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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$603.81 -3.40%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08) 274,196

Calls: 95,900 (35%)

Puts: 178,296 (65%)

Prior (10/07) 242,285

Calls: 65,747 (27%)

Puts: 176,538 (73%)

Current vs Prior +13.17%

Calls: +45.86% (Calls)

Puts: +1.00% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,445,914

Calls: 407,701 (28%)

Puts: 1,038,213 (72%)

Prior 7-Day Average 240,985

Calls: 58,243 (28%)

Puts: 148,316 (72%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +13.78%

Calls: +64.65%

Puts: +20.21%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08) $252.11M

Calls: $82.97M (33%)

Puts: $169.14M (67%)

Prior (10/07) $137.12M

Calls: $56.02M (41%)

Puts: $81.11M (59%)

Current vs Prior +83.86%

Calls: +48.12%

Puts: +108.54%

Prior 7-Day Total $888.96M

Calls: $501.33M (56%)

Puts: $387.63M (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average $148.16M

Calls: $71.62M (56%)

Puts: $55.38M (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +70.16%

Calls: +15.86%

Puts: +205.44%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08) 1.86

Prior (10/07) 2.69

Current vs Prior -30.76%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.51%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08) 1,893,992

Calls: 649,448 (34%)

Puts: 1,244,544 (66%)

Prior (10/07) 1,164,408

Calls: 347,699 (30%)

Puts: 816,709 (70%)

Current vs Prior +62.66%

Prior 7-Day Total 6,874,927

Calls: 2,257,066 (33%)

Puts: 4,617,861 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,145,821

Calls: 376,177 (33%)

Puts: 769,643 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +65.30%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/08) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/12)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.78% | 1.85%1.85% | 2.43%1.85% | 4.25%3.79% | 10.00%

Prior 1.50% | 1.94%0.49% | 1.94%1.94% | 3.79%3.51% | 9.55%

Current vs Prior -47.80% | -4.44%+275.73% | +25.48%-4.43% | +12.13%+8.14% | +4.66%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.53% | 2.03%1.05% | 2.11%1.80% | 3.71%4.35% | 10.30%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.72% | -8.61%+76.60% | +15.10%+2.78% | +14.62%-12.69% | -2.98%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.50% | 1.94%0.49% | 1.94%1.94% | 3.79%3.51% | 9.55%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -47.80% | -4.44%+275.73% | +25.48%-4.43% | +12.13%+8.14% | +4.66%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.93% | 22.08%

Calls: 31.78% | 30.43%

Puts: 16.07% | 13.73%

Prior 44.48% | 32.40%

Calls: 39.95% | 26.63%

Puts: 49.02% | 38.17%

Current vs Prior -46.20% | -31.85%

Prior 7-Day Avg 46.06% | 38.55%

Calls: 46.12% | 38.16%

Puts: 46.01% | 38.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.05% | -42.73%

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Moderately bearish flow with 67% put dollar volume ($169.14M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 84% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (70% higher). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.86 - heavy put buying.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 523 of results (avg 6.2%, best 2.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$485.00	Nov 20	122.50	125.70	$124.10	2.6%	--	0.94	46
$620.00	Nov 20	21.95	22.55	$22.25	2.7%	55	0.44	1.2K
$485.00	Oct 16	118.15	121.40	$119.78	2.7%	--	1.00	127
$490.00	Nov 20	117.70	121.00	$119.35	2.8%	1	0.93	75
$500.00	Nov 20	108.70	111.80	$110.25	2.8%	2	0.92	325

