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$748.98 -3.08%

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as of 10/14 06:00 PM

(10/13 18:00) ◀

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 (6:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/14) 27,735

Calls: 11,116 (40%)

Puts: 16,619 (60%)

Prior (10/13) 34,759

Calls: 17,401 (50%)

Puts: 17,358 (50%)

Current vs Prior -20.21%

Calls: -36.12% (Calls)

Puts: -4.26% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 177,885

Calls: 90,353 (51%)

Puts: 87,532 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 25,412

Calls: 12,907 (51%)

Puts: 12,504 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.14%

Calls: -13.88%

Puts: +32.90%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/14) $112.88M

Calls: $38.29M (34%)

Puts: $74.58M (66%)

Prior (10/13) $70.86M

Calls: $30.53M (43%)

Puts: $40.33M (57%)

Current vs Prior +59.29%

Calls: +25.41%

Puts: +84.94%

Prior 7-Day Total $362.31M

Calls: $201.08M (55%)

Puts: $161.23M (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average $51.76M

Calls: $28.73M (55%)

Puts: $23.03M (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +118.09%

Calls: +33.31%

Puts: +223.81%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/14) 1.50

Prior (10/13) 1.00

Current vs Prior +49.88%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.01

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +48.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/14) 252,935

Calls: 122,760 (49%)

Puts: 130,175 (51%)

Prior (10/13) 245,312

Calls: 118,875 (48%)

Puts: 126,437 (52%)

Current vs Prior +3.11%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,674,585

Calls: 822,672 (49%)

Puts: 851,913 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 239,226

Calls: 117,524 (49%)

Puts: 121,701 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.73%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.15% | 5.54%3.15% | 12.14%

Prior 3.68% | 5.50%3.68% | 11.88%

Current vs Prior -14.29% | +0.70%-14.29% | +2.19%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.62% | 4.85%4.36% | 12.13%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +20.10% | +14.31%-27.71% | +0.03%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.68% | 5.50%3.68% | 11.88%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -14.29% | +0.70%-14.29% | +2.19%

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 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 50.43% | 14.45%

Calls: 55.90% | 13.48%

Puts: 44.95% | 15.41%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +20.78% | -4.34%

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Moderately bearish flow with 66% put dollar volume ($74.58M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 59% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (118% higher). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.50 indicates protective positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 81 of results (avg 8.2%, best 5.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 16	95.55	102.30	$98.93	6.8%	--	1.00	10
$670.00	Nov 20	90.80	97.55	$94.18	7.2%	21	0.80	49
$600.00	Nov 20	148.65	159.80	$154.23	7.2%	--	0.92	26
$800.00	Nov 20	21.65	23.40	$22.53	7.8%	142	0.34	526
$620.00	Nov 20	130.50	141.10	$135.80	7.8%	62	0.90	73

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Nov 20	57.65	60.70	$59.18	5.2%	80	0.58	508
$875.00	Oct 16	123.20	130.30	$126.75	5.6%	2	0.99	--
$880.00	Nov 20	132.60	140.65	$136.63	5.9%	52	0.86	76
$890.00	Nov 20	142.65	151.35	$147.00	5.9%	4	0.88	181
$890.00	Oct 16	138.20	146.65	$142.43	5.9%	6	1.00	7

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. 256 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	140.85	155.80	$148.32	10.1%	--	1.00	10
$610.00	Oct 16	131.30	145.85	$138.57	10.5%	--	1.00	11
$640.00	Oct 16	101.10	115.75	$108.43	13.5%	7	1.00	4
$650.00	Oct 16	95.55	102.30	$98.93	6.8%	--	1.00	10
$670.00	Oct 16	75.45	85.35	$80.40	12.3%	--	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$890.00	Oct 16	138.20	146.65	$142.43	5.9%	6	1.00	7
$875.00	Oct 16	123.20	130.30	$126.75	5.6%	2	0.99	--
$850.00	Oct 16	98.20	105.85	$102.03	7.5%	4	0.99	172
$870.00	Oct 16	118.20	126.65	$122.43	6.9%	4	0.99	11
$865.00	Oct 16	110.05	120.30	$115.18	8.9%	1	0.99	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 549 active (total vol 19.4K, top 538)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$775.00	Oct 16	2.25	3.35	$2.80	39.3%	503	0.18	84
$790.00	Oct 16	0.56	1.61	$1.09	96.3%	258	0.08	447
$810.00	Oct 16	0.23	0.54	$0.39	79.5%	258	0.03	772
$800.00	Oct 23	3.70	5.00	$4.35	29.9%	244	0.17	448
$800.00	Oct 16	0.36	0.87	$0.62	82.3%	239	0.05	431

