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as of 09/30 11:31 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/30) 14,558

Calls: 6,929 (48%)

Puts: 7,629 (52%)

Prior (09/29) 11,425

Calls: 5,358 (47%)

Puts: 6,067 (53%)

Current vs Prior +27.42%

Calls: +29.32% (Calls)

Puts: +25.75% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 129,084

Calls: 59,451 (46%)

Puts: 69,633 (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average 18,440

Calls: 8,493 (46%)

Puts: 9,947 (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -21.05%

Calls: -18.42%

Puts: -23.31%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/30) $36.64M

Calls: $23.68M (65%)

Puts: $12.96M (35%)

Prior (09/29) $28.29M

Calls: $19.14M (68%)

Puts: $9.16M (32%)

Current vs Prior +29.51%

Calls: +23.73%

Puts: +41.58%

Prior 7-Day Total $258.10M

Calls: $141.69M (55%)

Puts: $116.41M (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average $36.87M

Calls: $20.24M (55%)

Puts: $16.63M (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.62%

Calls: +16.97%

Puts: -22.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/30) 1.10

Prior (09/29) 1.13

Current vs Prior -2.76%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.16

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -5.17%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/30) 106,279

Calls: 47,648 (45%)

Puts: 58,631 (55%)

Prior (09/29) 224,941

Calls: 111,050 (49%)

Puts: 113,891 (51%)

Current vs Prior -52.75%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,607,187

Calls: 786,565 (49%)

Puts: 820,622 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 229,598

Calls: 112,366 (49%)

Puts: 117,231 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -53.71%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.53% | 4.44%6.09% | 12.94%

Prior 3.18% | 5.36%6.49% | 13.05%

Current vs Prior -20.46% | -17.14%-6.19% | -0.81%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.04% | 5.07%5.24% | 11.92%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -16.85% | -12.47%+16.21% | +8.55%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.18% | 5.36%6.49% | 13.05%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -20.46% | -17.14%-6.19% | -0.81%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 39.62% | 22.55%

Calls: 32.71% | 24.59%

Puts: 46.52% | 20.51%

Prior 25.40% | 13.93%

Calls: 9.96% | 5.82%

Puts: 40.84% | 22.03%

Current vs Prior +55.98% | +61.88%

Prior 7-Day Avg 55.29% | 23.42%

Calls: 39.62% | 19.47%

Puts: 70.95% | 27.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -28.34% | -3.71%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($23.68M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.10. Declining open interest (down 53%) indicates positions being closed.

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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Prior NEUTRAL

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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 14 of results (avg 9.0%, best 6.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Oct 16	19.30	20.65	$19.98	6.8%	51	0.47	773
$755.00	Oct 30	73.30	79.35	$76.32	7.9%	9	0.73	8
$690.00	Nov 6	126.00	136.80	$131.40	8.2%	2	0.90	--
$745.00	Oct 30	79.65	86.55	$83.10	8.3%	11	0.77	7
$700.00	Oct 16	111.00	121.35	$116.18	8.9%	2	0.97	16

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$915.00	Oct 23	98.30	108.00	$103.15	9.4%	1	0.91	--
$940.00	Oct 16	121.05	133.35	$127.20	9.7%	10	1.00	--
$895.00	Oct 2	78.10	86.20	$82.15	9.9%	4	1.00	3

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.72, cheapest $0.72)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	0.65	0.78	$0.72	18.1%	31	0.03	900

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 97 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 2	59.55	69.55	$64.55	15.5%	4	0.99	--
$700.00	Oct 16	111.00	121.35	$116.18	8.9%	2	0.97	16
$650.00	Oct 9	155.05	170.05	$162.55	9.2%	1	0.97	20
$735.00	Oct 9	76.05	86.00	$81.03	12.3%	2	0.96	--
$700.00	Oct 23	111.30	123.10	$117.20	10.1%	2	0.96	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Oct 2	64.35	71.80	$68.07	10.9%	10	1.00	9
$895.00	Oct 2	78.10	86.20	$82.15	9.9%	4	1.00	3
$940.00	Oct 16	121.05	133.35	$127.20	9.7%	10	1.00	--
$865.00	Oct 2	46.15	56.00	$51.08	19.3%	7	0.97	16
$920.00	Oct 16	102.30	113.15	$107.73	10.1%	11	0.96	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 370 active (total vol 6.3K, top 561)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$855.00	Oct 2	0.50	0.75	$0.63	39.7%	189	0.06	238
$850.00	Oct 2	0.80	1.32	$1.06	49.1%	159	0.09	325
$860.00	Oct 2	0.00	1.07	$0.54	198.1%	78	0.05	211
$840.00	Oct 16	12.00	13.75	$12.88	13.6%	68	0.34	323
$840.00	Oct 2	1.15	2.44	$1.80	71.7%	64	0.14	240

