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as of 07/20 06:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/20) 27,802

Calls: 10,001 (36%)

Puts: 17,801 (64%)

Prior (07/17) 32,257

Calls: 13,874 (43%)

Puts: 18,383 (57%)

Current vs Prior -13.81%

Calls: -27.92% (Calls)

Puts: -3.17% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 219,648

Calls: 99,069 (45%)

Puts: 120,579 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 31,378

Calls: 14,152 (45%)

Puts: 17,225 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.40%

Calls: -29.34%

Puts: +3.34%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/20) $60.25M

Calls: $20.47M (34%)

Puts: $39.78M (66%)

Prior (07/17) $93.55M

Calls: $61.32M (66%)

Puts: $32.23M (34%)

Current vs Prior -35.59%

Calls: -66.61%

Puts: +23.42%

Prior 7-Day Total $499.68M

Calls: $276.33M (55%)

Puts: $223.35M (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average $71.38M

Calls: $39.48M (55%)

Puts: $31.91M (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.60%

Calls: -48.14%

Puts: +24.66%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/20) 1.78

Prior (07/17) 1.32

Current vs Prior +34.33%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.40

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +27.28%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/20) 235,467

Calls: 116,824 (50%)

Puts: 118,643 (50%)

Prior (07/17) 293,305

Calls: 138,081 (47%)

Puts: 155,224 (53%)

Current vs Prior -19.72%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,959,535

Calls: 917,075 (47%)

Puts: 1,042,460 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 279,933

Calls: 131,010 (47%)

Puts: 148,922 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.88%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/24) | Next (07/31)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 5.40% | 8.20%13.28% | 17.04%

Prior 6.33% | 8.78%0.85% | 14.10%

Current vs Prior -14.60% | -6.59%+1462.50% | +20.85%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.96% | 6.72%3.67% | 13.71%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +36.63% | +22.14%+261.40% | +24.26%

Prior 7-Day Eod 6.33% | 8.78%0.85% | 14.10%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -14.60% | -6.59%+1462.50% | +20.85%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.16% | 15.32%

Calls: 16.39% | 15.57%

Puts: 15.93% | 15.07%

Prior 71.65% | 14.33%

Calls: 65.17% | 15.50%

Puts: 78.13% | 13.16%

Current vs Prior -77.45% | +6.91%

Prior 7-Day Avg 29.38% | 11.24%

Calls: 27.38% | 9.90%

Puts: 31.37% | 12.57%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -44.99% | +36.35%

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Moderately bearish flow with 66% put dollar volume ($39.78M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.78 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 34% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Declining open interest (down 20%) indicates positions being closed.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 145 of results (avg 8.0%, best 4.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Aug 21	162.45	169.55	$166.00	4.3%	--	0.88	78
$700.00	Aug 21	169.85	178.30	$174.08	4.9%	--	0.89	49
$740.00	Aug 21	137.25	144.20	$140.73	4.9%	--	0.84	501
$700.00	Aug 28	172.05	181.05	$176.55	5.1%	1	0.89	--
$720.00	Aug 21	151.15	161.10	$156.13	6.4%	--	0.87	60

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$895.00	Aug 7	61.30	64.30	$62.80	4.8%	1	0.57	20
$1020.00	Aug 21	160.20	168.50	$164.35	5.1%	--	0.83	66
$840.00	Aug 21	41.85	44.15	$43.00	5.3%	46	0.40	632
$850.00	Aug 21	46.10	48.65	$47.38	5.4%	19	0.43	406
$950.00	Aug 21	104.80	110.60	$107.70	5.4%	--	0.70	78

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. 206 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Jul 24	110.75	121.20	$115.98	9.0%	--	1.00	15
$765.00	Jul 24	98.00	105.00	$101.50	6.9%	1	0.94	1
$775.00	Jul 24	88.00	95.00	$91.50	7.7%	--	0.93	11
$730.00	Jul 31	131.50	144.00	$137.75	9.1%	2	0.93	11
$700.00	Aug 21	169.85	178.30	$174.08	4.9%	--	0.89	49

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1020.00	Jul 24	150.45	162.00	$156.23	7.4%	5	0.99	28
$1000.00	Jul 24	130.00	142.00	$136.00	8.8%	3	0.98	27
$1025.00	Jul 24	155.00	168.00	$161.50	8.0%	15	0.98	17
$1015.00	Jul 24	146.00	157.00	$151.50	7.3%	--	0.98	16
$1010.00	Jul 24	141.00	152.00	$146.50	7.5%	--	0.98	20

