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SOUTHERN CO

$83.47 +0.70%

$83.28 (-0.23%)🌙

as of 10/01 06:47 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01) 6,086

Calls: 5,253 (86%)

Puts: 833 (14%)

Prior (09/30) 1,847

Calls: 855 (46%)

Puts: 992 (54%)

Current vs Prior +229.51%

Calls: +514.39% (Calls)

Puts: -16.03% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 20,598

Calls: 13,022 (63%)

Puts: 7,576 (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average 3,433

Calls: 1,860 (63%)

Puts: 1,082 (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +77.28%

Calls: +182.38%

Puts: -23.03%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01) $916.3K

Calls: $693.3K (76%)

Puts: $223.0K (24%)

Prior (09/30) $351.1K

Calls: $115.9K (33%)

Puts: $235.2K (67%)

Current vs Prior +160.98%

Calls: +498.28%

Puts: -5.20%

Prior 7-Day Total $3.80M

Calls: $2.05M (54%)

Puts: $1.75M (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average $633.6K

Calls: $293.1K (54%)

Puts: $250.0K (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +44.63%

Calls: +136.58%

Puts: -10.79%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/01) 0.16

Prior (09/30) 1.16

Current vs Prior -86.33%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.70

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -77.27%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/01) 40,781

Calls: 24,795 (61%)

Puts: 15,986 (39%)

Prior (09/30) 34,595

Calls: 19,927 (58%)

Puts: 14,668 (42%)

Current vs Prior +17.88%

Prior 7-Day Total 271,825

Calls: 175,737 (65%)

Puts: 96,088 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 38,832

Calls: 25,105 (65%)

Puts: 13,726 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.02%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.64% | 3.85%3.49% | 7.68%

Prior 1.79% | 3.26%3.69% | 7.40%

Current vs Prior +47.62% | +18.06%-5.56% | +3.84%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.35% | 3.09%3.67% | 7.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +12.10% | +24.45%-5.06% | -0.03%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.79% | 3.26%3.69% | 7.40%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +47.62% | +18.06%-5.56% | +3.84%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 52.05% | 19.57%

Calls: 64.10% | 13.79%

Puts: 40.00% | 25.36%

Prior 52.05% | 19.57%

Calls: 64.10% | 13.79%

Puts: 40.00% | 25.36%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 52.05% | 19.57%

Calls: 64.10% | 13.79%

Puts: 40.00% | 25.36%

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

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 76% of dollar volume in calls ($693.3K) vs puts ($223.0K). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 161% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 230% vs prior - elevated interest. Volume explosion - 77% above 7-day average (6,086 vs avg 3,433).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 1 of results (avg 9.8%, best 9.8%)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$92.50	Oct 16	8.70	9.60	$9.15	9.8%	1	0.88	--

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. 13 found (avg delta 0.71, highest 0.96)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$83.00	Oct 2	0.60	0.90	$0.75	40.0%	12	0.72	365
$82.50	Oct 16	1.50	2.20	$1.85	37.8%	5	0.63	--
$83.00	Oct 9	0.90	1.45	$1.18	46.6%	2	0.57	13
$83.00	Oct 30	2.00	2.35	$2.17	16.1%	3	0.55	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$90.00	Oct 16	5.40	7.10	$6.25	27.2%	2	0.96	--
$87.00	Oct 9	3.30	4.80	$4.05	37.0%	6	0.93	--
$92.50	Oct 16	8.70	9.60	$9.15	9.8%	1	0.88	--
$86.00	Oct 23	2.80	3.50	$3.15	22.2%	1	0.77	187
$85.00	Oct 23	2.10	2.75	$2.42	26.9%	4	0.69	421

