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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$588.12 -0.49%

$590.97 (+0.48%)🌙

as of 10/13 06:45 PM

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Tuesday, October 13, 2026 (6:45pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/13) 247,643

Calls: 101,492 (41%)

Puts: 146,151 (59%)

Prior (10/12) 191,076

Calls: 60,071 (31%)

Puts: 131,005 (69%)

Current vs Prior +29.60%

Calls: +68.95% (Calls)

Puts: +11.56% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,648,302

Calls: 505,564 (31%)

Puts: 1,142,738 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 235,471

Calls: 72,223 (31%)

Puts: 163,248 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.17%

Calls: +40.53%

Puts: -10.47%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/13) $191.67M

Calls: $79.79M (42%)

Puts: $111.89M (58%)

Prior (10/12) $203.63M

Calls: $40.02M (20%)

Puts: $163.62M (80%)

Current vs Prior -5.87%

Calls: +99.39%

Puts: -31.62%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.20B

Calls: $481.01M (40%)

Puts: $721.69M (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average $171.81M

Calls: $68.72M (40%)

Puts: $103.10M (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +11.56%

Calls: +16.11%

Puts: +8.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/13) 1.44

Prior (10/12) 2.18

Current vs Prior -33.97%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.33

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -38.31%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/13) 1,330,061

Calls: 394,681 (30%)

Puts: 935,380 (70%)

Prior (10/12) 1,303,517

Calls: 391,417 (30%)

Puts: 912,100 (70%)

Current vs Prior +2.04%

Prior 7-Day Total 10,031,920

Calls: 3,243,061 (32%)

Puts: 6,788,859 (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,433,131

Calls: 463,294 (32%)

Puts: 969,837 (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.19%

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 0.86% | 2.13%2.13% | 3.29%3.29% | 4.81%2.85% | 9.19%

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

Current vs Prior +37.91% | +18.75%+236.68% | +36.79%+9.25% | +6.43%+2.32% | +1.56%

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 +60.21% | +44.92%+155.30% | +62.76%+65.70% | +22.18%-16.73% | -3.17%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.78% | 2.12%0.63% | 2.40%3.01% | 4.52%2.79% | 9.05%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +173.94% | +34.50%+236.68% | +36.79%+9.25% | +6.43%+2.32% | +1.56%

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Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 20.84% | 19.59%

Calls: 19.13% | 11.25%

Puts: 22.56% | 27.93%

Prior 21.55% | 30.37%

Calls: 22.47% | 41.48%

Puts: 20.62% | 19.26%

Current vs Prior -3.29% | -35.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.27% | 31.59%

Calls: 36.78% | 34.57%

Puts: 44.07% | 32.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -46.93% | -37.99%

Liquidity Expensive

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Bearish P/C ratio of 1.44 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 34% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (935,380 puts vs 394,681 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 158 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Oct 13	112.05	115.90	$113.98	3.4%	2	0.94	--
$480.00	Oct 13	107.05	111.00	$109.03	3.6%	1	0.94	--
$490.00	Oct 13	97.05	100.90	$98.98	3.9%	1	0.93	--
$485.00	Oct 13	102.05	106.10	$104.07	3.9%	2	0.94	--
$495.00	Oct 13	92.00	95.90	$93.95	4.2%	14	0.93	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$697.50	Oct 13	106.60	110.25	$108.43	3.4%	10	0.92	--
$700.00	Oct 13	109.00	112.75	$110.88	3.4%	43	1.00	--
$695.00	Oct 13	104.10	108.00	$106.05	3.7%	7	0.92	--
$687.50	Oct 13	96.60	100.25	$98.43	3.7%	3	0.92	--
$685.00	Oct 13	94.10	97.75	$95.93	3.8%	3	0.92	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.69, cheapest $0.60)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Oct 14	0.55	0.65	$0.60	16.7%	183	0.08	311
$570.00	Oct 14	0.74	0.83	$0.78	11.5%	595	0.11	198

