COST - Options Database

COST

COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$917.11 +2.30%

(9/25 10:00) ◀

Friday, September 25, 2026 (10:05am)

▶ (9/25 10:10)

◀ 9/25 10:05 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 10:05am) 43,280

Calls: 25,111 (58%)

Puts: 18,169 (42%)

Prior (08/20) 11,858

Calls: 5,220 (44%)

Puts: 6,638 (56%)

Current vs Prior +264.99%

Calls: +381.05% (Calls)

Puts: +173.71% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 274,444

Calls: 141,721 (52%)

Puts: 132,723 (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average 39,206

Calls: 20,245 (52%)

Puts: 18,960 (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +10.39%

Calls: +24.03%

Puts: -4.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 10:05am) $41.63M

Calls: $34.34M (82%)

Puts: $7.29M (18%)

Prior (08/20) $10.87M

Calls: $5.27M (48%)

Puts: $5.60M (52%)

Current vs Prior +283.13%

Calls: +551.95%

Puts: +30.22%

Prior 7-Day Total $488.13M

Calls: $290.60M (60%)

Puts: $197.53M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $69.73M

Calls: $41.51M (60%)

Puts: $28.22M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -40.29%

Calls: -17.27%

Puts: -74.16%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 10:05am) 0.72

Prior (08/20) 1.27

Current vs Prior -43.10%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.91

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.42%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 10:05am) 323,996

Calls: 164,015 (51%)

Puts: 159,981 (49%)

Prior (08/20) 379,610

Calls: 173,558 (46%)

Puts: 206,052 (54%)

Current vs Prior -14.65%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,137,309

Calls: 1,066,700 (50%)

Puts: 1,070,609 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 305,329

Calls: 152,385 (50%)

Puts: 152,944 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.11%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.12% | 2.57%4.03% | 6.53%

Prior 3.12% | 4.21%5.15% | 7.39%

Current vs Prior -64.02% | -38.94%-21.67% | -11.63%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.20% | 4.05%3.06% | 6.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.99% | -36.60%+31.59% | +0.42%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.12% | 4.21%5.15% | 7.39%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -64.02% | -38.94%-21.67% | -11.63%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 27.94% | 20.50%

Calls: 23.23% | 15.14%

Puts: 32.65% | 25.86%

Prior 11.97% | 8.78%

Calls: 14.18% | 10.67%

Puts: 9.76% | 6.88%

Current vs Prior +133.42% | +133.49%

Prior 7-Day Avg 13.98% | 7.26%

Calls: 14.33% | 7.96%

Puts: 13.63% | 6.56%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +99.90% | +182.37%

Liquidity Expensive

Add Card

🤖 AI Insights

Strong bullish conviction with 82% of dollar volume in calls ($34.34M) vs puts ($7.29M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 283% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 265% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio dropping 43% - 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 BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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
10:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads

💰 Best Value Under $1

📊 High Delta (ITM)

🔥 High Volume

⏰ Backwardation

📈 Debit Spreads

📉 Credit Spreads

📅 Calendar Spreads

⚡ Straddles

🔀 Strangles

🦅 Iron Condors

🦋 Butterflies

⚖️ Ratio Spreads

🛡️ Covered Calls

🎯

Tightest Spreads

💰

Best Value <$1

📊

High Delta

⚖️

Ratio Spreads

🛡️

Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 37 of results (avg 7.2%, best 3.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Oct 2	116.25	120.65	$118.45	3.7%	--	0.99	14
$750.00	Oct 16	166.30	173.25	$169.78	4.1%	--	1.00	10
$740.00	Oct 16	176.00	183.85	$179.93	4.4%	--	1.00	32
$760.00	Oct 16	156.00	163.90	$159.95	4.9%	--	1.00	57
$800.00	Sep 25	114.20	120.05	$117.13	5.0%	--	1.00	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1005.00	Sep 25	84.70	89.65	$87.18	5.7%	6	1.00	--
$1040.00	Oct 16	118.15	125.95	$122.05	6.4%	5	0.95	--
$1030.00	Oct 23	108.20	115.85	$112.03	6.8%	2	0.92	--
$1000.00	Oct 16	80.30	86.00	$83.15	6.9%	1	0.94	130
$980.00	Oct 16	61.00	65.80	$63.40	7.6%	1	0.90	41

