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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$590.30 -2.16%

(10/12 15:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12) 168,906

Calls: 51,913 (31%)

Puts: 116,993 (69%)

Prior (10/09) 264,310

Calls: 65,493 (25%)

Puts: 198,817 (75%)

Current vs Prior -36.10%

Calls: -20.74% (Calls)

Puts: -41.16% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,897,014

Calls: 533,538 (28%)

Puts: 1,363,476 (72%)

Prior 7-Day Average 271,002

Calls: 76,219 (28%)

Puts: 194,782 (72%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -37.67%

Calls: -31.89%

Puts: -39.94%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12) $193.33M

Calls: $35.98M (19%)

Puts: $157.35M (81%)

Prior (10/09) $105.21M

Calls: $49.81M (47%)

Puts: $55.40M (53%)

Current vs Prior +83.77%

Calls: -27.75%

Puts: +184.02%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.17B

Calls: $586.54M (50%)

Puts: $581.18M (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average $166.82M

Calls: $83.79M (50%)

Puts: $83.03M (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.90%

Calls: -57.06%

Puts: +89.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/12) 2.25

Prior (10/09) 3.04

Current vs Prior -25.76%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.58

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.69%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/12) 1,831,436

Calls: 644,915 (35%)

Puts: 1,186,521 (65%)

Prior (10/09) 1,952,515

Calls: 662,174 (34%)

Puts: 1,290,341 (66%)

Current vs Prior -6.20%

Prior 7-Day Total 9,143,939

Calls: 2,997,842 (33%)

Puts: 6,146,097 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,306,277

Calls: 428,263 (33%)

Puts: 878,013 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +40.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/12) | Next (10/13)Expiry (10/12) | Next (10/14)Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.54% | 1.60%0.54% | 2.30%3.12% | 4.64%2.82% | 9.01%

Prior 0.62% | 1.53%0.62% | 1.53%0.62% | 3.57%3.23% | 9.33%

Current vs Prior -12.50% | +4.52%-12.50% | +49.98%+405.52% | +29.91%-12.75% | -3.37%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.35% | 1.96%0.92% | 1.93%1.57% | 3.68%3.92% | 9.96%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -60.06% | -18.46%-41.49% | +18.96%+98.97% | +26.22%-28.04% | -9.54%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.62% | 1.53%0.62% | 1.53%0.62% | 3.57%3.23% | 9.33%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -12.50% | +4.52%-12.50% | +49.98%+405.52% | +29.91%-12.75% | -3.37%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 51.74% | 22.86%

Calls: 37.69% | 19.05%

Puts: 65.79% | 26.67%

Prior 51.04% | 18.39%

Calls: 39.08% | 18.76%

Puts: 63.00% | 18.01%

Current vs Prior +1.37% | +24.31%

Prior 7-Day Avg 48.19% | 36.26%

Calls: 45.44% | 36.69%

Puts: 50.93% | 35.82%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +7.38% | -36.95%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 81% of dollar volume in puts ($157.35M) vs calls ($35.98M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 84% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.25 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 26% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 552 of results (avg 6.0%, best 1.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Nov 20	29.20	29.85	$29.53	2.2%	13	0.56	287
$490.00	Oct 16	99.15	101.65	$100.40	2.5%	12	1.00	51
$597.50	Oct 30	13.75	14.10	$13.93	2.5%	1	0.45	143
$485.00	Nov 20	108.85	111.70	$110.28	2.6%	1	0.93	46
$480.00	Nov 20	113.30	116.45	$114.88	2.7%	--	0.94	138

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Nov 20	23.75	24.10	$23.93	1.5%	177	0.48	1.8K
$595.00	Nov 20	26.15	26.55	$26.35	1.5%	997	0.51	2.0K
$600.00	Nov 20	28.70	29.20	$28.95	1.7%	701	0.54	2.6K
$585.00	Nov 20	21.65	22.05	$21.85	1.8%	96	0.44	4.1K
$615.00	Nov 13	35.20	35.95	$35.58	2.1%	9	0.65	36

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 54 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.13)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Oct 13	0.12	0.13	$0.13	7.7%	251	0.03	100
$600.00	Oct 13	0.80	0.94	$0.87	16.1%	347	0.17	10
$612.50	Oct 14	0.51	0.59	$0.55	14.5%	128	0.08	--
$610.00	Oct 14	0.68	0.78	$0.73	13.7%	80	0.10	95
$607.50	Oct 14	0.93	1.05	$0.99	12.1%	200	0.13	64

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 13	0.31	0.35	$0.33	12.1%	576	0.06	35
$562.50	Oct 13	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	194	0.03	26
$567.50	Oct 13	0.23	0.28	$0.26	19.2%	116	0.04	1
$577.50	Oct 13	0.72	0.87	$0.80	18.8%	43	0.13	63
$555.00	Oct 13	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	39	0.02	12

