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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$185.08 -2.81%

(10/15 09:50) ◀

Thursday, October 15, 2026 (9:55am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:55am) 3,301

Calls: 1,538 (47%)

Puts: 1,763 (53%)

Prior (10/14) 683

Calls: 455 (67%)

Puts: 228 (33%)

Current vs Prior +383.31%

Calls: +238.02% (Calls)

Puts: +673.25% (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 -87.71%

Calls: -85.07%

Puts: -89.36%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:55am) $1.33M

Calls: $648.8K (49%)

Puts: $685.7K (51%)

Prior (10/14) $307.9K

Calls: $255.5K (83%)

Puts: $52.5K (17%)

Current vs Prior +333.37%

Calls: +153.95%

Puts: +1207.19%

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 -94.44%

Calls: -96.18%

Puts: -90.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:55am) 1.15

Prior (10/14) 0.50

Current vs Prior +128.76%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -32.08%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:55am) 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 1.98% | 3.93%1.98% | 7.28%

Prior 2.30% | 3.86%2.30% | 6.49%

Current vs Prior -13.79% | +1.91%-13.79% | +12.13%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.67% | +15.37%-26.61% | +2.10%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -13.79% | +1.91%-13.79% | +12.13%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 30.87% | 23.72%

Calls: 21.62% | 28.21%

Puts: 40.11% | 19.23%

Prior 33.34% | 26.01%

Calls: 32.88% | 14.95%

Puts: 33.79% | 37.06%

Current vs Prior -7.41% | -8.80%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.85% | 25.66%

Calls: 51.71% | 23.99%

Puts: 37.98% | 27.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -31.16% | -7.56%

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 333% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 383% vs prior - elevated interest. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.15. P/C ratio rising 129% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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
09:55	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:50	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:40	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:35	BULLISH	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 21 of results (avg 7.4%, best 3.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Nov 20	36.20	38.50	$37.35	6.2%	--	0.96	20
$150.00	Oct 23	35.20	37.45	$36.33	6.2%	--	0.98	13
$191.00	Nov 20	3.90	4.15	$4.03	6.2%	--	0.39	12
$150.00	Oct 16	35.05	37.35	$36.20	6.4%	--	0.98	73
$190.00	Nov 20	4.30	4.60	$4.45	6.7%	4	0.42	519

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Nov 13	15.05	15.60	$15.33	3.6%	55	0.92	58
$197.00	Nov 6	12.20	12.75	$12.48	4.4%	1	0.89	76
$180.00	Nov 20	4.15	4.40	$4.28	5.8%	25	0.35	2.1K
$192.00	Nov 6	8.25	8.90	$8.57	7.6%	1	0.71	71
$215.00	Nov 20	27.80	30.25	$29.03	8.4%	--	1.00	300

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. 141 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Oct 16	15.05	17.30	$16.18	13.9%	--	0.99	60
$174.00	Oct 16	11.10	13.35	$12.23	18.4%	--	0.99	20
$171.00	Oct 16	14.05	16.30	$15.18	14.8%	--	0.98	27
$160.00	Oct 16	25.05	27.30	$26.18	8.6%	6	0.98	21
$150.00	Oct 23	35.20	37.45	$36.33	6.2%	--	0.98	13

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Oct 16	8.15	10.20	$9.18	22.3%	14	1.00	978
$198.00	Oct 16	11.10	13.05	$12.08	16.1%	3	1.00	92
$199.00	Oct 16	11.80	14.05	$12.93	17.4%	--	1.00	596
$200.00	Oct 16	13.10	15.05	$14.08	13.8%	5	1.00	325
$210.00	Oct 16	22.80	25.20	$24.00	10.0%	3	1.00	6

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 173 active (total vol 2.5K, top 272)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$193.00	Oct 16	0.02	0.14	$0.08	150.0%	272	0.04	932
$190.00	Oct 16	0.18	0.44	$0.31	83.9%	131	0.14	1.7K
$200.00	Nov 20	1.30	1.47	$1.39	12.2%	80	0.18	1.6K
$205.00	Nov 6	0.19	0.38	$0.29	65.5%	36	0.06	124
$200.00	Nov 6	0.52	0.69	$0.61	27.9%	35	0.12	169

