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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$1000.95 +1.93%

(10/15 09:55) ◀

Thursday, October 15, 2026 (10:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:00am) 17,559

Calls: 11,534 (66%)

Puts: 6,025 (34%)

Prior (09/25) 40,869

Calls: 23,535 (58%)

Puts: 17,334 (42%)

Current vs Prior -57.04%

Calls: -50.99% (Calls)

Puts: -65.24% (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 -58.98%

Calls: -48.68%

Puts: -70.38%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:00am) $28.25M

Calls: $19.92M (71%)

Puts: $8.33M (29%)

Prior (09/25) $36.80M

Calls: $29.35M (80%)

Puts: $7.44M (20%)

Current vs Prior -23.22%

Calls: -32.14%

Puts: +11.96%

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 -59.56%

Calls: -52.48%

Puts: -70.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:00am) 0.52

Prior (09/25) 0.74

Current vs Prior -29.08%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.89

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -41.27%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 10:00am) 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 1.46% | 2.71%1.46% | 5.25%

Prior 1.02% | 2.51%3.94% | 6.59%

Current vs Prior +42.78% | +7.90%-62.99% | -20.32%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -29.66% | -29.26%-56.57% | -20.34%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +42.78% | +7.90%-11.71% | -1.10%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 28.55% | 19.25%

Calls: 16.59% | 12.06%

Puts: 40.52% | 26.43%

Prior 21.30% | 23.53%

Calls: 21.78% | 11.48%

Puts: 20.83% | 35.58%

Current vs Prior +34.04% | -18.19%

Prior 7-Day Avg 16.02% | 9.81%

Calls: 16.12% | 8.62%

Puts: 15.91% | 11.01%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +78.25% | +96.20%

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Moderately bullish flow with 71% call dollar volume ($19.92M). Below-average activity with volume down 57% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.52. P/C ratio dropping 29% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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
10:00	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 98 of results (avg 6.8%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Oct 16	179.60	186.00	$182.80	3.5%	--	0.95	30
$830.00	Oct 16	169.00	176.00	$172.50	4.1%	--	0.95	12
$820.00	Nov 20	180.60	188.25	$184.43	4.1%	--	1.00	20
$840.00	Nov 20	161.60	168.50	$165.05	4.2%	--	1.00	70
$865.00	Nov 20	137.90	144.00	$140.95	4.3%	1	0.94	23

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	94.15	100.15	$97.15	6.2%	45	0.94	--
$1040.00	Nov 20	44.60	48.90	$46.75	9.2%	--	0.71	10

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. 198 found (avg delta 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	180.60	188.25	$184.43	4.1%	--	1.00	20
$840.00	Nov 20	161.60	168.50	$165.05	4.2%	--	1.00	70
$845.00	Nov 20	156.25	163.60	$159.93	4.6%	1	1.00	12
$850.00	Nov 20	151.05	158.70	$154.88	4.9%	1	1.00	18
$855.00	Nov 20	146.80	153.80	$150.30	4.7%	--	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	94.15	100.15	$97.15	6.2%	45	0.94	--
$1025.00	Oct 16	20.10	26.15	$23.13	26.2%	30	0.89	1
$1030.00	Oct 30	29.85	36.30	$33.08	19.5%	6	0.73	--
$1040.00	Nov 20	44.60	48.90	$46.75	9.2%	--	0.71	10
$1020.00	Oct 23	19.00	25.15	$22.08	27.9%	1	0.70	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 407 active (total vol 15.1K, top 1.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	6.35	7.50	$6.93	16.6%	1.5K	0.54	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	4.30	5.30	$4.80	20.8%	1.0K	0.42	889
$1030.00	Oct 16	0.50	0.67	$0.59	28.8%	496	0.07	409
$1010.00	Oct 16	2.89	3.80	$3.35	27.2%	448	0.31	666
$1020.00	Oct 16	1.09	1.60	$1.35	37.8%	403	0.15	418

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Oct 23	5.95	8.25	$7.10	32.4%	416	0.34	401
$985.00	Oct 23	4.55	7.30	$5.93	46.4%	406	0.29	400
$970.00	Oct 16	0.20	0.40	$0.30	66.7%	193	0.04	211
$1010.00	Nov 20	25.20	29.25	$27.23	14.9%	183	0.54	2
$1010.00	Nov 13	22.80	27.65	$25.23	19.2%	182	0.54	--

