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$1002.13 +2.05%

(10/15 09:45) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:50am) 13,672

Calls: 9,187 (67%)

Puts: 4,485 (33%)

Prior (09/25) 31,562

Calls: 17,884 (57%)

Puts: 13,678 (43%)

Current vs Prior -56.68%

Calls: -48.63% (Calls)

Puts: -67.21% (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 -68.06%

Calls: -59.12%

Puts: -77.95%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:50am) $22.99M

Calls: $16.04M (70%)

Puts: $6.95M (30%)

Prior (09/25) $31.97M

Calls: $27.32M (85%)

Puts: $4.64M (15%)

Current vs Prior -28.08%

Calls: -41.31%

Puts: +49.82%

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 -67.09%

Calls: -61.74%

Puts: -75.11%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:50am) 0.49

Prior (09/25) 0.76

Current vs Prior -36.17%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.89

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -45.11%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:50am) 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 1.61% | 2.87%1.61% | 5.36%

Prior 1.02% | 2.51%3.94% | 6.59%

Current vs Prior +57.77% | +14.49%-59.10% | -18.58%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -22.27% | -24.94%-52.01% | -18.60%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +57.77% | +14.49%-2.43% | +1.05%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.76% | 26.73%

Calls: 12.99% | 13.89%

Puts: 16.53% | 39.58%

Prior 21.30% | 23.53%

Calls: 21.78% | 11.48%

Puts: 20.83% | 35.58%

Current vs Prior -30.70% | +13.60%

Prior 7-Day Avg 16.02% | 9.81%

Calls: 16.12% | 8.62%

Puts: 15.91% | 11.01%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -7.85% | +172.44%

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Moderately bullish flow with 70% call dollar volume ($16.04M). Below-average activity with volume down 57% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.49 - heavy call buying (9,187 calls vs 4,485 puts). P/C ratio dropping 36% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 107 of results (avg 6.4%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$860.00	Oct 16	140.00	144.95	$142.48	3.5%	--	1.00	31
$820.00	Oct 16	178.45	184.95	$181.70	3.6%	--	0.94	30
$830.00	Oct 16	168.65	174.80	$171.73	3.6%	--	0.94	12
$840.00	Oct 16	158.65	164.80	$161.73	3.8%	--	1.00	16
$850.00	Nov 20	151.70	157.65	$154.68	3.8%	1	1.00	18

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	96.40	101.15	$98.78	4.8%	40	0.99	--

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

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$897.50	Oct 16	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	54	0.00	174

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 191 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Oct 16	158.65	164.80	$161.73	3.8%	--	1.00	16
$860.00	Oct 16	140.00	144.95	$142.48	3.5%	--	1.00	31
$870.00	Oct 16	128.60	134.75	$131.68	4.7%	1	1.00	37
$875.00	Oct 16	124.00	129.70	$126.85	4.5%	--	1.00	10
$880.00	Oct 16	119.05	124.85	$121.95	4.8%	--	1.00	54

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	96.40	101.15	$98.78	4.8%	40	0.99	--
$1025.00	Oct 16	21.20	27.10	$24.15	24.4%	30	0.89	1
$1030.00	Oct 30	32.20	37.40	$34.80	14.9%	6	0.72	--
$1020.00	Oct 23	21.25	26.50	$23.88	22.0%	1	0.71	--
$1040.00	Nov 20	45.65	50.60	$48.13	10.3%	--	0.71	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 361 active (total vol 11.7K, top 1.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	7.20	8.20	$7.70	13.0%	1.3K	0.55	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	4.80	5.80	$5.30	18.9%	868	0.43	889
$1030.00	Oct 16	0.54	0.67	$0.61	21.3%	384	0.07	409
$1000.00	Nov 20	26.35	29.00	$27.68	9.6%	370	0.52	1.7K
$1010.00	Oct 16	3.05	4.00	$3.53	26.9%	363	0.32	666

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Oct 23	6.55	9.35	$7.95	35.2%	413	0.36	401
$985.00	Oct 23	5.05	7.30	$6.18	36.4%	405	0.30	400
$970.00	Oct 16	0.30	0.46	$0.38	42.1%	122	0.04	211
$980.00	Oct 16	0.76	1.18	$0.97	43.3%	122	0.11	47
$970.00	Nov 20	11.00	13.35	$12.18	19.3%	120	0.30	141

