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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$188.25 -0.19%

(8/28 11:15) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 11:20am) 6,420

Calls: 1,730 (27%)

Puts: 4,690 (73%)

Prior (08/27) 16,409

Calls: 10,787 (66%)

Puts: 5,622 (34%)

Current vs Prior -60.88%

Calls: -83.96% (Calls)

Puts: -16.58% (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 -74.52%

Calls: -81.40%

Puts: -70.49%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 11:20am) $2.21M

Calls: $1.60M (72%)

Puts: $615.9K (28%)

Prior (08/27) $3.59M

Calls: $2.75M (77%)

Puts: $834.1K (23%)

Current vs Prior -38.27%

Calls: -41.94%

Puts: -26.16%

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 -84.31%

Calls: -81.90%

Puts: -88.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 11:20am) 2.71

Prior (08/27) 0.52

Current vs Prior +420.16%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +51.98%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 11:20am) 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 1.13% | 3.10%4.96% | 7.62%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -33.52% | -5.47%-3.43% | -0.91%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -50.25% | -20.34%+32.15% | +0.92%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -33.52% | -5.47%-3.43% | -0.91%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 98.36% | 36.13%

Calls: 121.43% | 30.57%

Puts: 75.28% | 41.69%

Prior 69.97% | 29.52%

Calls: 48.23% | 25.49%

Puts: 91.72% | 33.55%

Current vs Prior +40.57% | +22.39%

Prior 7-Day Avg 56.82% | 38.14%

Calls: 56.34% | 38.61%

Puts: 57.30% | 37.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +73.11% | -5.26%

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Moderately bullish flow with 72% call dollar volume ($1.60M). Below-average activity with volume down 61% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.71 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 420% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
11:20	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:15	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:10	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:05	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:55	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 46 of results (avg 7.1%, best 4.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$165.00	Sep 18	23.30	24.30	$23.80	4.2%	6	0.94	1.8K
$151.00	Sep 18	36.65	38.25	$37.45	4.3%	--	1.00	299
$156.00	Sep 18	31.70	33.25	$32.48	4.8%	--	1.00	149
$157.50	Sep 18	30.25	31.75	$31.00	4.8%	1	1.00	1.3K
$152.50	Sep 18	35.20	36.95	$36.08	4.9%	2	1.00	600

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 25	21.30	22.80	$22.05	6.8%	10	0.95	10
$195.00	Sep 18	7.85	8.45	$8.15	7.4%	--	0.73	447
$185.00	Sep 18	2.65	2.86	$2.76	7.6%	14	0.37	2.0K
$190.00	Sep 4	3.15	3.40	$3.28	7.6%	--	0.61	204
$180.00	Sep 18	1.42	1.54	$1.48	8.1%	86	0.22	2.8K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.78)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 18	0.73	0.84	$0.78	14.1%	1.7K	0.13	7.2K
$172.50	Sep 18	0.54	0.64	$0.59	16.9%	1	0.10	1.2K
$170.00	Sep 18	0.44	0.50	$0.47	12.8%	49	0.07	4.3K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 143 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$162.50	Sep 11	24.30	26.60	$25.45	9.0%	--	1.00	10
$151.00	Sep 18	36.65	38.25	$37.45	4.3%	--	1.00	299
$152.50	Sep 18	35.20	36.95	$36.08	4.9%	2	1.00	600
$154.00	Sep 18	33.50	35.75	$34.63	6.5%	--	1.00	46
$155.00	Sep 18	32.70	34.35	$33.53	4.9%	--	1.00	2.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$191.00	Aug 28	2.34	3.50	$2.92	39.7%	6	0.99	7
$210.00	Sep 25	21.30	22.80	$22.05	6.8%	10	0.95	10
$200.00	Sep 4	11.55	12.55	$12.05	8.3%	5	0.95	--
$197.50	Sep 4	9.20	10.15	$9.68	9.8%	3	0.93	--
$198.00	Sep 4	9.55	10.60	$10.07	10.4%	4	0.93	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 202 active (total vol 5.0K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Aug 28	0.15	0.75	$0.45	133.3%	129	0.35	482
$185.00	Aug 28	2.90	3.65	$3.28	22.9%	61	0.92	255
$167.00	Aug 28	19.95	21.80	$20.88	8.9%	51	1.00	57
$167.50	Aug 28	19.25	21.30	$20.27	10.1%	51	1.00	56
$192.50	Sep 4	0.68	1.02	$0.85	40.0%	50	0.24	53

