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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$633.90 +0.52%

$634.62 (+0.11%)🌙

as of 10/05 06:47 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05) 170,530

Calls: 47,380 (28%)

Puts: 123,150 (72%)

Prior (10/02) 406,754

Calls: 95,026 (23%)

Puts: 311,728 (77%)

Current vs Prior -58.08%

Calls: -50.14% (Calls)

Puts: -60.49% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,444,490

Calls: 428,394 (30%)

Puts: 1,016,096 (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average 240,748

Calls: 61,199 (30%)

Puts: 145,156 (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -29.17%

Calls: -22.58%

Puts: -15.16%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05) $120.73M

Calls: $77.99M (65%)

Puts: $42.74M (35%)

Prior (10/02) $200.29M

Calls: $119.90M (60%)

Puts: $80.39M (40%)

Current vs Prior -39.72%

Calls: -34.95%

Puts: -46.83%

Prior 7-Day Total $799.88M

Calls: $497.10M (62%)

Puts: $302.78M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $133.31M

Calls: $71.01M (62%)

Puts: $43.25M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.44%

Calls: +9.83%

Puts: -1.19%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05) 2.60

Prior (10/02) 3.28

Current vs Prior -20.77%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.14

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +21.57%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/05) 1,181,489

Calls: 354,654 (30%)

Puts: 826,835 (70%)

Prior (10/02) 1,211,687

Calls: 422,017 (35%)

Puts: 789,670 (65%)

Current vs Prior -2.49%

Prior 7-Day Total 8,411,072

Calls: 2,907,316 (35%)

Puts: 5,503,756 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,201,581

Calls: 415,330 (35%)

Puts: 786,250 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.67%

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 0.44% | 1.50%0.44% | 1.93%2.52% | 4.05%3.88% | 9.63%

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

Current vs Prior +5.14% | -1.17%-6.81% | +35.63%+429.93% | +38.66%-12.26% | -10.03%

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 -9.39% | -13.08%-69.78% | -19.24%+38.96% | +4.20%-29.90% | -14.57%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.54% | 1.35%0.48% | 1.42%0.48% | 2.92%4.42% | 10.70%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +177.26% | +43.08%-6.81% | +35.63%+429.93% | +38.66%-12.26% | -10.03%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 43.03% | 43.19%

Calls: 31.18% | 29.82%

Puts: 54.89% | 56.55%

Prior 47.93% | 35.26%

Calls: 48.19% | 40.66%

Puts: 47.67% | 29.86%

Current vs Prior -10.22% | +22.49%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.09% | 31.75%

Calls: 39.47% | 37.53%

Puts: 39.48% | 31.89%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +12.97% | +36.02%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($77.99M). Below-average activity with volume down 58% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.60 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 21% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 135 of results (avg 7.1%, best 3.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 5	121.50	126.00	$123.75	3.6%	2	0.94	1
$515.00	Oct 5	116.50	121.10	$118.80	3.9%	8	0.94	--
$520.00	Oct 5	111.50	115.95	$113.73	3.9%	70	0.94	--
$517.50	Oct 5	114.00	118.60	$116.30	4.0%	16	0.94	--
$520.00	Oct 16	112.50	117.10	$114.80	4.0%	4	0.99	165

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 16	113.75	118.50	$116.13	4.1%	1	1.00	1
$625.00	Nov 6	19.05	19.85	$19.45	4.1%	19	0.42	21
$715.00	Nov 13	82.05	85.80	$83.93	4.5%	26	0.85	--
$660.00	Nov 13	39.65	41.95	$40.80	5.6%	1	0.62	--
$660.00	Oct 30	34.25	36.25	$35.25	5.7%	14	0.67	9

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.75, cheapest $0.94)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Oct 23	0.85	1.02	$0.94	18.1%	2	0.05	505

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$547.50	Oct 23	0.73	0.87	$0.80	17.5%	5	0.04	368
$530.00	Oct 23	0.46	0.56	$0.51	19.6%	8	0.02	--

