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$127.30 -0.24%

$127.22 (-0.06%)🌙

as of 08/12 04:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/12 4:00pm) 102,165

Calls: 68,650 (67%)

Puts: 33,515 (33%)

Prior (08/11) 88,448

Calls: 58,527 (66%)

Puts: 29,921 (34%)

Current vs Prior +15.51%

Calls: +17.30% (Calls)

Puts: +12.01% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 995,619

Calls: 576,860 (58%)

Puts: 418,759 (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average 142,231

Calls: 82,408 (58%)

Puts: 59,822 (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.17%

Calls: -16.70%

Puts: -43.98%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/12 4:00pm) $76.23M

Calls: $65.34M (86%)

Puts: $10.89M (14%)

Prior (08/11) $57.04M

Calls: $52.76M (92%)

Puts: $4.28M (8%)

Current vs Prior +33.66%

Calls: +23.85%

Puts: +154.50%

Prior 7-Day Total $402.81M

Calls: $284.21M (71%)

Puts: $118.60M (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average $57.54M

Calls: $40.60M (71%)

Puts: $16.94M (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +32.48%

Calls: +60.93%

Puts: -35.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/12 4:00pm) 0.49

Prior (08/11) 0.51

Current vs Prior -4.51%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.73

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/12 4:00pm) 602,476

Calls: 353,228 (59%)

Puts: 249,248 (41%)

Prior (08/11) 583,060

Calls: 336,175 (58%)

Puts: 246,885 (42%)

Current vs Prior +3.33%

Prior 7-Day Total 3,836,265

Calls: 2,255,670 (59%)

Puts: 1,580,595 (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average 548,037

Calls: 322,238 (59%)

Puts: 225,799 (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.93%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (08/12) | Next (08/14)Expiry (08/14) | Next (08/21)Expiry (08/19) | Next (09/18)

Current 0.80% | 3.55%3.55% | 6.94%6.05% | 12.68%

Prior 2.66% | 4.77%4.77% | 7.76%6.99% | 13.53%

Current vs Prior +33.66% | +26.74%-25.60% | -10.59%-13.47% | -6.26%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.85% | 5.63%4.14% | 7.57%8.45% | 14.04%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -7.88% | +7.46%-14.23% | -8.33%-28.43% | -9.69%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.66% | 4.77%4.77% | 7.76%6.99% | 13.53%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +33.66% | +26.74%-25.60% | -10.59%-13.47% | -6.26%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 17.35% | 10.46%

Calls: 13.24% | 13.33%

Puts: 21.46% | 7.59%

Prior 24.50% | 26.91%

Calls: 15.47% | 14.61%

Puts: 33.54% | 39.20%

Current vs Prior -29.18% | -61.13%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.60% | 21.97%

Calls: 26.92% | 21.96%

Puts: 22.29% | 21.98%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -29.47% | -52.38%

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Strong bullish conviction with 86% of dollar volume in calls ($65.34M) vs puts ($10.89M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.49 - heavy call buying (68,650 calls vs 33,515 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Option Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

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
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 280 of results (avg 6.7%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$105.00	Aug 21	22.25	22.60	$22.43	1.6%	3	1.00	1.0K
$105.00	Aug 14	22.00	22.50	$22.25	2.2%	1	0.98	663
$115.00	Sep 18	14.85	15.20	$15.02	2.3%	391	0.78	3.2K
$110.00	Aug 21	17.35	17.80	$17.58	2.6%	321	0.94	1.2K
$111.00	Aug 21	16.40	16.85	$16.63	2.7%	61	0.94	20.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$143.00	Sep 18	18.60	19.05	$18.83	2.4%	2	0.72	70
$145.00	Sep 18	20.25	20.75	$20.50	2.4%	1	0.75	736
$149.00	Sep 18	23.60	24.20	$23.90	2.5%	--	0.79	73
$131.00	Sep 18	9.80	10.10	$9.95	3.0%	--	0.54	48
$142.00	Sep 18	17.70	18.25	$17.98	3.1%	--	0.71	179

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 14 found (avg $0.77, cheapest $0.37)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$142.00	Aug 19	0.35	0.39	$0.37	10.8%	2.6K	0.09	22
$137.00	Aug 19	0.80	0.92	$0.86	14.0%	12	0.17	57
$145.00	Aug 21	0.48	0.56	$0.52	15.4%	2.6K	0.09	7.1K
$141.00	Aug 21	0.77	0.89	$0.83	14.5%	7	0.14	42
$140.00	Aug 21	0.86	0.95	$0.91	9.9%	2.5K	0.16	4.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$119.00	Aug 19	0.73	0.86	$0.80	16.2%	15	0.16	381
$120.00	Aug 19	0.86	1.01	$0.94	16.0%	415	0.19	120
$110.00	Sep 4	0.74	0.88	$0.81	17.3%	16	0.10	144
$111.00	Sep 4	0.85	1.01	$0.93	17.2%	--	0.12	27
$103.00	Sep 18	0.56	0.62	$0.59	10.2%	1	0.07	306

