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as of 09/29 06:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29) 11,425

Calls: 5,358 (47%)

Puts: 6,067 (53%)

Prior (09/28) 17,566

Calls: 8,134 (46%)

Puts: 9,432 (54%)

Current vs Prior -34.96%

Calls: -34.13% (Calls)

Puts: -35.68% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 132,654

Calls: 62,058 (47%)

Puts: 70,596 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 18,950

Calls: 8,865 (47%)

Puts: 10,085 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -39.71%

Calls: -39.56%

Puts: -39.84%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/29) $28.29M

Calls: $19.14M (68%)

Puts: $9.16M (32%)

Prior (09/28) $29.67M

Calls: $16.95M (57%)

Puts: $12.72M (43%)

Current vs Prior -4.63%

Calls: +12.89%

Puts: -27.99%

Prior 7-Day Total $279.48M

Calls: $152.13M (54%)

Puts: $127.35M (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average $39.93M

Calls: $21.73M (54%)

Puts: $18.19M (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -29.14%

Calls: -11.95%

Puts: -49.67%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29) 1.13

Prior (09/28) 1.16

Current vs Prior -2.35%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.13

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.62%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29) 224,941

Calls: 111,050 (49%)

Puts: 113,891 (51%)

Prior (09/28) 95,887

Calls: 43,441 (45%)

Puts: 52,446 (55%)

Current vs Prior +134.59%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,679,461

Calls: 819,286 (49%)

Puts: 860,175 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 239,923

Calls: 117,040 (49%)

Puts: 122,882 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -6.24%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.18% | 5.36%6.49% | 13.05%

Prior 3.56% | 5.51%6.60% | 13.09%

Current vs Prior -10.92% | -2.74%-1.62% | -0.32%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.00% | 5.06%4.73% | 11.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +5.92% | +5.91%+37.33% | +14.88%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.56% | 5.51%6.60% | 13.09%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -10.92% | -2.74%-1.62% | -0.32%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 25.40% | 13.93%

Calls: 9.96% | 5.82%

Puts: 40.84% | 22.03%

Prior 17.43% | 15.36%

Calls: 23.50% | 15.67%

Puts: 11.35% | 15.05%

Current vs Prior +45.73% | -9.31%

Prior 7-Day Avg 53.77% | 25.18%

Calls: 40.34% | 22.54%

Puts: 67.21% | 27.82%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -52.77% | -44.68%

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Moderately bullish flow with 68% call dollar volume ($19.14M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.13. Rising open interest (up 135%) indicates new positions being established.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 34 of results (avg 8.4%, best 5.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 16	151.55	161.40	$156.48	6.3%	--	0.99	12
$775.00	Oct 30	72.05	76.90	$74.47	6.5%	1	0.71	39
$700.00	Oct 16	124.65	133.55	$129.10	6.9%	1	0.98	17
$705.00	Oct 30	123.95	133.65	$128.80	7.5%	1	0.89	8
$725.00	Oct 2	98.30	106.00	$102.15	7.5%	--	0.99	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$910.00	Oct 16	83.15	87.65	$85.40	5.3%	--	0.88	115
$940.00	Oct 16	109.45	117.80	$113.63	7.3%	--	0.94	143
$950.00	Oct 16	119.50	128.85	$124.18	7.5%	--	0.95	10
$880.00	Oct 16	57.45	62.15	$59.80	7.9%	--	0.76	245
$900.00	Oct 16	73.90	80.00	$76.95	7.9%	--	0.86	127

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. 150 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Oct 2	110.00	125.80	$117.90	13.4%	2	1.00	5
$670.00	Oct 16	151.55	161.40	$156.48	6.3%	--	0.99	12
$725.00	Oct 2	98.30	106.00	$102.15	7.5%	--	0.99	11
$750.00	Oct 2	72.35	81.15	$76.75	11.5%	2	0.99	21
$720.00	Oct 9	103.25	112.35	$107.80	8.4%	--	0.98	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 2	68.55	75.65	$72.10	9.8%	--	1.00	14
$950.00	Oct 16	119.50	128.85	$124.18	7.5%	--	0.95	10
$940.00	Oct 16	109.45	117.80	$113.63	7.3%	--	0.94	143
$880.00	Oct 2	50.00	55.00	$52.50	9.5%	2	0.94	7
$930.00	Oct 16	101.25	111.65	$106.45	9.8%	--	0.93	25

