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$237.02 -0.55%

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as of 09/24 06:48 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24) 81,532

Calls: 49,859 (61%)

Puts: 31,673 (39%)

Prior (09/21) 51,548

Calls: 31,821 (62%)

Puts: 19,727 (38%)

Current vs Prior +58.17%

Calls: +56.69% (Calls)

Puts: +60.56% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 304,575

Calls: 152,263 (50%)

Puts: 152,312 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 43,510

Calls: 21,751 (50%)

Puts: 21,758 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +87.38%

Calls: +129.22%

Puts: +45.56%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24) $90.79M

Calls: $20.29M (22%)

Puts: $70.50M (78%)

Prior (09/21) $46.81M

Calls: $20.25M (43%)

Puts: $26.56M (57%)

Current vs Prior +93.96%

Calls: +0.18%

Puts: +165.46%

Prior 7-Day Total $438.51M

Calls: $72.02M (16%)

Puts: $366.49M (84%)

Prior 7-Day Average $62.64M

Calls: $10.29M (16%)

Puts: $52.36M (84%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +44.93%

Calls: +97.16%

Puts: +34.66%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24) 0.64

Prior (09/21) 0.62

Current vs Prior +2.47%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.16

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -45.02%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/24) 355,870

Calls: 235,694 (66%)

Puts: 120,176 (34%)

Prior (09/21) 254,789

Calls: 162,062 (64%)

Puts: 92,727 (36%)

Current vs Prior +39.67%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,780,801

Calls: 1,144,556 (64%)

Puts: 636,245 (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average 254,400

Calls: 163,508 (64%)

Puts: 90,892 (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +39.89%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.85% | 3.01%4.51% | 8.39%

Prior 3.05% | 3.95%5.18% | 8.83%

Current vs Prior -39.33% | -23.83%-12.94% | -5.06%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.42% | 3.57%2.79% | 6.56%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.70% | -15.66%+61.26% | +27.78%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.05% | 3.95%5.18% | 8.83%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -39.33% | -23.83%-12.94% | -5.06%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.21% | 19.11%

Calls: 15.68% | 12.75%

Puts: 12.74% | 25.47%

Prior 73.22% | 14.31%

Calls: 45.45% | 13.79%

Puts: 101.00% | 14.84%

Current vs Prior -80.59% | +33.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 73.22% | 14.31%

Calls: 45.45% | 13.79%

Puts: 101.00% | 14.84%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -80.59% | +33.54%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 78% of dollar volume in puts ($70.50M) vs calls ($20.29M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 94% vs prior. Above-average activity with volume up 58% vs prior. Volume explosion - 87% above 7-day average (81,532 vs avg 43,510).

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Current BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 65 of results (avg 6.7%, best 1.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Oct 30	47.50	49.80	$48.65	4.7%	12	0.99	--
$235.00	Oct 16	6.15	6.45	$6.30	4.8%	187	0.60	539
$195.00	Sep 25	42.05	44.15	$43.10	4.9%	12	0.97	--
$237.50	Oct 2	2.90	3.05	$2.97	5.1%	240	0.50	236
$200.00	Oct 16	37.25	39.35	$38.30	5.5%	1	0.99	37

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$277.50	Sep 25	39.90	40.50	$40.20	1.5%	32	1.00	--
$245.00	Oct 16	9.25	9.40	$9.32	1.6%	97	0.72	2.7K
$280.00	Sep 25	42.30	43.30	$42.80	2.3%	32	1.00	--
$260.00	Sep 25	22.75	23.30	$23.03	2.4%	88	1.00	39
$272.50	Sep 25	34.80	35.75	$35.28	2.7%	3	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.42, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Sep 25	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	3.1K	0.07	2.1K
$240.00	Sep 25	0.37	0.44	$0.41	17.1%	3.6K	0.21	1.6K
$245.00	Oct 2	0.68	0.75	$0.72	9.7%	1.5K	0.17	2.6K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 115 found (avg delta 0.87, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Sep 25	46.15	49.15	$47.65	6.3%	11	1.00	1
$205.00	Sep 25	32.05	34.15	$33.10	6.3%	1	1.00	1
$220.00	Sep 25	16.90	19.15	$18.02	12.5%	3	1.00	3
$200.00	Sep 25	35.80	39.15	$37.47	8.9%	4	1.00	--
$225.00	Sep 25	12.00	14.10	$13.05	16.1%	4	0.99	23

