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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$183.64 -1.53%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/01 3:25pm) 28,416

Calls: 11,756 (41%)

Puts: 16,660 (59%)

Prior (08/31) 19,995

Calls: 8,316 (42%)

Puts: 11,679 (58%)

Current vs Prior +42.12%

Calls: +41.37% (Calls)

Puts: +42.65% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 175,337

Calls: 60,862 (35%)

Puts: 114,475 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 25,048

Calls: 8,694 (35%)

Puts: 16,353 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +13.45%

Calls: +35.21%

Puts: +1.87%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/01 3:25pm) $26.83M

Calls: $21.45M (80%)

Puts: $5.37M (20%)

Prior (08/31) $27.56M

Calls: $18.68M (68%)

Puts: $8.88M (32%)

Current vs Prior -2.66%

Calls: +14.86%

Puts: -39.49%

Prior 7-Day Total $112.12M

Calls: $74.12M (66%)

Puts: $38.00M (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average $16.02M

Calls: $10.59M (66%)

Puts: $5.43M (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +67.50%

Calls: +102.61%

Puts: -0.98%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/01 3:25pm) 1.42

Prior (08/31) 1.40

Current vs Prior +0.91%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.15

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/01 3:25pm) 755,513

Calls: 271,309 (36%)

Puts: 484,204 (64%)

Prior (08/31) 743,376

Calls: 267,719 (36%)

Puts: 475,657 (64%)

Current vs Prior +1.63%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,167,778

Calls: 1,920,221 (37%)

Puts: 3,247,557 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 738,254

Calls: 274,317 (37%)

Puts: 463,936 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.34%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.42% | 3.54%4.58% | 7.64%

Prior 2.32% | 3.60%4.07% | 7.75%

Current vs Prior +4.13% | -1.63%+12.65% | -1.41%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.52% | 3.91%4.46% | 7.78%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -4.06% | -9.39%+2.83% | -1.75%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.32% | 3.60%4.07% | 7.75%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +4.13% | -1.63%+12.65% | -1.41%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 13.85% | 17.03%

Calls: 11.59% | 14.71%

Puts: 16.11% | 19.35%

Prior 60.88% | 46.20%

Calls: 66.50% | 49.32%

Puts: 55.26% | 43.09%

Current vs Prior -77.25% | -63.14%

Prior 7-Day Avg 47.85% | 38.86%

Calls: 46.78% | 36.37%

Puts: 48.92% | 41.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -71.05% | -56.18%

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Strong bullish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in calls ($21.45M) vs puts ($5.37M). Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (68% higher). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.42 indicates protective positioning. Put-heavy open interest (484,204 puts vs 271,309 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 66 of results (avg 7.7%, best 4.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 4	32.65	34.40	$33.53	5.2%	826	1.00	66
$150.00	Oct 16	33.75	35.65	$34.70	5.5%	1	0.94	69
$180.00	Sep 4	4.35	4.60	$4.47	5.6%	1	0.75	49
$179.00	Sep 11	6.00	6.35	$6.18	5.7%	1	0.72	39
$155.00	Sep 4	27.65	29.30	$28.48	5.8%	824	1.00	223

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Oct 16	4.70	4.90	$4.80	4.2%	72	0.40	136
$183.00	Sep 18	3.35	3.50	$3.43	4.4%	187	0.48	23
$183.00	Oct 16	5.75	6.10	$5.93	5.9%	8	0.47	103
$182.50	Sep 18	3.20	3.40	$3.30	6.1%	8	0.45	2.2K
$187.00	Sep 4	3.80	4.10	$3.95	7.6%	3	0.77	159

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.81, cheapest $0.87)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$186.00	Sep 4	0.79	0.95	$0.87	18.4%	564	0.30	117

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Sep 18	0.70	0.80	$0.75	13.3%	23	0.12	4.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 162 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 4	32.65	34.40	$33.53	5.2%	826	1.00	66
$155.00	Sep 4	27.65	29.30	$28.48	5.8%	824	1.00	223
$156.00	Sep 4	26.65	28.30	$27.48	6.0%	20	1.00	218
$157.00	Sep 4	25.65	27.40	$26.53	6.6%	107	1.00	72
$157.50	Sep 4	25.10	26.95	$26.03	7.1%	142	1.00	71

