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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$200.24 -0.57%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:20pm) 13,263

Calls: 3,299 (25%)

Puts: 9,964 (75%)

Prior (10/07) 10,147

Calls: 5,170 (51%)

Puts: 4,977 (49%)

Current vs Prior +30.71%

Calls: -36.19% (Calls)

Puts: +100.20% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 326,141

Calls: 99,141 (30%)

Puts: 227,000 (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average 46,591

Calls: 14,163 (30%)

Puts: 32,428 (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -71.53%

Calls: -76.71%

Puts: -69.27%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:20pm) $8.68M

Calls: $1.75M (20%)

Puts: $6.93M (80%)

Prior (10/07) $13.84M

Calls: $9.23M (67%)

Puts: $4.61M (33%)

Current vs Prior -37.24%

Calls: -81.00%

Puts: +50.34%

Prior 7-Day Total $248.42M

Calls: $201.79M (81%)

Puts: $46.63M (19%)

Prior 7-Day Average $35.49M

Calls: $28.83M (81%)

Puts: $6.66M (19%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -75.53%

Calls: -93.92%

Puts: +4.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:20pm) 3.02

Prior (10/07) 0.96

Current vs Prior +213.74%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.83

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +65.03%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:20pm) 885,769

Calls: 278,435 (31%)

Puts: 607,334 (69%)

Prior (10/07) 879,333

Calls: 277,270 (32%)

Puts: 602,063 (68%)

Current vs Prior +0.73%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,694,391

Calls: 1,902,441 (33%)

Puts: 3,791,950 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 813,484

Calls: 271,777 (33%)

Puts: 541,707 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.89%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.86% | 3.13%3.13% | 7.87%

Prior 1.91% | 3.33%3.33% | 8.17%

Current vs Prior -2.82% | -6.02%-6.02% | -3.64%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.16% | 3.52%4.04% | 8.20%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -13.97% | -11.06%-22.42% | -4.05%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.91% | 3.33%3.33% | 8.17%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -2.82% | -6.02%-6.02% | -3.64%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 40.72% | 12.74%

Calls: 35.94% | 10.99%

Puts: 45.49% | 14.49%

Prior 34.23% | 23.95%

Calls: 39.02% | 16.90%

Puts: 29.44% | 31.01%

Current vs Prior +18.96% | -46.81%

Prior 7-Day Avg 41.73% | 33.22%

Calls: 34.08% | 28.49%

Puts: 49.38% | 37.95%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -2.42% | -61.65%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in puts ($6.93M) vs calls ($1.75M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.02 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 214% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (607,334 puts vs 278,435 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

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
12:20	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:15	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:10	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:05	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:55	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:50	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:45	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:40	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:35	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:30	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:25	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:20	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:15	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:10	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:05	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:55	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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10:35	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:30	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:25	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:20	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:15	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 65 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$165.00	Nov 20	35.95	37.20	$36.58	3.4%	--	0.95	21
$165.00	Oct 16	34.75	36.20	$35.48	4.1%	--	0.99	11
$170.00	Oct 9	29.80	31.15	$30.48	4.4%	1	1.00	93
$169.00	Oct 9	30.75	32.15	$31.45	4.5%	--	0.96	29
$176.00	Oct 9	23.85	24.95	$24.40	4.5%	4	1.00	57

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Nov 20	11.25	11.80	$11.53	4.8%	--	0.70	247
$215.00	Nov 20	15.00	16.00	$15.50	6.5%	401	0.81	--
$205.00	Nov 20	8.10	8.65	$8.38	6.6%	--	0.59	213
$200.00	Nov 20	5.75	6.15	$5.95	6.7%	299	0.47	542
$220.00	Nov 20	19.15	20.60	$19.88	7.3%	--	0.88	10

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. 144 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$182.00	Oct 9	17.85	18.90	$18.38	5.7%	14	1.00	164
$170.00	Oct 9	29.80	31.15	$30.48	4.4%	1	1.00	93
$171.00	Oct 9	28.85	30.20	$29.53	4.6%	2	1.00	135
$172.00	Oct 9	27.75	29.15	$28.45	4.9%	7	1.00	142
$172.50	Oct 9	27.20	28.50	$27.85	4.7%	22	1.00	162

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Oct 16	9.15	10.35	$9.75	12.3%	--	0.97	16
$215.00	Oct 16	14.10	15.65	$14.88	10.4%	--	0.96	13
$205.00	Oct 9	3.70	5.35	$4.53	36.4%	--	0.95	32
$220.00	Nov 20	19.15	20.60	$19.88	7.3%	--	0.88	10
$202.50	Oct 9	1.89	3.00	$2.44	45.5%	8	0.86	25

