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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$188.22 -0.21%

(8/28 09:40) ◀

Friday, August 28, 2026 (9:45am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:45am) 436

Calls: 232 (53%)

Puts: 204 (47%)

Prior (08/27) 1,100

Calls: 680 (62%)

Puts: 420 (38%)

Current vs Prior -60.36%

Calls: -65.88% (Calls)

Puts: -51.43% (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 -98.27%

Calls: -97.51%

Puts: -98.72%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 9:45am) $131.9K

Calls: $101.3K (77%)

Puts: $30.6K (23%)

Prior (08/27) $687.2K

Calls: $586.0K (85%)

Puts: $101.2K (15%)

Current vs Prior -80.81%

Calls: -82.71%

Puts: -69.78%

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 -99.07%

Calls: -98.85%

Puts: -99.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:45am) 0.88

Prior (08/27) 0.62

Current vs Prior +42.36%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -50.71%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:45am) 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 1.37% | 2.99%4.78% | 7.55%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -19.78% | -8.87%-6.85% | -1.88%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.97% | -23.21%+27.48% | -0.06%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -19.78% | -8.87%-6.85% | -1.88%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 100.73% | 32.82%

Calls: 136.36% | 34.62%

Puts: 65.09% | 31.02%

Prior 69.97% | 29.52%

Calls: 48.23% | 25.49%

Puts: 91.72% | 33.55%

Current vs Prior +43.96% | +11.18%

Prior 7-Day Avg 56.82% | 38.14%

Calls: 56.34% | 38.61%

Puts: 57.30% | 37.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +77.28% | -13.94%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in calls ($101.3K) vs puts ($30.6K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 81% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 60% vs prior. P/C ratio rising 42% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:35	BULLISH	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 39 of results (avg 7.3%, best 4.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 18	32.70	34.15	$33.42	4.3%	--	1.00	2.8K
$160.00	Sep 18	27.85	29.20	$28.53	4.7%	--	1.00	683
$152.50	Sep 18	35.05	36.80	$35.92	4.9%	--	1.00	600
$151.00	Sep 18	36.60	38.45	$37.53	4.9%	--	1.00	299
$157.50	Sep 18	30.00	31.65	$30.83	5.4%	--	1.00	1.3K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 25	21.30	23.05	$22.18	7.9%	--	0.95	10
$200.00	Sep 18	11.85	12.90	$12.38	8.5%	--	0.86	136
$189.00	Sep 18	4.20	4.60	$4.40	9.1%	1	0.52	--

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. 133 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$156.00	Aug 28	31.15	33.15	$32.15	6.2%	--	1.00	403
$157.00	Aug 28	30.15	32.40	$31.28	7.2%	--	1.00	210
$157.50	Aug 28	28.90	31.95	$30.42	10.0%	--	1.00	207
$158.00	Aug 28	29.15	31.40	$30.28	7.4%	--	1.00	101
$159.00	Aug 28	28.15	30.10	$29.13	6.7%	--	1.00	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 25	21.30	23.05	$22.18	7.9%	--	0.95	10
$200.00	Sep 18	11.85	12.90	$12.38	8.5%	--	0.86	136
$197.50	Sep 18	9.65	11.05	$10.35	13.5%	--	0.81	136
$200.00	Oct 2	12.45	13.90	$13.18	11.0%	--	0.80	44
$190.00	Aug 28	1.68	2.97	$2.33	55.4%	--	0.76	26

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 61 active (total vol 265, top 20)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Aug 28	0.12	0.47	$0.30	116.7%	20	0.24	166
$192.50	Sep 4	0.70	1.22	$0.96	54.2%	20	0.25	53
$190.00	Sep 4	1.55	1.98	$1.77	24.3%	18	0.39	132
$187.00	Aug 28	1.61	2.00	$1.81	21.5%	16	0.67	973
$189.00	Aug 28	0.50	0.87	$0.69	53.6%	10	0.37	482

