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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$603.95 -0.55%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/09) 264,310

Calls: 65,493 (25%)

Puts: 198,817 (75%)

Prior (10/08) 350,136

Calls: 115,070 (33%)

Puts: 235,066 (67%)

Current vs Prior -24.51%

Calls: -43.08% (Calls)

Puts: -15.42% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,632,704

Calls: 468,045 (29%)

Puts: 1,164,659 (71%)

Prior 7-Day Average 272,117

Calls: 66,863 (29%)

Puts: 166,379 (71%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.87%

Calls: -2.05%

Puts: +19.50%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/09) $105.21M

Calls: $49.81M (47%)

Puts: $55.40M (53%)

Prior (10/08) $286.07M

Calls: $104.58M (37%)

Puts: $181.49M (63%)

Current vs Prior -63.22%

Calls: -52.38%

Puts: -69.47%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.06B

Calls: $536.73M (51%)

Puts: $525.77M (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average $177.08M

Calls: $76.68M (51%)

Puts: $75.11M (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -40.59%

Calls: -35.04%

Puts: -26.24%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/09) 3.04

Prior (10/08) 2.04

Current vs Prior +48.60%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.51

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +21.16%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/09) 1,952,515

Calls: 662,174 (34%)

Puts: 1,290,341 (66%)

Prior (10/08) 1,369,315

Calls: 424,874 (31%)

Puts: 944,441 (69%)

Current vs Prior +42.59%

Prior 7-Day Total 7,191,424

Calls: 2,335,668 (32%)

Puts: 4,855,756 (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,198,570

Calls: 389,278 (32%)

Puts: 809,292 (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +62.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.62% | 1.53%0.62% | 1.53%0.62% | 3.57%3.23% | 9.33%

Prior 1.82% | 2.32%1.82% | 2.32%1.82% | 4.11%3.74% | 9.93%

Current vs Prior -66.06% | -33.94%-66.06% | -33.94%-66.06% | -12.96%-13.66% | -6.04%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.48% | 2.04%0.97% | 2.00%1.73% | 3.69%4.03% | 10.07%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -58.15% | -24.75%-36.63% | -23.33%-64.25% | -3.30%-19.87% | -7.37%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.82% | 2.32%1.82% | 2.32%1.82% | 4.11%3.74% | 9.93%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -66.06% | -33.94%-66.06% | -33.94%-66.06% | -12.96%-13.66% | -6.04%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 51.04% | 18.39%

Calls: 39.08% | 18.76%

Puts: 63.00% | 18.01%

Prior 33.68% | 19.46%

Calls: 30.63% | 24.88%

Puts: 36.73% | 14.04%

Current vs Prior +51.54% | -5.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 47.71% | 39.23%

Calls: 46.50% | 39.68%

Puts: 48.92% | 38.79%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +6.98% | -53.13%

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 63% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.04 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 49% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (1,290,341 puts vs 662,174 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 536 of results (avg 5.9%, best 1.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$617.50	Nov 6	15.85	16.05	$15.95	1.3%	11	0.42	20
$615.00	Oct 30	13.50	13.75	$13.63	1.8%	16	0.42	310
$500.00	Oct 16	102.85	105.45	$104.15	2.5%	2	1.00	275
$612.50	Nov 6	17.80	18.25	$18.02	2.5%	21	0.46	16
$500.00	Nov 20	107.80	110.60	$109.20	2.6%	--	0.91	322

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Nov 20	36.75	37.20	$36.98	1.2%	3	0.60	207
$630.00	Nov 20	39.80	40.30	$40.05	1.2%	3	0.63	20.6K
$570.00	Nov 20	13.25	13.45	$13.35	1.5%	71	0.29	2.2K
$590.00	Nov 20	19.65	20.00	$19.83	1.8%	340	0.40	1.6K
$610.00	Nov 20	28.25	28.90	$28.58	2.3%	20	0.51	1.4K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 52 found (avg $0.59, cheapest $0.25)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 12	0.24	0.26	$0.25	8.0%	3.2K	0.06	76
$615.00	Oct 12	0.61	0.70	$0.66	13.6%	1.3K	0.13	134
$625.00	Oct 13	0.42	0.50	$0.46	17.4%	96	0.07	41
$630.00	Oct 14	0.73	0.81	$0.77	10.4%	47	0.09	31
$650.00	Oct 16	0.44	0.49	$0.47	10.6%	442	0.04	3.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$587.50	Oct 12	0.48	0.54	$0.51	11.8%	688	0.09	181
$590.00	Oct 12	0.64	0.67	$0.66	4.5%	693	0.12	538
$582.50	Oct 12	0.30	0.33	$0.32	9.4%	22	0.06	186
$585.00	Oct 12	0.37	0.40	$0.39	7.7%	758	0.07	1.4K
$592.50	Oct 12	0.81	0.96	$0.89	16.9%	197	0.15	67

