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as of 10/14 06:33 PM

(10/13 18:32) ◀

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 (6:33pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/14) 46,848

Calls: 37,098 (79%)

Puts: 9,750 (21%)

Prior (10/13) 22,417

Calls: 14,923 (67%)

Puts: 7,494 (33%)

Current vs Prior +108.98%

Calls: +148.60% (Calls)

Puts: +30.10% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 277,228

Calls: 195,486 (71%)

Puts: 81,742 (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average 39,604

Calls: 27,926 (71%)

Puts: 11,677 (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +18.29%

Calls: +32.84%

Puts: -16.51%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/14) $21.20M

Calls: $14.55M (69%)

Puts: $6.65M (31%)

Prior (10/13) $10.17M

Calls: $6.28M (62%)

Puts: $3.89M (38%)

Current vs Prior +108.39%

Calls: +131.68%

Puts: +70.85%

Prior 7-Day Total $221.97M

Calls: $81.80M (37%)

Puts: $140.17M (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average $31.71M

Calls: $11.69M (37%)

Puts: $20.02M (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.15%

Calls: +24.47%

Puts: -66.77%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/14) 0.26

Prior (10/13) 0.50

Current vs Prior -47.66%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.42

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -37.78%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/14) 335,418

Calls: 232,312 (69%)

Puts: 103,106 (31%)

Prior (10/13) 328,106

Calls: 230,841 (70%)

Puts: 97,265 (30%)

Current vs Prior +2.23%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,397,420

Calls: 1,676,683 (70%)

Puts: 720,737 (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average 342,488

Calls: 239,526 (70%)

Puts: 102,962 (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.06%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 2.17% | 3.47%2.17% | 7.45%

Prior 2.19% | 3.32%2.19% | 7.29%

Current vs Prior -0.86% | +4.39%-0.86% | +2.23%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.29% | 3.39%3.08% | 7.66%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.16% | +2.38%-29.46% | -2.74%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.19% | 3.32%2.19% | 7.29%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -0.86% | +4.39%-0.86% | +2.23%

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 14.21% | 19.11%

Calls: 15.68% | 12.75%

Puts: 12.74% | 25.47%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 14.21% | 19.11%

Calls: 15.68% | 12.75%

Puts: 12.74% | 25.47%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%

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Moderately bullish flow with 69% call dollar volume ($14.55M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 108% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 109% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.26 - heavy call buying (37,098 calls vs 9,750 puts).

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 37 of results (avg 7.3%, best 1.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Nov 20	3.45	3.50	$3.48	1.4%	651	0.29	5.0K
$240.00	Nov 20	7.05	7.30	$7.18	3.5%	63	0.48	2.0K
$240.00	Oct 30	3.85	4.00	$3.93	3.8%	921	0.45	1.4K
$200.00	Oct 23	36.85	38.65	$37.75	4.8%	1	1.00	--
$240.00	Oct 23	2.62	2.75	$2.69	4.8%	849	0.42	998

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Oct 16	36.45	38.15	$37.30	4.6%	6	1.00	--
$265.00	Nov 20	26.80	28.20	$27.50	5.1%	1	0.89	--
$255.00	Nov 20	18.05	19.25	$18.65	6.4%	3	0.78	--
$260.00	Nov 20	22.25	23.80	$23.03	6.7%	52	0.85	1.0K
$225.00	Nov 20	2.25	2.41	$2.33	6.9%	108	0.22	2.3K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.52, cheapest $0.11)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$247.50	Oct 16	0.10	0.11	$0.11	9.1%	7.3K	0.05	733
$275.00	Nov 20	0.38	0.46	$0.42	19.0%	91	0.05	5.4K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Oct 30	0.60	0.71	$0.66	16.7%	58	0.12	1.0K
$215.00	Nov 20	0.80	0.93	$0.87	14.9%	351	0.09	1.5K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 58 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Oct 16	41.45	43.75	$42.60	5.4%	2	1.00	46
$220.00	Oct 16	16.20	18.80	$17.50	14.9%	6	1.00	78
$225.00	Oct 16	11.45	14.20	$12.83	21.4%	18	1.00	52
$227.50	Oct 16	9.25	11.25	$10.25	19.5%	6	1.00	31
$230.00	Oct 16	7.60	9.50	$8.55	22.2%	35	1.00	565

