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TALEN ENERGY CORP NE
$317.66 -11.00%
$322.51 (+1.53%)🌙
as of 08/18 07:08 PM
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/18) 13,196
Calls: 7,933 (60%)
Puts: 5,263 (40%)
Prior (08/17) 2,612
Calls: 1,874 (72%)
Puts: 738 (28%)
Current vs Prior +405.21%
Calls: +323.32% (Calls)
Puts: +613.14% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 18,829
Calls: 13,458 (71%)
Puts: 5,371 (29%)
Prior 7-Day Average 2,689
Calls: 1,922 (71%)
Puts: 767 (29%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +390.58%
Calls: +312.62%
Puts: +585.92%
Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/18) $23.12M
Calls: $9.92M (43%)
Puts: $13.20M (57%)
Prior (08/17) $7.13M
Calls: $6.14M (86%)
Puts: $997.3K (14%)
Current vs Prior +224.06%
Calls: +61.68%
Puts: +1223.33%
Prior 7-Day Total $25.48M
Calls: $20.58M (81%)
Puts: $4.90M (19%)
Prior 7-Day Average $3.64M
Calls: $2.94M (81%)
Puts: $700.2K (19%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +535.17%
Calls: +237.54%
Puts: +1784.80%
Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/18) 0.66
Prior (08/17) 0.39
Current vs Prior +68.46%
Prior 7-Day Average 0.61
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.63%
Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/18) 34,830
Calls: 19,284 (55%)
Puts: 15,546 (45%)
Prior (08/17) 34,855
Calls: 26,662 (76%)
Puts: 8,193 (24%)
Current vs Prior -0.07%
Prior 7-Day Total 157,297
Calls: 108,497 (69%)
Puts: 48,800 (31%)
Prior 7-Day Average 22,471
Calls: 15,499 (69%)
Puts: 6,971 (31%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +55.00%
Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 7.00% | 10.45%7.00% | 17.16%
Prior 5.13% | 8.01%5.13% | 13.38%
Current vs Prior +36.61% | +30.43%+36.61% | +28.24%
Prior 7-Day Avg 5.15% | 8.16%7.34% | 15.11%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +35.95% | +28.10%-4.63% | +13.55%
Prior 7-Day Eod 5.13% | 8.01%5.13% | 13.38%
Current vs 7-Day Eod +36.61% | +30.43%+36.61% | +28.24%
Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 25.45% | 17.54%
Calls: 29.63% | 16.57%
Puts: 21.28% | 18.50%
Prior 25.45% | 17.54%
Calls: 29.63% | 16.57%
Puts: 21.28% | 18.50%
Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%
Prior 7-Day Avg 25.45% | 17.54%
Calls: 29.63% | 16.57%
Puts: 21.28% | 18.50%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 224% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (535% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 405% vs prior - elevated interest. Volume explosion - 391% above 7-day average (13,196 vs avg 2,689).

Smart Money BEARISH
Retail Flow BULLISH
Overall BULLISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BEARISH
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

📈 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 1 of results (avg 9.4%, best 9.4%)

CALLS (0)
No calls meet the criteria
PUTS (1)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$380.00Aug 2160.6066.60$63.609.4%10.91--

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. 53 found (avg delta 0.67, highest 0.91)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$300.00Aug 2118.3024.70$21.5029.8%20.75304
$305.00Aug 2818.1025.60$21.8534.3%120.64--
$310.00Aug 2817.4022.90$20.1527.3%250.601
$310.00Sep 420.6025.80$23.2022.4%50.58--
$310.00Sep 1825.6032.00$28.8022.2%10.58--
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$380.00Aug 2160.6066.60$63.609.4%10.91--
$350.00Aug 2131.9038.00$34.9517.5%80.87404
$352.50Aug 2133.2040.00$36.6018.6%260.85--
$375.00Aug 2856.0062.70$59.3511.3%250.8410
$370.00Aug 2151.4057.00$54.2010.3%150.84320

