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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.58 -0.26%

(9/18 10:40) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 10:45am) 6,751

Calls: 4,225 (63%)

Puts: 2,526 (37%)

Prior (09/17) 7,742

Calls: 4,836 (62%)

Puts: 2,906 (38%)

Current vs Prior -12.80%

Calls: -12.63% (Calls)

Puts: -13.08% (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 -75.58%

Calls: -66.51%

Puts: -83.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:45am) $2.10M

Calls: $1.53M (73%)

Puts: $567.8K (27%)

Prior (09/17) $10.06M

Calls: $8.73M (87%)

Puts: $1.32M (13%)

Current vs Prior -79.16%

Calls: -82.50%

Puts: -57.12%

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 -92.64%

Calls: -93.37%

Puts: -89.48%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 10:45am) 0.60

Prior (09/17) 0.60

Current vs Prior -0.51%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.22

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -51.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 10:45am) 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 0.76% | 2.37%0.76% | 5.17%

Prior 1.11% | 2.75%1.11% | 5.01%

Current vs Prior -31.40% | -13.90%-31.40% | +3.24%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -63.99% | -34.23%-71.14% | -17.71%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -31.40% | -13.90%-31.40% | +3.24%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 69.20% | 18.59%

Calls: 44.74% | 22.33%

Puts: 93.65% | 14.85%

Prior 92.87% | 49.91%

Calls: 77.98% | 63.98%

Puts: 107.75% | 35.84%

Current vs Prior -25.49% | -62.75%

Prior 7-Day Avg 62.70% | 44.73%

Calls: 63.99% | 41.66%

Puts: 61.41% | 47.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +10.36% | -58.44%

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Moderately bullish flow with 73% call dollar volume ($1.53M). 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

Dollar Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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
10:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 55 of results (avg 7.1%, best 3.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Oct 16	18.55	19.15	$18.85	3.2%	12	0.90	65
$160.00	Oct 16	28.20	29.25	$28.73	3.7%	--	0.95	26
$170.00	Sep 18	17.25	17.95	$17.60	4.0%	3	1.00	1.2K
$171.00	Sep 18	16.25	16.95	$16.60	4.2%	4	1.00	114
$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
$186.00	Oct 16	3.60	3.75	$3.68	4.1%	4	0.43	282
$199.00	Oct 16	11.40	12.10	$11.75	6.0%	1	0.85	--
$185.00	Oct 16	3.20	3.40	$3.30	6.1%	9	0.40	4.3K
$184.00	Oct 16	2.86	3.05	$2.96	6.4%	3	0.36	1.3K
$190.00	Sep 25	3.40	3.65	$3.53	7.1%	2	0.68	17

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.38)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$193.00	Sep 25	0.35	0.40	$0.38	13.2%	11	0.14	29
$200.00	Oct 16	0.66	0.74	$0.70	11.4%	20	0.13	1.6K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$183.00	Sep 25	0.66	0.79	$0.73	17.8%	10	0.22	148
$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	0.53	$0.49	16.3%	15	0.07	5.1K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 117 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Sep 18	27.20	29.10	$28.15	6.7%	1	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	32.25	34.00	$33.13	5.3%	--	1.00	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Sep 18	1.10	1.67	$1.39	41.0%	11	1.00	22
$190.00	Sep 18	2.01	2.66	$2.34	27.8%	4	1.00	4.2K
$191.00	Sep 18	2.10	3.60	$2.85	52.6%	--	1.00	45
$192.50	Sep 18	3.25	5.20	$4.22	46.2%	--	1.00	121
$200.00	Sep 18	11.10	12.60	$11.85	12.7%	--	1.00	12

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 177 active (total vol 6.2K, top 1.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Sep 25	1.02	1.20	$1.11	16.2%	1.2K	0.32	369
$195.00	Oct 16	1.57	1.67	$1.62	6.2%	1.2K	0.26	574
$192.00	Oct 16	2.54	2.95	$2.75	14.9%	678	0.36	1.1K
$185.00	Oct 16	6.15	6.80	$6.48	10.0%	104	0.60	2.3K
$172.00	Sep 18	15.20	16.00	$15.60	5.1%	97	1.00	209

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Sep 25	2.67	3.10	$2.89	14.9%	1.2K	0.61	21
$187.00	Sep 18	0.16	0.36	$0.26	76.9%	149	0.29	733
$188.00	Sep 18	0.35	0.94	$0.65	90.8%	135	0.61	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	0.05	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 184.8%, max 1243.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	287.0%	21.4%	1243.4%	10	1.7K
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	30.7%	21.0%	46.4%	17	826
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	31.1%	21.4%	45.6%	15	627
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	25.4%	20.2%	25.7%	20	417
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	24.5%	24.0%	1.9%	46	315

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	30.7%	21.1%	45.5%	18	705
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	31.1%	21.6%	44.3%	151	746
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	25.4%	20.2%	25.5%	138	188

