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KSS

KOHLS CORP

$18.06 +2.12%

(8/26 14:05) ◀

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 (3:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 3:00pm) 44,479

Calls: 22,129 (50%)

Puts: 22,350 (50%)

Prior --

Calls: 14,764 (53%)

Puts: 13,143 (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +49.88% (Calls)

Puts: +70.05% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 203,660

Calls: 107,955 (53%)

Puts: 95,705 (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average 29,094

Calls: 15,422 (53%)

Puts: 13,672 (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +52.88%

Calls: +43.49%

Puts: +63.47%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 3:00pm) $2.79M

Calls: $1.91M (68%)

Puts: $880.7K (32%)

Prior --

Calls: $959.2K (53%)

Puts: $834.2K (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +99.21%

Puts: +5.57%

Prior 7-Day Total $13.45M

Calls: $8.40M (62%)

Puts: $5.05M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $1.92M

Calls: $1.20M (62%)

Puts: $721.0K (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +45.26%

Calls: +59.14%

Puts: +22.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 3:00pm) 1.01

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior +1.00%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.28

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -21.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 3:00pm) 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% | 9.14%13.18% | 17.50%

Prior 15.23% | 16.23%19.02% | 21.42%

Current vs Prior -54.91% | -43.71%-30.71% | -18.30%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -47.85% | -41.02%-30.71% | -18.30%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -54.91% | -43.71%-39.33% | -22.86%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 33.70% | 15.80%

Calls: 37.25% | 16.22%

Puts: 30.14% | 15.38%

Prior 5.88% | 10.53%

Calls: 5.56% | 13.91%

Puts: 6.20% | 7.14%

Current vs Prior +473.13% | +50.05%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.22% | 13.95%

Calls: 13.34% | 13.91%

Puts: 29.10% | 13.99%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +58.84% | +13.25%

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Moderately bullish flow with 68% call dollar volume ($1.91M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.01.

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
15:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
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 9 of results (avg 8.0%, best 6.5%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$15.00	Aug 28	3.00	3.20	$3.10	6.5%	72	0.97	123
$18.00	Sep 18	1.02	1.09	$1.06	6.6%	122	0.53	373
$16.50	Sep 18	1.85	2.01	$1.93	8.3%	6	0.75	11
$17.50	Sep 18	1.24	1.35	$1.30	8.5%	338	0.60	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.00	Sep 18	2.29	2.46	$2.38	7.1%	36	0.73	496
$19.00	Sep 18	1.58	1.71	$1.65	7.9%	316	0.61	909
$20.00	Sep 25	2.37	2.59	$2.48	8.9%	68	0.71	119
$18.50	Sep 18	1.26	1.38	$1.32	9.1%	54	0.55	49
$19.50	Sep 18	1.88	2.07	$1.98	9.6%	2	0.68	84

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 12 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.51)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.50	Sep 4	0.46	0.55	$0.51	17.6%	124	0.42	76
$18.00	Sep 4	0.68	0.80	$0.74	16.2%	334	0.54	184
$20.00	Sep 18	0.37	0.44	$0.41	17.1%	1.4K	0.26	4.5K
$19.50	Sep 18	0.47	0.56	$0.52	17.3%	6	0.32	50
$19.00	Sep 18	0.62	0.70	$0.66	12.1%	115	0.38	2.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.50	Sep 4	0.84	0.98	$0.91	15.4%	55	0.58	24
$16.00	Sep 18	0.28	0.33	$0.31	16.1%	84	0.19	450
$16.50	Sep 18	0.40	0.46	$0.43	14.0%	13	0.25	23
$17.00	Sep 18	0.55	0.66	$0.61	18.0%	250	0.32	947
$17.50	Sep 18	0.74	0.83	$0.78	11.5%	374	0.40	1.0K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 55 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 0.97)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$15.00	Aug 28	3.00	3.20	$3.10	6.5%	72	0.97	123
$15.50	Aug 28	1.92	2.79	$2.36	36.9%	5	0.97	5
$15.00	Sep 4	2.27	3.55	$2.91	44.0%	3	0.97	66
$16.00	Aug 28	2.05	2.27	$2.16	10.2%	386	0.94	145
$15.00	Sep 11	1.92	4.20	$3.06	74.5%	1	0.94	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$21.00	Aug 28	2.70	3.25	$2.98	18.5%	8	0.96	3
$20.50	Aug 28	2.20	2.80	$2.50	24.0%	5	0.94	4
$21.50	Aug 28	3.25	3.70	$3.48	12.9%	10	0.94	--
$20.00	Aug 28	1.81	2.84	$2.33	44.2%	10	0.92	59
$21.00	Sep 4	2.80	3.25	$3.03	14.9%	7	0.91	57

