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PROSHARES ULTRAPRO SHORT QQQ

$38.96 -1.05%

(8/21 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/21 1:00pm) 50,764

Calls: 39,872 (79%)

Puts: 10,892 (21%)

Prior (08/20) 54,430

Calls: 42,065 (77%)

Puts: 12,365 (23%)

Current vs Prior -6.74%

Calls: -5.21% (Calls)

Puts: -11.91% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 554,773

Calls: 463,725 (84%)

Puts: 91,048 (16%)

Prior 7-Day Average 79,253

Calls: 66,246 (84%)

Puts: 13,006 (16%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.95%

Calls: -39.81%

Puts: -16.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/21 1:00pm) $6.52M

Calls: $4.40M (68%)

Puts: $2.12M (32%)

Prior (08/20) $6.95M

Calls: $5.38M (77%)

Puts: $1.57M (23%)

Current vs Prior -6.21%

Calls: -18.18%

Puts: +34.77%

Prior 7-Day Total $68.41M

Calls: $52.01M (76%)

Puts: $16.40M (24%)

Prior 7-Day Average $9.77M

Calls: $7.43M (76%)

Puts: $2.34M (24%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.25%

Calls: -40.73%

Puts: -9.54%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 1:00pm) 0.27

Prior (08/20) 0.29

Current vs Prior -7.07%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.20

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +38.58%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 1:00pm) 605,226

Calls: 420,916 (70%)

Puts: 184,310 (30%)

Prior (08/20) 584,730

Calls: 407,669 (70%)

Puts: 177,061 (30%)

Current vs Prior +3.51%

Prior 7-Day Total 3,694,663

Calls: 2,492,286 (67%)

Puts: 1,202,377 (33%)

Prior 7-Day Average 527,809

Calls: 356,040 (67%)

Puts: 171,768 (33%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +14.67%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.67% | 6.52%1.67% | 14.12%

Prior 3.28% | 7.42%3.28% | 15.01%

Current vs Prior -49.08% | -12.10%-49.08% | -5.96%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.08% | 7.58%5.03% | 15.45%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -59.11% | -13.99%-66.84% | -8.61%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.28% | 7.42%3.28% | 15.01%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -49.08% | -12.10%-49.08% | -5.96%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.84% | 11.62%

Calls: 17.02% | 13.77%

Puts: 16.67% | 9.48%

Prior 9.11% | 9.41%

Calls: 10.71% | 5.88%

Puts: 7.50% | 12.95%

Current vs Prior +84.85% | +23.49%

Prior 7-Day Avg 9.67% | 10.60%

Calls: 7.89% | 7.84%

Puts: 11.45% | 13.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +74.20% | +9.67%

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Moderately bullish flow with 68% call dollar volume ($4.40M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.27 - heavy call buying (39,872 calls vs 10,892 puts). Call-heavy open interest (420,916 calls vs 184,310 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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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 96 of results (avg 6.4%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Sep 18	1.05	1.07	$1.06	1.9%	359	0.26	6.1K
$33.00	Sep 18	6.20	6.40	$6.30	3.2%	--	0.89	234
$35.00	Sep 4	4.15	4.30	$4.22	3.6%	18	0.88	68
$36.50	Aug 21	2.40	2.49	$2.45	3.7%	68	1.00	1.5K
$35.00	Aug 28	3.95	4.10	$4.03	3.7%	262	0.95	478

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Sep 4	6.40	6.55	$6.48	2.3%	5	0.83	54
$45.00	Sep 18	6.95	7.15	$7.05	2.8%	5	0.74	1.6K
$40.00	Sep 4	2.34	2.43	$2.38	3.8%	5	0.57	65
$42.00	Sep 4	3.80	3.95	$3.88	3.9%	--	0.71	51
$43.00	Sep 11	4.90	5.10	$5.00	4.0%	--	0.71	16

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 34 found (avg $0.56, cheapest $0.13)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$39.00	Aug 21	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	4.8K	0.44	5.3K
$38.50	Aug 21	0.43	0.51	$0.47	17.0%	631	0.88	4.4K
$38.00	Aug 21	0.90	1.08	$0.99	18.2%	866	1.00	8.2K
$43.50	Aug 28	0.19	0.23	$0.21	19.0%	252	0.12	83
$45.00	Aug 28	0.13	0.15	$0.14	14.3%	385	0.08	4.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$39.00	Aug 21	0.16	0.19	$0.18	16.7%	1.8K	0.56	644
$36.50	Aug 28	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	33	0.16	170
$37.00	Aug 28	0.33	0.35	$0.34	5.9%	135	0.22	584
$38.00	Aug 28	0.63	0.69	$0.66	9.1%	285	0.35	624
$35.00	Sep 4	0.23	0.27	$0.25	16.0%	6	0.13	181