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 267 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 5	46.50	51.05	$48.78	9.3%	8	1.00	15
$595.00	Oct 5	36.50	41.10	$38.80	11.9%	1	1.00	--
$600.00	Oct 5	32.15	35.50	$33.83	9.9%	23	1.00	85
$602.50	Oct 5	29.00	33.30	$31.15	13.8%	7	1.00	57
$607.50	Oct 5	24.35	27.85	$26.10	13.4%	3	1.00	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$637.50	Oct 5	1.85	5.55	$3.70	100.0%	10	1.00	10
$640.00	Oct 5	4.80	8.05	$6.43	50.5%	54	1.00	8
$645.00	Oct 5	9.00	13.20	$11.10	37.8%	1	1.00	--
$647.50	Oct 5	11.40	15.65	$13.53	31.4%	6	1.00	7
$650.00	Oct 5	13.90	18.50	$16.20	28.4%	1	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 946 active (total vol 80.8K, top 2.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$637.50	Oct 5	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	2.1K	0.02	346
$650.00	Oct 16	5.50	7.05	$6.28	24.7%	1.6K	0.32	4.1K
$632.50	Oct 5	0.88	2.36	$1.62	91.4%	1.3K	0.76	234
$635.00	Oct 5	0.01	0.73	$0.37	194.6%	1.0K	0.32	382
$660.00	Oct 16	3.45	4.00	$3.73	14.7%	932	0.21	4.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	2.33	2.73	$2.53	15.8%	2.9K	0.14	8.8K
$570.00	Oct 16	0.59	0.81	$0.70	31.4%	2.8K	0.04	1.9K
$510.00	Oct 9	0.01	0.13	$0.07	171.4%	2.3K	0.00	264
$620.00	Oct 16	6.10	6.90	$6.50	12.3%	1.9K	0.31	2.1K
$630.00	Oct 5	0.01	0.16	$0.09	166.7%	1.2K	0.07	704

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 36.9%, max 58.1%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$632.50	Oct 5	Nov 6	49.2%	31.1%	58.1%	1.4K	249
$635.00	Oct 5	Nov 13	36.9%	31.4%	17.5%	1.0K	392

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$632.50	Oct 5	Nov 13	49.2%	31.8%	54.6%	298	33
$635.00	Oct 5	Nov 13	36.9%	31.4%	17.5%	144	74

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 475 found (best R:R 15.48, avg 7.24)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$655.00	$685.00	Oct 13	$1.82	$28.18	$1.82	22%	15.48	$656.82
$670.00	$680.00	Nov 13	$1.80	$8.20	$1.80	32%	4.56	$671.80
$645.00	$650.00	Oct 12	$0.31	$4.69	$0.31	31%	15.13	$645.31
$625.00	$630.00	Oct 19	$2.13	$2.87	$2.13	62%	1.35	$627.13
$660.00	$665.00	Oct 30	$0.82	$4.18	$0.82	33%	5.10	$660.82

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$612.50	$605.00	Oct 13	$0.24	$7.26	$0.24	19%	30.25	$612.26
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 8	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	52%	5.25	$634.60
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 16	$0.48	$2.02	$0.48	50%	4.21	$634.52
$632.50	$625.00	Oct 14	$2.17	$5.33	$2.17	46%	2.46	$630.33
$640.00	$630.00	Oct 19	$4.25	$5.75	$4.25	56%	1.35	$635.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 393 found (best R:R 0.18, avg 0.35)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$680.00	Oct 14	$5.41	$5.41	$29.59	64%	0.18	$650.41
$650.00	$652.50	Oct 12	$1.47	$1.47	$1.03	74%	1.43	$651.47
$685.00	$690.00	Oct 13	$1.12	$1.12	$3.88	91%	0.29	$686.12
$655.00	$660.00	Oct 16	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	72%	0.61	$656.90
$735.00	$740.00	Nov 6	$0.95	$0.95	$4.05	91%	0.23	$735.95

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$587.50	$585.00	Oct 5	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	92%	1.03	$586.23
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 5	$1.23	$1.23	$1.27	90%	0.97	$603.77
$597.50	$595.00	Oct 5	$1.19	$1.19	$1.31	91%	0.91	$596.31
$562.50	$557.50	Oct 6	$1.14	$1.14	$3.86	95%	0.30	$561.36
$582.50	$580.00	Nov 6	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	81%	1.27	$581.10

