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KSS

KOHLS CORP

$17.47 -1.19%

(8/26 13:00) ◀

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 (2:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 2:00pm) 41,657

Calls: 20,451 (49%)

Puts: 21,206 (51%)

Prior --

Calls: 14,764 (53%)

Puts: 13,143 (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +38.52% (Calls)

Puts: +61.35% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 190,717

Calls: 99,044 (52%)

Puts: 91,673 (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,245

Calls: 14,149 (52%)

Puts: 13,096 (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +52.90%

Calls: +44.54%

Puts: +61.93%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 2:00pm) $2.14M

Calls: $1.25M (59%)

Puts: $884.2K (41%)

Prior --

Calls: $959.2K (53%)

Puts: $834.2K (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +30.56%

Puts: +5.99%

Prior 7-Day Total $12.65M

Calls: $8.19M (65%)

Puts: $4.46M (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average $1.81M

Calls: $1.17M (65%)

Puts: $636.5K (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +18.24%

Calls: +7.00%

Puts: +38.91%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 2:00pm) 1.04

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior +3.69%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.34

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.36%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 2:00pm) 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 6.87% | 9.39%13.00% | 16.61%

Prior 15.23% | 16.23%19.02% | 21.42%

Current vs Prior -54.86% | -42.13%-31.64% | -22.45%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -47.80% | -39.37%-31.64% | -22.45%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -54.86% | -42.13%-40.14% | -26.77%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 34.70% | 19.04%

Calls: 29.87% | 18.37%

Puts: 39.53% | 19.70%

Prior 5.88% | 10.53%

Calls: 5.56% | 13.91%

Puts: 6.20% | 7.14%

Current vs Prior +490.14% | +80.82%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.22% | 13.95%

Calls: 13.34% | 13.91%

Puts: 29.10% | 13.99%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +63.56% | +36.47%

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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

Expected Move

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
14:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
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 3 of results (avg 8.9%, best 8.4%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$17.50	Sep 18	0.95	1.04	$1.00	9.0%	104	0.52	1.8K
$15.00	Aug 28	2.38	2.61	$2.50	9.2%	58	0.97	123

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$19.00	Sep 18	1.93	2.10	$2.02	8.4%	309	0.70	909

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 12 found (avg $0.54, cheapest $0.47)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Sep 4	0.42	0.51	$0.47	19.1%	282	0.40	184
$20.00	Sep 18	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	1.3K	0.20	4.5K
$19.00	Sep 18	0.41	0.47	$0.44	13.6%	91	0.30	2.5K
$17.00	Sep 4	0.89	1.07	$0.98	18.4%	23	0.63	29
$18.50	Sep 18	0.55	0.62	$0.59	11.9%	259	0.37	230

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$17.00	Sep 4	0.40	0.49	$0.45	20.0%	128	0.37	405
$17.50	Sep 4	0.59	0.72	$0.66	19.7%	144	0.50	137
$15.00	Sep 18	0.17	0.20	$0.19	15.8%	239	0.14	3.6K
$15.50	Sep 18	0.27	0.30	$0.29	10.3%	4	0.19	14
$18.00	Sep 4	0.88	1.02	$0.95	14.7%	16	0.60	64

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 52 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$14.00	Aug 28	3.25	3.65	$3.45	11.6%	2	1.00	12
$15.00	Aug 28	2.38	2.61	$2.50	9.2%	58	0.97	123
$15.00	Sep 4	2.27	3.55	$2.91	44.0%	3	0.90	66
$16.00	Aug 28	1.45	1.70	$1.58	15.8%	386	0.90	145
$15.00	Sep 11	1.92	4.20	$3.06	74.5%	1	0.90	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.00	Aug 28	1.99	2.84	$2.42	35.1%	10	0.98	59
$20.50	Aug 28	2.65	3.85	$3.25	36.9%	1	0.98	4
$19.50	Aug 28	1.24	2.25	$1.75	57.7%	5	0.98	9
$19.00	Aug 28	1.37	1.79	$1.58	26.6%	78	0.90	122
$20.50	Sep 4	2.80	3.45	$3.13	20.8%	10	0.90	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 114 active (total vol 35.6K, top 9.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Aug 28	0.21	0.35	$0.28	50.0%	6.8K	0.37	1.4K
$20.00	Sep 18	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	1.3K	0.20	4.5K
$17.50	Aug 28	0.41	0.55	$0.48	29.2%	1.2K	0.53	389
$20.00	Aug 28	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	1.1K	0.07	1.9K
$18.50	Aug 28	0.03	0.26	$0.15	153.3%	582	0.23	585

