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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$917.47 +2.34%

(9/25 10:30) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 10:35am) 58,243

Calls: 32,889 (56%)

Puts: 25,354 (44%)

Prior (08/20) 20,079

Calls: 10,998 (55%)

Puts: 9,081 (45%)

Current vs Prior +190.07%

Calls: +199.05% (Calls)

Puts: +179.20% (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 +48.56%

Calls: +62.45%

Puts: +33.72%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 10:35am) $54.18M

Calls: $44.03M (81%)

Puts: $10.15M (19%)

Prior (08/20) $17.10M

Calls: $8.58M (50%)

Puts: $8.52M (50%)

Current vs Prior +216.82%

Calls: +412.86%

Puts: +19.18%

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 -22.31%

Calls: +6.05%

Puts: -64.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 10:35am) 0.77

Prior (08/20) 0.83

Current vs Prior -6.64%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.91

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.20%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 10:35am) 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 1.02% | 2.51%3.94% | 6.59%

Prior 3.12% | 4.21%5.15% | 7.39%

Current vs Prior -67.25% | -40.36%-23.55% | -10.79%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -53.57% | -38.07%+28.44% | +1.37%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -67.25% | -40.36%-23.55% | -10.79%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 21.30% | 23.53%

Calls: 21.78% | 11.48%

Puts: 20.83% | 35.58%

Prior 11.97% | 8.78%

Calls: 14.18% | 10.67%

Puts: 9.76% | 6.88%

Current vs Prior +77.94% | +168.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 13.98% | 7.26%

Calls: 14.33% | 7.96%

Puts: 13.63% | 6.56%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +52.39% | +224.10%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 81% of dollar volume in calls ($44.03M) vs puts ($10.15M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 217% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 190% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

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
10:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:30	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 7.8%, best 4.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Oct 16	175.35	184.00	$179.68	4.8%	--	1.00	32
$750.00	Oct 16	165.40	174.00	$169.70	5.1%	--	0.99	10
$760.00	Oct 16	156.00	164.35	$160.18	5.2%	--	0.99	57
$900.00	Oct 16	28.70	30.30	$29.50	5.4%	203	0.67	460
$825.00	Sep 25	90.55	95.65	$93.10	5.5%	1	1.00	8

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1005.00	Sep 25	84.25	89.80	$87.03	6.4%	6	1.00	--
$1040.00	Oct 16	118.95	127.30	$123.13	6.8%	5	1.00	--
$1030.00	Oct 23	108.95	117.15	$113.05	7.3%	2	0.92	--
$1000.00	Oct 16	79.55	85.85	$82.70	7.6%	11	0.95	130
$990.00	Oct 16	69.60	75.90	$72.75	8.7%	--	0.93	37

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. 190 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Sep 25	114.45	121.05	$117.75	5.6%	1	1.00	14
$815.00	Sep 25	99.70	106.05	$102.88	6.2%	2	1.00	2
$825.00	Sep 25	90.55	95.65	$93.10	5.5%	1	1.00	8
$830.00	Sep 25	84.75	90.10	$87.43	6.1%	1	1.00	7
$840.00	Sep 25	74.50	81.05	$77.78	8.4%	9	1.00	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$945.00	Sep 25	25.10	30.40	$27.75	19.1%	6	1.00	83
$950.00	Sep 25	30.35	34.40	$32.38	12.5%	110	1.00	400
$955.00	Sep 25	33.90	40.60	$37.25	18.0%	1	1.00	28
$960.00	Sep 25	39.45	45.10	$42.28	13.4%	6	1.00	118
$965.00	Sep 25	44.00	50.55	$47.28	13.9%	--	1.00	12

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 519 active (total vol 50.4K, top 2.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$925.00	Sep 25	1.15	1.56	$1.36	30.1%	2.0K	0.23	659
$920.00	Sep 25	2.32	3.15	$2.74	30.3%	1.9K	0.40	1.2K
$900.00	Sep 25	16.25	18.25	$17.25	11.6%	1.3K	0.95	1.2K
$960.00	Oct 16	4.20	5.05	$4.63	18.4%	1.3K	0.19	1.1K
$930.00	Sep 25	0.49	0.71	$0.60	36.7%	1.1K	0.12	871