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 455 active (total vol 15.2K, top 1.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$870.00	Aug 7	43.75	46.85	$45.30	6.8%	541	0.51	--
$1000.00	Jul 24	0.12	0.50	$0.31	122.6%	179	0.01	697
$900.00	Jul 24	7.75	10.00	$8.88	25.3%	170	0.27	137
$950.00	Jul 24	1.45	2.14	$1.80	38.3%	125	0.07	548
$920.00	Jul 24	3.75	5.60	$4.68	39.5%	120	0.17	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Jul 31	18.10	20.75	$19.43	13.6%	1.5K	0.33	384
$840.00	Jul 31	21.65	26.55	$24.10	20.3%	1.5K	0.37	83
$740.00	Aug 7	6.85	8.80	$7.83	24.9%	1.2K	0.12	30
$785.00	Jul 24	1.76	3.30	$2.53	60.9%	1.0K	0.09	722
$800.00	Jul 31	8.25	12.95	$10.60	44.3%	269	0.21	83

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 120 strikes (avg 20.9%, max 105.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1035.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	90.0%	53.2%	69.3%	--	38
$1030.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	80.9%	52.3%	54.5%	4	47
$1025.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	74.7%	52.5%	42.2%	3	232
$1005.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	74.1%	52.7%	40.5%	5	379
$1010.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	70.4%	52.5%	34.0%	8	418

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$695.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	119.0%	57.9%	105.6%	55	--
$715.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	109.2%	56.0%	95.0%	29	12
$725.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	100.8%	56.8%	77.4%	1	19
$700.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	90.8%	56.4%	61.0%	223	40
$710.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	88.0%	58.2%	51.1%	15	232

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 371 found (best R:R 37.46, avg 4.59)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1020.00	$1025.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$1020.13
$1020.00	$1025.00	Jul 31	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$1020.18
$975.00	$980.00	Jul 24	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$975.23
$1015.00	$1020.00	Jul 24	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$1015.23
$1030.00	$1035.00	Jul 31	$0.24	$4.76	$0.24	19.83	$1030.24

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$700.00	$695.00	Aug 14	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$699.85
$770.00	$765.00	Jul 24	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$769.84
$720.00	$715.00	Jul 31	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$719.83
$800.00	$795.00	Jul 24	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$799.82
$735.00	$730.00	Jul 31	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$734.82

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 487 found (best R:R 75.92, avg 2.01)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$710.00	$720.00	Aug 21	$9.87	$9.87	$0.13	75.92	$719.87
$795.00	$800.00	Jul 24	$4.83	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$799.83
$750.00	$765.00	Jul 24	$14.48	$14.48	$0.52	27.85	$764.48
$730.00	$765.00	Jul 31	$32.60	$32.60	$2.40	13.58	$762.60
$775.00	$795.00	Jul 24	$18.17	$18.17	$1.83	9.93	$793.17

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$965.00	$960.00	Jul 24	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$960.20
$1005.00	$1000.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$1000.25
$1020.00	$1015.00	Jul 24	$4.73	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$1015.27
$1005.00	$1000.00	Aug 7	$4.73	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$1000.27
$1000.00	$995.00	Jul 31	$4.72	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$995.28

