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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$186.67 -1.97%

(10/15 10:05) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:10am) 5,783

Calls: 2,987 (52%)

Puts: 2,796 (48%)

Prior (10/14) 1,450

Calls: 901 (62%)

Puts: 549 (38%)

Current vs Prior +298.83%

Calls: +231.52% (Calls)

Puts: +409.29% (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 -78.47%

Calls: -71.01%

Puts: -83.12%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:10am) $2.42M

Calls: $1.24M (51%)

Puts: $1.18M (49%)

Prior (10/14) $690.7K

Calls: $537.1K (78%)

Puts: $153.6K (22%)

Current vs Prior +250.34%

Calls: +130.89%

Puts: +667.93%

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 -89.91%

Calls: -92.70%

Puts: -83.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:10am) 0.94

Prior (10/14) 0.61

Current vs Prior +53.62%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.54%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:10am) 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 2.00% | 3.68%2.00% | 7.22%

Prior 2.30% | 3.86%2.30% | 6.49%

Current vs Prior -13.12% | -4.65%-13.13% | +11.26%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -4.95% | +7.94%-26.04% | +1.30%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -13.12% | -4.65%-13.13% | +11.26%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 64.75% | 30.16%

Calls: 100.63% | 31.00%

Puts: 28.88% | 29.33%

Prior 33.34% | 26.01%

Calls: 32.88% | 14.95%

Puts: 33.79% | 37.06%

Current vs Prior +94.21% | +15.96%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.85% | 25.66%

Calls: 51.71% | 23.99%

Puts: 37.98% | 27.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +44.38% | +17.54%

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 250% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 299% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio rising 54% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (549,331 puts vs 275,998 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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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
10:10	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 36 of results (avg 7.7%, best 5.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$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%	--	0.94	20
$185.00	Nov 20	7.60	8.10	$7.85	6.4%	16	0.55	270

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Nov 20	3.80	4.00	$3.90	5.1%	27	0.34	2.1K
$200.00	Nov 13	13.80	14.70	$14.25	6.3%	55	0.85	58
$184.00	Nov 20	5.00	5.35	$5.18	6.8%	23	0.43	184
$190.00	Nov 20	7.50	8.05	$7.78	7.1%	24	0.57	4.4K
$185.00	Nov 20	5.40	5.80	$5.60	7.1%	19	0.45	1.9K

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. 144 found (avg delta 0.78, 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
$172.00	Oct 16	12.90	15.10	$14.00	15.7%	--	1.00	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Oct 16	13.10	15.35	$14.23	15.8%	5	0.99	325
$198.00	Oct 16	11.20	12.60	$11.90	11.8%	7	0.99	92
$197.50	Oct 16	10.70	12.05	$11.38	11.9%	7	0.99	124
$210.00	Oct 16	23.10	24.85	$23.98	7.3%	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. 210 active (total vol 4.5K, top 652)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$194.00	Nov 20	3.25	3.50	$3.38	7.4%	652	0.33	230
$205.00	Nov 20	0.71	0.88	$0.80	21.3%	477	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	1.44	1.67	$1.56	14.7%	111	0.20	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$183.00	Oct 16	0.38	0.85	$0.62	75.8%	253	0.23	1.0K
$180.00	Oct 16	0.12	0.34	$0.23	95.7%	224	0.10	1.2K
$193.00	Oct 30	7.55	8.45	$8.00	11.2%	150	0.72	207
$186.00	Oct 30	3.85	4.60	$4.22	17.8%	149	0.48	67
$190.00	Oct 30	5.80	7.25	$6.53	22.2%	105	0.62	660

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 21 strikes (avg 33.2%, max 55.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	39.2%	26.9%	46.0%	--	908
$183.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	42.6%	30.9%	38.0%	2	278
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	36.5%	26.7%	36.9%	17	4.2K
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	38.1%	28.5%	33.6%	7	168
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	38.6%	29.2%	32.1%	--	603

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$183.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	42.6%	27.4%	55.5%	258	1.6K
$182.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	42.4%	27.8%	52.3%	21	1.6K
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	39.2%	27.0%	45.5%	107	1.8K
$186.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	36.6%	25.9%	41.2%	106	1.5K
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	36.5%	26.2%	39.1%	52	4.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 191 found (best R:R 1.70, avg 4.60)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$179.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	96%	1.22	$179.45
$183.00	$184.00	Oct 30	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	62%	1.50	$183.40
$195.00	$196.00	Nov 20	$0.14	$0.86	$0.14	30%	6.14	$195.14
$184.00	$185.00	Nov 20	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	57%	1.33	$184.43
$193.00	$194.00	Nov 20	$0.22	$0.78	$0.22	35%	3.55	$193.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$199.00	$198.00	Oct 23	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	95%	1.70	$198.63
$195.00	$194.00	Oct 16	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	97%	1.38	$194.58
$191.00	$190.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	66%	4.88	$190.83
$192.00	$191.00	Oct 16	$0.47	$0.53	$0.47	92%	1.13	$191.53
$193.00	$187.50	Nov 27	$2.83	$2.67	$2.83	64%	0.94	$190.17

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 138 found (best R:R 0.83, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$187.50	$195.00	Nov 27	$3.40	$3.40	$4.10	51%	0.83	$190.90
$190.00	$193.00	Nov 6	$1.43	$1.43	$1.57	60%	0.91	$191.43
$194.00	$195.00	Nov 20	$0.63	$0.63	$0.37	67%	1.70	$194.63
$195.00	$196.00	Nov 27	$0.57	$0.57	$0.43	68%	1.33	$195.57
$200.00	$205.00	Nov 27	$0.95	$0.95	$4.05	79%	0.23	$200.95

