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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$196.26 -1.27%

(10/12 10:40) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12 10:45am) 4,088

Calls: 1,588 (39%)

Puts: 2,500 (61%)

Prior (10/09) 2,412

Calls: 1,011 (42%)

Puts: 1,401 (58%)

Current vs Prior +69.49%

Calls: +57.07% (Calls)

Puts: +78.44% (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 -91.33%

Calls: -88.23%

Puts: -92.58%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12 10:45am) $1.60M

Calls: $1.10M (69%)

Puts: $502.5K (31%)

Prior (10/09) $1.18M

Calls: $838.3K (71%)

Puts: $342.9K (29%)

Current vs Prior +35.86%

Calls: +31.49%

Puts: +46.54%

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 -95.13%

Calls: -95.74%

Puts: -92.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/12 10:45am) 1.57

Prior (10/09) 1.39

Current vs Prior +13.61%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.04

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.99%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/12 10:45am) 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 2.61% | 3.43%2.61% | 6.46%

Prior 2.48% | 3.62%2.48% | 6.98%

Current vs Prior +5.39% | -5.33%+5.39% | -7.47%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +24.21% | -1.54%-24.96% | -17.98%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +5.39% | -5.33%+19.03% | -8.16%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 25.91% | 21.33%

Calls: 37.65% | 25.35%

Puts: 14.16% | 17.30%

Prior 18.07% | 12.47%

Calls: 17.84% | 12.82%

Puts: 18.30% | 12.12%

Current vs Prior +43.39% | +71.05%

Prior 7-Day Avg 42.92% | 26.32%

Calls: 49.41% | 20.90%

Puts: 36.42% | 31.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.63% | -18.97%

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Moderately bullish flow with 69% call dollar volume ($1.10M). Above-average activity with volume up 69% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.57 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (529,563 puts vs 267,992 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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
10:45	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:40	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:35	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:30	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:25	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:20	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 62 of results (avg 7.2%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Nov 20	4.70	4.85	$4.78	3.1%	8	0.43	1.1K
$197.00	Nov 20	6.15	6.35	$6.25	3.2%	22	0.50	785
$198.00	Nov 20	5.65	5.85	$5.75	3.5%	27	0.48	76
$196.00	Nov 20	6.70	6.95	$6.83	3.7%	--	0.53	15
$183.00	Oct 30	14.15	14.70	$14.43	3.8%	9	0.89	152

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Nov 20	3.50	3.65	$3.58	4.2%	74	0.33	3.7K
$182.00	Nov 20	1.92	2.01	$1.97	4.6%	75	0.19	245
$200.00	Nov 6	6.35	6.70	$6.53	5.4%	8	0.59	69
$205.00	Nov 20	10.40	11.00	$10.70	5.6%	--	0.69	215
$202.50	Oct 30	7.35	7.80	$7.57	5.9%	2	0.73	132

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.57, cheapest $0.63)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Oct 16	0.59	0.67	$0.63	12.7%	65	0.25	6.2K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Oct 16	0.30	0.35	$0.32	15.6%	26	0.11	1.2K
$193.00	Oct 16	0.69	0.82	$0.75	17.3%	540	0.23	1.8K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 120 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$165.00	Oct 16	30.80	33.35	$32.08	7.9%	--	1.00	11
$160.00	Oct 16	36.00	38.30	$37.15	6.2%	--	1.00	20
$170.00	Oct 16	26.05	28.35	$27.20	8.5%	1	1.00	55
$171.00	Oct 16	25.00	27.20	$26.10	8.4%	8	1.00	2
$175.00	Oct 16	21.05	22.65	$21.85	7.3%	3	1.00	120

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$202.50	Oct 16	6.05	6.60	$6.32	8.7%	1	1.00	60
$205.00	Oct 16	7.15	9.15	$8.15	24.5%	--	1.00	33
$210.00	Oct 16	12.85	14.05	$13.45	8.9%	--	1.00	68
$217.50	Oct 16	19.30	21.75	$20.53	11.9%	2	1.00	2
$220.00	Nov 20	22.35	24.25	$23.30	8.2%	--	0.94	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 144 active (total vol 3.6K, top 804)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$205.00	Oct 16	0.05	0.10	$0.08	62.5%	265	0.04	2.7K
$177.00	Oct 16	19.10	20.60	$19.85	7.6%	113	0.98	1.1K
$177.50	Oct 16	18.45	19.80	$19.13	7.1%	112	0.99	27
$200.00	Oct 16	0.59	0.67	$0.63	12.7%	65	0.25	6.2K
$202.50	Oct 16	0.19	0.31	$0.25	48.0%	58	0.12	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Nov 20	1.60	1.70	$1.65	6.1%	804	0.16	1.4K
$193.00	Oct 16	0.69	0.82	$0.75	17.3%	540	0.23	1.8K
$197.00	Oct 16	2.16	2.49	$2.33	14.2%	144	0.53	245
$194.00	Oct 16	0.97	1.17	$1.07	18.7%	123	0.30	1.9K
$181.00	Nov 20	1.75	1.90	$1.83	8.2%	106	0.18	293

