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as of 10/01 06:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01) 18,253

Calls: 9,300 (51%)

Puts: 8,953 (49%)

Prior (09/30) 14,558

Calls: 6,929 (48%)

Puts: 7,629 (52%)

Current vs Prior +25.38%

Calls: +34.22% (Calls)

Puts: +17.35% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 113,869

Calls: 52,826 (46%)

Puts: 61,043 (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average 16,267

Calls: 7,546 (46%)

Puts: 8,720 (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.21%

Calls: +23.23%

Puts: +2.67%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01) $30.33M

Calls: $18.35M (61%)

Puts: $11.97M (39%)

Prior (09/30) $36.64M

Calls: $23.68M (65%)

Puts: $12.96M (35%)

Current vs Prior -17.23%

Calls: -22.49%

Puts: -7.64%

Prior 7-Day Total $222.22M

Calls: $136.22M (61%)

Puts: $86.00M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $31.75M

Calls: $19.46M (61%)

Puts: $12.29M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.47%

Calls: -5.69%

Puts: -2.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/01) 0.96

Prior (09/30) 1.10

Current vs Prior -12.56%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.15

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -16.09%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/01) 233,713

Calls: 115,922 (50%)

Puts: 117,791 (50%)

Prior (09/30) 106,279

Calls: 47,648 (45%)

Puts: 58,631 (55%)

Current vs Prior +119.91%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,414,047

Calls: 688,694 (49%)

Puts: 725,353 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 202,006

Calls: 98,384 (49%)

Puts: 103,621 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.90% | 4.23%6.03% | 13.22%

Prior 2.53% | 4.44%6.09% | 12.94%

Current vs Prior -24.78% | -4.77%-0.99% | +2.16%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.14% | 5.11%5.86% | 12.56%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.55% | -17.32%+2.99% | +5.30%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.53% | 4.44%6.09% | 12.94%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -24.78% | -4.77%-0.99% | +2.16%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 55.37% | 15.42%

Calls: 60.74% | 18.52%

Puts: 50.00% | 12.32%

Prior 39.62% | 22.55%

Calls: 32.71% | 24.59%

Puts: 46.52% | 20.51%

Current vs Prior +39.75% | -31.62%

Prior 7-Day Avg 55.48% | 22.16%

Calls: 39.07% | 18.79%

Puts: 71.89% | 25.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -0.20% | -30.40%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bullish flow with 61% call dollar volume ($18.35M). Rising open interest (up 120%) indicates new positions being established.

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 50 of results (avg 8.7%, best 6.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Nov 6	159.25	169.45	$164.35	6.2%	1	0.93	--
$735.00	Nov 6	102.05	108.65	$105.35	6.3%	10	0.82	--
$730.00	Oct 30	102.70	109.95	$106.33	6.8%	4	0.84	10
$730.00	Nov 6	104.65	112.65	$108.65	7.4%	10	0.83	1
$710.00	Oct 30	119.45	128.80	$124.13	7.5%	2	0.88	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 16	72.60	77.55	$75.07	6.6%	--	0.87	127
$910.00	Oct 16	81.50	87.10	$84.30	6.6%	--	0.89	115
$850.00	Oct 16	34.70	37.50	$36.10	7.8%	25	0.64	191
$930.00	Oct 23	100.75	108.90	$104.83	7.8%	--	0.89	16
$930.00	Oct 16	99.45	107.65	$103.55	7.9%	--	0.93	25

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.55, cheapest $0.55)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	165	0.02	890

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 178 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Oct 2	62.70	72.10	$67.40	13.9%	1	0.99	17
$720.00	Oct 9	100.80	113.90	$107.35	12.2%	--	0.99	11
$770.00	Oct 2	52.85	62.50	$57.68	16.7%	--	0.99	29
$670.00	Oct 16	153.20	165.25	$159.23	7.6%	--	0.99	12
$750.00	Oct 2	71.50	81.50	$76.50	13.1%	4	0.99	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$875.00	Oct 2	44.15	51.10	$47.63	14.6%	6	1.00	--
$880.00	Oct 2	48.10	57.80	$52.95	18.3%	2	1.00	1
$890.00	Oct 2	57.65	67.65	$62.65	16.0%	2	1.00	--
$900.00	Oct 2	68.95	77.85	$73.40	12.1%	2	1.00	--
$865.00	Oct 2	33.70	42.05	$37.88	22.0%	8	0.97	11

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 405 active (total vol 11.0K, top 2.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 9	0.76	1.56	$1.16	69.0%	2.3K	0.06	52
$850.00	Oct 2	0.90	1.85	$1.38	68.8%	249	0.14	327
$855.00	Oct 2	0.44	0.88	$0.66	66.7%	165	0.08	307
$815.00	Oct 2	12.50	17.30	$14.90	32.2%	120	0.75	231
$825.00	Oct 9	16.60	20.20	$18.40	19.6%	118	0.54	110

