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as of 09/03 06:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/03) 19,171

Calls: 7,529 (39%)

Puts: 11,642 (61%)

Prior (09/02) 28,265

Calls: 11,800 (42%)

Puts: 16,465 (58%)

Current vs Prior -32.17%

Calls: -36.19% (Calls)

Puts: -29.29% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 201,556

Calls: 79,887 (40%)

Puts: 121,669 (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average 28,793

Calls: 11,412 (40%)

Puts: 17,381 (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.42%

Calls: -34.03%

Puts: -33.02%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/03) $44.96M

Calls: $18.97M (42%)

Puts: $25.99M (58%)

Prior (09/02) $49.99M

Calls: $24.00M (48%)

Puts: $25.99M (52%)

Current vs Prior -10.07%

Calls: -20.98%

Puts: +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Total $326.80M

Calls: $156.31M (48%)

Puts: $170.48M (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average $46.69M

Calls: $22.33M (48%)

Puts: $24.35M (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -3.70%

Calls: -15.05%

Puts: +6.71%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/03) 1.55

Prior (09/02) 1.40

Current vs Prior +10.82%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.57

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.71%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/03) 301,412

Calls: 140,327 (47%)

Puts: 161,085 (53%)

Prior (09/02) 293,754

Calls: 137,562 (47%)

Puts: 156,192 (53%)

Current vs Prior +2.61%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,992,313

Calls: 927,466 (47%)

Puts: 1,064,847 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 284,616

Calls: 132,495 (47%)

Puts: 152,121 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/04) | Next (09/11)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 2.08% | 4.50%6.05% | 10.43%

Prior 2.75% | 4.57%6.17% | 10.55%

Current vs Prior -24.50% | -1.50%-1.89% | -1.10%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.04% | 5.06%6.97% | 11.29%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -31.61% | -10.99%-13.16% | -7.61%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.75% | 4.57%6.17% | 10.55%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -24.50% | -1.50%-1.89% | -1.10%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 29.84% | 12.46%

Calls: 35.13% | 14.94%

Puts: 24.54% | 9.97%

Prior 36.02% | 13.16%

Calls: 33.74% | 6.80%

Puts: 38.30% | 19.51%

Current vs Prior -17.16% | -5.32%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.60% | 15.97%

Calls: 27.70% | 11.35%

Puts: 33.50% | 20.59%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -2.48% | -21.99%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.55 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior 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 74 of results (avg 7.1%, best 3.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Oct 16	21.35	22.00	$21.68	3.0%	80	0.34	214
$700.00	Sep 18	98.15	103.55	$100.85	5.4%	1	0.96	374
$860.00	Oct 16	18.55	19.60	$19.08	5.5%	16	0.31	119
$870.00	Oct 16	16.00	16.95	$16.48	5.8%	54	0.28	263
$840.00	Oct 16	24.50	26.00	$25.25	5.9%	25	0.38	133

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$890.00	Oct 16	97.85	101.40	$99.63	3.6%	13	0.78	65
$870.00	Oct 16	82.00	85.30	$83.65	3.9%	14	0.72	161
$940.00	Sep 18	138.90	144.85	$141.88	4.2%	113	0.98	94
$880.00	Oct 16	89.35	93.45	$91.40	4.5%	8	0.75	175
$740.00	Oct 16	13.95	14.65	$14.30	4.9%	88	0.24	314

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. 183 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$690.00	Sep 4	101.50	115.40	$108.45	12.8%	--	1.00	16
$720.00	Sep 4	73.35	82.30	$77.82	11.5%	--	1.00	11
$730.00	Sep 4	63.35	72.30	$67.83	13.2%	--	1.00	10
$732.50	Sep 4	60.85	69.80	$65.33	13.7%	1	1.00	1
$735.00	Sep 4	58.35	66.65	$62.50	13.3%	1	1.00	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$855.00	Sep 4	53.85	63.70	$58.78	16.8%	15	0.99	10
$950.00	Sep 11	146.50	158.80	$152.65	8.1%	3	0.99	--
$885.00	Sep 4	83.85	92.30	$88.07	9.6%	3	0.99	1
$950.00	Sep 18	146.50	154.15	$150.32	5.1%	1	0.98	--
$960.00	Sep 18	159.00	168.80	$163.90	6.0%	260	0.98	63

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 425 active (total vol 13.0K, top 828)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Sep 4	5.65	7.25	$6.45	24.8%	313	0.47	749
$940.00	Oct 16	4.05	6.60	$5.32	47.9%	211	0.11	467
$840.00	Sep 18	5.85	8.95	$7.40	41.9%	198	0.24	645
$800.00	Sep 18	20.20	24.85	$22.53	20.6%	164	0.51	1.0K
$810.00	Sep 4	1.79	3.95	$2.87	75.3%	137	0.27	152

