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KSS

KOHLS CORP

$17.72 +0.23%

(8/26 12:00) ◀

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 (1:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 1:00pm) 38,290

Calls: 18,737 (49%)

Puts: 19,553 (51%)

Prior --

Calls: 14,764 (53%)

Puts: 13,143 (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +26.91% (Calls)

Puts: +48.77% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 178,314

Calls: 90,128 (51%)

Puts: 88,186 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 25,473

Calls: 12,875 (51%)

Puts: 12,598 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +50.31%

Calls: +45.53%

Puts: +55.21%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 1:00pm) $1.89M

Calls: $1.23M (65%)

Puts: $664.3K (35%)

Prior --

Calls: $959.2K (53%)

Puts: $834.2K (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +27.80%

Puts: -20.38%

Prior 7-Day Total $11.94M

Calls: $7.72M (65%)

Puts: $4.22M (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average $1.71M

Calls: $1.10M (65%)

Puts: $603.3K (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +10.82%

Calls: +11.21%

Puts: +10.10%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 1:00pm) 1.04

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior +4.36%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.42

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -26.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 1:00pm) 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 7.34% | 9.09%12.64% | 16.87%

Prior 15.23% | 16.23%19.02% | 21.42%

Current vs Prior -51.82% | -44.02%-33.53% | -21.21%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -44.28% | -41.35%-33.53% | -21.21%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -51.82% | -44.02%-41.80% | -25.60%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 45.00% | 14.91%

Calls: 50.00% | 15.00%

Puts: 40.00% | 14.81%

Prior 5.88% | 10.53%

Calls: 5.56% | 13.91%

Puts: 6.20% | 7.14%

Current vs Prior +665.31% | +41.60%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.22% | 13.95%

Calls: 13.34% | 13.91%

Puts: 29.10% | 13.99%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +112.10% | +6.87%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($1.23M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.04.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall MIXED

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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
13:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
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 6 of results (avg 8.7%, best 7.9%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$15.00	Aug 28	2.67	2.89	$2.78	7.9%	58	0.97	123
$16.00	Sep 25	2.08	2.26	$2.17	8.3%	22	0.75	8
$17.00	Sep 4	1.07	1.17	$1.12	8.9%	23	0.69	29

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$19.50	Sep 18	2.15	2.33	$2.24	8.0%	2	0.72	84
$19.00	Sep 25	1.88	2.06	$1.97	9.1%	--	0.64	27
$19.00	Sep 11	1.64	1.81	$1.73	9.8%	3	0.70	27

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 13 found (avg $0.74, cheapest $0.96)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$17.00	Aug 28	0.87	1.04	$0.96	17.7%	403	0.78	199
$17.50	Sep 4	0.74	0.86	$0.80	15.0%	127	0.58	180
$19.50	Sep 18	0.38	0.46	$0.42	19.0%	6	0.27	50
$19.00	Sep 18	0.50	0.58	$0.54	14.8%	88	0.33	2.5K
$17.50	Sep 11	0.84	1.00	$0.92	17.4%	158	0.55	222

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Sep 4	0.75	0.87	$0.81	14.8%	12	0.54	64
$16.50	Sep 18	0.49	0.57	$0.53	15.1%	2	0.30	23
$17.00	Sep 18	0.66	0.76	$0.71	14.1%	73	0.38	947
$17.50	Sep 18	0.89	1.00	$0.95	11.6%	197	0.46	1.0K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 53 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 0.99)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$15.00	Aug 28	2.67	2.89	$2.78	7.9%	58	0.97	123
$15.00	Sep 4	2.27	3.55	$2.91	44.0%	3	0.95	66
$16.00	Aug 28	1.68	2.51	$2.09	39.7%	376	0.94	145
$15.00	Sep 11	1.92	4.20	$3.06	74.5%	1	0.91	--
$15.00	Sep 18	2.68	3.50	$3.09	26.5%	159	0.89	2.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.00	Aug 28	1.99	2.55	$2.27	24.7%	10	0.99	59
$20.50	Aug 28	2.35	4.55	$3.45	63.8%	1	0.99	4
$19.50	Aug 28	1.24	2.13	$1.69	52.7%	5	0.98	9
$21.00	Aug 28	2.85	3.45	$3.15	19.0%	4	0.97	3
$21.00	Sep 4	3.00	3.50	$3.25	15.4%	7	0.91	57

