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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.88 -0.10%

(9/18 10:25) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:30am) 6,330

Calls: 3,950 (62%)

Puts: 2,380 (38%)

Prior (09/17) 6,544

Calls: 3,880 (59%)

Puts: 2,664 (41%)

Current vs Prior -3.27%

Calls: +1.80% (Calls)

Puts: -10.66% (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 -77.10%

Calls: -68.69%

Puts: -84.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:30am) $1.79M

Calls: $1.31M (73%)

Puts: $476.7K (27%)

Prior (09/17) $5.43M

Calls: $4.13M (76%)

Puts: $1.30M (24%)

Current vs Prior -67.02%

Calls: -68.19%

Puts: -63.29%

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 -93.71%

Calls: -94.30%

Puts: -91.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:30am) 0.60

Prior (09/17) 0.69

Current vs Prior -12.24%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.22

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -50.79%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:30am) 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 0.81% | 2.39%0.81% | 5.13%

Prior 1.11% | 2.75%1.11% | 5.01%

Current vs Prior -27.20% | -13.07%-27.20% | +2.33%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -61.79% | -33.60%-69.37% | -18.43%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -27.20% | -13.07%-27.20% | +2.33%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 60.72% | 15.33%

Calls: 45.24% | 18.50%

Puts: 76.19% | 12.16%

Prior 92.87% | 49.91%

Calls: 77.98% | 63.98%

Puts: 107.75% | 35.84%

Current vs Prior -34.62% | -69.28%

Prior 7-Day Avg 62.70% | 44.73%

Calls: 63.99% | 41.66%

Puts: 61.41% | 47.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -3.16% | -65.73%

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Moderately bullish flow with 73% call dollar volume ($1.31M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 67% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.60. Put-heavy open interest (545,781 puts vs 294,433 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:30	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 61 of results (avg 6.5%, best 2.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$181.00	Oct 16	9.25	9.45	$9.35	2.1%	6	0.73	54
$188.00	Oct 16	4.55	4.65	$4.60	2.2%	6	0.50	490
$177.00	Oct 16	12.55	12.85	$12.70	2.4%	--	0.82	1.0K
$160.00	Oct 16	28.50	29.25	$28.88	2.6%	--	0.94	26
$170.00	Sep 18	17.65	18.15	$17.90	2.8%	1	1.00	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Oct 16	4.65	4.90	$4.78	5.2%	--	0.53	458
$184.00	Oct 16	2.76	2.92	$2.84	5.6%	1	0.36	1.3K
$186.00	Oct 16	3.40	3.60	$3.50	5.7%	2	0.42	282
$188.00	Oct 16	4.20	4.45	$4.33	5.8%	3	0.50	58
$199.00	Oct 16	11.40	12.10	$11.75	6.0%	1	0.82	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.82, cheapest $0.73)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$183.00	Sep 25	0.66	0.79	$0.73	17.8%	10	0.21	148
$184.00	Sep 25	0.82	0.97	$0.90	16.7%	8	0.26	496
$175.00	Oct 9	0.80	0.97	$0.89	19.1%	--	0.14	203
$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. 115 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$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
$156.00	Sep 18	31.30	33.10	$32.20	5.6%	--	1.00	155

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 18	11.10	12.50	$11.80	11.9%	--	1.00	12
$192.50	Sep 18	3.25	5.20	$4.22	46.2%	--	0.99	121
$207.50	Oct 2	18.35	20.20	$19.27	9.6%	--	0.97	11
$205.00	Oct 2	15.85	17.70	$16.77	11.0%	--	0.96	10
$191.00	Sep 18	2.10	3.30	$2.70	44.4%	--	0.96	45

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 158 active (total vol 5.9K, top 1.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Sep 25	1.01	1.36	$1.19	29.4%	1.2K	0.34	369
$195.00	Oct 16	1.64	1.93	$1.79	16.2%	1.1K	0.27	574
$192.00	Oct 16	2.68	2.78	$2.73	3.7%	668	0.36	1.1K
$185.00	Oct 16	6.40	6.65	$6.53	3.8%	103	0.61	2.3K
$172.00	Sep 18	15.50	17.10	$16.30	9.8%	93	1.00	209

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Sep 25	2.51	2.91	$2.71	14.8%	1.2K	0.59	21
$187.00	Sep 18	0.19	0.37	$0.28	64.3%	144	0.29	733
$188.00	Sep 18	0.44	0.92	$0.68	70.6%	134	0.54	130
$187.50	Oct 2	2.73	3.20	$2.97	15.8%	66	0.48	5
$174.00	Sep 25	0.04	0.28	$0.16	150.0%	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. 8 strikes (avg 40.8%, max 54.9%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	31.0%	21.3%	45.8%	6	417
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	31.7%	22.4%	41.7%	15	627
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	30.3%	21.7%	39.8%	14	826
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	29.6%	21.8%	35.5%	43	315

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	31.0%	20.0%	54.9%	137	188
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	31.7%	22.6%	40.3%	146	746
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	30.3%	22.2%	36.7%	18	705
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	29.6%	22.5%	31.6%	10	480

