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$42.83 +0.85%

$42.81 (-0.04%)🌙

as of 07/15 07:19 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) 35,910

Calls: 24,029 (67%)

Puts: 11,881 (33%)

Prior (07/14) 32,368

Calls: 20,267 (63%)

Puts: 12,101 (37%)

Current vs Prior +10.94%

Calls: +18.56% (Calls)

Puts: -1.82% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 441,440

Calls: 282,147 (64%)

Puts: 159,293 (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average 63,062

Calls: 40,306 (64%)

Puts: 22,756 (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.06%

Calls: -40.38%

Puts: -47.79%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) $3.47M

Calls: $1.94M (56%)

Puts: $1.53M (44%)

Prior (07/14) $3.29M

Calls: $1.88M (57%)

Puts: $1.41M (43%)

Current vs Prior +5.35%

Calls: +3.34%

Puts: +8.01%

Prior 7-Day Total $53.98M

Calls: $34.71M (64%)

Puts: $19.27M (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average $7.71M

Calls: $4.96M (64%)

Puts: $2.75M (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -54.99%

Calls: -60.81%

Puts: -44.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) 0.49

Prior (07/14) 0.60

Current vs Prior -17.19%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.62

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.75%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) 974,762

Calls: 547,268 (56%)

Puts: 427,494 (44%)

Prior (07/14) 943,163

Calls: 498,945 (53%)

Puts: 444,218 (47%)

Current vs Prior +3.35%

Prior 7-Day Total 6,819,907

Calls: 3,713,313 (54%)

Puts: 3,106,594 (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average 974,272

Calls: 530,473 (54%)

Puts: 443,799 (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.05%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 2.54% | 5.49%2.54% | 8.57%

Prior 2.80% | 5.79%2.80% | 8.69%

Current vs Prior -9.17% | -5.27%-9.18% | -1.38%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.44% | 5.17%3.95% | 9.37%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -25.94% | +6.03%-35.55% | -8.58%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.80% | 5.79%2.80% | 8.69%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -9.17% | -5.27%-9.18% | -1.38%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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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 18.39% | 8.00%

Calls: 22.73% | 8.22%

Puts: 14.06% | 7.78%

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

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 21 of results (avg 8.0%, best 4.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$42.00	Aug 21	2.05	2.15	$2.10	4.8%	93	0.60	2.3K
$43.00	Aug 21	1.50	1.58	$1.54	5.2%	636	0.50	2.9K
$41.00	Aug 7	2.47	2.65	$2.56	7.0%	3	0.72	--
$41.00	Aug 21	2.70	2.91	$2.81	7.5%	9	0.70	--
$43.00	Jul 31	1.12	1.21	$1.17	7.7%	222	0.49	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$42.00	Aug 21	1.06	1.13	$1.10	6.4%	750	0.40	2.5K
$43.00	Aug 21	1.51	1.62	$1.57	7.0%	831	0.50	4.3K
$47.00	Jul 17	3.95	4.25	$4.10	7.3%	27	0.99	9.3K
$46.00	Aug 21	3.45	3.75	$3.60	8.3%	9	0.77	279
$42.00	Jul 31	0.78	0.85	$0.82	8.5%	100	0.38	553

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 26 found (avg $0.63, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$48.00	Jul 24	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	16	0.05	1.0K
$45.00	Jul 24	0.30	0.36	$0.33	18.2%	267	0.23	3.8K
$46.00	Aug 7	0.32	0.39	$0.36	19.4%	79	0.20	3.6K
$44.50	Jul 24	0.41	0.48	$0.44	15.9%	82	0.28	243
$45.00	Jul 31	0.42	0.51	$0.47	19.1%	200	0.26	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Aug 14	0.42	0.51	$0.47	19.1%	9	0.21	546
$41.00	Jul 31	0.46	0.55	$0.51	17.6%	17	0.26	463
$40.00	Aug 21	0.50	0.56	$0.53	11.3%	139	0.22	3.4K
$41.00	Aug 7	0.58	0.67	$0.63	14.3%	64	0.28	465
$41.50	Jul 31	0.60	0.70	$0.65	15.4%	53	0.32	11

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 76 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$35.00	Jul 17	6.95	8.00	$7.48	14.0%	5	1.00	12
$36.00	Jul 17	5.50	8.05	$6.78	37.6%	12	1.00	5
$37.00	Jul 17	3.75	7.05	$5.40	61.1%	2	1.00	--
$38.00	Jul 17	3.35	5.20	$4.28	43.2%	5	1.00	--
$39.00	Jul 17	1.73	4.35	$3.04	86.2%	26	1.00	131

