Tour v526
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HERSHEY CO
$186.46 -0.98%
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as of 08/21 06:37 PM
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/21) 1,308
Calls: 804 (61%)
Puts: 504 (39%)
Prior (08/20) 942
Calls: 484 (51%)
Puts: 458 (49%)
Current vs Prior +38.85%
Calls: +66.12% (Calls)
Puts: +10.04% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 14,803
Calls: 11,395 (77%)
Puts: 3,408 (23%)
Prior 7-Day Average 2,114
Calls: 1,627 (77%)
Puts: 486 (23%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -38.15%
Calls: -50.61%
Puts: +3.52%
Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/21) $406.7K
Calls: $258.7K (64%)
Puts: $148.0K (36%)
Prior (08/20) $322.8K
Calls: $242.4K (75%)
Puts: $80.4K (25%)
Current vs Prior +26.01%
Calls: +6.72%
Puts: +84.19%
Prior 7-Day Total $12.01M
Calls: $10.71M (89%)
Puts: $1.30M (11%)
Prior 7-Day Average $1.72M
Calls: $1.53M (89%)
Puts: $186.1K (11%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -76.30%
Calls: -83.09%
Puts: -20.44%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/21) 0.63
Prior (08/20) 0.95
Current vs Prior -33.75%
Prior 7-Day Average 0.97
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.12%
Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/21) 10,833
Calls: 6,526 (60%)
Puts: 4,307 (40%)
Prior (08/20) 11,792
Calls: 7,114 (60%)
Puts: 4,678 (40%)
Current vs Prior -8.13%
Prior 7-Day Total 87,823
Calls: 53,106 (60%)
Puts: 34,717 (40%)
Prior 7-Day Average 12,546
Calls: 7,586 (60%)
Puts: 4,959 (40%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.65%
Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 1.37% | 3.33%1.37% | 6.86%
Prior 2.03% | 3.55%2.03% | 6.88%
Current vs Prior +63.49% | +25.48%-32.76% | -0.18%
Prior 7-Day Avg 2.63% | 3.89%3.00% | 7.50%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +26.55% | +14.42%-54.48% | -8.53%
Prior 7-Day Eod 2.03% | 3.55%2.03% | 6.88%
Current vs 7-Day Eod +63.49% | +25.48%-32.76% | -0.18%
Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

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

Moderately bullish flow with 64% call dollar volume ($258.7K). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.63. P/C ratio dropping 34% - sentiment shifting bullish. Call-heavy open interest (6,526 calls vs 4,307 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

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 NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BULLISH
Prior NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
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 1 of results (avg 8.4%, best 8.4%)

CALLS (1)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$175.00Sep 1812.5013.60$13.058.4%10.82101
PUTS (0)
No puts meet the criteria

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. -- found (avg $--, cheapest $--)

No options available for this category

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 17 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 0.96)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$185.00Aug 210.751.95$1.3588.9%350.89647
$175.00Aug 2110.0012.00$11.0018.2%10.843
$175.00Sep 1812.5013.60$13.058.4%10.82101
$182.50Aug 213.204.50$3.8533.8%10.80--
$175.00Oct 213.4015.50$14.4514.5%10.791
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$195.00Aug 218.009.20$8.6014.0%70.96102
$190.00Aug 213.104.30$3.7032.4%550.8893
$187.50Aug 210.751.65$1.2075.0%1490.8613
$195.00Sep 189.5010.70$10.1011.9%370.7284
$190.00Aug 284.105.20$4.6523.7%20.712

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 73 active (total vol 1.1K, top 224)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$195.00Aug 280.150.55$0.35114.3%2240.1174
$190.00Sep 183.404.20$3.8021.1%1570.41306
$200.00Sep 181.051.50$1.2735.4%1330.18380
$185.00Aug 210.751.95$1.3588.9%350.89647
$190.00Aug 210.000.35$0.18194.4%210.12926
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$187.50Aug 210.751.65$1.2075.0%1490.8613
$190.00Aug 213.104.30$3.7032.4%550.8893
$195.00Sep 189.5010.70$10.1011.9%370.7284
$190.00Sep 186.207.20$6.7014.9%240.59100
$180.00Aug 210.002.15$1.08199.1%200.22155

