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SQQQ

PROSHARES ULTRAPRO SHORT QQQ

$39.10 +1.48%

(8/19 19:04) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/20 10:00am) 17,787

Calls: 15,411 (87%)

Puts: 2,376 (13%)

Prior (08/19) 15,409

Calls: 13,643 (89%)

Puts: 1,766 (11%)

Current vs Prior +15.43%

Calls: +12.96% (Calls)

Puts: +34.54% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 497,471

Calls: 418,721 (84%)

Puts: 78,750 (16%)

Prior 7-Day Average 71,067

Calls: 59,817 (84%)

Puts: 11,250 (16%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -74.97%

Calls: -74.24%

Puts: -78.88%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/20 10:00am) $2.26M

Calls: $2.09M (92%)

Puts: $172.1K (8%)

Prior (08/19) $2.26M

Calls: $2.13M (94%)

Puts: $132.1K (6%)

Current vs Prior +0.20%

Calls: -1.66%

Puts: +30.28%

Prior 7-Day Total $62.72M

Calls: $46.79M (75%)

Puts: $15.93M (25%)

Prior 7-Day Average $8.96M

Calls: $6.68M (75%)

Puts: $2.28M (25%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -74.73%

Calls: -68.71%

Puts: -92.43%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/20 10:00am) 0.15

Prior (08/19) 0.13

Current vs Prior +19.11%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.19

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.02%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/20 10:00am) 584,730

Calls: 407,669 (70%)

Puts: 177,061 (30%)

Prior (08/19) 561,968

Calls: 386,911 (69%)

Puts: 175,057 (31%)

Current vs Prior +4.05%

Prior 7-Day Total 3,467,336

Calls: 2,293,233 (66%)

Puts: 1,174,103 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 495,333

Calls: 327,604 (66%)

Puts: 167,729 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +18.05%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 3.58% | 7.90%3.58% | 15.19%

Prior 4.65% | 8.20%4.65% | 15.33%

Current vs Prior -23.00% | -3.66%-23.00% | -0.93%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.57% | 7.69%6.28% | 16.19%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.66% | +2.76%-42.97% | -6.19%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.65% | 8.20%3.87% | 14.74%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -23.00% | -3.66%-7.41% | +3.05%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 10.03% | 14.79%

Calls: 10.17% | 5.63%

Puts: 9.88% | 23.95%

Prior 8.96% | 8.59%

Calls: 6.82% | 7.69%

Puts: 11.11% | 9.49%

Current vs Prior +11.94% | +72.18%

Prior 7-Day Avg 8.43% | 11.97%

Calls: 6.37% | 10.75%

Puts: 10.48% | 13.19%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +19.00% | +23.56%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 92% of dollar volume in calls ($2.09M) vs puts ($172.1K). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.15 - heavy call buying (15,411 calls vs 2,376 puts). Call-heavy open interest (407,669 calls vs 177,061 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
16:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
15:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 37 of results (avg 7.9%, best 2.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Sep 18	2.28	2.34	$2.31	2.6%	99	0.48	14.1K
$41.00	Sep 25	2.20	2.29	$2.25	4.0%	22	0.42	40
$39.00	Aug 28	1.38	1.46	$1.42	5.6%	450	0.52	1.2K
$35.00	Sep 18	4.75	5.05	$4.90	6.1%	150	0.79	3.8K
$39.50	Sep 4	1.68	1.79	$1.74	6.3%	25	0.49	55

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.50	Aug 21	6.25	6.50	$6.38	3.9%	--	0.94	23
$45.00	Sep 18	6.85	7.15	$7.00	4.3%	--	0.72	1.7K
$39.00	Aug 28	1.29	1.38	$1.34	6.7%	37	0.48	202
$43.00	Aug 28	4.15	4.45	$4.30	7.0%	1	0.80	162
$38.00	Aug 21	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	593	0.19	2.2K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 20 found (avg $0.54, cheapest $0.14)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.50	Aug 21	0.16	0.19	$0.18	16.7%	102	0.20	481
$41.00	Aug 21	0.11	0.12	$0.12	8.3%	217	0.13	1.6K
$40.00	Aug 21	0.25	0.28	$0.27	11.1%	1.6K	0.28	15.7K
$39.50	Aug 21	0.37	0.42	$0.40	12.5%	638	0.39	891
$39.00	Aug 21	0.56	0.62	$0.59	10.2%	3.1K	0.53	3.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$38.00	Aug 21	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	593	0.19	2.2K
$39.00	Aug 21	0.48	0.53	$0.51	9.8%	117	0.47	402
$39.50	Aug 21	0.77	0.85	$0.81	9.9%	64	0.61	425
$36.00	Aug 28	0.23	0.27	$0.25	16.0%	100	0.15	447
$37.00	Aug 28	0.44	0.49	$0.47	10.6%	52	0.24	468

