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as of 09/25 06:04 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/25) 18,449

Calls: 9,098 (49%)

Puts: 9,351 (51%)

Prior (09/24) 12,893

Calls: 6,294 (49%)

Puts: 6,599 (51%)

Current vs Prior +43.09%

Calls: +44.55% (Calls)

Puts: +41.70% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 113,565

Calls: 67,956 (60%)

Puts: 45,609 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 16,223

Calls: 9,708 (60%)

Puts: 6,515 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +13.72%

Calls: -6.28%

Puts: +43.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/25) $2.02M

Calls: $783.6K (39%)

Puts: $1.24M (61%)

Prior (09/24) $2.96M

Calls: $851.4K (29%)

Puts: $2.11M (71%)

Current vs Prior -31.61%

Calls: -7.96%

Puts: -41.18%

Prior 7-Day Total $25.19M

Calls: $10.65M (42%)

Puts: $14.54M (58%)

Prior 7-Day Average $3.60M

Calls: $1.52M (42%)

Puts: $2.08M (58%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.81%

Calls: -48.50%

Puts: -40.36%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/25) 1.03

Prior (09/24) 1.05

Current vs Prior -1.97%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.97

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.30%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/25) 251,301

Calls: 126,402 (50%)

Puts: 124,899 (50%)

Prior (09/24) 248,556

Calls: 124,044 (50%)

Puts: 124,512 (50%)

Current vs Prior +1.10%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,769,402

Calls: 901,160 (51%)

Puts: 868,242 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 252,771

Calls: 128,737 (51%)

Puts: 124,034 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.58%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.38% | 4.78%9.85% | 15.71%

Prior 2.79% | 6.00%10.52% | 16.47%

Current vs Prior +71.59% | +19.06%-6.39% | -4.65%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.71% | 7.09%5.97% | 13.34%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +1.59% | +0.69%+64.86% | +17.70%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.79% | 6.00%10.52% | 16.47%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +71.59% | +19.06%-6.39% | -4.65%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 32.04% | 29.55%

Calls: 47.31% | 15.86%

Puts: 16.77% | 43.24%

Prior 32.04% | 29.55%

Calls: 47.31% | 15.86%

Puts: 16.77% | 43.24%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.04% | 29.55%

Calls: 47.31% | 15.86%

Puts: 16.77% | 43.24%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bearish flow with 61% put dollar volume ($1.24M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.03.

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Current BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 21 of results (avg 7.4%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$35.00	Oct 16	7.90	8.15	$8.03	3.1%	--	1.00	12
$35.00	Sep 25	7.60	8.05	$7.83	5.7%	3	0.94	18
$40.00	Oct 16	3.65	3.90	$3.78	6.6%	24	0.74	162
$38.50	Oct 2	4.25	4.55	$4.40	6.8%	4	0.95	--
$37.00	Oct 2	5.60	6.10	$5.85	8.5%	3	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$51.00	Oct 9	8.00	8.40	$8.20	4.9%	4	1.00	125
$50.00	Sep 25	6.95	7.40	$7.18	6.3%	3	0.99	19
$49.50	Sep 25	6.45	6.90	$6.68	6.7%	1	0.75	3
$50.00	Oct 16	7.10	7.60	$7.35	6.8%	5	0.88	4.9K
$44.00	Oct 16	2.47	2.65	$2.56	7.0%	--	0.57	53

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.71, cheapest $0.44)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$50.00	Oct 23	0.40	0.47	$0.44	15.9%	15	0.15	2.2K
$46.00	Oct 16	0.82	0.95	$0.89	14.6%	4	0.29	151

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Oct 16	0.75	0.83	$0.79	10.1%	4.1K	0.26	3.5K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 100 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$39.00	Sep 25	3.45	4.35	$3.90	23.1%	14	1.00	14
$40.00	Sep 25	2.51	3.25	$2.88	25.7%	40	1.00	52
$40.50	Sep 25	2.05	2.68	$2.37	26.6%	4	1.00	69
$41.50	Sep 25	1.07	1.69	$1.38	44.9%	5	1.00	71
$42.00	Sep 25	0.43	1.19	$0.81	93.8%	7	1.00	59

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$51.00	Oct 9	8.00	8.40	$8.20	4.9%	4	1.00	125
$51.00	Oct 2	7.55	8.70	$8.13	14.1%	3	0.99	20
$50.00	Sep 25	6.95	7.40	$7.18	6.3%	3	0.99	19
$48.50	Sep 25	5.05	6.10	$5.57	18.9%	3	0.99	1
$46.50	Sep 25	3.45	3.80	$3.63	9.6%	3	0.99	2

