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State StreetUtilSelSectSPDRETF

$41.58 +0.62%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:05pm) 75,394

Calls: 13,540 (18%)

Puts: 61,854 (82%)

Prior (09/15) 50,164

Calls: 37,396 (75%)

Puts: 12,768 (25%)

Current vs Prior +50.30%

Calls: -63.79% (Calls)

Puts: +384.45% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 191,783

Calls: 99,951 (52%)

Puts: 91,832 (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,397

Calls: 14,278 (52%)

Puts: 13,118 (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +175.18%

Calls: -5.17%

Puts: +371.49%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 3:05pm) $11.09M

Calls: $1.05M (9%)

Puts: $10.04M (91%)

Prior (09/15) $2.92M

Calls: $2.25M (77%)

Puts: $667.2K (23%)

Current vs Prior +279.98%

Calls: -53.35%

Puts: +1404.31%

Prior 7-Day Total $17.88M

Calls: $7.63M (43%)

Puts: $10.25M (57%)

Prior 7-Day Average $2.55M

Calls: $1.09M (43%)

Puts: $1.46M (57%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +333.99%

Calls: -3.70%

Puts: +585.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:05pm) 4.57

Prior (09/15) 0.34

Current vs Prior +1237.99%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.04

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +339.38%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:05pm) 1,948,873

Calls: 622,577 (32%)

Puts: 1,326,296 (68%)

Prior (09/15) 1,908,623

Calls: 590,080 (31%)

Puts: 1,318,543 (69%)

Current vs Prior +2.11%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,234,097

Calls: 4,066,772 (31%)

Puts: 9,167,325 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,890,585

Calls: 580,967 (31%)

Puts: 1,309,617 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.08%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.90% | 2.84%1.90% | 4.98%

Prior 2.34% | 3.13%2.34% | 5.18%

Current vs Prior -18.75% | -9.21%-18.74% | -3.85%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.83% | 2.62%2.96% | 5.48%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +3.70% | +8.22%-35.77% | -9.13%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.34% | 3.13%1.89% | 6.20%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -18.75% | -9.21%+0.65% | -19.64%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 33.59% | 30.59%

Calls: 32.00% | 41.67%

Puts: 35.19% | 19.51%

Prior 17.79% | 16.07%

Calls: 16.13% | 21.54%

Puts: 19.44% | 10.61%

Current vs Prior +88.81% | +90.35%

Prior 7-Day Avg 31.07% | 14.65%

Calls: 21.15% | 12.83%

Puts: 40.99% | 16.48%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +8.11% | +108.76%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 91% of dollar volume in puts ($10.04M) vs calls ($1.05M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 280% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (334% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 50% vs prior.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 29 of results (avg 7.2%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Sep 18	1.58	1.64	$1.61	3.7%	73	0.95	435
$35.00	Sep 18	6.50	6.80	$6.65	4.5%	2	0.98	531
$42.00	Oct 16	0.47	0.50	$0.49	6.1%	1.2K	0.38	18.6K
$38.00	Oct 2	3.45	3.75	$3.60	8.3%	--	1.00	14
$37.00	Oct 2	4.35	4.75	$4.55	8.8%	80	1.00	81

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$47.00	Sep 18	5.35	5.50	$5.43	2.8%	2	1.00	--
$46.50	Sep 18	4.85	5.05	$4.95	4.0%	1	1.00	--
$46.00	Sep 18	4.35	4.55	$4.45	4.5%	5	1.00	838
$46.00	Sep 25	4.55	4.80	$4.68	5.3%	--	0.97	15
$46.00	Oct 16	4.50	4.80	$4.65	6.5%	--	0.96	37

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 24 found (avg $0.57, cheapest $0.27)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$42.00	Oct 2	0.25	0.29	$0.27	14.8%	112	0.32	306
$43.00	Oct 16	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	2.1K	0.21	8.1K
$41.00	Oct 2	0.72	0.85	$0.78	16.7%	--	0.66	426
$43.00	Oct 23	0.29	0.33	$0.31	12.9%	44	0.24	1.1K
$42.00	Oct 16	0.47	0.50	$0.49	6.1%	1.2K	0.38	18.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.50	Oct 2	0.20	0.24	$0.22	18.2%	19	0.26	103
$40.00	Oct 9	0.18	0.21	$0.20	15.0%	16	0.20	21
$40.50	Oct 9	0.27	0.32	$0.30	16.7%	4	0.29	11
$42.00	Sep 25	0.74	0.90	$0.82	19.5%	85	0.74	711
$40.00	Oct 16	0.23	0.28	$0.26	19.2%	3.1K	0.23	12.3K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 89 found (avg delta 0.86, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$38.00	Sep 25	3.25	3.80	$3.53	15.6%	--	1.00	11
$39.00	Sep 25	2.52	2.80	$2.66	10.5%	1	1.00	11
$39.50	Sep 25	1.79	2.30	$2.05	24.9%	50	1.00	51
$40.00	Sep 25	1.46	1.70	$1.58	15.2%	1	1.00	8
$40.50	Sep 25	0.99	1.27	$1.13	24.8%	--	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$43.50	Sep 18	1.77	2.01	$1.89	12.7%	6.9K	1.00	4.6K
$44.00	Sep 18	2.29	2.50	$2.40	8.8%	1.2K	1.00	774
$44.50	Sep 18	2.75	2.98	$2.87	8.0%	10.3K	1.00	5.1K
$45.00	Sep 18	3.25	3.50	$3.38	7.4%	3.8K	1.00	1.4K
$46.00	Sep 18	4.35	4.55	$4.45	4.5%	5	1.00	838

