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SQQQ

PROSHARES ULTRAPRO SHORT QQQ

$38.06 +4.50%

(8/18 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/18 1:00pm) 74,195

Calls: 63,439 (86%)

Puts: 10,756 (14%)

Prior (08/14) 67,949

Calls: 59,682 (88%)

Puts: 8,267 (12%)

Current vs Prior +9.19%

Calls: +6.30% (Calls)

Puts: +30.11% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 487,426

Calls: 408,576 (84%)

Puts: 78,850 (16%)

Prior 7-Day Average 69,632

Calls: 58,368 (84%)

Puts: 11,264 (16%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.55%

Calls: +8.69%

Puts: -4.51%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/18 1:00pm) $9.62M

Calls: $7.99M (83%)

Puts: $1.63M (17%)

Prior (08/14) $4.80M

Calls: $3.75M (78%)

Puts: $1.05M (22%)

Current vs Prior +100.46%

Calls: +112.96%

Puts: +55.62%

Prior 7-Day Total $56.93M

Calls: $40.45M (71%)

Puts: $16.47M (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average $8.13M

Calls: $5.78M (71%)

Puts: $2.35M (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +18.30%

Calls: +38.32%

Puts: -30.83%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/18 1:00pm) 0.17

Prior (08/14) 0.14

Current vs Prior +22.40%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.20

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/18 1:00pm) 518,236

Calls: 349,065 (67%)

Puts: 169,171 (33%)

Prior (08/14) 547,792

Calls: 371,136 (68%)

Puts: 176,656 (32%)

Current vs Prior -5.40%

Prior 7-Day Total 3,515,193

Calls: 2,332,112 (66%)

Puts: 1,183,081 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 502,170

Calls: 333,158 (66%)

Puts: 169,011 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.20%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 4.76% | 8.20%4.76% | 15.32%

Prior 4.70% | 8.15%4.70% | 14.77%

Current vs Prior +1.29% | +0.52%+1.29% | +3.69%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.87% | 7.87%6.97% | 16.57%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -2.25% | +4.15%-31.74% | -7.58%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.70% | 8.15%4.70% | 14.77%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +1.29% | +0.52%+1.29% | +3.69%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 7.39% | 9.27%

Calls: 5.26% | 9.03%

Puts: 9.52% | 9.52%

Prior 7.97% | 16.69%

Calls: 4.26% | 5.30%

Puts: 11.69% | 28.08%

Current vs Prior -7.28% | -44.46%

Prior 7-Day Avg 7.95% | 11.82%

Calls: 6.16% | 10.96%

Puts: 9.74% | 12.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -7.01% | -21.58%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 83% of dollar volume in calls ($7.99M) vs puts ($1.63M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 100% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.17 - heavy call buying (63,439 calls vs 10,756 puts). Call-heavy open interest (349,065 calls vs 169,171 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 123 of results (avg 7.1%, best 1.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$42.00	Aug 28	0.44	0.45	$0.45	2.2%	13.1K	0.20	1.9K
$34.00	Aug 21	4.00	4.10	$4.05	2.5%	92	0.95	2.9K
$34.00	Aug 28	4.10	4.25	$4.18	3.6%	12	0.93	106
$36.00	Aug 21	2.08	2.16	$2.12	3.8%	1.8K	0.90	6.6K
$36.00	Sep 18	3.45	3.60	$3.53	4.2%	145	0.66	1.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Sep 18	3.85	3.90	$3.88	1.3%	25	0.58	2.7K
$42.50	Aug 28	4.80	4.95	$4.88	3.1%	1	0.82	13
$45.00	Aug 21	6.85	7.10	$6.98	3.6%	15	0.98	365
$43.00	Aug 21	4.95	5.15	$5.05	4.0%	--	0.95	671
$42.50	Aug 21	4.45	4.65	$4.55	4.4%	2	0.93	75

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 39 found (avg $0.51, cheapest $0.30)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.50	Aug 21	0.17	0.19	$0.18	11.1%	73	0.15	269
$42.00	Aug 21	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	626	0.07	1.1K
$40.00	Aug 21	0.23	0.25	$0.24	8.3%	5.6K	0.20	15.7K
$41.50	Aug 21	0.11	0.12	$0.12	8.3%	61	0.10	373
$42.50	Aug 21	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	27	0.07	189

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$37.00	Aug 21	0.28	0.31	$0.30	10.0%	794	0.27	1.6K
$37.50	Aug 21	0.46	0.52	$0.49	12.2%	694	0.38	466
$34.50	Aug 28	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	29	0.11	388
$38.00	Aug 21	0.70	0.78	$0.74	10.8%	815	0.49	1.2K
$35.00	Aug 28	0.24	0.26	$0.25	8.0%	168	0.15	910

