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KSS

KOHLS CORP

$18.07 +2.21%

(8/26 11:00) ◀

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 (12:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 12:00pm) 32,147

Calls: 13,288 (41%)

Puts: 18,859 (59%)

Prior --

Calls: 14,764 (53%)

Puts: 13,143 (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -10.00% (Calls)

Puts: +43.49% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 170,390

Calls: 85,295 (50%)

Puts: 85,095 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 24,341

Calls: 12,185 (50%)

Puts: 12,156 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +32.07%

Calls: +9.05%

Puts: +55.14%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 12:00pm) $1.57M

Calls: $1.07M (68%)

Puts: $503.9K (32%)

Prior --

Calls: $959.2K (53%)

Puts: $834.2K (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +11.33%

Puts: -39.60%

Prior 7-Day Total $11.47M

Calls: $7.35M (64%)

Puts: $4.12M (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average $1.64M

Calls: $1.05M (64%)

Puts: $589.0K (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.11%

Calls: +1.69%

Puts: -14.45%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 12:00pm) 1.42

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior +41.93%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.48

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.35%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 12:00pm) 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

ℹ

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

Current 6.64% | 9.52%13.95% | 17.21%

Prior 15.23% | 16.23%19.02% | 21.42%

Current vs Prior -56.38% | -41.35%-26.67% | -19.64%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -49.56% | -38.56%-26.67% | -19.64%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -56.38% | -41.35%-35.79% | -24.12%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 24.83% | 21.69%

Calls: 17.31% | 13.16%

Puts: 32.35% | 30.21%

Prior 5.88% | 10.53%

Calls: 5.56% | 13.91%

Puts: 6.20% | 7.14%

Current vs Prior +322.28% | +105.98%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.22% | 13.95%

Calls: 13.34% | 13.91%

Puts: 29.10% | 13.99%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +17.03% | +55.46%

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Moderately bullish flow with 68% call dollar volume ($1.07M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.42 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 42% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

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
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 5 of results (avg 5.6%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.00	Aug 28	2.08	2.14	$2.11	2.8%	375	0.94	145
$15.00	Aug 28	3.05	3.15	$3.10	3.2%	58	0.97	123
$18.50	Sep 18	0.80	0.86	$0.83	7.2%	146	0.46	230
$17.00	Aug 28	1.15	1.26	$1.21	9.1%	381	0.84	199

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.00	Sep 18	2.34	2.47	$2.41	5.4%	25	0.72	496

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 13 found (avg $0.57, cheapest $0.31)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.50	Aug 28	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	452	0.38	585
$18.00	Aug 28	0.47	0.56	$0.52	17.3%	3.8K	0.54	1.4K
$18.50	Sep 4	0.54	0.60	$0.57	10.5%	85	0.43	76
$18.00	Sep 4	0.71	0.81	$0.76	13.2%	202	0.53	184
$18.50	Sep 11	0.62	0.74	$0.68	17.6%	10	0.45	99

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Aug 28	0.41	0.47	$0.44	13.6%	173	0.46	902
$16.50	Sep 4	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	65	0.17	40
$16.00	Sep 18	0.29	0.33	$0.31	12.9%	67	0.19	450
$17.00	Sep 18	0.56	0.63	$0.60	11.7%	73	0.31	947
$17.50	Sep 18	0.75	0.85	$0.80	12.5%	193	0.38	1.0K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 53 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$15.00	Sep 4	2.16	3.35	$2.76	43.1%	3	1.00	66
$15.00	Aug 28	3.05	3.15	$3.10	3.2%	58	0.97	123
$16.00	Aug 28	2.08	2.14	$2.11	2.8%	375	0.94	145
$15.00	Sep 11	1.92	3.45	$2.69	56.9%	1	0.92	--
$16.50	Aug 28	1.34	1.84	$1.59	31.4%	380	0.91	64

