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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$618.77 +1.60%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01) 210,012

Calls: 66,043 (31%)

Puts: 143,969 (69%)

Prior (09/30) 163,346

Calls: 54,726 (34%)

Puts: 108,620 (66%)

Current vs Prior +28.57%

Calls: +20.68% (Calls)

Puts: +32.54% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,206,253

Calls: 463,880 (38%)

Puts: 742,373 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 201,042

Calls: 66,268 (38%)

Puts: 106,053 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.46%

Calls: -0.34%

Puts: +35.75%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01) $120.30M

Calls: $76.51M (64%)

Puts: $43.79M (36%)

Prior (09/30) $112.52M

Calls: $69.18M (61%)

Puts: $43.35M (39%)

Current vs Prior +6.91%

Calls: +10.60%

Puts: +1.03%

Prior 7-Day Total $787.18M

Calls: $516.42M (66%)

Puts: $270.76M (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average $131.20M

Calls: $73.77M (66%)

Puts: $38.68M (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -8.31%

Calls: +3.70%

Puts: +13.22%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/01) 2.18

Prior (09/30) 1.98

Current vs Prior +9.83%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.53

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +42.79%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/01) 1,757,115

Calls: 641,959 (37%)

Puts: 1,115,156 (63%)

Prior (09/30) 1,052,818

Calls: 346,272 (33%)

Puts: 706,546 (67%)

Current vs Prior +66.90%

Prior 7-Day Total 8,912,837

Calls: 3,140,477 (35%)

Puts: 5,772,360 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,273,262

Calls: 448,639 (35%)

Puts: 824,622 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +38.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/01) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/05)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.59% | 1.70%1.70% | 2.40%1.70% | 3.73%5.27% | 11.27%

Prior 2.13% | 2.26%2.26% | 3.01%2.26% | 4.17%5.64% | 11.34%

Current vs Prior -72.32% | -24.79%-24.79% | -20.18%-24.79% | -10.60%-6.48% | -0.62%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.38% | 2.05%1.49% | 2.48%2.14% | 4.20%6.41% | 11.69%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -57.37% | -16.80%+14.37% | -3.25%-20.42% | -11.23%-17.80% | -3.65%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.13% | 2.26%2.26% | 3.01%2.26% | 4.17%5.64% | 11.34%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -72.32% | -24.79%-24.79% | -20.18%-24.79% | -10.60%-6.48% | -0.62%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 32.52% | 12.82%

Calls: 27.89% | 13.21%

Puts: 37.14% | 12.43%

Prior 23.81% | 15.36%

Calls: 28.36% | 15.75%

Puts: 19.26% | 14.96%

Current vs Prior +36.58% | -16.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 35.55% | 26.22%

Calls: 32.52% | 26.72%

Puts: 38.58% | 25.72%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -8.52% | -51.11%

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Moderately bullish flow with 64% call dollar volume ($76.51M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.18 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (1,115,156 puts vs 641,959 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning. Rising open interest (up 67%) 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 550 of results (avg 5.8%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Nov 6	21.00	21.40	$21.20	1.9%	14	0.43	19
$645.00	Nov 6	17.10	17.45	$17.27	2.0%	12	0.38	15
$640.00	Oct 30	15.50	15.85	$15.68	2.2%	141	0.39	149
$625.00	Oct 16	13.05	13.35	$13.20	2.3%	107	0.45	10.5K
$630.00	Oct 30	19.55	20.00	$19.77	2.3%	54	0.45	200

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Oct 30	18.95	19.25	$19.10	1.6%	106	0.42	84
$607.50	Oct 30	17.90	18.25	$18.08	1.9%	50	0.40	54
$617.50	Oct 30	22.25	22.70	$22.48	2.0%	4	0.47	4
$602.50	Oct 30	16.00	16.35	$16.18	2.2%	6	0.37	24
$622.50	Oct 30	24.65	25.20	$24.92	2.2%	7	0.50	2

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 55 found (avg $0.60, cheapest $0.11)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$622.50	Oct 1	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	1.1K	0.09	664
$650.00	Oct 2	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	182	0.02	312
$635.00	Oct 2	0.47	0.55	$0.51	15.7%	379	0.09	908
$632.50	Oct 2	0.66	0.80	$0.73	19.2%	182	0.13	453
$650.00	Oct 5	0.32	0.39	$0.36	19.4%	13	0.05	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$595.00	Oct 2	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	669	0.04	738
$597.50	Oct 2	0.28	0.32	$0.30	13.3%	494	0.05	633
$600.00	Oct 2	0.39	0.46	$0.43	16.3%	2.2K	0.07	2.4K
$602.50	Oct 2	0.55	0.65	$0.60	16.7%	814	0.10	1.2K
$605.00	Oct 2	0.78	0.89	$0.84	13.1%	1.1K	0.13	381

