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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.65 -0.51%

(8/28 09:55) ◀

Friday, August 28, 2026 (10:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:00am) 2,646

Calls: 430 (16%)

Puts: 2,216 (84%)

Prior (08/27) 2,671

Calls: 1,259 (47%)

Puts: 1,412 (53%)

Current vs Prior -0.94%

Calls: -65.85% (Calls)

Puts: +56.94% (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 -89.50%

Calls: -95.38%

Puts: -86.06%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:00am) $416.5K

Calls: $184.8K (44%)

Puts: $231.7K (56%)

Prior (08/27) $1.10M

Calls: $883.5K (81%)

Puts: $212.5K (19%)

Current vs Prior -62.00%

Calls: -79.08%

Puts: +9.00%

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 -97.05%

Calls: -97.91%

Puts: -95.62%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:00am) 5.15

Prior (08/27) 1.12

Current vs Prior +359.51%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +188.90%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:00am) 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 1.60% | 2.89%4.72% | 7.63%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -6.06% | -11.83%-8.11% | -0.80%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -29.70% | -25.70%+25.76% | +1.03%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -6.06% | -11.83%-8.11% | -0.80%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 142.82% | 34.30%

Calls: 159.33% | 30.31%

Puts: 126.32% | 38.28%

Prior 69.97% | 29.52%

Calls: 48.23% | 25.49%

Puts: 91.72% | 33.55%

Current vs Prior +104.12% | +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 +151.36% | -10.06%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 62% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 5.15 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 360% - 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
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:55	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:50	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 34 of results (avg 7.6%, 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
$152.50	Sep 18	35.05	36.80	$35.92	4.9%	--	0.98	600
$157.50	Sep 18	30.00	31.65	$30.83	5.4%	--	0.98	1.3K
$156.00	Sep 18	31.70	33.45	$32.58	5.4%	--	0.97	149
$159.00	Sep 18	28.55	30.15	$29.35	5.5%	--	0.97	48

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 25	21.00	23.20	$22.10	10.0%	--	0.95	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. 135 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$156.00	Aug 28	31.15	33.70	$32.42	7.9%	2	1.00	403
$157.00	Aug 28	30.15	32.70	$31.43	8.1%	--	1.00	210
$157.50	Aug 28	28.90	32.20	$30.55	10.8%	--	1.00	207
$158.00	Aug 28	29.15	31.70	$30.42	8.4%	--	1.00	101
$159.00	Aug 28	28.15	30.70	$29.42	8.7%	--	1.00	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$191.00	Aug 28	2.38	4.10	$3.24	53.1%	6	1.00	7
$210.00	Sep 25	21.00	23.20	$22.10	10.0%	--	0.95	10
$200.00	Sep 18	11.85	13.20	$12.52	10.8%	--	0.89	136
$190.00	Aug 28	1.46	3.65	$2.55	85.9%	3	0.83	26
$197.50	Sep 18	9.65	11.05	$10.35	13.5%	--	0.82	136

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 96 active (total vol 2.4K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Aug 28	0.00	1.31	$0.66	198.5%	124	0.36	482
$190.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.75	$0.38	197.4%	20	0.24	166
$192.50	Sep 4	0.46	1.20	$0.83	89.2%	20	0.23	53
$190.00	Sep 4	1.15	1.98	$1.57	52.9%	18	0.37	132
$185.00	Aug 28	2.43	3.95	$3.19	47.6%	16	0.87	255

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 18	0.80	1.20	$1.00	40.0%	1.7K	0.14	7.2K
$184.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.26	$0.13	200.0%	53	0.09	188
$178.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.39	$0.20	195.0%	50	0.06	129
$172.00	Sep 4	0.01	0.37	$0.19	189.5%	41	0.04	29
$171.00	Sep 4	0.00	0.11	$0.06	183.3%	30	0.02	53

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 15 strikes (avg 257.4%, max 1065.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	267.0%	22.9%	1065.2%	--	97
$182.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	132.4%	24.5%	441.6%	--	258
$187.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	81.2%	23.3%	249.2%	--	861
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	66.4%	23.3%	184.7%	--	140
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	55.2%	22.5%	145.9%	4	487

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	132.4%	24.5%	441.6%	--	291
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	81.2%	22.6%	259.1%	--	725
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	66.4%	23.3%	184.7%	21	136
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	55.2%	22.7%	143.1%	11	235
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 11	54.0%	22.3%	141.9%	3	274

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 154 found (best R:R 0.92, avg 4.05)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$183.00	$184.00	Aug 28	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	92%	2.03	$183.33
$157.50	$158.00	Aug 28	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	100%	2.85	$157.63
$155.00	$156.00	Aug 28	$0.66	$0.34	$0.66	92%	0.52	$155.66
$185.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.58	$0.42	$0.58	87%	0.72	$185.58
$177.50	$178.00	Aug 28	$0.27	$0.23	$0.27	91%	0.85	$177.77

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$10.42	$9.58	$10.42	80%	0.92	$189.58
$189.00	$188.00	Sep 11	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	55%	2.12	$188.68
$165.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	9%	32.33	$164.85
$173.00	$170.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$2.83	$0.17	14%	16.65	$172.83
$191.00	$190.00	Sep 4	$0.53	$0.47	$0.53	70%	0.89	$190.47

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 117 found (best R:R 3.00, avg 0.44)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$193.00	$194.00	Aug 28	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	88%	3.00	$193.75
$202.50	$205.00	Aug 28	$0.61	$0.61	$1.89	84%	0.32	$203.11
$205.00	$225.00	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.64	$19.36	88%	0.03	$205.64
$192.50	$194.00	Sep 18	$0.59	$0.59	$0.91	66%	0.65	$193.09
$197.00	$198.00	Oct 2	$0.37	$0.37	$0.63	73%	0.59	$197.37

