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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$585.03 -1.01%

(10/13 15:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/13) 207,949

Calls: 86,158 (41%)

Puts: 121,791 (59%)

Prior (10/12) 191,076

Calls: 60,071 (31%)

Puts: 131,005 (69%)

Current vs Prior +8.83%

Calls: +43.43% (Calls)

Puts: -7.03% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,440,353

Calls: 419,406 (29%)

Puts: 1,020,947 (71%)

Prior 7-Day Average 240,058

Calls: 59,915 (29%)

Puts: 145,849 (71%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.38%

Calls: +43.80%

Puts: -16.50%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/13) $167.31M

Calls: $59.64M (36%)

Puts: $107.67M (64%)

Prior (10/12) $203.63M

Calls: $40.02M (20%)

Puts: $163.62M (80%)

Current vs Prior -17.84%

Calls: +49.04%

Puts: -34.19%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.04B

Calls: $421.37M (41%)

Puts: $614.02M (59%)

Prior 7-Day Average $172.57M

Calls: $60.20M (41%)

Puts: $87.72M (59%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -3.04%

Calls: -0.92%

Puts: +22.75%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/13) 1.41

Prior (10/12) 2.18

Current vs Prior -35.18%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.49

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.17%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/13) 1,853,757

Calls: 650,256 (35%)

Puts: 1,203,501 (65%)

Prior (10/12) 1,303,517

Calls: 391,417 (30%)

Puts: 912,100 (70%)

Current vs Prior +42.21%

Prior 7-Day Total 8,178,163

Calls: 2,592,805 (32%)

Puts: 5,585,358 (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,363,027

Calls: 432,134 (32%)

Puts: 930,893 (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +36.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.78% | 2.12%2.12% | 3.29%3.29% | 4.89%2.93% | 9.19%

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

Current vs Prior -49.66% | -11.72%+235.22% | +36.80%+9.26% | +8.01%+5.13% | +1.59%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.33% | 1.97%0.83% | 2.02%1.98% | 3.94%3.43% | 9.49%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -41.52% | +7.74%+154.20% | +62.77%+65.72% | +23.99%-14.44% | -3.15%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.54% | 2.40%0.63% | 2.40%3.01% | 4.52%2.79% | 9.05%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -49.66% | -11.72%+235.22% | +36.80%+9.26% | +8.01%+5.13% | +1.59%

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Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 32.32% | 20.36%

Calls: 19.33% | 15.65%

Puts: 45.31% | 25.07%

Prior 21.55% | 30.37%

Calls: 22.47% | 41.48%

Puts: 20.62% | 19.26%

Current vs Prior +49.98% | -32.96%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.42% | 33.46%

Calls: 36.78% | 34.57%

Puts: 44.07% | 32.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -20.05% | -39.15%

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Moderately bearish flow with 64% put dollar volume ($107.67M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.41 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 35% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (1,203,501 puts vs 650,256 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 510 of results (avg 6.5%, best 2.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Nov 13	26.55	27.30	$26.93	2.8%	10	0.55	1
$470.00	Oct 16	113.25	116.45	$114.85	2.8%	--	1.00	70
$470.00	Nov 20	117.00	120.55	$118.78	3.0%	1	0.92	322
$480.00	Oct 16	103.30	106.45	$104.88	3.0%	--	0.99	115
$470.00	Oct 13	112.75	116.25	$114.50	3.1%	13	0.98	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Nov 20	14.80	15.15	$14.98	2.3%	5.1K	0.33	5.9K
$695.00	Nov 20	109.10	112.50	$110.80	3.1%	--	0.94	11
$700.00	Nov 20	113.80	117.40	$115.60	3.1%	2	0.94	16
$690.00	Nov 20	104.30	107.65	$105.98	3.2%	--	0.93	13
$700.00	Oct 13	113.45	117.20	$115.33	3.3%	43	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 43 found (avg $0.70, cheapest $0.93)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 14	0.87	0.99	$0.93	12.9%	462	0.14	151
$630.00	Oct 16	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	897	0.03	8.5K
$610.00	Oct 15	0.85	0.96	$0.91	12.1%	1	0.10	501
$622.50	Oct 16	0.45	0.54	$0.50	18.0%	15	0.05	400
$620.00	Oct 16	0.56	0.65	$0.61	14.8%	91	0.06	9.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 14	0.46	0.53	$0.50	14.0%	403	0.07	670
$562.50	Oct 14	0.58	0.67	$0.63	14.3%	182	0.08	261
$565.00	Oct 14	0.72	0.82	$0.77	13.0%	224	0.10	315
$535.00	Oct 14	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	6	0.01	30
$550.00	Oct 15	0.63	0.73	$0.68	14.7%	708	0.07	36

