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NRG ENERGY INC

$129.11 -2.74%

$130.45 (+1.04%)🌙

as of 07/17 07:05 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17) 2,036

Calls: 1,126 (55%)

Puts: 910 (45%)

Prior (07/16) 1,543

Calls: 1,188 (77%)

Puts: 355 (23%)

Current vs Prior +31.95%

Calls: -5.22% (Calls)

Puts: +156.34% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 43,487

Calls: 38,567 (89%)

Puts: 4,920 (11%)

Prior 7-Day Average 6,212

Calls: 5,509 (89%)

Puts: 702 (11%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -67.23%

Calls: -79.56%

Puts: +29.47%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17) $1.16M

Calls: $686.5K (59%)

Puts: $473.7K (41%)

Prior (07/16) $1.62M

Calls: $1.17M (72%)

Puts: $451.3K (28%)

Current vs Prior -28.25%

Calls: -41.10%

Puts: +4.97%

Prior 7-Day Total $27.40M

Calls: $24.57M (90%)

Puts: $2.83M (10%)

Prior 7-Day Average $3.91M

Calls: $3.51M (90%)

Puts: $404.6K (10%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -70.36%

Calls: -80.44%

Puts: +17.08%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/17) 0.81

Prior (07/16) 0.30

Current vs Prior +170.45%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.22

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +267.27%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/17) 30,944

Calls: 27,840 (90%)

Puts: 3,104 (10%)

Prior (07/16) 45,369

Calls: 43,385 (96%)

Puts: 1,984 (4%)

Current vs Prior -31.79%

Prior 7-Day Total 238,780

Calls: 213,182 (89%)

Puts: 25,598 (11%)

Prior 7-Day Average 34,111

Calls: 30,454 (89%)

Puts: 3,656 (11%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.29%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/17) | Next (07/24)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 2.02% | 5.81%2.02% | 15.57%

Prior 3.34% | 6.33%3.34% | 15.78%

Current vs Prior +74.07% | +27.30%-39.42% | -1.35%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.54% | 7.19%5.54% | 16.19%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +28.04% | +12.01%-63.48% | -3.86%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.34% | 6.33%3.34% | 15.78%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +74.07% | +27.30%-39.42% | -1.35%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 71.57% | 18.48%

Calls: 66.57% | 16.95%

Puts: 76.58% | 20.00%

Prior 71.57% | 18.48%

Calls: 66.57% | 16.95%

Puts: 76.58% | 20.00%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 71.57% | 18.48%

Calls: 66.57% | 16.95%

Puts: 76.58% | 20.00%

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

Liquidity Expensive

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P/C ratio rising 170% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Call-heavy open interest (27,840 calls vs 3,104 puts) suggests bullish positioning. Declining open interest (down 32%) indicates positions being closed.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall 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 7.2%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Aug 21	13.30	14.60	$13.95	9.3%	2	0.70	--

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Aug 21	15.30	15.90	$15.60	3.8%	1	0.66	--
$135.00	Jul 24	6.90	7.50	$7.20	8.3%	2	0.72	22

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 30 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Jul 17	8.60	11.10	$9.85	25.4%	10	0.92	178
$110.00	Jul 31	18.70	21.80	$20.25	15.3%	3	0.90	1
$110.00	Jul 17	18.00	21.10	$19.55	15.9%	1	0.89	--
$115.00	Jul 17	13.40	16.10	$14.75	18.3%	1	0.86	--
$122.00	Jul 24	6.60	9.60	$8.10	37.0%	14	0.84	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Jul 17	9.60	11.90	$10.75	21.4%	7	1.00	--
$140.00	Jul 24	10.10	12.30	$11.20	19.6%	2	0.84	3
$141.00	Jul 17	10.20	12.90	$11.55	23.4%	2	0.82	30
$141.00	Jul 31	11.60	14.70	$13.15	23.6%	3	0.82	--
$137.00	Jul 17	5.90	9.20	$7.55	43.7%	14	0.79	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 94 active (total vol 1.3K, top 545)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Aug 21	6.10	6.90	$6.50	12.3%	545	0.43	563
$140.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	40	0.01	941
$150.00	Aug 21	1.95	2.90	$2.42	39.3%	31	0.21	568
$131.00	Jul 24	2.45	2.95	$2.70	18.5%	27	0.43	1
$132.00	Jul 24	2.05	2.65	$2.35	25.5%	25	0.39	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.50	$0.25	200.0%	44	0.08	--
$135.00	Jul 17	4.90	6.40	$5.65	26.5%	42	0.76	590
$124.00	Jul 24	1.15	1.80	$1.48	43.9%	32	0.26	1
$128.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.20	$0.10	200.0%	29	0.15	9
$130.00	Jul 17	0.40	2.45	$1.43	143.4%	26	0.57	189

