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as of 09/29 02:41 AM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/29) 17,566

Calls: 8,134 (46%)

Puts: 9,432 (54%)

Prior (09/25) 19,614

Calls: 9,116 (46%)

Puts: 10,498 (54%)

Current vs Prior -10.44%

Calls: -10.77% (Calls)

Puts: -10.15% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 131,898

Calls: 63,986 (49%)

Puts: 67,912 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 18,842

Calls: 9,140 (49%)

Puts: 9,701 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -6.77%

Calls: -11.01%

Puts: -2.78%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/29) $29.67M

Calls: $16.95M (57%)

Puts: $12.72M (43%)

Prior (09/25) $23.69M

Calls: $12.33M (52%)

Puts: $11.36M (48%)

Current vs Prior +25.21%

Calls: +37.43%

Puts: +11.93%

Prior 7-Day Total $293.30M

Calls: $167.11M (57%)

Puts: $126.19M (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average $41.90M

Calls: $23.87M (57%)

Puts: $18.03M (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -29.20%

Calls: -29.00%

Puts: -29.46%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/29) 1.16

Prior (09/25) 1.15

Current vs Prior +0.69%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.06

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.86%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29) 95,887

Calls: 43,441 (45%)

Puts: 52,446 (55%)

Prior (09/25) 233,664

Calls: 115,701 (50%)

Puts: 117,963 (50%)

Current vs Prior -58.96%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,875,833

Calls: 916,507 (49%)

Puts: 959,326 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 267,976

Calls: 130,929 (49%)

Puts: 137,046 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -64.22%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.56% | 5.51%6.60% | 13.09%

Prior 3.76% | 5.52%6.55% | 13.16%

Current vs Prior -5.31% | -0.31%+0.81% | -0.48%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.96% | 5.00%4.26% | 10.77%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +20.26% | +10.23%+54.90% | +21.53%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.76% | 5.52%6.55% | 13.16%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -5.31% | -0.31%+0.81% | -0.48%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 17.43% | 15.36%

Calls: 23.50% | 15.67%

Puts: 11.35% | 15.05%

Prior 153.75% | 24.25%

Calls: 87.50% | 19.22%

Puts: 220.00% | 29.28%

Current vs Prior -88.66% | -36.66%

Prior 7-Day Avg 53.40% | 26.74%

Calls: 39.12% | 24.19%

Puts: 67.68% | 29.28%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -67.36% | -42.56%

Liquidity Expensive

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Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.16. Declining open interest (down 59%) indicates positions being closed.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Open Interest

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 24 of results (avg 7.9%, best 5.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	118.30	125.10	$121.70	5.6%	1	1.00	--
$700.00	Oct 23	119.35	126.85	$123.10	6.1%	1	0.95	--
$740.00	Oct 16	81.10	86.25	$83.68	6.2%	10	0.90	21
$670.00	Oct 2	144.00	153.65	$148.82	6.5%	2	1.00	2
$710.00	Oct 2	105.95	113.10	$109.53	6.5%	3	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Oct 16	127.10	134.60	$130.85	5.7%	11	0.95	10
$920.00	Oct 16	98.75	105.50	$102.13	6.6%	2	0.91	33
$940.00	Oct 16	117.45	126.80	$122.13	7.7%	4	0.94	147
$915.00	Oct 30	104.75	113.90	$109.33	8.4%	2	0.77	4
$820.00	Nov 6	42.00	46.00	$44.00	9.1%	13	0.48	--

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. 112 found (avg delta 0.70, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 2	144.00	153.65	$148.82	6.5%	2	1.00	2
$700.00	Oct 2	114.70	123.10	$118.90	7.1%	2	1.00	--
$710.00	Oct 2	105.95	113.10	$109.53	6.5%	3	1.00	--
$720.00	Oct 9	97.30	105.05	$101.18	7.7%	2	1.00	--
$670.00	Oct 16	145.75	157.70	$151.73	7.9%	2	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$905.00	Oct 2	82.00	90.15	$86.08	9.5%	6	0.98	--
$900.00	Oct 2	77.65	85.70	$81.68	9.9%	16	0.97	--
$895.00	Oct 2	72.70	80.50	$76.60	10.2%	4	0.96	2
$890.00	Oct 2	67.65	75.80	$71.72	11.4%	2	0.96	8
$885.00	Oct 2	59.40	69.30	$64.35	15.4%	8	0.95	4

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 402 active (total vol 9.5K, top 436)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Oct 16	24.40	28.25	$26.33	14.6%	436	0.51	477
$885.00	Oct 2	0.05	1.37	$0.71	185.9%	428	0.05	44
$880.00	Oct 2	0.70	1.14	$0.92	47.8%	350	0.06	80
$910.00	Oct 2	0.08	0.36	$0.22	127.3%	282	0.02	37
$840.00	Oct 16	16.45	18.45	$17.45	11.5%	209	0.39	457

