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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.12 -1.74%

(10/15 09:35) ◀

Thursday, October 15, 2026 (9:40am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:40am) 1,210

Calls: 491 (41%)

Puts: 719 (59%)

Prior (10/14) 395

Calls: 293 (74%)

Puts: 102 (26%)

Current vs Prior +206.33%

Calls: +67.58% (Calls)

Puts: +604.90% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 188,065

Calls: 72,122 (38%)

Puts: 115,943 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 26,866

Calls: 10,303 (38%)

Puts: 16,563 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -95.50%

Calls: -95.23%

Puts: -95.66%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:40am) $514.8K

Calls: $347.2K (67%)

Puts: $167.6K (33%)

Prior (10/14) $144.8K

Calls: $114.9K (79%)

Puts: $30.0K (21%)

Current vs Prior +255.39%

Calls: +202.28%

Puts: +458.82%

Prior 7-Day Total $167.94M

Calls: $118.88M (71%)

Puts: $49.06M (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average $23.99M

Calls: $16.98M (71%)

Puts: $7.01M (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -97.85%

Calls: -97.96%

Puts: -97.61%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:40am) 1.46

Prior (10/14) 0.35

Current vs Prior +320.64%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.24%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:40am) 825,329

Calls: 275,998 (33%)

Puts: 549,331 (67%)

Prior (10/14) 812,476

Calls: 272,944 (34%)

Puts: 539,532 (66%)

Current vs Prior +1.58%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,933,040

Calls: 1,919,259 (32%)

Puts: 4,013,781 (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average 847,577

Calls: 274,179 (32%)

Puts: 573,397 (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.62%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.99% | 3.54%1.99% | 7.09%

Prior 2.30% | 3.86%2.30% | 6.49%

Current vs Prior -13.57% | -8.20%-13.57% | +9.18%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.10% | 3.41%2.70% | 7.13%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.43% | +3.92%-26.42% | -0.59%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.30% | 3.86%2.30% | 6.49%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -13.57% | -8.20%-13.57% | +9.18%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 42.60% | 27.70%

Calls: 40.40% | 23.28%

Puts: 44.80% | 32.12%

Prior 33.34% | 26.01%

Calls: 32.88% | 14.95%

Puts: 33.79% | 37.06%

Current vs Prior +27.77% | +6.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.85% | 25.66%

Calls: 51.71% | 23.99%

Puts: 37.98% | 27.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.01% | +7.95%

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Moderately bullish flow with 67% call dollar volume ($347.2K). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 255% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 206% vs prior - elevated interest. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.46 indicates protective positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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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 17 of results (avg 6.8%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Oct 30	9.35	9.50	$9.43	1.6%	2	0.73	17
$150.00	Nov 20	36.90	38.40	$37.65	4.0%	--	0.95	20
$150.00	Oct 23	35.75	37.40	$36.58	4.5%	--	1.00	13
$150.00	Oct 16	35.50	37.35	$36.42	5.1%	--	1.00	73
$155.00	Oct 23	30.80	32.50	$31.65	5.4%	--	1.00	25

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Nov 20	22.70	24.40	$23.55	7.2%	--	0.93	264
$215.00	Nov 20	27.70	29.90	$28.80	7.6%	--	0.97	300
$210.00	Oct 16	22.55	24.50	$23.53	8.3%	2	0.97	6
$200.00	Nov 20	13.80	15.10	$14.45	9.0%	--	0.79	1.1K
$205.00	Nov 20	17.95	19.75	$18.85	9.5%	--	0.88	217

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. 135 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Oct 16	35.50	37.35	$36.42	5.1%	--	1.00	73
$160.00	Oct 16	25.50	27.45	$26.48	7.4%	5	1.00	21
$170.00	Oct 16	15.50	17.30	$16.40	11.0%	--	1.00	60
$171.00	Oct 16	14.50	16.30	$15.40	11.7%	--	1.00	27
$172.00	Oct 16	13.45	15.30	$14.38	12.9%	--	1.00	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Oct 16	12.75	14.45	$13.60	12.5%	2	0.99	325
$210.00	Oct 16	22.55	24.50	$23.53	8.3%	2	0.97	6
$215.00	Nov 20	27.70	29.90	$28.80	7.6%	--	0.97	300
$198.00	Oct 16	10.80	12.40	$11.60	13.8%	--	0.96	92
$199.00	Oct 16	11.75	13.45	$12.60	13.5%	--	0.96	596

