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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$186.26 -2.19%

(10/15 10:10) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:15am) 6,680

Calls: 3,456 (52%)

Puts: 3,224 (48%)

Prior (10/14) 1,810

Calls: 983 (54%)

Puts: 827 (46%)

Current vs Prior +269.06%

Calls: +251.58% (Calls)

Puts: +289.84% (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 -75.14%

Calls: -66.46%

Puts: -80.54%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:15am) $2.78M

Calls: $1.51M (55%)

Puts: $1.26M (45%)

Prior (10/14) $817.3K

Calls: $589.7K (72%)

Puts: $227.6K (28%)

Current vs Prior +239.79%

Calls: +156.91%

Puts: +454.51%

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 -88.42%

Calls: -91.08%

Puts: -81.99%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:15am) 0.93

Prior (10/14) 0.84

Current vs Prior +10.88%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.73%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:15am) 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 1.97% | 3.71%1.97% | 7.27%

Prior 2.30% | 3.86%2.30% | 6.49%

Current vs Prior -14.36% | -3.77%-14.36% | +12.05%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -6.30% | +8.93%-27.10% | +2.02%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -14.36% | -3.77%-14.36% | +12.05%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 68.83% | 31.45%

Calls: 100.63% | 35.99%

Puts: 37.02% | 26.91%

Prior 33.34% | 26.01%

Calls: 32.88% | 14.95%

Puts: 33.79% | 37.06%

Current vs Prior +106.45% | +20.92%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.85% | 25.66%

Calls: 51.71% | 23.99%

Puts: 37.98% | 27.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +53.48% | +22.56%

Liquidity Expensive

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 240% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 269% vs prior - elevated interest. Put-heavy open interest (549,331 puts vs 275,998 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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
10:15	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
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 38 of results (avg 7.1%, best 3.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Nov 20	11.00	11.45	$11.23	4.0%	3	0.67	260
$185.00	Nov 20	7.55	7.90	$7.73	4.5%	16	0.55	270
$150.00	Oct 30	35.30	37.40	$36.35	5.8%	1	0.98	1
$150.00	Oct 16	34.85	37.10	$35.98	6.3%	1	0.98	73
$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
$200.00	Nov 20	14.40	14.90	$14.65	3.4%	14	0.80	1.1K
$181.00	Nov 20	4.20	4.35	$4.28	3.5%	22	0.36	662
$195.00	Oct 16	8.60	8.95	$8.77	4.0%	18	1.00	978
$199.00	Nov 6	13.00	13.55	$13.28	4.1%	56	0.86	346
$200.00	Nov 13	14.10	14.70	$14.40	4.2%	55	0.84	58

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.93, cheapest $0.93)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Nov 20	0.85	1.01	$0.93	17.2%	313	0.09	453

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 148 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Oct 23	34.95	37.40	$36.17	6.8%	--	1.00	13
$155.00	Oct 23	30.00	32.25	$31.13	7.2%	--	1.00	25
$170.00	Oct 16	14.85	17.10	$15.98	14.1%	--	0.99	60
$174.00	Oct 16	10.85	13.15	$12.00	19.2%	--	0.99	20
$160.00	Oct 16	24.85	27.10	$25.98	8.7%	6	0.99	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$193.00	Oct 16	6.05	6.95	$6.50	13.8%	7	1.00	1.6K
$194.00	Oct 16	7.05	8.60	$7.82	19.8%	14	1.00	1.9K
$195.00	Oct 16	8.60	8.95	$8.77	4.0%	18	1.00	978
$196.00	Oct 16	8.95	11.25	$10.10	22.8%	2	1.00	1.7K
$197.00	Oct 16	9.95	12.20	$11.08	20.3%	--	1.00	198

