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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$564.74 -3.98%

$557.50 (-1.28%)🌙

as of 10/14 06:47 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/14) 456,173

Calls: 139,144 (31%)

Puts: 317,029 (69%)

Prior (10/13) 247,643

Calls: 101,492 (41%)

Puts: 146,151 (59%)

Current vs Prior +84.21%

Calls: +37.10% (Calls)

Puts: +116.92% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,875,504

Calls: 576,677 (31%)

Puts: 1,298,827 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 267,929

Calls: 82,382 (31%)

Puts: 185,546 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +70.26%

Calls: +68.90%

Puts: +70.86%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/14) $403.26M

Calls: $101.58M (25%)

Puts: $301.68M (75%)

Prior (10/13) $191.67M

Calls: $79.79M (42%)

Puts: $111.89M (58%)

Current vs Prior +110.39%

Calls: +27.32%

Puts: +169.63%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.46B

Calls: $507.10M (35%)

Puts: $949.78M (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average $208.13M

Calls: $72.44M (35%)

Puts: $135.68M (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +93.76%

Calls: +40.22%

Puts: +122.34%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/14) 2.28

Prior (10/13) 1.44

Current vs Prior +58.22%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.32

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.78%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/14) 1,466,062

Calls: 471,430 (32%)

Puts: 994,632 (68%)

Prior (10/13) 1,330,061

Calls: 394,681 (30%)

Puts: 935,380 (70%)

Current vs Prior +10.23%

Prior 7-Day Total 10,224,004

Calls: 3,308,209 (32%)

Puts: 6,915,795 (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,460,572

Calls: 472,601 (32%)

Puts: 987,970 (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.38%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

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

Current 0.90% | 2.55%0.90% | 3.31%3.31% | 5.11%2.55% | 9.68%

Prior 2.13% | 2.85%2.13% | 3.29%3.29% | 4.81%2.85% | 9.19%

Current vs Prior +19.68% | +15.93%-57.70% | +0.64%+0.64% | +6.24%-10.63% | +5.35%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.44% | 2.12%1.12% | 2.25%2.11% | 4.07%3.26% | 9.41%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +77.60% | +55.82%-19.22% | +47.30%+56.68% | +25.73%-21.68% | +2.81%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.15% | 2.77%2.13% | 3.29%3.29% | 4.81%2.85% | 9.19%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +122.20% | +19.42%-57.70% | +0.64%+0.64% | +6.24%-10.63% | +5.35%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 34.73% | 15.96%

Calls: 42.11% | 20.00%

Puts: 27.36% | 11.92%

Prior 20.84% | 19.59%

Calls: 19.13% | 11.25%

Puts: 22.56% | 27.93%

Current vs Prior +66.65% | -18.53%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.38% | 27.52%

Calls: 34.77% | 31.47%

Puts: 38.68% | 27.58%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +4.04% | -42.01%

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Moderately bearish flow with 75% put dollar volume ($301.68M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 110% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (94% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 84% vs prior.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 128 of results (avg 7.3%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$455.00	Oct 14	106.50	111.45	$108.98	4.5%	31	1.00	--
$460.00	Oct 14	101.50	106.45	$103.98	4.8%	27	0.94	--
$465.00	Nov 6	100.00	104.95	$102.48	4.8%	6	0.92	12
$485.00	Nov 27	84.80	89.00	$86.90	4.8%	1	0.87	--
$480.00	Nov 13	86.90	91.25	$89.08	4.9%	3	0.92	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$677.50	Oct 14	111.00	115.45	$113.23	3.9%	1	0.97	--
$675.00	Oct 14	108.50	112.95	$110.73	4.0%	1	0.94	--
$652.50	Oct 19	86.15	90.25	$88.20	4.6%	1	0.91	--
$660.00	Nov 20	94.50	99.05	$96.78	4.7%	1	0.90	--
$652.50	Oct 14	86.00	90.45	$88.23	5.0%	2	0.93	--

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 331 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$455.00	Oct 14	106.50	111.45	$108.98	4.5%	31	1.00	--
$545.00	Oct 14	16.55	21.50	$19.02	26.0%	9	1.00	--
$550.00	Oct 14	12.10	16.50	$14.30	30.8%	6	1.00	4
$555.00	Oct 14	7.65	11.50	$9.57	40.2%	2	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 14	2.09	6.75	$4.42	105.4%	4	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Oct 14	38.60	42.30	$40.45	9.1%	31	1.00	127
$610.00	Oct 14	43.60	47.45	$45.53	8.5%	23	1.00	6
$615.00	Oct 14	48.50	52.95	$50.73	8.8%	10	1.00	26
$620.00	Oct 14	53.50	58.00	$55.75	8.1%	30	1.00	67
$607.50	Oct 14	41.05	45.60	$43.33	10.5%	28	1.00	28