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 16	55.55	56.65	$56.10	2.0%	471	0.96	208
$600.00	Oct 16	9.75	9.95	$9.85	2.0%	2.9K	0.44	10.0K
$602.50	Oct 16	10.75	11.00	$10.88	2.3%	152	0.47	401
$600.00	Nov 20	25.45	26.05	$25.75	2.3%	252	0.45	2.8K
$610.00	Nov 20	29.70	30.55	$30.13	2.8%	247	0.51	1.3K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 38 found (avg $0.70, cheapest $0.37)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 9	0.33	0.40	$0.37	18.9%	3.0K	0.07	1.6K
$615.00	Oct 9	0.85	1.02	$0.94	18.1%	759	0.16	979
$630.00	Oct 12	0.38	0.40	$0.39	5.1%	1.2K	0.06	109
$625.00	Oct 12	0.64	0.75	$0.70	15.7%	198	0.10	16
$665.00	Oct 16	0.34	0.41	$0.38	18.4%	284	0.03	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$582.50	Oct 9	0.50	0.57	$0.53	13.2%	234	0.08	151
$585.00	Oct 9	0.63	0.74	$0.69	15.9%	941	0.10	1.0K
$587.50	Oct 9	0.79	0.93	$0.86	16.3%	856	0.12	285
$570.00	Oct 12	0.62	0.72	$0.67	14.9%	92	0.07	3
$572.50	Oct 12	0.71	0.82	$0.76	14.5%	27	0.07	51

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 430 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 8	102.35	105.95	$104.15	3.5%	2	1.00	--
$505.00	Oct 8	97.40	100.95	$99.18	3.6%	4	1.00	--
$545.00	Oct 8	57.50	60.95	$59.23	5.8%	9	1.00	1
$547.50	Oct 8	54.90	58.45	$56.68	6.3%	9	1.00	--
$550.00	Oct 8	52.40	55.95	$54.18	6.6%	3	1.00	2

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$627.50	Oct 9	21.65	26.00	$23.83	18.3%	27	1.00	987
$630.00	Oct 9	24.95	28.50	$26.73	13.3%	97	1.00	696
$632.50	Oct 9	26.80	30.55	$28.68	13.1%	3	1.00	619
$635.00	Oct 9	29.15	32.85	$31.00	11.9%	40	1.00	127
$637.50	Oct 9	31.80	35.80	$33.80	11.8%	6	1.00	43

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,042 active (total vol 220.9K, top 7.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 8	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	6.4K	0.00	247
$610.00	Oct 8	0.06	0.11	$0.09	55.6%	3.7K	0.05	22
$612.50	Oct 8	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	3.1K	0.01	17
$620.00	Oct 9	0.33	0.40	$0.37	18.9%	3.0K	0.07	1.6K
$650.00	Oct 30	4.50	4.80	$4.65	6.5%	2.6K	0.19	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$575.00	Oct 16	3.10	3.35	$3.23	7.7%	7.4K	0.18	6.3K
$610.00	Oct 8	5.50	6.85	$6.18	21.8%	6.3K	0.95	830
$600.00	Oct 8	0.40	0.51	$0.46	23.9%	6.2K	0.18	236
$605.00	Oct 16	11.80	12.20	$12.00	3.3%	5.2K	0.51	6.7K
$590.00	Oct 23	10.05	10.40	$10.23	3.4%	4.7K	0.35	12.0K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 71.4%, max 96.1%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$600.00	Oct 8	Nov 20	65.5%	33.4%	96.1%	86	2.6K
$605.00	Oct 8	Nov 20	59.0%	33.1%	78.4%	2.3K	1.0K
$607.50	Oct 8	Nov 6	57.5%	36.4%	58.1%	1.4K	14
$592.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	41.0%	34.0%	20.4%	--	215

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$600.00	Oct 8	Nov 20	65.5%	33.4%	96.1%	6.4K	3.0K
$602.50	Oct 8	Nov 13	59.8%	32.8%	82.1%	4.0K	319
$605.00	Oct 8	Nov 20	59.0%	33.1%	78.4%	1.6K	1.4K
$607.50	Oct 8	Nov 13	57.5%	35.6%	61.6%	356	300

