XLK - Options Database

XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.88 -0.39%

(8/28 10:35) ◀

Friday, August 28, 2026 (10:40am)

▶ (8/28 10:45)

◀ 8/28 10:40 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:40am) 3,993

Calls: 1,222 (31%)

Puts: 2,771 (69%)

Prior (08/27) 9,005

Calls: 6,315 (70%)

Puts: 2,690 (30%)

Current vs Prior -55.66%

Calls: -80.65% (Calls)

Puts: +3.01% (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 -84.15%

Calls: -86.86%

Puts: -82.57%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:40am) $1.53M

Calls: $1.18M (77%)

Puts: $347.7K (23%)

Prior (08/27) $2.37M

Calls: $1.93M (81%)

Puts: $442.0K (19%)

Current vs Prior -35.47%

Calls: -38.72%

Puts: -21.34%

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 -89.17%

Calls: -86.63%

Puts: -93.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:40am) 2.27

Prior (08/27) 0.43

Current vs Prior +432.34%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +27.12%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:40am) 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

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.89% | 2.90%4.70% | 7.61%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -47.46% | -11.77%-8.43% | -1.06%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -60.68% | -25.65%+25.32% | +0.77%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -47.46% | -11.77%-8.43% | -1.06%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 39.97% | 31.83%

Calls: 43.18% | 30.58%

Puts: 36.76% | 33.08%

Prior 69.97% | 29.52%

Calls: 48.23% | 25.49%

Puts: 91.72% | 33.55%

Current vs Prior -42.88% | +7.83%

Prior 7-Day Avg 56.82% | 38.14%

Calls: 56.34% | 38.61%

Puts: 57.30% | 37.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -29.65% | -16.53%

Liquidity Expensive

Add Card

🤖 AI Insights

Strong bullish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in calls ($1.18M) vs puts ($347.7K). Below-average activity with volume down 56% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.27 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 432% - 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
10:40	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:35	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads

💰 Best Value Under $1

📊 High Delta (ITM)

🔥 High Volume

⏰ Backwardation

📈 Debit Spreads

📉 Credit Spreads

📅 Calendar Spreads

⚡ Straddles

🔀 Strangles

🦅 Iron Condors

🦋 Butterflies

⚖️ Ratio Spreads

🛡️ Covered Calls

🎯

Tightest Spreads

💰

Best Value <$1

📊

High Delta

⚖️

Ratio Spreads

🛡️

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 4.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$156.00	Sep 18	31.30	32.75	$32.03	4.5%	--	1.00	149
$151.00	Sep 18	36.20	37.90	$37.05	4.6%	--	1.00	299
$157.50	Sep 18	29.80	31.25	$30.53	4.7%	1	1.00	1.3K
$152.50	Sep 18	34.75	36.45	$35.60	4.8%	--	1.00	600
$155.00	Sep 18	32.25	33.85	$33.05	4.8%	--	1.00	2.8K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$178.00	Sep 18	1.19	1.28	$1.23	7.3%	159	0.19	8.5K
$210.00	Sep 25	21.60	23.30	$22.45	7.6%	10	0.95	10
$195.00	Sep 18	7.90	8.65	$8.28	9.1%	--	0.74	447

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.70, cheapest $0.48)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 11	0.44	0.51	$0.48	14.6%	4	0.10	42
$172.50	Sep 18	0.58	0.70	$0.64	18.8%	--	0.10	1.2K
$175.00	Sep 18	0.80	0.91	$0.86	12.8%	1.7K	0.14	7.2K
$170.00	Sep 25	0.74	0.90	$0.82	19.5%	6	0.11	97

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 139 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
$156.00	Sep 4	30.55	32.80	$31.67	7.1%	--	1.00	10
$160.00	Sep 4	26.55	28.80	$27.68	8.1%	--	1.00	22

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Aug 28	1.60	3.70	$2.65	79.2%	4	1.00	26
$191.00	Aug 28	2.39	3.50	$2.95	37.6%	6	1.00	7
$200.00	Sep 4	11.40	13.65	$12.53	18.0%	3	0.96	--
$210.00	Sep 25	21.60	23.30	$22.45	7.6%	10	0.95	10
$200.00	Sep 18	12.10	13.60	$12.85	11.7%	--	0.87	136

