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ALCOA CORP

$39.61 -4.53%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/14 2:05pm) 14,266

Calls: 8,205 (58%)

Puts: 6,061 (42%)

Prior (07/16) 16,611

Calls: 11,217 (68%)

Puts: 5,394 (32%)

Current vs Prior -14.12%

Calls: -26.85% (Calls)

Puts: +12.37% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 55,282

Calls: 33,859 (61%)

Puts: 21,423 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 13,820

Calls: 4,837 (61%)

Puts: 3,060 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.22%

Calls: +69.63%

Puts: +98.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/14 2:05pm) $3.12M

Calls: $1.15M (37%)

Puts: $1.97M (63%)

Prior (07/16) $2.35M

Calls: $1.54M (65%)

Puts: $813.4K (35%)

Current vs Prior +32.34%

Calls: -25.51%

Puts: +141.92%

Prior 7-Day Total $15.16M

Calls: $10.41M (69%)

Puts: $4.75M (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average $3.79M

Calls: $1.49M (69%)

Puts: $679.2K (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.81%

Calls: -22.81%

Puts: +189.73%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/14 2:05pm) 0.74

Prior (07/16) 0.48

Current vs Prior +53.61%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.62

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +19.41%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/14 2:05pm) 286,304

Calls: 146,404 (51%)

Puts: 139,900 (49%)

Prior (07/16) 271,317

Calls: 154,934 (57%)

Puts: 116,383 (43%)

Current vs Prior +5.52%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,100,182

Calls: 596,260 (54%)

Puts: 503,922 (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average 275,045

Calls: 149,065 (54%)

Puts: 125,980 (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 6.74% | 8.41%6.74% | 12.29%

Prior 8.68% | 10.32%8.68% | 15.41%

Current vs Prior -22.30% | -18.56%-22.30% | -20.23%

Prior 7-Day Avg 7.52% | 10.10%7.78% | 15.13%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -10.30% | -16.80%-13.37% | -18.72%

Prior 7-Day Eod 8.68% | 10.32%6.97% | 12.20%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -22.30% | -18.56%-3.23% | +0.81%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 11.30% | 15.64%

Calls: 12.60% | 21.69%

Puts: 10.00% | 9.58%

Prior 18.79% | 15.88%

Calls: 16.04% | 13.75%

Puts: 21.53% | 18.01%

Current vs Prior -39.86% | -1.51%

Prior 7-Day Avg 17.20% | 12.89%

Calls: 11.70% | 11.48%

Puts: 22.69% | 14.30%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -34.30% | +21.30%

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Moderately bearish flow with 63% put dollar volume ($1.97M). P/C ratio rising 54% - 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 9 of results (avg 7.1%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Nov 20	2.25	2.33	$2.29	3.5%	225	0.50	253
$45.00	Nov 20	0.77	0.80	$0.79	3.8%	3.0K	0.23	8.5K
$32.00	Oct 16	7.50	7.90	$7.70	5.2%	3	0.98	7
$34.00	Oct 30	5.55	6.10	$5.82	9.5%	2	0.95	--
$42.00	Oct 16	0.39	0.43	$0.41	9.8%	107	0.23	500

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Nov 20	2.53	2.62	$2.58	3.5%	126	0.50	1.2K
$45.00	Nov 20	5.65	6.20	$5.93	9.3%	24	0.77	371
$40.00	Oct 23	1.59	1.75	$1.67	9.6%	93	0.51	150
$40.00	Oct 16	1.33	1.47	$1.40	10.0%	227	0.54	8.0K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.57, cheapest $0.41)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$42.00	Oct 16	0.39	0.43	$0.41	9.8%	107	0.23	500
$44.00	Oct 23	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	4	0.15	160
$41.00	Oct 16	0.62	0.75	$0.69	18.8%	72	0.35	129
$43.00	Oct 23	0.39	0.47	$0.43	18.6%	92	0.21	94
$45.00	Nov 20	0.77	0.80	$0.79	3.8%	3.0K	0.23	8.5K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$39.00	Oct 16	0.78	0.92	$0.85	16.5%	165	0.40	726

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 72 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$33.00	Oct 16	6.50	7.40	$6.95	12.9%	4	0.99	7
$34.00	Oct 16	5.45	6.50	$5.98	17.6%	1	0.99	5
$32.00	Oct 16	7.50	7.90	$7.70	5.2%	3	0.98	7
$35.00	Oct 16	4.55	5.75	$5.15	23.3%	7	0.97	19
$34.00	Oct 30	5.55	6.10	$5.82	9.5%	2	0.95	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$46.00	Oct 16	5.40	6.60	$6.00	20.0%	2	1.00	107
$47.00	Oct 16	6.55	7.55	$7.05	14.2%	9	1.00	10
$47.50	Oct 16	6.90	8.05	$7.48	15.4%	3	1.00	5
$47.00	Oct 23	5.70	7.70	$6.70	29.9%	--	0.96	12
$46.50	Oct 16	5.75	7.05	$6.40	20.3%	1	0.94	44

