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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$197.94 -0.42%

(10/12 09:35) ◀

Monday, October 12, 2026 (9:40am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12 9:40am) 648

Calls: 261 (40%)

Puts: 387 (60%)

Prior (10/09) 273

Calls: 172 (63%)

Puts: 101 (37%)

Current vs Prior +137.36%

Calls: +51.74% (Calls)

Puts: +283.17% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 330,239

Calls: 94,436 (29%)

Puts: 235,803 (71%)

Prior 7-Day Average 47,177

Calls: 13,490 (29%)

Puts: 33,686 (71%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -98.63%

Calls: -98.07%

Puts: -98.85%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12 9:40am) $196.3K

Calls: $86.5K (44%)

Puts: $109.9K (56%)

Prior (10/09) $309.0K

Calls: $286.0K (93%)

Puts: $23.0K (7%)

Current vs Prior -36.46%

Calls: -69.77%

Puts: +378.69%

Prior 7-Day Total $230.53M

Calls: $181.02M (79%)

Puts: $49.51M (21%)

Prior 7-Day Average $32.93M

Calls: $25.86M (79%)

Puts: $7.07M (21%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -99.40%

Calls: -99.67%

Puts: -98.45%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/12 9:40am) 1.48

Prior (10/09) 0.59

Current vs Prior +152.51%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.04

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -27.46%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/12 9:40am) 797,555

Calls: 267,992 (34%)

Puts: 529,563 (66%)

Prior (10/09) 899,947

Calls: 280,611 (31%)

Puts: 619,336 (69%)

Current vs Prior -11.38%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,950,884

Calls: 1,927,455 (32%)

Puts: 4,023,429 (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average 850,126

Calls: 275,350 (32%)

Puts: 574,775 (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -6.18%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 2.10% | 3.41%2.10% | 6.81%

Prior 2.48% | 3.62%2.48% | 6.98%

Current vs Prior -15.26% | -5.85%-15.26% | -2.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.10% | 3.48%3.48% | 7.88%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -0.13% | -2.08%-39.67% | -13.61%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.48% | 3.62%2.20% | 7.04%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -15.26% | -5.85%-4.30% | -3.27%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 22.61% | 26.98%

Calls: 33.04% | 21.55%

Puts: 12.17% | 32.42%

Prior 18.07% | 12.47%

Calls: 17.84% | 12.82%

Puts: 18.30% | 12.12%

Current vs Prior +25.12% | +116.36%

Prior 7-Day Avg 42.92% | 26.32%

Calls: 49.41% | 20.90%

Puts: 36.42% | 31.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -47.32% | +2.50%

Liquidity Expensive

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Unusually high activity with volume up 137% vs prior - elevated interest. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.48 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 153% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (529,563 puts vs 267,992 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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 32 of results (avg 6.9%, best 3.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Oct 16	37.05	38.30	$37.67	3.3%	--	1.00	20
$165.00	Oct 16	32.10	33.35	$32.73	3.8%	--	0.98	11
$173.00	Oct 16	24.25	25.30	$24.78	4.2%	1	0.98	51
$170.00	Nov 20	28.55	29.80	$29.18	4.3%	--	0.91	48
$165.00	Nov 20	33.15	34.70	$33.92	4.6%	--	0.93	21

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Nov 20	21.75	23.50	$22.63	7.7%	--	0.92	10
$210.00	Nov 20	12.90	14.00	$13.45	8.2%	--	0.76	266
$182.00	Nov 20	1.64	1.80	$1.72	9.3%	9	0.17	245
$215.00	Nov 20	17.05	18.75	$17.90	9.5%	--	0.86	401

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.42, cheapest $0.42)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$192.00	Oct 16	0.38	0.45	$0.42	16.7%	7	0.14	4.7K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 108 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Oct 16	37.05	38.30	$37.67	3.3%	--	1.00	20
$170.00	Oct 16	26.70	28.50	$27.60	6.5%	--	0.99	55
$180.00	Oct 16	16.90	18.50	$17.70	9.0%	--	0.99	191
$175.00	Oct 16	22.25	23.35	$22.80	4.8%	1	0.99	120
$165.00	Oct 16	32.10	33.35	$32.73	3.8%	--	0.98	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Oct 16	11.70	13.35	$12.52	13.2%	--	1.00	68
$205.00	Oct 16	6.90	8.40	$7.65	19.6%	--	0.92	33
$220.00	Nov 20	21.75	23.50	$22.63	7.7%	--	0.92	10
$215.00	Nov 20	17.05	18.75	$17.90	9.5%	--	0.86	401
$202.50	Oct 16	4.55	5.70	$5.13	22.4%	--	0.82	60

