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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$919.81 +2.60%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 10:20am) 51,861

Calls: 29,633 (57%)

Puts: 22,228 (43%)

Prior (08/20) 17,013

Calls: 8,872 (52%)

Puts: 8,141 (48%)

Current vs Prior +204.83%

Calls: +234.01% (Calls)

Puts: +173.04% (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 +32.28%

Calls: +46.37%

Puts: +17.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 10:20am) $52.08M

Calls: $43.75M (84%)

Puts: $8.33M (16%)

Prior (08/20) $14.88M

Calls: $8.07M (54%)

Puts: $6.81M (46%)

Current vs Prior +249.97%

Calls: +441.83%

Puts: +22.35%

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 -25.32%

Calls: +5.39%

Puts: -70.49%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 10:20am) 0.75

Prior (08/20) 0.92

Current vs Prior -18.25%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.91

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.49%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 10:20am) 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 1.10% | 2.59%4.04% | 6.52%

Prior 3.12% | 4.21%5.15% | 7.39%

Current vs Prior -64.65% | -38.44%-21.52% | -11.66%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -49.88% | -36.09%+31.84% | +0.37%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -64.65% | -38.44%-21.52% | -11.66%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 19.18% | 16.27%

Calls: 20.00% | 19.65%

Puts: 18.36% | 12.90%

Prior 11.97% | 8.78%

Calls: 14.18% | 10.67%

Puts: 9.76% | 6.88%

Current vs Prior +60.23% | +85.31%

Prior 7-Day Avg 13.98% | 7.26%

Calls: 14.33% | 7.96%

Puts: 13.63% | 6.56%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +37.22% | +124.10%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 84% of dollar volume in calls ($43.75M) vs puts ($8.33M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 250% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 205% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 54 of results (avg 7.5%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Oct 2	117.90	122.65	$120.28	3.9%	10	1.00	14
$740.00	Oct 16	178.45	186.20	$182.33	4.3%	--	1.00	32
$750.00	Oct 16	168.60	176.15	$172.38	4.4%	--	0.99	10
$825.00	Sep 25	93.05	97.30	$95.18	4.5%	1	1.00	8
$850.00	Sep 25	68.50	71.75	$70.13	4.6%	126	1.00	202

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1005.00	Sep 25	82.70	88.55	$85.63	6.8%	6	1.00	--
$1030.00	Oct 23	106.45	114.30	$110.38	7.1%	2	0.92	--
$1040.00	Oct 16	116.05	124.85	$120.45	7.3%	5	1.00	--
$990.00	Oct 16	68.35	73.60	$70.97	7.4%	--	0.92	37
$910.00	Oct 16	12.15	13.15	$12.65	7.9%	54	0.40	782

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.06, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$965.00	Sep 25	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	174	0.01	531

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 188 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Sep 25	93.05	97.30	$95.18	4.5%	1	1.00	8
$830.00	Sep 25	86.85	92.55	$89.70	6.4%	1	1.00	7
$815.00	Sep 25	101.75	108.35	$105.05	6.3%	2	1.00	2
$840.00	Sep 25	76.45	83.50	$79.97	8.8%	--	1.00	11
$850.00	Sep 25	68.50	71.75	$70.13	4.6%	126	1.00	202

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Sep 25	27.30	32.90	$30.10	18.6%	110	1.00	400
$955.00	Sep 25	32.45	38.60	$35.53	17.3%	1	1.00	28
$960.00	Sep 25	37.75	43.60	$40.67	14.4%	6	1.00	118
$965.00	Sep 25	43.75	48.50	$46.13	10.3%	--	1.00	12
$970.00	Sep 25	47.85	53.50	$50.68	11.1%	--	1.00	40

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 507 active (total vol 45.3K, top 1.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$925.00	Sep 25	2.04	2.60	$2.32	24.1%	1.9K	0.31	659
$920.00	Sep 25	4.10	4.50	$4.30	9.3%	1.8K	0.48	1.2K
$900.00	Sep 25	18.35	21.00	$19.68	13.5%	1.2K	0.95	1.2K
$930.00	Sep 25	1.02	1.32	$1.17	25.6%	932	0.18	871
$915.00	Sep 25	6.45	7.65	$7.05	17.0%	915	0.66	621

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$870.00	Sep 25	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	1.2K	0.01	1.2K
$850.00	Sep 25	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.2K	0.00	2.4K
$860.00	Sep 25	0.01	0.07	$0.04	150.0%	992	0.01	1.6K
$900.00	Sep 25	0.20	0.32	$0.26	46.2%	949	0.05	1.2K
$880.00	Sep 25	0.04	0.10	$0.07	85.7%	827	0.01	1.1K