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 382 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 1	117.35	120.40	$118.88	2.6%	16	1.00	--
$505.00	Oct 1	112.05	115.40	$113.73	2.9%	13	1.00	--
$510.00	Oct 1	107.20	110.40	$108.80	2.9%	3	1.00	--
$515.00	Oct 1	101.95	105.40	$103.68	3.3%	2	1.00	--
$520.00	Oct 1	97.05	100.40	$98.73	3.4%	8	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$715.00	Oct 1	94.60	97.85	$96.23	3.4%	7	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 1	29.60	33.25	$31.43	11.6%	1	0.99	2
$700.00	Oct 9	79.60	82.80	$81.20	3.9%	1	0.99	1
$650.00	Oct 2	29.60	33.20	$31.40	11.5%	6	0.98	1
$627.50	Oct 1	7.10	9.95	$8.52	33.5%	1	0.98	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 989 active (total vol 110.6K, top 3.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 16	10.60	11.15	$10.88	5.1%	2.9K	0.40	8.6K
$620.00	Oct 1	0.47	0.60	$0.53	24.5%	2.4K	0.33	1.2K
$625.00	Oct 1	0.02	0.05	$0.04	75.0%	1.8K	0.03	366
$627.50	Oct 2	1.41	1.67	$1.54	16.9%	1.7K	0.23	888
$622.50	Oct 2	2.88	3.20	$3.04	10.5%	1.6K	0.38	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$547.50	Oct 2	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	3.0K	0.00	322
$600.00	Oct 2	0.39	0.46	$0.43	16.3%	2.2K	0.07	2.4K
$600.00	Oct 1	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	1.6K	0.01	1.6K
$570.00	Oct 16	2.48	2.67	$2.58	7.4%	1.3K	0.12	2.0K
$610.00	Oct 1	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	1.3K	0.01	61

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 2 strikes (avg 9.8%, max 11.8%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$620.00	Oct 1	Nov 13	38.4%	34.4%	11.8%	2.4K	1.2K
$617.50	Oct 1	Nov 6	36.8%	34.2%	7.7%	1.3K	210

PUTS (0)

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Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 604 found (best R:R 0.53, avg 7.73)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$650.00	$680.00	Oct 7	$0.41	$29.59	$0.41	9%	72.17	$650.41
$657.50	$680.00	Oct 12	$0.55	$21.95	$0.55	10%	39.91	$658.05
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 12	$0.48	$2.02	$0.48	46%	4.21	$622.98
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 23	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	73%	0.89	$591.32
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 9	$1.62	$0.88	$1.62	85%	0.54	$591.62

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$617.50	Oct 7	$14.70	$7.80	$14.70	82%	0.53	$625.30
$575.00	$560.00	Oct 13	$0.19	$14.81	$0.19	10%	77.95	$574.81
$610.00	$605.00	Oct 15	$1.15	$3.85	$1.15	39%	3.35	$608.85
$552.50	$530.00	Oct 6	$0.18	$22.32	$0.18	5%	124.00	$552.32
$617.50	$615.00	Oct 23	$0.62	$1.88	$0.62	47%	3.03	$616.88

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 500 found (best R:R 3.31, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 2	$1.44	$1.44	$3.56	93%	0.40	$706.44
$625.00	$632.50	Oct 8	$3.28	$3.28	$4.22	58%	0.78	$628.28
$645.00	$650.00	Oct 15	$1.71	$1.71	$3.29	75%	0.52	$646.71
$700.00	$715.00	Oct 1	$0.69	$0.69	$14.31	96%	0.05	$700.69
$620.00	$622.50	Oct 12	$1.82	$1.82	$0.68	50%	2.68	$621.82

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$502.50	$500.00	Oct 2	$1.92	$1.92	$0.58	95%	3.31	$500.58
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 2	$1.92	$1.92	$0.58	94%	3.31	$525.58
$517.50	$515.00	Oct 2	$1.90	$1.90	$0.60	94%	3.17	$515.60
$512.50	$510.00	Oct 2	$1.56	$1.56	$0.94	95%	1.66	$510.94
$522.50	$520.00	Oct 2	$1.22	$1.22	$1.28	95%	0.95	$521.28