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 57 active (total vol 545, top 100)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Oct 16	0.81	1.28	$1.05	44.8%	50	0.34	6.2K
$198.00	Oct 16	1.67	2.38	$2.03	35.0%	39	0.51	462
$205.00	Oct 16	0.14	0.24	$0.19	52.6%	20	0.09	2.7K
$185.00	Nov 20	15.30	16.30	$15.80	6.3%	8	0.79	330
$177.00	Oct 16	20.35	21.60	$20.98	6.0%	6	0.97	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$194.00	Oct 16	0.65	0.87	$0.76	28.9%	100	0.23	1.9K
$197.50	Oct 30	3.60	4.25	$3.93	16.5%	100	0.48	73
$199.00	Oct 30	4.30	4.95	$4.63	14.0%	100	0.53	141
$197.00	Oct 16	1.33	1.99	$1.66	39.8%	10	0.42	245
$197.00	Nov 6	4.15	4.85	$4.50	15.6%	10	0.46	65

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 12 strikes (avg 7.0%, max 11.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$192.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	28.3%	25.4%	11.5%	--	20
$193.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.7%	24.6%	8.5%	--	927
$194.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.3%	24.4%	7.6%	--	494
$196.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.4%	23.8%	6.9%	--	327
$197.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.1%	23.6%	6.6%	6	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$192.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	28.3%	25.4%	11.5%	--	500
$193.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.7%	24.6%	8.5%	4	1.9K
$194.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.3%	24.4%	7.6%	100	2.0K
$196.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.4%	23.8%	6.9%	2	1.8K
$197.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.1%	23.6%	6.6%	10	339

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 149 found (best R:R 2.12, avg 3.92)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$192.00	$192.50	Oct 16	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	86%	1.94	$192.17
$193.00	$194.00	Oct 16	$0.62	$0.38	$0.62	82%	0.61	$193.62
$187.50	$188.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.18	$0.32	94%	0.56	$187.82
$192.50	$193.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$0.30	$0.20	70%	1.50	$192.70
$195.00	$196.00	Oct 16	$0.62	$0.38	$0.62	73%	0.61	$195.62

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$199.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	66%	2.12	$199.68
$205.00	$200.00	Nov 20	$2.82	$2.18	$2.82	65%	0.77	$202.18
$199.00	$198.00	Oct 23	$0.36	$0.64	$0.36	56%	1.78	$198.64
$189.00	$188.00	Nov 20	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	28%	6.69	$188.87
$195.00	$191.00	Nov 13	$1.21	$2.79	$1.21	40%	2.31	$193.79

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 108 found (best R:R 0.27, avg 0.38)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$1.05	$1.05	$3.95	76%	0.27	$211.05
$200.00	$205.00	Nov 20	$2.22	$2.22	$2.78	53%	0.80	$202.22
$199.00	$200.00	Oct 16	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	57%	1.17	$199.54
$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$1.50	$1.50	$3.50	65%	0.43	$206.50
$199.00	$200.00	Oct 23	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	56%	1.22	$199.55

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$196.00	$195.00	Oct 16	$0.43	$0.43	$0.57	65%	0.75	$195.57
$181.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$0.10	$0.90	97%	0.11	$180.90
$192.50	$192.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$0.15	$0.35	83%	0.43	$192.35
$188.00	$187.00	Nov 20	$0.31	$0.31	$0.69	74%	0.45	$187.69
$175.00	$174.00	Nov 20	$0.14	$0.14	$0.86	89%	0.16	$174.86

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 12 found (avg debit $1.31, cheapest $1.03)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$196.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.17	25.4%	22.1%
$197.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.22	25.1%	22.2%
$197.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.43	23.4%	23.2%
$199.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.11	23.7%	24.1%
$200.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.10	21.7%	23.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$196.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.03	25.4%	22.1%
$197.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.12	25.1%	22.2%
$197.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.19	23.4%	23.2%
$199.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.83	23.7%	24.1%
$200.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.03	21.7%	23.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 91 found (cheapest 1.98% of stock, avg 5.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$198.00	Oct 16	$2.03	$1.89	$3.92	$194.08	$201.92	1.98%
$197.50	Oct 16	$2.27	$1.74	$4.01	$193.49	$201.51	2.03%
$200.00	Oct 16	$1.05	$3.12	$4.17	$195.83	$204.17	2.11%
$197.00	Oct 16	$2.56	$1.66	$4.22	$192.78	$201.22	2.13%
$199.00	Oct 16	$1.59	$2.80	$4.39	$194.61	$203.39	2.22%
$196.00	Oct 16	$3.21	$1.29	$4.50	$191.50	$200.50	2.27%
$195.00	Oct 16	$3.83	$0.86	$4.69	$190.31	$199.69	2.37%
$194.00	Oct 16	$4.70	$0.76	$5.46	$188.54	$199.46	2.76%
$202.50	Oct 16	$0.48	$5.13	$5.61	$196.89	$208.11	2.83%
$193.00	Oct 16	$5.32	$0.57	$5.89	$187.11	$198.89	2.98%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 145 found (cheapest 0.53% of stock, avg 2.94%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$205.00	$195.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$0.86	$1.05	$193.95	$206.05
$202.50	$195.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$0.86	$1.34	$193.66	$203.84
$205.00	$196.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$1.29	$1.48	$194.52	$206.48
$200.00	$195.00	Oct 16	$1.05	$0.86	$1.91	$193.09	$201.91
$202.50	$196.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$1.29	$1.77	$194.23	$204.27
$200.00	$196.00	Oct 16	$1.05	$1.29	$2.34	$193.66	$202.34
$205.00	$193.00	Oct 23	$0.70	$1.43	$2.13	$190.87	$207.13
$202.50	$193.00	Oct 23	$1.28	$1.43	$2.71	$190.29	$205.21
$205.00	$197.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$1.66	$1.85	$195.15	$206.85
$205.00	$194.00	Oct 23	$0.70	$1.67	$2.37	$191.63	$207.37

