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as of 07/09 06:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/09) 26,620

Calls: 12,997 (49%)

Puts: 13,623 (51%)

Prior (07/08) 28,092

Calls: 13,719 (49%)

Puts: 14,373 (51%)

Current vs Prior -5.24%

Calls: -5.26% (Calls)

Puts: -5.22% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 249,166

Calls: 105,218 (42%)

Puts: 143,948 (58%)

Prior 7-Day Average 35,595

Calls: 15,031 (42%)

Puts: 20,564 (58%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.21%

Calls: -13.53%

Puts: -33.75%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/09) $45.12M

Calls: $23.12M (51%)

Puts: $22.00M (49%)

Prior (07/08) $84.72M

Calls: $68.30M (81%)

Puts: $16.42M (19%)

Current vs Prior -46.74%

Calls: -66.15%

Puts: +33.99%

Prior 7-Day Total $675.20M

Calls: $472.29M (70%)

Puts: $202.91M (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average $96.46M

Calls: $67.47M (70%)

Puts: $28.99M (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -53.22%

Calls: -65.74%

Puts: -24.10%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/09) 1.05

Prior (07/08) 1.05

Current vs Prior +0.05%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.47

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/09) 279,017

Calls: 129,689 (46%)

Puts: 149,328 (54%)

Prior (07/08) 270,343

Calls: 125,822 (47%)

Puts: 144,521 (53%)

Current vs Prior +3.21%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,765,860

Calls: 829,903 (47%)

Puts: 935,957 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 252,265

Calls: 118,557 (47%)

Puts: 133,708 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +10.60%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.13% | 5.64%5.64% | 13.96%

Prior 3.26% | 6.24%6.24% | 14.40%

Current vs Prior -34.74% | -9.68%-9.68% | -3.05%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.69% | 6.38%7.26% | 14.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -42.38% | -11.64%-22.41% | -5.42%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.26% | 6.24%-- | --

Current vs 7-Day Eod -34.74% | -9.68%-- | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 23.85% | 10.76%

Calls: 30.03% | 6.73%

Puts: 17.67% | 14.79%

Prior 23.85% | 10.76%

Calls: 30.03% | 6.73%

Puts: 17.67% | 14.79%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.28% | 13.20%

Calls: 32.06% | 13.15%

Puts: 24.51% | 13.24%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -15.67% | -18.46%

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Option Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 123 of results (avg 7.9%, best 4.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$920.00	Aug 21	70.80	74.65	$72.72	5.3%	21	0.57	143
$760.00	Aug 21	183.25	193.65	$188.45	5.5%	--	0.89	225
$780.00	Aug 21	167.20	177.30	$172.25	5.9%	--	0.87	168
$900.00	Aug 21	81.00	85.90	$83.45	5.9%	2	0.63	566
$790.00	Jul 17	146.05	155.25	$150.65	6.1%	3	0.99	250

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$980.00	Aug 21	82.40	85.95	$84.18	4.2%	3	0.57	137
$930.00	Aug 21	55.60	58.10	$56.85	4.4%	6	0.45	79
$920.00	Aug 21	50.50	52.90	$51.70	4.6%	26	0.42	691
$910.00	Aug 21	46.05	48.45	$47.25	5.1%	32	0.40	149
$1020.00	Aug 21	108.15	113.95	$111.05	5.2%	--	0.67	69

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. 234 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$790.00	Jul 10	143.00	155.20	$149.10	8.2%	1	1.00	6
$800.00	Jul 10	133.00	144.65	$138.82	8.4%	3	1.00	3
$820.00	Jul 10	113.00	125.15	$119.08	10.2%	--	0.99	14
$770.00	Jul 17	164.00	175.60	$169.80	6.8%	--	0.99	107
$805.00	Jul 10	128.00	139.75	$133.88	8.8%	1	0.99	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Jul 10	47.25	55.00	$51.13	15.2%	12	1.00	130
$995.00	Jul 10	52.00	59.00	$55.50	12.6%	17	1.00	60
$997.50	Jul 10	55.00	64.00	$59.50	15.1%	1	1.00	3
$1000.00	Jul 10	57.00	65.60	$61.30	14.0%	25	1.00	559
$1005.00	Jul 10	62.00	71.15	$66.58	13.7%	28	1.00	126

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 484 active (total vol 16.8K, top 2.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Jul 31	18.30	21.25	$19.77	14.9%	2.5K	0.30	2.3K
$1050.00	Jul 31	7.50	9.85	$8.68	27.1%	2.5K	0.16	121
$1035.00	Jul 10	0.00	0.65	$0.33	197.0%	497	0.02	194
$1000.00	Jul 10	0.13	0.35	$0.24	91.7%	390	0.02	934
$950.00	Jul 10	4.20	4.95	$4.58	16.4%	277	0.32	99