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 377 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$485.00	Oct 9	116.70	120.15	$118.43	2.9%	2	1.00	2
$490.00	Oct 9	111.95	115.15	$113.55	2.8%	1	1.00	10
$495.00	Oct 9	106.90	110.15	$108.53	3.0%	2	1.00	23
$500.00	Oct 9	101.90	105.15	$103.53	3.1%	11	1.00	12
$512.50	Oct 9	89.20	92.65	$90.93	3.8%	3	1.00	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 9	34.85	38.10	$36.48	8.9%	11	1.00	10
$720.00	Oct 9	114.85	118.15	$116.50	2.8%	5	1.00	--
$625.00	Oct 9	20.40	23.05	$21.73	12.2%	157	1.00	723
$650.00	Oct 9	44.85	48.15	$46.50	7.1%	1	1.00	1
$715.00	Oct 9	109.85	113.15	$111.50	3.0%	7	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 960 active (total vol 125.6K, top 7.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 12	0.24	0.26	$0.25	8.0%	3.2K	0.06	76
$605.00	Oct 9	0.34	0.48	$0.41	34.1%	3.1K	0.27	392
$625.00	Oct 12	0.08	0.14	$0.11	54.5%	3.0K	0.03	184
$607.50	Oct 9	0.04	0.07	$0.06	50.0%	2.9K	0.05	1.2K
$612.50	Oct 9	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.8K	0.01	122

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 9	0.05	0.07	$0.06	33.3%	7.9K	0.07	6.0K
$582.50	Oct 16	3.15	3.40	$3.28	7.6%	6.1K	0.21	879
$610.00	Oct 9	5.40	7.40	$6.40	31.2%	3.2K	0.98	3.6K
$590.00	Oct 16	4.75	5.20	$4.97	9.1%	2.6K	0.29	5.0K
$605.00	Oct 9	1.36	2.62	$1.99	63.3%	2.1K	0.73	1.3K

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 13.6%, max 26.0%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$605.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	39.2%	31.1%	26.0%	3.1K	1.4K
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	31.0%	30.6%	1.5%	403	131

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$605.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	39.2%	31.1%	26.0%	2.1K	2.4K
$602.50	Oct 9	Nov 13	31.0%	30.8%	0.7%	1.9K	562

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 571 found (best R:R 5.58, avg 7.48)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$642.50	$645.00	Nov 13	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	28%	15.67	$642.65
$590.00	$600.00	Nov 13	$5.45	$4.55	$5.45	61%	0.83	$595.45
$587.50	$590.00	Oct 23	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	68%	0.89	$588.82
$657.50	$660.00	Nov 13	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	20%	15.67	$657.65
$620.00	$625.00	Oct 15	$0.66	$4.34	$0.66	23%	6.58	$620.66

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$597.50	Nov 6	$0.38	$2.12	$0.38	45%	5.58	$599.62
$585.00	$582.50	Nov 6	$0.28	$2.22	$0.28	35%	7.93	$584.72
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 30	$1.35	$1.15	$1.35	74%	0.85	$633.65
$582.50	$577.50	Oct 19	$0.57	$4.43	$0.57	23%	7.77	$581.93
$620.00	$617.50	Oct 19	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	72%	0.89	$618.68

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 469 found (best R:R 0.66, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$697.50	$700.00	Oct 13	$0.99	$0.99	$1.51	95%	0.66	$698.49
$702.50	$705.00	Oct 15	$0.50	$0.50	$2.00	97%	0.25	$703.00
$645.00	$647.50	Nov 13	$1.10	$1.10	$1.40	73%	0.79	$646.10
$647.50	$650.00	Oct 19	$0.60	$0.60	$1.90	91%	0.32	$648.10
$612.50	$620.00	Oct 15	$2.42	$2.42	$5.08	65%	0.48	$614.92

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$597.50	$595.00	Nov 6	$1.67	$1.67	$0.83	56%	2.01	$595.83
$490.00	$485.00	Oct 12	$0.73	$0.73	$4.27	96%	0.17	$489.27
$535.00	$530.00	Oct 13	$0.54	$0.54	$4.46	96%	0.12	$534.46
$582.50	$580.00	Nov 6	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	66%	1.03	$581.23
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 14	$0.46	$0.46	$4.54	97%	0.10	$504.54

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $3.05, cheapest $3.05)

