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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$590.99 -2.05%

$590.50 (-0.08%)🌙

as of 10/12 06:45 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12) 191,076

Calls: 60,071 (31%)

Puts: 131,005 (69%)

Prior (10/09) 264,310

Calls: 65,493 (25%)

Puts: 198,817 (75%)

Current vs Prior -27.71%

Calls: -8.28% (Calls)

Puts: -34.11% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,824,937

Calls: 506,274 (28%)

Puts: 1,318,663 (72%)

Prior 7-Day Average 260,705

Calls: 72,324 (28%)

Puts: 188,380 (72%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -26.71%

Calls: -16.94%

Puts: -30.46%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12) $203.63M

Calls: $40.02M (20%)

Puts: $163.62M (80%)

Prior (10/09) $105.21M

Calls: $49.81M (47%)

Puts: $55.40M (53%)

Current vs Prior +93.56%

Calls: -19.66%

Puts: +195.34%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.23B

Calls: $537.24M (44%)

Puts: $688.14M (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average $175.05M

Calls: $76.75M (44%)

Puts: $98.31M (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +16.33%

Calls: -47.86%

Puts: +66.44%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/12) 2.18

Prior (10/09) 3.04

Current vs Prior -28.16%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.61

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -16.49%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/12) 1,303,517

Calls: 391,417 (30%)

Puts: 912,100 (70%)

Prior (10/09) 1,952,515

Calls: 662,174 (34%)

Puts: 1,290,341 (66%)

Current vs Prior -33.24%

Prior 7-Day Total 9,917,769

Calls: 3,268,320 (33%)

Puts: 6,649,449 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,416,824

Calls: 466,902 (33%)

Puts: 949,921 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -8.00%

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 0.63% | 1.54%0.63% | 2.40%3.01% | 4.52%2.79% | 9.05%

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

Current vs Prior +150.14% | +56.88%+2.46% | +56.88%+387.13% | +26.58%-13.63% | -3.01%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.31% | 1.89%0.81% | 1.86%1.56% | 3.67%3.70% | 9.76%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +17.98% | +26.88%-21.71% | +29.46%+92.68% | +23.15%-24.60% | -7.36%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.54% | 1.60%0.62% | 1.53%0.62% | 3.57%3.23% | 9.33%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +185.87% | +50.09%+2.46% | +56.88%+387.13% | +26.58%-13.63% | -3.01%

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Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 21.55% | 30.37%

Calls: 22.47% | 41.48%

Puts: 20.62% | 19.26%

Prior 51.04% | 18.39%

Calls: 39.08% | 18.76%

Puts: 63.00% | 18.01%

Current vs Prior -57.78% | +65.14%

Prior 7-Day Avg 45.81% | 32.65%

Calls: 41.06% | 34.43%

Puts: 48.58% | 34.12%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -52.96% | -6.97%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in puts ($163.62M) vs calls ($40.02M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 94% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.18 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 28% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 119 of results (avg 7.2%, best 3.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Oct 16	99.00	102.45	$100.73	3.4%	12	1.00	--
$475.00	Oct 12	113.10	117.50	$115.30	3.8%	3	0.92	--
$485.00	Oct 12	103.25	107.50	$105.38	4.0%	10	0.92	--
$495.00	Oct 23	94.50	98.50	$96.50	4.1%	10	0.98	--
$480.00	Nov 6	110.25	115.00	$112.63	4.2%	4	0.93	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$707.50	Oct 16	115.10	118.65	$116.88	3.0%	4	1.00	--
$705.00	Oct 16	112.60	116.50	$114.55	3.4%	4	1.00	25
$700.00	Oct 12	107.50	111.50	$109.50	3.7%	31	0.92	--
$700.00	Nov 20	107.70	111.95	$109.83	3.9%	4	0.92	20
$705.00	Oct 12	112.50	117.30	$114.90	4.2%	15	0.92	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.56, cheapest $0.52)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 16	0.50	0.53	$0.52	5.8%	1.0K	0.04	12.1K
$475.00	Oct 30	0.55	0.64	$0.60	15.0%	23	0.02	105

