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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$196.49 -1.15%

(10/12 10:10) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12 10:15am) 3,225

Calls: 1,091 (34%)

Puts: 2,134 (66%)

Prior (10/09) 1,315

Calls: 572 (43%)

Puts: 743 (57%)

Current vs Prior +145.25%

Calls: +90.73% (Calls)

Puts: +187.21% (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 -93.16%

Calls: -91.91%

Puts: -93.67%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12 10:15am) $1.05M

Calls: $645.4K (61%)

Puts: $409.4K (39%)

Prior (10/09) $658.6K

Calls: $507.6K (77%)

Puts: $151.0K (23%)

Current vs Prior +60.17%

Calls: +27.17%

Puts: +171.08%

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 -96.80%

Calls: -97.50%

Puts: -94.21%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/12 10:15am) 1.96

Prior (10/09) 1.30

Current vs Prior +50.58%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.04

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.31%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/12 10:15am) 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 2.60% | 3.42%2.60% | 6.85%

Prior 2.48% | 3.62%2.48% | 6.98%

Current vs Prior +4.65% | -5.58%+4.66% | -1.97%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +23.33% | -1.80%-25.49% | -13.11%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +4.65% | -5.58%+18.20% | -2.70%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.34% | 26.62%

Calls: 35.06% | 25.47%

Puts: 11.61% | 27.76%

Prior 18.07% | 12.47%

Calls: 17.84% | 12.82%

Puts: 18.30% | 12.12%

Current vs Prior +29.16% | +113.47%

Prior 7-Day Avg 42.92% | 26.32%

Calls: 49.41% | 20.90%

Puts: 36.42% | 31.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -45.62% | +1.13%

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Moderately bullish flow with 61% call dollar volume ($645.4K). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 60% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 145% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.96 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:15	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:10	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:55	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:50	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:35	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 34 of results (avg 7.3%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$183.00	Oct 30	14.35	14.75	$14.55	2.7%	8	0.89	152
$180.00	Nov 20	18.70	19.40	$19.05	3.7%	2	0.85	258
$160.00	Oct 16	36.30	38.30	$37.30	5.4%	--	1.00	20
$175.00	Oct 16	21.40	22.65	$22.03	5.7%	3	1.00	120
$160.00	Nov 20	37.40	39.65	$38.53	5.8%	--	0.96	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Nov 20	3.45	3.65	$3.55	5.6%	44	0.32	3.7K
$220.00	Nov 20	22.35	23.85	$23.10	6.5%	--	0.98	10
$180.00	Nov 20	1.55	1.67	$1.61	7.5%	738	0.16	1.4K
$181.00	Nov 20	1.66	1.80	$1.73	8.1%	67	0.17	293
$182.00	Nov 20	1.83	1.99	$1.91	8.4%	37	0.18	245

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. 116 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$165.00	Oct 16	31.15	33.35	$32.25	6.8%	--	1.00	11
$160.00	Oct 16	36.30	38.30	$37.30	5.4%	--	1.00	20
$170.00	Oct 16	26.10	28.35	$27.23	8.3%	1	1.00	55
$171.00	Oct 16	25.35	27.20	$26.28	7.0%	4	1.00	2
$175.00	Oct 16	21.40	22.65	$22.03	5.7%	3	1.00	120

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$202.50	Oct 16	5.15	6.55	$5.85	23.9%	--	1.00	60
$205.00	Oct 16	7.15	9.10	$8.13	24.0%	--	1.00	33
$210.00	Oct 16	11.70	14.05	$12.88	18.2%	--	1.00	68
$220.00	Nov 20	22.35	23.85	$23.10	6.5%	--	0.98	10
$215.00	Nov 20	17.20	19.10	$18.15	10.5%	--	0.91	401

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 111 active (total vol 2.8K, top 738)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$205.00	Oct 16	0.08	0.16	$0.12	66.7%	247	0.06	2.7K
$177.00	Oct 16	19.30	20.80	$20.05	7.5%	94	0.98	1.1K
$177.50	Oct 16	18.80	20.25	$19.52	7.4%	91	0.98	27
$202.50	Oct 16	0.25	0.38	$0.32	40.6%	57	0.14	1.6K
$200.00	Oct 16	0.63	0.95	$0.79	40.5%	55	0.28	6.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Nov 20	1.55	1.67	$1.61	7.5%	738	0.16	1.4K
$193.00	Oct 16	0.67	0.83	$0.75	21.3%	509	0.23	1.8K
$197.00	Oct 16	2.11	2.37	$2.24	11.6%	143	0.50	245
$194.00	Oct 16	0.75	1.08	$0.92	35.9%	109	0.28	1.9K
$197.50	Oct 30	3.95	4.60	$4.28	15.2%	101	0.50	73

