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KSS

KOHLS CORP

$17.54 -0.79%

(8/26 14:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 2:05pm) 41,723

Calls: 20,485 (49%)

Puts: 21,238 (51%)

Prior (08/25) 17,320

Calls: 3,228 (19%)

Puts: 14,092 (81%)

Current vs Prior +140.89%

Calls: +534.60% (Calls)

Puts: +50.71% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 200,227

Calls: 106,207 (53%)

Puts: 94,020 (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average 28,603

Calls: 15,172 (53%)

Puts: 13,431 (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +45.86%

Calls: +35.01%

Puts: +58.12%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 2:05pm) $2.13M

Calls: $1.25M (59%)

Puts: $875.5K (41%)

Prior (08/25) $1.22M

Calls: $419.1K (34%)

Puts: $803.6K (66%)

Current vs Prior +74.20%

Calls: +199.29%

Puts: +8.95%

Prior 7-Day Total $13.21M

Calls: $8.38M (63%)

Puts: $4.84M (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average $1.89M

Calls: $1.20M (63%)

Puts: $690.9K (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.85%

Calls: +4.83%

Puts: +26.73%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 2:05pm) 1.04

Prior (08/25) 4.37

Current vs Prior -76.25%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.28

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -19.06%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 2:05pm) 187,787

Calls: 83,289 (44%)

Puts: 104,498 (56%)

Prior (08/25) 148,625

Calls: 72,701 (49%)

Puts: 75,924 (51%)

Current vs Prior +26.35%

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 7.01% | 9.46%12.49% | 16.76%

Prior 15.23% | 16.23%19.02% | 21.42%

Current vs Prior -53.94% | -41.69%-34.35% | -21.74%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -46.74% | -38.91%-34.35% | -21.74%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -53.94% | -41.69%-42.51% | -26.10%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 33.92% | 36.42%

Calls: 29.17% | 54.29%

Puts: 38.67% | 18.56%

Prior 5.88% | 10.53%

Calls: 5.56% | 13.91%

Puts: 6.20% | 7.14%

Current vs Prior +476.87% | +245.87%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.22% | 13.95%

Calls: 13.34% | 13.91%

Puts: 29.10% | 13.99%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +59.88% | +161.04%

Liquidity Expensive

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Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 74% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 141% vs prior - elevated interest. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.04. P/C ratio dropping 76% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall MIXED

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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
14:05	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 3 of results (avg 7.5%, best 5.0%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$15.00	Aug 28	2.38	2.63	$2.51	10.0%	58	0.97	123

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$17.50	Sep 18	0.98	1.03	$1.00	5.0%	224	0.50	1.0K
$19.00	Sep 18	1.95	2.10	$2.03	7.4%	311	0.70	909

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 12 found (avg $0.57, cheapest $0.44)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.00	Sep 18	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	1.3K	0.19	4.5K
$19.00	Sep 18	0.41	0.49	$0.45	17.8%	91	0.29	2.5K
$17.00	Sep 4	0.89	1.07	$0.98	18.4%	23	0.63	29
$18.50	Sep 18	0.55	0.65	$0.60	16.7%	259	0.36	230
$18.00	Sep 18	0.68	0.82	$0.75	18.7%	100	0.43	373

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$17.00	Sep 4	0.40	0.48	$0.44	18.2%	128	0.37	405
$17.50	Sep 4	0.59	0.68	$0.64	14.1%	144	0.49	137
$15.00	Sep 18	0.18	0.20	$0.19	10.5%	239	0.14	3.6K
$15.50	Sep 18	0.27	0.30	$0.29	10.3%	4	0.19	14
$16.00	Sep 18	0.39	0.45	$0.42	14.3%	82	0.26	450

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 53 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 0.97)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$15.00	Aug 28	2.38	2.63	$2.51	10.0%	58	0.97	123
$15.00	Sep 4	2.27	3.55	$2.91	44.0%	3	0.91	66
$16.00	Aug 28	1.45	1.70	$1.58	15.8%	386	0.91	145
$15.00	Sep 18	2.48	3.00	$2.74	19.0%	160	0.89	2.1K
$15.00	Sep 11	1.92	4.20	$3.06	74.5%	1	0.89	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.50	Aug 28	2.65	3.85	$3.25	36.9%	1	0.94	4
$20.00	Aug 28	1.99	2.84	$2.42	35.1%	10	0.94	59
$21.00	Aug 28	2.90	3.85	$3.38	28.1%	4	0.94	3
$21.00	Sep 4	3.10	3.75	$3.43	19.0%	7	0.94	57
$19.50	Aug 28	1.24	2.25	$1.75	57.7%	10	0.92	9

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 114 active (total vol 35.3K, 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	0.36	1.4K
$20.00	Sep 18	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	1.3K	0.19	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	0.22	585

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.00	Aug 28	0.04	0.07	$0.06	50.0%	9.0K	0.09	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	0.47	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 61.2%, max 114.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$16.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	113.0%	52.8%	114.2%	404	75
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	85.1%	54.4%	56.3%	1.3K	2.2K
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	87.8%	59.7%	46.9%	841	815
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	84.8%	57.8%	46.6%	426	275
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	87.8%	61.9%	41.9%	6.8K	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$16.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	113.0%	52.8%	114.2%	2.5K	1.7K
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	85.1%	54.4%	56.3%	1.0K	1.6K
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	87.8%	59.7%	46.9%	106	95
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	84.8%	57.8%	46.6%	726	1.5K
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	87.8%	61.9%	41.9%	239	1.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 53 found (best R:R 2.85, avg 1.96)