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 144 active (total vol 54.6K, top 14.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$41.50	Oct 2	0.44	0.56	$0.50	24.0%	4.0K	0.48	87
$43.00	Oct 16	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	2.1K	0.21	8.1K
$42.00	Oct 16	0.47	0.50	$0.49	6.1%	1.2K	0.38	18.6K
$42.00	Sep 18	0.04	0.10	$0.07	85.7%	735	0.23	1.7K
$41.50	Oct 30	0.84	1.02	$0.93	19.4%	321	0.49	32

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$43.00	Sep 18	1.32	1.51	$1.42	13.4%	14.7K	0.98	10.9K
$44.50	Sep 18	2.75	2.98	$2.87	8.0%	10.3K	1.00	5.1K
$43.50	Sep 18	1.77	2.01	$1.89	12.7%	6.9K	1.00	4.6K
$45.00	Sep 18	3.25	3.50	$3.38	7.4%	3.8K	1.00	1.4K
$40.00	Oct 16	0.23	0.28	$0.26	19.2%	3.1K	0.23	12.3K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 502.3%, max 1330.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$36.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	374.5%	26.2%	1330.6%	--	125
$34.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	458.3%	35.2%	1202.7%	--	38
$40.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	54.5%	16.2%	236.7%	50	45
$41.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	21.1%	14.5%	45.9%	483	852
$42.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	23.7%	17.4%	35.8%	744	1.8K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$36.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	374.5%	26.2%	1330.6%	2	23
$40.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	54.5%	15.3%	256.3%	12	385
$41.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	21.1%	14.5%	45.9%	128	4.7K
$42.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	23.7%	17.4%	35.8%	455	14.9K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 45 found (best R:R 1.50, avg 1.97)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$41.00	$41.50	Oct 9	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	61%	1.27	$41.22
$40.00	$41.50	Oct 30	$0.97	$0.53	$0.97	77%	0.55	$40.97
$42.00	$42.50	Oct 30	$0.16	$0.34	$0.16	41%	2.13	$42.16
$42.00	$42.50	Oct 9	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	36%	2.85	$42.13
$41.00	$41.50	Oct 2	$0.28	$0.22	$0.28	66%	0.79	$41.28

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$42.50	$42.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	66%	1.50	$42.30
$41.50	$41.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.34	$0.16	53%	2.13	$41.34
$42.50	$42.00	Oct 9	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	73%	0.67	$42.20
$43.00	$42.50	Oct 23	$0.33	$0.17	$0.33	75%	0.52	$42.67
$41.50	$41.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	52%	1.50	$41.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 26 found (best R:R 0.52, avg 0.47)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$43.50	$44.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	77%	0.52	$43.67
$45.00	$45.50	Oct 23	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	88%	0.28	$45.11
$42.00	$43.00	Oct 16	$0.27	$0.27	$0.73	62%	0.37	$42.27
$43.00	$44.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$0.13	$0.87	79%	0.15	$43.13
$42.50	$43.00	Oct 30	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	66%	0.47	$42.66

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$41.00	$40.50	Oct 9	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	58%	0.92	$40.76
$41.50	$41.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	59%	0.28	$41.39
$41.50	$41.00	Oct 2	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	46%	1.00	$41.25
$41.00	$40.50	Oct 30	$0.20	$0.20	$0.30	57%	0.67	$40.80
$40.00	$39.50	Oct 23	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	75%	0.28	$39.89

