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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$185.61 -0.05%

(8/31 09:35) ◀

Monday, August 31, 2026 (9:40am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 9:40am) 1,455

Calls: 187 (13%)

Puts: 1,268 (87%)

Prior (08/28) 292

Calls: 135 (46%)

Puts: 157 (54%)

Current vs Prior +398.29%

Calls: +38.52% (Calls)

Puts: +707.64% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 185,703

Calls: 60,881 (33%)

Puts: 124,822 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 26,529

Calls: 8,697 (33%)

Puts: 17,831 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -94.52%

Calls: -97.85%

Puts: -92.89%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/31 9:40am) $305.9K

Calls: $86.4K (28%)

Puts: $219.5K (72%)

Prior (08/28) $108.4K

Calls: $83.1K (77%)

Puts: $25.3K (23%)

Current vs Prior +182.21%

Calls: +3.94%

Puts: +768.44%

Prior 7-Day Total $104.19M

Calls: $62.38M (60%)

Puts: $41.81M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $14.88M

Calls: $8.91M (60%)

Puts: $5.97M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -97.94%

Calls: -99.03%

Puts: -96.32%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 9:40am) 6.78

Prior (08/28) 1.16

Current vs Prior +483.06%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.32

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +192.54%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/31 9:40am) 743,376

Calls: 267,719 (36%)

Puts: 475,657 (64%)

Prior (08/28) 750,236

Calls: 279,434 (37%)

Puts: 470,802 (63%)

Current vs Prior -0.91%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,246,716

Calls: 1,957,706 (37%)

Puts: 3,289,010 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 749,530

Calls: 279,672 (37%)

Puts: 469,858 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.82%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/04) | Next (09/11)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 2.69% | 3.73%4.54% | 7.47%

Prior 2.92% | 4.37%4.41% | 7.93%

Current vs Prior -7.89% | -14.62%+2.97% | -5.87%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.40% | 3.95%4.09% | 7.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +11.93% | -5.58%+11.02% | -2.76%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.92% | 4.37%4.41% | 7.93%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -7.89% | -14.62%+2.97% | -5.87%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 31.12% | 25.20%

Calls: 30.77% | 25.64%

Puts: 31.46% | 24.75%

Prior 39.08% | 58.16%

Calls: 51.27% | 68.72%

Puts: 26.89% | 47.61%

Current vs Prior -20.37% | -56.67%

Prior 7-Day Avg 55.88% | 39.81%

Calls: 57.13% | 38.88%

Puts: 54.63% | 40.74%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -44.30% | -36.70%

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Moderately bearish flow with 72% put dollar volume ($219.5K). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 182% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 398% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 6.78 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 27 of results (avg 6.3%, best 3.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$157.00	Sep 4	28.65	29.65	$29.15	3.4%	1	0.98	5
$149.00	Sep 18	36.75	38.15	$37.45	3.7%	--	0.98	168
$157.50	Sep 4	28.15	29.25	$28.70	3.8%	1	0.98	6
$150.00	Sep 18	35.70	37.25	$36.48	4.2%	--	0.98	3.9K
$152.50	Sep 18	33.30	34.75	$34.03	4.3%	--	0.98	598

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 18	13.90	14.75	$14.33	5.9%	--	1.00	134
$200.00	Oct 2	13.90	15.30	$14.60	9.6%	--	0.85	44

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 92 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Sep 4	25.45	27.30	$26.38	7.0%	--	0.99	22
$150.00	Sep 4	35.40	37.30	$36.35	5.2%	--	0.99	15
$156.00	Sep 4	29.35	31.30	$30.33	6.4%	--	0.98	10
$149.00	Sep 18	36.75	38.15	$37.45	3.7%	--	0.98	168
$157.50	Sep 4	28.15	29.25	$28.70	3.8%	1	0.98	6

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 18	13.90	14.75	$14.33	5.9%	--	1.00	134
$197.50	Sep 18	10.95	12.45	$11.70	12.8%	--	0.93	136
$191.00	Sep 4	4.65	5.95	$5.30	24.5%	--	0.86	61
$200.00	Oct 2	13.90	15.30	$14.60	9.6%	--	0.85	44
$195.00	Sep 18	9.05	10.20	$9.63	11.9%	--	0.85	447

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 46 active (total vol 406, top 65)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Sep 4	0.57	0.97	$0.77	51.9%	40	0.24	187
$190.00	Sep 18	2.06	2.29	$2.17	10.6%	15	0.36	4.1K
$170.00	Sep 25	16.55	18.05	$17.30	8.7%	7	0.88	12
$190.00	Sep 11	1.16	1.84	$1.50	45.3%	6	0.31	171
$200.00	Sep 11	0.00	0.29	$0.14	207.1%	6	0.05	78

