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$78.11 +0.51%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 10:00am) 142,032

Calls: 104,282 (73%)

Puts: 37,750 (27%)

Prior (10/01) 157,984

Calls: 111,848 (71%)

Puts: 46,136 (29%)

Current vs Prior -10.10%

Calls: -6.76% (Calls)

Puts: -18.18% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 4,941,157

Calls: 3,283,378 (66%)

Puts: 1,657,779 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 705,879

Calls: 469,054 (66%)

Puts: 236,825 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -79.88%

Calls: -77.77%

Puts: -84.06%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 10:00am) $6.73M

Calls: $4.40M (65%)

Puts: $2.33M (35%)

Prior (10/01) $12.11M

Calls: $6.59M (54%)

Puts: $5.52M (46%)

Current vs Prior -44.40%

Calls: -33.16%

Puts: -57.83%

Prior 7-Day Total $277.00M

Calls: $140.46M (51%)

Puts: $136.54M (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average $39.57M

Calls: $20.07M (51%)

Puts: $19.51M (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -82.99%

Calls: -78.05%

Puts: -88.07%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/02 10:00am) 0.36

Prior (10/01) 0.41

Current vs Prior -12.24%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.01%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/02 10:00am) 3,093,008

Calls: 2,234,689 (72%)

Puts: 858,319 (28%)

Prior (10/01) 3,054,046

Calls: 2,103,688 (69%)

Puts: 950,358 (31%)

Current vs Prior +1.28%

Prior 7-Day Total 20,874,047

Calls: 14,252,706 (68%)

Puts: 6,621,341 (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,982,006

Calls: 2,036,100 (68%)

Puts: 945,905 (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.72%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/05)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/16) | Next (--)

Current 0.87% | 1.29%0.87% | 2.05%2.77% | --

Prior 1.70% | 1.93%1.70% | 2.53%3.21% | 5.71%

Current vs Prior -48.70% | -32.95%-48.70% | -19.13%-13.97% | --

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.26% | 1.72%1.43% | 2.32%3.05% | 5.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -30.99% | -24.65%-39.11% | -11.81%-9.44% | --

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.70% | 1.93%1.25% | 2.32%3.02% | 5.67%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -48.70% | -32.95%-30.25% | -11.57%-8.56% | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 9.84% | 2.89%

Calls: 8.33% | 2.33%

Puts: 11.36% | 3.45%

Prior 8.18% | 4.92%

Calls: 9.76% | 5.77%

Puts: 6.59% | 4.08%

Current vs Prior +20.29% | -41.26%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.17% | 3.11%

Calls: 5.47% | 2.76%

Puts: 4.87% | 3.45%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +90.43% | -6.95%

Liquidity Good

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($4.40M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.36 - heavy call buying (104,282 calls vs 37,750 puts). Call-heavy open interest (2,234,689 calls vs 858,319 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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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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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BEARISH	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 331 of results (avg 3.9%, best 0.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$77.00	Oct 30	2.15	2.17	$2.16	0.9%	331	0.64	3.9K
$76.00	Nov 6	2.97	3.00	$2.99	1.0%	149	0.71	635
$77.00	Oct 23	1.93	1.95	$1.94	1.0%	6	0.66	1.2K
$78.00	Oct 14	0.94	0.95	$0.95	1.1%	130	0.52	492
$76.50	Nov 13	2.72	2.75	$2.74	1.1%	16	0.65	66

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$80.00	Nov 6	2.65	2.68	$2.67	1.1%	233	0.69	368
$78.50	Nov 6	1.75	1.77	$1.76	1.1%	147	0.55	1.3K
$79.50	Oct 16	1.71	1.73	$1.72	1.2%	12	0.71	2.4K
$79.50	Nov 6	2.32	2.35	$2.34	1.3%	281	0.64	1.4K
$79.00	Nov 13	2.14	2.17	$2.16	1.4%	4	0.59	12

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 171 found (avg $0.35, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$78.50	Oct 2	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	4.7K	0.20	19.3K
$78.00	Oct 2	0.23	0.25	$0.24	8.3%	11.3K	0.59	28.2K
$79.00	Oct 5	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	1.4K	0.16	5.1K
$78.50	Oct 5	0.19	0.20	$0.20	5.0%	2.8K	0.33	4.6K
$80.00	Oct 7	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	990	0.09	3.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$78.00	Oct 2	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	4.3K	0.41	8.3K
$77.00	Oct 5	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	1.3K	0.13	2.8K
$78.50	Oct 2	0.42	0.47	$0.44	11.4%	1.2K	0.80	8.1K
$77.50	Oct 5	0.14	0.15	$0.15	6.7%	698	0.26	2.2K
$78.00	Oct 5	0.30	0.31	$0.31	3.2%	634	0.46	1.7K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 200 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$72.00	Oct 5	6.00	6.20	$6.10	3.3%	--	1.00	405
$73.00	Oct 5	5.00	5.20	$5.10	3.9%	--	1.00	600
$74.00	Oct 5	4.00	4.20	$4.10	4.9%	--	1.00	373
$75.00	Oct 5	3.00	3.20	$3.10	6.5%	25	1.00	168
$67.00	Oct 12	11.05	11.25	$11.15	1.8%	--	1.00	18