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $4.52, cheapest $3.48)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$620.00	Oct 1	Oct 2	$3.55	38.4%	35.3%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$620.00	Oct 1	Oct 2	$3.48	38.4%	35.3%
$617.50	Oct 1	Oct 2	$3.47	36.8%	34.8%
$632.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	$7.58	29.6%	33.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 273 found (cheapest 0.37% of stock, avg 6.09%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$620.00	Oct 1	$0.53	$1.75	$2.28	$617.72	$622.28	0.37%
$617.50	Oct 1	$1.90	$0.51	$2.41	$615.09	$619.91	0.39%
$622.50	Oct 1	$0.11	$3.38	$3.49	$619.01	$625.99	0.56%
$615.00	Oct 1	$3.83	$0.12	$3.95	$611.05	$618.95	0.64%
$625.00	Oct 1	$0.04	$5.85	$5.89	$619.11	$630.89	0.95%
$612.50	Oct 1	$6.38	$0.04	$6.42	$606.08	$618.92	1.04%
$627.50	Oct 1	$0.03	$8.52	$8.55	$618.95	$636.05	1.38%
$610.00	Oct 1	$9.18	$0.02	$9.20	$600.80	$619.20	1.49%
$617.50	Oct 2	$5.30	$3.98	$9.28	$608.22	$626.78	1.50%
$620.00	Oct 2	$4.08	$5.23	$9.31	$610.69	$629.31	1.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 380 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.36%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$622.50	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.11	$0.12	$0.23	$614.77	$622.73
$652.50	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.58	$0.12	$0.70	$614.30	$653.20
$657.50	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.62	$0.12	$0.74	$614.26	$658.24
$622.50	$617.50	Oct 1	$0.11	$0.51	$0.62	$616.88	$623.12
$670.00	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.71	$0.12	$0.83	$614.17	$670.83
$620.00	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.53	$0.12	$0.65	$614.35	$620.65
$620.00	$617.50	Oct 1	$0.53	$0.51	$1.04	$616.46	$621.04
$652.50	$617.50	Oct 1	$0.58	$0.51	$1.09	$616.41	$653.59
$657.50	$617.50	Oct 1	$0.62	$0.51	$1.13	$616.37	$658.63
$670.00	$617.50	Oct 1	$0.71	$0.51	$1.22	$616.28	$671.22

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 652 found (best R:R 2.05, avg credit $1.18)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/502	705/710	Oct 2	$3.36	$1.64	88%	2.05	$499.14	$708.36
515/518	705/710	Oct 2	$3.34	$1.66	88%	2.01	$514.16	$708.34
525/528	705/710	Oct 2	$3.36	$1.64	87%	2.05	$524.14	$708.36
510/512	705/710	Oct 2	$3.00	$2.00	88%	1.50	$509.50	$708.00
520/522	705/710	Oct 2	$2.66	$2.34	89%	1.14	$519.84	$707.66
500/502	685/690	Oct 2	$2.62	$2.38	89%	1.10	$499.88	$687.62
515/518	685/690	Oct 2	$2.60	$2.40	88%	1.08	$514.90	$687.60
525/528	685/690	Oct 2	$2.62	$2.38	88%	1.10	$524.88	$687.62
500/502	690/695	Oct 2	$2.17	$2.83	92%	0.77	$500.33	$692.17
515/518	690/695	Oct 2	$2.15	$2.85	92%	0.75	$515.35	$692.15

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 392 found (best R:R 5.41, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 1	$0.56	$1.94	61%	3.46
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.16	$4.84	13%	30.25
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 1	$0.95	$1.55	62%	1.63
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Oct 8	$0.17	$4.83	10%	28.41
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 1	$0.35	$2.15	30%	6.14

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 1	$0.39	$2.11	61%	5.41
$545.00	$560.00	$575.00	Oct 14	$0.09	$14.91	7%	165.67
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 2	$0.07	$2.43	17%	34.71
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 1	$0.85	$1.65	59%	1.94
$612.50	$615.00	$617.50	Oct 5	$0.06	$2.44	12%	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 542 found (best net $-14.37, 489 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$510.00	$557.50	1:2	Oct 5	-$14.37	$33.13
$550.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$0.73	$34.27
$605.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$5.45	$9.55
$625.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.92	$6.58
$612.50	$615.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$1.28	$1.22

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$635.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.90	$13.10
$617.50	$590.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$6.43	$21.07
$622.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.12	$2.38
$625.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.91	$1.59
$705.00	$675.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$28.01	$1.99

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 202 found (best yield 4.95%, avg 1.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$620.00	Nov 13	$30.65	0.52	0.2%	4.95%	5.15%	3	--
$627.50	Nov 13	$26.85	0.48	1.4%	4.34%	5.75%	4	--
$625.00	Nov 13	$27.60	0.49	1.0%	4.46%	5.47%	2	--
$630.00	Nov 13	$25.20	0.47	1.8%	4.07%	5.89%	4	--
$640.00	Nov 13	$20.70	0.42	3.4%	3.35%	6.78%	3	--
$620.00	Nov 6	$27.85	0.52	0.2%	4.50%	4.70%	40	33
$627.50	Nov 6	$24.15	0.48	1.4%	3.90%	5.31%	3	--
$622.50	Nov 6	$26.35	0.50	0.6%	4.26%	4.86%	30	19
$625.00	Nov 6	$25.20	0.49	1.0%	4.07%	5.08%	18	35
$630.00	Nov 6	$23.00	0.46	1.8%	3.72%	5.53%	23	14

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 66,043

Total Puts 143,969

Put/Call Ratio 2.18

Net Difference -77,926

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 54,726

Total Puts 108,620

Put/Call Ratio 1.98

Net Difference -53,894

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 463,880

Total Puts 742,373

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.53

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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