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as of 09/25 06:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/25) 19,614

Calls: 9,116 (46%)

Puts: 10,498 (54%)

Prior (09/24) 12,325

Calls: 6,212 (50%)

Puts: 6,113 (50%)

Current vs Prior +59.14%

Calls: +46.75% (Calls)

Puts: +71.73% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 142,131

Calls: 70,165 (49%)

Puts: 71,966 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 20,304

Calls: 10,023 (49%)

Puts: 10,280 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -3.40%

Calls: -9.05%

Puts: +2.11%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/25) $23.69M

Calls: $12.33M (52%)

Puts: $11.36M (48%)

Prior (09/24) $23.56M

Calls: $12.32M (52%)

Puts: $11.23M (48%)

Current vs Prior +0.58%

Calls: +0.08%

Puts: +1.13%

Prior 7-Day Total $320.79M

Calls: $177.14M (55%)

Puts: $143.64M (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average $45.83M

Calls: $25.31M (55%)

Puts: $20.52M (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -48.30%

Calls: -51.26%

Puts: -44.64%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25) 1.15

Prior (09/24) 0.98

Current vs Prior +17.03%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.14%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/25) 233,664

Calls: 115,701 (50%)

Puts: 117,963 (50%)

Prior (09/24) 230,870

Calls: 114,279 (49%)

Puts: 116,591 (51%)

Current vs Prior +1.21%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,925,814

Calls: 936,272 (49%)

Puts: 989,542 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 275,116

Calls: 133,753 (49%)

Puts: 141,363 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.07%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.46% | 3.76%6.55% | 13.16%

Prior 1.83% | 4.25%7.01% | 13.46%

Current vs Prior +105.81% | +30.09%-6.59% | -2.26%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.94% | 5.01%3.84% | 10.18%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +27.86% | +10.26%+70.33% | +29.22%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.83% | 4.25%7.01% | 13.46%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +105.81% | +30.09%-6.59% | -2.26%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 153.75% | 24.25%

Calls: 87.50% | 19.22%

Puts: 220.00% | 29.28%

Prior 39.08% | 21.04%

Calls: 37.02% | 18.29%

Puts: 41.13% | 23.78%

Current vs Prior +293.42% | +15.26%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.72% | 26.98%

Calls: 28.77% | 24.59%

Puts: 38.68% | 29.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +355.90% | -10.11%

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Above-average activity with volume up 59% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.15.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 37 of results (avg 8.6%, best 5.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 16	159.20	167.65	$163.43	5.2%	1	0.99	1
$830.00	Oct 16	22.40	23.95	$23.17	6.7%	34	0.47	358
$840.00	Oct 16	18.20	19.55	$18.88	7.2%	27	0.41	458
$670.00	Oct 16	145.95	156.95	$151.45	7.3%	--	0.99	10
$850.00	Oct 30	29.70	32.00	$30.85	7.5%	3	0.42	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$910.00	Oct 16	88.90	95.15	$92.03	6.8%	2	0.88	113
$900.00	Oct 16	79.25	85.50	$82.38	7.6%	5	0.86	128
$920.00	Oct 16	98.05	106.00	$102.03	7.8%	--	0.90	33
$915.00	Oct 9	91.20	98.90	$95.05	8.1%	1	0.92	1
$797.50	Oct 16	15.35	16.65	$16.00	8.1%	1	0.34	28

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.32, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 16	0.30	0.33	$0.32	9.4%	7	0.01	385

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 183 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Sep 25	65.75	73.40	$69.58	11.0%	17	1.00	31
$755.00	Sep 25	60.50	68.65	$64.58	12.6%	1	1.00	3
$760.00	Sep 25	55.50	63.40	$59.45	13.3%	--	1.00	27
$765.00	Sep 25	51.80	59.00	$55.40	13.0%	1	1.00	13
$770.00	Sep 25	45.75	53.75	$49.75	16.1%	26	1.00	82

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Sep 25	25.50	32.90	$29.20	25.3%	3	0.99	1
$830.00	Sep 25	4.95	11.65	$8.30	80.7%	15	0.96	35
$895.00	Oct 2	71.00	78.95	$74.97	10.6%	4	0.96	--
$950.00	Oct 16	124.20	136.50	$130.35	9.4%	2	0.94	10
$880.00	Oct 2	56.90	62.60	$59.75	9.5%	5	0.94	6

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 465 active (total vol 14.4K, top 612)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Oct 2	9.80	14.40	$12.10	38.0%	494	0.44	198
$820.00	Sep 25	1.00	2.14	$1.57	72.6%	392	0.87	258
$815.00	Sep 25	3.75	10.00	$6.88	90.8%	342	1.00	516
$825.00	Sep 25	0.00	0.21	$0.11	190.9%	291	0.08	151
$830.00	Sep 25	0.00	0.15	$0.08	187.5%	275	0.04	459

