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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$177.52 -2.24%

$177.59 (+0.04%)🌙

as of 07/16 06:05 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/16) 30,091

Calls: 13,383 (44%)

Puts: 16,708 (56%)

Prior (07/15) 23,340

Calls: 12,675 (54%)

Puts: 10,665 (46%)

Current vs Prior +28.92%

Calls: +5.59% (Calls)

Puts: +56.66% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 134,419

Calls: 63,123 (47%)

Puts: 71,296 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 19,202

Calls: 9,017 (47%)

Puts: 10,185 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +56.70%

Calls: +48.41%

Puts: +64.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/16) $25.81M

Calls: $14.98M (58%)

Puts: $10.82M (42%)

Prior (07/15) $16.07M

Calls: $11.83M (74%)

Puts: $4.24M (26%)

Current vs Prior +60.63%

Calls: +26.71%

Puts: +155.24%

Prior 7-Day Total $99.46M

Calls: $72.47M (73%)

Puts: $26.98M (27%)

Prior 7-Day Average $14.21M

Calls: $10.35M (73%)

Puts: $3.85M (27%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +81.63%

Calls: +44.72%

Puts: +180.75%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/16) 1.25

Prior (07/15) 0.84

Current vs Prior +48.37%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.24

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.54%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/16) 783,200

Calls: 305,661 (39%)

Puts: 477,539 (61%)

Prior (07/15) 254,874

Calls: 129,121 (51%)

Puts: 125,753 (49%)

Current vs Prior +207.29%

Prior 7-Day Total 4,374,504

Calls: 1,748,020 (40%)

Puts: 2,626,484 (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average 624,929

Calls: 249,717 (40%)

Puts: 375,212 (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +25.33%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.98% | 4.03%1.98% | 8.65%

Prior 2.80% | 4.24%2.80% | 8.48%

Current vs Prior -29.46% | -4.89%-29.47% | +1.95%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.10% | 4.96%4.00% | 9.72%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -36.16% | -18.61%-50.52% | -11.02%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.80% | 4.24%2.80% | 8.48%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -29.46% | -4.89%-29.47% | +1.95%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 73.87% | 22.33%

Calls: 100.00% | 21.55%

Puts: 47.74% | 23.10%

Prior 68.22% | 21.96%

Calls: 38.43% | 25.00%

Puts: 98.00% | 18.92%

Current vs Prior +8.28% | +1.68%

Prior 7-Day Avg 51.38% | 30.16%

Calls: 54.34% | 27.30%

Puts: 48.42% | 33.03%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +43.78% | -25.97%

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Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 61% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (82% higher). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.25 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 48% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 34 of results (avg 7.2%, best 4.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$144.00	Aug 21	33.65	35.30	$34.47	4.8%	--	0.93	49
$146.00	Aug 21	31.75	33.40	$32.58	5.1%	--	0.93	12
$145.00	Aug 21	32.75	34.55	$33.65	5.3%	--	0.93	25
$149.00	Aug 21	29.05	30.65	$29.85	5.4%	1	0.91	7
$147.00	Aug 21	30.85	32.60	$31.73	5.5%	--	0.92	22

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$205.00	Aug 21	27.05	28.80	$27.93	6.3%	--	0.92	16
$202.50	Jul 31	24.50	26.15	$25.33	6.5%	--	0.96	11
$198.00	Jul 31	20.10	21.75	$20.93	7.9%	--	0.94	111
$198.00	Aug 21	20.55	22.30	$21.43	8.2%	3	0.86	3
$197.00	Jul 31	19.15	20.80	$19.98	8.3%	--	0.94	10

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 187 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Jul 24	25.65	28.35	$27.00	10.0%	--	1.00	103
$143.00	Jul 17	33.35	35.30	$34.33	5.7%	378	1.00	32
$144.00	Jul 17	31.65	34.10	$32.88	7.5%	128	1.00	29
$145.00	Jul 17	30.75	33.10	$31.93	7.4%	15	1.00	240
$146.00	Jul 17	30.20	32.35	$31.28	6.9%	8	1.00	52

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$186.00	Jul 17	7.85	10.40	$9.13	27.9%	7	1.00	168
$187.00	Jul 17	9.00	10.90	$9.95	19.1%	668	1.00	443
$189.00	Jul 17	10.20	13.15	$11.68	25.3%	190	1.00	127
$190.00	Jul 17	11.90	13.85	$12.88	15.1%	1.1K	1.00	695
$192.00	Jul 17	14.00	16.30	$15.15	15.2%	1.0K	1.00	631

