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NOW

ServiceNow, Inc.Close $96.44EOD only

Max Pain

$95.00

Next expiry Apr 17, 2026

Expected Move

±$2.35

2.4% from close

Price Gap

-1.44

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

100

High premium

P/C OI

0.80

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

6.0/10

Bearish tilt

Published snapshot: Apr 16, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Apr 16, 2026 close

NOW Flow Report

Analysis based on market close April 17, 2026

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Flow Verdict

Confidence:

6.5 / 10

base 5; -1 GEX/flow contradict; +1 GEX positive (pinning); +0.5 spot 1.7% from MP; +1 VIX 17

Watch next session: watch price vs gamma-flip 85; monitor follow-through in 152/164 call OI; track any accumulation of near-term puts

Flow Summary

Net premium: -$52.4M bearish

P/C volume ratio: 0.63

P/C OI ratio: 0.78

Pinning regime: positive GEX and spot>MP favor upside/containment, but sizable near-term put flow and negative net premium create downside risk; key pivot is gamma-flip ~85 and follow‑through in large call/put prints.

Notable Prints

NOW 2026-05-15 $164.00 Call

Vol: 1,011

OI: 124

Vol/OI: 8.2x

IV: 78.1%

Notional: ~$9K

Intent: long-call/speculation

Dual read: buy vs sell-to-open block

Read-through: upside interest

NOW 2026-04-17 $124.00 Put

Vol: 1,081

OI: 212

Vol/OI: 5.1x

IV: 345.3%

Notional: ~$3.0M

Intent: short-term put buy/hedge

Dual read: protective vs directional panic

Read-through: acute downside concern

NOW 2026-05-15 $152.00 Call

Vol: 1,001

OI: 265

Vol/OI: 3.8x

IV: 71.1%

Notional: ~$10K

Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

NOW 2026-04-24 $98.00 Call

Vol: 1,060

OI: 363

Vol/OI: 2.9x

IV: 86.9%

Notional: ~$461K

Intent: recovery/collar leg

Dual read: spec buy vs hedge leg

Read-through: bearish-to-bull recovery play

NOW 2026-04-17 $116.00 Put

Vol: 360

OI: 124

Vol/OI: 2.9x

IV: 266.4%

Notional: ~$702K

Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

Institutional Positioning

Call additions: Concentrated May calls at 152/164 observed; trade timestamps show clustered prints. Trade-size and OI suggest possible institutional activity but trade-types include both BTO and STO—confidence medium, pending further execution/timestamp/OI split analysis.

Put additions: Notable short-dated put activity clustered 96–124 and May 144 buys; elevated put OI below spot consistent with downside protection demand; confidence medium-high for protective intent on larger-lot buys, lower for small-lot prints.

GEX/DEX consistency: GEX positive (+$22.4M) and DEX net buy (~+31.2M shares) vs mixed option flow; overall consistency mixed—may contribute to pinning risk near expiries.

OI clusters: Largest OI concentrations: puts ~12.8k contracts ~12% below spot (gamma flip ~85); calls concentrated 152–164 May; verify open/close flags for exact positioning.

Hedging evidence: Signs compatible with collars/put purchases and spot-delta hedging on larger-lot trades; inference softened pending confirmed trade-side labels.

Max pain context: Spot ~1.7% above computed max pain; short-dated expiries present pinning risk if flows persist.

Signal vs Noise

~Signal: clustered May call prints with large sizes and concentrated OI — potential institutional/structured interest but requires verification of BTO/STO and algo tags (confidence medium).

~Signal: substantial near-term put OI and elevated IV on Apr expiries suggest genuine downside protection demand, stronger where fills are large-lot buys.

~Noise: small-lot/high-IV prints and isolated high-volume prints without OI buildup likely algos/flow; treat concentrated prints cautiously until trade-type/OI split confirmed.

Key Conclusions

⚠️Pinning risk into Apr expiries given short-dated put flow and positive GEX; monitor trade-side flags.

🔎Primary theme: downside hedging vs clustered call-selling/structuring; verify BTO/STO, trade sizes, and timestamps before firming view.

Read the Flow analysis for NOW for 2026-04-17. Each report is a market-close snapshot with regime read, key levels, and strategy context that translates options positioning into an actionable setup.