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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02) 10,364

Calls: 4,424 (43%)

Puts: 5,940 (57%)

Prior (10/01) 14,224

Calls: 10,402 (73%)

Puts: 3,822 (27%)

Current vs Prior -27.14%

Calls: -57.47% (Calls)

Puts: +55.42% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 83,513

Calls: 49,166 (59%)

Puts: 34,347 (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average 11,930

Calls: 7,023 (59%)

Puts: 4,906 (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.13%

Calls: -37.01%

Puts: +21.06%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02) $2.40M

Calls: $689.3K (29%)

Puts: $1.71M (71%)

Prior (10/01) $5.48M

Calls: $4.29M (78%)

Puts: $1.18M (22%)

Current vs Prior -56.19%

Calls: -83.95%

Puts: +44.71%

Prior 7-Day Total $16.57M

Calls: $9.10M (55%)

Puts: $7.47M (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average $2.37M

Calls: $1.30M (55%)

Puts: $1.07M (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.34%

Calls: -46.98%

Puts: +60.23%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/02) 1.34

Prior (10/01) 0.37

Current vs Prior +265.42%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.75

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +78.29%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/02) 263,679

Calls: 129,401 (49%)

Puts: 134,278 (51%)

Prior (10/01) 258,487

Calls: 125,056 (48%)

Puts: 133,431 (52%)

Current vs Prior +2.01%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,517,250

Calls: 757,023 (50%)

Puts: 760,227 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 216,750

Calls: 108,146 (50%)

Puts: 108,603 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +21.65%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.79% | 4.96%8.89% | 14.30%

Prior 3.11% | 5.99%9.27% | 14.22%

Current vs Prior +59.19% | +48.40%-4.11% | +0.60%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.94% | 6.51%9.93% | 15.27%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +25.98% | +36.52%-10.45% | -6.35%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.11% | 5.99%9.27% | 14.22%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +59.19% | +48.40%-4.11% | +0.60%

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%

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Moderately bearish flow with 71% put dollar volume ($1.71M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 56% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.34 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 265% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 11 of results (avg 8.4%, best 5.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$34.00	Oct 2	7.80	8.40	$8.10	7.4%	5	0.98	9
$35.00	Oct 16	7.00	7.55	$7.28	7.6%	1	0.97	13
$35.00	Oct 2	6.80	7.40	$7.10	8.5%	128	0.98	5
$40.00	Oct 16	2.75	3.00	$2.88	8.7%	--	0.70	164
$42.00	Oct 30	2.17	2.39	$2.28	9.6%	12	0.52	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$50.00	Oct 16	7.75	8.20	$7.98	5.6%	21	0.92	4.9K
$45.00	Oct 16	3.50	3.80	$3.65	8.2%	536	0.73	4.0K
$48.50	Oct 2	6.10	6.65	$6.38	8.6%	11	0.75	4
$48.00	Oct 2	5.60	6.15	$5.88	9.4%	11	0.96	9
$45.00	Oct 9	3.05	3.35	$3.20	9.4%	27	0.91	97

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.51)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$43.00	Oct 9	0.46	0.55	$0.51	17.6%	288	0.35	123
$42.50	Oct 9	0.65	0.76	$0.71	15.5%	23	0.44	103

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$41.00	Oct 9	0.45	0.54	$0.50	18.0%	119	0.32	145
$41.50	Oct 9	0.62	0.72	$0.67	14.9%	51	0.40	67
$39.00	Oct 30	0.83	1.01	$0.92	19.6%	1	0.26	42

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 94 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$35.00	Oct 9	6.60	7.95	$7.28	18.5%	1	1.00	--
$34.00	Oct 2	7.80	8.40	$8.10	7.4%	5	0.98	9
$35.00	Oct 2	6.80	7.40	$7.10	8.5%	128	0.98	5
$36.00	Oct 2	5.75	6.40	$6.08	10.7%	132	0.98	6
$37.50	Oct 9	4.25	5.50	$4.88	25.6%	3	0.98	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$42.50	Oct 2	0.39	0.65	$0.52	50.0%	80	1.00	112
$43.00	Oct 2	0.96	1.22	$1.09	23.9%	99	1.00	429
$43.50	Oct 2	1.40	1.70	$1.55	19.4%	182	1.00	324
$45.00	Oct 2	2.55	3.20	$2.88	22.6%	2	1.00	--
$46.50	Oct 2	3.80	4.95	$4.38	26.3%	2	1.00	4