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 151 active (total vol 3.1K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Aug 28	0.01	1.25	$0.63	196.8%	128	0.39	482
$185.00	Aug 28	2.66	3.30	$2.98	21.5%	49	0.88	255
$167.00	Aug 28	19.75	21.60	$20.68	8.9%	39	1.00	57
$167.50	Aug 28	19.25	21.10	$20.18	9.2%	39	1.00	56
$190.00	Aug 28	0.04	0.13	$0.09	100.0%	24	0.12	166

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 18	0.80	0.91	$0.86	12.8%	1.7K	0.14	7.2K
$178.00	Sep 18	1.19	1.28	$1.23	7.3%	159	0.19	8.5K
$184.00	Aug 28	0.02	0.24	$0.13	169.2%	53	0.09	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. 13 strikes (avg 276.0%, max 1089.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	278.2%	23.4%	1089.3%	--	97
$182.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	144.7%	23.1%	527.9%	8	258
$187.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	95.1%	22.9%	315.1%	2	861
$187.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	52.6%	22.9%	129.2%	17	994
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	52.2%	23.3%	123.8%	1	140

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.50	Aug 28	Oct 9	144.7%	24.3%	494.6%	10	48
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	95.1%	23.0%	313.2%	3	725
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 11	52.6%	21.8%	141.5%	9	274
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	52.2%	23.3%	123.8%	24	136
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	49.1%	24.7%	98.4%	2	215

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 164 found (best R:R 2.33, avg 4.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$183.00	$184.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	92%	0.82	$183.55
$181.00	$182.00	Aug 28	$0.62	$0.38	$0.62	98%	0.61	$181.62
$162.00	$162.50	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	100%	1.27	$162.22
$181.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	85%	0.54	$181.65
$182.00	$182.50	Sep 4	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	83%	1.27	$182.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$191.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	100%	2.33	$190.70
$200.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$10.72	$9.28	$10.72	81%	0.87	$189.28
$195.00	$192.50	Sep 18	$1.28	$1.22	$1.28	74%	0.95	$193.72
$190.00	$189.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	58%	2.33	$189.70
$190.00	$189.00	Sep 4	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	64%	1.38	$189.58

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 121 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.40)

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	84%	0.74	$203.56
$189.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	61%	1.17	$189.54
$195.00	$197.00	Sep 25	$0.66	$0.66	$1.34	71%	0.49	$195.66
$192.50	$194.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$0.60	$0.90	66%	0.67	$193.10
$188.00	$189.00	Sep 4	$0.60	$0.60	$0.40	51%	1.50	$188.60

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 11	$0.35	$0.35	$0.15	72%	2.33	$182.15
$180.00	$179.00	Sep 18	$0.39	$0.39	$0.61	76%	0.64	$179.61
$186.00	$185.00	Sep 18	$0.58	$0.58	$0.42	57%	1.38	$185.42
$186.00	$185.00	Sep 11	$0.52	$0.52	$0.48	58%	1.08	$185.48
$185.00	$184.00	Sep 4	$0.43	$0.43	$0.57	66%	0.75	$184.57

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $1.60, cheapest $1.03)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.78	95.1%	24.0%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.21	49.1%	23.2%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.44	42.3%	24.8%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.03	95.1%	24.0%
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.79	52.6%	24.6%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.99	49.1%	23.2%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.98	42.3%	24.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 98 found (cheapest 0.89% of stock, avg 5.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Aug 28	$1.00	$0.68	$1.68	$186.32	$189.68	0.89%
$187.00	Aug 28	$1.31	$0.48	$1.79	$185.21	$188.79	0.95%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$1.29	$1.92	$187.08	$190.92	1.02%
$186.00	Aug 28	$2.05	$0.23	$2.28	$183.72	$188.28	1.21%
$187.50	Aug 28	$1.00	$1.42	$2.42	$185.08	$189.92	1.29%
$190.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$2.65	$2.74	$187.26	$192.74	1.46%
$191.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$2.95	$2.98	$188.02	$193.98	1.59%
$185.00	Aug 28	$2.98	$0.19	$3.17	$181.83	$188.17	1.69%
$184.00	Aug 28	$3.85	$0.13	$3.98	$180.02	$187.98	2.12%
$183.00	Aug 28	$4.40	$0.14	$4.54	$178.46	$187.54	2.42%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 140 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 2.75%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.23	$0.32	$185.68	$190.32
$190.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.48	$0.57	$186.43	$190.57
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.73	$0.82	$181.68	$190.82
$189.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.23	$0.86	$185.14	$189.86
$190.00	$188.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.68	$0.77	$187.23	$190.77
$189.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.48	$1.11	$185.89	$190.11
$202.50	$186.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.23	$1.30	$184.70	$203.80
$189.00	$188.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.68	$1.31	$186.69	$190.31
$189.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.73	$1.36	$181.14	$190.36
$202.50	$187.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.48	$1.55	$185.45	$204.05