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 47 active (total vol 436, top 91)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$93.00	Oct 2	0.00	1.00	$0.50	200.0%	60	0.13	104
$85.00	Oct 30	1.05	1.30	$1.18	21.2%	31	0.38	82
$87.50	Oct 16	0.15	0.25	$0.20	50.0%	25	0.12	2.7K
$84.00	Oct 2	0.00	0.25	$0.13	192.3%	19	0.28	273
$86.00	Oct 30	0.70	0.95	$0.83	30.1%	13	0.29	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$82.00	Oct 2	0.05	0.10	$0.08	62.5%	91	0.12	57
$83.00	Oct 2	0.05	0.30	$0.18	138.9%	40	0.28	2.0K
$83.00	Oct 9	0.55	1.00	$0.78	57.7%	15	0.44	11
$81.00	Oct 2	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	13	0.04	87
$84.00	Nov 13	2.05	2.60	$2.33	23.6%	10	0.55	--

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 3 strikes (avg 45.1%, max 77.5%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$83.00	Oct 2	Oct 30	23.7%	18.4%	28.9%	15	385

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$80.00	Oct 9	Oct 30	39.4%	22.2%	77.5%	6	13
$83.00	Oct 2	Oct 30	23.7%	18.4%	28.9%	41	2.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 19 found (best R:R 4.88, avg 2.64)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$83.00	$84.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	55%	4.88	$83.17
$83.00	$84.00	Oct 9	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	57%	1.63	$83.38
$86.00	$87.00	Oct 30	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	30%	4.56	$86.18
$86.00	$87.50	Oct 16	$0.18	$1.32	$0.18	22%	7.33	$86.18
$82.50	$84.00	Oct 16	$0.80	$0.70	$0.80	63%	0.87	$83.30

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$85.00	$83.00	Oct 30	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00	62%	1.00	$84.00
$83.00	$82.00	Oct 9	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	44%	2.57	$82.72
$82.00	$81.00	Oct 30	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	36%	3.00	$81.75
$85.00	$82.50	Oct 16	$1.35	$1.15	$1.35	68%	0.85	$83.65
$82.50	$80.00	Oct 16	$0.52	$1.98	$0.52	37%	3.81	$81.98

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 14 found (best R:R 4.56, avg 0.77)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$84.00	$85.00	Oct 30	$0.82	$0.82	$0.18	53%	4.56	$84.82
$87.00	$90.00	Oct 30	$0.45	$0.45	$2.55	76%	0.18	$87.45
$84.00	$85.00	Oct 9	$0.42	$0.42	$0.58	59%	0.72	$84.42
$84.00	$85.00	Oct 16	$0.42	$0.42	$0.58	56%	0.72	$84.42
$85.00	$86.00	Oct 9	$0.20	$0.20	$0.80	74%	0.25	$85.20

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$80.00	$79.00	Oct 9	$0.53	$0.53	$0.47	77%	1.13	$79.47
$83.00	$82.00	Oct 30	$0.51	$0.51	$0.49	55%	1.04	$82.49
$82.50	$80.00	Oct 16	$0.52	$0.52	$1.98	63%	0.26	$81.98
$82.00	$81.00	Oct 30	$0.25	$0.25	$0.75	64%	0.33	$81.75
$83.00	$82.00	Oct 9	$0.28	$0.28	$0.72	56%	0.39	$82.72

