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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$183.69 -1.51%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/01 3:30pm) 28,945

Calls: 12,210 (42%)

Puts: 16,735 (58%)

Prior (08/31) 20,036

Calls: 8,334 (42%)

Puts: 11,702 (58%)

Current vs Prior +44.46%

Calls: +46.51% (Calls)

Puts: +43.01% (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 +15.56%

Calls: +40.43%

Puts: +2.33%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/01 3:30pm) $27.71M

Calls: $22.32M (81%)

Puts: $5.39M (19%)

Prior (08/31) $27.59M

Calls: $18.70M (68%)

Puts: $8.89M (32%)

Current vs Prior +0.43%

Calls: +19.35%

Puts: -39.39%

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 +72.98%

Calls: +110.79%

Puts: -0.77%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/01 3:30pm) 1.37

Prior (08/31) 1.40

Current vs Prior -2.39%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.15

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.20%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/01 3:30pm) 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 2.38% | 3.53%4.57% | 7.64%

Prior 2.32% | 3.60%4.07% | 7.75%

Current vs Prior +2.72% | -1.93%+12.25% | -1.41%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.35% | -9.67%+2.46% | -1.75%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +2.72% | -1.93%+12.25% | -1.41%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.85% | 16.29%

Calls: 11.16% | 14.71%

Puts: 18.54% | 17.86%

Prior 60.88% | 46.20%

Calls: 66.50% | 49.32%

Puts: 55.26% | 43.09%

Current vs Prior -75.61% | -64.74%

Prior 7-Day Avg 47.85% | 38.86%

Calls: 46.78% | 36.37%

Puts: 48.92% | 41.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -68.96% | -58.08%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 81% of dollar volume in calls ($22.32M) vs puts ($5.39M). Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (73% higher). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.37 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

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
15:30	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:25	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:20	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 68 of results (avg 7.5%, best 4.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 18	28.45	29.85	$29.15	4.8%	5	1.00	2.8K
$150.00	Sep 4	32.65	34.40	$33.53	5.2%	826	0.98	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	0.76	49
$179.00	Sep 11	6.00	6.35	$6.18	5.7%	1	0.72	39

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
$170.00	Oct 16	2.18	2.30	$2.24	5.4%	33	0.21	1.3K
$176.00	Sep 18	1.41	1.49	$1.45	5.5%	1.0K	0.23	261
$183.00	Sep 18	3.35	3.55	$3.45	5.8%	187	0.47	23
$183.00	Oct 16	5.75	6.10	$5.93	5.9%	8	0.47	103

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.75, cheapest $0.75)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

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 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$157.00	Sep 11	25.80	27.90	$26.85	7.8%	10	1.00	8
$157.50	Sep 11	25.30	27.40	$26.35	8.0%	10	1.00	8
$147.50	Sep 18	35.45	37.60	$36.53	5.9%	--	1.00	708
$149.00	Sep 18	33.80	36.10	$34.95	6.6%	--	1.00	168
$150.00	Sep 18	33.00	35.10	$34.05	6.2%	--	1.00	3.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Sep 4	10.25	12.75	$11.50	21.7%	2	1.00	--
$200.00	Sep 4	15.25	17.45	$16.35	13.5%	1	1.00	6
$196.00	Sep 11	11.45	13.65	$12.55	17.5%	2	0.97	4
$192.00	Sep 4	7.90	9.45	$8.68	17.9%	2	0.95	6
$200.00	Sep 18	15.55	17.55	$16.55	12.1%	8	0.95	137

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 337 active (total vol 14.6K, 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
$155.00	Sep 4	27.65	29.30	$28.48	5.8%	871	0.98	223
$150.00	Sep 4	32.65	34.40	$33.53	5.2%	826	0.98	66
$186.00	Sep 4	0.79	1.15	$0.97	37.1%	564	0.32	117
$167.50	Sep 4	15.60	16.55	$16.08	5.9%	237	0.98	8

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Sep 4	0.59	0.93	$0.76	44.7%	2.4K	0.24	649
$176.00	Sep 18	1.41	1.49	$1.45	5.5%	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	4.35	$4.07	13.5%	256	0.51	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 17.3%, max 29.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$180.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	32.1%	24.8%	29.3%	4	379
$179.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	33.0%	25.5%	29.1%	1	31
$181.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	31.4%	24.4%	28.3%	--	77
$182.50	Sep 4	Sep 25	29.7%	23.2%	28.3%	3	232
$182.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	31.0%	24.6%	26.4%	1	75

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$180.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	32.1%	24.8%	29.3%	2.4K	785
$179.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	33.0%	25.5%	29.1%	71	113
$181.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	31.4%	24.4%	28.3%	52	163
$182.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	31.0%	24.6%	26.4%	63	102
$182.50	Sep 4	Oct 9	29.7%	23.8%	24.8%	20	60

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 224 found (best R:R 1.22, avg 4.38)

