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KSS

KOHLS CORP

$17.61 -0.37%

(8/26 10:10) ◀

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 (10:15am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 10:15am) 20,726

Calls: 5,911 (29%)

Puts: 14,815 (71%)

Prior --

Calls: 14,764 (53%)

Puts: 13,143 (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -59.96% (Calls)

Puts: +12.72% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 155,579

Calls: 77,405 (50%)

Puts: 78,174 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 22,225

Calls: 11,057 (50%)

Puts: 11,167 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -6.75%

Calls: -46.54%

Puts: +32.66%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/26 10:15am) $864.8K

Calls: $465.7K (54%)

Puts: $399.1K (46%)

Prior --

Calls: $959.2K (53%)

Puts: $834.2K (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -51.44%

Puts: -52.17%

Prior 7-Day Total $10.68M

Calls: $6.66M (62%)

Puts: $4.02M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $1.53M

Calls: $951.2K (62%)

Puts: $574.2K (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.31%

Calls: -51.04%

Puts: -30.51%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 10:15am) 2.51

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior +150.63%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.67

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +50.07%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 10:15am) 187,787

Calls: 83,289 (44%)

Puts: 104,498 (56%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,280,606

Calls: 619,349 (48%)

Puts: 661,257 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 182,943

Calls: 88,478 (48%)

Puts: 94,465 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.65%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 6.98% | 10.62%15.05% | 18.29%

Prior 15.23% | 16.23%19.02% | 21.42%

Current vs Prior -54.13% | -34.57%-20.88% | -14.62%

Prior 7-Day Avg 13.17% | 15.49%19.02% | 21.42%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -46.95% | -31.45%-20.88% | -14.62%

Prior 7-Day Eod 15.23% | 16.23%21.72% | 22.68%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -54.13% | -34.57%-30.72% | -19.38%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 28.21% | 40.98%

Calls: 26.42% | 38.82%

Puts: 30.00% | 43.14%

Prior 5.88% | 10.53%

Calls: 5.56% | 13.91%

Puts: 6.20% | 7.14%

Current vs Prior +379.76% | +289.17%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.22% | 13.95%

Calls: 13.34% | 13.91%

Puts: 29.10% | 13.99%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +32.97% | +193.72%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.51 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 151% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:15	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:10	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:05	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:55	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:50	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	BEARISH
09:45	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	BEARISH
09:40	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 2 of results (avg 9.0%, best 8.7%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$15.00	Sep 18	2.64	2.88	$2.76	8.7%	106	0.88	2.1K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.00	Sep 18	0.41	0.45	$0.43	9.3%	33	0.25	450

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.67, cheapest $0.43)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.00	Sep 18	0.41	0.45	$0.43	9.3%	33	0.25	450
$17.00	Sep 25	0.82	1.00	$0.91	19.8%	3	0.41	32

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 47 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$15.00	Aug 28	2.46	2.78	$2.62	12.2%	57	1.00	123
$15.00	Sep 11	1.30	3.25	$2.28	85.5%	1	0.95	--
$16.00	Aug 28	1.55	1.92	$1.74	21.3%	292	0.93	145
$15.00	Sep 4	1.98	2.83	$2.41	35.3%	3	0.91	66
$15.00	Sep 18	2.64	2.88	$2.76	8.7%	106	0.88	2.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.50	Sep 4	2.80	3.10	$2.95	10.2%	9	0.98	1
$21.00	Sep 4	3.25	3.65	$3.45	11.6%	7	0.98	57
$20.00	Sep 4	2.24	3.35	$2.80	39.6%	10	0.94	12
$20.50	Aug 28	2.75	3.65	$3.20	28.1%	1	0.93	4
$20.00	Aug 28	2.20	3.10	$2.65	34.0%	1	0.92	59

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 91 active (total vol 18.8K, top 8.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Aug 28	0.27	0.45	$0.36	50.0%	1.0K	0.40	1.4K
$17.50	Aug 28	0.46	0.60	$0.53	26.4%	979	0.54	389
$20.00	Aug 28	0.03	0.07	$0.05	80.0%	391	0.08	1.9K
$19.00	Sep 4	0.15	0.33	$0.24	75.0%	351	0.25	462
$17.00	Aug 28	0.72	1.03	$0.88	35.2%	310	0.69	199

