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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.43 -0.63%

(8/28 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:05am) 2,751

Calls: 475 (17%)

Puts: 2,276 (83%)

Prior (08/27) 3,191

Calls: 1,326 (42%)

Puts: 1,865 (58%)

Current vs Prior -13.79%

Calls: -64.18% (Calls)

Puts: +22.04% (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 -89.08%

Calls: -94.89%

Puts: -85.68%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:05am) $460.8K

Calls: $222.9K (48%)

Puts: $237.8K (52%)

Prior (08/27) $1.15M

Calls: $906.7K (79%)

Puts: $239.9K (21%)

Current vs Prior -59.81%

Calls: -75.41%

Puts: -0.86%

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 -96.73%

Calls: -97.47%

Puts: -95.50%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:05am) 4.79

Prior (08/27) 1.41

Current vs Prior +240.68%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +168.62%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:05am) 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 1.57% | 2.86%4.87% | 7.69%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -7.84% | -12.87%-5.09% | +0.00%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -31.03% | -26.57%+29.88% | +1.85%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -7.84% | -12.87%-5.09% | +0.00%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 140.90% | 38.61%

Calls: 66.48% | 34.85%

Puts: 215.32% | 42.36%

Prior 69.97% | 29.52%

Calls: 48.23% | 25.49%

Puts: 91.72% | 33.55%

Current vs Prior +101.37% | +30.79%

Prior 7-Day Avg 56.82% | 38.14%

Calls: 56.34% | 38.61%

Puts: 57.30% | 37.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +147.98% | +1.24%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 60% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 4.79 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 241% - 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

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:05	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 42 of results (avg 7.2%, best 3.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 4	37.30	38.75	$38.03	3.8%	--	0.99	16
$155.00	Sep 18	32.65	34.15	$33.40	4.5%	--	0.97	2.8K
$157.50	Sep 18	30.00	31.65	$30.83	5.4%	--	0.98	1.3K
$159.00	Sep 18	28.55	30.15	$29.35	5.5%	--	0.97	48
$160.00	Sep 18	27.65	29.20	$28.42	5.5%	--	0.97	683

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$187.50	Sep 18	3.95	4.25	$4.10	7.3%	2	0.48	675
$200.00	Sep 18	12.15	13.15	$12.65	7.9%	--	0.89	136

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. 139 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$156.00	Aug 28	31.10	33.05	$32.08	6.1%	2	1.00	403
$157.00	Aug 28	30.15	32.05	$31.10	6.1%	--	1.00	210
$157.50	Aug 28	29.20	31.50	$30.35	7.6%	--	1.00	207
$158.00	Aug 28	29.15	31.00	$30.08	6.2%	--	1.00	101
$159.00	Aug 28	28.15	30.20	$29.17	7.0%	--	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	0.95	7
$210.00	Sep 25	20.85	23.20	$22.03	10.7%	--	0.94	10
$200.00	Sep 18	12.15	13.15	$12.65	7.9%	--	0.89	136
$190.00	Aug 28	1.46	3.65	$2.55	85.9%	3	0.84	26
$197.50	Sep 18	9.65	11.05	$10.35	13.5%	--	0.83	136

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 106 active (total vol 2.5K, 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	0.32	482
$190.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.47	$0.24	195.8%	20	0.17	166
$192.50	Sep 4	0.46	1.20	$0.83	89.2%	20	0.24	53
$190.00	Sep 4	1.25	1.98	$1.62	45.1%	18	0.38	132
$185.00	Aug 28	2.41	3.95	$3.18	48.4%	16	0.86	255

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 18	0.82	1.01	$0.92	20.7%	1.7K	0.14	7.2K
$184.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.26	$0.13	200.0%	53	0.10	188
$178.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.38	$0.19	200.0%	50	0.07	129
$172.00	Sep 4	0.01	0.37	$0.19	189.5%	41	0.04	29
$178.00	Sep 18	1.24	1.44	$1.34	14.9%	31	0.20	8.5K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 16 strikes (avg 259.7%, max 1097.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	275.2%	23.0%	1097.9%	--	97
$193.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	131.2%	24.2%	443.1%	--	361
$182.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	126.3%	23.9%	428.9%	7	258
$187.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	70.8%	23.1%	206.1%	--	861
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	60.2%	22.0%	173.3%	4	487

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	126.3%	23.9%	428.9%	--	291
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	70.8%	23.2%	205.6%	2	725
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	58.8%	22.6%	159.7%	21	136
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	63.3%	24.7%	156.1%	1	215
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	60.2%	25.7%	134.6%	11	235

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 3.92)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$150.00	$151.00	Sep 18	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	98%	1.70	$150.37
$181.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	84%	1.00	$181.50
$157.50	$158.00	Aug 28	$0.27	$0.23	$0.27	100%	0.85	$157.77
$162.50	$163.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	100%	0.67	$162.80
$187.50	$189.00	Sep 25	$0.55	$0.95	$0.55	51%	1.73	$188.05

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	81%	0.92	$189.58
$189.00	$188.00	Sep 11	$0.22	$0.78	$0.22	55%	3.55	$188.78
$189.00	$187.50	Sep 18	$0.53	$0.97	$0.53	54%	1.83	$188.47
$173.00	$170.00	Sep 25	$0.14	$2.86	$0.14	14%	20.43	$172.86
$165.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	9%	32.33	$164.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 118 found (best R:R 3.00, avg 0.48)