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Oct 2	0.00	0.13	$0.07	185.7%	561	0.01	102
$760.00	Oct 16	5.25	7.75	$6.50	38.5%	341	0.18	558
$780.00	Oct 9	5.35	6.80	$6.07	23.9%	317	0.23	101
$760.00	Oct 2	0.15	0.43	$0.29	96.6%	243	0.03	636
$692.50	Oct 2	0.00	0.31	$0.16	193.8%	161	0.01	51

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 17 strikes (avg 14.0%, max 28.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	45.2%	35.7%	26.5%	43	74
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	42.7%	34.6%	23.3%	22	41
$835.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	44.6%	36.4%	22.5%	53	256
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	42.7%	35.7%	19.6%	22	136
$820.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	43.2%	37.2%	16.0%	24	204

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	42.7%	33.1%	28.9%	57	35
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	42.7%	33.5%	27.4%	16	59
$825.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	42.7%	36.1%	18.3%	28	86
$802.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	38.3%	34.4%	11.2%	3	11
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	37.2%	34.9%	6.8%	5	17

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 247 found (best R:R 0.98, avg 9.80)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$785.00	$810.00	Nov 6	$12.63	$12.37	$12.63	63%	0.98	$797.63
$765.00	$800.00	Oct 30	$20.60	$14.40	$20.60	70%	0.70	$785.60
$805.00	$810.00	Oct 23	$1.08	$3.92	$1.08	57%	3.63	$806.08
$815.00	$840.00	Nov 6	$10.37	$14.63	$10.37	52%	1.41	$825.37
$745.00	$750.00	Oct 30	$2.40	$2.60	$2.40	77%	1.08	$747.40

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$865.00	$825.00	Oct 23	$24.90	$15.10	$24.90	75%	0.61	$840.10
$850.00	$845.00	Oct 16	$1.71	$3.29	$1.71	73%	1.92	$848.29
$840.00	$820.00	Oct 16	$10.60	$9.40	$10.60	67%	0.89	$829.40
$780.00	$775.00	Oct 30	$0.40	$4.60	$0.40	35%	11.50	$779.60
$775.00	$770.00	Oct 30	$0.35	$4.65	$0.35	33%	13.29	$774.65

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 212 found (best R:R 1.14, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$855.00	$860.00	Oct 23	$3.45	$3.45	$1.55	69%	2.23	$858.45
$890.00	$895.00	Oct 30	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	74%	1.00	$892.50
$840.00	$845.00	Oct 9	$2.44	$2.44	$2.56	72%	0.95	$842.44
$915.00	$920.00	Oct 9	$1.05	$1.05	$3.95	94%	0.27	$916.05
$825.00	$830.00	Oct 9	$2.72	$2.72	$2.28	60%	1.19	$827.72

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$795.00	$780.00	Oct 30	$7.98	$7.98	$7.02	59%	1.14	$787.02
$705.00	$700.00	Nov 6	$2.72	$2.72	$2.28	85%	1.19	$702.28
$705.00	$700.00	Oct 23	$2.36	$2.36	$2.64	91%	0.89	$702.64
$805.00	$800.00	Nov 6	$3.57	$3.57	$1.43	55%	2.50	$801.43
$775.00	$770.00	Oct 23	$2.58	$2.58	$2.42	72%	1.07	$772.42

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 17 found (avg debit $7.84, cheapest $6.05)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$810.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.93	43.5%	33.3%
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.22	42.7%	33.1%
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	$13.60	45.2%	35.7%
$820.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.37	43.2%	33.9%
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.81	42.7%	33.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$810.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.05	43.5%	33.3%
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.75	42.7%	33.1%
$820.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.85	43.2%	33.9%
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.57	42.7%	33.5%
$815.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.91	43.3%	34.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 73 found (cheapest 2.32% of stock, avg 6.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$812.50	Oct 2	$9.57	$9.28	$18.85	$793.65	$831.35	2.32%
$817.50	Oct 2	$7.38	$11.95	$19.33	$798.17	$836.83	2.38%
$815.00	Oct 2	$8.57	$11.02	$19.59	$795.41	$834.59	2.42%
$820.00	Oct 2	$6.53	$13.55	$20.08	$799.92	$840.08	2.48%
$810.00	Oct 2	$11.20	$9.45	$20.65	$789.35	$830.65	2.55%
$822.50	Oct 2	$6.10	$15.93	$22.03	$800.47	$844.53	2.72%
$825.00	Oct 2	$4.78	$17.45	$22.23	$802.77	$847.23	2.74%
$800.00	Oct 2	$17.65	$4.80	$22.45	$777.55	$822.45	2.77%
$795.00	Oct 2	$20.48	$3.36	$23.84	$771.16	$818.84	2.94%
$830.00	Oct 2	$3.53	$21.15	$24.68	$805.32	$854.68	3.04%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.34% of stock, avg 5.02%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$822.50	$800.00	Oct 2	$6.10	$4.80	$10.90	$789.10	$833.40
$822.50	$802.50	Oct 2	$6.10	$5.13	$11.23	$791.27	$833.73
$820.00	$802.50	Oct 2	$6.53	$5.13	$11.66	$790.84	$831.66
$820.00	$800.00	Oct 2	$6.53	$4.80	$11.33	$788.67	$831.33
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 2	$6.10	$6.80	$12.90	$792.10	$835.40
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 2	$6.53	$6.80	$13.33	$791.67	$833.33
$817.50	$802.50	Oct 2	$7.38	$5.13	$12.51	$789.99	$830.01
$817.50	$800.00	Oct 2	$7.38	$4.80	$12.18	$787.82	$829.68
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 2	$6.10	$6.98	$13.08	$794.42	$835.58
$820.00	$807.50	Oct 2	$6.53	$6.98	$13.51	$793.99	$833.51

