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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02) 24,641

Calls: 11,988 (49%)

Puts: 12,653 (51%)

Prior (10/01) 18,253

Calls: 9,300 (51%)

Puts: 8,953 (49%)

Current vs Prior +35.00%

Calls: +28.90% (Calls)

Puts: +41.33% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 116,084

Calls: 56,128 (48%)

Puts: 59,956 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 16,583

Calls: 8,018 (48%)

Puts: 8,565 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +48.59%

Calls: +49.51%

Puts: +47.73%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02) $40.14M

Calls: $26.92M (67%)

Puts: $13.22M (33%)

Prior (10/01) $30.33M

Calls: $18.35M (61%)

Puts: $11.97M (39%)

Current vs Prior +32.35%

Calls: +46.68%

Puts: +10.37%

Prior 7-Day Total $208.66M

Calls: $128.31M (61%)

Puts: $80.35M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $29.81M

Calls: $18.33M (61%)

Puts: $11.48M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +34.65%

Calls: +46.86%

Puts: +15.14%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/02) 1.06

Prior (10/01) 0.96

Current vs Prior +9.64%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.07

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/02) 238,925

Calls: 118,372 (50%)

Puts: 120,553 (50%)

Prior (10/01) 233,713

Calls: 115,922 (50%)

Puts: 117,791 (50%)

Current vs Prior +2.23%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,364,279

Calls: 666,413 (49%)

Puts: 697,866 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 194,897

Calls: 95,201 (49%)

Puts: 99,695 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +22.59%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.73% | 3.87%5.61% | 12.88%

Prior 1.90% | 4.23%6.03% | 13.22%

Current vs Prior +103.64% | +32.82%-6.92% | -2.61%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.79% | 4.88%6.46% | 13.15%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +38.51% | +14.95%-13.13% | -2.09%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.80% | 4.11%6.03% | 13.22%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +384.35% | +36.69%-6.92% | -2.61%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 62.41% | 26.71%

Calls: 80.92% | 30.21%

Puts: 43.91% | 23.21%

Prior 55.37% | 15.42%

Calls: 60.74% | 18.52%

Puts: 50.00% | 12.32%

Current vs Prior +12.71% | +73.22%

Prior 7-Day Avg 55.97% | 19.32%

Calls: 41.91% | 17.02%

Puts: 68.31% | 20.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +11.50% | +38.23%

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Moderately bullish flow with 67% call dollar volume ($26.92M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.06.

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 42 of results (avg 8.0%, best 5.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Oct 2	123.20	130.00	$126.60	5.4%	2	0.94	3
$720.00	Oct 16	124.35	131.75	$128.05	5.8%	13	0.99	56
$700.00	Oct 16	143.30	152.00	$147.65	5.9%	--	0.99	12
$725.00	Oct 2	118.50	126.25	$122.38	6.3%	14	0.94	11
$710.00	Oct 16	133.45	142.30	$137.88	6.4%	10	0.99	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1010.00	Oct 16	158.85	168.10	$163.48	5.7%	1	1.00	--
$905.00	Nov 6	77.70	82.55	$80.13	6.1%	2	0.67	--
$900.00	Oct 16	57.00	60.60	$58.80	6.1%	12	0.81	127
$900.00	Oct 30	70.80	75.50	$73.15	6.4%	10	0.67	26
$970.00	Oct 16	118.90	128.35	$123.63	7.6%	4	0.94	--

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. 180 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Oct 2	83.35	91.25	$87.30	9.0%	1	1.00	17
$775.00	Oct 2	67.80	76.25	$72.03	11.7%	2	1.00	8
$780.00	Oct 2	62.10	70.75	$66.43	13.0%	--	1.00	87
$795.00	Oct 2	48.25	56.30	$52.28	15.4%	15	1.00	28
$802.50	Oct 2	40.85	48.65	$44.75	17.4%	6	1.00	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Oct 2	0.71	8.40	$4.56	168.6%	47	1.00	28
$855.00	Oct 2	5.50	12.70	$9.10	79.1%	17	1.00	34
$860.00	Oct 2	10.45	17.10	$13.78	48.3%	2	1.00	10
$870.00	Oct 2	20.65	26.40	$23.53	24.4%	18	1.00	--
$885.00	Oct 2	33.75	41.65	$37.70	21.0%	6	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 469 active (total vol 18.0K, top 1.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$855.00	Oct 2	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	1.0K	0.02	277
$900.00	Oct 9	1.50	1.98	$1.74	27.6%	673	0.10	797
$850.00	Oct 2	0.05	0.15	$0.10	100.0%	569	0.08	382
$830.00	Oct 2	13.20	18.40	$15.80	32.9%	453	0.98	540
$865.00	Oct 9	6.15	8.15	$7.15	28.0%	355	0.31	73

