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VanEck Gold Miners ETF
$99.85 +2.59%
$99.57 (-0.28%)🌙
as of 08/20 06:02 PM
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/20) 287,222
Calls: 168,393 (59%)
Puts: 118,829 (41%)
Prior (08/19) 396,434
Calls: 193,432 (49%)
Puts: 203,002 (51%)
Current vs Prior -27.55%
Calls: -12.94% (Calls)
Puts: -41.46% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 1,254,698
Calls: 738,390 (59%)
Puts: 516,308 (41%)
Prior 7-Day Average 179,242
Calls: 105,484 (59%)
Puts: 73,758 (41%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +60.24%
Calls: +59.64%
Puts: +61.11%
Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/20) $120.16M
Calls: $100.16M (83%)
Puts: $20.01M (17%)
Prior (08/19) $148.52M
Calls: $105.44M (71%)
Puts: $43.08M (29%)
Current vs Prior -19.09%
Calls: -5.01%
Puts: -53.56%
Prior 7-Day Total $519.44M
Calls: $377.68M (73%)
Puts: $141.75M (27%)
Prior 7-Day Average $74.21M
Calls: $53.95M (73%)
Puts: $20.25M (27%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +61.93%
Calls: +85.63%
Puts: -1.21%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/20) 0.71
Prior (08/19) 1.05
Current vs Prior -32.76%
Prior 7-Day Average 0.69
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.96%
Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/20) 2,630,706
Calls: 1,094,841 (42%)
Puts: 1,535,865 (58%)
Prior (08/19) 2,539,897
Calls: 1,047,614 (41%)
Puts: 1,492,283 (59%)
Current vs Prior +3.58%
Prior 7-Day Total 17,531,343
Calls: 7,243,125 (41%)
Puts: 10,288,218 (59%)
Prior 7-Day Average 2,504,477
Calls: 1,034,732 (41%)
Puts: 1,469,745 (59%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.04%
Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 2.82% | 6.42%2.82% | 11.30%
Prior 4.19% | 6.49%4.19% | 11.06%
Current vs Prior -32.63% | -1.14%-32.63% | +2.19%
Prior 7-Day Avg 3.99% | 6.41%5.12% | 11.22%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -29.25% | +0.13%-44.82% | +0.67%
Prior 7-Day Eod 4.19% | 6.49%4.19% | 11.06%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -32.63% | -1.14%-32.63% | +2.19%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 67.31% | 11.86%
Calls: 50.00% | 11.59%
Puts: 84.62% | 12.12%
Prior 67.31% | 11.86%
Calls: 50.00% | 11.59%
Puts: 84.62% | 12.12%
Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%
Prior 7-Day Avg 67.31% | 11.86%
Calls: 50.00% | 11.59%
Puts: 84.62% | 12.12%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Strong bullish conviction with 83% of dollar volume in calls ($100.16M) vs puts ($20.01M). Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (62% higher). P/C ratio dropping 33% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH
Retail Flow BULLISH
Overall BULLISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH
Current BULLISH
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

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads
💰 Best Value Under $1
📊 High Delta (ITM)
🔥 High Volume
⏰ Backwardation
📈 Debit Spreads
📉 Credit Spreads
📅 Calendar Spreads
⚡ Straddles
🔀 Strangles
🦅 Iron Condors
🦋 Butterflies
⚖️ Ratio Spreads
🛡️ Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 193 of results (avg 6.4%, best 1.5%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$80.00Aug 2119.7520.05$19.901.5%1681.0010.2K
$100.00Sep 185.405.50$5.451.8%2.3K0.5235.7K
$89.00Sep 1812.3512.70$12.522.8%210.82510
$86.00Aug 2813.8514.25$14.052.8%430.96453
$105.00Sep 183.453.55$3.502.9%3950.397.3K
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$110.00Sep 410.8511.20$11.023.2%40.81--
$95.00Sep 183.003.10$3.053.3%1.3K0.337.1K
$102.00Sep 186.306.55$6.433.9%1120.5395
$112.00Sep 1813.4514.00$13.734.0%140.772
$94.00Sep 182.632.74$2.694.1%1360.30507

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 8 found (avg $0.77, cheapest $0.53)

