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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$1005.38 +2.38%

(10/14 18:01) ◀

Thursday, October 15, 2026 (9:35am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:35am) 6,885

Calls: 4,859 (71%)

Puts: 2,026 (29%)

Prior (09/25) 12,890

Calls: 6,874 (53%)

Puts: 6,016 (47%)

Current vs Prior -46.59%

Calls: -29.31% (Calls)

Puts: -66.32% (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 -82.44%

Calls: -76.00%

Puts: -89.31%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:35am) $11.53M

Calls: $10.46M (91%)

Puts: $1.06M (9%)

Prior (09/25) $8.31M

Calls: $6.71M (81%)

Puts: $1.59M (19%)

Current vs Prior +38.77%

Calls: +55.86%

Puts: -33.32%

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 -83.47%

Calls: -74.79%

Puts: -96.24%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:35am) 0.42

Prior (09/25) 0.88

Current vs Prior -52.36%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.91

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -54.13%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:35am) 305,307

Calls: 156,901 (51%)

Puts: 148,406 (49%)

Prior (09/25) 323,996

Calls: 164,015 (51%)

Puts: 159,981 (49%)

Current vs Prior -5.77%

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 -0.01%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.70% | 2.80%1.70% | 5.32%

Prior 3.12% | 4.21%5.15% | 7.39%

Current vs Prior -45.57% | -33.35%-67.06% | -27.92%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -22.82% | -30.80%-44.66% | -18.10%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.12% | 4.21%1.65% | 5.31%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -45.57% | -33.35%+2.80% | +0.28%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.73% | 37.61%

Calls: 5.71% | 34.31%

Puts: 49.75% | 40.91%

Prior 11.97% | 8.78%

Calls: 14.18% | 10.67%

Puts: 9.76% | 6.88%

Current vs Prior +131.66% | +328.36%

Prior 7-Day Avg 13.98% | 7.26%

Calls: 14.33% | 7.96%

Puts: 13.63% | 6.56%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +98.40% | +418.04%

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Strong bullish conviction with 91% of dollar volume in calls ($10.46M) vs puts ($1.06M). Below-average activity with volume down 47% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.42 - heavy call buying (4,859 calls vs 2,026 puts). P/C ratio dropping 52% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

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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
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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 95 of results (avg 6.8%, best 3.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Oct 16	182.00	188.80	$185.40	3.7%	--	0.94	30
$850.00	Oct 16	153.40	159.50	$156.45	3.9%	--	0.94	36
$840.00	Oct 16	162.30	169.00	$165.65	4.0%	--	1.00	16
$820.00	Nov 20	184.55	192.20	$188.38	4.1%	--	1.00	20
$830.00	Oct 16	172.30	180.00	$176.15	4.4%	--	0.94	12

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	91.10	97.95	$94.53	7.2%	10	0.99	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.85, cheapest $0.85)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1030.00	Oct 16	0.80	0.90	$0.85	11.8%	117	0.10	409

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 179 found (avg delta 0.88, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Oct 16	162.30	169.00	$165.65	4.0%	--	1.00	16
$855.00	Oct 16	147.00	155.20	$151.10	5.4%	--	1.00	40
$860.00	Oct 16	142.00	150.20	$146.10	5.6%	--	1.00	31
$865.00	Oct 16	137.30	145.00	$141.15	5.5%	--	1.00	46
$870.00	Oct 16	132.00	139.00	$135.50	5.2%	--	1.00	37

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	91.10	97.95	$94.53	7.2%	10	0.99	--
$1025.00	Oct 16	19.15	23.45	$21.30	20.2%	5	0.85	1
$1040.00	Nov 20	41.45	46.65	$44.05	11.8%	--	0.70	10
$1020.00	Oct 23	18.20	24.70	$21.45	30.3%	1	0.68	--
$1010.00	Oct 16	7.55	12.55	$10.05	49.8%	6	0.61	7

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 284 active (total vol 6.3K, top 829)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	8.35	11.00	$9.68	27.4%	829	0.64	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	6.80	7.20	$7.00	5.7%	592	0.49	889
$1000.00	Nov 20	28.60	30.50	$29.55	6.4%	251	0.54	1.7K
$1010.00	Oct 16	4.20	5.30	$4.75	23.2%	195	0.39	666
$980.00	Oct 16	22.55	28.00	$25.28	21.6%	188	1.00	793

