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BKNG

Booking Holdings Inc. Common StClose $184.56EOD only

Max Pain

$173.40

Next expiry Apr 17, 2026

Expected Move

±$3.42

1.9% from close

Price Gap

-11.16

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

High premium

P/C OI

0.75

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

5.0/10

Range bias

Published snapshot: Apr 16, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Apr 16, 2026 close

BKNG Theta Report

Analysis based on market close April 15, 2026

Directional Theta Gang Flow Earnings Consensus

Historical consensus-supported lens with full content, report chain context, and metric rail.

Theta Verdict

Confidence:

4.5 / 10

base 5; -1 GEX/flow contradict; +1 GEX positive (pinning); -1 spot 7.3% from MP; +0.5 VIX 18

IV Environment

IV Regime

High

IV vs VIX

Avg IV 69.3% vs VIX 18.17 — ATM term slice shows 2026-04-17 ATM 73.6% and 2026-05-01 ATM 52.3%, indicating very elevated short-term vol and a steep near-term skew

Favorable?

Yes

Term structure: Large front-week IV (2d 73.6%) then drop to 9d 46.1% with a bump at 16d 52.3% — short-dated vol richly priced vs multi-week expirations

💰Very high short-dated IV (2d ATM 73.6%) creates attractive theta for sellers who avoid naked earnings exposure

⚠️Term structure is fractured (large 2d vs 9d gap) — selling multi-week vs immediate-week is preferable to naked weeklies

Pin Risk Assessment

Spot vs MP: Above

GEX regime: Pinning ($+29.9M)

Gamma flip: ~$176.00 — Approx — based on put OI concentration of 10,827 (5.2% below spot)

OI concentrations: Max pain near-dates $173 (4/17), $176 (4/24) vs spot $185.69; call OI wall concentrated at $232-$244; near-term GEX magnets at $188 (+$5.1M), $190 (+$3.2M), $180 (+$2.8M), $184 (+$2.5M)

Verdict: Favorable — positive Total GEX $29.9M and concentrated put OI around $172-$176 create a pinning magnet toward the $176-$180 area that supports defined-risk short-put credit structures, but risk rises if price breaches the gamma flip ~$176

Premium Opportunities

Put credit spread

Sell 2026-05-15 $173.60/$147.20 put spread

Sell a ~30 DTE put credit spread sized to risk tolerance around the $176–$180 support cluster; collects elevated premium while defined long put caps downside. Avoid if price breaks and closes <~$176.

Credit: $2.61-$3.19

Max loss: $23.21

BE: $170.41

Mgmt: Take 50–65% profit on credit collected; tighten or buy back if close below gamma flip ~$176 or if IV collapses post-earnings. Liquidity warning: Liquidity constraints: short_put: Wide spread (68%).; long_put: Volume below 5.

Cash-secured put

Sell 2026-05-15 $166.40 cash-secured put

Sell ~30 DTE cash-secured puts with a delta ~0.20 targeted below ~$176; size for assignment and avoid expirations that land during earnings.

Credit: $2.52-$3.08

Max loss: $163.32

BE: $163.32

Mgmt: Reduce size near earnings; close on >50% profit or if price closes below gamma flip ~$176. Liquidity warning: Liquidity constraints: short_put: Open interest below 25.

Risk Alerts

!Earnings on 2026-04-28 (13d) — do not sell naked through this print; prefer expirations that expire before or well after earnings with hedges.

!Gamma flip ~$176 — a close below this level can accelerate downside; tighten risk or exit put-side exposure on breaches.

!Very high short-dated IV (2d ATM 73.6%) — while attractive for sellers, this also signals event/crash risk in the front-week.

!Net premium flow -$43.0M (bearish) and put/call volume ~0.95 — flow could bias downside; manage positions for asymmetric moves.

!Concentrated call OI wall at $232-$244 (structural) is far from spot and unlikely to defend near-term — do not rely on distant call walls for immediate resistance.

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