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 22 strikes (avg 1140.8%, max 2976.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$150.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	1691.3%	55.0%	2976.0%	33	568
$110.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	1880.0%	65.3%	2778.9%	4	1
$138.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	997.0%	50.4%	1877.9%	7	10
$137.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	938.4%	53.0%	1671.5%	14	1
$136.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	868.5%	49.4%	1658.4%	7	222

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$141.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	1187.7%	47.0%	2429.1%	5	30
$135.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	812.3%	56.5%	1336.9%	53	636
$125.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	703.6%	56.9%	1137.5%	14	32
$120.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	710.2%	58.5%	1114.9%	46	--
$132.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	585.6%	49.8%	1075.2%	6	18

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 45 found (best R:R 28.41, avg 3.45)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$143.00	$148.00	Jul 24	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$143.17
$146.00	$152.50	Jul 31	$0.42	$6.08	$0.42	14.48	$146.42
$148.00	$150.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$1.87	$0.13	14.38	$148.13
$140.00	$146.00	Jul 31	$0.53	$5.47	$0.53	10.32	$140.53
$140.00	$143.00	Jul 24	$0.38	$2.62	$0.38	6.89	$140.38

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$125.00	$120.00	Jul 17	$0.83	$4.17	$0.83	5.02	$124.17
$115.00	$110.00	Aug 21	$1.08	$3.92	$1.08	3.63	$113.92
$123.00	$117.00	Jul 24	$1.47	$4.53	$1.47	3.08	$121.53
$120.00	$115.00	Aug 7	$1.23	$3.77	$1.23	3.07	$118.77
$131.00	$130.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	3.00	$130.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 58 found (best R:R 24.00, avg 1.63)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$110.00	$115.00	Jul 17	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$114.80
$120.00	$130.00	Jul 17	$8.70	$8.70	$1.30	6.69	$128.70
$110.00	$132.00	Jul 31	$16.65	$16.65	$5.35	3.11	$126.65
$122.00	$126.00	Jul 24	$2.75	$2.75	$1.25	2.20	$124.75
$126.00	$130.00	Jul 24	$2.25	$2.25	$1.75	1.29	$128.25

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$141.00	$140.00	Jul 31	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$140.15
$141.00	$140.00	Jul 17	$0.80	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$140.20
$140.00	$135.00	Jul 24	$4.00	$4.00	$1.00	4.00	$136.00
$129.00	$127.00	Aug 7	$1.55	$1.55	$0.45	3.44	$127.45
$133.00	$132.00	Jul 24	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	3.00	$132.25

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 24 found (avg debit $1.86, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$136.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.08	868.5%	49.4%
$110.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	$0.70	1880.0%	65.3%
$140.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.75	482.1%	55.4%
$137.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.85	938.4%	66.9%
$132.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.25	49.8%	49.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$140.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.45	482.1%	55.4%
$125.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.75	703.6%	50.7%
$115.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$1.08	60.6%	56.6%
$133.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.35	49.7%	49.3%
$123.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.38	59.7%	57.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 14 found (cheapest 2.00% of stock, avg 8.30%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$130.00	Jul 17	$1.15	$1.43	$2.58	$127.42	$132.58	2.00%
$135.00	Jul 17	$1.15	$5.65	$6.80	$128.20	$141.80	5.27%
$130.00	Jul 24	$3.10	$3.90	$7.00	$123.00	$137.00	5.42%
$136.00	Jul 17	$1.10	$6.15	$7.25	$128.75	$143.25	5.62%
$132.00	Jul 24	$2.35	$5.05	$7.40	$124.60	$139.40	5.73%
$126.00	Jul 24	$5.35	$2.13	$7.48	$118.52	$133.48	5.79%
$137.00	Jul 17	$1.10	$7.55	$8.65	$128.35	$145.65	6.70%
$120.00	Jul 17	$9.85	$0.25	$10.10	$109.90	$130.10	7.82%
$140.00	Jul 17	$0.03	$10.75	$10.78	$129.22	$150.78	8.35%
$140.00	Jul 24	$0.78	$11.20	$11.98	$128.02	$151.98	9.28%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 97 found (cheapest 0.91% of stock, avg 4.42%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$138.00	$128.00	Jul 17	$1.08	$0.10	$1.18	$126.82	$139.18
$136.00	$128.00	Jul 17	$1.10	$0.10	$1.20	$126.80	$137.20
$137.00	$128.00	Jul 17	$1.10	$0.10	$1.20	$126.80	$138.20
$130.00	$128.00	Jul 17	$1.15	$0.10	$1.25	$126.75	$131.25
$135.00	$128.00	Jul 17	$1.15	$0.10	$1.25	$126.75	$136.25
$138.00	$120.00	Jul 17	$1.08	$0.25	$1.33	$118.67	$139.33
$136.00	$120.00	Jul 17	$1.10	$0.25	$1.35	$118.65	$137.35
$137.00	$120.00	Jul 17	$1.10	$0.25	$1.35	$118.65	$138.35
$130.00	$120.00	Jul 17	$1.15	$0.25	$1.40	$118.60	$131.40
$135.00	$120.00	Jul 17	$1.15	$0.25	$1.40	$118.60	$136.40

