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iShares Russell 2000 ETF

$277.20 -0.18%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08) 2,216,257

Calls: 980,171 (44%)

Puts: 1,236,086 (56%)

Prior (10/07) 1,970,943

Calls: 790,698 (40%)

Puts: 1,180,245 (60%)

Current vs Prior +12.45%

Calls: +23.96% (Calls)

Puts: +4.73% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 12,853,711

Calls: 5,755,914 (45%)

Puts: 7,097,797 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,836,244

Calls: 822,273 (45%)

Puts: 1,013,971 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +20.70%

Calls: +19.20%

Puts: +21.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08) $328.27M

Calls: $106.71M (33%)

Puts: $221.56M (67%)

Prior (10/07) $208.52M

Calls: $48.78M (23%)

Puts: $159.73M (77%)

Current vs Prior +57.43%

Calls: +118.76%

Puts: +38.70%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.34B

Calls: $485.37M (36%)

Puts: $856.99M (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average $191.77M

Calls: $69.34M (36%)

Puts: $122.43M (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +71.18%

Calls: +53.90%

Puts: +80.97%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08) 1.26

Prior (10/07) 1.49

Current vs Prior -15.51%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.24

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.37%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08) 4,196,932

Calls: 1,358,017 (32%)

Puts: 2,838,915 (68%)

Prior (10/07) 3,995,772

Calls: 1,286,817 (32%)

Puts: 2,708,955 (68%)

Current vs Prior +5.03%

Prior 7-Day Total 23,965,416

Calls: 7,563,362 (32%)

Puts: 16,402,054 (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average 3,423,630

Calls: 1,080,480 (32%)

Puts: 2,343,150 (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +22.59%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/08) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/12)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.44% | 0.99%0.99% | 1.35%0.99% | 2.30%2.10% | 5.56%

Prior 0.94% | 1.25%0.36% | 1.25%1.25% | 2.43%2.23% | 5.64%

Current vs Prior -52.97% | -20.61%+172.78% | +7.69%-20.60% | -5.17%-5.81% | -1.55%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.01% | 1.35%0.61% | 1.34%1.25% | 2.42%2.72% | 5.82%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -56.15% | -26.34%+62.11% | +0.17%-20.78% | -4.89%-22.77% | -4.60%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.46% | 1.00%0.36% | 1.25%1.25% | 2.43%2.23% | 5.64%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -3.19% | -0.41%+172.78% | +7.69%-20.60% | -5.17%-5.81% | -1.55%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 3.10% | 1.46%

Calls: 2.70% | 1.56%

Puts: 3.49% | 1.36%

Prior 2.33% | 1.43%

Calls: 2.01% | 1.52%

Puts: 2.65% | 1.34%

Current vs Prior +33.05% | +2.10%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.40% | 3.14%

Calls: 3.84% | 3.83%

Puts: 3.02% | 3.14%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -8.90% | -53.46%

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Moderately bearish flow with 67% put dollar volume ($221.56M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 57% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (71% higher). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.26 indicates protective positioning.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 1,127 of results (avg 2.5%, best 0.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Nov 20	34.20	34.33	$34.27	0.4%	--	0.91	216
$250.00	Nov 20	29.51	29.65	$29.58	0.5%	--	0.89	4.1K
$249.00	Nov 20	30.43	30.58	$30.51	0.5%	8	0.90	--
$252.00	Nov 20	27.67	27.81	$27.74	0.5%	2	0.88	4
$273.00	Oct 16	5.79	5.82	$5.81	0.5%	262	0.72	273

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$324.00	Oct 8	46.71	46.94	$46.83	0.5%	32	1.00	--
$278.00	Oct 12	1.95	1.96	$1.96	0.5%	677	0.57	1.3K
$329.00	Oct 9	51.66	51.94	$51.80	0.5%	1	1.00	--
$325.00	Oct 8	47.66	47.94	$47.80	0.6%	31	1.00	--
$330.00	Nov 20	52.63	52.95	$52.79	0.6%	227	0.99	56

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 363 found (avg $0.38, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$278.00	Oct 8	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	117.3K	0.15	2.9K
$277.00	Oct 8	0.36	0.37	$0.37	2.7%	170.1K	0.65	1.2K
$282.00	Oct 9	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	4.3K	0.06	4.0K
$281.00	Oct 9	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	5.6K	0.10	4.5K
$280.00	Oct 9	0.25	0.26	$0.26	3.8%	45.4K	0.17	8.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$277.00	Oct 8	0.15	0.16	$0.16	6.3%	56.5K	0.35	4.6K
$278.00	Oct 8	0.84	0.87	$0.86	3.5%	7.7K	0.85	1.4K
$273.00	Oct 9	0.11	0.12	$0.12	8.3%	12.4K	0.08	8.2K
$272.00	Oct 9	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	5.4K	0.05	11.8K
$274.00	Oct 9	0.20	0.21	$0.21	4.8%	11.8K	0.13	5.5K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 565 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Oct 8	17.06	17.34	$17.20	1.6%	14	1.00	9
$261.00	Oct 8	16.06	16.34	$16.20	1.7%	5	1.00	--
$263.00	Oct 8	14.06	14.30	$14.18	1.7%	1	1.00	--
$264.00	Oct 8	13.06	13.29	$13.18	1.7%	4	1.00	4
$265.00	Oct 8	12.06	12.31	$12.19	2.1%	33	1.00	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$284.00	Oct 9	6.72	6.85	$6.79	1.9%	2.2K	1.00	1.4K
$285.00	Oct 9	7.73	7.85	$7.79	1.5%	3.8K	1.00	786
$286.00	Oct 9	8.73	8.84	$8.79	1.3%	2.7K	1.00	541
$287.00	Oct 9	9.72	9.85	$9.79	1.3%	923	1.00	180
$287.50	Oct 9	10.22	10.33	$10.28	1.1%	818	1.00	160