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 180 found (best R:R 0.67, avg 4.17)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$170.00	$171.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	100%	0.67	$170.60
$177.00	$178.00	Oct 16	$0.47	$0.53	$0.47	82%	1.13	$177.47
$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
$182.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.47	$0.53	70%	0.89	$182.53

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$191.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.62	$0.38	$0.62	96%	0.61	$190.38
$195.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$1.10	$0.90	$1.10	73%	0.82	$193.90
$200.00	$199.00	Oct 16	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	86%	0.82	$199.45
$189.00	$188.00	Sep 18	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	79%	1.08	$188.52
$179.00	$177.00	Oct 23	$0.27	$1.73	$0.27	24%	6.41	$178.73

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 0.40)

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	$0.97	$0.97	$1.53	86%	0.63	$205.97
$199.00	$200.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.32	$0.68	82%	0.47	$199.32
$191.00	$194.00	Oct 9	$1.09	$1.09	$1.91	62%	0.57	$192.09

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	91%	0.52	$182.33
$183.00	$182.50	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.30	$0.20	66%	1.50	$182.70
$179.00	$178.00	Oct 9	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	79%	0.43	$178.70
$181.00	$180.00	Oct 30	$0.39	$0.39	$0.61	70%	0.64	$180.61
$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 $1.50, cheapest $1.43)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.43	30.3%	19.6%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.49	31.0%	20.6%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.56	30.3%	19.6%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.54	31.0%	20.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 93 found (cheapest 0.64% of stock, avg 4.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Sep 18	$0.52	$0.68	$1.20	$186.80	$189.20	0.64%
$187.50	Sep 18	$0.84	$0.43	$1.27	$186.23	$188.77	0.68%
$189.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$1.16	$1.33	$187.67	$190.33	0.71%
$187.00	Sep 18	$1.09	$0.28	$1.37	$185.63	$188.37	0.73%
$190.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$2.08	$2.13	$187.87	$192.13	1.13%
$186.00	Sep 18	$2.12	$0.10	$2.22	$183.78	$188.22	1.18%
$191.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$2.70	$2.73	$188.27	$193.73	1.45%
$185.00	Sep 18	$2.97	$0.04	$3.01	$181.99	$188.01	1.60%
$184.00	Sep 18	$4.00	$0.07	$4.07	$179.93	$188.07	2.17%
$192.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$4.22	$4.23	$188.27	$196.73	2.25%

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
$189.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.07	$0.24	$183.76	$189.24
$189.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.10	$0.27	$185.73	$189.27
$189.00	$182.50	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.19	$0.36	$182.14	$189.36
$189.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.28	$0.45	$186.55	$189.45
$189.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.43	$0.60	$186.90	$189.60
$188.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.52	$0.10	$0.62	$185.38	$188.62
$188.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.52	$0.07	$0.59	$183.41	$188.59
$188.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.52	$0.28	$0.80	$186.20	$188.80
$188.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.52	$0.43	$0.95	$186.55	$188.95
$202.50	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.89	$0.10	$0.99	$185.01	$203.49

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 239 found (best R:R 0.94, 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	$1.21	$1.29	79%	0.94	$181.29	$213.71
182/182	205/208	Sep 18	$1.14	$1.36	76%	0.84	$181.36	$206.14
182/182	220/225	Sep 18	$1.23	$3.77	80%	0.33	$181.27	$221.23
186/187	212/215	Sep 18	$1.22	$1.28	59%	0.95	$185.78	$213.72
172/173	199/200	Oct 16	$0.50	$0.50	69%	1.00	$172.50	$199.50
177/178	199/200	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.47	62%	1.13	$177.47	$199.53
169/170	195/196	Sep 25	$0.27	$0.73	86%	0.37	$169.73	$195.27
172/173	195/196	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.47	60%	1.13	$172.47	$195.53
169/170	199/200	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.79	92%	0.27	$169.79	$199.21
174/175	199/200	Oct 16	$0.45	$0.55	67%	0.82	$174.55	$199.45

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 79 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	4%	61.50
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.77	39%	3.35
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$0.93	14%	13.29
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$0.95	10%	19.00
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$0.92	14%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.88	24%	7.33
$179.00	$180.00	$181.00	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$0.93	10%	13.29
$187.00	$187.50	$188.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.40	25%	4.00
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.90	12%	9.00

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 $-2.75, 143 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.06	$0.94
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.06	$4.94
$191.00	$194.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.46	$2.54
$202.50	$207.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.15	$4.85
$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	-$2.75	$7.25
$196.00	$191.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.16	$4.84
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.24	$0.76
$189.00	$188.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.20	$0.80
$192.50	$191.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.18	$0.32

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 74 found (best yield 3.11%, avg 0.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$188.00	Oct 30	$5.85	0.53	0.1%	3.11%	3.18%	3	113
$190.00	Oct 30	$4.85	0.47	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	$3.40	0.39	2.7%	1.81%	4.53%	2	21
$194.00	Oct 30	$3.00	0.36	3.3%	1.60%	4.85%	--	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 3,950

Total Puts 2,380

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 1,570

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,880

Total Puts 2,664

Put/Call Ratio 0.69

Net Difference 1,216

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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