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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$198.78 -1.30%

(10/8 12:45) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:50pm) 15,476

Calls: 3,704 (24%)

Puts: 11,772 (76%)

Prior (10/07) 10,806

Calls: 5,501 (51%)

Puts: 5,305 (49%)

Current vs Prior +43.22%

Calls: -32.67% (Calls)

Puts: +121.90% (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 -66.78%

Calls: -73.85%

Puts: -63.70%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:50pm) $9.83M

Calls: $1.94M (20%)

Puts: $7.89M (80%)

Prior (10/07) $14.41M

Calls: $9.67M (67%)

Puts: $4.74M (33%)

Current vs Prior -31.78%

Calls: -79.96%

Puts: +66.51%

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 -72.29%

Calls: -93.27%

Puts: +18.51%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:50pm) 3.18

Prior (10/07) 0.96

Current vs Prior +229.56%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.83

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +73.66%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:50pm) 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 1.41% | 2.80%2.80% | 7.16%

Prior 1.91% | 3.33%3.33% | 8.17%

Current vs Prior -26.08% | -16.08%-16.08% | -12.39%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -34.56% | -20.58%-30.72% | -12.76%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -26.08% | -16.08%-16.08% | -12.39%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 141.40% | 18.65%

Calls: 78.79% | 11.36%

Puts: 204.00% | 25.94%

Prior 34.23% | 23.95%

Calls: 39.02% | 16.90%

Puts: 29.44% | 31.01%

Current vs Prior +313.09% | -22.13%

Prior 7-Day Avg 41.73% | 33.22%

Calls: 34.08% | 28.49%

Puts: 49.38% | 37.95%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +238.84% | -43.86%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in puts ($7.89M) vs calls ($1.94M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.18 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 230% - 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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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
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10:20	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:15	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 49 of results (avg 7.6%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$191.00	Nov 20	12.10	12.60	$12.35	4.0%	--	0.71	12
$195.00	Nov 20	9.40	9.85	$9.63	4.7%	12	0.62	1.3K
$197.00	Nov 20	8.20	8.60	$8.40	4.8%	1	0.58	788
$192.00	Nov 20	11.45	12.05	$11.75	5.1%	--	0.69	47
$169.00	Oct 9	29.65	31.25	$30.45	5.3%	--	0.96	29

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

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. 148 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$182.00	Oct 9	16.60	18.90	$17.75	13.0%	14	1.00	164
$170.00	Oct 9	28.75	30.35	$29.55	5.4%	1	1.00	93
$171.00	Oct 9	27.75	30.05	$28.90	8.0%	2	1.00	135
$172.00	Oct 9	26.75	29.05	$27.90	8.2%	14	1.00	142
$172.50	Oct 9	26.25	28.50	$27.38	8.2%	29	1.00	162

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$202.50	Oct 9	2.50	3.95	$3.23	44.9%	8	1.00	25
$205.00	Oct 9	4.80	6.50	$5.65	30.1%	--	1.00	32
$210.00	Oct 16	9.15	11.55	$10.35	23.2%	--	0.97	16
$215.00	Oct 16	14.10	16.35	$15.23	14.8%	--	0.95	13
$220.00	Nov 20	19.25	21.65	$20.45	11.7%	--	0.90	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 235 active (total vol 8.9K, top 827)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$202.50	Oct 9	0.12	0.19	$0.16	43.8%	400	0.12	226
$199.00	Oct 16	2.47	2.76	$2.62	11.1%	372	0.51	586
$205.00	Oct 9	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	301	0.02	777
$200.00	Oct 16	1.92	2.26	$2.09	16.3%	216	0.45	6.4K
$205.00	Oct 16	0.54	0.69	$0.62	24.2%	203	0.18	3.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Nov 20	2.85	3.45	$3.15	19.0%	827	0.28	2.7K
$200.00	Nov 20	6.00	6.95	$6.48	14.7%	540	0.50	542
$187.00	Nov 20	2.29	2.81	$2.55	20.4%	501	0.23	33
$196.00	Oct 16	1.05	1.57	$1.31	39.7%	425	0.31	1.3K
$200.00	Oct 16	2.57	3.25	$2.91	23.4%	409	0.56	702