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 628 found (best R:R 0.81, avg 7.34)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$610.00	$615.00	Oct 15	$1.12	$3.88	$1.12	44%	3.46	$611.12
$567.50	$570.00	Oct 30	$1.20	$1.30	$1.20	78%	1.08	$568.70
$592.50	$597.50	Oct 15	$2.64	$2.36	$2.64	69%	0.89	$595.14
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 30	$0.32	$2.18	$0.32	37%	6.81	$622.82
$605.00	$607.50	Nov 6	$0.72	$1.78	$0.72	51%	2.47	$605.72

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$615.00	$612.50	Oct 8	$1.38	$1.12	$1.38	99%	0.81	$613.62
$627.50	$625.00	Oct 30	$0.82	$1.68	$0.82	67%	2.05	$626.68
$612.50	$610.00	Nov 13	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	53%	4.00	$612.00
$600.00	$597.50	Nov 13	$0.32	$2.18	$0.32	45%	6.81	$599.68
$545.00	$505.00	Oct 14	$0.28	$39.72	$0.28	5%	141.86	$544.72

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 505 found (best R:R 0.62, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 9	$1.92	$1.92	$3.08	93%	0.62	$716.92
$695.00	$700.00	Oct 9	$1.81	$1.81	$3.19	92%	0.57	$696.81
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 9	$1.66	$1.66	$3.34	93%	0.50	$706.66
$607.50	$610.00	Nov 6	$2.03	$2.03	$0.47	50%	4.32	$609.53
$610.00	$615.00	Nov 13	$3.17	$3.17	$1.83	51%	1.73	$613.17

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$510.00	$505.00	Oct 8	$0.73	$0.73	$4.27	96%	0.17	$509.27
$597.50	$595.00	Nov 13	$1.71	$1.71	$0.79	57%	2.16	$595.79
$600.00	$597.50	Oct 13	$1.57	$1.57	$0.93	60%	1.69	$598.43
$592.50	$590.00	Nov 13	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	60%	1.78	$590.90
$602.50	$600.00	Nov 13	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	53%	2.33	$600.75

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $3.12, cheapest $2.86)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$602.50	Oct 8	Oct 9	$3.59	59.8%	36.5%
$605.00	Oct 8	Oct 9	$3.19	59.0%	36.4%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$602.50	Oct 8	Oct 9	$2.86	59.8%	36.5%
$605.00	Oct 8	Oct 9	$2.86	59.0%	36.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 321 found (cheapest 0.55% of stock, avg 6.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$605.00	Oct 8	$1.06	$2.24	$3.30	$601.70	$608.30	0.55%
$602.50	Oct 8	$2.49	$1.09	$3.58	$598.92	$606.08	0.59%
$607.50	Oct 8	$0.34	$3.95	$4.29	$603.21	$611.79	0.71%
$600.00	Oct 8	$4.72	$0.46	$5.18	$594.82	$605.18	0.86%
$610.00	Oct 8	$0.09	$6.18	$6.27	$603.73	$616.27	1.04%
$597.50	Oct 8	$6.82	$0.18	$7.00	$590.50	$604.50	1.16%
$612.50	Oct 8	$0.02	$9.15	$9.17	$603.33	$621.67	1.52%
$595.00	Oct 8	$9.28	$0.07	$9.35	$585.65	$604.35	1.55%
$605.00	Oct 9	$4.25	$5.10	$9.35	$595.65	$614.35	1.55%
$607.50	Oct 9	$3.08	$6.45	$9.53	$597.97	$617.03	1.58%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 315 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.68%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$610.00	$597.50	Oct 8	$0.09	$0.18	$0.27	$597.23	$610.27
$607.50	$597.50	Oct 8	$0.34	$0.18	$0.52	$596.98	$608.02
$610.00	$600.00	Oct 8	$0.09	$0.46	$0.55	$599.45	$610.55
$607.50	$600.00	Oct 8	$0.34	$0.46	$0.80	$599.20	$608.30
$662.50	$597.50	Oct 8	$0.86	$0.18	$1.04	$596.46	$663.54
$667.50	$597.50	Oct 8	$0.86	$0.18	$1.04	$596.46	$668.54
$662.50	$600.00	Oct 8	$0.86	$0.46	$1.32	$598.68	$663.82
$667.50	$600.00	Oct 8	$0.86	$0.46	$1.32	$598.68	$668.82
$610.00	$602.50	Oct 8	$0.09	$1.09	$1.18	$601.32	$611.18
$607.50	$602.50	Oct 8	$0.34	$1.09	$1.43	$601.07	$608.93

