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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$188.26 -0.19%

(8/28 10:40) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:45am) 4,190

Calls: 1,291 (31%)

Puts: 2,899 (69%)

Prior (08/27) 9,195

Calls: 6,349 (69%)

Puts: 2,846 (31%)

Current vs Prior -54.43%

Calls: -79.67% (Calls)

Puts: +1.86% (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 -83.37%

Calls: -86.12%

Puts: -81.76%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:45am) $1.67M

Calls: $1.30M (78%)

Puts: $363.4K (22%)

Prior (08/27) $2.43M

Calls: $1.97M (81%)

Puts: $467.3K (19%)

Current vs Prior -31.44%

Calls: -33.64%

Puts: -22.22%

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 -88.18%

Calls: -85.22%

Puts: -93.12%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:45am) 2.25

Prior (08/27) 0.45

Current vs Prior +400.95%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +25.88%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:45am) 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 1.22% | 3.04%4.91% | 7.68%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -28.52% | -7.42%-4.26% | -0.15%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -46.51% | -21.98%+31.02% | +1.70%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -28.52% | -7.42%-4.26% | -0.15%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 142.64% | 46.75%

Calls: 210.00% | 49.59%

Puts: 75.28% | 43.90%

Prior 69.97% | 29.52%

Calls: 48.23% | 25.49%

Puts: 91.72% | 33.55%

Current vs Prior +103.86% | +58.37%

Prior 7-Day Avg 56.82% | 38.14%

Calls: 56.34% | 38.61%

Puts: 57.30% | 37.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +151.04% | +22.59%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 78% of dollar volume in calls ($1.30M) vs puts ($363.4K). Below-average activity with volume down 54% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.25 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 401% - 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 BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:45	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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

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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 4.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$156.00	Sep 18	31.30	32.85	$32.08	4.8%	--	1.00	149
$155.00	Sep 18	32.25	33.85	$33.05	4.8%	--	1.00	2.8K
$152.50	Sep 18	34.75	36.55	$35.65	5.0%	--	1.00	600
$157.50	Sep 18	29.80	31.40	$30.60	5.2%	1	1.00	1.3K
$159.00	Sep 18	28.30	29.90	$29.10	5.5%	--	1.00	48

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 25	21.60	23.30	$22.45	7.6%	10	0.95	10
$187.50	Sep 11	2.70	2.94	$2.82	8.5%	4	0.47	8
$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. 3 found (avg $0.77, cheapest $0.63)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$172.50	Sep 18	0.57	0.69	$0.63	19.0%	--	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. 138 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$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
$171.00	Sep 4	15.60	17.85	$16.73	13.4%	--	1.00	23
$173.00	Sep 4	13.70	15.80	$14.75	14.2%	--	1.00	11
$175.00	Sep 4	11.75	13.85	$12.80	16.4%	1	1.00	29

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$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
$190.00	Aug 28	1.60	3.70	$2.65	79.2%	4	0.95	26
$200.00	Sep 18	11.95	13.60	$12.77	12.9%	--	0.87	136

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 161 active (total vol 3.3K, 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	0.40	482
$185.00	Aug 28	2.66	3.50	$3.08	27.3%	50	0.88	255
$167.00	Aug 28	19.75	21.60	$20.68	8.9%	49	1.00	57
$167.50	Aug 28	19.25	21.10	$20.18	9.2%	49	1.00	56
$190.00	Aug 28	0.05	0.13	$0.09	88.9%	24	0.13	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	1.09	1.28	$1.19	16.0%	215	0.19	8.5K
$184.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	53	0.04	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 276.2%, max 1093.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	279.1%	23.4%	1093.0%	--	97
$182.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	147.2%	23.1%	538.7%	8	258
$187.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	96.1%	22.9%	319.6%	2	861
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	53.2%	22.8%	132.9%	2	140
$187.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	49.3%	22.9%	115.0%	18	994

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.50	Aug 28	Oct 9	147.2%	24.3%	504.9%	10	48
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	96.1%	23.1%	315.3%	3	725
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	53.2%	22.8%	132.9%	24	136
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 11	49.3%	21.4%	130.4%	40	274
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	47.5%	24.4%	94.3%	2	215

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 156 found (best R:R 2.70, avg 4.59)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$183.00	$184.00	Aug 28	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	93%	2.70	$183.27
$181.00	$182.00	Aug 28	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	98%	0.54	$181.65
$162.00	$162.50	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	100%	1.27	$162.22
$185.00	$186.00	Sep 4	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	68%	1.50	$185.40
$182.00	$182.50	Sep 4	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	86%	1.27	$182.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$10.57	$9.43	$10.57	80%	0.89	$189.43
$191.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	100%	2.33	$190.70
$195.00	$192.50	Sep 18	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	74%	0.79	$193.60
$190.00	$189.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	57%	3.00	$189.75
$190.00	$189.00	Sep 4	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	63%	1.86	$189.65

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 122 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.42)

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	60%	1.17	$189.54
$191.00	$192.50	Sep 18	$0.77	$0.77	$0.73	60%	1.05	$191.77
$194.00	$195.00	Oct 2	$0.53	$0.53	$0.47	66%	1.13	$194.53
$195.00	$197.00	Sep 25	$0.66	$0.66	$1.34	71%	0.49	$195.66

