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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$1002.08 +2.04%

(10/15 10:10) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:15am) 20,741

Calls: 13,844 (67%)

Puts: 6,897 (33%)

Prior (09/25) 47,802

Calls: 27,922 (58%)

Puts: 19,880 (42%)

Current vs Prior -56.61%

Calls: -50.42% (Calls)

Puts: -65.31% (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 -51.55%

Calls: -38.40%

Puts: -66.09%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:15am) $34.27M

Calls: $25.04M (73%)

Puts: $9.23M (27%)

Prior (09/25) $46.49M

Calls: $38.46M (83%)

Puts: $8.03M (17%)

Current vs Prior -26.29%

Calls: -34.89%

Puts: +14.87%

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 -50.95%

Calls: -40.26%

Puts: -66.97%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:15am) 0.50

Prior (09/25) 0.71

Current vs Prior -30.03%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.89

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.99%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:15am) 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 1.54% | 2.76%1.54% | 5.36%

Prior 1.02% | 2.51%3.94% | 6.59%

Current vs Prior +50.93% | +10.12%-60.88% | -18.62%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -25.64% | -27.80%-54.09% | -18.64%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +50.93% | +10.12%-6.66% | +1.00%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 37.56% | 24.23%

Calls: 27.67% | 23.00%

Puts: 47.46% | 25.47%

Prior 21.30% | 23.53%

Calls: 21.78% | 11.48%

Puts: 20.83% | 35.58%

Current vs Prior +76.34% | +2.97%

Prior 7-Day Avg 16.02% | 9.81%

Calls: 16.12% | 8.62%

Puts: 15.91% | 11.01%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +134.50% | +146.96%

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Moderately bullish flow with 73% call dollar volume ($25.04M). Below-average activity with volume down 57% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.50 - heavy call buying (13,844 calls vs 6,897 puts). P/C ratio dropping 30% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 119 of results (avg 6.5%, best 3.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Nov 20	163.20	168.20	$165.70	3.0%	--	1.00	70
$850.00	Oct 16	150.90	155.85	$153.38	3.2%	--	0.95	36
$820.00	Oct 16	179.40	185.85	$182.63	3.5%	--	0.95	30
$860.00	Nov 20	143.25	148.60	$145.93	3.7%	--	1.00	67
$900.00	Oct 23	102.40	106.35	$104.38	3.8%	1	0.98	261

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	95.20	100.00	$97.60	4.9%	72	1.00	--
$1010.00	Nov 20	26.60	29.15	$27.88	9.1%	183	0.53	2

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. 201 found (avg delta 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Oct 30	121.40	128.70	$125.05	5.8%	--	1.00	12
$895.00	Oct 30	106.55	113.15	$109.85	6.0%	--	1.00	45
$820.00	Nov 20	182.25	189.70	$185.98	4.0%	1	1.00	20
$840.00	Nov 20	163.20	168.20	$165.70	3.0%	--	1.00	70
$845.00	Nov 20	157.55	165.00	$161.28	4.6%	1	1.00	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	95.20	100.00	$97.60	4.9%	72	1.00	--
$1025.00	Oct 16	20.30	25.25	$22.78	21.7%	30	0.91	1
$1030.00	Oct 30	31.10	36.25	$33.67	15.3%	6	0.73	--
$1040.00	Nov 20	44.60	49.50	$47.05	10.4%	--	0.70	10
$1020.00	Oct 23	19.35	24.75	$22.05	24.5%	1	0.70	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 426 active (total vol 17.5K, top 1.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	6.85	9.05	$7.95	27.7%	1.6K	0.57	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	4.55	6.25	$5.40	31.5%	1.1K	0.45	889
$1030.00	Oct 16	0.48	0.63	$0.55	27.3%	673	0.07	409
$1010.00	Oct 16	2.94	3.80	$3.37	25.5%	491	0.33	666
$1020.00	Oct 16	1.09	1.60	$1.35	37.8%	463	0.16	418

