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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$188.13 -0.25%

(8/28 10:45) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:50am) 4,333

Calls: 1,334 (31%)

Puts: 2,999 (69%)

Prior (08/27) 10,107

Calls: 7,152 (71%)

Puts: 2,955 (29%)

Current vs Prior -57.13%

Calls: -81.35% (Calls)

Puts: +1.49% (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 -82.80%

Calls: -85.66%

Puts: -81.13%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:50am) $1.69M

Calls: $1.32M (78%)

Puts: $365.0K (22%)

Prior (08/27) $2.61M

Calls: $2.13M (82%)

Puts: $480.4K (18%)

Current vs Prior -35.47%

Calls: -38.05%

Puts: -24.01%

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 -88.06%

Calls: -85.04%

Puts: -93.09%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:50am) 2.25

Prior (08/27) 0.41

Current vs Prior +444.11%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +26.03%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:50am) 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%4.93% | 7.68%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -28.49% | -7.37%-3.90% | -0.11%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -46.49% | -21.94%+31.51% | +1.74%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -28.49% | -7.37%-3.90% | -0.11%

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 ($1.32M) vs puts ($365.0K). Below-average activity with volume down 57% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.25 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 444% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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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
10:50	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 43 of results (avg 7.4%, best 4.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$152.50	Sep 18	34.95	36.55	$35.75	4.5%	--	1.00	600
$156.00	Sep 18	31.45	32.90	$32.17	4.5%	--	1.00	149
$155.00	Sep 18	32.40	33.90	$33.15	4.5%	--	1.00	2.8K
$157.50	Sep 18	30.00	31.40	$30.70	4.6%	1	1.00	1.3K
$154.00	Sep 18	33.45	35.15	$34.30	5.0%	--	1.00	46

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 25	21.60	23.10	$22.35	6.7%	10	0.95	10
$178.00	Sep 18	1.14	1.24	$1.19	8.4%	258	0.18	8.5K
$187.50	Sep 11	2.70	2.95	$2.83	8.8%	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. 5 found (avg $0.71, cheapest $0.83)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$183.00	Sep 4	0.75	0.90	$0.83	18.1%	16	0.22	33
$172.50	Sep 18	0.55	0.64	$0.60	15.0%	--	0.10	1.2K
$175.00	Sep 18	0.75	0.84	$0.80	11.2%	1.7K	0.13	7.2K
$170.00	Sep 18	0.44	0.53	$0.49	18.4%	8	0.08	4.3K
$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 0.82, 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
$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
$162.50	Sep 11	24.25	26.50	$25.38	8.9%	--	1.00	10

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	23.10	$22.35	6.7%	10	0.95	10
$200.00	Sep 18	11.95	13.40	$12.68	11.4%	--	0.87	136

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 168 active (total vol 3.4K, 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	2.76	3.35	$3.06	19.3%	60	0.88	255
$167.00	Aug 28	19.95	21.40	$20.67	7.0%	51	1.00	57
$167.50	Aug 28	19.25	20.95	$20.10	8.5%	51	1.00	56
$190.00	Aug 28	0.05	0.13	$0.09	88.9%	27	0.13	166

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 18	0.75	0.84	$0.80	11.2%	1.7K	0.13	7.2K
$178.00	Sep 18	1.14	1.24	$1.19	8.4%	258	0.18	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. 11 strikes (avg 292.3%, max 1100.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	280.8%	23.4%	1100.2%	--	97
$182.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	148.1%	23.1%	542.6%	8	258
$187.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	80.1%	22.9%	249.7%	2	861
$187.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	49.5%	22.9%	115.9%	18	994
$189.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	47.8%	25.4%	88.0%	128	495

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.50	Aug 28	Oct 9	148.1%	24.3%	508.5%	10	48
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	80.1%	23.4%	242.1%	3	725
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 11	49.5%	21.4%	131.3%	40	274
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	47.8%	24.2%	97.3%	2	215
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	40.7%	24.9%	63.3%	18	235

