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COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW

$997.81 +1.61%

(10/15 10:30) ◀

Thursday, October 15, 2026 (10:35am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 10:35am) 25,780

Calls: 16,532 (64%)

Puts: 9,248 (36%)

Prior (09/25) 58,243

Calls: 32,889 (56%)

Puts: 25,354 (44%)

Current vs Prior -55.74%

Calls: -49.73% (Calls)

Puts: -63.52% (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 -39.78%

Calls: -26.44%

Puts: -54.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:35am) $39.38M

Calls: $27.45M (70%)

Puts: $11.93M (30%)

Prior (09/25) $54.18M

Calls: $44.03M (81%)

Puts: $10.15M (19%)

Current vs Prior -27.31%

Calls: -37.66%

Puts: +17.59%

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 -43.63%

Calls: -34.52%

Puts: -57.29%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 10:35am) 0.56

Prior (09/25) 0.77

Current vs Prior -27.44%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.89

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -37.11%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:35am) 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 1.46% | 2.73%1.46% | 5.32%

Prior 1.02% | 2.51%3.94% | 6.59%

Current vs Prior +43.42% | +8.64%-62.82% | -19.23%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -29.34% | -28.78%-56.38% | -19.25%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +43.42% | +8.64%-11.31% | +0.25%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 31.66% | 16.46%

Calls: 30.00% | 17.55%

Puts: 33.33% | 15.38%

Prior 21.30% | 23.53%

Calls: 21.78% | 11.48%

Puts: 20.83% | 35.58%

Current vs Prior +48.64% | -30.05%

Prior 7-Day Avg 16.02% | 9.81%

Calls: 16.12% | 8.62%

Puts: 15.91% | 11.01%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +97.66% | +67.76%

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Moderately bullish flow with 70% call dollar volume ($27.45M). Below-average activity with volume down 56% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.56. P/C ratio dropping 27% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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
10:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:30	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 136 of results (avg 6.6%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$975.00	Nov 20	39.80	40.95	$40.38	2.8%	15	0.66	207
$800.00	Oct 16	195.70	202.05	$198.88	3.2%	--	0.99	31
$830.00	Oct 16	166.20	172.65	$169.43	3.8%	--	0.95	12
$820.00	Oct 16	175.75	182.65	$179.20	3.9%	--	0.95	30
$905.00	Oct 16	91.55	95.25	$93.40	4.0%	21	1.00	507

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1010.00	Nov 20	29.55	31.25	$30.40	5.6%	183	0.57	2
$1100.00	Oct 23	98.25	104.30	$101.28	6.0%	79	1.00	--
$1005.00	Nov 20	26.45	28.25	$27.35	6.6%	64	0.53	13
$1005.00	Nov 13	24.70	26.55	$25.63	7.2%	71	0.54	--
$1000.00	Nov 20	24.00	25.80	$24.90	7.2%	18	0.51	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. 206 found (avg delta 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$870.00	Oct 30	127.15	133.50	$130.32	4.9%	--	1.00	25
$880.00	Oct 30	116.95	123.50	$120.23	5.4%	--	1.00	12
$895.00	Oct 30	102.35	108.65	$105.50	6.0%	--	1.00	45
$800.00	Nov 20	196.50	204.65	$200.58	4.1%	3	1.00	51
$820.00	Nov 20	177.10	184.30	$180.70	4.0%	1	1.00	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1100.00	Oct 23	98.25	104.30	$101.28	6.0%	79	1.00	--
$1025.00	Oct 16	23.00	28.95	$25.98	22.9%	30	0.96	1
$1025.00	Oct 23	26.60	31.20	$28.90	15.9%	280	0.79	--
$1010.00	Oct 16	9.65	15.00	$12.33	43.4%	13	0.79	7
$1030.00	Oct 30	33.45	38.30	$35.88	13.5%	6	0.77	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 461 active (total vol 21.6K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	4.65	5.65	$5.15	19.4%	1.7K	0.46	1.4K
$1005.00	Oct 16	2.72	3.80	$3.26	33.1%	1.1K	0.33	889
$1030.00	Oct 16	0.24	0.35	$0.30	36.7%	721	0.04	409
$1010.00	Oct 16	1.63	2.24	$1.94	31.4%	561	0.23	666
$1020.00	Oct 16	0.61	0.83	$0.72	30.6%	543	0.10	418

