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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$1001.87 +2.02%

(10/15 10:15) ◀

Thursday, October 15, 2026 (10:20am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:20am) 22,418

Calls: 14,584 (65%)

Puts: 7,834 (35%)

Prior (09/25) 51,861

Calls: 29,633 (57%)

Puts: 22,228 (43%)

Current vs Prior -56.77%

Calls: -50.78% (Calls)

Puts: -64.76% (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 -47.64%

Calls: -35.11%

Puts: -61.48%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:20am) $35.87M

Calls: $26.47M (74%)

Puts: $9.40M (26%)

Prior (09/25) $52.08M

Calls: $43.75M (84%)

Puts: $8.33M (16%)

Current vs Prior -31.12%

Calls: -39.50%

Puts: +12.86%

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 -48.65%

Calls: -36.85%

Puts: -66.37%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 10:20am) 0.54

Prior (09/25) 0.75

Current vs Prior -28.39%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.89

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -39.60%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:20am) 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 1.46% | 2.75%1.46% | 5.30%

Prior 1.02% | 2.51%3.94% | 6.59%

Current vs Prior +43.43% | +9.67%-62.82% | -19.63%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -29.33% | -28.10%-56.37% | -19.65%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +43.43% | +9.67%-11.30% | -0.25%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 33.13% | 15.44%

Calls: 18.80% | 11.89%

Puts: 47.46% | 18.98%

Prior 21.30% | 23.53%

Calls: 21.78% | 11.48%

Puts: 20.83% | 35.58%

Current vs Prior +55.54% | -34.38%

Prior 7-Day Avg 16.02% | 9.81%

Calls: 16.12% | 8.62%

Puts: 15.91% | 11.01%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +106.84% | +57.37%

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Moderately bullish flow with 74% call dollar volume ($26.47M). Below-average activity with volume down 57% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.54. P/C ratio dropping 28% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 139 of results (avg 6.6%, best 3.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$855.00	Nov 20	148.80	153.75	$151.28	3.3%	--	1.00	10
$820.00	Oct 16	180.40	186.80	$183.60	3.5%	--	0.95	30
$1000.00	Nov 20	27.00	28.00	$27.50	3.6%	399	0.52	1.7K
$870.00	Oct 16	130.35	135.25	$132.80	3.7%	1	1.00	37
$830.00	Oct 16	169.95	176.75	$173.35	3.9%	--	0.95	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	95.05	100.00	$97.53	5.1%	72	1.00	--
$1010.00	Nov 13	25.40	27.40	$26.40	7.6%	184	0.54	--
$1010.00	Nov 20	27.00	29.15	$28.08	7.7%	183	0.54	2
$1000.00	Nov 20	22.20	24.05	$23.13	8.0%	14	0.48	142
$1000.00	Nov 13	20.35	22.05	$21.20	8.0%	5	0.48	--

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
$870.00	Oct 30	131.30	138.00	$134.65	5.0%	--	1.00	25
$880.00	Oct 30	121.40	128.00	$124.70	5.3%	--	1.00	12
$895.00	Oct 30	106.55	113.00	$109.78	5.9%	--	1.00	45
$900.00	Oct 30	101.95	108.00	$104.98	5.8%	--	1.00	48
$820.00	Nov 20	181.00	189.00	$185.00	4.3%	1	1.00	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	95.05	100.00	$97.53	5.1%	72	1.00	--
$1025.00	Oct 16	20.30	25.25	$22.78	21.7%	30	0.92	1
$1030.00	Oct 30	31.10	36.05	$33.58	14.7%	6	0.73	--
$1040.00	Nov 20	44.65	49.50	$47.08	10.3%	--	0.71	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. 436 active (total vol 18.9K, top 1.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	6.50	7.85	$7.18	18.8%	1.6K	0.57	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	4.35	5.50	$4.93	23.3%	1.1K	0.44	889
$1030.00	Oct 16	0.42	0.60	$0.51	35.3%	686	0.07	409
$1010.00	Oct 16	2.85	3.75	$3.30	27.3%	503	0.32	666
$1020.00	Oct 16	1.08	1.27	$1.18	16.1%	487	0.14	418