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 107 active (total vol 954, top 169)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Nov 20	1.51	1.96	$1.74	25.9%	64	0.21	1.6K
$200.00	Nov 6	0.65	0.94	$0.80	36.2%	35	0.14	169
$205.00	Nov 6	0.21	0.46	$0.34	73.5%	35	0.07	124
$210.00	Nov 20	0.34	0.51	$0.43	39.5%	19	0.07	1.8K
$205.00	Nov 20	0.75	0.93	$0.84	21.4%	18	0.12	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Oct 16	0.06	0.24	$0.15	120.0%	169	0.07	1.2K
$184.00	Oct 16	0.50	1.02	$0.76	68.4%	81	0.28	1.6K
$175.00	Nov 6	1.36	1.92	$1.64	34.1%	70	0.20	73
$177.50	Nov 6	1.78	2.42	$2.10	30.5%	70	0.24	79
$180.00	Oct 23	0.83	1.15	$0.99	32.3%	28	0.22	114

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 20 strikes (avg 39.0%, max 53.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	39.5%	26.3%	49.9%	--	4.2K
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	40.3%	27.0%	49.4%	--	908
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	40.0%	27.3%	46.8%	--	577
$187.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	36.7%	25.9%	41.6%	1	1.3K
$183.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	39.8%	29.1%	36.9%	1	278

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$186.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	39.9%	26.0%	53.4%	1	1.5K
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	39.4%	25.7%	53.3%	7	4.4K
$182.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	42.2%	27.8%	51.7%	7	1.6K
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	40.2%	27.0%	49.1%	81	1.8K
$183.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	39.8%	27.4%	45.2%	--	1.6K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 175 found (best R:R 2.33, avg 4.21)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$185.00	$186.00	Oct 23	$0.44	$0.56	$0.44	59%	1.27	$185.44
$195.00	$196.00	Nov 13	$0.16	$0.84	$0.16	28%	5.25	$195.16
$186.00	$187.00	Oct 16	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	57%	1.33	$186.43
$192.00	$193.00	Oct 30	$0.21	$0.79	$0.21	31%	3.76	$192.21
$185.00	$186.00	Oct 16	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	66%	0.82	$185.55

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$185.00	$180.00	Nov 27	$1.50	$3.50	$1.50	45%	2.33	$183.50
$193.00	$192.50	Oct 30	$0.10	$0.40	$0.10	72%	4.00	$192.90
$193.00	$187.50	Nov 27	$2.90	$2.60	$2.90	62%	0.90	$190.10
$182.00	$180.00	Nov 13	$0.47	$1.53	$0.47	36%	3.26	$181.53
$160.00	$155.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	9%	30.25	$159.84

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 131 found (best R:R 0.68, avg 0.37)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$187.50	$197.50	Nov 27	$4.05	$4.05	$5.95	50%	0.68	$191.55
$200.00	$205.00	Nov 20	$0.90	$0.90	$4.10	79%	0.22	$200.90
$197.50	$205.00	Nov 27	$1.49	$1.49	$6.01	72%	0.25	$198.99
$196.00	$199.00	Nov 13	$0.78	$0.78	$2.22	74%	0.35	$196.78
$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.26	$0.26	$4.74	93%	0.05	$210.26

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$182.50	$182.00	Oct 30	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	65%	0.92	$182.26
$181.00	$180.00	Nov 20	$0.40	$0.40	$0.60	65%	0.67	$180.60
$181.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$0.13	$0.87	88%	0.15	$180.87
$175.00	$165.00	Nov 6	$0.98	$0.98	$9.02	80%	0.11	$174.02
$186.00	$185.00	Nov 6	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	53%	1.00	$185.50

