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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$1000.53 +1.89%

(10/15 09:35) ◀

Thursday, October 15, 2026 (9:40am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:40am) 10,596

Calls: 7,162 (68%)

Puts: 3,434 (32%)

Prior (09/25) 21,781

Calls: 11,782 (54%)

Puts: 9,999 (46%)

Current vs Prior -51.35%

Calls: -39.21% (Calls)

Puts: -65.66% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 299,678

Calls: 157,315 (52%)

Puts: 142,363 (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average 42,811

Calls: 22,473 (52%)

Puts: 20,337 (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -75.25%

Calls: -68.13%

Puts: -83.11%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:40am) $17.36M

Calls: $12.60M (73%)

Puts: $4.76M (27%)

Prior (09/25) $16.84M

Calls: $14.43M (86%)

Puts: $2.41M (14%)

Current vs Prior +3.08%

Calls: -12.68%

Puts: +97.54%

Prior 7-Day Total $488.99M

Calls: $293.40M (60%)

Puts: $195.59M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $69.86M

Calls: $41.91M (60%)

Puts: $27.94M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -75.15%

Calls: -69.93%

Puts: -82.97%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:40am) 0.48

Prior (09/25) 0.85

Current vs Prior -43.50%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.89

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -46.09%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:40am) 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 2,154,846

Calls: 1,082,283 (50%)

Puts: 1,072,563 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 307,835

Calls: 154,611 (50%)

Puts: 153,223 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.82%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 1.55% | 2.73%1.55% | 5.22%

Prior 1.02% | 2.51%3.94% | 6.59%

Current vs Prior +51.85% | +8.74%-60.64% | -20.85%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.07% | 3.83%3.35% | 6.59%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -25.19% | -28.71%-53.81% | -20.87%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.02% | 2.51%1.65% | 5.31%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +51.85% | +8.74%-6.09% | -1.76%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 29.45% | 34.99%

Calls: 18.18% | 27.00%

Puts: 40.72% | 42.98%

Prior 21.30% | 23.53%

Calls: 21.78% | 11.48%

Puts: 20.83% | 35.58%

Current vs Prior +38.26% | +48.70%

Prior 7-Day Avg 16.02% | 9.81%

Calls: 16.12% | 8.62%

Puts: 15.91% | 11.01%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +83.87% | +256.62%

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Moderately bullish flow with 73% call dollar volume ($12.60M). Below-average activity with volume down 51% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.48 - heavy call buying (7,162 calls vs 3,434 puts). P/C ratio dropping 44% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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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

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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 98 of results (avg 6.7%, best 3.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	180.70	187.35	$184.02	3.6%	--	0.98	20
$820.00	Oct 16	178.70	185.45	$182.08	3.7%	--	0.93	30
$840.00	Oct 16	158.90	165.05	$161.98	3.8%	--	1.00	16
$830.00	Oct 16	168.50	175.05	$171.78	3.8%	--	0.93	12
$840.00	Nov 20	160.85	167.75	$164.30	4.2%	--	0.98	70

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	95.20	101.70	$98.45	6.6%	25	1.00	--

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. 186 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Oct 16	158.90	165.05	$161.98	3.8%	--	1.00	16
$860.00	Oct 16	138.35	145.45	$141.90	5.0%	--	1.00	31
$870.00	Oct 16	128.70	135.45	$132.07	5.1%	--	1.00	37
$875.00	Oct 16	123.50	130.10	$126.80	5.2%	--	1.00	10
$880.00	Oct 16	117.90	125.10	$121.50	5.9%	--	1.00	54

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	95.20	101.70	$98.45	6.6%	25	1.00	--
$1025.00	Oct 16	21.95	27.45	$24.70	22.3%	25	0.88	1
$1040.00	Nov 20	43.45	49.60	$46.53	13.2%	--	0.72	10
$1020.00	Oct 23	19.60	25.70	$22.65	26.9%	1	0.71	--
$1010.00	Oct 16	8.55	13.65	$11.10	45.9%	12	0.70	7

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 321 active (total vol 9.3K, top 1.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	6.50	7.80	$7.15	18.2%	1.0K	0.52	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	4.35	5.40	$4.88	21.5%	778	0.40	889
$1000.00	Nov 20	25.80	29.00	$27.40	11.7%	352	0.52	1.7K
$1010.00	Oct 16	2.85	4.00	$3.43	33.5%	289	0.30	666
$1030.00	Oct 16	0.53	0.70	$0.62	27.4%	253	0.07	409

