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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$957.53 +1.26%

(7/17 09:50) ◀

Friday, July 17, 2026 (9:55am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 9:55am) 10,981

Calls: 7,755 (71%)

Puts: 3,226 (29%)

Prior --

Calls: 20,869 (50%)

Puts: 21,013 (50%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -62.84% (Calls)

Puts: -84.65% (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 -73.14%

Calls: -61.11%

Puts: -84.60%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 9:55am) $10.99M

Calls: $10.07M (92%)

Puts: $918.2K (8%)

Prior --

Calls: $13.49M (48%)

Puts: $14.34M (52%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -25.36%

Puts: -93.60%

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 -60.40%

Calls: -39.41%

Puts: -91.75%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 9:55am) 0.42

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior -58.40%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.06

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -60.69%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 9:55am) 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 1.13% | 2.81%1.13% | 5.93%

Prior 1.41% | 2.82%1.41% | 5.83%

Current vs Prior -19.78% | -0.47%-19.78% | +1.63%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.39% | -8.87%-52.97% | -4.65%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -19.78% | -0.47%-21.87% | +1.43%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 31.01% | 29.06%

Calls: 38.26% | 33.00%

Puts: 23.76% | 25.13%

Prior 21.90% | 12.44%

Calls: 21.58% | 11.29%

Puts: 22.22% | 13.59%

Current vs Prior +41.60% | +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 +12.61% | +109.26%

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Strong bullish conviction with 92% of dollar volume in calls ($10.07M) vs puts ($918.2K). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.42 - heavy call buying (7,755 calls vs 3,226 puts). P/C ratio dropping 58% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

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
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 81 of results (avg 6.6%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Jul 24	175.05	181.35	$178.20	3.5%	--	0.98	45
$785.00	Jul 17	169.65	175.95	$172.80	3.6%	--	1.00	12
$780.00	Jul 31	174.80	181.35	$178.08	3.7%	--	0.94	48
$780.00	Jul 17	174.25	180.95	$177.60	3.8%	--	1.00	12
$790.00	Jul 17	164.55	170.95	$167.75	3.8%	--	1.00	96

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1040.00	Aug 21	83.65	88.70	$86.18	5.9%	--	0.86	143
$1060.00	Jul 17	99.00	105.15	$102.08	6.0%	--	1.00	14
$1060.00	Aug 21	101.25	107.65	$104.45	6.1%	--	0.91	30
$1050.00	Aug 21	91.85	98.20	$95.03	6.7%	--	0.89	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. 214 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Jul 17	74.25	80.95	$77.60	8.6%	--	1.00	30
$810.00	Jul 31	144.90	151.40	$148.15	4.4%	--	1.00	33
$820.00	Jul 31	134.65	141.05	$137.85	4.6%	--	1.00	18
$780.00	Aug 21	176.00	183.55	$179.78	4.2%	--	1.00	21
$795.00	Aug 21	161.20	169.05	$165.13	4.8%	--	1.00	19

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$980.00	Jul 17	19.05	25.50	$22.28	28.9%	1	1.00	233
$985.00	Jul 17	24.00	30.10	$27.05	22.6%	--	1.00	20
$990.00	Jul 17	29.00	35.55	$32.28	20.3%	--	1.00	16
$995.00	Jul 17	34.00	40.85	$37.42	18.3%	--	1.00	26
$1000.00	Jul 17	39.00	45.85	$42.43	16.1%	--	1.00	49

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 330 active (total vol 8.4K, 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	0.44	1.7K
$960.00	Jul 17	2.41	3.60	$3.01	39.5%	377	0.42	1.5K
$970.00	Jul 17	0.58	0.80	$0.69	31.9%	360	0.13	552
$965.00	Jul 17	1.20	1.50	$1.35	22.2%	274	0.24	426
$950.00	Jul 17	7.90	9.30	$8.60	16.3%	266	0.77	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$940.00	Jul 17	0.17	0.41	$0.29	82.8%	174	0.06	382
$930.00	Jul 17	0.01	0.10	$0.06	150.0%	93	0.01	627
$950.00	Jul 17	1.20	1.86	$1.53	43.1%	89	0.23	882
$910.00	Jul 24	0.66	1.38	$1.02	70.6%	77	0.07	699
$900.00	Aug 21	5.85	7.10	$6.48	19.3%	74	0.18	1.2K

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 365.2%, max 1337.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$830.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	352.9%	25.9%	1260.2%	--	141
$800.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	356.7%	28.9%	1132.3%	--	124
$820.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	314.5%	26.9%	1070.0%	--	60
$840.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	248.1%	25.2%	884.5%	--	90
$1140.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	235.9%	27.4%	762.2%	14	866

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$775.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	483.4%	33.6%	1337.3%	25	1.0K
$830.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	352.9%	25.9%	1260.2%	--	1.1K
$835.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	341.2%	25.6%	1233.0%	3	395
$845.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	317.7%	24.4%	1200.9%	--	311
$800.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	356.7%	28.9%	1132.3%	5	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 8.62)

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
$1010.00	$1015.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$1010.10
$1050.00	$1055.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$1050.10
$1100.00	$1120.00	Aug 21	$0.44	$19.56	$0.44	44.45	$1100.44

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$800.00	$790.00	Aug 14	$0.20	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$799.80
$885.00	$880.00	Jul 17	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$884.89
$840.00	$835.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$839.89
$875.00	$870.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$874.87
$830.00	$825.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$829.87

