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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$186.10 +0.22%

(8/31 09:50) ◀

Monday, August 31, 2026 (9:55am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 9:55am) 2,440

Calls: 520 (21%)

Puts: 1,920 (79%)

Prior (08/28) 2,513

Calls: 391 (16%)

Puts: 2,122 (84%)

Current vs Prior -2.90%

Calls: +32.99% (Calls)

Puts: -9.52% (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 -90.80%

Calls: -94.02%

Puts: -89.23%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/31 9:55am) $591.7K

Calls: $225.6K (38%)

Puts: $366.2K (62%)

Prior (08/28) $356.2K

Calls: $152.3K (43%)

Puts: $203.9K (57%)

Current vs Prior +66.12%

Calls: +48.13%

Puts: +79.55%

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 -96.02%

Calls: -97.47%

Puts: -93.87%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/31 9:55am) 3.69

Prior (08/28) 5.43

Current vs Prior -31.97%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.32

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +59.30%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/31 9:55am) 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 2.63% | 3.63%4.56% | 7.42%

Prior 2.92% | 4.37%4.41% | 7.93%

Current vs Prior -9.79% | -17.06%+3.31% | -6.45%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +9.62% | -8.28%+11.38% | -3.36%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -9.79% | -17.06%+3.31% | -6.45%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.69% | 23.93%

Calls: 26.91% | 26.30%

Puts: 28.46% | 21.55%

Prior 39.08% | 58.16%

Calls: 51.27% | 68.72%

Puts: 26.89% | 47.61%

Current vs Prior -29.15% | -58.85%

Prior 7-Day Avg 55.88% | 39.81%

Calls: 57.13% | 38.88%

Puts: 54.63% | 40.74%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -50.44% | -39.89%

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Moderately bearish flow with 62% put dollar volume ($366.2K). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 66% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.69 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 32% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
09:55	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:50	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:45	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:40	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:35	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 31 of results (avg 6.1%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 18	36.05	36.95	$36.50	2.5%	7	1.00	3.9K
$157.00	Sep 4	28.65	29.65	$29.15	3.4%	9	1.00	5
$150.00	Sep 4	35.55	36.80	$36.17	3.5%	--	1.00	15
$157.50	Sep 4	28.20	29.25	$28.73	3.7%	10	1.00	6
$149.00	Sep 18	36.75	38.15	$37.45	3.7%	--	1.00	168

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 18	23.40	24.65	$24.03	5.2%	7	0.98	7
$200.00	Sep 18	13.60	14.75	$14.18	8.1%	2	0.92	134
$200.00	Oct 2	13.90	15.30	$14.60	9.6%	--	0.84	44
$195.00	Sep 18	9.15	10.10	$9.63	9.9%	--	0.81	447

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.74, cheapest $0.74)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$172.50	Sep 18	0.68	0.80	$0.74	16.2%	1	0.12	1.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 94 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 4	35.55	36.80	$36.17	3.5%	--	1.00	15
$156.00	Sep 4	29.35	31.30	$30.33	6.4%	--	1.00	10
$157.00	Sep 4	28.65	29.65	$29.15	3.4%	9	1.00	5
$157.50	Sep 4	28.20	29.25	$28.73	3.7%	10	1.00	6
$158.00	Sep 4	27.65	28.85	$28.25	4.2%	1	1.00	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Sep 18	23.40	24.65	$24.03	5.2%	7	0.98	7
$200.00	Sep 18	13.60	14.75	$14.18	8.1%	2	0.92	134
$197.50	Sep 18	10.95	12.45	$11.70	12.8%	--	0.88	136
$200.00	Oct 2	13.90	15.30	$14.60	9.6%	--	0.84	44
$191.00	Sep 4	4.65	5.95	$5.30	24.5%	--	0.82	61