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 12 strikes (avg 43.6%, max 64.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	28.0%	17.7%	58.3%	1.3K	1.4K
$985.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	29.9%	19.4%	54.0%	43	862
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	29.1%	19.5%	49.5%	273	1.4K
$1020.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	30.2%	20.9%	44.7%	325	422
$995.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.8%	19.0%	41.0%	134	441

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$985.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	29.9%	18.2%	64.1%	42	28
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	29.1%	19.5%	49.5%	78	25
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	28.0%	18.9%	48.2%	42	163
$1020.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	21.6%	21.3%	1.6%	1	140

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 239 found (best R:R 44.71, avg 7.63)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1100.00	$1180.00	Nov 6	$1.75	$78.25	$1.75	12%	44.71	$1101.75
$945.00	$950.00	Nov 20	$2.70	$2.30	$2.70	83%	0.85	$947.70
$1035.00	$1050.00	Nov 27	$3.02	$11.98	$3.02	32%	3.97	$1038.02
$1030.00	$1035.00	Nov 6	$0.42	$4.58	$0.42	29%	10.90	$1030.42
$985.00	$990.00	Oct 23	$2.54	$2.46	$2.54	71%	0.97	$987.54

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
$960.00	$955.00	Nov 20	$0.37	$4.63	$0.37	24%	12.51	$959.63
$940.00	$930.00	Nov 27	$0.78	$9.22	$0.78	17%	11.82	$939.22
$1005.00	$990.00	Nov 13	$6.40	$8.60	$6.40	52%	1.34	$998.60
$995.00	$990.00	Nov 20	$1.65	$3.35	$1.65	45%	2.03	$993.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 212 found (best R:R 4.05, avg 0.66)

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	92%	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	$1.97	$1.97	$3.03	92%	0.65	$1096.97

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$885.00	$880.00	Oct 30	$4.01	$4.01	$0.99	91%	4.05	$880.99
$880.00	$875.00	Nov 6	$3.83	$3.83	$1.17	91%	3.27	$876.17
$910.00	$905.00	Oct 30	$3.70	$3.70	$1.30	89%	2.85	$906.30
$910.00	$905.00	Nov 6	$3.70	$3.70	$1.30	88%	2.85	$906.30
$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 $6.35, cheapest $6.05)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.05	29.0%	21.9%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.70	28.0%	21.4%
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.17	29.2%	22.7%
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.15	26.8%	21.4%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.57	28.0%	21.4%
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$4.57	29.2%	22.7%
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.45	26.8%	21.4%
$1005.00	Oct 23	Nov 6	$8.13	21.9%	22.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 129 found (cheapest 1.34% of stock, avg 5.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$1000.00	Oct 16	$7.70	$5.73	$13.43	$986.57	$1013.43	1.34%
$995.00	Oct 16	$11.08	$3.60	$14.68	$980.32	$1009.68	1.46%
$1010.00	Oct 16	$3.53	$12.43	$15.96	$994.04	$1025.96	1.59%
$990.00	Oct 16	$14.90	$2.48	$17.38	$972.62	$1007.38	1.73%
$985.00	Oct 16	$19.10	$1.57	$20.67	$964.33	$1005.67	2.06%
$980.00	Oct 16	$22.48	$0.97	$23.45	$956.55	$1003.45	2.34%
$1025.00	Oct 16	$0.88	$24.15	$25.03	$999.97	$1050.03	2.50%
$1005.00	Oct 23	$11.35	$14.40	$25.75	$979.25	$1030.75	2.57%
$1000.00	Oct 23	$14.40	$12.30	$26.70	$973.30	$1026.70	2.66%
$1010.00	Oct 23	$9.70	$17.00	$26.70	$983.30	$1036.70	2.66%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 2.28%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$1020.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$1.41	$0.97	$2.38	$977.62	$1022.38
$1020.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.41	$1.57	$2.98	$982.02	$1022.98
$1015.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$2.06	$0.97	$3.03	$976.97	$1018.03
$1065.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$2.46	$0.97	$3.43	$976.57	$1068.43
$1015.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$2.06	$1.57	$3.63	$981.37	$1018.63
$1065.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$2.46	$1.57	$4.03	$980.97	$1069.03
$1020.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.41	$2.48	$3.89	$986.11	$1023.89
$1015.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$2.06	$2.48	$4.54	$985.46	$1019.54
$1065.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$2.46	$2.48	$4.94	$985.06	$1069.94
$1010.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$3.53	$0.97	$4.50	$975.50	$1014.50