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 38.2%, max 52.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1005.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	27.1%	17.8%	52.4%	1.0K	891
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	26.4%	17.7%	49.5%	1.5K	1.4K
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.7%	18.9%	41.6%	324	1.4K
$1020.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	30.0%	21.3%	40.7%	406	422
$995.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.0%	18.8%	38.0%	237	441

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.4%	18.3%	44.1%	46	163
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.7%	18.9%	41.6%	98	25
$1020.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	21.9%	21.1%	3.6%	1	140

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 250 found (best R:R 124.00, avg 6.95)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1100.00	$1180.00	Nov 6	$0.64	$79.36	$0.64	10%	124.00	$1100.64
$980.00	$985.00	Oct 23	$2.12	$2.88	$2.12	76%	1.36	$982.12
$947.50	$950.00	Oct 16	$1.42	$1.08	$1.42	99%	0.76	$948.92
$1000.00	$1005.00	Nov 27	$1.52	$3.48	$1.52	52%	2.29	$1001.52
$1025.00	$1030.00	Oct 30	$0.43	$4.57	$0.43	30%	10.63	$1025.43

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$990.00	$965.00	Nov 13	$6.40	$18.60	$6.40	40%	2.91	$983.60
$1015.00	$1010.00	Oct 23	$2.45	$2.55	$2.45	65%	1.04	$1012.55
$1010.00	$1005.00	Oct 16	$2.53	$2.47	$2.53	69%	0.98	$1007.47
$1010.00	$1005.00	Nov 20	$2.08	$2.92	$2.08	54%	1.40	$1007.92
$980.00	$975.00	Nov 6	$0.95	$4.05	$0.95	31%	4.26	$979.05

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 215 found (best R:R 4.81, avg 0.58)

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	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	93%	0.94	$1147.42
$1090.00	$1095.00	Oct 16	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	91%	0.94	$1092.42
$1120.00	$1125.00	Oct 23	$2.35	$2.35	$2.65	93%	0.89	$1122.35
$1075.00	$1080.00	Oct 16	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	90%	0.69	$1077.05

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$880.00	$875.00	Nov 6	$4.14	$4.14	$0.86	91%	4.81	$875.86
$885.00	$880.00	Oct 30	$4.01	$4.01	$0.99	91%	4.05	$880.99
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 16	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	95%	0.94	$842.58
$820.00	$815.00	Oct 30	$2.38	$2.38	$2.62	95%	0.91	$817.62
$917.50	$915.00	Oct 16	$2.39	$2.39	$0.11	92%	21.73	$915.11

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $6.12, cheapest $5.58)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.58	28.9%	21.5%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.75	26.4%	19.4%
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$7.45	26.0%	19.9%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$7.18	27.1%	22.2%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.87	28.9%	21.5%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.15	26.4%	19.4%
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.17	26.0%	19.9%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.78	27.1%	22.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 136 found (cheapest 1.24% of stock, avg 5.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$1000.00	Oct 16	$6.93	$5.48	$12.41	$987.59	$1012.41	1.24%
$1005.00	Oct 16	$4.80	$7.65	$12.45	$992.55	$1017.45	1.24%
$1010.00	Oct 16	$3.35	$10.18	$13.53	$996.47	$1023.53	1.35%
$995.00	Oct 16	$10.98	$3.53	$14.51	$980.49	$1009.51	1.45%
$990.00	Oct 16	$14.38	$2.10	$16.48	$973.52	$1006.48	1.65%
$985.00	Oct 16	$19.00	$1.25	$20.25	$964.75	$1005.25	2.02%
$1025.00	Oct 16	$0.91	$23.13	$24.04	$1000.96	$1049.04	2.40%
$1000.00	Oct 23	$13.68	$10.63	$24.31	$975.69	$1024.31	2.43%
$980.00	Oct 16	$23.65	$0.78	$24.43	$955.57	$1004.43	2.44%
$1010.00	Oct 23	$8.93	$16.05	$24.98	$985.02	$1034.98	2.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.22% of stock, avg 2.30%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$1025.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$0.91	$1.25	$2.16	$982.84	$1027.16
$1020.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.35	$1.25	$2.60	$982.40	$1022.60
$1025.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$0.91	$2.10	$3.01	$986.99	$1028.01
$1025.00	$937.50	Oct 16	$0.91	$2.45	$3.36	$934.14	$1028.36
$1015.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$2.16	$1.25	$3.41	$981.59	$1018.41
$1020.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.35	$2.10	$3.45	$986.55	$1023.45
$1020.00	$937.50	Oct 16	$1.35	$2.45	$3.80	$933.70	$1023.80
$1015.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$2.16	$2.10	$4.26	$985.74	$1019.26
$1015.00	$937.50	Oct 16	$2.16	$2.45	$4.61	$932.89	$1019.61
$1010.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$3.35	$1.25	$4.60	$980.40	$1014.60