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 151 found (best R:R 0.90, avg 4.62)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$183.00	$184.00	Aug 28	$0.29	$0.71	$0.29	93%	2.45	$183.29
$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	67%	1.50	$185.40
$182.00	$182.50	Sep 4	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	85%	1.27	$182.22
$193.00	$194.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	34%	5.67	$193.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$10.55	$9.45	$10.55	80%	0.90	$189.45
$191.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	100%	2.33	$190.70
$195.00	$192.50	Sep 18	$1.43	$1.07	$1.43	74%	0.75	$193.57
$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. 118 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
$195.00	$197.00	Sep 25	$0.66	$0.66	$1.34	71%	0.49	$195.66
$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
$186.00	$185.00	Sep 18	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	58%	1.86	$185.35
$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
$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 $1.67, cheapest $1.36)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.78	80.1%	24.2%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.43	47.8%	25.1%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.44	40.7%	24.5%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.36	80.1%	24.2%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.99	47.8%	25.1%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$2.03	40.7%	24.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 98 found (cheapest 0.84% of stock, avg 5.14%)

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	$1.41	$0.39	$1.80	$185.20	$188.80	0.96%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$1.29	$1.92	$187.08	$190.92	1.02%
$187.50	Aug 28	$1.00	$1.09	$2.09	$185.41	$189.59	1.11%
$186.00	Aug 28	$2.18	$0.18	$2.36	$183.64	$188.36	1.25%
$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	$3.06	$0.19	$3.25	$181.75	$188.25	1.73%
$184.00	Aug 28	$4.18	$0.03	$4.21	$179.79	$188.21	2.24%
$183.00	Aug 28	$4.47	$0.13	$4.60	$178.40	$187.60	2.45%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 140 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 2.71%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.18	$0.27	$185.73	$190.27
$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	$0.18	$0.81	$185.19	$189.81
$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	$0.18	$1.25	$184.75	$203.75
$190.00	$187.50	Aug 28	$0.09	$1.09	$1.18	$186.32	$191.18
$202.50	$187.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.39	$1.46	$185.54	$203.96

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 224 found (best R:R 2.29, avg credit $0.52)

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
175/176	197/198	Oct 2	$0.67	$0.33	52%	2.03	$175.33	$197.67
186/187	202/205	Aug 28	$1.27	$1.23	57%	1.03	$185.73	$203.77
175/176	194/195	Oct 2	$0.73	$0.27	45%	2.70	$175.27	$194.73
175/176	199/200	Oct 2	$0.58	$0.42	57%	1.38	$175.42	$199.58
179/180	192/194	Sep 18	$1.01	$0.49	42%	2.06	$178.99	$193.51
158/159	192/194	Sep 18	$0.70	$0.80	63%	0.88	$158.30	$193.20
184/185	195/196	Sep 4	$0.60	$0.40	53%	1.50	$184.40	$195.60
175/176	198/199	Oct 2	$0.58	$0.42	55%	1.38	$175.42	$198.58

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 78 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
$155.00	$156.00	$157.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	8%	15.67
$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	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
$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, 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	-$3.93	$2.57
$188.00	$189.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.26	$0.74
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.64	$0.36
$195.00	$197.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.33	$2.17

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%	3.68%	2	42
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.25	0.44	1.0%	2.26%	3.25%	1	18
$194.00	Oct 2	$3.00	0.34	3.1%	1.59%	4.71%	4	4
$189.00	Oct 2	$4.50	0.47	0.5%	2.39%	2.85%	--	13
$190.00	Sep 25	$3.65	0.44	1.0%	1.94%	2.93%	2	100
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.14	0.31	3.6%	1.14%	4.79%	--	12
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.00	0.40	1.5%	1.59%	3.12%	--	55
$189.00	Sep 25	$3.70	0.47	0.5%	1.97%	2.43%	--	37
$197.00	Oct 2	$1.74	0.27	4.7%	0.92%	5.64%	--	14
$190.00	Sep 18	$3.30	0.43	1.0%	1.75%	2.75%	12	4.1K

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 1,334

Total Puts 2,999

Put/Call Ratio 2.25

Net Difference -1,665

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,152

Total Puts 2,955

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 4,197

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
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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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

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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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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