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 132 active (total vol 2.9K, top 557)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$325.00Aug 288.0016.00$12.0066.7%5570.456
$360.00Aug 210.007.30$3.65200.0%1430.17528
$345.00Aug 282.009.90$5.95132.8%500.27235
$380.00Sep 182.409.50$5.95119.3%420.1953
$347.50Aug 210.057.90$3.98197.2%310.21--
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$320.00Sep 1822.4029.00$25.7025.7%1870.481.0K
$300.00Aug 210.458.90$4.68180.6%1630.26319
$325.00Sep 1123.3026.50$24.9012.9%1530.522
$310.00Aug 288.7015.90$12.3058.5%920.4020
$290.00Sep 189.1016.00$12.5555.0%890.29265

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 17 strikes (avg 44.4%, max 108.6%)

CALLS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$360.00Aug 21Sep 18145.5%69.8%108.6%155754
$345.00Aug 28Sep 2574.4%64.6%15.2%52235
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$360.00Aug 21Sep 18145.5%69.8%108.6%36265
$355.00Aug 21Aug 28123.0%70.9%73.5%6623
$340.00Aug 21Sep 4110.7%68.2%62.4%21971
$310.00Aug 21Sep 2595.9%62.5%53.4%23373
$335.00Aug 21Sep 4107.4%70.0%53.3%1840

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 79 found (best R:R 25.19, avg 3.95)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$350.00$377.50Aug 28$1.05$26.45$1.0520%25.19$351.05
$315.00$337.50Aug 21$5.12$17.38$5.1254%3.39$320.12
$340.00$375.00Sep 4$4.75$30.25$4.7534%6.37$344.75
$350.00$360.00Sep 18$1.55$8.45$1.5533%5.45$351.55
$320.00$350.00Sep 18$10.50$19.50$10.5051%1.86$330.50
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$310.00$305.00Sep 25$0.55$4.45$0.5541%8.09$309.45
$270.00$255.00Sep 4$0.47$14.53$0.4715%30.91$269.53
$332.50$330.00Aug 21$0.65$1.85$0.6569%2.85$331.85
$312.50$310.00Aug 21$0.10$2.40$0.1042%24.00$312.40
$325.00$322.50Aug 28$0.65$1.85$0.6555%2.85$324.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 57 found (best R:R 10.36, avg 0.73)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$347.50$350.00Aug 21$2.28$2.28$0.2279%10.36$349.78
$367.50$375.00Aug 21$2.10$2.10$5.4086%0.39$369.60
$345.00$350.00Aug 28$2.07$2.07$2.9373%0.71$347.07
$377.50$380.00Aug 28$0.73$0.73$1.7787%0.41$378.23
$375.00$380.00Sep 4$1.15$1.15$3.8582%0.30$376.15
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$300.00$280.00Sep 4$6.47$6.47$13.5366%0.48$293.53
$315.00$310.00Sep 25$3.90$3.90$1.1056%3.55$311.10
$300.00$285.00Sep 11$5.50$5.50$9.5066%0.58$294.50
$300.00$295.00Aug 28$2.85$2.85$2.1570%1.33$297.15
$280.00$270.00Sep 25$3.55$3.55$6.4575%0.55$276.45

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 11 found (avg debit $4.53, cheapest $5.15)

CALLS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$340.00Aug 28Sep 4$2.5074.0%68.2%
$310.00Aug 28Sep 4$3.0576.0%71.5%
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$332.50Aug 21Aug 28$5.15102.4%68.8%
$330.00Aug 21Aug 28$3.8091.3%69.9%
$310.00Aug 21Aug 28$4.3595.9%76.0%
$325.00Aug 21Aug 28$5.0091.8%73.8%
$320.00Aug 21Aug 28$4.5090.5%73.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 12 found (cheapest 6.09% of stock, avg 11.00%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$315.00Aug 21$10.15$9.20$19.35$295.65$334.356.09%
$300.00Aug 21$21.50$4.68$26.18$273.82$326.188.24%
$337.50Aug 21$5.03$23.95$28.98$308.52$366.489.12%
$325.00Aug 28$12.00$19.55$31.55$293.45$356.559.93%
$317.50Aug 28$16.15$16.10$32.25$285.25$349.7510.15%
$310.00Aug 28$20.15$12.30$32.45$277.55$342.4510.22%
$305.00Aug 28$21.85$10.95$32.80$272.20$337.8010.33%
$337.50Aug 28$7.90$28.65$36.55$300.95$374.0511.51%
$310.00Sep 4$23.20$16.25$39.45$270.55$349.4512.42%
$340.00Sep 4$9.60$32.85$42.45$297.55$382.4513.36%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 102 found (cheapest 2.06% of stock, avg 6.72%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$355.00$305.00Aug 21$2.75$3.78$6.53$298.47$361.53
$362.50$305.00Aug 21$3.55$3.78$7.33$297.67$369.83
$360.00$305.00Aug 21$3.65$3.78$7.43$297.57$367.43
$347.50$305.00Aug 21$3.98$3.78$7.76$297.24$355.26
$337.50$305.00Aug 21$5.03$3.78$8.81$296.19$346.31
$380.00$280.00Sep 4$3.70$5.48$9.18$270.82$389.18
$375.00$280.00Sep 4$4.85$5.48$10.33$269.67$385.33
$355.00$307.50Aug 21$2.75$6.55$9.30$298.20$364.30
$347.50$307.50Aug 21$3.98$6.55$10.53$296.97$358.03
$362.50$307.50Aug 21$3.55$6.55$10.10$297.40$372.60

