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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.34 -0.67%

(8/28 10:15) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:20am) 3,534

Calls: 1,056 (30%)

Puts: 2,478 (70%)

Prior (08/27) 6,589

Calls: 4,361 (66%)

Puts: 2,228 (34%)

Current vs Prior -46.37%

Calls: -75.79% (Calls)

Puts: +11.22% (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 -85.97%

Calls: -88.65%

Puts: -84.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:20am) $1.31M

Calls: $1.01M (77%)

Puts: $298.5K (23%)

Prior (08/27) $1.63M

Calls: $1.33M (82%)

Puts: $300.5K (18%)

Current vs Prior -20.13%

Calls: -24.51%

Puts: -0.66%

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 -90.75%

Calls: -88.59%

Puts: -94.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:20am) 2.35

Prior (08/27) 0.51

Current vs Prior +359.31%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +31.55%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:20am) 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 1.44% | 2.88%4.89% | 7.61%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -15.32% | -12.17%-4.73% | -1.13%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -36.63% | -25.99%+30.38% | +0.71%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -15.32% | -12.17%-4.73% | -1.13%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 110.21% | 47.59%

Calls: 58.24% | 44.41%

Puts: 162.18% | 50.78%

Prior 69.97% | 29.52%

Calls: 48.23% | 25.49%

Puts: 91.72% | 33.55%

Current vs Prior +57.51% | +61.21%

Prior 7-Day Avg 56.82% | 38.14%

Calls: 56.34% | 38.61%

Puts: 57.30% | 37.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +93.97% | +24.79%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in calls ($1.01M) vs puts ($298.5K). Below-average activity with volume down 46% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.35 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 359% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:20	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:15	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 38 of results (avg 7.2%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$154.00	Sep 18	32.90	34.25	$33.58	4.0%	--	1.00	46
$156.00	Sep 18	30.90	32.30	$31.60	4.4%	--	1.00	149
$155.00	Sep 18	31.85	33.30	$32.58	4.5%	--	1.00	2.8K
$151.00	Sep 18	35.55	37.25	$36.40	4.7%	--	1.00	299
$157.50	Sep 18	29.40	30.85	$30.13	4.8%	1	1.00	1.3K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 25	22.20	23.85	$23.03	7.2%	10	0.96	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. 142 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$156.00	Aug 28	30.35	32.45	$31.40	6.7%	2	1.00	403
$157.00	Aug 28	29.40	31.45	$30.42	6.7%	--	1.00	210
$157.50	Aug 28	28.90	30.80	$29.85	6.4%	--	1.00	207
$158.00	Aug 28	28.15	30.35	$29.25	7.5%	--	1.00	101
$159.00	Aug 28	27.15	29.45	$28.30	8.1%	--	1.00	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 4	11.40	13.65	$12.53	18.0%	1	0.98	--
$191.00	Aug 28	2.39	4.65	$3.52	64.2%	6	0.97	7
$210.00	Sep 25	22.20	23.85	$23.03	7.2%	10	0.96	10
$200.00	Sep 18	12.45	13.80	$13.13	10.3%	--	0.88	136
$190.00	Aug 28	1.60	3.70	$2.65	79.2%	3	0.84	26

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 130 active (total vol 2.7K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Aug 28	0.00	1.25	$0.63	198.4%	124	0.29	482
$185.00	Aug 28	1.78	2.75	$2.27	42.7%	37	0.91	255
$188.00	Sep 18	3.80	4.30	$4.05	12.3%	23	0.48	28
$190.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.47	$0.24	195.8%	20	0.16	166
$192.50	Sep 4	0.46	1.20	$0.83	89.2%	20	0.23	53

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 18	0.82	1.03	$0.93	22.6%	1.7K	0.14	7.2K
$178.00	Sep 18	1.27	1.46	$1.37	13.9%	92	0.20	8.5K
$184.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.26	$0.13	200.0%	53	0.11	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. 16 strikes (avg 232.1%, max 1127.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	286.5%	23.3%	1127.5%	--	97
$182.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	122.8%	23.9%	413.2%	7	258
$187.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	73.2%	23.0%	217.9%	1	861
$189.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	70.2%	25.4%	176.6%	124	495
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	67.2%	24.5%	174.3%	25	487

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	122.8%	23.9%	413.2%	--	291
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	73.2%	23.2%	215.0%	3	725
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	70.2%	25.5%	175.9%	1	215
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	67.2%	25.6%	162.6%	12	235
$190.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	58.6%	23.6%	148.6%	3	36

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 157 found (best R:R 0.84, avg 4.25)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$185.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.34	$0.66	$0.34	91%	1.94	$185.34
$181.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	84%	1.22	$181.45
$190.00	$191.00	Sep 25	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	42%	7.33	$190.12
$182.50	$183.00	Sep 4	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	78%	3.17	$182.62
$184.00	$185.00	Sep 4	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	70%	1.38	$184.42

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$10.86	$9.14	$10.86	81%	0.84	$189.14
$189.00	$188.00	Sep 11	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	56%	2.70	$188.73
$189.00	$188.00	Sep 18	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	55%	2.03	$188.67
$187.00	$186.00	Sep 4	$0.22	$0.78	$0.22	46%	3.55	$186.78
$173.00	$170.00	Sep 25	$0.16	$2.84	$0.16	14%	17.75	$172.84

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 123 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.46)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$202.50	$205.00	Aug 28	$1.06	$1.06	$1.44	85%	0.74	$203.56
$190.00	$191.00	Oct 2	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	56%	3.00	$190.75
$189.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	55%	3.00	$189.75
$189.00	$190.00	Sep 25	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	54%	2.33	$189.70
$189.00	$190.00	Sep 11	$0.64	$0.64	$0.36	56%	1.78	$189.64

