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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$600.01 -1.09%

$602.68 (+0.45%)🌅

as of 09/29 04:00 AM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/29) --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Prior (09/25) 318,585

Calls: 86,546 (27%)

Puts: 232,039 (73%)

Current vs Prior -100.00%

Calls: -100.00% (Calls)

Puts: -100.00% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,685,290

Calls: 654,344 (39%)

Puts: 1,030,946 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 240,755

Calls: 93,477 (39%)

Puts: 147,278 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -100.00%

Calls: -100.00%

Puts: -100.00%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/29) --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Prior (09/25) $139.69M

Calls: $91.49M (65%)

Puts: $48.20M (35%)

Current vs Prior -100.00%

Calls: -100.00%

Puts: -100.00%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.18B

Calls: $790.60M (67%)

Puts: $392.67M (33%)

Prior 7-Day Average $169.04M

Calls: $112.94M (67%)

Puts: $56.10M (33%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -100.00%

Calls: -100.00%

Puts: -100.00%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/29) 1.00

Prior (09/25) 2.68

Current vs Prior -62.70%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.67

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -39.94%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/29) 1,082,320

Calls: 352,101 (33%)

Puts: 730,219 (67%)

Prior (09/25) 1,176,532

Calls: 389,881 (33%)

Puts: 786,651 (67%)

Current vs Prior -8.01%

Prior 7-Day Total 9,676,335

Calls: 3,608,146 (37%)

Puts: 6,068,189 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,382,333

Calls: 515,449 (37%)

Puts: 866,884 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -21.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/30) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 2.25% | 3.23%3.23% | 4.63%5.95% | 11.54%

Prior 1.58% | 2.16%0.59% | 3.51%6.24% | 11.64%

Current vs Prior -2.50% | +3.79%+450.33% | +31.85%-4.52% | -0.83%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.24% | 1.91%1.71% | 4.02%4.78% | 10.44%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +24.47% | +17.73%+88.55% | +15.21%+24.64% | +10.52%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.60% | 1.55%0.59% | 3.51%6.24% | 11.64%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +158.59% | +44.91%+450.33% | +31.85%-4.52% | -0.83%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 24.04% | 36.96%

Calls: 25.00% | 41.31%

Puts: 23.08% | 32.61%

Prior 40.81% | 37.75%

Calls: 32.73% | 44.60%

Puts: 48.89% | 30.89%

Current vs Prior -41.09% | -2.09%

Prior 7-Day Avg 43.20% | 34.80%

Calls: 44.56% | 46.34%

Puts: 43.81% | 22.54%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -44.35% | +6.21%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 100% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 100% vs prior. P/C ratio dropping 63% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (730,219 puts vs 352,101 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Expected Move

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 44 of results (avg 8.1%, best 3.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 2	98.50	101.50	$100.00	3.0%	--	0.98	21
$572.50	Oct 30	41.50	43.90	$42.70	5.6%	--	0.69	22
$570.00	Oct 16	36.70	38.90	$37.80	5.8%	--	0.76	1.4K
$575.00	Oct 16	32.95	35.00	$33.98	6.0%	--	0.73	4.3K
$535.00	Oct 16	65.80	69.90	$67.85	6.0%	--	0.91	457

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$612.50	Oct 30	29.10	31.65	$30.38	8.4%	--	0.56	24
$605.00	Oct 30	25.10	27.40	$26.25	8.8%	--	0.51	37
$630.00	Oct 16	33.65	36.80	$35.22	8.9%	--	0.74	333
$595.00	Oct 30	20.35	22.30	$21.33	9.1%	--	0.45	35
$605.00	Oct 16	18.50	20.30	$19.40	9.3%	--	0.53	282

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.74, cheapest $0.76)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	0.70	0.81	$0.76	14.5%	--	0.03	13.9K
$505.00	Oct 16	0.77	0.94	$0.86	19.8%	--	0.04	2.1K
$490.00	Oct 16	0.55	0.64	$0.60	15.0%	--	0.02	2.5K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 106 found (avg delta 0.67, highest 0.99)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$565.00	Sep 29	33.25	37.05	$35.15	10.8%	--	0.99	91
$500.00	Oct 2	98.50	101.50	$100.00	3.0%	--	0.98	21
$570.00	Sep 29	28.70	32.05	$30.38	11.0%	--	0.98	85
$555.00	Sep 29	43.45	47.00	$45.23	7.8%	--	0.98	26
$575.00	Sep 29	23.45	26.30	$24.88	11.5%	--	0.97	78

