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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$634.06 +0.55%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05) 152,897

Calls: 41,074 (27%)

Puts: 111,823 (73%)

Prior (10/02) 406,754

Calls: 95,026 (23%)

Puts: 311,728 (77%)

Current vs Prior -62.41%

Calls: -56.78% (Calls)

Puts: -64.13% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,291,593

Calls: 387,320 (30%)

Puts: 904,273 (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average 258,318

Calls: 55,331 (30%)

Puts: 129,181 (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -40.81%

Calls: -25.77%

Puts: -13.44%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05) $115.69M

Calls: $71.21M (62%)

Puts: $44.48M (38%)

Prior (10/02) $200.29M

Calls: $119.90M (60%)

Puts: $80.39M (40%)

Current vs Prior -42.24%

Calls: -40.61%

Puts: -44.66%

Prior 7-Day Total $684.19M

Calls: $425.89M (62%)

Puts: $258.30M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $136.84M

Calls: $60.84M (62%)

Puts: $36.90M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.46%

Calls: +17.04%

Puts: +20.55%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05) 2.72

Prior (10/02) 3.28

Current vs Prior -17.01%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.04

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +33.42%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/05) 1,742,573

Calls: 629,790 (36%)

Puts: 1,112,783 (64%)

Prior (10/02) 1,211,687

Calls: 422,017 (35%)

Puts: 789,670 (65%)

Current vs Prior +43.81%

Prior 7-Day Total 6,668,499

Calls: 2,277,526 (34%)

Puts: 4,390,973 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,111,416

Calls: 379,587 (34%)

Puts: 731,828 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +56.79%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/05) | Next (10/06)Expiry (10/05) | Next (10/07)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.54% | 1.35%0.54% | 1.80%2.62% | 4.14%3.93% | 9.91%

Prior 1.42% | 1.95%0.48% | 1.42%0.48% | 2.92%4.42% | 10.70%

Current vs Prior -62.08% | -30.92%+13.39% | +26.73%+450.68% | +41.97%-11.11% | -7.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.65% | 2.22%1.47% | 2.39%1.81% | 3.88%5.53% | 11.27%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -67.32% | -39.25%-63.23% | -24.54%+44.40% | +6.69%-28.98% | -12.07%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.42% | 1.95%0.48% | 1.42%0.48% | 2.92%4.42% | 10.70%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -62.08% | -30.92%+13.39% | +26.73%+450.68% | +41.97%-11.11% | -7.40%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 29.77% | 13.99%

Calls: 16.85% | 17.32%

Puts: 42.68% | 10.66%

Prior 47.93% | 35.26%

Calls: 48.19% | 40.66%

Puts: 47.67% | 29.86%

Current vs Prior -37.89% | -60.32%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.48% | 34.71%

Calls: 39.47% | 37.53%

Puts: 39.48% | 31.89%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -24.59% | -59.70%

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Moderately bullish flow with 62% call dollar volume ($71.21M). Below-average activity with volume down 62% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.72 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (1,112,783 puts vs 629,790 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 514 of results (avg 5.8%, best 2.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 30	23.60	24.15	$23.88	2.3%	36	0.55	226
$650.00	Oct 30	14.20	14.55	$14.38	2.4%	100	0.40	1.0K
$510.00	Oct 5	121.85	124.90	$123.38	2.5%	2	1.00	1
$515.00	Oct 5	116.85	119.85	$118.35	2.5%	8	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 5	114.35	117.35	$115.85	2.6%	16	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 16	8.20	8.40	$8.30	2.4%	370	0.38	485
$627.50	Oct 30	16.95	17.45	$17.20	2.9%	17	0.43	15
$632.50	Nov 13	24.95	25.70	$25.33	3.0%	11	0.47	--
$635.00	Nov 13	26.10	26.90	$26.50	3.0%	1	0.49	--
$625.00	Oct 30	15.90	16.40	$16.15	3.1%	22	0.42	36

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 66 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.43)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 5	0.41	0.45	$0.43	9.3%	872	0.30	382
$650.00	Oct 6	0.24	0.25	$0.25	4.0%	368	0.06	60
$647.50	Oct 6	0.37	0.40	$0.39	7.7%	440	0.09	267
$645.00	Oct 6	0.58	0.62	$0.60	6.7%	178	0.13	74
$642.50	Oct 6	0.91	0.99	$0.95	8.4%	171	0.19	95

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$617.50	Oct 6	0.29	0.35	$0.32	18.8%	434	0.07	257
$620.00	Oct 6	0.43	0.51	$0.47	17.0%	188	0.09	154
$617.50	Oct 7	0.89	1.07	$0.98	18.4%	362	0.13	3
$592.50	Oct 9	0.35	0.42	$0.39	17.9%	12	0.04	712
$597.50	Oct 9	0.49	0.56	$0.53	13.2%	88	0.05	479