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 380 found (best R:R 37.46, avg credit $2.34)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
880/885	1055/1060	Oct 30	$4.87	$0.13	78%	37.46	$880.13	$1059.87
880/885	1060/1065	Oct 30	$4.65	$0.35	80%	13.29	$880.35	$1064.65
840/845	1065/1070	Oct 16	$4.18	$0.82	84%	5.10	$840.82	$1069.18
905/910	1055/1060	Oct 30	$4.56	$0.44	76%	10.36	$905.44	$1059.56
875/880	1050/1060	Nov 6	$6.14	$3.86	72%	1.59	$873.86	$1056.14
905/910	1060/1065	Oct 30	$4.34	$0.66	79%	6.58	$905.66	$1064.34
880/885	1035/1040	Oct 30	$4.87	$0.13	68%	37.46	$880.13	$1039.87
915/918	1065/1070	Oct 16	$4.15	$0.85	81%	4.88	$913.35	$1069.15
860/865	1065/1070	Oct 16	$3.88	$1.12	84%	3.46	$861.12	$1068.88
815/820	1030/1035	Oct 30	$4.53	$0.47	68%	9.64	$815.47	$1034.53

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 234 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1080.00	$1100.00	$1120.00	Nov 20	$0.32	$19.68	8%	61.50
$1040.00	$1060.00	$1080.00	Nov 20	$1.31	$18.69	16%	14.27
$1005.00	$1010.00	$1015.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$4.70	20%	15.67
$975.00	$980.00	$985.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	10%	99.00
$1015.00	$1020.00	$1025.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	12%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$985.00	$990.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$4.79	16%	22.81
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$4.85	12%	32.33
$975.00	$980.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$4.81	10%	25.32
$940.00	$945.00	$950.00	Nov 27	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$980.00	$985.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$4.69	13%	15.13

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 315 found (best net $-0.71, 259 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1100.00	$1180.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.71	$79.29
$1050.00	$1070.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.79	$19.21
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$4.28	$15.72
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.03	$18.97
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$2.74	$17.26

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1025.00	$1010.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.71	$14.29
$935.00	$925.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.22	$9.78
$1000.00	$995.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.47	$3.53
$900.00	$895.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.09	$4.91
$990.00	$985.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.66	$4.34

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 69 found (best yield 2.43%, avg 0.69%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$1005.00	Nov 20	$24.35	0.49	0.3%	2.43%	2.72%	16	159
$1010.00	Nov 20	$22.00	0.46	0.8%	2.20%	2.98%	5	217
$1010.00	Nov 27	$21.55	0.46	0.8%	2.15%	2.94%	--	16
$1005.00	Nov 27	$23.30	0.48	0.3%	2.33%	2.61%	2	2
$1025.00	Nov 27	$15.95	0.38	2.3%	1.59%	3.87%	--	16
$1020.00	Nov 27	$17.40	0.40	1.8%	1.74%	3.52%	3	4
$1020.00	Nov 20	$17.05	0.40	1.8%	1.70%	3.48%	14	553
$1050.00	Nov 27	$9.20	0.26	4.8%	0.92%	5.69%	9	--
$1035.00	Nov 27	$10.90	0.32	3.3%	1.09%	4.37%	1	--
$1040.00	Nov 20	$10.35	0.29	3.8%	1.03%	4.81%	172	459

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,187

Total Puts 4,485

Put/Call Ratio 0.49

Net Difference 4,702

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 17,884

Total Puts 13,678

Put/Call Ratio 0.76

Net Difference 4,206

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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