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 139.8%, max 157.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$920.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	46.6%	18.1%	157.9%	1.8K	1.2K
$915.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	46.3%	18.0%	157.2%	918	626
$910.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	46.9%	18.7%	150.7%	664	669
$917.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	46.2%	18.5%	149.5%	305	205
$930.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	48.4%	20.1%	141.3%	937	898

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$920.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	46.6%	18.1%	157.9%	128	239
$915.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	46.3%	18.0%	157.2%	301	238
$910.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	46.9%	18.7%	150.7%	629	436
$917.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	46.2%	18.5%	149.5%	54	86
$930.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	48.4%	20.1%	140.8%	28	200

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 304 found (best R:R 3.59, avg 8.64)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$940.00	$950.00	Nov 6	$2.18	$7.82	$2.18	38%	3.59	$942.18
$900.00	$902.50	Oct 2	$0.62	$1.88	$0.62	77%	3.03	$900.62
$910.00	$915.00	Oct 23	$1.67	$3.33	$1.67	59%	1.99	$911.67
$935.00	$940.00	Oct 23	$0.83	$4.17	$0.83	38%	5.02	$935.83
$895.00	$897.50	Oct 2	$1.07	$1.43	$1.07	82%	1.34	$896.07

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$935.00	$930.00	Oct 16	$1.75	$3.25	$1.75	62%	1.86	$933.25
$940.00	$935.00	Oct 2	$2.48	$2.52	$2.48	76%	1.02	$937.52
$925.00	$922.50	Oct 2	$0.43	$2.07	$0.43	57%	4.81	$924.57
$900.00	$895.00	Nov 6	$0.78	$4.22	$0.78	36%	5.41	$899.22
$960.00	$955.00	Oct 16	$3.07	$1.93	$3.07	80%	0.63	$956.93

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 252 found (best R:R 0.72, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1085.00	$1100.00	Oct 23	$2.02	$2.02	$12.98	94%	0.16	$1087.02
$1075.00	$1100.00	Oct 30	$2.03	$2.03	$22.97	94%	0.09	$1077.03
$925.00	$930.00	Oct 30	$3.72	$3.72	$1.28	53%	2.91	$928.72
$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 9	$1.67	$1.67	$3.33	90%	0.50	$996.67
$1085.00	$1090.00	Oct 2	$1.28	$1.28	$3.72	94%	0.34	$1086.28

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$745.00	$740.00	Sep 25	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	96%	0.72	$742.90
$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
$780.00	$770.00	Oct 9	$2.04	$2.04	$7.96	95%	0.26	$777.96
$765.00	$760.00	Oct 16	$1.91	$1.91	$3.09	95%	0.62	$763.09

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $6.73, cheapest $6.22)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$920.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.93	46.6%	20.7%
$915.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.63	46.3%	21.0%
$925.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.53	46.9%	21.9%
$922.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.07	47.4%	22.5%
$917.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.48	46.2%	22.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$920.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.22	46.6%	20.7%
$915.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.21	46.3%	21.0%
$925.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$5.88	46.9%	21.9%
$922.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.35	47.4%	22.5%
$917.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.00	46.2%	22.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 173 found (cheapest 0.97% of stock, avg 4.82%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$917.50	Sep 25	$5.50	$3.45	$8.95	$908.55	$926.45	0.97%
$920.00	Sep 25	$4.30	$4.63	$8.93	$911.07	$928.93	0.97%
$922.50	Sep 25	$3.18	$5.70	$8.88	$913.62	$931.38	0.97%
$915.00	Sep 25	$7.05	$2.49	$9.54	$905.46	$924.54	1.04%
$925.00	Sep 25	$2.32	$7.60	$9.92	$915.08	$934.92	1.08%
$912.50	Sep 25	$8.82	$1.76	$10.58	$901.92	$923.08	1.15%
$927.50	Sep 25	$1.64	$9.03	$10.67	$916.83	$938.17	1.16%
$910.00	Sep 25	$10.88	$1.20	$12.08	$897.92	$922.08	1.31%
$930.00	Sep 25	$1.17	$11.05	$12.22	$917.78	$942.22	1.33%
$907.50	Sep 25	$13.03	$0.81	$13.84	$893.66	$921.34	1.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.22% of stock, avg 2.48%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$930.00	$907.50	Sep 25	$1.17	$0.81	$1.98	$905.52	$931.98
$930.00	$910.00	Sep 25	$1.17	$1.20	$2.37	$907.63	$932.37
$927.50	$907.50	Sep 25	$1.64	$0.81	$2.45	$905.05	$929.95
$927.50	$910.00	Sep 25	$1.64	$1.20	$2.84	$907.16	$930.34
$930.00	$912.50	Sep 25	$1.17	$1.76	$2.93	$909.57	$932.93
$927.50	$912.50	Sep 25	$1.64	$1.76	$3.40	$909.10	$930.90
$925.00	$907.50	Sep 25	$2.32	$0.81	$3.13	$904.37	$928.13
$925.00	$910.00	Sep 25	$2.32	$1.20	$3.52	$906.48	$928.52
$925.00	$912.50	Sep 25	$2.32	$1.76	$4.08	$908.42	$929.08
$930.00	$915.00	Sep 25	$1.17	$2.49	$3.66	$911.34	$933.66