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 218 active (total vol 5.0K, top 652)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$194.00	Nov 20	3.05	3.50	$3.28	13.7%	652	0.33	230
$205.00	Nov 20	0.71	0.90	$0.81	23.5%	487	0.12	1.1K
$193.00	Oct 16	0.02	0.13	$0.08	137.5%	294	0.05	932
$190.00	Oct 16	0.18	0.44	$0.31	83.9%	131	0.17	1.7K
$200.00	Nov 20	1.52	1.73	$1.63	12.9%	122	0.20	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Nov 20	0.85	1.01	$0.93	17.2%	313	0.09	453
$183.00	Oct 16	0.38	0.85	$0.62	75.8%	253	0.22	1.0K
$180.00	Oct 16	0.15	0.28	$0.22	59.1%	228	0.09	1.2K
$186.00	Oct 30	3.80	4.25	$4.03	11.2%	150	0.48	67
$193.00	Oct 30	7.65	8.35	$8.00	8.7%	150	0.72	207

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 35.6%, max 58.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	44.2%	28.1%	57.0%	2	237
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	38.6%	27.1%	42.7%	--	908
$183.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	43.7%	30.7%	42.3%	2	278
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	37.3%	26.8%	39.5%	19	4.2K
$187.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	36.2%	26.3%	37.5%	23	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$183.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	43.7%	27.5%	58.8%	258	1.6K
$182.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	44.2%	28.1%	57.0%	21	1.6K
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	38.6%	27.1%	42.7%	108	1.8K
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	37.3%	26.4%	41.3%	58	4.4K
$182.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	41.7%	30.2%	37.8%	--	83

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 192 found (best R:R 2.12, avg 4.23)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$179.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	92%	1.50	$179.40
$177.50	$178.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	94%	1.27	$177.72
$184.00	$185.00	Nov 20	$0.34	$0.66	$0.34	58%	1.94	$184.34
$184.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.51	$0.49	$0.51	73%	0.96	$184.51
$189.00	$190.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	42%	2.70	$189.27

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$199.00	$198.00	Oct 23	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	95%	2.12	$198.68
$192.00	$191.00	Oct 16	$0.34	$0.66	$0.34	98%	1.94	$191.66
$200.00	$197.50	Nov 27	$1.35	$1.15	$1.35	78%	0.85	$198.65
$195.00	$191.00	Nov 13	$2.30	$1.70	$2.30	73%	0.74	$192.70
$199.00	$198.00	Oct 30	$0.47	$0.53	$0.47	90%	1.13	$198.53

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 137 found (best R:R 0.97, avg 0.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$190.00	$193.00	Nov 6	$1.48	$1.48	$1.52	60%	0.97	$191.48
$187.50	$195.00	Nov 27	$3.37	$3.37	$4.13	51%	0.82	$190.87
$190.00	$191.00	Nov 20	$0.71	$0.71	$0.29	57%	2.45	$190.71
$195.00	$196.00	Nov 27	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	68%	1.22	$195.55
$187.00	$189.00	Nov 20	$1.17	$1.17	$0.83	50%	1.41	$188.17

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$182.00	$181.00	Oct 23	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	70%	1.17	$181.46
$170.00	$150.00	Nov 27	$1.54	$1.54	$18.46	81%	0.08	$168.46
$170.00	$155.00	Nov 13	$1.03	$1.03	$13.97	85%	0.07	$168.97
$184.00	$182.00	Nov 13	$0.90	$0.90	$1.10	58%	0.82	$183.10
$177.00	$176.00	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	79%	0.43	$176.70

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $2.06, cheapest $1.36)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.36	37.3%	27.5%
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.53	35.1%	27.7%
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	$5.57	35.6%	28.4%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.53	36.2%	29.1%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.57	36.3%	29.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.51	37.3%	27.5%
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.70	35.1%	27.7%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.72	36.2%	29.1%
$187.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.49	35.6%	29.0%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.65	36.3%	29.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 118 found (cheapest 1.68% of stock, avg 5.75%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$186.00	Oct 16	$1.86	$1.27	$3.13	$182.87	$189.13	1.68%
$187.00	Oct 16	$1.37	$1.81	$3.18	$183.82	$190.18	1.71%
$187.50	Oct 16	$1.13	$2.19	$3.32	$184.18	$190.82	1.78%
$188.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$2.43	$3.40	$184.60	$191.40	1.83%
$185.00	Oct 16	$2.57	$0.96	$3.53	$181.47	$188.53	1.90%
$184.00	Oct 16	$3.08	$0.70	$3.78	$180.22	$187.78	2.03%
$189.00	Oct 16	$0.53	$3.25	$3.78	$185.22	$192.78	2.03%
$190.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$3.85	$4.16	$185.84	$194.16	2.23%
$183.00	Oct 16	$3.81	$0.62	$4.43	$178.57	$187.43	2.38%
$182.50	Oct 16	$4.18	$0.45	$4.63	$177.87	$187.13	2.49%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.41% of stock, avg 3.23%)

