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as of 07/17 07:29 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17) 125,656

Calls: 112,264 (89%)

Puts: 13,392 (11%)

Prior (07/16) 47,565

Calls: 41,966 (88%)

Puts: 5,599 (12%)

Current vs Prior +164.18%

Calls: +167.51% (Calls)

Puts: +139.19% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 315,038

Calls: 260,427 (83%)

Puts: 54,611 (17%)

Prior 7-Day Average 45,005

Calls: 37,203 (83%)

Puts: 7,801 (17%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +179.20%

Calls: +201.75%

Puts: +71.66%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17) $7.25M

Calls: $5.38M (74%)

Puts: $1.87M (26%)

Prior (07/16) $2.58M

Calls: $1.49M (58%)

Puts: $1.10M (42%)

Current vs Prior +180.79%

Calls: +262.19%

Puts: +70.64%

Prior 7-Day Total $19.63M

Calls: $9.29M (47%)

Puts: $10.34M (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average $2.80M

Calls: $1.33M (47%)

Puts: $1.48M (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +158.57%

Calls: +305.12%

Puts: +26.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17) 0.12

Prior (07/16) 0.13

Current vs Prior -10.59%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.23

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -47.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/17) 238,966

Calls: 177,912 (74%)

Puts: 61,054 (26%)

Prior (07/16) 192,102

Calls: 137,345 (71%)

Puts: 54,757 (29%)

Current vs Prior +24.40%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,273,950

Calls: 908,952 (71%)

Puts: 364,998 (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average 181,992

Calls: 129,850 (71%)

Puts: 52,142 (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +31.31%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/17) | Next (07/24)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 2.14% | 7.34%2.14% | 17.53%

Prior 5.59% | 5.92%5.59% | 15.80%

Current vs Prior +31.20% | +66.04%-61.83% | +10.90%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.72% | 7.28%6.85% | 17.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +28.40% | +35.10%-68.81% | +0.95%

Prior 7-Day Eod 5.59% | 5.92%5.59% | 15.80%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +31.20% | +66.04%-61.83% | +10.90%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 78.77% | 16.09%

Calls: 121.43% | 15.25%

Puts: 36.11% | 16.92%

Prior 78.77% | 16.09%

Calls: 121.43% | 15.25%

Puts: 36.11% | 16.92%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 78.77% | 16.09%

Calls: 121.43% | 15.25%

Puts: 36.11% | 16.92%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%

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Moderately bullish flow with 74% call dollar volume ($5.38M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 181% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (159% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 164% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 1 of results (avg 9.1%, best 9.1%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$26.00	Jul 24	0.10	0.11	$0.11	9.1%	1.2K	0.10	449

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 7 found (avg $0.68, cheapest $0.11)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$26.00	Jul 24	0.10	0.11	$0.11	9.1%	1.2K	0.10	449
$23.00	Jul 24	0.46	0.53	$0.50	14.0%	12.2K	0.39	2.4K
$22.50	Jul 24	0.61	0.73	$0.67	17.9%	1.9K	0.49	410
$22.00	Jul 24	0.81	0.97	$0.89	18.0%	1.0K	0.63	2.1K
$26.00	Aug 21	0.82	0.95	$0.89	14.6%	115	0.30	670

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$22.00	Jul 31	0.66	0.80	$0.73	19.2%	77	0.41	187
$22.00	Aug 7	0.87	1.03	$0.95	16.8%	69	0.42	22

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 66 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$19.00	Jul 17	3.10	3.70	$3.40	17.6%	5	1.00	88
$20.00	Jul 17	2.26	2.62	$2.44	14.8%	66	1.00	252
$21.00	Jul 17	1.32	1.57	$1.45	17.2%	2.3K	1.00	2.4K
$22.00	Jul 17	0.23	0.50	$0.37	73.0%	23.5K	1.00	23.9K
$19.50	Jul 24	2.44	3.20	$2.82	27.0%	3	1.00	61

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$26.00	Jul 17	3.20	3.75	$3.48	15.8%	200	0.99	292
$25.00	Jul 17	2.27	2.75	$2.51	19.1%	227	0.98	465
$24.00	Jul 17	1.30	1.76	$1.53	30.1%	268	0.98	1.1K
$23.00	Jul 17	0.42	0.66	$0.54	44.4%	267	0.96	462
$24.50	Jul 17	1.93	2.23	$2.08	14.4%	122	0.95	109

