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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.88 -0.10%

(9/18 10:05) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:10am) 5,221

Calls: 3,055 (59%)

Puts: 2,166 (41%)

Prior (09/17) 3,774

Calls: 2,183 (58%)

Puts: 1,591 (42%)

Current vs Prior +38.34%

Calls: +39.95% (Calls)

Puts: +36.14% (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 -81.12%

Calls: -75.78%

Puts: -85.59%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:10am) $1.45M

Calls: $993.3K (69%)

Puts: $456.6K (31%)

Prior (09/17) $4.10M

Calls: $2.90M (71%)

Puts: $1.20M (29%)

Current vs Prior -64.63%

Calls: -65.69%

Puts: -62.07%

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 -94.91%

Calls: -95.69%

Puts: -91.54%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:10am) 0.71

Prior (09/17) 0.73

Current vs Prior -2.72%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.22

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -42.09%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:10am) 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 1.01% | 2.42%1.01% | 5.18%

Prior 1.11% | 2.75%1.11% | 5.01%

Current vs Prior -9.48% | -11.91%-9.48% | +3.39%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -52.49% | -32.71%-61.91% | -17.58%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -9.48% | -11.91%-9.48% | +3.39%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 96.83% | 17.14%

Calls: 117.29% | 18.50%

Puts: 76.36% | 15.79%

Prior 92.87% | 49.91%

Calls: 77.98% | 63.98%

Puts: 107.75% | 35.84%

Current vs Prior +4.26% | -65.66%

Prior 7-Day Avg 62.70% | 44.73%

Calls: 63.99% | 41.66%

Puts: 61.41% | 47.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +54.43% | -61.68%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bullish flow with 69% call dollar volume ($993.3K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 65% 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

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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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
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 7.6%, best 4.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$152.50	Sep 18	34.95	36.60	$35.78	4.6%	--	1.00	639
$151.00	Sep 18	36.35	38.10	$37.23	4.7%	--	1.00	341
$155.00	Sep 18	32.45	34.10	$33.28	5.0%	--	1.00	2.7K
$160.00	Oct 16	28.20	29.75	$28.98	5.3%	--	0.93	26
$159.00	Sep 18	28.50	30.10	$29.30	5.5%	--	1.00	53

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$188.00	Oct 16	4.30	4.55	$4.43	5.6%	3	0.50	58
$185.00	Oct 30	4.20	4.50	$4.35	6.9%	2	0.40	15
$184.00	Oct 30	3.85	4.15	$4.00	7.5%	2	0.37	10
$192.00	Oct 16	6.25	6.75	$6.50	7.7%	--	0.63	105
$193.00	Oct 16	6.80	7.40	$7.10	8.5%	--	0.66	556

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.76, cheapest $0.76)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Oct 16	0.70	0.82	$0.76	15.8%	2	0.10	1.5K

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	27.30	29.10	$28.20	6.4%	--	1.00	621
$151.00	Sep 18	36.35	38.10	$37.23	4.7%	--	1.00	341
$152.50	Sep 18	34.95	36.60	$35.78	4.6%	--	1.00	639
$154.00	Sep 18	33.15	35.10	$34.13	5.7%	--	1.00	143
$155.00	Sep 18	32.45	34.10	$33.28	5.0%	--	1.00	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Sep 18	1.14	1.76	$1.45	42.8%	7	1.00	22
$190.00	Sep 18	1.99	2.52	$2.26	23.5%	--	1.00	4.2K
$191.00	Sep 18	1.91	3.50	$2.71	58.7%	--	1.00	45
$192.50	Sep 18	3.25	5.20	$4.22	46.2%	--	1.00	121
$200.00	Sep 18	11.10	12.50	$11.80	11.9%	--	1.00	12

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 133 active (total vol 4.9K, top 1.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Sep 25	1.01	1.29	$1.15	24.3%	1.2K	0.33	369
$195.00	Oct 16	1.60	1.73	$1.67	7.8%	1.1K	0.26	574
$185.00	Oct 16	6.20	6.75	$6.48	8.5%	103	0.61	2.3K
$172.00	Sep 18	15.50	17.10	$16.30	9.8%	79	1.00	209
$172.50	Sep 18	15.00	16.60	$15.80	10.1%	79	1.00	320

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Sep 25	2.65	2.97	$2.81	11.4%	1.2K	0.60	21
$187.00	Sep 18	0.23	0.38	$0.31	48.4%	117	0.26	733
$188.00	Sep 18	0.44	0.86	$0.65	64.6%	94	0.48	130
$187.50	Oct 2	2.85	3.20	$3.03	11.6%	66	0.48	5
$174.00	Sep 25	0.02	0.30	$0.16	175.0%	50	0.04	470

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 236.8%, max 1180.7%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	266.5%	20.8%	1180.7%	10	1.7K
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	38.8%	21.3%	82.2%	3	417
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	39.9%	22.4%	78.4%	11	627
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	38.2%	21.7%	76.1%	8	826

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	38.8%	20.6%	88.0%	97	188
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	39.9%	22.5%	77.4%	119	746
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	38.2%	21.9%	74.6%	18	705

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 175 found (best R:R 1.22, avg 4.56)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$185.00	$188.00	Oct 30	$1.42	$1.58	$1.42	61%	1.11	$186.42
$187.50	$190.00	Oct 23	$1.00	$1.50	$1.00	54%	1.50	$188.50
$186.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.64	$0.36	$0.64	88%	0.56	$186.64
$194.00	$195.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	27%	7.33	$194.12
$189.00	$190.00	Oct 30	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	50%	1.63	$189.38

