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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$957.52 +1.26%

(7/17 09:45) ◀

Friday, July 17, 2026 (9:50am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 9:50am) 9,833

Calls: 7,169 (73%)

Puts: 2,664 (27%)

Prior --

Calls: 20,869 (50%)

Puts: 21,013 (50%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -65.65% (Calls)

Puts: -87.32% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 286,186

Calls: 139,574 (49%)

Puts: 146,612 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 40,883

Calls: 19,939 (49%)

Puts: 20,944 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -75.95%

Calls: -64.05%

Puts: -87.28%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 9:50am) $10.41M

Calls: $9.63M (93%)

Puts: $775.6K (7%)

Prior --

Calls: $13.49M (48%)

Puts: $14.34M (52%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -28.62%

Puts: -94.59%

Prior 7-Day Total $194.24M

Calls: $116.34M (60%)

Puts: $77.90M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $27.75M

Calls: $16.62M (60%)

Puts: $11.13M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -62.50%

Calls: -42.05%

Puts: -93.03%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 9:50am) 0.37

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior -62.84%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.06

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -64.89%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 9:50am) 341,808

Calls: 169,376 (50%)

Puts: 172,432 (50%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,158,696

Calls: 1,075,876 (50%)

Puts: 1,082,820 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 308,385

Calls: 153,696 (50%)

Puts: 154,688 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +10.84%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.19% | 2.81%1.19% | 5.98%

Prior 1.41% | 2.82%1.41% | 5.83%

Current vs Prior -15.69% | -0.47%-15.69% | +2.49%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.75% | 3.08%2.40% | 6.22%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -32.10% | -8.87%-50.57% | -3.84%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.41% | 2.82%1.44% | 5.84%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -15.69% | -0.47%-17.89% | +2.29%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 38.78% | 29.06%

Calls: 40.71% | 33.00%

Puts: 36.84% | 25.13%

Prior 21.90% | 12.44%

Calls: 21.58% | 11.29%

Puts: 22.22% | 13.59%

Current vs Prior +77.08% | +133.60%

Prior 7-Day Avg 27.54% | 13.89%

Calls: 28.64% | 16.44%

Puts: 26.44% | 11.34%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +40.83% | +109.26%

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Strong bullish conviction with 93% of dollar volume in calls ($9.63M) vs puts ($775.6K). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.37 - heavy call buying (7,169 calls vs 2,664 puts). P/C ratio dropping 63% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 76 of results (avg 6.6%, best 3.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$785.00	Jul 17	169.65	176.00	$172.83	3.7%	--	1.00	12
$780.00	Jul 24	175.05	181.70	$178.38	3.7%	--	0.96	45
$780.00	Jul 31	175.05	181.85	$178.45	3.8%	--	0.97	48
$780.00	Jul 17	174.25	181.20	$177.73	3.9%	--	1.00	12
$790.00	Jul 17	164.55	171.20	$167.88	4.0%	--	1.00	96

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1040.00	Aug 21	83.60	88.75	$86.18	6.0%	--	0.86	143
$1060.00	Jul 17	99.00	105.15	$102.08	6.0%	--	1.00	14
$1060.00	Aug 21	101.00	107.65	$104.33	6.4%	--	0.91	30
$1050.00	Aug 21	91.60	98.20	$94.90	7.0%	--	0.88	23
$1020.00	Aug 21	65.65	71.10	$68.38	8.0%	--	0.79	118

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. 213 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$790.00	Jul 17	164.55	171.20	$167.88	4.0%	--	1.00	96
$795.00	Jul 17	159.20	166.00	$162.60	4.2%	--	1.00	44
$850.00	Jul 17	104.60	111.00	$107.80	5.9%	1	1.00	32
$895.00	Jul 17	59.75	66.00	$62.88	9.9%	--	1.00	14
$780.00	Jul 17	174.25	181.20	$177.73	3.9%	--	1.00	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Jul 17	29.00	34.95	$31.98	18.6%	--	1.00	16
$995.00	Jul 17	34.00	39.80	$36.90	15.7%	--	1.00	26
$1000.00	Jul 17	39.00	45.85	$42.43	16.1%	--	1.00	49
$1020.00	Jul 17	59.00	65.80	$62.40	10.9%	--	1.00	80
$1040.00	Jul 17	79.00	85.90	$82.45	8.4%	--	1.00	21