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 18	0.73	0.84	$0.78	14.1%	1.7K	0.13	7.2K
$170.00	Sep 25	0.55	0.82	$0.69	39.1%	758	0.10	97
$185.00	Sep 4	1.05	1.28	$1.17	19.7%	306	0.29	71
$178.00	Sep 18	1.06	1.20	$1.13	12.4%	276	0.18	8.5K
$190.00	Sep 18	4.70	5.10	$4.90	8.2%	197	0.56	4.8K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 223.8%, max 1177.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	297.2%	23.3%	1177.3%	--	97
$187.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	61.7%	23.0%	168.9%	3	861
$187.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	45.6%	23.3%	95.8%	18	994
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	38.5%	22.5%	71.4%	25	487
$189.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	42.6%	26.3%	62.2%	130	495

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	61.7%	21.8%	183.7%	21	725
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 11	45.6%	21.0%	117.1%	41	274
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	42.6%	23.2%	83.8%	2	215
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	38.5%	24.9%	54.4%	18	235

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 141 found (best R:R 0.94, avg 4.63)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$183.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.64	$0.36	69%	1.78	$183.36
$184.00	$185.00	Sep 11	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	69%	1.63	$184.38
$182.00	$182.50	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	83%	2.85	$182.13
$189.00	$190.00	Sep 11	$0.24	$0.76	$0.24	46%	3.17	$189.24
$187.50	$189.00	Oct 2	$0.55	$0.95	$0.55	51%	1.73	$188.05

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$10.32	$9.68	$10.32	80%	0.94	$189.68
$191.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	99%	1.33	$190.57
$190.00	$189.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.90	$0.10	56%	9.00	$189.90
$187.50	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$1.28	$0.22	46%	5.82	$187.28
$190.00	$189.00	Sep 11	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	58%	2.12	$189.68

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 112 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.49)

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
$195.00	$197.50	Sep 18	$0.73	$0.73	$1.77	73%	0.41	$195.73
$191.00	$192.50	Sep 18	$0.78	$0.78	$0.72	59%	1.08	$191.78
$194.00	$195.00	Sep 25	$0.49	$0.49	$0.51	68%	0.96	$194.49
$190.00	$191.00	Sep 11	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	58%	1.27	$190.56

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	59%	1.86	$185.35
$186.00	$185.00	Sep 25	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	56%	2.03	$185.33
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 11	$0.35	$0.35	$0.15	73%	2.33	$182.15
$181.00	$180.00	Sep 11	$0.40	$0.40	$0.60	78%	0.67	$180.60
$182.50	$182.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	88%	0.92	$182.26

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.68, cheapest $1.19)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.67	61.7%	21.7%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.79	42.6%	24.6%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.81	38.5%	22.7%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.19	61.7%	21.7%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.90	42.6%	24.6%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.72	38.5%	22.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 102 found (cheapest 0.74% of stock, avg 5.18%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Aug 28	$0.84	$0.56	$1.40	$186.60	$189.40	0.74%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$1.29	$1.74	$187.26	$190.74	0.92%
$187.00	Aug 28	$1.55	$0.33	$1.88	$185.12	$188.88	1.00%
$187.50	Aug 28	$1.13	$0.75	$1.88	$185.62	$189.38	1.00%
$186.00	Aug 28	$2.33	$0.13	$2.46	$183.54	$188.46	1.31%
$190.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$2.49	$2.60	$187.40	$192.60	1.38%
$191.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$2.92	$2.95	$188.05	$193.95	1.57%
$185.00	Aug 28	$3.28	$0.09	$3.37	$181.63	$188.37	1.79%
$184.00	Aug 28	$4.30	$0.04	$4.34	$179.66	$188.34	2.31%
$187.50	Sep 4	$2.80	$1.94	$4.74	$182.76	$192.24	2.52%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 140 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 2.66%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.13	$0.24	$185.76	$190.24
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.29	$0.40	$182.10	$190.40
$190.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.33	$0.44	$186.56	$190.44
$189.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.13	$0.58	$185.42	$189.58
$189.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.33	$0.78	$186.22	$189.78
$189.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.29	$0.74	$181.76	$189.74
$190.00	$188.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.56	$0.67	$187.33	$190.67
$189.00	$188.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.56	$1.01	$186.99	$190.01
$190.00	$187.50	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.75	$0.86	$186.64	$190.86
$189.00	$187.50	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.75	$1.20	$186.30	$190.20