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 304 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$512.50	Oct 12	75.75	80.00	$77.88	5.5%	39	1.00	--
$530.00	Oct 12	58.10	62.50	$60.30	7.3%	8	1.00	--
$535.00	Oct 12	53.05	57.50	$55.28	8.0%	7	1.00	--
$542.50	Oct 12	45.55	50.00	$47.78	9.3%	4	1.00	--
$547.50	Oct 12	40.75	45.00	$42.88	9.9%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 15	42.50	46.95	$44.73	9.9%	1	1.00	--
$625.00	Oct 12	32.50	36.50	$34.50	11.6%	14	1.00	35
$627.50	Oct 12	35.00	39.35	$37.17	11.7%	2	1.00	--
$630.00	Oct 12	37.50	41.95	$39.73	11.2%	4	1.00	43
$650.00	Oct 12	57.50	61.95	$59.73	7.5%	1	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,000 active (total vol 137.0K, top 5.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	4.25	5.30	$4.78	22.0%	4.2K	0.34	11.4K
$595.00	Oct 12	0.01	0.11	$0.06	166.7%	3.4K	0.05	39
$680.00	Nov 20	1.40	4.55	$2.97	106.1%	2.7K	0.10	3.8K
$615.00	Oct 16	1.20	2.30	$1.75	62.9%	2.4K	0.15	13.9K
$597.50	Oct 12	0.00	0.51	$0.26	196.2%	2.2K	0.10	6

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Oct 30	1.77	2.22	$2.00	22.5%	5.6K	0.08	1.2K
$585.00	Oct 30	11.65	15.10	$13.38	25.8%	5.1K	0.43	659
$580.00	Nov 20	18.50	21.00	$19.75	12.7%	4.6K	0.41	2.8K
$620.00	Nov 20	39.00	42.10	$40.55	7.6%	4.2K	0.65	5.6K
$590.00	Oct 12	0.00	0.84	$0.42	200.0%	3.2K	0.38	959

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 227.4%, max 719.3%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$602.50	Oct 12	Nov 13	265.2%	32.8%	707.8%	765	83
$577.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	39.5%	31.9%	23.9%	5	121
$590.00	Oct 12	Nov 20	35.6%	31.7%	12.1%	261	197
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 23	35.8%	33.2%	7.8%	11	134

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$602.50	Oct 12	Oct 30	265.2%	32.4%	719.3%	99	475
$592.50	Oct 12	Nov 13	65.0%	31.2%	108.8%	655	192
$590.00	Oct 12	Nov 20	35.6%	31.7%	12.1%	3.4K	2.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 462 found (best R:R 2.97, avg 7.89)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$625.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$0.55	$4.45	$0.55	32%	8.09	$625.55
$602.50	$605.00	Oct 23	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	36%	9.00	$602.75
$610.00	$612.50	Nov 6	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	37%	7.33	$610.30
$610.00	$612.50	Oct 30	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	34%	9.87	$610.23
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 16	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	51%	2.68	$590.68

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$610.00	$607.50	Oct 30	$0.63	$1.87	$0.63	66%	2.97	$609.37
$595.00	$592.50	Oct 14	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	61%	5.25	$594.60
$565.00	$555.00	Oct 26	$0.78	$9.22	$0.78	22%	11.82	$564.22
$570.00	$565.00	Nov 13	$0.75	$4.25	$0.75	34%	5.67	$569.25
$585.00	$582.50	Oct 16	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	40%	24.00	$584.90

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 387 found (best R:R 0.88, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$647.50	Oct 12	$2.32	$2.32	$0.18	88%	12.89	$647.32
$655.00	$657.50	Oct 12	$2.19	$2.19	$0.31	89%	7.06	$657.19
$627.50	$630.00	Oct 30	$2.33	$2.33	$0.17	78%	13.71	$629.83
$682.50	$685.00	Oct 13	$1.67	$1.67	$0.83	91%	2.01	$684.17
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 13	$1.28	$1.28	$1.22	92%	1.05	$658.78

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$535.00	Oct 12	$2.34	$2.34	$2.66	89%	0.88	$537.66
$480.00	$475.00	Oct 13	$1.85	$1.85	$3.15	94%	0.59	$478.15
$572.50	$570.00	Nov 6	$2.00	$2.00	$0.50	65%	4.00	$570.50
$582.50	$580.00	Oct 30	$2.08	$2.08	$0.42	59%	4.95	$580.42
$582.50	$580.00	Oct 15	$1.66	$1.66	$0.84	66%	1.98	$580.84

