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$42.45 -0.33%

$42.65 (+0.47%)🌙

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08) 44,253

Calls: 29,446 (67%)

Puts: 14,807 (33%)

Prior (07/07) 69,337

Calls: 44,499 (64%)

Puts: 24,838 (36%)

Current vs Prior -36.18%

Calls: -33.83% (Calls)

Puts: -40.39% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 710,515

Calls: 375,763 (53%)

Puts: 334,752 (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average 101,502

Calls: 53,680 (53%)

Puts: 47,821 (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -56.40%

Calls: -45.15%

Puts: -69.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08) $5.20M

Calls: $2.56M (49%)

Puts: $2.65M (51%)

Prior (07/07) $7.31M

Calls: $3.70M (51%)

Puts: $3.61M (49%)

Current vs Prior -28.80%

Calls: -30.79%

Puts: -26.77%

Prior 7-Day Total $77.60M

Calls: $34.15M (44%)

Puts: $43.46M (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average $11.09M

Calls: $4.88M (44%)

Puts: $6.21M (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -53.05%

Calls: -47.56%

Puts: -57.37%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08) 0.50

Prior (07/07) 0.56

Current vs Prior -9.91%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.93

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -45.77%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08) 958,327

Calls: 524,237 (55%)

Puts: 434,090 (45%)

Prior (07/07) 998,260

Calls: 526,670 (53%)

Puts: 471,590 (47%)

Current vs Prior -4.00%

Prior 7-Day Total 6,595,634

Calls: 3,605,682 (55%)

Puts: 2,989,952 (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average 942,233

Calls: 515,097 (55%)

Puts: 427,136 (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.71%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (07/10) | Next (07/17)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 3.35% | 4.45%4.45% | 9.49%

Prior 4.04% | 4.86%4.86% | 9.86%

Current vs Prior -17.17% | -8.39%-8.39% | -3.73%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.58% | 5.25%5.00% | 9.89%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -6.51% | -15.13%-10.91% | -3.98%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.04% | 4.86%-- | --

Current vs 7-Day Eod -17.17% | -8.39%-- | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 18.39% | 8.00%

Calls: 22.73% | 8.22%

Puts: 14.06% | 7.78%

Prior 18.39% | 8.00%

Calls: 22.73% | 8.22%

Puts: 14.06% | 7.78%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.38% | 9.71%

Calls: 23.89% | 8.59%

Puts: 18.88% | 10.83%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -13.99% | -17.62%

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 23 of results (avg 7.5%, best 3.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$44.00	Aug 21	0.88	0.91	$0.90	3.3%	38	0.33	2.3K
$42.00	Aug 21	1.67	1.76	$1.72	5.2%	205	0.52	1.8K
$36.00	Jul 10	6.35	6.70	$6.53	5.4%	8	1.00	3
$41.00	Jul 31	1.83	1.95	$1.89	6.3%	11	0.65	--
$45.00	Aug 21	0.60	0.64	$0.62	6.5%	489	0.25	5.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$41.00	Aug 21	1.25	1.30	$1.27	3.9%	119	0.40	920
$43.00	Aug 21	2.26	2.36	$2.31	4.3%	42	0.58	4.0K
$42.00	Aug 21	1.71	1.82	$1.77	6.2%	184	0.49	1.6K
$47.00	Jul 31	5.05	5.40	$5.23	6.7%	10	0.88	--
$44.00	Jul 31	2.62	2.81	$2.72	7.0%	3	0.71	176

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 26 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.30)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$43.00	Jul 17	0.28	0.32	$0.30	13.3%	757	0.29	3.2K
$46.00	Aug 21	0.40	0.44	$0.42	9.5%	407	0.19	2.4K
$44.00	Jul 24	0.42	0.49	$0.45	15.6%	83	0.26	1.3K
$42.50	Jul 17	0.44	0.51	$0.48	14.6%	650	0.42	1.2K
$45.00	Aug 7	0.44	0.53	$0.49	18.4%	69	0.23	557