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 211 found (best R:R 1.08, avg credit $0.53)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
182/182	202/205	Aug 28	$1.30	$1.20	72%	1.08	$181.20	$203.80
181/182	194/195	Sep 25	$0.90	$0.10	36%	9.00	$181.10	$194.90
176/177	197/198	Oct 2	$0.75	$0.25	50%	3.00	$176.25	$197.75
180/181	196/197	Sep 11	$0.65	$0.35	60%	1.86	$180.35	$196.65
181/182	196/197	Sep 25	$0.80	$0.20	42%	4.00	$181.20	$196.80
175/176	194/195	Sep 25	$0.72	$0.28	50%	2.57	$175.28	$194.72
179/180	194/195	Sep 25	$0.80	$0.20	42%	4.00	$179.20	$194.80
180/181	194/195	Sep 18	$0.77	$0.23	44%	3.35	$180.23	$194.77
186/187	202/205	Aug 28	$1.26	$1.24	58%	1.02	$185.74	$203.76
176/177	199/200	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.36	55%	1.78	$176.36	$199.64

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 87 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$197.50	$200.00	$202.50	Sep 18	$0.06	$2.44	8%	40.67
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$4.70	12%	15.67
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	12%	15.67
$195.00	$196.00	$197.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.95	6%	19.00
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.93	9%	13.29

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$190.00	$192.50	$195.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$2.45	18%	49.00
$195.00	$197.50	$200.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$2.45	13%	49.00
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 2	$0.14	$4.86	7%	34.71
$186.00	$188.00	$190.00	Sep 25	$0.11	$1.89	12%	17.18
$170.00	$172.00	$174.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$1.95	5%	39.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 142 found (best net $-5.88, 127 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$171.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$5.88	$5.12
$172.50	$179.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$3.76	$2.74
$188.00	$189.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.06	$0.94
$195.00	$197.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.19	$2.31
$202.50	$205.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.04	$2.46

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.09	$0.91
$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	$179.00	1:2	Aug 28	$0.00	$1.00
$173.00	$170.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.30	$2.70

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 61 found (best yield 2.71%, avg 0.78%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$189.00	Oct 2	$5.10	0.48	0.4%	2.71%	3.11%	1	13
$191.00	Oct 2	$4.10	0.42	1.5%	2.18%	3.64%	2	42
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.25	0.45	0.9%	2.26%	3.19%	1	18
$194.00	Oct 2	$2.97	0.34	3.0%	1.58%	4.63%	5	4
$190.00	Sep 25	$3.65	0.44	0.9%	1.94%	2.87%	2	100
$189.00	Sep 25	$4.00	0.47	0.4%	2.12%	2.52%	1	37
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.14	0.31	3.6%	1.14%	4.72%	--	12
$192.50	Sep 25	$2.60	0.36	2.3%	1.38%	3.64%	--	20
$197.00	Oct 2	$1.74	0.27	4.7%	0.92%	5.57%	--	14
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.00	0.40	1.5%	1.59%	3.05%	--	55

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,730

Total Puts 4,690

Put/Call Ratio 2.71

Net Difference -2,960

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,787

Total Puts 5,622

Put/Call Ratio 0.52

Net Difference 5,165

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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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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