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KSS

KOHLS CORP

$17.86 +1.02%

(8/26 10:35) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 11:00am) 25,887

Calls: 9,821 (38%)

Puts: 16,066 (62%)

Prior --

Calls: 14,764 (53%)

Puts: 13,143 (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -33.48% (Calls)

Puts: +22.24% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 166,563

Calls: 81,881 (49%)

Puts: 84,682 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 23,794

Calls: 11,697 (49%)

Puts: 12,097 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.79%

Calls: -16.04%

Puts: +32.81%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 11:00am) $1.18M

Calls: $749.6K (63%)

Puts: $431.8K (37%)

Prior --

Calls: $959.2K (53%)

Puts: $834.2K (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -21.85%

Puts: -48.24%

Prior 7-Day Total $11.26M

Calls: $7.16M (64%)

Puts: $4.10M (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average $1.61M

Calls: $1.02M (64%)

Puts: $586.3K (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -26.55%

Calls: -26.66%

Puts: -26.36%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 11:00am) 1.64

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior +63.59%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.60

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.30%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 11:00am) 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 7.56% | 9.91%13.83% | 18.31%

Prior 15.23% | 16.23%19.02% | 21.42%

Current vs Prior -50.36% | -38.94%-27.28% | -14.51%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -42.59% | -36.03%-27.28% | -14.51%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -50.36% | -38.94%-36.33% | -19.28%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 34.61% | 19.25%

Calls: 20.00% | 17.58%

Puts: 49.23% | 20.93%

Prior 5.88% | 10.53%

Calls: 5.56% | 13.91%

Puts: 6.20% | 7.14%

Current vs Prior +488.61% | +82.81%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.22% | 13.95%

Calls: 13.34% | 13.91%

Puts: 29.10% | 13.99%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +63.13% | +37.97%

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Moderately bullish flow with 63% call dollar volume ($749.6K). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.64 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 64% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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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

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:35	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:30	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:25	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:20	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 4 of results (avg 8.1%, best 6.6%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$15.00	Aug 28	2.77	2.97	$2.87	7.0%	57	1.00	123
$16.00	Aug 28	1.81	1.98	$1.90	8.9%	323	0.97	145
$17.50	Sep 18	1.15	1.27	$1.21	9.9%	73	0.57	1.8K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$19.00	Sep 18	1.77	1.89	$1.83	6.6%	166	0.63	909

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.69)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Sep 4	0.62	0.75	$0.69	18.8%	126	0.48	184
$20.50	Sep 18	0.27	0.31	$0.29	13.8%	10	0.20	113
$20.00	Sep 18	0.34	0.40	$0.37	16.2%	41	0.24	4.5K
$17.50	Sep 4	0.83	0.99	$0.91	17.6%	89	0.59	180
$18.50	Sep 18	0.71	0.85	$0.78	17.9%	94	0.42	230

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$17.50	Sep 18	0.88	0.99	$0.94	11.7%	125	0.43	1.0K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 49 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$15.00	Aug 28	2.77	2.97	$2.87	7.0%	57	1.00	123
$16.00	Aug 28	1.81	1.98	$1.90	8.9%	323	0.97	145
$15.00	Sep 4	1.98	3.15	$2.57	45.5%	3	0.95	66
$15.00	Sep 11	1.77	3.25	$2.51	59.0%	1	0.93	--
$16.50	Aug 28	1.20	1.72	$1.46	35.6%	380	0.90	64

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.50	Aug 28	2.60	3.55	$3.08	30.8%	1	0.93	4
$21.00	Sep 4	2.85	3.50	$3.18	20.4%	7	0.92	57
$20.00	Aug 28	2.00	2.55	$2.28	24.1%	3	0.90	59
$20.50	Sep 4	2.51	2.95	$2.73	16.1%	9	0.87	1
$21.00	Sep 18	3.25	5.20	$4.22	46.2%	1	0.85	50

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 99 active (total vol 23.6K, top 8.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Aug 28	0.30	0.51	$0.41	51.2%	3.4K	0.44	1.4K
$17.50	Aug 28	0.63	0.77	$0.70	20.0%	1.1K	0.60	389
$20.00	Aug 28	0.04	0.09	$0.07	71.4%	629	0.09	1.9K
$19.00	Sep 4	0.28	0.41	$0.35	37.1%	398	0.29	462
$16.50	Aug 28	1.20	1.72	$1.46	35.6%	380	0.90	64

