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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.40 -1.59%

(10/15 09:40) ◀

Thursday, October 15, 2026 (9:45am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:45am) 1,598

Calls: 722 (45%)

Puts: 876 (55%)

Prior (10/14) 521

Calls: 379 (73%)

Puts: 142 (27%)

Current vs Prior +206.72%

Calls: +90.50% (Calls)

Puts: +516.90% (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 -94.05%

Calls: -92.99%

Puts: -94.71%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:45am) $677.8K

Calls: $459.4K (68%)

Puts: $218.4K (32%)

Prior (10/14) $248.4K

Calls: $210.2K (85%)

Puts: $38.3K (15%)

Current vs Prior +172.81%

Calls: +118.61%

Puts: +470.29%

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 -97.17%

Calls: -97.29%

Puts: -96.88%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:45am) 1.21

Prior (10/14) 0.37

Current vs Prior +223.83%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.12%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:45am) 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

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

Current 1.96% | 3.52%1.96% | 7.18%

Prior 2.30% | 3.86%2.30% | 6.49%

Current vs Prior -14.86% | -8.76%-14.86% | +10.57%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -6.84% | +3.29%-27.52% | +0.68%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -14.86% | -8.76%-14.86% | +10.57%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 48.23% | 33.17%

Calls: 39.51% | 27.56%

Puts: 56.96% | 38.79%

Prior 33.34% | 26.01%

Calls: 32.88% | 14.95%

Puts: 33.79% | 37.06%

Current vs Prior +44.66% | +27.53%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.85% | 25.66%

Calls: 51.71% | 23.99%

Puts: 37.98% | 27.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +7.55% | +29.27%

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Moderately bullish flow with 68% call dollar volume ($459.4K). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 173% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 207% vs prior - elevated interest. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.21 indicates protective positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

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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09:35	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 24 of results (avg 7.4%, best 4.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Nov 20	36.90	38.85	$37.88	5.1%	--	0.94	20
$150.00	Oct 23	35.75	37.75	$36.75	5.4%	--	1.00	13
$150.00	Oct 16	35.50	37.60	$36.55	5.7%	--	1.00	73
$155.00	Oct 23	30.95	32.90	$31.92	6.1%	--	1.00	25
$155.00	Nov 20	31.85	33.95	$32.90	6.4%	--	0.93	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Nov 20	13.55	14.20	$13.88	4.7%	4	0.79	1.1K
$175.00	Nov 20	2.42	2.55	$2.49	5.2%	6	0.23	2.4K
$185.00	Nov 20	5.05	5.40	$5.23	6.7%	11	0.44	1.9K
$180.00	Nov 20	3.55	3.80	$3.68	6.8%	12	0.32	2.1K
$199.00	Nov 6	12.10	13.05	$12.58	7.6%	1	0.84	346

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. 136 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Oct 16	35.50	37.60	$36.55	5.7%	--	1.00	73
$160.00	Oct 16	25.50	27.60	$26.55	7.9%	5	1.00	21
$170.00	Oct 16	15.50	17.80	$16.65	13.8%	--	1.00	60
$171.00	Oct 16	14.50	16.65	$15.58	13.8%	--	1.00	27
$172.00	Oct 16	13.45	15.65	$14.55	15.1%	--	1.00	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Oct 16	12.45	14.00	$13.23	11.7%	2	0.99	325
$210.00	Oct 16	22.45	24.50	$23.48	8.7%	2	0.98	6
$199.00	Oct 16	11.45	13.45	$12.45	16.1%	--	0.97	596
$202.50	Oct 23	14.95	16.95	$15.95	12.5%	--	0.97	32
$195.00	Oct 16	7.45	8.40	$7.93	12.0%	2	0.97	978

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 130 active (total vol 1.2K, top 170)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Nov 20	1.56	1.82	$1.69	15.4%	78	0.21	1.6K
$200.00	Nov 6	0.65	0.93	$0.79	35.4%	35	0.14	169
$205.00	Nov 6	0.21	0.46	$0.34	73.5%	35	0.07	124
$190.00	Oct 16	0.41	0.65	$0.53	45.3%	22	0.23	1.7K
$193.00	Oct 16	0.10	0.16	$0.13	46.2%	21	0.07	932