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	79%	3.00	$193.75
$202.50	$205.00	Aug 28	$0.61	$0.61	$1.89	85%	0.32	$203.11
$190.00	$191.00	Oct 2	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	55%	2.03	$190.67
$197.00	$198.00	Oct 2	$0.45	$0.45	$0.55	72%	0.82	$197.45
$189.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.42	$0.42	$0.58	68%	0.72	$189.42

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	90%	4.00	$177.10
$155.00	$150.00	Aug 28	$0.58	$0.58	$4.42	92%	0.13	$154.42
$176.00	$175.00	Oct 2	$0.38	$0.38	$0.62	78%	0.61	$175.62
$186.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.38	$0.62	70%	0.61	$185.62
$183.00	$182.50	Sep 25	$0.28	$0.28	$0.22	65%	1.27	$182.72

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $1.39, cheapest $0.89)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.45	70.8%	23.6%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.32	63.3%	23.3%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.63	60.2%	23.8%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.53	45.0%	24.0%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.89	70.8%	23.6%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.36	63.3%	23.3%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.51	60.2%	23.8%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.44	45.0%	24.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 94 found (cheapest 1.08% of stock, avg 5.21%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Aug 28	$0.97	$1.05	$2.02	$185.98	$190.02	1.08%
$187.00	Aug 28	$1.54	$0.66	$2.20	$184.80	$189.20	1.17%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.66	$1.67	$2.33	$186.67	$191.33	1.24%
$186.00	Aug 28	$2.13	$0.56	$2.69	$183.31	$188.69	1.44%
$190.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$2.55	$2.79	$187.21	$192.79	1.49%
$187.50	Aug 28	$1.42	$1.40	$2.82	$184.68	$190.32	1.50%
$191.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$3.24	$3.31	$187.69	$194.31	1.77%
$185.00	Aug 28	$3.18	$0.18	$3.36	$181.64	$188.36	1.79%
$184.00	Aug 28	$4.04	$0.13	$4.17	$179.83	$188.17	2.22%
$183.00	Aug 28	$4.83	$0.14	$4.97	$178.03	$187.97	2.65%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.22% of stock, avg 2.63%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.18	$0.42	$184.58	$190.42
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.56	$0.80	$185.20	$190.80
$193.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.76	$0.18	$0.94	$184.06	$193.94
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.73	$0.97	$181.53	$190.97
$189.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.66	$0.18	$0.84	$184.16	$189.84
$190.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.66	$0.90	$186.10	$190.90
$189.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.66	$0.56	$1.22	$184.78	$190.22
$202.50	$185.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.18	$1.25	$183.75	$203.75
$189.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.66	$0.66	$1.32	$185.68	$190.32
$193.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.76	$0.56	$1.32	$184.68	$194.32

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 209 found (best R:R 7.33, avg credit $0.54)

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	71%	7.33	$181.12	$193.88
177/178	189/190	Aug 28	$0.82	$0.18	57%	4.56	$176.68	$189.82
177/178	202/205	Aug 28	$1.01	$1.49	74%	0.68	$176.49	$203.51
182/182	190/191	Aug 28	$0.74	$0.26	62%	2.85	$181.76	$190.74
175/176	197/198	Oct 2	$0.83	$0.17	51%	4.88	$175.17	$197.83
177/178	190/191	Aug 28	$0.57	$0.43	72%	1.33	$176.93	$190.57
182/182	202/205	Aug 28	$1.18	$1.32	64%	0.89	$181.32	$203.68
175/176	194/195	Oct 2	$0.76	$0.24	44%	3.17	$175.24	$194.76
185/186	189/190	Aug 28	$0.80	$0.20	38%	4.00	$185.20	$189.80
175/176	198/199	Oct 2	$0.63	$0.37	54%	1.70	$175.37	$198.63

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 87 found (best R:R 15.67, 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
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Sep 4	$0.07	$0.93	12%	13.29
$195.00	$196.00	$197.00	Sep 11	$0.05	$0.95	6%	19.00
$195.00	$197.50	$200.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$2.29	14%	10.90
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Sep 11	$0.08	$2.42	4%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$4.91	3%	54.56
$180.00	$181.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.95	5%	19.00
$178.00	$179.00	$180.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.95	4%	19.00
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	6%	15.67
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 11	$0.08	$0.92	9%	11.50

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 $-6.48, 129 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$171.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$6.48	$4.52
$172.50	$179.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$4.20	$2.30
$197.50	$200.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.19	$2.31
$195.00	$197.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.38	$2.12
$202.50	$205.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.01	$2.49

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	-$0.43	$0.57
$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. 64 found (best yield 2.56%, avg 0.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$189.00	Oct 2	$4.80	0.48	0.8%	2.56%	3.40%	--	13
$187.50	Oct 2	$5.45	0.52	0.0%	2.91%	2.95%	--	15
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.30	0.45	1.4%	2.29%	3.67%	--	18
$191.00	Oct 2	$3.80	0.42	1.9%	2.03%	3.93%	--	42
$194.00	Oct 2	$2.85	0.35	3.5%	1.52%	5.03%	1	4
$187.50	Sep 25	$4.90	0.51	0.0%	2.61%	2.65%	--	17
$189.00	Sep 25	$4.10	0.47	0.8%	2.19%	3.03%	--	37
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.34	0.32	4.0%	1.25%	5.29%	--	12
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.20	0.41	1.9%	1.71%	3.61%	--	55
$197.00	Oct 2	$1.95	0.28	5.1%	1.04%	6.15%	--	14

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 475

Total Puts 2,276

Put/Call Ratio 4.79

Net Difference -1,801

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,326

Total Puts 1,865

Put/Call Ratio 1.41

Net Difference -539

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 65,123

Total Puts 111,258

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.78

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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