172.79
$183.00	$182.50	Oct 30	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	65%	1.00	$182.75

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $1.30, cheapest $0.96)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.96	38.0%	19.5%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.04	35.9%	21.1%
$189.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.37	22.8%	20.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.55	38.0%	19.5%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.59	35.9%	21.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 92 found (cheapest 0.79% of stock, avg 4.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$189.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$1.27	$1.49	$187.51	$190.49	0.79%
$187.00	Sep 18	$1.34	$0.30	$1.64	$185.36	$188.64	0.87%
$188.00	Sep 18	$1.02	$0.63	$1.65	$186.35	$189.65	0.88%
$187.50	Sep 18	$1.33	$0.43	$1.76	$185.74	$189.26	0.94%
$190.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$1.77	$1.84	$188.16	$191.84	0.98%
$186.00	Sep 18	$1.96	$0.12	$2.08	$183.92	$188.08	1.11%
$191.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$2.66	$2.80	$188.20	$193.80	1.49%
$185.00	Sep 18	$3.25	$0.09	$3.34	$181.66	$188.34	1.78%
$192.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$4.10	$4.11	$188.39	$196.61	2.19%
$187.50	Sep 25	$2.29	$1.98	$4.27	$183.23	$191.77	2.28%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 2.75%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$191.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.12	$0.26	$185.74	$191.26
$191.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.18	$0.32	$183.68	$191.32
$191.00	$183.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.18	$0.32	$182.68	$191.32
$192.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$0.12	$0.33	$185.67	$192.33
$192.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$0.18	$0.39	$183.61	$192.39
$192.00	$183.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$0.18	$0.39	$182.61	$192.39
$189.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.12	$0.34	$185.66	$189.34
$189.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.18	$0.40	$183.60	$189.40
$189.00	$183.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.18	$0.40	$182.60	$189.40
$191.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.30	$0.44	$186.56	$191.44

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 225 found (best R:R 0.92, avg credit $0.53)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
182/182	212/215	Sep 18	$1.20	$1.30	79%	0.92	$181.30	$213.70
182/182	205/208	Sep 18	$1.21	$1.29	76%	0.94	$181.29	$206.21
172/173	194/195	Oct 16	$0.71	$0.29	56%	2.45	$172.29	$194.71
186/187	212/215	Sep 18	$1.22	$1.28	62%	0.95	$185.78	$213.72
182/182	192/192	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.14	78%	2.57	$182.14	$192.36
172/173	199/200	Oct 16	$0.54	$0.46	69%	1.17	$172.46	$199.54
186/187	205/208	Sep 18	$1.23	$1.27	59%	0.97	$185.77	$206.23
180/181	195/196	Oct 30	$0.84	$0.16	36%	5.25	$180.16	$195.84
177/178	194/195	Oct 16	$0.70	$0.30	48%	2.33	$177.30	$194.70
175/176	194/195	Oct 16	$0.64	$0.36	52%	1.78	$175.36	$194.64

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 80 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.06)

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
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$0.93	12%	13.29
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$0.93	12%	13.29
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$2.40	7%	24.00
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	14%	15.67
$187.00	$187.50	$188.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.43	24%	6.14
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$0.93	9%	13.29
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$0.93	8%	13.29
$180.00	$181.00	$182.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.94	6%	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 165 found (best net $-2.75, 150 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$191.00	$194.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.50	$2.50
$202.50	$207.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.14	$4.86
$185.00	$186.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.67	$0.33
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.09	$14.91
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.72	$0.28

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.75	$7.25
$196.00	$191.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.41	$4.59
$192.50	$191.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.22	$0.28
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.77	$0.23
$200.00	$195.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$4.01	$0.99

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 75 found (best yield 3.17%, avg 0.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$188.00	Oct 30	$5.95	0.52	0.2%	3.17%	3.35%	2	113
$189.00	Oct 30	$5.40	0.49	0.7%	2.88%	3.59%	--	51
$190.00	Oct 30	$4.90	0.47	1.2%	2.61%	3.86%	--	57
$191.00	Oct 30	$4.40	0.44	1.8%	2.34%	4.12%	2	44
$192.00	Oct 30	$3.95	0.41	2.3%	2.10%	4.42%	3	3
$193.00	Oct 30	$3.45	0.39	2.9%	1.84%	4.68%	1	21
$194.00	Oct 30	$3.20	0.36	3.4%	1.71%	5.08%	--	26
$195.00	Oct 30	$2.86	0.34	3.9%	1.52%	5.44%	2	26
$190.00	Oct 23	$4.15	0.46	1.2%	2.21%	3.46%	--	31
$196.00	Oct 30	$2.41	0.31	4.4%	1.28%	5.73%	2	12

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,053

Total Puts 881

Put/Call Ratio 0.84

Net Difference 172

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,931

Total Puts 1,394

Put/Call Ratio 0.72

Net Difference 537

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 88,308

Total Puts 105,221

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.22

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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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