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$770.00	Oct 16	4.60	5.60	$5.10	19.6%	504	0.16	1.1K
$765.00	Oct 16	3.75	5.00	$4.38	28.5%	465	0.14	58
$750.00	Oct 16	2.30	3.30	$2.80	35.7%	187	0.09	1.5K
$700.00	Oct 16	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	165	0.02	890
$810.00	Oct 2	1.25	2.23	$1.74	56.3%	160	0.17	193

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 11 strikes (avg 17.5%, max 24.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	43.3%	34.7%	24.6%	17	49
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	42.7%	34.6%	23.4%	31	147
$827.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	42.1%	34.5%	21.9%	51	135
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.8%	34.5%	21.4%	33	71
$810.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	44.6%	42.8%	4.0%	12	82

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	43.3%	34.7%	24.6%	58	57
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	42.7%	34.6%	23.4%	14	68
$845.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	44.8%	36.5%	22.7%	20	26
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.8%	34.5%	21.4%	2	28
$810.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	44.6%	43.3%	2.8%	162	193

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 326 found (best R:R 0.57, avg 6.41)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$755.00	$805.00	Nov 6	$31.82	$18.18	$31.82	76%	0.57	$786.82
$665.00	$670.00	Nov 6	$2.62	$2.38	$2.62	93%	0.91	$667.62
$790.00	$797.50	Oct 16	$3.93	$3.57	$3.93	75%	0.91	$793.93
$732.50	$735.00	Oct 9	$0.95	$1.55	$0.95	97%	1.63	$733.45
$805.00	$810.00	Oct 16	$1.75	$3.25	$1.75	65%	1.86	$806.75

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$810.00	$805.00	Oct 16	$0.67	$4.33	$0.67	37%	6.46	$809.33
$825.00	$820.00	Nov 13	$1.47	$3.53	$1.47	47%	2.40	$823.53
$795.00	$790.00	Oct 23	$0.70	$4.30	$0.70	31%	6.14	$794.30
$840.00	$835.00	Oct 2	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	77%	0.64	$836.95
$827.50	$825.00	Oct 9	$0.64	$1.86	$0.64	49%	2.91	$826.86

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 265 found (best R:R 1.46, avg 0.39)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$895.00	$900.00	Oct 2	$2.06	$2.06	$2.94	90%	0.70	$897.06
$925.00	$930.00	Oct 2	$1.97	$1.97	$3.03	92%	0.65	$926.97
$940.00	$945.00	Oct 23	$1.85	$1.85	$3.15	89%	0.59	$941.85
$860.00	$865.00	Oct 16	$2.61	$2.61	$2.39	69%	1.09	$862.61
$920.00	$925.00	Oct 23	$1.74	$1.74	$3.26	86%	0.53	$921.74

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$795.00	$780.00	Nov 13	$8.90	$8.90	$6.10	63%	1.46	$786.10
$732.50	$730.00	Oct 2	$2.05	$2.05	$0.45	93%	4.56	$730.45
$680.00	$670.00	Oct 9	$1.94	$1.94	$8.06	95%	0.24	$678.06
$805.00	$800.00	Oct 16	$3.23	$3.23	$1.77	65%	1.82	$801.77
$725.00	$680.00	Nov 6	$5.32	$5.32	$39.68	85%	0.13	$719.68

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 11 found (avg debit $10.90, cheapest $9.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$830.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$10.10	42.6%	34.5%
$835.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$9.71	42.1%	34.3%
$827.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$11.00	42.1%	34.5%
$820.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$9.40	41.9%	35.2%
$825.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$9.80	42.0%	35.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$830.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$9.12	42.6%	34.5%
$820.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$9.40	41.9%	35.2%
$825.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$9.90	42.0%	35.7%
$835.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	$20.23	42.1%	36.6%
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$10.92	41.8%	38.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 142 found (cheapest 1.74% of stock, avg 7.06%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$830.00	Oct 2	$5.75	$8.65	$14.40	$815.60	$844.40	1.74%
$822.50	Oct 2	$9.60	$4.88	$14.48	$808.02	$836.98	1.75%
$825.00	Oct 2	$8.60	$5.98	$14.58	$810.42	$839.58	1.76%
$820.00	Oct 2	$11.70	$3.95	$15.65	$804.35	$835.65	1.89%
$835.00	Oct 2	$3.79	$11.90	$15.69	$819.31	$850.69	1.90%
$817.50	Oct 2	$13.02	$3.27	$16.29	$801.21	$833.79	1.97%
$840.00	Oct 2	$2.58	$14.95	$17.53	$822.47	$857.53	2.12%
$815.00	Oct 2	$14.90	$2.68	$17.58	$797.42	$832.58	2.13%
$812.50	Oct 2	$17.08	$2.09	$19.17	$793.33	$831.67	2.32%
$845.00	Oct 2	$1.73	$19.02	$20.75	$824.25	$865.75	2.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.64% of stock, avg 5.18%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$840.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$2.58	$2.68	$5.26	$809.74	$845.26
$840.00	$817.50	Oct 2	$2.58	$3.27	$5.85	$811.65	$845.85
$835.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$3.79	$2.68	$6.47	$808.53	$841.47
$840.00	$820.00	Oct 2	$2.58	$3.95	$6.53	$813.47	$846.53
$835.00	$817.50	Oct 2	$3.79	$3.27	$7.06	$810.44	$842.06
$835.00	$820.00	Oct 2	$3.79	$3.95	$7.74	$812.26	$842.74
$832.50	$815.00	Oct 2	$4.58	$2.68	$7.26	$807.74	$839.76
$832.50	$817.50	Oct 2	$4.58	$3.27	$7.85	$809.65	$840.35
$840.00	$822.50	Oct 2	$2.58	$4.88	$7.46	$815.04	$847.46
$832.50	$820.00	Oct 2	$4.58	$3.95	$8.53	$811.47	$841.03

