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$796.18 -2.17%

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as of 10/08 06:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08) 27,912

Calls: 14,606 (52%)

Puts: 13,306 (48%)

Prior (10/07) 31,614

Calls: 16,319 (52%)

Puts: 15,295 (48%)

Current vs Prior -11.71%

Calls: -10.50% (Calls)

Puts: -13.00% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 148,479

Calls: 75,426 (51%)

Puts: 73,053 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 21,211

Calls: 10,775 (51%)

Puts: 10,436 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +31.59%

Calls: +35.55%

Puts: +27.50%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08) $55.85M

Calls: $23.21M (42%)

Puts: $32.65M (58%)

Prior (10/07) $54.95M

Calls: $32.82M (60%)

Puts: $22.13M (40%)

Current vs Prior +1.65%

Calls: -29.30%

Puts: +47.55%

Prior 7-Day Total $306.74M

Calls: $208.34M (68%)

Puts: $98.40M (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average $43.82M

Calls: $29.76M (68%)

Puts: $14.06M (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +27.46%

Calls: -22.03%

Puts: +132.26%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08) 0.91

Prior (10/07) 0.94

Current vs Prior -2.80%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.00

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.16%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08) 245,262

Calls: 120,303 (49%)

Puts: 124,959 (51%)

Prior (10/07) 236,099

Calls: 116,876 (50%)

Puts: 119,223 (50%)

Current vs Prior +3.88%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,496,483

Calls: 735,647 (49%)

Puts: 760,836 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 213,783

Calls: 105,092 (49%)

Puts: 108,690 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +14.72%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 1.77% | 4.53%4.53% | 12.58%

Prior 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs Prior -28.33% | -2.29%-2.28% | +4.35%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.90% | 4.93%5.58% | 12.71%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.09% | -8.14%-18.94% | -1.07%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -28.33% | -2.29%-2.28% | +4.35%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 60.91% | 13.82%

Calls: 80.45% | 14.19%

Puts: 41.36% | 13.45%

Prior 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Current vs Prior +108.74% | -41.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.78% | 17.72%

Calls: 34.19% | 17.41%

Puts: 35.38% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +75.11% | -21.99%

Liquidity Expensive

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 77 of results (avg 7.9%, best 3.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Nov 20	25.50	26.45	$25.98	3.7%	391	0.35	446
$650.00	Oct 23	142.95	151.50	$147.23	5.8%	--	1.00	20
$650.00	Nov 20	147.35	156.75	$152.05	6.2%	--	0.92	34
$640.00	Nov 20	156.35	166.40	$161.38	6.2%	--	0.92	17
$820.00	Nov 20	36.40	38.80	$37.60	6.4%	112	0.45	160

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Nov 20	155.45	164.15	$159.80	5.4%	--	0.87	13
$810.00	Nov 20	51.60	54.55	$53.08	5.6%	66	0.52	345
$940.00	Nov 20	146.55	155.75	$151.15	6.1%	--	0.86	54
$880.00	Oct 16	80.70	85.95	$83.33	6.3%	--	0.96	255
$880.00	Oct 30	89.65	95.60	$92.63	6.4%	27	0.79	35

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. 219 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 23	142.95	151.50	$147.23	5.8%	--	1.00	20
$675.00	Oct 23	117.30	128.10	$122.70	8.8%	1	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 16	141.20	151.30	$146.25	6.9%	--	1.00	30
$717.50	Oct 9	73.15	83.10	$78.13	12.7%	2	1.00	3
$670.00	Oct 16	120.80	131.30	$126.05	8.3%	--	1.00	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Oct 9	50.65	58.60	$54.63	14.6%	127	1.00	82
$855.00	Oct 9	56.00	63.60	$59.80	12.7%	28	1.00	19
$860.00	Oct 9	60.20	68.60	$64.40	13.0%	59	1.00	38
$865.00	Oct 9	65.75	74.75	$70.25	12.8%	1	1.00	9
$870.00	Oct 9	70.35	79.70	$75.03	12.5%	31	1.00	12

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 506 active (total vol 23.0K, top 621)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Oct 16	6.05	7.50	$6.78	21.4%	603	0.27	122
$930.00	Nov 20	8.40	9.85	$9.13	15.9%	566	0.16	1.3K
$850.00	Nov 20	25.50	26.45	$25.98	3.7%	391	0.35	446
$855.00	Nov 13	19.65	25.00	$22.33	24.0%	343	0.32	34
$817.50	Oct 9	0.62	1.39	$1.00	77.0%	321	0.12	85

