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$246.27 +0.44%

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as of 07/16 06:18 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/16) 10,206

Calls: 9,404 (92%)

Puts: 802 (8%)

Prior (07/15) 1,685

Calls: 1,059 (63%)

Puts: 626 (37%)

Current vs Prior +505.70%

Calls: +788.01% (Calls)

Puts: +28.12% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 20,783

Calls: 11,792 (57%)

Puts: 8,991 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,969

Calls: 1,684 (57%)

Puts: 1,284 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +243.75%

Calls: +458.24%

Puts: -37.56%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/16) $3.13M

Calls: $2.39M (77%)

Puts: $732.8K (23%)

Prior (07/15) $1.06M

Calls: $655.6K (62%)

Puts: $407.7K (38%)

Current vs Prior +193.99%

Calls: +265.04%

Puts: +79.73%

Prior 7-Day Total $14.23M

Calls: $7.93M (56%)

Puts: $6.30M (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average $2.03M

Calls: $1.13M (56%)

Puts: $899.4K (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +53.81%

Calls: +111.23%

Puts: -18.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/16) 0.09

Prior (07/15) 0.59

Current vs Prior -85.57%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -89.08%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/16) 21,207

Calls: 12,231 (58%)

Puts: 8,976 (42%)

Prior (07/15) 18,197

Calls: 9,477 (52%)

Puts: 8,720 (48%)

Current vs Prior +16.54%

Prior 7-Day Total 163,137

Calls: 82,293 (50%)

Puts: 80,844 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 23,305

Calls: 11,756 (50%)

Puts: 11,549 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.00%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/17) | Next (07/24)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 2.08% | 5.30%2.08% | 10.19%

Prior 2.81% | 5.32%2.81% | 10.20%

Current vs Prior -25.98% | -0.44%-25.98% | -0.04%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.04% | 5.20%3.79% | 10.92%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -31.46% | +1.81%-45.01% | -6.65%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.81% | 5.32%2.81% | 10.20%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -25.98% | -0.44%-25.98% | -0.04%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 34.64% | 14.23%

Calls: 40.70% | 18.95%

Puts: 28.57% | 9.52%

Prior 34.64% | 14.23%

Calls: 40.70% | 18.95%

Puts: 28.57% | 9.52%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.64% | 14.23%

Calls: 40.70% | 18.95%

Puts: 28.57% | 9.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in calls ($2.39M) vs puts ($732.8K). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 194% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (54% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 506% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 13 of results (avg 7.0%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Aug 21	13.60	14.00	$13.80	2.9%	176	0.62	626
$250.00	Aug 21	8.30	8.70	$8.50	4.7%	14	0.46	1.3K
$235.00	Aug 7	14.80	15.90	$15.35	7.2%	1	0.73	--
$270.00	Aug 21	2.50	2.70	$2.60	7.7%	8	0.20	335
$237.50	Jul 24	10.90	11.80	$11.35	7.9%	11	0.73	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Aug 21	11.10	11.50	$11.30	3.5%	17	0.54	658
$255.00	Jul 24	10.80	11.50	$11.15	6.3%	5	0.73	9
$255.00	Jul 31	11.70	12.60	$12.15	7.4%	60	0.67	185
$240.00	Aug 21	6.30	6.80	$6.55	7.6%	9	0.38	198
$290.00	Jul 17	42.20	46.00	$44.10	8.6%	17	1.00	--

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. 24 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$237.50	Jul 17	7.60	9.90	$8.75	26.3%	6	0.90	148
$220.00	Aug 21	26.90	30.60	$28.75	12.9%	1	0.84	77
$230.00	Jul 24	15.70	19.00	$17.35	19.0%	1	0.84	--
$235.00	Jul 24	11.60	14.90	$13.25	24.9%	2	0.81	--
$237.50	Jul 24	10.90	11.80	$11.35	7.9%	11	0.73	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Jul 17	42.20	46.00	$44.10	8.6%	17	1.00	--
$270.00	Jul 17	22.00	26.00	$24.00	16.7%	28	0.91	--
$265.00	Jul 24	17.80	21.30	$19.55	17.9%	6	0.86	4
$265.00	Jul 31	18.40	22.10	$20.25	18.3%	17	0.86	4
$270.00	Aug 21	23.90	27.60	$25.75	14.4%	1	0.80	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 86 active (total vol 9.4K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Jul 24	1.70	2.80	$2.25	48.9%	2.7K	0.27	63
$265.00	Jul 24	0.50	1.70	$1.10	109.1%	2.6K	0.14	21
$255.00	Jul 31	3.20	4.30	$3.75	29.3%	1.3K	0.33	49
$265.00	Jul 31	0.25	1.90	$1.08	152.8%	1.3K	0.14	22
$240.00	Aug 21	13.60	14.00	$13.80	2.9%	176	0.62	626

