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ALBEMARLE CORP

$124.74 -3.11%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) 9,636

Calls: 5,822 (60%)

Puts: 3,814 (40%)

Prior (07/14) 6,181

Calls: 4,052 (66%)

Puts: 2,129 (34%)

Current vs Prior +55.90%

Calls: +43.68% (Calls)

Puts: +79.15% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 37,055

Calls: 18,981 (51%)

Puts: 18,074 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 5,293

Calls: 2,711 (51%)

Puts: 2,582 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +82.03%

Calls: +114.71%

Puts: +47.71%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/15) $14.08M

Calls: $5.35M (38%)

Puts: $8.73M (62%)

Prior (07/14) $13.50M

Calls: $8.46M (63%)

Puts: $5.04M (37%)

Current vs Prior +4.29%

Calls: -36.72%

Puts: +73.07%

Prior 7-Day Total $38.59M

Calls: $17.16M (44%)

Puts: $21.44M (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average $5.51M

Calls: $2.45M (44%)

Puts: $3.06M (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +155.34%

Calls: +118.33%

Puts: +184.97%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) 0.66

Prior (07/14) 0.53

Current vs Prior +24.68%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.01

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.98%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) 199,687

Calls: 98,553 (49%)

Puts: 101,134 (51%)

Prior (07/14) 195,958

Calls: 95,561 (49%)

Puts: 100,397 (51%)

Current vs Prior +1.90%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,361,016

Calls: 668,797 (49%)

Puts: 692,219 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 194,430

Calls: 95,542 (49%)

Puts: 98,888 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/17) | Next (07/24)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 4.06% | 7.36%4.06% | 17.16%

Prior 4.88% | 8.09%4.88% | 17.49%

Current vs Prior -16.67% | -8.98%-16.67% | -1.87%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.09% | 8.71%7.44% | 18.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -20.20% | -15.52%-45.34% | -6.33%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.88% | 8.09%4.88% | 17.49%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -16.67% | -8.98%-16.67% | -1.87%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

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 31.62% | 18.41%

Calls: 32.18% | 21.94%

Puts: 31.05% | 14.89%

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

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Moderately bearish flow with 62% put dollar volume ($8.73M). Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (155% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 56% vs prior. Volume explosion - 82% above 7-day average (9,636 vs avg 5,293).

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 30 of results (avg 7.7%, best 4.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Aug 21	11.95	12.50	$12.23	4.5%	19	0.62	30
$125.00	Aug 21	9.35	9.80	$9.57	4.7%	14	0.54	84
$115.00	Aug 21	15.00	15.80	$15.40	5.2%	36	0.70	30
$125.00	Aug 14	8.50	9.00	$8.75	5.7%	1	0.53	1
$110.00	Aug 21	18.40	19.55	$18.98	6.1%	1	0.78	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Aug 21	8.95	9.40	$9.18	4.9%	14	0.47	231
$120.00	Aug 21	6.70	7.05	$6.88	5.1%	21	0.38	288
$132.00	Jul 24	8.65	9.30	$8.98	7.2%	5	0.71	--
$135.00	Jul 31	11.90	12.80	$12.35	7.3%	1	0.71	68
$123.00	Aug 7	6.30	6.80	$6.55	7.6%	4	0.43	1

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. 85 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$100.00	Jul 17	23.35	26.00	$24.68	10.7%	4	0.99	40
$105.00	Jul 17	18.05	20.70	$19.38	13.7%	2	0.99	1
$100.00	Jul 24	23.90	26.60	$25.25	10.7%	--	0.99	36
$110.00	Jul 17	13.50	15.40	$14.45	13.1%	2	0.98	45
$111.00	Jul 17	12.40	14.45	$13.43	15.3%	1	0.98	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Jul 17	9.65	11.70	$10.68	19.2%	14	1.00	338
$140.00	Jul 17	14.80	16.25	$15.53	9.3%	--	1.00	364
$143.00	Jul 17	17.25	20.10	$18.68	15.3%	1	1.00	--
$145.00	Jul 17	19.40	21.45	$20.42	10.0%	1	1.00	1.0K
$149.00	Jul 17	23.35	25.65	$24.50	9.4%	1	1.00	2