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Oct 16	1.10	1.57	$1.34	35.1%	538	0.09	982
$700.00	Oct 23	2.65	4.90	$3.78	59.5%	452	0.14	79
$795.00	Oct 23	45.65	53.90	$49.78	16.6%	348	0.82	577
$765.00	Oct 16	18.65	23.60	$21.13	23.4%	344	0.71	621
$785.00	Oct 23	39.45	46.10	$42.78	15.5%	312	0.75	205

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 20 strikes (avg 23.0%, max 38.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$750.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	53.3%	40.5%	31.4%	75	26
$740.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	51.2%	41.2%	24.2%	6	34
$760.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	53.2%	43.5%	22.2%	96	71
$770.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	52.6%	43.8%	20.1%	155	181
$730.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	52.0%	43.5%	19.6%	10	76

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$725.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	56.8%	41.1%	38.1%	253	18
$750.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	53.3%	40.5%	31.4%	230	1.7K
$720.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	53.8%	41.4%	30.2%	271	802
$745.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	50.9%	39.6%	28.5%	50	345
$765.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	53.3%	41.8%	27.4%	345	639

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 376 found (best R:R 0.67, avg 5.11)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$690.00	$740.00	Nov 13	$32.15	$17.85	$32.15	74%	0.56	$722.15
$710.00	$720.00	Nov 20	$5.32	$4.68	$5.32	67%	0.88	$715.32
$740.00	$750.00	Nov 13	$4.17	$5.83	$4.17	56%	1.40	$744.17
$720.00	$740.00	Nov 27	$10.81	$9.19	$10.81	63%	0.85	$730.81
$810.00	$820.00	Nov 20	$1.73	$8.27	$1.73	31%	4.78	$811.73

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$855.00	$850.00	Oct 16	$3.00	$2.00	$3.00	99%	0.67	$852.00
$880.00	$875.00	Oct 30	$2.68	$2.32	$2.68	92%	0.87	$877.32
$740.00	$735.00	Nov 6	$0.38	$4.62	$0.38	45%	12.16	$739.62
$725.00	$720.00	Nov 6	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	38%	40.67	$724.88
$735.00	$730.00	Nov 27	$0.34	$4.66	$0.34	42%	13.71	$734.66

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 298 found (best R:R 0.32, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$810.00	$815.00	Nov 13	$3.07	$3.07	$1.93	69%	1.59	$813.07
$860.00	$865.00	Oct 23	$1.81	$1.81	$3.19	92%	0.57	$861.81
$827.50	$830.00	Oct 23	$1.83	$1.83	$0.67	88%	2.73	$829.33
$817.50	$820.00	Oct 23	$1.82	$1.82	$0.68	87%	2.68	$819.32
$870.00	$875.00	Nov 6	$2.00	$2.00	$3.00	86%	0.67	$872.00

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$620.00	$610.00	Oct 16	$2.42	$2.42	$7.58	94%	0.32	$617.58
$690.00	$685.00	Nov 13	$3.00	$3.00	$2.00	74%	1.50	$687.00
$715.00	$710.00	Nov 6	$3.42	$3.42	$1.58	66%	2.16	$711.58
$735.00	$730.00	Nov 6	$3.69	$3.69	$1.31	57%	2.82	$731.31
$740.00	$735.00	Nov 27	$3.73	$3.73	$1.27	56%	2.94	$736.27

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 16 found (avg debit $8.77, cheapest $6.63)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$745.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$9.13	50.9%	38.8%
$750.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$9.25	53.3%	43.7%
$760.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$9.08	53.2%	44.2%
$740.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$8.70	51.2%	43.6%
$735.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$8.55	50.6%	43.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$745.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.63	50.9%	38.8%
$750.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$7.83	53.3%	43.7%
$760.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$8.25	53.2%	44.2%
$740.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$8.65	51.2%	43.6%
$735.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$8.30	50.6%	43.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 158 found (cheapest 2.83% of stock, avg 9.17%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$747.50	Oct 16	$11.00	$10.23	$21.23	$726.27	$768.73	2.83%
$755.00	Oct 16	$7.85	$14.30	$22.15	$732.85	$777.15	2.96%
$745.00	Oct 16	$13.25	$9.70	$22.95	$722.05	$767.95	3.06%
$750.00	Oct 16	$10.48	$12.60	$23.08	$726.92	$773.08	3.08%
$740.00	Oct 16	$16.25	$7.60	$23.85	$716.15	$763.85	3.18%
$760.00	Oct 16	$6.50	$17.73	$24.23	$735.77	$784.23	3.24%
$735.00	Oct 16	$19.50	$5.68	$25.18	$709.82	$760.18	3.36%
$765.00	Oct 16	$5.03	$21.13	$26.16	$738.84	$791.16	3.49%
$730.00	Oct 16	$23.50	$4.45	$27.95	$702.05	$757.95	3.73%
$770.00	Oct 16	$3.68	$25.00	$28.68	$741.32	$798.68	3.83%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.36% of stock, avg 7.07%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$770.00	$737.50	Oct 16	$3.68	$6.48	$10.16	$727.34	$780.16
$765.00	$737.50	Oct 16	$5.03	$6.48	$11.51	$725.99	$776.51
$760.00	$737.50	Oct 16	$6.50	$6.48	$12.98	$724.52	$772.98
$770.00	$740.00	Oct 16	$3.68	$7.60	$11.28	$728.72	$781.28
$765.00	$740.00	Oct 16	$5.03	$7.60	$12.63	$727.37	$777.63
$770.00	$742.50	Oct 16	$3.68	$7.90	$11.58	$730.92	$781.58
$760.00	$740.00	Oct 16	$6.50	$7.60	$14.10	$725.90	$774.10
$765.00	$742.50	Oct 16	$5.03	$7.90	$12.93	$729.57	$777.93
$755.00	$737.50	Oct 16	$7.85	$6.48	$14.33	$723.17	$769.33
$760.00	$742.50	Oct 16	$6.50	$7.90	$14.40	$728.10	$774.40

