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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.94 -0.06%

(9/18 11:05) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 11:10am) 8,039

Calls: 4,875 (61%)

Puts: 3,164 (39%)

Prior (09/17) 8,708

Calls: 5,415 (62%)

Puts: 3,293 (38%)

Current vs Prior -7.68%

Calls: -9.97% (Calls)

Puts: -3.92% (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 -70.92%

Calls: -61.36%

Puts: -78.95%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 11:10am) $3.07M

Calls: $2.12M (69%)

Puts: $946.5K (31%)

Prior (09/17) $11.85M

Calls: $10.35M (87%)

Puts: $1.49M (13%)

Current vs Prior -74.10%

Calls: -79.50%

Puts: -36.67%

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 -89.22%

Calls: -90.80%

Puts: -82.46%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 11:10am) 0.65

Prior (09/17) 0.61

Current vs Prior +6.73%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.22

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -46.99%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 11:10am) 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

ℹ

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

Current 0.70% | 2.44%0.70% | 5.13%

Prior 1.11% | 2.75%1.11% | 5.01%

Current vs Prior -37.28% | -11.36%-37.28% | +2.51%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -67.08% | -32.29%-73.61% | -18.29%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -37.28% | -11.36%-37.28% | +2.51%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 51.08% | 11.87%

Calls: 44.74% | 6.47%

Puts: 57.41% | 17.26%

Prior 92.87% | 49.91%

Calls: 77.98% | 63.98%

Puts: 107.75% | 35.84%

Current vs Prior -45.00% | -76.22%

Prior 7-Day Avg 62.70% | 44.73%

Calls: 63.99% | 41.66%

Puts: 61.41% | 47.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -18.54% | -73.46%

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Moderately bullish flow with 69% call dollar volume ($2.12M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 74% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.65. 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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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg 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
11:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 80 of results (avg 6.5%, best 1.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$169.00	Sep 18	18.75	19.00	$18.88	1.3%	2	1.00	55
$151.00	Sep 18	36.55	37.35	$36.95	2.2%	--	1.00	341
$172.00	Sep 18	15.75	16.10	$15.93	2.2%	140	1.00	209
$167.50	Sep 18	20.25	20.70	$20.48	2.2%	6	1.00	174
$177.00	Sep 18	10.90	11.15	$11.03	2.3%	34	1.00	83

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Oct 16	12.40	12.90	$12.65	4.0%	--	0.86	160
$185.00	Oct 16	3.10	3.25	$3.18	4.7%	11	0.39	4.3K
$187.00	Oct 16	3.90	4.10	$4.00	5.0%	18	0.46	194
$200.00	Sep 25	12.10	12.80	$12.45	5.6%	8	0.99	7
$199.00	Oct 16	11.40	12.10	$11.75	6.0%	1	0.85	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 11 found (avg $0.73, cheapest $0.81)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$191.00	Sep 25	0.75	0.86	$0.81	13.6%	5	0.26	126
$200.00	Oct 16	0.66	0.73	$0.70	10.0%	79	0.13	1.6K
$199.00	Oct 16	0.75	0.88	$0.82	15.9%	6	0.15	608

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Sep 25	0.33	0.37	$0.35	11.4%	23	0.11	1.8K
$182.50	Sep 25	0.56	0.65	$0.61	14.8%	49	0.19	213
$183.00	Sep 25	0.65	0.78	$0.72	18.1%	12	0.21	148
$184.00	Sep 25	0.83	0.97	$0.90	15.6%	12	0.26	496
$180.00	Oct 2	0.91	1.05	$0.98	14.3%	--	0.19	331

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 119 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$151.00	Sep 18	36.55	37.35	$36.95	2.2%	--	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	32.30	33.95	$33.13	5.0%	1	1.00	2.7K
$156.00	Sep 18	31.35	33.05	$32.20	5.3%	1	1.00	155

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 18	11.10	12.60	$11.85	12.7%	4	1.00	12
$192.50	Sep 18	4.10	5.10	$4.60	21.7%	--	0.99	121
$200.00	Sep 25	12.10	12.80	$12.45	5.6%	8	0.99	7
$207.50	Oct 2	18.35	20.55	$19.45	11.3%	--	0.97	11
$210.00	Oct 16	21.05	23.00	$22.03	8.9%	--	0.97	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 200 active (total vol 7.0K, top 1.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Oct 16	1.61	1.75	$1.68	8.3%	1.3K	0.26	574
$190.00	Sep 25	1.05	1.19	$1.12	12.5%	1.2K	0.33	369
$192.00	Oct 16	2.56	2.95	$2.76	14.1%	679	0.36	1.1K
$172.00	Sep 18	15.75	16.10	$15.93	2.2%	140	1.00	209
$172.50	Sep 18	15.15	15.65	$15.40	3.2%	124	1.00	320

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Sep 25	2.55	2.94	$2.75	14.2%	1.2K	0.60	21
$187.00	Sep 18	0.12	0.36	$0.24	100.0%	149	0.27	733
$188.00	Sep 18	0.38	0.69	$0.53	58.5%	140	0.54	130
$187.50	Oct 2	2.73	3.20	$2.97	15.8%	66	0.49	5
$174.00	Sep 25	0.04	0.14	$0.09	111.1%	50	0.03	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 30.3%, max 45.8%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	32.1%	22.0%	45.8%	17	826
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	31.9%	22.4%	42.5%	15	627
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	26.2%	21.2%	23.4%	32	417
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	24.0%	21.8%	9.8%	55	315

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	32.1%	22.1%	45.3%	18	705
$187.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	31.9%	22.6%	41.5%	151	746
$188.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	26.2%	20.2%	29.5%	143	188
$189.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	24.0%	23.0%	4.3%	16	480

