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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$997.35 +1.56%

(10/15 09:40) ◀

Thursday, October 15, 2026 (9:45am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:45am) 12,064

Calls: 8,139 (67%)

Puts: 3,925 (33%)

Prior (09/25) 27,022

Calls: 15,103 (56%)

Puts: 11,919 (44%)

Current vs Prior -55.35%

Calls: -46.11% (Calls)

Puts: -67.07% (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 -71.82%

Calls: -63.78%

Puts: -80.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:45am) $19.93M

Calls: $13.41M (67%)

Puts: $6.52M (33%)

Prior (09/25) $23.81M

Calls: $20.16M (85%)

Puts: $3.65M (15%)

Current vs Prior -16.28%

Calls: -33.47%

Puts: +78.68%

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 -71.47%

Calls: -68.00%

Puts: -76.67%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:45am) 0.48

Prior (09/25) 0.79

Current vs Prior -38.89%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.89

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -45.79%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:45am) 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 1.62% | 2.70%1.62% | 5.40%

Prior 1.02% | 2.51%3.94% | 6.59%

Current vs Prior +59.02% | +7.57%-58.78% | -18.08%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.65% | -29.48%-51.63% | -18.10%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +59.02% | +7.57%-1.66% | +1.67%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 33.53% | 27.13%

Calls: 35.63% | 17.57%

Puts: 31.42% | 36.69%

Prior 21.30% | 23.53%

Calls: 21.78% | 11.48%

Puts: 20.83% | 35.58%

Current vs Prior +57.42% | +15.30%

Prior 7-Day Avg 16.02% | 9.81%

Calls: 16.12% | 8.62%

Puts: 15.91% | 11.01%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +109.34% | +176.51%

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Moderately bullish flow with 67% call dollar volume ($13.41M). Below-average activity with volume down 55% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.48 - heavy call buying (8,139 calls vs 3,925 puts). P/C ratio dropping 39% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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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 95 of results (avg 6.7%, best 3.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Oct 16	195.70	202.00	$198.85	3.2%	--	0.99	31
$800.00	Nov 20	197.20	204.25	$200.73	3.5%	2	1.00	51
$830.00	Oct 16	165.45	172.00	$168.73	3.9%	--	0.95	12
$820.00	Oct 16	174.95	182.00	$178.48	4.0%	--	0.95	30
$840.00	Oct 16	155.70	162.00	$158.85	4.0%	--	1.00	16

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	98.15	104.35	$101.25	6.1%	25	1.00	--
$1000.00	Nov 20	23.50	25.90	$24.70	9.7%	14	0.51	142

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.29, cheapest $0.52)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$970.00	Oct 16	0.47	0.57	$0.52	19.2%	64	0.07	211
$897.50	Oct 16	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	--	0.00	174

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 189 found (avg delta 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Nov 20	197.20	204.25	$200.73	3.5%	2	1.00	51
$820.00	Nov 20	177.10	184.40	$180.75	4.0%	--	1.00	20
$840.00	Nov 20	157.55	164.70	$161.13	4.4%	--	1.00	70
$845.00	Nov 20	152.05	159.75	$155.90	4.9%	1	1.00	12
$850.00	Nov 20	148.35	154.85	$151.60	4.3%	1	1.00	18

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	98.15	104.35	$101.25	6.1%	25	1.00	--
$1025.00	Oct 16	23.60	29.95	$26.78	23.7%	30	0.92	1
$1010.00	Oct 16	10.55	16.25	$13.40	42.5%	13	0.75	7
$1030.00	Oct 30	33.00	39.15	$36.08	17.0%	6	0.74	--
$1020.00	Oct 23	23.20	28.30	$25.75	19.8%	1	0.74	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 345 active (total vol 10.4K, top 1.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	5.05	6.80	$5.93	29.5%	1.1K	0.46	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	3.30	4.05	$3.68	20.4%	821	0.35	889
$1000.00	Nov 20	24.55	26.90	$25.73	9.1%	369	0.49	1.7K
$1030.00	Oct 16	0.38	0.60	$0.49	44.9%	337	0.06	409
$1010.00	Oct 16	2.16	2.65	$2.41	20.3%	322	0.25	666