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 4	15.25	17.45	$16.35	13.5%	1	0.99	6
$195.00	Sep 4	10.25	12.75	$11.50	21.7%	2	0.98	--
$192.00	Sep 4	7.90	9.45	$8.68	17.9%	2	0.97	6
$196.00	Sep 11	11.45	13.65	$12.55	17.5%	2	0.97	4
$196.00	Sep 4	11.25	13.55	$12.40	18.5%	3	0.96	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 336 active (total vol 14.1K, top 2.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Sep 4	0.21	0.30	$0.26	34.6%	1.3K	0.12	166
$150.00	Sep 4	32.65	34.40	$33.53	5.2%	826	1.00	66
$155.00	Sep 4	27.65	29.30	$28.48	5.8%	824	1.00	223
$186.00	Sep 4	0.79	0.95	$0.87	18.4%	564	0.30	117
$195.00	Sep 11	0.08	0.20	$0.14	85.7%	201	0.05	2.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Sep 4	0.69	0.95	$0.82	31.7%	2.4K	0.25	649
$176.00	Sep 18	1.44	1.56	$1.50	8.0%	1.0K	0.23	261
$174.00	Sep 4	0.09	0.43	$0.26	130.8%	692	0.08	251
$165.00	Oct 2	0.84	1.23	$1.03	37.9%	271	0.12	56
$184.00	Sep 18	3.80	4.40	$4.10	14.6%	256	0.52	13

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 24 strikes (avg 17.4%, max 30.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$180.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	32.5%	24.8%	30.9%	4	379
$182.50	Sep 4	Sep 25	29.7%	23.2%	28.2%	3	232
$181.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	31.2%	24.4%	27.7%	--	77
$179.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	32.3%	25.5%	26.4%	1	31
$182.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	30.3%	24.6%	23.5%	1	75

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$180.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	32.5%	24.8%	30.9%	2.4K	785
$181.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	31.2%	24.4%	27.7%	52	163
$179.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	32.3%	25.5%	26.4%	71	113
$182.50	Sep 4	Oct 9	29.7%	23.8%	24.7%	20	60
$182.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	30.3%	24.6%	23.5%	62	102

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 221 found (best R:R 1.22, avg 4.32)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$169.00	$170.00	Sep 4	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	100%	0.59	$169.63
$177.00	$177.50	Sep 4	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	88%	2.33	$177.15
$180.00	$181.00	Oct 16	$0.34	$0.66	$0.34	60%	1.94	$180.34
$178.00	$179.00	Sep 11	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	76%	1.00	$178.50
$181.00	$182.00	Sep 25	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	60%	1.86	$181.35

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$192.00	$190.00	Oct 16	$0.90	$1.10	$0.90	68%	1.22	$191.10
$185.00	$183.00	Oct 9	$0.68	$1.32	$0.68	52%	1.94	$184.32
$191.00	$190.00	Sep 18	$0.52	$0.48	$0.52	78%	0.92	$190.48
$189.00	$188.00	Oct 16	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	62%	1.63	$188.62
$182.50	$180.00	Oct 9	$0.82	$1.68	$0.82	46%	2.05	$181.68

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 170 found (best R:R 0.24, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$205.00	$210.00	Sep 4	$0.98	$0.98	$4.02	87%	0.24	$205.98
$185.00	$192.00	Oct 9	$3.05	$3.05	$3.95	52%	0.77	$188.05
$192.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$0.57	$0.57	$0.43	68%	1.33	$192.57
$184.00	$185.00	Sep 25	$0.68	$0.68	$0.32	51%	2.13	$184.68
$189.00	$190.00	Oct 2	$0.53	$0.53	$0.47	65%	1.13	$189.53

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$177.00	$176.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$0.48	$0.52	66%	0.92	$176.52
$181.00	$180.00	Sep 11	$0.47	$0.47	$0.53	64%	0.89	$180.53
$177.00	$176.00	Oct 2	$0.40	$0.40	$0.60	69%	0.67	$176.60
$179.00	$177.50	Oct 2	$0.61	$0.61	$0.89	64%	0.69	$178.39
$183.00	$182.50	Oct 2	$0.32	$0.32	$0.18	53%	1.78	$182.68

