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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$630.60 +2.07%

$630.52 (-0.01%)🌙

as of 10/02 06:43 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02) 406,754

Calls: 95,026 (23%)

Puts: 311,728 (77%)

Prior (10/01) 240,983

Calls: 79,177 (33%)

Puts: 161,806 (67%)

Current vs Prior +68.79%

Calls: +20.02% (Calls)

Puts: +92.66% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,419,617

Calls: 461,941 (33%)

Puts: 957,676 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 236,602

Calls: 65,991 (33%)

Puts: 136,810 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +71.91%

Calls: +44.00%

Puts: +127.85%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02) $200.29M

Calls: $119.90M (60%)

Puts: $80.39M (40%)

Prior (10/01) $135.66M

Calls: $85.28M (63%)

Puts: $50.38M (37%)

Current vs Prior +47.64%

Calls: +40.60%

Puts: +59.55%

Prior 7-Day Total $793.33M

Calls: $502.33M (63%)

Puts: $291.00M (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average $132.22M

Calls: $71.76M (63%)

Puts: $41.57M (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +51.48%

Calls: +67.08%

Puts: +93.37%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/02) 3.28

Prior (10/01) 2.04

Current vs Prior +60.52%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.90

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +72.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/02) 1,211,687

Calls: 422,017 (35%)

Puts: 789,670 (65%)

Prior (10/01) 1,057,606

Calls: 374,437 (35%)

Puts: 683,169 (65%)

Current vs Prior +14.57%

Prior 7-Day Total 8,386,906

Calls: 2,881,483 (34%)

Puts: 5,505,423 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,198,129

Calls: 411,640 (34%)

Puts: 786,489 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.13%

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 0.48% | 1.42%0.48% | 1.42%0.48% | 2.92%4.42% | 10.70%

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

Current vs Prior -11.94% | -18.01%-70.55% | -40.26%-70.55% | -21.24%-15.28% | -4.02%

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 -15.80% | -14.36%-71.41% | -43.93%-76.34% | -28.35%-25.48% | -6.73%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.59% | 1.55%1.62% | 2.38%1.62% | 3.71%5.22% | 11.15%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +141.76% | +26.25%-70.55% | -40.26%-70.55% | -21.24%-15.28% | -4.02%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 47.93% | 35.26%

Calls: 48.19% | 40.66%

Puts: 47.67% | 29.86%

Prior 68.38% | 48.14%

Calls: 71.72% | 50.26%

Puts: 65.05% | 46.02%

Current vs Prior -29.91% | -26.76%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.73% | 31.53%

Calls: 39.05% | 35.97%

Puts: 39.01% | 33.46%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +23.75% | +11.84%

Liquidity Expensive

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Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (51% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 69% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.28 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 61% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 157 of results (avg 6.8%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 2	118.70	122.50	$120.60	3.2%	3	1.00	--
$520.00	Oct 23	110.70	114.40	$112.55	3.3%	6	0.97	6
$505.00	Oct 30	126.25	130.50	$128.38	3.3%	1	1.00	--
$520.00	Oct 2	108.65	112.50	$110.58	3.5%	1	0.99	--
$520.00	Oct 16	109.50	113.95	$111.73	4.0%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Oct 30	107.70	111.95	$109.83	3.9%	2	0.93	--
$720.00	Oct 30	88.50	92.60	$90.55	4.5%	1	0.91	--
$705.00	Oct 23	73.20	77.40	$75.30	5.6%	3	0.91	--
$655.00	Nov 13	40.15	42.95	$41.55	6.7%	2	0.60	--
$622.50	Nov 6	21.20	22.70	$21.95	6.8%	6	0.43	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.54, cheapest $0.16)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	0.62	0.75	$0.69	18.8%	5.0K	0.04	18.7K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$552.50	Oct 9	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	24	0.01	--
$560.00	Oct 16	0.77	0.92	$0.85	17.6%	2.0K	0.04	7.2K
$555.00	Oct 16	0.65	0.77	$0.71	16.9%	1.0K	0.04	2.7K
$520.00	Oct 16	0.29	0.32	$0.31	9.7%	148	0.01	13.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 314 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 2	118.70	122.50	$120.60	3.2%	3	1.00	--
$530.00	Oct 2	98.35	102.55	$100.45	4.2%	1	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 2	69.00	72.40	$70.70	4.8%	14	1.00	103
$545.00	Oct 5	83.55	88.00	$85.78	5.2%	1	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 5	68.85	73.00	$70.93	5.9%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 2	2.61	6.10	$4.35	80.2%	421	1.00	1
$637.50	Oct 2	5.05	8.95	$7.00	55.7%	32	1.00	5
$640.00	Oct 2	7.60	11.10	$9.35	37.4%	21	1.00	--
$645.00	Oct 2	12.50	16.25	$14.38	26.1%	6	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 2	17.50	21.30	$19.40	19.6%	10	1.00	2