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$952.50	Oct 23	0.83	1.50	$1.17	57.3%	503	0.08	80
$990.00	Oct 23	7.30	8.70	$8.00	17.5%	436	0.39	401
$985.00	Oct 23	5.85	7.10	$6.48	19.3%	411	0.33	400
$950.00	Oct 23	0.86	1.25	$1.06	36.8%	314	0.07	183
$1020.00	Oct 23	23.40	27.45	$25.42	15.9%	281	0.74	--

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 32.6%, max 45.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	25.3%	17.7%	43.2%	1.7K	1.4K
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.2%	18.5%	41.6%	441	1.4K
$985.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.1%	18.6%	40.2%	76	862
$995.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.6%	18.4%	38.8%	314	441
$1010.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	25.8%	22.0%	17.4%	562	682

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$985.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	26.2%	18.0%	45.8%	103	28
$990.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.3%	18.5%	42.2%	227	25
$1000.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.5%	18.3%	39.2%	96	163
$1020.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	21.7%	21.1%	2.5%	284	140

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 278 found (best R:R 306.69, avg 9.52)

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
$1000.00	$1005.00	Nov 27	$0.63	$4.37	$0.63	49%	6.94	$1000.63
$980.00	$985.00	Oct 30	$1.91	$3.09	$1.91	68%	1.62	$981.91
$970.00	$975.00	Oct 23	$2.79	$2.21	$2.79	82%	0.79	$972.79
$935.00	$940.00	Nov 6	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	90%	0.54	$938.25

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$865.00	$800.00	Nov 27	$0.50	$64.50	$0.50	7%	129.00	$864.50
$1020.00	$1015.00	Nov 6	$1.20	$3.80	$1.20	65%	3.17	$1018.80
$1015.00	$1010.00	Nov 13	$1.43	$3.57	$1.43	61%	2.50	$1013.57
$1015.00	$1010.00	Oct 30	$1.65	$3.35	$1.65	65%	2.03	$1013.35
$1005.00	$995.00	Nov 6	$3.57	$6.43	$3.57	54%	1.80	$1001.43

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 234 found (best R:R 4.05, avg 0.53)

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	86%	3.10	$1073.78
$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
$1095.00	$1100.00	Oct 23	$2.33	$2.33	$2.67	91%	0.87	$1097.33
$1085.00	$1090.00	Oct 16	$2.17	$2.17	$2.83	91%	0.77	$1087.17

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	90%	4.05	$880.99
$875.00	$870.00	Nov 13	$3.34	$3.34	$1.66	91%	2.01	$871.66
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 16	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	95%	0.94	$842.58
$805.00	$800.00	Oct 23	$2.36	$2.36	$2.64	96%	0.89	$802.64
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 30	$2.37	$2.37	$2.63	95%	0.90	$842.63

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $5.76, cheapest $5.80)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.53	25.6%	19.5%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.43	25.3%	21.0%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.39	25.8%	21.4%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$995.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.80	25.7%	19.4%
$1000.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$6.08	25.5%	20.9%
$1005.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$5.75	25.6%	21.4%
$1015.00	Oct 23	Oct 30	$3.37	21.4%	21.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 152 found (cheapest 1.18% of stock, avg 5.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$1000.00	Oct 16	$5.15	$6.60	$11.75	$988.25	$1011.75	1.18%
$995.00	Oct 16	$8.00	$4.38	$12.38	$982.62	$1007.38	1.24%
$1005.00	Oct 16	$3.26	$9.60	$12.86	$992.14	$1017.86	1.29%
$1010.00	Oct 16	$1.94	$12.33	$14.27	$995.73	$1024.27	1.43%
$990.00	Oct 16	$11.68	$2.74	$14.42	$975.58	$1004.42	1.45%
$985.00	Oct 16	$16.08	$1.54	$17.62	$967.38	$1002.62	1.77%
$980.00	Oct 16	$19.35	$0.89	$20.24	$959.76	$1000.24	2.03%
$1000.00	Oct 23	$11.58	$12.68	$24.26	$975.74	$1024.26	2.43%
$975.00	Oct 16	$24.08	$0.51	$24.59	$950.41	$999.59	2.46%
$995.00	Oct 23	$14.53	$10.18	$24.71	$970.29	$1019.71	2.48%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 2.46%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$1020.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$0.72	$0.89	$1.61	$978.39	$1021.61
$1015.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$1.15	$0.89	$2.04	$977.96	$1017.04
$1020.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$0.72	$1.54	$2.26	$982.74	$1022.26
$1015.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.15	$1.54	$2.69	$982.31	$1017.69
$1020.00	$922.50	Oct 16	$0.72	$2.42	$3.14	$919.36	$1023.14
$1010.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$1.94	$0.89	$2.83	$977.17	$1012.83
$1010.00	$985.00	Oct 16	$1.94	$1.54	$3.48	$981.52	$1013.48
$1015.00	$922.50	Oct 16	$1.15	$2.42	$3.57	$918.93	$1018.57
$1020.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$0.72	$2.74	$3.46	$986.54	$1023.46
$1015.00	$990.00	Oct 16	$1.15	$2.74	$3.89	$986.11	$1018.89

