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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$186.26 -2.19%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:05am) 4,514

Calls: 2,235 (50%)

Puts: 2,279 (50%)

Prior (10/14) 1,321

Calls: 852 (64%)

Puts: 469 (36%)

Current vs Prior +241.71%

Calls: +162.32% (Calls)

Puts: +385.93% (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 -83.20%

Calls: -78.31%

Puts: -86.24%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:05am) $1.87M

Calls: $951.9K (51%)

Puts: $916.9K (49%)

Prior (10/14) $544.9K

Calls: $420.9K (77%)

Puts: $124.0K (23%)

Current vs Prior +242.95%

Calls: +126.17%

Puts: +639.19%

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 -92.21%

Calls: -94.40%

Puts: -86.92%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:05am) 1.02

Prior (10/14) 0.55

Current vs Prior +85.24%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -39.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:05am) 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 2.03% | 3.77%2.03% | 7.24%

Prior 2.30% | 3.86%2.30% | 6.49%

Current vs Prior -11.77% | -2.35%-11.77% | +11.50%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -3.46% | +10.54%-24.89% | +1.52%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -11.77% | -2.35%-11.77% | +11.50%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 61.25% | 28.09%

Calls: 100.63% | 28.40%

Puts: 21.87% | 27.78%

Prior 33.34% | 26.01%

Calls: 32.88% | 14.95%

Puts: 33.79% | 37.06%

Current vs Prior +83.71% | +8.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.85% | 25.66%

Calls: 51.71% | 23.99%

Puts: 37.98% | 27.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +36.58% | +9.47%

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 243% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 242% vs prior - elevated interest. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.02. P/C ratio rising 85% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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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
10:05	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 30 of results (avg 7.5%, best 4.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Nov 6	9.40	9.80	$9.60	4.2%	2	0.69	7
$150.00	Oct 30	35.30	37.35	$36.33	5.6%	1	1.00	1
$150.00	Oct 16	34.85	37.00	$35.92	6.0%	1	1.00	73
$150.00	Oct 23	34.95	37.20	$36.08	6.2%	--	1.00	13
$150.00	Nov 20	35.95	38.30	$37.13	6.3%	--	0.95	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$186.00	Nov 20	5.85	6.20	$6.03	5.8%	93	0.47	506
$200.00	Nov 13	14.10	14.95	$14.52	5.9%	55	0.85	58
$185.00	Nov 20	5.45	5.80	$5.63	6.2%	19	0.45	1.9K
$195.00	Oct 16	8.45	9.00	$8.73	6.3%	16	0.97	978
$200.00	Nov 20	14.35	15.30	$14.83	6.4%	14	0.81	1.1K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.74, cheapest $0.74)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$205.00	Nov 20	0.71	0.77	$0.74	8.1%	475	0.11	1.1K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 143 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Oct 16	34.85	37.00	$35.92	6.0%	1	1.00	73
$160.00	Oct 16	24.70	27.10	$25.90	9.3%	6	1.00	21
$170.00	Oct 16	14.85	17.10	$15.98	14.1%	--	1.00	60
$171.00	Oct 16	13.85	16.10	$14.98	15.0%	--	1.00	27
$174.00	Oct 16	10.85	13.10	$11.98	18.8%	--	1.00	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$215.00	Nov 20	28.00	30.45	$29.23	8.4%	--	1.00	300
$200.00	Oct 16	13.10	15.35	$14.23	15.8%	5	0.99	325
$198.00	Oct 16	11.30	12.60	$11.95	10.9%	5	0.99	92
$210.00	Oct 16	23.30	24.85	$24.08	6.4%	4	0.98	6
$202.50	Oct 23	15.50	17.85	$16.68	14.1%	--	0.98	32

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 193 active (total vol 3.4K, top 475)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$205.00	Nov 20	0.71	0.77	$0.74	8.1%	475	0.11	1.1K
$193.00	Oct 16	0.02	0.14	$0.08	150.0%	279	0.05	932
$190.00	Oct 16	0.18	0.44	$0.31	83.9%	131	0.16	1.7K
$200.00	Nov 20	1.36	1.60	$1.48	16.2%	111	0.19	1.6K
$205.00	Nov 6	0.22	0.36	$0.29	48.3%	39	0.06	124

