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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (09/29) 161,925
Calls: 71,845 (44%)
Puts: 90,080 (56%)
Prior (09/28) --
Calls: -- (--)
Puts: -- (--)
Current vs Prior +0.00%
Calls: +0.00% (Calls)
Puts: +0.00% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 1,425,019
Calls: 586,650 (41%)
Puts: 838,369 (59%)
Prior 7-Day Average 237,503
Calls: 83,807 (41%)
Puts: 119,767 (59%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -31.82%
Calls: -14.27%
Puts: -24.79%
Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (09/29) $96.02M
Calls: $60.04M (63%)
Puts: $35.98M (37%)
Prior (09/28) --
Calls: $91.49M (65%)
Puts: $48.20M (35%)
Current vs Prior +0.00%
Calls: -34.38%
Puts: -25.35%
Prior 7-Day Total $1.04B
Calls: $697.59M (67%)
Puts: $339.04M (33%)
Prior 7-Day Average $172.77M
Calls: $99.66M (67%)
Puts: $48.43M (33%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.42%
Calls: -39.75%
Puts: -25.72%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (09/29) 1.25
Prior (09/28) 1.00
Current vs Prior +25.38%
Prior 7-Day Average 1.41
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.06%
Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (09/29) 1,087,536
Calls: 392,818 (36%)
Puts: 694,718 (64%)
Prior (09/28) 1,082,320
Calls: 352,101 (33%)
Puts: 730,219 (67%)
Current vs Prior +0.48%
Prior 7-Day Total 9,556,419
Calls: 3,440,209 (36%)
Puts: 6,116,210 (64%)
Prior 7-Day Average 1,365,202
Calls: 491,458 (36%)
Puts: 873,744 (64%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.34%
Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (09/29) | Next (09/30)Expiry (09/30) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)
Current 0.47% | 1.61%1.61% | 2.71%2.71% | 4.37%5.73% | 11.27%
Prior 1.54% | 2.25%2.25% | 3.23%3.23% | 4.63%5.95% | 11.54%
Current vs Prior +4.86% | +2.83%-28.12% | -15.98%-15.98% | -5.65%-3.82% | -2.38%
Prior 7-Day Avg 1.23% | 1.95%1.17% | 2.26%2.14% | 4.29%5.66% | 11.14%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +30.99% | +18.70%+38.35% | +19.96%+26.54% | +1.76%+1.13% | +1.19%
Prior 7-Day Eod 0.54% | 1.62%2.25% | 3.23%3.23% | 4.63%5.95% | 11.54%
Current vs 7-Day Eod +198.35% | +42.42%-28.12% | -15.98%-15.98% | -5.65%-3.82% | -2.38%
Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 31.88% | 34.81%
Calls: 30.81% | 32.61%
Puts: 32.94% | 37.01%
Prior 24.04% | 36.96%
Calls: 25.00% | 41.31%
Puts: 23.08% | 32.61%
Current vs Prior +32.61% | -5.82%
Prior 7-Day Avg 36.34% | 24.22%
Calls: 32.58% | 26.60%
Puts: 40.66% | 24.38%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -12.28% | +43.72%
Liquidity Expensive
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Moderately bullish flow with 63% call dollar volume ($60.04M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.25 indicates protective positioning. Put-heavy open interest (694,718 puts vs 392,818 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH
Retail Flow BEARISH
Overall BEARISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH
Current BEARISH
Prior NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads
💰 Best Value Under $1
📊 High Delta (ITM)
🔥 High Volume
⏰ Backwardation
📈 Debit Spreads
📉 Credit Spreads
📅 Calendar Spreads
⚡ Straddles
🔀 Strangles
🦅 Iron Condors
🦋 Butterflies
⚖️ Ratio Spreads
🛡️ Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 150 of results (avg 6.9%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$492.50Sep 29113.50116.80$115.152.9%970.94--
$487.50Sep 29117.80121.45$119.633.1%500.941
$490.00Sep 29115.15119.20$117.183.5%920.946
$505.00Oct 5100.95104.55$102.753.5%10.97--
$500.00Oct 16106.95110.85$108.903.6%230.98275
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$725.00Sep 29115.50119.90$117.703.7%150.91--
$720.00Sep 29110.50114.90$112.703.9%70.91--
$715.00Sep 29105.50109.90$107.704.1%30.91--
$710.00Sep 29100.50104.90$102.704.3%40.91--
$705.00Sep 2995.5099.90$97.704.5%21.00--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.71, cheapest $0.54)

CALLS (0)
No calls meet the criteria
PUTS (4)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$500.00Oct 160.500.59$0.5416.7%3.1K0.0213.7K
$505.00Oct 160.570.65$0.6113.1%1.0K0.032.1K
$510.00Oct 160.630.74$0.6915.9%3620.034.1K
$500.00Oct 230.901.08$0.9918.2%60.04--

