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$772.78 -3.33%

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as of 10/13 06:00 PM

(10/12 18:00) ◀

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 (6:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/13) 34,759

Calls: 17,401 (50%)

Puts: 17,358 (50%)

Prior (10/12) 17,514

Calls: 7,309 (42%)

Puts: 10,205 (58%)

Current vs Prior +98.46%

Calls: +138.08% (Calls)

Puts: +70.09% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 167,767

Calls: 84,940 (51%)

Puts: 82,827 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 23,966

Calls: 12,134 (51%)

Puts: 11,832 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +45.03%

Calls: +43.40%

Puts: +46.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/13) $70.86M

Calls: $30.53M (43%)

Puts: $40.33M (57%)

Prior (10/12) $32.05M

Calls: $10.07M (31%)

Puts: $21.98M (69%)

Current vs Prior +121.10%

Calls: +203.10%

Puts: +83.51%

Prior 7-Day Total $331.58M

Calls: $197.46M (60%)

Puts: $134.12M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $47.37M

Calls: $28.21M (60%)

Puts: $19.16M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +49.60%

Calls: +8.24%

Puts: +110.48%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/13) 1.00

Prior (10/12) 1.40

Current vs Prior -28.56%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.01

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.67%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/13) 245,312

Calls: 118,875 (48%)

Puts: 126,437 (52%)

Prior (10/12) 239,267

Calls: 117,230 (49%)

Puts: 122,037 (51%)

Current vs Prior +2.53%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,668,198

Calls: 822,169 (49%)

Puts: 846,029 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 238,314

Calls: 117,452 (49%)

Puts: 120,861 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.94%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.68% | 5.50%3.68% | 11.88%

Prior 3.51% | 5.11%3.51% | 11.69%

Current vs Prior +4.84% | +7.75%+4.84% | +1.56%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.65% | 4.86%4.64% | 12.28%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +38.67% | +13.14%-20.69% | -3.26%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.51% | 5.11%3.51% | 11.69%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +4.84% | +7.75%+4.84% | +1.56%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

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 60.91% | 13.82%

Calls: 80.45% | 14.19%

Puts: 41.36% | 13.45%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 50.64% | 16.29%

Calls: 55.97% | 15.77%

Puts: 45.31% | 16.81%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +20.27% | -15.16%

Liquidity Expensive

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 121% vs prior. Above-average activity with volume up 98% vs prior. P/C ratio dropping 29% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BEARISH

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 70 of results (avg 8.2%, best 4.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Nov 20	151.60	161.90	$156.75	6.6%	--	0.94	73
$650.00	Nov 20	124.35	133.50	$128.93	7.1%	20	0.90	34
$650.00	Oct 16	118.00	126.75	$122.38	7.1%	20	1.00	30
$660.00	Nov 20	115.65	124.80	$120.23	7.6%	--	0.89	35
$680.00	Nov 20	98.90	106.80	$102.85	7.7%	--	0.84	27

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$920.00	Oct 23	143.35	150.10	$146.73	4.6%	2	0.99	--
$915.00	Oct 16	139.75	146.95	$143.35	5.0%	10	0.94	--
$800.00	Nov 20	55.40	58.45	$56.93	5.4%	232	0.57	823
$860.00	Nov 13	96.20	101.90	$99.05	5.8%	--	0.78	11
$880.00	Oct 16	103.75	110.00	$106.88	5.8%	--	0.99	246

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
$640.00	Oct 16	125.65	136.35	$131.00	8.2%	1	1.00	4
$650.00	Oct 16	118.00	126.75	$122.38	7.1%	20	1.00	30
$670.00	Oct 16	95.75	105.70	$100.73	9.9%	--	1.00	10
$690.00	Oct 16	76.75	86.75	$81.75	12.2%	2	1.00	8
$700.00	Oct 16	65.90	75.90	$70.90	14.1%	3	1.00	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$925.00	Oct 23	148.00	157.35	$152.68	6.1%	2	0.99	--
$910.00	Oct 16	132.05	145.20	$138.63	9.5%	10	0.99	10
$890.00	Oct 16	112.60	122.45	$117.53	8.4%	41	0.99	7
$875.00	Oct 16	99.70	107.45	$103.58	7.5%	--	0.99	16
$920.00	Oct 23	143.35	150.10	$146.73	4.6%	2	0.99	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 523 active (total vol 23.5K, top 637)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Oct 23	9.00	10.20	$9.60	12.5%	633	0.30	129
$800.00	Oct 16	3.10	4.00	$3.55	25.4%	581	0.20	285
$900.00	Nov 6	4.35	6.10	$5.23	33.5%	327	0.12	109
$900.00	Nov 13	5.30	8.90	$7.10	50.7%	327	0.14	54
$785.00	Oct 16	5.25	9.50	$7.38	57.6%	304	0.35	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$770.00	Oct 16	11.00	12.10	$11.55	9.5%	637	0.46	1.6K
$720.00	Nov 13	13.90	21.90	$17.90	44.7%	509	0.28	6
$735.00	Oct 16	1.62	2.42	$2.02	39.6%	496	0.12	65
$750.00	Oct 16	4.30	4.85	$4.57	12.0%	456	0.23	1.8K
$730.00	Oct 16	1.17	1.60	$1.39	30.9%	427	0.09	1.0K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 23 strikes (avg 10.1%, max 20.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$760.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	46.9%	41.2%	13.9%	105	32
$770.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	46.3%	40.9%	13.0%	233	74
$750.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	47.0%	42.0%	12.1%	9	87
$745.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	50.7%	45.6%	11.2%	1	11
$790.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	47.2%	43.9%	7.4%	451	263

