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ALBEMARLE CORP

$135.56 -0.38%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/02) 5,648

Calls: 3,310 (59%)

Puts: 2,338 (41%)

Prior (07/01) 6,190

Calls: 3,765 (61%)

Puts: 2,425 (39%)

Current vs Prior -8.76%

Calls: -12.08% (Calls)

Puts: -3.59% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 66,056

Calls: 37,686 (57%)

Puts: 28,370 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 9,436

Calls: 5,383 (57%)

Puts: 4,052 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -40.15%

Calls: -38.52%

Puts: -42.31%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/02) $3.83M

Calls: $2.08M (54%)

Puts: $1.75M (46%)

Prior (07/01) $4.24M

Calls: $1.72M (40%)

Puts: $2.52M (60%)

Current vs Prior -9.55%

Calls: +21.32%

Puts: -30.56%

Prior 7-Day Total $58.89M

Calls: $19.92M (34%)

Puts: $38.97M (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average $8.41M

Calls: $2.85M (34%)

Puts: $5.57M (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -54.47%

Calls: -26.89%

Puts: -68.57%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/02) 0.71

Prior (07/01) 0.64

Current vs Prior +9.67%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.80

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.87%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/02) 192,914

Calls: 95,119 (49%)

Puts: 97,795 (51%)

Prior (07/01) 191,217

Calls: 93,072 (49%)

Puts: 98,145 (51%)

Current vs Prior +0.89%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,170,174

Calls: 576,422 (48%)

Puts: 614,275 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 167,167

Calls: 82,346 (48%)

Puts: 87,753 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.40%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/02) | Next (07/10)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 1.39% | 6.59%11.16% | 19.00%

Prior 3.26% | 7.19%11.21% | 19.88%

Current vs Prior +102.36% | +55.30%-0.44% | -4.45%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.66% | 7.77%12.34% | 20.33%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +41.22% | +43.65%-9.52% | -6.56%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.26% | 7.19%-- | --

Current vs 7-Day Eod +102.36% | +55.30%-- | --

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 31.62% | 18.41%

Calls: 32.18% | 21.94%

Puts: 31.05% | 14.89%

Prior 31.62% | 18.41%

Calls: 32.18% | 21.94%

Puts: 31.05% | 14.89%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 35.23% | 19.60%

Calls: 37.43% | 23.30%

Puts: 34.23% | 16.29%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -10.25% | -6.05%

Liquidity Expensive

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 5 of results (avg 8.6%, best 6.3%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Jul 31	8.95	9.65	$9.30	7.5%	--	0.53	46
$130.00	Jul 24	10.20	11.20	$10.70	9.3%	--	0.64	95

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Jul 17	8.40	8.95	$8.68	6.3%	112	0.57	452
$160.00	Jul 31	25.45	28.05	$26.75	9.7%	10	0.82	21
$140.00	Jul 31	10.55	11.65	$11.10	9.9%	--	0.55	20

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 78 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Jul 2	0.00	0.94	$0.47	200.0%	58	1.00	198
$119.00	Jul 10	15.00	17.50	$16.25	15.4%	2	0.95	1
$110.00	Jul 17	24.00	26.75	$25.38	10.8%	--	0.93	45
$110.00	Jul 2	23.50	26.25	$24.88	11.1%	4	0.90	--
$121.00	Jul 10	13.10	15.65	$14.38	17.7%	168	0.89	168

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Jul 2	0.00	0.50	$0.25	200.0%	26	1.00	54
$139.00	Jul 2	2.83	5.50	$4.17	64.0%	--	0.99	27
$137.00	Jul 2	0.81	3.55	$2.18	125.7%	131	0.98	135
$142.00	Jul 2	5.90	8.50	$7.20	36.1%	2	0.98	15
$150.00	Jul 2	13.75	16.30	$15.03	17.0%	--	0.96	11

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 167 active (total vol 3.1K, top 169)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$122.00	Jul 10	12.20	14.75	$13.48	18.9%	169	0.85	168
$121.00	Jul 10	13.10	15.65	$14.38	17.7%	168	0.89	168
$155.00	Jul 31	2.39	3.10	$2.75	25.8%	156	0.23	163
$137.00	Jul 2	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	132	0.02	22
$135.00	Jul 17	5.80	7.10	$6.45	20.2%	117	0.54	72

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$137.00	Jul 2	0.81	3.55	$2.18	125.7%	131	0.98	135
$140.00	Jul 17	8.40	8.95	$8.68	6.3%	112	0.57	452
$130.00	Jul 31	5.00	6.65	$5.83	28.3%	76	0.37	20
$125.00	Jul 17	2.03	2.29	$2.16	12.0%	69	0.23	507
$127.00	Jul 2	0.00	2.13	$1.07	199.1%	66	0.18	124