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 193 found (best R:R 0.11, avg credit $0.71)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
180/181	205/208	Oct 16	$0.25	$2.25	88%	0.11	$180.75	$205.25
178/180	208/210	Nov 6	$0.73	$1.77	66%	0.41	$179.27	$208.23
178/180	215/218	Nov 6	$0.37	$2.13	80%	0.17	$179.63	$215.37
178/180	218/220	Nov 6	$0.30	$2.20	83%	0.14	$179.70	$217.80
178/180	210/212	Nov 6	$0.56	$1.94	72%	0.29	$179.44	$210.56
178/180	212/215	Nov 6	$0.44	$2.06	76%	0.21	$179.56	$212.94
175/178	208/210	Nov 6	$0.65	$1.85	68%	0.35	$176.85	$208.15
175/178	215/218	Nov 6	$0.29	$2.21	82%	0.13	$177.21	$215.29
180/181	202/205	Oct 16	$0.39	$2.11	78%	0.18	$180.61	$202.89
175/178	218/220	Nov 6	$0.22	$2.28	85%	0.10	$177.28	$217.72

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 75 found (best R:R 16.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.45	$4.55	20%	10.11
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 16	$0.28	$2.22	26%	7.93
$202.50	$205.00	$207.50	Oct 16	$0.14	$2.36	16%	16.86
$202.50	$205.00	$207.50	Oct 30	$0.14	$2.36	15%	16.86
$205.00	$207.50	$210.00	Nov 6	$0.10	$2.40	12%	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Nov 20	$0.28	$4.72	16%	16.86
$195.00	$197.00	$199.00	Nov 13	$0.06	$1.94	11%	32.33
$175.00	$177.50	$180.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$2.42	4%	30.25
$193.00	$195.00	$197.00	Nov 6	$0.16	$1.84	12%	11.50
$198.00	$199.00	$200.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$0.93	7%	13.29

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 137 found (best net $-2.78, 127 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.58	$4.42
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.36	$3.64
$215.00	$220.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.01	$4.99
$202.50	$205.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.12	$2.38
$200.00	$202.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.41	$2.09

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$205.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.78	$2.22
$207.50	$202.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$2.71	$2.29
$202.50	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.11	$1.39
$185.00	$180.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.40	$4.60
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.10	$4.90

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 42 found (best yield 3.16%, avg 0.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$198.00	Nov 20	$6.25	0.51	0.0%	3.16%	3.19%	--	76
$200.00	Nov 20	$5.25	0.47	1.0%	2.65%	3.69%	1	1.1K
$205.00	Nov 20	$3.05	0.35	3.6%	1.54%	5.11%	2	1.1K
$200.00	Nov 13	$4.50	0.46	1.0%	2.27%	3.31%	2	17
$202.50	Nov 13	$3.35	0.39	2.3%	1.69%	4.00%	--	20
$198.00	Nov 6	$4.80	0.51	0.0%	2.42%	2.46%	--	22
$199.00	Nov 6	$4.30	0.48	0.5%	2.17%	2.71%	--	112
$200.00	Nov 6	$3.80	0.45	1.0%	1.92%	2.96%	--	60
$205.00	Nov 13	$2.45	0.32	3.6%	1.24%	4.80%	--	31
$210.00	Nov 20	$1.62	0.24	6.1%	0.82%	6.91%	--	1.8K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 261

Total Puts 387

Put/Call Ratio 1.48

Net Difference -126

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 172

Total Puts 101

Put/Call Ratio 0.59

Net Difference 71

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 94,436

Total Puts 235,803

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.04

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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