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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06) 5,905

Calls: 3,715 (63%)

Puts: 2,190 (37%)

Prior (10/05) 36,956

Calls: 30,876 (84%)

Puts: 6,080 (16%)

Current vs Prior -84.02%

Calls: -87.97% (Calls)

Puts: -63.98% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 105,741

Calls: 68,493 (65%)

Puts: 37,248 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 15,105

Calls: 9,784 (65%)

Puts: 5,321 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -60.91%

Calls: -62.03%

Puts: -58.84%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06) $993.5K

Calls: $634.2K (64%)

Puts: $359.2K (36%)

Prior (10/05) $7.46M

Calls: $5.78M (77%)

Puts: $1.69M (23%)

Current vs Prior -86.69%

Calls: -89.02%

Puts: -78.68%

Prior 7-Day Total $21.59M

Calls: $13.31M (62%)

Puts: $8.28M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $3.08M

Calls: $1.90M (62%)

Puts: $1.18M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -67.79%

Calls: -66.65%

Puts: -69.62%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/06) 0.59

Prior (10/05) 0.20

Current vs Prior +199.37%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.79

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.01%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/06) 280,230

Calls: 143,719 (51%)

Puts: 136,511 (49%)

Prior (10/05) 255,665

Calls: 121,265 (47%)

Puts: 134,400 (53%)

Current vs Prior +9.61%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,560,950

Calls: 774,459 (50%)

Puts: 786,491 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 222,992

Calls: 110,637 (50%)

Puts: 112,355 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +25.67%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.96% | 8.34%8.34% | 13.90%

Prior 4.81% | 8.76%8.76% | 14.07%

Current vs Prior -17.58% | -4.81%-4.81% | -1.23%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.19% | 7.14%9.35% | 14.70%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.46% | +16.72%-10.85% | -5.44%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.81% | 8.76%8.76% | 14.07%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -17.58% | -4.81%-4.81% | -1.23%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

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 bullish flow with 64% call dollar volume ($634.2K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 87% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 84% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.59.

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Retail Flow BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 7 of results (avg 7.7%, best 5.7%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Nov 20	2.10	2.24	$2.17	6.5%	319	0.43	7.8K
$35.00	Oct 9	7.90	8.50	$8.20	7.3%	26	0.99	8
$35.00	Nov 20	8.30	9.05	$8.68	8.6%	--	0.89	55

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$51.00	Oct 9	7.65	8.10	$7.88	5.7%	2	1.00	53
$40.00	Nov 20	1.34	1.42	$1.38	5.8%	405	0.29	575
$48.00	Nov 6	5.35	5.90	$5.63	9.8%	1	0.72	1
$42.00	Oct 16	1.04	1.15	$1.10	10.0%	48	0.37	910

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.82, cheapest $0.46)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Oct 16	0.90	1.02	$0.96	12.5%	114	0.35	1.8K
$50.00	Nov 20	0.77	0.90	$0.84	15.5%	43	0.22	4.1K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Oct 16	0.43	0.49	$0.46	13.0%	203	0.20	7.7K
$41.00	Oct 16	0.67	0.82	$0.75	20.0%	82	0.28	193
$41.50	Oct 16	0.85	1.01	$0.93	17.2%	9	0.32	60
$41.00	Oct 23	0.87	1.05	$0.96	18.8%	3	0.29	47

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 82 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$35.00	Oct 16	7.75	8.75	$8.25	12.1%	--	1.00	13
$35.00	Oct 9	7.90	8.50	$8.20	7.3%	26	0.99	8
$37.50	Oct 9	5.30	6.00	$5.65	12.4%	5	0.99	3
$38.00	Oct 9	4.80	5.60	$5.20	15.4%	2	0.99	3
$39.50	Oct 9	3.30	4.20	$3.75	24.0%	6	0.99	4

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$47.00	Oct 9	3.50	4.35	$3.93	21.6%	7	1.00	33
$48.00	Oct 9	4.35	5.20	$4.78	17.8%	1	1.00	1
$48.50	Oct 9	4.85	5.70	$5.28	16.1%	5	1.00	1
$50.00	Oct 9	6.25	7.15	$6.70	13.4%	9	1.00	--
$51.00	Oct 9	7.65	8.10	$7.88	5.7%	2	1.00	53