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 310 active (total vol 7.6K, top 1.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$970.00	Aug 21	20.50	24.00	$22.25	15.7%	1.4K	0.45	1.7K
$960.00	Jul 17	2.42	3.75	$3.09	43.0%	332	0.42	1.5K
$970.00	Jul 17	0.50	0.88	$0.69	55.1%	310	0.13	552
$950.00	Jul 17	7.70	10.25	$8.98	28.4%	263	0.76	1.9K
$965.00	Jul 17	1.14	2.00	$1.57	54.8%	237	0.25	426

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$940.00	Jul 17	0.20	0.49	$0.35	82.9%	169	0.07	382
$930.00	Jul 17	0.03	0.19	$0.11	145.5%	83	0.02	627
$910.00	Jul 24	0.65	1.43	$1.04	75.0%	72	0.07	699
$900.00	Aug 21	5.80	7.15	$6.48	20.8%	71	0.17	1.2K
$860.00	Aug 21	1.93	2.78	$2.36	36.0%	68	0.07	539

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 122 strikes (avg 367.5%, max 1314.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$830.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	350.5%	26.3%	1233.7%	--	141
$800.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	353.7%	29.7%	1092.2%	--	124
$820.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	305.8%	27.2%	1026.1%	--	60
$840.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	245.8%	25.5%	862.4%	--	90
$1140.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	234.5%	27.2%	761.4%	14	866

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$775.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	480.2%	33.9%	1314.8%	25	1.0K
$830.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	350.5%	26.2%	1236.1%	--	1.1K
$835.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	338.8%	25.9%	1208.9%	3	395
$845.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	314.9%	24.6%	1180.9%	--	311
$800.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	353.7%	29.7%	1092.2%	4	1.6K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 336 found (best R:R 141.86, avg 8.64)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1120.00	$1140.00	Aug 21	$0.14	$19.86	$0.14	141.86	$1120.14
$1090.00	$1100.00	Jul 31	$0.16	$9.84	$0.16	61.50	$1090.16
$1100.00	$1120.00	Aug 21	$0.36	$19.64	$0.36	54.56	$1100.36
$1035.00	$1040.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$1035.10
$1000.00	$1005.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1000.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$840.00	$835.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$839.89
$850.00	$845.00	Aug 14	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$849.88
$790.00	$785.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$789.88
$830.00	$825.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$829.87
$800.00	$790.00	Aug 14	$0.27	$9.73	$0.27	36.04	$799.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 451 found (best R:R 75.39, avg 3.67)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$820.00	$875.00	Jul 31	$54.28	$54.28	$0.72	75.39	$874.28
$820.00	$830.00	Jul 17	$9.85	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$829.85
$880.00	$890.00	Jul 17	$9.85	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$889.85
$780.00	$785.00	Jul 17	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$784.90
$810.00	$815.00	Jul 17	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$814.90

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1060.00	$1040.00	Jul 17	$19.63	$19.63	$0.37	53.05	$1040.37
$1005.00	$1000.00	Jul 31	$4.82	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$1000.18
$995.00	$990.00	Jul 24	$4.77	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$990.23
$985.00	$980.00	Jul 24	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$980.25
$1060.00	$1050.00	Aug 21	$9.43	$9.43	$0.57	16.54	$1050.57

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 110 found (avg debit $2.54, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1080.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.06	165.6%	34.3%
$1120.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.08	181.1%	42.4%
$1045.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.13	142.0%	29.4%
$1100.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.17	188.0%	42.3%
$1115.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.28	50.8%	39.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$875.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.08	142.3%	29.4%
$885.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.08	127.2%	26.4%
$855.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.14	161.9%	36.2%
$890.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.21	112.5%	26.3%
$900.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.69	90.6%	27.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 208 found (cheapest 0.91% of stock, avg 7.24%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$955.00	Jul 17	$5.65	$3.06	$8.71	$946.29	$963.71	0.91%
$960.00	Jul 17	$3.09	$5.70	$8.79	$951.21	$968.79	0.92%
$950.00	Jul 17	$8.98	$1.58	$10.56	$939.44	$960.56	1.10%
$965.00	Jul 17	$1.57	$9.13	$10.70	$954.30	$975.70	1.12%
$967.50	Jul 17	$1.15	$11.03	$12.18	$955.32	$979.68	1.27%
$970.00	Jul 17	$0.69	$12.60	$13.29	$956.71	$983.29	1.39%
$945.00	Jul 17	$13.53	$0.78	$14.31	$930.69	$959.31	1.49%
$972.50	Jul 17	$0.59	$15.63	$16.22	$956.28	$988.72	1.69%
$940.00	Jul 17	$17.90	$0.35	$18.25	$921.75	$958.25	1.91%
$975.00	Jul 17	$0.36	$18.10	$18.46	$956.54	$993.46	1.93%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.10% of stock, avg 2.90%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$972.50	$940.00	Jul 17	$0.59	$0.35	$0.94	$939.06	$973.44
$970.00	$940.00	Jul 17	$0.69	$0.35	$1.04	$938.96	$971.04
$972.50	$945.00	Jul 17	$0.59	$0.78	$1.37	$943.63	$973.87
$970.00	$945.00	Jul 17	$0.69	$0.78	$1.47	$943.53	$971.47
$967.50	$940.00	Jul 17	$1.15	$0.35	$1.50	$938.50	$969.00
$965.00	$940.00	Jul 17	$1.57	$0.35	$1.92	$938.08	$966.92
$967.50	$945.00	Jul 17	$1.15	$0.78	$1.93	$943.07	$969.43
$972.50	$950.00	Jul 17	$0.59	$1.58	$2.17	$947.83	$974.67
$970.00	$950.00	Jul 17	$0.69	$1.58	$2.27	$947.73	$972.27
$965.00	$945.00	Jul 17	$1.57	$0.78	$2.35	$942.65	$967.35

