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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$634.38 +0.07%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06) 150,361

Calls: 54,124 (36%)

Puts: 96,237 (64%)

Prior (10/05) 170,530

Calls: 47,380 (28%)

Puts: 123,150 (72%)

Current vs Prior -11.83%

Calls: +14.23% (Calls)

Puts: -21.85% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,143,538

Calls: 348,154 (30%)

Puts: 795,384 (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average 228,707

Calls: 49,736 (30%)

Puts: 113,626 (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.26%

Calls: +8.82%

Puts: -15.30%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06) $139.79M

Calls: $72.42M (52%)

Puts: $67.37M (48%)

Prior (10/05) $120.73M

Calls: $77.99M (65%)

Puts: $42.74M (35%)

Current vs Prior +15.78%

Calls: -7.15%

Puts: +57.63%

Prior 7-Day Total $665.23M

Calls: $412.39M (62%)

Puts: $252.84M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $133.05M

Calls: $58.91M (62%)

Puts: $36.12M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.07%

Calls: +22.92%

Puts: +86.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/06) 1.78

Prior (10/05) 2.60

Current vs Prior -31.59%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.28%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/06) 1,758,732

Calls: 634,828 (36%)

Puts: 1,123,904 (64%)

Prior (10/05) 1,181,489

Calls: 354,654 (30%)

Puts: 826,835 (70%)

Current vs Prior +48.86%

Prior 7-Day Total 6,673,456

Calls: 2,242,299 (34%)

Puts: 4,431,157 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,112,242

Calls: 373,716 (34%)

Puts: 738,526 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +58.12%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.52% | 1.29%1.29% | 2.14%2.14% | 3.82%3.45% | 9.47%

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

Current vs Prior -64.90% | -33.17%+190.86% | +10.87%-15.15% | -5.64%-11.05% | -1.63%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.64% | 2.18%1.44% | 2.45%2.14% | 3.97%5.14% | 10.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -67.93% | -40.86%-10.65% | -12.59%+0.13% | -3.89%-32.88% | -13.39%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.50% | 1.93%0.44% | 1.93%2.52% | 4.05%3.88% | 9.63%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -64.90% | -33.17%+190.86% | +10.87%-15.15% | -5.64%-11.05% | -1.63%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 38.14% | 16.61%

Calls: 44.60% | 15.56%

Puts: 31.67% | 17.66%

Prior 43.03% | 43.19%

Calls: 31.18% | 29.82%

Puts: 54.89% | 56.55%

Current vs Prior -11.36% | -61.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.84% | 35.62%

Calls: 39.21% | 35.07%

Puts: 40.48% | 36.17%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -4.28% | -53.37%

Liquidity Expensive

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.78 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 32% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (1,123,904 puts vs 634,828 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning. Rising open interest (up 49%) indicates new positions being established.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 551 of results (avg 5.7%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Oct 16	113.85	116.10	$114.98	2.0%	--	1.00	161
$520.00	Nov 20	118.45	120.80	$119.63	2.0%	--	0.94	115
$525.00	Nov 20	114.15	116.70	$115.43	2.2%	11	0.93	152
$510.00	Nov 20	127.90	130.90	$129.40	2.3%	--	0.95	121
$535.00	Oct 16	98.85	101.20	$100.03	2.3%	--	1.00	454

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	14.10	14.35	$14.23	1.8%	253	0.29	2.1K
$590.00	Nov 20	11.40	11.70	$11.55	2.6%	381	0.25	1.1K
$590.00	Oct 16	1.32	1.36	$1.34	3.0%	144	0.08	5.3K
$595.00	Nov 20	12.65	13.05	$12.85	3.1%	29	0.27	876
$620.00	Oct 30	12.60	13.00	$12.80	3.1%	20	0.37	125

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 72 found (avg $0.60, cheapest $0.76)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$642.50	Oct 7	0.70	0.81	$0.76	14.5%	129	0.17	94
$652.50	Oct 8	0.46	0.55	$0.51	17.6%	30	0.09	3
$650.00	Oct 8	0.66	0.75	$0.71	12.7%	30	0.11	29
$647.50	Oct 8	0.89	1.04	$0.97	15.5%	18	0.15	124
$660.00	Oct 9	0.42	0.47	$0.44	11.4%	29	0.06	954

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 7	0.32	0.39	$0.36	19.4%	213	0.08	38
$612.50	Oct 8	0.41	0.49	$0.45	17.8%	60	0.07	10
$615.00	Oct 8	0.53	0.62	$0.57	15.8%	36	0.09	13
$617.50	Oct 8	0.70	0.81	$0.76	14.5%	179	0.11	3
$607.50	Oct 9	0.50	0.57	$0.53	13.2%	61	0.07	546

