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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$607.27 -2.84%

$609.26 (+0.33%)🌙

as of 10/08 06:42 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08) 350,136

Calls: 115,070 (33%)

Puts: 235,066 (67%)

Prior (10/07) 242,285

Calls: 65,747 (27%)

Puts: 176,538 (73%)

Current vs Prior +44.51%

Calls: +75.02% (Calls)

Puts: +33.15% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,720,110

Calls: 503,601 (29%)

Puts: 1,216,509 (71%)

Prior 7-Day Average 245,730

Calls: 71,943 (29%)

Puts: 173,787 (71%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +42.49%

Calls: +59.95%

Puts: +35.26%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08) $286.07M

Calls: $104.58M (37%)

Puts: $181.49M (63%)

Prior (10/07) $137.12M

Calls: $56.02M (41%)

Puts: $81.11M (59%)

Current vs Prior +108.62%

Calls: +86.69%

Puts: +123.77%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.14B

Calls: $584.30M (51%)

Puts: $556.77M (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average $163.01M

Calls: $83.47M (51%)

Puts: $79.54M (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +75.49%

Calls: +25.29%

Puts: +128.18%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08) 2.04

Prior (10/07) 2.69

Current vs Prior -23.92%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.40

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.06%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08) 1,369,315

Calls: 424,874 (31%)

Puts: 944,441 (69%)

Prior (10/07) 1,164,408

Calls: 347,699 (30%)

Puts: 816,709 (70%)

Current vs Prior +17.60%

Prior 7-Day Total 8,768,919

Calls: 2,906,514 (33%)

Puts: 5,862,405 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,252,702

Calls: 415,216 (33%)

Puts: 837,486 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.31%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

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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 0.66% | 1.82%1.82% | 2.32%1.82% | 4.11%3.74% | 9.93%

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

Current vs Prior +21.25% | +19.67%+269.24% | +19.67%-6.09% | +8.36%+6.59% | +3.93%

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 +19.11% | +14.44%+73.54% | +9.77%+1.00% | +10.77%-13.94% | -3.66%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.78% | 1.85%0.49% | 1.94%1.94% | 3.79%3.51% | 9.55%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +132.28% | +25.22%+269.24% | +19.67%-6.09% | +8.36%+6.59% | +3.93%

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Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 33.68% | 19.46%

Calls: 30.63% | 24.88%

Puts: 36.73% | 14.04%

Prior 44.48% | 32.40%

Calls: 39.95% | 26.63%

Puts: 49.02% | 38.17%

Current vs Prior -24.28% | -39.94%

Prior 7-Day Avg 42.90% | 36.20%

Calls: 46.12% | 38.16%

Puts: 46.01% | 38.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.50% | -46.24%

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Moderately bearish flow with 63% put dollar volume ($181.49M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 109% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (75% higher). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.04 - heavy put buying.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 158 of results (avg 7.0%, best 2.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 20	111.55	114.50	$113.03	2.6%	20	0.92	325
$525.00	Nov 20	89.50	92.10	$90.80	2.9%	64	0.88	159
$490.00	Oct 13	116.20	120.20	$118.20	3.4%	10	0.93	--
$540.00	Nov 20	76.40	79.10	$77.75	3.5%	1	0.83	285
$490.00	Oct 9	116.00	120.25	$118.13	3.6%	10	0.95	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Oct 8	110.30	114.20	$112.25	3.5%	7	0.92	--
$715.00	Oct 8	105.35	109.20	$107.28	3.6%	11	0.92	--
$710.00	Oct 8	100.35	104.20	$102.28	3.8%	12	0.92	--
$705.00	Oct 30	95.50	99.25	$97.38	3.9%	1	0.96	--
$725.00	Oct 8	114.75	119.50	$117.13	4.1%	6	0.92	--

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 336 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 8	105.80	109.90	$107.85	3.8%	2	1.00	--
$545.00	Oct 8	60.80	64.80	$62.80	6.4%	13	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 8	55.80	59.90	$57.85	7.1%	3	1.00	2
$552.50	Oct 8	53.30	57.35	$55.33	7.3%	3	1.00	--
$555.00	Oct 8	50.85	54.85	$52.85	7.6%	25	1.00	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 9	20.10	23.60	$21.85	16.0%	118	1.00	696
$632.50	Oct 9	22.55	26.65	$24.60	16.7%	6	1.00	619
$635.00	Oct 9	25.45	29.15	$27.30	13.6%	42	1.00	127
$637.50	Oct 9	27.65	31.70	$29.67	13.7%	7	1.00	43
$640.00	Oct 9	30.30	34.20	$32.25	12.1%	22	1.00	28