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 172 active (total vol 7.4K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Oct 9	0.10	0.16	$0.13	46.2%	561	0.12	166
$43.00	Oct 9	0.46	0.55	$0.51	17.6%	288	0.35	123
$42.50	Oct 2	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	267	0.12	910
$43.00	Oct 2	0.00	0.07	$0.04	175.0%	152	0.10	550
$44.00	Oct 9	0.15	0.31	$0.23	69.6%	146	0.20	208

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Oct 16	0.78	1.00	$0.89	24.7%	1.7K	0.30	6.7K
$45.00	Oct 16	3.50	3.80	$3.65	8.2%	536	0.73	4.0K
$40.50	Oct 16	0.91	1.26	$1.09	32.1%	255	0.34	560
$43.50	Oct 2	1.40	1.70	$1.55	19.4%	182	1.00	324
$43.50	Oct 9	1.69	2.03	$1.86	18.3%	154	0.74	19

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 11 strikes (avg 2934.1%, max 4584.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$38.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	2016.3%	43.7%	4513.7%	7	106
$49.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	2647.0%	65.1%	3966.2%	--	316
$48.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	2458.8%	62.8%	3816.0%	--	480
$47.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	2260.4%	57.8%	3811.5%	12	382
$44.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	1445.2%	48.5%	2877.0%	58	1.4K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$37.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	2462.2%	52.6%	4584.3%	1	26
$44.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	1445.2%	48.5%	2877.0%	128	232
$44.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	1576.2%	53.1%	2869.1%	5	18
$42.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	72.1%	49.5%	45.6%	133	298

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 85 found (best R:R 1.70, avg 2.32)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$46.00	$47.00	Nov 6	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	31%	8.09	$46.11
$41.00	$41.50	Oct 9	$0.18	$0.32	$0.18	69%	1.78	$41.18
$40.00	$41.00	Oct 16	$0.54	$0.46	$0.54	70%	0.85	$40.54
$43.00	$44.00	Oct 30	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	46%	2.12	$43.32
$43.00	$44.00	Oct 23	$0.31	$0.69	$0.31	45%	2.23	$43.31

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$50.00	$49.00	Nov 13	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	84%	1.70	$49.63
$49.00	$48.00	Oct 23	$0.57	$0.43	$0.57	88%	0.75	$48.43
$47.00	$46.00	Oct 30	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	78%	0.59	$46.37
$44.00	$43.50	Oct 9	$0.28	$0.22	$0.28	82%	0.79	$43.72
$46.00	$45.00	Oct 23	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	74%	0.54	$45.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 54 found (best R:R 0.60, avg 0.44)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$47.00	$48.00	Nov 6	$0.33	$0.33	$0.67	73%	0.49	$47.33
$49.50	$50.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	93%	0.28	$49.61
$42.00	$44.00	Nov 6	$1.06	$1.06	$0.94	45%	1.13	$43.06
$42.50	$43.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.31	$0.19	52%	1.63	$42.81
$49.50	$50.00	Oct 16	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	89%	0.28	$49.61

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$41.00	$38.00	Nov 6	$1.13	$1.13	$1.87	60%	0.60	$39.87
$37.00	$36.00	Oct 30	$0.24	$0.24	$0.76	84%	0.32	$36.76
$37.00	$35.00	Oct 23	$0.24	$0.24	$1.76	87%	0.14	$36.76
$40.00	$39.00	Oct 30	$0.40	$0.40	$0.60	67%	0.67	$39.60
$37.00	$36.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$0.18	$0.82	88%	0.22	$36.82

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $0.47, cheapest $0.13)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$42.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$0.89	72.1%	38.4%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$44.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$0.13	1576.2%	41.0%
$44.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$0.09	1445.2%	37.1%
$42.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$0.78	72.1%	38.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 59 found (cheapest 0.36% of stock, avg 8.18%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$42.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$0.08	$0.15	$41.85	$42.15	0.36%
$42.50	Oct 2	$0.02	$0.52	$0.54	$41.96	$43.04	1.29%
$41.50	Oct 2	$0.67	$0.02	$0.69	$40.81	$42.19	1.64%
$41.00	Oct 2	$1.10	$0.02	$1.12	$39.88	$42.12	2.67%
$43.00	Oct 2	$0.04	$1.09	$1.13	$41.87	$44.13	2.69%
$43.50	Oct 2	$0.01	$1.55	$1.56	$41.94	$45.06	3.72%
$40.50	Oct 2	$1.61	$0.11	$1.72	$38.78	$42.22	4.10%
$42.00	Oct 9	$0.96	$0.86	$1.82	$40.18	$43.82	4.34%
$42.50	Oct 9	$0.71	$1.15	$1.86	$40.64	$44.36	4.43%
$41.50	Oct 9	$1.22	$0.67	$1.89	$39.61	$43.39	4.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 153 found (cheapest 1.03% of stock, avg 4.77%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$44.50	$40.00	Oct 9	$0.21	$0.22	$0.43	$39.57	$44.93
$44.00	$40.00	Oct 9	$0.23	$0.22	$0.45	$39.55	$44.45
$44.00	$40.50	Oct 9	$0.23	$0.33	$0.56	$39.94	$44.56
$44.50	$40.50	Oct 9	$0.21	$0.33	$0.54	$39.96	$45.04
$43.50	$40.00	Oct 9	$0.38	$0.22	$0.60	$39.40	$44.10
$43.50	$40.50	Oct 9	$0.38	$0.33	$0.71	$39.79	$44.21
$44.00	$41.00	Oct 9	$0.23	$0.50	$0.73	$40.27	$44.73
$44.50	$41.00	Oct 9	$0.21	$0.50	$0.71	$40.29	$45.21
$43.00	$40.00	Oct 9	$0.51	$0.22	$0.73	$39.27	$43.73
$43.50	$41.00	Oct 9	$0.38	$0.50	$0.88	$40.12	$44.38

