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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$198.28 -1.54%

(10/8 12:50) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:55pm) 15,798

Calls: 3,930 (25%)

Puts: 11,868 (75%)

Prior (10/07) 11,097

Calls: 5,522 (50%)

Puts: 5,575 (50%)

Current vs Prior +42.36%

Calls: -28.83% (Calls)

Puts: +112.88% (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 -66.09%

Calls: -72.25%

Puts: -63.40%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:55pm) $10.42M

Calls: $2.18M (21%)

Puts: $8.24M (79%)

Prior (10/07) $14.55M

Calls: $9.71M (67%)

Puts: $4.84M (33%)

Current vs Prior -28.41%

Calls: -77.59%

Puts: +70.13%

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 -70.65%

Calls: -92.45%

Puts: +23.72%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:55pm) 3.02

Prior (10/07) 1.01

Current vs Prior +199.11%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.83

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +65.00%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:55pm) 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 1.42% | 2.77%2.77% | 7.24%

Prior 1.91% | 3.33%3.33% | 8.17%

Current vs Prior -25.87% | -16.75%-16.74% | -11.40%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -34.37% | -21.21%-31.28% | -11.78%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -25.87% | -16.75%-16.74% | -11.40%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 199.03% | 20.06%

Calls: 106.06% | 17.08%

Puts: 292.00% | 23.05%

Prior 34.23% | 23.95%

Calls: 39.02% | 16.90%

Puts: 29.44% | 31.01%

Current vs Prior +481.45% | -16.24%

Prior 7-Day Avg 41.73% | 33.22%

Calls: 34.08% | 28.49%

Puts: 49.38% | 37.95%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +376.95% | -39.61%

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Strong bearish conviction with 79% of dollar volume in puts ($8.24M) vs calls ($2.18M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.02 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 199% - 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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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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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
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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 30 of results (avg 7.6%, best 4.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$191.00	Nov 20	11.65	12.20	$11.93	4.6%	--	0.70	12
$193.00	Oct 30	8.00	8.45	$8.23	5.5%	--	0.71	101
$194.00	Nov 20	9.60	10.15	$9.88	5.6%	--	0.63	13
$160.00	Nov 20	39.20	41.50	$40.35	5.7%	--	0.97	11
$160.00	Oct 16	38.15	40.45	$39.30	5.9%	--	1.00	20

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$179.00	Nov 20	1.52	1.62	$1.57	6.4%	35	0.14	560

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
$170.00	Oct 9	28.00	30.35	$29.18	8.1%	1	1.00	93
$171.00	Oct 9	27.00	29.25	$28.13	8.0%	2	1.00	135
$172.00	Oct 9	25.95	28.25	$27.10	8.5%	14	1.00	142
$172.50	Oct 9	25.50	27.80	$26.65	8.6%	29	1.00	162
$173.00	Oct 9	24.95	27.25	$26.10	8.8%	18	1.00	192

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Oct 9	1.53	2.42	$1.98	44.9%	36	1.00	128
$202.50	Oct 9	2.50	4.85	$3.68	63.9%	8	1.00	25
$205.00	Oct 9	5.10	7.35	$6.23	36.1%	--	1.00	32
$210.00	Oct 16	9.85	12.05	$10.95	20.1%	--	0.95	16
$215.00	Oct 16	14.80	17.25	$16.02	15.3%	--	0.94	13

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 242 active (total vol 9.1K, top 827)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$202.50	Oct 9	0.06	0.15	$0.11	81.8%	404	0.09	226
$199.00	Oct 16	2.13	2.49	$2.31	15.6%	373	0.47	586
$205.00	Oct 9	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	302	0.02	777
$200.00	Oct 16	1.68	2.03	$1.86	18.8%	250	0.41	6.4K
$205.00	Oct 16	0.45	0.58	$0.52	25.0%	204	0.16	3.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Nov 20	2.85	3.65	$3.25	24.6%	827	0.29	2.7K
$200.00	Nov 20	6.55	7.35	$6.95	11.5%	541	0.51	542
$187.00	Nov 20	2.29	2.97	$2.63	25.9%	501	0.24	33
$196.00	Oct 16	1.22	1.82	$1.52	39.5%	425	0.35	1.3K
$200.00	Oct 16	2.94	3.65	$3.30	21.5%	409	0.59	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 20.1%, max 23.7%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$196.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	28.2%	22.8%	23.7%	1	123
$198.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	27.2%	22.1%	22.9%	25	1.1K
$197.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	27.6%	22.8%	21.0%	2	917
$197.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	23.8%	21.1%	12.6%	2	90