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 357 active (total vol 5.1K, top 127)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Oct 2	3.65	5.50	$4.58	40.4%	117	0.25	276
$825.00	Oct 2	13.20	15.25	$14.23	14.4%	108	0.54	590
$775.00	Oct 9	53.25	61.15	$57.20	13.8%	108	0.86	8
$890.00	Oct 2	0.21	0.97	$0.59	128.8%	107	0.04	156
$770.00	Oct 9	57.45	65.40	$61.43	12.9%	98	0.88	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Oct 2	4.25	7.05	$5.65	49.6%	127	0.28	164
$755.00	Oct 2	0.05	0.55	$0.30	166.7%	94	0.02	96
$790.00	Oct 2	1.80	2.81	$2.31	43.7%	89	0.13	98
$700.00	Oct 2	0.01	0.11	$0.06	166.7%	86	0.00	155
$720.00	Oct 16	1.18	1.83	$1.51	43.0%	85	0.05	598

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 20 strikes (avg 13.1%, max 23.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	43.3%	36.0%	20.4%	1	40
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.8%	35.6%	17.4%	4	134
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.7%	36.0%	15.8%	4	75
$802.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	44.4%	39.2%	13.4%	2	25
$855.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	44.1%	39.1%	12.9%	21	238

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$810.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	42.7%	34.5%	23.7%	129	218
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	43.3%	36.0%	20.4%	41	68
$807.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	44.0%	37.1%	18.7%	60	135
$797.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	43.7%	37.2%	17.6%	14	69
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.8%	35.6%	17.4%	22	63

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 323 found (best R:R 6.69, avg 7.06)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 23	$0.65	$4.35	$0.65	79%	6.69	$770.65
$750.00	$760.00	Oct 30	$5.93	$4.07	$5.93	80%	0.69	$755.93
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 30	$2.03	$2.97	$2.03	73%	1.46	$772.03
$810.00	$860.00	Nov 6	$22.70	$27.30	$22.70	57%	1.20	$832.70
$785.00	$790.00	Oct 9	$2.63	$2.37	$2.63	82%	0.90	$787.63

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 2	$1.78	$3.22	$1.78	85%	1.81	$858.22
$830.00	$825.00	Oct 30	$1.28	$3.72	$1.28	49%	2.91	$828.72
$860.00	$850.00	Oct 16	$5.48	$4.52	$5.48	68%	0.82	$854.52
$825.00	$822.50	Oct 16	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	46%	15.67	$824.85
$820.00	$815.00	Oct 30	$1.27	$3.73	$1.27	46%	2.94	$818.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 268 found (best R:R 0.69, avg 0.42)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$855.00	$860.00	Oct 23	$3.54	$3.54	$1.46	61%	2.42	$858.54
$900.00	$905.00	Oct 23	$2.53	$2.53	$2.47	79%	1.02	$902.53
$870.00	$875.00	Oct 16	$2.60	$2.60	$2.40	72%	1.08	$872.60
$910.00	$915.00	Oct 9	$1.67	$1.67	$3.33	89%	0.50	$911.67
$855.00	$860.00	Oct 9	$2.55	$2.55	$2.45	69%	1.04	$857.55

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$740.00	$730.00	Nov 6	$4.10	$4.10	$5.90	79%	0.69	$735.90
$820.00	$805.00	Nov 6	$8.55	$8.55	$6.45	54%	1.33	$811.45
$675.00	$670.00	Oct 23	$1.76	$1.76	$3.24	95%	0.54	$673.24
$685.00	$680.00	Oct 2	$1.60	$1.60	$3.40	95%	0.47	$683.40
$805.00	$800.00	Oct 30	$3.33	$3.33	$1.67	60%	1.99	$801.67