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 128 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$32.00	Aug 21	6.80	7.40	$7.10	8.5%	--	1.00	129
$33.00	Aug 21	5.80	6.35	$6.07	9.1%	4	1.00	217
$35.00	Aug 21	3.80	4.50	$4.15	16.9%	--	1.00	1.5K
$36.00	Aug 21	3.00	3.35	$3.18	11.0%	78	1.00	6.1K
$36.50	Aug 21	2.45	2.91	$2.68	17.2%	165	1.00	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$44.00	Aug 21	4.30	5.45	$4.88	23.6%	--	0.99	172
$46.00	Aug 21	6.45	7.60	$7.03	16.4%	--	0.98	51
$43.00	Aug 21	3.65	4.30	$3.97	16.4%	2	0.97	671
$43.50	Aug 21	3.95	4.80	$4.38	19.4%	1	0.97	201
$42.50	Aug 21	3.10	3.80	$3.45	20.3%	--	0.96	71

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 139 active (total vol 16.4K, top 3.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$39.00	Aug 21	0.56	0.62	$0.59	10.2%	3.1K	0.53	3.9K
$38.50	Aug 28	1.59	1.76	$1.68	10.1%	2.2K	0.58	543
$40.00	Aug 21	0.25	0.28	$0.27	11.1%	1.6K	0.28	15.7K
$38.00	Aug 21	1.15	1.30	$1.23	12.2%	670	0.81	8.7K
$39.50	Aug 21	0.37	0.42	$0.40	12.5%	638	0.39	891

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$38.00	Aug 21	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	593	0.19	2.2K
$38.50	Aug 21	0.21	0.32	$0.27	40.7%	457	0.32	883
$36.00	Aug 21	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	174	0.01	1.8K
$37.00	Aug 21	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	149	0.03	1.7K
$37.50	Aug 21	0.04	0.06	$0.05	40.0%	141	0.09	2.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 2 strikes (avg 7.6%, max 9.2%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$40.50	Aug 21	Oct 2	70.2%	66.2%	6.1%	102	508

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$40.50	Aug 21	Sep 4	70.2%	64.3%	9.2%	10	55

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 125 found (best R:R 5.06, avg 2.03)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$43.00	$45.00	Sep 25	$0.33	$1.67	$0.33	35%	5.06	$43.33
$36.00	$37.00	Sep 11	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	75%	1.00	$36.50
$36.50	$37.00	Aug 28	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	82%	1.50	$36.70
$38.00	$39.00	Sep 18	$0.39	$0.61	$0.39	60%	1.56	$38.39
$34.00	$35.00	Sep 18	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	84%	0.54	$34.65

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$45.00	$44.50	Aug 21	$0.32	$0.18	$0.32	96%	0.56	$44.68
$42.00	$41.50	Sep 4	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	68%	1.00	$41.75
$40.00	$39.50	Oct 2	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	52%	1.50	$39.80
$40.00	$39.50	Aug 28	$0.23	$0.27	$0.23	58%	1.17	$39.77
$38.50	$38.00	Sep 4	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	42%	2.33	$38.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 84 found (best R:R 3.17, avg 0.63)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$41.00	$42.00	Oct 2	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	55%	2.03	$41.67
$43.00	$43.50	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	80%	0.52	$43.17
$40.00	$40.50	Oct 2	$0.32	$0.32	$0.18	53%	1.78	$40.32
$45.50	$46.00	Sep 4	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	81%	0.52	$45.67
$44.50	$45.00	Sep 11	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	74%	0.52	$44.67

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$37.50	$36.50	Sep 25	$0.76	$0.76	$0.24	60%	3.17	$36.74
$36.00	$35.00	Sep 18	$0.49	$0.49	$0.51	72%	0.96	$35.51
$38.00	$37.00	Sep 11	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	61%	1.17	$37.46
$33.00	$32.00	Oct 2	$0.32	$0.32	$0.68	81%	0.47	$32.68
$36.50	$36.00	Oct 2	$0.33	$0.33	$0.17	64%	1.94	$36.17