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$21.50	Aug 28	3.20	3.65	$3.43	13.1%	6	0.92	--
$20.50	Aug 28	2.15	2.61	$2.38	19.3%	1	0.92	4
$21.00	Sep 4	2.73	3.15	$2.94	14.3%	7	0.91	57
$20.00	Aug 28	1.79	2.14	$1.97	17.8%	5	0.90	59
$20.50	Sep 4	2.30	2.88	$2.59	22.4%	10	0.86	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 113 active (total vol 28.7K, top 9.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Aug 28	0.47	0.56	$0.52	17.3%	3.8K	0.54	1.4K
$17.50	Aug 28	0.74	0.91	$0.83	20.5%	1.1K	0.71	389
$20.00	Aug 28	0.05	0.07	$0.06	33.3%	958	0.10	1.9K
$19.00	Aug 28	0.16	0.20	$0.18	22.2%	526	0.25	2.7K
$18.50	Aug 28	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	452	0.38	585

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.00	Aug 28	0.02	0.06	$0.04	100.0%	9.0K	0.06	10.9K
$16.50	Aug 28	0.03	0.07	$0.05	80.0%	2.4K	0.09	1.7K
$14.50	Aug 28	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	881	0.02	3.8K
$15.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	813	0.03	3.9K
$17.50	Aug 28	0.15	0.26	$0.21	52.4%	702	0.29	579

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 52.8%, max 74.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	88.0%	55.1%	59.5%	598	815
$19.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	90.6%	57.7%	57.1%	528	2.7K
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	85.5%	55.8%	53.3%	3.8K	1.5K
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	83.9%	56.7%	48.0%	384	275
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	78.9%	58.4%	35.1%	1.2K	2.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$19.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	91.5%	52.5%	74.5%	7	93
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	88.0%	55.1%	59.5%	79	95
$19.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	90.6%	57.7%	57.1%	27	132
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	85.5%	55.8%	53.3%	173	1.1K
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	83.9%	56.7%	48.0%	624	1.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 54 found (best R:R 0.67, avg 1.50)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$15.00	$16.00	Sep 4	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	100%	0.67	$15.60
$15.00	$16.00	Sep 11	$0.53	$0.47	$0.53	92%	0.89	$15.53
$16.00	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	78%	1.33	$16.43
$15.00	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.64	$0.36	$0.64	87%	0.56	$15.64
$16.00	$17.00	Sep 11	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	85%	0.54	$16.65

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$18.50	$18.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.26	$0.24	62%	1.08	$18.26
$19.00	$18.50	Sep 4	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	67%	0.67	$18.70
$19.50	$19.00	Sep 18	$0.32	$0.18	$0.32	69%	0.56	$19.18
$18.50	$18.00	Sep 4	$0.26	$0.24	$0.26	57%	0.92	$18.24
$17.50	$17.00	Sep 11	$0.16	$0.34	$0.16	37%	2.13	$17.34

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 26 found (best R:R 1.00, avg 0.58)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$19.00	$19.50	Sep 4	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	67%	0.43	$19.15
$19.00	$19.50	Sep 18	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	61%	0.56	$19.18
$20.00	$20.50	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	72%	0.32	$20.12
$20.00	$21.00	Oct 2	$0.26	$0.26	$0.74	67%	0.35	$20.26
$18.50	$19.00	Sep 4	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	57%	0.56	$18.68

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$17.00	$16.50	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	69%	1.00	$16.75
$18.00	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	54%	1.00	$17.50
$18.00	$17.50	Sep 11	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	54%	1.17	$17.73
$18.00	$17.50	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	54%	1.17	$17.73
$17.00	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.31	$0.31	$0.69	67%	0.45	$16.69