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$765.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	47.8%	39.7%	20.3%	240	588
$745.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	48.5%	40.6%	19.3%	184	286
$750.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	47.0%	40.4%	16.5%	464	1.8K
$760.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	46.9%	41.2%	13.9%	283	815
$755.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	46.4%	40.8%	13.8%	381	376

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 376 found (best R:R 2.70, avg 5.81)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$760.00	$770.00	Nov 20	$3.32	$6.68	$3.32	57%	2.01	$763.32
$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$2.32	$7.68	$2.32	46%	3.31	$792.32
$715.00	$755.00	Nov 27	$24.90	$15.10	$24.90	72%	0.61	$739.90
$775.00	$780.00	Nov 13	$0.57	$4.43	$0.57	50%	7.77	$775.57
$750.00	$755.00	Oct 23	$1.62	$3.38	$1.62	69%	2.09	$751.62

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$810.00	$805.00	Oct 23	$1.35	$3.65	$1.35	76%	2.70	$808.65
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 23	$2.30	$2.70	$2.30	94%	1.17	$857.70
$870.00	$865.00	Oct 16	$2.88	$2.12	$2.88	99%	0.74	$867.12
$790.00	$785.00	Oct 30	$0.75	$4.25	$0.75	56%	5.67	$789.25
$840.00	$835.00	Oct 23	$2.58	$2.42	$2.58	89%	0.94	$837.42

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 303 found (best R:R 0.38, avg 0.42)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$845.00	$850.00	Nov 6	$3.00	$3.00	$2.00	75%	1.50	$848.00
$915.00	$920.00	Oct 16	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	94%	0.61	$916.90
$860.00	$865.00	Nov 13	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	78%	0.92	$862.40
$900.00	$905.00	Nov 13	$1.96	$1.96	$3.04	86%	0.64	$901.96
$865.00	$870.00	Nov 6	$2.17	$2.17	$2.83	80%	0.77	$867.17

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$630.00	Nov 27	$2.73	$2.73	$7.27	90%	0.38	$637.27
$770.00	$765.00	Nov 27	$3.90	$3.90	$1.10	53%	3.55	$766.10
$730.00	$720.00	Nov 20	$4.53	$4.53	$5.47	68%	0.83	$725.47
$730.00	$725.00	Oct 30	$2.80	$2.80	$2.20	72%	1.27	$727.20
$760.00	$755.00	Nov 13	$3.53	$3.53	$1.47	56%	2.40	$756.47

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 15 found (avg debit $6.11, cheapest $5.37)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$765.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.68	47.8%	36.3%
$770.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$7.27	46.3%	34.8%
$760.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$7.28	46.9%	36.8%
$785.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.05	45.6%	37.6%
$790.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.53	47.2%	39.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$765.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.37	47.8%	36.3%
$770.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.15	46.3%	34.8%
$760.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.63	46.9%	36.8%
$785.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.22	45.6%	37.6%
$790.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.77	47.2%	39.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 147 found (cheapest 3.31% of stock, avg 8.99%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$775.00	Oct 16	$11.63	$13.93	$25.56	$749.44	$800.56	3.31%
$780.00	Oct 16	$9.50	$16.33	$25.83	$754.17	$805.83	3.34%
$770.00	Oct 16	$14.48	$11.55	$26.03	$743.97	$796.03	3.37%
$765.00	Oct 16	$17.35	$9.73	$27.08	$737.92	$792.08	3.50%
$760.00	Oct 16	$19.75	$7.55	$27.30	$732.70	$787.30	3.53%
$785.00	Oct 16	$7.38	$20.48	$27.86	$757.14	$812.86	3.61%
$755.00	Oct 16	$22.68	$5.80	$28.48	$726.52	$783.48	3.69%
$790.00	Oct 16	$6.20	$22.88	$29.08	$760.92	$819.08	3.76%
$750.00	Oct 16	$26.75	$4.57	$31.32	$718.68	$781.32	4.05%
$795.00	Oct 16	$4.60	$26.90	$31.50	$763.50	$826.50	4.08%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.19% of stock, avg 6.89%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$795.00	$750.00	Oct 16	$4.60	$4.57	$9.17	$740.83	$804.17
$795.00	$755.00	Oct 16	$4.60	$5.80	$10.40	$744.60	$805.40
$790.00	$750.00	Oct 16	$6.20	$4.57	$10.77	$739.23	$800.77
$790.00	$755.00	Oct 16	$6.20	$5.80	$12.00	$743.00	$802.00
$795.00	$760.00	Oct 16	$4.60	$7.55	$12.15	$747.85	$807.15
$785.00	$750.00	Oct 16	$7.38	$4.57	$11.95	$738.05	$796.95
$785.00	$755.00	Oct 16	$7.38	$5.80	$13.18	$741.82	$798.18
$790.00	$760.00	Oct 16	$6.20	$7.55	$13.75	$746.25	$803.75
$785.00	$760.00	Oct 16	$7.38	$7.55	$14.93	$745.07	$799.93
$795.00	$765.00	Oct 16	$4.60	$9.73	$14.33	$750.67	$809.33

