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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$617.81 +1.45%

$618.15 (+0.06%)🌙

as of 10/01 06:47 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01) 240,983

Calls: 79,177 (33%)

Puts: 161,806 (67%)

Prior (09/30) 163,346

Calls: 54,726 (34%)

Puts: 108,620 (66%)

Current vs Prior +47.53%

Calls: +44.68% (Calls)

Puts: +48.97% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,199,880

Calls: 436,741 (36%)

Puts: 763,139 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 199,980

Calls: 62,391 (36%)

Puts: 109,019 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +20.50%

Calls: +26.90%

Puts: +48.42%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01) $135.66M

Calls: $85.28M (63%)

Puts: $50.38M (37%)

Prior (09/30) $112.52M

Calls: $69.18M (61%)

Puts: $43.35M (39%)

Current vs Prior +20.56%

Calls: +23.28%

Puts: +16.23%

Prior 7-Day Total $723.41M

Calls: $468.08M (65%)

Puts: $255.33M (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average $120.57M

Calls: $66.87M (65%)

Puts: $36.48M (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.52%

Calls: +27.53%

Puts: +38.13%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/01) 2.04

Prior (09/30) 1.98

Current vs Prior +2.96%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.65

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +23.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/01) 1,057,606

Calls: 374,437 (35%)

Puts: 683,169 (65%)

Prior (09/30) 1,052,818

Calls: 346,272 (33%)

Puts: 706,546 (67%)

Current vs Prior +0.45%

Prior 7-Day Total 9,030,339

Calls: 3,154,494 (35%)

Puts: 5,875,845 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,290,048

Calls: 450,642 (35%)

Puts: 839,406 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -18.02%

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 0.55% | 1.62%1.62% | 2.38%1.62% | 3.71%5.22% | 11.15%

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

Current vs Prior -24.21% | +5.23%-28.61% | -20.81%-28.61% | -11.16%-7.43% | -1.64%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.51% | 2.14%1.49% | 2.49%2.09% | 4.17%6.27% | 11.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +6.68% | +11.31%+8.53% | -4.24%-22.62% | -11.18%-16.78% | -4.24%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.59% | 1.70%2.26% | 3.01%2.26% | 4.17%5.64% | 11.34%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +173.85% | +39.91%-28.61% | -20.81%-28.61% | -11.16%-7.43% | -1.64%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 68.38% | 48.14%

Calls: 71.72% | 50.26%

Puts: 65.05% | 46.02%

Prior 23.81% | 15.36%

Calls: 28.36% | 15.75%

Puts: 19.26% | 14.96%

Current vs Prior +187.19% | +213.41%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.66% | 26.15%

Calls: 34.27% | 29.50%

Puts: 33.43% | 27.25%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +103.14% | +84.06%

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Moderately bullish flow with 63% call dollar volume ($85.28M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.04 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (683,169 puts vs 374,437 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 125 of results (avg 6.8%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	117.10	120.80	$118.95	3.1%	11	0.98	271
$495.00	Oct 1	120.50	125.00	$122.75	3.7%	8	0.92	--
$500.00	Oct 1	115.50	120.00	$117.75	3.8%	16	0.92	--
$520.00	Oct 1	95.55	99.35	$97.45	3.9%	8	1.00	--
$505.00	Oct 1	110.50	115.00	$112.75	4.0%	13	0.92	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Oct 1	100.65	104.25	$102.45	3.5%	2	0.92	--
$715.00	Oct 1	95.65	99.20	$97.43	3.6%	7	1.00	--
$710.00	Oct 1	90.65	94.20	$92.43	3.8%	10	0.91	--
$700.00	Oct 1	80.65	84.20	$82.43	4.3%	5	0.91	--
$705.00	Oct 1	85.65	89.50	$87.58	4.4%	7	0.91	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.98, cheapest $0.98)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 16	0.95	1.00	$0.98	5.1%	1.2K	0.04	11.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 313 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Oct 1	95.55	99.35	$97.45	3.9%	8	1.00	--
$570.00	Oct 1	45.95	49.50	$47.73	7.4%	3	1.00	835
$575.00	Oct 1	40.75	44.35	$42.55	8.5%	1	1.00	--
$577.50	Oct 1	38.00	42.50	$40.25	11.2%	1	1.00	--
$580.00	Oct 1	35.65	39.35	$37.50	9.9%	10	1.00	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 2	30.65	34.25	$32.45	11.1%	6	1.00	1
$700.00	Oct 9	79.65	84.50	$82.08	5.9%	1	1.00	--
$715.00	Oct 1	95.65	99.20	$97.43	3.6%	7	1.00	--
$622.50	Oct 1	3.05	6.75	$4.90	75.5%	35	0.99	--
$625.00	Oct 1	6.10	9.25	$7.68	41.0%	3	0.99	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,047 active (total vol 131.7K, top 3.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 16	10.30	11.70	$11.00	12.7%	2.9K	0.40	8.6K
$620.00	Oct 1	0.01	0.33	$0.17	188.2%	2.9K	0.15	1.2K
$627.50	Oct 2	0.88	1.61	$1.25	58.4%	2.2K	0.20	888
$640.00	Oct 16	6.95	8.00	$7.48	14.0%	1.9K	0.30	4.4K
$625.00	Oct 1	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	1.9K	0.01	366