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$183.00	Oct 16	0.46	0.85	$0.66	59.1%	253	0.24	1.0K
$180.00	Oct 16	0.13	0.35	$0.24	91.7%	224	0.10	1.2K
$190.00	Oct 30	5.80	7.25	$6.53	22.2%	105	0.63	660
$175.00	Nov 6	1.49	2.10	$1.80	33.9%	93	0.21	73
$186.00	Nov 20	5.85	6.20	$6.03	5.8%	93	0.47	506

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 36.7%, max 58.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	44.5%	28.1%	58.4%	2	237
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	40.4%	28.4%	42.2%	--	908
$183.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	42.9%	30.9%	38.9%	2	278
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	37.1%	26.8%	38.4%	5	4.2K
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	38.6%	28.0%	37.8%	2	577

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	44.5%	28.1%	58.4%	18	1.6K
$183.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	42.9%	28.1%	52.6%	257	1.6K
$186.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	38.6%	26.4%	46.4%	106	1.5K
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	40.4%	28.4%	42.2%	107	1.8K
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	37.1%	26.4%	40.4%	52	4.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 175 found (best R:R 1.38, avg 4.32)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$179.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	92%	0.54	$179.65
$185.00	$186.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.69	$0.31	63%	2.23	$185.31
$183.00	$184.00	Oct 30	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	62%	1.50	$183.40
$182.50	$183.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	67%	2.33	$182.65
$186.00	$187.00	Oct 23	$0.34	$0.66	$0.34	50%	1.94	$186.34

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$195.00	$194.00	Oct 23	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	88%	1.38	$194.58
$195.00	$194.00	Oct 16	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	98%	0.82	$194.45
$193.00	$187.50	Nov 27	$2.83	$2.67	$2.83	64%	0.94	$190.17
$189.00	$188.00	Oct 30	$0.23	$0.77	$0.23	59%	3.35	$188.77
$189.00	$188.00	Oct 23	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	64%	2.57	$188.72

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 126 found (best R:R 0.81, avg 0.43)

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	51%	0.81	$191.96
$190.00	$193.00	Nov 6	$1.36	$1.36	$1.64	60%	0.83	$191.36
$197.50	$205.00	Nov 27	$1.40	$1.40	$6.10	75%	0.23	$198.90
$189.00	$190.00	Nov 20	$0.73	$0.73	$0.27	55%	2.70	$189.73
$190.00	$191.00	Oct 23	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	68%	1.00	$190.50

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$170.00	$155.00	Nov 13	$1.03	$1.03	$13.97	85%	0.07	$168.97
$184.00	$182.00	Nov 13	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00	57%	1.00	$183.00
$182.00	$181.00	Oct 23	$0.46	$0.46	$0.54	68%	0.85	$181.54
$185.00	$184.00	Oct 23	$0.58	$0.58	$0.42	55%	1.38	$184.42
$183.00	$182.50	Oct 30	$0.32	$0.32	$0.18	62%	1.78	$182.68