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.00	Aug 28	0.04	0.07	$0.06	50.0%	8.4K	0.08	10.9K
$16.50	Aug 28	0.07	0.13	$0.10	60.0%	2.2K	0.15	1.7K
$14.50	Aug 28	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	788	0.02	3.8K
$15.00	Aug 28	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	766	0.04	3.9K
$17.00	Aug 28	0.16	0.23	$0.20	35.0%	569	0.25	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. 11 strikes (avg 55.5%, max 89.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$19.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	107.1%	60.8%	76.2%	272	2.7K
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	102.6%	61.2%	67.7%	199	815
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	92.3%	59.5%	55.0%	1.1K	2.2K
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	88.9%	60.2%	47.6%	369	275
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	93.1%	64.0%	45.4%	3.4K	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$19.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	107.1%	56.5%	89.5%	26	132
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	102.6%	61.2%	67.7%	19	95
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	92.3%	59.5%	55.0%	541	1.6K
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	88.9%	60.2%	47.6%	569	1.5K
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	93.1%	64.0%	45.4%	158	1.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 60 found (best R:R 3.00, avg 1.85)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$16.00	$17.00	Sep 11	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	83%	3.00	$16.25
$15.00	$16.00	Sep 4	$0.62	$0.38	$0.62	95%	0.61	$15.62
$17.00	$18.00	Oct 2	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	64%	2.12	$17.32
$16.00	$16.50	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	78%	1.00	$16.25
$17.00	$17.50	Sep 11	$0.18	$0.32	$0.18	65%	1.78	$17.18

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$20.00	$19.50	Sep 4	$0.32	$0.18	$0.32	84%	0.56	$19.68
$19.00	$18.50	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	63%	1.27	$18.78
$18.50	$18.00	Sep 11	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	61%	1.27	$18.28
$17.50	$17.00	Sep 18	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	43%	2.33	$17.35
$19.00	$18.00	Oct 2	$0.53	$0.47	$0.53	60%	0.89	$18.47

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 32 found (best R:R 0.59, avg 0.47)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$18.00	$20.00	Oct 2	$0.87	$0.87	$1.13	47%	0.77	$18.87
$18.00	$18.50	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	50%	1.17	$18.27
$20.50	$21.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	80%	0.28	$20.61
$19.50	$20.00	Sep 4	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	77%	0.28	$19.61
$19.50	$20.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	70%	0.39	$19.64

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$17.00	$16.00	Sep 11	$0.37	$0.37	$0.63	64%	0.59	$16.63
$16.00	$15.00	Sep 25	$0.29	$0.29	$0.71	74%	0.41	$15.71
$17.00	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.42	$0.42	$0.58	62%	0.72	$16.58
$16.50	$16.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$0.20	$0.30	70%	0.67	$16.30
$16.50	$16.00	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	78%	0.35	$16.37

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $0.22, cheapest $0.20)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.21	102.6%	68.5%
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.21	92.3%	65.2%
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.28	93.1%	68.4%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.20	102.6%	68.5%
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.20	92.3%	65.2%
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.21	93.1%	68.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 30 found (cheapest 5.94% of stock, avg 11.30%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$18.00	Aug 28	$0.41	$0.65	$1.06	$16.94	$19.06	5.94%
$17.50	Aug 28	$0.70	$0.39	$1.09	$16.41	$18.59	6.10%
$17.00	Aug 28	$1.01	$0.20	$1.21	$15.79	$18.21	6.77%
$18.50	Aug 28	$0.28	$0.99	$1.27	$17.23	$19.77	7.11%
$17.50	Sep 4	$0.91	$0.59	$1.50	$16.00	$19.00	8.40%
$19.00	Aug 28	$0.18	$1.33	$1.51	$17.49	$20.51	8.45%
$18.00	Sep 4	$0.69	$0.86	$1.55	$16.45	$19.55	8.68%
$16.50	Aug 28	$1.46	$0.10	$1.56	$14.94	$18.06	8.73%
$17.00	Sep 4	$1.21	$0.41	$1.62	$15.38	$18.62	9.07%
$18.50	Sep 4	$0.49	$1.19	$1.68	$16.82	$20.18	9.41%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 110 found (cheapest 0.73% of stock, avg 5.19%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$20.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.06	$0.13	$15.87	$20.13
$20.00	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.10	$0.17	$16.33	$20.17
$19.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.06	$0.17	$15.83	$19.67
$19.50	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.10	$0.21	$16.29	$19.71
$20.00	$15.50	Sep 4	$0.15	$0.10	$0.25	$15.25	$20.25
$19.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.18	$0.06	$0.24	$15.76	$19.24
$20.00	$16.00	Sep 4	$0.15	$0.14	$0.29	$15.71	$20.29
$19.00	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.18	$0.10	$0.28	$16.22	$19.28
$20.00	$17.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.20	$0.27	$16.73	$20.27
$19.50	$17.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.20	$0.31	$16.69	$19.81

