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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.01 -0.85%

(8/28 10:05) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:10am) 2,843

Calls: 495 (17%)

Puts: 2,348 (83%)

Prior (08/27) 4,649

Calls: 2,716 (58%)

Puts: 1,933 (42%)

Current vs Prior -38.85%

Calls: -81.77% (Calls)

Puts: +21.47% (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 -88.72%

Calls: -94.68%

Puts: -85.23%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:10am) $513.2K

Calls: $240.0K (47%)

Puts: $273.1K (53%)

Prior (08/27) $1.25M

Calls: $1.00M (80%)

Puts: $251.4K (20%)

Current vs Prior -59.00%

Calls: -76.00%

Puts: +8.64%

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 -96.36%

Calls: -97.28%

Puts: -94.83%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:10am) 4.74

Prior (08/27) 0.71

Current vs Prior +566.49%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +165.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:10am) 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 1.59% | 3.14%4.97% | 7.69%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -6.36% | -4.19%-3.09% | -0.04%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -29.93% | -19.26%+32.62% | +1.82%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -6.36% | -4.19%-3.09% | -0.04%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 101.58% | 38.35%

Calls: 140.00% | 33.97%

Puts: 63.16% | 42.73%

Prior 69.97% | 29.52%

Calls: 48.23% | 25.49%

Puts: 91.72% | 33.55%

Current vs Prior +45.18% | +29.91%

Prior 7-Day Avg 56.82% | 38.14%

Calls: 56.34% | 38.61%

Puts: 57.30% | 37.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +78.78% | +0.56%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 59% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 4.74 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 566% - 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 BULLISH

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
10:10	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 34 of results (avg 6.7%, best 4.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$151.00	Sep 18	36.15	37.75	$36.95	4.3%	--	0.97	299
$155.00	Sep 18	32.30	33.80	$33.05	4.5%	--	0.98	2.8K
$150.00	Sep 4	36.95	38.75	$37.85	4.8%	--	0.99	16
$154.00	Sep 18	33.15	34.80	$33.97	4.9%	--	0.98	46
$152.50	Sep 18	34.50	36.25	$35.38	4.9%	--	0.98	600

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 25	21.75	23.30	$22.53	6.9%	10	0.98	10
$200.00	Sep 18	12.45	13.50	$12.98	8.1%	--	0.91	136
$180.00	Sep 18	1.69	1.85	$1.77	9.0%	6	0.24	2.8K

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. 140 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$156.00	Aug 28	30.75	32.45	$31.60	5.4%	2	1.00	403
$157.00	Aug 28	29.85	31.45	$30.65	5.2%	--	1.00	210
$157.50	Aug 28	29.20	30.80	$30.00	5.3%	--	1.00	207
$158.00	Aug 28	28.85	30.55	$29.70	5.7%	--	1.00	101
$159.00	Aug 28	27.80	30.00	$28.90	7.6%	--	1.00	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$191.00	Aug 28	2.38	4.25	$3.32	56.3%	6	1.00	7
$210.00	Sep 25	21.75	23.30	$22.53	6.9%	10	0.98	10
$190.00	Aug 28	1.46	3.65	$2.55	85.9%	3	0.94	26
$200.00	Sep 18	12.45	13.50	$12.98	8.1%	--	0.91	136
$197.50	Sep 18	9.75	11.35	$10.55	15.2%	--	0.85	136

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 113 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	0.23	53
$190.00	Sep 4	1.27	1.98	$1.63	43.6%	19	0.37	132
$195.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	18	0.01	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 18	0.82	1.05	$0.94	24.5%	1.7K	0.14	7.2K
$178.00	Sep 18	1.26	1.48	$1.37	16.1%	61	0.20	8.5K
$184.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.26	$0.13	200.0%	53	0.10	188
$178.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	50	0.01	129
$172.00	Sep 4	0.01	0.37	$0.19	189.5%	41	0.05	29

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 272.2%, max 1097.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	276.7%	23.1%	1097.2%	--	97
$182.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	127.0%	24.1%	426.0%	7	258
$187.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	82.2%	23.0%	257.9%	1	861
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	62.6%	22.7%	175.6%	4	487
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	58.8%	23.3%	152.8%	--	140

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	127.0%	24.1%	426.0%	--	291
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	82.2%	24.0%	242.6%	2	725
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	62.6%	22.1%	183.5%	11	235
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	63.7%	24.4%	160.9%	1	215
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	58.8%	23.3%	152.8%	21	136

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 158 found (best R:R 0.87, avg 3.90)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$181.00	$182.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	98%	0.82	$181.55
$150.00	$151.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	98%	0.67	$150.60
$181.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	84%	1.08	$181.48
$183.00	$184.00	Aug 28	$0.61	$0.39	$0.61	91%	0.64	$183.61
$177.50	$178.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$0.27	$0.23	100%	1.17	$177.73

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$10.67	$9.33	$10.67	82%	0.87	$189.33
$189.00	$188.00	Sep 11	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	56%	2.57	$188.72
$173.00	$170.00	Sep 25	$0.14	$2.86	$0.14	14%	20.43	$172.86
$188.00	$186.00	Sep 25	$0.75	$1.25	$0.75	51%	1.67	$187.25
$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. 120 found (best R:R 0.32, avg 0.45)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$202.50	$205.00	Aug 28	$0.61	$0.61	$1.89	84%	0.32	$203.11
$190.00	$191.00	Oct 2	$0.73	$0.73	$0.27	55%	2.70	$190.73
$189.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.42	$0.42	$0.58	68%	0.72	$189.42
$197.00	$198.00	Oct 2	$0.41	$0.41	$0.59	73%	0.69	$197.41
$190.00	$191.00	Sep 4	$0.49	$0.49	$0.51	63%	0.96	$190.49