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$186.00	Aug 28	0.10	0.81	$0.46	154.3%	20	0.24	95
$178.00	Sep 18	1.12	1.34	$1.23	17.9%	14	0.18	8.5K
$172.50	Sep 4	0.11	0.21	$0.16	62.5%	9	0.04	21
$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

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 12 strikes (avg 122.4%, max 162.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	60.8%	23.1%	162.5%	--	140
$187.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	51.8%	22.8%	126.9%	16	994
$187.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	50.4%	23.1%	117.7%	--	861
$189.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	52.2%	25.3%	106.2%	10	495
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	47.1%	23.1%	104.0%	3	487

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	60.8%	23.1%	162.5%	20	136
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 11	51.8%	21.5%	141.3%	2	274
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	52.2%	24.3%	115.0%	1	215
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	50.4%	23.5%	114.6%	--	725
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	47.1%	22.5%	108.9%	5	235

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 159 found (best R:R 0.93, avg 4.53)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$178.00	$179.00	Aug 28	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	92%	1.86	$178.35
$157.50	$158.00	Aug 28	$0.14	$0.36	$0.14	100%	2.57	$157.64
$173.00	$174.00	Aug 28	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	100%	0.54	$173.65
$180.00	$181.00	Sep 4	$0.59	$0.41	$0.59	88%	0.69	$180.59
$186.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.46	$0.54	$0.46	76%	1.17	$186.46

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$10.38	$9.62	$10.38	80%	0.93	$189.62
$189.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.42	$1.08	$0.42	52%	2.57	$188.58
$187.00	$186.00	Sep 11	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	44%	8.09	$186.89
$165.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	9%	30.25	$164.84
$174.00	$172.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$1.84	$0.16	18%	11.50	$173.84

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 116 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.38)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$191.00	$195.00	Oct 2	$1.70	$1.70	$2.30	57%	0.74	$192.70
$205.00	$225.00	Oct 2	$0.69	$0.69	$19.31	88%	0.04	$205.69
$190.00	$191.00	Sep 18	$0.64	$0.64	$0.36	56%	1.78	$190.64
$195.00	$198.00	Sep 25	$0.91	$0.91	$2.09	70%	0.44	$195.91
$190.00	$191.00	Sep 4	$0.52	$0.52	$0.48	62%	1.08	$190.52

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$177.50	$177.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	93%	0.92	$177.26
$182.50	$182.00	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.22	$0.28	86%	0.79	$182.28
$186.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.28	$0.28	$0.72	76%	0.39	$185.72
$177.50	$177.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	82%	0.52	$177.33
$188.00	$187.00	Sep 11	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	51%	1.17	$187.46

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 9 found (avg debit $1.46, cheapest $1.42)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.42	51.8%	23.9%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.40	52.2%	24.5%
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.72	50.4%	23.5%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.58	47.1%	23.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.51	51.8%	23.9%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.48	52.2%	24.5%
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.54	50.4%	23.5%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.65	47.1%	23.7%
$191.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.82	23.4%	23.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 91 found (cheapest 1.01% of stock, avg 5.25%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$187.50	Aug 28	$1.15	$0.75	$1.90	$185.60	$189.40	1.01%
$188.00	Aug 28	$1.02	$0.91	$1.93	$186.07	$189.93	1.03%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.69	$1.55	$2.24	$186.76	$191.24	1.19%
$187.00	Aug 28	$1.81	$0.59	$2.40	$184.60	$189.40	1.28%
$190.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$2.33	$2.63	$187.37	$192.63	1.40%
$186.00	Aug 28	$2.27	$0.46	$2.73	$183.27	$188.73	1.45%
$185.00	Aug 28	$3.40	$0.18	$3.58	$181.42	$188.58	1.90%
$184.00	Aug 28	$4.08	$0.21	$4.29	$179.71	$188.29	2.28%
$189.00	Sep 4	$2.09	$3.03	$5.12	$183.88	$194.12	2.72%
$187.50	Sep 4	$2.87	$2.29	$5.16	$182.34	$192.66	2.74%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 2.56%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$192.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.38	$0.45	$182.05	$192.45
$192.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.46	$0.53	$185.47	$192.53
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.38	$0.68	$181.82	$190.68
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.46	$0.76	$185.24	$190.76
$192.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.59	$0.66	$186.34	$192.66
$202.50	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.46	$0.38	$0.84	$181.66	$203.34
$190.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.59	$0.89	$186.11	$190.89
$202.50	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.46	$0.46	$0.92	$185.08	$203.42
$192.00	$187.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.75	$0.82	$186.68	$192.82
$190.00	$187.50	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.75	$1.05	$186.45	$191.05