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Oct 9	1.11	2.09	$1.60	61.2%	621	0.17	628
$745.00	Oct 9	0.01	0.24	$0.13	176.9%	535	0.01	359
$800.00	Nov 20	46.15	51.80	$48.97	11.5%	421	0.49	684
$810.00	Oct 9	13.00	19.05	$16.02	37.8%	368	0.79	735
$780.00	Oct 16	8.30	10.45	$9.38	22.9%	357	0.33	634

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 13 strikes (avg 9.4%, max 20.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$807.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	44.6%	36.8%	20.9%	14	14
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	42.2%	35.5%	18.8%	135	77
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	41.9%	37.0%	13.1%	39	17
$800.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	48.5%	45.3%	7.1%	107	518
$780.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	43.4%	42.6%	1.9%	10	97

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	42.2%	35.5%	18.8%	27	121
$785.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	48.4%	41.6%	16.4%	248	240
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	41.9%	37.0%	13.1%	80	164
$800.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	48.5%	45.3%	7.1%	671	1.3K
$780.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	43.4%	42.6%	1.9%	671	1.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 355 found (best R:R 1.27, avg 6.10)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$690.00	$700.00	Nov 20	$6.35	$3.65	$6.35	85%	0.57	$696.35
$900.00	$910.00	Nov 20	$0.23	$9.77	$0.23	21%	42.48	$900.23
$740.00	$770.00	Nov 13	$18.82	$11.18	$18.82	72%	0.59	$758.82
$810.00	$820.00	Nov 20	$3.18	$6.82	$3.18	48%	2.14	$813.18
$815.00	$820.00	Nov 6	$0.80	$4.20	$0.80	45%	5.25	$815.80

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$880.00	$875.00	Oct 16	$2.20	$2.80	$2.20	96%	1.27	$877.80
$790.00	$780.00	Nov 6	$1.95	$8.05	$1.95	46%	4.13	$788.05
$880.00	$875.00	Oct 23	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	89%	1.00	$877.50
$870.00	$865.00	Oct 23	$2.38	$2.62	$2.38	88%	1.10	$867.62
$800.00	$795.00	Oct 30	$0.58	$4.42	$0.58	50%	7.62	$799.42

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 290 found (best R:R 1.82, avg 0.44)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$905.00	$910.00	Nov 6	$2.68	$2.68	$2.32	82%	1.16	$907.68
$910.00	$915.00	Oct 9	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	93%	0.61	$911.90
$945.00	$950.00	Oct 23	$1.53	$1.53	$3.47	94%	0.44	$946.53
$815.00	$817.50	Oct 23	$2.18	$2.18	$0.32	61%	6.81	$817.18
$820.00	$822.50	Oct 16	$1.85	$1.85	$0.65	70%	2.85	$821.85

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$780.00	$770.00	Nov 20	$6.46	$6.46	$3.54	58%	1.82	$773.54
$705.00	$700.00	Oct 9	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	93%	0.68	$702.98
$775.00	$770.00	Oct 30	$3.37	$3.37	$1.63	61%	2.07	$771.63
$795.00	$790.00	Oct 30	$3.77	$3.77	$1.23	52%	3.07	$791.23
$705.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$2.13	$2.13	$2.87	82%	0.74	$702.87

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $10.01, cheapest $9.18)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$800.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.18	48.5%	35.7%
$790.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.07	42.3%	35.2%
$795.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$11.07	41.0%	35.7%
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.63	41.9%	37.0%
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.58	41.2%	37.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$800.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.40	48.5%	35.7%
$790.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.15	42.3%	35.2%
$795.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.83	41.0%	35.7%
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.88	41.9%	37.0%
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.35	41.2%	37.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 164 found (cheapest 1.62% of stock, avg 8.10%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$797.50	Oct 9	$6.10	$6.80	$12.90	$784.60	$810.40	1.62%
$795.00	Oct 9	$7.28	$5.95	$13.23	$781.77	$808.23	1.66%
$790.00	Oct 9	$10.13	$4.08	$14.21	$775.79	$804.21	1.78%
$800.00	Oct 9	$6.05	$8.80	$14.85	$785.15	$814.85	1.87%
$802.50	Oct 9	$4.22	$10.65	$14.87	$787.63	$817.37	1.87%
$805.00	Oct 9	$3.15	$12.68	$15.83	$789.17	$820.83	1.99%
$807.50	Oct 9	$2.91	$14.05	$16.96	$790.54	$824.46	2.13%
$785.00	Oct 9	$13.80	$3.34	$17.14	$767.86	$802.14	2.15%
$810.00	Oct 9	$1.98	$16.02	$18.00	$792.00	$828.00	2.26%
$812.50	Oct 9	$1.56	$17.38	$18.94	$793.56	$831.44	2.38%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.50% of stock, avg 6.23%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$807.50	$775.00	Oct 9	$2.91	$1.11	$4.02	$770.98	$811.52
$807.50	$780.00	Oct 9	$2.91	$1.60	$4.51	$775.49	$812.01
$805.00	$775.00	Oct 9	$3.15	$1.11	$4.26	$770.74	$809.26
$805.00	$780.00	Oct 9	$3.15	$1.60	$4.75	$775.25	$809.75
$807.50	$785.00	Oct 9	$2.91	$3.34	$6.25	$778.75	$813.75
$805.00	$785.00	Oct 9	$3.15	$3.34	$6.49	$778.51	$811.49
$802.50	$775.00	Oct 9	$4.22	$1.11	$5.33	$769.67	$807.83
$802.50	$780.00	Oct 9	$4.22	$1.60	$5.82	$774.18	$808.32
$805.00	$790.00	Oct 9	$3.15	$4.08	$7.23	$782.77	$812.23
$807.50	$790.00	Oct 9	$2.91	$4.08	$6.99	$783.01	$814.49