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 360 found (best R:R 1.66, avg credit $1.77)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
790/795	960/965	Oct 9	$3.12	$1.88	78%	1.66	$791.88	$963.12
760/765	945/950	Oct 16	$3.48	$1.52	65%	2.29	$761.52	$948.48
740/745	940/945	Sep 25	$2.20	$2.80	90%	0.79	$742.80	$942.20
760/765	950/955	Oct 16	$3.26	$1.74	69%	1.87	$761.74	$953.26
740/745	935/940	Sep 25	$2.39	$2.61	86%	0.92	$742.61	$937.39
760/765	965/970	Oct 16	$2.75	$2.25	78%	1.22	$762.25	$967.75
850/855	965/970	Oct 30	$3.47	$1.53	62%	2.27	$851.53	$968.47
740/745	935/940	Oct 2	$3.33	$1.67	65%	1.99	$741.67	$938.33
740/745	930/935	Sep 25	$2.70	$2.30	77%	1.17	$742.30	$932.70
740/745	955/960	Oct 2	$2.44	$2.56	83%	0.95	$742.56	$957.44

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 255 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$940.00	$945.00	$950.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43
$917.50	$920.00	$922.50	Sep 25	$0.08	$2.42	18%	30.25
$925.00	$930.00	$935.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	8%	82.33
$890.00	$895.00	$900.00	Oct 16	$0.11	$4.89	8%	44.45
$907.50	$910.00	$912.50	Sep 25	$0.09	$2.41	12%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$880.00	$885.00	$890.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$900.00	$905.00	$910.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$4.85	8%	32.33
$900.00	$905.00	$910.00	Oct 16	$0.17	$4.83	9%	28.41
$885.00	$890.00	$895.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$4.87	6%	37.46
$907.50	$910.00	$912.50	Oct 2	$0.05	$2.45	6%	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. 351 found (best net $-20.10, 305 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$920.00	$940.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$6.68	$13.32
$1035.00	$1055.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.59	$19.41
$970.00	$985.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$2.22	$12.78
$1020.00	$1035.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.32	$14.68
$1005.00	$1010.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.11	$4.89

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$990.00	$960.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$20.10	$9.90
$950.00	$925.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$11.90	$13.10
$780.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.31	$19.69
$907.50	$905.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.13	$2.37
$885.00	$880.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.28	$4.72

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 92 found (best yield 2.52%, avg 0.70%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$920.00	Nov 6	$23.15	0.50	0.0%	2.52%	2.54%	1	2
$925.00	Oct 30	$20.05	0.47	0.6%	2.18%	2.74%	8	31
$950.00	Nov 6	$12.50	0.33	3.3%	1.36%	4.64%	3	1
$940.00	Oct 30	$14.15	0.38	2.2%	1.54%	3.73%	3	24
$940.00	Nov 6	$14.00	0.38	2.2%	1.52%	3.72%	1	1
$935.00	Oct 30	$14.35	0.40	1.6%	1.56%	3.21%	5	3
$920.00	Oct 23	$20.10	0.50	0.0%	2.19%	2.21%	56	69
$950.00	Oct 30	$10.85	0.31	3.3%	1.18%	4.46%	24	67
$920.00	Oct 30	$20.05	0.50	0.0%	2.18%	2.20%	7	21
$930.00	Oct 30	$15.25	0.43	1.1%	1.66%	2.77%	5	27

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 29,633

Total Puts 22,228

Put/Call Ratio 0.75

Net Difference 7,405

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,872

Total Puts 8,141

Put/Call Ratio 0.92

Net Difference 731

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
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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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

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