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 228 found (best R:R 2.45, avg credit $0.53)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
179/180	197/198	Oct 2	$0.71	$0.29	44%	2.45	$179.29	$197.71
177/178	190/191	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.55	69%	0.82	$177.05	$190.45
174/175	195/196	Sep 11	$0.44	$0.56	68%	0.79	$174.56	$195.44
179/180	195/196	Sep 11	$0.49	$0.51	60%	0.96	$179.51	$195.49
182/183	195/196	Sep 11	$0.57	$0.43	51%	1.33	$182.43	$195.57
179/180	198/199	Oct 2	$0.59	$0.41	47%	1.44	$179.41	$198.59
174/175	197/198	Oct 2	$0.52	$0.48	54%	1.08	$174.48	$197.52
176/177	197/198	Oct 2	$0.55	$0.45	51%	1.22	$176.45	$197.55
175/176	197/198	Oct 2	$0.53	$0.47	52%	1.13	$175.47	$197.53
182/182	190/191	Aug 28	$0.43	$0.57	62%	0.75	$182.07	$190.43

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 80 found (best R:R 21.73, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$4.70	12%	15.67
$172.50	$175.00	$177.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$2.41	8%	26.78
$197.50	$200.00	$202.50	Sep 18	$0.13	$2.37	11%	18.23
$195.00	$197.50	$200.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$2.33	13%	13.71
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.94	9%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$190.00	$192.50	$195.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$2.39	18%	21.73
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.14	$0.86	28%	6.14
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67
$178.00	$179.00	$180.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.95	4%	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. 144 found (best net $-6.52, 133 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$171.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$6.52	$4.48
$172.50	$179.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$4.50	$2.00
$191.00	$195.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.15	$2.85
$195.00	$198.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.47	$2.53
$215.00	$225.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.08	$9.92

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$189.00	$188.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.27	$0.73
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.29	$4.71
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.23	$4.77
$177.00	$176.00	1:2	Aug 28	$0.00	$1.00
$166.00	$165.00	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. 55 found (best yield 2.20%, avg 0.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$191.00	Oct 2	$4.15	0.43	1.5%	2.20%	3.68%	--	42
$189.00	Oct 2	$4.80	0.48	0.4%	2.55%	2.96%	--	13
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.30	0.45	0.9%	2.28%	3.23%	--	18
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.34	0.32	3.6%	1.24%	4.85%	--	12
$189.00	Sep 25	$4.10	0.47	0.4%	2.18%	2.59%	--	37
$190.00	Sep 25	$3.65	0.44	0.9%	1.94%	2.88%	--	100
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.20	0.41	1.5%	1.70%	3.18%	--	55
$190.00	Sep 18	$3.45	0.44	0.9%	1.83%	2.78%	4	4.1K
$192.00	Sep 25	$2.79	0.38	2.0%	1.48%	3.49%	--	45
$193.00	Sep 25	$2.51	0.35	2.5%	1.33%	3.87%	--	18

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 232

Total Puts 204

Put/Call Ratio 0.88

Net Difference 28

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 680

Total Puts 420

Put/Call Ratio 0.62

Net Difference 260

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

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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