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Nov 6	0.00	4.45	$2.23	199.6%	1.5K	0.04	--
$870.00	Sep 25	0.02	0.05	$0.04	75.0%	1.3K	0.01	1.2K
$850.00	Sep 25	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.2K	0.00	2.4K
$900.00	Sep 25	0.20	0.29	$0.25	36.0%	1.1K	0.05	1.2K
$860.00	Sep 25	0.01	0.07	$0.04	150.0%	1.0K	0.01	1.6K

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 114.2%, max 137.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$910.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	43.4%	18.3%	137.8%	696	669
$917.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	44.0%	18.5%	137.3%	340	205
$915.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	43.6%	18.4%	136.2%	954	626
$912.50	Sep 25	Oct 9	43.3%	19.5%	121.5%	250	322
$920.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	40.7%	18.4%	121.0%	1.9K	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$910.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	43.4%	18.3%	137.8%	669	436
$917.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	44.0%	18.5%	137.3%	64	86
$915.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	43.6%	18.4%	136.2%	341	238
$920.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	40.7%	18.4%	121.0%	214	239
$907.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	43.9%	21.3%	106.0%	152	63

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 321 found (best R:R 4.41, avg 8.58)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$940.00	$950.00	Nov 6	$1.85	$8.15	$1.85	38%	4.41	$941.85
$910.00	$912.50	Oct 9	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	60%	24.00	$910.10
$935.00	$940.00	Oct 23	$0.40	$4.60	$0.40	37%	11.50	$935.40
$940.00	$945.00	Oct 30	$0.53	$4.47	$0.53	36%	8.43	$940.53
$895.00	$897.50	Oct 2	$1.05	$1.45	$1.05	80%	1.38	$896.05

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$945.00	$940.00	Oct 16	$2.03	$2.97	$2.03	72%	1.46	$942.97
$965.00	$960.00	Oct 16	$3.20	$1.80	$3.20	84%	0.56	$961.80
$910.00	$905.00	Nov 6	$1.35	$3.65	$1.35	44%	2.70	$908.65
$915.00	$910.00	Oct 9	$1.43	$3.57	$1.43	46%	2.50	$913.57
$917.50	$915.00	Oct 2	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	49%	4.00	$917.00

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 259 found (best R:R 0.27, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1085.00	$1100.00	Oct 23	$2.03	$2.03	$12.97	94%	0.16	$1087.03
$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 9	$1.73	$1.73	$3.27	90%	0.53	$996.73
$920.00	$940.00	Nov 6	$10.03	$10.03	$9.97	51%	1.01	$930.03
$1095.00	$1100.00	Oct 9	$1.41	$1.41	$3.59	96%	0.39	$1096.41
$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
$780.00	$770.00	Sep 25	$2.12	$2.12	$7.88	95%	0.27	$777.88
$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
$755.00	$750.00	Oct 16	$1.84	$1.84	$3.16	95%	0.58	$753.16
$745.00	$740.00	Oct 2	$1.81	$1.81	$3.19	96%	0.57	$743.19

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $6.99, cheapest $6.32)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$917.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.90	44.0%	20.6%
$912.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.45	43.3%	21.4%
$915.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.35	43.6%	22.0%
$922.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.33	42.0%	22.0%
$920.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.51	40.7%	21.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$917.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.32	44.0%	20.6%
$912.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.52	43.3%	21.4%
$915.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.02	43.6%	22.0%
$922.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$5.72	42.0%	22.0%
$920.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.77	40.7%	21.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 174 found (cheapest 0.85% of stock, avg 4.81%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$917.50	Sep 25	$3.73	$4.08	$7.81	$909.69	$925.31	0.85%
$915.00	Sep 25	$5.28	$2.88	$8.16	$906.84	$923.16	0.89%
$920.00	Sep 25	$2.74	$5.38	$8.12	$911.88	$928.12	0.89%
$912.50	Sep 25	$6.70	$1.98	$8.68	$903.82	$921.18	0.95%
$922.50	Sep 25	$1.94	$7.33	$9.27	$913.23	$931.77	1.01%
$910.00	Sep 25	$8.53	$1.32	$9.85	$900.15	$919.85	1.07%
$925.00	Sep 25	$1.36	$9.10	$10.46	$914.54	$935.46	1.14%
$907.50	Sep 25	$10.50	$0.87	$11.37	$896.13	$918.87	1.24%
$927.50	Sep 25	$0.87	$10.68	$11.55	$915.95	$939.05	1.26%
$905.00	Sep 25	$13.05	$0.56	$13.61	$891.39	$918.61	1.48%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 2.57%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$930.00	$907.50	Sep 25	$0.60	$0.87	$1.47	$906.03	$931.47
$927.50	$907.50	Sep 25	$0.87	$0.87	$1.74	$905.76	$929.24
$930.00	$910.00	Sep 25	$0.60	$1.32	$1.92	$908.08	$931.92
$925.00	$907.50	Sep 25	$1.36	$0.87	$2.23	$905.27	$927.23
$927.50	$910.00	Sep 25	$0.87	$1.32	$2.19	$907.81	$929.69
$925.00	$910.00	Sep 25	$1.36	$1.32	$2.68	$907.32	$927.68
$930.00	$912.50	Sep 25	$0.60	$1.98	$2.58	$909.92	$932.58
$922.50	$907.50	Sep 25	$1.94	$0.87	$2.81	$904.69	$925.31
$927.50	$912.50	Sep 25	$0.87	$1.98	$2.85	$909.65	$930.35
$922.50	$910.00	Sep 25	$1.94	$1.32	$3.26	$906.74	$925.76

