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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.82 -0.13%

(9/18 10:35) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 10:40am) 6,596

Calls: 4,131 (63%)

Puts: 2,465 (37%)

Prior (09/17) 7,442

Calls: 4,596 (62%)

Puts: 2,846 (38%)

Current vs Prior -11.37%

Calls: -10.12% (Calls)

Puts: -13.39% (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 -76.14%

Calls: -67.25%

Puts: -83.60%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:40am) $1.97M

Calls: $1.48M (75%)

Puts: $485.6K (25%)

Prior (09/17) $9.64M

Calls: $8.32M (86%)

Puts: $1.32M (14%)

Current vs Prior -79.56%

Calls: -82.15%

Puts: -63.27%

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 -93.08%

Calls: -93.56%

Puts: -91.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:40am) 0.60

Prior (09/17) 0.62

Current vs Prior -3.64%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.22

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -51.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:40am) 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 0.78% | 2.39%0.78% | 5.16%

Prior 1.11% | 2.75%1.11% | 5.01%

Current vs Prior -29.58% | -13.24%-29.57% | +3.10%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -63.03% | -33.73%-70.37% | -17.81%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -29.58% | -13.24%-29.57% | +3.10%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 65.69% | 15.41%

Calls: 37.72% | 14.98%

Puts: 93.65% | 15.84%

Prior 92.87% | 49.91%

Calls: 77.98% | 63.98%

Puts: 107.75% | 35.84%

Current vs Prior -29.27% | -69.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 62.70% | 44.73%

Calls: 63.99% | 41.66%

Puts: 61.41% | 47.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +4.76% | -65.55%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 75% of dollar volume in calls ($1.48M) vs puts ($485.6K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 80% 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

Dollar Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

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
10:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 60 of results (avg 7.0%, best 1.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Sep 18	17.65	17.95	$17.80	1.7%	3	1.00	1.2K
$171.00	Sep 18	16.65	16.95	$16.80	1.8%	3	1.00	114
$172.00	Sep 18	15.65	16.00	$15.83	2.2%	96	1.00	209
$172.50	Sep 18	15.15	15.55	$15.35	2.6%	95	1.00	320
$170.00	Oct 16	18.55	19.15	$18.85	3.2%	12	0.90	65

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$199.00	Oct 16	11.40	12.10	$11.75	6.0%	1	0.85	--
$190.00	Oct 16	5.20	5.55	$5.38	6.5%	--	0.57	400
$186.00	Oct 16	3.50	3.75	$3.63	6.9%	3	0.43	282
$187.00	Oct 16	3.80	4.10	$3.95	7.6%	1	0.47	194
$192.00	Oct 16	6.25	6.75	$6.50	7.7%	--	0.64	105

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.74, cheapest $0.73)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Oct 16	0.67	0.74	$0.71	9.9%	18	0.14	1.6K

PUTS (5)

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
$165.00	Oct 16	0.45	0.51	$0.48	12.5%	13	0.07	5.1K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 118 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	32.55	34.00	$33.28	4.4%	--	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	3.60	$2.85	52.6%	--	0.96	45

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 176 active (total vol 6.1K, top 1.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Sep 25	1.02	1.21	$1.12	17.0%	1.2K	0.33	369
$195.00	Oct 16	1.60	1.74	$1.67	8.4%	1.1K	0.26	574
$192.00	Oct 16	2.59	2.95	$2.77	13.0%	670	0.36	1.1K
$185.00	Oct 16	6.25	6.80	$6.53	8.4%	103	0.61	2.3K
$172.00	Sep 18	15.65	16.00	$15.83	2.2%	96	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	0.60	21
$187.00	Sep 18	0.16	0.30	$0.23	60.9%	148	0.28	733
$188.00	Sep 18	0.35	0.94	$0.65	90.8%	135	0.57	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 25.2%, max 34.7%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	29.0%	21.7%	33.6%	17	826
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	27.2%	21.3%	28.0%	19	417
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	27.7%	22.4%	23.7%	15	627
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	25.5%	21.8%	17.1%	45	315

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	27.2%	20.2%	34.7%	138	188
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	29.0%	22.2%	30.6%	18	705
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	27.7%	22.6%	22.4%	150	746
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	25.5%	22.9%	11.6%	11	480

