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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.83 -0.12%

(9/18 10:30) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 10:35am) 6,418

Calls: 4,005 (62%)

Puts: 2,413 (38%)

Prior (09/17) 7,183

Calls: 4,412 (61%)

Puts: 2,771 (39%)

Current vs Prior -10.65%

Calls: -9.22% (Calls)

Puts: -12.92% (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 -76.79%

Calls: -68.25%

Puts: -83.95%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:35am) $1.82M

Calls: $1.34M (74%)

Puts: $482.7K (26%)

Prior (09/17) $8.65M

Calls: $7.33M (85%)

Puts: $1.32M (15%)

Current vs Prior -78.92%

Calls: -81.71%

Puts: -63.41%

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 -93.59%

Calls: -94.19%

Puts: -91.06%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 10:35am) 0.60

Prior (09/17) 0.63

Current vs Prior -4.07%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.22

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -50.79%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 10:35am) 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

ℹ

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

Current 0.79% | 2.39%0.79% | 5.16%

Prior 1.11% | 2.75%1.11% | 5.01%

Current vs Prior -28.62% | -13.24%-28.62% | +3.10%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -62.53% | -33.73%-69.97% | -17.82%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -28.62% | -13.24%-28.62% | +3.10%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 37.23% | 13.32%

Calls: 45.24% | 18.50%

Puts: 29.23% | 8.14%

Prior 92.87% | 49.91%

Calls: 77.98% | 63.98%

Puts: 107.75% | 35.84%

Current vs Prior -59.91% | -73.31%

Prior 7-Day Avg 62.70% | 44.73%

Calls: 63.99% | 41.66%

Puts: 61.41% | 47.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -40.62% | -70.22%

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Moderately bullish flow with 74% call dollar volume ($1.34M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 79% 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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Expected Move

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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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
10:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 7.0%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Oct 16	28.35	29.25	$28.80	3.1%	--	0.94	26
$170.00	Oct 16	18.55	19.15	$18.85	3.2%	12	0.90	65
$165.00	Sep 18	22.50	23.30	$22.90	3.5%	6	1.00	1.8K
$170.00	Sep 18	17.50	18.15	$17.83	3.6%	1	1.00	1.2K
$177.00	Oct 16	12.30	12.85	$12.58	4.4%	--	0.82	1.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$199.00	Oct 16	11.40	12.10	$11.75	6.0%	1	0.82	--
$185.00	Oct 16	3.10	3.30	$3.20	6.2%	7	0.40	4.3K
$189.00	Oct 16	4.65	4.95	$4.80	6.2%	--	0.54	458
$184.00	Oct 16	2.76	2.96	$2.86	7.0%	1	0.36	1.3K
$190.00	Oct 16	5.15	5.55	$5.35	7.5%	--	0.57	400

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.77, cheapest $0.47)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$188.00	Sep 18	0.43	0.51	$0.47	17.0%	3	0.45	304
$199.00	Oct 16	0.81	0.99	$0.90	20.0%	--	0.18	608

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	0.76	$0.73	8.2%	3	0.10	1.5K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 117 found (avg delta 0.79, 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
$160.00	Sep 18	27.60	29.10	$28.35	5.3%	1	1.00	621

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$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
$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
$210.00	Oct 16	20.85	22.85	$21.85	9.2%	--	0.96	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 165 active (total vol 6.0K, top 1.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Sep 25	1.01	1.34	$1.18	28.0%	1.2K	0.34	369
$195.00	Oct 16	1.70	1.80	$1.75	5.7%	1.1K	0.26	574
$192.00	Oct 16	2.62	2.80	$2.71	6.6%	670	0.36	1.1K
$185.00	Oct 16	6.25	6.55	$6.40	4.7%	103	0.61	2.3K
$172.00	Sep 18	15.50	17.10	$16.30	9.8%	93	0.99	209

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Sep 25	2.52	2.91	$2.72	14.3%	1.2K	0.59	21
$187.00	Sep 18	0.19	0.37	$0.28	64.3%	145	0.29	733
$188.00	Sep 18	0.55	0.74	$0.65	29.2%	135	0.55	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 37.3%, max 46.4%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	31.9%	22.4%	42.6%	15	627
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	30.5%	21.7%	40.6%	17	826
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	29.4%	21.3%	38.3%	6	417
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	27.9%	21.8%	27.8%	43	315

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	29.4%	20.1%	46.4%	138	188
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	31.9%	22.6%	41.1%	147	746
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	30.5%	22.2%	37.6%	18	705
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	27.9%	22.5%	23.9%	11	480