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$50.00	Jul 17	5.40	8.50	$6.95	44.6%	4	0.99	155
$51.00	Jul 17	6.40	9.50	$7.95	39.0%	2	0.99	--
$49.00	Jul 17	4.95	7.50	$6.23	40.9%	1	0.99	--
$47.50	Jul 17	2.88	5.10	$3.99	55.6%	5	0.99	--
$48.00	Jul 17	3.40	6.50	$4.95	62.6%	5	0.99	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 193 active (total vol 21.2K, top 2.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$48.00	Jul 31	0.05	0.15	$0.10	100.0%	2.1K	0.07	753
$44.00	Jul 17	0.03	0.06	$0.05	60.0%	977	0.10	4.1K
$43.00	Jul 17	0.24	0.31	$0.28	25.0%	965	0.41	6.1K
$43.50	Jul 17	0.10	0.13	$0.12	25.0%	747	0.22	3.0K
$48.00	Aug 21	0.18	0.25	$0.22	31.8%	726	0.12	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$42.50	Jul 17	0.19	0.38	$0.29	65.5%	1.0K	0.39	4.9K
$38.50	Jul 24	0.02	0.10	$0.06	133.3%	896	0.05	74
$40.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	894	0.02	11.3K
$43.00	Aug 21	1.51	1.62	$1.57	7.0%	831	0.50	4.3K
$42.00	Aug 21	1.06	1.13	$1.10	6.4%	750	0.40	2.5K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 35 strikes (avg 74.3%, max 306.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$37.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	100.4%	35.0%	186.9%	6	--
$50.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	84.7%	30.9%	173.6%	69	16.9K
$49.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	75.0%	30.5%	146.1%	53	12.5K
$35.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	148.3%	64.5%	129.9%	9	12
$48.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	64.9%	30.3%	114.4%	22	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$35.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	148.3%	36.5%	306.2%	72	7.3K
$37.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	100.4%	35.0%	186.9%	96	1.9K
$49.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	75.0%	30.2%	147.9%	5	--
$38.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	67.4%	32.5%	107.6%	46	7.5K
$48.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	64.9%	31.3%	107.1%	23	5

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 94 found (best R:R 15.67, avg 2.68)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$47.00	$49.00	Aug 14	$0.17	$1.83	$0.17	10.76	$47.17
$48.00	$49.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$48.11
$46.00	$47.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$46.13
$47.00	$48.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$47.13
$47.00	$48.00	Aug 28	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$47.13

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$38.00	$35.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$2.82	$0.18	15.67	$37.82
$40.00	$39.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$39.89
$38.00	$35.00	Aug 7	$0.34	$2.66	$0.34	7.82	$37.66
$40.00	$39.00	Aug 14	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$39.87
$39.00	$38.00	Jul 31	$0.16	$0.84	$0.16	5.25	$38.84

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 112 found (best R:R 8.09, avg 1.11)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$41.00	$42.00	Jul 17	$0.89	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$41.89
$36.00	$37.00	Jul 24	$0.86	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$36.86
$39.00	$40.00	Jul 17	$0.79	$0.79	$0.21	3.76	$39.79
$39.00	$40.00	Aug 21	$0.78	$0.78	$0.22	3.55	$39.78
$37.00	$39.00	Jul 24	$1.54	$1.54	$0.46	3.35	$38.54

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$45.00	$44.00	Jul 24	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	3.00	$44.25
$46.00	$45.00	Aug 21	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	3.00	$45.25
$48.00	$45.00	Jul 24	$2.24	$2.24	$0.76	2.95	$45.76
$45.00	$44.00	Aug 14	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	2.33	$44.30
$46.00	$45.00	Aug 7	$0.68	$0.68	$0.32	2.13	$45.32

