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as of 10/12 06:00 PM

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Monday, October 12, 2026 (6:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12) 17,514

Calls: 7,309 (42%)

Puts: 10,205 (58%)

Prior (10/09) 18,098

Calls: 9,186 (51%)

Puts: 8,912 (49%)

Current vs Prior -3.23%

Calls: -20.43% (Calls)

Puts: +14.51% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 168,506

Calls: 86,931 (52%)

Puts: 81,575 (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average 24,072

Calls: 12,418 (52%)

Puts: 11,653 (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -27.24%

Calls: -41.15%

Puts: -12.43%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12) $32.05M

Calls: $10.07M (31%)

Puts: $21.98M (69%)

Prior (10/09) $32.20M

Calls: $17.00M (53%)

Puts: $15.19M (47%)

Current vs Prior -0.46%

Calls: -40.75%

Puts: +44.64%

Prior 7-Day Total $329.86M

Calls: $205.74M (62%)

Puts: $124.12M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $47.12M

Calls: $29.39M (62%)

Puts: $17.73M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -31.99%

Calls: -65.72%

Puts: +23.94%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/12) 1.40

Prior (10/09) 0.97

Current vs Prior +43.92%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.95

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +46.58%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/12) 239,267

Calls: 117,230 (49%)

Puts: 122,037 (51%)

Prior (10/09) 252,119

Calls: 123,609 (49%)

Puts: 128,510 (51%)

Current vs Prior -5.10%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,662,644

Calls: 820,861 (49%)

Puts: 841,783 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 237,520

Calls: 117,265 (49%)

Puts: 120,254 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.74%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 3.51% | 5.11%3.51% | 11.69%

Prior 0.56% | 3.95%3.95% | 11.88%

Current vs Prior +523.93% | +29.26%-11.26% | -1.58%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.42% | 4.74%5.00% | 12.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +44.80% | +7.80%-29.81% | -6.41%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.56% | 3.95%3.95% | 11.88%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +523.93% | +29.26%-11.26% | -1.58%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

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 109.58% | 14.27%

Calls: 95.00% | 9.02%

Puts: 124.16% | 19.51%

Current vs Prior -44.42% | -3.15%

Prior 7-Day Avg 49.85% | 16.52%

Calls: 53.15% | 16.38%

Puts: 46.55% | 16.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +22.18% | -16.33%

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Moderately bearish flow with 69% put dollar volume ($21.98M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.40 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 44% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

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Current BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 54 of results (avg 8.5%, best 5.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Nov 20	161.30	170.70	$166.00	5.7%	--	0.93	17
$650.00	Nov 20	151.45	161.10	$156.27	6.2%	--	0.92	34
$660.00	Nov 20	142.10	151.95	$147.02	6.7%	--	0.91	35
$650.00	Oct 23	146.60	156.95	$151.77	6.8%	--	1.00	20
$670.00	Nov 20	133.40	143.00	$138.20	6.9%	--	0.89	49

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Nov 20	41.45	43.75	$42.60	5.4%	147	0.48	831
$750.00	Nov 20	21.25	22.65	$21.95	6.4%	52	0.30	621
$870.00	Oct 30	77.80	83.05	$80.43	6.5%	36	0.76	20
$900.00	Nov 20	106.20	114.00	$110.10	7.1%	2	0.79	153
$950.00	Nov 20	148.25	159.40	$153.82	7.2%	--	0.88	13

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. 181 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 16	126.80	138.35	$132.57	8.7%	2	1.00	12
$650.00	Oct 23	146.60	156.95	$151.77	6.8%	--	1.00	20
$700.00	Oct 16	97.70	107.70	$102.70	9.7%	--	1.00	14
$710.00	Oct 16	87.85	96.35	$92.10	9.2%	--	0.99	14
$670.00	Oct 23	126.70	137.30	$132.00	8.0%	2	0.99	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$870.00	Oct 16	64.40	72.50	$68.45	11.8%	--	1.00	192
$875.00	Oct 16	69.45	78.45	$73.95	12.2%	--	1.00	16
$880.00	Oct 16	74.95	82.30	$78.63	9.3%	--	1.00	254
$890.00	Oct 16	84.45	94.05	$89.25	10.8%	--	1.00	48
$910.00	Oct 16	103.80	116.00	$109.90	11.1%	--	1.00	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 376 active (total vol 12.0K, top 580)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 16	0.10	0.19	$0.15	60.0%	446	0.01	1.5K
$910.00	Oct 16	0.00	0.16	$0.08	200.0%	367	0.01	564
$870.00	Oct 16	0.25	0.68	$0.47	91.5%	312	0.03	571
$865.00	Oct 16	0.17	1.20	$0.69	149.3%	292	0.05	111
$800.00	Oct 16	11.20	15.75	$13.48	33.8%	250	0.51	232