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 178 found (best R:R 0.89, avg 4.27)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$170.00	$171.00	Sep 18	$0.53	$0.47	$0.53	100%	0.89	$170.53
$177.00	$178.00	Oct 16	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	82%	1.86	$177.35
$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
$194.00	$195.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	27%	7.33	$194.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$195.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$1.10	$0.90	$1.10	74%	0.82	$193.90
$200.00	$199.00	Oct 16	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	86%	0.82	$199.45
$187.00	$186.00	Oct 16	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	47%	2.70	$186.73
$179.00	$177.00	Oct 23	$0.27	$1.73	$0.27	24%	6.41	$178.73
$186.00	$185.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	42%	2.70	$185.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 141 found (best R:R 0.27, avg 0.39)

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
$191.00	$194.00	Oct 9	$1.09	$1.09	$1.91	62%	0.57	$192.09
$194.00	$195.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.41	$0.59	70%	0.69	$194.41

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 $1.52, cheapest $1.43)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.43	30.5%	19.6%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.54	29.4%	20.6%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.56	30.5%	19.6%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.56	29.4%	20.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 93 found (cheapest 0.60% of stock, avg 4.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Sep 18	$0.47	$0.65	$1.12	$186.88	$189.12	0.60%
$187.50	Sep 18	$0.84	$0.43	$1.27	$186.23	$188.77	0.68%
$187.00	Sep 18	$1.09	$0.28	$1.37	$185.63	$188.37	0.73%
$189.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$1.29	$1.43	$187.57	$190.43	0.76%
$186.00	Sep 18	$2.01	$0.10	$2.11	$183.89	$188.11	1.12%
$190.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$2.18	$2.23	$187.77	$192.23	1.19%
$191.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$2.85	$2.88	$188.12	$193.88	1.53%
$185.00	Sep 18	$2.92	$0.04	$2.96	$182.04	$187.96	1.58%
$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 0.11% of stock, avg 2.74%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$189.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.07	$0.21	$183.79	$189.21
$189.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.10	$0.24	$185.76	$189.24
$189.00	$182.50	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.19	$0.33	$182.17	$189.33
$189.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.28	$0.42	$186.58	$189.42
$189.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.43	$0.57	$186.93	$189.57
$188.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.47	$0.10	$0.57	$185.43	$188.57
$188.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.47	$0.07	$0.54	$183.46	$188.54
$188.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.47	$0.28	$0.75	$186.25	$188.75
$188.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.47	$0.43	$0.90	$186.60	$188.90
$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. 242 found (best R:R 0.94, avg credit $0.50)

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	194/195	Oct 16	$0.59	$0.41	56%	1.44	$172.41	$194.59
169/170	199/200	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.79	92%	0.27	$169.79	$199.21
177/178	194/195	Oct 16	$0.62	$0.38	49%	1.63	$177.38	$194.62
172/173	196/197	Oct 16	$0.47	$0.53	64%	0.89	$172.53	$196.47
172/173	195/196	Oct 16	$0.49	$0.51	61%	0.96	$172.51	$195.49
180/181	199/200	Sep 25	$0.29	$0.71	80%	0.41	$180.71	$199.29

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 81 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	4%	61.50
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.93	15%	13.29
$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

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
$187.00	$187.50	$188.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.43	26%	6.14
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$4.85	5%	32.33
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.75	38%	3.00
$179.00	$180.00	$181.00	Sep 25	$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. 160 found (best net $-2.75, 144 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.17	$0.83
$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	-$0.30	$4.70
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.40	$0.60
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.21	$4.79
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.38	$4.62

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%	3.21%	3	113
$190.00	Oct 30	$4.85	0.48	1.2%	2.58%	3.74%	--	57
$191.00	Oct 30	$4.40	0.45	1.7%	2.34%	4.03%	2	44
$189.00	Oct 30	$5.20	0.50	0.6%	2.77%	3.39%	--	51
$192.00	Oct 30	$3.90	0.42	2.2%	2.08%	4.30%	4	3
$193.00	Oct 30	$3.40	0.39	2.8%	1.81%	4.56%	2	21
$194.00	Oct 30	$3.00	0.36	3.3%	1.60%	4.88%	--	26
$190.00	Oct 23	$4.15	0.47	1.2%	2.21%	3.36%	--	31
$195.00	Oct 30	$2.67	0.34	3.8%	1.42%	5.24%	2	26
$192.00	Oct 23	$3.25	0.41	2.2%	1.73%	3.95%	--	24

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,005

Total Puts 2,413

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 1,592

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,412

Total Puts 2,771

Put/Call Ratio 0.63

Net Difference 1,641

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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