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Oct 2	0.33	1.11	$0.72	108.3%	330	0.05	518
$765.00	Oct 2	0.53	1.45	$0.99	92.9%	322	0.06	94
$775.00	Oct 2	1.17	2.52	$1.85	73.0%	228	0.10	177
$770.00	Oct 2	0.87	1.57	$1.22	57.4%	161	0.07	241
$785.00	Oct 2	2.19	3.30	$2.75	40.4%	137	0.15	622

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 23 strikes (avg 8.7%, max 18.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	40.9%	34.5%	18.8%	13	132
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.8%	36.5%	14.4%	6	38
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.5%	37.9%	9.3%	7	71
$840.00	Oct 2	Oct 16	40.1%	36.8%	8.9%	284	664
$790.00	Oct 9	Oct 23	37.5%	35.2%	6.7%	4	27

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	40.9%	34.5%	18.8%	22	20
$785.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	40.5%	34.6%	16.8%	141	622
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.8%	36.5%	14.4%	11	34
$850.00	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.1%	36.0%	14.4%	22	229
$797.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	42.3%	37.5%	12.9%	12	65

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 272 found (best R:R 17.52, avg 6.82)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$800.00	$805.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	60%	17.52	$800.27
$755.00	$770.00	Oct 30	$9.00	$6.00	$9.00	74%	0.67	$764.00
$830.00	$835.00	Oct 23	$0.65	$4.35	$0.65	46%	6.69	$830.65
$830.00	$845.00	Oct 30	$5.37	$9.63	$5.37	49%	1.79	$835.37
$850.00	$855.00	Nov 6	$0.80	$4.20	$0.80	42%	5.25	$850.80

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$885.00	$880.00	Oct 2	$2.72	$2.28	$2.72	95%	0.84	$882.28
$865.00	$860.00	Oct 16	$2.42	$2.58	$2.42	74%	1.07	$862.58
$825.00	$820.00	Oct 23	$1.47	$3.53	$1.47	52%	2.40	$823.53
$820.00	$815.00	Nov 6	$1.40	$3.60	$1.40	48%	2.57	$818.60
$810.00	$805.00	Oct 16	$1.20	$3.80	$1.20	43%	3.17	$808.80

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 227 found (best R:R 0.73, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$865.00	$870.00	Oct 9	$2.60	$2.60	$2.40	78%	1.08	$867.60
$845.00	$850.00	Oct 9	$2.67	$2.67	$2.33	67%	1.15	$847.67
$845.00	$850.00	Oct 30	$3.25	$3.25	$1.75	56%	1.86	$848.25
$822.50	$825.00	Oct 16	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	51%	11.50	$824.80
$825.00	$830.00	Oct 23	$3.40	$3.40	$1.60	52%	2.12	$828.40

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$750.00	$740.00	Nov 6	$4.22	$4.22	$5.78	75%	0.73	$745.78
$795.00	$790.00	Oct 30	$3.74	$3.74	$1.26	61%	2.97	$791.26
$665.00	$660.00	Nov 6	$1.84	$1.84	$3.16	92%	0.58	$663.16
$802.50	$800.00	Oct 9	$2.15	$2.15	$0.35	63%	6.14	$800.35
$807.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$2.17	$2.17	$0.33	59%	6.58	$805.33

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 23 found (avg debit $7.61, cheapest $11.42)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$810.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.60	41.6%	36.4%
$815.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.08	41.8%	36.8%
$805.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.78	41.3%	36.6%
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.80	40.9%	36.8%
$825.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.20	42.9%	39.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	$11.42	40.9%	34.5%
$810.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.62	41.6%	36.4%
$815.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.92	41.8%	36.8%
$805.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.58	41.3%	36.6%
$825.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.68	42.9%	39.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 89 found (cheapest 3.41% of stock, avg 7.07%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$815.00	Oct 2	$15.70	$12.23	$27.93	$787.07	$842.93	3.41%
$817.50	Oct 2	$14.85	$13.13	$27.98	$789.52	$845.48	3.41%
$820.00	Oct 2	$13.68	$14.38	$28.06	$791.94	$848.06	3.42%
$810.00	Oct 2	$18.55	$9.98	$28.53	$781.47	$838.53	3.48%
$822.50	Oct 2	$12.38	$16.13	$28.51	$793.99	$851.01	3.48%
$812.50	Oct 2	$17.67	$11.10	$28.77	$783.73	$841.27	3.51%
$807.50	Oct 2	$20.05	$8.98	$29.03	$778.47	$836.53	3.54%
$825.00	Oct 2	$11.75	$17.55	$29.30	$795.70	$854.30	3.57%
$830.00	Oct 2	$9.18	$20.85	$30.03	$799.97	$860.03	3.66%
$832.50	Oct 2	$8.05	$22.28	$30.33	$802.17	$862.83	3.70%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 2.21% of stock, avg 5.88%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$830.00	$807.50	Oct 2	$9.18	$8.98	$18.16	$789.34	$848.16
$830.00	$810.00	Oct 2	$9.18	$9.98	$19.16	$790.84	$849.16
$827.50	$807.50	Oct 2	$10.38	$8.98	$19.36	$788.14	$846.86
$827.50	$810.00	Oct 2	$10.38	$9.98	$20.36	$789.64	$847.86
$830.00	$812.50	Oct 2	$9.18	$11.10	$20.28	$792.22	$850.28
$827.50	$812.50	Oct 2	$10.38	$11.10	$21.48	$791.02	$848.98
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 2	$11.75	$8.98	$20.73	$786.77	$845.73
$830.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$9.18	$12.23	$21.41	$793.59	$851.41
$825.00	$810.00	Oct 2	$11.75	$9.98	$21.73	$788.27	$846.73
$827.50	$815.00	Oct 2	$10.38	$12.23	$22.61	$792.39	$850.11