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 394 found (best R:R 30.25, avg credit $2.46)

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
915/918	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.81	$0.19	83%	25.32	$912.69	$1094.81
920/922	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.82	$0.18	83%	26.78	$917.68	$1094.82
880/885	1055/1060	Oct 30	$4.87	$0.13	77%	37.46	$880.13	$1059.87
840/845	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.47	$0.53	85%	8.43	$840.53	$1079.47
860/865	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.34	$0.66	86%	6.58	$860.66	$1094.34
915/918	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.44	$0.56	82%	7.93	$913.06	$1079.44
920/922	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.45	$0.55	82%	8.09	$918.05	$1079.45
880/885	1045/1050	Oct 30	$4.78	$0.22	73%	21.73	$880.22	$1049.78
875/880	1050/1055	Nov 6	$4.64	$0.36	72%	12.89	$875.36	$1054.64

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 236 found (best R:R 36.74, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1060.00	$1080.00	$1100.00	Nov 20	$0.53	$19.47	11%	36.74
$1005.00	$1010.00	$1015.00	Oct 16	$0.26	$4.74	19%	18.23
$1100.00	$1120.00	$1140.00	Nov 20	$0.39	$19.61	6%	50.28
$975.00	$980.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$1020.00	$1025.00	$1030.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	8%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$995.00	$1000.00	$1005.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$4.78	25%	21.73
$1000.00	$1005.00	$1010.00	Oct 16	$0.36	$4.64	23%	12.89
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 16	$0.52	$4.48	23%	8.62
$970.00	$975.00	$980.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$975.00	$980.00	$985.00	Oct 23	$0.18	$4.82	10%	26.78

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 332 found (best net $-6.42, 282 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1100.00	$1180.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.82	$78.18
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$2.48	$17.52
$1050.00	$1070.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$2.18	$17.82
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$4.74	$15.26
$1080.00	$1100.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.65	$19.35

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1030.00	$1010.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$6.42	$13.58
$990.00	$965.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$3.33	$21.67
$1000.00	$985.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$3.08	$11.92
$1005.00	$985.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$7.98	$12.02
$995.00	$990.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.67	$4.33

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 75 found (best yield 2.34%, avg 0.70%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$1010.00	Nov 27	$23.40	0.47	0.9%	2.34%	3.24%	--	16
$1005.00	Nov 27	$25.30	0.49	0.4%	2.53%	2.93%	2	2
$1020.00	Nov 27	$19.05	0.41	1.9%	1.90%	3.81%	3	4
$1025.00	Nov 27	$16.70	0.39	2.4%	1.67%	4.07%	5	16
$1010.00	Nov 20	$21.60	0.46	0.9%	2.16%	3.06%	10	217
$1005.00	Nov 20	$23.60	0.48	0.4%	2.36%	2.76%	18	159
$1020.00	Nov 20	$17.45	0.40	1.9%	1.74%	3.65%	38	553
$1035.00	Nov 27	$13.05	0.34	3.4%	1.30%	4.71%	1	--
$1010.00	Nov 13	$18.85	0.46	0.9%	1.88%	2.79%	1	27
$1005.00	Nov 13	$20.75	0.49	0.4%	2.07%	2.48%	3	33

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,534

Total Puts 6,025

Put/Call Ratio 0.52

Net Difference 5,509

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 23,535

Total Puts 17,334

Put/Call Ratio 0.74

Net Difference 6,201

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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