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 2363.9%, max 3506.5%)

CALLS (1)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$180.00Aug 21Sep 18606.9%24.7%2358.1%12106
PUTS (3)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$175.00Aug 21Oct 2873.5%24.2%3506.5%227
$180.00Aug 21Oct 2606.9%25.0%2327.6%21158
$182.50Aug 21Sep 4335.3%24.6%1263.3%1225

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 40 found (best R:R 0.82, avg 8.18)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$180.00$190.00Sep 18$5.50$4.50$5.5071%0.82$185.50
$190.00$192.50Sep 4$0.60$1.90$0.6035%3.17$190.60
$195.00$200.00Aug 28$0.17$4.83$0.1711%28.41$195.17
$197.50$200.00Sep 4$0.14$2.36$0.1413%16.86$197.64
$195.00$200.00Sep 18$0.93$4.07$0.9328%4.38$195.93
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$175.00$170.00Oct 2$0.55$4.45$0.5521%8.09$174.45
$175.00$170.00Sep 11$0.30$4.70$0.3014%15.67$174.70
$187.50$185.00Sep 4$1.07$1.43$1.0754%1.34$186.43
$170.00$165.00Sep 25$0.35$4.65$0.3513%13.29$169.65
$160.00$150.00Sep 18$0.13$9.87$0.134%75.92$159.87

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 33 found (best R:R 0.11, avg 0.24)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$200.00$210.00Aug 21$1.00$1.00$9.0084%0.11$201.00
$190.00$200.00Sep 25$2.75$2.75$7.2558%0.38$192.75
$187.50$190.00Sep 4$1.10$1.10$1.4054%0.79$188.60
$192.50$195.00Sep 4$0.53$0.53$1.9774%0.27$193.03
$200.00$210.00Sep 18$0.82$0.82$9.1882%0.09$200.82
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$180.00$175.00Oct 2$1.62$1.62$3.3868%0.48$178.38
$175.00$160.00Aug 21$0.83$0.83$14.1784%0.06$174.17
$170.00$165.00Sep 18$0.40$0.40$4.6089%0.09$169.60
$180.00$175.00Sep 11$0.90$0.90$4.1074%0.22$179.10
$182.50$180.00Sep 4$0.72$0.72$1.7868%0.40$181.78

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 17 found (cheapest 0.69% of stock, avg 4.20%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$187.50Aug 21$0.08$1.20$1.28$186.22$188.780.69%
$185.00Aug 21$1.35$0.08$1.43$183.57$186.430.77%
$190.00Aug 21$0.18$3.70$3.88$186.12$193.882.08%
$182.50Aug 21$3.85$0.53$4.38$178.12$186.882.35%
$187.50Aug 28$1.98$2.97$4.95$182.55$192.452.65%
$185.00Aug 28$3.23$1.75$4.98$180.02$189.982.67%
$190.00Aug 28$1.15$4.65$5.80$184.20$195.803.11%
$182.50Aug 28$5.00$1.00$6.00$176.50$188.503.22%
$187.50Sep 4$3.13$3.90$7.03$180.47$194.533.77%
$180.00Aug 21$6.35$1.08$7.43$172.57$187.433.98%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 93 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 1.34%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$187.50$185.00Aug 21$0.08$0.08$0.16$184.84$187.66
$190.00$185.00Aug 21$0.18$0.08$0.26$184.74$190.26
$192.50$185.00Aug 21$0.18$0.08$0.26$184.74$192.76
$200.00$175.00Aug 28$0.18$0.18$0.36$174.64$200.36
$200.00$177.50Aug 28$0.18$0.28$0.46$177.04$200.46
$195.00$175.00Aug 28$0.35$0.18$0.53$174.47$195.53
$195.00$177.50Aug 28$0.35$0.28$0.63$176.87$195.63
$187.50$182.50Aug 21$0.08$0.53$0.61$181.89$188.11
$190.00$182.50Aug 21$0.18$0.53$0.71$181.79$190.71
$200.00$180.00Aug 28$0.18$0.53$0.71$179.29$200.71