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.00	Aug 28	0.04	0.10	$0.07	85.7%	9.0K	0.11	10.9K
$16.50	Aug 28	0.08	0.32	$0.20	120.0%	2.5K	0.22	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%	899	0.03	3.9K
$17.50	Aug 28	0.34	0.51	$0.43	39.5%	796	0.48	579

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 10 strikes (avg 56.2%, max 99.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$16.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	112.9%	56.5%	99.8%	396	75
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	87.7%	58.2%	50.7%	841	815
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	84.6%	58.2%	45.5%	418	275
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	84.7%	59.5%	42.4%	1.3K	2.2K
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	87.7%	61.6%	42.4%	6.8K	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$16.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	112.9%	56.5%	99.8%	2.5K	1.7K
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	87.7%	58.2%	50.7%	106	95
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	84.6%	58.2%	45.5%	726	1.5K
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	84.7%	59.5%	42.4%	1.0K	1.6K
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	87.7%	61.6%	42.4%	239	1.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 51 found (best R:R 0.96, avg 1.98)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$15.00	$16.00	Sep 11	$0.51	$0.49	$0.51	90%	0.96	$15.51
$17.00	$18.00	Oct 2	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	58%	1.33	$17.43
$17.00	$17.50	Sep 11	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	62%	1.50	$17.20
$17.50	$18.00	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	50%	2.85	$17.63
$18.00	$18.50	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	43%	3.17	$18.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$19.50	$19.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	98%	1.94	$19.33
$20.00	$19.50	Sep 4	$0.21	$0.29	$0.21	87%	1.38	$19.79
$18.50	$18.00	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	80%	1.27	$18.28
$18.00	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	54%	1.38	$17.58
$17.50	$17.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	48%	1.94	$17.33

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 29 found (best R:R 0.46, avg 0.52)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$17.50	$18.00	Sep 11	$0.30	$0.30	$0.20	47%	1.50	$17.80
$18.50	$19.00	Sep 11	$0.19	$0.19	$0.31	65%	0.61	$18.69
$17.50	$18.00	Sep 18	$0.29	$0.29	$0.21	48%	1.38	$17.79
$18.00	$19.00	Sep 25	$0.39	$0.39	$0.61	55%	0.64	$18.39
$18.00	$18.50	Aug 28	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	63%	0.35	$18.13

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$17.00	$14.00	Oct 2	$0.95	$0.95	$2.05	59%	0.46	$16.05
$17.00	$16.50	Sep 18	$0.32	$0.32	$0.18	60%	1.78	$16.68
$17.00	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.47	$0.47	$0.53	59%	0.89	$16.53
$16.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	78%	0.35	$16.37
$16.00	$15.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.25	$0.75	72%	0.33	$15.75

