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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/15) 32,662

Calls: 11,811 (36%)

Puts: 20,851 (64%)

Prior (07/14) 23,684

Calls: 8,192 (35%)

Puts: 15,492 (65%)

Current vs Prior +37.91%

Calls: +44.18% (Calls)

Puts: +34.59% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 203,643

Calls: 89,908 (44%)

Puts: 113,735 (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average 29,091

Calls: 12,844 (44%)

Puts: 16,247 (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.27%

Calls: -8.04%

Puts: +28.33%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/15) $69.29M

Calls: $44.95M (65%)

Puts: $24.34M (35%)

Prior (07/14) $40.65M

Calls: $20.65M (51%)

Puts: $20.00M (49%)

Current vs Prior +70.47%

Calls: +117.66%

Puts: +21.74%

Prior 7-Day Total $459.79M

Calls: $294.03M (64%)

Puts: $165.76M (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average $65.68M

Calls: $42.00M (64%)

Puts: $23.68M (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.49%

Calls: +7.02%

Puts: +2.80%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) 1.77

Prior (07/14) 1.89

Current vs Prior -6.65%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.51

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +17.24%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/15) 277,695

Calls: 129,774 (47%)

Puts: 147,921 (53%)

Prior (07/14) 271,719

Calls: 127,810 (47%)

Puts: 143,909 (53%)

Current vs Prior +2.20%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,883,911

Calls: 883,126 (47%)

Puts: 1,000,785 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 269,130

Calls: 126,160 (47%)

Puts: 142,969 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.18%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.33% | 6.12%3.33% | 13.49%

Prior 3.85% | 6.41%3.85% | 13.61%

Current vs Prior -13.49% | -4.52%-13.49% | -0.89%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.85% | 6.53%5.53% | 14.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -13.55% | -6.17%-39.78% | -3.77%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.85% | 6.41%3.85% | 13.61%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -13.49% | -4.52%-13.49% | -0.89%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 18.45% | 15.03%

Calls: 20.61% | 10.75%

Puts: 16.30% | 19.31%

Prior 15.64% | 9.71%

Calls: 15.86% | 9.10%

Puts: 15.42% | 10.32%

Current vs Prior +17.97% | +54.79%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.63% | 11.65%

Calls: 22.96% | 10.83%

Puts: 22.31% | 12.46%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -18.49% | +29.01%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($44.95M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 70% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.77 - heavy put buying.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 125 of results (avg 8.2%, best 6.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Aug 21	177.85	188.90	$183.38	6.0%	1	0.90	502
$745.00	Aug 7	168.15	179.30	$173.73	6.4%	2	0.92	1
$760.00	Aug 21	160.80	171.55	$166.18	6.5%	--	0.87	225
$750.00	Jul 17	159.00	169.70	$164.35	6.5%	--	1.00	171
$780.00	Aug 21	143.75	153.45	$148.60	6.5%	1	0.85	169

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1080.00	Aug 14	167.85	178.15	$173.00	6.0%	2	0.86	18
$950.00	Aug 7	66.15	70.30	$68.22	6.1%	--	0.59	19
$1080.00	Jul 24	162.75	173.00	$167.88	6.1%	--	0.97	17
$1060.00	Aug 21	154.70	164.85	$159.77	6.4%	1	0.80	55
$1090.00	Jul 24	171.30	182.65	$176.98	6.4%	--	0.98	16

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. 243 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Jul 17	169.00	180.55	$174.78	6.6%	5	1.00	87
$750.00	Jul 17	159.00	169.70	$164.35	6.5%	--	1.00	171
$760.00	Jul 17	149.00	159.70	$154.35	6.9%	--	1.00	47
$770.00	Jul 17	139.30	149.40	$144.35	7.0%	--	1.00	106
$780.00	Jul 17	129.90	139.75	$134.82	7.3%	12	1.00	179

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1060.00	Jul 17	139.00	152.55	$145.78	9.3%	--	1.00	21
$1040.00	Jul 17	120.40	132.00	$126.20	9.2%	--	0.99	80
$1045.00	Jul 17	126.00	138.85	$132.43	9.7%	--	0.99	23
$1055.00	Jul 17	135.10	147.00	$141.05	8.4%	--	0.99	28
$1025.00	Jul 17	105.60	117.00	$111.30	10.2%	15	0.99	46