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 300 found (best R:R 1.99, avg credit $2.25)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
665/668	790/795	Oct 23	$3.33	$1.67	69%	1.99	$664.17	$793.33
610/620	795/798	Oct 16	$2.82	$7.18	88%	0.39	$617.18	$797.82
665/668	780/785	Oct 23	$3.27	$1.73	63%	1.89	$664.23	$783.27
610/620	790/795	Oct 16	$2.65	$7.35	86%	0.36	$617.35	$792.65
650/655	795/800	Nov 6	$3.59	$1.41	51%	2.55	$651.41	$798.59
610/620	785/790	Oct 16	$2.79	$7.21	84%	0.39	$617.21	$787.79
665/668	775/780	Oct 23	$3.13	$1.87	59%	1.67	$664.37	$778.13
620/625	790/795	Oct 30	$3.12	$1.88	58%	1.66	$621.88	$793.12
610/620	780/785	Oct 16	$3.01	$6.99	80%	0.43	$616.99	$783.01
625/630	805/810	Nov 27	$3.27	$1.73	55%	1.89	$626.73	$808.27

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 281 found (best R:R 54.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Nov 20	$0.18	$9.82	8%	54.56
$760.00	$765.00	$770.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	12%	40.67
$750.00	$755.00	$760.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	8%	99.00
$735.00	$740.00	$745.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$4.75	14%	19.00
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$4.87	9%	37.46

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$9.83	6%	57.82
$630.00	$640.00	$650.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$9.93	4%	141.86
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$4.79	10%	22.81
$732.50	$735.00	$737.50	Oct 16	$0.08	$2.42	6%	30.25
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	4%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 149 found (best net $-12.90, 139 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$690.00	$740.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$12.90	$37.10
$670.00	$700.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$18.06	$11.94
$640.00	$690.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$34.12	$15.88
$817.50	$820.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.10	$2.40
$795.00	$797.50	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.06	$2.44

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$620.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.76	$19.24
$690.00	$680.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.13	$9.87
$715.00	$710.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.40	$4.60
$707.50	$705.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.08	$2.42
$640.00	$630.00	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. 165 found (best yield 4.37%, avg 1.56%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$770.00	Nov 27	$32.70	0.46	2.8%	4.37%	7.17%	1	1
$750.00	Nov 27	$41.25	0.52	0.1%	5.51%	5.64%	5	--
$760.00	Nov 27	$36.40	0.49	1.5%	4.86%	6.33%	3	2
$785.00	Nov 27	$26.80	0.40	4.8%	3.58%	8.39%	32	20
$760.00	Nov 20	$35.80	0.48	1.5%	4.78%	6.25%	230	101
$750.00	Nov 20	$40.50	0.52	0.1%	5.41%	5.54%	27	64
$780.00	Nov 20	$28.00	0.41	4.1%	3.74%	7.88%	8	106
$790.00	Nov 20	$24.40	0.38	5.5%	3.26%	8.73%	17	71
$795.00	Nov 27	$22.75	0.37	6.1%	3.04%	9.18%	52	18
$790.00	Nov 27	$24.10	0.38	5.5%	3.22%	8.69%	44	23

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 11,116

Total Puts 16,619

Put/Call Ratio 1.50

Net Difference -5,503

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 17,401

Total Puts 17,358

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference 43

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 90,353

Total Puts 87,532

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.01

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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