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 129 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$32.00	Aug 21	6.65	7.25	$6.95	8.6%	--	1.00	129
$33.00	Aug 21	5.60	6.35	$5.98	12.5%	9	1.00	199
$34.00	Aug 21	4.65	5.15	$4.90	10.2%	41	1.00	2.8K
$34.50	Aug 21	4.20	4.80	$4.50	13.3%	--	1.00	33
$35.00	Aug 21	3.70	4.30	$4.00	15.0%	161	1.00	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Aug 21	5.65	6.35	$6.00	11.7%	5	0.99	269
$44.00	Aug 21	4.70	5.60	$5.15	17.5%	--	0.99	171
$43.00	Aug 21	3.65	4.20	$3.93	14.0%	23	0.99	669
$46.00	Aug 21	6.60	7.40	$7.00	11.4%	--	0.99	29
$42.00	Aug 21	2.89	3.25	$3.07	11.7%	8	0.99	602

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 220 active (total vol 47.1K, top 6.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Sep 4	1.33	1.39	$1.36	4.4%	6.4K	0.43	5.6K
$39.00	Aug 21	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	4.8K	0.44	5.3K
$42.00	Aug 28	0.36	0.38	$0.37	5.4%	4.5K	0.20	22.3K
$40.00	Aug 21	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	3.6K	0.06	16.6K
$39.50	Aug 21	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	2.1K	0.11	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$35.00	Sep 25	0.94	1.27	$1.11	29.7%	2.8K	0.26	69
$39.00	Aug 21	0.16	0.19	$0.18	16.7%	1.8K	0.56	644
$38.50	Aug 21	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	1.3K	0.13	980
$39.00	Aug 28	1.10	1.21	$1.16	9.5%	617	0.49	345
$36.00	Aug 28	0.12	0.15	$0.14	21.4%	513	0.11	551

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. 123 found (best R:R 1.38, avg 1.97)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$32.00	$33.00	Aug 28	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	95%	1.38	$32.42
$35.00	$35.50	Sep 4	$0.19	$0.31	$0.19	88%	1.63	$35.19
$33.50	$34.00	Oct 2	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	83%	1.94	$33.67
$38.00	$39.00	Sep 11	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	61%	2.03	$38.33
$43.00	$44.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	35%	8.09	$43.11

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$44.50	$44.00	Sep 4	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	82%	0.67	$44.20
$43.50	$43.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.17	$0.33	76%	0.52	$43.17
$41.00	$40.50	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.23	$0.27	64%	0.85	$40.73
$40.00	$39.50	Sep 4	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	57%	1.00	$39.75
$34.50	$34.00	Sep 25	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	24%	3.55	$34.39

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 81 found (best R:R 0.79, avg 0.63)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$41.50	$42.00	Sep 4	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	66%	1.08	$41.76
$43.50	$44.00	Sep 4	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	77%	0.52	$43.67
$44.50	$45.00	Sep 11	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	76%	0.43	$44.65
$41.00	$41.50	Sep 25	$0.23	$0.23	$0.27	58%	0.85	$41.23
$43.50	$44.00	Sep 11	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	72%	0.43	$43.65

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$34.50	$33.50	Oct 2	$0.44	$0.44	$0.56	74%	0.79	$34.06
$35.50	$35.00	Oct 2	$0.34	$0.34	$0.16	69%	2.13	$35.16
$35.50	$35.00	Sep 25	$0.29	$0.29	$0.21	71%	1.38	$35.21
$36.00	$35.00	Sep 18	$0.37	$0.37	$0.63	72%	0.59	$35.63
$37.00	$36.00	Sep 11	$0.41	$0.41	$0.59	68%	0.69	$36.59