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,303 active (total vol 2.2M, top 170.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$277.00	Oct 8	0.36	0.37	$0.37	2.7%	170.1K	0.65	1.2K
$276.00	Oct 8	1.19	1.24	$1.21	4.1%	134.0K	0.94	341
$278.00	Oct 8	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	117.3K	0.15	2.9K
$280.00	Oct 9	0.25	0.26	$0.26	3.8%	45.4K	0.17	8.3K
$275.00	Oct 8	2.07	2.36	$2.22	13.1%	44.3K	1.00	202

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Oct 8	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	159.9K	0.01	3.3K
$276.00	Oct 8	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	132.7K	0.05	2.0K
$274.00	Oct 8	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	80.3K	0.01	5.2K
$277.00	Oct 8	0.15	0.16	$0.16	6.3%	56.5K	0.35	4.6K
$269.00	Oct 16	0.61	0.63	$0.62	3.2%	55.3K	0.15	73.0K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 2 strikes (avg 14.1%, max 14.1%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$277.00	Oct 8	Nov 20	20.5%	18.0%	14.1%	170.3K	1.4K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$277.00	Oct 8	Nov 20	20.5%	18.0%	14.1%	56.9K	6.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 467 found (best R:R 19.83, avg 3.59)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$296.00	$297.00	Nov 20	$0.14	$0.86	$0.14	16%	6.14	$296.14
$296.00	$297.00	Nov 13	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	13%	7.33	$296.12
$299.00	$300.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	12%	8.09	$299.11
$300.00	$301.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$0.90	$0.10	11%	9.00	$300.10
$287.00	$287.50	Nov 6	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	26%	2.85	$287.13

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$250.00	$245.00	Nov 13	$0.24	$4.76	$0.24	9%	19.83	$249.76
$245.00	$240.00	Nov 13	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	6%	30.25	$244.84
$250.00	$245.00	Nov 6	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	7%	26.78	$249.82
$240.00	$235.00	Nov 20	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	6%	32.33	$239.85
$283.00	$280.00	Oct 22	$2.00	$1.00	$2.00	73%	0.50	$281.00

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 341 found (best R:R 0.15, avg 0.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$285.00	$290.00	Oct 22	$0.67	$0.67	$4.33	80%	0.15	$285.67
$290.00	$300.00	Oct 22	$0.26	$0.26	$9.74	92%	0.03	$290.26
$278.00	$279.00	Oct 30	$0.53	$0.53	$0.47	51%	1.13	$278.53
$278.00	$279.00	Nov 20	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	51%	1.17	$278.54
$278.00	$279.00	Nov 6	$0.53	$0.53	$0.47	51%	1.13	$278.53

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$277.00	$276.00	Oct 8	$0.14	$0.14	$0.86	65%	0.16	$276.86
$275.00	$274.00	Oct 9	$0.15	$0.15	$0.85	79%	0.18	$274.85
$276.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$0.24	$0.24	$0.76	68%	0.32	$275.76
$273.00	$272.00	Oct 12	$0.12	$0.12	$0.88	84%	0.14	$272.88
$275.00	$274.00	Oct 12	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	71%	0.30	$274.77

