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XLE

State StreetEngySelSectSPDRETF

$56.22 -1.29%

(7/14 18:12) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15 3:05pm) 137,851

Calls: 64,555 (47%)

Puts: 73,296 (53%)

Prior (07/14) 92,574

Calls: 54,488 (59%)

Puts: 38,086 (41%)

Current vs Prior +48.91%

Calls: +18.48% (Calls)

Puts: +92.45% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 987,945

Calls: 673,217 (68%)

Puts: 314,728 (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average 141,135

Calls: 96,173 (68%)

Puts: 44,961 (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.33%

Calls: -32.88%

Puts: +63.02%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/15 3:05pm) $11.81M

Calls: $5.89M (50%)

Puts: $5.92M (50%)

Prior (07/14) $7.83M

Calls: $5.06M (65%)

Puts: $2.77M (35%)

Current vs Prior +50.85%

Calls: +16.53%

Puts: +113.45%

Prior 7-Day Total $134.37M

Calls: $83.95M (62%)

Puts: $50.42M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $19.20M

Calls: $11.99M (62%)

Puts: $7.20M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -38.46%

Calls: -50.85%

Puts: -17.82%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15 3:05pm) 1.14

Prior (07/14) 0.70

Current vs Prior +62.44%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.45

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +150.10%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15 3:05pm) 4,650,365

Calls: 1,962,830 (42%)

Puts: 2,687,535 (58%)

Prior (07/14) 4,629,223

Calls: 1,954,749 (42%)

Puts: 2,674,474 (58%)

Current vs Prior +0.46%

Prior 7-Day Total 30,751,866

Calls: 12,712,399 (41%)

Puts: 18,039,467 (59%)

Prior 7-Day Average 4,393,123

Calls: 1,816,057 (41%)

Puts: 2,577,066 (59%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.86%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 1.97% | 3.42%1.97% | 7.36%

Prior 3.15% | 4.31%3.15% | 7.96%

Current vs Prior -37.25% | -20.70%-37.25% | -7.52%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.05% | 3.60%3.36% | 7.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -3.62% | -5.19%-41.28% | -5.00%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.15% | 4.31%2.55% | 7.60%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -37.25% | -20.70%-22.45% | -3.15%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 9.87% | 7.85%

Calls: 5.45% | 6.12%

Puts: 14.29% | 9.57%

Prior 2.87% | 6.60%

Calls: 2.04% | 5.93%

Puts: 3.70% | 7.27%

Current vs Prior +243.90% | +18.94%

Prior 7-Day Avg 14.30% | 8.52%

Calls: 17.85% | 9.09%

Puts: 10.74% | 7.95%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -30.98% | -7.82%

Liquidity Expensive

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Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 51% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.14. P/C ratio rising 62% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
15:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
15:05	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 96 of results (avg 6.4%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$46.00	Aug 21	10.40	10.60	$10.50	1.9%	--	0.98	14
$48.00	Aug 21	8.45	8.65	$8.55	2.3%	--	0.96	140
$48.00	Jul 31	8.25	8.45	$8.35	2.4%	--	0.98	11
$58.00	Aug 21	1.16	1.19	$1.17	2.6%	8.3K	0.38	26.6K
$47.00	Aug 21	9.40	9.65	$9.53	2.6%	--	0.97	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$65.00	Jul 24	8.65	8.85	$8.75	2.3%	3	1.00	10
$62.00	Jul 17	5.65	5.85	$5.75	3.5%	--	1.00	217
$58.00	Aug 21	2.67	2.77	$2.72	3.7%	19	0.63	3.9K
$62.00	Aug 21	5.80	6.05	$5.93	4.2%	--	0.85	301
$57.00	Aug 21	2.04	2.14	$2.09	4.8%	196	0.55	2.8K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 43 found (avg $0.52, cheapest $0.11)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$57.00	Jul 17	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	1.5K	0.24	21.8K
$65.00	Aug 21	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	10	0.07	5.4K
$58.00	Jul 24	0.23	0.27	$0.25	16.0%	2.5K	0.21	3.0K
$56.50	Jul 17	0.29	0.32	$0.31	9.7%	6.1K	0.40	11.4K
$59.00	Jul 31	0.29	0.35	$0.32	18.8%	13	0.20	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$53.50	Jul 24	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	126	0.10	257
$52.00	Jul 31	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	18	0.08	194
$54.00	Jul 24	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	26	0.14	300
$53.00	Jul 31	0.17	0.20	$0.19	15.8%	28	0.12	1.1K
$52.00	Aug 7	0.19	0.23	$0.21	19.0%	13	0.11	639

