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HERSHEY CO
$181.06 -1.72%
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as of 08/17 06:36 PM
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/17) 1,391
Calls: 429 (31%)
Puts: 962 (69%)
Prior (08/14) 1,204
Calls: 455 (38%)
Puts: 749 (62%)
Current vs Prior +15.53%
Calls: -5.71% (Calls)
Puts: +28.44% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 16,814
Calls: 13,038 (78%)
Puts: 3,776 (22%)
Prior 7-Day Average 2,402
Calls: 1,862 (78%)
Puts: 539 (22%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -42.09%
Calls: -76.97%
Puts: +78.34%
Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/17) $879.8K
Calls: $188.2K (21%)
Puts: $691.6K (79%)
Prior (08/14) $427.7K
Calls: $294.3K (69%)
Puts: $133.4K (31%)
Current vs Prior +105.67%
Calls: -36.06%
Puts: +418.32%
Prior 7-Day Total $12.85M
Calls: $12.01M (93%)
Puts: $841.6K (7%)
Prior 7-Day Average $1.84M
Calls: $1.72M (93%)
Puts: $120.2K (7%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -52.08%
Calls: -89.03%
Puts: +475.21%
Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/17) 2.24
Prior (08/14) 1.65
Current vs Prior +36.22%
Prior 7-Day Average 0.94
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +138.43%
Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/17) 11,794
Calls: 6,449 (55%)
Puts: 5,345 (45%)
Prior (08/14) 9,999
Calls: 4,879 (49%)
Puts: 5,120 (51%)
Current vs Prior +17.95%
Prior 7-Day Total 91,038
Calls: 54,493 (60%)
Puts: 36,545 (40%)
Prior 7-Day Average 13,005
Calls: 7,784 (60%)
Puts: 5,220 (40%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.31%
Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 3.04% | 4.14%3.04% | 7.43%
Prior 3.22% | 4.18%3.22% | 7.60%
Current vs Prior -5.46% | -0.90%-5.46% | -2.25%
Prior 7-Day Avg 3.07% | 4.30%4.28% | 8.33%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -0.76% | -3.63%-28.95% | -10.80%
Prior 7-Day Eod 3.22% | 4.18%3.22% | 7.60%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -5.46% | -0.90%-5.46% | -2.25%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 32.97% | 17.11%
Calls: 18.05% | 20.90%
Puts: 47.89% | 13.33%
Prior 32.97% | 17.11%
Calls: 18.05% | 20.90%
Puts: 47.89% | 13.33%
Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%
Prior 7-Day Avg 32.97% | 17.11%
Calls: 18.05% | 20.90%
Puts: 47.89% | 13.33%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Strong bearish conviction with 79% of dollar volume in puts ($691.6K) vs calls ($188.2K). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 106% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.24 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 36% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH
Retail Flow BEARISH
Overall BEARISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current NEUTRAL
Prior NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads
💰 Best Value Under $1
📊 High Delta (ITM)
🔥 High Volume
⏰ Backwardation
📈 Debit Spreads
📉 Credit Spreads
📅 Calendar Spreads
⚡ Straddles
🔀 Strangles
🦅 Iron Condors
🦋 Butterflies
⚖️ Ratio Spreads
🛡️ Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 5 of results (avg 8.2%, best 7.2%)

CALLS (2)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$180.00Sep 186.006.50$6.258.0%40.55--
$185.00Sep 183.904.30$4.109.8%170.41605
PUTS (3)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$200.00Sep 1818.7020.10$19.407.2%40.87--
$200.00Aug 2118.2019.60$18.907.4%61.0096
$180.00Sep 184.304.70$4.508.9%270.451.1K

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. 16 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$170.00Sep 1812.4013.90$13.1511.4%10.82--
$177.50Aug 213.905.00$4.4524.7%100.78--
$175.00Sep 117.809.40$8.6018.6%10.74--
$177.50Aug 284.806.00$5.4022.2%30.71--
$175.00Sep 188.8010.00$9.4012.8%20.70--
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$200.00Aug 2118.2019.60$18.907.4%61.0096
$190.00Aug 218.309.70$9.0015.6%20.94--
$200.00Sep 1818.7020.10$19.407.2%40.87--
$185.00Aug 214.105.10$4.6021.7%10.76--
$187.50Sep 47.108.60$7.8519.1%10.71--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 68 active (total vol 797, top 96)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$195.00Aug 210.050.20$0.13115.4%580.04253
$200.00Sep 180.801.05$0.9326.9%240.13258
$190.00Aug 210.050.35$0.20150.0%200.08921
$185.00Sep 183.904.30$4.109.8%170.41605
$195.00Sep 181.151.75$1.4541.4%170.19338
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$170.00Sep 181.201.55$1.3825.4%960.18251
$165.00Sep 180.650.80$0.7320.5%850.10179
$180.00Sep 42.703.60$3.1528.6%500.431
$177.50Aug 281.151.60$1.3832.6%470.2926
$175.00Aug 210.250.40$0.3345.5%320.12164

