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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$1002.91 +2.13%

(10/15 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:05am) 18,370

Calls: 12,114 (66%)

Puts: 6,256 (34%)

Prior (09/25) 43,280

Calls: 25,111 (58%)

Puts: 18,169 (42%)

Current vs Prior -57.56%

Calls: -51.76% (Calls)

Puts: -65.57% (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 -57.09%

Calls: -46.10%

Puts: -69.24%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:05am) $29.67M

Calls: $21.20M (71%)

Puts: $8.47M (29%)

Prior (09/25) $41.63M

Calls: $34.34M (82%)

Puts: $7.29M (18%)

Current vs Prior -28.75%

Calls: -38.28%

Puts: +16.15%

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 -57.53%

Calls: -49.42%

Puts: -69.69%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:05am) 0.52

Prior (09/25) 0.72

Current vs Prior -28.63%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.89

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -41.94%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 10:05am) 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

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

Current 1.55% | 2.69%1.55% | 5.30%

Prior 1.02% | 2.51%3.94% | 6.59%

Current vs Prior +52.27% | +7.13%-60.53% | -19.60%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -24.98% | -29.77%-53.68% | -19.62%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +52.27% | +7.13%-5.83% | -0.21%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 30.66% | 17.26%

Calls: 20.81% | 16.76%

Puts: 40.52% | 17.76%

Prior 21.30% | 23.53%

Calls: 21.78% | 11.48%

Puts: 20.83% | 35.58%

Current vs Prior +43.94% | -26.65%

Prior 7-Day Avg 16.02% | 9.81%

Calls: 16.12% | 8.62%

Puts: 15.91% | 11.01%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +91.42% | +75.92%

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Moderately bullish flow with 71% call dollar volume ($21.20M). Below-average activity with volume down 58% 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

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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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
10:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 121 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$865.00	Nov 20	138.75	144.20	$141.48	3.9%	1	1.00	23
$830.00	Oct 16	169.50	176.20	$172.85	3.9%	--	0.93	12
$820.00	Oct 16	179.60	186.75	$183.18	3.9%	--	0.93	30
$880.00	Nov 20	123.55	128.55	$126.05	4.0%	--	1.00	55
$820.00	Nov 20	181.75	189.30	$185.53	4.1%	1	1.00	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	94.80	99.20	$97.00	4.5%	45	1.00	--
$1010.00	Nov 20	26.95	28.35	$27.65	5.1%	183	0.54	2
$1005.00	Nov 13	22.30	23.55	$22.93	5.5%	71	0.51	--
$1005.00	Nov 20	24.30	25.70	$25.00	5.6%	64	0.51	13
$1010.00	Nov 13	25.20	26.70	$25.95	5.8%	184	0.54	--

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. 200 found (avg delta 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Oct 16	159.50	166.30	$162.90	4.2%	--	1.00	16
$860.00	Oct 16	139.60	146.55	$143.07	4.9%	--	1.00	31
$865.00	Oct 16	134.55	141.80	$138.18	5.2%	--	1.00	46
$870.00	Oct 16	129.60	136.70	$133.15	5.3%	1	1.00	37
$875.00	Oct 16	124.55	132.40	$128.48	6.1%	--	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	94.80	99.20	$97.00	4.5%	45	1.00	--
$1025.00	Oct 16	20.35	26.15	$23.25	24.9%	30	0.88	1
$1030.00	Oct 30	31.10	36.30	$33.70	15.4%	6	0.73	--
$1040.00	Nov 20	44.60	49.55	$47.08	10.5%	--	0.70	10
$1020.00	Oct 23	19.30	24.25	$21.78	22.7%	1	0.69	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 416 active (total vol 15.8K, top 1.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	7.10	8.75	$7.93	20.8%	1.6K	0.57	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	4.60	5.90	$5.25	24.8%	1.0K	0.45	889
$1030.00	Oct 16	0.50	0.72	$0.61	36.1%	503	0.07	409
$1010.00	Oct 16	3.05	3.95	$3.50	25.7%	469	0.33	666
$1020.00	Oct 16	1.19	1.60	$1.40	29.3%	423	0.16	418

