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iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

$77.53 +0.54%

(10/6 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 12:00pm) 253,720

Calls: 168,623 (66%)

Puts: 85,097 (34%)

Prior (10/05) 292,804

Calls: 188,945 (65%)

Puts: 103,859 (35%)

Current vs Prior -13.35%

Calls: -10.76% (Calls)

Puts: -18.06% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 5,834,842

Calls: 3,870,388 (66%)

Puts: 1,964,454 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 833,548

Calls: 552,912 (66%)

Puts: 280,636 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -69.56%

Calls: -69.50%

Puts: -69.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 12:00pm) $17.74M

Calls: $10.22M (58%)

Puts: $7.52M (42%)

Prior (10/05) $13.16M

Calls: $5.57M (42%)

Puts: $7.59M (58%)

Current vs Prior +34.82%

Calls: +83.43%

Puts: -0.88%

Prior 7-Day Total $430.24M

Calls: $170.99M (40%)

Puts: $259.25M (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average $61.46M

Calls: $24.43M (40%)

Puts: $37.04M (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -71.14%

Calls: -58.17%

Puts: -79.69%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/06 12:00pm) 0.50

Prior (10/05) 0.55

Current vs Prior -8.19%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.51

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.80%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/06 12:00pm) 3,963,680

Calls: 2,600,332 (66%)

Puts: 1,363,348 (34%)

Prior (10/05) 2,761,548

Calls: 1,983,920 (72%)

Puts: 777,628 (28%)

Current vs Prior +43.53%

Prior 7-Day Total 21,424,665

Calls: 15,031,845 (70%)

Puts: 6,392,820 (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average 3,060,666

Calls: 2,147,406 (70%)

Puts: 913,260 (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +29.50%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/07) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.03% | 1.44%1.44% | 2.22%2.22% | 4.93%

Prior 1.30% | 1.71%1.71% | 2.55%2.55% | 5.25%

Current vs Prior -20.42% | -15.60%-15.60% | -13.15%-13.15% | -6.18%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.32% | 1.82%1.42% | 2.39%2.99% | 5.45%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.66% | -20.42%+1.60% | -7.25%-25.91% | -9.62%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.30% | 1.71%1.71% | 2.54%2.54% | 5.27%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -20.42% | -15.60%-15.61% | -12.72%-12.72% | -6.42%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 7.48% | 2.93%

Calls: 7.41% | 4.35%

Puts: 7.55% | 1.52%

Prior 2.02% | 2.25%

Calls: 2.22% | 1.56%

Puts: 1.82% | 2.94%

Current vs Prior +270.30% | +30.22%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.46% | 3.19%

Calls: 5.92% | 2.95%

Puts: 4.99% | 3.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +37.10% | -8.11%