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 12.7%, max 21.9%)

CALLS (4)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$187.50Aug 21Aug 2831.2%25.6%21.9%18204
$180.00Aug 21Sep 1826.5%23.8%11.4%1698
$182.50Aug 21Aug 2827.6%24.9%10.8%1167
$185.00Aug 21Sep 1828.5%26.9%5.8%271.3K
PUTS (3)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$177.50Aug 21Aug 2827.2%23.3%16.8%5546
$180.00Aug 21Sep 1826.5%23.8%11.4%561.3K
$182.50Aug 21Aug 2827.6%24.9%10.8%624

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 39 found (best R:R 1.33, avg 5.31)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$180.00$185.00Sep 18$2.15$2.85$2.1555%1.33$182.15
$195.00$200.00Sep 18$0.52$4.48$0.5219%8.62$195.52
$185.00$187.50Aug 21$0.33$2.17$0.3325%6.58$185.33
$175.00$180.00Sep 18$3.15$1.85$3.1570%0.59$178.15
$190.00$195.00Sep 18$0.97$4.03$0.9728%4.15$190.97
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$177.50$175.00Aug 28$0.45$2.05$0.4529%4.56$177.05
$172.50$170.00Aug 28$0.15$2.35$0.1512%15.67$172.35
$170.00$165.00Aug 28$0.17$4.83$0.178%28.41$169.83
$177.50$175.00Aug 21$0.35$2.15$0.3523%6.14$177.15
$175.00$172.50Aug 21$0.18$2.32$0.1812%12.89$174.82

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 29 found (best R:R 0.12, avg 0.26)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$187.50$190.00Aug 21$0.25$0.25$2.2585%0.11$187.75
$185.00$190.00Sep 18$1.68$1.68$3.3259%0.51$186.68
$190.00$195.00Aug 28$0.40$0.40$4.6084%0.09$190.40
$182.50$185.00Aug 28$0.92$0.92$1.5855%0.58$183.42
$182.50$185.00Aug 21$0.72$0.72$1.7859%0.40$183.22
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$175.00$165.00Sep 4$1.10$1.10$8.9076%0.12$173.90
$175.00$165.00Sep 25$1.87$1.87$8.1369%0.23$173.13
$170.00$160.00Sep 11$0.70$0.70$9.3085%0.08$169.30
$180.00$175.00Sep 4$1.77$1.77$3.2357%0.55$178.23
$180.00$175.00Sep 11$1.85$1.85$3.1556%0.59$178.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $0.99, cheapest $0.91)

CALLS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$180.00Aug 21Aug 28$1.0726.5%23.4%
$182.50Aug 21Aug 28$1.0527.6%24.9%
PUTS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$180.00Aug 21Aug 28$0.9126.5%23.4%
$182.50Aug 21Aug 28$0.9227.6%24.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 13 found (cheapest 2.29% of stock, avg 4.58%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$180.00Aug 21$2.73$1.42$4.15$175.85$184.152.29%
$182.50Aug 21$1.50$2.78$4.28$178.22$186.782.36%
$177.50Aug 21$4.45$0.68$5.13$172.37$182.632.83%
$185.00Aug 21$0.78$4.60$5.38$179.62$190.382.97%
$180.00Aug 28$3.80$2.33$6.13$173.87$186.133.39%
$182.50Aug 28$2.55$3.70$6.25$176.25$188.753.45%
$177.50Aug 28$5.40$1.38$6.78$170.72$184.283.74%
$190.00Aug 21$0.20$9.00$9.20$180.80$199.205.08%
$175.00Sep 11$8.60$1.80$10.40$164.60$185.405.74%
$180.00Sep 18$6.25$4.50$10.75$169.25$190.755.94%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 72 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 1.42%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$192.50$172.50Aug 21$0.15$0.15$0.30$172.20$192.80
$190.00$172.50Aug 21$0.20$0.15$0.35$172.15$190.35
$192.50$175.00Aug 21$0.15$0.33$0.48$174.52$192.98
$190.00$175.00Aug 21$0.20$0.33$0.53$174.47$190.53
$195.00$170.00Aug 28$0.28$0.30$0.58$169.42$195.58
$187.50$172.50Aug 21$0.45$0.15$0.60$171.90$188.10
$195.00$172.50Aug 28$0.28$0.45$0.73$171.77$195.73
$187.50$175.00Aug 21$0.45$0.33$0.78$174.22$188.28
$195.00$165.00Sep 4$0.65$0.28$0.93$164.07$195.93
$192.50$177.50Aug 21$0.15$0.68$0.83$176.67$193.33