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 51 strikes (avg 1199.2%, max 3441.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$110.00	Jul 2	Jul 17	2231.0%	63.0%	3441.3%	4	45
$157.50	Jul 2	Jul 17	1676.0%	58.0%	2789.7%	6	122
$155.00	Jul 2	Aug 7	1516.0%	58.0%	2513.8%	4	297
$162.50	Jul 2	Jul 17	1911.0%	78.0%	2350.0%	1	88
$152.50	Jul 2	Aug 14	1423.0%	59.0%	2311.9%	2	65

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$110.00	Jul 2	Jul 31	2231.0%	71.0%	3042.3%	3	87
$115.00	Jul 2	Jul 31	1835.0%	64.0%	2767.2%	4	83
$126.00	Jul 2	Jul 10	1073.0%	46.0%	2232.6%	10	112
$124.00	Jul 2	Aug 14	1220.0%	60.0%	1933.3%	1	15
$128.00	Jul 2	Jul 10	922.0%	50.0%	1744.0%	8	62

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 91 found (best R:R 24.00, avg 3.09)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$150.00	$152.50	Jul 10	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$150.10
$155.00	$157.50	Jul 17	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$155.13
$157.50	$160.00	Jul 17	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$157.67
$152.50	$155.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$152.75
$138.00	$140.00	Jul 24	$0.27	$1.73	$0.27	6.41	$138.27

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$115.00	$110.00	Jul 24	$0.39	$4.61	$0.39	11.82	$114.61
$115.00	$110.00	Jul 31	$0.43	$4.57	$0.43	10.63	$114.57
$115.00	$110.00	Jul 17	$0.47	$4.53	$0.47	9.64	$114.53
$120.00	$115.00	Jul 31	$0.50	$4.50	$0.50	9.00	$119.50
$120.00	$115.00	Jul 24	$0.51	$4.49	$0.51	8.80	$119.49

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 123 found (best R:R 22.08, avg 2.13)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$125.00	$128.00	Jul 2	$2.87	$2.87	$0.13	22.08	$127.87
$119.00	$121.00	Jul 10	$1.87	$1.87	$0.13	14.38	$120.87
$110.00	$120.00	Jul 17	$9.23	$9.23	$0.77	11.99	$119.23
$122.00	$125.00	Jul 10	$2.55	$2.55	$0.45	5.67	$124.55
$138.00	$139.00	Jul 10	$0.84	$0.84	$0.16	5.25	$138.84

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$160.00	$155.00	Jul 17	$4.55	$4.55	$0.45	10.11	$155.45
$150.00	$148.00	Jul 10	$1.80	$1.80	$0.20	9.00	$148.20
$152.50	$150.00	Jul 10	$2.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$150.25
$162.50	$160.00	Jul 17	$2.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$160.25
$150.00	$145.00	Jul 17	$4.47	$4.47	$0.53	8.43	$145.53

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 47 found (avg debit $1.82, cheapest $0.31)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$146.00	Jul 2	Jul 10	$0.31	1058.0%	62.0%
$162.50	Jul 2	Jul 17	$0.41	1911.0%	78.0%
$150.00	Jul 2	Jul 10	$0.42	734.0%	55.0%
$148.00	Jul 2	Jul 10	$0.49	1176.0%	71.0%
$110.00	Jul 2	Jul 17	$0.50	2231.0%	63.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$128.00	Jul 2	Jul 10	$0.31	922.0%	50.0%
$160.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.42	82.0%	59.0%
$125.00	Jul 2	Jul 10	$0.47	901.0%	54.0%
$120.00	Jul 2	Jul 10	$0.59	584.0%	63.0%
$129.00	Jul 2	Jul 10	$0.71	845.0%	52.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 67 found (cheapest 0.53% of stock, avg 10.08%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$135.00	Jul 2	$0.47	$0.25	$0.72	$134.28	$135.72	0.53%
$134.00	Jul 2	$1.23	$0.37	$1.60	$132.40	$135.60	1.18%
$136.00	Jul 2	$0.51	$1.41	$1.92	$134.08	$137.92	1.42%
$137.00	Jul 2	$0.01	$2.18	$2.19	$134.81	$139.19	1.62%
$133.00	Jul 2	$1.88	$0.56	$2.44	$130.56	$135.44	1.80%
$138.00	Jul 2	$0.08	$3.37	$3.45	$134.55	$141.45	2.54%
$132.00	Jul 2	$2.80	$0.98	$3.78	$128.22	$135.78	2.79%
$139.00	Jul 2	$0.01	$4.17	$4.18	$134.82	$143.18	3.08%
$140.00	Jul 2	$0.60	$5.25	$5.85	$134.15	$145.85	4.32%
$130.00	Jul 2	$5.25	$1.06	$6.31	$123.69	$136.31	4.65%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 147 found (cheapest 0.65% of stock, avg 5.89%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$136.00	$134.00	Jul 2	$0.51	$0.37	$0.88	$133.12	$136.88
$140.00	$134.00	Jul 2	$0.60	$0.37	$0.97	$133.03	$140.97
$136.00	$133.00	Jul 2	$0.51	$0.56	$1.07	$131.93	$137.07
$143.00	$134.00	Jul 2	$0.74	$0.37	$1.11	$132.89	$144.11
$140.00	$133.00	Jul 2	$0.60	$0.56	$1.16	$131.84	$141.16
$143.00	$133.00	Jul 2	$0.74	$0.56	$1.30	$131.70	$144.30
$141.00	$134.00	Jul 2	$1.07	$0.37	$1.44	$132.56	$142.44
$146.00	$134.00	Jul 2	$1.07	$0.37	$1.44	$132.56	$147.44
$136.00	$132.00	Jul 2	$0.51	$0.98	$1.49	$130.51	$137.49
$136.00	$130.00	Jul 2	$0.51	$1.06	$1.57	$128.43	$137.57