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 143 active (total vol 7.5K, top 3.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Nov 20	0.77	0.80	$0.79	3.8%	3.0K	0.23	8.5K
$40.00	Oct 16	0.92	1.11	$1.02	18.6%	632	0.47	1.2K
$45.00	Oct 16	0.05	0.10	$0.08	62.5%	307	0.06	4.7K
$40.00	Nov 20	2.25	2.33	$2.29	3.5%	225	0.50	253
$42.00	Oct 16	0.39	0.43	$0.41	9.8%	107	0.23	500

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$37.00	Oct 16	0.21	0.29	$0.25	32.0%	236	0.16	312
$40.00	Oct 16	1.33	1.47	$1.40	10.0%	227	0.54	8.0K
$38.00	Oct 16	0.45	0.62	$0.54	31.5%	168	0.28	273
$39.00	Oct 16	0.78	0.92	$0.85	16.5%	165	0.40	726
$41.00	Oct 16	1.75	2.12	$1.94	19.1%	127	0.66	535

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 20 strikes (avg 94.5%, max 144.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$39.00	Oct 16	Nov 6	96.3%	44.4%	116.8%	--	40
$41.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	102.7%	48.8%	110.6%	78	129
$42.00	Oct 16	Nov 13	99.5%	49.6%	100.8%	107	522
$43.00	Oct 16	Nov 13	105.0%	52.3%	100.5%	24	573
$40.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	98.8%	49.7%	98.9%	857	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$38.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	100.6%	41.2%	144.5%	168	334
$39.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	96.3%	44.4%	117.1%	170	726
$37.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	95.4%	45.2%	111.0%	237	312
$41.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	102.7%	48.8%	110.6%	128	535
$40.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	98.8%	48.3%	104.5%	227	8.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 88 found (best R:R 4.00, avg 2.54)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$36.00	$40.00	Oct 30	$2.26	$1.74	$2.26	87%	0.77	$38.26
$35.00	$40.00	Nov 20	$3.29	$1.71	$3.29	82%	0.52	$38.29
$42.00	$43.00	Nov 13	$0.19	$0.81	$0.19	39%	4.26	$42.19
$41.00	$42.00	Nov 13	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	46%	2.57	$41.28
$39.00	$41.00	Nov 6	$0.89	$1.11	$0.89	59%	1.25	$39.89

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$47.00	$46.00	Oct 23	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	96%	4.00	$46.80
$46.00	$45.00	Oct 30	$0.62	$0.38	$0.62	91%	0.61	$45.38
$43.00	$42.00	Nov 6	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	72%	1.38	$42.58
$42.00	$41.00	Nov 13	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	62%	2.03	$41.67
$43.50	$43.00	Oct 16	$0.28	$0.22	$0.28	88%	0.79	$43.22

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 61 found (best R:R 1.56, avg 0.47)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$45.50	$46.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	87%	0.32	$45.62
$44.50	$45.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	84%	0.35	$44.63
$42.50	$43.00	Oct 23	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	74%	0.56	$42.68
$42.50	$43.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$0.20	$0.30	70%	0.67	$42.70
$43.00	$44.00	Nov 13	$0.35	$0.35	$0.65	66%	0.54	$43.35

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$39.00	$38.00	Nov 27	$0.61	$0.61	$0.39	58%	1.56	$38.39
$39.00	$38.50	Oct 23	$0.38	$0.38	$0.12	59%	3.17	$38.62
$37.00	$35.00	Nov 27	$0.60	$0.60	$1.40	70%	0.43	$36.40
$36.00	$35.00	Nov 13	$0.32	$0.32	$0.68	79%	0.47	$35.68
$39.00	$38.00	Nov 13	$0.51	$0.51	$0.49	59%	1.04	$38.49

