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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.90 -0.38%

(8/28 09:45) ◀

Friday, August 28, 2026 (9:50am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:50am) 2,358

Calls: 362 (15%)

Puts: 1,996 (85%)

Prior (08/27) 2,221

Calls: 1,081 (49%)

Puts: 1,140 (51%)

Current vs Prior +6.17%

Calls: -66.51% (Calls)

Puts: +75.09% (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 -90.64%

Calls: -96.11%

Puts: -87.44%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 9:50am) $323.7K

Calls: $130.8K (40%)

Puts: $192.9K (60%)

Prior (08/27) $883.6K

Calls: $728.9K (83%)

Puts: $154.6K (17%)

Current vs Prior -63.36%

Calls: -82.06%

Puts: +24.76%

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 -97.71%

Calls: -98.52%

Puts: -96.35%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:50am) 5.51

Prior (08/27) 1.05

Current vs Prior +422.84%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +209.10%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 9:50am) 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 1.11% | 2.89%4.74% | 7.62%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -34.96% | -11.95%-7.71% | -0.94%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -51.33% | -25.80%+26.30% | +0.90%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -34.96% | -11.95%-7.71% | -0.94%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 75.49% | 34.30%

Calls: 58.67% | 30.31%

Puts: 92.31% | 38.28%

Prior 69.97% | 29.52%

Calls: 48.23% | 25.49%

Puts: 91.72% | 33.55%

Current vs Prior +7.89% | +16.19%

Prior 7-Day Avg 56.82% | 38.14%

Calls: 56.34% | 38.61%

Puts: 57.30% | 37.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +32.86% | -10.06%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 63% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 5.51 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 423% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (470,802 puts vs 279,434 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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
09:50	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 38 of results (avg 7.2%, 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%	--	0.97	2.8K
$160.00	Sep 18	27.85	29.20	$28.53	4.7%	--	0.97	683
$152.50	Sep 18	35.05	36.80	$35.92	4.9%	--	0.98	600
$151.00	Sep 18	36.60	38.45	$37.53	4.9%	--	0.98	299
$157.50	Sep 18	30.00	31.65	$30.83	5.4%	--	0.98	1.3K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Sep 18	8.00	8.65	$8.32	7.8%	--	0.73	447
$210.00	Sep 25	21.30	23.05	$22.18	7.9%	--	0.96	10
$200.00	Sep 18	11.85	12.90	$12.38	8.5%	--	0.86	136
$184.00	Sep 18	2.57	2.81	$2.69	8.9%	4	0.35	9

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 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$162.50	Sep 11	24.45	26.50	$25.48	8.0%	--	1.00	10
$156.00	Aug 28	31.15	33.15	$32.15	6.2%	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

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 25	21.30	23.05	$22.18	7.9%	--	0.96	10
$200.00	Sep 18	11.85	12.90	$12.38	8.5%	--	0.86	136
$190.00	Aug 28	1.68	2.97	$2.33	55.4%	--	0.85	26
$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

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 82 active (total vol 2.2K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Aug 28	0.33	0.58	$0.45	55.6%	124	0.33	482
$190.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.47	$0.24	191.7%	20	0.20	166
$192.50	Sep 4	0.64	1.22	$0.93	62.4%	20	0.25	53
$190.00	Sep 4	1.35	1.98	$1.67	37.7%	18	0.38	132
$187.00	Aug 28	1.24	2.00	$1.62	46.9%	16	0.68	973

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 18	0.80	1.00	$0.90	22.2%	1.7K	0.14	7.2K
$172.00	Sep 4	0.11	0.17	$0.14	42.9%	29	0.04	29
$171.00	Sep 4	0.10	0.31	$0.21	100.0%	25	0.04	53
$172.50	Sep 4	0.01	0.19	$0.10	180.0%	22	0.03	21
$186.00	Aug 28	0.10	0.81	$0.46	154.3%	21	0.25	95

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 106.4%, max 162.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	60.8%	23.2%	162.7%	--	140
$187.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	50.1%	23.1%	116.6%	--	861
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	47.6%	22.8%	108.7%	3	487
$187.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	46.5%	22.8%	103.7%	16	994
$190.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	43.4%	25.4%	70.8%	20	184

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	60.8%	23.2%	162.7%	21	136
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 11	46.5%	20.8%	123.5%	2	274
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	50.1%	23.2%	115.9%	--	725
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	47.6%	22.5%	111.1%	10	235
$190.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	43.4%	24.9%	74.1%	--	36

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 154 found (best R:R 0.93, avg 4.47)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$178.00	$179.00	Aug 28	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	92%	1.70	$178.37
$173.00	$174.00	Aug 28	$0.62	$0.38	$0.62	100%	0.61	$173.62
$157.50	$158.00	Aug 28	$0.14	$0.36	$0.14	100%	2.57	$157.64
$162.50	$163.00	Aug 28	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	100%	1.00	$162.75
$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	$10.38	$9.62	$10.38	80%	0.93	$189.62
$189.00	$188.00	Sep 11	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	55%	7.33	$188.88
$187.00	$186.00	Sep 11	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	45%	8.09	$186.89
$189.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.57	$0.93	$0.57	53%	1.63	$188.43
$165.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	9%	30.25	$164.84