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 536 found (best R:R 0.62, avg credit $0.97)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
535/538	695/700	Oct 9	$1.91	$3.09	91%	0.62	$535.59	$696.91
582/585	695/700	Oct 9	$1.97	$3.03	83%	0.65	$583.03	$696.97
585/588	695/700	Oct 9	$1.98	$3.02	81%	0.66	$585.52	$696.98
588/590	695/700	Oct 9	$2.01	$2.99	78%	0.67	$587.99	$697.01
590/592	695/700	Oct 9	$2.15	$2.85	74%	0.75	$590.35	$697.15
505/510	658/660	Oct 8	$1.13	$3.87	92%	0.29	$508.87	$658.63
592/595	695/700	Oct 9	$2.24	$2.76	69%	0.81	$592.76	$697.24
535/538	622/625	Oct 12	$1.00	$1.50	81%	0.67	$536.50	$623.50
545/548	622/625	Oct 12	$1.00	$1.50	80%	0.67	$546.50	$623.50
580/582	618/620	Oct 14	$1.78	$0.72	48%	2.47	$580.72	$619.28

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 443 found (best R:R 3.46, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$620.00	$625.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$612.50	$615.00	$617.50	Oct 12	$0.07	$2.43	10%	34.71
$560.00	$565.00	$570.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.18	$2.32	16%	12.89
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 8	$0.71	$1.79	46%	2.52

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 8	$0.56	$1.94	46%	3.46
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 8	$0.52	$1.98	42%	3.81
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.09	$2.41	15%	26.78
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 12	$0.08	$2.42	12%	30.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 508 found (best net $-7.53, 471 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$575.00	$587.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$7.53	$4.97
$570.00	$582.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$9.25	$3.25
$600.00	$602.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.26	$2.24
$675.00	$715.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.03	$39.97
$675.00	$715.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.14	$38.86

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$17.30	$2.70
$607.50	$605.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.53	$1.97
$545.00	$505.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.29	$39.71
$610.00	$607.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$1.72	$0.78
$560.00	$545.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.40	$14.60

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 252 found (best yield 4.01%, avg 1.03%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$615.00	Nov 20	$24.20	0.47	1.9%	4.01%	5.86%	48	468
$610.00	Nov 20	$26.30	0.49	1.0%	4.36%	5.38%	70	1.1K
$605.00	Nov 20	$28.60	0.52	0.2%	4.74%	4.93%	19	1.0K
$620.00	Nov 20	$21.95	0.44	2.7%	3.64%	6.32%	55	1.2K
$625.00	Nov 20	$19.85	0.41	3.5%	3.29%	6.80%	257	889
$630.00	Nov 20	$17.85	0.39	4.3%	2.96%	7.29%	140	753
$635.00	Nov 20	$16.05	0.36	5.2%	2.66%	7.82%	142	1.6K
$605.00	Nov 13	$26.05	0.52	0.2%	4.31%	4.51%	5	1
$610.00	Nov 13	$23.50	0.49	1.0%	3.89%	4.92%	47	7
$640.00	Nov 20	$14.50	0.33	6.0%	2.40%	8.40%	1.4K	1.8K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 95,900

Total Puts 178,296

Put/Call Ratio 1.86

Net Difference -82,396

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 65,747

Total Puts 176,538

Put/Call Ratio 2.69

Net Difference -110,791

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 407,701

Total Puts 1,038,213

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.50

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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