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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$632.50 -0.22%

$633.50 (+0.16%)🌙

as of 10/06 06:47 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06) 222,016

Calls: 65,645 (30%)

Puts: 156,371 (70%)

Prior (10/05) 170,530

Calls: 47,380 (28%)

Puts: 123,150 (72%)

Current vs Prior +30.19%

Calls: +38.55% (Calls)

Puts: +26.98% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,293,899

Calls: 402,278 (31%)

Puts: 891,621 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 215,649

Calls: 57,468 (31%)

Puts: 127,374 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.95%

Calls: +14.23%

Puts: +22.76%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06) $182.62M

Calls: $92.96M (51%)

Puts: $89.67M (49%)

Prior (10/05) $120.73M

Calls: $77.99M (65%)

Puts: $42.74M (35%)

Current vs Prior +51.26%

Calls: +19.19%

Puts: +109.79%

Prior 7-Day Total $805.02M

Calls: $484.81M (60%)

Puts: $320.21M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $134.17M

Calls: $69.26M (60%)

Puts: $45.74M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +36.11%

Calls: +34.22%

Puts: +96.02%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/06) 2.38

Prior (10/05) 2.60

Current vs Prior -8.35%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.99

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +19.62%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/06) 1,206,919

Calls: 411,987 (34%)

Puts: 794,932 (66%)

Prior (10/05) 1,181,489

Calls: 354,654 (30%)

Puts: 826,835 (70%)

Current vs Prior +2.15%

Prior 7-Day Total 8,432,188

Calls: 2,877,127 (34%)

Puts: 5,555,061 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,204,598

Calls: 411,018 (34%)

Puts: 793,580 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.19%

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 0.24% | 1.00%1.00% | 2.00%2.00% | 3.60%3.42% | 9.45%

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

Current vs Prior -33.08% | -12.23%+125.76% | +3.50%-20.79% | -11.03%-11.93% | -1.91%

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 -38.85% | -22.34%-30.65% | -18.40%-6.53% | -9.37%-33.54% | -13.64%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.52% | 1.29%0.44% | 1.93%2.52% | 4.05%3.88% | 9.63%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +90.66% | +31.32%+125.76% | +3.50%-20.79% | -11.03%-11.93% | -1.91%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 48.76% | 56.96%

Calls: 57.35% | 65.84%

Puts: 40.17% | 48.08%

Prior 43.03% | 43.19%

Calls: 31.18% | 29.82%

Puts: 54.89% | 56.55%

Current vs Prior +13.32% | +31.88%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.60% | 32.90%

Calls: 39.21% | 35.07%

Puts: 40.48% | 36.17%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +23.13% | +73.11%

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Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 51% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.38 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (794,932 puts vs 411,987 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 170 of results (avg 6.7%, best 3.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 9	121.00	125.00	$123.00	3.3%	3	1.00	--
$510.00	Oct 16	121.20	125.25	$123.23	3.3%	1	0.99	--
$510.00	Oct 6	120.50	124.65	$122.58	3.4%	6	0.94	--
$525.00	Nov 20	111.30	115.20	$113.25	3.4%	12	0.91	152
$512.50	Oct 6	118.00	122.15	$120.08	3.5%	4	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$755.00	Oct 16	120.35	124.55	$122.45	3.4%	1	1.00	--
$750.00	Oct 16	115.35	119.55	$117.45	3.6%	1	1.00	--
$740.00	Oct 6	105.35	109.50	$107.43	3.9%	2	0.91	--
$735.00	Oct 6	100.35	104.50	$102.43	4.1%	11	0.91	--
$730.00	Oct 6	95.35	99.50	$97.43	4.3%	11	0.91	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.59, cheapest $0.59)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 23	0.54	0.63	$0.59	15.3%	654	0.03	132

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 284 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$555.00	Oct 7	75.50	79.70	$77.60	5.4%	4	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 7	70.50	74.70	$72.60	5.8%	1	1.00	--
$567.50	Oct 7	63.15	67.20	$65.18	6.2%	21	1.00	--
$595.00	Oct 7	35.55	39.75	$37.65	11.2%	1	1.00	--
$600.00	Oct 7	30.60	34.75	$32.67	12.7%	17	1.00	18