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$547.50	Oct 2	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	3.6K	0.00	322
$600.00	Oct 2	0.21	0.48	$0.35	77.1%	3.3K	0.06	2.4K
$600.00	Oct 1	0.01	0.28	$0.15	180.0%	1.7K	0.04	1.6K
$610.00	Oct 1	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.3K	0.01	61
$570.00	Oct 16	2.38	2.98	$2.68	22.4%	1.3K	0.12	2.0K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 5 strikes (avg 1010.4%, max 1789.1%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$642.50	Oct 1	Oct 13	555.2%	29.4%	1789.1%	14	108
$632.50	Oct 1	Nov 6	410.0%	36.6%	1020.8%	82	139
$627.50	Oct 1	Nov 13	219.8%	37.1%	492.3%	460	311
$617.50	Oct 1	Nov 6	45.9%	34.6%	32.8%	1.4K	192

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$587.50	Oct 1	Nov 13	656.2%	36.1%	1717.0%	41	63

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 570 found (best R:R 52.57, avg 7.15)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$650.00	Oct 14	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	23%	34.71	$645.14
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 7	$0.82	$1.68	$0.82	69%	2.05	$608.32
$655.00	$660.00	Oct 23	$0.38	$4.62	$0.38	24%	12.16	$655.38
$650.00	$655.00	Oct 30	$0.82	$4.18	$0.82	32%	5.10	$650.82
$620.00	$625.00	Oct 8	$1.43	$3.57	$1.43	47%	2.50	$621.43

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$575.00	$560.00	Oct 13	$0.28	$14.72	$0.28	11%	52.57	$574.72
$617.50	$615.00	Oct 2	$0.32	$2.18	$0.32	47%	6.81	$617.18
$585.00	$580.00	Oct 14	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	17%	26.78	$584.82
$612.50	$610.00	Oct 5	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	35%	9.00	$612.25
$575.00	$565.00	Oct 12	$0.17	$9.83	$0.17	8%	57.82	$574.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 472 found (best R:R 0.12, avg 0.49)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$655.00	$715.00	Oct 1	$2.44	$2.44	$57.56	86%	0.04	$657.44
$647.50	$650.00	Oct 1	$2.39	$2.39	$0.11	84%	21.73	$649.89
$700.00	$710.00	Oct 2	$1.78	$1.78	$8.22	92%	0.22	$701.78
$645.00	$647.50	Oct 6	$1.66	$1.66	$0.84	82%	1.98	$646.66
$705.00	$710.00	Nov 6	$1.50	$1.50	$3.50	86%	0.43	$706.50

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$542.50	$520.00	Oct 1	$2.39	$2.39	$20.11	92%	0.12	$540.11
$572.50	$570.00	Oct 1	$2.37	$2.37	$0.13	88%	18.23	$570.13
$587.50	$585.00	Oct 1	$2.33	$2.33	$0.17	85%	13.71	$585.17
$512.50	$510.00	Oct 2	$1.92	$1.92	$0.58	94%	3.31	$510.58
$522.50	$520.00	Oct 2	$1.92	$1.92	$0.58	94%	3.31	$520.58