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 448 found (best R:R 229.77, avg 3.90)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$820.00	$850.00	Jul 24	$29.87	$29.87	$0.13	229.77	$849.87
$805.00	$840.00	Aug 7	$34.63	$34.63	$0.37	93.59	$839.63
$840.00	$850.00	Aug 21	$9.87	$9.87	$0.13	75.92	$849.87
$890.00	$900.00	Jul 24	$9.85	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$899.85
$820.00	$875.00	Jul 31	$54.12	$54.12	$0.88	61.50	$874.12

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
$985.00	$980.00	Jul 17	$4.77	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$980.23
$985.00	$980.00	Jul 24	$4.77	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$980.23
$995.00	$990.00	Jul 24	$4.77	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$990.23

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 112 found (avg debit $2.44, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1100.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.06	188.8%	38.9%
$1120.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.08	182.2%	42.5%
$1080.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.09	151.9%	34.4%
$1045.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.13	142.4%	29.4%
$815.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.18	237.2%	63.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$785.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.07	286.2%	57.8%
$875.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.08	143.3%	29.4%
$885.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.11	128.1%	26.9%
$855.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.14	163.5%	36.1%
$890.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.21	113.8%	26.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 209 found (cheapest 0.84% of stock, avg 7.21%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$960.00	Jul 17	$3.01	$5.05	$8.06	$951.94	$968.06	0.84%
$955.00	Jul 17	$5.75	$2.90	$8.65	$946.35	$963.65	0.90%
$950.00	Jul 17	$8.60	$1.53	$10.13	$939.87	$960.13	1.06%
$965.00	Jul 17	$1.35	$8.85	$10.20	$954.80	$975.20	1.07%
$967.50	Jul 17	$0.99	$11.15	$12.14	$955.36	$979.64	1.27%
$970.00	Jul 17	$0.69	$12.60	$13.29	$956.71	$983.29	1.39%
$945.00	Jul 17	$13.20	$0.75	$13.95	$931.05	$958.95	1.46%
$972.50	Jul 17	$0.45	$15.55	$16.00	$956.50	$988.50	1.67%
$940.00	Jul 17	$17.73	$0.29	$18.02	$921.98	$958.02	1.88%
$975.00	Jul 17	$0.34	$18.10	$18.44	$956.56	$993.44	1.93%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 2.88%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$972.50	$945.00	Jul 17	$0.45	$0.75	$1.20	$943.80	$973.70
$970.00	$945.00	Jul 17	$0.69	$0.75	$1.44	$943.56	$971.44
$967.50	$945.00	Jul 17	$0.99	$0.75	$1.74	$943.26	$969.24
$972.50	$950.00	Jul 17	$0.45	$1.53	$1.98	$948.02	$974.48
$965.00	$945.00	Jul 17	$1.35	$0.75	$2.10	$942.90	$967.10
$970.00	$950.00	Jul 17	$0.69	$1.53	$2.22	$947.78	$972.22
$967.50	$950.00	Jul 17	$0.99	$1.53	$2.52	$947.48	$970.02
$965.00	$950.00	Jul 17	$1.35	$1.53	$2.88	$947.12	$967.88
$972.50	$845.00	Jul 17	$0.45	$2.40	$2.85	$842.15	$975.35
$972.50	$835.00	Jul 17	$0.45	$2.40	$2.85	$832.15	$975.35

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 263 found (best R:R 84.94, avg credit $6.31)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
785/790	820/875	Jul 31	$54.36	$0.64	84.94	$735.64	$874.36
850/855	900/910	Aug 7	$9.88	$0.12	82.33	$845.12	$909.88
825/830	865/875	Jul 24	$9.84	$0.16	61.50	$820.16	$874.84
825/830	880/890	Jul 24	$9.84	$0.16	61.50	$820.16	$889.84
840/845	890/900	Jul 31	$9.81	$0.19	51.63	$835.19	$899.81
800/805	830/840	Aug 21	$9.81	$0.19	51.63	$795.19	$839.81
840/845	865/875	Jul 24	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$835.20	$874.80
840/845	880/890	Jul 24	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$835.20	$889.80
785/790	885/890	Jul 31	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$785.11	$889.89
885/890	905/910	Jul 31	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$885.11	$909.89

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 284 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
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$995.00	$1000.00	$1005.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$1100.00	$1105.00	$1110.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$1020.00	$1025.00	$1030.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$4.94	82.33

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	Jul 31	$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. 357 found (best net $-3.03, 311 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$850.00	$900.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$15.90	$34.10
$1065.00	$1100.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.94	$34.06
$820.00	$875.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$29.61	$25.39
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Jul 17	$0.00	$20.00
$1080.00	$1100.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.08	$19.92

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
$800.00	$790.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.06	$9.94
$780.00	$770.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.74	$9.26

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 117 found (best yield 2.59%, avg 0.71%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$960.00	Aug 21	$24.80	0.49	0.3%	2.59%	2.85%	7	754
$965.00	Aug 21	$23.65	0.47	0.8%	2.47%	3.25%	16	149
$970.00	Aug 28	$22.85	0.45	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	$20.65	0.43	1.8%	2.16%	3.98%	--	12
$970.00	Aug 21	$20.50	0.44	1.3%	2.14%	3.44%	1.4K	1.7K
$965.00	Aug 14	$20.15	0.47	0.8%	2.10%	2.88%	6	48
$975.00	Aug 21	$18.80	0.41	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	0.44	1.3%	1.87%	3.17%	9	28

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 7,755

Total Puts 3,226

Put/Call Ratio 0.42

Net Difference 4,529

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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Earnings This Week

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