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 14.7%, max 20.8%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$200.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	27.1%	22.5%	20.8%	217	1.2K
$197.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	27.2%	23.1%	18.2%	2	917
$198.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	25.6%	22.4%	14.3%	25	1.1K
$197.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	22.7%	21.6%	5.3%	1	90

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$200.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	27.1%	22.5%	20.8%	564	670
$197.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	27.2%	23.1%	18.2%	49	303
$198.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	25.6%	22.4%	14.3%	91	375
$197.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	22.7%	21.6%	5.3%	24	86

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 163 found (best R:R 1.17, avg 4.47)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$190.00	$191.00	Oct 9	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	99%	0.67	$190.60
$193.00	$194.00	Oct 9	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	97%	0.67	$193.60
$170.00	$171.00	Oct 9	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	100%	0.54	$170.65
$195.00	$196.00	Oct 23	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	70%	1.63	$195.38
$187.00	$189.00	Nov 20	$1.27	$0.73	$1.27	78%	0.57	$188.27

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$207.50	$205.00	Oct 30	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	77%	1.17	$206.35
$202.50	$200.00	Oct 9	$1.64	$0.86	$1.64	100%	0.52	$200.86
$205.00	$202.50	Oct 16	$1.41	$1.09	$1.41	83%	0.77	$203.59
$205.00	$200.00	Nov 20	$2.40	$2.60	$2.40	62%	1.08	$202.60
$195.00	$191.00	Nov 13	$0.98	$3.02	$0.98	37%	3.08	$194.02

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 120 found (best R:R 0.47, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$202.50	Oct 9	$0.80	$0.80	$1.70	57%	0.47	$200.80
$215.00	$217.50	Oct 16	$0.23	$0.23	$2.27	94%	0.10	$215.23
$215.00	$217.50	Nov 6	$0.40	$0.40	$2.10	86%	0.19	$215.40
$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$1.72	$1.72	$3.28	61%	0.52	$206.72
$215.00	$217.50	Oct 30	$0.26	$0.26	$2.24	90%	0.12	$215.26

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$180.00	$165.00	Nov 13	$0.76	$0.76	$14.24	88%	0.05	$179.24
$189.00	$188.00	Oct 23	$0.28	$0.28	$0.72	85%	0.39	$188.72
$190.00	$189.00	Oct 30	$0.34	$0.34	$0.66	79%	0.52	$189.66
$193.00	$192.00	Nov 20	$0.47	$0.47	$0.53	66%	0.89	$192.53
$187.00	$186.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$0.27	$0.73	84%	0.37	$186.73

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $1.38, cheapest $1.13)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$200.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.13	27.1%	21.5%
$199.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.43	19.2%	20.3%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$200.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.32	27.1%	21.5%
$198.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.38	25.6%	20.3%
$199.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.66	19.2%	20.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 121 found (cheapest 0.97% of stock, avg 5.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$199.00	Oct 9	$1.19	$0.73	$1.92	$197.08	$200.92	0.97%
$200.00	Oct 9	$0.96	$1.59	$2.55	$197.45	$202.55	1.28%
$198.00	Oct 9	$2.08	$0.57	$2.65	$195.35	$200.65	1.33%
$197.50	Oct 9	$2.66	$0.33	$2.99	$194.51	$200.49	1.50%
$197.00	Oct 9	$3.01	$0.36	$3.37	$193.63	$200.37	1.70%
$202.50	Oct 9	$0.16	$3.23	$3.39	$199.11	$205.89	1.71%
$196.00	Oct 9	$3.88	$0.19	$4.07	$191.93	$200.07	2.05%
$195.00	Oct 9	$4.88	$0.10	$4.98	$190.02	$199.98	2.51%
$199.00	Oct 16	$2.62	$2.39	$5.01	$193.99	$204.01	2.52%
$200.00	Oct 16	$2.09	$2.91	$5.00	$195.00	$205.00	2.52%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 160 found (cheapest 0.18% of stock, avg 2.64%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$202.50	$196.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.19	$0.35	$195.65	$202.85
$202.50	$197.50	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.33	$0.49	$197.01	$202.99
$202.50	$197.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.36	$0.52	$196.48	$203.02
$202.50	$198.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.57	$0.73	$197.27	$203.23
$202.50	$199.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.73	$0.89	$198.11	$203.39
$200.00	$197.50	Oct 9	$0.96	$0.33	$1.29	$196.21	$201.29
$200.00	$196.00	Oct 9	$0.96	$0.19	$1.15	$194.85	$201.15
$200.00	$197.00	Oct 9	$0.96	$0.36	$1.32	$195.68	$201.32
$200.00	$198.00	Oct 9	$0.96	$0.57	$1.53	$196.47	$201.53
$200.00	$199.00	Oct 9	$0.96	$0.73	$1.69	$197.31	$201.69