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 121 active (total vol 37.3K, top 9.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Aug 28	0.41	0.60	$0.51	37.3%	6.9K	0.55	1.4K
$20.00	Sep 18	0.37	0.44	$0.41	17.1%	1.4K	0.26	4.5K
$17.50	Aug 28	0.71	0.97	$0.84	31.0%	1.2K	0.70	389
$20.00	Aug 28	0.03	0.08	$0.06	83.3%	1.2K	0.09	1.9K
$21.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	678	0.04	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.00	Aug 28	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	9.1K	0.06	10.9K
$16.50	Aug 28	0.05	0.09	$0.07	57.1%	2.5K	0.10	1.7K
$14.50	Aug 28	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	923	0.01	3.8K
$15.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	923	0.03	3.9K
$17.50	Aug 28	0.17	0.30	$0.24	54.2%	801	0.30	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 58.6%, max 73.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	97.4%	56.1%	73.5%	430	275
$19.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	94.9%	59.5%	59.5%	236	485
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	88.9%	56.5%	57.2%	1.6K	2.2K
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	84.1%	53.5%	57.1%	6.9K	1.5K
$19.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	87.5%	56.4%	55.2%	658	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$17.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	97.4%	56.1%	73.5%	734	1.5K
$17.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	88.9%	56.5%	57.2%	1.2K	1.6K
$18.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	84.1%	53.5%	57.1%	277	1.1K
$19.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	87.5%	56.4%	55.2%	78	132
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	87.2%	58.4%	49.3%	111	95

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 60 found (best R:R 1.94, avg 1.80)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$15.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	97%	1.50	$15.70
$16.50	$17.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.24	$0.26	90%	0.92	$16.76
$16.00	$16.50	Sep 18	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	81%	1.27	$16.22
$16.50	$17.00	Sep 4	$0.23	$0.27	$0.23	83%	1.17	$16.73
$16.00	$17.00	Sep 11	$0.64	$0.36	$0.64	85%	0.56	$16.64

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$20.50	$20.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	94%	1.94	$20.33
$21.00	$20.50	Sep 4	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	91%	1.00	$20.75
$19.50	$19.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	86%	0.67	$19.20
$18.00	$17.50	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	46%	1.94	$17.83
$17.50	$17.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	40%	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 0.56, avg 0.46)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$18.50	$19.00	Aug 28	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	62%	0.39	$18.64
$19.00	$19.50	Sep 4	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	67%	0.32	$19.12
$18.50	$19.00	Sep 11	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	58%	0.52	$18.67
$19.00	$19.50	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.14	$0.36	62%	0.39	$19.14
$19.50	$20.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	68%	0.28	$19.61

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$17.00	$16.00	Oct 2	$0.36	$0.36	$0.64	66%	0.56	$16.64
$17.00	$16.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.32	$0.68	66%	0.47	$16.68
$18.00	$17.50	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	53%	1.08	$17.74
$17.00	$16.50	Sep 18	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	68%	0.56	$16.82
$16.00	$15.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.18	$0.82	78%	0.22	$15.82