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$79.50	Oct 2	1.34	1.49	$1.42	10.6%	151	1.00	210
$80.00	Oct 2	1.80	1.99	$1.90	10.0%	111	1.00	372
$80.50	Oct 2	2.31	2.49	$2.40	7.5%	3	1.00	34
$81.00	Oct 2	2.83	2.99	$2.91	5.5%	50	1.00	61
$81.50	Oct 2	3.30	3.50	$3.40	5.9%	--	1.00	104

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 375 active (total vol 141.5K, top 13.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$80.00	Oct 16	0.30	0.31	$0.31	3.2%	13.4K	0.22	160.2K
$78.00	Oct 2	0.23	0.25	$0.24	8.3%	11.3K	0.59	28.2K
$78.50	Oct 2	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	4.7K	0.20	19.3K
$78.00	Oct 5	0.42	0.43	$0.43	2.3%	4.4K	0.54	9.7K
$80.00	Oct 30	0.64	0.66	$0.65	3.1%	4.0K	0.30	20.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$78.00	Oct 2	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	4.3K	0.41	8.3K
$77.00	Oct 30	0.80	0.82	$0.81	2.5%	3.2K	0.36	8.4K
$77.00	Oct 2	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.8K	0.02	15.4K
$77.50	Oct 2	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	2.4K	0.11	8.4K
$75.50	Oct 5	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.0K	0.01	2.9K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 38.3%, max 45.8%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$78.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	21.3%	14.6%	45.8%	11.3K	28.3K
$78.50	Oct 2	Nov 13	23.0%	17.6%	30.9%	4.7K	19.4K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$78.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	21.3%	14.6%	45.8%	4.4K	8.5K
$78.50	Oct 2	Nov 13	23.0%	17.6%	30.9%	1.3K	8.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 118 found (best R:R 1.00, avg 1.99)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$77.50	$78.00	Oct 5	$0.33	$0.17	$0.33	74%	0.52	$77.83
$80.00	$80.50	Oct 23	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	27%	3.55	$80.11
$77.50	$78.00	Oct 7	$0.31	$0.19	$0.31	68%	0.61	$77.81
$81.00	$81.50	Nov 13	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	25%	3.55	$81.11
$79.50	$80.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	29%	3.17	$79.62

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$79.00	$78.00	Oct 30	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	59%	1.00	$78.50
$78.50	$78.00	Oct 23	$0.23	$0.27	$0.23	54%	1.17	$78.27
$78.00	$77.00	Oct 30	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	48%	1.63	$77.62
$78.50	$78.00	Nov 6	$0.24	$0.26	$0.24	55%	1.08	$78.26
$78.50	$78.00	Oct 2	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	80%	0.67	$78.20

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 70 found (best R:R 0.61, avg 0.46)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$79.00	$80.00	Oct 30	$0.38	$0.38	$0.62	59%	0.61	$79.38
$80.00	$81.00	Oct 30	$0.26	$0.26	$0.74	70%	0.35	$80.26
$78.50	$79.00	Nov 13	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	54%	0.92	$78.74
$79.00	$79.50	Nov 6	$0.21	$0.21	$0.29	60%	0.72	$79.21
$78.50	$79.00	Oct 5	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	67%	0.32	$78.62

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$78.00	$77.50	Oct 2	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	59%	0.28	$77.89
$77.50	$77.00	Oct 7	$0.12	$0.12	$0.38	68%	0.32	$77.38
$76.00	$75.00	Oct 23	$0.16	$0.16	$0.84	77%	0.19	$75.84
$75.00	$74.50	Nov 6	$0.10	$0.10	$0.40	78%	0.25	$74.90
$78.00	$77.50	Oct 5	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	54%	0.47	$77.84