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$247.50	Sep 25	9.80	10.60	$10.20	7.8%	93	1.00	1.8K
$250.00	Sep 25	12.70	13.05	$12.88	2.7%	2.2K	1.00	1.3K
$252.50	Sep 25	14.80	15.55	$15.18	4.9%	819	1.00	504
$255.00	Sep 25	17.70	18.25	$17.98	3.1%	1.3K	1.00	718
$257.50	Sep 25	19.80	20.75	$20.27	4.7%	174	1.00	109

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 263 active (total vol 48.4K, top 3.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Sep 25	0.37	0.44	$0.41	17.1%	3.6K	0.21	1.6K
$242.50	Sep 25	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	3.1K	0.07	2.1K
$245.00	Sep 25	0.04	0.12	$0.08	100.0%	1.8K	0.04	1.3K
$250.00	Oct 23	1.54	1.78	$1.66	14.5%	1.6K	0.21	1.2K
$250.00	Sep 25	0.02	0.05	$0.04	75.0%	1.5K	0.02	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 25	12.70	13.05	$12.88	2.7%	2.2K	1.00	1.3K
$235.00	Sep 25	0.19	0.50	$0.35	88.6%	1.3K	0.21	1.9K
$255.00	Sep 25	17.70	18.25	$17.98	3.1%	1.3K	1.00	718
$240.00	Sep 25	2.72	3.25	$2.99	17.7%	1.1K	0.81	1.4K
$237.50	Oct 2	2.56	3.10	$2.83	19.1%	1.0K	0.50	296

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 6 strikes (avg 22.2%, max 36.9%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	25.8%	18.8%	36.9%	1.4K	2.0K
$235.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	23.7%	19.7%	20.2%	386	799
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	28.7%	24.5%	17.4%	3.6K	1.6K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	25.8%	18.8%	36.9%	924	1.2K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	28.7%	24.5%	17.4%	1.1K	1.4K
$235.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	23.7%	22.6%	4.6%	1.3K	1.9K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 99 found (best R:R 0.52, avg 6.66)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$212.50	$215.00	Oct 16	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	98%	0.52	$214.15
$230.00	$235.00	Oct 23	$3.12	$1.88	$3.12	74%	0.60	$233.12
$235.00	$237.50	Oct 9	$1.10	$1.40	$1.10	62%	1.27	$236.10
$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$1.58	$3.42	$1.58	46%	2.16	$241.58
$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.54	$4.46	$0.54	21%	8.26	$250.54

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$240.00	$235.00	Nov 6	$1.65	$3.35	$1.65	53%	2.03	$238.35
$242.50	$240.00	Oct 16	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	65%	1.00	$241.25
$247.50	$245.00	Oct 16	$1.63	$0.87	$1.63	78%	0.53	$245.87
$242.50	$240.00	Oct 2	$1.52	$0.98	$1.52	75%	0.64	$240.98
$245.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$2.88	$2.12	$2.88	66%	0.74	$242.12

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 75 found (best R:R 0.90, avg 0.26)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$1.48	$1.48	$3.52	67%	0.42	$246.48
$240.00	$242.50	Oct 9	$1.13	$1.13	$1.37	58%	0.82	$241.13
$250.00	$260.00	Nov 6	$1.96	$1.96	$8.04	71%	0.24	$251.96
$245.00	$250.00	Nov 6	$1.73	$1.73	$3.27	62%	0.53	$246.73
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.55	$0.55	$4.45	85%	0.12	$255.55

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$235.00	$230.00	Nov 6	$2.37	$2.37	$2.63	58%	0.90	$232.63
$225.00	$220.00	Nov 6	$1.09	$1.09	$3.91	79%	0.28	$223.91
$230.00	$225.00	Nov 6	$1.37	$1.37	$3.63	69%	0.38	$228.63
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 23	$1.06	$1.06	$3.94	74%	0.27	$228.94
$230.00	$227.50	Oct 2	$0.40	$0.40	$2.10	84%	0.19	$229.60