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 282 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$570.00Sep 2935.1039.10$37.1010.8%11.0075
$575.00Sep 2930.1034.40$32.2513.3%191.0069
$607.50Sep 290.061.08$0.57178.9%5561.00266
$580.00Sep 2925.1029.10$27.1014.8%61.0097
$590.00Sep 2915.6518.60$17.1317.2%11.00--
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$607.50Sep 290.130.90$0.52148.1%2.0K1.00169
$610.00Sep 291.213.95$2.58106.2%8821.003
$612.50Sep 293.706.55$5.1355.6%7771.002
$615.00Sep 295.709.70$7.7051.9%201.001
$617.50Sep 298.4511.80$10.1333.1%21.00--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,008 active (total vol 119.1K, top 4.4K)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$615.00Sep 290.000.03$0.02150.0%3.3K0.01866
$612.50Sep 290.000.01$0.01100.0%2.4K0.01877
$610.00Sep 290.000.30$0.15200.0%2.0K0.14136
$620.00Sep 290.000.01$0.01100.0%1.8K0.00535
$617.50Sep 290.000.05$0.03166.7%1.8K0.01491
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$605.00Sep 290.000.02$0.01200.0%4.4K0.02152
$597.50Sep 300.821.48$1.1557.4%3.6K0.19160
$500.00Oct 160.500.59$0.5416.7%3.1K0.0213.7K
$590.00Oct 21.792.47$2.1331.9%2.3K0.191.0K
$580.00Oct 20.751.21$0.9846.9%2.3K0.101.4K

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 1305.3%, max 1833.7%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$637.50Sep 29Oct 9633.2%32.7%1833.7%12289
$632.50Sep 29Oct 12564.7%31.4%1698.0%113114
$635.00Sep 29Nov 6599.3%36.9%1523.8%28126
$627.50Sep 29Oct 9493.1%32.5%1418.7%176189
$625.00Sep 29Nov 6455.8%36.9%1134.5%176175
PUTS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$582.50Sep 29Oct 30556.4%34.3%1523.1%80465
$625.00Oct 2Oct 2335.4%33.6%5.3%2323

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 561 found (best R:R 5.10, avg 7.74)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$630.00$635.00Nov 6$0.82$4.18$0.8239%5.10$630.82
$650.00$655.00Nov 6$0.53$4.47$0.5329%8.43$650.53
$632.50$640.00Oct 6$0.28$7.22$0.2818%25.79$632.78
$620.00$622.50Nov 6$0.30$2.20$0.3045%7.33$620.30
$660.00$670.00Nov 6$1.49$8.51$1.4925%5.71$661.49
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$580.00$572.50Oct 7$0.30$7.20$0.3017%24.00$579.70
$612.50$610.00Nov 6$0.53$1.97$0.5351%3.72$611.97
$600.00$597.50Oct 30$0.37$2.13$0.3743%5.76$599.63
$605.00$602.50Oct 12$0.48$2.02$0.4847%4.21$604.52
$607.50$605.00Oct 1$0.57$1.93$0.5750%3.39$606.93

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 468 found (best R:R 12.89, avg 0.37)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$645.00$647.50Sep 29$2.32$2.32$0.1885%12.89$647.32
$660.00$665.00Sep 29$2.13$2.13$2.8788%0.74$662.13
$645.00$650.00Nov 6$2.62$2.62$2.3868%1.10$647.62
$670.00$675.00Nov 6$1.93$1.93$3.0778%0.63$671.93
$667.50$670.00Oct 1$0.76$0.76$1.7494%0.44$668.26
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$582.50$580.00Sep 29$2.07$2.07$0.4385%4.81$580.43
$527.50$525.00Oct 1$1.12$1.12$1.3894%0.81$526.38
$560.00$550.00Sep 29$1.13$1.13$8.8793%0.13$558.87
$530.00$520.00Sep 29$1.35$1.35$8.6592%0.16$528.65
$512.50$510.00Oct 2$0.78$0.78$1.7296%0.45$511.72