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 407 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Oct 12	113.80	117.05	$115.43	2.8%	3	1.00	--
$480.00	Oct 12	108.95	112.05	$110.50	2.8%	10	1.00	--
$485.00	Oct 12	103.95	107.05	$105.50	2.9%	10	1.00	--
$490.00	Oct 12	98.80	102.05	$100.43	3.2%	2	1.00	--
$495.00	Oct 12	93.90	97.05	$95.48	3.3%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 14	32.85	36.40	$34.63	10.3%	10	1.00	71
$627.50	Oct 14	35.90	38.65	$37.28	7.4%	2	1.00	112
$630.00	Oct 14	38.00	41.20	$39.60	8.1%	2	1.00	7
$632.50	Oct 14	40.45	43.70	$42.08	7.7%	--	1.00	74
$635.00	Oct 14	42.95	46.30	$44.63	7.5%	5	1.00	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 967 active (total vol 117.7K, top 5.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	4.55	4.75	$4.65	4.3%	4.1K	0.33	11.4K
$595.00	Oct 12	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	3.1K	0.03	39
$597.50	Oct 12	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.1K	0.01	6
$615.00	Oct 16	1.37	1.49	$1.43	8.4%	1.6K	0.13	13.9K
$650.00	Nov 20	6.20	6.55	$6.38	5.5%	1.2K	0.20	4.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 30	13.90	14.50	$14.20	4.2%	5.1K	0.43	659
$520.00	Oct 30	1.82	2.08	$1.95	13.3%	5.1K	0.08	1.2K
$580.00	Nov 20	19.60	20.05	$19.83	2.3%	4.6K	0.41	2.8K
$620.00	Nov 20	39.65	42.05	$40.85	5.9%	4.2K	0.66	5.6K
$590.00	Oct 12	0.51	0.82	$0.67	46.3%	2.7K	0.46	959

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 3 strikes (avg 6.6%, max 11.4%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$577.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	37.1%	33.3%	11.4%	1	121
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 23	34.3%	32.1%	6.9%	10	134
$572.50	Oct 23	Nov 6	33.4%	32.9%	1.5%	17	55

PUTS (0)

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Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 529 found (best R:R 3.03, avg 7.51)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$595.00	Nov 13	$1.95	$3.05	$1.95	52%	1.56	$591.95
$595.00	$597.50	Oct 15	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	42%	4.00	$595.50
$600.00	$602.50	Oct 19	$0.42	$2.08	$0.42	36%	4.95	$600.42
$567.50	$570.00	Oct 30	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	71%	0.72	$568.95
$670.00	$690.00	Oct 15	$0.39	$19.61	$0.39	5%	50.28	$670.39

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 15	$0.62	$1.88	$0.62	53%	3.03	$591.88
$617.50	$615.00	Oct 23	$1.43	$1.07	$1.43	79%	0.75	$616.07
$615.00	$612.50	Oct 16	$1.62	$0.88	$1.62	87%	0.54	$613.38
$630.00	$627.50	Nov 6	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	77%	0.67	$628.50
$612.50	$610.00	Nov 6	$1.23	$1.27	$1.23	65%	1.03	$611.27

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 434 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$695.00	$697.50	Oct 13	$1.71	$1.71	$0.79	93%	2.16	$696.71
$685.00	$687.50	Oct 14	$0.71	$0.71	$1.79	96%	0.40	$685.71
$595.00	$597.50	Nov 13	$1.83	$1.83	$0.67	51%	2.73	$596.83
$595.00	$600.00	Oct 26	$2.65	$2.65	$2.35	53%	1.13	$597.65
$597.50	$600.00	Oct 15	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	62%	1.08	$598.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 13	$2.12	$2.12	$2.88	93%	0.74	$502.88
$587.50	$585.00	Oct 15	$1.45	$1.45	$1.05	57%	1.38	$586.05
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 12	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	97%	0.15	$532.18
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 12	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	97%	0.15	$527.18
$520.00	$517.50	Oct 12	$0.26	$0.26	$2.24	97%	0.12	$519.74