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$177.50	$177.00	Aug 28	$0.40	$0.40	$0.10	91%	4.00	$177.10
$186.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.38	$0.62	73%	0.61	$185.62
$176.00	$175.00	Oct 2	$0.32	$0.32	$0.68	78%	0.47	$175.68
$172.00	$171.00	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.13	$0.87	96%	0.15	$171.87
$182.00	$181.00	Aug 28	$0.13	$0.13	$0.87	92%	0.15	$181.87

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $1.36, cheapest $0.89)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.96	81.2%	24.0%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.64	55.2%	23.6%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.70	54.0%	23.7%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.43	53.8%	24.7%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.89	81.2%	24.0%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.47	55.2%	23.6%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.44	54.0%	23.7%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.36	53.8%	24.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 93 found (cheapest 1.08% of stock, avg 5.24%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$187.00	Aug 28	$1.37	$0.66	$2.03	$184.97	$189.03	1.08%
$188.00	Aug 28	$0.96	$1.09	$2.05	$185.95	$190.05	1.09%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.66	$1.67	$2.33	$186.67	$191.33	1.24%
$190.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$2.55	$2.93	$187.07	$192.93	1.56%
$186.00	Aug 28	$2.61	$0.56	$3.17	$182.83	$189.17	1.69%
$187.50	Aug 28	$1.91	$1.40	$3.31	$184.19	$190.81	1.76%
$185.00	Aug 28	$3.19	$0.18	$3.37	$181.63	$188.37	1.80%
$191.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$3.24	$3.39	$187.61	$194.39	1.81%
$184.00	Aug 28	$4.55	$0.13	$4.68	$179.32	$188.68	2.49%
$183.00	Aug 28	$4.88	$0.14	$5.02	$177.98	$188.02	2.68%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.23% of stock, avg 2.57%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$192.50	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.18	$0.44	$184.56	$192.94
$190.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.18	$0.56	$184.44	$190.56
$192.50	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.56	$0.82	$185.18	$193.32
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.56	$0.94	$185.06	$190.94
$192.50	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.73	$0.99	$181.51	$193.49
$189.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.66	$0.18	$0.84	$184.16	$189.84
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.73	$1.11	$181.39	$191.11
$190.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.66	$1.04	$185.96	$191.04
$192.50	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.66	$0.92	$186.08	$193.42
$210.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.18	$1.25	$183.75	$211.25

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 237 found (best R:R 7.33, avg credit $0.52)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
181/182	193/194	Aug 28	$0.88	$0.12	80%	7.33	$181.12	$193.88
177/178	202/205	Aug 28	$1.01	$1.49	75%	0.68	$176.49	$203.51
182/182	191/192	Aug 28	$0.70	$0.30	68%	2.33	$181.80	$191.70
182/182	190/191	Aug 28	$0.80	$0.20	57%	4.00	$181.70	$190.80
177/178	191/192	Aug 28	$0.53	$0.47	79%	1.13	$176.97	$191.53
177/178	190/191	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.37	67%	1.70	$176.87	$190.63
182/182	202/205	Aug 28	$1.18	$1.32	65%	0.89	$181.32	$203.68
175/176	197/198	Oct 2	$0.69	$0.31	51%	2.23	$175.31	$197.69
181/182	202/205	Aug 28	$0.74	$1.76	76%	0.42	$181.26	$203.24
175/176	194/195	Oct 2	$0.70	$0.30	44%	2.33	$175.30	$194.70

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 80 found (best R:R 19.00, 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	24%	19.00
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$4.70	12%	15.67
$172.50	$175.00	$177.50	Sep 18	$0.08	$2.42	8%	30.25
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.90	22%	9.00
$195.00	$197.50	$200.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$2.30	14%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$192.50	$195.00	$197.50	Sep 18	$0.17	$2.33	16%	13.71
$186.00	$187.50	$189.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$1.41	11%	15.67
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$4.91	3%	54.56
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67
$180.00	$181.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.95	5%	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. 143 found (best net $-6.52, 127 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
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.13	$0.87
$189.00	$190.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.10	$0.90
$197.50	$200.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.17	$2.33

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.22	$4.78
$189.00	$188.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.51	$0.49
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.21	$4.79
$185.00	$184.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.08	$0.92
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.79	$0.21

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 59 found (best yield 2.56%, avg 0.82%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$189.00	Oct 2	$4.80	0.48	0.7%	2.56%	3.28%	--	13
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.30	0.46	1.2%	2.29%	3.54%	--	18
$191.00	Oct 2	$3.75	0.43	1.8%	2.00%	3.78%	--	42
$194.00	Oct 2	$2.85	0.35	3.4%	1.52%	4.90%	1	4
$189.00	Sep 25	$4.10	0.48	0.7%	2.18%	2.90%	--	37
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.34	0.32	3.9%	1.25%	5.16%	--	12
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.20	0.41	1.8%	1.71%	3.49%	--	55
$190.00	Sep 25	$3.45	0.45	1.2%	1.84%	3.09%	--	100
$192.00	Sep 25	$2.81	0.39	2.3%	1.50%	3.82%	--	45
$192.50	Sep 25	$2.59	0.37	2.6%	1.38%	3.96%	--	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 430

Total Puts 2,216

Put/Call Ratio 5.15

Net Difference -1,786

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,259

Total Puts 1,412

Put/Call Ratio 1.12

Net Difference -153

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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