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $0.89, cheapest $0.80)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$277.00	Oct 8	Oct 9	$0.91	20.5%	18.5%
$277.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$1.09	17.2%	17.8%
$282.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	$1.05	17.2%	18.5%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$277.00	Oct 8	Oct 9	$0.80	20.5%	18.5%
$272.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$0.66	18.9%	19.0%
$277.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$0.88	17.2%	17.8%
$282.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	$0.84	17.2%	18.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 512 found (cheapest 0.19% of stock, avg 4.42%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$277.00	Oct 8	$0.37	$0.16	$0.53	$276.47	$277.53	0.19%
$278.00	Oct 8	$0.06	$0.86	$0.92	$277.08	$278.92	0.33%
$276.00	Oct 8	$1.21	$0.02	$1.23	$274.77	$277.23	0.44%
$279.00	Oct 8	$0.02	$1.82	$1.84	$277.16	$280.84	0.66%
$275.00	Oct 8	$2.22	$0.01	$2.23	$272.77	$277.23	0.80%
$277.00	Oct 9	$1.28	$0.96	$2.24	$274.76	$279.24	0.81%
$278.00	Oct 9	$0.79	$1.47	$2.26	$275.74	$280.26	0.82%
$276.00	Oct 9	$1.92	$0.60	$2.52	$273.48	$278.52	0.91%
$279.00	Oct 9	$0.46	$2.13	$2.59	$276.41	$281.59	0.93%
$280.00	Oct 8	$0.02	$2.81	$2.83	$277.17	$282.83	1.02%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 376 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 1.95%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$282.00	$273.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.12	$0.20	$272.80	$282.20
$281.00	$273.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$0.12	$0.26	$272.74	$281.26
$278.00	$277.00	Oct 8	$0.06	$0.16	$0.22	$276.78	$278.22
$282.00	$274.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.21	$0.29	$273.71	$282.29
$281.00	$274.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$0.21	$0.35	$273.65	$281.35
$280.00	$273.00	Oct 9	$0.26	$0.12	$0.38	$272.62	$280.38
$280.00	$274.00	Oct 9	$0.26	$0.21	$0.47	$273.53	$280.47
$282.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.36	$0.44	$274.56	$282.44
$281.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$0.36	$0.50	$274.50	$281.50
$280.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$0.26	$0.36	$0.62	$274.38	$280.62

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 405 found (best R:R 0.85, avg credit $0.43)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
255/256	286/287	Nov 20	$0.46	$0.54	52%	0.85	$255.54	$286.46
255/256	287/288	Nov 20	$0.44	$0.56	54%	0.79	$255.56	$287.44
266/267	281/282	Oct 22	$0.48	$0.52	50%	0.92	$266.52	$281.48
259/260	284/285	Nov 6	$0.46	$0.54	52%	0.85	$259.54	$284.46
267/268	281/282	Oct 22	$0.50	$0.50	47%	1.00	$267.50	$281.50
260/261	284/285	Nov 6	$0.47	$0.53	50%	0.89	$260.53	$284.47
257/258	285/286	Nov 13	$0.46	$0.54	51%	0.85	$257.54	$285.46
259/260	285/286	Nov 13	$0.48	$0.52	49%	0.92	$259.52	$285.48
262/263	286/287	Nov 20	$0.53	$0.47	44%	1.13	$262.47	$286.53
262/263	287/288	Nov 20	$0.51	$0.49	46%	1.04	$262.49	$287.51

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 162 found (best R:R 65.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$240.00	$250.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$9.85	8%	65.67
$277.00	$278.00	$279.00	Oct 8	$0.27	$0.73	61%	2.70
$276.00	$277.00	$278.00	Oct 8	$0.53	$0.47	80%	0.89
$275.00	$276.00	$277.00	Oct 8	$0.17	$0.83	35%	4.88
$274.00	$275.00	$276.00	Oct 12	$0.06	$0.94	16%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$277.00	$278.00	$279.00	Oct 8	$0.26	$0.74	61%	2.85
$276.00	$277.00	$278.00	Oct 8	$0.56	$0.44	80%	0.79
$275.00	$276.00	$277.00	Oct 8	$0.13	$0.87	34%	6.69
$275.00	$276.00	$277.00	Oct 13	$0.06	$0.94	16%	15.67
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$4.94	3%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 453 found (best net $-1.63, 439 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$250.00	$263.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$1.63	$11.37
$250.00	$260.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$8.35	$1.65
$275.00	$276.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.20	$0.80
$267.50	$272.00	1:2	Oct 20	-$3.20	$1.30
$278.00	$279.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.13	$0.87

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$291.00	$285.00	1:2	Oct 21	-$2.90	$3.10
$305.00	$295.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$7.78	$2.22
$265.00	$260.00	1:2	Oct 22	-$0.06	$4.94
$280.00	$279.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.83	$0.17
$277.00	$276.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.24	$0.76

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 236 found (best yield 2.75%, avg 0.63%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$278.00	Nov 20	$7.61	0.49	0.3%	2.75%	3.03%	513	146
$279.00	Nov 20	$7.07	0.48	0.7%	2.55%	3.20%	208	410
$280.00	Nov 20	$6.55	0.46	1.0%	2.36%	3.37%	2.6K	5.9K
$281.00	Nov 20	$6.06	0.44	1.4%	2.19%	3.56%	206	1.2K
$282.00	Nov 20	$5.59	0.42	1.7%	2.02%	3.75%	97	1.5K
$283.00	Nov 20	$5.15	0.40	2.1%	1.86%	3.95%	110	1.3K
$284.00	Nov 20	$4.73	0.38	2.5%	1.71%	4.16%	744	6.7K
$277.50	Nov 13	$7.11	0.50	0.1%	2.56%	2.67%	8	23
$278.00	Nov 13	$6.83	0.49	0.3%	2.46%	2.75%	41	710
$279.00	Nov 13	$6.31	0.47	0.7%	2.28%	2.93%	13	133

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 980,171

Total Puts 1,236,086

Put/Call Ratio 1.26

Net Difference -255,915

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 790,698

Total Puts 1,180,245

Put/Call Ratio 1.49

Net Difference -389,547

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 5,755,914

Total Puts 7,097,797

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.24

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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