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Oct 23	6.50	7.70	$7.10	16.9%	416	0.34	401
$985.00	Oct 23	4.70	7.15	$5.93	41.3%	406	0.29	400
$970.00	Oct 16	0.14	0.40	$0.27	96.3%	225	0.04	211
$980.00	Oct 16	0.46	0.74	$0.60	46.7%	185	0.08	47
$1010.00	Nov 13	24.20	27.20	$25.70	11.7%	184	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 35.5%, max 53.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1005.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	27.5%	17.9%	53.4%	1.1K	891
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	27.0%	18.1%	48.6%	1.6K	1.4K
$995.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	27.2%	19.0%	43.3%	244	441
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.9%	19.2%	40.1%	330	1.4K
$1020.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	28.4%	21.3%	33.5%	466	422

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	27.0%	18.8%	43.4%	48	163
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.9%	19.2%	40.1%	130	25
$1020.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	21.5%	21.2%	1.9%	1	140

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 270 found (best R:R 257.06, avg 8.52)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1100.00	$1180.00	Nov 6	$0.31	$79.69	$0.31	9%	257.06	$1100.31
$955.00	$957.50	Oct 16	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	99%	0.56	$956.60
$950.00	$955.00	Nov 20	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	81%	0.54	$953.25
$965.00	$970.00	Nov 6	$3.23	$1.77	$3.23	78%	0.55	$968.23
$1120.00	$1130.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$9.88	$0.12	8%	82.33	$1120.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$975.00	$965.00	Nov 13	$1.78	$8.22	$1.78	31%	4.62	$973.22
$950.00	$940.00	Nov 13	$0.70	$9.30	$0.70	17%	13.29	$949.30
$1020.00	$1015.00	Oct 23	$2.67	$2.33	$2.67	70%	0.87	$1017.33
$980.00	$975.00	Nov 6	$0.83	$4.17	$0.83	32%	5.02	$979.17
$1020.00	$1015.00	Nov 6	$2.54	$2.46	$2.54	63%	0.97	$1017.46

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 229 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
$1095.00	$1100.00	Oct 23	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	91%	0.75	$1097.14
$1075.00	$1080.00	Oct 16	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	90%	0.75	$1077.14

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. 10 found (avg debit $5.95, cheapest $5.21)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.40	27.2%	19.8%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.40	27.0%	20.0%
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.28	26.9%	21.5%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.78	27.5%	22.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.21	27.2%	19.8%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.73	27.0%	20.0%
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.78	26.9%	21.5%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.87	27.5%	22.1%
$1015.00	Oct 23	Oct 30	$3.97	21.1%	20.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 142 found (cheapest 1.29% of stock, avg 5.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$1000.00	Oct 16	$7.95	$5.00	$12.95	$987.05	$1012.95	1.29%
$1005.00	Oct 16	$5.40	$7.48	$12.88	$992.12	$1017.88	1.29%
$1010.00	Oct 16	$3.37	$10.27	$13.64	$996.36	$1023.64	1.36%
$995.00	Oct 16	$11.02	$3.19	$14.21	$980.79	$1009.21	1.42%
$990.00	Oct 16	$15.23	$1.82	$17.05	$972.95	$1007.05	1.70%
$985.00	Oct 16	$19.25	$1.03	$20.28	$964.72	$1005.28	2.02%
$1025.00	Oct 16	$0.82	$22.78	$23.60	$1001.40	$1048.60	2.36%
$980.00	Oct 16	$23.48	$0.60	$24.08	$955.92	$1004.08	2.40%
$1000.00	Oct 23	$14.35	$10.73	$25.08	$974.92	$1025.08	2.50%
$1005.00	Oct 23	$12.18	$13.35	$25.53	$979.47	$1030.53	2.55%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.18% of stock, avg 2.38%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$1025.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$0.82	$1.03	$1.85	$983.15	$1026.85
$1020.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.35	$1.03	$2.38	$982.62	$1022.38
$1025.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$0.82	$1.82	$2.64	$987.36	$1027.64
$1025.00	$937.50	Oct 16	$0.82	$2.45	$3.27	$934.23	$1028.27
$1020.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.35	$1.82	$3.17	$986.83	$1023.17
$1015.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$2.10	$1.03	$3.13	$981.87	$1018.13
$1015.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$2.10	$1.82	$3.92	$986.08	$1018.92
$1020.00	$937.50	Oct 16	$1.35	$2.45	$3.80	$933.70	$1023.80
$1025.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$0.82	$3.19	$4.01	$990.99	$1029.01
$1015.00	$937.50	Oct 16	$2.10	$2.45	$4.55	$932.95	$1019.55