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,080 active (total vol 280.7K, top 22.7K)

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	0.01	0.34	$0.18	183.3%	4.2K	0.14	22
$625.00	Oct 9	0.10	0.45	$0.28	125.0%	3.8K	0.06	891
$605.00	Oct 8	1.44	3.90	$2.67	92.1%	3.7K	0.96	6
$612.50	Oct 8	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	3.5K	0.01	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$575.00	Oct 16	2.13	2.96	$2.55	32.5%	22.7K	0.15	6.3K
$605.00	Oct 16	9.00	11.20	$10.10	21.8%	16.9K	0.46	6.7K
$550.00	Oct 16	0.77	1.27	$1.02	49.0%	9.0K	0.06	7.5K
$600.00	Oct 8	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	6.5K	0.01	236
$602.50	Oct 8	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	6.5K	0.01	313

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 591.0%, max 1141.7%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$622.50	Oct 8	Nov 6	423.1%	34.7%	1119.9%	2.2K	138
$585.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	34.7%	34.7%	0.0%	91	4.4K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$622.50	Oct 8	Nov 13	423.1%	34.1%	1141.7%	135	108
$607.50	Oct 8	Nov 13	64.3%	31.8%	102.2%	377	300

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 598 found (best R:R 10.54, avg 7.16)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$715.00	Nov 13	$0.47	$14.53	$0.47	9%	30.91	$700.47
$585.00	$587.50	Oct 23	$1.17	$1.33	$1.17	72%	1.14	$586.17
$595.00	$600.00	Nov 13	$2.32	$2.68	$2.32	60%	1.16	$597.32
$675.00	$680.00	Nov 13	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	16%	24.00	$675.20
$690.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$0.36	$9.64	$0.36	11%	26.78	$690.36

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$582.50	Oct 19	$0.65	$6.85	$0.65	29%	10.54	$589.35
$610.00	$607.50	Oct 9	$0.33	$2.17	$0.33	58%	6.58	$609.67
$620.00	$617.50	Oct 14	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	70%	1.94	$619.15
$560.00	$550.00	Oct 19	$0.21	$9.79	$0.21	11%	46.62	$559.79
$617.50	$615.00	Nov 6	$0.67	$1.83	$0.67	55%	2.73	$616.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 485 found (best R:R 0.86, avg 0.38)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$677.50	$680.00	Oct 8	$1.63	$1.63	$0.87	90%	1.87	$679.13
$685.00	$700.00	Oct 9	$1.53	$1.53	$13.47	92%	0.11	$686.53
$700.00	$705.00	Nov 6	$1.09	$1.09	$3.91	92%	0.28	$701.09
$680.00	$685.00	Nov 13	$1.44	$1.44	$3.56	84%	0.40	$681.44
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 13	$1.67	$1.67	$0.83	60%	2.01	$614.17

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 8	$2.31	$2.31	$2.69	93%	0.86	$502.69
$547.50	$545.00	Oct 8	$2.31	$2.31	$0.19	90%	12.16	$545.19
$572.50	$570.00	Nov 6	$1.53	$1.53	$0.97	73%	1.58	$570.97
$555.00	$550.00	Nov 6	$1.72	$1.72	$3.28	81%	0.52	$553.28
$545.00	$540.00	Nov 6	$1.50	$1.50	$3.50	84%	0.43	$543.50