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 6	1.04	4.75	$2.90	127.9%	1.3K	1.00	83
$637.50	Oct 6	2.84	6.90	$4.87	83.4%	489	1.00	7
$640.00	Oct 6	5.35	9.40	$7.38	54.9%	89	1.00	5
$645.00	Oct 6	10.35	14.40	$12.38	32.7%	24	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 6	15.35	19.50	$17.43	23.8%	5	1.00	7

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,035 active (total vol 99.6K, top 2.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 6	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	2.7K	0.01	217
$640.00	Oct 6	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.0K	0.01	178
$635.00	Oct 6	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	1.7K	0.05	350
$690.00	Oct 30	3.20	4.05	$3.63	23.4%	1.7K	0.14	200
$640.00	Oct 9	2.62	4.15	$3.39	45.1%	1.6K	0.33	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 6	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	2.8K	0.02	423
$632.50	Oct 7	2.21	4.15	$3.18	61.0%	2.4K	0.50	81
$615.00	Oct 7	0.07	0.38	$0.23	134.8%	2.4K	0.05	278
$570.00	Nov 20	7.20	8.35	$7.78	14.8%	2.2K	0.18	1.1K
$570.00	Oct 23	1.27	1.68	$1.48	27.7%	2.1K	0.07	146

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 57.0%, max 57.6%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$632.50	Oct 6	Nov 6	46.8%	29.7%	57.6%	77	156

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$632.50	Oct 6	Nov 13	46.8%	30.0%	56.3%	1.6K	149

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 564 found (best R:R 28.07, avg 7.31)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$670.00	$695.00	Oct 19	$0.86	$24.14	$0.86	14%	28.07	$670.86
$637.50	$640.00	Oct 19	$0.28	$2.22	$0.28	44%	7.93	$637.78
$615.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$2.39	$2.61	$2.39	62%	1.09	$617.39
$632.50	$635.00	Oct 8	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	48%	4.56	$632.95
$690.00	$695.00	Nov 13	$0.35	$4.65	$0.35	20%	13.29	$690.35

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 8	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	58%	4.56	$634.55
$670.00	$640.00	Nov 6	$18.90	$11.10	$18.90	72%	0.59	$651.10
$625.00	$622.50	Oct 19	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	40%	9.00	$624.75
$575.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	18%	17.52	$574.73
$660.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$6.18	$3.82	$6.18	69%	0.62	$653.82

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 457 found (best R:R 7.93, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$705.00	$710.00	Nov 13	$1.50	$1.50	$3.50	83%	0.43	$706.50
$650.00	$655.00	Oct 19	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	69%	0.69	$652.05
$680.00	$690.00	Nov 13	$2.83	$2.83	$7.17	74%	0.39	$682.83
$665.00	$700.00	Oct 13	$1.25	$1.25	$33.75	89%	0.04	$666.25
$635.00	$637.50	Oct 8	$1.57	$1.57	$0.93	58%	1.69	$636.57

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$577.50	$575.00	Oct 6	$2.22	$2.22	$0.28	90%	7.93	$575.28
$572.50	$570.00	Oct 6	$2.12	$2.12	$0.38	90%	5.58	$570.38
$515.00	$510.00	Oct 7	$1.80	$1.80	$3.20	95%	0.56	$513.20
$560.00	$555.00	Oct 6	$1.56	$1.56	$3.44	91%	0.45	$558.44
$515.00	$512.50	Oct 8	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	96%	1.03	$513.73