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $0.21, cheapest $0.18)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.21	87.2%	60.2%
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.23	84.1%	59.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.18	87.2%	60.2%
$18.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.23	84.1%	59.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 32 found (cheapest 5.09% of stock, avg 10.38%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$18.00	Aug 28	$0.51	$0.41	$0.92	$17.08	$18.92	5.09%
$18.50	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.73	$1.03	$17.47	$19.53	5.70%
$17.50	Aug 28	$0.84	$0.24	$1.08	$16.42	$18.58	5.98%
$17.00	Aug 28	$1.19	$0.14	$1.33	$15.67	$18.33	7.36%
$18.00	Sep 4	$0.74	$0.64	$1.38	$16.62	$19.38	7.64%
$18.50	Sep 4	$0.51	$0.91	$1.42	$17.08	$19.92	7.86%
$19.00	Aug 28	$0.16	$1.27	$1.43	$17.57	$20.43	7.92%
$17.50	Sep 4	$1.00	$0.43	$1.43	$16.07	$18.93	7.92%
$16.50	Aug 28	$1.45	$0.07	$1.52	$14.98	$18.02	8.42%
$17.00	Sep 4	$1.25	$0.28	$1.53	$15.47	$18.53	8.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 121 found (cheapest 0.44% of stock, avg 4.61%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$20.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$15.92	$20.58
$20.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.04	$0.10	$15.90	$20.10
$20.50	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.04	$0.07	$0.11	$16.39	$20.61
$20.00	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.07	$0.13	$16.37	$20.13
$19.50	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.04	$0.14	$15.86	$19.64
$19.50	$16.50	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.07	$0.17	$16.33	$19.67
$20.50	$17.00	Aug 28	$0.04	$0.14	$0.18	$16.82	$20.68
$20.00	$17.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.14	$0.20	$16.80	$20.20
$19.00	$16.00	Aug 28	$0.16	$0.04	$0.20	$15.80	$19.20
$20.50	$16.00	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.11	$0.24	$15.76	$20.74

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 9 found (best R:R 1.38, avg credit $0.32)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
16/17	20/20	Sep 18	$0.29	$0.21	36%	1.38	$16.71	$19.79
16/16	20/20	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.27	43%	0.85	$16.27	$19.73
16/17	19/20	Sep 4	$0.23	$0.27	42%	0.85	$16.77	$19.23
17/18	19/20	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.23	32%	1.17	$17.23	$19.27
16/17	19/20	Sep 11	$0.24	$0.26	36%	0.92	$16.76	$19.24
16/17	20/21	Oct 2	$0.54	$0.46	35%	1.17	$16.46	$20.54
16/17	20/21	Sep 25	$0.50	$0.50	38%	1.00	$16.50	$20.50
15/16	20/21	Sep 25	$0.36	$0.64	50%	0.56	$15.64	$20.36
16/17	20/21	Sep 11	$0.24	$0.76	49%	0.32	$16.76	$20.24

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 46 found (best R:R 13.29, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$16.00	$17.00	$18.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$0.93	26%	13.29
$18.00	$19.00	$20.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$0.91	24%	10.11
$18.00	$19.00	$20.00	Oct 2	$0.10	$0.90	22%	9.00
$18.00	$18.50	$19.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.43	31%	6.14
$19.00	$20.00	$21.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.90	20%	9.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$16.00	$17.00	$18.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.94	24%	15.67
$16.00	$17.00	$18.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$0.92	26%	11.50
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.43	27%	6.14
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.44	23%	7.33
$17.00	$17.50	$18.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.44	21%	7.33

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 $-0.09, 58 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$17.50	$18.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.18	$0.32
$18.00	$18.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.09	$0.41
$19.00	$20.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.20	$0.80
$20.00	$21.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.12	$0.88
$18.00	$19.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.39	$0.61

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$18.50	$18.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.09	$0.41
$19.00	$18.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.19	$0.31
$17.00	$16.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.09	$0.91
$17.00	$16.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.11	$0.89
$18.00	$17.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.07	$0.43

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 26 found (best yield 4.04%, avg 1.86%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$19.00	Oct 2	$0.73	0.41	5.2%	4.04%	9.25%	2	4
$20.00	Oct 2	$0.47	0.30	10.7%	2.60%	13.34%	105	13
$19.00	Sep 25	$0.66	0.39	5.2%	3.65%	8.86%	152	55
$18.50	Sep 18	$0.78	0.45	2.4%	4.32%	6.76%	275	230
$19.00	Sep 18	$0.62	0.38	5.2%	3.43%	8.64%	115	2.5K
$21.00	Oct 2	$0.30	0.23	16.3%	1.66%	17.94%	1	3
$19.50	Sep 18	$0.47	0.32	8.0%	2.60%	10.58%	6	50
$20.00	Sep 25	$0.38	0.28	10.7%	2.10%	12.85%	20	24
$20.00	Sep 18	$0.37	0.26	10.7%	2.05%	12.79%	1.4K	4.5K
$20.50	Sep 18	$0.28	0.22	13.5%	1.55%	15.06%	182	113

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 22,129

Total Puts 22,350

Put/Call Ratio 1.01

Net Difference -221

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 107,955

Total Puts 95,705

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.28

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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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

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