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as of 08/28 06:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28) 33,238

Calls: 13,348 (40%)

Puts: 19,890 (60%)

Prior (08/27) 27,729

Calls: 9,848 (36%)

Puts: 17,881 (64%)

Current vs Prior +19.87%

Calls: +35.54% (Calls)

Puts: +11.24% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 194,290

Calls: 80,650 (42%)

Puts: 113,640 (58%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,755

Calls: 11,521 (42%)

Puts: 16,234 (58%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +19.75%

Calls: +15.85%

Puts: +22.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28) $49.09M

Calls: $23.47M (48%)

Puts: $25.62M (52%)

Prior (08/27) $30.99M

Calls: $14.88M (48%)

Puts: $16.11M (52%)

Current vs Prior +58.38%

Calls: +57.71%

Puts: +58.99%

Prior 7-Day Total $336.43M

Calls: $141.43M (42%)

Puts: $195.01M (58%)

Prior 7-Day Average $48.06M

Calls: $20.20M (42%)

Puts: $27.86M (58%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.14%

Calls: +16.17%

Puts: -8.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28) 1.49

Prior (08/27) 1.82

Current vs Prior -17.93%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.48

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.75%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28) 297,232

Calls: 136,769 (46%)

Puts: 160,463 (54%)

Prior (08/27) 287,656

Calls: 133,146 (46%)

Puts: 154,510 (54%)

Current vs Prior +3.33%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,119,066

Calls: 996,111 (47%)

Puts: 1,122,955 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 302,723

Calls: 142,301 (47%)

Puts: 160,422 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.81% | 3.96%7.05% | 11.34%

Prior 1.81% | 4.33%7.24% | 11.45%

Current vs Prior +118.97% | +32.48%-2.62% | -1.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.85% | 5.13%4.68% | 10.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +39.19% | +11.83%+50.48% | +9.49%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.77% | 4.02%7.24% | 11.45%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +411.32% | +42.55%-2.62% | -1.00%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 69.07% | 10.89%

Calls: 56.82% | 9.13%

Puts: 81.32% | 12.65%

Prior 34.67% | 20.53%

Calls: 32.24% | 16.27%

Puts: 37.09% | 24.79%

Current vs Prior +99.22% | -46.96%

Prior 7-Day Avg 41.87% | 14.07%

Calls: 37.23% | 12.50%

Puts: 37.59% | 16.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +64.97% | -22.62%

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Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 58% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.49 indicates protective positioning.

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 71 of results (avg 8.1%, best 5.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Sep 11	99.70	106.00	$102.85	6.1%	1	0.98	2
$810.00	Sep 25	27.15	28.90	$28.03	6.2%	--	0.49	30
$660.00	Sep 18	139.15	148.30	$143.73	6.4%	--	0.98	330
$670.00	Aug 28	127.45	136.75	$132.10	7.0%	--	1.00	12
$650.00	Sep 18	147.65	158.65	$153.15	7.2%	--	0.98	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$920.00	Oct 2	118.65	125.15	$121.90	5.3%	1	0.88	--
$940.00	Sep 18	134.55	142.55	$138.55	5.8%	--	0.93	197
$800.00	Sep 18	25.00	26.60	$25.80	6.2%	117	0.48	1.2K
$900.00	Sep 18	97.00	104.00	$100.50	7.0%	12	0.90	1.8K
$900.00	Sep 11	96.00	103.00	$99.50	7.0%	12	1.00	8

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. 198 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Aug 28	127.45	136.75	$132.10	7.0%	--	1.00	12
$725.00	Aug 28	73.00	79.60	$76.30	8.7%	2	1.00	1
$750.00	Aug 28	48.60	55.00	$51.80	12.4%	1	1.00	2
$700.00	Aug 28	97.35	105.00	$101.18	7.6%	1	1.00	7
$715.00	Aug 28	82.85	90.00	$86.43	8.3%	3	1.00	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Aug 28	6.10	11.55	$8.82	61.8%	174	1.00	677
$815.00	Aug 28	11.10	16.70	$13.90	40.3%	99	1.00	602
$820.00	Aug 28	16.15	22.25	$19.20	31.8%	77	1.00	153
$825.00	Aug 28	20.75	27.45	$24.10	27.8%	28	1.00	152
$830.00	Aug 28	25.85	32.45	$29.15	22.6%	48	1.00	125