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Oct 23	5.15	8.45	$6.80	48.5%	411	0.32	401
$985.00	Oct 23	3.20	6.95	$5.08	73.8%	401	0.26	400
$950.00	Oct 23	0.47	1.15	$0.81	84.0%	81	0.05	183
$910.00	Oct 23	0.05	2.00	$1.02	191.2%	32	0.04	298
$920.00	Nov 20	2.33	3.25	$2.79	33.0%	29	0.09	666

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 10 strikes (avg 47.5%, max 80.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1005.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	31.8%	17.6%	80.3%	594	891
$1025.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	33.4%	20.4%	63.8%	30	171
$1015.00	Oct 16	Nov 13	32.6%	20.5%	58.8%	166	503
$1020.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	32.2%	21.0%	53.5%	184	971
$1010.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	31.7%	20.9%	51.9%	195	682

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	27.4%	18.5%	48.0%	34	25
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.1%	19.0%	32.0%	25	163
$1020.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	21.2%	21.0%	1.0%	1	140

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 226 found (best R:R 57.82, avg 8.15)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$980.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$2.98	$2.02	$2.98	100%	0.68	$982.98
$1100.00	$1200.00	Nov 6	$1.75	$98.25	$1.75	9%	56.14	$1101.75
$990.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	87%	0.54	$993.25
$1035.00	$1050.00	Nov 27	$3.45	$11.55	$3.45	34%	3.35	$1038.45
$970.00	$975.00	Nov 20	$2.75	$2.25	$2.75	72%	0.82	$972.75

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$930.00	$910.00	Nov 27	$0.34	$19.66	$0.34	14%	57.82	$929.66
$990.00	$980.00	Nov 20	$2.52	$7.48	$2.52	39%	2.97	$987.48
$1040.00	$1020.00	Nov 20	$12.15	$7.85	$12.15	70%	0.65	$1027.85
$960.00	$955.00	Nov 13	$0.30	$4.70	$0.30	21%	15.67	$959.70
$990.00	$980.00	Nov 6	$2.75	$7.25	$2.75	39%	2.64	$987.25

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 201 found (best R:R 3.90, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1090.00	$1095.00	Oct 16	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	91%	0.94	$1092.42
$1095.00	$1100.00	Oct 23	$2.34	$2.34	$2.66	91%	0.88	$1097.34
$1135.00	$1140.00	Oct 23	$2.04	$2.04	$2.96	93%	0.69	$1137.04
$1160.00	$1170.00	Oct 23	$1.85	$1.85	$8.15	94%	0.23	$1161.85
$1150.00	$1160.00	Oct 30	$1.78	$1.78	$8.22	94%	0.22	$1151.78

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$935.00	$930.00	Oct 23	$3.98	$3.98	$1.02	88%	3.90	$931.02
$880.00	$875.00	Nov 6	$3.83	$3.83	$1.17	91%	3.27	$876.17
$910.00	$905.00	Nov 6	$3.65	$3.65	$1.35	88%	2.70	$906.35
$925.00	$920.00	Nov 13	$3.22	$3.22	$1.78	86%	1.81	$921.78
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 16	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	95%	0.94	$842.58

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $6.93, cheapest $5.68)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.68	31.8%	21.8%
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.00	31.7%	22.4%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.45	25.1%	20.3%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.05	25.1%	20.3%
$1020.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	$10.45	21.2%	21.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 115 found (cheapest 1.39% of stock, avg 6.37%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$1000.00	Oct 16	$9.68	$4.33	$14.01	$985.99	$1014.01	1.39%
$1010.00	Oct 16	$4.75	$10.05	$14.80	$995.20	$1024.80	1.47%
$995.00	Oct 16	$13.50	$3.14	$16.64	$978.36	$1011.64	1.66%
$990.00	Oct 16	$16.75	$1.74	$18.49	$971.51	$1008.49	1.84%
$1025.00	Oct 16	$1.27	$21.30	$22.57	$1002.43	$1047.57	2.24%
$985.00	Oct 16	$22.30	$1.41	$23.71	$961.29	$1008.71	2.36%
$980.00	Oct 16	$25.28	$0.75	$26.03	$953.97	$1006.03	2.59%
$1000.00	Oct 23	$16.13	$10.38	$26.51	$973.49	$1026.51	2.64%
$995.00	Oct 23	$18.63	$8.60	$27.23	$967.77	$1022.23	2.71%
$1020.00	Oct 23	$6.43	$21.45	$27.88	$992.12	$1047.88	2.77%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 166 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 2.05%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$1025.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.27	$1.41	$2.68	$982.32	$1027.68
$1025.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.27	$1.74	$3.01	$986.99	$1028.01
$1020.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.94	$1.41	$3.35	$981.65	$1023.35
$1020.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.94	$1.74	$3.68	$986.32	$1023.68
$1025.00	$942.50	Oct 16	$1.27	$2.45	$3.72	$938.78	$1028.72
$1020.00	$942.50	Oct 16	$1.94	$2.45	$4.39	$938.11	$1024.39
$1025.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$1.27	$3.14	$4.41	$990.59	$1029.41
$1015.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$3.15	$1.41	$4.56	$980.44	$1019.56
$1015.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$3.15	$1.74	$4.89	$985.11	$1019.89
$1020.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$1.94	$3.14	$5.08	$989.92	$1025.08