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 112 active (total vol 34.0K, top 9.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Aug 28	0.30	0.48	$0.39	46.2%	6.7K	0.46	1.4K
$20.00	Sep 18	0.29	0.37	$0.33	24.2%	1.3K	0.22	4.5K
$17.50	Aug 28	0.52	0.87	$0.70	50.0%	1.2K	0.62	389
$20.00	Aug 28	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	1.0K	0.07	1.9K
$19.00	Aug 28	0.08	0.16	$0.12	66.7%	544	0.19	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.00	Aug 28	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	9.0K	0.07	10.9K
$16.50	Aug 28	0.05	0.14	$0.10	90.0%	2.4K	0.14	1.7K
$14.50	Aug 28	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	909	0.01	3.8K
$15.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	819	0.03	3.9K
$17.50	Aug 28	0.24	0.49	$0.37	67.6%	777	0.39	579

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 51.5%, max 69.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	94.8%	55.9%	69.5%	1.3K	2.2K
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	87.8%	54.8%	60.3%	406	275
$19.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	89.8%	58.7%	52.9%	546	2.7K
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	86.4%	56.7%	52.2%	6.7K	1.5K
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	74.5%	60.3%	23.5%	673	815

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	94.8%	55.9%	69.5%	974	1.6K
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	87.8%	54.8%	60.3%	639	1.5K
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	86.4%	56.7%	52.2%	219	1.1K
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	74.5%	60.3%	23.5%	94	95

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 54 found (best R:R 1.38, avg 1.72)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$15.00	$16.00	Sep 4	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	96%	1.38	$15.42
$15.00	$16.00	Sep 11	$0.49	$0.51	$0.49	91%	1.04	$15.49
$17.00	$17.50	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.24	$0.26	78%	0.92	$17.26
$18.00	$19.00	Oct 2	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	49%	2.03	$18.33
$18.00	$19.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	48%	2.13	$18.32

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$21.00	$20.50	Sep 4	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	91%	1.27	$20.78
$19.50	$19.00	Aug 28	$0.27	$0.23	$0.27	98%	0.85	$19.23
$18.50	$18.00	Aug 28	$0.32	$0.18	$0.32	77%	0.56	$18.18
$18.00	$17.50	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	53%	1.27	$17.78
$18.00	$17.50	Aug 28	$0.23	$0.27	$0.23	56%	1.17	$17.77

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 27 found (best R:R 0.43, avg 0.46)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$18.00	$18.50	Aug 28	$0.23	$0.23	$0.27	54%	0.85	$18.23
$18.00	$18.50	Sep 4	$0.19	$0.19	$0.31	54%	0.61	$18.19
$18.50	$19.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	60%	0.47	$18.66
$18.50	$19.00	Sep 11	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	63%	0.39	$18.64
$18.50	$19.00	Sep 4	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	65%	0.32	$18.62

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$15.50	$15.00	Sep 4	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	86%	0.43	$15.35
$16.00	$15.00	Sep 25	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	75%	0.30	$15.77
$17.50	$17.00	Aug 28	$0.20	$0.20	$0.30	61%	0.67	$17.30
$17.00	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.33	$0.33	$0.67	62%	0.49	$16.67
$16.50	$16.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	70%	0.47	$16.34