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $0.83, cheapest $0.82)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$39.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.82	63.1%	60.6%
$39.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.83	59.5%	58.2%
$38.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.82	55.3%	57.8%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$39.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.86	63.1%	60.6%
$39.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.83	59.5%	58.2%
$38.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.82	55.3%	57.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 78 found (cheapest 2.81% of stock, avg 11.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$39.00	Aug 21	$0.59	$0.51	$1.10	$37.90	$40.10	2.81%
$38.50	Aug 21	$0.86	$0.27	$1.13	$37.37	$39.63	2.89%
$39.50	Aug 21	$0.40	$0.81	$1.21	$38.29	$40.71	3.09%
$38.00	Aug 21	$1.23	$0.14	$1.37	$36.63	$39.37	3.50%
$40.00	Aug 21	$0.27	$1.15	$1.42	$38.58	$41.42	3.63%
$37.50	Aug 21	$1.64	$0.05	$1.69	$35.81	$39.19	4.32%
$40.50	Aug 21	$0.18	$1.53	$1.71	$38.79	$42.21	4.37%
$41.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$1.99	$2.11	$38.89	$43.11	5.40%
$37.00	Aug 21	$2.15	$0.02	$2.17	$34.83	$39.17	5.55%
$41.50	Aug 21	$0.07	$2.48	$2.55	$38.95	$44.05	6.52%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 174 found (cheapest 0.31% of stock, avg 8.13%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$41.50	$37.50	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.05	$0.12	$37.38	$41.62
$41.50	$34.50	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.09	$0.16	$34.34	$41.66
$41.00	$37.50	Aug 21	$0.12	$0.05	$0.17	$37.33	$41.17
$41.00	$34.50	Aug 21	$0.12	$0.09	$0.21	$34.29	$41.21
$41.50	$38.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.14	$0.21	$37.79	$41.71
$40.50	$37.50	Aug 21	$0.18	$0.05	$0.23	$37.27	$40.73
$41.00	$38.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$0.14	$0.26	$37.74	$41.26
$40.50	$34.50	Aug 21	$0.18	$0.09	$0.27	$34.23	$40.77
$40.50	$38.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$0.14	$0.32	$37.68	$40.82
$40.00	$37.50	Aug 21	$0.27	$0.05	$0.32	$37.18	$40.32

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 58 found (best R:R 2.85, avg credit $0.38)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
35/36	45/46	Sep 18	$0.74	$0.26	44%	2.85	$35.26	$45.74
36/37	46/46	Sep 4	$0.39	$0.11	52%	3.55	$36.61	$45.89
36/36	46/46	Sep 4	$0.35	$0.15	58%	2.33	$35.65	$45.85
35/36	44/45	Sep 18	$0.72	$0.28	41%	2.57	$35.28	$44.72
35/36	46/46	Sep 4	$0.30	$0.20	63%	1.50	$35.20	$45.80
36/37	43/44	Aug 28	$0.32	$0.18	56%	1.78	$36.68	$43.32
36/37	43/44	Sep 4	$0.37	$0.13	43%	2.85	$36.63	$43.37
36/36	43/44	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.17	50%	1.94	$35.67	$43.33
37/38	46/46	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.17	48%	1.94	$37.17	$45.83
37/38	43/44	Aug 28	$0.31	$0.19	51%	1.63	$37.19	$43.31

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 86 found (best R:R 7.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$39.00	$39.50	$40.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.44	25%	7.33
$38.50	$39.00	$39.50	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.42	29%	5.25
$38.00	$38.50	$39.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.40	28%	4.00
$38.50	$39.00	$39.50	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.44	11%	7.33
$34.00	$34.50	$35.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.45	7%	9.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$38.50	$39.00	$39.50	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.44	29%	7.33
$39.00	$40.00	$41.00	Sep 11	$0.05	$0.95	13%	19.00
$35.00	$36.00	$37.00	Sep 11	$0.05	$0.95	12%	19.00
$37.00	$38.00	$39.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.92	12%	11.50
$37.00	$37.50	$38.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.44	16%	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. 64 found (best net $-0.21, 62 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$39.50	$40.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.14	$0.36
$40.00	$40.50	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.09	$0.41
$39.00	$39.50	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.21	$0.29
$40.50	$41.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.06	$0.44
$38.50	$39.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.32	$0.18

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$39.50	$39.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.21	$0.29
$35.50	$35.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.06	$0.44
$33.00	$32.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.13	$0.87
$33.00	$32.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.14	$0.86
$36.00	$35.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.28	$0.72

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 66 found (best yield 7.14%, avg 2.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$40.00	Oct 2	$2.79	0.47	2.3%	7.14%	9.44%	--	469
$41.00	Oct 2	$2.35	0.45	4.9%	6.01%	10.87%	--	50
$46.00	Oct 2	$1.19	0.29	17.6%	3.04%	20.69%	--	34
$42.00	Oct 2	$1.97	0.40	7.4%	5.04%	12.46%	--	95
$45.00	Oct 2	$1.35	0.30	15.1%	3.45%	18.54%	--	81
$44.00	Oct 2	$1.54	0.32	12.5%	3.94%	16.47%	1	11
$41.00	Sep 25	$2.20	0.42	4.9%	5.63%	10.49%	22	40
$39.50	Oct 2	$2.79	0.49	1.0%	7.14%	8.16%	16	18
$42.00	Sep 25	$1.86	0.38	7.4%	4.76%	12.17%	18	258
$43.00	Sep 25	$1.60	0.35	10.0%	4.09%	14.07%	180	179

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 15,411

Total Puts 2,376

Put/Call Ratio 0.15

Net Difference 13,035

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,643

Total Puts 1,766

Put/Call Ratio 0.13

Net Difference 11,877

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 418,721

Total Puts 78,750

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.19

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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