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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$1002.63 +2.10%

(10/15 10:05) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 10:10am) 19,236

Calls: 12,787 (66%)

Puts: 6,449 (34%)

Prior (09/25) 46,278

Calls: 26,954 (58%)

Puts: 19,324 (42%)

Current vs Prior -58.43%

Calls: -52.56% (Calls)

Puts: -66.63% (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 -55.07%

Calls: -43.10%

Puts: -68.29%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:10am) $31.60M

Calls: $23.02M (73%)

Puts: $8.58M (27%)

Prior (09/25) $44.72M

Calls: $36.86M (82%)

Puts: $7.86M (18%)

Current vs Prior -29.33%

Calls: -37.55%

Puts: +9.23%

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 -54.76%

Calls: -45.08%

Puts: -69.28%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 10:10am) 0.50

Prior (09/25) 0.72

Current vs Prior -29.65%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.89

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.30%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 10:10am) 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 1.49% | 2.76%1.49% | 5.27%

Prior 1.02% | 2.51%3.94% | 6.59%

Current vs Prior +45.67% | +9.78%-62.24% | -19.98%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -28.23% | -28.03%-55.69% | -20.00%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +45.67% | +9.78%-9.92% | -0.69%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 25.55% | 13.66%

Calls: 17.33% | 10.85%

Puts: 33.78% | 16.48%

Prior 21.30% | 23.53%

Calls: 21.78% | 11.48%

Puts: 20.83% | 35.58%

Current vs Prior +19.95% | -41.95%

Prior 7-Day Avg 16.02% | 9.81%

Calls: 16.12% | 8.62%

Puts: 15.91% | 11.01%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +59.52% | +39.23%

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Moderately bullish flow with 73% call dollar volume ($23.02M). Below-average activity with volume down 58% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.50. P/C ratio dropping 30% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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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
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 126 of results (avg 6.9%, best 3.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$875.00	Oct 16	125.75	130.45	$128.10	3.7%	--	1.00	10
$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

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	95.00	99.20	$97.10	4.3%	45	0.98	--
$1005.00	Nov 20	24.40	26.05	$25.23	6.5%	64	0.51	13
$1010.00	Nov 20	26.90	28.95	$27.92	7.3%	183	0.54	2
$1000.00	Nov 20	22.00	23.90	$22.95	8.3%	14	0.48	142
$1005.00	Nov 27	25.40	27.60	$26.50	8.3%	1	0.52	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.77, cheapest $0.77)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1025.00	Oct 16	0.70	0.85	$0.77	19.5%	162	0.10	155

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 201 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	129.75	136.70	$133.23	5.2%	1	1.00	37
$875.00	Oct 16	125.75	130.45	$128.10	3.7%	--	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	95.00	99.20	$97.10	4.3%	45	0.98	--
$1025.00	Oct 16	20.35	26.15	$23.25	24.9%	30	0.90	1
$1030.00	Oct 30	31.10	36.30	$33.70	15.4%	6	0.74	--
$1040.00	Nov 20	44.60	49.55	$47.08	10.5%	--	0.71	10
$1020.00	Oct 23	19.35	24.20	$21.78	22.3%	1	0.70	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 424 active (total vol 16.5K, top 1.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	6.85	8.15	$7.50	17.3%	1.6K	0.56	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	4.50	5.65	$5.08	22.6%	1.0K	0.44	889
$1030.00	Oct 16	0.46	0.60	$0.53	26.4%	613	0.07	409
$1010.00	Oct 16	3.10	3.75	$3.43	19.0%	476	0.33	666
$1020.00	Oct 16	1.15	1.60	$1.38	32.6%	447	0.16	418

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Oct 23	6.15	8.05	$7.10	26.8%	416	0.34	401
$985.00	Oct 23	4.70	7.15	$5.93	41.3%	406	0.29	400
$970.00	Oct 16	0.20	0.40	$0.30	66.7%	214	0.04	211
$1010.00	Nov 13	24.75	27.25	$26.00	9.6%	184	0.54	--
$980.00	Oct 16	0.57	0.78	$0.68	30.9%	183	0.09	47