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Oct 23	7.10	9.45	$8.27	28.4%	411	0.38	401
$985.00	Oct 23	6.50	7.55	$7.03	14.9%	404	0.32	400
$970.00	Nov 20	11.70	13.45	$12.58	13.9%	118	0.31	141
$925.00	Nov 20	2.95	4.25	$3.60	36.1%	102	0.11	295
$980.00	Oct 16	1.05	1.50	$1.27	35.4%	101	0.14	47

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 11 strikes (avg 45.6%, max 60.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	28.6%	17.8%	60.3%	1.1K	1.4K
$995.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	27.7%	17.5%	58.3%	121	441
$985.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	28.7%	18.5%	55.0%	39	862
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	28.2%	18.4%	53.6%	221	1.4K
$1010.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	29.8%	20.9%	42.4%	322	682

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	28.6%	18.4%	55.2%	40	163
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	28.1%	18.4%	52.9%	77	25
$985.00	Oct 16	Nov 6	28.7%	20.0%	43.7%	25	29
$1020.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	21.5%	21.0%	2.6%	1	140

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 232 found (best R:R 57.82, avg 7.37)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1000.00	$1005.00	Oct 30	$0.52	$4.48	$0.52	49%	8.62	$1000.52
$1020.00	$1025.00	Nov 27	$0.57	$4.43	$0.57	40%	7.77	$1020.57
$1040.00	$1050.00	Nov 13	$0.97	$9.03	$0.97	26%	9.31	$1040.97
$985.00	$990.00	Oct 23	$2.27	$2.73	$2.27	68%	1.20	$987.27
$1030.00	$1035.00	Nov 6	$0.37	$4.63	$0.37	28%	12.51	$1030.37

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	15%	57.82	$929.66
$1005.00	$1000.00	Nov 20	$1.40	$3.60	$1.40	53%	2.57	$1003.60
$880.00	$800.00	Nov 27	$2.40	$77.60	$2.40	10%	32.33	$877.60
$1015.00	$1010.00	Oct 23	$2.18	$2.82	$2.18	68%	1.29	$1012.82
$1005.00	$990.00	Nov 13	$5.98	$9.02	$5.98	53%	1.51	$999.02

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 204 found (best R:R 3.95, avg 0.73)

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
$1120.00	$1125.00	Oct 23	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	93%	0.92	$1122.40
$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	92%	0.88	$1097.34
$1135.00	$1140.00	Oct 23	$2.04	$2.04	$2.96	93%	0.69	$1137.04

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$885.00	$880.00	Oct 30	$3.99	$3.99	$1.01	91%	3.95	$881.01
$880.00	$875.00	Nov 6	$3.83	$3.83	$1.17	90%	3.27	$876.17
$910.00	$905.00	Nov 6	$3.80	$3.80	$1.20	88%	3.17	$906.20
$910.00	$905.00	Oct 30	$3.71	$3.71	$1.29	89%	2.88	$906.29
$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. 8 found (avg debit $6.05, cheapest $4.65)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.27	28.6%	19.4%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.20	29.2%	21.0%
$990.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.90	28.2%	20.5%
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.10	27.7%	20.2%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$4.65	28.6%	19.4%
$990.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$4.94	28.1%	20.5%
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.05	27.7%	20.2%
$1005.00	Oct 23	Nov 6	$8.27	21.0%	22.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 131 found (cheapest 1.34% of stock, avg 5.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$1000.00	Oct 16	$5.93	$7.48	$13.41	$986.59	$1013.41	1.34%
$995.00	Oct 16	$8.70	$5.13	$13.83	$981.17	$1008.83	1.39%
$990.00	Oct 16	$11.83	$3.33	$15.16	$974.84	$1005.16	1.52%
$1010.00	Oct 16	$2.41	$13.40	$15.81	$994.19	$1025.81	1.59%
$985.00	Oct 16	$15.75	$2.09	$17.84	$967.16	$1002.84	1.79%
$980.00	Oct 16	$19.40	$1.27	$20.67	$959.33	$1000.67	2.07%
$1000.00	Oct 23	$12.20	$12.13	$24.33	$975.67	$1024.33	2.44%
$1005.00	Oct 23	$9.88	$14.43	$24.31	$980.69	$1029.31	2.44%
$995.00	Oct 23	$14.80	$10.18	$24.98	$970.02	$1019.98	2.50%
$975.00	Oct 16	$24.60	$0.85	$25.45	$949.55	$1000.45	2.55%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.23% of stock, avg 2.31%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$1020.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$1.06	$1.27	$2.33	$977.67	$1022.33
$1015.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$1.64	$1.27	$2.91	$977.09	$1017.91
$1020.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.06	$2.09	$3.15	$981.85	$1023.15
$1020.00	$942.50	Oct 16	$1.06	$2.45	$3.51	$938.99	$1023.51
$1015.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.64	$2.09	$3.73	$981.27	$1018.73
$1010.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$2.41	$1.27	$3.68	$976.32	$1013.68
$1015.00	$942.50	Oct 16	$1.64	$2.45	$4.09	$938.41	$1019.09
$1010.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$2.41	$2.09	$4.50	$980.50	$1014.50
$1020.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.06	$3.33	$4.39	$985.61	$1024.39
$1010.00	$942.50	Oct 16	$2.41	$2.45	$4.86	$937.64	$1014.86

