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as of 10/05 06:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05) 22,765

Calls: 10,667 (47%)

Puts: 12,098 (53%)

Prior (10/02) 24,641

Calls: 11,988 (49%)

Puts: 12,653 (51%)

Current vs Prior -7.61%

Calls: -11.02% (Calls)

Puts: -4.39% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 106,057

Calls: 50,825 (48%)

Puts: 55,232 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 17,676

Calls: 7,260 (48%)

Puts: 7,890 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +28.79%

Calls: +46.91%

Puts: +53.33%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05) $36.32M

Calls: $23.11M (64%)

Puts: $13.20M (36%)

Prior (10/02) $40.14M

Calls: $26.92M (67%)

Puts: $13.22M (33%)

Current vs Prior -9.52%

Calls: -14.14%

Puts: -0.12%

Prior 7-Day Total $188.76M

Calls: $117.37M (62%)

Puts: $71.39M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $31.46M

Calls: $16.77M (62%)

Puts: $10.20M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.44%

Calls: +37.86%

Puts: +29.44%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05) 1.13

Prior (10/02) 1.06

Current vs Prior +7.45%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.09

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.70%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/05) 225,729

Calls: 111,480 (49%)

Puts: 114,249 (51%)

Prior (10/02) 238,925

Calls: 118,372 (50%)

Puts: 120,553 (50%)

Current vs Prior -5.52%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,133,409

Calls: 552,134 (49%)

Puts: 581,275 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 188,901

Calls: 92,022 (49%)

Puts: 96,879 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +19.50%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.44% | 5.17%5.17% | 12.49%

Prior 3.87% | 5.61%5.61% | 12.88%

Current vs Prior -11.02% | -7.97%-7.97% | -3.02%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.13% | 5.11%6.23% | 13.06%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +9.88% | +1.08%-17.07% | -4.35%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.87% | 5.61%5.61% | 12.88%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -11.02% | -7.97%-7.97% | -3.02%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 13.51% | 9.28%

Calls: 10.33% | 7.59%

Puts: 16.69% | 10.96%

Prior 62.41% | 26.71%

Calls: 80.92% | 30.21%

Puts: 43.91% | 23.21%

Current vs Prior -78.35% | -65.26%

Prior 7-Day Avg 59.00% | 19.70%

Calls: 49.22% | 19.00%

Puts: 68.77% | 20.40%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -77.10% | -52.90%

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Moderately bullish flow with 64% call dollar volume ($23.11M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.13.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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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 NEUTRAL

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 35 of results (avg 8.6%, best 5.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Oct 16	69.50	73.20	$71.35	5.2%	3	0.91	96
$760.00	Oct 16	87.10	92.65	$89.88	6.2%	--	0.95	27
$770.00	Oct 16	77.80	83.00	$80.40	6.5%	--	0.94	68
$700.00	Oct 16	145.95	156.65	$151.30	7.1%	1	1.00	12
$760.00	Oct 30	95.95	103.00	$99.48	7.1%	--	0.84	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 9	144.30	156.05	$150.18	7.8%	1	0.93	--
$1000.00	Oct 16	144.25	156.25	$150.25	8.0%	15	0.98	--
$935.00	Nov 13	96.75	104.90	$100.83	8.1%	6	0.73	--
$930.00	Nov 13	92.90	101.20	$97.05	8.6%	5	0.72	--
$925.00	Nov 13	89.15	97.75	$93.45	9.2%	2	0.71	--

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. 163 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	145.95	156.65	$151.30	7.1%	1	1.00	12
$710.00	Oct 16	134.85	146.70	$140.77	8.4%	--	1.00	14
$720.00	Oct 16	124.60	136.80	$130.70	9.3%	--	1.00	64
$730.00	Oct 16	115.95	126.90	$121.43	9.0%	--	1.00	26
$735.00	Oct 16	111.65	122.00	$116.83	8.9%	--	1.00	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	144.25	156.25	$150.25	8.0%	15	0.98	--
$950.00	Oct 16	95.60	105.30	$100.45	9.7%	--	0.95	10
$940.00	Oct 16	86.20	95.70	$90.95	10.4%	--	0.94	78
$900.00	Oct 9	45.75	55.75	$50.75	19.7%	6	0.94	9
$1000.00	Oct 9	144.30	156.05	$150.18	7.8%	1	0.93	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 410 active (total vol 13.6K, top 559)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$930.00	Oct 16	1.80	2.70	$2.25	40.0%	559	0.09	1.1K
$885.00	Nov 13	30.85	35.75	$33.30	14.7%	394	0.41	--
$880.00	Nov 13	32.75	38.55	$35.65	16.3%	335	0.43	--
$880.00	Oct 9	3.00	3.75	$3.38	22.2%	319	0.19	105
$900.00	Oct 9	0.99	1.20	$1.10	19.1%	304	0.07	826