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 40.9%, max 54.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1005.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	27.0%	17.5%	54.4%	1.0K	891
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	26.1%	17.9%	45.1%	1.6K	1.4K
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	27.0%	18.7%	44.3%	325	1.4K
$995.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.8%	18.6%	44.1%	239	441
$1020.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	29.1%	21.5%	35.5%	450	422

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	27.0%	18.7%	44.3%	116	25
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.1%	18.5%	40.9%	48	163

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 264 found (best R:R 221.22, avg 7.76)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1100.00	$1180.00	Nov 6	$0.36	$79.64	$0.36	9%	221.22	$1100.36
$940.00	$945.00	Nov 13	$3.15	$1.85	$3.15	86%	0.59	$943.15
$920.00	$922.50	Oct 16	$1.33	$1.17	$1.33	100%	0.88	$921.33
$950.00	$955.00	Nov 27	$3.08	$1.92	$3.08	79%	0.62	$953.08
$1015.00	$1030.00	Nov 13	$4.65	$10.35	$4.65	42%	2.23	$1019.65

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1020.00	$1015.00	Nov 6	$2.05	$2.95	$2.05	63%	1.44	$1017.95
$1020.00	$1015.00	Oct 23	$2.40	$2.60	$2.40	70%	1.08	$1017.60
$975.00	$965.00	Nov 13	$1.73	$8.27	$1.73	31%	4.78	$973.27
$1020.00	$1010.00	Nov 20	$4.86	$5.14	$4.86	60%	1.06	$1015.14
$955.00	$950.00	Nov 6	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	17%	16.86	$954.72

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 224 found (best R:R 4.05, avg 0.51)

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	$2.44	$2.44	$2.56	91%	0.95	$1092.44
$1145.00	$1150.00	Oct 23	$2.39	$2.39	$2.61	93%	0.92	$1147.39
$1075.00	$1080.00	Oct 16	$2.24	$2.24	$2.76	90%	0.81	$1077.24
$1095.00	$1100.00	Oct 23	$2.04	$2.04	$2.96	91%	0.69	$1097.04

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
$900.00	$895.00	Nov 13	$2.61	$2.61	$2.39	89%	1.09	$897.39
$880.00	$870.00	Nov 27	$2.77	$2.77	$7.23	90%	0.38	$877.23
$937.50	$935.00	Oct 16	$2.34	$2.34	$0.16	90%	14.63	$935.16

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 9 found (avg debit $5.91, cheapest $6.22)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.22	26.8%	19.9%
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.17	28.2%	21.7%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.78	26.1%	20.3%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.85	27.0%	21.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.40	26.8%	20.0%
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.90	28.2%	21.7%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.06	26.1%	20.3%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.95	27.0%	21.9%
$1015.00	Oct 23	Oct 30	$3.90	20.9%	20.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 142 found (cheapest 1.24% of stock, avg 5.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$1000.00	Oct 16	$7.50	$4.97	$12.47	$987.53	$1012.47	1.24%
$1005.00	Oct 16	$5.08	$7.40	$12.48	$992.52	$1017.48	1.24%
$1010.00	Oct 16	$3.43	$10.20	$13.63	$996.37	$1023.63	1.36%
$995.00	Oct 16	$10.88	$3.25	$14.13	$980.87	$1009.13	1.41%
$990.00	Oct 16	$15.02	$1.78	$16.80	$973.20	$1006.80	1.68%
$985.00	Oct 16	$19.18	$1.12	$20.30	$964.70	$1005.30	2.02%
$980.00	Oct 16	$23.33	$0.68	$24.01	$955.99	$1004.01	2.39%
$1025.00	Oct 16	$0.77	$23.25	$24.02	$1000.98	$1049.02	2.40%
$1000.00	Oct 23	$14.28	$11.03	$25.31	$974.69	$1025.31	2.52%
$1005.00	Oct 23	$11.93	$13.35	$25.28	$979.72	$1030.28	2.52%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.19% of stock, avg 2.36%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$1025.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$0.77	$1.12	$1.89	$983.11	$1026.89
$1020.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.38	$1.12	$2.50	$982.50	$1022.50
$1025.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$0.77	$1.78	$2.55	$987.45	$1027.55
$1025.00	$937.50	Oct 16	$0.77	$2.45	$3.22	$934.28	$1028.22
$1020.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.38	$1.78	$3.16	$986.84	$1023.16
$1015.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$2.17	$1.12	$3.29	$981.71	$1018.29
$1015.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$2.17	$1.78	$3.95	$986.05	$1018.95
$1020.00	$937.50	Oct 16	$1.38	$2.45	$3.83	$933.67	$1023.83
$1025.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$0.77	$3.25	$4.02	$990.98	$1029.02
$1015.00	$937.50	Oct 16	$2.17	$2.45	$4.62	$932.88	$1019.62