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $0.27, cheapest $0.27)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$85.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.27	18.5%	22.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 8 found (cheapest 1.11% of stock, avg 3.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$83.00	Oct 2	$0.75	$0.18	$0.93	$82.07	$83.93	1.11%
$83.00	Oct 9	$1.18	$0.78	$1.96	$81.04	$84.96	2.35%
$82.50	Oct 16	$1.85	$0.80	$2.65	$79.85	$85.15	3.17%
$85.00	Oct 16	$0.63	$2.15	$2.78	$82.22	$87.78	3.33%
$83.00	Oct 30	$2.17	$1.53	$3.70	$79.30	$86.70	4.43%
$85.00	Oct 30	$1.18	$2.53	$3.71	$81.29	$88.71	4.44%
$87.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$4.05	$4.13	$82.87	$91.13	4.95%
$90.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$6.25	$6.30	$83.70	$96.30	7.55%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 61 found (cheapest 0.19% of stock, avg 1.45%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$85.00	$82.00	Oct 2	$0.08	$0.08	$0.16	$81.84	$85.16
$87.00	$79.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.15	$0.23	$78.77	$87.23
$84.00	$82.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$0.08	$0.21	$81.79	$84.21
$85.00	$83.00	Oct 2	$0.08	$0.18	$0.26	$82.74	$85.26
$84.00	$83.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$0.18	$0.31	$82.69	$84.31
$86.00	$79.00	Oct 9	$0.18	$0.15	$0.33	$78.67	$86.33
$88.00	$80.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$0.28	$0.43	$79.57	$88.43
$88.00	$78.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$0.30	$0.45	$77.55	$88.45
$87.50	$80.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$0.28	$0.48	$79.52	$87.98
$87.50	$78.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$0.30	$0.50	$77.50	$88.00

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 1 found (best R:R 2.70, avg credit $0.73)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
79/80	85/86	Oct 9	$0.73	$0.27	51%	2.70	$79.27	$85.73

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 11 found (best R:R 2.01, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$85.00	$86.00	$87.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$0.90	18%	9.00
$84.00	$85.00	$86.00	Oct 16	$0.17	$0.83	22%	4.88
$84.00	$85.00	$86.00	Oct 9	$0.22	$0.78	27%	3.55
$85.00	$86.00	$87.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$0.83	14%	4.88
$83.00	$84.00	$85.00	Oct 2	$0.57	$0.43	59%	0.75

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$80.00	$82.50	$85.00	Oct 16	$0.83	$1.67	53%	2.01
$81.00	$82.00	$83.00	Oct 9	$0.21	$0.79	21%	3.76
$81.00	$82.00	$83.00	Oct 30	$0.26	$0.74	17%	2.85
$80.00	$81.00	$82.00	Oct 30	$0.26	$0.74	11%	2.85
$80.00	$81.00	$82.00	Oct 9	$0.32	$0.68	7%	2.12

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 26 found (best net $-0.53, 18 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$82.50	$84.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.25	$1.25
$86.00	$87.50	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.02	$1.48
$85.00	$93.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.92	$7.08
$84.00	$85.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.21	$0.79
$85.00	$86.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.13	$0.87

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$85.00	$83.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.53	$1.47
$83.00	$82.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.22	$0.78
$80.00	$78.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.32	$1.68
$83.00	$82.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.51	$0.49
$82.00	$81.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.36	$0.64

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 12 found (best yield 1.50%, avg 0.70%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$85.00	Nov 6	$1.25	0.42	1.8%	1.50%	3.33%	1	--
$84.00	Oct 30	$1.40	0.47	0.6%	1.68%	2.31%	2	110
$85.00	Oct 30	$1.05	0.38	1.8%	1.26%	3.09%	31	82
$86.00	Oct 30	$0.70	0.29	3.0%	0.84%	3.87%	13	--
$87.00	Oct 30	$0.50	0.24	4.2%	0.60%	4.83%	8	84
$84.00	Oct 16	$0.80	0.44	0.6%	0.96%	1.59%	1	128
$85.00	Oct 16	$0.50	0.32	1.8%	0.60%	2.43%	4	245
$86.00	Oct 16	$0.30	0.21	3.0%	0.36%	3.39%	6	1.5K
$90.00	Oct 30	$0.10	0.09	7.8%	0.12%	7.94%	3	--
$87.50	Oct 16	$0.15	0.12	4.8%	0.18%	5.01%	25	2.7K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,253

Total Puts 833

Put/Call Ratio 0.16

Net Difference 4,420

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 855

Total Puts 992

Put/Call Ratio 1.16

Net Difference -137

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 13,022

Total Puts 7,576

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.70

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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