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$795.00	Oct 23	13.90	20.40	$17.15	37.9%	580	0.44	58
$750.00	Oct 16	0.65	1.32	$0.99	67.7%	537	0.06	1.5K
$790.00	Nov 20	35.95	39.10	$37.53	8.4%	461	0.44	312
$765.00	Oct 16	1.91	2.85	$2.38	39.5%	316	0.14	305
$790.00	Oct 16	6.90	9.10	$8.00	27.5%	315	0.36	388

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 16.4%, max 27.8%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	42.6%	33.3%	27.8%	48	87
$822.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	41.0%	35.0%	17.0%	19	122
$817.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	40.0%	36.9%	8.5%	14	108
$812.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	39.6%	36.7%	8.0%	28	34

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	42.6%	33.3%	27.8%	--	38
$822.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	41.0%	35.0%	17.0%	8	111
$817.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	40.0%	36.9%	8.5%	4	69

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 319 found (best R:R 0.91, avg 5.89)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$735.00	$740.00	Oct 16	$2.62	$2.38	$2.62	97%	0.91	$737.62
$820.00	$830.00	Nov 20	$2.70	$7.30	$2.70	46%	2.70	$822.70
$795.00	$800.00	Nov 13	$1.03	$3.97	$1.03	55%	3.85	$796.03
$835.00	$840.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	37%	17.52	$835.27
$780.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$4.45	$5.55	$4.45	61%	1.25	$784.45

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$820.00	$815.00	Oct 30	$0.72	$4.28	$0.72	57%	5.94	$819.28
$820.00	$810.00	Nov 20	$3.25	$6.75	$3.25	54%	2.08	$816.75
$827.50	$825.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	78%	15.67	$827.35
$835.00	$830.00	Oct 23	$1.93	$3.07	$1.93	77%	1.59	$833.07
$875.00	$870.00	Oct 30	$2.37	$2.63	$2.37	78%	1.11	$872.63

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 252 found (best R:R 1.05, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$815.00	$820.00	Nov 6	$4.50	$4.50	$0.50	53%	9.00	$819.50
$915.00	$920.00	Oct 16	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	93%	0.69	$917.05
$825.00	$830.00	Nov 13	$3.70	$3.70	$1.30	56%	2.85	$828.70
$845.00	$850.00	Oct 23	$2.33	$2.33	$2.67	77%	0.87	$847.33
$830.00	$840.00	Nov 20	$5.30	$5.30	$4.70	57%	1.13	$835.30

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$665.00	$660.00	Nov 13	$2.56	$2.56	$2.44	91%	1.05	$662.44
$725.00	$720.00	Oct 30	$2.80	$2.80	$2.20	82%	1.27	$722.20
$795.00	$790.00	Oct 30	$4.15	$4.15	$0.85	54%	4.88	$790.85
$710.00	$700.00	Nov 6	$3.12	$3.12	$6.88	84%	0.45	$706.88
$790.00	$780.00	Nov 20	$5.98	$5.98	$4.02	56%	1.49	$784.02

