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VanEck Gold Miners ETF

$99.65 -3.90%

$99.50 (-0.15%)🌙

as of 08/28 06:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28) 358,067

Calls: 215,179 (60%)

Puts: 142,888 (40%)

Prior (08/27) 167,577

Calls: 82,543 (49%)

Puts: 85,034 (51%)

Current vs Prior +113.67%

Calls: +160.69% (Calls)

Puts: +68.04% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,804,252

Calls: 972,100 (54%)

Puts: 832,152 (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average 257,750

Calls: 138,871 (54%)

Puts: 118,878 (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +38.92%

Calls: +54.95%

Puts: +20.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28) $82.08M

Calls: $53.17M (65%)

Puts: $28.91M (35%)

Prior (08/27) $68.46M

Calls: $51.24M (75%)

Puts: $17.22M (25%)

Current vs Prior +19.90%

Calls: +3.77%

Puts: +67.90%

Prior 7-Day Total $757.70M

Calls: $596.85M (79%)

Puts: $160.85M (21%)

Prior 7-Day Average $108.24M

Calls: $85.26M (79%)

Puts: $22.98M (21%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -24.17%

Calls: -37.64%

Puts: +25.82%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28) 0.66

Prior (08/27) 1.03

Current vs Prior -35.54%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.05

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.74%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28) 2,737,930

Calls: 1,074,180 (39%)

Puts: 1,663,750 (61%)

Prior (08/27) 2,646,990

Calls: 1,025,152 (39%)

Puts: 1,621,838 (61%)

Current vs Prior +3.44%

Prior 7-Day Total 18,175,320

Calls: 7,331,695 (40%)

Puts: 10,843,625 (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,596,474

Calls: 1,047,385 (40%)

Puts: 1,549,089 (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.45%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 1.09% | 5.64%9.16% | 13.93%

Prior 3.10% | 5.91%9.34% | 14.21%

Current vs Prior +82.18% | +22.73%-1.86% | -1.95%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.00% | 6.77%5.98% | 12.62%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +40.96% | +7.16%+53.20% | +10.37%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.10% | 5.91%9.34% | 14.21%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +82.18% | +22.73%-1.86% | -1.95%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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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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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($53.17M). Unusually high activity with volume up 114% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.66. P/C ratio dropping 36% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 159 of results (avg 6.6%, best 1.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$83.00	Sep 18	17.00	17.20	$17.10	1.2%	229	0.95	860
$94.00	Sep 18	7.65	7.80	$7.73	1.9%	22	0.73	2.7K
$100.00	Sep 18	4.20	4.30	$4.25	2.4%	3.7K	0.51	27.3K
$80.00	Sep 18	19.85	20.35	$20.10	2.5%	68	0.97	14.8K
$97.00	Sep 18	5.75	5.90	$5.83	2.6%	86	0.62	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$114.00	Sep 18	14.65	15.05	$14.85	2.7%	3	0.86	12
$104.00	Sep 18	6.65	6.90	$6.78	3.7%	196	0.63	5.3K
$99.00	Sep 18	3.75	3.90	$3.83	3.9%	472	0.45	6.5K
$103.00	Sep 18	6.00	6.25	$6.13	4.1%	396	0.59	369
$101.00	Sep 18	4.80	5.00	$4.90	4.1%	74	0.53	399

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 10 found (avg $0.76, cheapest $0.80)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$116.00	Sep 18	0.55	0.61	$0.58	10.3%	94	0.11	86
$115.00	Sep 18	0.62	0.70	$0.66	12.1%	4.4K	0.12	22.5K
$114.00	Sep 18	0.71	0.85	$0.78	17.9%	28	0.14	628
$113.00	Sep 18	0.80	0.93	$0.87	14.9%	28	0.15	240

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$95.00	Sep 4	0.76	0.83	$0.80	8.7%	1.3K	0.22	2.4K
$88.00	Sep 18	0.60	0.68	$0.64	12.5%	193	0.12	8.7K
$89.00	Sep 18	0.72	0.81	$0.77	11.7%	1.4K	0.13	7.3K
$90.00	Sep 18	0.90	0.96	$0.93	6.5%	4.3K	0.16	35.9K
$85.00	Sep 25	0.53	0.60	$0.56	12.5%	21	0.09	1.0K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 209 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$80.00	Sep 4	19.10	20.30	$19.70	6.1%	--	1.00	214
$81.00	Sep 4	17.45	19.30	$18.38	10.1%	1	1.00	55
$82.00	Sep 4	17.40	18.65	$18.02	6.9%	3	1.00	89
$82.50	Sep 4	16.00	18.45	$17.23	14.2%	--	1.00	22
$83.00	Sep 4	15.10	18.05	$16.58	17.8%	64	1.00	193