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 28 found (avg debit $0.40, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$47.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.06	54.4%	37.4%
$46.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	54.1%	38.5%
$46.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.18	43.4%	40.2%
$45.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.21	41.3%	38.0%
$45.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.31	37.6%	39.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$36.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	$0.08	94.3%	50.1%
$41.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.09	42.5%	33.6%
$45.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.15	37.6%	39.2%
$40.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.15	38.8%	34.6%
$39.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.20	59.5%	52.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 70 found (cheapest 1.80% of stock, avg 8.40%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$43.00	Jul 17	$0.28	$0.49	$0.77	$42.23	$43.77	1.80%
$42.50	Jul 17	$0.60	$0.29	$0.89	$41.61	$43.39	2.08%
$42.00	Jul 17	$0.96	$0.11	$1.07	$40.93	$43.07	2.50%
$43.50	Jul 17	$0.12	$1.05	$1.17	$42.33	$44.67	2.73%
$44.50	Jul 17	$0.03	$1.46	$1.49	$43.01	$45.99	3.48%
$44.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$1.47	$1.52	$42.48	$45.52	3.55%
$43.50	Jul 24	$0.78	$0.91	$1.69	$41.81	$45.19	3.95%
$41.00	Jul 17	$1.85	$0.02	$1.87	$39.13	$42.87	4.37%
$43.00	Jul 24	$1.00	$1.09	$2.09	$40.91	$45.09	4.88%
$41.00	Jul 24	$1.77	$0.38	$2.15	$38.85	$43.15	5.02%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 153 found (cheapest 0.33% of stock, avg 3.00%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$44.50	$42.00	Jul 17	$0.03	$0.11	$0.14	$41.86	$44.64
$44.00	$42.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$0.11	$0.16	$41.84	$44.16
$43.50	$42.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$0.11	$0.23	$41.77	$43.73
$44.50	$42.50	Jul 17	$0.03	$0.29	$0.32	$42.18	$44.82
$44.00	$42.50	Jul 17	$0.05	$0.29	$0.34	$42.16	$44.34
$43.00	$42.00	Jul 17	$0.28	$0.11	$0.39	$41.61	$43.39
$43.50	$42.50	Jul 17	$0.12	$0.29	$0.41	$42.09	$43.91
$47.00	$39.00	Aug 7	$0.21	$0.28	$0.49	$38.51	$47.49
$43.00	$42.50	Jul 17	$0.28	$0.29	$0.57	$41.93	$43.57
$45.00	$40.50	Jul 24	$0.33	$0.24	$0.57	$39.93	$45.57

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 180 found (best R:R 8.09, avg credit $0.53)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
43/44	45/46	Aug 21	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$43.11	$45.89
39/40	41/42	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$39.12	$41.88
45/46	47/48	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$45.12	$47.88
44/45	46/47	Aug 14	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$44.13	$46.87
44/45	46/47	Aug 28	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$44.13	$46.87
40/41	42/43	Aug 14	$0.82	$0.18	4.56	$40.18	$42.82
40/41	42/43	Aug 7	$0.81	$0.19	4.26	$40.19	$42.81
39/40	41/42	Aug 14	$0.81	$0.19	4.26	$39.19	$41.81
37/38	42/43	Aug 14	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$37.20	$42.80
40/41	42/43	Aug 21	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$40.20	$42.80

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 58 found (best R:R 15.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$45.00	$46.00	$47.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$46.00	$47.00	$48.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$43.00	$44.00	$45.00	Aug 14	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$44.00	$45.00	$46.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$47.00	$48.00	$49.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	13.29

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$35.00	$36.00	$37.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$38.00	$39.00	$40.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$39.00	$40.00	$41.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$40.00	$41.00	$42.00	Jul 17	$0.08	$0.92	11.50
$36.00	$37.00	$38.00	Jul 31	$0.08	$0.92	11.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 94 found (best net $-0.18, 83 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$36.00	$40.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.18	$3.82
$38.00	$41.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.66	$2.34
$43.00	$45.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.10	$1.90
$49.00	$51.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.11	$1.89
$48.00	$49.00	1:2	Jul 24	$0.00	$1.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$48.00	$45.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.24	$2.76
$45.00	$43.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.15	$1.85
$49.00	$46.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.65	$1.35
$41.00	$40.00	1:2	Jul 17	$0.00	$1.00
$36.00	$35.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.07	$0.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 43 found (best yield 3.69%, avg 1.23%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$43.00	Aug 28	$1.58	0.50	0.4%	3.69%	4.09%	5	19
$43.00	Aug 21	$1.50	0.50	0.4%	3.50%	3.90%	636	2.9K
$43.00	Aug 14	$1.35	0.50	0.4%	3.15%	3.55%	2	--
$43.00	Aug 7	$1.25	0.50	0.4%	2.92%	3.32%	21	1.1K
$43.00	Jul 31	$1.12	0.49	0.4%	2.61%	3.01%	222	1.1K
$44.00	Aug 21	$1.02	0.40	2.7%	2.38%	5.11%	381	2.9K
$43.00	Jul 24	$0.96	0.49	0.4%	2.24%	2.64%	473	1.6K
$44.00	Aug 14	$0.91	0.39	2.7%	2.12%	4.86%	9	543
$43.50	Jul 31	$0.87	0.42	1.6%	2.03%	3.60%	3	8
$44.00	Aug 7	$0.85	0.38	2.7%	1.98%	4.72%	62	657

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 24,029

Total Puts 11,881

Put/Call Ratio 0.49

Net Difference 12,148

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 20,267

Total Puts 12,101

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 8,166

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 282,147

Total Puts 159,293

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.62

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Put/Call Ratio

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Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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