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Oct 9	2.84	4.15	$3.50	37.4%	735	0.17	54
$785.00	Oct 2	0.00	0.09	$0.05	180.0%	630	0.01	684
$750.00	Oct 16	1.07	1.30	$1.19	19.3%	443	0.05	1.5K
$805.00	Oct 2	0.00	0.09	$0.05	180.0%	337	0.01	393
$835.00	Oct 9	9.00	11.60	$10.30	25.2%	300	0.38	5

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 566.8%, max 1052.5%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	384.2%	33.3%	1052.5%	9	82
$827.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	327.6%	33.2%	886.7%	40	162
$835.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	178.7%	42.3%	322.1%	173	278
$845.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	44.2%	41.7%	5.9%	163	318

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	384.2%	33.3%	1052.5%	6	26
$827.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	327.6%	33.2%	886.7%	21	20
$835.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	178.7%	42.3%	322.1%	134	20
$845.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	44.2%	41.7%	5.9%	72	22

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 308 found (best R:R 2.79, avg 6.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$880.00	$890.00	Nov 6	$2.22	$7.78	$2.22	41%	3.50	$882.22
$815.00	$820.00	Oct 30	$1.60	$3.40	$1.60	64%	2.12	$816.60
$845.00	$850.00	Oct 30	$1.10	$3.90	$1.10	52%	3.55	$846.10
$815.00	$820.00	Oct 23	$2.23	$2.77	$2.23	69%	1.24	$817.23
$825.00	$830.00	Nov 6	$1.82	$3.18	$1.82	60%	1.75	$826.82

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$880.00	$875.00	Oct 23	$1.32	$3.68	$1.32	67%	2.79	$878.68
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 16	$1.38	$3.62	$1.38	58%	2.62	$858.62
$840.00	$830.00	Nov 13	$3.22	$6.78	$3.22	46%	2.11	$836.78
$900.00	$890.00	Oct 23	$6.22	$3.78	$6.22	75%	0.61	$893.78
$875.00	$865.00	Oct 9	$6.32	$3.68	$6.32	77%	0.58	$868.68

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 256 found (best R:R 2.23, avg 0.53)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$895.00	$900.00	Oct 2	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	88%	0.72	$897.10
$955.00	$960.00	Oct 9	$1.97	$1.97	$3.03	93%	0.65	$956.97
$960.00	$965.00	Oct 30	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	82%	0.92	$962.40
$880.00	$885.00	Oct 2	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	86%	0.61	$881.90
$930.00	$935.00	Oct 30	$2.67	$2.67	$2.33	75%	1.15	$932.67

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$800.00	$795.00	Oct 23	$3.45	$3.45	$1.55	75%	2.23	$796.55
$692.50	$690.00	Oct 2	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	95%	5.94	$690.36
$732.50	$730.00	Oct 2	$2.13	$2.13	$0.37	94%	5.76	$730.37
$700.00	$695.00	Oct 9	$2.09	$2.09	$2.91	95%	0.72	$697.91
$797.50	$795.00	Oct 2	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	89%	5.94	$795.36

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $13.88, cheapest $13.53)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$845.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$14.24	44.2%	31.8%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$845.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$13.53	44.2%	31.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 141 found (cheapest 0.28% of stock, avg 6.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$845.00	Oct 2	$1.64	$0.75	$2.39	$842.61	$847.39	0.28%
$850.00	Oct 2	$0.10	$4.56	$4.66	$845.34	$854.66	0.55%
$840.00	Oct 2	$5.60	$0.06	$5.66	$834.34	$845.66	0.67%
$855.00	Oct 2	$0.03	$9.10	$9.13	$845.87	$864.13	1.08%
$835.00	Oct 2	$9.20	$1.02	$10.22	$824.78	$845.22	1.21%
$860.00	Oct 2	$0.14	$13.78	$13.92	$846.08	$873.92	1.65%
$832.50	Oct 2	$13.75	$0.56	$14.31	$818.19	$846.81	1.69%
$830.00	Oct 2	$15.80	$0.05	$15.85	$814.15	$845.85	1.87%
$865.00	Oct 2	$0.33	$18.75	$19.08	$845.92	$884.08	2.26%
$827.50	Oct 2	$17.65	$2.13	$19.78	$807.72	$847.28	2.34%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 5.24%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$850.00	$835.00	Oct 2	$0.10	$1.02	$1.12	$833.88	$851.12
$850.00	$845.00	Oct 2	$0.10	$0.75	$0.85	$844.15	$850.85
$865.00	$835.00	Oct 2	$0.33	$1.02	$1.35	$833.65	$866.35
$865.00	$845.00	Oct 2	$0.33	$0.75	$1.08	$843.92	$866.08
$850.00	$817.50	Oct 2	$0.10	$2.13	$2.23	$815.27	$852.23
$850.00	$827.50	Oct 2	$0.10	$2.13	$2.23	$825.27	$852.23
$850.00	$822.50	Oct 2	$0.10	$2.15	$2.25	$820.25	$852.25
$865.00	$817.50	Oct 2	$0.33	$2.13	$2.46	$815.04	$867.46
$865.00	$822.50	Oct 2	$0.33	$2.15	$2.48	$820.02	$867.48
$865.00	$827.50	Oct 2	$0.33	$2.13	$2.46	$825.04	$867.46