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $2.83, cheapest $2.37)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.37	46.8%	25.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.44	46.8%	25.2%
$647.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.67	27.6%	28.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 215 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 5.53%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$632.50	Oct 6	$0.78	$0.74	$1.52	$630.98	$634.02	0.24%
$630.00	Oct 6	$2.89	$0.01	$2.90	$627.10	$632.90	0.46%
$635.00	Oct 6	$0.03	$2.90	$2.93	$632.07	$637.93	0.46%
$637.50	Oct 6	$0.01	$4.87	$4.88	$632.62	$642.38	0.77%
$627.50	Oct 6	$5.13	$0.01	$5.14	$622.36	$632.64	0.81%
$632.50	Oct 7	$3.15	$3.18	$6.33	$626.17	$638.83	1.00%
$635.00	Oct 7	$2.44	$4.40	$6.84	$628.16	$641.84	1.08%
$625.00	Oct 6	$7.38	$0.02	$7.40	$617.60	$632.40	1.17%
$640.00	Oct 6	$0.01	$7.38	$7.39	$632.61	$647.39	1.17%
$630.00	Oct 7	$5.05	$2.42	$7.47	$622.53	$637.47	1.18%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 355 found (cheapest 0.19% of stock, avg 3.17%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$642.50	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.53	$0.65	$1.18	$618.82	$643.68
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 7	$0.53	$0.91	$1.44	$621.06	$643.94
$640.00	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.95	$0.65	$1.60	$618.40	$641.60
$640.00	$622.50	Oct 7	$0.95	$0.91	$1.86	$620.64	$641.86
$642.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.53	$1.21	$1.74	$623.26	$644.24
$640.00	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.95	$1.21	$2.16	$622.84	$642.16
$662.50	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.69	$0.74	$1.43	$631.07	$663.93
$637.50	$620.00	Oct 7	$1.65	$0.65	$2.30	$617.70	$639.80
$637.50	$622.50	Oct 7	$1.65	$0.91	$2.56	$619.94	$640.06
$642.50	$627.50	Oct 7	$0.53	$1.85	$2.38	$625.12	$644.88

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 753 found (best R:R 18.23, avg credit $1.12)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
570/572	658/660	Oct 6	$2.37	$0.13	86%	18.23	$570.13	$659.87
510/515	678/680	Oct 7	$1.91	$3.09	93%	0.62	$513.09	$679.41
510/515	672/675	Oct 7	$1.91	$3.09	93%	0.62	$513.09	$674.41
510/515	650/652	Oct 7	$1.90	$3.10	90%	0.61	$513.10	$651.90
510/515	645/648	Oct 7	$2.00	$3.00	87%	0.67	$513.00	$647.00
512/515	642/645	Oct 8	$1.80	$0.70	74%	2.57	$513.20	$644.30
512/515	638/640	Oct 8	$2.11	$0.39	62%	5.41	$512.89	$639.61
555/560	658/660	Oct 6	$1.81	$3.19	87%	0.57	$558.19	$659.31
512/515	650/652	Oct 8	$1.49	$1.01	86%	1.48	$513.51	$651.49
512/515	655/658	Oct 8	$1.38	$1.12	90%	1.23	$513.62	$656.38

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 363 found (best R:R 0.75, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$1.36	$1.14	93%	0.84
$600.00	$610.00	$620.00	Oct 14	$0.62	$9.38	20%	15.13
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.13	$2.37	42%	18.23
$645.00	$650.00	$655.00	Oct 12	$0.16	$4.84	13%	30.25
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 15	$0.20	$4.80	14%	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$1.43	$1.07	98%	0.75
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 7	$0.19	$2.31	20%	12.16
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 12	$0.05	$2.45	10%	49.00
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 13	$0.05	$2.45	9%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 525 found (best net $-17.49, 475 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$10.12	$17.38
$587.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$2.92	$19.58
$600.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$5.11	$14.89
$620.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 14	-$1.86	$10.64
$627.50	$630.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$0.65	$1.85

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$700.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$17.49	$32.51
$670.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$6.75	$23.25
$650.00	$635.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$3.98	$11.02
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$2.38	$2.62
$622.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.29	$12.21

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 193 found (best yield 4.42%, avg 0.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Nov 20	$27.95	0.51	0.4%	4.42%	4.81%	53	1.7K
$640.00	Nov 20	$25.45	0.48	1.2%	4.02%	5.21%	62	1.8K
$645.00	Nov 20	$23.15	0.46	2.0%	3.66%	5.64%	8	276
$650.00	Nov 20	$21.05	0.43	2.8%	3.33%	6.09%	270	4.9K
$655.00	Nov 20	$19.25	0.41	3.6%	3.04%	6.60%	35	501
$660.00	Nov 20	$17.50	0.38	4.3%	2.77%	7.11%	20	1.6K
$665.00	Nov 20	$15.75	0.35	5.1%	2.49%	7.63%	40	705
$670.00	Nov 20	$14.20	0.33	5.9%	2.25%	8.17%	377	1.1K
$635.00	Nov 13	$24.80	0.51	0.4%	3.92%	4.32%	168	12
$640.00	Nov 13	$22.35	0.48	1.2%	3.53%	4.72%	173	36

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 65,645

Total Puts 156,371

Put/Call Ratio 2.38

Net Difference -90,726

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 402,278

Total Puts 891,621

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.99

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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