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$952.50	Oct 23	0.83	1.30	$1.07	43.9%	503	0.07	80
$990.00	Oct 23	6.50	7.45	$6.98	13.6%	416	0.34	401
$985.00	Oct 23	4.70	6.20	$5.45	27.5%	406	0.28	400
$950.00	Oct 23	0.75	1.13	$0.94	40.4%	314	0.06	183
$970.00	Oct 16	0.18	0.37	$0.28	67.9%	232	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. 8 strikes (avg 36.3%, max 47.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1005.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	26.0%	17.7%	47.1%	1.1K	891
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	25.4%	18.2%	39.8%	1.7K	1.4K
$995.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.1%	18.7%	39.3%	255	441
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.8%	18.9%	36.8%	411	1.4K
$1015.00	Oct 16	Nov 13	27.9%	21.2%	31.5%	411	503

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.8%	18.9%	36.8%	132	25
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.4%	18.6%	36.7%	60	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 306.69, avg 8.31)

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
$1015.00	$1030.00	Nov 13	$4.50	$10.50	$4.50	42%	2.33	$1019.50
$985.00	$990.00	Oct 23	$2.80	$2.20	$2.80	72%	0.79	$987.80
$950.00	$955.00	Nov 20	$3.34	$1.66	$3.34	81%	0.50	$953.34
$1005.00	$1010.00	Nov 27	$1.68	$3.32	$1.68	48%	1.98	$1006.68

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$925.00	$910.00	Nov 27	$0.21	$14.79	$0.21	14%	70.43	$924.79
$975.00	$965.00	Nov 13	$1.76	$8.24	$1.76	31%	4.68	$973.24
$1020.00	$1015.00	Nov 6	$2.22	$2.78	$2.22	63%	1.25	$1017.78
$950.00	$940.00	Nov 13	$0.72	$9.28	$0.72	17%	12.89	$949.28
$1020.00	$1015.00	Oct 23	$2.67	$2.33	$2.67	70%	0.87	$1017.33

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 225 found (best R:R 4.05, avg 0.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$1070.00	$1075.00	Oct 23	$3.78	$3.78	$1.22	85%	3.10	$1073.78
$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

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
$875.00	$870.00	Nov 13	$3.43	$3.43	$1.57	91%	2.18	$871.57
$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
$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 $6.08, cheapest $5.77)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.12	26.1%	19.9%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.70	25.4%	19.9%
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.27	27.1%	21.9%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$7.02	26.0%	22.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.77	26.1%	19.9%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.13	25.4%	19.9%
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.28	27.1%	21.9%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.22	26.0%	22.1%
$1015.00	Oct 23	Oct 30	$4.22	20.7%	21.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 143 found (cheapest 1.19% of stock, avg 5.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$1000.00	Oct 16	$7.18	$4.75	$11.93	$988.07	$1011.93	1.19%
$1005.00	Oct 16	$4.93	$7.48	$12.41	$992.59	$1017.41	1.24%
$995.00	Oct 16	$10.53	$3.03	$13.56	$981.44	$1008.56	1.35%
$1010.00	Oct 16	$3.30	$10.27	$13.57	$996.43	$1023.57	1.35%
$990.00	Oct 16	$14.50	$1.82	$16.32	$973.68	$1006.32	1.63%
$985.00	Oct 16	$19.08	$1.07	$20.15	$964.85	$1005.15	2.01%
$1025.00	Oct 16	$0.82	$22.78	$23.60	$1001.40	$1048.60	2.36%
$980.00	Oct 16	$23.33	$0.60	$23.93	$956.07	$1003.93	2.39%
$1000.00	Oct 23	$13.88	$10.88	$24.76	$975.24	$1024.76	2.47%
$995.00	Oct 23	$16.65	$8.80	$25.45	$969.55	$1020.45	2.54%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.19% of stock, avg 2.41%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$1025.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$0.82	$1.07	$1.89	$983.11	$1026.89
$1020.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.18	$1.07	$2.25	$982.75	$1022.25
$1025.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$0.82	$1.82	$2.64	$987.36	$1027.64
$1020.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.18	$1.82	$3.00	$987.00	$1023.00
$1025.00	$937.50	Oct 16	$0.82	$2.45	$3.27	$934.23	$1028.27
$1015.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.98	$1.07	$3.05	$981.95	$1018.05
$1020.00	$937.50	Oct 16	$1.18	$2.45	$3.63	$933.87	$1023.63
$1015.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.98	$1.82	$3.80	$986.20	$1018.80
$1025.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$0.82	$3.03	$3.85	$991.15	$1028.85
$1020.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$1.18	$3.03	$4.21	$990.79	$1024.21