Liquidity Good

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Bullish P/C ratio of 0.50. Call-heavy open interest (2,600,332 calls vs 1,363,348 puts) suggests bullish positioning. Rising open interest (up 44%) indicates new positions being established.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BEARISH	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 366 of results (avg 3.6%, best 0.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$77.00	Oct 30	1.59	1.60	$1.60	0.6%	737	0.59	4.0K
$78.00	Nov 20	1.45	1.46	$1.46	0.7%	6.3K	0.45	20.0K
$76.00	Nov 20	2.62	2.64	$2.63	0.8%	434	0.65	2.8K
$78.00	Oct 30	1.03	1.04	$1.04	1.0%	4.0K	0.45	9.9K
$77.00	Nov 20	1.98	2.00	$1.99	1.0%	1.0K	0.54	4.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$83.00	Oct 16	5.45	5.50	$5.48	0.9%	154	1.00	2.1K
$78.00	Oct 19	0.96	0.97	$0.97	1.0%	5	0.58	62
$92.00	Oct 16	14.40	14.55	$14.48	1.0%	--	1.00	21
$79.50	Nov 13	2.64	2.67	$2.66	1.1%	501	0.70	683
$77.50	Oct 23	0.85	0.86	$0.86	1.2%	16	0.48	2.8K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 175 found (avg $0.33, cheapest $0.09)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$78.00	Oct 7	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	8.3K	0.23	8.7K
$77.50	Oct 7	0.26	0.28	$0.27	7.4%	7.3K	0.53	6.4K
$79.00	Oct 12	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	68	0.12	2.3K
$78.00	Oct 9	0.22	0.24	$0.23	8.7%	9.8K	0.34	38.1K
$78.50	Oct 12	0.14	0.15	$0.15	6.7%	1.7K	0.22	4.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$77.00	Oct 7	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	4.8K	0.21	3.1K
$77.50	Oct 7	0.23	0.24	$0.24	4.2%	1.1K	0.47	2.1K
$76.00	Oct 9	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	2.2K	0.10	8.9K
$76.50	Oct 9	0.10	0.11	$0.11	9.1%	1.0K	0.17	5.8K
$78.00	Oct 7	0.51	0.55	$0.53	7.5%	398	0.77	2.1K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 241 found (avg delta 0.86, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$68.00	Oct 7	9.45	9.65	$9.55	2.1%	2	1.00	--
$69.00	Oct 7	8.45	8.65	$8.55	2.3%	2	1.00	1
$70.00	Oct 7	7.45	7.65	$7.55	2.6%	134	1.00	6
$70.50	Oct 7	6.95	7.15	$7.05	2.8%	155	1.00	--
$71.00	Oct 7	6.45	6.65	$6.55	3.1%	131	1.00	9

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$80.50	Oct 9	2.91	3.05	$2.98	4.7%	10	1.00	553
$81.00	Oct 9	3.40	3.55	$3.47	4.3%	--	1.00	22
$81.50	Oct 9	3.85	4.05	$3.95	5.1%	--	1.00	37
$82.00	Oct 9	4.40	4.55	$4.47	3.4%	15	1.00	--
$87.00	Oct 9	9.40	9.60	$9.50	2.1%	1	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 448 active (total vol 253.4K, top 12.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$79.00	Nov 20	1.00	1.02	$1.01	2.0%	12.5K	0.36	20.6K
$78.00	Oct 9	0.22	0.24	$0.23	8.7%	9.8K	0.34	38.1K
$78.00	Oct 7	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	8.3K	0.23	8.7K
$77.50	Oct 7	0.26	0.28	$0.27	7.4%	7.3K	0.53	6.4K
$79.00	Oct 16	0.23	0.24	$0.24	4.2%	7.1K	0.22	30.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$77.00	Oct 9	0.20	0.21	$0.21	4.8%	8.6K	0.30	9.4K
$77.00	Nov 20	1.35	1.37	$1.36	1.5%	6.3K	0.46	85.2K
$76.00	Oct 30	0.51	0.53	$0.52	3.8%	5.7K	0.28	3.3K
$77.00	Oct 7	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	4.8K	0.21	3.1K
$74.00	Nov 20	0.49	0.50	$0.50	2.0%	3.6K	0.20	19.4K

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 9.9%, max 15.0%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$77.00	Oct 7	Nov 20	15.7%	13.6%	15.0%	2.6K	10.8K
$77.50	Oct 7	Nov 13	14.2%	13.6%	4.9%	7.4K	6.9K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$77.00	Oct 7	Nov 20	15.7%	13.6%	15.0%	11.1K	88.2K
$77.50	Oct 7	Nov 13	14.2%	13.6%	4.9%	1.5K	2.9K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 115 found (best R:R 1.13, avg 1.97)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$80.00	$80.50	Nov 13	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	25%	3.55	$80.11
$79.00	$79.50	Oct 23	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	28%	3.17	$79.12
$78.00	$78.50	Oct 23	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	44%	1.50	$78.20
$78.00	$78.50	Oct 16	$0.18	$0.32	$0.18	41%	1.78	$78.18
$78.50	$79.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	31%	2.85	$78.63