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$183.00	Oct 16	0.68	0.91	$0.80	28.7%	253	0.29	1.0K
$180.00	Oct 16	0.18	0.31	$0.25	52.0%	224	0.11	1.2K
$190.00	Oct 30	6.00	7.10	$6.55	16.8%	100	0.65	660
$175.00	Nov 6	1.49	2.10	$1.80	33.9%	91	0.21	73
$184.00	Oct 16	0.78	1.19	$0.99	41.4%	81	0.36	1.6K

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 43.7%, max 98.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	51.0%	26.9%	89.4%	2	577
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	47.1%	28.5%	65.2%	7	168
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	47.0%	29.8%	57.9%	--	603
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	37.9%	26.5%	43.2%	4	4.2K
$189.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	39.9%	29.1%	36.9%	4	142

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$186.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	51.0%	25.7%	98.4%	2	1.5K
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	47.1%	28.5%	65.2%	4	59
$188.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	47.0%	29.8%	58.0%	6	2.7K
$183.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	39.7%	26.8%	48.1%	253	1.6K
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	37.9%	26.1%	45.6%	44	4.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 160 found (best R:R 4.56, avg 5.10)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$180.00	$182.00	Nov 20	$0.98	$1.02	$0.98	66%	1.04	$180.98
$205.00	$210.00	Nov 27	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	12%	25.32	$205.19
$180.00	$183.00	Oct 30	$1.80	$1.20	$1.80	72%	0.67	$181.80
$185.00	$187.00	Nov 20	$0.85	$1.15	$0.85	54%	1.35	$185.85
$191.00	$192.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	26%	7.33	$191.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$191.00	$190.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	94%	4.56	$190.82
$194.00	$193.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	97%	2.33	$193.70
$194.00	$193.00	Oct 23	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	91%	2.33	$193.70
$200.00	$199.00	Nov 6	$0.47	$0.53	$0.47	97%	1.13	$199.53
$195.00	$191.00	Nov 13	$2.50	$1.50	$2.50	77%	0.60	$192.50

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 120 found (best R:R 0.81, avg 0.45)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$187.50	$197.50	Nov 27	$4.46	$4.46	$5.54	50%	0.81	$191.96
$197.50	$205.00	Nov 27	$1.46	$1.46	$6.04	74%	0.24	$198.96
$188.00	$189.00	Oct 16	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	69%	1.00	$188.50
$192.00	$193.00	Oct 30	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	69%	1.00	$192.50
$189.00	$190.00	Oct 30	$0.61	$0.61	$0.39	59%	1.56	$189.61

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$185.00	$184.00	Oct 30	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	54%	3.00	$184.25
$182.00	$181.00	Oct 23	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	68%	1.17	$181.46
$184.00	$183.00	Nov 20	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	56%	1.86	$183.35
$183.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.35	$0.35	$0.15	71%	2.33	$182.65
$184.00	$182.00	Nov 13	$1.02	$1.02	$0.98	57%	1.04	$182.98

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 12 found (avg debit $1.94, cheapest $1.01)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.01	51.0%	29.5%
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	$5.62	47.1%	28.5%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.47	47.0%	30.6%
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$2.05	37.9%	29.2%
$184.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.86	36.0%	28.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.56	51.0%	29.5%
$187.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.55	47.1%	29.8%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.71	47.0%	30.6%
$184.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.21	36.0%	27.3%
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.36	37.9%	29.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 112 found (cheapest 1.80% of stock, avg 5.78%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$185.00	Oct 16	$1.85	$1.49	$3.34	$181.66	$188.34	1.80%
$187.50	Oct 16	$1.16	$2.27	$3.43	$184.07	$190.93	1.85%
$187.00	Oct 16	$0.94	$2.57	$3.51	$183.49	$190.51	1.90%
$186.00	Oct 16	$1.91	$1.82	$3.73	$182.27	$189.73	2.02%
$184.00	Oct 16	$3.17	$0.99	$4.16	$179.84	$188.16	2.25%
$188.00	Oct 16	$1.00	$3.26	$4.26	$183.74	$192.26	2.30%
$189.00	Oct 16	$0.50	$3.97	$4.47	$184.53	$193.47	2.42%
$183.00	Oct 16	$3.93	$0.80	$4.73	$178.27	$187.73	2.56%
$182.50	Oct 16	$4.33	$0.45	$4.78	$177.72	$187.28	2.58%
$182.00	Oct 16	$4.72	$0.45	$5.17	$176.83	$187.17	2.79%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 0.51% of stock, avg 3.17%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$189.00	$182.00	Oct 16	$0.50	$0.45	$0.95	$181.05	$189.95
$189.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.50	$0.45	$0.95	$181.55	$189.95
$189.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.50	$0.80	$1.30	$181.70	$190.30
$188.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$1.00	$0.45	$1.45	$181.05	$189.45
$187.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.94	$0.45	$1.39	$181.11	$188.39
$188.00	$182.00	Oct 16	$1.00	$0.45	$1.45	$180.55	$189.45
$187.00	$182.00	Oct 16	$0.94	$0.45	$1.39	$180.61	$188.39
$189.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.50	$0.99	$1.49	$182.51	$190.49
$188.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$1.00	$0.80	$1.80	$181.20	$189.80
$187.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.94	$0.80	$1.74	$181.26	$188.74