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 73 active (total vol 730, top 101)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Sep 4	0.58	0.79	$0.69	30.4%	101	0.23	187
$196.00	Sep 25	0.98	1.43	$1.21	37.2%	70	0.20	8
$189.00	Sep 4	0.78	1.00	$0.89	24.7%	44	0.29	95
$195.00	Sep 4	0.07	0.12	$0.10	50.0%	23	0.04	3.3K
$191.00	Sep 18	1.65	2.20	$1.93	28.5%	20	0.32	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 18	0.09	0.20	$0.15	73.3%	67	0.02	2.9K
$184.00	Sep 4	1.15	1.58	$1.37	31.4%	65	0.35	84
$150.00	Sep 25	0.11	0.38	$0.25	108.0%	65	0.03	9
$186.00	Sep 4	1.78	2.44	$2.11	31.3%	63	0.49	141
$172.50	Sep 4	0.06	0.13	$0.10	70.0%	14	0.03	42

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 28 strikes (avg 13.2%, max 27.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$180.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	31.7%	25.0%	27.1%	1	89
$182.50	Sep 4	Sep 25	29.6%	24.2%	22.4%	--	233
$183.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	29.2%	24.2%	21.1%	1	1.4K
$184.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	28.1%	23.6%	19.1%	--	675
$185.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	27.3%	23.3%	17.5%	--	761

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$180.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	31.7%	25.3%	25.4%	--	650
$183.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	29.2%	24.1%	21.5%	2	56
$182.50	Sep 4	Oct 9	29.6%	24.4%	21.4%	6	40
$184.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	28.1%	23.6%	19.1%	65	248
$185.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	27.3%	23.5%	16.4%	3	446

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 147 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 4.74)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$187.00	$187.50	Oct 2	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	48%	2.33	$187.15
$180.00	$181.00	Sep 18	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	72%	0.54	$180.65
$194.00	$195.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	25%	4.88	$194.17
$182.50	$183.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	62%	1.00	$182.75
$185.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	56%	1.08	$185.48

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	84%	0.74	$188.48
$190.00	$186.00	Sep 25	$1.92	$2.08	$1.92	62%	1.08	$188.08
$182.00	$181.00	Sep 25	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	36%	4.00	$181.80
$186.00	$185.00	Sep 18	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	48%	2.13	$185.68
$187.50	$187.00	Sep 11	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	56%	2.33	$187.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 120 found (best R:R 1.08, avg 0.39)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$193.00	$195.00	Oct 2	$0.66	$0.66	$1.34	69%	0.49	$193.66
$195.00	$196.00	Sep 25	$0.31	$0.31	$0.69	77%	0.45	$195.31
$187.50	$188.00	Sep 4	$0.29	$0.29	$0.21	60%	1.38	$187.79
$190.00	$191.00	Sep 18	$0.43	$0.43	$0.57	64%	0.75	$190.43
$187.00	$188.00	Sep 11	$0.53	$0.53	$0.47	54%	1.13	$187.53

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	73%	1.08	$182.24
$178.00	$177.50	Sep 25	$0.23	$0.23	$0.27	74%	0.85	$177.77
$172.00	$171.00	Sep 4	$0.10	$0.10	$0.90	96%	0.11	$171.90
$177.50	$177.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	79%	0.52	$177.33
$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. 12 found (avg debit $0.99, cheapest $0.78)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$184.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.95	28.1%	23.6%
$185.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.04	27.3%	23.9%
$186.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.04	26.6%	23.3%
$187.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.00	27.0%	24.4%
$187.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	$1.95	26.4%	24.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$184.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.78	28.1%	23.6%
$185.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.91	27.3%	23.9%
$186.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.92	26.6%	23.3%
$187.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.81	27.0%	24.4%
$187.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.75	26.4%	24.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 70 found (cheapest 2.33% of stock, avg 5.08%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$186.00	Sep 4	$2.23	$2.11	$4.34	$181.66	$190.34	2.33%
$187.50	Sep 4	$1.48	$2.88	$4.36	$183.14	$191.86	2.34%
$187.00	Sep 4	$1.73	$2.67	$4.40	$182.60	$191.40	2.36%
$188.00	Sep 4	$1.19	$3.22	$4.41	$183.59	$192.41	2.37%
$185.00	Sep 4	$2.86	$1.71	$4.57	$180.43	$189.57	2.46%
$189.00	Sep 4	$0.89	$3.88	$4.77	$184.23	$193.77	2.56%
$184.00	Sep 4	$3.55	$1.37	$4.92	$179.08	$188.92	2.64%
$190.00	Sep 4	$0.69	$4.60	$5.29	$184.71	$195.29	2.84%
$183.00	Sep 4	$4.20	$1.12	$5.32	$177.68	$188.32	2.86%
$182.50	Sep 4	$4.65	$0.99	$5.64	$176.86	$188.14	3.03%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 130 found (cheapest 0.90% of stock, avg 2.89%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$182.50	Sep 4	$0.69	$0.99	$1.68	$180.82	$191.68
$189.00	$182.50	Sep 4	$0.89	$0.99	$1.88	$180.62	$190.88
$190.00	$183.00	Sep 4	$0.69	$1.12	$1.81	$181.19	$191.81
$189.00	$183.00	Sep 4	$0.89	$1.12	$2.01	$180.99	$191.01
$190.00	$184.00	Sep 4	$0.69	$1.37	$2.06	$181.94	$192.06
$188.00	$182.50	Sep 4	$1.19	$0.99	$2.18	$180.32	$190.18
$189.00	$184.00	Sep 4	$0.89	$1.37	$2.26	$181.74	$191.26
$188.00	$183.00	Sep 4	$1.19	$1.12	$2.31	$180.69	$190.31
$188.00	$184.00	Sep 4	$1.19	$1.37	$2.56	$181.44	$190.56
$187.50	$182.50	Sep 4	$1.48	$0.99	$2.47	$180.03	$189.97