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 308 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 13	57.05	60.90	$58.97	6.5%	1	1.00	--
$535.00	Oct 13	52.00	55.90	$53.95	7.2%	1	1.00	--
$510.00	Oct 13	77.05	80.90	$78.97	4.9%	2	1.00	1
$565.00	Oct 13	22.00	26.00	$24.00	16.7%	30	1.00	--
$577.50	Oct 13	9.65	13.85	$11.75	35.7%	491	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$592.50	Oct 13	2.47	5.25	$3.86	72.0%	31	1.00	183
$595.00	Oct 13	5.00	7.25	$6.13	36.7%	50	1.00	181
$597.50	Oct 13	6.60	9.95	$8.27	40.5%	1	1.00	--
$600.00	Oct 13	9.50	12.60	$11.05	28.1%	16	1.00	248
$602.50	Oct 13	11.90	15.25	$13.58	24.7%	2	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 993 active (total vol 211.3K, top 12.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	3.90	4.60	$4.25	16.5%	7.3K	0.31	11.5K
$590.00	Oct 13	0.63	0.99	$0.81	44.4%	5.0K	0.42	527
$587.50	Oct 13	1.60	3.25	$2.42	68.2%	4.7K	0.76	10
$585.00	Oct 13	2.80	6.00	$4.40	72.7%	4.4K	0.91	1
$630.00	Oct 30	3.65	4.20	$3.93	14.0%	4.0K	0.18	2.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 16	0.60	0.85	$0.73	34.2%	12.5K	0.06	17.4K
$560.00	Oct 16	1.28	1.60	$1.44	22.2%	7.3K	0.12	12.0K
$582.50	Oct 13	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	7.0K	0.03	469
$560.00	Nov 20	12.90	14.25	$13.58	9.9%	5.1K	0.31	5.9K
$585.00	Oct 16	6.50	8.20	$7.35	23.1%	3.5K	0.42	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. 3 strikes (avg 93.9%, max 95.7%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$587.50	Oct 13	Nov 13	62.7%	32.1%	95.7%	4.7K	10
$590.00	Oct 13	Nov 27	59.6%	31.3%	90.4%	5.0K	527

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$587.50	Oct 13	Nov 13	62.7%	32.1%	95.7%	364	276

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 576 found (best R:R 1.00, avg 7.19)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$595.00	$597.50	Oct 26	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	44%	4.00	$595.50
$635.00	$640.00	Nov 6	$0.40	$4.60	$0.40	20%	11.50	$635.40
$602.50	$605.00	Oct 19	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	28%	12.89	$602.68
$665.00	$670.00	Nov 27	$0.21	$4.79	$0.21	14%	22.81	$665.21
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 26	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	30%	9.00	$607.75

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 13	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	100%	1.00	$591.25
$575.00	$570.00	Oct 26	$0.72	$4.28	$0.72	34%	5.94	$574.28
$575.00	$572.50	Nov 6	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	38%	18.23	$574.87
$622.50	$620.00	Oct 23	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	85%	0.79	$621.10
$590.00	$585.00	Nov 27	$1.70	$3.30	$1.70	49%	1.94	$588.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 461 found (best R:R 0.87, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$627.50	$632.50	Oct 13	$2.33	$2.33	$2.67	86%	0.87	$629.83
$697.50	$700.00	Oct 13	$1.66	$1.66	$0.84	92%	1.98	$699.16
$610.00	$617.50	Oct 26	$2.45	$2.45	$5.05	72%	0.49	$612.45
$600.00	$602.50	Oct 19	$1.43	$1.43	$1.07	67%	1.34	$601.43
$642.50	$645.00	Nov 13	$1.01	$1.01	$1.49	80%	0.68	$643.51

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$572.50	$570.00	Nov 6	$1.47	$1.47	$1.03	64%	1.43	$571.03
$570.00	$567.50	Oct 26	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	69%	1.00	$568.75
$565.00	$562.50	Oct 23	$1.05	$1.05	$1.45	76%	0.72	$563.95
$572.50	$570.00	Oct 23	$1.18	$1.18	$1.32	69%	0.89	$571.32
$565.00	$560.00	Oct 26	$1.61	$1.61	$3.39	74%	0.47	$563.39