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 105 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Jul 17	9.90	13.30	$11.60	29.3%	3	1.00	9
$50.00	Jul 17	5.60	7.05	$6.32	22.9%	2	0.99	739
$46.00	Jul 17	9.30	12.15	$10.73	26.6%	1	0.99	18
$47.00	Jul 17	7.95	11.00	$9.48	32.2%	--	0.99	19
$48.00	Jul 17	7.65	9.70	$8.68	23.6%	1	0.99	101

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$60.00	Jul 17	3.65	3.85	$3.75	5.3%	--	1.00	59
$62.00	Jul 17	5.65	5.85	$5.75	3.5%	--	1.00	217
$65.00	Jul 24	8.65	8.85	$8.75	2.3%	3	1.00	10
$59.00	Jul 17	2.68	2.93	$2.81	8.9%	--	0.96	922
$58.00	Jul 17	1.70	1.86	$1.78	9.0%	301	0.93	502

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 229 active (total vol 112.0K, top 23.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$58.00	Aug 21	1.16	1.19	$1.17	2.6%	8.3K	0.38	26.6K
$56.00	Jul 17	0.54	0.57	$0.55	5.5%	7.9K	0.59	28.6K
$60.00	Aug 21	0.63	0.66	$0.65	4.6%	7.3K	0.24	64.1K
$56.50	Jul 17	0.29	0.32	$0.31	9.7%	6.1K	0.40	11.4K
$57.50	Jul 17	0.06	0.09	$0.08	37.5%	2.8K	0.13	9.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Jul 17	0.29	0.34	$0.32	15.6%	23.4K	0.41	16.9K
$57.00	Jul 17	0.84	0.96	$0.90	13.3%	15.6K	0.76	39.7K
$55.00	Jul 17	0.08	0.10	$0.09	22.2%	7.9K	0.15	35.2K
$55.00	Aug 7	0.79	0.86	$0.83	8.4%	2.7K	0.34	32
$52.00	Aug 21	0.37	0.40	$0.39	7.7%	2.7K	0.16	23.9K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 56 strikes (avg 80.7%, max 241.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$46.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	110.5%	32.4%	241.1%	1	32
$47.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	99.4%	31.1%	219.1%	--	30
$48.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	89.1%	28.8%	209.6%	1	241
$67.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	95.5%	31.4%	204.1%	--	1.3K
$49.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	78.9%	27.9%	182.9%	1	34

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$46.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	110.5%	32.4%	241.1%	4	1.2K
$45.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	111.7%	34.1%	227.0%	1	853
$47.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	99.4%	31.1%	219.1%	32	45.7K
$48.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	89.1%	29.8%	199.1%	303	505
$49.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	78.9%	27.9%	182.9%	13	4.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 102 found (best R:R 14.00, avg 2.25)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$61.00	$62.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$61.11
$62.00	$63.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$62.11
$61.00	$62.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$61.12
$60.00	$61.00	Aug 14	$0.14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$60.14
$60.00	$61.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$60.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$49.50	$48.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$1.40	$0.10	14.00	$49.40
$52.00	$51.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$51.87
$53.00	$52.00	Aug 21	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	4.88	$52.83
$54.50	$54.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$54.39
$53.00	$52.50	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$52.89

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 132 found (best R:R 9.00, avg 1.53)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$52.00	$53.00	Aug 7	$0.89	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$52.89
$51.00	$52.00	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$51.88
$52.00	$53.00	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$52.88
$45.00	$46.00	Jul 17	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$45.87
$51.50	$53.00	Aug 14	$1.27	$1.27	$0.23	5.52	$52.77

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$62.00	$61.00	Aug 21	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$61.10
$59.00	$58.00	Jul 24	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$58.13
$60.00	$59.00	Jul 31	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$59.15
$61.00	$60.00	Aug 21	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$60.15
$59.00	$58.00	Jul 31	$0.82	$0.82	$0.18	4.56	$58.18