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 24 found (best R:R 0.52, avg credit $0.95)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossPOPR:RBE LowBE High
172/175188/190Aug 28$0.85$1.6557%0.52$174.15$188.35
172/175188/190Aug 21$0.43$2.0773%0.21$174.57$187.93
172/175185/188Aug 28$1.06$1.4447%0.74$173.94$186.06
175/178188/190Aug 21$0.60$1.9062%0.32$176.90$188.10
170/172188/190Aug 28$0.52$1.9865%0.26$171.98$188.02
170/172185/188Aug 28$0.73$1.7756%0.41$171.77$185.73
172/175185/188Aug 21$0.51$1.9963%0.26$174.49$185.51
175/178188/190Aug 28$0.82$1.6848%0.49$176.68$188.32
175/178185/188Aug 21$0.68$1.8253%0.37$176.82$185.68
175/178185/188Aug 28$1.03$1.4738%0.70$176.47$186.03

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 27 found (best R:R 9.64, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$180.00$185.00$190.00Sep 18$0.47$4.5327%9.64
$170.00$175.00$180.00Sep 18$0.60$4.4027%7.33
$185.00$187.50$190.00Aug 21$0.08$2.4217%30.25
$177.50$180.00$182.50Aug 21$0.49$2.0137%4.10
$180.00$182.50$185.00Aug 28$0.33$2.1725%6.58
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$160.00$165.00$170.00Sep 18$0.22$4.7813%21.73
$180.00$182.50$185.00Aug 21$0.46$2.0436%4.43
$172.50$175.00$177.50Aug 21$0.17$2.3317%13.71
$170.00$172.50$175.00Aug 21$0.08$2.4210%30.25
$170.00$175.00$180.00Sep 18$0.72$4.2827%5.94

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 55 found (best net $-0.20, 35 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$180.00$182.501:2Aug 21-$0.27$2.23
$185.00$190.001:2Sep 18-$0.74$4.26
$177.50$180.001:2Aug 21-$1.01$1.49
$182.50$185.001:2Aug 21-$0.06$2.44
$190.00$195.001:2Sep 18-$0.48$4.52
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$190.00$185.001:2Aug 21-$0.20$4.80
$180.00$175.001:2Sep 18-$0.66$4.34
$182.50$180.001:2Aug 21-$0.06$2.44
$175.00$170.001:2Sep 18-$0.18$4.82
$175.00$170.001:2Sep 11$0.00$5.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 15 found (best yield 2.15%, avg 0.60%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$185.00Sep 18$3.900.412.2%2.15%4.33%17605
$190.00Sep 18$2.100.284.9%1.16%6.10%14293
$195.00Sep 18$1.150.197.7%0.64%8.33%17338
$200.00Sep 25$0.650.1510.5%0.36%10.82%1--
$200.00Sep 18$0.800.1310.5%0.44%10.90%24258
$182.50Aug 28$2.150.450.8%1.19%1.98%726
$195.00Sep 11$0.550.157.7%0.30%8.00%2--
$185.00Aug 28$1.300.332.2%0.72%2.89%1297
$187.50Aug 28$0.750.233.6%0.41%3.97%6--
$195.00Sep 4$0.300.127.7%0.17%7.86%36

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 429
Total Puts 962
Put/Call Ratio 2.24
Net Difference -533

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 455
Total Puts 749
Put/Call Ratio 1.65
Net Difference -294

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 13,038
Total Puts 3,776
Average Put/Call Ratio 0.94
Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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