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 186 found (best R:R 26.78, avg credit $2.41)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
145/150	152/155	Jul 24	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$145.18	$157.32
110/113	119/121	Jul 10	$2.87	$0.13	22.08	$110.13	$121.87
140/145	155/160	Jul 31	$4.74	$0.26	18.23	$140.26	$159.74
135/136	140/142	Jul 31	$1.89	$0.11	17.18	$134.11	$141.89
145/150	152/155	Jul 17	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$145.28	$157.22
126/128	130/132	Jul 10	$1.88	$0.12	15.67	$126.12	$131.88
145/150	155/158	Jul 17	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$145.40	$159.60
115/118	119/121	Jul 10	$2.71	$0.29	9.34	$115.29	$121.71
130/135	140/145	Jul 17	$4.43	$0.57	7.77	$130.57	$144.43
110/115	120/125	Jul 17	$4.37	$0.63	6.94	$110.63	$124.37

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 53 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$155.00	$157.50	$160.00	Jul 10	$0.09	$2.41	26.78
$152.50	$155.00	$157.50	Jul 17	$0.12	$2.38	19.83
$152.50	$155.00	$157.50	Jul 2	$0.16	$2.34	14.62
$152.50	$155.00	$157.50	Jul 10	$0.20	$2.30	11.50
$150.00	$152.50	$155.00	Jul 17	$0.24	$2.26	9.42

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$110.00	$115.00	$120.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$110.00	$115.00	$120.00	Jul 17	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$110.00	$115.00	$120.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$4.85	32.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 77 found (best net $-0.75, 60 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$140.00	$145.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.29	$4.71
$145.00	$150.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.77	$4.23
$155.00	$160.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.27	$3.73
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.32	$3.68
$155.00	$160.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.36	$3.64

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$135.00	$125.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.75	$9.25
$145.00	$135.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.37	$5.63
$120.00	$115.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.25	$4.75
$125.00	$120.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.58	$4.42
$130.00	$125.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.62	$4.38

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 46 found (best yield 5.57%, avg 2.26%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$137.00	Aug 7	$7.55	0.49	1.1%	5.57%	6.63%	1	--
$140.00	Aug 14	$7.40	0.47	3.3%	5.46%	8.73%	1	--
$136.00	Jul 31	$7.30	0.51	0.3%	5.39%	5.71%	3	--
$137.00	Jul 31	$7.10	0.50	1.1%	5.24%	6.30%	1	--
$140.00	Aug 7	$6.90	0.45	3.3%	5.09%	8.37%	--	10
$140.00	Jul 31	$6.60	0.45	3.3%	4.87%	8.14%	2	58
$136.00	Jul 24	$6.45	0.50	0.3%	4.76%	5.08%	10	--
$145.00	Aug 14	$5.40	0.41	7.0%	3.98%	10.95%	1	--
$138.00	Jul 24	$5.35	0.46	1.8%	3.95%	5.75%	5	--
$140.00	Jul 24	$5.35	0.43	3.3%	3.95%	7.22%	1	31

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 3,310

Total Puts 2,338

Put/Call Ratio 0.71

Net Difference 972

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,765

Total Puts 2,425

Put/Call Ratio 0.64

Net Difference 1,340

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 37,686

Total Puts 28,370

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.80

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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