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$607.50	Sep 29	6.60	10.55	$8.57	46.1%	--	0.78	49
$630.00	Oct 16	33.65	36.80	$35.22	8.9%	--	0.74	333
$625.00	Oct 16	29.55	33.05	$31.30	11.2%	--	0.70	271
$605.00	Sep 29	5.00	8.20	$6.60	48.5%	--	0.68	108
$607.50	Sep 30	8.70	11.70	$10.20	29.4%	--	0.68	16

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

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Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 14 strikes (avg 7.8%, max 16.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$592.50	Sep 30	Oct 9	37.1%	31.9%	16.2%	--	143
$590.00	Sep 30	Oct 30	37.6%	33.9%	10.8%	--	278
$585.00	Sep 30	Oct 30	37.4%	34.3%	9.0%	--	75
$597.50	Sep 29	Oct 30	36.2%	33.3%	8.6%	--	45
$595.00	Sep 29	Oct 30	36.2%	33.6%	7.7%	--	110

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$597.50	Sep 29	Oct 9	36.2%	31.5%	15.1%	--	404
$610.00	Oct 2	Oct 16	38.0%	33.4%	13.7%	--	392
$590.00	Sep 29	Oct 30	37.7%	33.9%	11.2%	--	456
$595.00	Sep 29	Oct 30	36.2%	33.6%	7.7%	--	126
$592.50	Sep 29	Oct 30	35.4%	33.6%	5.2%	--	133

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 379 found (best R:R 13.71, avg 7.82)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$602.50	$605.00	Sep 30	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	45%	13.71	$602.67
$610.00	$615.00	Oct 6	$0.97	$4.03	$0.97	37%	4.15	$610.97
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 5	$0.38	$2.12	$0.38	44%	5.58	$605.38
$597.50	$600.00	Sep 29	$0.84	$1.66	$0.84	61%	1.98	$598.34
$592.50	$595.00	Sep 30	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	70%	1.17	$593.65

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$597.50	$595.00	Oct 2	$0.43	$2.07	$0.43	44%	4.81	$597.07
$607.50	$605.00	Sep 30	$1.05	$1.45	$1.05	68%	1.38	$606.45
$617.50	$615.00	Oct 16	$1.04	$1.46	$1.04	64%	1.40	$616.46
$580.00	$575.00	Oct 5	$0.42	$4.58	$0.42	21%	10.90	$579.58
$597.50	$595.00	Sep 30	$0.47	$2.03	$0.47	42%	4.32	$597.03

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 325 found (best R:R 3.03, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 5	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	60%	1.94	$609.15
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 9	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	54%	2.33	$606.75
$605.00	$610.00	Oct 6	$2.60	$2.60	$2.40	55%	1.08	$607.60
$610.00	$612.50	Oct 2	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	65%	1.08	$611.30
$605.00	$607.50	Sep 30	$1.24	$1.24	$1.26	61%	0.98	$606.24

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$507.50	$505.00	Sep 29	$1.88	$1.88	$0.62	93%	3.03	$505.62
$502.50	$500.00	Sep 29	$1.68	$1.68	$0.82	93%	2.05	$500.82
$522.50	$520.00	Sep 29	$1.21	$1.21	$1.29	98%	0.94	$521.29
$550.00	$535.00	Nov 6	$3.52	$3.52	$11.48	78%	0.31	$546.48
$515.00	$510.00	Sep 29	$1.21	$1.21	$3.79	95%	0.32	$513.79

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $3.09, cheapest $7.75)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$597.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$2.75	36.2%	34.3%
$592.50	Sep 30	Oct 2	$3.30	37.1%	36.2%
$587.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$3.55	33.1%	32.6%
$600.00	Sep 29	Sep 30	$1.97	33.7%	34.0%
$602.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$1.71	30.6%	31.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$610.00	Oct 2	Oct 16	$7.75	38.0%	33.4%
$597.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$1.52	36.2%	34.3%
$600.00	Sep 29	Sep 30	$1.81	33.7%	34.0%
$602.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$2.27	30.6%	31.0%
$595.00	Sep 29	Sep 30	$1.94	36.2%	37.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 96 found (cheapest 1.27% of stock, avg 5.21%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$602.50	Sep 29	$2.76	$4.88	$7.64	$594.86	$610.14	1.27%
$597.50	Sep 29	$5.20	$3.03	$8.23	$589.27	$605.73	1.37%
$600.00	Sep 29	$4.36	$3.84	$8.20	$591.80	$608.20	1.37%
$595.00	Sep 29	$6.53	$2.14	$8.67	$586.33	$603.67	1.44%
$605.00	Sep 29	$2.05	$6.60	$8.65	$596.35	$613.65	1.44%
$607.50	Sep 29	$1.29	$8.57	$9.86	$597.64	$617.36	1.64%
$602.50	Sep 30	$4.47	$7.15	$11.62	$590.88	$614.12	1.94%
$600.00	Sep 30	$6.33	$5.65	$11.98	$588.02	$611.98	2.00%
$597.50	Sep 30	$7.95	$4.55	$12.50	$585.00	$610.00	2.08%
$607.50	Sep 30	$3.06	$10.20	$13.26	$594.24	$620.76	2.21%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 255 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 3.09%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$612.50	$590.00	Sep 29	$0.53	$1.08	$1.61	$588.39	$614.11
$610.00	$590.00	Sep 29	$0.79	$1.08	$1.87	$588.13	$611.87
$612.50	$592.50	Sep 29	$0.53	$1.39	$1.92	$590.58	$614.42
$610.00	$592.50	Sep 29	$0.79	$1.39	$2.18	$590.32	$612.18
$607.50	$590.00	Sep 29	$1.29	$1.08	$2.37	$587.63	$609.87
$607.50	$592.50	Sep 29	$1.29	$1.39	$2.68	$589.82	$610.18
$635.00	$580.00	Oct 1	$0.62	$1.93	$2.55	$577.45	$637.55
$650.00	$580.00	Oct 1	$0.75	$1.93	$2.68	$577.32	$652.68
$612.50	$595.00	Sep 29	$0.53	$2.14	$2.67	$592.33	$615.17
$610.00	$595.00	Sep 29	$0.79	$2.14	$2.93	$592.07	$612.93