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $4.70, cheapest $2.91)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$617.50	Oct 1	Oct 2	$3.70	45.9%	33.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$617.50	Oct 1	Oct 2	$2.91	45.9%	33.2%
$632.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	$7.50	29.2%	33.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 241 found (cheapest 0.28% of stock, avg 5.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$617.50	Oct 1	$0.90	$0.81	$1.71	$615.79	$619.21	0.28%
$620.00	Oct 1	$0.17	$2.47	$2.64	$617.36	$622.64	0.43%
$615.00	Oct 1	$3.09	$0.02	$3.11	$611.89	$618.11	0.50%
$622.50	Oct 1	$0.01	$4.90	$4.91	$617.59	$627.41	0.79%
$612.50	Oct 1	$5.18	$0.02	$5.20	$607.30	$617.70	0.84%
$625.00	Oct 1	$0.01	$7.68	$7.69	$617.31	$632.69	1.24%
$610.00	Oct 1	$7.73	$0.01	$7.74	$602.26	$617.74	1.25%
$617.50	Oct 2	$4.60	$3.72	$8.32	$609.18	$625.82	1.35%
$620.00	Oct 2	$3.33	$5.38	$8.71	$611.29	$628.71	1.41%
$615.00	Oct 2	$6.03	$3.40	$9.43	$605.57	$624.43	1.53%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 395 found (cheapest 0.30% of stock, avg 3.36%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$630.00	$607.50	Oct 2	$0.84	$1.00	$1.84	$605.66	$631.84
$627.50	$607.50	Oct 2	$1.25	$1.00	$2.25	$605.25	$629.75
$627.50	$617.50	Oct 1	$0.93	$0.81	$1.74	$615.76	$629.24
$630.00	$610.00	Oct 2	$0.84	$1.71	$2.55	$607.45	$632.55
$627.50	$610.00	Oct 2	$1.25	$1.71	$2.96	$607.04	$630.46
$625.00	$607.50	Oct 2	$1.81	$1.00	$2.81	$604.69	$627.81
$627.50	$587.50	Oct 1	$0.93	$2.45	$3.38	$584.12	$630.88
$627.50	$582.50	Oct 1	$0.93	$2.45	$3.38	$579.12	$630.88
$627.50	$572.50	Oct 1	$0.93	$2.45	$3.38	$569.12	$630.88
$627.50	$567.50	Oct 1	$0.93	$2.45	$3.38	$564.12	$630.88

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 657 found (best R:R 0.59, avg credit $1.30)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
510/512	700/710	Oct 2	$3.70	$6.30	86%	0.59	$508.80	$703.70
520/522	700/710	Oct 2	$3.70	$6.30	86%	0.59	$518.80	$703.70
500/502	700/710	Oct 2	$3.60	$6.40	87%	0.56	$498.90	$703.60
530/532	700/710	Oct 2	$3.71	$6.29	85%	0.59	$528.79	$703.71
510/512	635/638	Oct 2	$2.20	$0.30	86%	7.33	$510.30	$637.20
510/512	658/660	Oct 2	$2.03	$0.47	92%	4.32	$510.47	$659.53
520/522	635/638	Oct 2	$2.20	$0.30	85%	7.33	$520.30	$637.20
530/532	635/638	Oct 2	$2.21	$0.29	84%	7.62	$530.29	$637.21
520/522	658/660	Oct 2	$2.03	$0.47	92%	4.32	$520.47	$659.53
530/532	658/660	Oct 2	$2.04	$0.46	91%	4.43	$530.46	$659.54

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 363 found (best R:R 26.78, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 1	$1.46	$1.04	85%	0.71
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 1	$0.57	$1.93	52%	3.39
$650.00	$655.00	$660.00	Nov 6	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$9.85	4%	65.67
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 2	$0.11	$2.39	14%	21.73

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$605.00	$615.00	$625.00	Oct 14	$0.36	$9.64	22%	26.78
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 1	$0.87	$1.63	83%	1.87
$545.00	$560.00	$575.00	Oct 14	$0.23	$14.77	8%	64.22
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Oct 7	$0.11	$4.89	12%	44.45
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 15	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 463 found (best net $-12.82, 405 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$510.00	$557.50	1:2	Oct 5	-$12.82	$34.68
$605.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$5.47	$9.53
$500.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$37.96	$2.04
$612.50	$615.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$1.00	$1.50
$635.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$2.16	$7.84

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$635.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.91	$13.09
$622.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.04	$2.46
$622.50	$615.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$2.47	$5.03
$590.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 8	$0.00	$5.00
$575.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.73	$14.27

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 197 found (best yield 4.61%, avg 1.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$620.00	Nov 13	$28.50	0.51	0.3%	4.61%	4.97%	3	--
$625.00	Nov 13	$26.00	0.49	1.2%	4.21%	5.37%	3	--
$627.50	Nov 13	$24.75	0.48	1.6%	4.01%	5.57%	4	--
$630.00	Nov 13	$23.70	0.46	2.0%	3.84%	5.81%	5	--
$640.00	Nov 13	$19.50	0.41	3.6%	3.16%	6.75%	3	--
$625.00	Nov 6	$23.95	0.48	1.2%	3.88%	5.04%	18	35
$622.50	Nov 6	$24.50	0.50	0.8%	3.97%	4.72%	30	19
$620.00	Nov 6	$25.65	0.51	0.3%	4.15%	4.51%	40	33
$630.00	Nov 6	$21.10	0.46	2.0%	3.42%	5.39%	25	14
$632.50	Nov 6	$20.20	0.44	2.4%	3.27%	5.65%	15	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 79,177

Total Puts 161,806

Put/Call Ratio 2.04

Net Difference -82,629

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 436,741

Total Puts 763,139

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.65

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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