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $1.68, cheapest $1.48)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.88	25.8%	20.0%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.48	25.8%	20.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 79 found (cheapest 1.03% of stock, avg 5.72%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$237.50	Sep 25	$1.09	$1.35	$2.44	$235.06	$239.94	1.03%
$235.00	Sep 25	$3.03	$0.35	$3.38	$231.62	$238.38	1.43%
$240.00	Sep 25	$0.41	$2.99	$3.40	$236.60	$243.40	1.43%
$242.50	Sep 25	$0.12	$4.95	$5.07	$237.43	$247.57	2.14%
$232.50	Sep 25	$5.53	$0.12	$5.65	$226.85	$238.15	2.38%
$237.50	Oct 2	$2.97	$2.83	$5.80	$231.70	$243.30	2.45%
$235.00	Oct 2	$4.30	$1.85	$6.15	$228.85	$241.15	2.59%
$240.00	Oct 2	$1.95	$4.38	$6.33	$233.67	$246.33	2.67%
$242.50	Oct 2	$1.21	$5.90	$7.11	$235.39	$249.61	3.00%
$232.50	Oct 2	$6.28	$1.11	$7.39	$225.11	$239.89	3.12%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 151 found (cheapest 0.10% of stock, avg 1.78%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$242.50	$232.50	Sep 25	$0.12	$0.12	$0.24	$232.26	$242.74
$250.00	$227.50	Oct 2	$0.21	$0.28	$0.49	$227.01	$250.49
$242.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.12	$0.35	$0.47	$234.53	$242.97
$240.00	$232.50	Sep 25	$0.41	$0.12	$0.53	$231.97	$240.53
$247.50	$227.50	Oct 2	$0.39	$0.28	$0.67	$226.83	$248.17
$240.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.41	$0.35	$0.76	$234.24	$240.76
$260.00	$215.00	Oct 23	$0.57	$0.38	$0.95	$214.05	$260.95
$250.00	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.21	$0.68	$0.89	$229.11	$250.89
$245.00	$227.50	Oct 2	$0.72	$0.28	$1.00	$226.50	$246.00
$247.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.39	$0.68	$1.07	$228.93	$248.57

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 134 found (best R:R 0.33, avg credit $0.89)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
225/228	260/262	Oct 16	$0.62	$1.88	75%	0.33	$226.88	$260.62
220/222	260/262	Oct 16	$0.34	$2.16	85%	0.16	$222.16	$260.34
222/225	260/262	Oct 16	$0.45	$2.05	81%	0.22	$224.55	$260.45
225/228	258/260	Oct 16	$0.62	$1.88	73%	0.33	$226.88	$258.12
220/222	255/258	Oct 9	$0.26	$2.24	87%	0.12	$222.24	$255.26
220/222	252/255	Oct 9	$0.34	$2.16	84%	0.16	$222.16	$252.84
225/228	248/250	Oct 16	$0.98	$1.52	58%	0.64	$226.52	$248.48
225/228	255/258	Oct 16	$0.66	$1.84	70%	0.36	$226.84	$255.66
220/222	258/260	Oct 16	$0.34	$2.16	83%	0.16	$222.16	$257.84
222/225	258/260	Oct 16	$0.45	$2.05	79%	0.22	$224.55	$257.95

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 121 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	24%	49.00
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$0.31	$4.69	28%	15.13
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Nov 6	$0.24	$4.76	19%	19.83
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Sep 25	$0.39	$2.11	39%	5.41
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$0.29	$4.71	18%	16.24

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	20%	61.50
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.26	$4.74	24%	18.23
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.64	$1.86	59%	2.91
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Sep 25	$0.32	$2.18	42%	6.81
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$4.90	14%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 164 found (best net $-9.91, 144 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$190.00	$210.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$9.91	$10.09
$232.50	$235.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.53	$1.97
$245.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.18	$4.82
$235.00	$240.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.91	$3.09
$225.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$4.28	$0.72

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$255.00	$245.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$2.05	$7.95
$272.50	$260.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$10.78	$1.72
$242.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.03	$1.47
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.25	$3.75
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.56	$4.44

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 44 found (best yield 2.66%, avg 0.74%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Nov 6	$6.30	0.48	1.3%	2.66%	3.92%	5	--
$245.00	Nov 6	$4.05	0.38	3.4%	1.71%	5.08%	5	--
$240.00	Oct 30	$5.40	0.46	1.3%	2.28%	3.54%	220	244
$250.00	Nov 6	$2.99	0.29	5.5%	1.26%	6.74%	47	--
$245.00	Oct 30	$3.45	0.35	3.4%	1.46%	4.82%	63	86
$240.00	Oct 23	$4.45	0.46	1.3%	1.88%	3.13%	77	169
$250.00	Oct 30	$2.22	0.25	5.5%	0.94%	6.41%	305	288
$245.00	Oct 23	$2.57	0.33	3.4%	1.08%	4.45%	117	130
$237.50	Oct 16	$4.75	0.51	0.2%	2.00%	2.21%	108	395
$240.00	Oct 16	$3.70	0.43	1.3%	1.56%	2.82%	615	690

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 49,859

Total Puts 31,673

Put/Call Ratio 0.64

Net Difference 18,186

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 31,821

Total Puts 19,727

Put/Call Ratio 0.62

Net Difference 12,094

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 152,263

Total Puts 152,312

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.16

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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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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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