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iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

$78.03 +0.06%

(10/9 16:00) ◀

Monday, October 12, 2026 (10:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/12 10:00am) 72,156

Calls: 53,988 (75%)

Puts: 18,168 (25%)

Prior (10/09) 104,216

Calls: 55,660 (53%)

Puts: 48,556 (47%)

Current vs Prior -30.76%

Calls: -3.00% (Calls)

Puts: -62.58% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 5,053,077

Calls: 3,289,896 (65%)

Puts: 1,763,181 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 721,868

Calls: 469,985 (65%)

Puts: 251,883 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -90.00%

Calls: -88.51%

Puts: -92.79%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/12 10:00am) $1.72M

Calls: $1.16M (67%)

Puts: $562.2K (33%)

Prior (10/09) $4.77M

Calls: $2.74M (57%)

Puts: $2.03M (43%)

Current vs Prior -63.87%

Calls: -57.56%

Puts: -72.35%

Prior 7-Day Total $437.86M

Calls: $150.60M (34%)

Puts: $287.26M (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average $62.55M

Calls: $21.51M (34%)

Puts: $41.04M (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -97.24%

Calls: -94.60%

Puts: -98.63%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/12 10:00am) 0.34

Prior (10/09) 0.87

Current vs Prior -61.42%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.56

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -39.71%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/12 10:00am) 3,971,491

Calls: 2,619,033 (66%)

Puts: 1,352,458 (34%)

Prior (10/09) 4,262,283

Calls: 2,812,859 (66%)

Puts: 1,449,424 (34%)

Current vs Prior -6.82%

Prior 7-Day Total 24,421,434

Calls: 16,832,479 (69%)

Puts: 7,588,955 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 3,488,776

Calls: 2,404,639 (69%)

Puts: 1,084,136 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +13.84%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/12) | Next (10/14)Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.81% | 1.26%1.60% | 2.17%1.60% | 4.33%

Prior 1.14% | 1.39%1.14% | 2.09%2.09% | 4.69%

Current vs Prior -29.36% | -9.45%+40.16% | +3.47%-23.47% | -7.59%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.26% | 1.57%1.30% | 2.25%2.55% | 5.21%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.97% | -20.23%+23.05% | -3.87%-37.30% | -16.89%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.14% | 1.39%0.68% | 1.69%1.69% | 4.43%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -29.36% | -9.45%+135.40% | +27.78%-5.49% | -2.22%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 19.12% | 3.81%

Calls: 16.67% | 2.78%

Puts: 21.57% | 4.84%

Prior 3.30% | 3.87%

Calls: 3.57% | 3.08%

Puts: 3.03% | 4.65%

Current vs Prior +479.39% | -1.55%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.52% | 3.47%

Calls: 4.99% | 3.09%

Puts: 4.06% | 3.84%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +322.74% | +9.84%

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Moderately bullish flow with 67% call dollar volume ($1.16M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 64% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.34 - heavy call buying (53,988 calls vs 18,168 puts). P/C ratio dropping 61% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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 279 of results (avg 4.4%, best 1.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$79.00	Nov 6	0.70	0.71	$0.71	1.4%	66	0.35	3.9K
$65.00	Oct 16	12.95	13.15	$13.05	1.5%	--	1.00	46
$80.00	Nov 20	0.63	0.64	$0.64	1.6%	95	0.28	59.3K
$66.00	Oct 12	11.90	12.10	$12.00	1.7%	1	1.00	1
$78.50	Oct 23	0.55	0.56	$0.56	1.8%	64	0.41	2.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$80.00	Nov 20	2.60	2.63	$2.62	1.1%	--	0.72	19.5K
$90.00	Oct 16	11.95	12.10	$12.02	1.2%	--	1.00	100
$85.00	Nov 20	7.10	7.20	$7.15	1.4%	--	0.95	23.3K
$88.00	Oct 16	9.95	10.10	$10.02	1.5%	--	1.00	199
$78.00	Nov 6	1.15	1.17	$1.16	1.7%	256	0.52	22.0K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 136 found (avg $0.35, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$78.00	Oct 12	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	3.9K	0.53	17.8K
$79.00	Oct 14	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	567	0.13	3.5K
$78.50	Oct 14	0.15	0.16	$0.16	6.3%	883	0.29	5.5K
$77.50	Oct 12	0.51	0.55	$0.53	7.5%	1.2K	0.91	4.0K
$79.50	Oct 16	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	106	0.12	7.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$78.00	Oct 12	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	484	0.47	2.4K
$77.00	Oct 14	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	617	0.14	7.5K
$77.50	Oct 14	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	1.1K	0.26	10.2K
$78.00	Oct 14	0.31	0.32	$0.32	3.1%	707	0.49	1.4K
$76.50	Oct 16	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	223	0.12	6.3K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 206 found (avg delta 0.87, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$66.00	Oct 12	11.90	12.10	$12.00	1.7%	1	1.00	1
$67.00	Oct 12	10.90	11.10	$11.00	1.8%	1	1.00	18
$69.00	Oct 12	8.90	9.10	$9.00	2.2%	10	1.00	--
$69.50	Oct 12	8.40	8.60	$8.50	2.4%	10	1.00	--
$70.00	Oct 12	7.90	8.10	$8.00	2.5%	31	1.00	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$83.00	Oct 14	4.90	5.10	$5.00	4.0%	--	1.00	10
$81.00	Oct 16	2.91	3.10	$3.01	6.3%	1	1.00	9.5K
$81.50	Oct 16	3.40	3.60	$3.50	5.7%	--	1.00	16
$82.00	Oct 16	3.90	4.05	$3.97	3.8%	--	1.00	889
$82.50	Oct 16	4.45	4.60	$4.53	3.3%	--	1.00	1.1K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 258 active (total vol 72.1K, top 9.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$82.00	Oct 21	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	9.6K	0.03	787
$81.00	Oct 19	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	7.7K	0.04	359
$83.00	Oct 26	0.03	0.04	$0.04	25.0%	5.4K	0.03	--
$78.00	Oct 12	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	3.9K	0.53	17.8K
$82.00	Oct 23	0.03	0.04	$0.04	25.0%	3.5K	0.04	3.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$75.00	Oct 14	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.6K	0.01	11.9K
$77.50	Oct 16	0.24	0.25	$0.25	4.0%	1.3K	0.32	8.7K
$77.50	Oct 14	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	1.1K	0.26	10.2K
$77.50	Oct 12	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	1.0K	0.09	3.7K
$75.00	Nov 20	0.41	0.42	$0.42	2.4%	1.0K	0.21	89.7K