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 13.1%, max 19.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$194.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.4%	22.1%	19.6%	--	494
$196.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.2%	22.2%	18.2%	--	327
$197.50	Oct 16	Nov 6	25.4%	22.0%	15.6%	52	1.1K
$195.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.9%	22.9%	12.8%	13	7.0K
$192.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.6%	22.8%	12.0%	1	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$194.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.4%	22.1%	19.6%	123	2.0K
$196.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	26.2%	22.2%	18.2%	6	1.8K
$197.50	Oct 16	Nov 6	25.4%	22.0%	15.6%	5	149
$195.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.9%	22.9%	12.8%	69	1.8K
$192.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	25.6%	22.8%	12.0%	15	4.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 141 found (best R:R 0.50, avg 5.01)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$180.00	$182.00	Nov 20	$0.90	$1.10	$0.90	84%	1.22	$180.90
$180.00	$181.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	99%	3.00	$180.25
$190.00	$191.00	Nov 20	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	68%	6.69	$190.13
$193.00	$194.00	Nov 20	$0.19	$0.81	$0.19	61%	4.26	$193.19
$187.50	$188.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	94%	3.17	$187.62

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$207.50	$202.50	Oct 30	$3.33	$1.67	$3.33	88%	0.50	$204.17
$202.50	$200.00	Oct 23	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	80%	1.00	$201.25
$199.00	$198.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	56%	6.69	$198.87
$197.00	$195.00	Nov 6	$0.63	$1.37	$0.63	49%	2.17	$196.37
$194.00	$193.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	42%	4.88	$193.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 106 found (best R:R 0.43, avg 0.37)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$1.50	$1.50	$3.50	69%	0.43	$206.50
$202.50	$205.00	Oct 30	$0.67	$0.67	$1.83	70%	0.37	$203.17
$199.00	$200.00	Oct 16	$0.34	$0.34	$0.66	67%	0.52	$199.34
$198.00	$200.00	Nov 20	$0.97	$0.97	$1.03	52%	0.94	$198.97
$200.00	$202.50	Oct 23	$0.68	$0.68	$1.82	67%	0.37	$200.68

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$195.00	$194.00	Nov 20	$0.68	$0.68	$0.32	55%	2.13	$194.32
$187.00	$186.00	Nov 20	$0.49	$0.49	$0.51	73%	0.96	$186.51
$184.00	$183.00	Nov 20	$0.39	$0.39	$0.61	78%	0.64	$183.61
$192.50	$192.00	Oct 23	$0.28	$0.28	$0.22	70%	1.27	$192.22
$196.00	$195.00	Oct 23	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	54%	1.27	$195.44

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 12 found (avg debit $0.98, cheapest $0.78)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$195.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.22	25.9%	20.9%
$196.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.75	26.2%	21.8%
$197.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.17	25.4%	23.8%
$197.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.98	22.7%	22.1%
$198.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.02	21.7%	21.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$195.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.78	25.9%	20.9%
$196.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.89	26.2%	21.8%
$194.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.84	26.4%	22.2%
$197.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.84	25.4%	22.7%
$197.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.85	22.7%	22.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 99 found (cheapest 2.10% of stock, avg 5.63%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$195.00	Oct 16	$2.76	$1.37	$4.13	$190.87	$199.13	2.10%
$197.00	Oct 16	$1.87	$2.33	$4.20	$192.80	$201.20	2.14%
$198.00	Oct 16	$1.34	$2.95	$4.29	$193.71	$202.29	2.19%
$197.50	Oct 16	$1.86	$2.46	$4.32	$193.18	$201.82	2.20%
$199.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$3.53	$4.50	$194.50	$203.50	2.29%
$196.00	Oct 16	$2.80	$1.82	$4.62	$191.38	$200.62	2.35%
$194.00	Oct 16	$3.68	$1.07	$4.75	$189.25	$198.75	2.42%
$200.00	Oct 16	$0.63	$4.25	$4.88	$195.12	$204.88	2.49%
$193.00	Oct 16	$4.15	$0.75	$4.90	$188.10	$197.90	2.50%
$192.50	Oct 16	$4.97	$0.73	$5.70	$186.80	$198.20	2.90%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.70% of stock, avg 2.89%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$200.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$0.63	$0.75	$1.38	$191.62	$201.38
$200.00	$192.50	Oct 16	$0.63	$0.73	$1.36	$191.14	$201.36
$200.00	$194.00	Oct 16	$0.63	$1.07	$1.70	$192.30	$201.70
$199.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.75	$1.72	$191.28	$200.72
$199.00	$192.50	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.73	$1.70	$190.80	$200.70
$199.00	$194.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$1.07	$2.04	$191.96	$201.04
$200.00	$195.00	Oct 16	$0.63	$1.37	$2.00	$193.00	$202.00
$199.00	$195.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$1.37	$2.34	$192.66	$201.34
$198.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$1.34	$0.75	$2.09	$190.91	$200.09
$198.00	$192.50	Oct 16	$1.34	$0.73	$2.07	$190.43	$200.07