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.70, cheapest $3.28)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$635.00	Oct 5	Oct 6	$3.28	36.9%	31.2%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$655.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$3.00	33.2%	33.9%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$2.45	32.0%	33.7%
$642.50	Oct 9	Oct 13	$2.08	26.0%	28.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 200 found (cheapest 0.25% of stock, avg 5.22%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$635.00	Oct 5	$0.37	$1.19	$1.56	$633.44	$636.56	0.25%
$632.50	Oct 5	$1.62	$0.33	$1.95	$630.55	$634.45	0.31%
$637.50	Oct 5	$0.01	$3.70	$3.71	$633.79	$641.21	0.59%
$630.00	Oct 5	$3.80	$0.09	$3.89	$626.11	$633.89	0.61%
$627.50	Oct 5	$6.38	$0.07	$6.45	$621.05	$633.95	1.02%
$640.00	Oct 5	$0.01	$6.43	$6.44	$633.56	$646.44	1.02%
$635.00	Oct 6	$3.65	$4.25	$7.90	$627.10	$642.90	1.25%
$637.50	Oct 6	$2.10	$5.85	$7.95	$629.55	$645.45	1.25%
$632.50	Oct 6	$5.23	$2.98	$8.21	$624.29	$640.71	1.30%
$630.00	Oct 6	$6.25	$2.07	$8.32	$621.68	$638.32	1.31%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 355 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 2.70%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$657.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.32	$0.09	$0.41	$629.59	$657.91
$635.00	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.37	$0.09	$0.46	$629.54	$635.46
$660.00	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.53	$0.09	$0.62	$629.38	$660.62
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.37	$0.33	$0.70	$631.80	$635.70
$657.50	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.32	$0.33	$0.65	$631.85	$658.15
$660.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.53	$0.33	$0.86	$631.64	$660.86
$645.00	$622.50	Oct 6	$0.68	$0.69	$1.37	$621.13	$646.37
$645.00	$625.00	Oct 6	$0.68	$0.82	$1.50	$623.50	$646.50
$657.50	$597.50	Oct 5	$0.32	$1.20	$1.52	$595.98	$659.02
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 6	$0.81	$0.69	$1.50	$621.00	$644.00

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 497 found (best R:R 6.58, avg credit $1.21)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
612/615	650/652	Oct 12	$2.17	$0.33	53%	6.58	$612.83	$652.17
600/605	685/690	Oct 13	$2.19	$2.81	75%	0.78	$602.81	$687.19
565/568	670/675	Nov 6	$3.12	$1.88	56%	1.66	$564.38	$673.12
525/528	650/652	Oct 12	$1.62	$0.88	72%	1.84	$525.88	$651.62
558/562	680/685	Oct 6	$1.33	$3.67	92%	0.36	$561.17	$681.33
530/532	650/652	Oct 12	$1.60	$0.90	72%	1.78	$530.90	$651.60
590/595	685/690	Oct 13	$1.87	$3.13	80%	0.60	$593.13	$686.87
590/592	650/652	Oct 12	$1.68	$0.82	68%	2.05	$590.82	$651.68
580/582	650/652	Oct 12	$1.63	$0.87	69%	1.87	$580.87	$651.63
570/572	670/675	Nov 6	$3.07	$1.93	54%	1.59	$569.43	$673.07

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 309 found (best R:R 3.03, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 5	$0.89	$1.61	74%	1.81
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.12	$4.88	15%	40.67
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Oct 12	$0.24	$4.76	19%	19.83
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.08	$4.92	10%	61.50
$607.50	$615.00	$622.50	Nov 6	$0.21	$7.29	9%	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.62	$1.88	66%	3.03
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.07	$2.43	20%	34.71
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 5	$0.22	$2.28	27%	10.36
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.06	$2.44	10%	40.67
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Oct 14	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 500 found (best net $-1.71, 452 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$1.71	$30.79
$597.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$2.23	$20.27
$605.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$4.21	$15.79
$620.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$4.10	$5.90
$640.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.17	$8.83

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$647.50	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$1.87	$5.63
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$1.76	$3.24
$665.00	$652.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$9.20	$3.30
$645.00	$637.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$3.02	$4.48
$600.00	$577.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.01	$22.49

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 153 found (best yield 4.30%, avg 0.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Nov 13	$27.25	0.52	0.2%	4.30%	4.47%	5	10
$650.00	Nov 13	$20.20	0.43	2.5%	3.19%	5.73%	8	4
$645.00	Nov 13	$21.85	0.46	1.8%	3.45%	5.20%	43	9
$640.00	Nov 13	$23.35	0.49	1.0%	3.68%	4.65%	9	--
$655.00	Nov 13	$17.55	0.41	3.3%	2.77%	6.10%	2	--
$660.00	Nov 13	$16.25	0.38	4.1%	2.56%	6.68%	6	1
$665.00	Nov 13	$13.35	0.35	4.9%	2.11%	7.01%	15	--
$635.00	Nov 6	$23.35	0.51	0.2%	3.68%	3.86%	7	70
$645.00	Nov 6	$18.70	0.45	1.8%	2.95%	4.70%	20	--
$680.00	Nov 13	$10.50	0.28	7.3%	1.66%	8.93%	4	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 47,380

Total Puts 123,150

Put/Call Ratio 2.60

Net Difference -75,770

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 428,394

Total Puts 1,016,096

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.14

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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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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