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Aug 7	1.35	2.00	$1.68	38.7%	116	0.14	18
$235.00	Aug 7	3.30	3.90	$3.60	16.7%	100	0.27	156
$255.00	Jul 31	11.70	12.60	$12.15	7.4%	60	0.67	185
$247.50	Jul 24	6.10	6.70	$6.40	9.4%	46	0.52	--
$230.00	Aug 21	3.40	3.80	$3.60	11.1%	39	0.23	547

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 24 strikes (avg 102.8%, max 327.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$270.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	132.1%	32.4%	308.4%	9	1.9K
$265.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	100.5%	34.1%	194.8%	3	33
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	77.8%	32.3%	140.7%	45	1.0K
$257.50	Jul 17	Jul 31	52.4%	36.3%	44.2%	44	--
$237.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	56.7%	40.7%	39.4%	17	148

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$225.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	154.8%	36.2%	327.9%	117	18
$270.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	132.1%	32.4%	308.4%	29	--
$210.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	143.2%	37.2%	284.4%	4	--
$230.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	91.5%	32.4%	182.7%	44	1.2K
$220.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	100.2%	37.7%	165.6%	23	1.9K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 48 found (best R:R 28.41, avg 4.37)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$260.00	$265.00	Jul 24	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$260.17
$265.00	$270.00	Jul 24	$0.42	$4.58	$0.42	10.90	$265.42
$265.00	$275.00	Aug 7	$0.86	$9.14	$0.86	10.63	$265.86
$270.00	$275.00	Jul 24	$0.45	$4.55	$0.45	10.11	$270.45
$255.00	$257.50	Jul 24	$0.37	$2.13	$0.37	5.76	$255.37

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$225.00	$222.50	Jul 24	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$224.87
$237.50	$235.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$237.32
$237.50	$235.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$237.30
$240.00	$237.50	Jul 17	$0.22	$2.28	$0.22	10.36	$239.78
$230.00	$220.00	Aug 21	$1.10	$8.90	$1.10	8.09	$228.90

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 58 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 1.86)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$237.50	$245.00	Jul 17	$6.17	$6.17	$1.33	4.64	$243.67
$230.00	$235.00	Jul 24	$4.10	$4.10	$0.90	4.56	$234.10
$235.00	$237.50	Jul 24	$1.90	$1.90	$0.60	3.17	$236.90
$220.00	$240.00	Aug 21	$14.95	$14.95	$5.05	2.96	$234.95
$237.50	$240.00	Jul 24	$1.85	$1.85	$0.65	2.85	$239.35

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$270.00	$250.00	Jul 17	$19.60	$19.60	$0.40	49.00	$250.40
$265.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$8.40	$8.40	$1.60	5.25	$256.60
$265.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$8.10	$8.10	$1.90	4.26	$256.90
$270.00	$250.00	Aug 21	$14.45	$14.45	$5.55	2.60	$255.55
$255.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$3.45	$3.45	$1.55	2.23	$251.55