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 158 active (total vol 4.7K, top 659)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$43.50	Oct 9	0.47	0.67	$0.57	35.1%	659	0.46	293
$45.00	Nov 20	2.10	2.24	$2.17	6.5%	319	0.43	7.8K
$45.00	Oct 9	0.12	0.16	$0.14	28.6%	238	0.16	5.6K
$44.00	Oct 9	0.34	0.43	$0.39	23.1%	179	0.35	1.3K
$45.00	Oct 16	0.90	1.02	$0.96	12.5%	114	0.35	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Nov 20	1.34	1.42	$1.38	5.8%	405	0.29	575
$40.00	Oct 16	0.43	0.49	$0.46	13.0%	203	0.20	7.7K
$41.00	Oct 9	0.03	0.18	$0.11	136.4%	149	0.11	233
$42.50	Oct 9	0.27	0.46	$0.37	51.4%	135	0.32	109
$43.00	Oct 9	0.50	0.64	$0.57	24.6%	103	0.43	305

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 2 strikes (avg 11.8%, max 13.8%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$42.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	53.3%	46.8%	13.8%	46	289

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$42.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	53.3%	48.6%	9.7%	45	334

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 90 found (best R:R 0.94, avg 1.97)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$40.00	$45.00	Nov 20	$2.58	$2.42	$2.58	71%	0.94	$42.58
$42.00	$44.00	Nov 6	$0.81	$1.19	$0.81	60%	1.47	$42.81
$41.00	$43.00	Oct 23	$1.11	$0.89	$1.11	71%	0.80	$42.11
$43.00	$46.00	Nov 13	$1.27	$1.73	$1.27	56%	1.36	$44.27
$45.00	$46.00	Oct 30	$0.24	$0.76	$0.24	40%	3.17	$45.24

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$48.00	$47.00	Oct 23	$0.57	$0.43	$0.57	83%	0.75	$47.43
$48.00	$47.00	Oct 30	$0.53	$0.47	$0.53	78%	0.89	$47.47
$45.00	$44.00	Oct 30	$0.41	$0.59	$0.41	60%	1.44	$44.59
$46.00	$44.00	Nov 6	$1.05	$0.95	$1.05	64%	0.90	$44.95
$47.00	$46.00	Oct 23	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	76%	0.54	$46.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 60 found (best R:R 0.67, avg 0.53)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$46.00	$46.50	Oct 23	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	69%	1.00	$46.25
$49.00	$50.00	Oct 23	$0.21	$0.21	$0.79	84%	0.27	$49.21
$47.00	$50.00	Nov 13	$0.82	$0.82	$2.18	65%	0.38	$47.82
$49.00	$50.00	Nov 6	$0.27	$0.27	$0.73	77%	0.37	$49.27
$50.00	$51.00	Nov 6	$0.21	$0.21	$0.79	83%	0.27	$50.21

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$38.00	$36.00	Nov 13	$0.80	$0.80	$1.20	78%	0.67	$37.20
$40.00	$35.00	Nov 20	$1.00	$1.00	$4.00	71%	0.25	$39.00
$43.00	$42.00	Oct 30	$0.59	$0.59	$0.41	54%	1.44	$42.41
$39.00	$38.00	Nov 6	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	79%	0.43	$38.70
$41.00	$40.50	Oct 16	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	72%	1.00	$40.75

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $0.94, cheapest $0.91)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$43.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$0.91	45.6%	58.2%
$44.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$0.86	43.9%	57.2%
$42.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$0.91	44.9%	59.4%
$43.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$0.99	43.4%	60.2%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$43.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.00	45.6%	58.2%
$44.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$0.90	43.9%	57.2%
$42.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$0.99	44.9%	59.4%
$43.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$0.98	43.4%	60.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 51 found (cheapest 3.27% of stock, avg 8.82%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$43.50	Oct 9	$0.57	$0.84	$1.41	$42.09	$44.91	3.27%
$43.00	Oct 9	$0.87	$0.57	$1.44	$41.56	$44.44	3.34%
$42.50	Oct 9	$1.11	$0.37	$1.48	$41.02	$43.98	3.43%
$44.00	Oct 9	$0.39	$1.23	$1.62	$42.38	$45.62	3.75%
$44.50	Oct 9	$0.24	$1.58	$1.82	$42.68	$46.32	4.22%
$42.00	Oct 9	$1.54	$0.33	$1.87	$40.13	$43.87	4.33%
$41.50	Oct 9	$1.86	$0.14	$2.00	$39.50	$43.50	4.63%
$45.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$1.97	$2.11	$42.89	$47.11	4.89%
$45.50	Oct 9	$0.08	$2.37	$2.45	$43.05	$47.95	5.68%
$41.00	Oct 9	$2.38	$0.11	$2.49	$38.51	$43.49	5.77%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 144 found (cheapest 0.44% of stock, avg 4.99%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$45.50	$41.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.11	$0.19	$40.81	$45.69
$45.50	$41.50	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.14	$0.22	$41.28	$45.72
$45.00	$41.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$0.11	$0.25	$40.75	$45.25
$45.00	$41.50	Oct 9	$0.14	$0.14	$0.28	$41.22	$45.28
$44.50	$41.00	Oct 9	$0.24	$0.11	$0.35	$40.65	$44.85
$44.50	$41.50	Oct 9	$0.24	$0.14	$0.38	$41.12	$44.88
$45.50	$42.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.33	$0.41	$41.59	$45.91
$45.00	$42.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$0.33	$0.47	$41.53	$45.47
$45.50	$42.50	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.37	$0.45	$42.05	$45.95
$44.50	$42.00	Oct 9	$0.24	$0.33	$0.57	$41.43	$45.07

