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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$188.16 -1.19%

(10/15 11:10) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 11:15am) 14,226

Calls: 6,360 (45%)

Puts: 7,866 (55%)

Prior (10/14) 4,137

Calls: 1,934 (47%)

Puts: 2,203 (53%)

Current vs Prior +243.87%

Calls: +228.85% (Calls)

Puts: +257.06% (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 -47.05%

Calls: -38.27%

Puts: -52.51%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 11:15am) $5.85M

Calls: $3.04M (52%)

Puts: $2.81M (48%)

Prior (10/14) $1.73M

Calls: $1.07M (62%)

Puts: $662.5K (38%)

Current vs Prior +238.23%

Calls: +185.11%

Puts: +323.79%

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 -75.62%

Calls: -82.08%

Puts: -59.95%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 11:15am) 1.24

Prior (10/14) 1.14

Current vs Prior +8.58%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -26.72%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 11:15am) 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 2.18% | 3.79%2.18% | 7.23%

Prior 2.30% | 3.86%2.30% | 6.49%

Current vs Prior -5.02% | -1.81%-5.03% | +11.45%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +3.92% | +11.15%-19.15% | +1.48%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -5.02% | -1.81%-5.03% | +11.45%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 45.80% | 43.78%

Calls: 22.26% | 37.77%

Puts: 69.33% | 49.78%

Prior 33.34% | 26.01%

Calls: 32.88% | 14.95%

Puts: 33.79% | 37.06%

Current vs Prior +37.37% | +68.32%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.85% | 25.66%

Calls: 51.71% | 23.99%

Puts: 37.98% | 27.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +2.13% | +70.62%

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 238% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 244% vs prior - elevated interest. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.24 indicates protective positioning. Put-heavy open interest (549,331 puts vs 275,998 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
11:15	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:10	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:05	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:55	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:50	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:45	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:40	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	BEARISH
10:35	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	BEARISH
10:30	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	BEARISH
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 25 of results (avg 7.2%, best 3.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Nov 20	33.50	34.65	$34.08	3.4%	--	0.94	20
$165.00	Oct 30	22.90	23.95	$23.42	4.5%	2	0.98	--
$180.00	Nov 20	11.60	12.35	$11.98	6.3%	103	0.70	260
$155.00	Oct 23	31.40	33.45	$32.42	6.3%	--	1.00	25
$160.00	Nov 20	27.80	29.85	$28.83	7.1%	5	0.93	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$215.00	Nov 20	26.75	28.00	$27.38	4.6%	--	0.96	300
$180.00	Nov 20	3.20	3.35	$3.28	4.6%	161	0.30	2.1K
$188.00	Nov 13	5.20	5.50	$5.35	5.6%	--	0.50	17
$182.00	Nov 20	3.70	3.95	$3.83	6.5%	36	0.35	292
$181.00	Nov 20	3.45	3.70	$3.58	7.0%	52	0.33	662

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.64)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Oct 23	0.59	0.68	$0.64	14.1%	13	0.16	349

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 146 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Oct 16	26.35	28.30	$27.33	7.1%	6	1.00	21
$170.00	Oct 16	16.50	18.35	$17.43	10.6%	2	1.00	60
$171.00	Oct 16	15.50	17.35	$16.43	11.3%	2	1.00	27
$172.00	Oct 16	14.30	16.40	$15.35	13.7%	--	1.00	21
$173.00	Oct 16	13.30	15.35	$14.33	14.3%	--	1.00	70

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Oct 16	11.75	14.00	$12.88	17.5%	105	0.99	325
$199.00	Oct 16	10.65	12.50	$11.58	16.0%	2	0.99	596
$197.50	Oct 16	9.25	10.85	$10.05	15.9%	13	0.99	124
$198.00	Oct 16	9.75	11.25	$10.50	14.3%	16	0.99	92
$210.00	Oct 16	21.75	24.00	$22.88	9.8%	4	0.99	6