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$186.00	$185.00	Oct 23	$0.77	$0.77	$0.23	51%	3.35	$185.23
$170.00	$150.00	Nov 27	$1.56	$1.56	$18.44	81%	0.08	$168.44
$170.00	$155.00	Nov 13	$1.03	$1.03	$13.97	85%	0.07	$168.97
$183.00	$182.50	Oct 30	$0.32	$0.32	$0.18	62%	1.78	$182.68
$182.00	$181.00	Oct 23	$0.40	$0.40	$0.60	69%	0.67	$181.60

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $2.08, cheapest $5.57)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	$5.57	38.1%	28.5%
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.39	36.5%	27.2%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.50	38.6%	29.9%
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.43	36.6%	29.3%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.64	35.0%	29.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.45	36.5%	27.2%
$187.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.56	38.1%	29.3%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.70	38.6%	29.9%
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.82	36.6%	29.3%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.71	35.0%	29.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 117 found (cheapest 1.68% of stock, avg 5.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$187.00	Oct 16	$1.26	$1.87	$3.13	$183.87	$190.13	1.68%
$186.00	Oct 16	$1.86	$1.42	$3.28	$182.72	$189.28	1.76%
$187.50	Oct 16	$1.13	$2.19	$3.32	$184.18	$190.82	1.78%
$185.00	Oct 16	$2.44	$1.02	$3.46	$181.54	$188.46	1.85%
$188.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$2.50	$3.47	$184.53	$191.47	1.86%
$189.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$3.34	$3.82	$185.18	$192.82	2.05%
$184.00	Oct 16	$3.08	$0.80	$3.88	$180.12	$187.88	2.08%
$183.00	Oct 16	$3.81	$0.62	$4.43	$178.57	$187.43	2.37%
$190.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$4.28	$4.59	$185.41	$194.59	2.46%
$182.50	Oct 16	$4.18	$0.45	$4.63	$177.87	$187.13	2.48%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.41% of stock, avg 3.20%)

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	$0.62	$0.93	$182.07	$190.93
$189.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$0.62	$1.10	$181.90	$190.10
$190.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.80	$1.11	$182.89	$191.11
$189.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$0.80	$1.28	$182.72	$190.28
$190.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$1.02	$1.33	$183.67	$191.33
$188.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.45	$1.42	$181.08	$189.42
$189.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$1.02	$1.50	$183.50	$190.50
$188.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.62	$1.59	$181.41	$189.59

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 257 found (best R:R 4.26, avg credit $0.69)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
170/171	194/195	Nov 20	$0.81	$0.19	48%	4.26	$170.19	$194.81
172/173	194/195	Nov 20	$0.83	$0.17	45%	4.88	$172.17	$194.83
175/176	194/195	Nov 20	$0.85	$0.15	41%	5.67	$175.15	$194.85
173/174	194/195	Nov 20	$0.80	$0.20	44%	4.00	$173.20	$194.80
174/175	194/195	Nov 20	$0.81	$0.19	42%	4.26	$174.19	$194.81
171/172	194/195	Nov 20	$0.74	$0.26	47%	2.85	$171.26	$194.74
175/176	188/189	Oct 16	$0.59	$0.41	60%	1.44	$175.41	$188.59
181/182	190/191	Oct 23	$0.80	$0.20	36%	4.00	$181.20	$190.80
170/171	197/198	Nov 20	$0.61	$0.39	55%	1.56	$170.39	$197.61
172/173	197/198	Nov 20	$0.63	$0.37	53%	1.70	$172.37	$197.63

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 111 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$180.00	$185.00	$190.00	Nov 6	$0.71	$4.29	30%	6.04
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$4.88	8%	40.67
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$0.94	19%	15.67
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$4.90	4%	49.00
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$0.35	$4.65	13%	13.29

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	13%	99.00
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Nov 27	$0.27	$4.73	20%	17.52
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$0.95	20%	19.00
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$4.88	6%	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. 144 found (best net $-4.48, 128 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$170.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$6.06	$3.94
$185.00	$190.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.86	$4.14
$200.00	$205.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.04	$4.96
$180.00	$185.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$2.87	$2.13
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.15	$4.85

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$4.48	$5.52
$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. 80 found (best yield 3.13%, avg 0.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Nov 27	$5.85	0.49	0.4%	3.13%	3.58%	--	16
$190.00	Nov 20	$4.70	0.43	1.8%	2.52%	4.30%	6	519
$187.00	Nov 20	$5.95	0.50	0.2%	3.19%	3.36%	17	26
$189.00	Nov 20	$4.70	0.45	1.2%	2.52%	3.77%	--	46
$195.00	Nov 27	$3.05	0.32	4.5%	1.63%	6.10%	1	5
$194.00	Nov 20	$3.25	0.33	3.9%	1.74%	5.67%	652	230
$191.00	Nov 20	$3.80	0.40	2.3%	2.04%	4.36%	--	12
$193.00	Nov 20	$3.30	0.35	3.4%	1.77%	5.16%	6	446
$192.00	Nov 20	$3.40	0.37	2.9%	1.82%	4.68%	--	59
$196.00	Nov 20	$2.40	0.28	5.0%	1.29%	6.28%	5	612

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,987

Total Puts 2,796

Put/Call Ratio 0.94

Net Difference 191

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 901

Total Puts 549

Put/Call Ratio 0.61

Net Difference 352

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 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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