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XLE

State StreetEngySelSectSPDRETF

$57.07 +1.01%

(7/15 18:14) ◀

Thursday, July 16, 2026 (3:10pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/16 3:10pm) 102,182

Calls: 47,119 (46%)

Puts: 55,063 (54%)

Prior (07/15) 137,851

Calls: 64,555 (47%)

Puts: 73,296 (53%)

Current vs Prior -25.88%

Calls: -27.01% (Calls)

Puts: -24.88% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 950,165

Calls: 621,758 (65%)

Puts: 328,407 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 135,737

Calls: 88,822 (65%)

Puts: 46,915 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -24.72%

Calls: -46.95%

Puts: +17.37%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/16 3:10pm) $11.60M

Calls: $6.14M (53%)

Puts: $5.45M (47%)

Prior (07/15) $11.81M

Calls: $5.89M (50%)

Puts: $5.92M (50%)

Current vs Prior -1.82%

Calls: +4.23%

Puts: -7.85%

Prior 7-Day Total $125.63M

Calls: $75.69M (60%)

Puts: $49.94M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $17.95M

Calls: $10.81M (60%)

Puts: $7.13M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.38%

Calls: -43.18%

Puts: -23.55%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/16 3:10pm) 1.17

Prior (07/15) 1.14

Current vs Prior +2.92%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.52

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +124.33%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/16 3:10pm) 4,689,413

Calls: 1,981,476 (42%)

Puts: 2,707,937 (58%)

Prior (07/15) 4,650,365

Calls: 1,962,830 (42%)

Puts: 2,687,535 (58%)

Current vs Prior +0.84%

Prior 7-Day Total 31,188,159

Calls: 12,987,254 (42%)

Puts: 18,200,905 (58%)

Prior 7-Day Average 4,455,451

Calls: 1,855,322 (42%)

Puts: 2,600,129 (58%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.25%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 1.65% | 3.26%1.65% | 7.38%

Prior 2.61% | 3.93%2.61% | 7.60%

Current vs Prior -36.78% | -16.97%-36.78% | -2.99%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.18% | 3.68%3.16% | 7.70%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -24.54% | -11.46%-47.94% | -4.15%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.61% | 3.93%1.56% | 7.35%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -36.78% | -16.97%+5.75% | +0.43%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 15.52% | 9.15%

Calls: 13.51% | 9.30%

Puts: 17.54% | 9.00%

Prior 7.42% | 6.62%

Calls: 7.59% | 8.47%

Puts: 7.25% | 4.76%

Current vs Prior +109.16% | +38.22%

Prior 7-Day Avg 13.80% | 7.87%

Calls: 16.94% | 7.84%

Puts: 10.65% | 7.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +12.50% | +16.22%

Liquidity Expensive

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Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.17.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 6.1%, best 0.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$48.00	Jul 31	9.10	9.30	$9.20	2.2%	--	0.99	11
$49.00	Aug 21	8.30	8.50	$8.40	2.4%	--	0.96	31
$47.00	Aug 21	10.20	10.45	$10.33	2.4%	--	0.98	11
$49.00	Jul 31	8.10	8.30	$8.20	2.4%	2	0.98	2
$57.00	Aug 21	1.97	2.02	$2.00	2.5%	351	0.53	16.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$56.00	Aug 21	1.25	1.26	$1.25	0.8%	3.6K	0.39	5.3K
$65.00	Jul 24	7.80	8.00	$7.90	2.5%	--	0.98	13
$55.00	Aug 21	0.88	0.92	$0.90	4.4%	803	0.30	3.1K
$54.00	Aug 21	0.61	0.64	$0.63	4.8%	211	0.23	4.3K
$62.00	Aug 21	5.05	5.30	$5.18	4.8%	--	0.82	301

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 45 found (avg $0.54, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$59.00	Jul 24	0.19	0.23	$0.21	19.0%	1.3K	0.19	710
$64.00	Aug 21	0.26	0.29	$0.28	10.7%	2.0K	0.11	1.3K
$60.00	Jul 31	0.27	0.31	$0.29	13.8%	147	0.18	676
$58.50	Jul 24	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	3.0K	0.25	861
$63.00	Aug 21	0.34	0.38	$0.36	11.1%	87	0.14	3.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$53.50	Jul 24	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	7	0.06	351
$54.50	Jul 24	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	58	0.11	234
$50.00	Aug 21	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	66	0.06	37.2K
$55.00	Jul 24	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	34	0.15	406
$51.00	Aug 21	0.19	0.21	$0.20	10.0%	53	0.09	54.1K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 110 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$50.00	Jul 24	7.05	7.25	$7.15	2.8%	--	1.00	42
$51.00	Jul 24	6.05	6.25	$6.15	3.3%	--	1.00	53
$47.00	Jul 17	9.75	10.55	$10.15	7.9%	2	1.00	19
$50.00	Jul 17	6.95	7.30	$7.13	4.9%	2	0.99	737
$46.00	Jul 17	10.75	11.45	$11.10	6.3%	5	0.99	18