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 16 strikes (avg 9.3%, max 18.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$197.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	27.0%	22.9%	18.2%	6	1.2K
$193.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.7%	23.7%	12.3%	--	927
$195.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.7%	24.0%	11.2%	6	7.0K
$192.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.1%	24.1%	8.1%	--	1.8K
$194.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.3%	23.5%	7.6%	--	494

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$197.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	27.0%	22.9%	18.2%	143	339
$193.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.7%	23.7%	12.3%	509	1.9K
$197.50	Oct 16	Nov 6	25.5%	22.8%	11.8%	3	149
$195.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.7%	24.0%	11.2%	63	1.8K
$192.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.1%	24.1%	8.1%	15	4.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 153 found (best R:R 0.52, avg 4.67)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$180.00	$182.00	Nov 20	$1.05	$0.95	$1.05	85%	0.90	$181.05
$190.00	$191.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	76%	7.33	$190.12
$185.00	$187.00	Nov 20	$0.97	$1.03	$0.97	78%	1.06	$185.97
$190.00	$191.00	Nov 20	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	69%	6.69	$190.13
$193.00	$194.00	Oct 23	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	71%	3.00	$193.25

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$202.50	$200.00	Oct 16	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	100%	0.52	$200.85
$202.50	$200.00	Oct 23	$1.48	$1.02	$1.48	78%	0.69	$201.02
$200.00	$199.00	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	60%	2.33	$199.70
$197.00	$196.00	Nov 20	$0.22	$0.78	$0.22	48%	3.55	$196.78
$192.00	$191.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	35%	7.33	$191.88

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 112 found (best R:R 6.69, avg 0.45)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$199.00	$200.00	Nov 6	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	53%	6.69	$199.87
$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$1.16	$1.16	$3.84	77%	0.30	$211.16
$198.00	$200.00	Nov 20	$1.35	$1.35	$0.65	50%	2.08	$199.35
$200.00	$202.50	Nov 13	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	55%	1.27	$201.40
$205.00	$207.50	Oct 23	$0.45	$0.45	$2.05	83%	0.22	$205.45

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$190.00	$189.00	Nov 20	$0.49	$0.49	$0.51	68%	0.96	$189.51
$195.00	$194.00	Nov 20	$0.58	$0.58	$0.42	57%	1.38	$194.42
$195.00	$194.00	Oct 16	$0.43	$0.43	$0.57	65%	0.75	$194.57
$190.00	$189.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$0.18	$0.82	89%	0.22	$189.82
$181.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$0.10	$0.90	96%	0.11	$180.90

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 11 found (avg debit $1.17, cheapest $0.75)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$197.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.20	27.0%	21.8%
$195.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.50	26.7%	22.3%
$196.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.87	24.9%	21.1%
$197.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.40	25.5%	23.9%
$199.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.20	21.1%	22.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$197.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.75	27.0%	21.8%
$195.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.80	26.7%	22.3%
$196.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.82	24.9%	21.1%
$197.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.93	25.5%	24.5%
$198.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.93	21.0%	23.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 98 found (cheapest 1.95% of stock, avg 5.74%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$198.00	Oct 16	$1.40	$2.44	$3.84	$194.16	$201.84	1.95%
$199.00	Oct 16	$1.02	$3.00	$4.02	$194.98	$203.02	2.05%
$197.50	Oct 16	$2.00	$2.29	$4.29	$193.21	$201.79	2.18%
$196.00	Oct 16	$2.86	$1.60	$4.46	$191.54	$200.46	2.27%
$195.00	Oct 16	$3.15	$1.35	$4.50	$190.50	$199.50	2.29%
$197.00	Oct 16	$2.28	$2.24	$4.52	$192.48	$201.52	2.30%
$194.00	Oct 16	$3.85	$0.92	$4.77	$189.23	$198.77	2.43%
$200.00	Oct 16	$0.79	$4.20	$4.99	$195.01	$204.99	2.54%
$192.50	Oct 16	$5.03	$0.57	$5.60	$186.90	$198.10	2.85%
$193.00	Oct 16	$5.13	$0.75	$5.88	$187.12	$198.88	2.99%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.54% of stock, avg 2.90%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$202.50	$193.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.75	$1.07	$191.93	$203.57
$202.50	$194.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.92	$1.24	$192.76	$203.74
$200.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$0.79	$0.75	$1.54	$191.46	$201.54
$200.00	$194.00	Oct 16	$0.79	$0.92	$1.71	$192.29	$201.71
$199.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$1.02	$0.75	$1.77	$191.23	$200.77
$199.00	$194.00	Oct 16	$1.02	$0.92	$1.94	$192.06	$200.94
$202.50	$195.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$1.35	$1.67	$193.33	$204.17
$200.00	$195.00	Oct 16	$0.79	$1.35	$2.14	$192.86	$202.14
$199.00	$195.00	Oct 16	$1.02	$1.35	$2.37	$192.63	$201.37
$205.00	$193.00	Oct 23	$0.70	$1.48	$2.18	$190.82	$207.18