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$41.00	Jul 17	0.38	0.44	$0.41	14.6%	117	0.32	5.5K
$38.00	Aug 21	0.38	0.45	$0.42	16.7%	108	0.17	4.3K
$39.50	Jul 24	0.39	0.47	$0.43	18.6%	20	0.22	8
$39.00	Aug 7	0.46	0.50	$0.48	8.3%	22	0.21	613
$42.00	Jul 10	0.45	0.52	$0.49	14.3%	1.3K	0.51	2.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 85 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$34.00	Jul 10	7.70	9.50	$8.60	20.9%	8	1.00	4
$35.00	Jul 10	6.70	7.85	$7.28	15.8%	10	1.00	44
$36.00	Jul 10	6.35	6.70	$6.53	5.4%	8	1.00	3
$37.00	Jul 10	5.40	5.95	$5.68	9.7%	4	1.00	--
$38.00	Jul 10	4.20	5.00	$4.60	17.4%	2	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$47.00	Jul 10	4.50	5.45	$4.97	19.1%	19	0.98	177
$46.50	Jul 10	4.00	4.80	$4.40	18.2%	3	0.98	--
$50.00	Jul 17	6.25	8.60	$7.43	31.6%	20	0.98	1.0K
$45.50	Jul 10	3.00	4.45	$3.73	38.9%	5	0.98	--
$47.50	Jul 10	5.00	5.80	$5.40	14.8%	1	0.97	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 200 active (total vol 26.7K, top 3.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$49.00	Jul 17	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	3.0K	0.02	9.8K
$42.00	Jul 10	0.54	0.61	$0.57	12.3%	1.7K	0.63	5.2K
$50.00	Aug 21	0.08	0.11	$0.10	30.0%	1.4K	0.05	4.4K
$44.00	Jul 10	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	1.4K	0.06	2.3K
$43.00	Jul 10	0.07	0.14	$0.11	63.6%	1.4K	0.20	2.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$42.00	Jul 10	0.45	0.52	$0.49	14.3%	1.3K	0.51	2.2K
$36.00	Jul 17	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	1.1K	0.02	3.6K
$41.00	Jul 10	0.10	0.17	$0.14	50.0%	726	0.20	1.7K
$39.00	Jul 17	0.05	0.14	$0.10	90.0%	578	0.09	13.8K
$42.50	Jul 10	0.74	0.95	$0.85	24.7%	479	0.68	766

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 42 strikes (avg 68.5%, max 240.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$35.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	98.3%	28.9%	240.1%	22	46
$46.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	88.9%	29.5%	201.0%	414	3.4K
$48.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	81.9%	31.8%	157.6%	74	1.3K
$36.00	Jul 10	Aug 14	84.5%	34.9%	141.9%	25	3
$34.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	154.2%	69.4%	122.2%	39	13

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$46.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	88.9%	29.5%	201.0%	10	1.6K
$35.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	62.1%	28.9%	114.8%	34	5.9K
$38.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	62.8%	30.1%	108.3%	109	4.3K
$47.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	64.6%	36.0%	79.6%	29	177
$45.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	52.4%	29.7%	76.6%	12	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 79 found (best R:R 11.00, avg 2.56)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$46.00	$47.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$46.10
$48.00	$49.00	Aug 14	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$48.11
$48.00	$49.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$48.12
$46.00	$47.00	Aug 14	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$46.13
$45.00	$46.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$45.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$38.00	$35.00	Aug 7	$0.25	$2.75	$0.25	11.00	$37.75
$38.00	$35.00	Aug 21	$0.36	$2.64	$0.36	7.33	$37.64
$39.00	$38.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$38.87
$39.50	$38.00	Jul 24	$0.21	$1.29	$0.21	6.14	$39.29
$39.00	$38.00	Aug 7	$0.14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$38.86

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 101 found (best R:R 12.89, avg 1.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$39.00	$41.50	Jul 24	$2.32	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$41.32
$38.00	$39.00	Jul 24	$0.86	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$38.86
$35.00	$36.00	Aug 14	$0.86	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$35.86
$36.00	$37.00	Jul 10	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$36.85
$41.00	$41.50	Jul 10	$0.40	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$41.40

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$45.00	$44.00	Jul 17	$0.86	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$44.14
$45.00	$44.00	Jul 24	$0.76	$0.76	$0.24	3.17	$44.24
$47.00	$46.00	Jul 17	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	3.00	$46.25
$44.00	$43.00	Jul 31	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	3.00	$43.25
$44.00	$43.00	Aug 7	$0.73	$0.73	$0.27	2.70	$43.27

