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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$607.88 +1.31%

(9/29 15:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/29) 144,301

Calls: 63,630 (44%)

Puts: 80,671 (56%)

Prior (09/28) --

Calls: 52,713 (36%)

Puts: 92,594 (64%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +20.71% (Calls)

Puts: -12.88% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,280,718

Calls: 523,020 (41%)

Puts: 757,698 (59%)

Prior 7-Day Average 256,143

Calls: 74,717 (41%)

Puts: 108,242 (59%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.66%

Calls: -14.84%

Puts: -25.47%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29) $84.53M

Calls: $54.52M (64%)

Puts: $30.01M (36%)

Prior (09/28) --

Calls: $57.80M (64%)

Puts: $32.50M (36%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -5.68%

Puts: -7.65%

Prior 7-Day Total $952.11M

Calls: $643.07M (68%)

Puts: $309.03M (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average $190.42M

Calls: $91.87M (68%)

Puts: $44.15M (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -55.61%

Calls: -40.66%

Puts: -32.02%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29) 1.27

Prior (09/28) 1.00

Current vs Prior +26.78%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.43

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.56%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29) 1,753,254

Calls: 639,319 (36%)

Puts: 1,113,935 (64%)

Prior (09/28) 1,082,320

Calls: 352,101 (33%)

Puts: 730,219 (67%)

Current vs Prior +61.99%

Prior 7-Day Total 7,803,165

Calls: 2,800,890 (36%)

Puts: 5,002,275 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,300,527

Calls: 466,815 (36%)

Puts: 833,712 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +34.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/29) | Next (09/30)Expiry (09/30) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.54% | 1.62%1.62% | 2.77%2.77% | 4.39%5.75% | 11.36%

Prior 1.54% | 2.25%2.25% | 3.23%3.23% | 4.63%5.95% | 11.54%

Current vs Prior -64.85% | -27.80%-27.80% | -14.13%-14.13% | -5.24%-3.45% | -1.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.23% | 1.95%1.17% | 2.26%2.14% | 4.29%5.66% | 11.14%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -56.10% | -16.65%+38.97% | +22.61%+29.33% | +2.21%+1.52% | +2.06%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.54% | 2.25%2.25% | 3.23%3.23% | 4.63%5.95% | 11.54%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -64.85% | -27.80%-27.80% | -14.13%-14.13% | -5.24%-3.45% | -1.54%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 34.70% | 16.60%

Calls: 40.71% | 22.68%

Puts: 28.70% | 10.52%

Prior 24.04% | 36.96%

Calls: 25.00% | 41.31%

Puts: 23.08% | 32.61%

Current vs Prior +44.34% | -55.09%

Prior 7-Day Avg 36.62% | 25.49%

Calls: 32.58% | 26.60%

Puts: 40.66% | 24.38%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.23% | -34.88%

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Moderately bullish flow with 64% call dollar volume ($54.52M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.27 indicates protective positioning. Put-heavy open interest (1,113,935 puts vs 639,319 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning. Rising open interest (up 62%) indicates new positions being established.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 524 of results (avg 6.0%, best 2.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	108.80	111.30	$110.05	2.3%	23	0.98	275
$605.00	Oct 9	14.40	14.75	$14.58	2.4%	57	0.55	318
$615.00	Oct 30	21.80	22.35	$22.08	2.5%	62	0.48	299
$492.50	Sep 29	114.40	117.30	$115.85	2.5%	97	0.97	--
$490.00	Oct 16	118.20	121.55	$119.88	2.8%	--	0.98	49

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$612.50	Oct 30	25.25	25.95	$25.60	2.7%	12	0.51	25
$590.00	Nov 6	18.30	18.85	$18.58	3.0%	7	0.37	5
$725.00	Sep 29	115.15	118.65	$116.90	3.0%	15	1.00	--
$605.00	Oct 23	17.95	18.50	$18.23	3.0%	20	0.46	18
$720.00	Sep 29	110.20	113.65	$111.93	3.1%	7	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 57 found (avg $0.63, cheapest $0.73)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Sep 30	0.76	0.88	$0.82	14.6%	823	0.15	419
$635.00	Oct 1	0.47	0.56	$0.52	17.3%	85	0.07	12
$630.00	Oct 1	0.75	0.89	$0.82	17.1%	293	0.10	10
$632.50	Oct 1	0.61	0.70	$0.66	13.6%	165	0.08	6
$645.00	Oct 2	0.41	0.48	$0.44	15.9%	243	0.05	435

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$607.50	Sep 29	0.67	0.79	$0.73	16.4%	1.7K	0.43	169
$592.50	Sep 30	0.55	0.59	$0.57	7.0%	820	0.10	99
$595.00	Sep 30	0.71	0.85	$0.78	17.9%	778	0.13	198
$587.50	Sep 30	0.32	0.37	$0.35	14.3%	461	0.06	70
$580.00	Oct 1	0.48	0.58	$0.53	18.9%	84	0.06	13