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 107 found (best R:R 22.08, avg credit $1.96)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
127/129	134/137	Aug 7	$2.87	$0.13	22.08	$126.13	$136.87
135/140	145/150	Aug 21	$4.48	$0.52	8.62	$135.52	$149.48
121/123	132/134	Jul 31	$1.77	$0.23	7.70	$121.23	$133.77
127/130	137/138	Jul 24	$2.60	$0.40	6.50	$127.40	$139.60
125/128	137/140	Jul 31	$2.57	$0.43	5.98	$125.43	$139.57
130/135	140/145	Aug 21	$4.20	$0.80	5.25	$130.80	$144.20
135/140	143/148	Jul 24	$4.17	$0.83	5.02	$135.83	$147.17
135/140	148/150	Jul 24	$4.13	$0.87	4.75	$135.87	$152.13
124/127	134/137	Aug 7	$2.42	$0.58	4.17	$124.58	$136.42
133/140	146/152	Jul 31	$5.57	$1.43	3.90	$134.43	$151.57

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 10 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (4)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$130.00	$135.00	$140.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Aug 21	$0.37	$4.63	12.51
$122.00	$126.00	$130.00	Jul 24	$0.50	$3.50	7.00
$135.00	$140.00	$145.00	Aug 21	$0.70	$4.30	6.14

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$130.00	$135.00	$140.00	Aug 21	$0.65	$4.35	6.69
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Jul 17	$0.20	$0.80	4.00
$123.00	$124.00	$125.00	Jul 31	$0.61	$0.39	0.64
$123.00	$124.00	$125.00	Jul 24	$0.62	$0.38	0.61
$119.00	$120.00	$121.00	Jul 31	$0.86	$0.14	0.16

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 42 found (best net $-0.72, 32 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$137.00	$145.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.72	$7.28
$120.00	$130.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.05	$6.95
$146.00	$152.50	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.06	$6.44
$140.00	$146.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.37	$5.63
$143.00	$148.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.06	$4.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$140.00	$133.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$2.00	$5.00
$120.00	$115.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.97	$4.03
$115.00	$110.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.12	$3.88
$130.00	$127.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.90	$2.10
$124.00	$120.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$2.11	$1.89

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 23 found (best yield 6.20%, avg 2.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$130.00	Aug 21	$8.00	0.52	0.7%	6.20%	6.89%	16	5
$130.00	Aug 14	$6.30	0.51	0.7%	4.88%	5.57%	3	--
$135.00	Aug 21	$6.10	0.43	4.6%	4.72%	9.29%	545	563
$132.00	Aug 14	$5.40	0.47	2.2%	4.18%	6.42%	3	--
$140.00	Aug 21	$3.90	0.34	8.4%	3.02%	11.46%	2	1.7K
$134.00	Aug 7	$3.80	0.41	3.8%	2.94%	6.73%	1	--
$130.00	Jul 24	$2.80	0.48	0.7%	2.17%	2.86%	3	8
$132.00	Jul 31	$2.70	0.42	2.2%	2.09%	4.33%	1	--
$145.00	Aug 21	$2.70	0.27	12.3%	2.09%	14.40%	8	289
$135.00	Jul 31	$2.50	0.35	4.6%	1.94%	6.50%	24	11

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 1,126

Total Puts 910

Put/Call Ratio 0.81

Net Difference 216

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,188

Total Puts 355

Put/Call Ratio 0.30

Net Difference 833

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 38,567

Total Puts 4,920

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.22

Ratio Trend Rising

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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