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 182 active (total vol 3.0K, top 265)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$128.00	Jul 17	0.99	1.40	$1.19	34.5%	265	0.33	30
$130.00	Jul 17	0.53	0.75	$0.64	34.4%	217	0.21	329
$127.00	Jul 17	1.12	2.68	$1.90	82.1%	194	0.42	129
$125.00	Jul 17	1.76	3.70	$2.73	71.1%	154	0.54	105
$123.00	Jul 17	2.87	4.00	$3.44	32.8%	117	0.64	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Jul 17	1.88	2.66	$2.27	34.4%	165	0.47	565
$130.00	Jul 17	4.90	6.50	$5.70	28.1%	96	0.86	377
$117.00	Jul 17	0.08	1.00	$0.54	170.4%	66	0.13	61
$125.00	Jul 24	4.20	4.55	$4.38	8.0%	57	0.49	54
$120.00	Jul 17	0.55	1.20	$0.88	73.9%	56	0.21	495

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 47 strikes (avg 38.4%, max 174.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$144.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	168.6%	61.5%	174.2%	2	22
$100.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	139.7%	66.0%	111.7%	4	76
$143.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	106.9%	57.8%	85.1%	26	72
$105.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	112.9%	61.1%	84.8%	2	20
$145.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	97.3%	59.3%	64.0%	39	355

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$100.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	139.7%	63.1%	121.4%	15	543
$105.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	112.9%	53.7%	110.5%	1	171
$145.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	97.3%	59.3%	64.0%	3	1.3K
$110.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	92.5%	60.1%	53.9%	15	380
$117.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	87.9%	62.2%	41.3%	67	61

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 116 found (best R:R 40.67, avg 2.85)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$140.00	$145.00	Jul 31	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	14.62	$140.32
$136.00	$139.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$2.75	$0.25	11.00	$136.25
$122.00	$123.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$122.13
$139.00	$140.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$139.15
$127.00	$128.00	Aug 7	$0.16	$0.84	$0.16	5.25	$127.16

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$105.00	$100.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$104.88
$110.00	$105.00	Jul 31	$0.41	$4.59	$0.41	11.20	$109.59
$105.00	$100.00	Aug 7	$0.42	$4.58	$0.42	10.90	$104.58
$110.00	$105.00	Aug 7	$0.45	$4.55	$0.45	10.11	$109.55
$105.00	$100.00	Aug 21	$0.74	$4.26	$0.74	5.76	$104.26

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 160 found (best R:R 32.33, avg 2.17)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$100.00	$116.00	Jul 24	$15.22	$15.22	$0.78	19.51	$115.22
$112.00	$119.00	Jul 17	$6.57	$6.57	$0.43	15.28	$118.57
$109.00	$110.00	Jul 17	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$109.88
$139.00	$140.00	Jul 24	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$139.85
$105.00	$106.00	Jul 17	$0.80	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$105.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$140.00	$135.00	Jul 17	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$135.15
$140.00	$136.00	Jul 24	$3.80	$3.80	$0.20	19.00	$136.20
$135.00	$132.00	Jul 17	$2.80	$2.80	$0.20	14.00	$132.20
$145.00	$140.00	Jul 24	$4.58	$4.58	$0.42	10.90	$140.42
$145.00	$140.00	Jul 31	$4.46	$4.46	$0.54	8.26	$140.54