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Oct 16	36.45	38.15	$37.30	4.6%	6	1.00	--
$250.00	Oct 16	11.50	13.90	$12.70	18.9%	10	0.98	552
$255.00	Oct 23	16.40	18.30	$17.35	11.0%	4	0.97	11
$272.50	Oct 16	33.85	36.40	$35.13	7.3%	6	0.97	--
$247.50	Oct 16	8.95	11.45	$10.20	24.5%	4	0.95	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 184 active (total vol 27.4K, top 7.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$247.50	Oct 16	0.10	0.11	$0.11	9.1%	7.3K	0.05	733
$240.00	Oct 16	1.03	1.18	$1.11	13.5%	2.4K	0.34	2.5K
$242.50	Oct 16	0.50	0.62	$0.56	21.4%	1.2K	0.20	1.3K
$240.00	Oct 30	3.85	4.00	$3.93	3.8%	921	0.45	1.4K
$237.50	Oct 23	3.45	4.20	$3.83	19.6%	920	0.53	300

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Oct 16	0.55	0.87	$0.71	45.1%	967	0.26	3.0K
$232.50	Oct 16	0.20	0.30	$0.25	40.0%	682	0.11	963
$230.00	Oct 16	0.05	0.12	$0.09	77.8%	503	0.04	3.4K
$215.00	Nov 20	0.80	0.93	$0.87	14.9%	351	0.09	1.5K
$230.00	Nov 6	2.70	3.15	$2.93	15.4%	260	0.29	394

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 17.0%, max 24.7%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$242.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	30.2%	24.2%	24.7%	1.2K	1.3K
$237.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	27.3%	22.5%	21.6%	767	1.7K
$235.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	26.5%	22.8%	16.0%	383	1.2K
$240.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	28.4%	25.9%	9.7%	2.4K	2.5K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	27.3%	22.5%	21.6%	95	603
$235.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	26.5%	22.8%	16.0%	978	3.0K
$240.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	28.4%	25.9%	9.7%	104	1.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 110 found (best R:R 0.89, avg 8.23)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$232.50	$235.00	Oct 30	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	70%	0.89	$233.82
$230.00	$235.00	Nov 20	$2.90	$2.10	$2.90	69%	0.72	$232.90
$270.00	$280.00	Nov 13	$0.14	$9.86	$0.14	6%	70.43	$270.14
$245.00	$250.00	Nov 27	$1.40	$3.60	$1.40	39%	2.57	$246.40
$275.00	$285.00	Nov 27	$0.16	$9.84	$0.16	6%	61.50	$275.16

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$245.00	$242.50	Oct 30	$1.59	$0.91	$1.59	71%	0.57	$243.41
$240.00	$237.50	Oct 16	$1.36	$1.14	$1.36	66%	0.84	$238.64
$240.00	$237.50	Oct 23	$1.27	$1.23	$1.27	58%	0.97	$238.73
$230.00	$227.50	Oct 23	$0.26	$2.24	$0.26	16%	8.62	$229.74
$227.50	$225.00	Oct 23	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	11%	13.71	$227.33

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 85 found (best R:R 0.30, avg 0.26)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$250.00	$255.00	Nov 27	$1.46	$1.46	$3.54	69%	0.41	$251.46
$245.00	$250.00	Nov 6	$1.54	$1.54	$3.46	64%	0.45	$246.54
$245.00	$247.50	Oct 23	$0.51	$0.51	$1.99	78%	0.26	$245.51
$255.00	$260.00	Nov 13	$0.79	$0.79	$4.21	80%	0.19	$255.79
$240.00	$245.00	Nov 20	$2.21	$2.21	$2.79	52%	0.79	$242.21

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$225.00	$220.00	Nov 27	$1.14	$1.14	$3.86	76%	0.30	$223.86
$230.00	$225.00	Nov 6	$1.27	$1.27	$3.73	71%	0.34	$228.73
$235.00	$230.00	Nov 6	$1.85	$1.85	$3.15	59%	0.59	$233.15
$230.00	$225.00	Nov 13	$1.33	$1.33	$3.67	70%	0.36	$228.67
$235.00	$230.00	Nov 13	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	59%	0.61	$233.10