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 407 found (best R:R 11.20, avg credit $2.52)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
840/845	1085/1090	Oct 16	$4.59	$0.41	86%	11.20	$840.41	$1089.59
880/885	1055/1060	Oct 30	$4.87	$0.13	78%	37.46	$880.13	$1059.87
920/922	1085/1090	Oct 16	$4.54	$0.46	82%	9.87	$917.96	$1089.54
880/885	1045/1050	Oct 30	$4.80	$0.20	75%	24.00	$880.20	$1049.80
800/805	1085/1090	Oct 16	$4.12	$0.88	87%	4.68	$800.88	$1089.12
880/885	1030/1035	Oct 30	$4.73	$0.27	68%	17.52	$880.27	$1034.73
870/875	1035/1040	Nov 13	$4.89	$0.11	63%	44.45	$870.11	$1039.89
810/815	1085/1090	Oct 16	$3.62	$1.38	86%	2.62	$811.38	$1088.62
935/938	1085/1090	Oct 16	$3.46	$1.54	84%	2.25	$934.04	$1088.46
840/845	1015/1020	Oct 30	$4.44	$0.56	60%	7.93	$840.56	$1019.44

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 254 found (best R:R 13.39, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$1040.00	$1060.00	$1080.00	Nov 20	$1.39	$18.61	15%	13.39
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 23	$0.20	$4.80	13%	24.00
$975.00	$980.00	$985.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$4.94	8%	82.33
$1100.00	$1120.00	$1140.00	Nov 20	$0.32	$19.68	4%	61.50
$1015.00	$1020.00	$1025.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$985.00	$990.00	$995.00	Oct 16	$0.44	$4.56	22%	10.36
$995.00	$1000.00	$1005.00	Oct 23	$0.17	$4.83	13%	28.41
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Oct 16	$0.58	$4.42	26%	7.62
$980.00	$985.00	$990.00	Oct 23	$0.19	$4.81	12%	25.32
$980.00	$985.00	$990.00	Nov 20	$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. 337 found (best net $-2.80, 282 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1100.00	$1180.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$2.20	$77.80
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$3.80	$16.20
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$2.36	$17.64
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.22	$18.78
$1080.00	$1100.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.73	$19.27

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$975.00	$950.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$2.80	$22.20
$865.00	$800.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$2.02	$62.98
$990.00	$985.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.34	$4.66
$880.00	$870.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.09	$9.91
$995.00	$990.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.10	$3.90

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 84 found (best yield 2.61%, avg 0.75%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$1000.00	Nov 27	$26.00	0.49	0.2%	2.61%	2.83%	6	16
$1005.00	Nov 27	$23.55	0.47	0.7%	2.36%	3.08%	4	2
$1020.00	Nov 27	$18.05	0.39	2.2%	1.81%	4.03%	5	4
$1010.00	Nov 27	$21.25	0.44	1.2%	2.13%	3.35%	1	16
$1000.00	Nov 20	$24.65	0.49	0.2%	2.47%	2.69%	447	1.7K
$1025.00	Nov 27	$15.55	0.37	2.7%	1.56%	4.28%	6	16
$1005.00	Nov 20	$22.00	0.47	0.7%	2.20%	2.93%	19	159
$1010.00	Nov 20	$20.00	0.43	1.2%	2.00%	3.23%	13	217
$1035.00	Nov 27	$12.60	0.32	3.7%	1.26%	4.99%	1	--
$1020.00	Nov 20	$15.85	0.38	2.2%	1.59%	3.81%	67	553

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 16,532

Total Puts 9,248

Put/Call Ratio 0.56

Net Difference 7,284

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 32,889

Total Puts 25,354

Put/Call Ratio 0.77

Net Difference 7,535

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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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

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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