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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$1004.95 +2.34%

(10/15 09:50) ◀

Thursday, October 15, 2026 (9:55am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:55am) 15,813

Calls: 10,367 (66%)

Puts: 5,446 (34%)

Prior (09/25) 37,445

Calls: 21,752 (58%)

Puts: 15,693 (42%)

Current vs Prior -57.77%

Calls: -52.34% (Calls)

Puts: -65.30% (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 -63.06%

Calls: -53.87%

Puts: -73.22%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:55am) $27.31M

Calls: $19.73M (72%)

Puts: $7.58M (28%)

Prior (09/25) $35.74M

Calls: $29.85M (84%)

Puts: $5.89M (16%)

Current vs Prior -23.58%

Calls: -33.90%

Puts: +28.71%

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 -60.91%

Calls: -52.93%

Puts: -72.87%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:55am) 0.53

Prior (09/25) 0.72

Current vs Prior -27.19%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.89

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -40.94%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:55am) 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 1.66% | 2.90%1.66% | 5.49%

Prior 1.02% | 2.51%3.94% | 6.59%

Current vs Prior +62.50% | +15.64%-57.88% | -16.69%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -19.94% | -24.19%-50.57% | -16.71%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +62.50% | +15.64%+0.49% | +3.39%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 38.29% | 20.16%

Calls: 17.88% | 11.32%

Puts: 58.70% | 29.01%

Prior 21.30% | 23.53%

Calls: 21.78% | 11.48%

Puts: 20.83% | 35.58%

Current vs Prior +79.77% | -14.32%

Prior 7-Day Avg 16.02% | 9.81%

Calls: 16.12% | 8.62%

Puts: 15.91% | 11.01%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +139.06% | +105.47%

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Moderately bullish flow with 72% call dollar volume ($19.73M). Below-average activity with volume down 58% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.53. P/C ratio dropping 27% - 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 NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 116 of results (avg 6.7%, best 3.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Oct 16	152.65	158.40	$155.53	3.7%	--	0.93	36
$820.00	Oct 16	182.10	189.10	$185.60	3.8%	--	0.94	30
$830.00	Oct 16	172.25	179.00	$175.63	3.8%	--	0.94	12
$845.00	Nov 20	159.95	166.55	$163.25	4.0%	1	1.00	12
$890.00	Nov 20	116.70	121.55	$119.13	4.1%	--	0.96	50

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	91.75	97.70	$94.73	6.3%	45	0.98	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.81, cheapest $0.81)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1030.00	Oct 16	0.74	0.88	$0.81	17.3%	467	0.09	409

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 194 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Oct 16	161.35	169.00	$165.18	4.6%	--	1.00	16
$860.00	Oct 16	142.45	148.40	$145.43	4.1%	--	1.00	31
$870.00	Oct 16	133.00	139.00	$136.00	4.4%	1	1.00	37
$875.00	Oct 16	127.50	134.00	$130.75	5.0%	--	1.00	10
$880.00	Oct 16	121.50	128.20	$124.85	5.4%	--	1.00	54

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	91.75	97.70	$94.73	6.3%	45	0.98	--
$1025.00	Oct 16	17.90	24.05	$20.98	29.3%	30	0.86	1
$1030.00	Oct 30	29.15	34.80	$31.98	17.7%	6	0.72	--
$1040.00	Nov 20	43.05	47.90	$45.47	10.7%	--	0.69	10
$1020.00	Oct 23	18.60	23.55	$21.08	23.5%	1	0.67	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 383 active (total vol 13.6K, top 1.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	8.40	10.05	$9.23	17.9%	1.5K	0.60	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	6.15	7.40	$6.78	18.4%	942	0.49	889
$1030.00	Oct 16	0.74	0.88	$0.81	17.3%	467	0.09	409
$1010.00	Oct 16	3.75	4.80	$4.28	24.5%	397	0.37	666
$1000.00	Nov 20	28.20	31.45	$29.83	10.9%	376	0.53	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Oct 23	5.40	7.40	$6.40	31.2%	413	0.32	401
$985.00	Oct 23	4.35	7.30	$5.82	50.7%	405	0.28	400
$1010.00	Nov 20	25.10	28.15	$26.63	11.5%	183	0.53	2
$1010.00	Nov 13	22.70	26.45	$24.58	15.3%	182	0.53	--
$970.00	Oct 16	0.17	0.40	$0.29	79.3%	172	0.04	211