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Oct 23	6.00	8.15	$7.08	30.4%	416	0.33	401
$985.00	Oct 23	4.70	7.15	$5.93	41.3%	406	0.28	400
$970.00	Oct 16	0.25	0.40	$0.33	45.5%	212	0.04	211
$1010.00	Nov 13	25.20	26.70	$25.95	5.8%	184	0.54	--
$1010.00	Nov 20	26.95	28.35	$27.65	5.1%	183	0.54	2

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 40.2%, max 59.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	28.4%	17.8%	59.3%	1.6K	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	27.9%	17.9%	55.9%	1.0K	891
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	27.5%	18.9%	45.7%	325	1.4K
$995.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.8%	18.9%	42.0%	237	441
$1020.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	28.9%	21.1%	37.0%	426	422

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	28.4%	18.5%	53.5%	47	163
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	27.5%	18.9%	45.7%	108	25
$1020.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	21.4%	21.3%	0.5%	1	140

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 267 found (best R:R 306.69, avg 8.44)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1100.00	$1180.00	Nov 6	$0.26	$79.74	$0.26	9%	306.69	$1100.26
$940.00	$945.00	Nov 13	$2.83	$2.17	$2.83	86%	0.77	$942.83
$952.50	$955.00	Oct 23	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	93%	1.17	$953.65
$1040.00	$1050.00	Nov 13	$1.58	$8.42	$1.58	28%	5.33	$1041.58
$950.00	$955.00	Nov 27	$3.08	$1.92	$3.08	79%	0.62	$953.08

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$985.00	$975.00	Nov 27	$2.23	$7.77	$2.23	38%	3.48	$982.77
$975.00	$965.00	Nov 13	$1.56	$8.44	$1.56	30%	5.41	$973.44
$980.00	$975.00	Nov 6	$0.70	$4.30	$0.70	32%	6.14	$979.30
$1020.00	$1010.00	Nov 20	$5.05	$4.95	$5.05	59%	0.98	$1014.95
$955.00	$950.00	Nov 6	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	17%	24.00	$954.80

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 228 found (best R:R 4.05, avg 0.55)

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
$1120.00	$1125.00	Oct 23	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	92%	0.92	$1122.40
$1090.00	$1095.00	Oct 16	$2.39	$2.39	$2.61	91%	0.92	$1092.39
$1050.00	$1100.00	Nov 13	$6.72	$6.72	$43.28	76%	0.16	$1056.72

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
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 16	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	95%	0.94	$842.58
$917.50	$915.00	Oct 16	$2.38	$2.38	$0.12	92%	19.83	$915.12
$900.00	$895.00	Nov 13	$2.61	$2.61	$2.39	89%	1.09	$897.39
$820.00	$815.00	Oct 30	$2.28	$2.28	$2.72	95%	0.84	$817.72

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $6.22, cheapest $5.38)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.09	28.4%	20.5%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.53	27.9%	21.2%
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.50	26.8%	20.3%
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.32	27.7%	21.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.38	28.4%	20.5%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.30	27.9%	21.2%
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.28	26.8%	20.3%
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.57	27.7%	21.8%
$1020.00	Oct 23	Nov 6	$7.45	21.4%	20.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 139 found (cheapest 1.29% of stock, avg 5.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$1005.00	Oct 16	$5.25	$7.65	$12.90	$992.10	$1017.90	1.29%
$1000.00	Oct 16	$7.93	$5.40	$13.33	$986.67	$1013.33	1.33%
$1010.00	Oct 16	$3.50	$10.23	$13.73	$996.27	$1023.73	1.37%
$995.00	Oct 16	$10.95	$3.17	$14.12	$980.88	$1009.12	1.41%
$990.00	Oct 16	$15.35	$1.98	$17.33	$972.67	$1007.33	1.73%
$985.00	Oct 16	$18.98	$1.18	$20.16	$964.84	$1005.16	2.01%
$980.00	Oct 16	$23.50	$0.69	$24.19	$955.81	$1004.19	2.41%
$1025.00	Oct 16	$1.02	$23.25	$24.27	$1000.73	$1049.27	2.42%
$1000.00	Oct 23	$14.02	$10.78	$24.80	$975.20	$1024.80	2.47%
$1005.00	Oct 23	$11.78	$12.95	$24.73	$980.27	$1029.73	2.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.22% of stock, avg 2.33%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$1025.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.02	$1.18	$2.20	$982.80	$1027.20
$1020.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.40	$1.18	$2.58	$982.42	$1022.58
$1025.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.02	$1.98	$3.00	$987.00	$1028.00
$1025.00	$937.50	Oct 16	$1.02	$2.45	$3.47	$934.03	$1028.47
$1020.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.40	$1.98	$3.38	$986.62	$1023.38
$1015.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$2.26	$1.18	$3.44	$981.56	$1018.44
$1020.00	$937.50	Oct 16	$1.40	$2.45	$3.85	$933.65	$1023.85
$1015.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$2.26	$1.98	$4.24	$985.76	$1019.24
$1025.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$1.02	$3.17	$4.19	$990.81	$1029.19
$1020.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$1.40	$3.17	$4.57	$990.43	$1024.57