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$770.00	Oct 16	1.00	1.56	$1.28	43.8%	414	0.06	1.3K
$765.00	Oct 16	0.80	1.36	$1.08	51.9%	366	0.05	442
$800.00	Oct 9	0.77	1.50	$1.14	64.0%	356	0.07	123
$795.00	Oct 9	0.57	1.13	$0.85	65.9%	329	0.06	72
$800.00	Oct 30	15.30	22.30	$18.80	37.2%	316	0.28	448

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 8.9%, max 12.5%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	38.2%	34.0%	12.5%	9	107
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	38.2%	34.5%	10.7%	3	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	38.2%	34.0%	12.5%	136	109
$885.00	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.7%	36.6%	11.1%	--	33
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	36.7%	33.6%	9.1%	47	27
$870.00	Oct 9	Oct 23	39.0%	36.4%	7.3%	14	26
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	38.2%	36.3%	5.4%	60	125

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 313 found (best R:R 0.57, avg 7.26)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$780.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$6.35	$3.65	$6.35	91%	0.57	$786.35
$805.00	$845.00	Nov 13	$22.25	$17.75	$22.25	68%	0.80	$827.25
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 30	$1.78	$3.22	$1.78	81%	1.81	$771.78
$855.00	$860.00	Nov 13	$0.82	$4.18	$0.82	51%	5.10	$855.82
$900.00	$905.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	33%	32.33	$900.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$880.00	$870.00	Oct 9	$6.24	$3.76	$6.24	82%	0.60	$873.76
$820.00	$815.00	Nov 6	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	36%	16.86	$819.72
$870.00	$860.00	Oct 16	$4.75	$5.25	$4.75	65%	1.11	$865.25
$920.00	$915.00	Oct 30	$2.33	$2.67	$2.33	73%	1.15	$917.67
$880.00	$875.00	Oct 30	$1.72	$3.28	$1.72	60%	1.91	$878.28

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 259 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.38)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$890.00	$895.00	Oct 16	$2.44	$2.44	$2.56	76%	0.95	$892.44
$895.00	$900.00	Oct 23	$2.38	$2.38	$2.62	73%	0.91	$897.38
$990.00	$1000.00	Oct 23	$1.31	$1.31	$8.69	93%	0.15	$991.31
$930.00	$940.00	Oct 23	$2.03	$2.03	$7.97	85%	0.25	$932.03
$890.00	$900.00	Oct 30	$4.30	$4.30	$5.70	63%	0.75	$894.30

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$695.00	Oct 9	$2.12	$2.12	$2.88	95%	0.74	$697.88
$790.00	$785.00	Oct 30	$2.73	$2.73	$2.27	75%	1.20	$787.27
$730.00	$690.00	Nov 13	$4.26	$4.26	$35.74	88%	0.12	$725.74
$765.00	$760.00	Nov 6	$2.37	$2.37	$2.63	80%	0.90	$762.63
$840.00	$815.00	Nov 13	$11.27	$11.27	$13.73	56%	0.82	$828.73

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 15 found (avg debit $8.04, cheapest $6.28)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$845.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.28	37.3%	32.5%
$840.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.71	36.1%	32.9%
$835.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.10	35.0%	33.1%
$865.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.95	37.9%	36.2%
$850.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.72	37.3%	36.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$845.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.45	37.3%	32.5%
$840.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.93	36.1%	32.9%
$835.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.05	35.0%	33.1%
$865.00	Oct 9	Oct 23	$10.50	37.9%	36.2%
$850.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.33	37.3%	36.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 123 found (cheapest 3.05% of stock, avg 7.78%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$850.00	Oct 9	$12.58	$13.30	$25.88	$824.12	$875.88	3.05%
$855.00	Oct 9	$9.98	$16.52	$26.50	$828.50	$881.50	3.12%
$845.00	Oct 9	$15.90	$11.23	$27.13	$817.87	$872.13	3.20%
$835.00	Oct 9	$21.15	$6.48	$27.63	$807.37	$862.63	3.26%
$840.00	Oct 9	$19.02	$8.65	$27.67	$812.33	$867.67	3.26%
$860.00	Oct 9	$8.30	$19.68	$27.98	$832.02	$887.98	3.30%
$865.00	Oct 9	$6.90	$23.15	$30.05	$834.95	$895.05	3.54%
$830.00	Oct 9	$24.92	$5.98	$30.90	$799.10	$860.90	3.64%
$827.50	Oct 9	$26.40	$4.79	$31.19	$796.31	$858.69	3.68%
$870.00	Oct 9	$5.80	$26.68	$32.48	$837.52	$902.48	3.83%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.25% of stock, avg 5.72%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$870.00	$827.50	Oct 9	$5.80	$4.79	$10.59	$816.91	$880.59
$870.00	$830.00	Oct 9	$5.80	$5.98	$11.78	$818.22	$881.78
$865.00	$827.50	Oct 9	$6.90	$4.79	$11.69	$815.81	$876.69
$870.00	$835.00	Oct 9	$5.80	$6.48	$12.28	$822.72	$882.28
$865.00	$835.00	Oct 9	$6.90	$6.48	$13.38	$821.62	$878.38
$865.00	$830.00	Oct 9	$6.90	$5.98	$12.88	$817.12	$877.88
$860.00	$827.50	Oct 9	$8.30	$4.79	$13.09	$814.41	$873.09
$860.00	$835.00	Oct 9	$8.30	$6.48	$14.78	$820.22	$874.78
$860.00	$830.00	Oct 9	$8.30	$5.98	$14.28	$815.72	$874.28
$870.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$5.80	$8.65	$14.45	$825.55	$884.45