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 247 found (best R:R 2.29, avg credit $0.49)

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	65%	2.29	$180.76	$204.24
174/175	194/195	Oct 2	$0.73	$0.27	46%	2.70	$174.27	$194.73
174/175	197/198	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.36	53%	1.78	$174.36	$197.64
186/187	202/205	Aug 28	$1.31	$1.19	54%	1.10	$185.69	$203.81
158/159	192/194	Sep 18	$0.70	$0.80	63%	0.88	$158.30	$193.20
174/175	199/200	Oct 2	$0.55	$0.45	58%	1.22	$174.45	$199.55
179/180	192/194	Sep 18	$0.99	$0.51	42%	1.94	$179.01	$193.49
182/182	196/197	Sep 11	$0.56	$0.44	55%	1.27	$181.94	$196.56
174/175	198/199	Oct 2	$0.55	$0.45	56%	1.22	$174.45	$198.55
184/185	195/196	Sep 4	$0.57	$0.43	53%	1.33	$184.43	$195.57

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 75 found (best R:R 32.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$197.50	$200.00	$202.50	Sep 18	$0.11	$2.39	10%	21.73
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.31	$4.69	12%	15.13
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$2.41	7%	26.78
$172.50	$175.00	$177.50	Sep 18	$0.10	$2.40	8%	24.00
$202.50	$205.00	$207.50	Sep 18	$0.08	$2.42	4%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 2	$0.15	$4.85	7%	32.33
$170.00	$172.00	$174.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$1.95	5%	39.00
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$4.91	3%	54.56
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.93	6%	13.29
$176.00	$177.00	$178.00	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.94	4%	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. 137 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	-$4.01	$2.49
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.57	$0.43
$188.00	$189.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.26	$0.74
$215.00	$225.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.08	$9.92

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$189.00	$188.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.07	$0.93
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.41	$4.59
$180.00	$175.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.14	$3.86
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.21	$4.79
$185.00	$184.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.07	$0.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 61 found (best yield 2.16%, avg 0.78%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$191.00	Oct 2	$4.05	0.42	1.7%	2.16%	3.82%	2	42
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.25	0.44	1.1%	2.26%	3.39%	1	18
$194.00	Oct 2	$3.00	0.34	3.3%	1.60%	4.85%	3	4
$189.00	Oct 2	$4.50	0.47	0.6%	2.40%	2.99%	--	13
$190.00	Sep 25	$3.65	0.43	1.1%	1.94%	3.07%	2	100
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.14	0.31	3.8%	1.14%	4.93%	--	12
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.00	0.40	1.7%	1.60%	3.26%	--	55
$189.00	Sep 25	$3.70	0.47	0.6%	1.97%	2.57%	--	37
$197.00	Oct 2	$1.74	0.27	4.8%	0.93%	5.78%	--	14
$192.00	Sep 25	$2.62	0.38	2.2%	1.39%	3.59%	--	45

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
Loading data...

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
Loading data...

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,222

Total Puts 2,771

Put/Call Ratio 2.27

Net Difference -1,549

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,315

Total Puts 2,690

Put/Call Ratio 0.43

Net Difference 3,625

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)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
Loading data...

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Loading earnings data...

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Loading earnings data...

Earnings This Week

Loading earnings data...

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Loading earnings data...

Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
Loading data...

Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

🤖 AI Insights

📈 Options Analysis

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

Chart Title

Price — Past 7 Days

Add Card