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 363 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 5	121.85	124.90	$123.38	2.5%	2	1.00	1
$515.00	Oct 5	116.85	119.85	$118.35	2.5%	8	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 5	114.35	117.35	$115.85	2.6%	16	1.00	--
$520.00	Oct 5	111.75	114.90	$113.33	2.8%	70	1.00	--
$522.50	Oct 5	109.25	112.40	$110.83	2.8%	146	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$647.50	Oct 5	12.70	14.70	$13.70	14.6%	5	0.99	7
$750.00	Oct 16	114.50	118.15	$116.33	3.1%	1	0.99	1
$640.00	Oct 5	5.60	8.15	$6.88	37.1%	51	0.98	8
$705.00	Oct 16	69.95	73.20	$71.58	4.5%	--	0.97	25
$700.00	Oct 12	64.80	68.15	$66.47	5.0%	3	0.96	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 900 active (total vol 72.2K, top 2.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$637.50	Oct 5	0.05	0.09	$0.07	57.1%	2.0K	0.07	346
$650.00	Oct 16	6.05	6.45	$6.25	6.4%	1.5K	0.31	4.1K
$632.50	Oct 5	1.63	1.93	$1.78	16.9%	1.2K	0.78	234
$660.00	Oct 16	3.65	3.95	$3.80	7.9%	926	0.21	4.2K
$635.00	Oct 5	0.41	0.45	$0.43	9.3%	872	0.30	382

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	2.48	2.71	$2.60	8.8%	2.9K	0.15	8.8K
$570.00	Oct 16	0.74	0.83	$0.78	11.5%	2.8K	0.05	1.9K
$510.00	Oct 9	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	2.3K	0.00	264
$620.00	Oct 16	6.45	6.70	$6.58	3.8%	1.4K	0.32	2.1K
$627.50	Oct 9	4.40	4.90	$4.65	10.8%	1.1K	0.36	127

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 5.5%, max 5.5%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Oct 5	Nov 13	33.0%	31.3%	5.5%	877	392

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Oct 5	Nov 13	33.0%	31.3%	5.5%	46	74

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 527 found (best R:R 32.33, avg 7.42)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 14	$0.67	$1.83	$0.67	56%	2.73	$630.67
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 9	$0.72	$1.78	$0.72	59%	2.47	$630.72
$665.00	$680.00	Oct 12	$0.28	$14.72	$0.28	9%	52.57	$665.28
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 15	$0.87	$1.63	$0.87	56%	1.87	$630.87
$627.50	$630.00	Oct 7	$1.17	$1.33	$1.17	69%	1.14	$628.67

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$590.00	Oct 15	$0.30	$9.70	$0.30	15%	32.33	$599.70
$625.00	$622.50	Oct 12	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	34%	9.00	$624.75
$632.50	$630.00	Oct 8	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	48%	3.17	$631.90
$617.50	$615.00	Oct 15	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	29%	9.87	$617.27
$620.00	$617.50	Oct 15	$0.34	$2.16	$0.34	31%	6.35	$619.66

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 430 found (best R:R 5.58, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$650.00	$695.00	Oct 15	$4.63	$4.63	$40.37	71%	0.11	$654.63
$645.00	$680.00	Oct 14	$4.76	$4.76	$30.24	66%	0.16	$649.76
$640.00	$642.50	Oct 12	$1.48	$1.48	$1.02	61%	1.45	$641.48
$695.00	$700.00	Oct 8	$0.69	$0.69	$4.31	94%	0.16	$695.69
$685.00	$690.00	Oct 7	$0.58	$0.58	$4.42	95%	0.13	$685.58

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$557.50	Oct 6	$2.12	$2.12	$0.38	92%	5.58	$557.88
$555.00	$540.00	Oct 6	$2.12	$2.12	$12.88	92%	0.16	$552.88
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 7	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	95%	0.49	$523.35
$595.00	$590.00	Oct 13	$1.03	$1.03	$3.97	89%	0.26	$593.97
$550.00	$540.00	Oct 8	$0.74	$0.74	$9.26	96%	0.08	$549.26