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Sep 25	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	612	0.00	863
$785.00	Oct 2	3.10	3.90	$3.50	22.9%	610	0.16	94
$740.00	Oct 16	3.10	3.95	$3.53	24.1%	501	0.10	833
$785.00	Sep 25	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	346	0.01	469
$730.00	Oct 16	2.16	3.10	$2.63	35.7%	329	0.08	1.4K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 12 strikes (avg 558.7%, max 1539.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$865.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	734.0%	44.8%	1539.4%	17	106
$797.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	393.2%	34.5%	1040.5%	17	38
$835.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	364.2%	36.3%	902.9%	101	267
$810.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	307.4%	39.3%	683.0%	38	118
$832.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	257.4%	34.9%	637.9%	121	94

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$797.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	393.2%	34.5%	1040.5%	48	59
$810.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	307.4%	33.5%	818.1%	76	254
$822.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	39.9%	33.6%	18.6%	10	16
$885.00	Oct 9	Oct 23	35.8%	35.1%	1.9%	--	32
$802.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	35.0%	34.5%	1.5%	19	11

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 334 found (best R:R 0.62, avg 7.50)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$730.00	$830.00	Nov 6	$61.75	$38.25	$61.75	82%	0.62	$791.75
$855.00	$880.00	Nov 6	$5.57	$19.43	$5.57	40%	3.49	$860.57
$775.00	$780.00	Sep 25	$2.55	$2.45	$2.55	100%	0.96	$777.55
$815.00	$820.00	Oct 30	$0.77	$4.23	$0.77	54%	5.49	$815.77
$840.00	$845.00	Oct 30	$0.38	$4.62	$0.38	45%	12.16	$840.38

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$865.00	$860.00	Oct 23	$1.97	$3.03	$1.97	69%	1.54	$863.03
$785.00	$780.00	Oct 23	$0.30	$4.70	$0.30	30%	15.67	$784.70
$850.00	$835.00	Oct 23	$7.78	$7.22	$7.78	63%	0.93	$842.22
$775.00	$770.00	Oct 30	$0.50	$4.50	$0.50	31%	9.00	$774.50
$807.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	39%	24.00	$807.40

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 286 found (best R:R 0.75, avg 0.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$890.00	$900.00	Sep 25	$4.27	$4.27	$5.73	86%	0.75	$894.27
$835.00	$840.00	Sep 25	$3.64	$3.64	$1.36	73%	2.68	$838.64
$870.00	$875.00	Sep 25	$2.24	$2.24	$2.76	88%	0.81	$872.24
$970.00	$975.00	Sep 25	$2.13	$2.13	$2.87	90%	0.74	$972.13
$925.00	$930.00	Sep 25	$1.87	$1.87	$3.13	92%	0.60	$926.87

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$715.00	$710.00	Sep 25	$3.97	$3.97	$1.03	90%	3.85	$711.03
$790.00	$780.00	Nov 6	$6.02	$6.02	$3.98	62%	1.51	$783.98
$732.50	$730.00	Sep 25	$2.10	$2.10	$0.40	93%	5.25	$730.40
$715.00	$710.00	Oct 30	$2.52	$2.52	$2.48	86%	1.02	$712.48
$685.00	$680.00	Oct 2	$1.96	$1.96	$3.04	95%	0.64	$683.04

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $12.80, cheapest $13.68)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$820.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$13.68	37.5%	34.8%
$835.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	$15.30	35.9%	36.3%
$840.00	Oct 2	Oct 16	$9.42	32.3%	33.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 154 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 7.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$820.00	Sep 25	$1.57	$0.65	$2.22	$817.78	$822.22	0.27%
$822.50	Sep 25	$0.35	$2.23	$2.58	$819.92	$825.08	0.31%
$817.50	Sep 25	$3.45	$0.14	$3.59	$813.91	$821.09	0.44%
$825.00	Sep 25	$0.11	$4.14	$4.25	$820.75	$829.25	0.52%
$815.00	Sep 25	$6.88	$0.16	$7.04	$807.96	$822.04	0.86%
$830.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$8.30	$8.38	$821.62	$838.38	1.02%
$812.50	Sep 25	$9.23	$0.25	$9.48	$803.02	$821.98	1.15%
$807.50	Sep 25	$14.05	$0.01	$14.06	$793.44	$821.56	1.71%
$810.00	Sep 25	$10.98	$3.40	$14.38	$795.62	$824.38	1.75%
$805.00	Sep 25	$15.80	$0.46	$16.26	$788.74	$821.26	1.98%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 5.25%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$822.50	$820.00	Sep 25	$0.35	$0.65	$1.00	$819.00	$823.50
$822.50	$797.50	Sep 25	$0.35	$2.15	$2.50	$795.00	$825.00
$832.50	$820.00	Sep 25	$2.15	$0.65	$2.80	$817.20	$835.30
$822.50	$810.00	Sep 25	$0.35	$3.40	$3.75	$806.25	$826.25
$832.50	$797.50	Sep 25	$2.15	$2.15	$4.30	$793.20	$836.80
$835.00	$820.00	Sep 25	$3.65	$0.65	$4.30	$815.70	$839.30
$822.50	$745.00	Sep 25	$0.35	$4.28	$4.63	$740.37	$827.13
$822.50	$742.50	Sep 25	$0.35	$4.28	$4.63	$737.87	$827.13
$832.50	$810.00	Sep 25	$2.15	$3.40	$5.55	$804.45	$838.05
$865.00	$820.00	Sep 25	$4.28	$0.65	$4.93	$815.07	$869.93