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 24 found (avg debit $1.87, cheapest $0.65)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$265.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.67	100.5%	44.6%
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.89	77.8%	38.5%
$240.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.90	41.1%	36.9%
$275.00	Jul 24	Aug 7	$1.19	41.7%	38.2%
$257.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.75	52.4%	39.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$220.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.65	100.2%	54.8%
$265.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.70	44.6%	32.1%
$210.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	$0.97	143.2%	37.2%
$255.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.00	38.0%	36.0%
$230.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.17	91.5%	47.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 21 found (cheapest 2.09% of stock, avg 6.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$250.00	Jul 17	$0.75	$4.40	$5.15	$244.85	$255.15	2.09%
$237.50	Jul 17	$8.75	$0.33	$9.08	$228.42	$246.58	3.69%
$247.50	Jul 24	$5.25	$6.40	$11.65	$235.85	$259.15	4.73%
$245.00	Jul 24	$6.65	$5.15	$11.80	$233.20	$256.80	4.79%
$250.00	Jul 24	$4.15	$7.70	$11.85	$238.15	$261.85	4.81%
$242.50	Jul 24	$7.95	$4.00	$11.95	$230.55	$254.45	4.85%
$240.00	Jul 24	$9.50	$3.30	$12.80	$227.20	$252.80	5.20%
$255.00	Jul 24	$2.25	$11.15	$13.40	$241.60	$268.40	5.44%
$237.50	Jul 24	$11.35	$2.45	$13.80	$223.70	$251.30	5.60%
$235.00	Jul 24	$13.25	$1.48	$14.73	$220.27	$249.73	5.98%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 97 found (cheapest 0.21% of stock, avg 2.19%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$252.50	$237.50	Jul 17	$0.18	$0.33	$0.51	$236.99	$253.01
$252.50	$230.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$0.33	$0.51	$229.49	$253.01
$260.00	$237.50	Jul 17	$0.38	$0.33	$0.71	$236.79	$260.71
$260.00	$230.00	Jul 17	$0.38	$0.33	$0.71	$229.29	$260.71
$252.50	$240.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$0.55	$0.73	$239.27	$253.23
$260.00	$240.00	Jul 17	$0.38	$0.55	$0.93	$239.07	$260.93
$270.00	$237.50	Jul 17	$0.65	$0.33	$0.98	$236.52	$270.98
$270.00	$230.00	Jul 17	$0.65	$0.33	$0.98	$229.02	$270.98
$250.00	$237.50	Jul 17	$0.75	$0.33	$1.08	$236.42	$251.08
$250.00	$230.00	Jul 17	$0.75	$0.33	$1.08	$228.92	$251.08

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 86 found (best R:R 25.79, avg credit $2.72)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
220/225	238/245	Jul 17	$7.22	$0.28	25.79	$217.78	$244.72
235/238	245/248	Jul 24	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$235.13	$247.37
248/250	252/255	Jul 24	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$247.70	$254.80
235/238	242/245	Jul 24	$2.27	$0.23	9.87	$235.23	$244.77
238/240	245/248	Jul 24	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$237.75	$247.25
242/245	248/250	Jul 24	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$242.75	$249.75
245/248	252/255	Jul 24	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$245.25	$254.75
238/240	242/245	Jul 24	$2.15	$0.35	6.14	$237.85	$244.65
242/245	252/255	Jul 24	$2.15	$0.35	6.14	$242.85	$254.65
245/248	250/252	Jul 24	$2.15	$0.35	6.14	$245.35	$252.15

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 29 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$247.50	$250.00	$252.50	Jul 17	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Jul 17	$0.17	$4.83	28.41
$252.50	$255.00	$257.50	Jul 17	$0.11	$2.39	21.73
$247.50	$250.00	$252.50	Jul 24	$0.20	$2.30	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$245.00	$247.50	$250.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$250.00	$270.00	$290.00	Jul 17	$0.50	$19.50	39.00
$200.00	$210.00	$220.00	Jul 17	$0.29	$9.71	33.48
$220.00	$222.50	$225.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 61 found (best net $-3.90, 46 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$260.00	$270.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.40	$9.60
$265.00	$275.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.56	$9.44
$250.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.10	$8.90
$235.00	$245.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$2.75	$7.25
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.20	$6.80

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$290.00	$270.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$3.90	$16.10
$220.00	$210.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.11	$9.89
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.65	$9.35
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.72	$9.28
$255.00	$245.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.95	$9.05

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 22 found (best yield 3.37%, avg 0.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Aug 21	$8.30	0.46	1.5%	3.37%	4.88%	14	1.3K
$250.00	Aug 7	$6.10	0.45	1.5%	2.48%	3.99%	1	--
$247.50	Jul 24	$4.80	0.48	0.5%	1.95%	2.45%	3	3
$260.00	Aug 21	$4.60	0.31	5.6%	1.87%	7.44%	42	294
$250.00	Jul 24	$3.70	0.41	1.5%	1.50%	3.02%	17	82
$255.00	Jul 31	$3.20	0.33	3.5%	1.30%	4.84%	1.3K	49
$252.50	Jul 24	$2.80	0.34	2.5%	1.14%	3.67%	64	10
$257.50	Jul 31	$2.60	0.28	4.6%	1.06%	5.62%	42	--
$270.00	Aug 21	$2.50	0.20	9.6%	1.02%	10.65%	8	335
$265.00	Aug 7	$1.90	0.20	7.6%	0.77%	8.38%	10	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,404

Total Puts 802

Put/Call Ratio 0.09

Net Difference 8,602

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,059

Total Puts 626

Put/Call Ratio 0.59

Net Difference 433

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 11,792

Total Puts 8,991

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.78

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 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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