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 403 found (best R:R 25.32, 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	$4.81	$0.19	86%	25.32	$840.19	$1094.81
920/922	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.79	$0.21	83%	22.81	$917.71	$1094.79
915/918	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.77	$0.23	83%	20.74	$912.73	$1094.77
840/845	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.46	$0.54	85%	8.26	$840.54	$1079.46
920/922	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.44	$0.56	82%	7.93	$918.06	$1079.44
915/918	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.42	$0.58	82%	7.62	$913.08	$1079.42
880/885	1045/1050	Oct 30	$4.78	$0.22	73%	21.73	$880.22	$1049.78
880/885	1035/1040	Oct 30	$4.81	$0.19	69%	25.32	$880.19	$1039.81
810/815	1090/1095	Oct 16	$3.84	$1.16	87%	3.31	$811.16	$1093.84
880/885	1050/1055	Oct 30	$4.21	$0.79	76%	5.33	$880.79	$1054.21

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 262 found (best R:R 23.69, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1060.00	$1080.00	$1100.00	Nov 20	$0.81	$19.19	11%	23.69
$1080.00	$1100.00	$1120.00	Nov 20	$0.57	$19.43	9%	34.09
$995.00	$1000.00	$1005.00	Oct 16	$0.34	$4.66	25%	13.71
$1010.00	$1015.00	$1020.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$4.88	9%	40.67
$1010.00	$1015.00	$1020.00	Oct 16	$0.38	$4.62	17%	12.16

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1000.00	$1005.00	$1010.00	Oct 16	$0.33	$4.67	24%	14.15
$975.00	$990.00	$1005.00	Nov 13	$1.51	$13.49	21%	8.93
$975.00	$980.00	$985.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$4.85	10%	32.33
$985.00	$990.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$0.39	$4.61	17%	11.82
$985.00	$990.00	$995.00	Oct 23	$0.22	$4.78	10%	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. 333 found (best net $-5.96, 277 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1100.00	$1180.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$2.20	$77.80
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$2.53	$17.47
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$5.03	$14.97
$1050.00	$1070.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$2.69	$17.31
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.87	$18.13

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1030.00	$1010.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$5.96	$14.04
$975.00	$950.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$1.81	$23.19
$1000.00	$985.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$2.73	$12.27
$1000.00	$995.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.94	$4.06
$1005.00	$985.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$8.08	$11.92

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 75 found (best yield 2.57%, avg 0.73%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$1005.00	Nov 27	$25.80	0.49	0.2%	2.57%	2.78%	4	2
$1010.00	Nov 27	$23.40	0.47	0.7%	2.33%	3.04%	--	16
$1020.00	Nov 27	$18.90	0.42	1.7%	1.88%	3.59%	3	4
$1005.00	Nov 20	$24.60	0.49	0.2%	2.45%	2.66%	18	159
$1025.00	Nov 27	$16.85	0.39	2.2%	1.68%	3.88%	5	16
$1010.00	Nov 20	$22.00	0.46	0.7%	2.19%	2.90%	10	217
$1020.00	Nov 20	$18.00	0.41	1.7%	1.79%	3.50%	47	553
$1035.00	Nov 27	$13.95	0.34	3.2%	1.39%	4.59%	1	--
$1005.00	Nov 13	$21.70	0.49	0.2%	2.16%	2.37%	3	33
$1010.00	Nov 13	$19.40	0.46	0.7%	1.93%	2.64%	1	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 12,114

Total Puts 6,256

Put/Call Ratio 0.52

Net Difference 5,858

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 25,111

Total Puts 18,169

Put/Call Ratio 0.72

Net Difference 6,942

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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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Put/Call Ratio

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