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $4.46, cheapest $4.58)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$590.00	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.34	59.6%	48.8%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$587.50	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.58	62.7%	47.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 251 found (cheapest 0.49% of stock, avg 5.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$587.50	Oct 13	$2.42	$0.47	$2.89	$584.61	$590.39	0.49%
$590.00	Oct 13	$0.81	$2.61	$3.42	$586.58	$593.42	0.58%
$592.50	Oct 13	$0.10	$3.86	$3.96	$588.54	$596.46	0.67%
$585.00	Oct 13	$4.40	$0.15	$4.55	$580.45	$589.55	0.77%
$595.00	Oct 13	$0.02	$6.13	$6.15	$588.85	$601.15	1.05%
$582.50	Oct 13	$6.60	$0.05	$6.65	$575.85	$589.15	1.13%
$597.50	Oct 13	$0.01	$8.27	$8.28	$589.22	$605.78	1.41%
$580.00	Oct 13	$9.07	$0.10	$9.17	$570.83	$589.17	1.56%
$600.00	Oct 13	$0.01	$11.05	$11.06	$588.94	$611.06	1.88%
$590.00	Oct 14	$5.15	$6.18	$11.33	$578.67	$601.33	1.93%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 320 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 3.90%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$590.00	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.81	$0.15	$0.96	$584.04	$590.96
$590.00	$587.50	Oct 13	$0.81	$0.47	$1.28	$586.22	$591.28
$660.00	$585.00	Oct 13	$2.45	$0.15	$2.60	$582.40	$662.60
$647.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$2.45	$0.15	$2.60	$582.40	$650.10
$645.00	$585.00	Oct 13	$2.45	$0.15	$2.60	$582.40	$647.60
$627.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$2.45	$0.15	$2.60	$582.40	$630.10
$627.50	$587.50	Oct 13	$2.45	$0.47	$2.92	$584.58	$630.42
$645.00	$587.50	Oct 13	$2.45	$0.47	$2.92	$584.58	$647.92
$600.00	$577.50	Oct 14	$1.78	$1.78	$3.56	$573.94	$603.56
$647.50	$587.50	Oct 13	$2.45	$0.47	$2.92	$584.58	$650.42

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 476 found (best R:R 0.95, avg credit $1.05)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
545/550	628/632	Oct 13	$2.43	$2.57	84%	0.95	$547.57	$629.93
545/550	698/700	Oct 13	$1.76	$3.24	90%	0.54	$548.24	$699.26
585/588	698/700	Oct 13	$1.98	$0.52	62%	3.81	$585.52	$699.48
568/570	605/608	Oct 26	$2.18	$0.32	37%	6.81	$567.82	$607.18
560/562	600/602	Oct 19	$1.83	$0.67	50%	2.73	$560.67	$601.83
562/565	600/602	Oct 19	$1.82	$0.68	48%	2.68	$563.18	$601.82
555/558	600/602	Oct 19	$1.67	$0.83	53%	2.01	$555.83	$601.67
558/560	600/602	Oct 19	$1.67	$0.83	52%	2.01	$558.33	$601.67
535/538	608/610	Oct 30	$1.66	$0.84	52%	1.98	$535.84	$609.16
538/540	608/610	Oct 30	$1.67	$0.83	51%	2.01	$538.33	$609.17

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 360 found (best R:R 20.74, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 13	$0.37	$2.13	49%	5.76
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 13	$0.90	$1.60	67%	1.78
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 28	$0.15	$4.85	10%	32.33
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 14	$0.10	$2.40	14%	24.00
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$575.00	$585.00	$595.00	Oct 28	$0.46	$9.54	20%	20.74
$582.50	$585.00	$587.50	Oct 13	$0.22	$2.28	27%	10.36
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Nov 27	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$555.00	$560.00	$565.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$575.00	$577.50	$580.00	Oct 14	$0.06	$2.44	10%	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. 433 found (best net $-3.83, 398 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$500.00	$547.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$3.83	$43.67
$530.00	$555.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$15.13	$9.87
$585.00	$587.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.44	$2.06
$610.00	$617.50	1:2	Oct 26	-$1.15	$6.35
$620.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.04	$4.96

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$642.50	$617.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$3.98	$21.02
$695.00	$650.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$24.32	$20.68
$550.00	$530.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$0.24	$19.76
$557.50	$540.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.95	$16.55
$592.50	$590.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.36	$1.14

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 231 found (best yield 4.45%, avg 1.06%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$590.00	Nov 27	$26.15	0.51	0.3%	4.45%	4.77%	4	--
$592.50	Nov 27	$24.80	0.50	0.7%	4.22%	4.96%	4	--
$600.00	Nov 27	$21.05	0.46	2.0%	3.58%	5.60%	6	2
$590.00	Nov 20	$25.20	0.51	0.3%	4.28%	4.60%	111	233
$595.00	Nov 20	$22.80	0.48	1.2%	3.88%	5.05%	260	348
$600.00	Nov 20	$20.55	0.46	2.0%	3.49%	5.51%	626	3.0K
$605.00	Nov 20	$18.30	0.42	2.9%	3.11%	5.98%	88	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 27	$16.65	0.40	3.7%	2.83%	6.55%	18	3
$615.00	Nov 27	$15.20	0.37	4.6%	2.58%	7.16%	10	6
$610.00	Nov 20	$16.30	0.40	3.7%	2.77%	6.49%	158	948

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 101,492

Total Puts 146,151

Put/Call Ratio 1.44

Net Difference -44,659

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 505,564

Total Puts 1,142,738

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.33

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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