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$78.00	$77.00	Nov 20	$0.47	$0.53	$0.47	55%	1.13	$77.53
$78.00	$77.50	Oct 7	$0.29	$0.21	$0.29	77%	0.72	$77.71
$77.00	$76.00	Nov 20	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	46%	1.70	$76.63
$79.00	$78.00	Nov 20	$0.58	$0.42	$0.58	64%	0.72	$78.42
$78.00	$77.00	Oct 21	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	57%	1.22	$77.55

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 68 found (best R:R 0.82, avg 0.44)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$78.00	$79.00	Nov 20	$0.45	$0.45	$0.55	55%	0.82	$78.45
$78.00	$79.00	Oct 30	$0.41	$0.41	$0.59	55%	0.69	$78.41
$79.00	$80.00	Nov 20	$0.33	$0.33	$0.67	64%	0.49	$79.33
$78.00	$79.00	Oct 21	$0.35	$0.35	$0.65	57%	0.54	$78.35
$79.00	$80.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$0.27	$0.73	68%	0.37	$79.27

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$77.50	$77.00	Oct 7	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	53%	0.43	$77.35
$76.00	$75.00	Oct 21	$0.15	$0.15	$0.85	76%	0.18	$75.85
$76.50	$76.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	68%	0.35	$76.37
$77.00	$76.50	Oct 12	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	68%	0.28	$76.89
$77.50	$77.00	Oct 23	$0.21	$0.21	$0.29	52%	0.72	$77.29

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $0.17, cheapest $0.14)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$77.50	Oct 7	Oct 9	$0.19	14.2%	14.0%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$77.50	Oct 7	Oct 9	$0.14	14.2%	14.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 206 found (cheapest 0.66% of stock, avg 4.71%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$77.50	Oct 7	$0.27	$0.24	$0.51	$76.99	$78.01	0.66%
$78.00	Oct 7	$0.09	$0.53	$0.62	$77.38	$78.62	0.80%
$77.00	Oct 7	$0.63	$0.09	$0.72	$76.28	$77.72	0.93%
$77.50	Oct 9	$0.46	$0.38	$0.84	$76.66	$78.34	1.08%
$78.00	Oct 9	$0.23	$0.66	$0.89	$77.11	$78.89	1.15%
$77.50	Oct 12	$0.53	$0.45	$0.98	$76.52	$78.48	1.26%
$77.00	Oct 9	$0.79	$0.21	$1.00	$76.00	$78.00	1.29%
$78.00	Oct 12	$0.30	$0.72	$1.02	$76.98	$79.02	1.32%
$78.50	Oct 7	$0.03	$1.00	$1.03	$77.47	$79.53	1.33%
$76.50	Oct 7	$1.08	$0.04	$1.12	$75.38	$77.62	1.44%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 262 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 1.23%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$79.50	$75.50	Oct 9	$0.03	$0.04	$0.07	$75.43	$79.57
$78.50	$76.50	Oct 7	$0.03	$0.04	$0.07	$76.43	$78.57
$79.00	$75.50	Oct 9	$0.05	$0.04	$0.09	$75.41	$79.09
$79.50	$76.00	Oct 9	$0.03	$0.06	$0.09	$75.91	$79.59
$79.50	$75.50	Oct 12	$0.04	$0.06	$0.10	$75.40	$79.60
$79.00	$76.00	Oct 9	$0.05	$0.06	$0.11	$75.89	$79.11
$78.50	$77.00	Oct 7	$0.03	$0.09	$0.12	$76.88	$78.62
$79.50	$76.00	Oct 12	$0.04	$0.09	$0.13	$75.87	$79.63
$79.00	$75.50	Oct 12	$0.08	$0.06	$0.14	$75.36	$79.14
$78.00	$76.50	Oct 7	$0.09	$0.04	$0.13	$76.37	$78.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 27 found (best R:R 1.27, avg credit $0.30)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
75/76	80/80	Nov 13	$0.28	$0.22	40%	1.27	$75.22	$79.78
75/76	79/80	Nov 13	$0.30	$0.20	35%	1.50	$75.20	$79.30
75/76	80/80	Nov 6	$0.23	$0.27	48%	0.85	$75.27	$80.23
75/76	80/81	Nov 13	$0.23	$0.27	48%	0.85	$75.27	$80.73
75/76	79/80	Nov 6	$0.28	$0.22	38%	1.27	$75.22	$79.28
75/76	80/80	Nov 6	$0.25	$0.25	44%	1.00	$75.25	$79.75
76/76	80/80	Nov 6	$0.25	$0.25	44%	1.00	$75.75	$80.25
76/76	79/80	Nov 6	$0.30	$0.20	33%	1.50	$75.70	$79.30
76/76	80/80	Nov 6	$0.27	$0.23	39%	1.17	$75.73	$79.77
75/76	80/80	Nov 13	$0.24	$0.26	44%	0.92	$75.26	$80.24