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$196.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	28.2%	22.8%	23.7%	20	483
$198.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	27.2%	22.1%	22.9%	104	375
$197.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	27.6%	22.8%	21.0%	49	303
$197.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	23.8%	21.1%	12.6%	24	86

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 159 found (best R:R 1.08, avg 4.46)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$191.00	$192.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$0.90	$0.10	87%	9.00	$191.10
$187.00	$189.00	Nov 20	$1.27	$0.73	$1.27	77%	0.57	$188.27
$191.00	$192.00	Nov 20	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	70%	1.22	$191.45
$212.50	$215.00	Nov 6	$0.16	$2.34	$0.16	16%	14.62	$212.66
$196.00	$197.00	Oct 30	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	61%	1.33	$196.43

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$205.00	$202.50	Oct 16	$1.20	$1.30	$1.20	85%	1.08	$203.80
$207.50	$205.00	Oct 30	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	79%	1.00	$206.25
$205.00	$200.00	Nov 20	$2.43	$2.57	$2.43	63%	1.06	$202.57
$199.00	$198.00	Oct 9	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	65%	5.67	$198.85
$196.00	$195.00	Oct 30	$0.16	$0.84	$0.16	40%	5.25	$195.84

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 117 found (best R:R 1.00, avg 0.37)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$215.00	$217.50	Oct 16	$0.23	$0.23	$2.27	94%	0.10	$215.23
$199.00	$200.00	Oct 9	$0.61	$0.61	$0.39	49%	1.56	$199.61
$215.00	$217.50	Nov 6	$0.40	$0.40	$2.10	86%	0.19	$215.40
$215.00	$217.50	Oct 30	$0.26	$0.26	$2.24	91%	0.12	$215.26
$225.00	$230.00	Nov 20	$0.31	$0.31	$4.69	92%	0.07	$225.31

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$188.00	$187.00	Nov 13	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	76%	1.00	$187.50
$180.00	$165.00	Nov 13	$0.78	$0.78	$14.22	88%	0.05	$179.22
$192.50	$192.00	Oct 23	$0.30	$0.30	$0.20	75%	1.50	$192.20
$187.00	$186.00	Oct 23	$0.26	$0.26	$0.74	88%	0.35	$186.74
$192.00	$191.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	82%	0.43	$191.70

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.39, cheapest $0.95)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$198.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$0.95	27.2%	20.7%
$200.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.42	18.9%	21.8%
$199.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.26	18.4%	22.1%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$198.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.47	27.2%	20.7%
$197.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.48	23.8%	20.2%
$199.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.74	18.4%	22.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 121 found (cheapest 1.01% of stock, avg 5.84%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$199.00	Oct 9	$1.05	$0.95	$2.00	$197.00	$201.00	1.01%
$200.00	Oct 9	$0.44	$1.98	$2.42	$197.58	$202.42	1.22%
$198.00	Oct 9	$1.86	$0.80	$2.66	$195.34	$200.66	1.34%
$197.50	Oct 9	$2.45	$0.49	$2.94	$194.56	$200.44	1.48%
$197.00	Oct 9	$2.78	$0.48	$3.26	$193.74	$200.26	1.64%
$202.50	Oct 9	$0.11	$3.68	$3.79	$198.71	$206.29	1.91%
$196.00	Oct 9	$3.53	$0.28	$3.81	$192.19	$199.81	1.92%
$195.00	Oct 9	$4.35	$0.16	$4.51	$190.49	$199.51	2.27%
$199.00	Oct 16	$2.31	$2.69	$5.00	$194.00	$204.00	2.52%
$197.50	Oct 16	$3.10	$1.97	$5.07	$192.43	$202.57	2.56%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 160 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 2.79%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$202.50	$195.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$0.16	$0.27	$194.73	$202.77
$202.50	$196.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$0.28	$0.39	$195.61	$202.89
$202.50	$197.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$0.48	$0.59	$196.41	$203.09
$202.50	$197.50	Oct 9	$0.11	$0.49	$0.60	$196.90	$203.10
$200.00	$195.00	Oct 9	$0.44	$0.16	$0.60	$194.40	$200.60
$200.00	$196.00	Oct 9	$0.44	$0.28	$0.72	$195.28	$200.72
$200.00	$197.50	Oct 9	$0.44	$0.49	$0.93	$196.57	$200.93
$200.00	$197.00	Oct 9	$0.44	$0.48	$0.92	$196.08	$200.92
$202.50	$198.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$0.80	$0.91	$197.09	$203.41
$200.00	$198.00	Oct 9	$0.44	$0.80	$1.24	$196.76	$201.24