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $2.17, cheapest $1.38)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.38	38.6%	28.3%
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	$5.57	38.1%	28.4%
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.66	37.1%	29.1%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.50	38.6%	30.7%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.72	34.5%	30.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.69	38.6%	28.3%
$187.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.69	38.1%	29.3%
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.79	37.1%	29.1%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.84	38.6%	30.7%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.86	34.5%	30.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 114 found (cheapest 1.66% of stock, avg 5.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$187.00	Oct 16	$1.18	$1.92	$3.10	$183.90	$190.10	1.66%
$185.00	Oct 16	$2.17	$1.05	$3.22	$181.78	$188.22	1.73%
$187.50	Oct 16	$1.13	$2.19	$3.32	$184.18	$190.82	1.78%
$186.00	Oct 16	$1.86	$1.55	$3.41	$182.59	$189.41	1.83%
$188.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$2.48	$3.45	$184.55	$191.45	1.85%
$184.00	Oct 16	$3.08	$0.84	$3.92	$180.08	$187.92	2.10%
$189.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$3.48	$3.96	$185.04	$192.96	2.13%
$183.00	Oct 16	$3.81	$0.66	$4.47	$178.53	$187.47	2.40%
$182.50	Oct 16	$4.18	$0.45	$4.63	$177.87	$187.13	2.49%
$190.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$4.53	$4.84	$185.16	$194.84	2.60%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 0.41% of stock, avg 3.18%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.45	$0.76	$181.74	$190.76
$189.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.48	$0.45	$0.93	$181.57	$189.93
$190.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.66	$0.97	$182.03	$190.97
$189.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$0.66	$1.14	$181.86	$190.14
$190.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.84	$1.15	$182.85	$191.15
$189.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$0.84	$1.32	$182.68	$190.32
$188.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.45	$1.42	$181.08	$189.42
$190.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$1.05	$1.36	$183.64	$191.36
$189.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$1.05	$1.53	$183.47	$190.53
$188.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.66	$1.63	$181.37	$189.63

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 231 found (best R:R 3.00, avg credit $0.66)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
176/177	192/193	Oct 30	$0.75	$0.25	48%	3.00	$176.25	$192.75
180/181	192/193	Oct 30	$0.84	$0.16	38%	5.25	$180.16	$192.84
176/177	190/191	Oct 23	$0.68	$0.32	53%	2.13	$176.32	$190.68
175/176	190/191	Oct 23	$0.62	$0.38	56%	1.63	$175.38	$190.62
180/181	190/191	Oct 23	$0.76	$0.24	42%	3.17	$180.24	$190.76
181/182	188/189	Oct 16	$0.70	$0.30	47%	2.33	$181.30	$188.70
176/177	198/199	Oct 30	$0.52	$0.48	65%	1.08	$176.48	$198.52
180/181	198/199	Oct 30	$0.61	$0.39	55%	1.56	$180.39	$198.61
181/182	194/195	Oct 23	$0.62	$0.38	53%	1.63	$181.38	$194.62
174/175	192/193	Oct 30	$0.62	$0.38	52%	1.63	$174.38	$192.62

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 94 found (best R:R 17.52, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$4.88	8%	40.67
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$0.35	$4.65	13%	13.29
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.22	$4.78	8%	21.73
$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	$0.27	$4.73	20%	17.52
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.13	$4.87	12%	37.46
$181.00	$183.00	$185.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$1.93	12%	27.57
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$0.95	10%	19.00
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$4.83	7%	28.41

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 140 found (best net $-4.38, 127 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$170.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$6.06	$3.94
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Nov 20	$0.00	$5.00
$190.00	$193.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.71	$2.29
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.18	$4.82
$210.00	$215.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.01	$4.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$4.38	$5.62
$175.00	$170.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.30	$4.70
$180.00	$175.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.97	$4.03
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.04	$4.96
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.25	$4.75

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 76 found (best yield 3.14%, avg 0.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Nov 27	$5.85	0.49	0.7%	3.14%	3.81%	--	16
$187.00	Nov 20	$5.70	0.50	0.4%	3.06%	3.46%	--	26
$189.00	Nov 20	$4.70	0.45	1.5%	2.52%	3.99%	--	46
$190.00	Nov 20	$4.30	0.42	2.0%	2.31%	4.32%	4	519
$191.00	Nov 20	$3.80	0.40	2.5%	2.04%	4.58%	--	12
$192.00	Nov 20	$3.40	0.37	3.1%	1.83%	4.91%	--	59
$193.00	Nov 20	$2.97	0.35	3.6%	1.59%	5.21%	6	446
$194.00	Nov 20	$2.63	0.32	4.2%	1.41%	5.57%	10	230
$195.00	Nov 20	$2.33	0.30	4.7%	1.25%	5.94%	4	1.3K
$196.00	Nov 20	$2.09	0.28	5.2%	1.12%	6.35%	5	612

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 2,235

Total Puts 2,279

Put/Call Ratio 1.02

Net Difference -44

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 852

Total Puts 469

Put/Call Ratio 0.55

Net Difference 383

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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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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