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,073 active (total vol 150.0K, top 15.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	0.62	0.75	$0.69	18.8%	5.0K	0.04	18.7K
$650.00	Oct 16	6.20	7.10	$6.65	13.5%	2.6K	0.30	5.5K
$635.00	Oct 2	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	2.3K	0.03	1.2K
$665.00	Oct 16	2.86	3.65	$3.26	24.2%	2.1K	0.18	2.1K
$640.00	Oct 16	9.55	10.65	$10.10	10.9%	1.7K	0.41	4.5K

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	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	3.9K	0.03	--
$600.00	Oct 16	3.70	4.35	$4.03	16.1%	3.2K	0.19	7.3K
$610.00	Oct 9	1.87	2.49	$2.18	28.4%	3.1K	0.17	1.1K
$630.00	Oct 2	0.01	0.55	$0.28	192.9%	2.7K	0.30	7

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 1096.2%, max 1099.9%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$612.50	Oct 2	Oct 30	409.2%	34.1%	1099.9%	73	491

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$612.50	Oct 2	Nov 6	409.2%	34.3%	1092.5%	28	20

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 552 found (best R:R 47.91, avg 8.14)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$680.00	$725.00	Oct 15	$0.92	$44.08	$0.92	11%	47.91	$680.92
$680.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$3.48	$16.52	$3.48	28%	4.75	$683.48
$632.50	$635.00	Oct 23	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	50%	7.33	$632.80
$665.00	$670.00	Nov 13	$0.82	$4.18	$0.82	35%	5.10	$665.82
$615.00	$620.00	Oct 23	$2.35	$2.65	$2.35	65%	1.13	$617.35

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$627.50	Oct 14	$21.25	$11.25	$21.25	81%	0.53	$638.75
$632.50	$630.00	Oct 30	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	50%	5.25	$632.10
$625.00	$620.00	Nov 13	$1.37	$3.63	$1.37	44%	2.65	$623.63
$627.50	$625.00	Oct 6	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	40%	15.67	$627.35
$607.50	$602.50	Nov 13	$0.97	$4.03	$0.97	35%	4.15	$606.53

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 464 found (best R:R 0.94, avg 0.37)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 2	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	91%	0.94	$717.42
$740.00	$745.00	Oct 2	$1.23	$1.23	$3.77	95%	0.33	$741.23
$750.00	$755.00	Oct 2	$1.25	$1.25	$3.75	92%	0.33	$751.25
$735.00	$740.00	Oct 2	$1.21	$1.21	$3.79	92%	0.32	$736.21
$670.00	$675.00	Nov 13	$2.25	$2.25	$2.75	67%	0.82	$672.25

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$515.00	$512.50	Oct 2	$2.24	$2.24	$0.26	94%	8.62	$512.76
$552.50	$550.00	Oct 5	$1.66	$1.66	$0.84	93%	1.98	$550.84
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 2	$1.66	$1.66	$0.84	89%	1.98	$590.84
$612.50	$610.00	Oct 2	$1.74	$1.74	$0.76	83%	2.29	$610.76
$535.00	$532.50	Oct 2	$1.41	$1.41	$1.09	95%	1.29	$533.59