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$191.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	100%	1.22	$190.55
$195.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$1.08	$0.92	$1.08	74%	0.85	$193.92
$173.00	$170.00	Oct 30	$0.24	$2.76	$0.24	16%	11.50	$172.76
$179.00	$177.00	Oct 23	$0.27	$1.73	$0.27	24%	6.41	$178.73
$165.00	$160.00	Oct 16	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	7%	44.45	$164.89

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 0.43)

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	$1.04	$1.04	$1.46	85%	0.71	$206.04
$188.00	$189.00	Sep 18	$0.82	$0.82	$0.18	43%	4.56	$188.82
$193.00	$194.00	Oct 16	$0.52	$0.52	$0.48	66%	1.08	$193.52

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
$183.00	$182.50	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.30	$0.20	66%	1.50	$182.70
$181.00	$180.00	Oct 30	$0.40	$0.40	$0.60	70%	0.67	$180.60
$173.00	$172.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$0.20	$0.80	87%	0.25	$172.80
$170.00	$169.00	Oct 23	$0.19	$0.19	$0.81	88%	0.23	$169.81

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.30, cheapest $1.03)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.03	38.2%	19.1%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.01	38.8%	20.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.55	38.2%	19.1%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.63	38.8%	20.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 92 found (cheapest 0.85% of stock, avg 4.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$187.00	Sep 18	$1.29	$0.31	$1.60	$185.40	$188.60	0.85%
$189.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$1.45	$1.61	$187.39	$190.61	0.86%
$188.00	Sep 18	$0.98	$0.65	$1.63	$186.37	$189.63	0.87%
$187.50	Sep 18	$1.24	$0.43	$1.67	$185.83	$189.17	0.89%
$186.00	Sep 18	$1.93	$0.13	$2.06	$183.94	$188.06	1.10%
$190.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$2.26	$2.32	$187.68	$192.32	1.23%
$191.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$2.71	$2.85	$188.15	$193.85	1.52%
$185.00	Sep 18	$2.88	$0.09	$2.97	$182.03	$187.97	1.58%
$192.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$4.22	$4.23	$188.27	$196.73	2.25%
$187.50	Sep 25	$2.27	$1.98	$4.25	$183.25	$191.75	2.26%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 2.74%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$191.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.13	$0.27	$185.73	$191.27
$189.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.13	$0.29	$185.71	$189.29
$191.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.18	$0.32	$183.68	$191.32
$192.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$0.13	$0.34	$185.66	$192.34
$189.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.18	$0.34	$183.66	$189.34
$192.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$0.18	$0.39	$183.61	$192.39
$189.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.31	$0.47	$186.53	$189.47
$191.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.31	$0.45	$186.55	$191.45
$192.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$0.31	$0.52	$186.48	$192.52
$189.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.43	$0.59	$186.91	$189.59

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 235 found (best R:R 0.92, 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	$1.20	$1.30	79%	0.92	$181.30	$213.70
182/182	205/208	Sep 18	$1.20	$1.30	76%	0.92	$181.30	$206.20
186/187	212/215	Sep 18	$1.22	$1.28	62%	0.95	$185.78	$213.72
172/173	193/194	Oct 16	$0.72	$0.28	53%	2.57	$172.28	$193.72
182/182	192/192	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.14	78%	2.57	$182.14	$192.36
182/182	220/225	Sep 18	$1.22	$3.78	80%	0.32	$181.28	$221.22
172/173	199/200	Oct 16	$0.52	$0.48	69%	1.08	$172.48	$199.52
186/187	205/208	Sep 18	$1.22	$1.28	59%	0.95	$185.78	$206.22
177/178	193/194	Oct 16	$0.73	$0.27	46%	2.70	$177.27	$193.73
175/176	193/194	Oct 16	$0.66	$0.34	49%	1.94	$175.34	$193.66

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 78 found (best R:R 70.43, 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
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.95	12%	19.00
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	13%	15.67
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$0.95	10%	19.00
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$2.40	7%	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$4.87	5%	37.46
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$0.92	14%	11.50
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$0.91	14%	10.11
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.86	18%	6.14
$187.00	$187.50	$188.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.40	21%	4.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 162 found (best net $-2.75, 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
$191.00	$194.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.55	$2.45
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.65	$0.35
$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	-$2.75	$7.25
$196.00	$191.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.36	$4.64
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.64	$0.36
$192.50	$191.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.20	$0.30
$200.00	$195.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$4.06	$0.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 75 found (best yield 3.11%, avg 0.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$188.00	Oct 30	$5.85	0.53	0.1%	3.11%	3.18%	2	113
$190.00	Oct 30	$4.85	0.48	1.1%	2.58%	3.71%	--	57
$191.00	Oct 30	$4.40	0.45	1.7%	2.34%	4.00%	2	44
$189.00	Oct 30	$5.20	0.50	0.6%	2.77%	3.36%	--	51
$192.00	Oct 30	$3.90	0.42	2.2%	2.08%	4.27%	4	3
$193.00	Oct 30	$3.50	0.39	2.7%	1.86%	4.59%	2	21
$194.00	Oct 30	$3.15	0.37	3.3%	1.68%	4.93%	--	26
$190.00	Oct 23	$4.15	0.47	1.1%	2.21%	3.34%	--	31
$195.00	Oct 30	$2.67	0.34	3.8%	1.42%	5.21%	2	26
$192.00	Oct 23	$3.25	0.41	2.2%	1.73%	3.92%	--	24

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 3,055

Total Puts 2,166

Put/Call Ratio 0.71

Net Difference 889

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,183

Total Puts 1,591

Put/Call Ratio 0.73

Net Difference 592

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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Earnings This Week

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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