CALLS (0)
No calls meet the criteria
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$92.00Aug 280.490.58$0.5317.0%6.3K0.13656
$90.00Sep 40.700.79$0.7512.0%2910.141.2K
$91.00Sep 40.861.04$0.9518.9%1900.1747
$83.00Sep 180.510.61$0.5617.9%280.084.0K
$85.00Sep 180.660.80$0.7319.2%3.7K0.1125.9K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 204 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$80.00Sep 419.2520.35$19.805.6%11.00199
$81.00Sep 418.4019.40$18.905.3%21.0077
$82.00Sep 417.2018.40$17.806.7%51.0082
$82.50Sep 416.6018.85$17.7312.7%--1.0023
$80.00Aug 2119.7520.05$19.901.5%1681.0010.2K
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$108.00Aug 217.959.45$8.7017.2%20.94--
$111.00Aug 2110.8511.95$11.409.6%20.94--
$112.00Aug 2111.9513.00$12.488.4%20.94--
$109.00Aug 218.5010.45$9.4820.6%--0.9166
$115.00Sep 415.3016.30$15.806.3%70.90--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 425 active (total vol 217.1K, top 20.0K)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$100.00Aug 211.021.14$1.0811.1%20.0K0.4911.4K
$104.00Aug 281.301.53$1.4216.2%16.8K0.31246
$110.00Sep 182.102.20$2.154.7%10.6K0.2717.0K
$100.00Aug 282.783.05$2.929.2%8.5K0.513.7K
$94.00Aug 215.406.15$5.7813.0%7.9K0.948.8K
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$98.00Aug 210.300.44$0.3737.8%7.6K0.23716
$92.00Aug 280.490.58$0.5317.0%6.3K0.13656
$92.00Sep 111.261.68$1.4728.6%5.0K0.2211
$97.00Oct 24.805.05$4.935.1%5.0K0.39--
$96.00Aug 210.070.20$0.1492.9%4.8K0.09476

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 12 strikes (avg 21.3%, max 34.2%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$99.00Aug 21Oct 257.2%42.6%34.2%2.0K2.7K
$101.00Aug 21Oct 257.5%43.5%32.2%3.6K5.0K
$100.00Aug 21Oct 257.1%44.5%28.4%20.2K11.6K
$102.00Aug 21Oct 257.4%47.4%21.1%4.6K6.3K
$97.00Aug 21Oct 256.7%47.1%20.4%8101.5K
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$100.00Aug 21Oct 257.1%44.5%28.4%34626
$102.00Aug 21Oct 257.4%47.4%21.1%1799
$97.00Aug 21Oct 256.7%47.1%20.4%8.4K1.1K
$98.00Aug 21Sep 2552.8%45.2%16.9%7.6K721
$107.00Sep 4Sep 1850.5%50.0%0.9%14683

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 221 found (best R:R 4.26, avg 2.61)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$105.00$110.00Oct 2$0.95$4.05$0.9540%4.26$105.95
$83.00$84.00Aug 21$0.60$0.40$0.6097%0.67$83.60
$110.00$115.00Oct 2$0.85$4.15$0.8531%4.88$110.85
$85.00$86.00Aug 28$0.63$0.37$0.6397%0.59$85.63
$80.50$81.00Sep 4$0.18$0.32$0.1894%1.78$80.68
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$104.00$103.00Aug 21$0.36$0.64$0.3689%1.78$103.64
$99.00$97.00Oct 2$0.35$1.65$0.3544%4.71$98.65
$110.00$109.00Sep 4$0.54$0.46$0.5481%0.85$109.46
$107.00$105.00Sep 11$1.10$0.90$1.1070%0.82$105.90
$98.00$97.00Sep 11$0.24$0.76$0.2441%3.17$97.76

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 155 found (best R:R 9.00, avg 0.51)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$101.00$102.00Sep 11$0.74$0.74$0.2652%2.85$101.74
$102.00$104.00Oct 2$1.16$1.16$0.8451%1.38$103.16
$100.00$101.00Aug 28$0.72$0.72$0.2849%2.57$100.72
$116.00$117.00Aug 21$0.27$0.27$0.7390%0.37$116.27
$104.00$105.00Oct 2$0.60$0.60$0.4057%1.50$104.60
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$96.00$95.00Oct 2$0.90$0.90$0.1063%9.00$95.10
$95.00$93.00Oct 2$1.14$1.14$0.8666%1.33$93.86
$92.00$90.00Oct 2$0.71$0.71$1.2972%0.55$91.29
$99.00$98.00Sep 25$0.65$0.65$0.3555%1.86$98.35
$81.00$80.50Aug 21$0.21$0.21$0.2996%0.72$80.79

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.92, cheapest $1.52)