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 388 found (best R:R 30.25, avg credit $2.16)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
840/845	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.84	$0.16	86%	30.25	$840.16	$1094.84
890/895	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.36	$0.64	84%	6.81	$890.64	$1094.36
900/902	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.02	$0.98	86%	4.10	$898.48	$1094.02
810/815	1090/1095	Oct 16	$3.87	$1.13	87%	3.42	$811.13	$1093.87
860/865	1090/1095	Oct 16	$3.69	$1.31	90%	2.82	$861.31	$1093.69
875/880	1060/1065	Nov 6	$4.17	$0.83	77%	5.02	$875.83	$1064.17
905/910	1040/1045	Nov 6	$4.80	$0.20	64%	24.00	$905.20	$1044.80
840/845	1105/1110	Oct 16	$3.38	$1.62	90%	2.09	$841.62	$1108.38
875/880	1045/1050	Nov 6	$4.31	$0.69	70%	6.25	$875.69	$1049.31
875/880	1030/1035	Nov 6	$4.78	$0.22	60%	21.73	$875.22	$1034.78

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 230 found (best R:R 23.39, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1040.00	$1060.00	$1080.00	Nov 20	$0.82	$19.18	17%	23.39
$1000.00	$1005.00	$1010.00	Oct 16	$0.43	$4.57	25%	10.63
$975.00	$980.00	$985.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$4.88	10%	40.67
$900.00	$905.00	$910.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$1025.00	$1030.00	$1035.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$985.00	$990.00	$995.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	12%	61.50
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43
$965.00	$970.00	$975.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	4%	49.00
$935.00	$937.50	$940.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$2.37	10%	18.23
$920.00	$925.00	$930.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	2%	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 317 found (best net $-12.87, 258 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$970.00	$1000.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$12.87	$17.13
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$4.02	$15.98
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.43	$19.57
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$3.11	$16.89
$1080.00	$1100.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.53	$19.47

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$990.00	$965.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$1.68	$23.32
$995.00	$990.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.34	$4.66
$985.00	$980.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.09	$4.91
$900.00	$895.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.09	$4.91
$965.00	$960.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.36	$4.64

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 63 found (best yield 2.22%, avg 0.54%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$1010.00	Nov 20	$22.30	0.48	0.5%	2.22%	2.68%	1	217
$1020.00	Nov 20	$18.25	0.42	1.4%	1.82%	3.27%	9	553
$1010.00	Nov 27	$22.20	0.48	0.5%	2.21%	2.67%	--	16
$1025.00	Nov 27	$15.50	0.39	1.9%	1.54%	3.49%	--	16
$1035.00	Nov 27	$11.90	0.34	3.0%	1.18%	4.13%	1	--
$1040.00	Nov 20	$11.05	0.30	3.4%	1.10%	4.54%	136	459
$1050.00	Nov 27	$9.30	0.27	4.4%	0.93%	5.36%	8	--
$1015.00	Nov 13	$15.70	0.44	1.0%	1.56%	2.52%	1	3
$1010.00	Nov 13	$17.20	0.47	0.5%	1.71%	2.17%	--	27
$1060.00	Nov 20	$6.65	0.21	5.4%	0.66%	6.09%	8	560

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 4,859

Total Puts 2,026

Put/Call Ratio 0.42

Net Difference 2,833

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,874

Total Puts 6,016

Put/Call Ratio 0.88

Net Difference 858

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)

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Earnings This Week

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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