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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$1002.48 +2.09%

(10/15 10:20) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:25am) 23,540

Calls: 15,034 (64%)

Puts: 8,506 (36%)

Prior (09/25) 53,669

Calls: 30,576 (57%)

Puts: 23,093 (43%)

Current vs Prior -56.14%

Calls: -50.83% (Calls)

Puts: -63.17% (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 -45.01%

Calls: -33.10%

Puts: -58.18%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:25am) $38.19M

Calls: $27.30M (71%)

Puts: $10.89M (29%)

Prior (09/25) $52.38M

Calls: $43.23M (83%)

Puts: $9.15M (17%)

Current vs Prior -27.09%

Calls: -36.86%

Puts: +19.03%

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 -45.33%

Calls: -34.87%

Puts: -61.02%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 10:25am) 0.57

Prior (09/25) 0.76

Current vs Prior -25.09%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.89

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.39%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:25am) 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 1.47% | 2.74%1.47% | 5.34%

Prior 1.02% | 2.51%3.94% | 6.59%

Current vs Prior +44.32% | +9.01%-62.59% | -18.93%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -28.90% | -28.54%-56.10% | -18.94%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +44.32% | +9.01%-10.75% | +0.63%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 30.11% | 13.48%

Calls: 16.02% | 8.45%

Puts: 44.20% | 18.52%

Prior 21.30% | 23.53%

Calls: 21.78% | 11.48%

Puts: 20.83% | 35.58%

Current vs Prior +41.36% | -42.71%

Prior 7-Day Avg 16.02% | 9.81%

Calls: 16.12% | 8.62%

Puts: 15.91% | 11.01%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +87.99% | +37.39%

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Moderately bullish flow with 71% call dollar volume ($27.30M). Below-average activity with volume down 56% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.57. P/C ratio dropping 25% - 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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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
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 137 of results (avg 6.8%, best 2.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$870.00	Oct 16	130.65	134.05	$132.35	2.6%	1	1.00	37
$855.00	Nov 20	148.80	153.80	$151.30	3.3%	--	1.00	10
$860.00	Nov 20	143.55	148.50	$146.03	3.4%	--	1.00	67
$865.00	Nov 20	138.50	143.50	$141.00	3.5%	1	1.00	23
$820.00	Oct 16	179.70	186.40	$183.05	3.7%	--	0.93	30

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	97.00	99.85	$98.43	2.9%	79	0.98	--
$1020.00	Nov 20	32.60	35.20	$33.90	7.7%	3	0.60	140
$1010.00	Nov 20	27.00	29.20	$28.10	7.8%	183	0.54	2
$1005.00	Nov 20	24.50	26.70	$25.60	8.6%	64	0.51	13
$1000.00	Nov 20	22.00	24.05	$23.03	8.9%	14	0.48	142

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. 202 found (avg delta 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Oct 16	159.95	166.05	$163.00	3.7%	--	1.00	16
$860.00	Oct 16	139.10	146.45	$142.77	5.1%	--	1.00	31
$870.00	Oct 16	130.65	134.05	$132.35	2.6%	1	1.00	37
$875.00	Oct 16	124.00	131.25	$127.63	5.7%	--	1.00	10
$880.00	Oct 16	120.00	126.10	$123.05	5.0%	--	1.00	54

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	97.00	99.85	$98.43	2.9%	79	0.98	--
$1025.00	Oct 16	20.30	25.85	$23.08	24.0%	30	0.90	1
$1025.00	Oct 23	24.45	28.10	$26.28	13.9%	280	0.75	--
$1030.00	Oct 30	31.10	36.05	$33.58	14.7%	6	0.73	--
$1020.00	Oct 23	20.95	24.60	$22.78	16.0%	281	0.71	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 441 active (total vol 20.0K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	6.60	7.75	$7.18	16.0%	1.7K	0.56	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	4.30	5.50	$4.90	24.5%	1.1K	0.43	889
$1030.00	Oct 16	0.41	0.57	$0.49	32.7%	689	0.06	409
$1010.00	Oct 16	2.61	3.65	$3.13	33.2%	517	0.31	666
$1020.00	Oct 16	1.05	1.47	$1.26	33.3%	497	0.15	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	0.79	1.12	$0.96	34.4%	314	0.06	183
$1020.00	Oct 23	20.95	24.60	$22.78	16.0%	281	0.71	--

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 34.5%, max 47.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1005.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	26.6%	18.0%	47.5%	1.1K	891
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	24.9%	18.3%	36.2%	1.7K	1.4K
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.7%	18.9%	35.9%	426	1.4K
$995.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	24.9%	18.7%	33.3%	260	441
$1015.00	Oct 16	Nov 13	27.5%	21.4%	28.5%	434	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%	36.2%	133	25
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	24.8%	18.5%	33.9%	62	163

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 268 found (best R:R 306.69, avg 8.86)

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
$970.00	$975.00	Nov 13	$2.45	$2.55	$2.45	72%	1.04	$972.45
$952.50	$955.00	Oct 23	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	92%	0.67	$954.00
$960.00	$965.00	Nov 13	$3.17	$1.83	$3.17	78%	0.58	$963.17
$950.00	$955.00	Nov 27	$3.27	$1.73	$3.27	79%	0.53	$953.27