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$695.00	Sep 11	0.10	0.48	$0.29	131.0%	828	0.01	67
$770.00	Sep 4	0.30	0.57	$0.43	62.8%	746	0.06	175
$775.00	Sep 4	0.35	0.87	$0.61	85.2%	699	0.08	185
$780.00	Sep 18	12.75	14.50	$13.63	12.8%	330	0.35	1.1K
$960.00	Sep 18	159.00	168.80	$163.90	6.0%	260	0.98	63

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 15 strikes (avg 21.7%, max 30.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$800.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	44.8%	34.2%	30.8%	380	956
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	43.5%	33.8%	28.6%	44	53
$812.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	42.1%	33.4%	25.9%	29	86
$810.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	44.8%	36.2%	23.7%	168	538
$790.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	42.0%	34.7%	20.8%	43	872

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$800.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	44.8%	34.2%	30.8%	89	1.2K
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	43.5%	33.8%	28.6%	62	219
$810.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	44.8%	36.2%	23.7%	21	808
$790.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	42.0%	34.7%	20.8%	133	553
$795.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	40.7%	34.8%	17.0%	35	133

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 326 found (best R:R 1.50, avg 7.48)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$765.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$2.00	$3.00	$2.00	100%	1.50	$767.00
$830.00	$840.00	Oct 16	$2.03	$7.97	$2.03	40%	3.93	$832.03
$770.00	$780.00	Sep 18	$5.35	$4.65	$5.35	71%	0.87	$775.35
$730.00	$740.00	Oct 16	$6.38	$3.62	$6.38	79%	0.57	$736.38
$785.00	$790.00	Sep 18	$1.57	$3.43	$1.57	61%	2.18	$786.57

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$870.00	$865.00	Sep 18	$2.00	$3.00	$2.00	88%	1.50	$868.00
$850.00	$845.00	Sep 18	$2.02	$2.98	$2.02	79%	1.48	$847.98
$865.00	$860.00	Sep 11	$3.14	$1.86	$3.14	94%	0.59	$861.86
$820.00	$815.00	Sep 18	$1.60	$3.40	$1.60	63%	2.12	$818.40
$790.00	$785.00	Sep 25	$0.75	$4.25	$0.75	44%	5.67	$789.25

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 265 found (best R:R 0.72, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$925.00	$930.00	Sep 4	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	93%	0.72	$927.10
$850.00	$855.00	Oct 2	$3.15	$3.15	$1.85	71%	1.70	$853.15
$945.00	$950.00	Sep 11	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	94%	0.61	$946.90
$945.00	$950.00	Sep 4	$1.87	$1.87	$3.13	94%	0.60	$946.87
$905.00	$910.00	Sep 11	$1.84	$1.84	$3.16	92%	0.58	$906.84

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$725.00	$720.00	Oct 9	$2.72	$2.72	$2.28	81%	1.19	$722.28
$705.00	$700.00	Sep 11	$1.77	$1.77	$3.23	93%	0.55	$703.23
$655.00	$650.00	Sep 25	$1.76	$1.76	$3.24	94%	0.54	$653.24
$800.00	$795.00	Oct 2	$3.95	$3.95	$1.05	51%	3.76	$796.05
$650.00	$645.00	Oct 2	$1.67	$1.67	$3.33	95%	0.50	$648.33