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 9 found (best R:R 1.63, avg credit $0.28)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
16/16	20/21	Sep 18	$0.31	$0.19	51%	1.63	$16.19	$20.81
16/16	20/20	Sep 18	$0.34	$0.16	40%	2.12	$16.16	$19.84
16/16	20/21	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.27	58%	0.85	$15.77	$20.73
16/16	20/20	Sep 4	$0.24	$0.26	55%	0.92	$16.26	$19.74
16/16	19/20	Sep 11	$0.25	$0.25	50%	1.00	$15.75	$19.25
16/16	20/20	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.24	47%	1.08	$15.74	$19.76
16/17	20/20	Sep 4	$0.25	$0.25	46%	1.00	$16.75	$19.75
15/16	20/21	Sep 25	$0.44	$0.56	49%	0.79	$15.56	$20.44
16/17	18/19	Aug 28	$0.20	$0.30	43%	0.67	$16.80	$18.70

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 35 found (best R:R 15.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$17.00	$18.00	$19.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$0.92	26%	11.50
$18.00	$19.00	$20.00	Sep 25	$0.12	$0.88	23%	7.33
$18.00	$18.50	$19.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.44	19%	7.33
$18.50	$19.00	$19.50	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.45	15%	9.00
$19.00	$20.00	$21.00	Sep 25	$0.11	$0.89	18%	8.09

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$16.00	$17.00	$18.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	25%	15.67
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.43	30%	6.14
$15.00	$16.00	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.13	$0.87	24%	6.69
$17.00	$18.00	$19.00	Sep 25	$0.14	$0.86	24%	6.14
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.42	27%	5.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 48 found (best net $-0.38, 46 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$15.00	$16.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.53	$0.47
$17.50	$18.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.12	$0.38
$19.00	$20.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.17	$0.83
$18.00	$19.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.31	$0.69
$15.00	$16.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.93	$0.07

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$20.00	$19.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.38	$0.62
$17.00	$16.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.12	$0.88
$18.00	$17.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.13	$0.37
$18.50	$18.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.31	$0.19
$17.00	$16.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.13	$0.37

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 23 found (best yield 5.26%, avg 2.23%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$18.00	Sep 25	$0.94	0.48	0.8%	5.26%	6.05%	115	261
$19.00	Sep 25	$0.59	0.36	6.4%	3.30%	9.69%	3	55
$18.50	Sep 18	$0.71	0.42	3.6%	3.98%	7.56%	94	230
$18.00	Sep 18	$0.90	0.50	0.8%	5.04%	5.82%	57	373
$19.00	Sep 18	$0.55	0.36	6.4%	3.08%	9.46%	54	2.5K
$19.50	Sep 18	$0.44	0.30	9.2%	2.46%	11.65%	6	50
$20.00	Sep 18	$0.34	0.24	12.0%	1.90%	13.89%	41	4.5K
$21.00	Oct 2	$0.19	0.21	17.6%	1.06%	18.65%	1	3
$20.00	Sep 25	$0.28	0.25	12.0%	1.57%	13.55%	3	24
$20.50	Sep 18	$0.27	0.20	14.8%	1.51%	16.29%	10	113

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,821

Total Puts 16,066

Put/Call Ratio 1.64

Net Difference -6,245

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 81,881

Total Puts 84,682

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.60

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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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