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 523 active (total vol 16.8K, top 792)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Jul 24	2.63	5.35	$3.99	68.2%	615	0.12	530
$1000.00	Jul 17	0.20	0.35	$0.28	53.6%	491	0.02	2.9K
$970.00	Jul 17	0.66	1.76	$1.21	90.9%	431	0.07	391
$1005.00	Jul 24	1.42	5.05	$3.24	112.0%	378	0.10	24
$900.00	Aug 21	63.90	71.00	$67.45	10.5%	331	0.57	601

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$785.00	Jul 24	0.60	2.22	$1.41	114.9%	792	0.04	18
$860.00	Jul 17	1.00	1.95	$1.48	64.2%	463	0.08	921
$920.00	Jul 17	14.70	18.50	$16.60	22.9%	406	0.56	1.1K
$860.00	Jul 24	7.05	9.95	$8.50	34.1%	394	0.21	278
$855.00	Jul 24	6.15	9.05	$7.60	38.2%	392	0.19	45

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 118 strikes (avg 35.1%, max 123.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$760.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	115.6%	53.6%	115.7%	--	272
$740.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	116.5%	54.1%	115.4%	6	589
$770.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	104.2%	52.8%	97.4%	10	106
$1070.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	96.1%	49.6%	93.9%	40	241
$750.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	104.6%	57.0%	83.6%	--	181

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$760.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	115.6%	51.6%	123.8%	24	396
$740.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	116.5%	54.1%	115.4%	148	1.1K
$750.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	104.6%	52.0%	101.3%	61	683
$770.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	104.2%	52.8%	97.4%	162	267
$790.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	96.0%	52.4%	83.3%	56	350

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 387 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 5.39)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1020.00	$1025.00	Jul 17	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$1020.11
$1050.00	$1055.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1050.12
$1080.00	$1090.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$1080.25
$975.00	$980.00	Jul 17	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$975.16
$1050.00	$1055.00	Jul 24	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$1050.16

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$760.00	$750.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$759.75
$820.00	$815.00	Jul 17	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$819.86
$785.00	$780.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$784.85
$860.00	$855.00	Jul 17	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$859.84
$795.00	$790.00	Jul 24	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$794.84

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 523 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 2.52)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$750.00	$800.00	Jul 24	$49.00	$49.00	$1.00	49.00	$799.00
$860.00	$870.00	Jul 17	$9.77	$9.77	$0.23	42.48	$869.77
$820.00	$830.00	Jul 17	$9.65	$9.65	$0.35	27.57	$829.65
$830.00	$840.00	Jul 17	$9.60	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$839.60
$770.00	$780.00	Jul 17	$9.53	$9.53	$0.47	20.28	$779.53

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1015.00	$1010.00	Jul 31	$4.88	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1010.12
$955.00	$950.00	Jul 17	$4.87	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$950.13
$985.00	$980.00	Jul 17	$4.87	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$980.13
$1050.00	$1025.00	Jul 24	$24.02	$24.02	$0.98	24.51	$1025.98
$970.00	$965.00	Jul 17	$4.77	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$965.23

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 126 found (avg debit $6.34, cheapest $0.14)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1080.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.62	81.1%	53.1%
$1085.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.71	98.9%	57.3%
$1070.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.80	96.1%	55.0%
$1075.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.84	84.9%	54.8%
$1055.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.09	86.5%	53.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$735.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.14	78.9%	60.0%
$760.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.28	115.6%	58.2%
$750.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.44	104.6%	60.3%
$740.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.80	116.5%	69.9%
$1080.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.89	53.1%	49.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 233 found (cheapest 3.00% of stock, avg 11.31%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$915.00	Jul 17	$13.30	$14.10	$27.40	$887.60	$942.40	3.00%
$920.00	Jul 17	$10.93	$16.60	$27.53	$892.47	$947.53	3.01%
$910.00	Jul 17	$16.35	$12.65	$29.00	$881.00	$939.00	3.17%
$925.00	Jul 17	$9.60	$20.50	$30.10	$894.90	$955.10	3.29%
$900.00	Jul 17	$22.20	$8.55	$30.75	$869.25	$930.75	3.36%
$905.00	Jul 17	$20.00	$10.68	$30.68	$874.32	$935.68	3.36%
$930.00	Jul 17	$8.00	$22.90	$30.90	$899.10	$960.90	3.38%
$935.00	Jul 17	$6.00	$26.18	$32.18	$902.82	$967.18	3.52%
$895.00	Jul 17	$26.30	$6.60	$32.90	$862.10	$927.90	3.60%
$940.00	Jul 17	$4.75	$30.50	$35.25	$904.75	$975.25	3.86%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.22% of stock, avg 7.86%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$935.00	$890.00	Jul 17	$6.00	$5.20	$11.20	$878.80	$946.20
$935.00	$895.00	Jul 17	$6.00	$6.60	$12.60	$882.40	$947.60
$930.00	$890.00	Jul 17	$8.00	$5.20	$13.20	$876.80	$943.20
$935.00	$900.00	Jul 17	$6.00	$8.55	$14.55	$885.45	$949.55
$930.00	$895.00	Jul 17	$8.00	$6.60	$14.60	$880.40	$944.60
$925.00	$890.00	Jul 17	$9.60	$5.20	$14.80	$875.20	$939.80
$920.00	$890.00	Jul 17	$10.93	$5.20	$16.13	$873.87	$936.13
$925.00	$895.00	Jul 17	$9.60	$6.60	$16.20	$878.80	$941.20
$930.00	$900.00	Jul 17	$8.00	$8.55	$16.55	$883.45	$946.55
$935.00	$905.00	Jul 17	$6.00	$10.68	$16.68	$888.32	$951.68