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 381 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 7	107.35	110.90	$109.13	3.3%	2	1.00	--
$567.50	Sep 29	39.10	42.35	$40.73	8.0%	--	1.00	86
$570.00	Sep 29	36.60	39.85	$38.23	8.5%	--	1.00	75
$575.00	Sep 29	31.60	34.85	$33.23	9.8%	19	1.00	69
$557.50	Sep 29	49.10	52.50	$50.80	6.7%	1	1.00	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Sep 29	5.30	7.50	$6.40	34.4%	16	1.00	1
$617.50	Sep 29	7.80	10.60	$9.20	30.4%	2	1.00	--
$620.00	Sep 29	10.15	12.95	$11.55	24.2%	12	1.00	--
$637.50	Sep 29	27.65	30.90	$29.28	11.1%	1	1.00	--
$640.00	Sep 29	30.10	33.40	$31.75	10.4%	2	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 963 active (total vol 107.0K, top 3.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Sep 29	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	3.2K	0.02	866
$612.50	Sep 29	0.04	0.07	$0.06	50.0%	2.3K	0.05	877
$610.00	Sep 29	0.20	0.25	$0.23	21.7%	1.8K	0.18	136
$620.00	Sep 29	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	1.8K	0.01	535
$617.50	Sep 29	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	1.7K	0.02	491

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Sep 29	0.13	0.17	$0.15	26.7%	3.6K	0.12	152
$597.50	Sep 30	1.00	1.13	$1.07	12.1%	3.4K	0.17	160
$500.00	Oct 16	0.54	0.59	$0.56	8.9%	3.1K	0.02	13.7K
$590.00	Oct 2	1.99	2.17	$2.08	8.7%	2.3K	0.18	1.0K
$580.00	Oct 2	0.89	1.07	$0.98	18.4%	2.3K	0.09	1.4K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 3 strikes (avg 2.0%, max 2.9%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$607.50	Sep 29	Oct 30	34.2%	33.2%	2.9%	510	309
$610.00	Sep 29	Nov 6	33.9%	33.4%	1.3%	1.8K	138

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$607.50	Sep 29	Nov 6	34.2%	33.6%	1.8%	1.7K	171

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 602 found (best R:R 12.89, avg 7.36)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$585.00	$587.50	Oct 2	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	87%	0.72	$586.45
$650.00	$662.50	Oct 7	$0.40	$12.10	$0.40	11%	30.25	$650.40
$652.50	$672.50	Oct 5	$0.14	$19.86	$0.14	6%	141.86	$652.64
$632.50	$662.50	Oct 6	$1.66	$28.34	$1.66	19%	17.07	$634.16
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 12	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	27%	19.83	$630.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 6	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	45%	12.89	$604.82
$620.00	$617.50	Oct 16	$0.82	$1.68	$0.82	60%	2.05	$619.18
$615.00	$610.00	Oct 23	$1.95	$3.05	$1.95	54%	1.56	$613.05
$582.50	$580.00	Nov 6	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	33%	11.50	$582.30
$600.00	$597.50	Oct 5	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	35%	7.33	$599.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 498 found (best R:R 1.58, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$690.00	$705.00	Sep 29	$0.96	$0.96	$14.04	95%	0.07	$690.96
$667.50	$670.00	Oct 1	$0.76	$0.76	$1.74	94%	0.44	$668.26
$620.00	$622.50	Oct 12	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	62%	1.27	$621.40
$665.00	$675.00	Oct 6	$0.75	$0.75	$9.25	93%	0.08	$665.75
$655.00	$657.50	Sep 29	$0.52	$0.52	$1.98	92%	0.26	$655.52

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$502.50	$500.00	Sep 30	$1.53	$1.53	$0.97	94%	1.58	$500.97
$495.00	$490.00	Oct 1	$1.44	$1.44	$3.56	96%	0.40	$493.56
$537.50	$535.00	Sep 29	$0.93	$0.93	$1.57	95%	0.59	$536.57
$517.50	$515.00	Oct 2	$0.87	$0.87	$1.63	96%	0.53	$516.63
$580.00	$577.50	Nov 6	$1.53	$1.53	$0.97	68%	1.58	$578.47