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 260 active (total vol 9.5K, top 771)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Nov 13	4.85	5.65	$5.25	15.2%	769	0.47	--
$194.00	Nov 20	3.05	3.95	$3.50	25.7%	652	0.35	230
$205.00	Nov 20	0.82	1.06	$0.94	25.5%	519	0.13	1.1K
$193.00	Oct 16	0.06	0.15	$0.11	81.8%	294	0.07	932
$190.00	Oct 16	0.43	0.76	$0.60	55.0%	292	0.27	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$185.00	Nov 20	4.65	5.25	$4.95	12.1%	771	0.42	1.9K
$188.00	Nov 20	5.80	6.60	$6.20	12.9%	763	0.50	1.3K
$180.00	Oct 16	0.02	0.10	$0.06	133.3%	670	0.04	1.2K
$160.00	Nov 20	0.69	0.90	$0.80	26.3%	415	0.08	453
$183.00	Oct 16	0.12	0.60	$0.36	133.3%	261	0.15	1.0K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 19 strikes (avg 40.7%, max 89.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	48.2%	25.4%	89.9%	36	168
$189.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	37.7%	26.8%	41.0%	20	142
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	35.3%	26.0%	36.0%	37	4.2K
$186.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	35.9%	26.9%	33.8%	3	556
$187.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	34.9%	26.6%	31.4%	67	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	48.2%	25.4%	89.9%	5	59
$182.50	Oct 16	Nov 6	48.3%	28.5%	69.6%	2	59
$183.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	42.9%	26.5%	61.5%	266	1.6K
$189.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	37.7%	26.8%	41.0%	18	782
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	37.9%	27.0%	40.4%	139	1.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 181 found (best R:R 1.22, avg 4.77)

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	60%	4.88	$184.17
$174.00	$175.00	Oct 16	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	100%	0.67	$174.60
$181.00	$182.00	Oct 16	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	95%	0.82	$181.55
$182.00	$183.00	Nov 20	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	66%	2.70	$182.27
$186.00	$187.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.69	$0.31	70%	2.23	$186.31

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$198.00	Nov 20	$0.90	$1.10	$0.90	77%	1.22	$199.10
$187.50	$185.00	Nov 13	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	49%	3.39	$186.93
$197.00	$196.00	Nov 6	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	79%	2.57	$196.72
$199.00	$198.00	Oct 30	$0.39	$0.61	$0.39	88%	1.56	$198.61
$191.00	$190.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	83%	2.33	$190.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 135 found (best R:R 2.64, avg 0.47)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$190.00	$192.00	Nov 13	$1.45	$1.45	$0.55	55%	2.64	$191.45
$190.00	$193.00	Nov 6	$1.68	$1.68	$1.32	57%	1.27	$191.68
$195.00	$196.00	Nov 27	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	67%	2.33	$195.70
$200.00	$202.50	Nov 27	$0.75	$0.75	$1.75	77%	0.43	$200.75
$200.00	$205.00	Nov 20	$0.98	$0.98	$4.02	78%	0.24	$200.98

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$178.00	$177.00	Oct 30	$0.53	$0.53	$0.47	78%	1.13	$177.47
$185.00	$180.00	Nov 27	$2.15	$2.15	$2.85	56%	0.75	$182.85
$184.00	$183.00	Oct 30	$0.63	$0.63	$0.37	62%	1.70	$183.37
$181.00	$180.00	Nov 6	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	69%	1.27	$180.44
$186.00	$185.00	Nov 20	$0.68	$0.68	$0.32	55%	2.12	$185.32

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $1.63, cheapest $0.98)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.57	48.2%	27.7%
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.66	35.9%	26.9%
$189.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.37	37.7%	28.8%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.40	34.9%	27.1%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.48	33.8%	28.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$0.98	48.2%	26.9%
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.61	35.9%	26.9%
$189.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.54	37.7%	28.8%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.76	34.9%	27.1%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.89	33.8%	28.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 124 found (cheapest 1.54% of stock, avg 5.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Oct 16	$1.30	$1.59	$2.89	$185.11	$190.89	1.54%
$186.00	Oct 16	$2.19	$0.86	$3.05	$182.95	$189.05	1.62%
$187.00	Oct 16	$1.88	$1.21	$3.09	$183.91	$190.09	1.64%
$187.50	Oct 16	$1.53	$2.01	$3.54	$183.96	$191.04	1.88%
$190.00	Oct 16	$0.60	$3.05	$3.65	$186.35	$193.65	1.94%
$185.00	Oct 16	$3.14	$0.53	$3.67	$181.33	$188.67	1.95%
$191.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$3.35	$3.67	$187.33	$194.67	1.95%
$189.00	Oct 16	$1.05	$2.81	$3.86	$185.14	$192.86	2.05%
$184.00	Oct 16	$3.69	$0.38	$4.07	$179.93	$188.07	2.16%
$183.00	Oct 16	$4.55	$0.36	$4.91	$178.09	$187.91	2.61%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.31% of stock, avg 3.43%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$192.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$0.38	$0.59	$183.41	$192.59
$191.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.38	$0.70	$183.30	$191.70
$192.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$0.53	$0.74	$184.26	$192.74
$191.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.53	$0.85	$184.15	$191.85
$190.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.60	$0.38	$0.98	$183.02	$190.98
$190.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.60	$0.53	$1.13	$183.87	$191.13
$192.00	$186.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$0.86	$1.07	$184.93	$193.07
$191.00	$186.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.86	$1.18	$184.82	$192.18
$190.00	$186.00	Oct 16	$0.60	$0.86	$1.46	$184.54	$191.46
$189.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$1.05	$0.38	$1.43	$182.57	$190.43

