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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$188.17 -0.23%

(8/28 09:35) ◀

Friday, August 28, 2026 (9:40am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:40am) 292

Calls: 135 (46%)

Puts: 157 (54%)

Prior (08/27) 651

Calls: 444 (68%)

Puts: 207 (32%)

Current vs Prior -55.15%

Calls: -69.59% (Calls)

Puts: -24.15% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 176,381

Calls: 65,123 (37%)

Puts: 111,258 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 25,197

Calls: 9,303 (37%)

Puts: 15,894 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -98.84%

Calls: -98.55%

Puts: -99.01%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 9:40am) $108.4K

Calls: $83.1K (77%)

Puts: $25.3K (23%)

Prior (08/27) $486.7K

Calls: $411.7K (85%)

Puts: $75.1K (15%)

Current vs Prior -77.73%

Calls: -79.81%

Puts: -66.33%

Prior 7-Day Total $98.77M

Calls: $61.78M (63%)

Puts: $36.99M (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average $14.11M

Calls: $8.83M (63%)

Puts: $5.28M (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -99.23%

Calls: -99.06%

Puts: -99.52%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:40am) 1.16

Prior (08/27) 0.47

Current vs Prior +149.45%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.80%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:40am) 750,236

Calls: 279,434 (37%)

Puts: 470,802 (63%)

Prior (08/27) 721,316

Calls: 268,723 (37%)

Puts: 452,593 (63%)

Current vs Prior +4.01%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,314,467

Calls: 1,982,130 (37%)

Puts: 3,332,337 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 759,209

Calls: 283,161 (37%)

Puts: 476,048 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.18%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 1.30% | 2.97%4.85% | 7.55%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -23.81% | -9.48%-5.46% | -1.91%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.27% | 3.89%3.75% | 7.55%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -42.98% | -23.72%+29.38% | -0.09%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -23.81% | -9.48%-5.46% | -1.91%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 92.28% | 27.27%

Calls: 119.48% | 28.00%

Puts: 65.09% | 26.54%

Prior 69.97% | 29.52%

Calls: 48.23% | 25.49%

Puts: 91.72% | 33.55%

Current vs Prior +31.89% | -7.62%

Prior 7-Day Avg 56.82% | 38.14%

Calls: 56.34% | 38.61%

Puts: 57.30% | 37.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +62.41% | -28.49%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in calls ($83.1K) vs puts ($25.3K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 78% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 55% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.16.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Current BULLISH

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

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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09:35	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 48 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$151.00	Sep 18	36.60	37.90	$37.25	3.5%	--	1.00	299
$154.00	Sep 18	33.70	34.90	$34.30	3.5%	--	1.00	46
$155.00	Sep 18	32.70	33.95	$33.33	3.8%	--	1.00	2.8K
$156.00	Sep 18	31.70	32.95	$32.33	3.9%	--	1.00	149
$152.50	Sep 18	35.05	36.60	$35.83	4.3%	--	1.00	600

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 25	21.60	23.20	$22.40	7.1%	--	0.95	10
$200.00	Sep 18	12.10	13.15	$12.63	8.3%	--	0.86	136
$200.00	Oct 2	12.70	13.90	$13.30	9.0%	--	0.80	44

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. 131 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$156.00	Aug 28	31.15	33.10	$32.13	6.1%	--	1.00	403
$157.00	Aug 28	30.15	32.40	$31.28	7.2%	--	1.00	210
$157.50	Aug 28	28.90	31.90	$30.40	9.9%	--	1.00	207
$158.00	Aug 28	29.15	31.40	$30.28	7.4%	--	1.00	101
$159.00	Aug 28	28.15	30.05	$29.10	6.5%	--	1.00	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 25	21.60	23.20	$22.40	7.1%	--	0.95	10
$200.00	Sep 18	12.10	13.15	$12.63	8.3%	--	0.86	136
$197.50	Sep 18	9.85	11.05	$10.45	11.5%	--	0.81	136
$200.00	Oct 2	12.70	13.90	$13.30	9.0%	--	0.80	44
$190.00	Aug 28	2.00	2.97	$2.49	39.0%	--	0.77	26