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.33, cheapest $3.17)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$3.50	34.2%	32.6%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$3.17	34.2%	32.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 282 found (cheapest 0.31% of stock, avg 5.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$607.50	Sep 29	$1.13	$0.73	$1.86	$605.64	$609.36	0.31%
$610.00	Sep 29	$0.23	$2.16	$2.39	$607.61	$612.39	0.39%
$605.00	Sep 29	$3.64	$0.15	$3.79	$601.21	$608.79	0.62%
$612.50	Sep 29	$0.06	$4.10	$4.16	$608.34	$616.66	0.68%
$602.50	Sep 29	$5.63	$0.04	$5.67	$596.83	$608.17	0.93%
$615.00	Sep 29	$0.02	$6.40	$6.42	$608.58	$621.42	1.06%
$600.00	Sep 29	$8.40	$0.03	$8.43	$591.57	$608.43	1.39%
$607.50	Sep 30	$4.63	$3.90	$8.53	$598.97	$616.03	1.40%
$610.00	Sep 30	$3.35	$5.23	$8.58	$601.42	$618.58	1.41%
$612.50	Sep 30	$2.37	$6.53	$8.90	$603.60	$621.40	1.46%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 355 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 3.30%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$610.00	$605.00	Sep 29	$0.23	$0.15	$0.38	$604.62	$610.38
$652.50	$605.00	Sep 29	$1.02	$0.15	$1.17	$603.83	$653.67
$675.00	$605.00	Sep 29	$0.98	$0.15	$1.13	$603.87	$676.13
$680.00	$605.00	Sep 29	$0.98	$0.15	$1.13	$603.87	$681.13
$610.00	$607.50	Sep 29	$0.23	$0.73	$0.96	$606.54	$610.96
$655.00	$605.00	Sep 29	$1.13	$0.15	$1.28	$603.72	$656.28
$620.00	$597.50	Sep 30	$0.82	$1.07	$1.89	$595.61	$621.89
$617.50	$597.50	Sep 30	$1.16	$1.07	$2.23	$595.27	$619.73
$620.00	$600.00	Sep 30	$0.82	$1.50	$2.32	$597.68	$622.32
$675.00	$607.50	Sep 29	$0.98	$0.73	$1.71	$605.79	$676.71

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 641 found (best R:R 1.87, avg credit $1.09)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/502	625/628	Sep 30	$1.63	$0.87	86%	1.87	$500.87	$626.63
500/502	620/622	Sep 30	$1.80	$0.70	79%	2.57	$500.70	$621.80
500/502	680/685	Sep 30	$1.66	$3.34	92%	0.50	$500.84	$681.66
500/502	622/625	Sep 30	$1.68	$0.82	83%	2.05	$500.82	$624.18
500/502	615/618	Sep 30	$2.04	$0.46	68%	4.43	$500.46	$617.04
500/502	618/620	Sep 30	$1.87	$0.63	74%	2.97	$500.63	$619.37
500/502	612/615	Sep 30	$2.23	$0.27	60%	8.26	$500.27	$614.73
535/538	655/658	Sep 29	$1.45	$1.05	87%	1.38	$536.05	$656.45
540/542	655/658	Sep 29	$1.29	$1.21	88%	1.07	$541.21	$656.29
490/495	632/635	Oct 1	$1.58	$3.42	88%	0.46	$493.42	$634.08

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 413 found (best R:R 1.94, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 5	$0.14	$4.86	14%	34.71
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 5	$0.10	$4.90	12%	49.00
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Sep 29	$0.73	$1.77	52%	2.42
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Oct 1	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$610.00	$612.50	$615.00	Sep 29	$0.13	$2.37	16%	18.23

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Sep 29	$0.85	$1.65	70%	1.94
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Sep 29	$0.51	$1.99	52%	3.90
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Oct 13	$0.11	$4.89	11%	44.45
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 13	$0.12	$4.88	11%	40.67
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Sep 29	$0.47	$2.03	40%	4.32

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 566 found (best net $-2.99, 507 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$595.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$8.74	$6.26
$610.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$1.96	$8.04
$570.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$12.50	$2.50
$602.50	$605.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$1.65	$0.85
$630.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.55	$8.45

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$645.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$2.99	$19.51
$622.50	$615.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$1.98	$5.52
$612.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$2.30	$10.20
$635.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 5	-$7.48	$5.02
$612.50	$610.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.22	$2.28

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 206 found (best yield 4.15%, avg 1.03%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$615.00	Nov 6	$25.20	0.49	1.2%	4.15%	5.32%	12	20
$610.00	Nov 6	$27.30	0.51	0.3%	4.49%	4.84%	3	2
$617.50	Nov 6	$23.90	0.47	1.6%	3.93%	5.51%	17	4
$620.00	Nov 6	$22.75	0.46	2.0%	3.74%	5.74%	10	47
$622.50	Nov 6	$21.65	0.44	2.4%	3.56%	5.97%	15	9
$612.50	Nov 6	$25.65	0.50	0.8%	4.22%	4.98%	1	7
$625.00	Nov 6	$20.60	0.43	2.8%	3.39%	6.21%	63	15
$630.00	Nov 6	$18.85	0.40	3.6%	3.10%	6.74%	10	4
$635.00	Nov 6	$17.00	0.38	4.5%	2.80%	7.26%	11	18
$640.00	Nov 6	$15.25	0.35	5.3%	2.51%	7.79%	20	15

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 63,630

Total Puts 80,671

Put/Call Ratio 1.27

Net Difference -17,041

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 52,713

Total Puts 92,594

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference -39,881

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 523,020

Total Puts 757,698

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.43

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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