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $0.26, cheapest $0.24)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.24	85.5%	63.1%
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.26	88.0%	67.1%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.26	85.5%	63.1%
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.28	88.0%	67.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 32 found (cheapest 5.31% of stock, avg 10.71%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$18.00	Aug 28	$0.52	$0.44	$0.96	$17.04	$18.96	5.31%
$18.50	Aug 28	$0.31	$0.68	$0.99	$17.51	$19.49	5.48%
$17.50	Aug 28	$0.83	$0.21	$1.04	$16.46	$18.54	5.76%
$19.00	Aug 28	$0.18	$1.07	$1.25	$17.75	$20.25	6.92%
$17.00	Aug 28	$1.21	$0.11	$1.32	$15.68	$18.32	7.30%
$18.00	Sep 4	$0.76	$0.70	$1.46	$16.54	$19.46	8.08%
$18.50	Sep 4	$0.57	$0.96	$1.53	$16.97	$20.03	8.47%
$19.50	Aug 28	$0.10	$1.50	$1.60	$17.90	$21.10	8.85%
$17.50	Sep 4	$1.17	$0.44	$1.61	$15.89	$19.11	8.91%
$16.50	Aug 28	$1.59	$0.05	$1.64	$14.86	$18.14	9.08%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 113 found (cheapest 0.55% of stock, avg 4.77%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$21.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.04	$0.10	$15.90	$21.10
$20.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.04	$0.10	$15.90	$20.10
$21.00	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.05	$0.11	$16.39	$21.11
$20.00	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.05	$0.11	$16.39	$20.11
$19.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.04	$0.14	$15.86	$19.64
$19.50	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.05	$0.15	$16.35	$19.65
$20.00	$17.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.11	$0.17	$16.83	$20.17
$21.00	$17.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.11	$0.17	$16.83	$21.17
$19.50	$17.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.11	$0.21	$16.79	$19.71
$20.50	$16.00	Sep 4	$0.14	$0.10	$0.24	$15.76	$20.74

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 4 found (best R:R 2.85, avg credit $0.38)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
16/17	20/20	Sep 18	$0.37	$0.13	42%	2.85	$16.63	$20.37
16/17	19/20	Sep 4	$0.26	$0.24	42%	1.08	$16.74	$19.26
16/17	20/21	Sep 25	$0.51	$0.49	37%	1.04	$16.49	$20.51
15/16	20/21	Sep 25	$0.39	$0.61	49%	0.64	$15.61	$20.39

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 42 found (best R:R 19.00, 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
$19.00	$20.00	$21.00	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.95	20%	19.00
$17.00	$18.00	$19.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$0.89	24%	8.09
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.43	30%	6.14
$18.50	$19.00	$19.50	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.45	23%	9.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$17.00	$18.00	$19.00	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.95	26%	19.00
$15.00	$16.00	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.12	$0.88	20%	7.33
$16.50	$17.00	$17.50	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.44	19%	7.33
$18.00	$18.50	$19.00	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.44	18%	7.33
$17.00	$18.00	$19.00	Oct 2	$0.15	$0.85	24%	5.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 50 found (best net $-0.29, 50 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$18.00	$19.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.29	$0.71
$18.00	$18.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.10	$0.40
$17.50	$18.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.21	$0.29
$20.00	$21.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.13	$0.87
$20.00	$21.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.17	$0.83

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$18.00	$17.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.22	$0.78
$17.00	$16.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.10	$0.90
$18.50	$18.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.20	$0.30
$19.00	$18.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.29	$0.21
$17.50	$17.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.10	$0.40

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 25 found (best yield 3.15%, avg 2.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$20.00	Oct 2	$0.57	0.33	10.7%	3.15%	13.84%	105	13
$19.00	Oct 2	$0.79	0.42	5.2%	4.37%	9.52%	2	4
$19.00	Sep 25	$0.68	0.40	5.2%	3.76%	8.91%	44	55
$21.00	Oct 2	$0.34	0.23	16.2%	1.88%	18.10%	1	3
$18.50	Sep 18	$0.80	0.46	2.4%	4.43%	6.81%	146	230
$19.00	Sep 18	$0.62	0.39	5.2%	3.43%	8.58%	86	2.5K
$20.00	Sep 25	$0.42	0.29	10.7%	2.32%	13.00%	20	24
$21.50	Sep 18	$0.14	0.23	19.0%	0.77%	19.76%	--	24
$20.00	Sep 18	$0.38	0.28	10.7%	2.10%	12.78%	293	4.5K
$21.00	Sep 25	$0.26	0.20	16.2%	1.44%	17.65%	--	37

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,288

Total Puts 18,859

Put/Call Ratio 1.42

Net Difference -5,571

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 85,295

Total Puts 85,095

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.48

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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