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.62, cheapest $3.46)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Oct 8	Oct 9	$3.77	64.3%	39.2%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Oct 8	Oct 9	$3.46	64.3%	39.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 268 found (cheapest 0.39% of stock, avg 5.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$607.50	Oct 8	$1.03	$1.34	$2.37	$605.13	$609.87	0.39%
$605.00	Oct 8	$2.67	$0.05	$2.72	$602.28	$607.72	0.45%
$610.00	Oct 8	$0.18	$2.89	$3.07	$606.93	$613.07	0.51%
$612.50	Oct 8	$0.01	$4.79	$4.80	$607.70	$617.30	0.79%
$602.50	Oct 8	$5.32	$0.01	$5.33	$597.17	$607.83	0.88%
$615.00	Oct 8	$0.10	$7.15	$7.25	$607.75	$622.25	1.19%
$600.00	Oct 8	$7.85	$0.01	$7.86	$592.14	$607.86	1.29%
$610.00	Oct 9	$3.58	$5.13	$8.71	$601.29	$618.71	1.43%
$607.50	Oct 9	$4.80	$4.80	$9.60	$597.90	$617.10	1.58%
$605.00	Oct 9	$6.25	$3.48	$9.73	$595.27	$614.73	1.60%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 325 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 3.54%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$610.00	$587.50	Oct 8	$0.18	$0.78	$0.96	$586.54	$610.96
$620.00	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.53	$1.53	$2.06	$595.44	$622.06
$617.50	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.93	$1.53	$2.46	$595.04	$619.96
$610.00	$547.50	Oct 8	$0.18	$2.45	$2.63	$544.87	$612.63
$610.00	$540.00	Oct 8	$0.18	$2.45	$2.63	$537.37	$612.63
$610.00	$537.50	Oct 8	$0.18	$2.45	$2.63	$534.87	$612.63
$610.00	$535.00	Oct 8	$0.18	$2.45	$2.63	$532.37	$612.63
$607.50	$587.50	Oct 8	$1.03	$0.78	$1.81	$585.69	$609.31
$620.00	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.53	$1.90	$2.43	$597.57	$622.43
$617.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.93	$1.90	$2.83	$597.17	$620.33

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 576 found (best R:R 19.00, avg credit $0.96)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/505	622/625	Oct 8	$4.75	$0.25	71%	19.00	$500.25	$627.25
500/505	678/680	Oct 8	$3.94	$1.06	83%	3.72	$501.06	$681.44
500/505	640/642	Oct 8	$2.79	$2.21	87%	1.26	$502.21	$642.79
500/505	632/635	Oct 8	$2.64	$2.36	87%	1.12	$502.36	$635.14
500/505	638/640	Oct 8	$2.52	$2.48	86%	1.02	$502.48	$640.02
585/588	678/680	Oct 8	$2.28	$0.22	79%	10.36	$585.22	$679.78
500/505	610/612	Oct 8	$2.48	$2.52	80%	0.98	$502.52	$612.48
582/585	678/680	Oct 8	$1.73	$0.77	87%	2.25	$583.27	$679.23
548/550	625/628	Oct 23	$1.94	$0.56	56%	3.46	$548.06	$626.94
542/545	625/628	Oct 23	$1.87	$0.63	56%	2.97	$543.13	$626.87

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 424 found (best R:R 8.62, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.79	$1.71	82%	2.16
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Oct 8	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 14	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.68	$1.82	45%	2.68

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.26	$2.24	79%	8.62
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$9.94	8%	165.67
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.35	$2.15	45%	6.14
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 8	$0.05	$2.45	22%	49.00
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 9	$0.10	$2.40	18%	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 460 found (best net $-9.77, 420 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$500.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$9.77	$40.23
$582.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.42	$12.08
$602.50	$605.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.02	$2.48
$580.00	$590.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$8.62	$1.38
$602.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$3.48	$4.02

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$8.35	$31.65
$612.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.99	$1.51
$565.00	$555.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.03	$9.97
$540.00	$495.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.87	$44.13
$555.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.37	$14.63

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 243 found (best yield 4.50%, avg 0.99%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$610.00	Nov 20	$27.30	0.51	0.5%	4.50%	4.95%	85	1.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	$24.95	0.49	1.3%	4.11%	5.38%	48	468
$620.00	Nov 20	$22.60	0.46	2.1%	3.72%	5.82%	61	1.2K
$625.00	Nov 20	$20.45	0.43	2.9%	3.37%	6.29%	261	889
$630.00	Nov 20	$18.35	0.41	3.7%	3.02%	6.76%	140	753
$635.00	Nov 20	$16.30	0.38	4.6%	2.68%	7.25%	143	1.6K
$640.00	Nov 20	$14.60	0.35	5.4%	2.40%	7.79%	1.4K	1.8K
$645.00	Nov 20	$13.35	0.33	6.2%	2.20%	8.41%	52	273
$615.00	Nov 13	$21.90	0.48	1.3%	3.61%	4.88%	9	--
$620.00	Nov 13	$19.60	0.45	2.1%	3.23%	5.32%	2	8

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 115,070

Total Puts 235,066

Put/Call Ratio 2.04

Net Difference -119,996

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 503,601

Total Puts 1,216,509

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.40

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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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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