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 48.1%, max 73.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	31.4%	18.1%	73.8%	1.5K	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	30.3%	17.8%	70.7%	944	891
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	28.8%	19.1%	50.3%	313	1.4K
$995.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	28.0%	19.7%	42.7%	219	441
$1020.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	30.0%	21.1%	42.1%	365	422

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	31.4%	18.7%	68.0%	45	163
$1005.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	30.3%	19.2%	57.7%	63	19
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	28.8%	19.1%	50.3%	98	25
$1020.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	22.5%	21.7%	3.5%	1	140

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 245 found (best R:R 72.39, avg 7.73)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1100.00	$1180.00	Nov 6	$1.09	$78.91	$1.09	11%	72.39	$1101.09
$1020.00	$1025.00	Oct 30	$0.75	$4.25	$0.75	35%	5.67	$1020.75
$960.00	$965.00	Nov 6	$3.27	$1.73	$3.27	82%	0.53	$963.27
$1005.00	$1010.00	Nov 27	$1.68	$3.32	$1.68	50%	1.98	$1006.68
$947.50	$950.00	Oct 30	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	93%	0.56	$949.10

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$930.00	$910.00	Nov 27	$0.35	$19.65	$0.35	14%	56.14	$929.65
$940.00	$930.00	Nov 27	$0.16	$9.84	$0.16	16%	61.50	$939.84
$1010.00	$1005.00	Nov 20	$1.30	$3.70	$1.30	52%	2.85	$1008.70
$1010.00	$1005.00	Oct 23	$1.53	$3.47	$1.53	56%	2.27	$1008.47
$1000.00	$995.00	Nov 20	$1.21	$3.79	$1.21	47%	3.13	$998.79

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 221 found (best R:R 5.02, avg 0.67)

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
$1145.00	$1150.00	Oct 23	$2.39	$2.39	$2.61	93%	0.92	$1147.39
$1090.00	$1095.00	Oct 16	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	91%	0.94	$1092.42
$1095.00	$1100.00	Oct 23	$2.22	$2.22	$2.78	91%	0.80	$1097.22
$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
$880.00	$875.00	Nov 6	$4.17	$4.17	$0.83	91%	5.02	$875.83
$885.00	$880.00	Oct 30	$4.01	$4.01	$0.99	91%	4.05	$880.99
$910.00	$905.00	Oct 30	$3.73	$3.73	$1.27	89%	2.94	$906.27
$910.00	$905.00	Nov 6	$3.69	$3.69	$1.31	88%	2.82	$906.31
$920.00	$915.00	Oct 30	$3.08	$3.08	$1.92	89%	1.60	$916.92

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $6.75, cheapest $4.85)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.67	31.4%	20.2%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.30	30.3%	22.6%
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.55	28.7%	22.6%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$4.85	31.4%	20.2%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.84	30.3%	22.6%
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.40	28.7%	22.6%
$1020.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	$11.65	22.5%	21.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 132 found (cheapest 1.36% of stock, avg 6.12%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$1010.00	Oct 16	$4.28	$9.40	$13.68	$996.32	$1023.68	1.36%
$1005.00	Oct 16	$6.78	$7.43	$14.21	$990.79	$1019.21	1.41%
$1000.00	Oct 16	$9.23	$5.48	$14.71	$985.29	$1014.71	1.46%
$995.00	Oct 16	$12.73	$2.74	$15.47	$979.53	$1010.47	1.54%
$990.00	Oct 16	$17.30	$1.88	$19.18	$970.82	$1009.18	1.91%
$1025.00	Oct 16	$1.35	$20.98	$22.33	$1002.67	$1047.33	2.22%
$985.00	Oct 16	$21.65	$1.32	$22.97	$962.03	$1007.97	2.29%
$1010.00	Oct 23	$10.83	$14.80	$25.63	$984.37	$1035.63	2.55%
$1015.00	Oct 23	$8.53	$17.63	$26.16	$988.84	$1041.16	2.60%
$1000.00	Oct 23	$15.90	$10.33	$26.23	$973.77	$1026.23	2.61%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 2.34%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$1025.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.35	$1.32	$2.67	$982.33	$1027.67
$1020.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.84	$1.32	$3.16	$981.84	$1023.16
$1025.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.35	$1.88	$3.23	$986.77	$1028.23
$1020.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.84	$1.88	$3.72	$986.28	$1023.72
$1025.00	$942.50	Oct 16	$1.35	$2.33	$3.68	$938.82	$1028.68
$1020.00	$942.50	Oct 16	$1.84	$2.33	$4.17	$938.33	$1024.17
$1025.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$1.35	$2.74	$4.09	$990.91	$1029.09
$1015.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$2.91	$1.32	$4.23	$980.77	$1019.23
$1020.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$1.84	$2.74	$4.58	$990.42	$1024.58
$1015.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$2.91	$1.88	$4.79	$985.21	$1019.79

