DFS / Discover Financial Services - Put/Call Ratio, Options Sentiment, Unusual Options Activity

Discover Financial Services
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Put/Call Ratios - Forward Looking and Historical

The Put/Call Ratio shows the total number of disclosed open put option positions divided by the number of open call options. Since puts are generally a bearish bet and calls are a bullish bet, put/call ratios greater than 1 indicate a bearish sentiment, and ratios less than one indicate a bullish sentiment.

Update Frequency: Daily

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By looking at the put/call ratios of specific expirations, we can deduce what the options markets think of the short, medium, and long-term outlook of the company.
DFS / Discover Financial Services Put/Call Ratio by Expiry
Expiry DTX Open Put
Interest
Open Call
Interest
Put/Call
Ratio
2025-10-17 37 231
2026-01-16 128 6,152
2027-01-15 492 449
DFS / Discover Financial Services Put/Call Ratio
Date Put OI Put OI
(OTM)
Call OI Call OI
(OTM)
Put/Call
Ratio
Put/Call
Ratio (OTM)
2025-05-16 24,463 23,835
2025-05-15 24,421 23,784
2025-05-14 24,029 23,439
2025-05-13 23,557 23,315
2025-05-12 24,647 24,517
2025-05-09 24,990 22,499
2025-05-08 23,672 23,225
2025-05-07 22,912 20,424
2025-05-06 22,351 20,288
2025-05-05 18,596 18,101
2025-05-02 18,643 18,190
2025-05-01 18,634 16,981
2025-04-30 18,159 16,501
2025-04-29 17,509 16,525
2025-04-28 17,322 16,446
2025-04-25 17,681 17,061
2025-04-24 16,780 16,546
2025-04-23 19,850 19,470
2025-04-22 23,961 23,251
2025-04-21 32,387 30,981
Unusual Options Activity - Trade Volume

The Put/Call Ratio shows the total number of disclosed open put option positions divided by the number of open call option options. Since puts are generally a bearish bet and calls are a bullish bet, put/call ratios greater than 1 indicate a bearish sentiment, and ratios less than one indicate a bullish sentiment.

Unusual options activity (UOA) is generally considered a strong signal for a directional price movement. One metric of unusual options activity is the total volume of put or call options divided by the open interest in the same option type. If the total volume of call or put options exceeds the current open interest, then that is considered unusual and indicates a strong directional signal. In the table below, any date on which the volume of an option exceeds the current open interest is highlighted in green (for call options) or red (for put options).

For example, if, on any trading day, the call volume exceeds the current call open interest, then the Call Volume/Call OI ratio will be greater than one and that cell in the able will be highlighted in green. This would indicate a significant purchase of call options, which is a bullish signal. Likewise, if the opposite is true - the put volume exceeds the put open interest, then the table cell would be highlighted in red and represent a strong bearish signal.

Update Frequency: Daily

DFS / Discover Financial Services Call Options Volume DFS / Discover Financial Services Put Options Volume
Date Put
Volume
Put
OI
Put Volume
/Put OI
Call
Volume
Call
OI
Call Volume
/Call OI
2025-05-16 730 24,463 578 22,987
2025-05-15 280 24,421 872 22,373
2025-05-14 754 24,029 1,080 21,463
2025-05-13 781 23,557 830 21,326
2025-05-12 2,237 24,647 1,024 21,147
2025-05-09 835 24,990 372 21,389
2025-05-08 1,727 23,672 1,890 20,044
2025-05-07 822 22,912 1,015 19,394
2025-05-06 644 22,351 757 18,838
2025-05-05 3,861 18,596 2,588 16,739
2025-05-02 907 18,643 831 17,061
2025-05-01 246 18,634 237 17,061
2025-04-30 916 18,159 1,058 16,710
2025-04-29 850 17,509 929 16,048
2025-04-28 375 17,322 286 15,980
2025-04-25 1,086 17,681 810 16,808
2025-04-24 1,243 16,780 4,987 13,077
2025-04-23 7,021 19,850 2,461 11,725
2025-04-22 5,229 23,961 1,281 11,169
2025-04-21 10,462 32,387 2,027 9,986
2025-04-17 436 46,843 371 13,471
2025-04-16 926 47,076 315 13,349
2025-04-15 310 47,279 209 13,232
2025-04-14 374 47,394 241 13,141
2025-04-11 887 48,680 325 13,683
Source: CBOE
Option Premium Bought/Sold - Total Market