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 413 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 14	53.10	56.45	$54.78	6.1%	40	1.00	--
$540.00	Oct 14	43.00	46.60	$44.80	8.0%	15	1.00	--
$550.00	Oct 14	33.10	36.75	$34.92	10.5%	6	1.00	4
$500.00	Oct 23	83.95	87.55	$85.75	4.2%	3	1.00	1
$470.00	Oct 30	114.35	117.90	$116.13	3.1%	--	1.00	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$592.50	Oct 13	6.75	8.55	$7.65	23.5%	31	1.00	183
$595.00	Oct 13	9.50	11.05	$10.28	15.1%	48	1.00	181
$597.50	Oct 13	11.30	14.70	$13.00	26.2%	1	1.00	34
$600.00	Oct 13	13.85	17.25	$15.55	21.9%	7	1.00	248
$602.50	Oct 13	16.25	19.70	$17.98	19.2%	2	1.00	32

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 980 active (total vol 176.9K, top 7.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	3.10	3.35	$3.23	7.7%	6.9K	0.25	11.5K
$585.00	Oct 13	1.07	1.30	$1.19	19.3%	4.2K	0.51	1
$587.50	Oct 13	0.26	0.35	$0.31	29.0%	4.1K	0.20	10
$630.00	Oct 30	3.30	3.65	$3.47	10.1%	4.0K	0.16	2.2K
$590.00	Oct 13	0.04	0.08	$0.06	66.7%	3.5K	0.05	527

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 16	0.97	1.12	$1.05	14.3%	7.8K	0.08	17.4K
$582.50	Oct 13	0.27	0.40	$0.34	38.2%	5.9K	0.20	469
$560.00	Nov 20	14.80	15.15	$14.98	2.3%	5.1K	0.33	5.9K
$560.00	Nov 13	12.35	13.00	$12.68	5.1%	3.5K	0.32	85
$585.00	Oct 16	8.55	8.85	$8.70	3.4%	3.4K	0.49	5.8K

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 33.5%, max 42.7%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$587.50	Oct 13	Nov 13	44.2%	35.4%	24.6%	4.1K	10

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$585.00	Oct 13	Nov 27	45.1%	31.6%	42.7%	766	387
$582.50	Oct 13	Nov 6	47.3%	33.3%	42.1%	5.9K	534
$587.50	Oct 13	Nov 13	44.2%	35.4%	24.6%	272	276

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 603 found (best R:R 0.85, avg 7.12)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 26	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	26%	24.00	$607.60
$575.00	$580.00	Nov 13	$2.35	$2.65	$2.35	59%	1.13	$577.35
$565.00	$567.50	Oct 16	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	80%	0.61	$566.55
$595.00	$600.00	Oct 28	$1.52	$3.48	$1.52	41%	2.29	$596.52
$590.00	$592.50	Nov 27	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	49%	1.94	$590.85

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$625.00	$622.50	Oct 30	$1.35	$1.15	$1.35	81%	0.85	$623.65
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 15	$1.02	$1.48	$1.02	65%	1.45	$591.48
$597.50	$595.00	Nov 6	$0.90	$1.60	$0.90	58%	1.78	$596.60
$605.00	$602.50	Nov 6	$1.08	$1.42	$1.08	63%	1.31	$603.92
$610.00	$607.50	Nov 27	$1.07	$1.43	$1.07	62%	1.34	$608.93

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 483 found (best R:R 1.02, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$605.00	Oct 28	$2.53	$2.53	$2.47	64%	1.02	$602.53
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 13	$0.79	$0.79	$1.71	93%	0.46	$630.79
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 26	$1.28	$1.28	$1.22	70%	1.05	$606.28
$615.00	$617.50	Oct 15	$0.50	$0.50	$2.00	92%	0.25	$615.50
$590.00	$592.50	Nov 13	$1.58	$1.58	$0.92	51%	1.72	$591.58

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$567.50	$565.00	Nov 6	$1.58	$1.58	$0.92	65%	1.72	$565.92
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 13	$0.58	$0.58	$4.42	96%	0.13	$504.42
$557.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$3.02	$3.02	$14.48	76%	0.21	$554.48
$585.00	$582.50	Oct 14	$1.53	$1.53	$0.97	49%	1.58	$583.47
$530.00	$525.00	Oct 28	$0.73	$0.73	$4.27	89%	0.17	$529.27