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 199 active (total vol 15.9K, top 4.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$42.50	Oct 2	0.96	1.22	$1.09	23.9%	932	0.56	29
$42.50	Sep 25	0.19	0.59	$0.39	102.6%	925	1.00	915
$43.00	Sep 25	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	913	0.20	253
$43.50	Sep 25	0.00	0.07	$0.04	175.0%	908	0.12	936
$41.50	Oct 2	1.56	2.20	$1.88	34.0%	902	0.73	2

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Oct 16	0.75	0.83	$0.79	10.1%	4.1K	0.26	3.5K
$42.00	Oct 16	1.39	1.67	$1.53	18.3%	764	0.41	31
$40.50	Oct 16	0.72	1.10	$0.91	41.8%	549	0.29	1
$45.00	Oct 16	3.05	3.45	$3.25	12.3%	528	0.64	4.2K
$43.00	Sep 25	0.10	0.30	$0.20	100.0%	237	0.80	729

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 3429.2%, max 5303.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$36.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	2920.7%	54.2%	5285.2%	5	60
$49.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	2467.1%	46.9%	5154.9%	3	404
$37.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	2632.0%	54.7%	4709.3%	4	59
$38.00	Sep 25	Oct 9	2343.0%	65.8%	3463.3%	16	15
$43.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	70.2%	46.9%	49.7%	913	329

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$38.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	2343.0%	43.4%	5303.6%	3	78
$43.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	70.2%	50.6%	38.5%	240	729

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 103 found (best R:R 1.19, avg 2.18)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$40.00	$43.00	Oct 30	$1.37	$1.63	$1.37	71%	1.19	$41.37
$40.00	$42.00	Oct 9	$1.27	$0.73	$1.27	82%	0.57	$41.27
$40.00	$40.50	Oct 2	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	88%	1.00	$40.25
$40.00	$44.00	Oct 23	$2.23	$1.77	$2.23	72%	0.79	$42.23
$45.00	$46.00	Oct 30	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	40%	4.56	$45.18

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$50.00	$49.00	Oct 2	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	99%	0.67	$49.40
$50.00	$49.00	Oct 16	$0.52	$0.48	$0.52	88%	0.92	$49.48
$47.00	$46.00	Oct 30	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	70%	2.13	$46.68
$47.00	$46.50	Oct 2	$0.10	$0.40	$0.10	94%	4.00	$46.90
$46.00	$45.00	Oct 23	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	67%	1.63	$45.62

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 68 found (best R:R 0.31, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$48.50	$49.00	Oct 9	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	85%	0.92	$48.74
$49.50	$50.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	93%	0.28	$49.61
$48.50	$49.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	92%	0.28	$48.61
$43.50	$44.00	Oct 9	$0.31	$0.31	$0.19	54%	1.63	$43.81
$46.50	$47.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	87%	0.35	$46.63

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$40.00	$35.00	Nov 6	$1.19	$1.19	$3.81	69%	0.31	$38.81
$39.00	$38.00	Oct 30	$0.39	$0.39	$0.61	76%	0.64	$38.61
$38.00	$37.00	Oct 9	$0.29	$0.29	$0.71	84%	0.41	$37.71
$38.00	$37.00	Oct 23	$0.27	$0.27	$0.73	83%	0.37	$37.73
$41.50	$41.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.32	$0.18	63%	1.78	$41.18

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 64 found (cheapest 0.54% of stock, avg 8.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$43.00	Sep 25	$0.03	$0.20	$0.23	$42.77	$43.23	0.54%
$42.50	Sep 25	$0.39	$0.02	$0.41	$42.09	$42.91	0.96%
$43.50	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.78	$0.82	$42.68	$44.32	1.91%
$42.00	Sep 25	$0.81	$0.02	$0.83	$41.17	$42.83	1.94%
$44.00	Sep 25	$0.01	$1.24	$1.25	$42.75	$45.25	2.92%
$41.50	Sep 25	$1.38	$0.01	$1.39	$40.11	$42.89	3.24%
$44.50	Sep 25	$0.01	$1.65	$1.66	$42.84	$46.16	3.87%
$41.00	Sep 25	$1.72	$0.03	$1.75	$39.25	$42.75	4.08%
$43.00	Oct 2	$0.81	$0.96	$1.77	$41.23	$44.77	4.13%
$45.00	Sep 25	$0.01	$1.97	$1.98	$43.02	$46.98	4.62%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 161 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 5.16%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$43.00	$42.50	Sep 25	$0.03	$0.02	$0.05	$42.45	$43.05
$43.00	$42.00	Sep 25	$0.03	$0.02	$0.05	$41.95	$43.05
$43.50	$42.50	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.02	$0.06	$42.44	$43.56
$43.50	$42.00	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.02	$0.06	$41.94	$43.56
$43.00	$41.00	Sep 25	$0.03	$0.03	$0.06	$40.94	$43.06
$43.50	$41.00	Sep 25	$0.04	$0.03	$0.07	$40.93	$43.57
$47.50	$42.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.02	$0.12	$41.88	$47.62
$47.50	$42.50	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.02	$0.12	$42.38	$47.62
$47.50	$41.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.03	$0.13	$40.87	$47.63
$45.00	$40.50	Oct 2	$0.24	$0.21	$0.45	$40.05	$45.45