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 391 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 6	122.80	126.15	$124.48	2.7%	5	1.00	--
$512.50	Oct 6	120.30	123.65	$121.98	2.7%	3	1.00	--
$515.00	Oct 6	117.95	121.15	$119.55	2.7%	5	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 6	115.30	118.65	$116.98	2.9%	5	1.00	--
$522.50	Oct 6	110.30	113.65	$111.98	3.0%	4	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 12	63.85	67.35	$65.60	5.3%	3	1.00	3
$650.00	Oct 6	13.85	17.10	$15.48	21.0%	5	1.00	7
$640.00	Oct 6	4.20	6.00	$5.10	35.3%	72	0.98	5
$740.00	Oct 6	103.85	107.50	$105.68	3.5%	2	0.98	--
$735.00	Oct 6	98.85	102.45	$100.65	3.6%	11	0.98	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 976 active (total vol 84.1K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 6	0.00	0.16	$0.08	200.0%	2.7K	0.04	217
$640.00	Oct 6	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	2.0K	0.02	178
$690.00	Oct 30	3.55	3.70	$3.63	4.1%	1.7K	0.15	200
$700.00	Nov 20	7.65	8.05	$7.85	5.1%	1.5K	0.21	2.2K
$640.00	Oct 9	3.50	3.90	$3.70	10.8%	1.4K	0.36	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 6	0.06	0.10	$0.08	50.0%	2.6K	0.07	423
$570.00	Nov 20	7.35	7.70	$7.53	4.6%	2.1K	0.17	1.1K
$570.00	Oct 23	1.29	1.50	$1.40	15.0%	2.0K	0.07	146
$540.00	Nov 20	3.70	4.10	$3.90	10.3%	2.0K	0.10	954
$632.50	Oct 7	2.41	2.75	$2.58	13.2%	1.8K	0.42	81

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 8.3%, max 8.3%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$632.50	Oct 6	Nov 6	32.2%	29.7%	8.3%	43	156

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$632.50	Oct 6	Nov 6	32.2%	29.7%	8.3%	1.2K	147

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 585 found (best R:R 30.25, avg 7.23)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$670.00	$695.00	Oct 19	$0.80	$24.20	$0.80	14%	30.25	$670.80
$660.00	$665.00	Oct 13	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	14%	49.00	$660.10
$665.00	$670.00	Oct 13	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	12%	44.45	$665.11
$640.00	$645.00	Oct 15	$1.54	$3.46	$1.54	43%	2.25	$641.54
$640.00	$642.50	Oct 13	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	41%	3.17	$640.60

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$637.50	$635.00	Oct 23	$0.72	$1.78	$0.72	52%	2.47	$636.78
$645.00	$640.00	Oct 9	$3.10	$1.90	$3.10	76%	0.61	$641.90
$640.00	$635.00	Oct 30	$2.11	$2.89	$2.11	53%	1.37	$637.89
$665.00	$660.00	Nov 20	$2.72	$2.28	$2.72	64%	0.84	$662.28
$622.50	$620.00	Oct 23	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	36%	4.00	$622.00

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 476 found (best R:R 0.63, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$695.00	$715.00	Oct 19	$1.15	$1.15	$18.85	92%	0.06	$696.15
$677.50	$680.00	Oct 6	$0.62	$0.62	$1.88	94%	0.33	$678.12
$642.50	$647.50	Oct 13	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	63%	0.69	$644.55
$675.00	$700.00	Oct 13	$0.95	$0.95	$24.05	91%	0.04	$675.95
$647.50	$662.50	Oct 15	$3.31	$3.31	$11.69	68%	0.28	$650.81

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$535.00	$530.00	Oct 7	$1.94	$1.94	$3.06	94%	0.63	$533.06
$515.00	$512.50	Oct 8	$1.41	$1.41	$1.09	96%	1.29	$513.59
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 7	$1.44	$1.44	$1.06	94%	1.36	$543.56
$515.00	$510.00	Oct 7	$1.40	$1.40	$3.60	96%	0.39	$513.60
$525.00	$522.50	Oct 7	$1.24	$1.24	$1.26	95%	0.98	$523.76