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $3.09, cheapest $3.09)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$590.00	Oct 12	Oct 13	$3.09	35.6%	32.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 246 found (cheapest 0.26% of stock, avg 5.58%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$590.00	Oct 12	$1.09	$0.42	$1.51	$588.49	$591.51	0.26%
$587.50	Oct 12	$2.82	$0.13	$2.95	$584.55	$590.45	0.50%
$592.50	Oct 12	$0.43	$2.65	$3.08	$589.42	$595.58	0.52%
$595.00	Oct 12	$0.06	$4.57	$4.63	$590.37	$599.63	0.78%
$585.00	Oct 12	$5.45	$0.11	$5.56	$579.44	$590.56	0.94%
$597.50	Oct 12	$0.26	$7.25	$7.51	$589.99	$605.01	1.27%
$590.00	Oct 13	$4.20	$3.51	$7.71	$582.29	$597.71	1.30%
$592.50	Oct 13	$2.88	$4.93	$7.81	$584.69	$600.31	1.32%
$595.00	Oct 13	$1.99	$6.15	$8.14	$586.86	$603.14	1.38%
$587.50	Oct 13	$5.85	$2.69	$8.54	$578.96	$596.04	1.45%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 300 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 3.14%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$592.50	$587.50	Oct 12	$0.43	$0.13	$0.56	$586.94	$593.06
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.43	$0.42	$0.85	$589.15	$593.35
$615.00	$587.50	Oct 12	$0.96	$0.13	$1.09	$586.41	$616.09
$602.50	$587.50	Oct 12	$0.99	$0.13	$1.12	$586.38	$603.62
$602.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.69	$1.00	$1.69	$578.31	$604.19
$602.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.99	$0.42	$1.41	$588.59	$603.91
$600.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.83	$1.00	$1.83	$578.17	$601.83
$615.00	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.96	$0.42	$1.38	$588.62	$616.38
$597.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.99	$1.00	$1.99	$578.01	$599.49
$602.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.69	$1.34	$2.03	$580.47	$604.53

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 583 found (best R:R 13.71, avg credit $1.22)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
535/540	645/648	Oct 12	$4.66	$0.34	77%	13.71	$535.34	$649.66
535/540	655/658	Oct 12	$4.53	$0.47	78%	9.64	$535.47	$659.53
535/540	615/618	Oct 12	$3.16	$1.84	78%	1.72	$536.84	$618.16
535/540	602/605	Oct 12	$3.32	$1.68	73%	1.98	$536.68	$605.82
572/575	655/658	Oct 12	$2.29	$0.21	86%	10.90	$572.71	$657.29
535/540	648/650	Oct 12	$2.46	$2.54	88%	0.97	$537.54	$649.96
535/540	635/638	Oct 12	$2.45	$2.55	87%	0.96	$537.55	$637.45
535/540	618/620	Oct 12	$2.46	$2.54	86%	0.97	$537.54	$619.96
535/540	608/610	Oct 12	$2.55	$2.45	84%	1.04	$537.45	$610.05
475/480	652/655	Oct 13	$2.07	$2.93	91%	0.71	$477.93	$654.57

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 350 found (best R:R 7.62, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$0.29	$2.21	73%	7.62
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Oct 15	$0.12	$4.88	19%	40.67
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$1.07	$1.43	75%	1.34
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 15	$0.36	$4.64	20%	12.89
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 26	$0.14	$4.86	11%	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Oct 15	$0.07	$4.93	12%	70.43
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 26	$0.07	$4.93	11%	70.43
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Oct 19	$0.19	$4.81	16%	25.32
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.27	$2.23	31%	8.26
$555.00	$560.00	$565.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 505 found (best net $-1.07, 431 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$485.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$13.27	$41.73
$515.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$5.80	$29.20
$550.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$3.35	$16.65
$555.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$5.52	$9.48
$575.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$1.25	$8.75

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.07	$58.93
$680.00	$635.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$6.47	$38.53
$680.00	$637.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$13.41	$29.09
$595.00	$592.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.73	$1.77
$562.50	$550.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.23	$12.27

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 198 found (best yield 3.98%, avg 0.81%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$595.00	Nov 20	$23.55	0.50	0.7%	3.98%	4.66%	159	292
$600.00	Nov 20	$20.95	0.47	1.5%	3.54%	5.07%	825	2.6K
$605.00	Nov 20	$18.95	0.44	2.4%	3.21%	5.58%	43	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 20	$16.40	0.41	3.2%	2.78%	5.99%	532	1.1K
$620.00	Nov 20	$12.85	0.35	4.9%	2.17%	7.08%	188	1.4K
$615.00	Nov 20	$13.50	0.38	4.1%	2.28%	6.35%	10	532
$597.50	Nov 13	$19.35	0.48	1.1%	3.27%	4.38%	20	1
$625.00	Nov 20	$11.50	0.32	5.8%	1.95%	7.70%	132	996
$595.00	Nov 13	$20.35	0.49	0.7%	3.44%	4.12%	5	--
$630.00	Nov 20	$10.40	0.30	6.6%	1.76%	8.36%	216	860

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 60,071

Total Puts 131,005

Put/Call Ratio 2.18

Net Difference -70,934

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 506,274

Total Puts 1,318,663

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.61

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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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