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
$190.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.62	$0.93	$182.07	$190.93
$189.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.45	$0.98	$181.52	$189.98
$190.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.70	$1.01	$182.99	$191.01
$189.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.62	$1.15	$181.85	$190.15
$189.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.70	$1.23	$182.77	$190.23
$190.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.96	$1.27	$183.73	$191.27
$189.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.96	$1.49	$183.51	$190.49
$188.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.45	$1.42	$181.08	$189.42
$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. 246 found (best R:R 7.33, avg credit $0.69)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
181/182	191/192	Oct 23	$0.88	$0.12	42%	7.33	$181.12	$191.88
181/182	194/195	Oct 23	$0.70	$0.30	54%	2.33	$181.30	$194.70
181/182	193/194	Oct 23	$0.71	$0.29	50%	2.45	$181.29	$193.71
181/182	192/193	Oct 23	$0.65	$0.35	48%	1.86	$181.35	$193.15
181/182	192/192	Oct 23	$0.66	$0.34	46%	1.94	$181.34	$192.66
175/176	197/198	Nov 20	$0.63	$0.37	48%	1.70	$175.37	$197.63
176/177	191/192	Oct 30	$0.66	$0.34	44%	1.94	$176.34	$191.66
176/177	194/195	Oct 30	$0.56	$0.44	54%	1.27	$176.44	$194.56
176/177	193/194	Oct 30	$0.59	$0.41	51%	1.44	$176.41	$193.59
170/171	197/198	Nov 20	$0.55	$0.45	55%	1.22	$170.45	$197.55

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 105 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Nov 20	$0.15	$4.85	9%	32.33
$180.00	$185.00	$190.00	Nov 6	$0.77	$4.23	29%	5.49
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$2.45	6%	49.00
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.20	$4.80	8%	24.00
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$4.88	5%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Nov 27	$0.25	$4.75	20%	19.00
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	13%	54.56
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$4.84	12%	30.25
$165.00	$170.00	$175.00	Nov 6	$0.21	$4.79	12%	22.81
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$0.95	18%	19.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 147 found (best net $-4.32, 133 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$170.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$5.98	$4.02
$185.00	$190.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.02	$3.98
$187.00	$192.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.92	$4.08
$179.00	$185.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$2.81	$3.19
$180.00	$185.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$2.88	$2.12

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$4.32	$5.68
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.04	$4.96
$175.00	$170.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.44	$4.56
$180.00	$175.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.99	$4.01
$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. 82 found (best yield 3.33%, avg 0.82%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$187.00	Nov 20	$6.20	0.50	0.4%	3.33%	3.73%	17	26
$187.50	Nov 27	$5.85	0.49	0.7%	3.14%	3.81%	--	16
$190.00	Nov 20	$4.70	0.43	2.0%	2.52%	4.53%	6	519
$189.00	Nov 20	$4.70	0.46	1.5%	2.52%	3.99%	--	46
$195.00	Nov 27	$3.10	0.32	4.7%	1.66%	6.36%	1	5
$193.00	Nov 20	$3.30	0.36	3.6%	1.77%	5.39%	6	446
$191.00	Nov 20	$3.80	0.40	2.5%	2.04%	4.58%	--	12
$194.00	Nov 20	$3.05	0.33	4.2%	1.64%	5.79%	652	230
$192.00	Nov 20	$3.40	0.38	3.1%	1.83%	4.91%	--	59
$187.00	Nov 13	$5.00	0.49	0.4%	2.68%	3.08%	70	2

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 3,456

Total Puts 3,224

Put/Call Ratio 0.93

Net Difference 232

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 983

Total Puts 827

Put/Call Ratio 0.84

Net Difference 156

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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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

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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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