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 50 found (best R:R 2.85, avg credit $0.47)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
38/38	46/46	Oct 23	$0.37	$0.13	56%	2.85	$37.63	$46.37
38/39	46/46	Oct 23	$0.38	$0.12	52%	3.17	$38.62	$46.38
38/39	49/50	Nov 6	$0.57	$0.43	56%	1.33	$38.43	$49.57
38/39	50/51	Nov 6	$0.51	$0.49	61%	1.04	$38.49	$50.51
40/41	46/46	Oct 16	$0.40	$0.10	41%	4.00	$40.60	$45.90
40/41	46/47	Oct 16	$0.36	$0.14	48%	2.57	$40.64	$46.86
36/37	49/50	Nov 6	$0.43	$0.57	64%	0.75	$36.57	$49.43
38/39	48/49	Nov 6	$0.56	$0.44	51%	1.27	$38.44	$48.56
36/37	50/51	Nov 6	$0.37	$0.63	70%	0.59	$36.63	$50.37
39/40	49/50	Nov 6	$0.56	$0.44	50%	1.27	$39.44	$49.56

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 63 found (best R:R 3.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$40.00	$45.00	$50.00	Nov 20	$1.25	$3.75	49%	3.00
$35.00	$40.00	$45.00	Nov 20	$1.35	$3.65	46%	2.70
$44.00	$44.50	$45.00	Oct 9	$0.05	$0.45	18%	9.00
$43.00	$44.00	$45.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$0.92	14%	11.50
$49.00	$50.00	$51.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$40.00	$45.00	$50.00	Nov 20	$1.25	$3.75	49%	3.00
$35.00	$40.00	$45.00	Nov 20	$1.45	$3.55	47%	2.45
$41.00	$42.00	$43.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$0.94	13%	15.67
$40.00	$41.00	$42.00	Nov 13	$0.06	$0.94	11%	15.67
$42.50	$43.00	$43.50	Oct 9	$0.07	$0.43	23%	6.14

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 84 found (best net $-0.82, 77 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$35.00	$40.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.82	$4.18
$35.00	$39.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.75	$2.25
$43.00	$46.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.60	$2.40
$39.00	$41.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.24	$0.76
$41.00	$43.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.00	$1.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$50.00	$45.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.13	$4.87
$37.00	$35.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.09	$1.91
$43.00	$42.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.17	$0.33
$37.00	$36.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.07	$0.93
$37.00	$36.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.11	$0.89

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 49 found (best yield 4.86%, avg 1.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$45.00	Nov 20	$2.10	0.43	4.2%	4.86%	9.10%	319	7.8K
$46.00	Nov 13	$1.45	0.40	6.6%	3.36%	9.91%	--	10
$47.00	Nov 13	$1.12	0.35	8.9%	2.59%	11.47%	--	108
$50.00	Nov 20	$0.77	0.22	15.8%	1.78%	17.60%	43	4.1K
$44.00	Nov 6	$1.79	0.48	1.9%	4.15%	6.07%	1	14
$45.00	Nov 6	$1.41	0.41	4.2%	3.27%	7.51%	--	74
$47.00	Nov 6	$0.95	0.30	8.9%	2.20%	11.07%	2	88
$48.00	Nov 6	$0.73	0.28	11.2%	1.69%	12.88%	--	99
$44.00	Oct 30	$1.65	0.47	1.9%	3.82%	5.74%	18	23
$45.00	Oct 30	$1.30	0.40	4.2%	3.01%	7.25%	--	84

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,715

Total Puts 2,190

Put/Call Ratio 0.59

Net Difference 1,525

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 30,876

Total Puts 6,080

Put/Call Ratio 0.20

Net Difference 24,796

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 68,493

Total Puts 37,248

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.79

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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