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 151 active (total vol 106.4K, top 23.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$22.00	Jul 17	0.23	0.50	$0.37	73.0%	23.5K	1.00	23.9K
$22.50	Jul 17	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	20.5K	0.19	15.2K
$23.00	Jul 24	0.46	0.53	$0.50	14.0%	12.2K	0.39	2.4K
$25.00	Aug 21	0.98	1.10	$1.04	11.5%	9.3K	0.35	1.7K
$24.00	Jul 24	0.20	0.42	$0.31	71.0%	5.5K	0.25	4.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$22.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.8K	0.05	2.7K
$22.00	Jul 24	0.30	0.48	$0.39	46.2%	938	0.38	612
$23.00	Jul 24	0.87	1.22	$1.05	33.3%	822	0.61	360
$20.50	Jul 24	0.04	0.09	$0.07	71.4%	676	0.09	487
$21.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	641	0.02	3.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 24 strikes (avg 883.8%, max 2339.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$25.50	Jul 17	Aug 7	1496.6%	71.0%	2009.4%	14	2.8K
$19.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	940.5%	49.5%	1799.5%	6	168
$26.50	Jul 17	Aug 7	1137.2%	77.6%	1366.3%	6	6
$20.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	678.5%	50.3%	1247.9%	189	671
$24.50	Jul 17	Aug 7	680.9%	60.8%	1019.8%	87	3.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$18.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	1325.5%	54.3%	2339.0%	4	314
$25.50	Jul 17	Aug 14	1496.6%	78.1%	1815.4%	18	30
$20.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	678.5%	57.4%	1081.5%	46	290
$26.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	841.0%	75.2%	1019.0%	219	441
$24.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	680.9%	72.4%	839.8%	132	153

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 61 found (best R:R 8.09, avg 1.98)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$25.00	$26.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$25.15
$25.00	$26.00	Aug 14	$0.16	$0.84	$0.16	5.25	$25.16
$23.00	$24.00	Aug 14	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	4.56	$23.18
$24.00	$25.00	Aug 14	$0.19	$0.81	$0.19	4.26	$24.19
$24.00	$25.00	Aug 21	$0.19	$0.81	$0.19	4.26	$24.19

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$19.00	$18.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$18.89
$22.50	$22.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$22.40
$20.00	$19.00	Aug 21	$0.21	$0.79	$0.21	3.76	$19.79
$21.50	$21.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$21.39
$19.00	$18.50	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$18.89

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 80 found (best R:R 4.26, avg 1.27)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$19.00	$20.00	Aug 21	$0.73	$0.73	$0.27	2.70	$19.73
$22.00	$22.50	Jul 17	$0.36	$0.36	$0.14	2.57	$22.36
$21.00	$21.50	Jul 31	$0.34	$0.34	$0.16	2.13	$21.34
$20.00	$21.00	Aug 14	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	1.86	$20.65
$22.00	$22.50	Aug 14	$0.31	$0.31	$0.19	1.63	$22.31

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$25.00	$24.00	Jul 31	$0.81	$0.81	$0.19	4.26	$24.19
$25.50	$25.00	Jul 24	$0.40	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$25.10
$23.50	$23.00	Jul 31	$0.40	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$23.10
$22.50	$22.00	Aug 14	$0.39	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$22.11
$25.00	$24.00	Aug 21	$0.78	$0.78	$0.22	3.55	$24.22

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 28 found (avg debit $0.28, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$26.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.07	1137.2%	83.7%
$21.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.09	418.5%	46.7%
$20.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.09	49.2%	42.4%
$26.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	841.0%	79.5%
$25.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.21	645.8%	80.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$25.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.06	1496.6%	83.1%
$20.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.06	49.2%	42.4%
$18.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	1325.5%	112.3%
$19.50	Jul 24	Aug 7	$0.10	58.9%	47.0%
$21.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.11	418.5%	46.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 58 found (cheapest 0.53% of stock, avg 11.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$22.50	Jul 17	$0.01	$0.11	$0.12	$22.38	$22.62	0.53%
$22.00	Jul 17	$0.37	$0.01	$0.38	$21.62	$22.38	1.69%
$23.00	Jul 17	$0.01	$0.54	$0.55	$22.45	$23.55	2.45%
$23.50	Jul 17	$0.03	$1.03	$1.06	$22.44	$24.56	4.72%
$22.00	Jul 24	$0.89	$0.39	$1.28	$20.72	$23.28	5.69%
$21.50	Jul 24	$1.14	$0.23	$1.37	$20.13	$22.87	6.09%
$22.50	Jul 24	$0.67	$0.76	$1.43	$21.07	$23.93	6.36%
$21.00	Jul 17	$1.45	$0.01	$1.46	$19.54	$22.46	6.49%
$24.00	Jul 17	$0.01	$1.53	$1.54	$22.46	$25.54	6.85%
$23.00	Jul 24	$0.50	$1.05	$1.55	$21.45	$24.55	6.90%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 130 found (cheapest 1.33% of stock, avg 6.45%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$24.50	$20.00	Jul 24	$0.24	$0.06	$0.30	$19.70	$24.80
$24.50	$20.50	Jul 24	$0.24	$0.07	$0.31	$20.19	$24.81
$24.50	$21.00	Jul 24	$0.24	$0.12	$0.36	$20.64	$24.86
$24.00	$20.00	Jul 24	$0.31	$0.06	$0.37	$19.63	$24.37
$24.00	$20.50	Jul 24	$0.31	$0.07	$0.38	$20.12	$24.38
$25.00	$20.50	Jul 31	$0.27	$0.13	$0.40	$20.10	$25.40
$24.00	$21.00	Jul 24	$0.31	$0.12	$0.43	$20.57	$24.43
$24.50	$21.50	Jul 24	$0.24	$0.23	$0.47	$21.03	$24.97
$24.50	$20.50	Jul 31	$0.35	$0.13	$0.48	$20.02	$24.98
$23.50	$20.00	Jul 24	$0.43	$0.06	$0.49	$19.51	$23.99