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 214 found (best R:R 0.15, avg credit $0.65)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
175/176	215/218	Oct 16	$0.33	$2.17	91%	0.15	$175.67	$215.33
175/178	215/218	Nov 6	$0.65	$1.85	78%	0.35	$176.85	$215.65
172/173	215/218	Oct 16	$0.33	$2.17	90%	0.15	$172.67	$215.33
175/178	208/210	Nov 6	$0.92	$1.58	64%	0.58	$176.58	$208.42
175/178	218/220	Nov 6	$0.44	$2.06	83%	0.21	$177.06	$217.94
178/180	215/218	Nov 6	$0.57	$1.93	76%	0.30	$179.43	$215.57
178/179	215/218	Oct 30	$0.37	$2.13	84%	0.17	$178.63	$215.37
175/178	210/212	Nov 6	$0.70	$1.80	70%	0.39	$176.80	$210.70
181/182	215/218	Oct 30	$0.40	$2.10	81%	0.19	$181.60	$215.40
184/185	215/218	Oct 30	$0.48	$2.02	78%	0.24	$184.52	$215.48

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 109 found (best R:R 40.67, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$2.44	17%	40.67
$194.00	$197.00	$200.00	Nov 6	$0.14	$2.86	18%	20.43
$205.00	$207.50	$210.00	Nov 6	$0.09	$2.41	13%	26.78
$205.00	$207.50	$210.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$2.38	14%	19.83
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 16	$0.33	$2.17	27%	6.58

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Nov 20	$0.29	$4.71	17%	16.24
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.51	$4.49	21%	8.80
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43
$195.00	$197.00	$199.00	Nov 6	$0.11	$1.89	13%	17.18
$195.00	$196.00	$197.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.92	14%	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. 157 found (best net $-1.41, 144 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.96	$4.04
$210.00	$215.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.46	$4.54
$200.00	$202.50	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.29	$2.21
$202.50	$205.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.05	$2.45
$215.00	$220.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.23	$4.77

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$205.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.41	$3.59
$205.00	$202.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.81	$1.69
$175.00	$165.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.02	$9.98
$202.50	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.35	$1.15
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.02	$4.98

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 41 found (best yield 3.27%, avg 1.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$200.00	Nov 20	$6.50	0.50	0.6%	3.27%	3.88%	30	894
$205.00	Nov 20	$4.20	0.39	3.1%	2.11%	5.24%	13	704
$200.00	Nov 13	$5.65	0.50	0.6%	2.84%	3.46%	1	15
$202.50	Nov 13	$4.35	0.44	1.9%	2.19%	4.06%	--	11
$205.00	Nov 13	$3.30	0.37	3.1%	1.66%	4.79%	--	48
$210.00	Nov 20	$2.45	0.28	5.6%	1.23%	6.88%	42	1.8K
$200.00	Nov 6	$4.90	0.50	0.6%	2.47%	3.08%	20	57
$202.50	Nov 6	$3.75	0.42	1.9%	1.89%	3.76%	49	32
$207.50	Nov 13	$2.45	0.31	4.4%	1.23%	5.62%	--	22
$205.00	Nov 6	$2.75	0.35	3.1%	1.38%	4.51%	4	47

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 3,704

Total Puts 11,772

Put/Call Ratio 3.18

Net Difference -8,068

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,501

Total Puts 5,305

Put/Call Ratio 0.96

Net Difference 196

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 99,141

Total Puts 227,000

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.83

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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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