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 405 found (best R:R 34.71, avg credit $2.63)

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
935/938	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.78	$0.22	81%	21.73	$932.72	$1094.78
860/865	1090/1095	Oct 16	$4.56	$0.44	85%	10.36	$860.44	$1094.56
840/845	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.56	$0.44	85%	10.36	$840.44	$1079.56
920/922	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.54	$0.46	82%	9.87	$917.96	$1079.54
900/902	1040/1045	Oct 23	$4.82	$0.18	76%	26.78	$897.68	$1044.82
935/938	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.48	$0.52	80%	8.62	$933.02	$1079.48
860/865	1075/1080	Oct 16	$4.26	$0.74	84%	5.76	$860.74	$1079.26
880/885	1045/1050	Oct 30	$4.74	$0.26	74%	18.23	$880.26	$1049.74

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 255 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1080.00	$1100.00	$1120.00	Nov 20	$0.58	$19.42	8%	33.48
$1005.00	$1010.00	$1015.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$4.69	21%	15.13
$1020.00	$1025.00	$1030.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	8%	99.00
$1000.00	$1005.00	$1010.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$1060.00	$1080.00	$1100.00	Nov 20	$1.13	$18.87	12%	16.70

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1000.00	$1005.00	$1010.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	25%	82.33
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 16	$0.51	$4.49	23%	8.80
$970.00	$975.00	$980.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00
$960.00	$965.00	$970.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 23	$0.26	$4.74	12%	18.23

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 335 found (best net $-2.36, 273 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	-$2.56	$17.44
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$5.05	$14.95
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.42	$18.58
$1050.00	$1070.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$2.83	$17.17

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$975.00	$950.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$2.36	$22.64
$995.00	$990.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.61	$4.39
$1005.00	$1000.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.02	$2.98
$1000.00	$995.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.31	$3.69
$990.00	$985.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.32	$4.68

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 76 found (best yield 2.34%, avg 0.72%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$1010.00	Nov 27	$23.45	0.47	0.8%	2.34%	3.15%	1	16
$1005.00	Nov 27	$25.20	0.48	0.3%	2.52%	2.83%	4	2
$1020.00	Nov 27	$18.90	0.41	1.8%	1.89%	3.70%	3	4
$1025.00	Nov 27	$17.30	0.38	2.3%	1.73%	4.04%	6	16
$1005.00	Nov 20	$24.35	0.49	0.3%	2.43%	2.74%	19	159
$1010.00	Nov 20	$21.80	0.46	0.8%	2.18%	2.99%	11	217
$1020.00	Nov 20	$17.75	0.40	1.8%	1.77%	3.58%	59	553
$1035.00	Nov 27	$13.50	0.34	3.3%	1.35%	4.65%	1	--
$1010.00	Nov 13	$19.25	0.46	0.8%	1.92%	2.73%	1	27
$1005.00	Nov 13	$21.25	0.49	0.3%	2.12%	2.43%	15	33

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,584

Total Puts 7,834

Put/Call Ratio 0.54

Net Difference 6,750

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 29,633

Total Puts 22,228

Put/Call Ratio 0.75

Net Difference 7,405

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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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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