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $0.19, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.12	84.7%	58.2%
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.19	87.7%	63.7%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.23	84.7%	58.2%
$17.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.23	84.6%	59.1%
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.20	87.7%	63.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 34 found (cheapest 5.21% of stock, avg 11.21%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$17.50	Aug 28	$0.48	$0.43	$0.91	$16.59	$18.41	5.21%
$17.00	Aug 28	$0.77	$0.22	$0.99	$16.01	$17.99	5.67%
$18.00	Aug 28	$0.28	$0.75	$1.03	$16.97	$19.03	5.90%
$18.50	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.97	$1.12	$17.38	$19.62	6.41%
$17.50	Sep 4	$0.60	$0.66	$1.26	$16.24	$18.76	7.21%
$16.50	Aug 28	$1.16	$0.20	$1.36	$15.14	$17.86	7.78%
$18.00	Sep 4	$0.47	$0.95	$1.42	$16.58	$19.42	8.13%
$17.00	Sep 4	$0.98	$0.45	$1.43	$15.57	$18.43	8.19%
$16.00	Aug 28	$1.58	$0.07	$1.65	$14.35	$17.65	9.44%
$16.50	Sep 4	$1.38	$0.28	$1.66	$14.84	$18.16	9.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 118 found (cheapest 0.46% of stock, avg 4.52%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$20.00	$15.50	Aug 28	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$15.42	$20.08
$19.50	$15.50	Aug 28	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$15.42	$19.58
$19.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.04	$0.07	$0.11	$15.89	$19.61
$20.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.04	$0.07	$0.11	$15.89	$20.11
$19.00	$15.50	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.04	$0.13	$15.37	$19.13
$19.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.07	$0.16	$15.84	$19.16
$18.50	$15.50	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.04	$0.19	$15.31	$18.69
$20.00	$15.50	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.11	$0.24	$15.26	$20.24
$18.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.07	$0.22	$15.78	$18.72
$19.50	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.04	$0.20	$0.24	$16.26	$19.74

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 7 found (best R:R 1.63, avg credit $0.30)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
16/16	18/19	Sep 11	$0.31	$0.19	43%	1.63	$15.69	$18.81
16/16	18/19	Sep 11	$0.33	$0.17	36%	1.94	$16.17	$18.83
16/16	19/20	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.25	44%	1.00	$15.75	$19.25
16/16	18/19	Sep 4	$0.21	$0.29	43%	0.72	$16.29	$18.71
16/16	19/20	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.27	38%	0.85	$16.27	$19.23
15/16	19/20	Sep 25	$0.44	$0.56	40%	0.79	$15.56	$19.44
14/15	19/20	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.70	51%	0.43	$14.70	$19.30

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 40 found (best R:R 9.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$16.00	$17.00	$18.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.90	27%	9.00
$17.00	$18.00	$19.00	Sep 25	$0.12	$0.88	26%	7.33
$17.00	$18.00	$19.00	Oct 2	$0.10	$0.90	22%	9.00
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.43	31%	6.14
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.41	34%	4.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.39	35%	3.55
$16.00	$16.50	$17.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.44	20%	7.33
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.44	18%	7.33
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Sep 4	$0.08	$0.42	23%	5.25
$15.00	$15.50	$16.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.45	8%	9.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 58 found (best net $-0.66, 55 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$15.00	$16.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.66	$0.34
$18.00	$19.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.16	$0.84
$17.50	$18.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.08	$0.42
$15.00	$16.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.69	$0.31
$17.00	$17.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.19	$0.31

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$17.00	$16.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.07	$0.93
$18.00	$17.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.11	$0.39
$19.00	$18.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.36	$0.14
$15.00	$14.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.07	$0.93
$17.00	$16.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.11	$0.39

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 27 found (best yield 5.04%, avg 2.28%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$18.00	Oct 2	$0.88	0.47	3.0%	5.04%	8.07%	--	104
$19.00	Oct 2	$0.56	0.36	8.8%	3.21%	11.96%	2	4
$20.00	Oct 2	$0.36	0.28	14.5%	2.06%	16.54%	105	13
$18.00	Sep 25	$0.77	0.45	3.0%	4.41%	7.44%	130	261
$17.50	Sep 18	$0.95	0.52	0.2%	5.44%	5.61%	104	1.8K
$19.00	Sep 25	$0.47	0.32	8.8%	2.69%	11.45%	52	55
$18.50	Sep 18	$0.55	0.37	5.9%	3.15%	9.04%	259	230
$18.00	Sep 18	$0.64	0.43	3.0%	3.66%	6.70%	100	373
$19.00	Sep 18	$0.41	0.30	8.8%	2.35%	11.10%	91	2.5K
$20.00	Sep 25	$0.28	0.23	14.5%	1.60%	16.08%	20	24

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 20,451

Total Puts 21,206

Put/Call Ratio 1.04

Net Difference -755

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 99,044

Total Puts 91,673

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.34

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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