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Jul 10	12.60	19.20	$15.90	41.5%	778	0.69	328
$890.00	Jul 10	0.23	0.86	$0.55	114.5%	273	0.04	524
$860.00	Jul 24	8.00	9.60	$8.80	18.2%	266	0.17	19
$920.00	Jul 10	2.70	3.50	$3.10	25.8%	254	0.21	318
$940.00	Jul 10	6.65	10.60	$8.63	45.8%	202	0.51	107

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 116 strikes (avg 69.5%, max 290.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1110.00	Jul 10	Aug 7	136.3%	49.1%	177.9%	28	491
$1100.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	127.5%	48.1%	165.0%	65	761
$800.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	126.1%	50.1%	152.0%	3	443
$805.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	135.4%	54.6%	148.0%	2	3
$1075.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	116.9%	48.0%	143.7%	2	367

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$765.00	Jul 10	Jul 24	210.6%	53.9%	290.8%	--	29
$780.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	190.0%	50.7%	274.8%	4	1.2K
$755.00	Jul 10	Aug 14	190.2%	54.3%	249.9%	1	41
$760.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	181.4%	52.5%	245.7%	24	242
$770.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	171.0%	51.2%	234.3%	16	97

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 370 found (best R:R 104.26, avg 7.16)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1100.00	$1120.00	Jul 17	$0.19	$19.81	$0.19	104.26	$1100.19
$1110.00	$1120.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$9.89	$0.11	89.91	$1110.11
$1070.00	$1080.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$1070.15
$1080.00	$1090.00	Jul 31	$0.18	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$1080.18
$1020.00	$1025.00	Jul 10	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$1020.11

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$855.00	$850.00	Jul 10	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$854.89
$780.00	$770.00	Jul 17	$0.22	$9.78	$0.22	44.45	$779.78
$795.00	$790.00	Jul 17	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$794.89
$805.00	$800.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$804.89
$825.00	$820.00	Jul 10	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$824.88

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 509 found (best R:R 239.00, avg 2.83)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$805.00	$820.00	Jul 10	$14.80	$14.80	$0.20	74.00	$819.80
$760.00	$770.00	Jul 17	$9.78	$9.78	$0.22	44.45	$769.78
$810.00	$820.00	Jul 17	$9.60	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$819.60
$850.00	$860.00	Jul 10	$9.50	$9.50	$0.50	19.00	$859.50
$780.00	$795.00	Jul 31	$14.22	$14.22	$0.78	18.23	$794.22

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1095.00	$1035.00	Jul 10	$59.75	$59.75	$0.25	239.00	$1035.25
$1080.00	$1065.00	Jul 24	$14.83	$14.83	$0.17	87.24	$1065.17
$1005.00	$1000.00	Jul 17	$4.87	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$1000.13
$1100.00	$1090.00	Jul 24	$9.63	$9.63	$0.37	26.03	$1090.37
$960.00	$955.00	Aug 7	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$955.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 129 found (avg debit $7.08, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1120.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.45	119.1%	55.6%
$1100.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.52	127.5%	53.4%
$1075.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.54	116.9%	48.0%
$1080.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.56	111.5%	48.3%
$1085.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.62	103.4%	49.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$760.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.12	181.4%	65.1%
$765.00	Jul 10	Jul 24	$0.22	210.6%	53.9%
$795.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.27	146.9%	55.6%
$790.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.36	128.9%	55.5%
$800.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.45	126.1%	54.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 227 found (cheapest 1.80% of stock, avg 10.35%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$940.00	Jul 10	$8.25	$8.63	$16.88	$923.12	$956.88	1.80%
$935.00	Jul 10	$11.35	$7.98	$19.33	$915.67	$954.33	2.06%
$945.00	Jul 10	$6.75	$12.75	$19.50	$925.50	$964.50	2.08%
$930.00	Jul 10	$14.60	$5.40	$20.00	$910.00	$950.00	2.13%
$950.00	Jul 10	$4.58	$15.90	$20.48	$929.52	$970.48	2.18%
$925.00	Jul 10	$18.10	$4.32	$22.42	$902.58	$947.42	2.39%
$955.00	Jul 10	$3.86	$19.67	$23.53	$931.47	$978.53	2.51%
$920.00	Jul 10	$21.78	$3.10	$24.88	$895.12	$944.88	2.65%
$960.00	Jul 10	$2.40	$23.48	$25.88	$934.12	$985.88	2.76%
$915.00	Jul 10	$26.33	$2.07	$28.40	$886.60	$943.40	3.03%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.48% of stock, avg 7.22%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$960.00	$915.00	Jul 10	$2.40	$2.07	$4.47	$910.53	$964.47
$960.00	$920.00	Jul 10	$2.40	$3.10	$5.50	$914.50	$965.50
$955.00	$915.00	Jul 10	$3.86	$2.07	$5.93	$909.07	$960.93
$950.00	$915.00	Jul 10	$4.58	$2.07	$6.65	$908.35	$956.65
$960.00	$925.00	Jul 10	$2.40	$4.32	$6.72	$918.28	$966.72
$955.00	$920.00	Jul 10	$3.86	$3.10	$6.96	$913.04	$961.96
$950.00	$920.00	Jul 10	$4.58	$3.10	$7.68	$912.32	$957.68
$960.00	$930.00	Jul 10	$2.40	$5.40	$7.80	$922.20	$967.80
$955.00	$925.00	Jul 10	$3.86	$4.32	$8.18	$916.82	$963.18
$945.00	$915.00	Jul 10	$6.75	$2.07	$8.82	$906.18	$953.82