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 2.7%, max 2.7%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$78.00	Oct 12	Nov 20	12.5%	12.2%	2.7%	4.2K	37.8K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$78.00	Oct 12	Nov 20	12.5%	12.2%	2.7%	547	30.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 88 found (best R:R 0.61, avg 1.96)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$65.00	$66.00	Oct 30	$0.62	$0.38	$0.62	100%	0.61	$65.62
$76.50	$77.00	Nov 13	$0.29	$0.21	$0.29	69%	0.72	$76.79
$76.00	$77.00	Nov 20	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	73%	0.54	$76.65
$76.50	$77.00	Nov 6	$0.31	$0.19	$0.31	70%	0.61	$76.81
$77.50	$78.00	Oct 14	$0.32	$0.18	$0.32	74%	0.56	$77.82

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$79.00	$78.50	Oct 19	$0.31	$0.19	$0.31	75%	0.61	$78.69
$79.50	$79.00	Nov 6	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	71%	0.67	$79.20
$79.00	$78.00	Nov 20	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	62%	0.82	$78.45
$78.00	$77.50	Oct 21	$0.18	$0.32	$0.18	49%	1.78	$77.82
$78.50	$78.00	Oct 23	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	59%	1.00	$78.25

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 47 found (best R:R 0.30, avg 0.44)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$79.00	$80.00	Oct 26	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	68%	0.30	$79.23
$79.00	$80.00	Nov 20	$0.34	$0.34	$0.66	62%	0.52	$79.34
$78.50	$79.00	Oct 14	$0.10	$0.10	$0.40	71%	0.25	$78.60
$80.00	$82.00	Oct 26	$0.13	$0.13	$1.87	83%	0.07	$80.13
$78.50	$79.00	Oct 23	$0.19	$0.19	$0.31	59%	0.61	$78.69

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$78.00	$77.50	Oct 14	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	51%	0.56	$77.82
$77.00	$76.00	Oct 26	$0.18	$0.18	$0.82	72%	0.22	$76.82
$77.00	$76.00	Oct 30	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	68%	0.28	$76.78
$77.50	$77.00	Oct 19	$0.13	$0.13	$0.37	66%	0.35	$77.37
$77.00	$76.50	Nov 6	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	62%	0.52	$76.83