CALLS (3)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$101.00Aug 21Aug 28$1.5257.5%46.2%
$99.00Aug 21Aug 28$1.8257.2%50.2%
$100.00Aug 21Aug 28$1.8457.1%50.8%
PUTS (3)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$99.00Aug 21Aug 28$1.7657.2%50.2%
$100.00Aug 21Aug 28$1.7757.1%50.8%
$101.00Aug 21Sep 4$2.8057.5%51.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 108 found (cheapest 2.29% of stock, avg 9.78%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$100.00Aug 21$1.08$1.21$2.29$97.71$102.292.29%
$99.00Aug 21$1.61$0.76$2.37$96.63$101.372.37%
$101.00Aug 21$0.68$1.90$2.58$98.42$103.582.58%
$98.00Aug 21$2.34$0.37$2.71$95.29$100.712.71%
$102.00Aug 21$0.40$2.68$3.08$98.92$105.083.08%
$97.00Aug 21$2.97$0.23$3.20$93.80$100.203.20%
$103.00Aug 21$0.23$3.97$4.20$98.80$107.204.21%
$96.00Aug 21$4.15$0.14$4.29$91.71$100.294.30%
$104.00Aug 21$0.16$4.33$4.49$99.51$108.494.50%
$95.00Aug 21$4.93$0.08$5.01$89.99$100.015.02%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 6.38%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$104.00$94.00Aug 21$0.16$0.11$0.27$93.73$104.27
$104.00$96.00Aug 21$0.16$0.14$0.30$95.70$104.30
$103.00$94.00Aug 21$0.23$0.11$0.34$93.66$103.34
$103.00$96.00Aug 21$0.23$0.14$0.37$95.63$103.37
$104.00$97.00Aug 21$0.16$0.23$0.39$96.61$104.39
$103.00$97.00Aug 21$0.23$0.23$0.46$96.54$103.46
$104.00$98.00Aug 21$0.16$0.37$0.53$97.47$104.53
$102.00$94.00Aug 21$0.40$0.11$0.51$93.49$102.51
$102.00$96.00Aug 21$0.40$0.14$0.54$95.46$102.54
$103.00$98.00Aug 21$0.23$0.37$0.60$97.40$103.60

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 189 found (best R:R 0.92, avg credit $0.48)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossPOPR:RBE LowBE High
80/81116/117Aug 21$0.48$0.5285%0.92$80.52$116.48
80/81113/114Aug 21$0.41$0.5988%0.69$80.59$113.41
80/81109/110Aug 21$0.40$0.6087%0.67$80.60$109.40
94/95114/115Aug 28$0.54$0.4667%1.17$94.46$114.54
95/96114/115Aug 28$0.55$0.4562%1.22$95.45$114.55
91/92114/115Aug 28$0.39$0.6178%0.64$91.61$114.39
93/94114/115Aug 28$0.44$0.5672%0.79$93.56$114.44
95/96107/108Sep 11$0.80$0.2035%4.00$95.20$107.80
96/97114/115Aug 28$0.57$0.4357%1.33$96.43$114.57
80/81102/103Aug 21$0.38$0.6272%0.61$80.62$102.38

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 153 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$105.00$110.00$115.00Oct 2$0.10$4.9017%49.00
$99.00$100.00$101.00Aug 21$0.13$0.8727%6.69
$100.00$101.00$102.00Aug 21$0.12$0.8825%7.33
$101.00$102.00$103.00Aug 21$0.11$0.8920%8.09
$98.00$99.00$100.00Aug 28$0.06$0.9410%15.67
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$98.00$99.00$100.00Aug 21$0.06$0.9428%15.67
$105.00$107.00$109.00Sep 18$0.05$1.9510%39.00
$100.00$101.00$102.00Aug 21$0.09$0.9125%10.11
$105.00$107.00$109.00Sep 4$0.12$1.8811%15.67
$92.00$93.00$94.00Aug 21$0.05$0.955%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. 123 found (best net $-2.07, 115 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$101.00$102.001:2Aug 21-$0.12$0.88
$100.00$101.001:2Aug 21-$0.28$0.72
$102.00$103.001:2Aug 21-$0.06$0.94
$116.00$117.001:2Aug 21$0.00$1.00
$110.00$115.001:2Oct 2-$1.22$3.78
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$110.00$102.001:2Oct 2-$2.07$5.93
$109.00$105.001:2Aug 28-$3.01$0.99
$100.00$99.001:2Aug 21-$0.31$0.69
$98.00$97.001:2Aug 21-$0.09$0.91
$101.00$100.001:2Aug 21-$0.52$0.48

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 96 found (best yield 5.31%, avg 2.08%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$102.00Oct 2$5.300.492.1%5.31%7.46%19
$100.00Oct 2$6.250.530.1%6.26%6.41%237206
$100.00Sep 25$5.950.520.1%5.96%6.11%116106
$102.00Sep 25$4.950.472.1%4.96%7.11%2930
$104.00Sep 25$4.150.424.2%4.16%8.31%1132
$101.00Sep 25$5.300.501.1%5.31%6.46%815
$103.00Sep 25$4.400.453.1%4.41%7.56%39129
$105.00Sep 25$3.750.405.2%3.76%8.91%390315
$106.00Sep 25$3.400.376.2%3.41%9.56%--12
$110.00Oct 2$2.530.3110.2%2.53%12.70%751

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 168,393
Total Puts 118,829
Put/Call Ratio 0.71
Net Difference 49,564

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 193,432
Total Puts 203,002
Put/Call Ratio 1.05
Net Difference -9,570

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 738,390
Total Puts 516,308
Average Put/Call Ratio 0.69
Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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