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $1.00, cheapest $0.98)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$39.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$1.02	51.5%	53.6%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$39.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.98	51.5%	53.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 77 found (cheapest 0.80% of stock, avg 10.51%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$39.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.18	$0.31	$38.69	$39.31	0.80%
$38.50	Aug 21	$0.47	$0.03	$0.50	$38.00	$39.00	1.28%
$39.50	Aug 21	$0.03	$0.54	$0.57	$38.93	$40.07	1.46%
$38.00	Aug 21	$0.99	$0.01	$1.00	$37.00	$39.00	2.57%
$40.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$1.02	$1.04	$38.96	$41.04	2.67%
$37.50	Aug 21	$1.49	$0.01	$1.50	$36.00	$39.00	3.85%
$40.50	Aug 21	$0.01	$1.51	$1.52	$38.98	$42.02	3.90%
$37.00	Aug 21	$1.99	$0.01	$2.00	$35.00	$39.00	5.13%
$41.00	Aug 21	$0.01	$2.06	$2.07	$38.93	$43.07	5.31%
$38.50	Aug 28	$1.38	$0.89	$2.27	$36.23	$40.77	5.83%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 155 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 8.38%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$40.00	$38.50	Aug 21	$0.02	$0.03	$0.05	$38.45	$40.05
$39.50	$38.50	Aug 21	$0.03	$0.03	$0.06	$38.44	$39.56
$44.50	$38.50	Aug 21	$0.09	$0.03	$0.12	$38.38	$44.62
$45.50	$38.50	Aug 21	$0.09	$0.03	$0.12	$38.38	$45.62
$39.00	$38.50	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.03	$0.16	$38.34	$39.16
$41.50	$37.00	Aug 28	$0.47	$0.34	$0.81	$36.19	$42.31
$41.00	$37.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.34	$0.89	$36.11	$41.89
$41.50	$37.50	Aug 28	$0.47	$0.47	$0.94	$36.56	$42.44
$41.00	$37.50	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.47	$1.02	$36.48	$42.02
$40.50	$37.00	Aug 28	$0.64	$0.34	$0.98	$36.02	$41.48

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 53 found (best R:R 2.70, avg credit $0.42)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
34/34	44/45	Oct 2	$0.73	$0.27	41%	2.70	$33.77	$44.73
35/36	42/42	Sep 4	$0.38	$0.12	49%	3.17	$35.12	$41.88
36/36	44/44	Sep 4	$0.35	$0.15	51%	2.33	$36.15	$43.85
35/36	44/44	Sep 4	$0.29	$0.21	60%	1.38	$35.21	$43.79
37/38	44/44	Sep 4	$0.37	$0.13	42%	2.85	$37.13	$43.87
36/37	42/42	Sep 4	$0.39	$0.11	37%	3.55	$36.61	$41.89
32/33	44/45	Oct 2	$0.56	$0.44	49%	1.27	$32.44	$44.56
36/37	44/44	Sep 4	$0.30	$0.20	47%	1.50	$36.70	$43.80
35/36	43/44	Sep 18	$0.61	$0.39	40%	1.56	$35.39	$43.61
36/37	44/45	Sep 11	$0.56	$0.44	44%	1.27	$36.44	$45.06

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 99 found (best R:R 1.38, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$38.50	$39.00	$39.50	Aug 21	$0.24	$0.26	77%	1.08
$39.00	$39.50	$40.00	Aug 21	$0.09	$0.41	38%	4.56
$38.00	$38.50	$39.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$0.32	56%	1.78
$37.00	$38.00	$39.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.94	13%	15.67
$33.00	$34.00	$35.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$38.50	$39.00	$39.50	Aug 21	$0.21	$0.29	76%	1.38
$38.00	$38.50	$39.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.37	53%	2.85
$39.00	$40.00	$41.00	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.94	14%	15.67
$38.00	$39.00	$40.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.94	12%	15.67
$36.00	$37.00	$38.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.93	13%	13.29

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 70 found (best net $-0.06, 60 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$37.50	$38.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.49	$0.01
$43.50	$44.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.09	$0.41
$41.00	$41.50	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.07	$0.43
$45.50	$46.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.08	$0.42
$45.00	$45.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.10	$0.40

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$40.00	$39.50	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.06	$0.44
$35.00	$34.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.07	$0.93
$34.00	$33.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.09	$0.91
$34.00	$33.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.07	$0.93
$36.00	$35.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.18	$0.82

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 76 found (best yield 5.18%, avg 2.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$42.00	Oct 2	$2.02	0.39	7.8%	5.18%	12.99%	4	96
$45.00	Oct 2	$1.45	0.29	15.5%	3.72%	19.22%	2	86
$40.00	Oct 2	$2.66	0.47	2.7%	6.83%	9.50%	175	503
$44.00	Oct 2	$1.46	0.33	12.9%	3.75%	16.68%	--	14
$46.00	Oct 2	$1.13	0.28	18.1%	2.90%	20.97%	--	34
$40.50	Oct 2	$2.41	0.44	4.0%	6.19%	10.14%	6	30
$41.00	Oct 2	$2.20	0.43	5.2%	5.65%	10.88%	1	51
$44.00	Sep 25	$1.41	0.32	12.9%	3.62%	16.56%	2	7
$43.00	Oct 2	$1.58	0.35	10.4%	4.06%	14.43%	3	7
$39.50	Oct 2	$2.66	0.49	1.4%	6.83%	8.21%	26	36

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 39,872

Total Puts 10,892

Put/Call Ratio 0.27

Net Difference 28,980

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 42,065

Total Puts 12,365

Put/Call Ratio 0.29

Net Difference 29,700

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 463,725

Total Puts 91,048

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.20

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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