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 381 active (total vol 20.8K, top 1.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$186.00	Jul 24	0.47	0.83	$0.65	55.4%	1.4K	0.16	294
$210.00	Aug 21	0.25	0.48	$0.37	62.2%	1.0K	0.05	1.4K
$180.00	Jul 17	0.33	0.70	$0.52	71.2%	533	0.25	1.9K
$179.00	Jul 24	2.27	3.00	$2.64	27.7%	477	0.43	6
$181.00	Jul 24	1.58	2.19	$1.89	32.3%	454	0.34	22

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$172.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.30	$0.15	200.0%	1.2K	0.08	1.5K
$190.00	Jul 17	11.90	13.85	$12.88	15.1%	1.1K	1.00	695
$192.00	Jul 17	14.00	16.30	$15.15	15.2%	1.0K	1.00	631
$195.00	Jul 17	16.85	19.55	$18.20	14.8%	903	1.00	600
$175.00	Jul 17	0.36	0.92	$0.64	87.5%	669	0.26	6.5K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 119 strikes (avg 126.9%, max 367.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$153.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	187.3%	40.1%	367.4%	5	214
$159.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	158.5%	38.9%	307.3%	5	412
$156.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	148.8%	40.0%	271.8%	4	272
$157.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	142.7%	39.7%	259.5%	1	74
$210.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	113.0%	32.1%	252.3%	1.0K	3.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$153.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	187.3%	40.1%	367.4%	--	521
$159.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	158.5%	38.9%	307.3%	8	901
$156.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	148.8%	40.0%	271.8%	6	2.6K
$157.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	142.7%	39.7%	259.5%	9	1.2K
$144.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	150.3%	42.8%	251.0%	1	398

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 225 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 3.83)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$205.00	$210.00	Aug 21	$0.21	$4.79	$0.21	22.81	$205.21
$202.50	$205.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$202.65
$200.00	$202.50	Aug 7	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$200.17
$202.50	$205.00	Aug 14	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$202.67
$200.00	$205.00	Aug 28	$0.39	$4.61	$0.39	11.82	$200.39

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$155.00	$150.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$154.89
$160.00	$155.00	Jul 31	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$159.82
$160.00	$156.00	Jul 24	$0.19	$3.81	$0.19	20.05	$159.81
$150.00	$145.00	Aug 7	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$149.73
$155.00	$150.00	Aug 7	$0.29	$4.71	$0.29	16.24	$154.71

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 290 found (best R:R 32.33, avg 1.75)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$150.00	$160.00	Jul 24	$9.42	$9.42	$0.58	16.24	$159.42
$147.00	$149.00	Aug 21	$1.88	$1.88	$0.12	15.67	$148.88
$165.00	$166.00	Jul 24	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$165.90
$169.00	$172.00	Jul 24	$2.65	$2.65	$0.35	7.57	$171.65
$175.00	$176.00	Jul 17	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$175.88

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$197.00	$193.00	Jul 31	$3.88	$3.88	$0.12	32.33	$193.12
$202.50	$200.00	Jul 31	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$200.10
$193.00	$190.00	Jul 31	$2.83	$2.83	$0.17	16.65	$190.17
$210.00	$205.00	Aug 21	$4.70	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$205.30
$195.00	$193.00	Aug 21	$1.82	$1.82	$0.18	10.11	$193.18