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 248 found (best R:R 3.59, avg credit $2.59)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
700/705	875/880	Oct 23	$3.91	$1.09	70%	3.59	$701.09	$878.91
735/740	855/860	Oct 23	$4.56	$0.44	54%	10.36	$735.44	$859.56
685/690	855/860	Oct 23	$3.85	$1.15	64%	3.35	$686.15	$858.85
730/735	855/860	Oct 23	$4.17	$0.83	56%	5.02	$730.83	$859.17
710/715	855/860	Oct 23	$3.86	$1.14	61%	3.39	$711.14	$858.86
725/730	855/860	Oct 23	$3.99	$1.01	58%	3.95	$726.01	$858.99
715/720	855/860	Oct 23	$3.84	$1.16	60%	3.31	$716.16	$858.84
720/725	855/860	Oct 23	$3.87	$1.13	59%	3.42	$721.13	$858.87
700/705	890/895	Oct 30	$3.68	$1.32	61%	2.79	$701.32	$893.68
740/745	855/860	Oct 23	$3.94	$1.06	53%	3.72	$741.06	$858.94

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 118 found (best R:R 27.57, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Oct 16	$0.35	$9.65	12%	27.57
$910.00	$930.00	$950.00	Oct 23	$0.40	$19.60	6%	49.00
$790.00	$800.00	$810.00	Oct 16	$0.47	$9.53	13%	20.28
$900.00	$910.00	$920.00	Oct 30	$0.25	$9.75	6%	39.00
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$4.84	7%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$775.00	$780.00	$785.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50
$700.00	$710.00	$720.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$9.90	3%	99.00
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$4.89	6%	44.45
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$4.95	3%	99.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 165 found (best net $-4.36, 155 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$780.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$4.01	$25.99
$690.00	$750.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$35.66	$24.34
$800.00	$810.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$4.75	$5.25
$930.00	$950.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.78	$19.22
$910.00	$930.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.33	$18.67

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$880.00	$845.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$4.36	$30.64
$865.00	$840.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$7.52	$17.48
$865.00	$825.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$11.00	$29.00
$915.00	$870.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$26.85	$18.15
$920.00	$880.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$32.87	$7.13

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 100 found (best yield 3.59%, avg 1.26%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$845.00	Nov 6	$29.10	0.42	4.2%	3.59%	7.81%	1	--
$815.00	Nov 6	$41.15	0.52	0.5%	5.08%	5.59%	11	1
$840.00	Nov 6	$30.55	0.44	3.6%	3.77%	7.37%	1	--
$850.00	Nov 6	$27.35	0.40	4.8%	3.37%	8.21%	3	4
$855.00	Nov 6	$25.15	0.39	5.5%	3.10%	8.55%	3	--
$860.00	Nov 6	$23.40	0.37	6.1%	2.89%	8.96%	2	--
$870.00	Nov 6	$20.85	0.34	7.3%	2.57%	9.87%	1	4
$815.00	Oct 30	$38.50	0.51	0.5%	4.75%	5.27%	5	80
$830.00	Oct 30	$31.60	0.46	2.4%	3.90%	6.27%	2	54
$825.00	Oct 30	$33.45	0.47	1.8%	4.13%	5.88%	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 6,929

Total Puts 7,629

Put/Call Ratio 1.10

Net Difference -700

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,358

Total Puts 6,067

Put/Call Ratio 1.13

Net Difference -709

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 59,451

Total Puts 69,633

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.16

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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