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 22 found (avg debit $6.69, cheapest $4.55)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$810.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.15	39.3%	34.0%
$815.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.18	40.0%	34.8%
$800.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$7.25	39.0%	34.2%
$807.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$7.13	41.6%	36.9%
$805.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.85	39.2%	34.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$810.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$4.55	39.3%	34.0%
$815.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.47	40.0%	34.8%
$800.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.35	39.0%	34.2%
$807.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.30	41.6%	36.9%
$805.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.12	39.2%	34.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 134 found (cheapest 3.20% of stock, avg 8.21%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$805.00	Oct 16	$10.83	$14.78	$25.61	$779.39	$830.61	3.20%
$802.50	Oct 16	$12.05	$13.65	$25.70	$776.80	$828.20	3.22%
$797.50	Oct 16	$15.28	$10.90	$26.18	$771.32	$823.68	3.28%
$800.00	Oct 16	$13.48	$12.75	$26.23	$773.77	$826.23	3.28%
$807.50	Oct 16	$10.55	$15.85	$26.40	$781.10	$833.90	3.30%
$795.00	Oct 16	$16.45	$10.23	$26.68	$768.32	$821.68	3.34%
$810.00	Oct 16	$8.85	$18.65	$27.50	$782.50	$837.50	3.44%
$790.00	Oct 16	$19.67	$8.00	$27.67	$762.33	$817.67	3.46%
$815.00	Oct 16	$7.30	$20.83	$28.13	$786.87	$843.13	3.52%
$812.50	Oct 16	$8.03	$20.63	$28.66	$783.84	$841.16	3.59%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.82% of stock, avg 6.45%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$812.50	$785.00	Oct 16	$8.03	$6.48	$14.51	$770.49	$827.01
$812.50	$790.00	Oct 16	$8.03	$8.00	$16.03	$773.97	$828.53
$810.00	$785.00	Oct 16	$8.85	$6.48	$15.33	$769.67	$825.33
$810.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$8.85	$8.00	$16.85	$773.15	$826.85
$807.50	$785.00	Oct 16	$10.55	$6.48	$17.03	$767.97	$824.53
$812.50	$795.00	Oct 16	$8.03	$10.23	$18.26	$776.74	$830.76
$810.00	$795.00	Oct 16	$8.85	$10.23	$19.08	$775.92	$829.08
$807.50	$790.00	Oct 16	$10.55	$8.00	$18.55	$771.45	$826.05
$805.00	$785.00	Oct 16	$10.83	$6.48	$17.31	$767.69	$822.31
$805.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$10.83	$8.00	$18.83	$771.17	$823.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 160 found (best R:R 2.38, avg credit $2.49)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
670/675	845/850	Oct 23	$3.52	$1.48	73%	2.38	$671.48	$848.52
660/665	845/850	Oct 23	$3.31	$1.69	74%	1.96	$661.69	$848.31
670/675	830/835	Oct 23	$3.57	$1.43	67%	2.50	$671.43	$833.57
660/665	830/835	Oct 23	$3.36	$1.64	67%	2.05	$661.64	$833.36
660/665	850/855	Nov 13	$3.84	$1.16	56%	3.31	$661.16	$853.84
640/645	845/850	Oct 23	$2.78	$2.22	76%	1.25	$642.22	$847.78
730/735	845/850	Oct 23	$3.07	$1.93	69%	1.59	$731.93	$848.07
660/665	855/860	Nov 13	$3.61	$1.39	58%	2.60	$661.39	$858.61
720/725	845/850	Oct 30	$4.03	$0.97	49%	4.15	$720.97	$849.03
710/715	845/850	Oct 23	$2.82	$2.18	72%	1.29	$712.18	$847.82

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 217 found (best R:R 26.78, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$9.91	10%	110.11
$845.00	$850.00	$855.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Oct 23	$0.11	$4.89	6%	44.45
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	3%	61.50
$810.00	$812.50	$815.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$2.41	5%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$820.00	$840.00	$860.00	Nov 6	$0.72	$19.28	15%	26.78
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$9.95	5%	199.00
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	11%	54.56
$740.00	$745.00	$750.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	3%	61.50
$822.50	$825.00	$827.50	Oct 23	$0.08	$2.42	5%	30.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 155 found (best net $-26.86, 144 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$740.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$26.86	$13.14
$890.00	$895.00	1:2	Oct 16	$0.00	$5.00
$875.00	$880.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.08	$4.92
$945.00	$950.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.09	$4.91
$865.00	$870.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.25	$4.75

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$930.00	$875.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$35.34	$19.66
$665.00	$660.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.11	$4.89
$655.00	$650.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.09	$4.91
$710.00	$700.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.02	$9.98
$700.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.03	$9.97

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 143 found (best yield 4.88%, avg 1.53%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$810.00	Nov 20	$39.00	0.49	1.3%	4.88%	6.21%	132	278
$830.00	Nov 20	$30.05	0.43	3.8%	3.76%	7.59%	12	249
$820.00	Nov 20	$32.95	0.46	2.6%	4.12%	6.70%	105	221
$840.00	Nov 20	$26.60	0.39	5.1%	3.33%	8.41%	31	308
$850.00	Nov 20	$23.55	0.36	6.3%	2.95%	9.28%	14	495
$800.00	Nov 20	$41.30	0.52	0.1%	5.17%	5.25%	23	492
$815.00	Nov 13	$33.60	0.48	2.0%	4.20%	6.16%	2	5
$805.00	Nov 13	$38.05	0.51	0.7%	4.76%	5.46%	--	21
$860.00	Nov 20	$20.40	0.33	7.6%	2.55%	10.14%	34	131
$825.00	Nov 13	$28.75	0.44	3.2%	3.60%	6.80%	2	1

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,309

Total Puts 10,205

Put/Call Ratio 1.40

Net Difference -2,896

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,186

Total Puts 8,912

Put/Call Ratio 0.97

Net Difference 274

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 86,931

Total Puts 81,575

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.95

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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