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 220 active (total vol 8.1K, top 742)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$202.50	Oct 9	0.12	0.33	$0.23	91.3%	396	0.18	226
$199.00	Oct 16	3.00	3.60	$3.30	18.2%	372	0.60	586
$205.00	Oct 9	0.03	0.23	$0.13	153.8%	289	0.09	777
$200.00	Oct 16	2.66	2.97	$2.82	11.0%	216	0.54	6.4K
$205.00	Oct 16	0.68	0.96	$0.82	34.1%	197	0.24	3.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Nov 20	2.73	3.05	$2.89	11.1%	742	0.26	2.7K
$187.00	Nov 20	1.95	2.46	$2.21	23.1%	432	0.21	33
$196.00	Oct 16	0.72	1.15	$0.94	45.7%	415	0.24	1.3K
$200.00	Oct 16	1.81	2.41	$2.11	28.4%	408	0.46	702
$215.00	Nov 20	15.00	16.00	$15.50	6.5%	401	0.81	--

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 6 strikes (avg 9.1%, max 15.5%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$197.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	26.7%	23.1%	15.5%	1	90
$199.00	Oct 9	Oct 30	24.7%	22.0%	12.3%	17	141
$200.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	22.6%	22.5%	0.4%	216	1.2K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$197.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	26.7%	23.1%	15.5%	24	86
$199.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	24.7%	22.4%	10.4%	3	86
$200.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	22.6%	22.5%	0.4%	306	670

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 145 found (best R:R 5.67, avg 5.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$199.00	$200.00	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	57%	2.33	$199.30
$212.50	$215.00	Nov 6	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	18%	11.50	$212.70
$198.00	$200.00	Nov 20	$0.94	$1.06	$0.94	58%	1.13	$198.94
$195.00	$196.00	Oct 30	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	70%	0.82	$195.55
$202.50	$205.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	18%	24.00	$202.60

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$199.00	Nov 6	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	47%	5.67	$199.85
$199.00	$197.00	Nov 6	$0.52	$1.48	$0.52	44%	2.85	$198.48
$205.00	$200.00	Nov 20	$2.43	$2.57	$2.43	59%	1.06	$202.57
$195.00	$194.00	Nov 20	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	36%	5.67	$194.85
$200.00	$199.00	Oct 23	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	47%	2.70	$199.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 115 found (best R:R 0.82, avg 0.32)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$1.33	$1.33	$3.67	70%	0.36	$211.33
$205.00	$207.50	Oct 30	$0.91	$0.91	$1.59	64%	0.57	$205.91
$215.00	$217.50	Nov 6	$0.40	$0.40	$2.10	86%	0.19	$215.40
$205.00	$207.50	Oct 16	$0.49	$0.49	$2.01	76%	0.24	$205.49
$202.50	$205.00	Oct 23	$0.99	$0.99	$1.51	58%	0.66	$203.49

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$194.00	$193.00	Oct 23	$0.45	$0.45	$0.55	75%	0.82	$193.55
$197.00	$195.00	Nov 6	$0.90	$0.90	$1.10	62%	0.82	$196.10
$196.00	$195.00	Oct 23	$0.46	$0.46	$0.54	69%	0.85	$195.54
$184.00	$183.00	Oct 23	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	93%	0.28	$183.78
$187.00	$186.00	Oct 23	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	90%	0.28	$186.78

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.39, cheapest $1.25)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$199.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.49	24.7%	20.8%
$200.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.54	22.6%	19.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$199.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.25	24.7%	20.8%
$200.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.29	22.6%	19.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 116 found (cheapest 1.05% of stock, avg 5.84%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$200.00	Oct 9	$1.28	$0.82	$2.10	$197.90	$202.10	1.05%
$199.00	Oct 9	$1.81	$0.54	$2.35	$196.65	$201.35	1.17%
$202.50	Oct 9	$0.23	$2.44	$2.67	$199.83	$205.17	1.33%
$198.00	Oct 9	$2.60	$0.21	$2.81	$195.19	$200.81	1.40%
$197.50	Oct 9	$3.04	$0.26	$3.30	$194.20	$200.80	1.65%
$197.00	Oct 9	$3.51	$0.19	$3.70	$193.30	$200.70	1.85%
$196.00	Oct 9	$4.32	$0.09	$4.41	$191.59	$200.41	2.20%
$205.00	Oct 9	$0.13	$4.53	$4.66	$200.34	$209.66	2.33%
$200.00	Oct 16	$2.82	$2.11	$4.93	$195.07	$204.93	2.46%
$202.50	Oct 16	$1.47	$3.45	$4.92	$197.58	$207.42	2.46%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 155 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 2.44%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$205.00	$197.00	Oct 9	$0.13	$0.19	$0.32	$196.68	$205.32
$205.00	$198.00	Oct 9	$0.13	$0.21	$0.34	$197.66	$205.34
$205.00	$197.50	Oct 9	$0.13	$0.26	$0.39	$197.11	$205.39
$202.50	$197.00	Oct 9	$0.23	$0.19	$0.42	$196.58	$202.92
$202.50	$198.00	Oct 9	$0.23	$0.21	$0.44	$197.56	$202.94
$202.50	$197.50	Oct 9	$0.23	$0.26	$0.49	$197.01	$202.99
$205.00	$199.00	Oct 9	$0.13	$0.54	$0.67	$198.33	$205.67
$202.50	$199.00	Oct 9	$0.23	$0.54	$0.77	$198.23	$203.27
$202.50	$200.00	Oct 9	$0.23	$0.82	$1.05	$198.95	$203.55
$205.00	$200.00	Oct 9	$0.13	$0.82	$0.95	$199.05	$205.95