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 176 found (best R:R 1.33, avg 4.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$181.00	$182.00	Sep 18	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	100%	1.33	$181.43
$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
$182.50	$183.00	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.27	$0.23	91%	1.17	$182.73

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
$186.00	$185.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	42%	2.70	$185.73
$187.00	$186.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	46%	2.12	$186.68
$183.00	$182.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$0.81	$0.19	33%	4.26	$182.81
$165.00	$160.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	6%	40.67	$164.88

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 0.40)

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
$194.00	$195.00	Oct 16	$0.45	$0.45	$0.55	70%	0.82	$194.45
$198.00	$199.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	82%	0.43	$198.30

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	90%	0.52	$182.33
$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
$183.00	$182.50	Oct 30	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	66%	1.17	$182.73
$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 $1.54, cheapest $1.45)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.45	29.0%	19.4%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.56	27.2%	20.3%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.57	29.0%	19.4%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.56	27.2%	20.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 94 found (cheapest 0.56% of stock, avg 4.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.65	$1.05	$186.95	$189.05	0.56%
$187.50	Sep 18	$0.82	$0.43	$1.25	$186.25	$188.75	0.67%
$187.00	Sep 18	$1.09	$0.23	$1.32	$185.68	$188.32	0.70%
$189.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$1.29	$1.39	$187.61	$190.39	0.74%
$186.00	Sep 18	$2.01	$0.11	$2.12	$183.88	$188.12	1.13%
$190.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$2.18	$2.22	$187.78	$192.22	1.18%
$191.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$2.85	$2.88	$188.12	$193.88	1.53%
$185.00	Sep 18	$2.91	$0.04	$2.95	$182.05	$187.95	1.57%
$184.00	Sep 18	$3.83	$0.07	$3.90	$180.10	$187.90	2.08%
$188.00	Sep 25	$1.96	$2.21	$4.17	$183.83	$192.17	2.22%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 2.74%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$189.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.07	$0.17	$183.83	$189.17
$189.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.11	$0.21	$185.79	$189.21
$189.00	$182.50	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.19	$0.29	$182.21	$189.29
$189.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.23	$0.33	$186.67	$189.33
$188.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.11	$0.51	$185.49	$188.51
$189.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.43	$0.53	$186.97	$189.53
$188.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.07	$0.47	$183.53	$188.47
$188.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.23	$0.63	$186.37	$188.63
$188.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.43	$0.83	$186.67	$188.83
$188.00	$182.50	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.19	$0.59	$181.91	$188.59

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 249 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
172/173	194/195	Oct 16	$0.63	$0.37	57%	1.70	$172.37	$194.63
180/181	194/195	Oct 16	$0.75	$0.25	42%	3.00	$180.25	$194.75
172/173	198/199	Oct 16	$0.48	$0.52	68%	0.92	$172.52	$198.48
177/178	194/195	Oct 16	$0.67	$0.33	49%	2.03	$177.33	$194.67
186/187	212/215	Sep 18	$1.16	$1.34	60%	0.87	$185.84	$213.66
180/181	198/199	Oct 16	$0.60	$0.40	54%	1.50	$180.40	$198.60
177/178	198/199	Oct 16	$0.52	$0.48	61%	1.08	$177.48	$198.52

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 74 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$195.00	$197.00	$199.00	Oct 23	$0.09	$1.91	11%	21.22
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	4%	61.50
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	12%	19.00
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	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	$0.05	$0.95	23%	19.00
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	3%	99.00
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$4.87	5%	37.46
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$0.93	10%	13.29
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.75	37%	3.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 156 found (best net $-3.05, 141 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	-$0.04	$4.96
$202.50	$207.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.15	$4.85
$191.00	$194.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.56	$2.44
$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	-$3.05	$6.95
$196.00	$191.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.26	$4.74
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.40	$0.60
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.23	$4.77
$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%	4.04%	2	44
$189.00	Oct 30	$5.20	0.50	0.6%	2.77%	3.40%	--	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%	4.57%	2	21
$194.00	Oct 30	$3.00	0.36	3.3%	1.60%	4.89%	--	26
$190.00	Oct 23	$4.15	0.47	1.2%	2.21%	3.37%	--	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%	3.96%	--	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 4,131

Total Puts 2,465

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 1,666

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,596

Total Puts 2,846

Put/Call Ratio 0.62

Net Difference 1,750

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)

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Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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