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 50 active (total vol 202, top 20)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Aug 28	0.04	0.71	$0.38	176.3%	20	0.23	166
$192.50	Sep 4	0.50	1.10	$0.80	75.0%	20	0.23	53
$190.00	Sep 4	1.50	1.90	$1.70	23.5%	18	0.38	132
$187.00	Aug 28	1.18	1.86	$1.52	44.7%	15	0.67	973
$195.00	Sep 18	1.44	1.78	$1.61	21.1%	8	0.26	2.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$186.00	Aug 28	0.16	0.81	$0.49	132.7%	20	0.27	95
$178.00	Sep 18	1.20	1.34	$1.27	11.0%	14	0.19	8.5K
$168.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	7	0.00	66
$171.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	6	0.01	74
$188.00	Aug 28	0.71	1.39	$1.05	64.8%	5	0.52	225

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 14 strikes (avg 132.5%, max 244.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$185.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	80.4%	23.9%	235.8%	--	275
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	58.0%	22.9%	153.3%	--	140
$190.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	55.5%	24.9%	122.6%	20	184
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	46.8%	22.9%	104.0%	3	487
$187.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	46.4%	23.0%	101.4%	15	994

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$185.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	80.4%	23.4%	244.3%	--	256
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	58.0%	22.9%	153.3%	20	136
$190.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	55.5%	24.7%	125.2%	--	36
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 11	49.6%	23.5%	111.4%	--	458
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 11	46.4%	22.4%	107.1%	1	274

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 159 found (best R:R 3.00, avg 4.25)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$178.00	$179.00	Aug 28	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	94%	3.00	$178.25
$157.50	$158.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	100%	3.17	$157.62
$182.50	$183.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$0.27	$0.23	88%	1.17	$182.73
$180.00	$181.00	Sep 4	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	87%	0.59	$180.63
$167.00	$167.50	Aug 28	$0.28	$0.22	$0.28	100%	0.79	$167.28

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$10.50	$9.50	$10.50	80%	0.90	$189.50
$174.00	$170.00	Oct 2	$0.33	$3.67	$0.33	18%	11.12	$173.67
$165.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	9%	30.25	$164.84
$186.00	$185.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	42%	2.70	$185.73
$169.00	$165.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$3.82	$0.18	10%	21.22	$168.82

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 114 found (best R:R 1.22, avg 0.39)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$193.00	$194.00	Aug 28	$0.25	$0.25	$0.75	88%	0.33	$193.25
$190.00	$191.00	Aug 28	$0.32	$0.32	$0.68	77%	0.47	$190.32
$191.00	$195.00	Oct 2	$1.63	$1.63	$2.37	57%	0.69	$192.63
$195.00	$198.00	Sep 25	$0.81	$0.81	$2.19	71%	0.37	$195.81
$190.00	$191.00	Sep 4	$0.46	$0.46	$0.54	62%	0.85	$190.46

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$185.00	$184.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	76%	1.22	$184.45
$177.50	$177.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	92%	0.92	$177.26
$182.50	$182.00	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.22	$0.28	86%	0.79	$182.28
$177.50	$177.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	82%	0.52	$177.33
$180.00	$179.00	Oct 2	$0.34	$0.34	$0.66	71%	0.52	$179.66

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 9 found (avg debit $1.49, cheapest $1.46)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.46	49.6%	24.3%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.58	46.4%	23.8%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.61	46.8%	24.7%
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.74	45.5%	23.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.54	49.6%	24.3%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.57	46.4%	23.8%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.57	46.8%	24.7%
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.61	45.5%	23.7%
$191.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.75	23.8%	23.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 90 found (cheapest 0.98% of stock, avg 5.22%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$187.50	Aug 28	$1.08	$0.77	$1.85	$185.65	$189.35	0.98%
$188.00	Aug 28	$0.89	$1.05	$1.94	$186.06	$189.94	1.03%
$187.00	Aug 28	$1.52	$0.59	$2.11	$184.89	$189.11	1.12%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$1.55	$2.10	$186.90	$191.10	1.12%
$186.00	Aug 28	$2.09	$0.49	$2.58	$183.42	$188.58	1.37%
$190.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$2.49	$2.87	$187.13	$192.87	1.53%
$185.00	Aug 28	$3.10	$0.60	$3.70	$181.30	$188.70	1.97%
$184.00	Aug 28	$3.97	$0.05	$4.02	$179.98	$188.02	2.14%
$189.00	Sep 4	$2.01	$3.09	$5.10	$183.90	$194.10	2.71%
$188.00	Sep 4	$2.50	$2.62	$5.12	$182.88	$193.12	2.72%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.34% of stock, avg 2.46%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$192.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.38	$0.64	$181.86	$192.64
$192.50	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.38	$0.64	$181.86	$193.14
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.38	$0.76	$181.74	$190.76
$192.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.49	$0.75	$185.25	$192.75
$192.50	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.49	$0.75	$185.25	$193.25
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.49	$0.87	$185.13	$190.87
$192.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.60	$0.86	$184.14	$192.86
$192.50	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.60	$0.86	$184.14	$193.36
$190.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.60	$0.98	$184.02	$190.98
$192.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.59	$0.85	$186.15	$192.85