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 214 found (best R:R 3.55, avg credit $0.46)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
178/178	192/192	Sep 25	$0.39	$0.11	43%	3.55	$177.61	$192.39
178/178	192/193	Sep 25	$0.38	$0.12	45%	3.17	$177.62	$192.88
177/178	192/193	Sep 18	$0.34	$0.16	52%	2.13	$177.16	$192.84
171/172	192/193	Sep 4	$0.24	$0.76	83%	0.32	$171.76	$192.74
182/183	192/193	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.23	58%	1.17	$182.73	$192.77
176/177	195/196	Sep 25	$0.52	$0.48	54%	1.08	$176.48	$195.52
176/177	192/193	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.73	78%	0.37	$176.73	$192.77
178/178	195/196	Sep 25	$0.54	$0.46	51%	1.17	$177.46	$195.54
173/174	195/196	Sep 25	$0.44	$0.56	60%	0.79	$173.56	$195.44
175/176	195/196	Sep 25	$0.47	$0.53	56%	0.89	$175.53	$195.47

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 67 found (best R:R 26.78, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	14%	15.67
$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	8%	19.83
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$0.94	6%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$192.50	$195.00	$197.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$2.41	14%	26.78
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 2	$0.15	$4.85	8%	32.33
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	14%	15.67
$188.00	$189.00	$190.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	12%	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. 122 found (best net $-4.32, 117 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
$195.00	$197.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.13	$2.37
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.03	$4.97
$197.50	$200.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.12	$2.38

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$4.33	$5.67
$180.00	$173.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.40	$6.60
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.41	$4.59
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.23	$4.77
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.31	$4.69

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 61 found (best yield 2.36%, avg 0.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Oct 2	$4.40	0.47	0.8%	2.36%	3.12%	--	15
$187.00	Oct 2	$4.50	0.48	0.5%	2.42%	2.90%	--	21
$189.00	Oct 2	$3.70	0.42	1.6%	1.99%	3.55%	--	14
$190.00	Oct 2	$3.30	0.40	2.1%	1.77%	3.87%	--	19
$191.00	Oct 2	$2.94	0.37	2.6%	1.58%	4.21%	--	42
$193.00	Oct 2	$2.40	0.31	3.7%	1.29%	5.00%	1	3
$187.00	Sep 25	$3.90	0.47	0.5%	2.10%	2.58%	--	72
$187.50	Sep 25	$3.65	0.46	0.8%	1.96%	2.71%	--	17
$189.00	Sep 25	$3.00	0.41	1.6%	1.61%	3.17%	--	37
$190.00	Sep 25	$2.56	0.37	2.1%	1.38%	3.47%	--	102

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 520

Total Puts 1,920

Put/Call Ratio 3.69

Net Difference -1,400

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 391

Total Puts 2,122

Put/Call Ratio 5.43

Net Difference -1,731

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 60,881

Total Puts 124,822

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.32

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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