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $4.50, cheapest $4.24)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$585.00	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.24	45.1%	45.4%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$585.00	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.75	45.1%	45.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 318 found (cheapest 0.40% of stock, avg 6.37%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$585.00	Oct 13	$1.19	$1.13	$2.32	$582.68	$587.32	0.40%
$582.50	Oct 13	$2.94	$0.34	$3.28	$579.22	$585.78	0.56%
$587.50	Oct 13	$0.31	$3.36	$3.67	$583.83	$591.17	0.63%
$580.00	Oct 13	$4.63	$0.11	$4.74	$575.26	$584.74	0.81%
$590.00	Oct 13	$0.06	$5.70	$5.76	$584.24	$595.76	0.98%
$577.50	Oct 13	$7.10	$0.04	$7.14	$570.36	$584.64	1.22%
$592.50	Oct 13	$0.02	$7.65	$7.67	$584.83	$600.17	1.31%
$575.00	Oct 13	$9.50	$0.03	$9.53	$565.47	$584.53	1.63%
$595.00	Oct 13	$0.01	$10.28	$10.29	$584.71	$605.29	1.76%
$582.50	Oct 14	$6.50	$4.35	$10.85	$571.65	$593.35	1.85%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 315 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 3.98%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$587.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.31	$0.11	$0.42	$579.58	$587.92
$587.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.31	$0.34	$0.65	$581.85	$588.15
$635.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.76	$0.11	$0.87	$579.13	$635.87
$630.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.81	$0.11	$0.92	$579.08	$630.92
$637.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.81	$0.11	$0.92	$579.08	$638.42
$640.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.81	$0.11	$0.92	$579.08	$640.92
$635.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.76	$0.34	$1.10	$581.40	$636.10
$630.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.81	$0.34	$1.15	$581.35	$631.15
$637.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.81	$0.34	$1.15	$581.35	$638.65
$640.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.81	$0.34	$1.15	$581.35	$641.15

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 546 found (best R:R 0.38, avg credit $1.03)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/505	630/632	Oct 13	$1.37	$3.63	90%	0.38	$503.63	$631.37
568/570	605/608	Oct 26	$2.07	$0.43	37%	4.81	$567.93	$607.07
545/550	630/632	Oct 13	$0.89	$4.11	92%	0.22	$549.11	$630.89
565/568	605/608	Oct 26	$1.96	$0.54	39%	3.63	$565.54	$606.96
500/505	618/620	Oct 13	$0.68	$4.32	94%	0.16	$504.32	$618.18
500/505	612/615	Oct 13	$0.68	$4.32	94%	0.16	$504.32	$613.18
500/505	685/688	Oct 13	$0.77	$4.23	92%	0.18	$504.23	$685.77
580/582	630/632	Oct 13	$1.02	$1.48	74%	0.69	$581.48	$631.02
500/505	678/680	Oct 13	$0.73	$4.27	92%	0.17	$504.27	$678.23
500/505	692/695	Oct 13	$0.69	$4.31	92%	0.16	$504.31	$693.19

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 418 found (best R:R 21.73, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$582.50	$585.00	$587.50	Oct 13	$0.87	$1.63	61%	1.87
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 13	$0.63	$1.87	46%	2.97
$620.00	$625.00	$630.00	Oct 26	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 15	$0.06	$2.44	10%	40.67
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 15	$0.09	$2.41	10%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 13	$0.11	$2.39	46%	21.73
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Nov 13	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56
$577.50	$580.00	$582.50	Oct 14	$0.09	$2.41	13%	26.78
$580.00	$582.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.56	$1.94	42%	3.46
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Nov 6	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 475 found (best net $-16.96, 448 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$582.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.25	$1.25
$630.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.31	$9.69
$577.50	$580.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$2.16	$0.34
$665.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.02	$4.98
$642.50	$645.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.01	$2.49

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$685.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$16.96	$28.04
$642.50	$617.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$7.93	$17.07
$617.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$10.76	$6.74
$590.00	$587.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.02	$1.48
$520.00	$480.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.45	$39.55

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 235 found (best yield 4.10%, avg 1.06%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$592.50	Nov 27	$24.00	0.48	1.3%	4.10%	5.38%	4	--
$590.00	Nov 27	$24.45	0.49	0.8%	4.18%	5.03%	4	6
$600.00	Nov 27	$20.20	0.44	2.6%	3.45%	6.01%	6	2
$595.00	Nov 20	$21.60	0.46	1.7%	3.69%	5.40%	256	348
$590.00	Nov 20	$23.55	0.49	0.8%	4.03%	4.87%	104	233
$600.00	Nov 20	$19.35	0.43	2.6%	3.31%	5.87%	397	3.0K
$610.00	Nov 27	$16.25	0.38	4.3%	2.78%	7.05%	18	3
$605.00	Nov 20	$17.30	0.40	3.4%	2.96%	6.37%	32	1.0K
$615.00	Nov 27	$14.25	0.35	5.1%	2.44%	7.56%	10	6
$610.00	Nov 20	$15.45	0.37	4.3%	2.64%	6.91%	55	948

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 86,158

Total Puts 121,791

Put/Call Ratio 1.41

Net Difference -35,633

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 60,071

Total Puts 131,005

Put/Call Ratio 2.18

Net Difference -70,934

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 419,406

Total Puts 1,020,947

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.49

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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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