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 58 found (best R:R 1.78, avg credit $0.37)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
40/40	50/50	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.18	59%	1.78	$39.68	$49.82
40/40	48/49	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.19	56%	1.63	$39.69	$48.81
40/41	50/50	Oct 9	$0.28	$0.22	62%	1.27	$40.72	$49.78
36/37	46/47	Oct 30	$0.52	$0.48	57%	1.08	$36.48	$46.52
40/40	50/50	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.19	54%	1.63	$40.19	$49.81
40/40	50/50	Oct 9	$0.22	$0.28	70%	0.79	$40.28	$49.72
40/40	46/46	Oct 16	$0.33	$0.17	47%	1.94	$39.67	$46.33
39/40	46/47	Oct 30	$0.68	$0.32	39%	2.12	$39.32	$46.68
40/40	48/49	Oct 16	$0.30	$0.20	52%	1.50	$40.20	$48.80
40/40	46/46	Oct 16	$0.34	$0.16	44%	2.12	$39.66	$45.84

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 67 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	Oct 2	$0.07	$0.43	50%	6.14
$35.00	$36.00	$37.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$0.93	20%	13.29
$42.00	$42.50	$43.00	Oct 9	$0.05	$0.45	17%	9.00
$48.00	$49.00	$50.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$0.95	6%	19.00
$44.00	$45.00	$46.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$0.92	12%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$41.00	$41.50	$42.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.44	49%	7.33
$42.00	$44.00	$46.00	Nov 6	$0.24	$1.76	25%	7.33
$41.50	$42.00	$42.50	Oct 2	$0.38	$0.12	90%	0.32
$42.00	$42.50	$43.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$0.37	45%	2.85
$41.00	$42.00	$43.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$0.93	14%	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. 90 found (best net $-0.73, 82 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$37.00	$40.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.38	$2.62
$41.00	$43.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.58	$1.42
$40.00	$41.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.43	$0.57
$41.00	$41.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.24	$0.26
$42.00	$44.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.73	$1.27

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$49.00	$45.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.73	$3.27
$49.00	$46.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.60	$1.40
$46.50	$45.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.38	$0.12
$37.00	$36.00	1:2	Oct 30	$0.00	$1.00
$38.00	$37.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.14	$0.86

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 49 found (best yield 5.60%, avg 1.66%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$42.00	Nov 6	$2.35	0.55	0.1%	5.60%	5.72%	1	--
$46.00	Nov 13	$0.99	0.34	9.7%	2.36%	12.01%	--	10
$44.00	Nov 6	$1.43	0.42	4.9%	3.41%	8.30%	--	14
$45.00	Nov 6	$1.10	0.36	7.3%	2.62%	9.89%	2	72
$42.00	Oct 30	$2.17	0.52	0.1%	5.17%	5.29%	12	11
$46.00	Nov 6	$0.92	0.31	9.7%	2.19%	11.85%	3	4
$43.00	Oct 30	$1.68	0.46	2.5%	4.00%	6.51%	1	111
$44.00	Oct 30	$1.36	0.39	4.9%	3.24%	8.13%	--	30
$47.00	Nov 6	$0.71	0.27	12.0%	1.69%	13.73%	13	74
$45.00	Oct 30	$1.05	0.33	7.3%	2.50%	9.77%	3	77

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,424

Total Puts 5,940

Put/Call Ratio 1.34

Net Difference -1,516

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,402

Total Puts 3,822

Put/Call Ratio 0.37

Net Difference 6,580

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 49,166

Total Puts 34,347

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.75

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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