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $0.23, cheapest $0.22)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$78.00	Oct 12	Oct 14	$0.24	12.5%	13.3%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$78.00	Oct 12	Oct 14	$0.22	12.5%	13.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 165 found (cheapest 0.28% of stock, avg 4.16%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$78.00	Oct 12	$0.12	$0.10	$0.22	$77.78	$78.22	0.28%
$78.50	Oct 12	$0.01	$0.51	$0.52	$77.98	$79.02	0.67%
$77.50	Oct 12	$0.53	$0.02	$0.55	$76.95	$78.05	0.70%
$78.00	Oct 14	$0.36	$0.32	$0.68	$77.32	$78.68	0.87%
$78.50	Oct 14	$0.16	$0.62	$0.78	$77.72	$79.28	1.00%
$77.50	Oct 14	$0.68	$0.14	$0.82	$76.68	$78.32	1.05%
$78.00	Oct 16	$0.52	$0.44	$0.96	$77.04	$78.96	1.23%
$79.00	Oct 12	$0.01	$0.97	$0.98	$78.02	$79.98	1.26%
$77.00	Oct 12	$1.02	$0.01	$1.03	$75.97	$78.03	1.32%
$78.50	Oct 16	$0.30	$0.73	$1.03	$77.47	$79.53	1.32%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 206 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 1.04%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$79.50	$76.50	Oct 14	$0.03	$0.04	$0.07	$76.43	$79.57
$80.00	$76.00	Oct 16	$0.04	$0.05	$0.09	$75.91	$80.09
$80.50	$76.00	Oct 19	$0.04	$0.06	$0.10	$75.90	$80.60
$79.00	$76.50	Oct 14	$0.06	$0.04	$0.10	$76.40	$79.10
$79.50	$77.00	Oct 14	$0.03	$0.07	$0.10	$76.90	$79.60
$80.00	$76.50	Oct 16	$0.04	$0.08	$0.12	$76.38	$80.12
$80.00	$76.00	Oct 19	$0.07	$0.06	$0.13	$75.87	$80.13
$79.00	$77.00	Oct 14	$0.06	$0.07	$0.13	$76.87	$79.13
$79.50	$76.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$0.05	$0.13	$75.87	$79.63
$80.50	$76.50	Oct 19	$0.04	$0.10	$0.14	$76.36	$80.64

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 13 found (best R:R 0.92, avg credit $0.31)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
76/76	80/80	Nov 6	$0.24	$0.26	45%	0.92	$76.26	$80.24
76/76	80/80	Nov 13	$0.26	$0.24	41%	1.08	$76.24	$80.26
76/76	80/80	Nov 13	$0.23	$0.27	46%	0.85	$75.77	$80.23
76/76	80/80	Nov 6	$0.26	$0.24	39%	1.08	$76.24	$79.76
76/76	80/80	Nov 13	$0.28	$0.22	36%	1.27	$76.22	$79.78
76/76	80/80	Nov 13	$0.25	$0.25	41%	1.00	$75.75	$79.75
74/75	81/82	Nov 20	$0.29	$0.71	59%	0.41	$74.71	$81.29
74/75	80/81	Nov 20	$0.37	$0.63	51%	0.59	$74.63	$80.37
75/76	81/82	Nov 20	$0.36	$0.64	51%	0.56	$75.64	$81.36
75/76	80/81	Nov 20	$0.44	$0.56	43%	0.79	$75.56	$80.44

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 99 found (best R:R 9.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$77.50	$78.00	$78.50	Oct 12	$0.30	$0.20	87%	0.67
$77.00	$77.50	$78.00	Oct 12	$0.08	$0.42	43%	5.25
$78.00	$78.50	$79.00	Oct 12	$0.11	$0.39	50%	3.55
$76.00	$77.00	$78.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$0.87	30%	6.69
$77.00	$78.00	$79.00	Oct 26	$0.21	$0.79	40%	3.76

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$78.00	$78.50	$79.00	Oct 12	$0.05	$0.45	50%	9.00
$77.00	$77.50	$78.00	Oct 12	$0.07	$0.43	45%	6.14
$77.50	$78.00	$78.50	Oct 12	$0.33	$0.17	87%	0.52
$76.00	$77.00	$78.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$0.85	30%	5.67
$77.00	$78.00	$79.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$0.90	22%	9.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 136 found (best net $-0.12, 127 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$73.00	$75.50	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.12	$2.38
$72.00	$75.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.66	$2.34
$65.00	$70.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$3.05	$1.95
$70.50	$73.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$1.50	$1.50
$77.00	$78.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.20	$0.80

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$79.00	$78.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.05	$0.45
$80.00	$79.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.45	$0.55
$79.00	$78.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.27	$0.73
$78.00	$77.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.09	$0.91
$79.00	$78.50	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.20	$0.30

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 52 found (best yield 1.24%, avg 0.39%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$79.00	Nov 20	$0.97	0.38	1.2%	1.24%	2.49%	54	34.1K
$78.50	Nov 13	$1.04	0.42	0.6%	1.33%	1.94%	--	3.1K
$79.00	Nov 13	$0.83	0.37	1.2%	1.06%	2.31%	28	1.9K
$80.00	Nov 20	$0.63	0.28	2.5%	0.81%	3.33%	95	59.3K
$79.50	Nov 13	$0.66	0.31	1.9%	0.85%	2.73%	2	731
$78.50	Nov 6	$0.90	0.42	0.6%	1.15%	1.76%	13	2.9K
$79.00	Nov 6	$0.70	0.35	1.2%	0.90%	2.14%	66	3.9K
$80.00	Nov 13	$0.52	0.26	2.5%	0.67%	3.19%	19	1.1K
$81.00	Nov 20	$0.40	0.20	3.8%	0.51%	4.32%	982	57.3K
$79.50	Nov 6	$0.53	0.29	1.9%	0.68%	2.56%	51	3.1K

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 53,988

Total Puts 18,168

Put/Call Ratio 0.34

Net Difference 35,820

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 55,660

Total Puts 48,556

Put/Call Ratio 0.87

Net Difference 7,104

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 3,289,896

Total Puts 1,763,181

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.56

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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