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 182 found (best R:R 0.82, avg 4.19)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$181.00	$182.00	Sep 18	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	100%	0.82	$181.55
$175.00	$176.00	Sep 25	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	100%	0.82	$175.55
$177.00	$178.00	Oct 16	$0.47	$0.53	$0.47	82%	1.13	$177.47
$185.00	$188.00	Oct 30	$1.37	$1.63	$1.37	61%	1.19	$186.37
$190.00	$192.00	Oct 23	$0.62	$1.38	$0.62	47%	2.23	$190.62

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$191.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.64	$0.36	$0.64	96%	0.56	$190.36
$179.00	$177.00	Oct 23	$0.17	$1.83	$0.17	24%	10.76	$178.83
$189.00	$188.00	Oct 2	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	56%	1.63	$188.62
$186.00	$185.00	Oct 9	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	42%	3.00	$185.75
$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. 143 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	$0.85	$0.85	$1.65	87%	0.52	$205.85
$197.00	$199.00	Oct 23	$0.62	$0.62	$1.38	74%	0.45	$197.62
$193.00	$195.00	Oct 23	$0.83	$0.83	$1.17	62%	0.71	$193.83

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	70%	0.85	$180.54
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	91%	0.52	$182.33
$183.00	$182.50	Oct 9	$0.30	$0.30	$0.20	69%	1.50	$182.70
$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 $1.61, cheapest $1.54)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.54	32.1%	19.4%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.56	26.2%	20.6%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.60	32.1%	19.4%
$188.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$1.73	26.2%	20.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 96 found (cheapest 0.51% of stock, avg 4.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.53	$0.95	$187.05	$188.95	0.51%
$187.50	Sep 18	$0.78	$0.41	$1.19	$186.31	$188.69	0.63%
$187.00	Sep 18	$1.02	$0.24	$1.26	$185.74	$188.26	0.67%
$189.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$1.17	$1.26	$187.74	$190.26	0.67%
$186.00	Sep 18	$1.91	$0.09	$2.00	$184.00	$188.00	1.06%
$190.00	Sep 18	$0.02	$2.21	$2.23	$187.77	$192.23	1.19%
$185.00	Sep 18	$2.85	$0.03	$2.88	$182.12	$187.88	1.53%
$191.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$2.85	$2.88	$188.12	$193.88	1.53%
$184.00	Sep 18	$3.98	$0.06	$4.04	$179.96	$188.04	2.15%
$188.00	Sep 25	$1.98	$2.26	$4.24	$183.76	$192.24	2.26%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 2.76%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$189.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.06	$0.15	$183.85	$189.15
$189.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.09	$0.18	$185.82	$189.18
$189.00	$182.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.19	$0.28	$182.22	$189.28
$189.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.24	$0.33	$186.67	$189.33
$189.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.41	$0.50	$187.00	$189.50
$188.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.09	$0.51	$185.49	$188.51
$188.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.24	$0.66	$186.34	$188.66
$188.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.06	$0.48	$183.52	$188.48
$188.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.41	$0.83	$186.67	$188.83
$188.00	$182.50	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.19	$0.61	$181.89	$188.61

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 245 found (best R:R 0.94, avg credit $0.49)

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	$1.02	$1.48	78%	0.69	$181.48	$206.02
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	61%	0.91	$185.81	$213.69
180/181	195/196	Oct 30	$0.76	$0.24	36%	3.17	$180.24	$195.76
175/176	199/200	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.79	89%	0.27	$175.79	$199.21
175/176	197/198	Sep 25	$0.22	$0.78	88%	0.28	$175.78	$197.22
182/183	197/198	Sep 25	$0.23	$0.27	72%	0.85	$182.77	$197.23
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. 84 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	25%	19.00
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$4.78	10%	21.73
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	13%	15.67
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.74	42%	2.85
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.91	23%	10.11
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	3%	99.00
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.95	14%	19.00
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	5%	40.67
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$0.93	12%	13.29

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 164 found (best net $-3.27, 145 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.13	$0.87
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.07	$4.93
$202.50	$207.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.15	$4.85
$191.00	$194.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.50	$2.50
$187.50	$188.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.06	$0.44

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$3.27	$6.73
$196.00	$191.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.10	$4.90
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.13	$0.87
$200.00	$196.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$3.35	$0.65
$192.50	$191.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.10	$0.40

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 75 found (best yield 3.06%, avg 0.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$188.00	Oct 30	$5.75	0.53	0.0%	3.06%	3.09%	3	113
$189.00	Oct 30	$5.20	0.50	0.6%	2.77%	3.33%	--	51
$190.00	Oct 30	$4.75	0.47	1.1%	2.53%	3.62%	--	57
$191.00	Oct 30	$4.25	0.45	1.6%	2.26%	3.89%	2	44
$192.00	Oct 30	$3.90	0.42	2.2%	2.08%	4.24%	4	3
$193.00	Oct 30	$3.40	0.39	2.7%	1.81%	4.50%	2	21
$194.00	Oct 30	$3.00	0.36	3.2%	1.60%	4.82%	--	26
$190.00	Oct 23	$4.15	0.47	1.1%	2.21%	3.30%	--	31
$195.00	Oct 30	$2.67	0.34	3.8%	1.42%	5.18%	2	26
$192.00	Oct 23	$3.25	0.41	2.2%	1.73%	3.89%	--	24

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,875

Total Puts 3,164

Put/Call Ratio 0.65

Net Difference 1,711

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,415

Total Puts 3,293

Put/Call Ratio 0.61

Net Difference 2,122

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 88,308

Total Puts 105,221

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.22

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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