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$155.00	$150.00	Aug 28	$0.58	$0.58	$4.42	92%	0.13	$154.42
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 18	$0.34	$0.34	$0.16	69%	2.13	$182.16
$186.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.38	$0.62	70%	0.61	$185.62
$176.00	$175.00	Oct 2	$0.36	$0.36	$0.64	78%	0.56	$175.64
$184.00	$183.00	Sep 4	$0.42	$0.42	$0.58	70%	0.72	$183.58

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $1.35, cheapest $0.75)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.53	82.2%	23.4%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.28	63.7%	23.9%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.49	62.6%	24.9%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.69	54.7%	24.0%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.75	82.2%	23.4%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.46	62.6%	24.9%
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.26	58.8%	24.5%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.35	54.7%	24.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 94 found (cheapest 1.16% of stock, avg 5.18%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Aug 28	$1.01	$1.15	$2.16	$185.84	$190.16	1.16%
$187.00	Aug 28	$1.38	$0.85	$2.23	$184.77	$189.23	1.19%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.66	$1.67	$2.33	$186.67	$191.33	1.25%
$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	$1.25	$1.63	$2.88	$184.62	$190.38	1.54%
$185.00	Aug 28	$2.97	$0.18	$3.15	$181.85	$188.15	1.68%
$191.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$3.32	$3.39	$187.61	$194.39	1.81%
$184.00	Aug 28	$4.04	$0.13	$4.17	$179.83	$188.17	2.23%
$183.00	Aug 28	$4.65	$0.14	$4.79	$178.21	$187.79	2.56%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.20% of stock, avg 2.61%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$184.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.13	$0.37	$183.63	$190.37
$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
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.73	$0.97	$181.53	$190.97
$189.00	$184.00	Aug 28	$0.66	$0.13	$0.79	$183.21	$189.79
$189.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.66	$0.18	$0.84	$184.16	$189.84
$210.00	$184.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.13	$1.20	$182.80	$211.20
$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
$202.50	$184.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.13	$1.20	$182.80	$203.70

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 205 found (best R:R 2.85, avg credit $0.53)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
182/182	190/191	Aug 28	$0.74	$0.26	62%	2.85	$181.76	$190.74
175/176	197/198	Oct 2	$0.77	$0.23	51%	3.35	$175.23	$197.77
182/182	202/205	Aug 28	$1.18	$1.32	64%	0.89	$181.32	$203.68
185/186	189/190	Aug 28	$0.80	$0.20	37%	4.00	$185.20	$189.80
175/176	199/200	Oct 2	$0.59	$0.41	57%	1.44	$175.41	$199.59
175/176	198/199	Oct 2	$0.61	$0.39	54%	1.56	$175.39	$198.61
181/182	202/205	Aug 28	$0.74	$1.76	76%	0.42	$181.26	$203.24
181/182	189/190	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.45	59%	1.22	$181.45	$189.55
183/184	193/194	Sep 4	$0.65	$0.35	49%	1.86	$183.35	$193.65
183/184	195/196	Sep 4	$0.54	$0.46	57%	1.17	$183.46	$195.54

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 79 found (best R:R 10.11, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.91	28%	10.11
$197.50	$200.00	$202.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$2.41	10%	26.78
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.31	$4.69	12%	15.13
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$2.40	7%	24.00
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 2	$0.12	$2.38	8%	19.83

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Sep 11	$0.05	$0.95	9%	19.00
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$4.91	3%	54.56
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67
$180.00	$181.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.95	5%	19.00
$178.00	$179.00	$180.00	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. 142 found (best net $-6.12, 129 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$171.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$6.12	$4.88
$172.50	$179.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$4.00	$2.50
$195.00	$197.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.38	$2.12
$200.00	$202.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.15	$2.35
$210.00	$215.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.07	$4.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$173.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.17	$7.83
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.22	$4.78
$187.50	$187.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.07	$0.43
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.79	$0.21
$187.00	$186.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.27	$0.73

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 64 found (best yield 2.86%, avg 0.89%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Oct 2	$5.35	0.52	0.3%	2.86%	3.12%	--	15
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.25	0.45	1.6%	2.27%	3.87%	--	18
$189.00	Oct 2	$4.60	0.48	1.1%	2.46%	3.52%	--	13
$191.00	Oct 2	$3.80	0.42	2.1%	2.03%	4.17%	--	42
$194.00	Oct 2	$2.85	0.34	3.7%	1.52%	5.26%	1	4
$187.50	Sep 25	$4.70	0.51	0.3%	2.51%	2.78%	--	17
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.34	0.32	4.3%	1.25%	5.52%	--	12
$189.00	Sep 25	$3.90	0.47	1.1%	2.09%	3.15%	--	37
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.15	0.41	2.1%	1.68%	3.82%	--	55
$190.00	Sep 25	$3.45	0.44	1.6%	1.84%	3.44%	--	100

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 495

Total Puts 2,348

Put/Call Ratio 4.74

Net Difference -1,853

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,716

Total Puts 1,933

Put/Call Ratio 0.71

Net Difference 783

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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