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $0.34, cheapest $0.31)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$40.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.31	100.3%	59.5%
$41.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.32	102.7%	62.1%
$40.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.37	98.8%	61.1%
$39.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.41	96.3%	65.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$40.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.32	100.3%	59.5%
$41.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.40	102.7%	62.1%
$39.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.29	99.6%	60.6%
$38.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.26	95.9%	58.1%
$40.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.27	98.8%	61.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 38 found (cheapest 6.01% of stock, avg 9.22%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$39.00	Oct 16	$1.53	$0.85	$2.38	$36.62	$41.38	6.01%
$39.50	Oct 16	$1.27	$1.12	$2.39	$37.11	$41.89	6.03%
$40.00	Oct 16	$1.02	$1.40	$2.42	$37.58	$42.42	6.11%
$40.50	Oct 16	$0.83	$1.71	$2.54	$37.96	$43.04	6.41%
$38.50	Oct 16	$1.92	$0.65	$2.57	$35.93	$41.07	6.49%
$41.00	Oct 16	$0.69	$1.94	$2.63	$38.37	$43.63	6.64%
$41.50	Oct 16	$0.54	$2.38	$2.92	$38.58	$44.42	7.37%
$38.00	Oct 16	$2.39	$0.54	$2.93	$35.07	$40.93	7.40%
$40.00	Oct 23	$1.39	$1.67	$3.06	$36.94	$43.06	7.73%
$37.50	Oct 16	$2.76	$0.37	$3.13	$34.37	$40.63	7.90%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 137 found (cheapest 1.77% of stock, avg 4.91%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$44.00	$35.00	Oct 30	$0.49	$0.21	$0.70	$34.30	$44.70
$42.00	$37.50	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.37	$0.78	$36.72	$42.78
$44.00	$36.00	Oct 30	$0.49	$0.27	$0.76	$35.24	$44.76
$45.00	$34.00	Nov 6	$0.48	$0.29	$0.77	$33.23	$45.77
$45.00	$35.00	Nov 6	$0.48	$0.37	$0.85	$34.15	$45.85
$43.00	$35.00	Oct 30	$0.62	$0.21	$0.83	$34.17	$43.83
$41.50	$37.50	Oct 16	$0.54	$0.37	$0.91	$36.59	$42.41
$42.00	$38.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.54	$0.95	$37.05	$42.95
$43.00	$36.00	Oct 30	$0.62	$0.27	$0.89	$35.11	$43.89
$44.00	$37.00	Oct 30	$0.49	$0.55	$1.04	$35.96	$45.04

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 74 found (best R:R 2.03, avg credit $0.38)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
35/36	43/44	Nov 13	$0.67	$0.33	45%	2.03	$35.33	$43.67
36/36	46/46	Oct 23	$0.26	$0.24	69%	1.08	$36.24	$45.76
36/36	44/45	Oct 23	$0.27	$0.23	66%	1.17	$36.23	$44.77
36/37	46/46	Oct 23	$0.28	$0.22	64%	1.27	$36.72	$45.78
36/36	42/43	Oct 23	$0.32	$0.18	56%	1.78	$36.18	$42.82
36/37	44/45	Oct 23	$0.29	$0.21	62%	1.38	$36.71	$44.79
36/37	42/43	Oct 23	$0.34	$0.16	51%	2.13	$36.66	$42.84
33/34	46/47	Nov 6	$0.33	$0.67	75%	0.49	$33.67	$46.33
35/36	46/47	Nov 13	$0.48	$0.52	60%	0.92	$35.52	$46.48
36/36	44/44	Oct 23	$0.25	$0.25	64%	1.00	$36.25	$43.75

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 58 found (best R:R 2.65, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$35.00	$40.00	$45.00	Nov 20	$1.79	$3.21	59%	1.79
$40.00	$41.00	$42.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$0.94	17%	15.67
$42.00	$43.00	$44.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$0.94	12%	15.67
$44.00	$45.00	$46.00	Nov 13	$0.05	$0.95	8%	19.00
$45.00	$46.00	$47.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$35.00	$40.00	$45.00	Nov 20	$1.37	$3.63	59%	2.65
$36.00	$37.00	$38.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$0.94	18%	15.67
$40.00	$41.00	$42.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$0.93	15%	13.29
$37.00	$38.00	$39.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$0.92	16%	11.50
$39.00	$40.00	$41.00	Nov 27	$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. 73 found (best net $-0.19, 64 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$41.00	$44.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.19	$2.81
$39.00	$41.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.58	$1.42
$46.00	$47.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.06	$0.94
$45.50	$46.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.05	$0.45
$45.00	$46.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.12	$0.88

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$37.00	$35.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.06	$1.94
$38.00	$37.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.21	$0.79
$35.00	$32.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.13	$2.87
$34.00	$33.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.08	$0.92
$36.50	$36.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.11	$0.39

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 47 found (best yield 4.82%, avg 1.62%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$41.00	Nov 27	$1.91	0.47	3.5%	4.82%	8.33%	6	--
$40.00	Nov 20	$2.25	0.50	1.0%	5.68%	6.66%	225	253
$44.00	Nov 27	$1.02	0.30	11.1%	2.58%	13.66%	8	7
$41.00	Nov 13	$1.56	0.46	3.5%	3.94%	7.45%	39	22
$43.00	Nov 13	$0.94	0.34	8.6%	2.37%	10.93%	7	64
$42.00	Nov 13	$1.09	0.39	6.0%	2.75%	8.79%	--	22
$45.00	Nov 20	$0.77	0.23	13.6%	1.94%	15.55%	3.0K	8.5K
$41.00	Nov 6	$1.30	0.43	3.5%	3.28%	6.79%	11	53
$44.00	Nov 13	$0.66	0.28	11.1%	1.67%	12.75%	--	12
$40.00	Oct 30	$1.52	0.51	1.0%	3.84%	4.82%	--	97

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,205

Total Puts 6,061

Put/Call Ratio 0.74

Net Difference 2,144

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,217

Total Puts 5,394

Put/Call Ratio 0.48

Net Difference 5,823

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 33,859

Total Puts 21,423

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.62

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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