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 400 found (best R:R 34.71, avg credit $2.50)

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
860/865	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.56	$0.44	89%	10.36	$860.44	$1094.56
920/922	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.84	$0.16	83%	30.25	$917.66	$1094.84
935/938	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.78	$0.22	82%	21.73	$932.72	$1094.78
840/845	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.56	$0.44	85%	10.36	$840.44	$1079.56
860/865	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.26	$0.74	88%	5.76	$860.74	$1079.26
920/922	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.54	$0.46	82%	9.87	$917.96	$1079.54
935/938	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.48	$0.52	80%	8.62	$933.02	$1079.48
880/885	1045/1050	Oct 30	$4.74	$0.26	74%	18.23	$880.26	$1049.74
810/815	1090/1095	Oct 16	$3.89	$1.11	87%	3.50	$811.11	$1093.89

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 264 found (best R:R 15.13, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1080.00	$1100.00	$1120.00	Nov 20	$0.57	$19.43	8%	34.09
$1015.00	$1020.00	$1025.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	10%	82.33
$1020.00	$1025.00	$1030.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	10%	82.33
$1000.00	$1005.00	$1010.00	Oct 16	$0.52	$4.48	25%	8.62
$995.00	$1000.00	$1005.00	Oct 16	$0.52	$4.48	24%	8.62

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1000.00	$1005.00	$1010.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$4.69	25%	15.13
$1000.00	$1005.00	$1010.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	12%	61.50
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 16	$0.44	$4.56	22%	10.36
$985.00	$990.00	$995.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$4.87	11%	37.46
$1005.00	$1010.00	$1015.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 338 found (best net $-2.34, 277 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1100.00	$1180.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$2.15	$77.85
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$4.83	$15.17
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$2.72	$17.28
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.41	$18.59
$1050.00	$1070.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$2.76	$17.24

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$975.00	$950.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$2.34	$22.66
$995.00	$990.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.45	$4.55
$990.00	$985.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.24	$4.76
$1000.00	$995.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.38	$3.62
$900.00	$895.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.05	$4.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 76 found (best yield 2.51%, avg 0.72%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$1005.00	Nov 27	$25.20	0.49	0.3%	2.51%	2.81%	4	2
$1010.00	Nov 27	$22.75	0.47	0.8%	2.27%	3.06%	--	16
$1020.00	Nov 27	$18.90	0.41	1.8%	1.89%	3.67%	3	4
$1005.00	Nov 20	$24.65	0.49	0.3%	2.46%	2.75%	19	159
$1010.00	Nov 20	$22.20	0.47	0.8%	2.22%	3.01%	11	217
$1025.00	Nov 27	$16.65	0.39	2.3%	1.66%	3.95%	5	16
$1020.00	Nov 20	$18.00	0.41	1.8%	1.80%	3.58%	53	553
$1035.00	Nov 27	$13.50	0.34	3.3%	1.35%	4.63%	1	--
$1010.00	Nov 13	$19.60	0.46	0.8%	1.96%	2.75%	1	27
$1015.00	Nov 13	$17.45	0.43	1.3%	1.74%	3.03%	4	3

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 13,844

Total Puts 6,897

Put/Call Ratio 0.50

Net Difference 6,947

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 27,922

Total Puts 19,880

Put/Call Ratio 0.71

Net Difference 8,042

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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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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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