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 447 active (total vol 19.9K, top 2.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	528	0.00	690
$830.00	Sep 4	3.55	5.15	$4.35	36.8%	513	0.22	653
$880.00	Sep 4	0.21	0.54	$0.38	86.8%	460	0.03	244
$825.00	Sep 4	3.85	7.40	$5.63	63.1%	253	0.27	82
$850.00	Sep 4	0.98	2.23	$1.61	77.6%	196	0.10	102

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Sep 4	1.45	1.60	$1.53	9.8%	2.5K	0.08	311
$800.00	Aug 28	0.70	1.29	$1.00	59.0%	1.6K	0.45	1.3K
$780.00	Sep 4	4.55	6.50	$5.53	35.3%	974	0.26	207
$795.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	845	0.02	1.0K
$800.00	Sep 4	12.15	15.25	$13.70	22.6%	727	0.47	277

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 24.7%, max 43.7%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$800.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	49.2%	34.2%	43.7%	128	84
$812.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	35.9%	32.7%	10.0%	36	15
$770.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	34.1%	33.6%	1.3%	30	34

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$800.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	49.2%	34.2%	43.7%	1.6K	1.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 295 found (best R:R 5.49, avg 7.85)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$795.00	$800.00	Sep 11	$0.77	$4.23	$0.77	58%	5.49	$795.77
$805.00	$810.00	Sep 18	$0.65	$4.35	$0.65	49%	6.69	$805.65
$760.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$21.86	$13.14	$21.86	74%	0.60	$781.86
$750.00	$760.00	Oct 2	$5.92	$4.08	$5.92	76%	0.69	$755.92
$820.00	$825.00	Sep 18	$0.58	$4.42	$0.58	41%	7.62	$820.58

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$800.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$0.78	$4.22	$0.78	47%	5.41	$799.22
$850.00	$845.00	Sep 18	$2.38	$2.62	$2.38	75%	1.10	$847.62
$815.00	$810.00	Oct 2	$1.31	$3.69	$1.31	54%	2.82	$813.69
$810.00	$805.00	Sep 18	$1.38	$3.62	$1.38	54%	2.62	$808.62
$830.00	$825.00	Sep 4	$2.75	$2.25	$2.75	79%	0.82	$827.25

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 252 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$930.00	$935.00	Aug 28	$2.12	$2.12	$2.88	93%	0.74	$932.12
$895.00	$900.00	Oct 2	$2.85	$2.85	$2.15	81%	1.33	$897.85
$875.00	$880.00	Sep 25	$2.48	$2.48	$2.52	79%	0.98	$877.48
$935.00	$940.00	Sep 11	$1.69	$1.69	$3.31	93%	0.51	$936.69
$915.00	$920.00	Sep 11	$1.66	$1.66	$3.34	92%	0.50	$916.66

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$705.00	$700.00	Aug 28	$2.12	$2.12	$2.88	93%	0.74	$702.88
$727.50	$725.00	Aug 28	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	92%	5.94	$725.36
$720.00	$665.00	Oct 9	$6.29	$6.29	$48.71	83%	0.13	$713.71
$722.50	$720.00	Aug 28	$2.10	$2.10	$0.40	92%	5.25	$720.40
$742.50	$740.00	Aug 28	$2.12	$2.12	$0.38	90%	5.58	$740.38

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $9.25, cheapest $12.70)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$800.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$14.85	49.2%	33.3%
$812.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.10	35.9%	32.7%
$817.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.02	33.0%	34.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$800.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$12.70	49.2%	33.3%
$812.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.59	35.9%	32.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 143 found (cheapest 0.30% of stock, avg 7.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$800.00	Aug 28	$1.40	$1.00	$2.40	$797.60	$802.40	0.30%
$805.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$5.10	$5.21	$799.79	$810.21	0.65%
$795.00	Aug 28	$6.28	$0.02	$6.30	$788.70	$801.30	0.79%
$810.00	Aug 28	$0.01	$8.82	$8.83	$801.17	$818.83	1.10%
$790.00	Aug 28	$10.90	$0.01	$10.91	$779.09	$800.91	1.36%
$815.00	Aug 28	$0.01	$13.90	$13.91	$801.09	$828.91	1.74%
$785.00	Aug 28	$15.90	$0.10	$16.00	$769.00	$801.00	2.00%
$820.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$19.20	$19.30	$800.70	$839.30	2.41%
$780.00	Aug 28	$20.78	$0.12	$20.90	$759.10	$800.90	2.61%
$825.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$24.10	$24.13	$800.87	$849.13	3.02%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 4.35%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$805.00	$800.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$1.00	$1.11	$798.89	$806.11
$805.00	$727.50	Aug 28	$0.11	$2.15	$2.26	$725.24	$807.26
$805.00	$735.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$2.15	$2.26	$732.74	$807.26
$805.00	$737.50	Aug 28	$0.11	$2.15	$2.26	$735.24	$807.26
$805.00	$742.50	Aug 28	$0.11	$2.15	$2.26	$740.24	$807.26
$857.50	$800.00	Aug 28	$1.03	$1.00	$2.03	$797.97	$859.53
$857.50	$727.50	Aug 28	$1.03	$2.15	$3.18	$724.32	$860.68
$857.50	$735.00	Aug 28	$1.03	$2.15	$3.18	$731.82	$860.68
$857.50	$737.50	Aug 28	$1.03	$2.15	$3.18	$734.32	$860.68
$857.50	$742.50	Aug 28	$1.03	$2.15	$3.18	$739.32	$860.68