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 113 found (avg debit $1.01, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$200.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.06	82.8%	38.5%
$195.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.07	72.0%	32.2%
$193.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.08	60.1%	30.2%
$191.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.09	82.2%	31.8%
$192.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	88.6%	34.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$145.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	145.8%	65.7%
$190.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	56.2%	27.8%
$150.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.11	123.6%	56.8%
$202.50	Jul 17	Jul 31	$0.13	90.6%	36.7%
$193.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.15	60.1%	30.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 179 found (cheapest 1.73% of stock, avg 8.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$178.00	Jul 17	$1.34	$1.73	$3.07	$174.93	$181.07	1.73%
$176.00	Jul 17	$2.25	$1.06	$3.31	$172.69	$179.31	1.86%
$177.00	Jul 17	$1.78	$1.59	$3.37	$173.63	$180.37	1.90%
$180.00	Jul 17	$0.52	$3.11	$3.63	$176.37	$183.63	2.04%
$175.00	Jul 17	$3.13	$0.64	$3.77	$171.23	$178.77	2.12%
$179.00	Jul 17	$0.98	$2.80	$3.78	$175.22	$182.78	2.13%
$174.00	Jul 17	$3.73	$0.39	$4.12	$169.88	$178.12	2.32%
$181.00	Jul 17	$0.32	$4.47	$4.79	$176.21	$185.79	2.70%
$173.00	Jul 17	$4.68	$0.35	$5.03	$167.97	$178.03	2.83%
$182.00	Jul 17	$0.24	$4.95	$5.19	$176.81	$187.19	2.92%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.33% of stock, avg 4.88%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$182.00	$173.00	Jul 17	$0.24	$0.35	$0.59	$172.41	$182.59
$182.00	$174.00	Jul 17	$0.24	$0.39	$0.63	$173.37	$182.63
$181.00	$173.00	Jul 17	$0.32	$0.35	$0.67	$172.33	$181.67
$181.00	$174.00	Jul 17	$0.32	$0.39	$0.71	$173.29	$181.71
$180.00	$173.00	Jul 17	$0.52	$0.35	$0.87	$172.13	$180.87
$182.00	$175.00	Jul 17	$0.24	$0.64	$0.88	$174.12	$182.88
$180.00	$174.00	Jul 17	$0.52	$0.39	$0.91	$173.09	$180.91
$181.00	$175.00	Jul 17	$0.32	$0.64	$0.96	$174.04	$181.96
$180.00	$175.00	Jul 17	$0.52	$0.64	$1.16	$173.84	$181.16
$182.00	$176.00	Jul 17	$0.24	$1.06	$1.30	$174.70	$183.30

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 332 found (best R:R 15.67, avg credit $1.32)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
163/164	169/172	Jul 24	$2.82	$0.18	15.67	$161.18	$171.82
173/175	179/180	Aug 7	$1.87	$0.13	14.38	$173.13	$180.87
160/164	165/170	Jul 31	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$159.33	$169.67
164/165	169/172	Jul 24	$2.80	$0.20	14.00	$162.20	$171.80
150/155	165/170	Jul 31	$4.66	$0.34	13.71	$150.34	$169.66
166/167	169/172	Jul 24	$2.79	$0.21	13.29	$164.21	$171.79
170/172	179/182	Aug 28	$3.20	$0.30	10.67	$168.80	$182.20
165/166	172/173	Jul 31	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$165.10	$172.90
171/172	173/175	Jul 31	$1.80	$0.20	9.00	$170.20	$174.80
175/176	179/180	Aug 7	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$175.10	$179.90

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 139 found (best R:R 30.25, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$202.50	$205.00	$207.50	Jul 17	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$182.00	$183.00	$184.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Aug 21	$0.26	$4.74	18.23
$178.00	$179.00	$180.00	Jul 24	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Aug 14	$0.16	$2.34	14.62

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Aug 7	$0.21	$4.79	22.81
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Aug 21	$0.22	$4.78	21.73
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Aug 7	$0.23	$4.77	20.74
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$4.77	20.74
$168.00	$169.00	$170.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$0.95	19.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 145 found (best net $-0.81, 125 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$170.00	$179.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.81	$8.19
$170.00	$179.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.20	$6.80
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.11	$4.89
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.16	$4.84
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.44	$4.56

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$145.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.07	$4.93
$150.00	$145.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.08	$4.92
$150.00	$145.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.10	$4.90
$160.00	$155.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.13	$4.87
$155.00	$150.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.19	$4.81

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 110 found (best yield 3.58%, avg 1.07%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$178.00	Aug 21	$6.35	0.51	0.3%	3.58%	3.85%	2	3
$179.00	Aug 28	$6.30	0.49	0.8%	3.55%	4.38%	1	2
$180.00	Aug 21	$6.25	0.47	1.4%	3.52%	4.92%	87	1.4K
$179.00	Aug 21	$5.60	0.48	0.8%	3.15%	3.99%	3	10
$179.00	Aug 14	$5.35	0.48	0.8%	3.01%	3.85%	1	--
$182.50	Aug 28	$4.85	0.42	2.8%	2.73%	5.54%	2	2
$181.00	Aug 21	$4.80	0.44	2.0%	2.70%	4.66%	4	105
$178.00	Aug 7	$4.65	0.50	0.3%	2.62%	2.89%	1	--
$183.00	Aug 28	$4.65	0.42	3.1%	2.62%	5.71%	2	2
$180.00	Aug 14	$4.45	0.46	1.4%	2.51%	3.90%	51	2

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,383

Total Puts 16,708

Put/Call Ratio 1.25

Net Difference -3,325

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,675

Total Puts 10,665

Put/Call Ratio 0.84

Net Difference 2,010

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 63,123

Total Puts 71,296

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.24

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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)

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