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 174 found (best R:R 0.96, avg 4.33)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$181.00	$182.00	Sep 18	$0.53	$0.47	$0.53	97%	0.89	$181.53
$177.00	$178.00	Oct 16	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	82%	1.22	$177.45
$185.00	$188.00	Oct 30	$1.42	$1.58	$1.42	60%	1.11	$186.42
$187.50	$190.00	Oct 23	$1.00	$1.50	$1.00	53%	1.50	$188.50
$187.00	$187.50	Oct 2	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	54%	2.85	$187.13

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$191.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.51	$0.49	$0.51	100%	0.96	$190.49
$195.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$1.15	$0.85	$1.15	74%	0.74	$193.85
$179.00	$177.00	Oct 23	$0.16	$1.84	$0.16	24%	11.50	$178.84
$191.00	$190.00	Oct 16	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	60%	1.70	$190.63
$188.00	$187.00	Oct 16	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	50%	2.70	$187.73

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
$198.00	$199.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	82%	0.43	$198.30
$193.00	$195.00	Oct 23	$0.78	$0.78	$1.22	63%	0.64	$193.78

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$181.00	$180.00	Oct 30	$0.46	$0.46	$0.54	69%	0.85	$180.54
$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
$183.00	$182.50	Oct 30	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	64%	1.17	$182.73
$185.00	$183.00	Oct 9	$0.76	$0.76	$1.24	62%	0.61	$184.24

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.55, cheapest $1.37)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.37	30.7%	19.5%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.52	25.4%	20.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.67	30.7%	19.5%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.64	25.4%	20.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 94 found (cheapest 0.56% of stock, avg 4.93%)

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	$0.78	$0.43	$1.21	$186.29	$188.71	0.65%
$187.00	Sep 18	$0.99	$0.26	$1.25	$185.75	$188.25	0.67%
$189.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$1.39	$1.49	$187.51	$190.49	0.79%
$186.00	Sep 18	$1.91	$0.11	$2.02	$183.98	$188.02	1.08%
$190.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$2.34	$2.37	$187.63	$192.37	1.26%
$185.00	Sep 18	$2.81	$0.04	$2.85	$182.15	$187.85	1.52%
$191.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$2.85	$2.88	$188.12	$193.88	1.54%
$184.00	Sep 18	$3.72	$0.07	$3.79	$180.21	$187.79	2.02%
$188.00	Sep 25	$1.92	$2.29	$4.21	$183.79	$192.21	2.24%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 2.76%)

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	$0.26	$0.36	$186.64	$189.36
$189.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.43	$0.53	$186.97	$189.53
$188.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.11	$0.51	$185.49	$188.51
$188.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.07	$0.47	$183.53	$188.47
$188.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.26	$0.66	$186.34	$188.66
$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. 248 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	78%	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
180/181	196/197	Oct 30	$0.84	$0.16	39%	5.25	$180.16	$196.84
186/187	212/215	Sep 18	$1.19	$1.31	59%	0.91	$185.81	$213.69
172/173	198/199	Oct 16	$0.48	$0.52	68%	0.92	$172.52	$198.48
180/181	198/199	Oct 16	$0.61	$0.39	54%	1.56	$180.39	$198.61
177/178	198/199	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.47	61%	1.13	$177.47	$198.53
169/170	199/200	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.79	92%	0.27	$169.79	$199.21
172/173	194/195	Oct 16	$0.55	$0.45	57%	1.22	$172.45	$194.55

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 82 found (best R:R 11.50, 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
$195.00	$197.00	$199.00	Oct 23	$0.09	$1.91	11%	21.22
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.77	39%	3.35
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.93	12%	13.29
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Oct 16	$0.27	$4.73	10%	17.52

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.92	24%	11.50
$187.00	$187.50	$188.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.45	32%	9.00
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$0.79	39%	3.76
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 16	$0.11	$4.89	5%	44.45
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	3%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 159 found (best net $-2.90, 142 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.07	$0.93
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.04	$4.96
$191.00	$194.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.50	$2.50
$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	-$2.90	$7.10
$196.00	$191.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.66	$4.34
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.44	$0.56
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.38	$4.62
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.25	$4.75

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 74 found (best yield 3.07%, avg 0.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$188.00	Oct 30	$5.75	0.51	0.2%	3.07%	3.29%	3	113
$189.00	Oct 30	$5.20	0.49	0.8%	2.77%	3.53%	--	51
$190.00	Oct 30	$4.75	0.46	1.3%	2.53%	3.82%	--	57
$191.00	Oct 30	$4.25	0.43	1.8%	2.27%	4.09%	2	44
$192.00	Oct 30	$3.90	0.41	2.4%	2.08%	4.44%	4	3
$193.00	Oct 30	$3.40	0.38	2.9%	1.81%	4.70%	2	21
$194.00	Oct 30	$3.00	0.36	3.4%	1.60%	5.02%	--	26
$190.00	Oct 23	$4.15	0.46	1.3%	2.21%	3.50%	--	31
$195.00	Oct 30	$2.67	0.33	4.0%	1.42%	5.38%	2	26
$192.00	Oct 23	$3.25	0.40	2.4%	1.73%	4.09%	--	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 4,225

Total Puts 2,526

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 1,699

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,836

Total Puts 2,906

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 1,930

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)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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