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Oct 16	0.09	0.23	$0.16	87.5%	170	0.07	1.2K
$184.00	Oct 16	0.39	1.02	$0.71	88.7%	81	0.26	1.6K
$175.00	Nov 6	1.40	1.83	$1.62	26.5%	70	0.19	73
$177.50	Nov 6	1.87	2.33	$2.10	21.9%	70	0.24	79
$187.00	Oct 16	1.28	1.54	$1.41	18.4%	46	0.50	260

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 22 strikes (avg 39.3%, max 55.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	40.0%	26.0%	54.1%	3	4.2K
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	41.0%	27.0%	52.0%	--	577
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	41.2%	27.6%	49.0%	--	908
$182.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	43.3%	29.8%	45.4%	1	234
$183.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	42.0%	29.1%	44.3%	1	278

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	40.0%	25.7%	55.7%	40	4.4K
$186.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	41.0%	26.7%	53.6%	1	1.5K
$183.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	42.0%	28.0%	49.8%	--	1.6K
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	41.2%	27.6%	49.0%	81	1.8K
$182.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	43.3%	29.9%	44.9%	--	83

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 179 found (best R:R 0.94, avg 4.20)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$184.00	$185.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	59%	4.88	$184.17
$175.00	$180.00	Nov 20	$3.34	$1.66	$3.34	77%	0.50	$178.34
$179.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.62	$0.38	$0.62	95%	0.61	$179.62
$189.00	$190.00	Oct 23	$0.21	$0.79	$0.21	39%	3.76	$189.21
$185.00	$186.00	Oct 16	$0.49	$0.51	$0.49	68%	1.04	$185.49

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$198.00	Nov 20	$1.03	$0.97	$1.03	79%	0.94	$198.97
$199.00	$198.00	Nov 6	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	84%	1.63	$198.62
$190.00	$189.00	Nov 20	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	56%	5.67	$189.85
$185.00	$180.00	Nov 27	$1.50	$3.50	$1.50	45%	2.33	$183.50
$193.00	$187.50	Nov 27	$2.80	$2.70	$2.80	62%	0.96	$190.20

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 129 found (best R:R 0.72, avg 0.39)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$187.50	$197.50	Nov 27	$4.19	$4.19	$5.81	50%	0.72	$191.69
$196.00	$197.50	Nov 6	$0.52	$0.52	$0.98	76%	0.53	$196.52
$200.00	$205.00	Nov 20	$0.85	$0.85	$4.15	79%	0.20	$200.85
$196.00	$199.00	Nov 13	$0.79	$0.79	$2.21	74%	0.36	$196.79
$190.00	$191.00	Oct 23	$0.47	$0.47	$0.53	65%	0.89	$190.47

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$183.00	$182.00	Nov 20	$0.58	$0.58	$0.42	61%	1.38	$182.42
$186.00	$185.00	Nov 20	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	54%	1.86	$185.35
$176.00	$175.00	Nov 20	$0.39	$0.39	$0.61	75%	0.64	$175.61
$182.50	$182.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	83%	0.56	$182.32
$165.00	$160.00	Nov 20	$0.52	$0.52	$4.48	88%	0.12	$164.48