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.00	Aug 28	0.04	0.06	$0.05	40.0%	8.2K	0.09	10.9K
$16.50	Aug 28	0.09	0.14	$0.12	41.7%	2.0K	0.17	1.7K
$14.50	Aug 28	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	774	0.03	3.8K
$15.00	Aug 28	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	582	0.04	3.9K
$17.00	Aug 28	0.16	0.41	$0.28	89.3%	428	0.32	1.3K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 12 strikes (avg 49.9%, max 70.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	96.7%	57.8%	67.3%	147	815
$19.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	97.1%	61.3%	58.4%	129	2.7K
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	101.5%	65.2%	55.7%	1.0K	1.5K
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	96.4%	63.8%	51.0%	312	275
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	89.2%	60.9%	46.4%	1.0K	2.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$19.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	97.1%	57.0%	70.4%	24	132
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	97.3%	57.8%	68.2%	17	95
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	96.4%	63.8%	51.0%	428	1.5K
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	98.4%	65.2%	50.9%	118	1.1K
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	89.2%	60.9%	46.4%	469	1.6K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 41 found (best R:R 0.55, avg 2.16)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$15.00	$17.00	Sep 11	$1.29	$0.71	$1.29	95%	0.55	$16.29
$16.50	$17.00	Sep 4	$0.10	$0.40	$0.10	76%	4.00	$16.60
$16.00	$16.50	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	75%	3.55	$16.11
$17.00	$17.50	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	65%	2.85	$17.13
$19.00	$20.00	Sep 25	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	34%	7.33	$19.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$20.50	$20.00	Sep 4	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	98%	2.33	$20.35
$19.50	$19.00	Sep 4	$0.29	$0.21	$0.29	86%	0.72	$19.21
$17.50	$17.00	Sep 4	$0.14	$0.36	$0.14	44%	2.57	$17.36
$17.00	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	41%	2.57	$16.72
$18.00	$17.50	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.26	$0.24	61%	1.08	$17.76

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 25 found (best R:R 0.67, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$20.50	$21.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$0.20	$0.30	79%	0.67	$20.70
$18.00	$20.00	Oct 2	$0.87	$0.87	$1.13	47%	0.77	$18.87
$18.50	$19.00	Sep 4	$0.21	$0.21	$0.29	65%	0.72	$18.71
$19.00	$19.50	Sep 11	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	72%	0.47	$19.16
$20.00	$21.00	Oct 2	$0.25	$0.25	$0.75	71%	0.33	$20.25

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$15.50	$15.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$0.20	$0.30	79%	0.67	$15.30
$17.00	$16.00	Sep 11	$0.43	$0.43	$0.57	56%	0.75	$16.57
$17.00	$16.50	Sep 4	$0.22	$0.22	$0.28	65%	0.79	$16.78
$17.50	$17.00	Sep 18	$0.28	$0.28	$0.22	53%	1.27	$17.22
$17.00	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	68%	0.47	$16.84

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $0.23, cheapest $0.18)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.18	101.5%	61.7%
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.32	89.2%	66.3%
$17.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.10	96.4%	75.1%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.32	98.4%	61.7%
$17.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.24	96.4%	73.2%
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.20	89.2%	66.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 31 found (cheapest 5.62% of stock, avg 11.42%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$17.50	Aug 28	$0.53	$0.46	$0.99	$16.51	$18.49	5.62%
$18.00	Aug 28	$0.36	$0.70	$1.06	$16.94	$19.06	6.02%
$17.00	Aug 28	$0.88	$0.28	$1.16	$15.84	$18.16	6.59%
$16.50	Aug 28	$1.19	$0.12	$1.31	$15.19	$17.81	7.44%
$16.50	Sep 4	$1.08	$0.30	$1.38	$15.12	$17.88	7.84%
$18.50	Aug 28	$0.21	$1.26	$1.47	$17.03	$19.97	8.35%
$17.00	Sep 4	$0.98	$0.52	$1.50	$15.50	$18.50	8.52%
$17.50	Sep 4	$0.85	$0.66	$1.51	$15.99	$19.01	8.57%
$16.00	Sep 4	$1.36	$0.17	$1.53	$14.47	$17.53	8.69%
$18.00	Sep 4	$0.54	$1.02	$1.56	$16.44	$19.56	8.86%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 111 found (cheapest 0.45% of stock, avg 4.93%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$20.00	$15.50	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.03	$0.08	$15.42	$20.08
$20.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.05	$0.10	$15.90	$20.10
$19.50	$15.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.03	$0.10	$15.40	$19.60
$19.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.05	$0.12	$15.88	$19.62
$19.00	$15.50	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.03	$0.14	$15.36	$19.14
$19.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.05	$0.16	$15.84	$19.16
$20.00	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.12	$0.17	$16.33	$20.17
$19.50	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.12	$0.19	$16.31	$19.69
$19.00	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.12	$0.23	$16.27	$19.23
$20.00	$15.50	Sep 4	$0.08	$0.17	$0.25	$15.25	$20.25