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 207 found (best R:R 0.79, avg credit $0.65)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
180/181	199/200	Oct 16	$0.44	$0.56	64%	0.79	$180.56	$199.44
189/190	199/200	Oct 16	$0.50	$0.50	56%	1.00	$189.50	$199.50
193/194	199/200	Oct 16	$0.66	$0.34	37%	1.94	$193.34	$199.66
192/192	199/200	Oct 16	$0.54	$0.46	45%	1.17	$191.96	$199.54
190/191	199/200	Oct 16	$0.46	$0.54	52%	0.85	$190.54	$199.46
180/181	202/205	Oct 16	$0.27	$2.23	85%	0.12	$180.73	$202.77
170/173	212/215	Oct 30	$0.27	$2.73	87%	0.10	$172.73	$212.77
180/182	212/215	Nov 13	$0.63	$1.87	69%	0.34	$181.37	$213.13
178/180	215/218	Nov 6	$0.35	$2.15	80%	0.16	$179.65	$215.35
175/178	215/218	Nov 6	$0.29	$2.21	82%	0.13	$177.21	$215.29

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 91 found (best R:R 21.73, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$0.22	$4.78	23%	21.73
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$2.29	20%	10.90
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 30	$0.18	$2.32	18%	12.89
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Nov 20	$0.29	$4.71	13%	16.24
$186.00	$190.00	$194.00	Nov 6	$0.40	$3.60	20%	9.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$0.36	$4.64	24%	12.89
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.37	$4.63	20%	12.51
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$195.00	$196.00	$197.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$0.94	16%	15.67
$175.00	$177.50	$180.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$2.44	4%	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 141 found (best net $-2.85, 134 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$194.00	$200.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.87	$5.13
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.06	$4.94
$210.00	$215.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.14	$4.86
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.34	$3.66
$200.00	$202.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.22	$2.28

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$205.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.85	$2.15
$217.50	$210.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$6.37	$1.13
$202.50	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.18	$0.32
$185.00	$180.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.41	$4.59
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Oct 16	$0.00	$1.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 49 found (best yield 3.13%, avg 0.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$197.00	Nov 20	$6.15	0.50	0.4%	3.13%	3.51%	22	785
$198.00	Nov 20	$5.65	0.48	0.9%	2.88%	3.77%	27	76
$200.00	Nov 20	$4.70	0.43	1.9%	2.39%	4.30%	8	1.1K
$200.00	Nov 13	$3.85	0.43	1.9%	1.96%	3.87%	5	17
$205.00	Nov 20	$2.66	0.31	4.5%	1.36%	5.81%	14	1.1K
$202.50	Nov 13	$2.85	0.36	3.2%	1.45%	4.63%	3	20
$197.50	Nov 6	$4.40	0.50	0.6%	2.24%	2.87%	52	1
$198.00	Nov 6	$4.10	0.49	0.9%	2.09%	2.98%	--	22
$199.00	Nov 6	$3.65	0.45	1.4%	1.86%	3.26%	--	112
$200.00	Nov 6	$3.20	0.42	1.9%	1.63%	3.54%	6	60

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 1,588

Total Puts 2,500

Put/Call Ratio 1.57

Net Difference -912

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,011

Total Puts 1,401

Put/Call Ratio 1.39

Net Difference -390

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)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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