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$60.00	Jul 17	2.83	3.05	$2.94	7.5%	1	1.00	59
$64.00	Jul 17	6.45	8.00	$7.23	21.4%	1	1.00	--
$65.00	Jul 17	7.70	8.25	$7.98	6.9%	1	1.00	--
$67.00	Jul 17	9.55	10.95	$10.25	13.7%	1	1.00	--
$68.00	Jul 17	10.30	12.05	$11.18	15.7%	1	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 234 active (total vol 65.3K, top 14.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$61.00	Aug 21	0.62	0.66	$0.64	6.3%	4.2K	0.23	4.0K
$57.50	Jul 17	0.13	0.17	$0.15	26.7%	3.9K	0.30	11.8K
$58.50	Jul 24	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	3.0K	0.25	861
$58.00	Aug 21	1.49	1.57	$1.53	5.2%	2.8K	0.45	34.2K
$57.00	Jul 17	0.34	0.39	$0.37	13.5%	2.5K	0.55	22.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$57.00	Jul 17	0.25	0.29	$0.27	14.8%	14.4K	0.45	34.3K
$56.00	Aug 21	1.25	1.26	$1.25	0.8%	3.6K	0.39	5.3K
$56.00	Jul 17	0.04	0.08	$0.06	66.7%	3.2K	0.12	35.1K
$55.00	Jul 17	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	2.2K	0.05	30.3K
$56.50	Jul 17	0.09	0.14	$0.12	41.7%	1.4K	0.23	707

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 57 strikes (avg 133.9%, max 390.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$46.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	164.7%	33.6%	390.2%	5	32
$48.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	134.9%	30.6%	341.1%	5	243
$47.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	138.0%	31.8%	333.9%	2	30
$68.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	133.2%	32.3%	312.6%	--	327
$49.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	120.8%	29.5%	309.6%	6	35

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$46.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	164.7%	33.6%	390.2%	7	1.2K
$47.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	138.0%	31.8%	333.9%	6	45.7K
$48.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	134.9%	31.8%	324.9%	--	808
$49.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	120.8%	29.8%	305.6%	1	3.9K
$50.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	97.8%	27.8%	251.4%	109	59.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 98 found (best R:R 19.00, avg 2.38)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$63.00	$66.00	Aug 28	$0.22	$2.78	$0.22	12.64	$63.22
$61.00	$62.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$61.12
$63.00	$64.00	Aug 14	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$63.12
$62.00	$63.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$62.12
$60.00	$63.00	Aug 14	$0.45	$2.55	$0.45	5.67	$60.45

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$51.00	$49.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$1.90	$0.10	19.00	$50.90
$53.00	$52.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$52.87
$54.00	$53.00	Aug 21	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$53.80
$55.00	$54.00	Aug 7	$0.21	$0.79	$0.21	3.76	$54.79
$51.50	$51.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$51.39

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 124 found (best R:R 10.54, avg 1.45)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$50.00	$51.50	Aug 14	$1.37	$1.37	$0.13	10.54	$51.37
$51.50	$53.00	Aug 14	$1.35	$1.35	$0.15	9.00	$52.85
$53.00	$54.00	Aug 14	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$53.88
$52.00	$53.00	Aug 7	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$52.87
$53.00	$54.00	Aug 28	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$53.85

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$62.00	$61.00	Aug 21	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$61.15
$61.00	$60.00	Aug 21	$0.78	$0.78	$0.22	3.55	$60.22
$59.00	$58.00	Jul 24	$0.76	$0.76	$0.24	3.17	$58.24
$60.00	$58.00	Jul 31	$1.52	$1.52	$0.48	3.17	$58.48
$65.00	$64.00	Jul 17	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	3.00	$64.25