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 452 found (best R:R 75.92, avg credit $9.44)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
820/830	860/870	Jul 24	$9.87	$0.13	75.92	$820.13	$869.87
760/770	780/795	Jul 31	$14.80	$0.20	74.00	$755.20	$794.80
770/780	810/820	Jul 17	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$770.18	$819.82
800/805	810/820	Jul 17	$9.79	$0.21	46.62	$795.21	$819.79
790/795	810/820	Jul 17	$9.71	$0.29	33.48	$785.29	$819.71
790/795	850/860	Jul 10	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$785.30	$859.70
815/820	865/870	Jul 31	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$815.15	$869.85
830/835	875/880	Aug 7	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$830.15	$879.85
790/795	800/810	Jul 31	$9.68	$0.32	30.25	$785.32	$809.68
800/805	850/860	Jul 10	$9.64	$0.36	26.78	$795.36	$859.64

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 266 found (best R:R 199.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$860.00	$880.00	$900.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$19.90	199.00
$1050.00	$1055.00	$1060.00	Jul 10	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$1035.00	$1040.00	$1045.00	Jul 17	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$1070.00	$1075.00	$1080.00	Jul 17	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$1055.00	$1060.00	$1065.00	Jul 10	$0.08	$4.92	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$9.95	199.00
$890.00	$895.00	$900.00	Jul 10	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$900.00	$910.00	$920.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$9.90	99.00
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Jul 24	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$790.00	$800.00	$810.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$9.88	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 180 found (best net $-13.22, 171 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1000.00	$1040.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$13.22	$26.78
$1070.00	$1100.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$6.85	$23.15
$1100.00	$1120.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.29	$19.71
$1085.00	$1100.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.67	$14.33
$1080.00	$1100.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$6.20	$13.80

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1095.00	$1035.00	1:2	Jul 10	-$36.75	$23.25
$820.00	$805.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$1.03	$13.97
$775.00	$760.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$3.51	$11.49
$800.00	$785.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.82	$10.18
$780.00	$770.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.04	$9.96

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 151 found (best yield 6.29%, avg 1.72%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$940.00	Aug 21	$59.00	0.52	0.2%	6.29%	6.46%	8	645
$950.00	Aug 21	$54.25	0.50	1.2%	5.78%	7.02%	14	43
$960.00	Aug 21	$50.30	0.47	2.3%	5.36%	7.66%	17	244
$955.00	Aug 14	$48.50	0.48	1.8%	5.17%	6.94%	1	--
$945.00	Aug 7	$47.55	0.51	0.7%	5.07%	5.77%	15	18
$960.00	Aug 14	$46.35	0.47	2.3%	4.94%	7.24%	1	4
$970.00	Aug 21	$46.00	0.45	3.4%	4.90%	8.27%	5	21
$950.00	Aug 7	$44.00	0.49	1.2%	4.69%	5.93%	3	12
$965.00	Aug 14	$43.60	0.46	2.8%	4.65%	7.48%	1	1
$980.00	Aug 21	$43.10	0.43	4.4%	4.59%	9.03%	9	368

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 12,997

Total Puts 13,623

Put/Call Ratio 1.05

Net Difference -626

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,719

Total Puts 14,373

Put/Call Ratio 1.05

Net Difference -654

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 105,218

Total Puts 143,948

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.47

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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