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $1.98, cheapest $1.59)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.59	40.0%	26.6%
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.48	39.5%	27.6%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.37	36.2%	27.4%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.54	36.7%	28.0%
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	$5.66	35.0%	28.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.44	39.9%	26.6%
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.41	39.4%	27.6%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.27	36.3%	27.4%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.57	36.8%	28.0%
$187.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.42	35.1%	28.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 111 found (cheapest 1.75% of stock, avg 5.72%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$187.00	Oct 16	$1.51	$1.76	$3.27	$183.73	$190.27	1.75%
$186.00	Oct 16	$1.94	$1.38	$3.32	$182.68	$189.32	1.77%
$187.50	Oct 16	$1.14	$2.21	$3.35	$184.15	$190.85	1.79%
$185.00	Oct 16	$2.49	$1.05	$3.54	$181.46	$188.54	1.89%
$188.00	Oct 16	$1.00	$2.53	$3.53	$184.47	$191.53	1.89%
$189.00	Oct 16	$0.73	$3.22	$3.95	$185.05	$192.95	2.11%
$184.00	Oct 16	$3.21	$0.76	$3.97	$180.03	$187.97	2.12%
$190.00	Oct 16	$0.44	$3.98	$4.42	$185.58	$194.42	2.36%
$183.00	Oct 16	$4.00	$0.50	$4.50	$178.50	$187.50	2.40%
$182.50	Oct 16	$4.35	$0.45	$4.80	$177.70	$187.30	2.57%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 0.48% of stock, avg 3.15%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.44	$0.45	$0.89	$181.61	$190.89
$190.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.44	$0.50	$0.94	$182.06	$190.94
$190.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.44	$0.76	$1.20	$182.80	$191.20
$189.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.73	$0.45	$1.18	$181.32	$190.18
$189.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.73	$0.50	$1.23	$181.77	$190.23
$189.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.73	$0.76	$1.49	$182.51	$190.49
$190.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.44	$1.05	$1.49	$183.51	$191.49
$188.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$1.00	$0.45	$1.45	$181.05	$189.45
$188.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$1.00	$0.50	$1.50	$181.50	$189.50
$189.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.73	$1.05	$1.78	$183.22	$190.78

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 232 found (best R:R 1.38, avg credit $0.62)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
170/171	195/196	Nov 20	$0.58	$0.42	50%	1.38	$170.42	$195.58
170/171	194/195	Nov 20	$0.59	$0.41	48%	1.44	$170.41	$194.59
170/171	196/197	Nov 20	$0.53	$0.47	53%	1.13	$170.47	$196.53
175/176	195/196	Nov 20	$0.59	$0.41	43%	1.44	$175.41	$195.59
181/182	190/191	Oct 23	$0.63	$0.37	39%	1.70	$181.37	$190.63
181/182	196/197	Oct 23	$0.41	$0.59	61%	0.69	$181.59	$196.41
180/181	189/190	Oct 16	$0.42	$0.58	60%	0.72	$180.58	$189.42
176/177	190/191	Oct 23	$0.48	$0.52	54%	0.92	$176.52	$190.48
176/177	196/197	Oct 23	$0.26	$0.74	76%	0.35	$176.74	$196.26
180/181	190/191	Oct 23	$0.58	$0.42	43%	1.38	$180.42	$190.58

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 89 found (best R:R 44.45, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.15	$4.85	9%	32.33
$180.00	$182.00	$184.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$1.95	10%	39.00
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$0.93	17%	13.29
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$2.42	7%	30.25
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$0.88	19%	7.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Nov 27	$0.11	$4.89	20%	44.45
$191.00	$195.00	$199.00	Nov 13	$0.30	$3.70	20%	12.33
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Nov 13	$0.36	$4.64	17%	12.89
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$0.30	$4.70	14%	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 135 found (best net $-3.67, 127 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$170.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$6.32	$3.68
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.12	$4.88
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.02	$4.98
$210.00	$215.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.15	$4.85
$189.00	$190.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.15	$0.85

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$3.67	$6.33
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.04	$4.96
$180.00	$175.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$1.04	$3.96
$175.00	$170.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.64	$4.36
$160.00	$150.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.07	$9.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 71 found (best yield 3.23%, avg 0.78%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Nov 27	$6.05	0.49	0.2%	3.23%	3.44%	--	16
$189.00	Nov 20	$4.95	0.46	1.0%	2.65%	3.65%	--	46
$190.00	Nov 20	$4.55	0.43	1.5%	2.43%	3.97%	3	519
$191.00	Nov 20	$4.15	0.41	2.1%	2.22%	4.29%	--	12
$192.00	Nov 20	$3.60	0.38	2.6%	1.92%	4.53%	--	59
$193.00	Nov 20	$3.25	0.36	3.1%	1.74%	4.88%	--	446
$194.00	Nov 20	$2.97	0.34	3.7%	1.59%	5.26%	--	230
$197.50	Nov 27	$2.25	0.28	5.5%	1.20%	6.75%	--	65
$195.00	Nov 20	$2.61	0.31	4.2%	1.39%	5.61%	1	1.3K
$196.00	Nov 20	$2.37	0.28	4.8%	1.27%	6.01%	5	612

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 491

Total Puts 719

Put/Call Ratio 1.46

Net Difference -228

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 293

Total Puts 102

Put/Call Ratio 0.35

Net Difference 191

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 72,122

Total Puts 115,943

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.69

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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