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.16, cheapest $3.57)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$3.57	31.3%	17.4%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$2.75	34.1%	35.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 233 found (cheapest 0.22% of stock, avg 5.51%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$630.00	Oct 2	$1.09	$0.28	$1.37	$628.63	$631.37	0.22%
$632.50	Oct 2	$0.12	$1.91	$2.03	$630.47	$634.53	0.32%
$627.50	Oct 2	$3.33	$0.02	$3.35	$624.15	$630.85	0.53%
$635.00	Oct 2	$0.03	$4.35	$4.38	$630.62	$639.38	0.69%
$625.00	Oct 2	$5.68	$0.02	$5.70	$619.30	$630.70	0.90%
$637.50	Oct 2	$0.01	$7.00	$7.01	$630.49	$644.51	1.11%
$630.00	Oct 5	$4.15	$3.85	$8.00	$622.00	$638.00	1.27%
$632.50	Oct 5	$3.20	$4.82	$8.02	$624.48	$640.52	1.27%
$622.50	Oct 2	$8.27	$0.01	$8.28	$614.22	$630.78	1.31%
$635.00	Oct 5	$2.21	$6.40	$8.61	$626.39	$643.61	1.37%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 375 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 3.01%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$632.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.12	$0.28	$0.40	$629.60	$632.90
$632.50	$582.50	Oct 2	$0.12	$1.06	$1.18	$581.32	$633.68
$642.50	$620.00	Oct 5	$0.62	$0.90	$1.52	$618.48	$644.02
$632.50	$597.50	Oct 2	$0.12	$1.46	$1.58	$595.92	$634.08
$640.00	$620.00	Oct 5	$0.90	$0.90	$1.80	$618.20	$641.80
$632.50	$592.50	Oct 2	$0.12	$1.68	$1.80	$590.70	$634.30
$632.50	$612.50	Oct 2	$0.12	$1.75	$1.87	$610.63	$634.37
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 5	$0.62	$1.31	$1.93	$620.57	$644.43
$640.00	$622.50	Oct 5	$0.90	$1.31	$2.21	$620.29	$642.21
$637.50	$620.00	Oct 5	$1.63	$0.90	$2.53	$617.47	$640.03

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 819 found (best R:R 13.71, avg credit $1.29)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
512/515	715/720	Oct 2	$4.66	$0.34	85%	13.71	$510.34	$719.66
532/535	715/720	Oct 2	$3.83	$1.17	86%	3.27	$531.17	$718.83
522/525	715/720	Oct 2	$3.65	$1.35	86%	2.70	$521.35	$718.65
512/515	740/745	Oct 2	$3.47	$1.53	89%	2.27	$511.53	$743.47
512/515	750/755	Oct 2	$3.49	$1.51	86%	2.31	$511.51	$753.49
512/515	735/740	Oct 2	$3.45	$1.55	86%	2.23	$511.55	$738.45
580/582	715/720	Oct 2	$3.47	$1.53	84%	2.27	$579.03	$718.47
560/562	715/720	Oct 2	$3.26	$1.74	86%	1.87	$559.24	$718.26
570/572	715/720	Oct 2	$3.02	$1.98	86%	1.53	$569.48	$718.02
512/515	655/658	Oct 2	$2.34	$0.16	92%	14.63	$512.66	$657.34

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 360 found (best R:R 0.82, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 2	$1.27	$1.23	83%	0.97
$670.00	$695.00	$720.00	Oct 12	$0.33	$24.67	5%	74.76
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.88	$1.62	68%	1.84
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$2.39	28%	21.73
$650.00	$655.00	$660.00	Oct 12	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 2	$1.37	$1.13	92%	0.82
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.81	$1.69	70%	2.09
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$4.86	11%	34.71
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.26	$2.24	28%	8.62
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$2.44	10%	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. 549 found (best net $-1.02, 493 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$540.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$1.02	$58.98
$560.00	$595.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$1.53	$33.47
$570.00	$600.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$1.32	$28.68
$582.50	$607.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$3.66	$21.34
$592.50	$612.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$6.48	$13.52

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$675.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$4.55	$20.45
$665.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$6.38	$18.62
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$2.37	$7.63
$615.00	$605.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.05	$8.95
$585.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.10	$24.90

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 184 found (best yield 3.93%, avg 0.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 13	$24.80	0.48	1.5%	3.93%	5.42%	37	2
$645.00	Nov 13	$22.75	0.45	2.3%	3.61%	5.89%	9	--
$635.00	Nov 13	$26.80	0.51	0.7%	4.25%	4.95%	10	--
$650.00	Nov 13	$20.55	0.43	3.1%	3.26%	6.34%	7	--
$655.00	Nov 13	$18.70	0.40	3.9%	2.97%	6.83%	2	--
$660.00	Nov 13	$16.90	0.38	4.7%	2.68%	7.34%	6	--
$665.00	Nov 13	$15.05	0.35	5.5%	2.39%	7.84%	5	--
$670.00	Nov 13	$14.10	0.33	6.2%	2.24%	8.48%	3	--
$640.00	Nov 6	$22.10	0.47	1.5%	3.50%	5.00%	8	26
$635.00	Nov 6	$24.05	0.50	0.7%	3.81%	4.51%	62	22

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 95,026

Total Puts 311,728

Put/Call Ratio 3.28

Net Difference -216,702

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 461,941

Total Puts 957,676

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.90

Ratio Trend Rising

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

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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