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 100 found (best R:R 2.57, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$75.00	$76.00	$77.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$0.92	20%	11.50
$74.00	$75.00	$76.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$0.94	16%	15.67
$76.50	$77.00	$77.50	Oct 7	$0.09	$0.41	38%	4.56
$77.00	$78.00	$79.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$0.92	19%	11.50
$76.00	$77.00	$78.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$0.87	26%	6.69

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$77.00	$77.50	$78.00	Oct 7	$0.14	$0.36	55%	2.57
$75.00	$76.00	$77.00	Oct 21	$0.12	$0.88	26%	7.33
$79.00	$80.00	$81.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$0.94	16%	15.67
$75.00	$76.00	$77.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$0.92	19%	11.50
$76.00	$77.00	$78.00	Oct 21	$0.18	$0.82	34%	4.56

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 156 found (best net $-2.63, 146 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$65.00	$70.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.63	$2.37
$73.00	$75.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.86	$1.14
$77.00	$78.00	1:2	Oct 21	-$0.15	$0.85
$78.00	$79.00	1:2	Oct 21	$0.00	$1.00
$75.00	$76.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.70	$0.30

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$82.00	$80.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$0.47	$1.53
$87.00	$83.50	1:2	Oct 7	-$2.42	$1.08
$78.50	$78.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$0.06	$0.44
$78.00	$77.00	1:2	Oct 21	-$0.14	$0.86
$79.00	$78.00	1:2	Oct 21	-$0.38	$0.62

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 73 found (best yield 1.87%, avg 0.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$78.00	Nov 20	$1.45	0.45	0.6%	1.87%	2.48%	6.3K	20.0K
$79.00	Nov 20	$1.00	0.36	1.9%	1.29%	3.19%	12.5K	20.6K
$78.00	Nov 13	$1.30	0.44	0.6%	1.68%	2.28%	33	1.3K
$78.50	Nov 13	$1.07	0.39	1.2%	1.38%	2.63%	742	787
$79.00	Nov 13	$0.87	0.34	1.9%	1.12%	3.02%	72	265
$78.00	Nov 6	$1.15	0.44	0.6%	1.48%	2.09%	552	30.7K
$80.00	Nov 20	$0.67	0.27	3.2%	0.86%	4.05%	4.3K	41.6K
$78.50	Nov 6	$0.93	0.38	1.2%	1.20%	2.45%	683	1.5K
$79.50	Nov 13	$0.70	0.30	2.5%	0.90%	3.44%	151	681
$78.00	Oct 30	$1.03	0.45	0.6%	1.33%	1.93%	4.0K	9.9K

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 168,623

Total Puts 85,097

Put/Call Ratio 0.50

Net Difference 83,526

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 188,945

Total Puts 103,859

Put/Call Ratio 0.55

Net Difference 85,086

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 3,870,388

Total Puts 1,964,454

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.51

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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