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 260 found (best R:R 1.89, avg credit $2.21)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
685/690	845/850	Nov 13	$3.27	$1.73	55%	1.89	$686.73	$848.27
680/690	850/860	Nov 20	$5.52	$4.48	54%	1.23	$684.48	$855.52
660/665	802/805	Oct 23	$2.44	$2.56	68%	0.95	$662.56	$804.94
720/725	802/805	Oct 23	$3.04	$1.96	55%	1.55	$721.96	$805.54
660/665	812/815	Oct 30	$2.91	$2.09	56%	1.39	$662.09	$815.41
660/670	850/860	Nov 20	$4.73	$5.27	60%	0.90	$665.27	$854.73
700/710	850/860	Nov 20	$5.85	$4.15	48%	1.41	$704.15	$855.85
650/655	802/805	Oct 23	$2.19	$2.81	69%	0.78	$652.81	$804.69
690/695	802/805	Oct 23	$2.28	$2.72	65%	0.84	$692.72	$804.78
635/645	835/845	Nov 13	$4.40	$5.60	61%	0.79	$640.60	$839.40

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 244 found (best R:R 89.91, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$9.89	6%	89.91
$670.00	$680.00	$690.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$9.84	6%	61.50
$800.00	$810.00	$820.00	Nov 20	$0.28	$9.72	7%	34.71
$820.00	$830.00	$840.00	Nov 20	$0.29	$9.71	6%	33.48
$810.00	$815.00	$820.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$4.92	4%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Nov 20	$0.25	$9.75	8%	39.00
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Nov 20	$0.28	$9.72	7%	34.71
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$9.78	6%	44.45
$735.00	$740.00	$745.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$735.00	$740.00	$745.00	Nov 13	$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. 165 found (best net $-21.30, 156 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$740.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$7.09	$32.91
$680.00	$730.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$18.28	$31.72
$900.00	$925.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$1.74	$23.26
$910.00	$915.00	1:2	Oct 23	$0.00	$5.00
$850.00	$855.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.05	$4.95

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$920.00	$840.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$21.30	$58.70
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.17	$9.83
$720.00	$710.00	1:2	Oct 16	$0.00	$10.00
$710.00	$700.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.01	$9.99
$680.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.07	$9.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 170 found (best yield 4.35%, avg 1.43%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$790.00	Nov 27	$33.60	0.46	2.2%	4.35%	6.58%	194	3
$780.00	Nov 27	$37.60	0.49	0.9%	4.87%	5.80%	64	--
$795.00	Nov 27	$31.00	0.45	2.9%	4.01%	6.89%	106	--
$785.00	Nov 27	$34.95	0.48	1.6%	4.52%	6.10%	182	--
$775.00	Nov 27	$39.55	0.51	0.3%	5.12%	5.41%	16	--
$790.00	Nov 20	$32.60	0.46	2.2%	4.22%	6.45%	23	64
$810.00	Nov 27	$25.65	0.40	4.8%	3.32%	8.14%	52	4
$815.00	Nov 27	$24.55	0.38	5.5%	3.18%	8.64%	56	1
$800.00	Nov 27	$28.60	0.43	3.5%	3.70%	7.22%	62	--
$805.00	Nov 27	$26.75	0.41	4.2%	3.46%	7.63%	26	1

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 17,401

Total Puts 17,358

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference 43

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,309

Total Puts 10,205

Put/Call Ratio 1.40

Net Difference -2,896

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 84,940

Total Puts 82,827

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.01

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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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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