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.34	$0.20	145.0%	65	0.02	2.9K
$150.00	Sep 25	0.09	0.38	$0.24	120.8%	65	0.03	9
$184.00	Sep 4	1.14	1.65	$1.40	36.4%	62	0.36	84
$186.00	Sep 4	1.79	2.46	$2.13	31.5%	61	0.51	141
$181.00	Sep 4	0.62	0.91	$0.77	37.7%	6	0.21	121

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 27 strikes (avg 16.5%, max 25.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$181.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	31.5%	25.2%	25.0%	--	232
$180.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	31.2%	25.0%	24.6%	--	89
$182.50	Sep 4	Sep 25	28.8%	24.2%	19.1%	--	233
$182.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	28.8%	24.3%	18.7%	--	182
$184.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	27.9%	23.7%	17.9%	--	675

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$181.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	31.5%	25.2%	25.0%	6	344
$180.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	31.2%	25.3%	23.3%	--	650
$182.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	28.8%	24.3%	18.7%	3	288
$182.50	Sep 4	Oct 9	28.8%	24.3%	18.5%	5	40
$184.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	27.9%	23.7%	17.9%	62	248

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 138 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 4.76)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$185.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	56%	2.57	$185.28
$190.00	$191.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$0.79	$0.21	36%	3.76	$190.21
$188.00	$189.00	Sep 11	$0.29	$0.71	$0.29	41%	2.45	$188.29
$187.00	$187.50	Oct 2	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	48%	2.33	$187.15
$186.00	$187.00	Sep 4	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	50%	1.63	$186.38

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$11.52	$8.48	$11.52	85%	0.74	$188.48
$190.00	$186.00	Sep 25	$1.92	$2.08	$1.92	63%	1.08	$188.08
$174.00	$170.00	Oct 2	$0.45	$3.55	$0.45	20%	7.89	$173.55
$165.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	10%	25.32	$164.81
$181.00	$180.00	Sep 11	$0.10	$0.90	$0.10	26%	9.00	$180.90

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 113 found (best R:R 2.57, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$186.00	$187.00	Sep 18	$0.72	$0.72	$0.28	48%	2.57	$186.72
$189.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.53	$0.53	$0.47	60%	1.13	$189.53
$190.00	$191.00	Sep 4	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	76%	0.43	$190.30
$191.00	$195.00	Oct 2	$1.28	$1.28	$2.72	63%	0.47	$192.28
$195.00	$198.00	Sep 25	$0.60	$0.60	$2.40	77%	0.25	$195.60

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$157.00	$155.00	Sep 4	$0.11	$0.11	$1.89	98%	0.06	$156.89
$171.00	$170.00	Sep 4	$0.11	$0.11	$0.89	96%	0.12	$170.89
$179.00	$178.00	Sep 11	$0.26	$0.26	$0.74	79%	0.35	$178.74
$176.00	$175.00	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	82%	0.30	$175.77
$177.00	$176.00	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.13	$0.87	91%	0.15	$176.87