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 128 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$32.00	Aug 21	5.90	6.35	$6.13	7.3%	--	1.00	177
$32.50	Aug 21	5.40	5.75	$5.58	6.3%	--	1.00	33
$33.00	Aug 21	4.90	5.25	$5.08	6.9%	23	1.00	262
$33.50	Aug 21	4.45	5.00	$4.72	11.7%	3	1.00	15
$34.50	Aug 21	3.40	3.75	$3.58	9.8%	14	1.00	86

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Aug 21	6.85	7.10	$6.98	3.6%	15	0.98	365
$45.50	Aug 21	7.10	7.65	$7.38	7.5%	1	0.98	23
$44.50	Aug 21	5.90	7.05	$6.48	17.7%	--	0.97	53
$44.00	Aug 21	5.75	6.20	$5.98	7.5%	1	0.96	174
$43.50	Aug 21	4.95	6.10	$5.53	20.8%	--	0.95	202

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 240 active (total vol 69.9K, top 13.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$42.00	Aug 28	0.44	0.45	$0.45	2.2%	13.1K	0.20	1.9K
$40.00	Aug 21	0.23	0.25	$0.24	8.3%	5.6K	0.20	15.7K
$38.00	Aug 21	0.74	0.78	$0.76	5.3%	4.4K	0.51	8.4K
$38.00	Aug 28	1.37	1.50	$1.44	9.0%	3.9K	0.52	5.7K
$37.00	Aug 21	1.28	1.36	$1.32	6.1%	2.6K	0.73	5.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$36.00	Aug 21	0.08	0.10	$0.09	22.2%	1.4K	0.11	973
$35.00	Sep 18	1.00	1.09	$1.05	8.6%	971	0.27	1.8K
$38.00	Aug 21	0.70	0.78	$0.74	10.8%	815	0.49	1.2K
$37.00	Aug 21	0.28	0.31	$0.30	10.0%	794	0.27	1.6K
$37.50	Aug 21	0.46	0.52	$0.49	12.2%	694	0.38	466

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

No setups found for this strategy

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 132 found (best R:R 4.26, avg 1.80)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$42.00	$44.00	Oct 2	$0.38	$1.62	$0.38	36%	4.26	$42.38
$40.00	$41.00	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.77	$0.23	42%	3.35	$40.23
$37.00	$38.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	59%	1.50	$37.40
$35.00	$36.00	Sep 11	$0.58	$0.42	$0.58	76%	0.72	$35.58
$33.50	$34.00	Oct 2	$0.23	$0.27	$0.23	77%	1.17	$33.73

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$43.00	$42.50	Sep 4	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	77%	1.94	$42.83
$40.50	$40.00	Sep 4	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	65%	1.00	$40.25
$40.00	$39.50	Sep 4	$0.31	$0.19	$0.31	62%	0.61	$39.69
$42.00	$40.50	Sep 25	$0.95	$0.55	$0.95	64%	0.58	$41.05
$39.00	$38.50	Sep 4	$0.29	$0.21	$0.29	56%	0.72	$38.71

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 82 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.67)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$43.00	$43.50	Sep 11	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	73%	0.56	$43.18
$40.50	$41.00	Oct 2	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	59%	0.92	$40.74
$38.50	$39.00	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	52%	1.17	$38.77
$39.50	$40.00	Sep 25	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	56%	0.92	$39.74
$39.00	$39.50	Sep 11	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	54%	0.92	$39.24

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$35.00	$33.00	Oct 2	$0.85	$0.85	$1.15	67%	0.74	$34.15
$38.00	$37.00	Sep 11	$0.63	$0.63	$0.37	53%	1.70	$37.37
$37.00	$36.00	Sep 18	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	60%	1.22	$36.45
$36.00	$35.00	Sep 25	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	63%	1.00	$35.50
$32.00	$31.00	Sep 25	$0.28	$0.28	$0.72	84%	0.39	$31.72