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 293 found (best R:R 113.58, avg credit $6.46)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
785/790	820/875	Jul 31	$54.52	$0.48	113.58	$735.48	$874.52
785/790	805/840	Aug 7	$34.55	$0.45	76.78	$755.45	$839.55
850/855	900/910	Aug 7	$9.86	$0.14	70.43	$845.14	$909.86
785/790	840/850	Aug 7	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$780.15	$849.85
815/820	875/885	Jul 31	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$810.18	$884.82
870/875	905/910	Aug 14	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$870.10	$909.90
785/790	875/885	Jul 31	$9.79	$0.21	46.62	$780.21	$884.79
815/820	890/900	Jul 31	$9.79	$0.21	46.62	$810.21	$899.79
800/805	840/850	Aug 7	$9.78	$0.22	44.45	$795.22	$849.78
880/885	905/910	Aug 14	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$880.11	$909.89

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 281 found (best R:R 249.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$1100.00	$1120.00	$1140.00	Jul 17	$0.09	$19.91	221.22
$850.00	$860.00	$870.00	Aug 21	$0.09	$9.91	110.11
$1015.00	$1020.00	$1025.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$1110.00	$1115.00	$1120.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$1100.00	$1120.00	$1140.00	Aug 21	$0.22	$19.78	89.91

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$1000.00	$1020.00	$1040.00	Jul 17	$0.08	$19.92	249.00
$870.00	$875.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$885.00	$890.00	$895.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$825.00	$830.00	$835.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	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. 358 found (best net $-3.03, 312 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$850.00	$900.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$15.50	$34.50
$1065.00	$1100.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.98	$34.02
$820.00	$875.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$29.62	$25.38
$1080.00	$1100.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.05	$19.95
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.06	$19.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$845.00	$795.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$3.03	$46.97
$865.00	$850.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.85	$14.15
$785.00	$770.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.26	$13.74
$780.00	$770.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.74	$9.26
$780.00	$770.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.79	$9.21

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 118 found (best yield 2.65%, avg 0.71%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$960.00	Aug 21	$25.40	0.51	0.3%	2.65%	2.91%	6	754
$965.00	Aug 21	$23.50	0.48	0.8%	2.45%	3.24%	15	149
$970.00	Aug 28	$22.85	0.46	1.3%	2.39%	3.69%	2	42
$960.00	Aug 14	$22.35	0.50	0.3%	2.33%	2.59%	3	13
$975.00	Aug 28	$20.85	0.43	1.8%	2.18%	4.00%	--	12
$970.00	Aug 21	$20.50	0.45	1.3%	2.14%	3.44%	1.4K	1.7K
$965.00	Aug 14	$20.15	0.48	0.8%	2.10%	2.89%	6	48
$975.00	Aug 21	$18.80	0.42	1.8%	1.96%	3.79%	17	103
$960.00	Aug 7	$18.60	0.50	0.3%	1.94%	2.20%	27	207
$970.00	Aug 14	$17.90	0.45	1.3%	1.87%	3.17%	9	28

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,169

Total Puts 2,664

Put/Call Ratio 0.37

Net Difference 4,505

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 20,869

Total Puts 21,013

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference -144

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 139,574

Total Puts 146,612

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.06

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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