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$101.00	Aug 28	1.04	1.61	$1.33	42.9%	6.6K	1.00	5.5K
$102.00	Aug 28	1.86	2.77	$2.32	39.2%	3.3K	1.00	11.2K
$103.00	Aug 28	2.86	4.55	$3.71	45.6%	1.6K	1.00	1.8K
$104.00	Aug 28	3.90	5.30	$4.60	30.4%	445	1.00	1.6K
$105.00	Aug 28	4.50	5.75	$5.13	24.4%	109	1.00	381

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 420 active (total vol 295.5K, top 34.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$104.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	34.5K	0.01	38.3K
$106.00	Sep 4	0.56	0.82	$0.69	37.7%	19.0K	0.19	314
$102.00	Sep 4	1.54	1.66	$1.60	7.5%	18.3K	0.37	298
$105.00	Sep 4	0.74	1.03	$0.89	32.6%	13.7K	0.23	613
$108.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	11.3K	0.01	29.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$100.00	Aug 28	0.30	0.40	$0.35	28.6%	15.5K	0.89	8.5K
$99.00	Sep 4	2.07	2.23	$2.15	7.4%	6.7K	0.45	1.1K
$101.00	Aug 28	1.04	1.61	$1.33	42.9%	6.6K	1.00	5.5K
$96.00	Sep 4	0.99	1.10	$1.05	10.5%	6.6K	0.27	5.3K
$99.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	5.5K	0.03	3.2K

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

No setups found for this strategy

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 221 found (best R:R 0.50, avg 2.53)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$85.00	$99.00	Oct 9	$9.35	$4.65	$9.35	87%	0.50	$94.35
$95.00	$96.00	Aug 28	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	99%	4.56	$95.18
$81.00	$82.00	Sep 4	$0.36	$0.64	$0.36	100%	1.78	$81.36
$81.50	$82.50	Sep 25	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	95%	1.86	$81.85
$92.00	$93.00	Sep 11	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	84%	1.70	$92.37

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$110.00	$109.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	100%	4.88	$109.83
$105.00	$104.00	Aug 28	$0.53	$0.47	$0.53	100%	0.89	$104.47
$112.00	$111.00	Aug 28	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	89%	1.00	$111.50
$111.00	$110.00	Sep 4	$0.58	$0.42	$0.58	93%	0.72	$110.42
$108.00	$107.00	Sep 4	$0.57	$0.43	$0.57	88%	0.75	$107.43

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 142 found (best R:R 0.64, avg 0.44)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$112.00	$113.00	Aug 28	$0.39	$0.39	$0.61	90%	0.64	$112.39
$115.00	$116.00	Aug 28	$0.16	$0.16	$0.84	94%	0.19	$115.16
$106.00	$107.00	Oct 2	$0.47	$0.47	$0.53	63%	0.89	$106.47
$114.00	$115.00	Sep 4	$0.15	$0.15	$0.85	93%	0.18	$114.15
$110.00	$111.00	Sep 11	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	85%	0.28	$110.22

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$90.00	$85.00	Oct 9	$1.04	$1.04	$3.96	78%	0.26	$88.96
$88.00	$87.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.26	$0.74	93%	0.35	$87.74
$85.00	$80.00	Oct 9	$0.55	$0.55	$4.45	87%	0.12	$84.45
$92.50	$92.00	Oct 2	$0.29	$0.29	$0.21	73%	1.38	$92.21
$99.00	$96.00	Oct 9	$1.38	$1.38	$1.62	55%	0.85	$97.62

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 118 found (cheapest 0.38% of stock, avg 8.82%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$100.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$0.35	$0.38	$99.62	$100.38	0.38%
$99.00	Aug 28	$0.74	$0.01	$0.75	$98.25	$99.75	0.75%
$101.00	Aug 28	$0.01	$1.33	$1.34	$99.66	$102.34	1.34%
$98.00	Aug 28	$1.67	$0.01	$1.68	$96.32	$99.68	1.69%
$102.00	Aug 28	$0.01	$2.32	$2.33	$99.67	$104.33	2.34%
$97.00	Aug 28	$2.59	$0.01	$2.60	$94.40	$99.60	2.61%
$96.00	Aug 28	$3.69	$0.01	$3.70	$92.30	$99.70	3.71%
$103.00	Aug 28	$0.01	$3.71	$3.72	$99.28	$106.72	3.73%
$95.00	Aug 28	$3.87	$0.01	$3.88	$91.12	$98.88	3.89%
$104.00	Aug 28	$0.01	$4.60	$4.61	$99.39	$108.61	4.63%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 153 found (cheapest 0.31% of stock, avg 6.43%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$100.00	$88.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$0.28	$0.31	$87.69	$100.31
$115.00	$88.00	Aug 28	$0.20	$0.28	$0.48	$87.52	$115.48
$112.00	$88.00	Aug 28	$0.42	$0.28	$0.70	$87.30	$112.70
$104.00	$95.00	Sep 4	$1.02	$0.80	$1.82	$93.18	$105.82
$104.00	$96.00	Sep 4	$1.02	$1.05	$2.07	$93.93	$106.07
$103.00	$95.00	Sep 4	$1.30	$0.80	$2.10	$92.90	$105.10
$103.00	$96.00	Sep 4	$1.30	$1.05	$2.35	$93.65	$105.35
$104.00	$97.00	Sep 4	$1.02	$1.37	$2.39	$94.61	$106.39
$103.00	$97.00	Sep 4	$1.30	$1.37	$2.67	$94.33	$105.67
$102.00	$95.00	Sep 4	$1.60	$0.80	$2.40	$92.60	$104.40