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 13 found (avg debit $0.97, cheapest $0.75)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$184.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.95	27.9%	23.6%
$188.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.86	27.7%	23.5%
$187.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	$1.90	27.8%	23.9%
$186.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.17	26.8%	23.2%
$187.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.01	27.7%	24.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$184.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.75	27.9%	23.6%
$188.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.78	27.7%	23.5%
$183.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.78	28.6%	24.6%
$187.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.75	27.8%	24.1%
$186.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.90	26.8%	23.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 70 found (cheapest 2.28% of stock, avg 5.10%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$186.00	Sep 4	$2.10	$2.13	$4.23	$181.77	$190.23	2.28%
$187.00	Sep 4	$1.72	$2.67	$4.39	$182.61	$191.39	2.37%
$187.50	Sep 4	$1.53	$2.88	$4.41	$183.09	$191.91	2.38%
$185.00	Sep 4	$2.86	$1.71	$4.57	$180.43	$189.57	2.46%
$188.00	Sep 4	$1.34	$3.22	$4.56	$183.44	$192.56	2.46%
$189.00	Sep 4	$1.06	$3.88	$4.94	$184.06	$193.94	2.66%
$184.00	Sep 4	$3.55	$1.40	$4.95	$179.05	$188.95	2.67%
$183.00	Sep 4	$4.20	$1.12	$5.32	$177.68	$188.32	2.87%
$190.00	Sep 4	$0.77	$4.60	$5.37	$184.63	$195.37	2.89%
$182.50	Sep 4	$4.65	$0.99	$5.64	$176.86	$188.14	3.04%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 130 found (cheapest 1.03% of stock, avg 2.91%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$189.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$1.06	$0.85	$1.91	$180.09	$190.91
$189.00	$182.50	Sep 4	$1.06	$0.99	$2.05	$180.45	$191.05
$189.00	$183.00	Sep 4	$1.06	$1.12	$2.18	$180.82	$191.18
$188.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$1.34	$0.85	$2.19	$179.81	$190.19
$188.00	$182.50	Sep 4	$1.34	$0.99	$2.33	$180.17	$190.33
$188.00	$183.00	Sep 4	$1.34	$1.12	$2.46	$180.54	$190.46
$189.00	$184.00	Sep 4	$1.06	$1.40	$2.46	$181.54	$191.46
$188.00	$184.00	Sep 4	$1.34	$1.40	$2.74	$181.26	$190.74
$187.50	$182.00	Sep 4	$1.53	$0.85	$2.38	$179.62	$189.88
$187.50	$182.50	Sep 4	$1.53	$0.99	$2.52	$179.98	$190.02

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 179 found (best R:R 0.69, avg credit $0.47)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
170/171	190/191	Sep 4	$0.41	$0.59	72%	0.69	$170.59	$190.41
176/177	190/191	Sep 4	$0.43	$0.57	67%	0.75	$176.57	$190.43
178/179	191/192	Sep 11	$0.57	$0.43	52%	1.33	$178.43	$191.57
170/171	189/190	Sep 4	$0.40	$0.60	66%	0.67	$170.60	$189.40
180/181	190/191	Sep 4	$0.51	$0.49	55%	1.04	$180.49	$190.51
178/179	194/195	Sep 11	$0.40	$0.60	65%	0.67	$178.60	$194.40
176/177	189/190	Sep 4	$0.42	$0.58	61%	0.72	$176.58	$189.42
178/178	192/192	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.20	43%	1.50	$177.70	$192.30
178/178	192/193	Sep 25	$0.29	$0.21	45%	1.38	$177.71	$192.79
179/180	191/192	Sep 11	$0.52	$0.48	49%	1.08	$179.48	$191.52

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 59 found (best R:R 26.78, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$197.50	$200.00	$202.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$2.41	7%	26.78
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$4.91	3%	54.56
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.24	$4.76	9%	19.83
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$2.39	7%	21.73
$194.00	$195.00	$196.00	Sep 11	$0.05	$0.95	5%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$192.50	$195.00	$197.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$2.41	18%	26.78
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	13%	15.67
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 11	$0.05	$0.95	10%	19.00
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 11	$0.05	$0.95	10%	19.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 123 found (best net $-4.32, 116 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$171.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$4.32	$6.68
$172.50	$179.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$2.39	$4.11
$191.00	$195.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.72	$3.28
$195.00	$198.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.25	$2.75
$195.00	$197.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.13	$2.37

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$180.00	$173.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.40	$6.60
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.31	$4.69
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.23	$4.77
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.13	$4.87
$160.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.19	$4.81

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 62 found (best yield 2.37%, avg 0.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Oct 2	$4.40	0.47	1.0%	2.37%	3.39%	--	15
$187.00	Oct 2	$4.50	0.48	0.8%	2.42%	3.17%	--	21
$189.00	Oct 2	$3.70	0.42	1.8%	1.99%	3.82%	--	14
$190.00	Oct 2	$3.30	0.40	2.4%	1.78%	4.14%	--	19
$191.00	Oct 2	$2.90	0.37	2.9%	1.56%	4.47%	--	42
$186.00	Sep 25	$4.45	0.51	0.2%	2.40%	2.61%	--	88
$187.00	Sep 25	$3.90	0.47	0.8%	2.10%	2.85%	--	72
$187.50	Sep 25	$3.65	0.46	1.0%	1.97%	2.98%	--	17
$189.00	Sep 25	$3.00	0.41	1.8%	1.62%	3.44%	--	37
$190.00	Sep 25	$2.56	0.38	2.4%	1.38%	3.74%	--	102

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 187

Total Puts 1,268

Put/Call Ratio 6.78

Net Difference -1,081

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 135

Total Puts 157

Put/Call Ratio 1.16

Net Difference -22

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 60,881

Total Puts 124,822

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.32

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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