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $0.65, cheapest $0.62)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$39.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.64	57.8%	58.8%
$38.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.65	56.0%	57.4%
$38.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.68	53.0%	55.4%
$37.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.66	51.3%	54.2%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$39.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.62	57.8%	58.8%
$38.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.63	56.0%	57.4%
$38.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.66	53.0%	55.4%
$37.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.64	51.3%	54.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 77 found (cheapest 3.94% of stock, avg 11.50%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$37.50	Aug 21	$1.01	$0.49	$1.50	$36.00	$39.00	3.94%
$38.00	Aug 21	$0.76	$0.74	$1.50	$36.50	$39.50	3.94%
$37.00	Aug 21	$1.32	$0.30	$1.62	$35.38	$38.62	4.26%
$38.50	Aug 21	$0.57	$1.05	$1.62	$36.88	$40.12	4.26%
$39.00	Aug 21	$0.42	$1.39	$1.81	$37.19	$40.81	4.76%
$36.50	Aug 21	$1.67	$0.17	$1.84	$34.66	$38.34	4.83%
$39.50	Aug 21	$0.32	$1.84	$2.16	$37.34	$41.66	5.68%
$36.00	Aug 21	$2.12	$0.09	$2.21	$33.79	$38.21	5.81%
$40.00	Aug 21	$0.24	$2.20	$2.44	$37.56	$42.44	6.41%
$35.50	Aug 21	$2.58	$0.05	$2.63	$32.87	$38.13	6.91%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.71% of stock, avg 8.26%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$40.50	$36.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$0.09	$0.27	$35.73	$40.77
$40.50	$36.50	Aug 21	$0.18	$0.17	$0.35	$36.15	$40.85
$40.00	$36.00	Aug 21	$0.24	$0.09	$0.33	$35.67	$40.33
$40.00	$36.50	Aug 21	$0.24	$0.17	$0.41	$36.09	$40.41
$39.50	$36.00	Aug 21	$0.32	$0.09	$0.41	$35.59	$39.91
$39.50	$36.50	Aug 21	$0.32	$0.17	$0.49	$36.01	$39.99
$40.50	$37.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$0.30	$0.48	$36.52	$40.98
$40.00	$37.00	Aug 21	$0.24	$0.30	$0.54	$36.46	$40.54
$39.50	$37.00	Aug 21	$0.32	$0.30	$0.62	$36.38	$40.12
$39.00	$36.00	Aug 21	$0.42	$0.09	$0.51	$35.49	$39.51

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 45 found (best R:R 1.78, avg credit $0.42)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
34/35	42/42	Sep 4	$0.32	$0.18	52%	1.78	$34.68	$42.32
34/35	42/42	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.17	49%	1.94	$34.67	$41.83
31/32	42/43	Sep 25	$0.57	$0.43	49%	1.33	$31.43	$42.57
36/36	42/42	Sep 4	$0.35	$0.15	39%	2.33	$36.15	$42.35
36/36	42/42	Sep 4	$0.36	$0.14	36%	2.57	$36.14	$41.86
36/36	42/42	Sep 4	$0.31	$0.19	44%	1.63	$35.69	$42.31
36/36	42/42	Sep 4	$0.32	$0.18	41%	1.78	$35.68	$41.82
34/35	40/41	Sep 4	$0.30	$0.20	43%	1.50	$34.70	$40.80
34/34	42/42	Sep 4	$0.23	$0.27	57%	0.85	$34.27	$42.23
34/34	42/42	Sep 4	$0.24	$0.26	54%	0.92	$34.26	$41.74

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 78 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$37.00	$37.50	$38.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.44	22%	7.33
$37.50	$38.00	$38.50	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.44	21%	7.33
$36.00	$37.00	$38.00	Sep 11	$0.11	$0.89	15%	8.09
$37.50	$38.00	$38.50	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.45	8%	9.00
$36.00	$37.00	$38.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.90	13%	9.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$32.00	$33.00	$34.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	10%	19.00
$37.00	$37.50	$38.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.44	22%	7.33
$38.00	$39.00	$40.00	Sep 11	$0.07	$0.93	13%	13.29
$37.50	$38.00	$38.50	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.44	21%	7.33
$36.50	$37.00	$37.50	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.44	20%	7.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 61 found (best net $-0.51, 61 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$41.50	$42.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.06	$0.44
$42.00	$42.50	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.07	$0.43
$43.00	$43.50	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.06	$0.44
$40.00	$40.50	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.12	$0.38
$41.00	$41.50	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.09	$0.41

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$45.00	$39.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.51	$4.99
$35.00	$33.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.11	$1.89
$37.50	$37.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.11	$0.39
$32.00	$31.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.09	$0.91
$32.00	$31.00	1:2	Sep 4	$0.00	$1.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 81 found (best yield 5.20%, avg 2.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$42.00	Oct 2	$1.98	0.36	10.3%	5.20%	15.55%	37	24
$45.00	Oct 2	$1.43	0.28	18.2%	3.76%	21.99%	23	34
$44.00	Oct 2	$1.44	0.31	15.6%	3.78%	19.39%	1	10
$40.00	Oct 2	$2.42	0.43	5.1%	6.36%	11.46%	216	76
$40.50	Oct 2	$2.25	0.41	6.4%	5.91%	12.32%	28	5
$39.50	Oct 2	$2.52	0.45	3.8%	6.62%	10.40%	--	13
$42.00	Sep 25	$1.68	0.35	10.3%	4.41%	14.77%	236	35
$41.00	Sep 25	$1.90	0.38	7.7%	4.99%	12.72%	--	40
$38.50	Oct 2	$2.80	0.49	1.2%	7.36%	8.51%	23	--
$44.00	Sep 25	$1.31	0.28	15.6%	3.44%	19.05%	1	7

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 63,439

Total Puts 10,756

Put/Call Ratio 0.17

Net Difference 52,683

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 59,682

Total Puts 8,267

Put/Call Ratio 0.14

Net Difference 51,415

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 408,576

Total Puts 78,850

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.20

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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