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 359 found (best R:R 19.00, avg credit $2.48)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
880/885	1045/1050	Oct 30	$4.75	$0.25	73%	19.00	$880.25	$1049.75
905/910	1055/1060	Nov 6	$4.80	$0.20	71%	24.00	$905.20	$1059.80
880/885	1050/1055	Oct 30	$4.38	$0.62	76%	7.06	$880.62	$1054.38
880/885	1040/1045	Oct 30	$4.62	$0.38	71%	12.16	$880.38	$1044.62
875/880	1045/1050	Nov 6	$4.60	$0.40	70%	11.50	$875.40	$1049.60
875/880	1050/1055	Nov 6	$4.50	$0.50	72%	9.00	$875.50	$1054.50
905/910	1045/1050	Oct 30	$4.47	$0.53	71%	8.43	$905.53	$1049.47
880/885	1035/1040	Oct 30	$4.59	$0.41	68%	11.20	$880.41	$1039.59
815/820	1030/1035	Oct 30	$4.50	$0.50	68%	9.00	$815.50	$1034.50
905/910	1035/1040	Nov 6	$4.79	$0.21	61%	22.81	$905.21	$1039.79

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 233 found (best R:R 10.30, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1020.00	$1040.00	$1060.00	Nov 20	$1.77	$18.23	20%	10.30
$1040.00	$1060.00	$1080.00	Nov 20	$1.58	$18.42	17%	11.66
$980.00	$985.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	13%	49.00
$1100.00	$1120.00	$1140.00	Nov 20	$0.42	$19.58	6%	46.62
$1010.00	$1015.00	$1020.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$4.70	18%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$985.00	$990.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$4.70	14%	15.67
$945.00	$950.00	$955.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43
$940.00	$945.00	$950.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$4.89	4%	44.45
$905.00	$910.00	$915.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	2%	82.33
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	4%	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 320 found (best net $-5.82, 260 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1100.00	$1180.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.37	$78.63
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.05	$18.95
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$2.97	$17.03
$1080.00	$1100.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.61	$19.39
$1100.00	$1120.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.18	$19.82

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1030.00	$1010.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$5.82	$14.18
$990.00	$965.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$1.68	$23.32
$1000.00	$985.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$2.97	$12.03
$1000.00	$995.00	1:2	Oct 16	$0.00	$5.00
$935.00	$925.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.50	$9.50

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 74 found (best yield 2.44%, avg 0.71%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$1010.00	Nov 27	$24.55	0.48	0.5%	2.44%	2.95%	--	16
$1010.00	Nov 20	$23.40	0.47	0.5%	2.33%	2.83%	7	217
$1020.00	Nov 27	$19.50	0.42	1.5%	1.94%	3.44%	3	4
$1005.00	Nov 20	$25.45	0.50	0.0%	2.53%	2.54%	17	159
$1005.00	Nov 27	$25.30	0.50	0.0%	2.52%	2.52%	2	2
$1020.00	Nov 20	$18.70	0.42	1.5%	1.86%	3.36%	14	553
$1025.00	Nov 27	$16.00	0.39	2.0%	1.59%	3.59%	--	16
$1035.00	Nov 27	$13.05	0.34	3.0%	1.30%	4.29%	1	--
$1040.00	Nov 20	$12.20	0.31	3.5%	1.21%	4.70%	191	459
$1010.00	Nov 13	$19.60	0.47	0.5%	1.95%	2.45%	--	27

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,367

Total Puts 5,446

Put/Call Ratio 0.53

Net Difference 4,921

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 21,752

Total Puts 15,693

Put/Call Ratio 0.72

Net Difference 6,059

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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