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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.67 -0.50%

(8/28 10:25) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:30am) 3,736

Calls: 1,129 (30%)

Puts: 2,607 (70%)

Prior (08/27) 8,674

Calls: 6,173 (71%)

Puts: 2,501 (29%)

Current vs Prior -56.93%

Calls: -81.71% (Calls)

Puts: +4.24% (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 -85.17%

Calls: -87.86%

Puts: -83.60%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:30am) $1.36M

Calls: $1.04M (76%)

Puts: $322.4K (24%)

Prior (08/27) $2.15M

Calls: $1.75M (81%)

Puts: $398.4K (19%)

Current vs Prior -36.72%

Calls: -40.73%

Puts: -19.07%

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 -90.36%

Calls: -88.24%

Puts: -93.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:30am) 2.31

Prior (08/27) 0.41

Current vs Prior +469.94%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +29.45%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:30am) 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 0.95% | 2.92%4.77% | 7.59%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -44.27% | -11.03%-7.08% | -1.30%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -58.30% | -25.02%+27.16% | +0.53%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -44.27% | -11.03%-7.08% | -1.30%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 43.52% | 32.64%

Calls: 41.67% | 21.97%

Puts: 45.36% | 43.31%

Prior 69.97% | 29.52%

Calls: 48.23% | 25.49%

Puts: 91.72% | 33.55%

Current vs Prior -37.80% | +10.57%

Prior 7-Day Avg 56.82% | 38.14%

Calls: 56.34% | 38.61%

Puts: 57.30% | 37.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.41% | -14.41%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 76% of dollar volume in calls ($1.04M) vs puts ($322.4K). Below-average activity with volume down 57% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.31 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 470% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:30	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:25	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 37 of results (avg 7.4%, best 4.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$151.00	Sep 18	35.85	37.45	$36.65	4.4%	--	1.00	299
$152.50	Sep 18	34.35	35.95	$35.15	4.6%	--	1.00	600
$156.00	Sep 18	30.90	32.35	$31.63	4.6%	--	1.00	149
$155.00	Sep 18	31.85	33.35	$32.60	4.6%	--	1.00	2.8K
$154.00	Sep 18	32.90	34.45	$33.67	4.6%	--	1.00	46

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 25	22.00	23.85	$22.93	8.1%	10	0.95	10
$190.00	Sep 18	5.10	5.55	$5.32	8.5%	15	0.58	4.8K
$200.00	Sep 18	12.55	13.70	$13.13	8.8%	--	0.87	136

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.81, cheapest $0.83)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$182.50	Sep 4	0.75	0.90	$0.83	18.1%	1	0.22	27
$172.50	Sep 18	0.62	0.70	$0.66	12.1%	--	0.11	1.2K
$175.00	Sep 18	0.82	0.98	$0.90	17.8%	1.7K	0.14	7.2K
$170.00	Sep 25	0.77	0.90	$0.84	15.5%	4	0.11	97

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	30.35	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
$191.00	Aug 28	2.39	4.65	$3.52	64.2%	6	0.96	7
$200.00	Sep 4	11.40	13.65	$12.53	18.0%	2	0.96	--
$210.00	Sep 25	22.00	23.85	$22.93	8.1%	10	0.95	10
$190.00	Aug 28	1.60	3.70	$2.65	79.2%	4	0.88	26
$200.00	Sep 18	12.55	13.70	$13.13	8.8%	--	0.87	136

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 146 active (total vol 2.9K, 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	2.33	2.89	$2.61	21.5%	38	1.00	255
$190.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.30	$0.15	200.0%	23	0.12	166
$188.00	Sep 18	3.80	4.40	$4.10	14.6%	23	0.49	28
$190.00	Sep 4	1.30	1.80	$1.55	32.3%	22	0.36	132

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 18	0.82	0.98	$0.90	17.8%	1.7K	0.14	7.2K
$178.00	Sep 18	1.18	1.36	$1.27	14.2%	93	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. 12 strikes (avg 252.8%, max 1163.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	294.9%	23.3%	1163.7%	--	97
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	78.2%	24.6%	217.4%	25	487
$189.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	76.0%	25.4%	199.7%	124	495
$187.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	55.7%	23.0%	141.7%	17	994
$187.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	54.3%	23.0%	135.8%	2	861

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.50	Aug 28	Oct 9	118.9%	24.4%	386.7%	10	48
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	78.2%	25.5%	207.1%	17	235
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	76.0%	25.3%	200.4%	2	215
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 11	55.7%	22.1%	152.1%	8	274
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	54.3%	23.1%	135.0%	3	725

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 161 found (best R:R 2.23, avg 4.35)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$185.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.31	$0.69	$0.31	100%	2.23	$185.31
$181.00	$182.00	Aug 28	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	100%	1.50	$181.40
$183.00	$184.00	Aug 28	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	100%	1.08	$183.48
$181.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	84%	1.08	$181.48
$190.00	$191.00	Sep 25	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	42%	7.33	$190.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$10.87	$9.13	$10.87	81%	0.84	$189.13
$189.00	$188.00	Aug 28	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	72%	2.12	$188.68
$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
$170.00	$165.00	Oct 9	$0.36	$4.64	$0.36	14%	12.89	$169.64

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 124 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.41)