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 376 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$103.00	Aug 12	23.85	24.95	$24.40	4.5%	167	1.00	8
$104.00	Aug 12	22.70	24.05	$23.38	5.8%	278	1.00	12
$105.00	Aug 12	21.85	22.55	$22.20	3.2%	788	1.00	19
$106.00	Aug 12	20.75	21.65	$21.20	4.2%	828	1.00	19
$107.00	Aug 12	19.85	21.00	$20.43	5.6%	70	1.00	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Aug 14	12.45	13.20	$12.83	5.8%	--	1.00	106
$141.00	Aug 14	12.80	15.35	$14.08	18.1%	--	1.00	33
$145.00	Aug 14	17.35	18.10	$17.73	4.2%	1	1.00	33
$150.00	Aug 14	20.95	23.85	$22.40	12.9%	--	1.00	26
$142.00	Aug 12	14.10	15.80	$14.95	11.4%	43	1.00	3

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 628 active (total vol 81.9K, top 3.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$145.00	Aug 14	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	3.1K	0.01	5.4K
$145.00	Aug 21	0.48	0.56	$0.52	15.4%	2.6K	0.09	7.1K
$142.00	Aug 19	0.35	0.39	$0.37	10.8%	2.6K	0.09	22
$140.00	Aug 14	0.04	0.07	$0.06	50.0%	2.5K	0.02	4.3K
$140.00	Aug 21	0.86	0.95	$0.91	9.9%	2.5K	0.16	4.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$112.00	Aug 19	0.12	0.20	$0.16	50.0%	2.6K	0.04	19
$110.00	Aug 21	0.15	0.23	$0.19	42.1%	2.6K	0.04	5.5K
$120.00	Aug 14	0.17	0.24	$0.21	33.3%	1.8K	0.08	653
$113.00	Aug 21	0.34	0.50	$0.42	38.1%	1.5K	0.08	195
$114.00	Aug 21	0.38	0.65	$0.52	51.9%	1.5K	0.10	416

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 6 strikes (avg 6.3%, max 9.7%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	53.0%	49.9%	6.1%	1	186
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	52.1%	49.5%	5.4%	--	273
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	52.7%	50.6%	4.1%	5	90
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	52.2%	50.8%	2.8%	--	156

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$129.00	Aug 14	Sep 18	55.7%	50.8%	9.7%	6	203
$132.00	Aug 14	Sep 18	55.6%	50.7%	9.7%	21	1.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 350 found (best R:R 0.90, avg 2.78)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$112.00	$114.00	Sep 11	$1.05	$0.95	$1.05	88%	0.90	$113.05
$140.00	$145.00	Sep 25	$0.75	$4.25	$0.75	32%	5.67	$140.75
$130.00	$135.00	Sep 25	$1.48	$3.52	$1.48	48%	2.38	$131.48
$119.00	$120.00	Sep 4	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	73%	4.00	$119.20
$121.00	$122.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	66%	4.88	$121.17

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$140.00	$139.00	Aug 28	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	78%	2.12	$139.68
$132.00	$131.00	Aug 14	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	80%	1.63	$131.62
$135.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	74%	1.70	$134.63
$144.00	$143.00	Aug 12	$0.58	$0.42	$0.58	93%	0.72	$143.42
$139.00	$138.00	Aug 21	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	82%	1.08	$138.52

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 250 found (best R:R 5.25, avg 0.59)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$149.00	$150.00	Aug 19	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	88%	3.00	$149.75
$147.00	$148.00	Aug 21	$0.66	$0.66	$0.34	86%	1.94	$147.66
$143.00	$144.00	Aug 28	$0.52	$0.52	$0.48	79%	1.08	$143.52
$135.00	$136.00	Aug 26	$0.60	$0.60	$0.40	69%	1.50	$135.60
$144.00	$145.00	Aug 12	$0.29	$0.29	$0.71	93%	0.41	$144.29

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$104.00	$103.00	Aug 19	$0.84	$0.84	$0.16	90%	5.25	$103.16
$120.00	$119.00	Sep 25	$0.73	$0.73	$0.27	67%	2.70	$119.27
$120.00	$119.00	Sep 4	$0.63	$0.63	$0.37	70%	1.70	$119.37
$122.00	$121.00	Aug 28	$0.66	$0.66	$0.34	66%	1.94	$121.34
$120.00	$119.00	Aug 26	$0.58	$0.58	$0.42	74%	1.38	$119.42