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	98%	0.59	$169.63
$177.00	$177.50	Sep 4	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	87%	1.94	$177.17
$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
$189.00	$188.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	71%	1.22	$188.55
$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. 173 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	$0.58	$0.58	$0.42	66%	1.38	$176.42
$181.00	$180.00	Sep 11	$0.46	$0.46	$0.54	64%	0.85	$180.54
$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. 12 found (avg debit $1.19, cheapest $2.01)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$182.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	$2.01	31.0%	24.5%
$182.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	$1.93	29.7%	23.3%
$186.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.87	28.2%	23.5%
$184.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.05	29.4%	25.2%
$183.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.07	28.7%	24.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$182.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.98	31.0%	25.2%
$182.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.04	29.7%	24.7%
$186.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.98	28.2%	23.5%
$184.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.03	29.4%	25.2%
$183.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.14	28.7%	24.9%

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%
$185.00	Sep 4	$1.29	$2.55	$3.84	$181.16	$188.84	2.09%
$184.00	Sep 4	$1.83	$2.05	$3.88	$180.12	$187.88	2.11%
$183.00	Sep 4	$2.33	$1.58	$3.91	$179.09	$186.91	2.13%
$182.50	Sep 4	$2.65	$1.43	$4.08	$178.42	$186.58	2.22%
$186.00	Sep 4	$0.97	$3.20	$4.17	$181.83	$190.17	2.27%
$182.00	Sep 4	$2.99	$1.32	$4.31	$177.69	$186.31	2.35%
$187.00	Sep 4	$0.61	$3.90	$4.51	$182.49	$191.51	2.46%
$181.00	Sep 4	$3.73	$0.99	$4.72	$176.28	$185.72	2.57%
$187.50	Sep 4	$0.49	$4.72	$5.21	$182.29	$192.71	2.84%
$180.00	Sep 4	$4.47	$0.76	$5.23	$174.77	$185.23	2.85%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.68% of stock, avg 3.64%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$187.50	$180.00	Sep 4	$0.49	$0.76	$1.25	$178.75	$188.75
$187.00	$180.00	Sep 4	$0.61	$0.76	$1.37	$178.63	$188.37
$187.50	$181.00	Sep 4	$0.49	$0.99	$1.48	$179.52	$188.98
$187.00	$181.00	Sep 4	$0.61	$0.99	$1.60	$179.40	$188.60
$186.00	$180.00	Sep 4	$0.97	$0.76	$1.73	$178.27	$187.73
$186.00	$181.00	Sep 4	$0.97	$0.99	$1.96	$179.04	$187.96
$187.50	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.49	$1.32	$1.81	$180.19	$189.31
$187.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.61	$1.32	$1.93	$180.07	$188.93
$186.00	$182.00	Sep 4	$0.97	$1.32	$2.29	$179.71	$188.29
$187.50	$182.50	Sep 4	$0.49	$1.43	$1.92	$180.58	$189.42

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 249 found (best R:R 4.00, avg credit $0.51)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
170/171	192/193	Oct 16	$0.80	$0.20	46%	4.00	$170.20	$192.80
174/175	192/193	Oct 16	$0.84	$0.16	39%	5.25	$174.16	$192.84
171/172	192/193	Oct 16	$0.78	$0.22	44%	3.55	$171.22	$192.78
172/173	192/193	Oct 16	$0.78	$0.22	42%	3.55	$172.22	$192.78
174/175	191/192	Sep 25	$0.63	$0.37	50%	1.70	$174.37	$191.63
173/174	192/193	Oct 16	$0.71	$0.29	41%	2.45	$173.29	$192.71
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
174/175	193/194	Sep 25	$0.56	$0.44	54%	1.27	$174.44	$193.56
174/175	191/192	Sep 18	$0.53	$0.47	57%	1.13	$174.47	$191.53

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 114 found (best R:R 44.45, 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	$0.11	$4.89	10%	44.45
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$4.87	8%	37.46
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$4.79	10%	22.81
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.94	11%	15.67
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$4.83	6%	28.41

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 159 found (best net $-0.02, 147 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%	3.71%	7	38
$185.00	Oct 16	$5.60	0.48	0.7%	3.05%	3.76%	115	116
$186.00	Oct 16	$5.10	0.46	1.3%	2.78%	4.03%	108	17
$187.00	Oct 16	$4.65	0.43	1.8%	2.53%	4.33%	86	73
$188.00	Oct 16	$4.25	0.41	2.4%	2.31%	4.66%	73	152
$190.00	Oct 16	$3.65	0.36	3.4%	1.99%	5.42%	111	329
$189.00	Oct 16	$3.85	0.38	2.9%	2.10%	4.99%	1	12
$184.00	Oct 9	$5.50	0.50	0.2%	2.99%	3.16%	2	--
$185.00	Oct 9	$4.90	0.48	0.7%	2.67%	3.38%	2	--
$191.00	Oct 16	$3.05	0.34	4.0%	1.66%	5.64%	--	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 12,210

Total Puts 16,735

Put/Call Ratio 1.37

Net Difference -4,525

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,334

Total Puts 11,702

Put/Call Ratio 1.40

Net Difference -3,368

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 60,862

Total Puts 114,475

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.15

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

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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Price — Past 7 Days

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