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
$189.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.48	$0.48	$0.52	71%	0.92	$189.48
$189.00	$190.00	Sep 25	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	54%	2.33	$189.70
$205.00	$225.00	Oct 2	$0.69	$0.69	$19.31	88%	0.04	$205.69
$195.00	$197.00	Sep 25	$0.66	$0.66	$1.34	72%	0.49	$195.66

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$180.00	$179.00	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.42	$0.58	75%	0.72	$179.58
$185.00	$184.00	Sep 4	$0.44	$0.44	$0.56	65%	0.79	$184.56
$183.00	$182.50	Sep 25	$0.28	$0.28	$0.22	64%	1.27	$182.72
$182.00	$181.00	Sep 25	$0.40	$0.40	$0.60	68%	0.67	$181.60
$177.00	$176.00	Sep 4	$0.14	$0.14	$0.86	92%	0.16	$176.86

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.61, cheapest $1.44)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.44	78.2%	25.6%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.88	55.7%	23.7%
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.83	54.3%	23.1%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.87	78.2%	25.6%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.73	55.7%	23.7%
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.91	54.3%	23.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 98 found (cheapest 0.86% of stock, avg 5.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$187.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.54	$1.61	$185.39	$188.61	0.86%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$1.29	$1.92	$187.08	$190.92	1.02%
$188.00	Aug 28	$1.00	$0.97	$1.97	$186.03	$189.97	1.05%
$187.50	Aug 28	$0.81	$1.54	$2.35	$185.15	$189.85	1.25%
$186.00	Aug 28	$2.30	$0.25	$2.55	$183.45	$188.55	1.36%
$185.00	Aug 28	$2.61	$0.19	$2.80	$182.20	$187.80	1.49%
$190.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$2.65	$2.80	$187.20	$192.80	1.49%
$191.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$3.52	$3.55	$187.45	$194.55	1.89%
$184.00	Aug 28	$3.97	$0.13	$4.10	$179.90	$188.10	2.18%
$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 0.15% of stock, avg 2.60%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$184.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.13	$0.28	$183.72	$190.28
$190.00	$183.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.14	$0.29	$182.71	$190.29
$190.00	$185.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.19	$0.34	$184.66	$190.34
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.25	$0.40	$185.60	$190.40
$189.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.25	$0.88	$185.12	$189.88
$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
$189.00	$183.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.14	$0.77	$182.23	$189.77
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.73	$0.88	$181.62	$190.88
$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. 247 found (best R:R 2.29, avg credit $0.47)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
182/182	202/205	Aug 28	$1.74	$0.76	63%	2.29	$180.76	$204.24
182/182	190/191	Aug 28	$0.80	$0.20	66%	4.00	$181.70	$190.80
179/180	192/194	Sep 18	$1.02	$0.48	42%	2.12	$178.98	$193.52
179/180	194/195	Sep 18	$0.64	$0.36	48%	1.78	$179.36	$194.64
176/177	194/195	Sep 4	$0.35	$0.65	76%	0.54	$176.65	$194.35
175/176	197/198	Oct 2	$0.57	$0.43	52%	1.33	$175.43	$197.57
181/182	194/195	Sep 4	$0.44	$0.56	63%	0.79	$181.56	$194.44
174/175	196/197	Sep 11	$0.35	$0.65	72%	0.54	$174.65	$196.35
182/182	198/198	Sep 11	$0.27	$0.23	60%	1.17	$182.23	$197.77
176/177	197/198	Oct 2	$0.56	$0.44	50%	1.27	$176.44	$197.56

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 86 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
$195.00	$197.50	$200.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$2.34	12%	14.62
$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

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
$190.00	$192.50	$195.00	Sep 18	$0.15	$2.35	17%	15.67
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$4.91	3%	54.56
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$0.77	36%	3.35
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.94	9%	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. 138 found (best net $-5.78, 125 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
$215.00	$225.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.08	$9.92
$200.00	$202.50	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.05	$2.45
$196.00	$197.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.02	$1.48

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$186.00	$185.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.13	$0.87
$185.00	$184.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.07	$0.93
$189.00	$188.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.65	$0.35
$180.00	$175.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.14	$3.86
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.42	$4.58

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 60 found (best yield 2.26%, avg 0.78%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.25	0.44	1.2%	2.26%	3.51%	1	18
$189.00	Oct 2	$4.50	0.47	0.7%	2.40%	3.11%	--	13
$191.00	Oct 2	$3.75	0.41	1.8%	2.00%	3.77%	--	42
$194.00	Oct 2	$2.65	0.33	3.4%	1.41%	4.78%	3	4
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.14	0.31	3.9%	1.14%	5.05%	--	12
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.00	0.40	1.8%	1.60%	3.37%	--	55
$189.00	Sep 25	$3.70	0.46	0.7%	1.97%	2.68%	--	37
$197.00	Oct 2	$1.74	0.27	5.0%	0.93%	5.90%	--	14
$190.00	Sep 25	$3.25	0.42	1.2%	1.73%	2.97%	--	100
$192.00	Sep 25	$2.62	0.37	2.3%	1.40%	3.70%	--	45

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,129

Total Puts 2,607

Put/Call Ratio 2.31

Net Difference -1,478

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,173

Total Puts 2,501

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 3,672

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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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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