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. -- found (avg $--, cheapest $--)

No options available for this category

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 186 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Oct 16	176.00	183.85	$179.93	4.4%	--	1.00	32
$750.00	Oct 16	166.30	173.25	$169.78	4.1%	--	1.00	10
$760.00	Oct 16	156.00	163.90	$159.95	4.9%	--	1.00	57
$800.00	Oct 16	116.00	124.00	$120.00	6.7%	19	1.00	27
$820.00	Oct 16	96.05	102.95	$99.50	6.9%	--	1.00	36

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$945.00	Sep 25	24.55	31.00	$27.78	23.2%	5	1.00	83
$950.00	Sep 25	30.00	36.00	$33.00	18.2%	104	1.00	400
$955.00	Sep 25	34.80	40.75	$37.78	15.7%	1	1.00	28
$960.00	Sep 25	39.85	45.20	$42.53	12.6%	6	1.00	118
$965.00	Sep 25	45.05	50.70	$47.88	11.8%	--	1.00	12

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 485 active (total vol 38.7K, top 1.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$925.00	Sep 25	1.44	1.87	$1.66	25.9%	1.8K	0.26	659
$920.00	Sep 25	3.00	3.50	$3.25	15.4%	1.5K	0.41	1.2K
$900.00	Sep 25	16.15	18.80	$17.48	15.2%	1.2K	0.94	1.2K
$915.00	Sep 25	4.75	6.00	$5.38	23.2%	830	0.59	621
$930.00	Sep 25	0.75	0.96	$0.86	24.4%	758	0.15	871

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Sep 25	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.2K	0.00	2.4K
$870.00	Sep 25	0.02	0.06	$0.04	100.0%	1.1K	0.01	1.2K
$860.00	Sep 25	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	930	0.00	1.6K
$900.00	Sep 25	0.28	0.41	$0.35	37.1%	863	0.07	1.2K
$887.50	Sep 25	0.01	0.07	$0.04	150.0%	788	0.01	569

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 18 strikes (avg 126.7%, max 152.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$915.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	46.9%	18.6%	151.9%	833	626
$917.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	45.2%	18.3%	146.5%	246	205
$910.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	46.4%	18.9%	144.8%	629	669
$912.50	Sep 25	Oct 9	46.3%	19.0%	143.3%	231	322
$907.50	Sep 25	Oct 9	44.4%	18.7%	136.8%	142	211

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$915.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	46.9%	18.5%	152.9%	257	238
$917.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	45.2%	18.3%	146.5%	46	86
$910.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	46.4%	18.9%	144.8%	584	436
$927.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	47.6%	21.6%	120.2%	20	25
$925.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	46.8%	21.5%	118.1%	6	190

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 317 found (best R:R 0.73, avg 8.08)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$900.00	$905.00	Oct 30	$2.13	$2.87	$2.13	63%	1.35	$902.13
$900.00	$902.50	Oct 2	$1.03	$1.47	$1.03	74%	1.43	$901.03
$917.50	$920.00	Oct 16	$0.43	$2.07	$0.43	49%	4.81	$917.93
$910.00	$912.50	Oct 9	$0.71	$1.79	$0.71	58%	2.52	$910.71
$917.50	$920.00	Oct 9	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	50%	3.72	$918.03