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 280 found (best R:R 0.89, avg credit $1.96)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
730/732	870/875	Oct 2	$2.36	$2.64	88%	0.89	$730.14	$872.36
730/732	850/855	Oct 2	$2.77	$2.23	80%	1.24	$729.73	$852.77
690/695	865/870	Oct 23	$3.68	$1.32	61%	2.79	$691.32	$868.68
730/732	880/885	Oct 2	$2.15	$2.85	91%	0.75	$730.35	$882.15
730/732	860/865	Oct 2	$2.23	$2.77	87%	0.81	$730.27	$862.23
730/732	840/845	Oct 2	$2.90	$2.10	69%	1.38	$729.60	$842.90
730/732	835/840	Oct 2	$3.26	$1.74	60%	1.87	$729.24	$838.26
690/695	870/875	Oct 23	$3.04	$1.96	64%	1.55	$691.96	$873.04
665/670	865/870	Oct 23	$3.12	$1.88	62%	1.66	$666.88	$868.12
690/695	880/885	Oct 23	$2.79	$2.21	68%	1.26	$692.21	$882.79

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 227 found (best R:R 15.39, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$880.00	$890.00	$900.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$9.82	7%	54.56
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 2	$0.36	$4.64	16%	12.89
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Oct 16	$0.26	$9.74	6%	37.46
$805.00	$810.00	$815.00	Oct 23	$0.11	$4.89	5%	44.45
$880.00	$885.00	$890.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$4.94	3%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Oct 9	$0.61	$9.39	19%	15.39
$870.00	$880.00	$890.00	Oct 16	$0.23	$9.77	9%	42.48
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$0.14	$9.86	7%	70.43
$850.00	$860.00	$870.00	Oct 16	$0.40	$9.60	11%	24.00
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Oct 16	$0.57	$9.43	14%	16.54

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 199 found (best net $-25.43, 179 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$755.00	$805.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$25.43	$24.57
$950.00	$960.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.25	$9.75
$840.00	$845.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.88	$4.12
$940.00	$945.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.33	$4.67
$880.00	$885.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.06	$4.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.03	$4.97
$690.00	$680.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.09	$9.91
$780.00	$775.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.06	$4.94
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.16	$4.84
$785.00	$780.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.14	$4.86

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 118 found (best yield 4.23%, avg 1.34%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$845.00	Nov 6	$34.95	0.46	2.3%	4.23%	6.49%	1	2
$835.00	Nov 6	$39.25	0.49	1.1%	4.75%	5.80%	1	--
$850.00	Nov 6	$32.80	0.44	2.9%	3.97%	6.83%	7	5
$860.00	Nov 6	$29.10	0.41	4.1%	3.52%	7.59%	2	1
$870.00	Nov 6	$25.60	0.38	5.3%	3.10%	8.38%	4	5
$880.00	Nov 6	$22.85	0.35	6.5%	2.77%	9.26%	2	3
$890.00	Nov 6	$20.40	0.32	7.7%	2.47%	10.17%	1	--
$850.00	Oct 30	$30.15	0.44	2.9%	3.65%	6.51%	11	27
$840.00	Oct 30	$34.00	0.47	1.6%	4.11%	5.77%	--	31
$845.00	Oct 30	$31.90	0.45	2.3%	3.86%	6.12%	1	20

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 9,300

Total Puts 8,953

Put/Call Ratio 0.96

Net Difference 347

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,929

Total Puts 7,629

Put/Call Ratio 1.10

Net Difference -700

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 52,826

Total Puts 61,043

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.15

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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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 Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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