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $3.32, cheapest $2.82)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$635.00	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.82	33.0%	27.7%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$650.00	Oct 16	Oct 19	$0.88	28.8%	26.5%
$642.50	Oct 13	Oct 23	$6.27	24.6%	29.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 255 found (cheapest 0.33% of stock, avg 5.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$635.00	Oct 5	$0.43	$1.64	$2.07	$632.93	$637.07	0.33%
$632.50	Oct 5	$1.78	$0.35	$2.13	$630.37	$634.63	0.34%
$630.00	Oct 5	$4.10	$0.07	$4.17	$625.83	$634.17	0.66%
$637.50	Oct 5	$0.07	$4.26	$4.33	$633.17	$641.83	0.68%
$627.50	Oct 5	$5.88	$0.04	$5.92	$621.58	$633.42	0.93%
$640.00	Oct 5	$0.02	$6.88	$6.90	$633.10	$646.90	1.09%
$632.50	Oct 6	$4.33	$3.07	$7.40	$625.10	$639.90	1.17%
$635.00	Oct 6	$3.25	$4.22	$7.47	$627.53	$642.47	1.18%
$630.00	Oct 6	$5.78	$2.13	$7.91	$622.09	$637.91	1.25%
$637.50	Oct 6	$2.20	$5.75	$7.95	$629.55	$645.45	1.25%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 340 found (cheapest 0.02% of stock, avg 2.78%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$637.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.07	$0.07	$0.14	$629.86	$637.64
$637.50	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.07	$0.35	$0.42	$632.08	$637.92
$662.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.54	$0.07	$0.61	$629.39	$663.11
$635.00	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.43	$0.07	$0.50	$629.50	$635.50
$670.00	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.68	$0.07	$0.75	$629.25	$670.75
$667.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.68	$0.07	$0.75	$629.25	$668.25
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.43	$0.35	$0.78	$631.72	$635.78
$662.50	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.54	$0.35	$0.89	$631.61	$663.39
$667.50	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.68	$0.35	$1.03	$631.47	$668.53
$645.00	$622.50	Oct 6	$0.60	$0.66	$1.26	$621.24	$646.26

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 627 found (best R:R 8.62, avg credit $1.25)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
558/560	650/652	Oct 6	$2.24	$0.26	86%	8.62	$557.76	$652.24
558/560	700/705	Oct 6	$2.65	$2.35	84%	1.13	$557.35	$702.65
558/560	648/650	Oct 6	$2.26	$0.24	84%	9.42	$557.74	$649.76
558/560	645/648	Oct 6	$2.33	$0.17	79%	13.71	$557.67	$647.33
558/560	680/685	Oct 6	$2.31	$2.69	89%	0.86	$557.69	$682.31
520/525	668/670	Oct 7	$2.16	$2.84	88%	0.76	$522.84	$669.66
520/525	662/665	Oct 7	$1.94	$3.06	89%	0.63	$523.06	$664.44
520/525	652/655	Oct 7	$1.78	$3.22	86%	0.55	$523.22	$654.28
520/525	650/652	Oct 7	$1.88	$3.12	83%	0.60	$523.12	$651.88
520/525	648/650	Oct 7	$1.91	$3.09	80%	0.62	$523.09	$649.41

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 357 found (best R:R 1.53, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 5	$0.99	$1.51	71%	1.53
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.97	$1.53	70%	1.58
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.07	$2.43	19%	34.71
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 8	$0.45	$4.55	22%	10.11
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 7	$0.06	$2.44	15%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 15	$0.12	$4.88	14%	40.67
$605.00	$612.50	$620.00	Oct 14	$0.38	$7.12	15%	18.74
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Oct 19	$0.05	$4.95	10%	99.00
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$1.01	$1.49	64%	1.48

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 571 found (best net $-26.83, 534 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$597.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.56	$20.94
$605.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$4.33	$15.67
$665.00	$690.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$2.13	$22.87
$720.00	$745.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.46	$24.54
$640.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.90	$8.10

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$705.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$26.83	$18.17
$690.00	$660.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$12.07	$17.93
$647.50	$640.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$0.06	$7.44
$647.50	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$2.39	$5.11
$645.00	$637.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$3.01	$4.49

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 162 found (best yield 4.30%, avg 0.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Nov 13	$27.25	0.51	0.1%	4.30%	4.45%	5	10
$645.00	Nov 13	$22.70	0.46	1.7%	3.58%	5.31%	35	9
$640.00	Nov 13	$24.80	0.49	0.9%	3.91%	4.85%	9	31
$650.00	Nov 13	$20.55	0.43	2.5%	3.24%	5.75%	8	4
$655.00	Nov 13	$18.55	0.40	3.3%	2.93%	6.23%	2	1
$660.00	Nov 13	$16.65	0.38	4.1%	2.63%	6.72%	4	1
$665.00	Nov 13	$15.10	0.35	4.9%	2.38%	7.26%	15	4
$640.00	Nov 6	$22.05	0.48	0.9%	3.48%	4.41%	8	23
$645.00	Nov 6	$19.80	0.45	1.7%	3.12%	4.85%	20	16
$635.00	Nov 6	$24.05	0.51	0.1%	3.79%	3.94%	7	70

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 41,074

Total Puts 111,823

Put/Call Ratio 2.72

Net Difference -70,749

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 95,026

Total Puts 311,728

Put/Call Ratio 3.28

Net Difference -216,702

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 387,320

Total Puts 904,273

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.04

Ratio Trend Falling

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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