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$950.00	$925.00	Nov 6	$14.45	$10.55	$14.45	68%	0.73	$935.55
$865.00	$860.00	Nov 6	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	19%	32.33	$864.85
$925.00	$920.00	Oct 9	$2.04	$2.96	$2.04	58%	1.45	$922.96
$895.00	$890.00	Oct 30	$1.00	$4.00	$1.00	34%	4.00	$894.00
$910.00	$905.00	Oct 30	$1.55	$3.45	$1.55	44%	2.23	$908.45

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 261 found (best R:R 0.75, avg 0.32)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1085.00	$1090.00	Sep 25	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	94%	0.75	$1087.14
$1045.00	$1050.00	Sep 25	$2.13	$2.13	$2.87	93%	0.74	$1047.13
$1070.00	$1075.00	Sep 25	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	94%	0.72	$1072.10
$1095.00	$1100.00	Sep 25	$1.96	$1.96	$3.04	95%	0.64	$1096.96
$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 9	$1.95	$1.95	$3.05	90%	0.64	$996.95

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$780.00	$770.00	Sep 25	$2.12	$2.12	$7.88	95%	0.27	$777.88
$760.00	$750.00	Sep 25	$2.10	$2.10	$7.90	95%	0.27	$757.90
$745.00	$740.00	Sep 25	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	96%	0.72	$742.90
$765.00	$760.00	Oct 16	$1.93	$1.93	$3.07	95%	0.63	$763.07
$780.00	$770.00	Oct 9	$1.90	$1.90	$8.10	95%	0.23	$778.10

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $6.69, cheapest $6.30)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$915.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.17	46.9%	21.2%
$922.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.68	46.6%	22.2%
$917.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.38	45.2%	21.1%
$920.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.80	46.2%	22.1%
$912.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.15	46.3%	22.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$915.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.30	46.9%	21.2%
$917.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.12	45.2%	21.1%
$912.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.72	46.3%	22.3%
$922.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$5.83	45.9%	22.2%
$920.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.77	45.4%	22.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 169 found (cheapest 0.98% of stock, avg 4.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$915.00	Sep 25	$5.38	$3.58	$8.96	$906.04	$923.96	0.98%
$917.50	Sep 25	$4.10	$4.90	$9.00	$908.50	$926.50	0.98%
$920.00	Sep 25	$3.25	$6.00	$9.25	$910.75	$929.25	1.01%
$912.50	Sep 25	$7.00	$2.58	$9.58	$902.92	$922.08	1.04%
$922.50	Sep 25	$2.32	$8.05	$10.37	$912.13	$932.87	1.13%
$910.00	Sep 25	$8.75	$1.79	$10.54	$899.46	$920.54	1.15%
$925.00	Sep 25	$1.66	$9.63	$11.29	$913.71	$936.29	1.23%
$907.50	Sep 25	$10.60	$1.13	$11.73	$895.77	$919.23	1.28%
$927.50	Sep 25	$1.16	$12.08	$13.24	$914.26	$940.74	1.44%
$905.00	Sep 25	$13.27	$0.80	$14.07	$890.93	$919.07	1.53%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.22% of stock, avg 2.55%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$930.00	$907.50	Sep 25	$0.86	$1.13	$1.99	$905.51	$931.99
$927.50	$907.50	Sep 25	$1.16	$1.13	$2.29	$905.21	$929.79
$930.00	$910.00	Sep 25	$0.86	$1.79	$2.65	$907.35	$932.65
$925.00	$907.50	Sep 25	$1.66	$1.13	$2.79	$904.71	$927.79
$927.50	$910.00	Sep 25	$1.16	$1.79	$2.95	$907.05	$930.45
$925.00	$910.00	Sep 25	$1.66	$1.79	$3.45	$906.55	$928.45
$922.50	$907.50	Sep 25	$2.32	$1.13	$3.45	$904.05	$925.95
$930.00	$912.50	Sep 25	$0.86	$2.58	$3.44	$909.06	$933.44
$927.50	$912.50	Sep 25	$1.16	$2.58	$3.74	$908.76	$931.24
$922.50	$910.00	Sep 25	$2.32	$1.79	$4.11	$905.89	$926.61