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $9.35, cheapest $8.80)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$10.25	44.8%	36.3%
$805.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$9.65	41.1%	34.4%
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$9.65	40.7%	34.5%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.80	44.8%	36.3%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.82	42.0%	35.0%
$805.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$9.15	41.1%	34.4%
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$9.16	40.7%	34.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 136 found (cheapest 1.69% of stock, avg 7.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$795.00	Sep 4	$8.55	$4.97	$13.52	$781.48	$808.52	1.69%
$805.00	Sep 4	$3.85	$10.18	$14.03	$790.97	$819.03	1.75%
$800.00	Sep 4	$6.45	$8.03	$14.48	$785.52	$814.48	1.81%
$790.00	Sep 4	$11.88	$3.33	$15.21	$774.79	$805.21	1.90%
$810.00	Sep 4	$2.87	$13.95	$16.82	$793.18	$826.82	2.10%
$785.00	Sep 4	$15.65	$2.20	$17.85	$767.15	$802.85	2.23%
$812.50	Sep 4	$1.96	$16.10	$18.06	$794.44	$830.56	2.26%
$815.00	Sep 4	$1.56	$18.20	$19.76	$795.24	$834.76	2.47%
$780.00	Sep 4	$19.77	$1.22	$20.99	$759.01	$800.99	2.62%
$817.50	Sep 4	$1.34	$20.00	$21.34	$796.16	$838.84	2.67%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 4.93%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$815.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$1.56	$0.61	$2.17	$772.83	$817.17
$815.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$1.56	$1.22	$2.78	$777.22	$817.78
$812.50	$775.00	Sep 4	$1.96	$0.61	$2.57	$772.43	$815.07
$812.50	$780.00	Sep 4	$1.96	$1.22	$3.18	$776.82	$815.68
$815.00	$785.00	Sep 4	$1.56	$2.20	$3.76	$781.24	$818.76
$812.50	$785.00	Sep 4	$1.96	$2.20	$4.16	$780.84	$816.66
$810.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$2.87	$0.61	$3.48	$771.52	$813.48
$810.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$2.87	$1.22	$4.09	$775.91	$814.09
$810.00	$785.00	Sep 4	$2.87	$2.20	$5.07	$779.93	$815.07
$815.00	$790.00	Sep 4	$1.56	$3.33	$4.89	$785.11	$819.89

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 420 found (best R:R 26.78, avg credit $2.31)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
645/650	850/855	Oct 2	$4.82	$0.18	66%	26.78	$645.18	$854.82
680/685	850/855	Oct 2	$4.30	$0.70	64%	6.14	$680.70	$854.30
650/655	835/840	Sep 25	$4.24	$0.76	63%	5.58	$650.76	$839.24
695/700	850/855	Oct 2	$4.17	$0.83	62%	5.02	$695.83	$854.17
665/670	850/855	Oct 2	$3.66	$1.34	67%	2.73	$666.34	$853.66
650/655	850/855	Sep 25	$3.53	$1.47	69%	2.40	$651.47	$853.53
650/655	855/860	Sep 25	$3.33	$1.67	72%	1.99	$651.67	$858.33
645/650	835/840	Oct 2	$3.89	$1.11	60%	3.50	$646.11	$838.89
675/680	835/840	Sep 25	$3.68	$1.32	62%	2.79	$676.32	$838.68
645/650	840/845	Oct 2	$3.60	$1.40	62%	2.57	$646.40	$843.60

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 246 found (best R:R 141.86, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$9.93	11%	141.86
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 4	$0.35	$4.65	21%	13.29
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Sep 4	$0.44	$4.56	22%	10.36
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Sep 18	$0.33	$9.67	8%	29.30
$880.00	$890.00	$900.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$9.80	5%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$9.88	8%	82.33
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 4	$0.15	$4.85	17%	32.33
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$9.82	7%	54.56
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Sep 11	$0.15	$4.85	8%	32.33
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Sep 4	$0.51	$4.49	20%	8.80

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 260 found (best net $-17.26, 230 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$5.55	$54.45
$850.00	$885.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.22	$33.78
$900.00	$940.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.69	$39.31
$800.00	$805.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.25	$3.75
$865.00	$870.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.04	$4.96

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$955.00	$885.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$17.26	$52.74
$940.00	$875.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$25.07	$39.93
$785.00	$780.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.24	$4.76
$780.00	$775.00	1:2	Sep 4	$0.00	$5.00
$800.00	$795.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.91	$3.09

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 124 found (best yield 3.06%, avg 1.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$840.00	Oct 16	$24.50	0.38	5.0%	3.06%	8.04%	25	133
$850.00	Oct 16	$21.35	0.34	6.2%	2.67%	8.90%	80	214
$820.00	Oct 16	$29.35	0.44	2.5%	3.67%	6.15%	36	151
$830.00	Oct 16	$25.85	0.41	3.7%	3.23%	6.96%	79	189
$860.00	Oct 16	$18.55	0.31	7.5%	2.32%	9.80%	16	119
$810.00	Oct 16	$32.10	0.48	1.2%	4.01%	5.24%	31	386
$870.00	Oct 16	$16.00	0.28	8.7%	2.00%	10.73%	54	263
$880.00	Oct 16	$13.80	0.25	10.0%	1.72%	11.71%	22	205
$830.00	Oct 9	$21.45	0.39	3.7%	2.68%	6.41%	1	2
$815.00	Oct 9	$25.80	0.45	1.9%	3.22%	5.08%	1	--

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 7,529

Total Puts 11,642

Put/Call Ratio 1.55

Net Difference -4,113

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,800

Total Puts 16,465

Put/Call Ratio 1.40

Net Difference -4,665

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 79,887

Total Puts 121,669

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.57

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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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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