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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$630.55 +2.06%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02) 368,248

Calls: 83,566 (23%)

Puts: 284,682 (77%)

Prior (10/01) 240,983

Calls: 79,177 (33%)

Puts: 161,806 (67%)

Current vs Prior +52.81%

Calls: +5.54% (Calls)

Puts: +75.94% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,051,369

Calls: 378,375 (36%)

Puts: 672,994 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 210,273

Calls: 54,053 (36%)

Puts: 96,142 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +75.13%

Calls: +54.60%

Puts: +196.11%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02) $190.44M

Calls: $112.82M (59%)

Puts: $77.61M (41%)

Prior (10/01) $135.66M

Calls: $85.28M (63%)

Puts: $50.38M (37%)

Current vs Prior +40.37%

Calls: +32.29%

Puts: +54.05%

Prior 7-Day Total $602.90M

Calls: $389.51M (65%)

Puts: $213.38M (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average $120.58M

Calls: $55.64M (65%)

Puts: $30.48M (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +57.93%

Calls: +102.75%

Puts: +154.61%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/02) 3.41

Prior (10/01) 2.04

Current vs Prior +66.70%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.65

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +106.51%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/02) 1,796,247

Calls: 646,040 (36%)

Puts: 1,150,207 (64%)

Prior (10/01) 1,057,606

Calls: 374,437 (35%)

Puts: 683,169 (65%)

Current vs Prior +69.84%

Prior 7-Day Total 6,590,659

Calls: 2,235,443 (34%)

Puts: 4,355,216 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,098,443

Calls: 372,573 (34%)

Puts: 725,869 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +63.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.59% | 1.55%0.59% | 1.55%0.59% | 2.96%4.49% | 10.73%

Prior 1.62% | 2.38%1.62% | 2.38%1.62% | 3.71%5.22% | 11.15%

Current vs Prior -63.58% | -35.06%-63.58% | -35.06%-63.58% | -20.08%-14.03% | -3.80%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.69% | 2.28%1.66% | 2.54%2.01% | 4.07%5.93% | 11.48%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -65.17% | -32.16%-64.63% | -39.05%-70.74% | -27.30%-24.37% | -6.51%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.62% | 2.38%1.62% | 2.38%1.62% | 3.71%5.22% | 11.15%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -63.58% | -35.06%-63.58% | -35.06%-63.58% | -20.08%-14.03% | -3.80%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 36.94% | 12.40%

Calls: 27.56% | 13.48%

Puts: 46.31% | 11.32%

Prior 68.38% | 48.14%

Calls: 71.72% | 50.26%

Puts: 65.05% | 46.02%

Current vs Prior -45.98% | -74.24%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.03% | 34.72%

Calls: 39.05% | 35.97%

Puts: 39.01% | 33.46%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.36% | -64.28%

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Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (58% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 53% vs prior. Volume explosion - 75% above 7-day average (368,248 vs avg 210,273). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.41 - heavy put buying.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 498 of results (avg 6.0%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 16	20.55	21.00	$20.78	2.2%	1.1K	0.62	9.8K
$505.00	Oct 30	126.55	129.75	$128.15	2.5%	1	0.97	4
$505.00	Oct 16	125.00	128.25	$126.63	2.6%	--	1.00	160
$510.00	Oct 16	120.00	123.15	$121.58	2.6%	--	1.00	203
$510.00	Oct 2	119.00	122.15	$120.58	2.6%	3	1.00	4

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Nov 6	27.45	28.05	$27.75	2.2%	5	0.50	2
$630.00	Oct 30	21.75	22.30	$22.03	2.5%	77	0.48	12
$622.50	Nov 6	21.55	22.10	$21.83	2.5%	5	0.43	1
$620.00	Oct 30	17.35	17.80	$17.58	2.6%	26	0.41	51
$632.50	Nov 6	26.15	26.90	$26.53	2.8%	3	0.49	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 52 found (avg $0.67, cheapest $0.14)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 5	0.49	0.59	$0.54	18.5%	1.1K	0.10	221
$655.00	Oct 6	0.38	0.44	$0.41	14.6%	146	0.06	--
$652.50	Oct 6	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	113	0.08	--
$650.00	Oct 6	0.65	0.78	$0.72	18.1%	67	0.10	8
$647.50	Oct 6	0.91	1.01	$0.96	10.4%	335	0.13	4

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Oct 5	0.13	0.15	$0.14	14.3%	241	0.03	892
$615.00	Oct 5	0.49	0.53	$0.51	7.8%	443	0.09	191
$617.50	Oct 5	0.67	0.76	$0.72	12.5%	200	0.13	32
$607.50	Oct 6	0.55	0.64	$0.60	15.0%	137	0.08	5
$610.00	Oct 6	0.71	0.79	$0.75	10.7%	307	0.10	13