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Oct 23	5.10	8.45	$6.78	49.4%	411	0.33	401
$985.00	Oct 23	3.40	6.90	$5.15	68.0%	401	0.27	400
$970.00	Nov 20	9.95	12.70	$11.33	24.3%	112	0.29	141
$925.00	Nov 20	2.78	4.00	$3.39	36.0%	102	0.11	295
$900.00	Oct 23	0.06	0.50	$0.28	157.1%	95	0.01	289

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 13 strikes (avg 46.4%, max 66.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1005.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	29.2%	17.5%	66.4%	780	891
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	28.5%	17.8%	60.4%	1.0K	1.4K
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	28.3%	17.8%	59.2%	213	1.4K
$995.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	27.9%	17.9%	56.0%	94	441
$985.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	28.1%	18.6%	51.2%	33	862

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	28.3%	17.8%	59.2%	61	25
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	28.5%	18.0%	58.5%	34	163
$985.00	Oct 16	Nov 6	28.1%	20.5%	36.5%	20	29
$1005.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	20.4%	18.2%	12.3%	35	14
$1020.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	21.4%	21.4%	0.2%	1	140

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 237 found (best R:R 57.82, avg 8.08)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$970.00	$1000.00	Nov 27	$17.37	$12.63	$17.37	71%	0.73	$987.37
$940.00	$945.00	Oct 16	$3.32	$1.68	$3.32	96%	0.51	$943.32
$955.00	$960.00	Nov 20	$2.40	$2.60	$2.40	79%	1.08	$957.40
$1100.00	$1200.00	Nov 6	$1.75	$98.25	$1.75	9%	56.14	$1101.75
$970.00	$975.00	Nov 20	$2.25	$2.75	$2.25	71%	1.22	$972.25

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
$1010.00	$1000.00	Oct 16	$4.62	$5.38	$4.62	70%	1.16	$1005.38
$990.00	$980.00	Nov 20	$2.65	$7.35	$2.65	41%	2.77	$987.35
$940.00	$930.00	Nov 27	$0.51	$9.49	$0.51	16%	18.61	$939.49
$1005.00	$990.00	Nov 13	$5.83	$9.17	$5.83	51%	1.57	$999.17

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 207 found (best R:R 3.50, avg 0.72)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1180.00	$1190.00	Oct 23	$2.42	$2.42	$7.58	94%	0.32	$1182.42
$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
$1095.00	$1100.00	Oct 30	$1.92	$1.92	$3.08	91%	0.62	$1096.92

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$910.00	$905.00	Oct 30	$3.89	$3.89	$1.11	89%	3.50	$906.11
$880.00	$875.00	Nov 6	$3.80	$3.80	$1.20	91%	3.17	$876.20
$910.00	$905.00	Nov 6	$3.82	$3.82	$1.18	88%	3.24	$906.18
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 16	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	95%	0.94	$842.58
$890.00	$885.00	Oct 16	$2.41	$2.41	$2.59	93%	0.93	$887.59

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $7.11, cheapest $5.72)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.72	30.4%	20.4%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.32	29.2%	20.4%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$7.48	28.5%	20.1%
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$7.02	27.9%	20.3%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1010.00	Oct 16	Nov 13	$14.30	30.4%	21.8%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$4.25	28.5%	20.1%
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$4.42	27.9%	20.3%
$1005.00	Oct 23	Nov 6	$7.37	20.4%	19.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 124 found (cheapest 1.36% of stock, avg 5.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$1000.00	Oct 16	$7.15	$6.48	$13.63	$986.37	$1013.63	1.36%
$995.00	Oct 16	$10.33	$4.18	$14.51	$980.49	$1009.51	1.45%
$1010.00	Oct 16	$3.43	$11.10	$14.53	$995.47	$1024.53	1.45%
$990.00	Oct 16	$13.85	$2.67	$16.52	$973.48	$1006.52	1.65%
$985.00	Oct 16	$18.02	$1.53	$19.55	$965.45	$1004.55	1.95%
$980.00	Oct 16	$22.33	$0.92	$23.25	$956.75	$1003.25	2.32%
$1005.00	Oct 23	$11.20	$12.68	$23.88	$981.12	$1028.88	2.39%
$1000.00	Oct 23	$14.63	$10.73	$25.36	$974.64	$1025.36	2.53%
$1025.00	Oct 16	$1.21	$24.70	$25.91	$999.09	$1050.91	2.59%
$995.00	Oct 23	$17.35	$8.60	$25.95	$969.05	$1020.95	2.59%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.21% of stock, avg 2.21%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$1025.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$1.21	$0.92	$2.13	$977.87	$1027.13
$1020.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$1.46	$0.92	$2.38	$977.62	$1022.38
$1025.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.21	$1.53	$2.74	$982.26	$1027.74
$1020.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.46	$1.53	$2.99	$982.01	$1022.99
$1015.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$2.33	$0.92	$3.25	$976.75	$1018.25
$1015.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$2.33	$1.53	$3.86	$981.14	$1018.86
$1025.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.21	$2.67	$3.88	$986.12	$1028.88
$1020.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.46	$2.67	$4.13	$985.87	$1024.13
$1015.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$2.33	$2.67	$5.00	$985.00	$1020.00
$1010.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$3.43	$0.92	$4.35	$975.65	$1014.35