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.54, cheapest $1.49)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$237.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.68	27.3%	22.7%
$240.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.58	28.4%	24.3%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$237.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.49	27.3%	22.7%
$240.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.40	28.4%	24.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 52 found (cheapest 1.60% of stock, avg 5.49%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$237.50	Oct 16	$2.15	$1.67	$3.82	$233.68	$241.32	1.60%
$240.00	Oct 16	$1.11	$3.03	$4.14	$235.86	$244.14	1.74%
$235.00	Oct 16	$3.68	$0.71	$4.39	$230.61	$239.39	1.84%
$242.50	Oct 16	$0.56	$5.23	$5.79	$236.71	$248.29	2.43%
$232.50	Oct 16	$5.78	$0.25	$6.03	$226.47	$238.53	2.53%
$237.50	Oct 23	$3.83	$3.16	$6.99	$230.51	$244.49	2.93%
$240.00	Oct 23	$2.69	$4.43	$7.12	$232.88	$247.12	2.99%
$235.00	Oct 23	$5.15	$1.99	$7.14	$227.86	$242.14	3.00%
$245.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$7.60	$7.82	$237.18	$252.82	3.28%
$232.50	Oct 23	$6.73	$1.22	$7.95	$224.55	$240.45	3.34%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 159 found (cheapest 0.20% of stock, avg 2.19%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$245.00	$232.50	Oct 16	$0.22	$0.25	$0.47	$232.03	$245.47
$250.00	$227.50	Oct 23	$0.36	$0.48	$0.84	$226.66	$250.84
$242.50	$232.50	Oct 16	$0.56	$0.25	$0.81	$231.69	$243.31
$247.50	$227.50	Oct 23	$0.59	$0.48	$1.07	$226.43	$248.57
$245.00	$235.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$0.71	$0.93	$234.07	$245.93
$250.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$0.36	$0.74	$1.10	$228.90	$251.10
$242.50	$235.00	Oct 16	$0.56	$0.71	$1.27	$233.73	$243.77
$247.50	$230.00	Oct 23	$0.59	$0.74	$1.33	$228.67	$248.83
$260.00	$215.00	Nov 6	$0.89	$0.53	$1.42	$213.58	$261.42
$240.00	$232.50	Oct 16	$1.11	$0.25	$1.36	$231.14	$241.36

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 160 found (best R:R 0.54, avg credit $1.04)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
218/220	245/248	Oct 30	$0.88	$1.62	65%	0.54	$219.12	$245.88
218/220	252/255	Oct 30	$0.44	$2.06	82%	0.21	$219.56	$252.94
218/220	248/250	Oct 30	$0.67	$1.83	72%	0.37	$219.33	$248.17
222/225	250/252	Oct 23	$0.37	$2.13	84%	0.17	$224.63	$250.37
218/220	255/258	Oct 30	$0.31	$2.19	86%	0.14	$219.69	$255.31
222/225	245/248	Oct 23	$0.68	$1.82	71%	0.37	$224.32	$245.68
218/220	250/252	Oct 30	$0.50	$2.00	78%	0.25	$219.50	$250.50
195/200	280/285	Nov 20	$0.29	$4.71	93%	0.06	$199.71	$280.29
225/228	245/248	Oct 30	$1.09	$1.41	54%	0.77	$226.41	$246.09
225/228	252/255	Oct 30	$0.65	$1.85	72%	0.35	$226.85	$253.15

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 115 found (best R:R 34.71, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Nov 27	$0.14	$4.86	19%	34.71
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Nov 20	$0.26	$4.74	20%	18.23
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Nov 27	$0.26	$4.74	16%	18.23
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Nov 6	$0.43	$4.57	22%	10.63
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Oct 16	$0.49	$2.01	43%	4.10

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 30	$0.22	$4.78	21%	21.73
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.18	$4.82	20%	26.78
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.67	$4.33	33%	6.46
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Nov 27	$0.19	$4.81	16%	25.32
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$2.40	23%	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 137 found (best net $-1.91, 114 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$200.00	$220.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.91	$18.09
$235.00	$237.50	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.62	$1.88
$237.50	$240.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.07	$2.43
$232.50	$235.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.58	$0.92
$245.00	$250.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.80	$4.20

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$245.00	$240.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.63	$4.37
$242.50	$240.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.83	$1.67
$240.00	$237.50	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.31	$2.19
$250.00	$245.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$3.76	$1.24
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.39	$4.61

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 46 found (best yield 3.00%, avg 0.84%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Nov 27	$7.15	0.48	0.7%	3.00%	3.71%	3	54
$240.00	Nov 20	$7.05	0.48	0.7%	2.96%	3.67%	63	2.0K
$245.00	Nov 27	$5.10	0.39	2.8%	2.14%	4.95%	11	20
$250.00	Nov 27	$3.80	0.31	4.9%	1.59%	6.50%	16	28
$245.00	Nov 20	$4.80	0.38	2.8%	2.01%	4.82%	70	1.4K
$240.00	Nov 13	$6.25	0.47	0.7%	2.62%	3.33%	75	111
$250.00	Nov 20	$3.45	0.29	4.9%	1.45%	6.35%	651	5.0K
$245.00	Nov 13	$4.20	0.37	2.8%	1.76%	4.57%	12	34
$240.00	Nov 6	$5.65	0.47	0.7%	2.37%	3.08%	63	376
$255.00	Nov 27	$2.41	0.23	7.0%	1.01%	8.01%	8	57

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 37,098

Total Puts 9,750

Put/Call Ratio 0.26

Net Difference 27,348

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,923

Total Puts 7,494

Put/Call Ratio 0.50

Net Difference 7,429

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 195,486

Total Puts 81,742

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.42

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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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