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 200 found (best R:R 2.42, avg credit $1.56)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
695/700	875/880	Oct 9	$3.54	$1.46	71%	2.42	$696.46	$878.54
695/700	885/890	Oct 9	$3.18	$1.82	78%	1.75	$696.82	$888.18
695/700	895/900	Oct 9	$2.71	$2.29	85%	1.18	$697.29	$897.71
695/700	890/895	Oct 9	$2.49	$2.51	83%	0.99	$697.51	$892.49
765/770	895/900	Oct 23	$3.53	$1.47	62%	2.40	$766.47	$898.53
695/700	870/875	Oct 9	$3.12	$1.88	67%	1.66	$696.88	$873.12
770/775	890/895	Oct 16	$2.99	$2.01	69%	1.49	$772.01	$892.99
780/785	890/895	Oct 16	$3.14	$1.86	66%	1.69	$781.86	$893.14
695/700	865/870	Oct 9	$3.22	$1.78	63%	1.81	$696.78	$868.22
745/750	890/895	Oct 16	$2.61	$2.39	73%	1.09	$747.39	$892.61

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 196 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$865.00	$870.00	$875.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00
$855.00	$860.00	$865.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$925.00	$935.00	$945.00	Nov 6	$0.21	$9.79	5%	46.62
$865.00	$870.00	$875.00	Oct 23	$0.09	$4.91	5%	54.56
$880.00	$885.00	$890.00	Oct 23	$0.09	$4.91	5%	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$870.00	$880.00	$890.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$9.88	12%	82.33
$860.00	$865.00	$870.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$4.94	10%	82.33
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	8%	99.00
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 16	$0.17	$4.83	8%	28.41
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Oct 16	$0.47	$9.53	10%	20.28

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 161 found (best net $-8.71, 151 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$915.00	$955.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$5.38	$34.62
$965.00	$1000.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$2.30	$32.70
$930.00	$940.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.51	$9.49
$1000.00	$1010.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.06	$9.94
$980.00	$990.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.23	$9.77

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$900.00	$845.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$8.71	$46.29
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.08	$4.92
$760.00	$755.00	1:2	Oct 9	$0.00	$5.00
$690.00	$680.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.03	$9.97
$765.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.06	$4.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 117 found (best yield 4.07%, avg 1.55%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$875.00	Nov 13	$34.50	0.45	3.2%	4.07%	7.23%	112	1
$880.00	Nov 13	$32.75	0.43	3.8%	3.86%	7.62%	335	--
$860.00	Nov 13	$40.35	0.50	1.4%	4.76%	6.16%	6	5
$865.00	Nov 13	$37.90	0.48	2.0%	4.47%	6.46%	1	--
$885.00	Nov 13	$30.85	0.41	4.3%	3.64%	7.98%	394	--
$890.00	Nov 13	$29.25	0.40	4.9%	3.45%	8.38%	231	--
$850.00	Nov 13	$44.50	0.53	0.2%	5.25%	5.47%	5	--
$855.00	Nov 13	$40.45	0.51	0.8%	4.77%	5.58%	1	--
$895.00	Nov 13	$25.45	0.38	5.5%	3.00%	8.53%	60	--
$850.00	Nov 6	$41.70	0.53	0.2%	4.92%	5.14%	13	9

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,667

Total Puts 12,098

Put/Call Ratio 1.13

Net Difference -1,431

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,988

Total Puts 12,653

Put/Call Ratio 1.06

Net Difference -665

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 50,825

Total Puts 55,232

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.09

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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