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$183.00	$182.50	Sep 25	$0.40	$0.40	$0.10	65%	4.00	$182.60
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 11	$0.35	$0.35	$0.15	73%	2.33	$182.15
$180.00	$179.00	Sep 18	$0.41	$0.41	$0.59	76%	0.69	$179.59
$186.00	$185.00	Sep 18	$0.58	$0.58	$0.42	57%	1.38	$185.42
$185.00	$184.00	Sep 4	$0.46	$0.46	$0.54	66%	0.85	$184.54

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.62, cheapest $1.07)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.78	96.1%	24.2%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.43	47.5%	25.0%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.44	40.8%	24.4%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.07	96.1%	24.2%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.99	47.5%	25.0%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$2.03	40.8%	24.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 98 found (cheapest 0.84% of stock, avg 5.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Aug 28	$1.00	$0.58	$1.58	$186.42	$189.58	0.84%
$187.00	Aug 28	$1.35	$0.39	$1.74	$185.26	$188.74	0.92%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$1.29	$1.92	$187.08	$190.92	1.02%
$187.50	Aug 28	$1.00	$1.38	$2.38	$185.12	$189.88	1.26%
$186.00	Aug 28	$2.18	$0.22	$2.40	$183.60	$188.40	1.27%
$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	1.58%
$185.00	Aug 28	$3.08	$0.19	$3.27	$181.73	$188.27	1.74%
$184.00	Aug 28	$4.20	$0.03	$4.23	$179.77	$188.23	2.25%
$183.00	Aug 28	$4.47	$0.13	$4.60	$178.40	$187.60	2.44%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 140 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 2.69%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.22	$0.31	$185.69	$190.31
$190.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.39	$0.48	$186.52	$190.48
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.73	$0.82	$181.68	$190.82
$190.00	$188.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.58	$0.67	$187.33	$190.67
$189.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.22	$0.85	$185.15	$189.85
$189.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.39	$1.02	$185.98	$190.02
$189.00	$188.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.58	$1.21	$186.79	$190.21
$202.50	$186.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.22	$1.29	$184.71	$203.79
$202.50	$187.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.39	$1.46	$185.54	$203.96
$189.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.73	$1.36	$181.14	$190.36

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 246 found (best R:R 2.29, avg credit $0.50)

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
184/185	202/205	Aug 28	$1.22	$1.28	72%	0.95	$183.78	$203.72
176/177	194/195	Oct 2	$0.79	$0.21	43%	3.76	$176.21	$194.79
175/176	194/195	Oct 2	$0.73	$0.27	45%	2.70	$175.27	$194.73
174/175	194/195	Oct 2	$0.70	$0.30	46%	2.33	$174.30	$194.70
186/187	202/205	Aug 28	$1.23	$1.27	57%	0.97	$185.77	$203.73
158/159	192/194	Sep 18	$0.70	$0.80	63%	0.88	$158.30	$193.20
179/180	192/194	Sep 18	$1.01	$0.49	42%	2.06	$178.99	$193.51
184/185	195/196	Sep 4	$0.60	$0.40	53%	1.50	$184.40	$195.60
182/182	196/197	Sep 11	$0.56	$0.44	56%	1.27	$181.94	$196.56

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 84 found (best R:R 32.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$2.43	7%	34.71
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.31	$4.69	12%	15.13
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.93	14%	13.29
$172.50	$175.00	$177.50	Sep 18	$0.10	$2.40	8%	24.00
$155.00	$156.00	$157.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	8%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 2	$0.15	$4.85	6%	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	$0.10	$4.90	3%	49.00
$186.00	$188.00	$190.00	Sep 25	$0.16	$1.84	12%	11.50
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.94	6%	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. 136 found (best net $-5.78, 123 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	-$3.96	$2.54
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.52	$0.48
$188.00	$189.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.26	$0.74
$195.00	$197.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.38	$2.12

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.41	$4.59
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.20	$4.80
$180.00	$175.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.14	$3.86
$180.00	$179.00	1:2	Aug 28	$0.00	$1.00
$159.00	$157.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.01	$1.99

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 57 found (best yield 2.15%, avg 0.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$191.00	Oct 2	$4.05	0.42	1.5%	2.15%	3.61%	2	42
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.25	0.45	0.9%	2.26%	3.18%	1	18
$194.00	Oct 2	$3.00	0.34	3.0%	1.59%	4.64%	3	4
$189.00	Oct 2	$4.50	0.47	0.4%	2.39%	2.78%	--	13
$190.00	Sep 25	$3.65	0.44	0.9%	1.94%	2.86%	2	100
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.14	0.31	3.6%	1.14%	4.72%	--	12
$197.00	Oct 2	$1.74	0.27	4.6%	0.92%	5.57%	--	14
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.00	0.40	1.5%	1.59%	3.05%	--	55
$189.00	Sep 25	$3.70	0.47	0.4%	1.97%	2.36%	--	37
$192.00	Sep 25	$2.62	0.38	2.0%	1.39%	3.38%	--	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 1,291

Total Puts 2,899

Put/Call Ratio 2.25

Net Difference -1,608

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,349

Total Puts 2,846

Put/Call Ratio 0.45

Net Difference 3,503

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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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