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$155.00	$150.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.63	$4.37	92%	0.14	$154.37
$180.00	$179.00	Sep 18	$0.44	$0.44	$0.56	75%	0.79	$179.56
$187.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	52%	1.27	$186.44
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.30	$0.20	68%	1.50	$182.20
$175.00	$174.00	Oct 9	$0.34	$0.34	$0.66	78%	0.52	$174.66

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.52, cheapest $0.82)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.46	73.2%	23.7%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.53	67.2%	25.0%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.88	43.2%	24.3%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.82	73.2%	23.7%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.93	67.2%	25.0%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.48	43.2%	24.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 97 found (cheapest 0.97% of stock, avg 5.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Aug 28	$0.91	$0.91	$1.82	$186.18	$189.82	0.97%
$187.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.79	$1.86	$185.14	$188.86	0.99%
$186.00	Aug 28	$1.93	$0.23	$2.16	$183.84	$188.16	1.15%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$1.76	$2.39	$186.61	$191.39	1.28%
$185.00	Aug 28	$2.27	$0.19	$2.46	$182.54	$187.46	1.31%
$187.50	Aug 28	$1.24	$1.63	$2.87	$184.63	$190.37	1.53%
$190.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$2.65	$2.89	$187.11	$192.89	1.54%
$191.00	Aug 28	$0.02	$3.52	$3.54	$187.46	$194.54	1.89%
$184.00	Aug 28	$3.58	$0.13	$3.71	$180.29	$187.71	1.98%
$183.00	Aug 28	$4.45	$0.14	$4.59	$178.41	$187.59	2.45%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.20% of stock, avg 2.64%)

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	$0.19	$0.43	$184.57	$190.43
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.23	$0.47	$185.53	$190.47
$189.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.23	$0.86	$185.14	$189.86
$189.00	$184.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.13	$0.76	$183.24	$189.76
$189.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.19	$0.82	$184.18	$189.82
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.73	$0.97	$181.53	$190.97
$202.50	$184.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.13	$1.20	$182.80	$203.70
$202.50	$185.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.19	$1.26	$183.74	$203.76
$188.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.91	$0.23	$1.14	$184.86	$189.14

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 241 found (best R:R 2.25, avg credit $0.51)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
182/182	202/205	Aug 28	$1.73	$0.77	64%	2.25	$180.77	$204.23
150/155	202/205	Aug 28	$1.69	$3.31	77%	0.51	$153.31	$204.19
182/182	190/191	Aug 28	$0.89	$0.11	63%	8.09	$181.61	$190.89
175/176	197/198	Oct 2	$0.67	$0.33	52%	2.03	$175.33	$197.67
179/180	192/194	Sep 18	$1.04	$0.46	42%	2.26	$178.96	$193.54
150/151	192/194	Sep 18	$0.70	$0.80	64%	0.88	$150.30	$193.20
175/176	199/200	Oct 2	$0.56	$0.44	57%	1.27	$175.44	$199.56
175/176	198/199	Oct 2	$0.58	$0.42	54%	1.38	$175.42	$198.58
176/177	194/195	Sep 4	$0.36	$0.64	76%	0.56	$176.64	$194.36
179/180	197/198	Oct 2	$0.68	$0.32	44%	2.13	$179.32	$197.68

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 82 found (best R:R 19.83, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.31	$4.69	12%	15.13
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$2.42	7%	30.25
$197.50	$200.00	$202.50	Sep 18	$0.13	$2.37	9%	18.23
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Sep 4	$0.07	$0.93	11%	13.29
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.83	27%	4.88

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$192.50	$195.00	$197.50	Sep 18	$0.12	$2.38	15%	19.83
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$4.91	4%	54.56
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 11	$0.05	$0.95	9%	19.00
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Sep 4	$0.07	$0.93	11%	13.29
$180.00	$181.00	$182.00	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.94	5%	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 141 found (best net $-5.78, 130 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$171.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$5.78	$5.22
$172.50	$179.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$4.06	$2.44
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.21	$0.79
$196.00	$197.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.02	$1.48
$202.50	$205.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.01	$2.49

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$173.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.17	$7.83
$189.00	$188.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.06	$0.94
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.32	$4.68
$185.00	$184.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.07	$0.93
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.21	$4.79

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 64 found (best yield 2.19%, avg 0.84%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.10	0.45	1.4%	2.19%	3.61%	--	18
$189.00	Oct 2	$4.50	0.47	0.9%	2.40%	3.29%	--	13
$187.50	Oct 2	$5.15	0.51	0.1%	2.75%	2.83%	--	15
$191.00	Oct 2	$3.60	0.41	1.9%	1.92%	3.88%	--	42
$194.00	Oct 2	$2.65	0.33	3.6%	1.41%	4.97%	3	4
$187.50	Sep 25	$4.55	0.50	0.1%	2.43%	2.51%	--	17
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.14	0.31	4.1%	1.14%	5.23%	--	12
$189.00	Sep 25	$3.70	0.46	0.9%	1.98%	2.86%	--	37
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.00	0.40	1.9%	1.60%	3.56%	--	55
$190.00	Sep 25	$3.25	0.42	1.4%	1.73%	3.15%	--	100

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 1,056

Total Puts 2,478

Put/Call Ratio 2.35

Net Difference -1,422

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,361

Total Puts 2,228

Put/Call Ratio 0.51

Net Difference 2,133

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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