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 75 found (best R:R 7.33, avg credit $0.52)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
22/23	24/25	Aug 28	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$22.12	$24.88
21/22	23/24	Aug 21	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$21.13	$23.87
22/23	24/25	Aug 21	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$22.14	$24.86
23/24	25/26	Aug 21	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$23.14	$25.86
22/23	25/26	Aug 21	$0.82	$0.18	4.56	$22.18	$25.82
22/22	22/23	Aug 14	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$21.60	$22.90
21/22	23/24	Jul 31	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$21.11	$23.39
22/22	22/23	Jul 31	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$21.61	$22.89
20/20	21/22	Aug 28	$0.77	$0.23	3.35	$19.23	$21.77
20/21	24/24	Jul 31	$0.38	$0.12	3.17	$20.62	$24.38

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 50 found (best R:R 15.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$20.00	$21.00	$22.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$22.00	$22.50	$23.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$0.45	9.00
$24.00	$24.50	$25.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$0.45	9.00
$25.50	$26.00	$26.50	Jul 24	$0.05	$0.45	9.00
$25.00	$25.50	$26.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$0.45	9.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$23.00	$24.00	$25.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$23.50	$24.00	$24.50	Jul 17	$0.05	$0.45	9.00
$18.00	$19.00	$20.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.90	9.00
$21.00	$22.00	$23.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$0.89	8.09
$22.50	$23.00	$23.50	Jul 17	$0.06	$0.44	7.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 57 found (best net $-0.09, 51 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$18.00	$20.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.57	$1.43
$23.00	$24.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.38	$0.62
$22.00	$23.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.92	$0.58
$20.00	$21.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.46	$0.54
$25.00	$26.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.52	$0.48

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$25.50	$23.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.09	$2.41
$20.00	$18.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.01	$1.99
$25.00	$23.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.11	$1.89
$19.50	$18.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.01	$1.49
$19.50	$18.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.19	$1.31

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 35 found (best yield 6.27%, avg 2.66%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$23.00	Aug 21	$1.41	0.49	2.3%	6.27%	8.59%	149	397
$22.50	Aug 14	$1.25	0.51	0.1%	5.56%	5.65%	8	22
$24.00	Aug 28	$1.25	0.43	6.8%	5.56%	12.32%	68	75
$23.50	Aug 28	$1.19	0.46	4.5%	5.29%	9.83%	8	1
$25.00	Aug 28	$1.12	0.38	11.2%	4.98%	16.19%	12	15
$24.00	Aug 21	$1.11	0.41	6.8%	4.94%	11.70%	130	1.5K
$23.00	Aug 14	$1.05	0.46	2.3%	4.67%	6.98%	145	78
$22.50	Aug 7	$0.99	0.51	0.1%	4.40%	4.49%	2	--
$25.00	Aug 21	$0.98	0.35	11.2%	4.36%	15.57%	9.3K	1.7K
$24.00	Aug 14	$0.89	0.38	6.8%	3.96%	10.72%	140	677

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 112,264

Total Puts 13,392

Put/Call Ratio 0.12

Net Difference 98,872

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 41,966

Total Puts 5,599

Put/Call Ratio 0.13

Net Difference 36,367

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 260,427

Total Puts 54,611

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.23

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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