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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$622.30 -1.61%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07) 214,300

Calls: 60,563 (28%)

Puts: 153,737 (72%)

Prior (10/06) 222,016

Calls: 65,645 (30%)

Puts: 156,371 (70%)

Current vs Prior -3.48%

Calls: -7.74% (Calls)

Puts: -1.68% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,365,554

Calls: 413,799 (30%)

Puts: 951,755 (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average 227,592

Calls: 59,114 (30%)

Puts: 135,965 (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -5.84%

Calls: +2.45%

Puts: +13.07%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07) $131.11M

Calls: $55.38M (42%)

Puts: $75.72M (58%)

Prior (10/06) $182.62M

Calls: $92.96M (51%)

Puts: $89.67M (49%)

Current vs Prior -28.21%

Calls: -40.42%

Puts: -15.55%

Prior 7-Day Total $847.86M

Calls: $505.35M (60%)

Puts: $342.51M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $141.31M

Calls: $72.19M (60%)

Puts: $48.93M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.22%

Calls: -23.28%

Puts: +54.76%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/07) 2.54

Prior (10/06) 2.38

Current vs Prior +6.57%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.26

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.46%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/07) 1,828,342

Calls: 650,640 (36%)

Puts: 1,177,702 (64%)

Prior (10/06) 1,206,919

Calls: 411,987 (34%)

Puts: 794,932 (66%)

Current vs Prior +51.49%

Prior 7-Day Total 6,798,055

Calls: 2,302,185 (34%)

Puts: 4,495,870 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,133,009

Calls: 383,697 (34%)

Puts: 749,311 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +61.37%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/07) | Next (10/08)Expiry (10/07) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.51% | 1.46%0.51% | 1.98%1.98% | 3.86%3.56% | 9.55%

Prior 1.00% | 1.69%1.00% | 2.00%2.00% | 3.60%3.42% | 9.45%

Current vs Prior -48.78% | -13.83%-48.78% | -0.61%-0.61% | +7.08%+4.13% | +1.06%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.55% | 2.09%1.24% | 2.24%1.93% | 3.80%4.72% | 10.59%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -66.86% | -30.12%-58.51% | -11.47%+2.78% | +1.42%-24.58% | -9.85%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.00% | 1.69%1.00% | 2.00%2.00% | 3.60%3.42% | 9.45%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -48.78% | -13.83%-48.78% | -0.61%-0.61% | +7.08%+4.13% | +1.06%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 36.05% | 28.58%

Calls: 27.42% | 44.17%

Puts: 44.68% | 12.99%

Prior 48.76% | 56.96%

Calls: 57.35% | 65.84%

Puts: 40.17% | 48.08%

Current vs Prior -26.07% | -49.82%

Prior 7-Day Avg 43.96% | 38.95%

Calls: 44.60% | 39.16%

Puts: 43.33% | 38.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -18.00% | -26.63%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.54 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (1,177,702 puts vs 650,640 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning. Rising open interest (up 51%) indicates new positions being established.

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Prior BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 531 of results (avg 5.9%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 16	7.95	8.10	$8.03	1.9%	166	0.40	7.4K
$500.00	Nov 20	125.55	128.65	$127.10	2.4%	1	0.92	324
$500.00	Oct 16	121.05	124.05	$122.55	2.4%	3	1.00	282
$510.00	Nov 20	116.10	119.10	$117.60	2.6%	--	0.92	121
$650.00	Nov 20	17.35	17.80	$17.58	2.6%	129	0.38	4.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	76.60	77.85	$77.22	1.6%	611	0.98	6
$600.00	Oct 23	6.75	6.90	$6.83	2.2%	206	0.27	341
$620.00	Nov 20	25.70	26.30	$26.00	2.3%	73	0.47	5.6K
$530.00	Nov 20	4.05	4.15	$4.10	2.4%	40	0.10	8.9K
$610.00	Nov 20	21.35	21.90	$21.63	2.5%	21	0.41	1.3K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 56 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.44)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 8	0.40	0.48	$0.44	18.2%	399	0.10	147
$632.50	Oct 8	0.64	0.75	$0.70	15.7%	242	0.14	9
$655.00	Oct 9	0.13	0.15	$0.14	14.3%	35	0.02	282
$650.00	Oct 9	0.20	0.23	$0.22	13.6%	242	0.04	1.2K
$642.50	Oct 9	0.46	0.54	$0.50	16.0%	179	0.08	504

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Oct 8	0.35	0.42	$0.39	17.9%	415	0.07	82
$607.50	Oct 8	0.48	0.57	$0.52	17.3%	242	0.10	10
$602.50	Oct 8	0.26	0.31	$0.29	17.2%	210	0.05	22
$610.00	Oct 8	0.68	0.79	$0.74	14.9%	252	0.13	413
$597.50	Oct 9	0.42	0.50	$0.46	17.4%	17	0.06	538