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 390 found (best R:R 34.71, 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	$4.86	$0.14	86%	34.71	$840.14	$1094.86
920/922	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.84	$0.16	83%	30.25	$917.66	$1094.84
840/845	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.66	$0.34	85%	13.71	$840.34	$1079.66
935/938	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.78	$0.22	81%	21.73	$932.72	$1094.78
920/922	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.64	$0.36	82%	12.89	$917.86	$1079.64
935/938	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.58	$0.42	80%	10.90	$932.92	$1079.58
880/885	1045/1050	Oct 30	$4.78	$0.22	74%	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	$3.89	$1.11	87%	3.50	$811.11	$1093.89
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. 270 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1080.00	$1100.00	$1120.00	Nov 20	$0.55	$19.45	8%	35.36
$1005.00	$1010.00	$1015.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	12%	99.00
$1060.00	$1080.00	$1100.00	Nov 20	$1.01	$18.99	12%	18.80
$1005.00	$1010.00	$1015.00	Oct 16	$0.39	$4.61	21%	11.82
$1015.00	$1020.00	$1025.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$4.82	12%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$4.75	22%	19.00
$1000.00	$1005.00	$1010.00	Oct 16	$0.37	$4.63	24%	12.51
$980.00	$985.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$4.78	13%	21.73
$1005.00	$1010.00	$1015.00	Nov 13	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$975.00	$990.00	$1005.00	Nov 13	$1.62	$13.38	20%	8.26

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 337 found (best net $-2.13, 280 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1100.00	$1180.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$2.10	$77.90
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$2.70	$17.30
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$5.15	$14.85
$1050.00	$1070.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$2.69	$17.31
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.64	$18.36

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$975.00	$950.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$2.13	$22.87
$995.00	$990.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.31	$4.69
$990.00	$985.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.46	$4.54
$1000.00	$995.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.53	$3.47
$985.00	$980.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.24	$4.76

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 74 found (best yield 2.57%, avg 0.75%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$1005.00	Nov 27	$25.80	0.48	0.2%	2.57%	2.81%	4	2
$1010.00	Nov 27	$23.40	0.47	0.7%	2.33%	3.07%	--	16
$1020.00	Nov 27	$18.90	0.41	1.7%	1.89%	3.62%	3	4
$1005.00	Nov 20	$24.60	0.49	0.2%	2.45%	2.69%	18	159
$1010.00	Nov 20	$22.00	0.46	0.7%	2.19%	2.93%	10	217
$1025.00	Nov 27	$16.85	0.38	2.2%	1.68%	3.91%	5	16
$1020.00	Nov 20	$18.00	0.40	1.7%	1.80%	3.53%	48	553
$1035.00	Nov 27	$13.95	0.34	3.2%	1.39%	4.62%	1	--
$1005.00	Nov 13	$21.80	0.49	0.2%	2.17%	2.41%	13	33
$1050.00	Nov 27	$9.95	0.27	4.7%	0.99%	5.72%	9	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,787

Total Puts 6,449

Put/Call Ratio 0.50

Net Difference 6,338

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 26,954

Total Puts 19,324

Put/Call Ratio 0.72

Net Difference 7,630

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)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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