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 218 found (best R:R 0.35, avg credit $0.65)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
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
178/180	215/218	Nov 6	$0.63	$1.87	76%	0.34	$179.37	$215.63
175/178	218/220	Nov 6	$0.44	$2.06	83%	0.21	$177.06	$217.94
178/179	215/218	Oct 30	$0.43	$2.07	83%	0.21	$178.57	$215.43
175/178	208/210	Nov 6	$0.86	$1.64	65%	0.52	$176.64	$208.36
175/178	205/208	Nov 6	$1.02	$1.48	58%	0.69	$176.48	$206.02
181/182	215/218	Oct 30	$0.41	$2.09	81%	0.20	$181.59	$215.41
178/180	218/220	Nov 6	$0.42	$2.08	80%	0.20	$179.58	$217.92
191/192	215/218	Oct 16	$0.53	$1.97	76%	0.27	$191.47	$215.53

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 108 found (best R:R 12.51, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 9	$0.24	$2.26	31%	9.42
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Nov 6	$0.09	$2.41	15%	26.78
$202.50	$205.00	$207.50	Nov 13	$0.07	$2.43	13%	34.71
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$2.18	25%	6.81
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$0.60	$4.40	22%	7.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.37	$4.63	21%	12.51
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$2.33	17%	13.71
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$4.90	4%	49.00
$195.00	$196.00	$197.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.92	16%	11.50
$193.00	$194.00	$195.00	Oct 9	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 156 found (best net $-1.61, 145 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$215.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.41	$4.59
$200.00	$202.50	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.20	$2.30
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.95	$4.05
$202.50	$205.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.01	$2.49
$215.00	$220.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.26	$4.74

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$205.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.61	$3.39
$202.50	$200.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.28	$2.22
$205.00	$202.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.13	$1.37
$175.00	$165.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.02	$9.98
$202.50	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.52	$0.98

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 41 found (best yield 3.05%, avg 0.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$200.00	Nov 20	$6.05	0.49	0.9%	3.05%	3.92%	30	894
$205.00	Nov 20	$3.90	0.38	3.4%	1.97%	5.36%	13	704
$200.00	Nov 13	$5.20	0.48	0.9%	2.62%	3.49%	1	15
$202.50	Nov 13	$4.15	0.42	2.1%	2.09%	4.22%	--	11
$205.00	Nov 13	$3.25	0.35	3.4%	1.64%	5.03%	--	48
$210.00	Nov 20	$2.33	0.27	5.9%	1.18%	7.09%	42	1.8K
$200.00	Nov 6	$4.55	0.48	0.9%	2.29%	3.16%	20	57
$202.50	Nov 6	$3.50	0.40	2.1%	1.77%	3.89%	49	32
$207.50	Nov 13	$2.33	0.29	4.7%	1.18%	5.83%	--	22
$205.00	Nov 6	$2.54	0.33	3.4%	1.28%	4.67%	4	47

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,930

Total Puts 11,868

Put/Call Ratio 3.02

Net Difference -7,938

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,522

Total Puts 5,575

Put/Call Ratio 1.01

Net Difference -53

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)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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