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	89%	0.96	$15.51
$17.00	$18.00	Oct 2	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	58%	1.33	$17.43
$17.50	$18.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.36	$0.14	50%	2.57	$17.64
$17.00	$17.50	Sep 11	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	62%	1.50	$17.20
$16.00	$17.00	Sep 25	$0.61	$0.39	$0.61	73%	0.64	$16.61

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$21.00	$20.50	Aug 28	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	94%	2.85	$20.87
$19.50	$19.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	92%	1.94	$19.33
$20.00	$19.50	Sep 4	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	87%	1.27	$19.78
$21.00	$20.50	Sep 4	$0.28	$0.22	$0.28	94%	0.79	$20.72
$18.50	$18.00	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	78%	1.27	$18.28

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 29 found (best R:R 0.89, avg 0.47)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$18.50	$19.00	Sep 11	$0.19	$0.19	$0.31	66%	0.61	$18.69
$20.00	$21.00	Oct 2	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	72%	0.30	$20.23
$18.00	$19.00	Sep 25	$0.39	$0.39	$0.61	54%	0.64	$18.39
$18.00	$18.50	Aug 28	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	64%	0.35	$18.13
$19.00	$19.50	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	71%	0.32	$19.12

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$17.00	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.47	$0.47	$0.53	60%	0.89	$16.53
$16.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	78%	0.39	$16.36
$17.00	$16.50	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	59%	1.08	$16.74
$16.00	$15.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.25	$0.75	73%	0.33	$15.75
$17.50	$17.00	Sep 11	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	53%	1.08	$17.24

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $0.21, cheapest $0.21)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.21	85.1%	57.6%
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.20	87.8%	63.9%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.21	85.1%	57.6%
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.22	87.8%	63.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 34 found (cheapest 5.19% of stock, avg 11.15%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$17.50	Aug 28	$0.48	$0.43	$0.91	$16.59	$18.41	5.19%
$17.00	Aug 28	$0.78	$0.22	$1.00	$16.00	$18.00	5.70%
$18.00	Aug 28	$0.28	$0.75	$1.03	$16.97	$19.03	5.87%
$18.50	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.97	$1.12	$17.38	$19.62	6.39%
$17.50	Sep 4	$0.69	$0.64	$1.33	$16.17	$18.83	7.58%
$16.50	Aug 28	$1.14	$0.20	$1.34	$15.16	$17.84	7.64%
$17.00	Sep 4	$0.98	$0.44	$1.42	$15.58	$18.42	8.10%
$18.00	Sep 4	$0.48	$0.97	$1.45	$16.55	$19.45	8.27%
$16.00	Aug 28	$1.58	$0.06	$1.64	$14.36	$17.64	9.35%
$19.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$1.58	$1.66	$17.34	$20.66	9.46%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 116 found (cheapest 0.46% of stock, avg 4.50%)

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
$20.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.04	$0.06	$0.10	$15.90	$20.10
$19.50	$15.50	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.04	$0.10	$15.40	$19.60
$19.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.06	$0.12	$15.88	$19.62
$19.00	$15.50	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.04	$0.12	$15.38	$19.12
$19.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.06	$0.14	$15.86	$19.14
$18.50	$15.50	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.04	$0.19	$15.31	$18.69
$18.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.06	$0.21	$15.79	$18.71
$20.00	$15.50	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.11	$0.24	$15.26	$20.24
$20.00	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.04	$0.20	$0.24	$16.26	$20.24

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 7 found (best R:R 1.63, avg credit $0.31)

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	45%	1.00	$15.75	$19.25
16/16	19/20	Sep 18	$0.24	$0.26	38%	0.92	$16.26	$19.24
16/16	18/19	Sep 4	$0.21	$0.29	43%	0.72	$16.29	$18.71
15/16	20/21	Sep 25	$0.36	$0.64	50%	0.56	$15.64	$20.36
15/16	19/20	Sep 25	$0.44	$0.56	40%	0.79	$15.56	$19.44

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 38 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	27%	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
$16.50	$17.00	$17.50	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.44	25%	7.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.44	20%	7.33
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.39	34%	3.55
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.44	18%	7.33
$15.00	$15.50	$16.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.45	8%	9.00
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.40	15%	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. 57 found (best net $-0.65, 55 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$15.00	$16.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.65	$0.35
$18.00	$19.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.16	$0.84
$17.00	$17.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.18	$0.32
$17.50	$18.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.08	$0.42
$15.00	$16.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.69	$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
$16.50	$16.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.06	$0.44
$17.00	$16.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.12	$0.38

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 27 found (best yield 5.02%, avg 1.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$18.00	Oct 2	$0.88	0.47	2.6%	5.02%	7.64%	--	104
$19.00	Oct 2	$0.56	0.36	8.3%	3.19%	11.52%	2	4
$20.00	Oct 2	$0.36	0.28	14.0%	2.05%	16.08%	105	13
$18.00	Sep 25	$0.77	0.46	2.6%	4.39%	7.01%	130	261
$19.00	Sep 25	$0.47	0.33	8.3%	2.68%	11.00%	52	55
$18.50	Sep 18	$0.55	0.36	5.5%	3.14%	8.61%	259	230
$18.00	Sep 18	$0.68	0.43	2.6%	3.88%	6.50%	100	373
$21.00	Oct 2	$0.23	0.18	19.7%	1.31%	21.04%	1	3
$20.00	Sep 25	$0.28	0.23	14.0%	1.60%	15.62%	20	24
$19.00	Sep 18	$0.41	0.29	8.3%	2.34%	10.66%	91	2.5K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 20,485

Total Puts 21,238

Put/Call Ratio 1.04

Net Difference -753

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,228

Total Puts 14,092

Put/Call Ratio 4.37

Net Difference -10,864

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 106,207

Total Puts 94,020

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.28

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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