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $1.21, cheapest $1.75)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$181.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	$1.75	31.2%	24.9%
$182.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	$1.95	29.7%	23.4%
$182.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	$2.03	30.3%	24.6%
$183.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.07	29.1%	24.8%
$185.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.03	28.6%	24.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$181.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.97	31.2%	26.0%
$182.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.97	30.3%	25.1%
$182.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.00	29.7%	24.8%
$183.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.05	29.1%	24.8%
$185.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.97	28.6%	24.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 127 found (cheapest 2.09% of stock, avg 5.74%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$184.00	Sep 4	$1.73	$2.11	$3.84	$180.16	$187.84	2.09%
$185.00	Sep 4	$1.29	$2.63	$3.92	$181.08	$188.92	2.13%
$183.00	Sep 4	$2.33	$1.67	$4.00	$179.00	$187.00	2.18%
$186.00	Sep 4	$0.87	$3.20	$4.07	$181.93	$190.07	2.22%
$182.50	Sep 4	$2.63	$1.49	$4.12	$178.38	$186.62	2.24%
$182.00	Sep 4	$2.97	$1.33	$4.30	$177.70	$186.30	2.34%
$187.00	Sep 4	$0.59	$3.95	$4.54	$182.46	$191.54	2.47%
$181.00	Sep 4	$3.70	$1.03	$4.73	$176.27	$185.73	2.58%
$187.50	Sep 4	$0.49	$4.75	$5.24	$182.26	$192.74	2.85%
$180.00	Sep 4	$4.47	$0.82	$5.29	$174.71	$185.29	2.88%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.71% of stock, avg 3.65%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$187.50	$180.00	Sep 4	$0.49	$0.82	$1.31	$178.69	$188.81
$187.00	$180.00	Sep 4	$0.59	$0.82	$1.41	$178.59	$188.41
$187.50	$181.00	Sep 4	$0.49	$1.03	$1.52	$179.48	$189.02
$187.00	$181.00	Sep 4	$0.59	$1.03	$1.62	$179.38	$188.62
$186.00	$180.00	Sep 4	$0.87	$0.82	$1.69	$178.31	$187.69
$186.00	$181.00	Sep 4	$0.87	$1.03	$1.90	$179.10	$187.90
$187.50	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.49	$1.33	$1.82	$180.18	$189.32
$187.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.59	$1.33	$1.92	$180.08	$188.92
$186.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.87	$1.33	$2.20	$179.80	$188.20
$185.00	$180.00	Sep 4	$1.29	$0.82	$2.11	$177.89	$187.11

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 239 found (best R:R 3.55, avg credit $0.52)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
171/172	192/193	Oct 16	$0.78	$0.22	44%	3.55	$171.22	$192.78
175/176	192/193	Oct 16	$0.84	$0.16	37%	5.25	$175.16	$192.84
170/171	192/193	Oct 16	$0.75	$0.25	46%	3.00	$170.25	$192.75
172/173	192/193	Oct 16	$0.78	$0.22	42%	3.55	$172.22	$192.78
174/175	192/193	Oct 16	$0.81	$0.19	39%	4.26	$174.19	$192.81
174/175	191/192	Sep 25	$0.64	$0.36	49%	1.78	$174.36	$191.64
173/174	192/193	Oct 16	$0.72	$0.28	41%	2.57	$173.28	$192.72
174/175	193/194	Sep 25	$0.57	$0.43	54%	1.33	$174.43	$193.57
176/177	195/196	Oct 2	$0.62	$0.38	49%	1.63	$176.38	$195.62
175/176	195/196	Oct 9	$0.64	$0.36	47%	1.78	$175.36	$195.64

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 116 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$4.86	6%	34.71
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Sep 25	$0.05	$2.45	4%	49.00
$186.00	$187.00	$188.00	Sep 11	$0.07	$0.93	11%	13.29
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	3%	54.56
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Sep 18	$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 9	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$4.87	8%	37.46
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.95	17%	19.00
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 16	$0.26	$4.74	11%	18.23
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Sep 4	$0.08	$0.92	16%	11.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 158 found (best net $-0.02, 146 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.02	$4.98
$180.00	$183.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$1.52	$1.48
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.06	$4.94
$205.00	$220.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.06	$14.94
$210.00	$215.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.06	$4.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.23	$4.77
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.15	$4.85
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.37	$4.63
$169.00	$165.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.37	$3.63
$155.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.10	$4.90

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 99 found (best yield 3.54%, avg 0.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$184.00	Oct 16	$6.50	0.50	0.2%	3.54%	3.74%	7	38
$185.00	Oct 16	$5.60	0.48	0.7%	3.05%	3.79%	115	116
$186.00	Oct 16	$5.10	0.46	1.3%	2.78%	4.06%	108	17
$187.00	Oct 16	$4.65	0.43	1.8%	2.53%	4.36%	86	73
$188.00	Oct 16	$4.25	0.41	2.4%	2.31%	4.69%	73	152
$190.00	Oct 16	$3.65	0.36	3.5%	1.99%	5.45%	104	329
$189.00	Oct 16	$3.85	0.38	2.9%	2.10%	5.02%	1	12
$184.00	Oct 9	$5.50	0.50	0.2%	2.99%	3.19%	2	--
$185.00	Oct 9	$4.90	0.48	0.7%	2.67%	3.41%	2	--
$191.00	Oct 16	$3.05	0.34	4.0%	1.66%	5.67%	--	71

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,756

Total Puts 16,660

Put/Call Ratio 1.42

Net Difference -4,904

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,316

Total Puts 11,679

Put/Call Ratio 1.40

Net Difference -3,363

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 60,862

Total Puts 114,475

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.15

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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