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 412 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 7	120.60	124.10	$122.35	2.9%	4	1.00	1
$505.00	Oct 7	115.20	119.10	$117.15	3.3%	3	1.00	--
$510.00	Oct 7	110.20	114.10	$112.15	3.5%	1	1.00	--
$515.00	Oct 7	105.30	109.10	$107.20	3.5%	7	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 7	102.90	106.40	$104.65	3.3%	7	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 7	26.30	29.80	$28.05	12.5%	1	1.00	1
$637.50	Oct 7	13.80	17.30	$15.55	22.5%	30	1.00	96
$640.00	Oct 7	16.40	18.45	$17.42	11.8%	15	1.00	32
$630.00	Oct 7	7.25	8.25	$7.75	12.9%	190	0.99	333
$635.00	Oct 7	11.55	13.05	$12.30	12.2%	125	0.99	205

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 942 active (total vol 146.0K, top 13.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	0.16	0.20	$0.18	22.2%	13.3K	0.01	22.6K
$625.00	Oct 7	0.06	0.10	$0.08	50.0%	4.2K	0.09	18
$560.00	Oct 16	61.60	65.10	$63.35	5.5%	2.9K	0.95	3.3K
$627.50	Oct 7	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	2.6K	0.01	19
$630.00	Oct 7	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.0K	0.01	130

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 23	4.70	4.90	$4.80	4.2%	10.4K	0.20	2.0K
$555.00	Oct 30	2.76	2.85	$2.81	3.2%	9.0K	0.10	10.1K
$605.00	Oct 16	4.75	5.15	$4.95	8.1%	6.1K	0.27	1.4K
$575.00	Oct 16	1.12	1.23	$1.18	9.3%	5.8K	0.07	1.5K
$605.00	Oct 23	8.10	8.40	$8.25	3.6%	5.2K	0.32	482

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 1 strikes (avg 4.0%, max 4.0%)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$620.00	Oct 7	Nov 20	32.7%	31.4%	4.0%	1.4K	5.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 592 found (best R:R 33.88, avg 7.61)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$615.00	Nov 13	$8.58	$6.42	$8.58	66%	0.75	$608.58
$675.00	$695.00	Oct 13	$0.17	$19.83	$0.17	5%	116.65	$675.17
$617.50	$620.00	Nov 6	$0.87	$1.63	$0.87	56%	1.87	$618.37
$625.00	$627.50	Oct 15	$0.66	$1.84	$0.66	48%	2.79	$625.66
$635.00	$637.50	Oct 19	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	35%	5.25	$635.40

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$560.00	Oct 15	$0.86	$29.14	$0.86	12%	33.88	$589.14
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 8	$1.48	$1.02	$1.48	90%	0.69	$633.52
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 16	$1.02	$1.48	$1.02	67%	1.45	$633.98
$630.00	$627.50	Nov 6	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	53%	2.57	$629.30
$627.50	$625.00	Oct 16	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	57%	2.12	$626.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 477 found (best R:R 2.25, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$685.00	$690.00	Oct 12	$0.80	$0.80	$4.20	94%	0.19	$685.80
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 7	$0.79	$0.79	$1.71	92%	0.46	$658.29
$695.00	$700.00	Oct 7	$0.65	$0.65	$4.35	95%	0.15	$695.65
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 15	$1.79	$1.79	$0.71	48%	2.52	$624.29
$650.00	$670.00	Oct 19	$2.25	$2.25	$17.75	80%	0.13	$652.25

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 8	$1.73	$1.73	$0.77	94%	2.25	$525.77
$515.00	$512.50	Oct 8	$0.97	$0.97	$1.53	96%	0.63	$514.03
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 8	$0.67	$0.67	$1.83	97%	0.37	$531.83
$552.50	$550.00	Oct 7	$0.54	$0.54	$1.96	97%	0.28	$551.96
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 7	$0.57	$0.57	$1.93	96%	0.30	$536.93