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 383 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 2	119.00	122.15	$120.58	2.6%	3	1.00	4
$520.00	Oct 2	109.00	112.15	$110.58	2.8%	1	1.00	16
$522.50	Oct 2	106.50	109.65	$108.08	2.9%	--	1.00	10
$525.00	Oct 2	104.00	107.15	$105.58	3.0%	--	1.00	30
$530.00	Oct 2	99.00	102.15	$100.58	3.1%	1	1.00	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 2	12.85	16.00	$14.43	21.8%	6	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 2	17.90	21.05	$19.48	16.2%	10	0.99	2
$640.00	Oct 2	7.85	11.00	$9.43	33.4%	21	0.99	--
$642.50	Oct 2	10.35	13.50	$11.93	26.4%	23	0.99	--
$637.50	Oct 2	5.85	8.35	$7.10	35.2%	32	0.99	5

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,036 active (total vol 134.5K, top 15.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 16	6.60	6.95	$6.78	5.2%	2.6K	0.30	5.5K
$635.00	Oct 2	0.02	0.07	$0.05	100.0%	2.2K	0.04	1.2K
$665.00	Oct 16	3.35	3.60	$3.48	7.2%	2.1K	0.18	2.1K
$655.00	Oct 5	0.13	0.20	$0.17	41.2%	1.6K	0.03	12
$650.00	Oct 5	0.25	0.31	$0.28	21.4%	1.5K	0.06	64

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$522.50	Oct 6	0.00	0.22	$0.11	200.0%	15.7K	0.01	--
$627.50	Oct 2	0.14	0.25	$0.20	55.0%	3.6K	0.14	--
$600.00	Oct 16	4.05	4.30	$4.18	6.0%	3.2K	0.20	7.3K
$610.00	Oct 9	2.30	2.44	$2.37	5.9%	2.5K	0.18	1.1K
$600.00	Oct 9	1.14	1.28	$1.21	11.6%	2.4K	0.10	287

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 9.7%, max 11.8%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$632.50	Oct 2	Nov 6	36.6%	32.8%	11.8%	947	520
$630.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	35.7%	33.2%	7.5%	1.4K	1.9K

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. 575 found (best R:R 65.18, avg 8.07)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$680.00	$725.00	Oct 15	$0.68	$44.32	$0.68	10%	65.18	$680.68
$680.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$3.18	$16.82	$3.18	28%	5.29	$683.18
$665.00	$670.00	Nov 13	$1.00	$4.00	$1.00	35%	4.00	$666.00
$635.00	$637.50	Oct 8	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	41%	7.33	$635.30
$640.00	$645.00	Nov 13	$1.70	$3.30	$1.70	47%	1.94	$641.70

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$627.50	Oct 14	$21.40	$11.10	$21.40	81%	0.52	$638.60
$622.50	$620.00	Oct 8	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	35%	9.00	$622.25
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 7	$0.92	$1.58	$0.92	60%	1.72	$634.08
$645.00	$632.50	Oct 15	$6.95	$5.55	$6.95	65%	0.80	$638.05
$610.00	$607.50	Nov 13	$0.44	$2.06	$0.44	37%	4.68	$609.56

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 479 found (best R:R 2.52, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$665.00	$675.00	Oct 6	$0.89	$0.89	$9.11	91%	0.10	$665.89
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 2	$0.61	$0.61	$4.39	96%	0.14	$705.61
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 2	$0.60	$0.60	$4.40	96%	0.14	$715.60
$642.50	$655.00	Oct 14	$3.87	$3.87	$8.63	64%	0.45	$646.37
$675.00	$680.00	Nov 13	$1.95	$1.95	$3.05	70%	0.64	$676.95

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 5	$1.79	$1.79	$0.71	94%	2.52	$530.71
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 5	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	94%	2.33	$540.75
$560.00	$540.00	Nov 13	$3.00	$3.00	$17.00	84%	0.18	$557.00
$540.00	$535.00	Oct 7	$0.67	$0.67	$4.33	97%	0.15	$539.33
$615.00	$610.00	Nov 13	$2.51	$2.51	$2.49	60%	1.01	$612.49