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 416 found (best R:R 356.14, avg credit $9.93)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
740/745	750/800	Jul 24	$49.86	$0.14	356.14	$695.14	$799.86
740/745	800/820	Jul 24	$19.86	$0.14	141.86	$725.14	$819.86
780/785	830/840	Jul 17	$9.90	$0.10	99.00	$775.10	$839.90
800/805	820/830	Jul 17	$9.87	$0.13	75.92	$795.13	$829.87
760/765	800/820	Jul 24	$19.73	$0.27	73.07	$745.27	$819.73
750/760	830/840	Jul 17	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$750.15	$839.85
800/805	830/840	Jul 17	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$795.18	$839.82
800/810	820/830	Aug 21	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$800.18	$829.82
750/760	785/795	Jul 31	$9.79	$0.21	46.62	$750.21	$794.79
750/760	770/780	Jul 17	$9.78	$0.22	44.45	$750.22	$779.78

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 239 found (best R:R 199.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$820.00	$830.00	$840.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$9.95	199.00
$1020.00	$1040.00	$1060.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$19.87	152.85
$915.00	$920.00	$925.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$1010.00	$1015.00	$1020.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$1025.00	$1030.00	$1035.00	Jul 24	$0.09	$4.91	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$930.00	$940.00	$950.00	Aug 21	$0.09	$9.91	110.11
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$845.00	$850.00	$855.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$4.94	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. 153 found (best net $-6.70, 146 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1015.00	$1045.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$6.70	$23.30
$1025.00	$1050.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$13.20	$11.80
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$8.78	$11.22
$1085.00	$1095.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.32	$9.68
$1060.00	$1070.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.56	$9.44

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$800.00	$775.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$8.63	$16.37
$770.00	$750.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$4.70	$15.30
$780.00	$765.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.52	$10.48
$760.00	$750.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.06	$9.94
$750.00	$740.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.19	$9.81

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 158 found (best yield 6.23%, avg 1.81%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$920.00	Aug 28	$57.00	0.52	0.6%	6.23%	6.86%	1	5
$920.00	Aug 21	$52.50	0.51	0.6%	5.74%	6.37%	11	143
$915.00	Aug 14	$51.00	0.52	0.1%	5.58%	5.65%	1	5
$930.00	Aug 21	$48.00	0.49	1.7%	5.25%	6.97%	10	54
$920.00	Aug 14	$47.80	0.51	0.6%	5.23%	5.85%	54	5
$915.00	Aug 7	$46.65	0.52	0.1%	5.10%	5.18%	--	16
$945.00	Aug 28	$46.00	0.46	3.4%	5.03%	8.39%	1	1
$920.00	Aug 7	$45.50	0.50	0.6%	4.98%	5.60%	1	12
$925.00	Aug 14	$45.20	0.49	1.2%	4.94%	6.11%	2	1
$930.00	Aug 14	$44.95	0.48	1.7%	4.92%	6.63%	2	5

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,811

Total Puts 20,851

Put/Call Ratio 1.77

Net Difference -9,040

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,192

Total Puts 15,492

Put/Call Ratio 1.89

Net Difference -7,300

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 89,908

Total Puts 113,735

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.51

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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