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 402 found (best R:R 3.20, avg credit $1.79)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
740/745	1030/1035	Sep 25	$3.81	$1.19	89%	3.20	$741.19	$1033.81
740/745	1015/1020	Sep 25	$3.48	$1.52	90%	2.29	$741.52	$1018.48
750/760	1030/1035	Sep 25	$3.81	$6.19	88%	0.62	$756.19	$1033.81
770/780	1030/1035	Sep 25	$3.83	$6.17	88%	0.62	$776.17	$1033.83
750/760	1015/1020	Sep 25	$3.48	$6.52	90%	0.53	$756.52	$1018.48
770/780	1015/1020	Sep 25	$3.50	$6.50	89%	0.54	$776.50	$1018.50
740/745	1035/1040	Sep 25	$2.24	$2.76	94%	0.81	$742.76	$1037.24
760/765	955/960	Oct 16	$3.26	$1.74	74%	1.87	$761.74	$958.26
740/745	970/975	Oct 23	$2.85	$2.15	79%	1.33	$742.15	$972.85
750/755	955/960	Oct 16	$3.05	$1.95	74%	1.56	$751.95	$958.05

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 273 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$935.00	$940.00	$945.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43
$930.00	$935.00	$940.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00
$920.00	$925.00	$930.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	9%	40.67
$885.00	$890.00	$895.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$907.50	$910.00	$912.50	Sep 25	$0.10	$2.40	15%	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$895.00	$900.00	$905.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$930.00	$935.00	$940.00	Oct 2	$0.18	$4.82	11%	26.78
$875.00	$880.00	$885.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$907.50	$910.00	$912.50	Sep 25	$0.13	$2.37	15%	18.23
$875.00	$880.00	$885.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56

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 $-23.70, 299 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$970.00	$985.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.04	$13.96
$920.00	$940.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$7.50	$12.50
$1035.00	$1055.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.59	$19.41
$935.00	$940.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.04	$4.96
$940.00	$945.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.05	$4.95

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$990.00	$960.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$23.70	$6.30
$950.00	$925.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$13.90	$11.10
$780.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.39	$19.61
$820.00	$815.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.01	$4.99
$900.00	$897.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.05	$2.45

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 95 found (best yield 2.40%, avg 0.62%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$920.00	Nov 6	$22.00	0.49	0.3%	2.40%	2.71%	1	2
$940.00	Nov 6	$13.80	0.37	2.5%	1.50%	4.00%	1	1
$925.00	Oct 30	$18.15	0.45	0.9%	1.98%	2.84%	3	31
$920.00	Oct 30	$19.45	0.49	0.3%	2.12%	2.44%	7	21
$950.00	Nov 6	$10.40	0.32	3.6%	1.13%	4.72%	3	1
$930.00	Oct 30	$15.25	0.42	1.4%	1.66%	3.07%	5	27
$950.00	Oct 30	$10.15	0.30	3.6%	1.11%	4.69%	8	67
$955.00	Oct 30	$9.05	0.28	4.1%	0.99%	5.12%	7	19
$945.00	Oct 30	$10.25	0.33	3.0%	1.12%	4.16%	7	10
$940.00	Oct 30	$11.30	0.35	2.5%	1.23%	3.73%	1	24

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
Loading data...

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
Loading data...

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 25,111

Total Puts 18,169

Put/Call Ratio 0.72

Net Difference 6,942

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,220

Total Puts 6,638

Put/Call Ratio 1.27

Net Difference -1,418

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 141,721

Total Puts 132,723

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.91

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
Loading data...

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Loading earnings data...

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Loading earnings data...

Earnings This Week

Loading earnings data...

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Loading earnings data...

Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
Loading data...

Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

🤖 AI Insights

📈 Options Analysis

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)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

Chart Title

Price — Past 7 Days

Add Card