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $0.18, cheapest $0.17)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$78.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$0.19	21.3%	11.8%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$78.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$0.17	21.3%	11.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 181 found (cheapest 0.49% of stock, avg 4.21%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$78.00	Oct 2	$0.24	$0.14	$0.38	$77.62	$78.38	0.49%
$78.50	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.44	$0.50	$78.00	$79.00	0.64%
$77.50	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.03	$0.67	$76.83	$78.17	0.86%
$78.00	Oct 5	$0.43	$0.31	$0.74	$77.26	$78.74	0.95%
$78.50	Oct 5	$0.20	$0.58	$0.78	$77.72	$79.28	1.00%
$77.50	Oct 5	$0.76	$0.15	$0.91	$76.59	$78.41	1.17%
$79.00	Oct 2	$0.02	$0.91	$0.93	$78.07	$79.93	1.19%
$79.00	Oct 5	$0.08	$0.95	$1.03	$77.97	$80.03	1.32%
$78.00	Oct 7	$0.61	$0.47	$1.08	$76.92	$79.08	1.38%
$78.50	Oct 7	$0.37	$0.73	$1.10	$77.40	$79.60	1.41%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 241 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 1.40%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$79.00	$77.50	Oct 2	$0.02	$0.03	$0.05	$77.45	$79.05
$79.50	$76.50	Oct 5	$0.03	$0.04	$0.07	$76.43	$79.57
$78.50	$77.50	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.03	$0.09	$77.41	$78.59
$80.50	$76.00	Oct 7	$0.04	$0.06	$0.10	$75.90	$80.60
$79.50	$77.00	Oct 5	$0.03	$0.07	$0.10	$76.90	$79.60
$80.00	$76.00	Oct 7	$0.06	$0.06	$0.12	$75.88	$80.12
$79.00	$76.50	Oct 5	$0.08	$0.04	$0.12	$76.38	$79.12
$80.50	$76.50	Oct 7	$0.04	$0.10	$0.14	$76.36	$80.64
$79.00	$77.00	Oct 5	$0.08	$0.07	$0.15	$76.85	$79.15
$80.00	$76.50	Oct 7	$0.06	$0.10	$0.16	$76.34	$80.16

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 37 found (best R:R 1.08, avg credit $0.27)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
74/75	80/80	Nov 6	$0.26	$0.24	46%	1.08	$74.74	$80.26
75/76	80/80	Nov 6	$0.27	$0.23	43%	1.17	$75.23	$80.27
76/76	80/80	Nov 6	$0.31	$0.19	34%	1.63	$76.19	$80.31
75/76	80/80	Nov 13	$0.28	$0.22	40%	1.27	$75.22	$80.28
75/76	80/81	Nov 13	$0.26	$0.24	44%	1.08	$75.24	$80.76
74/75	80/81	Nov 6	$0.22	$0.28	51%	0.79	$74.78	$80.72
75/76	82/82	Nov 13	$0.22	$0.28	51%	0.79	$75.28	$81.72
76/76	80/80	Nov 6	$0.28	$0.22	39%	1.27	$75.72	$80.28
76/76	80/80	Nov 13	$0.29	$0.21	36%	1.38	$75.71	$80.29
76/76	80/81	Nov 13	$0.27	$0.23	40%	1.17	$75.73	$80.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 77 found (best R:R 1.63, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$77.00	$77.50	$78.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.44	38%	7.33
$78.00	$78.50	$79.00	Oct 2	$0.14	$0.36	53%	2.57
$77.50	$78.00	$78.50	Oct 2	$0.22	$0.28	69%	1.27
$77.50	$78.00	$78.50	Oct 5	$0.10	$0.40	41%	4.00
$77.00	$78.00	$79.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$0.89	23%	8.09

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$77.50	$78.00	$78.50	Oct 2	$0.19	$0.31	69%	1.63
$80.00	$81.00	$82.00	Nov 13	$0.05	$0.95	14%	19.00
$77.00	$77.50	$78.00	Oct 2	$0.09	$0.41	38%	4.56
$75.00	$76.00	$77.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$0.92	18%	11.50
$77.00	$77.50	$78.00	Oct 5	$0.08	$0.42	33%	5.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 153 found (best net $-0.76, 145 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$70.00	$74.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.76	$3.24
$71.00	$74.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.10	$1.90
$65.00	$70.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$3.26	$1.74
$77.00	$77.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.18	$0.32
$77.50	$78.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$0.10	$0.40

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$86.00	$83.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$1.90	$1.10
$80.50	$79.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.15	$1.35
$80.00	$79.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.43	$0.57
$79.00	$78.50	1:2	Oct 5	-$0.21	$0.29
$72.00	$70.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.01	$1.99

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 73 found (best yield 1.96%, avg 0.52%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$78.50	Nov 13	$1.53	0.46	0.5%	1.96%	2.46%	14	39
$79.00	Nov 13	$1.30	0.41	1.1%	1.66%	2.80%	--	21
$79.50	Nov 13	$1.09	0.37	1.8%	1.40%	3.18%	--	540
$78.50	Nov 6	$1.39	0.45	0.5%	1.78%	2.28%	406	1.7K
$79.00	Nov 6	$1.16	0.41	1.1%	1.49%	2.62%	133	2.1K
$80.00	Nov 13	$0.90	0.33	2.4%	1.15%	3.57%	10	91
$79.50	Nov 6	$0.95	0.36	1.8%	1.22%	3.00%	105	2.7K
$80.50	Nov 13	$0.75	0.28	3.1%	0.96%	4.02%	10	188
$79.00	Oct 30	$1.02	0.41	1.1%	1.31%	2.45%	383	7.2K
$80.00	Nov 6	$0.77	0.31	2.4%	0.99%	3.41%	49	5.4K

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

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 104,282

Total Puts 37,750

Put/Call Ratio 0.36

Net Difference 66,532

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 111,848

Total Puts 46,136

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 65,712

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 3,283,378

Total Puts 1,657,779

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.50

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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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

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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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

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