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 270 found (best R:R 5.76, avg credit $2.81)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
725/728	890/900	Sep 25	$8.52	$1.48	75%	5.76	$718.98	$898.52
740/742	890/900	Sep 25	$8.54	$1.46	74%	5.85	$733.96	$898.54
710/715	890/900	Sep 25	$8.24	$1.76	76%	4.68	$706.76	$898.24
730/732	890/900	Sep 25	$6.37	$3.63	78%	1.75	$726.13	$896.37
710/715	975/980	Sep 25	$4.62	$0.38	84%	12.16	$710.38	$979.62
725/728	915/920	Sep 25	$4.35	$0.65	81%	6.69	$723.15	$919.35
808/810	890/900	Sep 25	$7.66	$2.34	57%	3.27	$802.34	$897.66
730/732	970/975	Sep 25	$4.23	$0.77	83%	5.49	$728.27	$974.23
730/732	870/875	Sep 25	$4.34	$0.66	81%	6.58	$728.16	$874.34
740/742	915/920	Sep 25	$4.37	$0.63	80%	6.94	$738.13	$919.37

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 227 found (best R:R 2.79, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$817.50	$820.00	$822.50	Sep 25	$0.66	$1.84	74%	2.79
$820.00	$822.50	$825.00	Sep 25	$0.98	$1.52	79%	1.55
$900.00	$910.00	$920.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$9.92	5%	124.00
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$760.00	$770.00	$780.00	Oct 16	$0.38	$9.62	9%	25.32

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$820.00	$822.50	$825.00	Sep 25	$0.33	$2.17	53%	6.58
$817.50	$820.00	$822.50	Sep 25	$1.07	$1.43	66%	1.34
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Oct 2	$0.09	$4.91	5%	54.56
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$4.93	3%	70.43
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$4.90	4%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 240 found (best net $-9.42, 210 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$720.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$29.48	$10.52
$910.00	$955.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.62	$43.38
$815.00	$817.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.02	$2.48
$865.00	$870.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.22	$4.78
$970.00	$975.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.02	$4.98

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$880.00	$845.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$9.42	$25.58
$825.00	$822.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.32	$2.18
$817.50	$815.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.18	$2.32
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.02	$4.98
$690.00	$680.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.18	$9.82

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 120 found (best yield 4.57%, avg 1.28%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$830.00	Oct 30	$37.55	0.49	1.0%	4.57%	5.60%	50	10
$850.00	Oct 30	$29.70	0.42	3.5%	3.61%	7.07%	3	21
$880.00	Nov 6	$21.05	0.34	7.1%	2.56%	9.67%	2	2
$830.00	Nov 6	$36.60	0.48	1.0%	4.45%	5.48%	2	--
$825.00	Oct 30	$38.65	0.51	0.4%	4.70%	5.12%	7	39
$865.00	Oct 30	$24.00	0.37	5.3%	2.92%	8.21%	1	22
$850.00	Nov 6	$28.10	0.42	3.5%	3.42%	6.88%	3	--
$845.00	Nov 6	$29.85	0.43	2.9%	3.63%	6.48%	2	--
$855.00	Nov 6	$25.90	0.40	4.1%	3.15%	7.22%	2	--
$860.00	Oct 30	$24.15	0.39	4.7%	2.94%	7.62%	--	44

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 9,116

Total Puts 10,498

Put/Call Ratio 1.15

Net Difference -1,382

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,212

Total Puts 6,113

Put/Call Ratio 0.98

Net Difference 99

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 70,165

Total Puts 71,966

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.03

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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