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 363 found (best R:R 30.25, avg credit $2.47)

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
885/890	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.83	$0.17	84%	28.41	$885.17	$1094.83
905/908	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.84	$0.16	84%	30.25	$902.66	$1094.84
900/902	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.79	$0.21	84%	22.81	$897.71	$1094.79
915/918	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.80	$0.20	83%	24.00	$912.70	$1094.80
860/865	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.54	$0.46	85%	9.87	$860.46	$1094.54
915/918	1045/1050	Oct 23	$4.74	$0.26	77%	18.23	$912.76	$1049.74
840/845	1055/1060	Oct 16	$4.33	$0.67	84%	6.46	$840.67	$1059.33
915/918	1055/1060	Oct 23	$4.45	$0.55	81%	8.09	$913.05	$1059.45
925/928	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.37	$0.63	82%	6.94	$923.13	$1094.37

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 221 found (best R:R 41.55, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1040.00	$1060.00	$1080.00	Nov 20	$0.47	$19.53	16%	41.55
$1100.00	$1120.00	$1140.00	Nov 20	$0.20	$19.80	5%	99.00
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 16	$0.34	$4.66	22%	13.71
$980.00	$985.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$4.86	15%	34.71
$1010.00	$1015.00	$1020.00	Oct 16	$0.23	$4.77	15%	20.74

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$985.00	$990.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$0.37	$4.63	20%	12.51
$985.00	$990.00	$995.00	Oct 23	$0.19	$4.81	12%	25.32
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 23	$0.31	$4.69	13%	15.13
$970.00	$975.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$4.85	6%	32.33
$975.00	$980.00	$985.00	Oct 23	$0.22	$4.78	8%	21.73

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 309 found (best net $-12.91, 258 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$970.00	$1000.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$12.91	$17.09
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$2.68	$17.32
$1050.00	$1070.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$1.07	$18.93
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.07	$18.93
$1080.00	$1100.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.73	$19.27

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1010.00	$1000.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.86	$8.14
$990.00	$985.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.39	$4.61
$995.00	$990.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.16	$3.84
$985.00	$980.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.31	$4.69
$900.00	$895.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.09	$4.91

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 72 found (best yield 2.46%, avg 0.68%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$1005.00	Nov 27	$24.65	0.49	0.5%	2.46%	2.91%	2	2
$1020.00	Nov 27	$18.20	0.42	1.9%	1.82%	3.77%	3	4
$1025.00	Nov 27	$16.60	0.39	2.5%	1.66%	4.10%	--	16
$1010.00	Nov 27	$21.30	0.47	0.9%	2.13%	3.08%	--	16
$1005.00	Nov 20	$23.20	0.49	0.5%	2.32%	2.77%	12	159
$1010.00	Nov 20	$20.85	0.46	0.9%	2.08%	3.03%	2	217
$1035.00	Nov 27	$13.20	0.34	3.5%	1.32%	4.76%	1	--
$1020.00	Nov 20	$16.55	0.41	1.9%	1.65%	3.60%	9	553
$1005.00	Nov 13	$20.30	0.49	0.5%	2.03%	2.48%	3	33
$1010.00	Nov 13	$17.80	0.46	0.9%	1.78%	2.73%	--	27

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 7,162

Total Puts 3,434

Put/Call Ratio 0.48

Net Difference 3,728

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,782

Total Puts 9,999

Put/Call Ratio 0.85

Net Difference 1,783

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 157,315

Total Puts 142,363

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.89

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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