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 18 found (avg debit $8.01, cheapest $5.90)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.15	43.3%	35.3%
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.23	41.8%	35.6%
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.75	41.7%	36.1%
$840.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.60	42.4%	37.6%
$815.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.80	41.5%	36.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$5.90	43.3%	35.3%
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.75	41.8%	35.6%
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.22	41.7%	36.1%
$840.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.06	42.4%	37.6%
$815.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.28	41.5%	36.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 127 found (cheapest 2.96% of stock, avg 7.31%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$830.00	Oct 2	$11.20	$13.23	$24.43	$805.57	$854.43	2.96%
$825.00	Oct 2	$14.23	$11.00	$25.23	$799.77	$850.23	3.05%
$835.00	Oct 2	$8.45	$17.13	$25.58	$809.42	$860.58	3.09%
$820.00	Oct 2	$16.88	$9.00	$25.88	$794.12	$845.88	3.13%
$822.50	Oct 2	$15.95	$9.95	$25.90	$796.60	$848.40	3.13%
$817.50	Oct 2	$18.85	$7.93	$26.78	$790.72	$844.28	3.24%
$840.00	Oct 2	$7.35	$19.52	$26.87	$813.13	$866.87	3.25%
$815.00	Oct 2	$20.68	$6.95	$27.63	$787.37	$842.63	3.34%
$812.50	Oct 2	$21.13	$6.58	$27.71	$784.79	$840.21	3.35%
$845.00	Oct 2	$5.68	$23.15	$28.83	$816.17	$873.83	3.49%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.53% of stock, avg 5.53%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$845.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$5.68	$6.95	$12.63	$802.37	$857.63
$840.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$7.35	$6.95	$14.30	$800.70	$854.30
$845.00	$817.50	Oct 2	$5.68	$7.93	$13.61	$803.89	$858.61
$840.00	$817.50	Oct 2	$7.35	$7.93	$15.28	$802.22	$855.28
$845.00	$820.00	Oct 2	$5.68	$9.00	$14.68	$805.32	$859.68
$835.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$8.45	$6.95	$15.40	$799.60	$850.40
$835.00	$817.50	Oct 2	$8.45	$7.93	$16.38	$801.12	$851.38
$840.00	$820.00	Oct 2	$7.35	$9.00	$16.35	$803.65	$856.35
$835.00	$820.00	Oct 2	$8.45	$9.00	$17.45	$802.55	$852.45
$845.00	$822.50	Oct 2	$5.68	$9.95	$15.63	$806.87	$860.63

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 250 found (best R:R 2.88, avg credit $2.59)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
670/675	875/880	Oct 23	$3.71	$1.29	66%	2.88	$671.29	$878.71
730/740	940/950	Nov 6	$5.95	$4.05	60%	1.47	$734.05	$945.95
670/675	870/875	Oct 23	$3.59	$1.41	64%	2.55	$671.41	$873.59
700/705	855/860	Oct 9	$3.49	$1.51	65%	2.31	$701.51	$858.49
725/730	875/880	Oct 23	$3.68	$1.32	60%	2.79	$726.32	$878.68
730/735	870/875	Oct 16	$3.46	$1.54	63%	2.25	$731.54	$873.46
740/745	870/875	Oct 16	$3.52	$1.48	61%	2.38	$741.48	$873.52
725/730	870/875	Oct 23	$3.56	$1.44	58%	2.47	$726.44	$873.56
680/685	855/860	Oct 2	$2.71	$2.29	74%	1.18	$682.29	$857.71
700/705	875/880	Oct 9	$2.67	$2.33	75%	1.15	$702.33	$877.67

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 213 found (best R:R 75.92, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$910.00	$920.00	$930.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$9.87	5%	75.92
$890.00	$895.00	$900.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$4.95	3%	99.00
$860.00	$865.00	$870.00	Oct 23	$0.11	$4.89	4%	44.45
$790.00	$795.00	$800.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$4.90	4%	49.00
$880.00	$885.00	$890.00	Oct 2	$0.08	$4.92	3%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$820.00	$825.00	$830.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Oct 2	$0.12	$4.88	6%	40.67
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	5%	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. 196 found (best net $-12.93, 181 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$765.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$12.93	$52.07
$810.00	$860.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$9.43	$40.57
$720.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$32.10	$7.90
$950.00	$960.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.20	$9.80
$975.00	$980.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.05	$4.95

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$880.00	$820.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$9.22	$50.78
$880.00	$850.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$10.43	$19.57
$690.00	$685.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.01	$4.99
$702.50	$700.00	1:2	Oct 2	$0.00	$2.50
$765.00	$760.00	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. 117 found (best yield 3.56%, avg 1.29%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$860.00	Nov 6	$29.40	0.41	4.0%	3.56%	7.59%	4	--
$830.00	Oct 30	$40.00	0.51	0.4%	4.84%	5.25%	2	54
$835.00	Oct 30	$37.65	0.49	1.0%	4.55%	5.57%	2	4
$870.00	Nov 6	$25.70	0.37	5.2%	3.11%	8.35%	2	2
$850.00	Oct 30	$31.35	0.44	2.8%	3.79%	6.62%	4	28
$845.00	Oct 30	$33.00	0.46	2.2%	3.99%	6.21%	7	16
$880.00	Nov 6	$22.70	0.35	6.5%	2.75%	9.20%	1	3
$840.00	Oct 30	$34.90	0.47	1.6%	4.22%	5.84%	--	31
$870.00	Oct 30	$23.85	0.37	5.2%	2.89%	8.13%	12	19
$860.00	Oct 30	$26.05	0.40	4.0%	3.15%	7.19%	2	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 5,358

Total Puts 6,067

Put/Call Ratio 1.13

Net Difference -709

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,134

Total Puts 9,432

Put/Call Ratio 1.16

Net Difference -1,298

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 62,058

Total Puts 70,596

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.13

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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