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.96, cheapest $2.91)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$622.50	Oct 7	Oct 8	$3.01	29.6%	28.6%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$622.50	Oct 7	Oct 8	$2.91	29.6%	28.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 288 found (cheapest 0.26% of stock, avg 5.83%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$622.50	Oct 7	$0.67	$0.94	$1.61	$620.89	$624.11	0.26%
$620.00	Oct 7	$2.25	$0.18	$2.43	$617.57	$622.43	0.39%
$625.00	Oct 7	$0.08	$3.06	$3.14	$621.86	$628.14	0.50%
$617.50	Oct 7	$5.05	$0.06	$5.11	$612.39	$622.61	0.82%
$627.50	Oct 7	$0.01	$5.75	$5.76	$621.74	$633.26	0.93%
$615.00	Oct 7	$7.38	$0.03	$7.41	$607.59	$622.41	1.19%
$622.50	Oct 8	$3.68	$3.85	$7.53	$614.97	$630.03	1.21%
$630.00	Oct 7	$0.01	$7.75	$7.76	$622.24	$637.76	1.25%
$625.00	Oct 8	$2.54	$5.40	$7.94	$617.06	$632.94	1.28%
$620.00	Oct 8	$5.23	$2.86	$8.09	$611.91	$628.09	1.30%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 330 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.33%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$625.00	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.08	$0.18	$0.26	$619.74	$625.26
$657.50	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.18	$1.03	$618.97	$658.53
$662.50	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.18	$1.03	$618.97	$663.53
$665.00	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.18	$1.03	$618.97	$666.03
$622.50	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.67	$0.18	$0.85	$619.15	$623.35
$632.50	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.70	$0.74	$1.44	$608.56	$633.94
$632.50	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.70	$1.02	$1.72	$610.78	$634.22
$630.00	$610.00	Oct 8	$1.10	$0.74	$1.84	$608.16	$631.84
$630.00	$612.50	Oct 8	$1.10	$1.02	$2.12	$610.38	$632.12
$632.50	$615.00	Oct 8	$0.70	$1.45	$2.15	$612.85	$634.65

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 601 found (best R:R 3.03, avg credit $1.17)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
525/528	635/638	Oct 8	$1.88	$0.62	84%	3.03	$525.62	$636.88
525/528	632/635	Oct 8	$1.99	$0.51	80%	3.90	$525.51	$634.49
525/528	628/630	Oct 8	$2.35	$0.15	65%	15.67	$525.15	$629.85
525/528	630/632	Oct 8	$2.13	$0.37	73%	5.76	$525.37	$632.13
535/538	658/660	Oct 7	$1.36	$1.14	88%	1.19	$536.14	$658.86
550/552	658/660	Oct 7	$1.33	$1.17	89%	1.14	$551.17	$658.83
558/560	658/660	Oct 7	$1.18	$1.32	89%	0.89	$558.82	$658.68
520/522	658/660	Oct 7	$1.05	$1.45	90%	0.72	$521.45	$658.55
530/532	658/660	Oct 7	$1.04	$1.46	90%	0.71	$531.46	$658.54
568/570	658/660	Oct 7	$1.05	$1.45	89%	0.72	$568.95	$658.55

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 420 found (best R:R 75.92, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.99	$1.51	77%	1.53
$622.50	$625.00	$627.50	Oct 7	$0.52	$1.98	44%	3.81
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$2.44	14%	40.67
$660.00	$665.00	$670.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$9.87	12%	75.92
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 7	$0.64	$1.86	50%	2.91
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$1.36	$1.14	76%	0.84
$622.50	$625.00	$627.50	Oct 7	$0.57	$1.93	43%	3.39
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.09	$2.41	13%	26.78

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 558 found (best net $-12.26, 522 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$540.00	$585.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$12.26	$32.74
$570.00	$595.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$2.41	$22.59
$610.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 19	-$4.78	$7.72
$610.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$3.95	$6.05
$615.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$2.50	$5.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$1.77	$18.23
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$6.79	$3.21
$627.50	$625.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$0.37	$2.13
$590.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.12	$29.88
$595.00	$580.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.29	$14.71

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 210 found (best yield 4.11%, avg 1.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$630.00	Nov 20	$25.60	0.48	1.2%	4.11%	5.35%	43	761
$635.00	Nov 20	$23.30	0.46	2.0%	3.74%	5.78%	147	1.7K
$640.00	Nov 20	$21.10	0.43	2.8%	3.39%	6.23%	30	1.8K
$625.00	Nov 20	$27.15	0.50	0.4%	4.36%	4.80%	29	874
$645.00	Nov 20	$19.10	0.40	3.6%	3.07%	6.72%	10	278
$650.00	Nov 20	$17.35	0.38	4.5%	2.79%	7.24%	129	4.9K
$655.00	Nov 20	$15.60	0.35	5.2%	2.51%	7.76%	15	514
$630.00	Nov 13	$22.35	0.48	1.2%	3.59%	4.83%	34	37
$660.00	Nov 20	$14.00	0.32	6.1%	2.25%	8.31%	107	1.7K
$635.00	Nov 13	$20.05	0.45	2.0%	3.22%	5.26%	51	170

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 60,563

Total Puts 153,737

Put/Call Ratio 2.54

Net Difference -93,174

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 65,645

Total Puts 156,371

Put/Call Ratio 2.38

Net Difference -90,726

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 413,799

Total Puts 951,755

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.26

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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