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $0.90, cheapest $1.54)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.65	53.0%	49.9%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.70	52.1%	49.5%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.77	52.7%	50.6%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.85	52.2%	50.8%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$129.00	Aug 14	Aug 19	$1.54	55.7%	50.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 209 found (cheapest 0.32% of stock, avg 9.43%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$127.00	Aug 12	$0.35	$0.06	$0.41	$126.59	$127.41	0.32%
$128.00	Aug 12	$0.01	$0.67	$0.68	$127.32	$128.68	0.53%
$126.00	Aug 12	$1.30	$0.01	$1.31	$124.69	$127.31	1.03%
$125.00	Aug 12	$2.36	$0.02	$2.38	$122.62	$127.38	1.87%
$130.00	Aug 12	$0.01	$2.42	$2.43	$127.57	$132.43	1.91%
$124.00	Aug 12	$3.31	$0.02	$3.33	$120.67	$127.33	2.62%
$131.00	Aug 12	$0.01	$3.73	$3.74	$127.26	$134.74	2.94%
$128.00	Aug 14	$1.67	$2.33	$4.00	$124.00	$132.00	3.14%
$127.00	Aug 14	$2.19	$1.83	$4.02	$122.98	$131.02	3.16%
$123.00	Aug 12	$4.07	$0.01	$4.08	$118.92	$127.08	3.21%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 230 found (cheapest 0.31% of stock, avg 6.75%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$143.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$0.34	$0.06	$0.40	$126.60	$143.40
$149.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$0.87	$0.06	$0.93	$126.07	$149.93
$132.00	$123.00	Aug 14	$0.57	$0.59	$1.16	$121.84	$133.16
$147.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$1.05	$0.06	$1.11	$125.89	$148.11
$150.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$1.07	$0.06	$1.13	$125.87	$151.13
$152.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$1.07	$0.06	$1.13	$125.87	$153.13
$132.00	$124.00	Aug 14	$0.57	$0.76	$1.33	$122.67	$133.33
$131.00	$123.00	Aug 14	$0.86	$0.59	$1.45	$121.55	$132.45
$131.00	$124.00	Aug 14	$0.86	$0.76	$1.62	$122.38	$132.62
$130.00	$123.00	Aug 14	$1.02	$0.59	$1.61	$121.39	$131.61

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 237 found (best R:R 4.00, avg credit $0.51)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
104/104	148/149	Aug 14	$0.80	$0.20	82%	4.00	$103.70	$148.80
104/104	149/150	Aug 14	$0.74	$0.26	86%	2.85	$103.76	$149.74
104/104	131/132	Aug 14	$0.86	$0.14	64%	6.14	$103.64	$131.86
104/104	133/134	Aug 14	$0.71	$0.29	75%	2.45	$103.79	$133.71
108/109	135/136	Aug 28	$0.89	$0.11	57%	8.09	$108.11	$135.89
108/109	137/138	Aug 28	$0.85	$0.15	60%	5.67	$108.15	$137.85
108/109	136/137	Aug 28	$0.86	$0.14	58%	6.14	$108.14	$136.86
104/104	132/133	Aug 14	$0.74	$0.26	70%	2.85	$103.76	$132.74
106/106	148/149	Aug 14	$0.56	$0.44	87%	1.27	$105.94	$148.56
106/106	149/150	Aug 14	$0.50	$0.50	90%	1.00	$106.00	$149.50

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 284 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$130.00	$135.00	$140.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$4.94	16%	82.33
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 12	$0.61	$0.39	97%	0.64
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Aug 12	$0.34	$0.66	74%	1.94
$125.00	$126.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$0.11	$0.89	19%	8.09
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 14	$0.10	$0.90	16%	9.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 12	$0.56	$0.44	95%	0.79
$125.00	$126.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$0.06	$0.94	20%	15.67
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	7%	15.67
$136.00	$138.00	$140.00	Aug 14	$0.10	$1.90	7%	19.00
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	6%	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 179 found (best net $-2.70, 162 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$125.00	$126.00	1:2	Aug 12	-$0.24	$0.76
$133.00	$134.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.12	$0.88
$136.00	$137.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.07	$0.93
$135.00	$136.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.09	$0.91
$146.00	$150.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.49	$3.51

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$140.00	$130.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$2.70	$7.30
$133.00	$131.00	1:2	Aug 12	-$1.86	$0.14
$109.00	$105.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.03	$3.97
$124.00	$123.00	1:2	Aug 12	$0.00	$1.00
$116.00	$115.00	1:2	Aug 12	$0.00	$1.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 155 found (best yield 4.32%, avg 2.20%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$135.00	Sep 25	$5.50	0.40	6.0%	4.32%	10.37%	95	328
$128.00	Sep 25	$8.15	0.52	0.6%	6.40%	6.95%	560	78
$129.00	Sep 25	$7.60	0.50	1.3%	5.97%	7.31%	534	129
$135.00	Sep 18	$5.10	0.39	6.0%	4.01%	10.05%	166	8.5K
$133.00	Sep 18	$5.70	0.42	4.5%	4.48%	8.96%	5	255
$145.00	Sep 25	$3.30	0.27	13.9%	2.59%	16.50%	10	23
$131.00	Sep 18	$6.35	0.46	2.9%	4.99%	7.89%	12	115
$134.00	Sep 18	$5.35	0.40	5.3%	4.20%	9.47%	110	386
$130.00	Sep 18	$6.75	0.47	2.1%	5.30%	7.42%	331	5.8K
$132.00	Sep 18	$5.95	0.44	3.7%	4.67%	8.37%	28	762

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

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 68,650

Total Puts 33,515

Put/Call Ratio 0.49

Net Difference 35,135

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 58,527

Total Puts 29,921

Put/Call Ratio 0.51

Net Difference 28,606

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 576,860

Total Puts 418,759

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.73

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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