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 202 found (best R:R 0.14, avg credit $0.65)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
170/171	215/218	Oct 16	$0.30	$2.20	92%	0.14	$170.70	$215.30
175/178	215/218	Nov 6	$0.64	$1.86	78%	0.34	$176.86	$215.64
175/176	215/218	Oct 16	$0.27	$2.23	92%	0.12	$175.73	$215.27
172/173	215/218	Oct 16	$0.27	$2.23	91%	0.12	$172.73	$215.27
175/178	210/212	Nov 6	$0.84	$1.66	68%	0.51	$176.66	$210.84
185/186	215/218	Oct 16	$0.29	$2.21	89%	0.13	$185.71	$215.29
175/178	218/220	Nov 6	$0.43	$2.07	83%	0.21	$177.07	$217.93
178/180	215/218	Nov 6	$0.59	$1.91	76%	0.31	$179.41	$215.59
170/171	205/208	Oct 16	$0.62	$1.88	74%	0.33	$170.38	$205.62
178/179	215/218	Oct 30	$0.37	$2.13	84%	0.17	$178.63	$215.37

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 115 found (best R:R 4.32, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$202.50	$205.00	$207.50	Oct 16	$0.16	$2.34	26%	14.62
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.48	$4.52	22%	9.42
$202.50	$205.00	$207.50	Nov 6	$0.09	$2.41	15%	26.78
$207.50	$210.00	$212.50	Nov 6	$0.08	$2.42	13%	30.25
$202.50	$205.00	$207.50	Oct 30	$0.16	$2.34	18%	14.62

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 9	$0.47	$2.03	52%	4.32
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Nov 20	$0.41	$4.59	18%	11.20
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 30	$0.22	$2.28	18%	10.36
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 16	$0.46	$2.04	32%	4.43
$191.00	$195.00	$199.00	Nov 13	$0.43	$3.57	19%	8.30

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 160 found (best net $-0.75, 145 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$200.00	$202.50	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.12	$2.38
$210.00	$215.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.31	$4.69
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.16	$3.84
$215.00	$220.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.16	$4.84
$202.50	$205.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.17	$2.33

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$205.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.75	$4.25
$205.00	$202.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.35	$2.15
$202.50	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.77	$1.73
$175.00	$165.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.03	$9.97
$215.00	$210.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$4.62	$0.38

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 30 found (best yield 2.20%, avg 0.81%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$205.00	Nov 20	$4.40	0.41	2.4%	2.20%	4.57%	13	704
$202.50	Nov 13	$4.55	0.46	1.1%	2.27%	3.40%	--	11
$210.00	Nov 20	$2.65	0.30	4.9%	1.32%	6.20%	42	1.8K
$205.00	Nov 13	$3.35	0.40	2.4%	1.67%	4.05%	--	48
$202.50	Nov 6	$3.85	0.46	1.1%	1.92%	3.05%	49	32
$207.50	Nov 13	$2.45	0.33	3.6%	1.22%	4.85%	--	22
$205.00	Nov 6	$2.95	0.38	2.4%	1.47%	3.85%	4	47
$210.00	Nov 13	$1.90	0.27	4.9%	0.95%	5.82%	3	15
$202.50	Oct 30	$3.40	0.44	1.1%	1.70%	2.83%	7	68
$215.00	Nov 20	$1.42	0.20	7.4%	0.71%	8.08%	1	410

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,299

Total Puts 9,964

Put/Call Ratio 3.02

Net Difference -6,665

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,170

Total Puts 4,977

Put/Call Ratio 0.96

Net Difference 193

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 99,141

Total Puts 227,000

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.83

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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