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 300 found (best R:R 5.58, avg credit $2.79)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
690/692	895/900	Oct 2	$4.24	$0.76	84%	5.58	$688.26	$899.24
730/732	895/900	Oct 2	$4.23	$0.77	82%	5.49	$728.27	$899.23
795/798	895/900	Oct 2	$4.24	$0.76	78%	5.58	$793.26	$899.24
690/692	880/885	Oct 2	$4.04	$0.96	81%	4.21	$688.46	$884.04
730/732	880/885	Oct 2	$4.03	$0.97	80%	4.15	$728.47	$884.03
815/818	895/900	Oct 2	$4.18	$0.82	74%	5.10	$813.32	$899.18
820/822	895/900	Oct 2	$4.20	$0.80	72%	5.25	$818.30	$899.20
795/798	880/885	Oct 2	$4.04	$0.96	75%	4.21	$793.46	$884.04
825/828	895/900	Oct 2	$4.15	$0.85	70%	4.88	$823.35	$899.15
705/710	895/900	Oct 23	$4.29	$0.71	66%	6.04	$705.71	$899.29

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 212 found (best R:R 5.85, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Oct 2	$2.42	$2.58	88%	1.07
$845.00	$850.00	$855.00	Oct 2	$1.47	$3.53	61%	2.40
$920.00	$930.00	$940.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$9.94	6%	165.67
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00
$875.00	$880.00	$885.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$845.00	$850.00	$855.00	Oct 2	$0.73	$4.27	61%	5.85
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Oct 2	$3.12	$1.88	96%	0.60
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$820.00	$825.00	$830.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$805.00	$810.00	$815.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 228 found (best net $-9.36, 193 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$835.00	$840.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$2.00	$3.00
$925.00	$960.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$5.97	$29.03
$965.00	$980.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.02	$14.98
$930.00	$940.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.57	$9.43
$870.00	$875.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.02	$4.98

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$885.00	$870.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$9.36	$5.64
$855.00	$850.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.02	$4.98
$860.00	$855.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$4.42	$0.58
$835.00	$832.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.10	$2.40
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.06	$9.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 107 found (best yield 4.67%, avg 1.48%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$860.00	Nov 13	$39.45	0.48	1.7%	4.67%	6.39%	5	--
$875.00	Nov 13	$31.95	0.43	3.5%	3.78%	7.28%	1	--
$860.00	Nov 6	$36.50	0.48	1.7%	4.32%	6.04%	1	2
$850.00	Nov 6	$41.00	0.51	0.5%	4.85%	5.39%	9	12
$900.00	Nov 13	$23.90	0.35	6.5%	2.83%	9.28%	1	--
$865.00	Nov 6	$33.90	0.46	2.3%	4.01%	6.33%	1	--
$890.00	Nov 6	$25.90	0.38	5.3%	3.06%	8.34%	2	1
$870.00	Nov 6	$31.75	0.44	2.9%	3.76%	6.66%	1	7
$910.00	Nov 13	$20.70	0.33	7.6%	2.45%	10.09%	1	--
$880.00	Nov 6	$27.75	0.41	4.1%	3.28%	7.37%	3	5

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 11,988

Total Puts 12,653

Put/Call Ratio 1.06

Net Difference -665

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,300

Total Puts 8,953

Put/Call Ratio 0.96

Net Difference 347

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 56,128

Total Puts 59,956

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.07

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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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