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 248 found (best R:R 2.23, avg credit $0.69)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
177/178	198/199	Oct 30	$0.69	$0.31	64%	2.23	$177.31	$198.69
177/178	192/193	Oct 30	$0.87	$0.13	45%	6.69	$177.13	$192.87
177/178	196/197	Oct 30	$0.73	$0.27	59%	2.70	$177.27	$196.73
177/178	194/195	Oct 30	$0.80	$0.20	51%	4.00	$177.20	$194.80
181/182	195/196	Oct 23	$0.72	$0.28	57%	2.57	$181.28	$195.72
181/182	191/192	Oct 23	$0.87	$0.13	41%	6.69	$181.13	$191.87
180/181	195/196	Nov 6	$0.82	$0.18	42%	4.56	$180.18	$195.82
180/181	198/199	Nov 6	$0.73	$0.27	50%	2.70	$180.27	$198.73
181/182	193/194	Oct 23	$0.72	$0.28	51%	2.57	$181.28	$193.72
181/182	197/198	Oct 23	$0.59	$0.41	64%	1.44	$181.41	$197.59

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 106 found (best R:R 40.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	5%	54.56
$205.00	$207.50	$210.00	Nov 27	$0.08	$2.42	7%	30.25
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$0.94	11%	15.67
$186.00	$187.00	$188.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$0.93	11%	13.29
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Nov 20	$0.23	$4.77	8%	20.74

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$165.00	$170.00	$175.00	Nov 6	$0.12	$4.88	11%	40.67
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$4.88	8%	40.67
$191.00	$195.00	$199.00	Nov 13	$0.40	$3.60	22%	9.00
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$0.94	20%	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 143 found (best net $-2.88, 128 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$170.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$7.53	$2.47
$187.50	$195.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.30	$7.20
$179.00	$185.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$3.10	$2.90
$190.00	$193.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.74	$2.26
$180.00	$185.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$3.10	$1.90

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.88	$7.12
$180.00	$175.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.80	$4.20
$189.00	$188.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.37	$0.63
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.15	$4.85
$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. 77 found (best yield 2.87%, avg 0.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$190.00	Nov 20	$5.40	0.46	1.0%	2.87%	3.85%	21	519
$195.00	Nov 27	$3.20	0.33	3.6%	1.70%	5.34%	1	5
$189.00	Nov 13	$4.85	0.47	0.5%	2.58%	3.02%	769	--
$196.00	Nov 20	$2.80	0.31	4.2%	1.49%	5.65%	9	612
$192.00	Nov 20	$3.65	0.40	2.0%	1.94%	3.98%	--	59
$190.00	Nov 13	$4.35	0.45	1.0%	2.31%	3.29%	12	8
$193.00	Nov 20	$3.30	0.38	2.6%	1.75%	4.33%	6	446
$189.00	Nov 20	$4.70	0.48	0.5%	2.50%	2.94%	--	46
$194.00	Nov 20	$3.05	0.35	3.1%	1.62%	4.72%	652	230
$197.00	Nov 20	$2.48	0.29	4.7%	1.32%	6.02%	18	1.3K

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 6,360

Total Puts 7,866

Put/Call Ratio 1.24

Net Difference -1,506

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,934

Total Puts 2,203

Put/Call Ratio 1.14

Net Difference -269

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 72,122

Total Puts 115,943

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.69

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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