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 198 found (best R:R 0.69, avg credit $0.68)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
189/190	199/200	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.59	54%	0.69	$189.59	$199.41
180/181	199/200	Oct 16	$0.33	$0.67	62%	0.49	$180.67	$199.33
170/173	212/215	Oct 30	$0.27	$2.73	87%	0.10	$172.73	$212.77
180/181	202/205	Oct 16	$0.30	$2.20	83%	0.14	$180.70	$202.80
160/165	210/215	Nov 20	$1.30	$3.70	71%	0.35	$163.70	$211.30
170/173	210/212	Oct 30	$0.37	$2.63	83%	0.14	$172.63	$210.37
175/178	215/218	Nov 6	$0.29	$2.21	82%	0.13	$177.21	$215.29
175/178	218/220	Nov 6	$0.22	$2.28	85%	0.10	$177.28	$217.72
180/181	212/215	Oct 30	$0.29	$2.21	82%	0.13	$180.71	$212.79
180/181	210/212	Oct 30	$0.39	$2.11	78%	0.18	$180.61	$210.39

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 83 found (best R:R 30.25, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$4.84	21%	30.25
$202.50	$205.00	$207.50	Oct 30	$0.08	$2.42	15%	30.25
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$0.54	$4.46	22%	8.26
$202.50	$205.00	$207.50	Oct 16	$0.10	$2.40	12%	24.00
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 16	$0.27	$2.23	22%	8.26

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.33	$4.67	23%	14.15
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	4%	61.50
$195.00	$197.00	$199.00	Nov 13	$0.12	$1.88	11%	15.67
$194.00	$195.00	$196.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$0.95	8%	19.00
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$0.67	$4.33	23%	6.46

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 138 found (best net $-3.38, 127 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.73	$4.27
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.51	$3.49
$200.00	$202.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.38	$2.12
$202.50	$205.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.31	$2.19
$220.00	$225.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.12	$4.88

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$205.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$3.38	$1.62
$207.50	$202.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$3.43	$1.57
$185.00	$180.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.25	$4.75
$173.00	$170.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.04	$2.96
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 16	$0.00	$5.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 49 found (best yield 3.18%, avg 0.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$197.00	Nov 20	$6.25	0.53	0.3%	3.18%	3.44%	--	785
$198.00	Nov 20	$5.75	0.50	0.8%	2.93%	3.69%	--	76
$200.00	Nov 20	$4.75	0.45	1.8%	2.42%	4.20%	3	1.1K
$200.00	Nov 13	$4.05	0.45	1.8%	2.06%	3.85%	5	17
$205.00	Nov 20	$2.74	0.34	4.3%	1.39%	5.73%	14	1.1K
$202.50	Nov 13	$3.00	0.37	3.1%	1.53%	4.59%	3	20
$198.00	Nov 6	$4.25	0.50	0.8%	2.16%	2.93%	--	22
$199.00	Nov 6	$3.80	0.47	1.3%	1.93%	3.21%	--	112
$200.00	Nov 6	$3.30	0.43	1.8%	1.68%	3.47%	6	60
$205.00	Nov 13	$2.13	0.31	4.3%	1.08%	5.42%	--	31

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 1,091

Total Puts 2,134

Put/Call Ratio 1.96

Net Difference -1,043

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 572

Total Puts 743

Put/Call Ratio 1.30

Net Difference -171

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 94,436

Total Puts 235,803

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.04

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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