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 52 found (avg debit $1.48, cheapest $0.14)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$144.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.15	168.6%	83.6%
$143.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.23	106.9%	60.7%
$140.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.39	83.4%	55.6%
$136.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.51	72.1%	49.6%
$100.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.57	139.7%	66.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$105.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.14	112.9%	63.4%
$145.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.36	97.3%	76.6%
$110.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.47	92.5%	63.2%
$140.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.67	83.4%	55.6%
$115.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.80	79.0%	56.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 72 found (cheapest 3.82% of stock, avg 11.50%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$124.00	Jul 17	$2.80	$1.96	$4.76	$119.24	$128.76	3.82%
$126.00	Jul 17	$1.76	$3.03	$4.79	$121.21	$130.79	3.84%
$125.00	Jul 17	$2.73	$2.27	$5.00	$120.00	$130.00	4.01%
$123.00	Jul 17	$3.44	$1.90	$5.34	$117.66	$128.34	4.28%
$127.00	Jul 17	$1.90	$4.09	$5.99	$121.01	$132.99	4.80%
$128.00	Jul 17	$1.19	$4.90	$6.09	$121.91	$134.09	4.88%
$120.00	Jul 17	$5.30	$0.88	$6.18	$113.82	$126.18	4.95%
$130.00	Jul 17	$0.64	$5.70	$6.34	$123.66	$136.34	5.08%
$129.00	Jul 17	$0.93	$5.48	$6.41	$122.59	$135.41	5.14%
$119.00	Jul 17	$5.88	$0.63	$6.51	$112.49	$125.51	5.22%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 160 found (cheapest 1.37% of stock, avg 7.37%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$130.00	$121.00	Jul 17	$0.64	$1.07	$1.71	$119.29	$131.71
$129.00	$121.00	Jul 17	$0.93	$1.07	$2.00	$119.00	$131.00
$130.00	$122.00	Jul 17	$0.64	$1.36	$2.00	$120.00	$132.00
$128.00	$121.00	Jul 17	$1.19	$1.07	$2.26	$118.74	$130.26
$129.00	$122.00	Jul 17	$0.93	$1.36	$2.29	$119.71	$131.29
$128.00	$122.00	Jul 17	$1.19	$1.36	$2.55	$119.45	$130.55
$130.00	$123.00	Jul 17	$0.64	$1.90	$2.54	$120.46	$132.54
$130.00	$124.00	Jul 17	$0.64	$1.96	$2.60	$121.40	$132.60
$126.00	$121.00	Jul 17	$1.76	$1.07	$2.83	$118.17	$128.83
$129.00	$123.00	Jul 17	$0.93	$1.90	$2.83	$120.17	$131.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 260 found (best R:R 17.18, avg credit $1.79)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
120/122	123/124	Jul 31	$1.89	$0.11	17.18	$120.11	$124.89
125/130	140/145	Aug 21	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$125.30	$144.70
120/122	124/125	Jul 31	$1.86	$0.14	13.29	$120.14	$125.86
105/107	116/122	Jul 24	$5.56	$0.44	12.64	$101.44	$121.56
120/122	127/128	Jul 31	$1.84	$0.16	11.50	$120.16	$128.84
117/118	124/125	Jul 24	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$117.11	$124.89
117/118	126/127	Jul 24	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$117.11	$126.89
123/124	125/126	Jul 24	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$123.11	$125.89
123/124	135/136	Jul 31	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$123.11	$135.89
123/124	125/127	Aug 7	$1.77	$0.23	7.70	$122.23	$126.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 55 found (best R:R 21.73, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$135.00	$140.00	$145.00	Aug 21	$0.22	$4.78	21.73
$130.00	$135.00	$140.00	Aug 21	$0.25	$4.75	19.00
$124.00	$125.00	$126.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$0.92	11.50
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$0.92	11.50
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$0.92	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$115.00	$120.00	$125.00	Aug 21	$0.32	$4.68	14.62
$135.00	$140.00	$145.00	Aug 21	$0.34	$4.66	13.71
$100.00	$105.00	$110.00	Aug 21	$0.39	$4.61	11.82
$105.00	$110.00	$115.00	Aug 21	$0.39	$4.61	11.82
$114.00	$115.00	$116.00	Jul 17	$0.08	$0.92	11.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 76 found (best net $-0.09, 67 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$133.00	$142.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.09	$8.91
$116.00	$122.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$1.03	$4.97
$140.00	$145.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.68	$4.32
$130.00	$135.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.59	$3.41
$140.00	$145.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.92	$3.08

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$110.00	$105.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.02	$4.98
$105.00	$100.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.05	$4.95
$110.00	$105.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.39	$4.61
$115.00	$110.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.67	$4.33
$105.00	$100.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.76	$4.24

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 71 found (best yield 7.50%, avg 2.38%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$125.00	Aug 21	$9.35	0.54	0.2%	7.50%	7.70%	14	84
$125.00	Aug 14	$8.50	0.53	0.2%	6.81%	7.02%	1	1
$126.00	Aug 14	$7.70	0.51	1.0%	6.17%	7.18%	2	1
$127.00	Aug 28	$7.70	0.51	1.8%	6.17%	7.98%	2	1
$125.00	Aug 7	$7.40	0.53	0.2%	5.93%	6.14%	1	2
$130.00	Aug 21	$6.75	0.46	4.2%	5.41%	9.63%	13	112
$130.00	Aug 14	$6.35	0.44	4.2%	5.09%	9.31%	3	2
$127.00	Aug 7	$5.95	0.48	1.8%	4.77%	6.58%	--	10
$128.00	Aug 14	$5.95	0.47	2.6%	4.77%	7.38%	--	60
$128.00	Aug 7	$5.85	0.47	2.6%	4.69%	7.30%	1	13

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 5,822

Total Puts 3,814

Put/Call Ratio 0.66

Net Difference 2,008

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,052

Total Puts 2,129

Put/Call Ratio 0.53

Net Difference 1,923

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 18,981

Total Puts 18,074

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.01

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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