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 36 found (avg debit $0.19, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$60.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.05	42.8%	27.1%
$61.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.07	29.8%	27.9%
$59.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.08	40.0%	26.3%
$67.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	$0.09	95.5%	31.4%
$51.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	58.3%	33.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$52.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.05	45.3%	28.4%
$53.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.06	42.0%	26.5%
$51.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.06	30.7%	28.3%
$47.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.08	36.0%	37.4%
$53.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.09	36.4%	25.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 103 found (cheapest 1.55% of stock, avg 7.48%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$56.00	Jul 17	$0.55	$0.32	$0.87	$55.13	$56.87	1.55%
$56.50	Jul 17	$0.31	$0.56	$0.87	$55.63	$57.37	1.55%
$57.00	Jul 17	$0.16	$0.90	$1.06	$55.94	$58.06	1.89%
$55.50	Jul 17	$0.91	$0.16	$1.07	$54.43	$56.57	1.90%
$57.50	Jul 17	$0.08	$1.31	$1.39	$56.11	$58.89	2.47%
$55.00	Jul 17	$1.33	$0.09	$1.42	$53.58	$56.42	2.53%
$56.00	Jul 24	$0.98	$0.69	$1.67	$54.33	$57.67	2.97%
$56.50	Jul 24	$0.73	$0.94	$1.67	$54.83	$58.17	2.97%
$57.00	Jul 24	$0.52	$1.23	$1.75	$55.25	$58.75	3.11%
$55.50	Jul 24	$1.27	$0.49	$1.76	$53.74	$57.26	3.13%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 2.81%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$58.00	$54.00	Jul 17	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$53.92	$58.08
$58.00	$54.50	Jul 17	$0.04	$0.05	$0.09	$54.41	$58.09
$57.50	$54.00	Jul 17	$0.08	$0.04	$0.12	$53.88	$57.62
$57.50	$54.50	Jul 17	$0.08	$0.05	$0.13	$54.37	$57.63
$58.00	$55.00	Jul 17	$0.04	$0.09	$0.13	$54.87	$58.13
$57.50	$55.00	Jul 17	$0.08	$0.09	$0.17	$54.83	$57.67
$57.00	$54.00	Jul 17	$0.16	$0.04	$0.20	$53.80	$57.20
$58.00	$55.50	Jul 17	$0.04	$0.16	$0.20	$55.30	$58.20
$57.00	$54.50	Jul 17	$0.16	$0.05	$0.21	$54.29	$57.21
$57.50	$55.50	Jul 17	$0.08	$0.16	$0.24	$55.26	$57.74

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 87 found (best R:R 12.64, avg credit $0.48)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
50/50	52/53	Aug 14	$1.39	$0.11	12.64	$48.61	$52.89
55/56	57/58	Aug 28	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$55.11	$57.89
52/53	54/55	Aug 21	$0.84	$0.16	5.25	$52.16	$54.84
53/54	55/56	Aug 21	$0.83	$0.17	4.88	$53.17	$55.83
53/54	54/55	Aug 28	$0.81	$0.19	4.26	$52.69	$54.81
53/54	56/56	Aug 14	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$53.10	$55.90
51/52	53/54	Aug 21	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$51.20	$53.80
51/52	54/55	Aug 21	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$51.20	$54.80
52/52	54/55	Aug 28	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$51.20	$54.80
52/53	54/55	Aug 28	$0.79	$0.21	3.76	$52.21	$54.79

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 66 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$50.00	$51.00	$52.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$56.00	$57.00	$58.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$58.00	$59.00	$60.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$59.00	$60.00	$61.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$60.00	$61.00	$62.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$55.00	$56.00	$57.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$59.00	$60.00	$61.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$52.00	$53.00	$54.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.92	11.50
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.92	11.50
$58.00	$59.00	$60.00	Jul 24	$0.09	$0.91	10.11

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 115 found (best net $-0.13, 114 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$65.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.13	$2.87
$62.00	$63.50	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.03	$1.47
$60.00	$61.00	1:2	Jul 17	$0.00	$1.00
$66.00	$67.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.07	$0.93
$60.00	$61.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.10	$0.90

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$47.50	$45.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.02	$2.48
$47.00	$45.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.06	$1.94
$49.50	$48.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.05	$1.45
$50.00	$49.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.05	$0.95
$48.00	$47.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.06	$0.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 60 found (best yield 3.18%, avg 1.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$56.50	Aug 28	$1.79	0.50	0.5%	3.18%	3.68%	18	15
$57.00	Aug 28	$1.71	0.46	1.4%	3.04%	4.43%	7	229
$56.50	Aug 14	$1.55	0.49	0.5%	2.76%	3.26%	21	201
$57.00	Aug 21	$1.52	0.46	1.4%	2.70%	4.09%	566	16.9K
$56.50	Aug 7	$1.30	0.49	0.5%	2.31%	2.81%	15	444
$57.00	Aug 14	$1.27	0.45	1.4%	2.26%	3.65%	53	310
$58.00	Aug 28	$1.21	0.39	3.2%	2.15%	5.32%	--	17
$58.00	Aug 21	$1.16	0.38	3.2%	2.06%	5.23%	8.3K	26.6K
$57.50	Aug 14	$1.11	0.40	2.3%	1.97%	4.25%	1	32
$56.50	Jul 31	$1.04	0.48	0.5%	1.85%	2.35%	44	283

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 64,555

Total Puts 73,296

Put/Call Ratio 1.14

Net Difference -8,741

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 54,488

Total Puts 38,086

Put/Call Ratio 0.70

Net Difference 16,402

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 673,217

Total Puts 314,728

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.45

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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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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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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