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 213 found (cheapest 0.18% of stock, avg 5.35%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$607.50Sep 29$0.57$0.52$1.09$606.41$608.590.18%
$605.00Sep 29$2.34$0.01$2.35$602.65$607.350.39%
$610.00Sep 29$0.15$2.58$2.73$607.27$612.730.45%
$602.50Sep 29$4.73$0.01$4.74$597.76$607.240.78%
$612.50Sep 29$0.01$5.13$5.14$607.36$617.640.85%
$600.00Sep 29$7.25$0.01$7.26$592.74$607.261.20%
$615.00Sep 29$0.02$7.70$7.72$607.28$622.721.27%
$607.50Sep 30$4.08$4.30$8.38$599.12$615.881.38%
$610.00Sep 30$3.03$5.60$8.63$601.37$618.631.42%
$605.00Sep 30$5.50$3.65$9.15$595.85$614.151.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 375 found (cheapest 0.30% of stock, avg 3.22%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$617.50$595.00Sep 30$1.12$0.72$1.84$593.16$619.34
$617.50$597.50Sep 30$1.12$1.15$2.27$595.23$619.77
$615.00$595.00Sep 30$1.54$0.72$2.26$592.74$617.26
$615.00$597.50Sep 30$1.54$1.15$2.69$594.81$617.69
$617.50$600.00Sep 30$1.12$1.65$2.77$597.23$620.27
$615.00$600.00Sep 30$1.54$1.65$3.19$596.81$618.19
$612.50$595.00Sep 30$2.13$0.72$2.85$592.15$615.35
$612.50$597.50Sep 30$2.13$1.15$3.28$594.22$615.78
$617.50$602.50Sep 30$1.12$2.25$3.37$599.13$620.87
$612.50$600.00Sep 30$2.13$1.65$3.78$596.22$616.28

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 578 found (best R:R 10.63, avg credit $1.19)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossPOPR:RBE LowBE High
570/572660/665Sep 29$4.57$0.4374%10.63$567.93$664.57
580/582660/665Sep 29$4.20$0.8072%5.25$578.30$664.20
570/572665/670Sep 29$2.75$2.2583%1.22$569.75$667.75
580/582610/612Sep 29$2.21$0.2971%7.62$580.29$612.21
580/582665/670Sep 29$2.38$2.6282%0.91$580.12$667.38
520/530660/665Sep 29$3.48$6.5280%0.53$526.52$663.48
520/530645/648Sep 29$3.67$6.3377%0.58$526.33$648.67
545/548660/665Sep 29$2.24$2.7682%0.81$545.26$662.24
520/530638/640Sep 29$3.79$6.2175%0.61$526.21$641.29
550/560660/665Sep 29$3.26$6.7480%0.48$556.74$663.26

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 330 found (best R:R 7.93, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$607.50$610.00$612.50Sep 29$0.28$2.2299%7.93
$515.00$535.00$555.00Oct 16$0.45$19.558%43.44
$605.00$607.50$610.00Sep 29$1.35$1.1585%0.85
$602.50$605.00$607.50Sep 30$0.08$2.4218%30.25
$605.00$610.00$615.00Oct 13$0.14$4.8611%34.71
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$602.50$605.00$607.50Sep 29$0.51$1.9999%3.90
$605.00$607.50$610.00Sep 29$1.55$0.9598%0.61
$640.00$642.50$645.00Sep 29$0.06$2.4414%40.67
$595.00$597.50$600.00Sep 30$0.07$2.4312%34.71
$597.50$600.00$602.50Sep 30$0.10$2.4014%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. 489 found (best net $-9.85, 434 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$510.00$555.001:2Oct 9-$9.85$35.15
$580.00$595.001:2Oct 8-$8.17$6.83
$610.00$620.001:2Oct 7-$0.78$9.22
$505.00$540.001:2Oct 5-$32.95$2.05
$695.00$720.001:2Oct 23-$0.03$24.97
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$635.00$622.501:2Oct 5-$7.41$5.09
$612.50$610.001:2Sep 29-$0.03$2.47
$620.00$610.001:2Oct 5-$4.15$5.85
$577.50$560.001:2Oct 12-$0.11$17.39
$580.00$570.001:2Oct 6-$0.53$9.47

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 213 found (best yield 4.13%, avg 1.02%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$612.50Nov 6$25.050.490.9%4.13%5.05%1--
$622.50Nov 6$20.800.442.6%3.43%6.00%159
$610.00Nov 6$25.950.510.5%4.28%4.79%42
$617.50Nov 6$22.500.471.8%3.71%5.45%174
$625.00Nov 6$19.900.423.0%3.28%6.26%6315
$615.00Nov 6$23.550.481.3%3.88%5.22%13--
$635.00Nov 6$16.350.374.6%2.69%7.32%1118
$620.00Nov 6$20.650.452.2%3.40%5.56%1047
$640.00Nov 6$14.700.355.5%2.42%7.88%2015
$645.00Nov 6$13.150.336.3%2.17%8.44%127

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 71,845
Total Puts 90,080
Put/Call Ratio 1.25
Net Difference -18,235

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls --
Total Puts --
Put/Call Ratio 1.00
Net Difference --

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 586,650
Total Puts 838,369
Average Put/Call Ratio 1.41
Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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