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 236 found (best R:R 4.00, avg credit $0.54)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
184/185	193/194	Aug 28	$0.80	$0.20	64%	4.00	$184.20	$193.80
184/185	190/191	Aug 28	$0.87	$0.13	53%	6.69	$184.13	$190.87
177/178	193/194	Aug 28	$0.49	$0.51	80%	0.96	$177.01	$193.49
177/178	190/191	Aug 28	$0.56	$0.44	70%	1.27	$176.94	$190.56
182/182	193/194	Aug 28	$0.47	$0.53	74%	0.89	$182.03	$193.47
182/182	190/191	Aug 28	$0.54	$0.46	63%	1.17	$181.96	$190.54
180/181	193/194	Aug 28	$0.37	$0.63	79%	0.59	$180.63	$193.37
184/185	189/190	Aug 28	$0.72	$0.28	43%	2.57	$184.28	$189.72
180/181	190/191	Aug 28	$0.44	$0.56	68%	0.79	$180.56	$190.44
179/180	198/199	Oct 2	$0.59	$0.41	47%	1.44	$179.41	$198.59

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 79 found (best R:R 21.73, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$195.00	$197.50	$200.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$2.39	13%	21.73
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 2	$0.08	$2.42	9%	30.25
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$4.70	12%	15.67
$197.50	$200.00	$202.50	Sep 18	$0.13	$2.37	11%	18.23
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.83	26%	4.88

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$186.00	$188.00	$190.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$1.92	12%	24.00
$190.00	$192.50	$195.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$2.30	17%	11.50
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67
$192.50	$195.00	$197.50	Sep 18	$0.22	$2.28	15%	10.36

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 146 found (best net $-6.39, 135 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$171.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$6.39	$4.61
$172.50	$179.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$4.16	$2.34
$191.00	$195.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.12	$2.88
$188.00	$189.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.21	$0.79
$200.00	$202.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.12	$2.38

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.29	$4.71
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.61	$0.39
$189.00	$188.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.55	$0.45
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.23	$4.77
$177.00	$176.00	1:2	Aug 28	$0.00	$1.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 53 found (best yield 2.13%, avg 0.81%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$191.00	Oct 2	$4.00	0.43	1.5%	2.13%	3.63%	--	42
$189.00	Oct 2	$4.80	0.48	0.4%	2.55%	2.99%	--	13
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.30	0.45	1.0%	2.29%	3.26%	--	18
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.34	0.32	3.6%	1.24%	4.87%	--	12
$189.00	Sep 25	$4.10	0.47	0.4%	2.18%	2.62%	--	37
$190.00	Sep 25	$3.65	0.44	1.0%	1.94%	2.91%	--	100
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.20	0.41	1.5%	1.70%	3.20%	--	55
$192.00	Sep 25	$2.79	0.38	2.0%	1.48%	3.52%	--	45
$193.00	Sep 25	$2.51	0.35	2.6%	1.33%	3.90%	--	18
$197.00	Oct 2	$1.79	0.27	4.7%	0.95%	5.64%	--	14

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 135

Total Puts 157

Put/Call Ratio 1.16

Net Difference -22

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 444

Total Puts 207

Put/Call Ratio 0.47

Net Difference 237

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 65,123

Total Puts 111,258

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.78

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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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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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