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $0.22, cheapest $0.11)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$41.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.11	21.1%	16.7%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$41.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$0.33	21.1%	16.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 64 found (cheapest 0.94% of stock, avg 5.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$41.50	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.14	$0.39	$41.11	$41.89	0.94%
$42.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.54	$0.61	$41.39	$42.61	1.47%
$41.00	Sep 18	$0.68	$0.03	$0.71	$40.29	$41.71	1.71%
$41.50	Sep 25	$0.36	$0.47	$0.83	$40.67	$42.33	2.00%
$41.00	Sep 25	$0.69	$0.25	$0.94	$40.06	$41.94	2.26%
$42.00	Sep 25	$0.16	$0.82	$0.98	$41.02	$42.98	2.36%
$42.50	Sep 18	$0.03	$0.98	$1.01	$41.49	$43.51	2.43%
$41.50	Oct 2	$0.50	$0.61	$1.11	$40.39	$42.61	2.67%
$41.00	Oct 2	$0.78	$0.36	$1.14	$39.86	$42.14	2.74%
$42.00	Oct 2	$0.27	$0.91	$1.18	$40.82	$43.18	2.84%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 144 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 1.39%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$43.00	$39.50	Sep 25	$0.03	$0.03	$0.06	$39.44	$43.06
$42.50	$41.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$0.03	$0.06	$40.94	$42.56
$43.00	$40.00	Sep 25	$0.03	$0.07	$0.10	$39.90	$43.10
$43.50	$39.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.05	$0.11	$38.89	$43.61
$42.00	$41.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.03	$0.10	$40.90	$42.10
$48.00	$41.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.03	$0.11	$40.89	$48.11
$45.00	$38.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$0.08	$0.13	$37.87	$45.13
$42.50	$39.50	Sep 25	$0.09	$0.03	$0.12	$39.38	$42.62
$43.50	$39.50	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.08	$0.14	$39.36	$43.64
$43.00	$39.00	Oct 2	$0.10	$0.05	$0.15	$38.85	$43.15

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 5 found (best R:R 0.79, avg credit $0.27)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
40/40	45/46	Oct 23	$0.22	$0.28	63%	0.79	$39.78	$45.22
40/40	44/44	Oct 30	$0.31	$0.19	43%	1.63	$40.19	$43.81
40/40	42/43	Oct 23	$0.25	$0.25	43%	1.00	$39.75	$42.75
40/40	42/43	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.20	33%	1.50	$40.20	$42.80
39/40	43/44	Oct 16	$0.25	$0.75	56%	0.33	$39.75	$43.25

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 59 found (best R:R 9.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$39.00	$40.00	$41.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$0.90	36%	9.00
$40.00	$41.00	$42.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$0.78	47%	3.55
$40.50	$41.00	$41.50	Sep 25	$0.11	$0.39	52%	3.55
$40.00	$41.00	$42.00	Oct 23	$0.18	$0.82	38%	4.56
$41.00	$41.50	$42.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$0.45	34%	9.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$41.00	$41.50	$42.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$0.45	29%	9.00
$38.00	$39.00	$40.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$0.94	16%	15.67
$39.00	$40.00	$41.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$0.85	29%	5.67
$40.50	$41.00	$41.50	Sep 25	$0.09	$0.41	35%	4.56
$41.00	$42.00	$43.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$0.78	37%	3.55

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 73 found (best net $-0.15, 61 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$38.00	$40.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.15	$1.85
$40.00	$41.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.27	$0.73
$39.00	$40.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.60	$0.40
$41.00	$42.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.10	$0.90
$40.00	$41.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.43	$0.57

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$42.00	$41.00	1:2	Oct 16	$0.00	$1.00
$43.00	$42.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.31	$0.69
$42.50	$42.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.10	$0.40
$42.00	$41.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.12	$0.38
$44.00	$43.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.78	$0.22

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 23 found (best yield 1.56%, avg 0.60%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$42.00	Oct 30	$0.65	0.41	1.0%	1.56%	2.57%	9	75
$42.50	Oct 30	$0.46	0.34	2.2%	1.11%	3.32%	4	165
$42.00	Oct 23	$0.58	0.40	1.0%	1.39%	2.41%	21	95
$43.00	Oct 30	$0.34	0.26	3.4%	0.82%	4.23%	3	107
$42.50	Oct 23	$0.41	0.32	2.2%	0.99%	3.20%	25	22
$43.50	Oct 30	$0.23	0.23	4.6%	0.55%	5.17%	7	21
$43.00	Oct 23	$0.29	0.24	3.4%	0.70%	4.11%	44	1.1K
$42.00	Oct 16	$0.47	0.38	1.0%	1.13%	2.14%	1.2K	18.6K
$43.50	Oct 23	$0.19	0.18	4.6%	0.46%	5.07%	3	116
$43.00	Oct 16	$0.21	0.21	3.4%	0.51%	3.92%	2.1K	8.1K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,540

Total Puts 61,854

Put/Call Ratio 4.57

Net Difference -48,314

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 37,396

Total Puts 12,768

Put/Call Ratio 0.34

Net Difference 24,628

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 99,951

Total Puts 91,832

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.04

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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