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 408 found (best R:R 3.90, avg credit $1.08)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
505/508	642/645	Sep 29	$1.99	$0.51	91%	3.90	$505.51	$644.49
505/508	625/628	Sep 29	$2.05	$0.45	88%	4.56	$505.45	$627.05
505/508	640/642	Sep 29	$1.99	$0.51	90%	3.90	$505.51	$641.99
505/508	632/635	Sep 29	$1.99	$0.51	89%	3.90	$505.51	$634.49
505/508	615/618	Sep 29	$2.01	$0.49	84%	4.10	$505.49	$617.01
505/508	608/610	Sep 29	$2.38	$0.12	69%	19.83	$505.12	$609.88
500/502	642/645	Sep 29	$1.79	$0.71	91%	2.52	$500.71	$644.29
500/502	625/628	Sep 29	$1.85	$0.65	88%	2.85	$500.65	$626.85
505/508	610/612	Sep 29	$2.14	$0.36	77%	5.94	$505.36	$612.14
505/508	612/615	Sep 29	$2.02	$0.48	81%	4.21	$505.48	$614.52

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 186 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$670.00	$680.00	$690.00	Oct 23	$0.14	$9.86	5%	70.43
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$595.00	$597.50	$600.00	Sep 30	$0.06	$2.44	12%	40.67
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Oct 9	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Oct 1	$0.48	$4.52	21%	9.42
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Oct 1	$0.25	$4.75	13%	19.00
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Sep 29	$0.14	$2.36	17%	16.86
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Sep 30	$0.08	$2.42	10%	30.25
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Sep 29	$0.23	$2.27	20%	9.87

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 290 found (best net $-4.70, 266 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$572.50	$585.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$4.70	$7.80
$602.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$1.22	$6.28
$590.00	$600.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$4.86	$5.14
$655.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 9	$0.00	$15.00
$640.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.33	$9.67

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.31	$9.69
$595.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$2.65	$7.35
$590.00	$580.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$2.30	$7.70
$550.00	$520.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.47	$29.53
$515.00	$510.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.09	$4.91

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 132 found (best yield 3.13%, avg 0.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$620.00	Nov 6	$18.80	0.42	3.3%	3.13%	6.46%	--	26
$635.00	Nov 6	$13.35	0.34	5.8%	2.22%	8.06%	--	11
$602.50	Oct 30	$23.50	0.51	0.4%	3.92%	4.33%	--	36
$612.50	Oct 30	$18.90	0.44	2.1%	3.15%	5.23%	--	16
$605.00	Oct 30	$21.90	0.49	0.8%	3.65%	4.48%	--	267
$615.00	Oct 30	$17.85	0.43	2.5%	2.97%	5.47%	--	280
$610.00	Oct 30	$19.60	0.46	1.7%	3.27%	4.93%	--	179
$620.00	Oct 30	$15.85	0.40	3.3%	2.64%	5.97%	--	260
$617.50	Oct 30	$16.50	0.41	2.9%	2.75%	5.66%	--	10
$625.00	Oct 30	$14.20	0.37	4.2%	2.37%	6.53%	--	312

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls --

Total Puts --

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference --

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 86,546

Total Puts 232,039

Put/Call Ratio 2.68

Net Difference -145,493

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 654,344

Total Puts 1,030,946

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.67

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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