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 12 found (avg debit $1.89, cheapest $1.38)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.45	41.0%	27.8%
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.48	40.0%	28.2%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.50	37.7%	28.9%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.37	35.8%	27.2%
$189.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.31	35.3%	27.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.38	41.0%	27.8%
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.40	40.0%	28.2%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.81	37.7%	28.9%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.34	35.8%	27.2%
$189.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.55	35.3%	27.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 111 found (cheapest 1.62% of stock, avg 5.68%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$187.00	Oct 16	$1.62	$1.41	$3.03	$183.97	$190.03	1.62%
$187.50	Oct 16	$1.23	$2.05	$3.28	$184.22	$190.78	1.75%
$189.00	Oct 16	$0.74	$2.75	$3.49	$185.51	$192.49	1.86%
$186.00	Oct 16	$2.13	$1.38	$3.51	$182.49	$189.51	1.87%
$188.00	Oct 16	$1.10	$2.41	$3.51	$184.49	$191.51	1.87%
$185.00	Oct 16	$2.62	$0.96	$3.58	$181.42	$188.58	1.91%
$184.00	Oct 16	$3.34	$0.71	$4.05	$179.95	$188.05	2.16%
$190.00	Oct 16	$0.53	$3.83	$4.36	$185.64	$194.36	2.33%
$183.00	Oct 16	$4.13	$0.50	$4.63	$178.37	$187.63	2.47%
$182.50	Oct 16	$4.50	$0.45	$4.95	$177.55	$187.45	2.64%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 0.52% of stock, avg 3.18%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.45	$0.98	$181.52	$190.98
$190.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.50	$1.03	$181.97	$191.03
$190.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.71	$1.24	$182.76	$191.24
$189.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.74	$0.45	$1.19	$181.31	$190.19
$189.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.74	$0.50	$1.24	$181.76	$190.24
$189.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.74	$0.71	$1.45	$182.55	$190.45
$190.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.96	$1.49	$183.51	$191.49
$189.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.74	$0.96	$1.70	$183.30	$190.70
$188.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$1.10	$0.50	$1.60	$181.40	$189.60
$188.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$1.10	$0.45	$1.55	$180.95	$189.55

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 212 found (best R:R 3.55, avg credit $0.64)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
175/176	197/198	Nov 20	$0.78	$0.22	48%	3.55	$175.22	$197.78
175/176	194/195	Nov 20	$0.77	$0.23	41%	3.35	$175.23	$194.77
170/171	197/198	Nov 20	$0.58	$0.42	55%	1.38	$170.42	$197.58
175/176	196/197	Nov 20	$0.67	$0.33	46%	2.03	$175.33	$196.67
171/172	197/198	Nov 20	$0.56	$0.44	53%	1.27	$171.44	$197.56
177/178	197/198	Nov 20	$0.63	$0.37	44%	1.70	$177.37	$197.63
172/173	197/198	Nov 20	$0.55	$0.45	52%	1.22	$172.45	$197.55
181/182	191/192	Oct 23	$0.64	$0.36	43%	1.78	$181.36	$191.64
176/177	191/192	Oct 23	$0.49	$0.51	57%	0.96	$176.51	$191.49
180/181	191/192	Oct 23	$0.59	$0.41	47%	1.44	$180.41	$191.59

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 86 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
$183.00	$184.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$0.93	14%	13.29
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Nov 13	$0.13	$2.37	8%	18.23
$198.00	$199.00	$200.00	Nov 6	$0.05	$0.95	4%	19.00

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
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Nov 13	$0.36	$4.64	17%	12.89
$175.00	$177.50	$180.00	Nov 6	$0.09	$2.41	10%	26.78
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67
$186.00	$187.00	$188.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$0.93	10%	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. 131 found (best net $-2.98, 124 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$170.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$6.75	$3.25
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.14	$4.86
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.02	$4.98
$210.00	$215.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.16	$4.84
$200.00	$202.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.15	$2.35

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.98	$7.02
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.04	$4.96
$180.00	$175.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$1.04	$3.96
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.26	$4.74
$175.00	$170.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.64	$4.36

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 73 found (best yield 3.23%, avg 0.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Nov 27	$6.05	0.50	0.1%	3.23%	3.28%	--	16
$189.00	Nov 20	$4.95	0.46	0.8%	2.64%	3.50%	--	46
$190.00	Nov 20	$4.55	0.44	1.4%	2.43%	3.82%	3	519
$191.00	Nov 20	$4.15	0.41	1.9%	2.21%	4.14%	--	12
$192.00	Nov 20	$3.60	0.39	2.5%	1.92%	4.38%	--	59
$193.00	Nov 20	$3.25	0.36	3.0%	1.73%	4.72%	6	446
$194.00	Nov 20	$2.97	0.34	3.5%	1.58%	5.11%	10	230
$196.00	Nov 20	$2.56	0.29	4.6%	1.37%	5.96%	5	612
$197.50	Nov 27	$2.25	0.27	5.4%	1.20%	6.59%	--	65
$195.00	Nov 20	$2.61	0.31	4.1%	1.39%	5.45%	1	1.3K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 722

Total Puts 876

Put/Call Ratio 1.21

Net Difference -154

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 379

Total Puts 142

Put/Call Ratio 0.37

Net Difference 237

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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