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 220 found (best R:R 2.14, avg credit $2.14)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
740/745	845/850	Oct 9	$3.41	$1.59	59%	2.14	$741.59	$848.41
725/730	845/850	Oct 9	$3.01	$1.99	63%	1.51	$726.99	$848.01
695/700	845/850	Oct 9	$2.84	$2.16	66%	1.31	$697.16	$847.84
705/710	845/850	Oct 9	$2.82	$2.18	65%	1.29	$707.18	$847.82
755/760	845/850	Oct 9	$3.30	$1.70	55%	1.94	$756.70	$848.30
715/720	845/850	Oct 9	$2.80	$2.20	64%	1.27	$717.20	$847.80
735/740	845/850	Oct 9	$2.89	$2.11	61%	1.37	$737.11	$847.89
735/740	855/860	Oct 23	$3.35	$1.65	52%	2.03	$736.65	$858.35
730/735	845/850	Oct 9	$2.81	$2.19	62%	1.28	$732.19	$847.81
750/755	845/850	Oct 9	$3.07	$1.93	57%	1.59	$751.93	$848.07

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 135 found (best R:R 89.91, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$920.00	$950.00	$980.00	Oct 23	$0.33	$29.67	7%	89.91
$910.00	$930.00	$950.00	Nov 6	$0.65	$19.35	9%	29.77
$805.00	$810.00	$815.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$900.00	$910.00	$920.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$9.81	4%	51.63
$860.00	$865.00	$870.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$4.94	3%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$9.81	6%	51.63
$775.00	$780.00	$785.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$755.00	$760.00	$765.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$750.00	$755.00	$760.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$4.89	5%	44.45

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 135 found (best net $-1.97, 125 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$710.00	$765.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.97	$53.03
$770.00	$795.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$7.33	$17.67
$870.00	$910.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$6.53	$33.47
$920.00	$950.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.84	$28.16
$950.00	$980.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.97	$29.03

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$705.00	$665.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.32	$38.68
$690.00	$680.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.08	$9.92
$730.00	$727.50	1:2	Oct 2	$0.00	$2.50
$685.00	$677.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.09	$7.41
$677.50	$672.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.11	$4.89

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 105 found (best yield 5.26%, avg 1.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$820.00	Nov 6	$43.10	0.52	0.0%	5.26%	5.26%	1	--
$825.00	Nov 6	$40.50	0.51	0.6%	4.94%	5.56%	5	--
$855.00	Nov 6	$28.35	0.41	4.3%	3.46%	7.73%	2	1
$830.00	Nov 6	$37.75	0.49	1.2%	4.60%	5.83%	5	1
$850.00	Nov 6	$28.35	0.42	3.7%	3.46%	7.12%	2	3
$845.00	Oct 30	$29.85	0.44	3.1%	3.64%	6.70%	2	14
$870.00	Nov 6	$22.90	0.36	6.1%	2.79%	8.90%	4	--
$820.00	Oct 30	$40.65	0.52	0.0%	4.96%	4.96%	5	--
$830.00	Oct 30	$34.55	0.49	1.2%	4.21%	5.44%	53	--
$825.00	Oct 30	$36.50	0.50	0.6%	4.45%	5.07%	5	41

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 8,134

Total Puts 9,432

Put/Call Ratio 1.16

Net Difference -1,298

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,116

Total Puts 10,498

Put/Call Ratio 1.15

Net Difference -1,382

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 63,986

Total Puts 67,912

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.06

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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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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