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 214 found (best R:R 5.67, avg credit $0.65)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
182/183	188/189	Oct 16	$0.85	$0.15	40%	5.67	$182.15	$188.85
181/182	193/194	Oct 23	$0.74	$0.26	49%	2.85	$181.26	$193.74
181/182	194/195	Oct 23	$0.70	$0.30	52%	2.33	$181.30	$194.70
176/177	192/193	Oct 30	$0.70	$0.30	48%	2.33	$176.30	$192.70
173/174	192/193	Oct 30	$0.64	$0.36	54%	1.78	$173.36	$192.64
174/175	192/193	Oct 30	$0.66	$0.34	52%	1.94	$174.34	$192.66
180/181	192/193	Oct 30	$0.80	$0.20	38%	4.00	$180.20	$192.80
181/182	188/189	Oct 16	$0.67	$0.33	49%	2.03	$181.33	$188.67
177/178	192/193	Oct 30	$0.68	$0.32	46%	2.13	$177.32	$192.68
176/177	190/191	Oct 23	$0.60	$0.40	54%	1.50	$176.40	$190.60

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 97 found (best R:R 22.81, 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	7%	30.25
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$0.93	11%	13.29
$180.00	$181.00	$182.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$0.93	9%	13.29
$194.00	$195.00	$196.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$0.95	5%	19.00
$194.00	$195.00	$196.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$0.94	6%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Nov 27	$0.21	$4.79	20%	22.81
$155.00	$165.00	$175.00	Nov 6	$0.80	$9.20	17%	11.50
$175.00	$177.50	$180.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$2.43	10%	34.71
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Nov 13	$0.44	$4.56	18%	10.36
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Nov 20	$0.13	$4.87	6%	37.46

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 133 found (best net $-4.16, 122 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$170.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$6.18	$3.82
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.03	$4.97
$188.00	$189.00	1:2	Oct 16	$0.00	$1.00
$210.00	$215.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.03	$4.97
$210.00	$215.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.17	$4.83

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$4.16	$5.84
$180.00	$175.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.97	$4.03
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.04	$4.96
$175.00	$170.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.61	$4.39
$160.00	$150.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.09	$9.91

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 79 found (best yield 3.24%, avg 0.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Nov 27	$6.00	0.50	1.3%	3.24%	4.55%	--	16
$187.00	Nov 20	$5.80	0.50	1.0%	3.13%	4.17%	--	26
$189.00	Nov 20	$4.80	0.45	2.1%	2.59%	4.71%	--	46
$190.00	Nov 20	$4.30	0.42	2.7%	2.32%	4.98%	4	519
$191.00	Nov 20	$3.90	0.39	3.2%	2.11%	5.31%	--	12
$192.00	Nov 20	$3.50	0.36	3.7%	1.89%	5.63%	--	59
$193.00	Nov 20	$3.00	0.34	4.3%	1.62%	5.90%	6	446
$194.00	Nov 20	$2.65	0.31	4.8%	1.43%	6.25%	10	230
$197.50	Nov 27	$2.05	0.26	6.7%	1.11%	7.82%	--	65
$192.00	Nov 13	$2.77	0.35	3.7%	1.50%	5.24%	--	65

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,538

Total Puts 1,763

Put/Call Ratio 1.15

Net Difference -225

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 455

Total Puts 228

Put/Call Ratio 0.50

Net Difference 227

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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