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No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 12	$3.05	31.0%	17.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 293 found (cheapest 0.35% of stock, avg 5.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$602.50	Oct 9	$1.74	$0.38	$2.12	$600.38	$604.62	0.35%
$605.00	Oct 9	$0.41	$1.99	$2.40	$602.60	$607.40	0.40%
$600.00	Oct 9	$3.58	$0.06	$3.64	$596.36	$603.64	0.60%
$607.50	Oct 9	$0.06	$3.93	$3.99	$603.51	$611.49	0.66%
$597.50	Oct 9	$6.23	$0.03	$6.26	$591.24	$603.76	1.04%
$610.00	Oct 9	$0.02	$6.40	$6.42	$603.58	$616.42	1.06%
$602.50	Oct 12	$4.53	$3.43	$7.96	$594.54	$610.46	1.32%
$605.00	Oct 12	$3.38	$4.72	$8.10	$596.90	$613.10	1.34%
$607.50	Oct 12	$2.33	$6.05	$8.38	$599.12	$615.88	1.39%
$600.00	Oct 12	$5.98	$2.47	$8.45	$591.55	$608.45	1.40%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 279 found (cheapest 0.02% of stock, avg 3.52%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$607.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$0.06	$0.12	$599.88	$607.62
$607.50	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.06	$0.38	$0.44	$602.06	$607.94
$605.00	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.41	$0.06	$0.47	$599.53	$605.47
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.41	$0.38	$0.79	$601.71	$605.79
$615.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$0.66	$0.89	$1.55	$590.95	$616.55
$612.50	$592.50	Oct 12	$1.02	$0.89	$1.91	$590.59	$614.41
$615.00	$595.00	Oct 12	$0.66	$1.27	$1.93	$593.07	$616.93
$612.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$1.02	$1.27	$2.29	$592.71	$614.79
$610.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$1.56	$0.89	$2.45	$590.05	$612.45
$615.00	$597.50	Oct 12	$0.66	$1.73	$2.39	$595.11	$617.39

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 557 found (best R:R 0.44, avg credit $0.87)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/535	698/700	Oct 13	$1.53	$3.47	91%	0.44	$533.47	$699.03
578/580	698/700	Oct 13	$1.13	$1.37	86%	0.82	$578.87	$698.63
590/592	698/700	Oct 13	$1.49	$1.01	72%	1.48	$591.01	$698.99
582/585	698/700	Oct 13	$1.20	$1.30	82%	0.92	$583.80	$698.70
580/582	698/700	Oct 13	$1.14	$1.36	84%	0.84	$581.36	$698.64
595/598	698/700	Oct 13	$1.70	$0.80	61%	2.12	$595.80	$699.20
585/588	698/700	Oct 13	$1.23	$1.27	79%	0.97	$586.27	$698.73
485/490	675/680	Oct 12	$1.35	$3.65	87%	0.37	$488.65	$676.35
588/590	698/700	Oct 13	$1.28	$1.22	76%	1.05	$588.72	$698.78
592/595	698/700	Oct 13	$1.44	$1.06	67%	1.36	$593.56	$698.94

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 442 found (best R:R 3.90, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 9	$0.51	$1.99	73%	3.90
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 9	$0.98	$1.52	76%	1.55
$605.00	$612.50	$620.00	Oct 15	$0.83	$6.67	25%	8.04
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 12	$0.10	$2.40	20%	24.00
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 9	$0.33	$2.17	63%	6.58
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.29	$2.21	30%	7.62
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 13	$0.07	$2.43	14%	34.71
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Oct 12	$0.08	$2.42	12%	30.25
$560.00	$565.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 563 found (best net $-16.66, 515 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$4.11	$10.89
$597.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.93	$1.57
$612.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.48	$7.02
$605.00	$612.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$2.07	$5.43
$615.00	$617.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.14	$2.36

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$16.66	$13.34
$705.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$31.88	$3.12
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$17.13	$2.87
$607.50	$605.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.05	$2.45
$610.00	$607.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.46	$1.04

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 219 found (best yield 4.46%, avg 1.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$605.00	Nov 20	$26.95	0.51	0.2%	4.46%	4.64%	33	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 20	$24.45	0.48	1.0%	4.05%	5.05%	132	1.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	$22.25	0.46	1.8%	3.68%	5.51%	82	488
$620.00	Nov 20	$20.05	0.43	2.7%	3.32%	5.98%	329	1.2K
$625.00	Nov 20	$18.00	0.40	3.5%	2.98%	6.47%	24	986
$630.00	Nov 20	$16.10	0.37	4.3%	2.67%	6.98%	113	765
$635.00	Nov 20	$14.40	0.34	5.1%	2.38%	7.53%	139	1.7K
$610.00	Nov 13	$21.65	0.48	1.0%	3.58%	4.59%	5	53
$612.50	Nov 13	$20.45	0.47	1.4%	3.39%	4.80%	15	4
$605.00	Nov 13	$23.80	0.51	0.2%	3.94%	4.11%	7	7

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 65,493

Total Puts 198,817

Put/Call Ratio 3.04

Net Difference -133,324

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 115,070

Total Puts 235,066

Put/Call Ratio 2.04

Net Difference -119,996

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 468,045

Total Puts 1,164,659

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.51

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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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