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 37 found (avg debit $0.21, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$51.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.05	84.6%	38.9%
$63.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	$0.07	74.2%	29.5%
$61.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.09	29.3%	27.5%
$53.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	63.6%	29.5%
$53.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	60.4%	27.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$54.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.06	45.3%	25.8%
$60.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.06	40.9%	26.1%
$54.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	42.9%	25.3%
$55.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.13	43.6%	24.3%
$59.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.15	36.0%	24.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 106 found (cheapest 1.12% of stock, avg 7.83%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$57.00	Jul 17	$0.37	$0.27	$0.64	$56.36	$57.64	1.12%
$57.50	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.57	$0.72	$56.78	$58.22	1.26%
$56.50	Jul 17	$0.71	$0.12	$0.83	$55.67	$57.33	1.45%
$58.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$0.97	$1.03	$56.97	$59.03	1.80%
$56.00	Jul 17	$1.14	$0.06	$1.20	$54.80	$57.20	2.10%
$58.50	Jul 17	$0.03	$1.44	$1.47	$57.03	$59.97	2.58%
$57.00	Jul 24	$0.86	$0.74	$1.60	$55.40	$58.60	2.80%
$57.50	Jul 24	$0.63	$1.00	$1.63	$55.87	$59.13	2.86%
$55.50	Jul 17	$1.60	$0.04	$1.64	$53.86	$57.14	2.87%
$56.50	Jul 24	$1.14	$0.51	$1.65	$54.85	$58.15	2.89%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 165 found (cheapest 0.11% of stock, avg 2.86%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$58.50	$55.00	Jul 17	$0.03	$0.03	$0.06	$54.94	$58.56
$58.50	$55.50	Jul 17	$0.03	$0.04	$0.07	$55.43	$58.57
$58.00	$55.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$0.03	$0.09	$54.91	$58.09
$58.50	$56.00	Jul 17	$0.03	$0.06	$0.09	$55.91	$58.59
$58.00	$55.50	Jul 17	$0.06	$0.04	$0.10	$55.40	$58.10
$58.00	$56.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$0.06	$0.12	$55.88	$58.12
$58.50	$56.50	Jul 17	$0.03	$0.12	$0.15	$56.35	$58.65
$57.50	$55.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.03	$0.18	$54.82	$57.68
$58.00	$56.50	Jul 17	$0.06	$0.12	$0.18	$56.32	$58.18
$57.50	$55.50	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.04	$0.19	$55.31	$57.69

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 46 found (best R:R 7.33, avg credit $0.55)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
52/53	54/55	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$52.12	$54.88
55/56	57/58	Aug 28	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$55.13	$57.87
53/54	55/56	Aug 21	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$53.15	$55.85
51/52	54/55	Aug 28	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$50.65	$54.85
56/56	56/57	Jul 24	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$55.60	$56.90
54/55	57/58	Aug 14	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$54.60	$57.40
55/56	57/58	Aug 7	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$55.11	$57.39
52/53	55/56	Aug 21	$0.78	$0.22	3.55	$52.22	$55.78
54/54	58/59	Aug 28	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$54.11	$58.89
56/56	57/58	Aug 7	$0.38	$0.12	3.17	$56.12	$57.38

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 54 found (best R:R 15.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$60.00	$61.00	$62.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$60.00	$61.00	$62.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$58.00	$59.00	$60.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$56.00	$57.00	$58.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.92	11.50
$59.00	$60.00	$61.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.92	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$57.00	$58.00	$59.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$52.00	$53.00	$54.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$53.00	$54.00	$55.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$59.00	$60.00	$61.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$60.00	$61.00	$62.00	Aug 21	$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. 99 found (best net $-0.04, 94 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$65.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.04	$2.96
$62.00	$63.50	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.02	$1.48
$62.00	$63.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.05	$0.95
$67.00	$68.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.08	$0.92
$61.00	$62.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.10	$0.90

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$51.00	$49.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.06	$1.94
$60.00	$58.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.09	$1.91
$54.00	$52.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.01	$1.49
$51.00	$50.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.06	$0.94
$50.00	$49.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.07	$0.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 51 found (best yield 2.72%, avg 1.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$58.00	Aug 28	$1.55	0.45	1.6%	2.72%	4.35%	1	17
$58.00	Aug 21	$1.49	0.45	1.6%	2.61%	4.24%	2.8K	34.2K
$57.50	Aug 14	$1.39	0.48	0.8%	2.44%	3.19%	19	33
$58.50	Aug 28	$1.37	0.42	2.5%	2.40%	4.91%	4	6
$58.00	Aug 14	$1.25	0.43	1.6%	2.19%	3.82%	28	119
$57.50	Aug 7	$1.22	0.47	0.8%	2.14%	2.89%	11	121
$59.00	Aug 28	$1.20	0.38	3.4%	2.10%	5.48%	3	13
$59.00	Aug 21	$1.11	0.37	3.4%	1.94%	5.33%	133	6.7K
$58.00	Aug 7	$1.04	0.42	1.6%	1.82%	3.45%	65	102
$59.50	Aug 28	$1.03	0.34	4.3%	1.80%	6.06%	--	24

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 47,119

Total Puts 55,063

Put/Call Ratio 1.17

Net Difference -7,944

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 64,555

Total Puts 73,296

Put/Call Ratio 1.14

Net Difference -8,741

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 621,758

Total Puts 328,407

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.52

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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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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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

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