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $0.17, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.10	94.8%	59.2%
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.18	86.4%	61.9%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.18	94.8%	59.2%
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.21	86.4%	61.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 34 found (cheapest 5.59% of stock, avg 11.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$18.00	Aug 28	$0.39	$0.60	$0.99	$17.01	$18.99	5.59%
$17.50	Aug 28	$0.70	$0.37	$1.07	$16.43	$18.57	6.04%
$18.50	Aug 28	$0.16	$0.92	$1.08	$17.42	$19.58	6.09%
$17.00	Aug 28	$0.96	$0.17	$1.13	$15.87	$18.13	6.38%
$17.50	Sep 4	$0.80	$0.55	$1.35	$16.15	$18.85	7.62%
$18.00	Sep 4	$0.57	$0.81	$1.38	$16.62	$19.38	7.79%
$17.00	Sep 4	$1.12	$0.37	$1.49	$15.51	$18.49	8.41%
$18.50	Sep 4	$0.38	$1.14	$1.52	$16.98	$20.02	8.58%
$16.50	Aug 28	$1.44	$0.10	$1.54	$14.96	$18.04	8.69%
$19.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$1.42	$1.54	$17.46	$20.54	8.69%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 111 found (cheapest 0.45% of stock, avg 4.61%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$20.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$15.92	$20.08
$19.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.04	$0.09	$15.91	$19.59
$20.00	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.04	$0.10	$0.14	$16.36	$20.14
$19.50	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.10	$0.15	$16.35	$19.65
$19.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.04	$0.16	$15.84	$19.16
$19.00	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.10	$0.22	$16.28	$19.22
$18.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.16	$0.04	$0.20	$15.80	$18.70
$20.00	$17.00	Aug 28	$0.04	$0.17	$0.21	$16.79	$20.21
$19.50	$17.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.17	$0.22	$16.78	$19.72
$20.00	$16.00	Sep 4	$0.14	$0.14	$0.28	$15.72	$20.28

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 5 found (best R:R 1.17, avg credit $0.28)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
15/16	18/19	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.23	51%	1.17	$15.23	$18.77
16/16	19/20	Sep 18	$0.28	$0.22	37%	1.27	$16.22	$19.28
16/16	19/20	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.27	44%	0.85	$15.77	$19.23
16/17	18/19	Sep 4	$0.25	$0.25	34%	1.00	$16.75	$18.75
15/16	20/21	Sep 25	$0.36	$0.64	50%	0.56	$15.64	$20.36

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 47 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$18.00	$19.00	$20.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$0.92	23%	11.50
$18.00	$19.00	$20.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$0.93	21%	13.29
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.42	35%	5.25
$16.00	$17.00	$18.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.85	27%	5.67
$18.50	$19.00	$19.50	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.45	16%	9.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$18.00	$19.00	$20.00	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.95	22%	19.00
$15.00	$16.00	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.90	23%	9.00
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.41	38%	4.56
$16.50	$17.00	$17.50	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.45	20%	9.00
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Sep 4	$0.07	$0.43	23%	6.14

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 63 found (best net $-0.08, 60 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$17.50	$18.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.08	$0.42
$19.00	$20.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.18	$0.82
$17.00	$18.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.46	$0.54
$20.00	$21.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.05	$0.95
$18.00	$19.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.34	$0.66

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$17.00	$16.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.15	$0.85
$18.00	$17.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.31	$0.69
$18.00	$17.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.14	$0.36
$18.50	$18.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.28	$0.22
$18.00	$17.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.42	$0.58

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 30 found (best yield 4.06%, avg 2.09%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$19.00	Oct 2	$0.72	0.38	7.2%	4.06%	11.29%	2	4
$18.00	Oct 2	$0.98	0.49	1.6%	5.53%	7.11%	--	104
$20.00	Oct 2	$0.44	0.28	12.9%	2.48%	15.35%	105	13
$19.00	Sep 25	$0.59	0.36	7.2%	3.33%	10.55%	51	55
$18.00	Sep 25	$0.87	0.48	1.6%	4.91%	6.49%	130	261
$21.00	Oct 2	$0.31	0.21	18.5%	1.75%	20.26%	1	3
$18.50	Sep 18	$0.65	0.40	4.4%	3.67%	8.07%	147	230
$19.00	Sep 18	$0.50	0.33	7.2%	2.82%	10.05%	88	2.5K
$18.00	Sep 18	$0.79	0.47	1.6%	4.46%	6.04%	96	373
$20.00	Sep 25	$0.35	0.25	12.9%	1.98%	14.84%	20	24

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 18,737

Total Puts 19,553

Put/Call Ratio 1.04

Net Difference -816

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 90,128

Total Puts 88,186

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.42

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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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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