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 114 found (best R:R 0.92, avg 0.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$205.00	$225.00	Oct 2	$0.69	$0.69	$19.31	88%	0.04	$205.69
$191.00	$195.00	Oct 2	$1.60	$1.60	$2.40	57%	0.67	$192.60
$188.00	$189.00	Aug 28	$0.57	$0.57	$0.43	48%	1.33	$188.57
$195.00	$196.00	Sep 11	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	79%	0.43	$195.30
$197.00	$198.00	Sep 25	$0.34	$0.34	$0.66	76%	0.52	$197.34

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	92%	0.92	$177.26
$182.50	$182.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	86%	0.92	$182.26
$176.00	$175.00	Oct 2	$0.32	$0.32	$0.68	79%	0.47	$175.68
$186.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.28	$0.28	$0.72	75%	0.39	$185.72
$182.00	$181.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.11	$0.89	92%	0.12	$181.89

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 9 found (avg debit $1.51, cheapest $1.54)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.72	50.1%	23.5%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.58	47.6%	23.7%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.61	46.5%	23.9%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.64	40.8%	24.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.54	50.1%	23.5%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.63	47.6%	23.7%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.60	46.5%	23.9%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.48	40.8%	24.5%
$191.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.82	23.5%	23.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 92 found (cheapest 1.01% of stock, avg 5.26%)

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	$0.93	$1.95	$186.05	$189.95	1.04%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$1.55	$2.00	$187.00	$191.00	1.06%
$187.00	Aug 28	$1.62	$0.50	$2.12	$184.88	$189.12	1.13%
$190.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$2.33	$2.57	$187.43	$192.57	1.37%
$186.00	Aug 28	$2.27	$0.46	$2.73	$183.27	$188.73	1.45%
$185.00	Aug 28	$3.26	$0.18	$3.44	$181.56	$188.44	1.83%
$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%
$183.00	Aug 28	$5.03	$0.12	$5.15	$177.85	$188.15	2.74%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 2.54%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$192.50	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.38	$0.50	$182.00	$193.00
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.38	$0.62	$181.88	$190.62
$192.50	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.46	$0.58	$185.42	$193.08
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.46	$0.70	$185.30	$190.70
$192.50	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.50	$0.62	$186.38	$193.12
$190.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.50	$0.74	$186.26	$190.74
$202.50	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.46	$0.38	$0.84	$181.66	$203.34
$189.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.50	$0.95	$186.05	$189.95
$189.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.46	$0.91	$185.09	$189.91
$189.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.38	$0.83	$181.67	$189.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 227 found (best R:R 2.23, avg credit $0.51)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
175/176	197/198	Oct 2	$0.69	$0.31	52%	2.23	$175.31	$197.69
179/180	197/198	Oct 2	$0.71	$0.29	44%	2.45	$179.29	$197.71
169/170	197/198	Sep 25	$0.50	$0.50	64%	1.00	$169.50	$197.50
173/174	197/198	Sep 25	$0.53	$0.47	60%	1.13	$173.47	$197.53
177/178	190/191	Aug 28	$0.40	$0.60	73%	0.67	$177.10	$190.40
174/175	195/196	Sep 11	$0.44	$0.56	68%	0.79	$174.56	$195.44
175/176	198/199	Oct 2	$0.57	$0.43	55%	1.33	$175.43	$198.57
175/176	199/200	Oct 2	$0.52	$0.48	57%	1.08	$175.48	$199.52
179/180	195/196	Sep 11	$0.49	$0.51	60%	0.96	$179.51	$195.49
174/175	197/198	Sep 25	$0.48	$0.52	59%	0.92	$174.52	$197.48

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 84 found (best R:R 21.73, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.95	25%	19.00
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$4.70	12%	15.67
$197.50	$200.00	$202.50	Sep 18	$0.11	$2.39	11%	21.73
$172.50	$175.00	$177.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$2.41	8%	26.78
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.90	18%	9.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$190.00	$192.50	$195.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$2.39	17%	21.73
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.16	$0.84	36%	5.25
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	9%	15.67
$165.00	$167.50	$170.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$2.45	3%	49.00
$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. 145 found (best net $-6.52, 132 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	-$1.25	$2.75
$200.00	$202.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.11	$2.39
$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	-$0.31	$0.69
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.34	$4.66
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.77	$0.23
$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. 59 found (best yield 2.55%, avg 0.83%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$189.00	Oct 2	$4.80	0.48	0.6%	2.55%	3.14%	--	13
$191.00	Oct 2	$3.95	0.43	1.6%	2.10%	3.75%	--	42
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.30	0.45	1.1%	2.29%	3.41%	--	18
$189.00	Sep 25	$4.10	0.47	0.6%	2.18%	2.77%	--	37
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.34	0.32	3.8%	1.25%	5.02%	--	12
$190.00	Sep 25	$3.65	0.44	1.1%	1.94%	3.06%	--	100
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.20	0.41	1.6%	1.70%	3.35%	--	55
$192.00	Sep 25	$2.80	0.38	2.2%	1.49%	3.67%	--	45
$193.00	Sep 25	$2.51	0.35	2.7%	1.34%	4.05%	--	18
$192.50	Sep 25	$2.59	0.36	2.5%	1.38%	3.83%	--	20

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 362

Total Puts 1,996

Put/Call Ratio 5.51

Net Difference -1,634

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,081

Total Puts 1,140

Put/Call Ratio 1.05

Net Difference -59

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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