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 356 found (best R:R 2.82, avg credit $1.69)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
760/765	940/945	Oct 16	$3.69	$1.31	62%	2.82	$761.31	$943.69
770/780	1040/1045	Sep 25	$2.32	$7.68	94%	0.30	$777.68	$1042.32
750/755	940/945	Oct 16	$3.62	$1.38	62%	2.62	$751.38	$943.62
770/775	940/945	Oct 16	$3.60	$1.40	62%	2.57	$771.40	$943.60
760/765	950/955	Oct 16	$3.18	$1.82	70%	1.75	$761.82	$953.18
760/765	945/950	Oct 16	$3.31	$1.69	66%	1.96	$761.69	$948.31
750/755	950/955	Oct 16	$3.11	$1.89	70%	1.65	$751.89	$953.11
750/755	945/950	Oct 16	$3.24	$1.76	66%	1.84	$751.76	$948.24
740/745	955/960	Oct 2	$2.34	$2.66	84%	0.88	$742.66	$957.34
770/775	950/955	Oct 16	$3.09	$1.91	69%	1.62	$771.91	$953.09

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 262 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$910.00	$915.00	$920.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	8%	99.00
$905.00	$910.00	$915.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43
$900.00	$905.00	$910.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$922.50	$925.00	$927.50	Sep 25	$0.09	$2.41	14%	26.78
$917.50	$920.00	$922.50	Sep 25	$0.19	$2.31	20%	12.16

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$915.00	$917.50	$920.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$2.40	20%	24.00
$890.00	$895.00	$900.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	8%	82.33
$930.00	$935.00	$940.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$880.00	$885.00	$890.00	Oct 2	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$920.00	$925.00	$930.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$4.86	8%	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 361 found (best net $-20.97, 322 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$920.00	$940.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$6.02	$13.98
$1035.00	$1055.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.64	$19.36
$1020.00	$1035.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.20	$14.80
$930.00	$935.00	1:2	Sep 25	$0.00	$5.00
$970.00	$985.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$2.22	$12.78

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$990.00	$960.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$20.97	$9.03
$950.00	$925.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$11.35	$13.65
$780.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.19	$19.81
$760.00	$750.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$9.95
$860.00	$855.00	1:2	Oct 2	$0.00	$5.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 95 found (best yield 2.52%, avg 0.70%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$920.00	Nov 6	$23.15	0.49	0.3%	2.52%	2.80%	1	2
$950.00	Nov 6	$12.50	0.33	3.5%	1.36%	4.91%	3	1
$940.00	Nov 6	$14.00	0.38	2.5%	1.53%	3.98%	1	1
$925.00	Oct 30	$18.80	0.46	0.8%	2.05%	2.87%	10	31
$920.00	Oct 30	$20.75	0.49	0.3%	2.26%	2.54%	7	21
$930.00	Oct 30	$16.05	0.43	1.4%	1.75%	3.12%	6	27
$935.00	Oct 30	$14.45	0.39	1.9%	1.57%	3.49%	7	3
$940.00	Oct 30	$12.80	0.36	2.5%	1.40%	3.85%	3	24
$920.00	Oct 23	$19.60	0.48	0.3%	2.14%	2.41%	61	69
$945.00	Oct 30	$11.10	0.34	3.0%	1.21%	4.21%	7	10

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

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 32,889

Total Puts 25,354

Put/Call Ratio 0.77

Net Difference 7,535

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,998

Total Puts 9,081

Put/Call Ratio 0.83

Net Difference 1,917

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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Option Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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