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 57 found (best R:R 2.52, avg credit $3.36)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossPOPR:RBE LowBE High
295/300378/380Aug 28$3.58$1.4257%2.52$296.42$381.08
275/280345/350Aug 28$3.22$1.7859%1.81$276.78$348.22
275/280348/350Aug 21$2.62$2.3868%1.10$277.38$350.12
295/300340/345Aug 28$4.00$1.0039%4.00$296.00$344.00
295/300348/350Aug 21$3.13$1.8753%1.67$296.87$350.63
275/280368/375Aug 21$2.44$5.0675%0.48$277.56$369.94
270/280360/370Sep 18$5.85$4.1547%1.41$274.15$365.85
275/280378/380Aug 28$1.88$3.1272%0.60$278.12$379.38
295/300338/340Aug 28$3.65$1.3537%2.70$296.35$341.15
290/295345/350Aug 28$2.97$2.0349%1.46$292.03$347.97

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 25 found (best R:R 24.00, cheapest $0.20)

CALLS (2)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$360.00$370.00$380.00Sep 18$0.75$9.2510%12.33
$375.00$377.50$380.00Aug 21$0.40$2.102%5.25
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$300.00$305.00$310.00Sep 11$0.20$4.808%24.00
$280.00$290.00$300.00Sep 18$0.75$9.2512%12.33
$337.50$340.00$342.50Aug 21$0.20$2.304%11.50
$335.00$337.50$340.00Aug 21$0.35$2.154%6.14
$310.00$315.00$320.00Sep 4$0.55$4.458%8.09

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 46 found (best net $-7.00, 38 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$320.00$350.001:2Sep 18-$1.85$28.15
$340.00$375.001:2Sep 4-$0.10$34.90
$350.00$377.501:2Aug 28-$1.78$25.72
$355.00$375.001:2Sep 25-$4.05$15.95
$325.00$337.501:2Aug 28-$3.80$8.70
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$360.00$330.001:2Sep 11-$7.00$23.00
$360.00$330.001:2Sep 18-$9.45$20.55
$300.00$285.001:2Sep 11-$1.85$13.15
$307.50$305.001:2Aug 21-$1.01$1.49
$280.00$275.001:2Aug 28-$0.98$4.02

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 19 found (best yield 3.78%, avg 1.78%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$345.00Sep 25$12.000.398.6%3.78%12.38%2--
$355.00Sep 25$9.000.3311.8%2.83%14.59%2--
$375.00Oct 2$6.000.2618.1%1.89%19.94%1--
$350.00Sep 18$10.000.3310.2%3.15%13.33%7133
$320.00Sep 18$19.400.510.7%6.11%6.84%69
$360.00Sep 18$8.000.2913.3%2.52%15.85%12226
$380.00Oct 2$5.000.2419.6%1.57%21.20%12--
$375.00Sep 25$4.000.2418.1%1.26%19.31%44
$370.00Sep 18$4.000.2416.5%1.26%17.74%1772
$380.00Sep 18$2.400.1919.6%0.76%20.38%4253

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,933
Total Puts 5,263
Put/Call Ratio 0.66
Net Difference 2,670

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,874
Total Puts 738
Put/Call Ratio 0.39
Net Difference 1,136

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 13,458
Total Puts 5,371
Average Put/Call Ratio 0.61
Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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