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 327 found (best R:R 5.58, avg credit $2.34)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
700/705	930/935	Aug 28	$4.24	$0.76	87%	5.58	$700.76	$934.24
725/728	930/935	Aug 28	$4.26	$0.74	85%	5.76	$723.24	$934.26
720/722	930/935	Aug 28	$4.22	$0.78	86%	5.41	$718.28	$934.22
740/742	930/935	Aug 28	$4.24	$0.76	84%	5.58	$738.26	$934.24
675/680	930/935	Aug 28	$3.87	$1.13	88%	3.42	$676.13	$933.87
730/735	930/935	Aug 28	$3.77	$1.23	85%	3.07	$731.23	$933.77
700/705	858/860	Aug 28	$3.12	$1.88	87%	1.66	$701.88	$860.62
675/680	858/860	Aug 28	$2.75	$2.25	88%	1.22	$677.25	$860.25
670/675	930/935	Aug 28	$2.50	$2.50	92%	1.00	$672.50	$932.50
730/735	858/860	Aug 28	$2.65	$2.35	85%	1.13	$732.35	$860.15

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 234 found (best R:R 0.60, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$700.00	$725.00	$750.00	Sep 11	$1.00	$24.00	12%	24.00
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Aug 28	$1.19	$3.81	55%	3.20
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$9.87	11%	75.92
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Aug 28	$3.59	$1.41	90%	0.39
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$9.80	9%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Aug 28	$3.12	$1.88	93%	0.60
$790.00	$795.00	$800.00	Aug 28	$0.97	$4.03	44%	4.15
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Sep 11	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Sep 18	$0.32	$9.68	8%	30.25
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 263 found (best net $-27.26, 226 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$760.00	$795.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$13.61	$21.39
$900.00	$945.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.41	$44.59
$760.00	$775.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$10.50	$4.50
$790.00	$795.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.66	$3.34
$910.00	$920.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.37	$9.63

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$920.00	$865.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$27.26	$27.74
$810.00	$805.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.38	$3.62
$815.00	$810.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$3.74	$1.26
$675.00	$670.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.02	$4.98
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Aug 28	$0.00	$5.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 128 found (best yield 4.35%, avg 0.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$805.00	Oct 9	$34.85	0.51	0.6%	4.35%	4.95%	1	--
$810.00	Oct 2	$29.20	0.49	1.2%	3.65%	4.87%	2	5
$820.00	Oct 2	$24.00	0.44	2.5%	3.00%	5.47%	3	1
$855.00	Oct 9	$15.05	0.32	6.8%	1.88%	8.72%	12	--
$825.00	Oct 2	$21.85	0.42	3.1%	2.73%	5.82%	3	10
$830.00	Oct 2	$20.10	0.40	3.7%	2.51%	6.23%	14	18
$810.00	Sep 25	$27.15	0.49	1.2%	3.39%	4.61%	--	30
$805.00	Sep 25	$29.10	0.52	0.6%	3.64%	4.23%	--	32
$835.00	Oct 2	$18.40	0.38	4.3%	2.30%	6.64%	1	9
$870.00	Oct 9	$12.10	0.28	8.7%	1.51%	10.23%	2	1

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,348

Total Puts 19,890

Put/Call Ratio 1.49

Net Difference -6,542

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,848

Total Puts 17,881

Put/Call Ratio 1.82

Net Difference -8,033

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 80,650

Total Puts 113,640

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.48

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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