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 8 found (best R:R 1.50, avg credit $0.34)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
15/16	20/20	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.20	53%	1.50	$15.20	$19.80
15/16	19/20	Sep 18	$0.32	$0.18	46%	1.78	$15.18	$19.32
16/17	19/20	Sep 4	$0.34	$0.16	40%	2.13	$16.66	$19.34
16/16	18/19	Sep 4	$0.34	$0.16	40%	2.12	$16.16	$18.84
16/16	19/20	Sep 11	$0.30	$0.20	46%	1.50	$15.70	$19.30
16/16	19/20	Sep 4	$0.25	$0.25	51%	1.00	$16.25	$19.25
15/16	20/21	Sep 25	$0.46	$0.54	45%	0.85	$15.54	$20.46
15/16	19/20	Sep 25	$0.37	$0.63	38%	0.59	$15.63	$19.37

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 38 found (best R:R 7.33, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$18.00	$19.00	$20.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.90	18%	9.00
$17.00	$18.00	$19.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.85	25%	5.67
$18.50	$19.00	$19.50	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.44	16%	7.33
$18.50	$19.00	$19.50	Sep 4	$0.09	$0.41	20%	4.56
$19.00	$19.50	$20.00	Sep 4	$0.08	$0.42	14%	5.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.44	29%	7.33
$16.00	$16.50	$17.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.41	23%	4.56
$16.00	$16.50	$17.00	Sep 4	$0.09	$0.41	19%	4.56
$17.00	$18.00	$19.00	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.79	24%	3.76
$15.00	$15.50	$16.00	Sep 11	$0.10	$0.40	11%	4.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 51 found (best net $-0.31, 47 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$15.00	$16.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.31	$0.69
$16.00	$17.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.39	$0.61
$15.00	$16.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.86	$0.14
$17.00	$17.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.18	$0.32
$20.00	$21.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.07	$0.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$19.00	$18.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.16	$0.84
$20.00	$19.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.59	$0.41
$18.50	$18.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.14	$0.36
$18.50	$18.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.18	$0.32
$18.00	$17.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.39	$0.61

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 18 found (best yield 2.50%, avg 1.81%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$19.00	Sep 25	$0.44	0.34	7.9%	2.50%	10.39%	1	55
$18.00	Sep 18	$0.73	0.46	2.2%	4.15%	6.36%	47	373
$19.00	Sep 18	$0.43	0.33	7.9%	2.44%	10.34%	35	2.5K
$18.50	Sep 18	$0.54	0.38	5.0%	3.07%	8.12%	74	230
$19.50	Sep 18	$0.32	0.26	10.7%	1.82%	12.55%	6	50
$18.00	Sep 25	$0.61	0.44	2.2%	3.46%	5.68%	57	261
$20.00	Sep 18	$0.25	0.21	13.6%	1.42%	14.99%	34	4.5K
$19.00	Sep 11	$0.29	0.28	7.9%	1.65%	9.54%	26	111
$18.50	Sep 4	$0.33	0.35	5.0%	1.87%	6.93%	58	76
$18.50	Sep 11	$0.32	0.32	5.0%	1.82%	6.87%	7	99

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,911

Total Puts 14,815

Put/Call Ratio 2.51

Net Difference -8,904

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,764

Total Puts 13,143

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference 1,621

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 77,405

Total Puts 78,174

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.67

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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