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 27 found (best R:R 0.36, avg credit $0.96)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossPOPR:RBE LowBE High
175/178195/198Sep 4$0.66$1.8466%0.36$176.84$195.66
175/178192/195Sep 4$0.86$1.6458%0.52$176.64$193.36
180/182192/195Sep 4$1.25$1.2542%1.00$181.25$193.75
180/182195/198Sep 4$1.05$1.4550%0.72$181.45$196.05
175/178198/200Sep 4$0.47$2.0372%0.23$177.03$197.97
178/180192/195Sep 4$0.98$1.5251%0.64$179.02$193.48
178/180195/198Sep 4$0.78$1.7259%0.45$179.22$195.78
180/182198/200Sep 4$0.86$1.6455%0.52$181.64$198.36
178/180198/200Sep 4$0.59$1.9165%0.31$179.41$198.09
175/178192/195Aug 28$0.38$2.1273%0.18$177.12$192.88

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 32 found (best R:R 8.26, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$190.00$192.50$195.00Sep 4$0.07$2.4317%34.71
$185.00$187.50$190.00Aug 21$1.37$1.1377%0.82
$187.50$190.00$192.50Aug 28$0.31$2.1925%7.06
$185.00$187.50$190.00Aug 28$0.42$2.0831%4.95
$190.00$192.50$195.00Aug 28$0.24$2.2618%9.42
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$175.00$180.00$185.00Sep 18$0.54$4.4626%8.26
$165.00$170.00$175.00Sep 18$0.15$4.8512%32.33
$182.50$185.00$187.50Sep 4$0.14$2.3622%16.86
$185.00$190.00$195.00Sep 18$0.70$4.3029%6.14
$185.00$187.50$190.00Aug 21$1.38$1.1276%0.81

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 58 found (best net $-1.70, 45 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$175.00$180.001:2Aug 21-$1.70$3.30
$190.00$195.001:2Sep 18-$0.60$4.40
$180.00$182.501:2Aug 21-$1.35$1.15
$195.00$200.001:2Sep 18-$0.34$4.66
$185.00$187.501:2Aug 28-$0.73$1.77
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$190.00$185.001:2Sep 18-$1.30$3.70
$180.00$175.001:2Oct 2-$0.26$4.74
$185.00$180.001:2Sep 18-$0.76$4.24
$180.00$175.001:2Sep 18-$0.22$4.78
$187.50$185.001:2Aug 28-$0.53$1.97

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 17 found (best yield 1.98%, avg 0.75%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$190.00Sep 25$3.700.421.9%1.98%3.88%12
$190.00Sep 18$3.400.411.9%1.82%3.72%157306
$195.00Sep 18$2.050.284.6%1.10%5.68%4359
$200.00Sep 25$1.100.207.3%0.59%7.85%22
$190.00Sep 11$2.350.381.9%1.26%3.16%18
$200.00Sep 18$1.050.187.3%0.56%7.82%133380
$187.50Sep 4$2.750.460.6%1.47%2.03%56
$190.00Sep 4$1.800.351.9%0.97%2.86%816
$192.50Sep 4$1.100.273.2%0.59%3.83%74
$195.00Sep 4$0.650.184.6%0.35%4.93%116

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 804
Total Puts 504
Put/Call Ratio 0.63
Net Difference 300

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 484
Total Puts 458
Put/Call Ratio 0.95
Net Difference 26

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 11,395
Total Puts 3,408
Average Put/Call Ratio 0.97
Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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