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.26, cheapest $3.27)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$590.00	Oct 12	Oct 13	$3.27	30.8%	32.0%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$590.00	Oct 12	Oct 13	$3.26	30.0%	32.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 306 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 6.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$590.00	Oct 12	$0.93	$0.67	$1.60	$588.40	$591.60	0.27%
$592.50	Oct 12	$0.14	$2.26	$2.40	$590.10	$594.90	0.41%
$587.50	Oct 12	$3.03	$0.15	$3.18	$584.32	$590.68	0.54%
$595.00	Oct 12	$0.03	$4.63	$4.66	$590.34	$599.66	0.79%
$585.00	Oct 12	$5.35	$0.04	$5.39	$579.61	$590.39	0.91%
$597.50	Oct 12	$0.01	$7.20	$7.21	$590.29	$604.71	1.22%
$590.00	Oct 13	$4.20	$3.93	$8.13	$581.87	$598.13	1.38%
$592.50	Oct 13	$2.96	$5.25	$8.21	$584.29	$600.71	1.39%
$595.00	Oct 13	$1.98	$6.53	$8.51	$586.49	$603.51	1.44%
$587.50	Oct 13	$5.98	$2.90	$8.88	$578.62	$596.38	1.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 277 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.42%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$592.50	$587.50	Oct 12	$0.14	$0.15	$0.29	$587.21	$592.79
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.14	$0.67	$0.81	$589.19	$593.31
$602.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.53	$1.10	$1.63	$578.37	$604.13
$600.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.87	$1.10	$1.97	$578.03	$601.97
$602.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.53	$1.50	$2.03	$580.47	$604.53
$600.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.87	$1.50	$2.37	$580.13	$602.37
$597.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$1.30	$1.10	$2.40	$577.60	$599.90
$597.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$1.30	$1.50	$2.80	$579.70	$600.30
$602.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.53	$2.10	$2.63	$582.37	$605.13
$600.00	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.87	$2.10	$2.97	$582.03	$602.97

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 563 found (best R:R 0.92, avg credit $0.97)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/505	658/660	Oct 13	$2.39	$2.61	90%	0.92	$502.61	$659.89
500/505	668/670	Oct 13	$2.33	$2.67	91%	0.87	$502.67	$669.83
500/505	665/668	Oct 13	$2.40	$2.60	89%	0.92	$502.60	$667.40
500/505	662/665	Oct 13	$2.36	$2.64	88%	0.89	$502.64	$664.86
500/505	605/608	Oct 13	$2.24	$2.76	85%	0.81	$502.76	$607.24
500/505	602/605	Oct 13	$2.31	$2.69	82%	0.86	$502.69	$604.81
500/505	600/602	Oct 13	$2.46	$2.54	76%	0.97	$502.54	$602.46
500/505	598/600	Oct 13	$2.55	$2.45	70%	1.04	$502.45	$600.05
500/505	595/598	Oct 13	$2.80	$2.20	61%	1.27	$502.20	$597.80
562/565	685/688	Oct 14	$0.85	$1.65	88%	0.52	$564.15	$685.85

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 419 found (best R:R 110.11, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$475.00	$495.00	$515.00	Oct 23	$0.18	$19.82	6%	110.11
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.22	$2.28	44%	10.36
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 15	$0.17	$4.83	21%	28.41
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$0.68	$1.82	53%	2.68
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$1.31	$1.19	75%	0.91

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$1.07	$1.43	74%	1.34
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.41	$2.09	42%	5.10
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Oct 19	$0.08	$9.92	4%	124.00
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 13	$0.06	$2.44	12%	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 535 found (best net $-5.06, 496 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$515.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$5.06	$29.94
$550.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$2.57	$17.43
$555.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$5.74	$9.26
$580.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.05	$4.95
$585.00	$587.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.71	$1.79

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$17.83	$22.17
$570.00	$562.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.35	$7.15
$597.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$2.06	$0.44
$560.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.17	$9.83
$515.00	$480.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.38	$34.62

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 210 found (best yield 4.02%, avg 0.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$595.00	Nov 20	$23.75	0.49	0.8%	4.02%	4.82%	158	292
$600.00	Nov 20	$21.35	0.46	1.6%	3.62%	5.26%	817	2.6K
$605.00	Nov 20	$19.15	0.43	2.5%	3.24%	5.73%	43	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 20	$17.10	0.40	3.3%	2.90%	6.23%	515	1.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	$15.15	0.37	4.2%	2.57%	6.75%	9	532
$620.00	Nov 20	$13.40	0.34	5.0%	2.27%	7.30%	181	1.4K
$597.50	Nov 13	$19.75	0.47	1.2%	3.35%	4.57%	19	1
$595.00	Nov 13	$20.80	0.49	0.8%	3.52%	4.32%	5	3
$625.00	Nov 20	$11.95	0.32	5.9%	2.02%	7.90%	129	996
$600.00	Nov 13	$18.45	0.45	1.6%	3.13%	4.77%	31	19

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 51,913

Total Puts 116,993

Put/Call Ratio 2.25

Net Difference -65,080

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 65,493

Total Puts 198,817

Put/Call Ratio 3.04

Net Difference -133,324

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 533,538

Total Puts 1,363,476

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.58

Ratio Trend Falling

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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