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 358 found (best R:R 7.47, avg credit $2.59)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
840/845	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.41	$0.59	85%	7.47	$840.59	$1079.41
840/845	1065/1070	Oct 16	$4.38	$0.62	84%	7.06	$840.62	$1069.38
875/880	1050/1060	Nov 6	$6.37	$3.63	72%	1.75	$873.63	$1056.37
900/902	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.40	$0.60	83%	7.33	$898.10	$1079.40
905/908	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.41	$0.59	83%	7.47	$903.09	$1079.41
885/890	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.31	$0.69	84%	6.25	$885.69	$1079.31
915/918	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.38	$0.62	82%	7.06	$913.12	$1079.38
900/902	1065/1070	Oct 16	$4.37	$0.63	82%	6.94	$898.13	$1069.37
905/908	1065/1070	Oct 16	$4.38	$0.62	82%	7.06	$903.12	$1069.38
885/890	1065/1070	Oct 16	$4.28	$0.72	83%	5.94	$885.72	$1069.28

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 227 found (best R:R 28.41, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1060.00	$1080.00	$1100.00	Nov 20	$0.68	$19.32	11%	28.41
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 16	$0.36	$4.64	24%	12.89
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$4.92	10%	61.50
$1020.00	$1040.00	$1060.00	Nov 20	$1.91	$18.09	19%	9.47
$980.00	$985.00	$990.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$4.92	9%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$970.00	$975.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 16	$0.55	$4.45	23%	8.09
$965.00	$970.00	$975.00	Oct 23	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56
$970.00	$975.00	$980.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$4.87	7%	37.46
$980.00	$985.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$0.42	$4.58	17%	10.90

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 308 found (best net $-0.02, 259 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1050.00	$1070.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$1.24	$18.76
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$2.41	$17.59
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$4.62	$15.38
$1080.00	$1100.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.45	$19.55
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.57	$18.43

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1025.00	$1010.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.02	$14.98
$1010.00	$1000.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.56	$8.44
$880.00	$800.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.08	$79.92
$935.00	$925.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.22	$9.78
$990.00	$985.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.85	$4.15

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 76 found (best yield 2.59%, avg 0.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$1000.00	Nov 27	$25.85	0.50	0.3%	2.59%	2.86%	5	16
$1005.00	Nov 27	$23.30	0.48	0.8%	2.34%	3.10%	2	2
$1025.00	Nov 27	$15.95	0.38	2.8%	1.60%	4.37%	--	16
$1020.00	Nov 27	$17.05	0.40	2.3%	1.71%	3.98%	3	4
$1000.00	Nov 20	$24.55	0.49	0.3%	2.46%	2.73%	369	1.7K
$1010.00	Nov 27	$19.75	0.45	1.3%	1.98%	3.25%	--	16
$1005.00	Nov 20	$21.65	0.47	0.8%	2.17%	2.94%	12	159
$1010.00	Nov 20	$19.25	0.44	1.3%	1.93%	3.20%	4	217
$1020.00	Nov 20	$15.85	0.38	2.3%	1.59%	3.86%	10	553
$1000.00	Nov 13	$21.70	0.50	0.3%	2.18%	2.44%	--	179

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 8,139

Total Puts 3,925

Put/Call Ratio 0.48

Net Difference 4,214

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 15,103

Total Puts 11,919

Put/Call Ratio 0.79

Net Difference 3,184

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 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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