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $2.83, cheapest $2.48)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$635.00	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.55	27.9%	24.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$635.00	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.48	27.9%	24.8%
$647.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.47	27.2%	28.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 265 found (cheapest 0.26% of stock, avg 5.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$635.00	Oct 6	$0.45	$1.20	$1.65	$633.35	$636.65	0.26%
$632.50	Oct 6	$2.13	$0.29	$2.42	$630.08	$634.92	0.38%
$637.50	Oct 6	$0.04	$3.33	$3.37	$634.13	$640.87	0.53%
$630.00	Oct 6	$4.47	$0.08	$4.55	$625.45	$634.55	0.72%
$640.00	Oct 6	$0.02	$5.10	$5.12	$634.88	$645.12	0.81%
$635.00	Oct 7	$3.00	$3.68	$6.68	$628.32	$641.68	1.05%
$637.50	Oct 7	$2.00	$5.05	$7.05	$630.45	$644.55	1.11%
$632.50	Oct 7	$4.50	$2.58	$7.08	$625.42	$639.58	1.12%
$627.50	Oct 6	$7.15	$0.03	$7.18	$620.32	$634.68	1.13%
$640.00	Oct 7	$1.25	$6.48	$7.73	$632.27	$647.73	1.22%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 360 found (cheapest 0.10% of stock, avg 3.00%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$665.00	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.53	$0.08	$0.61	$629.39	$665.61
$677.50	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.63	$0.08	$0.71	$629.29	$678.21
$635.00	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.45	$0.08	$0.53	$629.47	$635.53
$675.00	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.74	$0.08	$0.82	$629.18	$675.82
$685.00	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.76	$0.08	$0.84	$629.16	$685.84
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.45	$0.29	$0.74	$631.76	$635.74
$645.00	$622.50	Oct 7	$0.46	$0.52	$0.98	$621.52	$645.98
$665.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.53	$0.29	$0.82	$631.68	$665.82
$677.50	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.63	$0.29	$0.92	$631.58	$678.42
$675.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.74	$0.29	$1.03	$631.47	$676.03

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 668 found (best R:R 0.84, avg credit $1.18)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/535	695/700	Oct 7	$2.28	$2.72	89%	0.84	$532.72	$697.28
530/535	648/650	Oct 7	$2.04	$2.96	87%	0.69	$532.96	$649.54
510/515	695/700	Oct 7	$1.74	$3.26	91%	0.53	$513.26	$696.74
530/535	645/648	Oct 7	$2.12	$2.88	83%	0.74	$532.88	$647.12
542/545	695/700	Oct 7	$1.78	$3.22	90%	0.55	$543.22	$696.78
542/545	648/650	Oct 7	$1.54	$0.96	87%	1.60	$543.46	$649.04
512/515	652/655	Oct 8	$1.54	$0.96	87%	1.60	$513.46	$654.04
512/515	650/652	Oct 8	$1.61	$0.89	84%	1.81	$513.39	$651.61
542/545	645/648	Oct 7	$1.62	$0.88	83%	1.84	$543.38	$646.62
512/515	648/650	Oct 8	$1.67	$0.83	81%	2.01	$513.33	$649.17

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 397 found (best R:R 2.79, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.66	$1.84	62%	2.79
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 7	$0.07	$2.43	20%	34.71
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 6	$1.27	$1.23	74%	0.97
$655.00	$660.00	$665.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$612.50	$620.00	$627.50	Nov 13	$0.24	$7.26	9%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.70	$1.80	59%	2.57
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 7	$0.06	$2.44	22%	40.67
$640.00	$655.00	$670.00	Nov 6	$1.41	$13.59	19%	9.64
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 6	$1.22	$1.28	73%	1.05
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.16	$2.34	20%	14.63

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 $-16.70, 561 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$16.70	$8.30
$620.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$4.38	$5.62
$670.00	$695.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.66	$24.34
$640.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$2.36	$7.64
$627.50	$630.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$1.79	$0.71

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$0.02	$4.98
$622.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.25	$12.25
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$2.18	$2.82
$615.00	$605.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.33	$9.67
$640.00	$637.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$1.56	$0.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 187 found (best yield 4.61%, avg 1.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Nov 20	$29.25	0.52	0.1%	4.61%	4.71%	40	1.7K
$645.00	Nov 20	$24.55	0.47	1.7%	3.87%	5.54%	6	276
$640.00	Nov 20	$26.55	0.49	0.9%	4.19%	5.07%	52	1.8K
$650.00	Nov 20	$22.20	0.44	2.5%	3.50%	5.96%	267	4.9K
$655.00	Nov 20	$20.25	0.41	3.2%	3.19%	6.44%	35	501
$660.00	Nov 20	$18.15	0.39	4.0%	2.86%	6.90%	19	1.6K
$665.00	Nov 20	$16.35	0.36	4.8%	2.58%	7.40%	40	705
$670.00	Nov 20	$14.90	0.34	5.6%	2.35%	7.96%	376	1.1K
$635.00	Nov 13	$25.95	0.52	0.1%	4.09%	4.19%	135	12
$640.00	Nov 13	$23.45	0.49	0.9%	3.70%	4.58%	140	36

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 54,124

Total Puts 96,237

Put/Call Ratio 1.78

Net Difference -42,113

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 47,380

Total Puts 123,150

Put/Call Ratio 2.60

Net Difference -75,770

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 348,154

Total Puts 795,384

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.03

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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