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 290 found (best R:R 10.63, avg credit $2.02)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
710/715	845/850	Oct 30	$4.57	$0.43	49%	10.63	$710.43	$849.57
690/695	845/850	Oct 30	$4.20	$0.80	54%	5.25	$690.80	$849.20
680/685	845/850	Oct 30	$4.04	$0.96	56%	4.21	$680.96	$849.04
650/655	845/850	Oct 30	$3.74	$1.26	61%	2.97	$651.26	$848.74
670/675	845/850	Oct 30	$3.79	$1.21	59%	3.13	$671.21	$848.79
640/645	845/850	Oct 30	$3.58	$1.42	62%	2.52	$641.42	$848.58
660/665	845/850	Oct 30	$3.63	$1.37	60%	2.65	$661.37	$848.63
700/705	855/860	Nov 13	$4.13	$0.87	50%	4.75	$700.87	$859.13
700/705	830/835	Oct 9	$2.20	$2.80	88%	0.79	$702.80	$832.20
700/705	825/828	Oct 9	$2.27	$2.73	86%	0.83	$702.73	$827.27

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 262 found (best R:R 34.71, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$675.00	$700.00	$725.00	Oct 23	$0.70	$24.30	10%	34.71
$650.00	$675.00	$700.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$24.87	6%	191.31
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$0.17	$4.83	9%	28.41
$845.00	$850.00	$855.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$9.88	2%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43
$820.00	$830.00	$840.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$9.84	6%	61.50
$700.00	$710.00	$720.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$9.83	5%	57.82
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$9.84	5%	61.50
$810.00	$820.00	$830.00	Nov 20	$0.26	$9.74	6%	37.46

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 197 found (best net $-15.59, 183 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$715.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$15.59	$49.41
$665.00	$740.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$15.60	$59.40
$875.00	$880.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.08	$4.92
$830.00	$835.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.08	$4.92
$895.00	$900.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.06	$4.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$935.00	$875.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$40.46	$19.54
$775.00	$770.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.15	$4.85
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.26	$9.74
$720.00	$710.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.18	$9.82
$710.00	$700.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.13	$9.87

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 160 found (best yield 4.57%, avg 1.42%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	$36.40	0.45	3.0%	4.57%	7.56%	112	160
$830.00	Nov 20	$32.05	0.42	4.2%	4.03%	8.27%	41	217
$840.00	Nov 20	$28.75	0.39	5.5%	3.61%	9.11%	77	251
$800.00	Nov 20	$43.50	0.51	0.5%	5.46%	5.94%	14	481
$850.00	Nov 20	$25.50	0.35	6.8%	3.20%	9.96%	391	446
$810.00	Nov 20	$37.00	0.48	1.7%	4.65%	6.38%	47	197
$860.00	Nov 20	$21.00	0.32	8.0%	2.64%	10.65%	27	116
$810.00	Nov 13	$34.85	0.47	1.7%	4.38%	6.11%	1	8
$805.00	Nov 13	$36.50	0.48	1.1%	4.58%	5.69%	9	16
$825.00	Nov 13	$28.50	0.42	3.6%	3.58%	7.20%	1	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,606

Total Puts 13,306

Put/Call Ratio 0.91

Net Difference 1,300

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 16,319

Total Puts 15,295

Put/Call Ratio 0.94

Net Difference 1,024

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 75,426

Total Puts 73,053

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Ratio Trend Falling

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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