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 120 found (avg debit $7.00, cheapest $0.28)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1035.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.46	90.0%	58.0%
$1030.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.07	80.9%	58.5%
$1025.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.17	74.7%	56.8%
$1015.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.21	71.9%	54.6%
$1020.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.55	65.6%	56.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$715.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.28	109.2%	67.5%
$1025.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.50	74.7%	56.8%
$1020.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.52	65.6%	56.7%
$725.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.57	100.8%	64.4%
$700.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.71	90.8%	65.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 194 found (cheapest 5.05% of stock, avg 12.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$865.00	Jul 24	$21.33	$22.33	$43.66	$821.34	$908.66	5.05%
$860.00	Jul 24	$24.38	$20.13	$44.51	$815.49	$904.51	5.15%
$870.00	Jul 24	$19.83	$25.10	$44.93	$825.07	$914.93	5.20%
$850.00	Jul 24	$29.88	$15.43	$45.31	$804.69	$895.31	5.24%
$875.00	Jul 24	$17.73	$28.33	$46.06	$828.94	$921.06	5.33%
$885.00	Jul 24	$13.53	$32.67	$46.20	$838.80	$931.20	5.35%
$855.00	Jul 24	$27.98	$18.33	$46.31	$808.69	$901.31	5.36%
$880.00	Jul 24	$15.70	$30.73	$46.43	$833.57	$926.43	5.37%
$845.00	Jul 24	$33.08	$13.85	$46.93	$798.07	$891.93	5.43%
$890.00	Jul 24	$11.05	$37.30	$48.35	$841.65	$938.35	5.59%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 2.88% of stock, avg 9.05%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$890.00	$845.00	Jul 24	$11.05	$13.85	$24.90	$820.10	$914.90
$890.00	$850.00	Jul 24	$11.05	$15.43	$26.48	$823.52	$916.48
$885.00	$845.00	Jul 24	$13.53	$13.85	$27.38	$817.62	$912.38
$885.00	$850.00	Jul 24	$13.53	$15.43	$28.96	$821.04	$913.96
$890.00	$855.00	Jul 24	$11.05	$18.33	$29.38	$825.62	$919.38
$880.00	$845.00	Jul 24	$15.70	$13.85	$29.55	$815.45	$909.55
$880.00	$850.00	Jul 24	$15.70	$15.43	$31.13	$818.87	$911.13
$890.00	$860.00	Jul 24	$11.05	$20.13	$31.18	$828.82	$921.18
$875.00	$845.00	Jul 24	$17.73	$13.85	$31.58	$813.42	$906.58
$885.00	$855.00	Jul 24	$13.53	$18.33	$31.86	$823.14	$916.86

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 469 found (best R:R 54.56, avg credit $7.52)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
705/710	750/765	Jul 24	$14.73	$0.27	54.56	$695.27	$764.73
740/745	750/765	Jul 24	$14.73	$0.27	54.56	$730.27	$764.73
755/760	870/875	Aug 7	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$755.12	$874.88
710/715	775/795	Jul 24	$19.51	$0.49	39.82	$695.49	$794.51
730/735	855/860	Aug 7	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$730.13	$859.87
775/780	870/875	Aug 7	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$775.13	$874.87
720/725	775/795	Jul 24	$19.45	$0.55	35.36	$705.55	$794.45
740/745	850/855	Aug 7	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$740.28	$854.72
705/710	730/765	Jul 31	$32.99	$2.01	16.41	$677.01	$762.99
720/730	760/780	Aug 21	$18.85	$1.15	16.39	$711.15	$778.85

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 208 found (best R:R 186.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$970.00	$980.00	$990.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$9.90	99.00
$870.00	$875.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$980.00	$990.00	$1000.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$9.85	65.67
$905.00	$910.00	$915.00	Aug 7	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$890.00	$895.00	$900.00	Aug 14	$0.09	$4.91	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$700.00	$715.00	$730.00	Aug 7	$0.08	$14.92	186.50
$905.00	$910.00	$915.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$865.00	$870.00	$875.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$700.00	$705.00	$710.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$4.92	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 105 found (best net $-7.83, 100 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$7.83	$12.17
$985.00	$1000.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$8.76	$6.24
$1005.00	$1010.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.13	$4.87
$975.00	$980.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.27	$4.73
$1010.00	$1015.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.37	$4.63

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$770.00	$750.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$8.08	$11.92
$715.00	$700.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$3.60	$11.40
$730.00	$715.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.32	$10.68
$740.00	$730.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.73	$9.27
$750.00	$740.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.98	$8.02

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 164 found (best yield 6.71%, avg 2.12%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$865.00	Aug 28	$58.00	0.53	0.1%	6.71%	6.79%	1	--
$870.00	Aug 28	$55.05	0.52	0.7%	6.37%	7.03%	3	6
$875.00	Aug 28	$53.00	0.51	1.2%	6.13%	7.37%	14	1
$880.00	Aug 28	$51.00	0.50	1.8%	5.90%	7.72%	5	2
$870.00	Aug 21	$50.25	0.52	0.7%	5.81%	6.47%	36	9
$875.00	Aug 21	$49.40	0.50	1.2%	5.72%	6.95%	4	--
$865.00	Aug 14	$48.60	0.53	0.1%	5.62%	5.70%	4	--
$885.00	Aug 28	$48.10	0.48	2.4%	5.57%	7.96%	1	2
$885.00	Aug 21	$46.45	0.48	2.4%	5.37%	7.77%	38	--
$870.00	Aug 14	$46.10	0.52	0.7%	5.33%	5.99%	36	9

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 10,001

Total Puts 17,801

Put/Call Ratio 1.78

Net Difference -7,800

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,874

Total Puts 18,383

Put/Call Ratio 1.32

Net Difference -4,509

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 99,069

Total Puts 120,579

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.40

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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