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 181 found (best R:R 1.86, avg credit $0.45)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
87/88	112/113	Aug 28	$0.65	$0.35	83%	1.86	$87.35	$112.65
82/82	112/113	Aug 28	$0.50	$0.50	87%	1.00	$81.50	$112.50
85/86	112/113	Aug 28	$0.49	$0.51	86%	0.96	$85.51	$112.49
87/88	115/116	Aug 28	$0.42	$0.58	88%	0.72	$87.58	$115.42
82/82	115/116	Aug 28	$0.27	$0.73	91%	0.37	$81.73	$115.27
85/86	115/116	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.74	91%	0.35	$85.74	$115.26
94/95	110/111	Sep 11	$0.54	$0.46	58%	1.17	$94.46	$110.54
86/87	110/111	Sep 11	$0.33	$0.67	79%	0.49	$86.67	$110.33
95/96	110/111	Sep 11	$0.56	$0.44	54%	1.27	$95.44	$110.56
94/95	114/115	Sep 4	$0.38	$0.62	71%	0.61	$94.62	$114.38

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 144 found (best R:R 3.55, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$98.00	$99.00	$100.00	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.78	83%	3.55
$99.00	$100.00	$101.00	Aug 28	$0.69	$0.31	94%	0.45
$95.00	$96.00	$97.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$0.94	7%	15.67
$94.00	$95.00	$96.00	Sep 11	$0.08	$0.92	9%	11.50
$100.00	$101.00	$102.00	Sep 11	$0.08	$0.92	9%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$98.00	$99.00	$100.00	Aug 28	$0.34	$0.66	87%	1.94
$99.00	$100.00	$101.00	Aug 28	$0.64	$0.36	97%	0.56
$95.00	$96.00	$97.00	Sep 4	$0.07	$0.93	11%	13.29
$96.00	$97.00	$98.00	Sep 4	$0.08	$0.92	12%	11.50
$93.00	$94.00	$95.00	Oct 9	$0.05	$0.95	5%	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 $-0.34, 109 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$97.00	$98.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.75	$0.25
$109.00	$110.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.12	$0.88
$106.00	$107.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.21	$0.79
$115.00	$116.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.10	$0.90
$118.00	$119.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.13	$0.87

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$102.00	$101.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.34	$0.66
$103.00	$102.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.93	$0.07
$91.00	$90.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.09	$0.91
$81.00	$80.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.06	$0.94
$87.00	$86.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.08	$0.92

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 92 found (best yield 4.32%, avg 1.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$104.00	Oct 9	$4.30	0.43	4.4%	4.32%	8.68%	8	2
$103.00	Oct 9	$4.55	0.45	3.4%	4.57%	7.93%	8	1
$106.00	Oct 9	$3.60	0.38	6.4%	3.61%	9.98%	--	10
$105.00	Oct 9	$3.85	0.40	5.4%	3.86%	9.23%	28	1
$100.00	Oct 9	$5.80	0.52	0.3%	5.82%	6.17%	33	--
$103.00	Oct 2	$4.35	0.45	3.4%	4.37%	7.73%	11	59
$102.00	Oct 2	$4.75	0.47	2.4%	4.77%	7.12%	65	73
$104.00	Oct 2	$4.00	0.42	4.4%	4.01%	8.38%	24	80
$100.00	Oct 2	$5.55	0.53	0.3%	5.57%	5.92%	204	491
$105.00	Oct 2	$3.65	0.39	5.4%	3.66%	9.03%	62	181

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 215,179

Total Puts 142,888

Put/Call Ratio 0.66

Net Difference 72,291

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 82,543

Total Puts 85,034

Put/Call Ratio 1.03

Net Difference -2,491

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 972,100

Total Puts 832,152

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.05

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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