Update Frequency: Daily

Date Put
Premium Bought
Put
Premium Sold
Net Put
Premium Bought
Call
Premium Bought
Call
Premium Sold
Net Call
Premium Bought
Net Long
Premium Bought
2025-05-16 31,992 42,062 -10,070 62,979 118,086 -55,107 -45,037
2025-05-15
2025-05-14
2025-05-13
2025-05-12
2025-05-09
2025-05-08
2025-05-07
2025-05-06
2025-05-05
2025-05-02
2025-05-01
2025-04-30
2025-04-29
2025-04-28
2025-04-25
2025-04-24
2025-04-23
2025-04-22
2025-04-21
Source: CBOE
Option Greeks - Delta, Gamma, Theta

Update Frequency: Daily

Date Put Θ
(Avg)
Call Θ
(Avg)
Θ
(Avg)
Put Γ
(Avg)
Call Γ
(Avg)
Γ
(Avg)
Put Δ
(Avg)
Call Δ
(Avg)
Δ
(Avg)
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Option Trading Volume - Total Market

Update Frequency: Daily

Date Put
Volume
Put Volume
(20d ma)
Put
Volume/20ma (%)
Call
Volume
Call Volume
(20d ma)
Call
Volume/20ma (%)
Total Volume Put/Call
Volume
Put/Call
Volume (20d ma)
2025-05-16 730 1,907 38.28 578 1,192 48.49 1,308 1.26 1.60
2025-05-15
2025-05-14
2025-05-13
2025-05-12
2025-05-09
2025-05-08
2025-05-07
2025-05-06
2025-05-05
2025-05-02
2025-05-01
2025-04-30
2025-04-29
2025-04-28
2025-04-25
2025-04-24
2025-04-23
2025-04-22
2025-04-21
Source: CBOE
Option Trading Volume - Exchange

Update Frequency: Daily

Date CBOE C2 EDGX BZX PHLX NASDAQ BX GEMX ISE MRX AMEX ARCA MIAX PEARL EMLD BOX Total
2025-05-16 98 68 50 19 61 98 14 78 112 33 34 170 146 58 30 92 1,308
2025-05-15 21 8 10 11 35 25 1 2 636 32 28 62 85 12 29 40 1,152
2025-05-14 40 26 6 20 90 25 0 1 879 32 20 95 73 7 403 33 1,834
2025-05-13 113 101 36 53 111 182 6 25 378 56 20 232 90 14 8 72 1,611
2025-05-12 132 16 44 233 402 49 67 2 221 15 6 1,682 129 15 36 71 3,261
2025-05-09 69 6 11 10 25 50 2 0 681 1 5 127 168 3 5 23 1,207
2025-05-08 1,078 3 238 4 66 35 0 0 1,925 23 4 46 106 4 1 10 3,617
2025-05-07 767 10 315 5 227 59 0 2 263 14 0 95 19 10 16 11 1,837
2025-05-06 393 21 278 83 126 10 0 1 385 13 3 25 9 14 5 16 1,401
2025-05-05 412 22 528 55 122 18 10 1 1,341 16 2 192 50 24 9 3,593 6,449
2025-05-02 465 15 172 43 195 83 1 4 319 8 12 110 77 34 82 41 1,738
2025-05-01 86 3 5 1 71 53 2 0 52 12 10 116 19 5 13 14 483
2025-04-30 632 64 66 9 182 41 61 4 517 32 11 119 30 12 120 30 1,974
2025-04-29 1,140 14 129 12 124 33 0 1 115 2 3 75 40 4 12 25 1,779
2025-04-28 163 16 72 16 130 24 0 1 56 9 8 68 36 17 5 7 661
2025-04-25 623 12 129 20 230 122 11 4 140 40 10 195 88 33 34 74 1,896
2025-04-24 303 64 125 117 487 64 31 11 530 82 94 216 241 64 87 3,516 6,230
2025-04-23 1,408 166 103 68 5,170 565 9 9 876 46 82 111 358 41 61 118 9,482
2025-04-22 54 22 55 27 281 83 22 34 280 20 16 4,968 83 13 56 257 6,510
2025-04-21 103 51 36 35 166 262 14 43 1,204 69 78 9,969 110 9 85 87 12,489
Source: CBOE
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