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.21, cheapest $3.18)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$3.18	35.7%	18.0%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$3.25	35.7%	18.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 272 found (cheapest 0.33% of stock, avg 5.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$630.00	Oct 2	$1.27	$0.78	$2.05	$627.95	$632.05	0.33%
$632.50	Oct 2	$0.28	$2.44	$2.72	$629.78	$635.22	0.43%
$627.50	Oct 2	$3.22	$0.20	$3.42	$624.08	$630.92	0.54%
$635.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$4.64	$4.69	$630.31	$639.69	0.74%
$625.00	Oct 2	$5.73	$0.04	$5.77	$619.23	$630.77	0.92%
$637.50	Oct 2	$0.02	$7.10	$7.12	$630.38	$644.62	1.13%
$622.50	Oct 2	$7.78	$0.03	$7.81	$614.69	$630.31	1.24%
$630.00	Oct 5	$4.45	$4.03	$8.48	$621.52	$638.48	1.34%
$632.50	Oct 5	$3.20	$5.30	$8.50	$624.00	$641.00	1.35%
$627.50	Oct 5	$5.88	$2.97	$8.85	$618.65	$636.35	1.40%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 354 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 3.15%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$632.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.28	$0.20	$0.48	$627.02	$632.98
$662.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.43	$0.20	$0.63	$626.87	$663.13
$632.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.28	$0.78	$1.06	$628.94	$633.56
$642.50	$620.00	Oct 5	$0.78	$1.08	$1.86	$618.14	$644.36
$662.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.43	$0.78	$1.21	$628.79	$663.71
$640.00	$620.00	Oct 5	$1.13	$1.08	$2.21	$617.79	$642.21
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 5	$0.78	$1.51	$2.29	$620.21	$644.79
$640.00	$622.50	Oct 5	$1.13	$1.51	$2.64	$619.86	$642.64
$637.50	$620.00	Oct 5	$1.63	$1.08	$2.71	$617.29	$640.21
$637.50	$622.50	Oct 5	$1.63	$1.51	$3.14	$619.36	$640.64

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 848 found (best R:R 5.76, avg credit $1.16)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/532	662/665	Oct 5	$2.13	$0.37	89%	5.76	$530.37	$664.63
540/542	662/665	Oct 5	$2.09	$0.41	89%	5.10	$540.41	$664.59
530/532	645/648	Oct 5	$1.95	$0.55	84%	3.55	$530.55	$646.95
530/532	642/645	Oct 5	$2.03	$0.47	80%	4.32	$530.47	$644.53
530/532	640/642	Oct 5	$2.14	$0.36	75%	5.94	$530.36	$642.14
530/532	638/640	Oct 5	$2.29	$0.21	69%	10.90	$530.21	$639.79
540/542	645/648	Oct 5	$1.91	$0.59	84%	3.24	$540.59	$646.91
540/542	642/645	Oct 5	$1.99	$0.51	80%	3.90	$540.51	$644.49
540/542	640/642	Oct 5	$2.10	$0.40	75%	5.25	$540.40	$642.10
540/542	638/640	Oct 5	$2.25	$0.25	68%	9.00	$540.25	$639.75

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 401 found (best R:R 3.63, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 2	$0.96	$1.54	67%	1.60
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Oct 12	$0.23	$4.77	12%	20.74
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.76	$1.74	52%	2.29
$665.00	$670.00	$675.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$650.00	$655.00	$660.00	Nov 13	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.54	$1.96	52%	3.63
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	11%	70.43
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.42	$2.08	40%	4.95
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 15	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 2	$1.08	$1.42	67%	1.31

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 605 found (best net $-0.60, 554 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$540.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.60	$59.40
$585.00	$610.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$4.21	$20.79
$592.50	$612.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$5.61	$14.39
$570.00	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$16.00	$6.50
$597.50	$615.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$8.70	$8.80

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$660.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$5.30	$9.70
$675.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$12.50	$7.50
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$4.11	$5.89
$635.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.24	$2.26
$615.00	$605.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.67	$9.33

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 186 found (best yield 4.09%, avg 0.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 13	$25.80	0.47	1.5%	4.09%	5.59%	36	2
$645.00	Nov 13	$23.40	0.45	2.3%	3.71%	6.00%	9	--
$635.00	Nov 13	$27.05	0.50	0.7%	4.29%	5.00%	10	--
$655.00	Nov 13	$19.05	0.40	3.9%	3.02%	6.90%	2	--
$650.00	Nov 13	$20.50	0.42	3.1%	3.25%	6.34%	6	--
$665.00	Nov 13	$15.80	0.35	5.5%	2.51%	7.97%	5	--
$660.00	Nov 13	$16.90	0.37	4.7%	2.68%	7.35%	6	--
$640.00	Nov 6	$22.70	0.47	1.5%	3.60%	5.10%	7	26
$670.00	Nov 13	$14.10	0.33	6.3%	2.24%	8.49%	3	--
$635.00	Nov 6	$24.80	0.50	0.7%	3.93%	4.64%	62	22

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 83,566

Total Puts 284,682

Put/Call Ratio 3.41

Net Difference -201,116

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 79,177

Total Puts 161,806

Put/Call Ratio 2.04

Net Difference -82,629

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 378,375

Total Puts 672,994

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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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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