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 27 found (avg debit $0.29, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$38.00	Jul 10	Jul 24	$0.06	62.8%	40.3%
$44.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.06	49.0%	29.9%
$45.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.08	48.3%	37.7%
$44.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.10	41.3%	28.8%
$43.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.13	40.2%	28.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$35.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.05	62.1%	52.8%
$37.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.06	70.8%	48.6%
$39.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.08	51.5%	33.6%
$40.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.13	47.2%	30.0%
$43.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.16	35.3%	27.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 72 found (cheapest 2.50% of stock, avg 8.74%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$42.00	Jul 10	$0.57	$0.49	$1.06	$40.94	$43.06	2.50%
$42.50	Jul 10	$0.27	$0.85	$1.12	$41.38	$43.62	2.64%
$41.50	Jul 10	$1.01	$0.27	$1.28	$40.22	$42.78	3.02%
$43.00	Jul 10	$0.11	$1.27	$1.38	$41.62	$44.38	3.25%
$41.00	Jul 10	$1.41	$0.14	$1.55	$39.45	$42.55	3.65%
$42.00	Jul 17	$0.72	$0.83	$1.55	$40.45	$43.55	3.65%
$42.50	Jul 17	$0.48	$1.17	$1.65	$40.85	$44.15	3.89%
$43.50	Jul 10	$0.07	$1.60	$1.67	$41.83	$45.17	3.93%
$43.00	Jul 17	$0.30	$1.43	$1.73	$41.27	$44.73	4.08%
$43.50	Jul 17	$0.20	$1.77	$1.97	$41.53	$45.47	4.64%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 165 found (cheapest 0.21% of stock, avg 2.81%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$44.00	$40.00	Jul 10	$0.03	$0.06	$0.09	$39.91	$44.09
$44.00	$40.50	Jul 10	$0.03	$0.07	$0.10	$40.40	$44.10
$43.50	$40.00	Jul 10	$0.07	$0.06	$0.13	$39.87	$43.63
$43.50	$40.50	Jul 10	$0.07	$0.07	$0.14	$40.36	$43.64
$44.50	$38.00	Jul 17	$0.09	$0.06	$0.15	$37.85	$44.65
$46.00	$40.00	Jul 10	$0.10	$0.06	$0.16	$39.84	$46.16
$43.00	$40.00	Jul 10	$0.11	$0.06	$0.17	$39.83	$43.17
$46.00	$40.50	Jul 10	$0.10	$0.07	$0.17	$40.33	$46.17
$44.00	$41.00	Jul 10	$0.03	$0.14	$0.17	$40.83	$44.17
$43.00	$40.50	Jul 10	$0.11	$0.07	$0.18	$40.32	$43.18

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 150 found (best R:R 9.00, avg credit $0.56)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
43/44	45/46	Aug 7	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$43.10	$45.90
41/42	43/44	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$41.12	$43.88
40/41	42/43	Jul 31	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$40.13	$42.87
40/41	42/43	Aug 14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$40.14	$42.86
43/44	45/46	Aug 14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$43.14	$45.86
43/44	45/46	Aug 21	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$43.14	$45.86
43/44	46/47	Aug 7	$0.83	$0.17	4.88	$43.17	$46.83
42/43	44/45	Aug 14	$0.83	$0.17	4.88	$42.17	$44.83
43/44	46/47	Aug 14	$0.82	$0.18	4.56	$43.18	$46.82
42/43	44/45	Aug 21	$0.82	$0.18	4.56	$42.18	$44.82

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 74 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$47.00	$48.00	$49.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$41.00	$42.00	$43.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$42.00	$43.00	$44.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$45.00	$46.00	$47.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$43.00	$44.00	$45.00	Aug 7	$0.08	$0.92	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$37.00	$38.00	$39.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$39.00	$40.00	$41.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$35.00	$36.00	$37.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$40.00	$41.00	$42.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$39.00	$40.00	$41.00	Aug 14	$0.07	$0.93	13.29

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 85 found (best net $-0.09, 76 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$35.00	$38.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.86	$2.14
$48.00	$50.00	1:2	Aug 7	$0.00	$2.00
$49.00	$50.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.07	$0.93
$47.00	$48.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.09	$0.91
$45.00	$46.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.09	$0.91

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$37.00	$34.00	1:2	Jul 10	-$0.09	$2.91
$37.00	$35.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.07	$1.93
$39.50	$38.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.01	$1.49
$39.00	$38.00	1:2	Jul 10	$0.00	$1.00
$36.00	$35.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.07	$0.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 42 found (best yield 2.90%, avg 0.89%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$43.00	Aug 21	$1.23	0.42	1.3%	2.90%	4.19%	375	1.3K
$43.00	Aug 14	$1.01	0.41	1.3%	2.38%	3.67%	34	143
$43.00	Aug 7	$1.00	0.41	1.3%	2.36%	3.65%	312	148
$44.00	Aug 21	$0.88	0.33	3.6%	2.07%	5.72%	38	2.3K
$42.50	Jul 24	$0.83	0.45	0.1%	1.96%	2.07%	82	43
$43.00	Jul 24	$0.73	0.38	1.3%	1.72%	3.02%	249	846
$44.00	Aug 14	$0.72	0.33	3.6%	1.70%	5.35%	23	75
$44.00	Aug 7	$0.69	0.31	3.6%	1.63%	5.28%	115	697
$43.00	Jul 31	$0.68	0.39	1.3%	1.60%	2.90%	99	948
$45.00	Aug 21	$0.60	0.25	6.0%	1.41%	7.42%	489	5.3K

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 29,446

Total Puts 14,807

Put/Call Ratio 0.50

Net Difference 14,639

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 44,499

Total Puts 24,838

Put/Call Ratio 0.56

Net Difference 19,661

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 375,763

Total Puts 334,752

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.93

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

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

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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