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$975.00	$965.00	Nov 13	$1.68	$8.32	$1.68	31%	4.95	$973.32
$950.00	$940.00	Nov 13	$0.75	$9.25	$0.75	17%	12.33	$949.25
$1020.00	$1015.00	Nov 6	$2.35	$2.65	$2.35	63%	1.13	$1017.65
$910.00	$900.00	Nov 27	$0.10	$9.90	$0.10	8%	99.00	$909.90
$975.00	$970.00	Oct 30	$0.60	$4.40	$0.60	25%	7.33	$974.40

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 227 found (best R:R 4.05, avg 0.49)

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	$2.15	$2.15	$2.85	91%	0.75	$1097.15

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
$902.50	$900.00	Oct 23	$2.31	$2.31	$0.19	92%	12.16	$900.19

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 9 found (avg debit $6.03, cheapest $5.96)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.12	26.8%	21.0%
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.75	24.9%	19.6%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.73	26.6%	21.4%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$7.02	24.9%	20.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1010.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.96	26.8%	21.0%
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.49	24.9%	19.6%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.65	26.6%	21.4%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.33	24.8%	20.5%
$1015.00	Oct 23	Oct 30	$4.22	20.8%	21.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 144 found (cheapest 1.19% of stock, avg 5.85%)

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	$4.90	$7.58	$12.48	$992.52	$1017.48	1.24%
$995.00	Oct 16	$10.30	$2.89	$13.19	$981.81	$1008.19	1.32%
$1010.00	Oct 16	$3.13	$10.27	$13.40	$996.60	$1023.40	1.34%
$990.00	Oct 16	$14.65	$1.75	$16.40	$973.60	$1006.40	1.64%
$985.00	Oct 16	$18.48	$0.98	$19.46	$965.54	$1004.46	1.94%
$980.00	Oct 16	$22.85	$0.56	$23.41	$956.59	$1003.41	2.34%
$1025.00	Oct 16	$0.78	$23.08	$23.86	$1001.14	$1048.86	2.38%
$1005.00	Oct 23	$11.63	$13.23	$24.86	$980.14	$1029.86	2.48%
$1000.00	Oct 23	$14.20	$11.08	$25.28	$974.72	$1025.28	2.52%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.22% of stock, avg 2.40%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$1020.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.26	$0.98	$2.24	$982.76	$1022.24
$1020.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.26	$1.75	$3.01	$986.99	$1023.01
$1015.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$2.00	$0.98	$2.98	$982.02	$1017.98
$1075.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$2.45	$0.98	$3.43	$981.57	$1078.43
$1015.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$2.00	$1.75	$3.75	$986.25	$1018.75
$1020.00	$922.50	Oct 16	$1.26	$2.45	$3.71	$918.79	$1023.71
$1075.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$2.45	$1.75	$4.20	$985.80	$1079.20
$1020.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$1.26	$2.89	$4.15	$990.85	$1024.15
$1075.00	$922.50	Oct 16	$2.45	$2.45	$4.90	$917.60	$1079.90
$1010.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$3.13	$0.98	$4.11	$980.89	$1014.11

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 409 found (best R:R 34.71, avg credit $2.48)

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
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
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
880/885	1035/1040	Oct 30	$4.86	$0.14	69%	34.71	$880.14	$1039.86
810/815	1090/1095	Oct 16	$3.89	$1.11	87%	3.50	$811.11	$1093.89
880/885	1050/1055	Oct 30	$4.18	$0.82	76%	5.10	$880.82	$1054.18

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 258 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	12%	23.69
$915.00	$920.00	$925.00	Oct 30	$0.09	$4.91	13%	54.56
$1020.00	$1040.00	$1060.00	Nov 20	$2.00	$18.00	20%	9.00
$1000.00	$1005.00	$1010.00	Oct 16	$0.51	$4.49	25%	8.80
$1020.00	$1025.00	$1030.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1005.00	$1010.00	$1015.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$4.85	12%	32.33
$1015.00	$1020.00	$1025.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$985.00	$990.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$0.37	$4.63	18%	12.51
$965.00	$970.00	$975.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$1010.00	$1015.00	$1020.00	Oct 23	$0.25	$4.75	12%	19.00

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, 274 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	-$2.35	$17.65
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$5.10	$14.90
$1080.00	$1100.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.41	$19.59
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.56	$18.44

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$975.00	$950.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$2.36	$22.64
$1000.00	$995.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.03	$3.97
$1005.00	$1000.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.92	$3.08
$995.00	$990.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.61	$4.39
$990.00	$985.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.21	$4.79

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	0.2%	2.51%	2.77%	4	2
$1020.00	Nov 27	$19.10	0.41	1.8%	1.91%	3.65%	4	4
$1010.00	Nov 27	$22.55	0.47	0.8%	2.25%	3.00%	1	16
$1025.00	Nov 27	$17.05	0.39	2.2%	1.70%	3.95%	6	16
$1005.00	Nov 20	$23.95	0.49	0.2%	2.39%	2.64%	19	159
$1010.00	Nov 20	$21.65	0.46	0.8%	2.16%	2.91%	11	217
$1020.00	Nov 20	$17.80	0.40	1.8%	1.78%	3.52%	66	553
$1035.00	Nov 27	$13.50	0.34	3.2%	1.35%	4.59%	1	--
$1010.00	Nov 13	$19.35	0.46	0.8%	1.93%	2.68%	1	27
$1050.00	Nov 27	$9.90	0.27	4.7%	0.99%	5.73%	11	--

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 15,034

Total Puts 8,506

Put/Call Ratio 0.57

Net Difference 6,528

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 30,576

Total Puts 23,093

Put/Call Ratio 0.76

Net Difference 7,483

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

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

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

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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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