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 63 found (best R:R 2.33, avg credit $0.45)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
37/38	50/50	Oct 9	$0.70	$0.30	68%	2.33	$37.30	$50.20
37/38	48/49	Oct 9	$0.53	$0.47	70%	1.13	$37.47	$49.03
39/40	48/49	Oct 9	$0.35	$0.15	69%	2.33	$39.15	$48.85
38/39	49/50	Oct 30	$0.63	$0.37	55%	1.70	$38.37	$49.63
39/40	48/49	Oct 16	$0.34	$0.16	61%	2.13	$39.16	$48.84
38/39	47/48	Oct 30	$0.67	$0.33	47%	2.03	$38.33	$47.67
37/38	46/47	Oct 23	$0.63	$0.37	50%	1.70	$37.37	$46.63
39/40	46/47	Oct 16	$0.38	$0.12	51%	3.17	$39.12	$46.88
38/39	46/47	Oct 30	$0.69	$0.31	41%	2.23	$38.31	$46.69
39/40	46/46	Oct 16	$0.38	$0.12	45%	3.17	$39.12	$45.88

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 74 found (best R:R 7.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$42.00	$42.50	$43.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.44	80%	7.33
$35.00	$36.00	$37.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	15%	15.67
$42.50	$43.00	$43.50	Sep 25	$0.37	$0.13	88%	0.35
$48.00	$49.00	$50.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$0.92	10%	11.50
$40.50	$41.00	$41.50	Oct 2	$0.07	$0.43	12%	6.14

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$42.00	$42.50	$43.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.32	74%	1.78
$44.00	$45.00	$46.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$0.93	11%	13.29
$42.00	$43.00	$44.00	Oct 23	$0.09	$0.91	14%	10.11
$42.00	$42.50	$43.00	Oct 9	$0.05	$0.45	11%	9.00
$40.50	$41.00	$41.50	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.44	12%	7.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 87 found (best net $-0.97, 73 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$40.00	$42.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.67	$1.33
$40.00	$43.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.21	$1.79
$38.00	$40.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.19	$0.81
$41.50	$42.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.24	$0.26
$46.00	$47.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.14	$0.86

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$49.00	$46.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.97	$2.03
$44.00	$43.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.32	$0.18
$42.00	$41.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.19	$0.81
$39.00	$38.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.06	$0.94
$39.00	$38.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.16	$0.84

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 53 found (best yield 4.18%, avg 1.75%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$45.00	Nov 6	$1.79	0.43	5.0%	4.18%	9.19%	12	--
$46.00	Nov 6	$1.48	0.38	7.3%	3.45%	10.81%	3	--
$47.00	Nov 6	$1.16	0.34	9.7%	2.71%	12.39%	207	--
$43.00	Oct 30	$2.31	0.52	0.3%	5.39%	5.74%	--	76
$46.00	Oct 30	$1.28	0.35	7.3%	2.99%	10.34%	8	7
$44.00	Oct 23	$1.70	0.45	2.7%	3.97%	6.65%	3	113
$45.00	Oct 23	$1.35	0.39	5.0%	3.15%	8.17%	3	56
$47.00	Oct 30	$0.93	0.30	9.7%	2.17%	11.86%	207	214
$45.00	Oct 30	$1.30	0.40	5.0%	3.03%	8.05%	1	21
$46.00	Oct 23	$1.04	0.33	7.3%	2.43%	9.78%	10	52

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,098

Total Puts 9,351

Put/Call Ratio 1.03

Net Difference -253

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,294

Total Puts 6,599

Put/Call Ratio 1.05

Net Difference -305

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 67,956

Total Puts 45,609

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.97

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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