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,001 active (total vol 415.5K, top 58.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Oct 14	0.01	0.34	$0.18	183.3%	10.4K	0.04	152
$570.00	Oct 14	0.05	0.69	$0.37	173.0%	7.3K	0.13	23
$590.00	Oct 14	0.01	0.22	$0.12	175.0%	6.9K	0.02	736
$567.50	Oct 14	0.16	1.42	$0.79	159.5%	5.3K	0.25	--
$590.00	Oct 16	1.00	2.17	$1.59	73.6%	4.3K	0.14	5.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$562.50	Oct 14	0.10	2.31	$1.21	182.6%	58.4K	0.39	606
$560.00	Oct 23	9.85	13.45	$11.65	30.9%	22.0K	0.44	3.0K
$560.00	Oct 16	5.25	7.40	$6.33	34.0%	16.1K	0.42	13.6K
$550.00	Oct 16	2.77	3.20	$2.99	14.4%	14.4K	0.24	17.0K
$540.00	Oct 16	1.00	1.88	$1.44	61.1%	12.5K	0.13	12.0K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 10 strikes (avg 200.3%, max 632.6%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$565.00	Oct 14	Nov 27	146.9%	33.4%	339.5%	416	20
$505.00	Nov 20	Nov 27	39.3%	35.7%	10.2%	3	106

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$572.50	Oct 14	Nov 6	274.9%	37.5%	632.6%	2.8K	704
$565.00	Oct 14	Nov 27	146.9%	33.4%	339.5%	12.1K	461
$567.50	Oct 14	Nov 6	128.1%	38.1%	236.2%	4.0K	460
$562.50	Oct 14	Oct 30	101.2%	37.4%	170.5%	58.4K	715
$542.50	Oct 15	Oct 30	81.1%	39.3%	106.4%	118	56

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 520 found (best R:R 5.10, avg 5.36)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$625.00	$647.50	Oct 26	$0.60	$21.90	$0.60	10%	36.50	$625.60
$562.50	$565.00	Oct 14	$0.42	$2.08	$0.42	71%	4.95	$562.92
$610.00	$615.00	Nov 20	$0.47	$4.53	$0.47	26%	9.64	$610.47
$595.00	$600.00	Nov 20	$0.88	$4.12	$0.88	34%	4.68	$595.88
$620.00	$625.00	Nov 20	$0.30	$4.70	$0.30	22%	15.67	$620.30

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$567.50	$565.00	Oct 14	$0.41	$2.09	$0.41	76%	5.10	$567.09
$530.00	$512.50	Oct 26	$1.32	$16.18	$1.32	18%	12.26	$528.68
$550.00	$545.00	Nov 20	$1.20	$3.80	$1.20	39%	3.17	$548.80
$580.00	$577.50	Oct 15	$1.37	$1.13	$1.37	82%	0.82	$578.63
$577.50	$575.00	Oct 16	$1.17	$1.33	$1.17	74%	1.14	$576.33

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 429 found (best R:R 0.42, avg 0.45)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$655.00	$662.50	Oct 19	$2.22	$2.22	$5.28	91%	0.42	$657.22
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 14	$1.69	$1.69	$0.81	93%	2.09	$659.19
$667.50	$670.00	Oct 15	$1.67	$1.67	$0.83	93%	2.01	$669.17
$637.50	$640.00	Oct 14	$1.69	$1.69	$0.81	92%	2.09	$639.19
$665.00	$667.50	Oct 14	$1.66	$1.66	$0.84	93%	1.98	$666.66

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$460.00	$455.00	Oct 14	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	95%	0.49	$458.35
$465.00	$460.00	Oct 30	$1.73	$1.73	$3.27	93%	0.53	$463.27
$537.50	$505.00	Oct 28	$4.95	$4.95	$27.55	75%	0.18	$532.55
$535.00	$530.00	Oct 14	$1.69	$1.69	$3.31	87%	0.51	$533.31
$480.00	$475.00	Oct 15	$1.56	$1.56	$3.44	94%	0.45	$478.44

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $4.38, cheapest $3.96)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$565.00	Oct 14	Oct 15	$4.42	146.9%	57.9%
$557.50	Oct 16	Oct 28	$8.37	45.1%	37.2%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$565.00	Oct 14	Oct 15	$3.96	146.9%	57.9%
$562.50	Oct 14	Oct 15	$4.37	101.2%	58.2%
$557.50	Oct 15	Oct 16	$0.80	60.7%	45.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 253 found (cheapest 0.63% of stock, avg 6.82%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$562.50	Oct 14	$2.35	$1.21	$3.56	$558.94	$566.06	0.63%
$567.50	Oct 14	$0.79	$3.15	$3.94	$563.56	$571.44	0.70%
$560.00	Oct 14	$4.42	$0.24	$4.66	$555.34	$564.66	0.83%
$565.00	Oct 14	$1.93	$2.74	$4.67	$560.33	$569.67	0.83%
$570.00	Oct 14	$0.37	$5.80	$6.17	$563.83	$576.17	1.09%
$555.00	Oct 14	$9.57	$0.09	$9.66	$545.34	$564.66	1.71%
$572.50	Oct 14	$1.55	$8.28	$9.83	$562.67	$582.33	1.74%
$575.00	Oct 14	$0.16	$10.85	$11.01	$563.99	$586.01	1.95%
$565.00	Oct 15	$6.35	$6.70	$13.05	$551.95	$578.05	2.31%
$577.50	Oct 14	$0.03	$13.18	$13.21	$564.29	$590.71	2.34%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 300 found (cheapest 0.11% of stock, avg 4.20%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$570.00	$560.00	Oct 14	$0.37	$0.24	$0.61	$559.39	$570.61
$567.50	$560.00	Oct 14	$0.79	$0.24	$1.03	$558.97	$568.53
$592.50	$560.00	Oct 14	$1.70	$0.24	$1.94	$558.06	$594.44
$572.50	$560.00	Oct 14	$1.55	$0.24	$1.79	$558.21	$574.29
$570.00	$535.00	Oct 14	$0.37	$1.70	$2.07	$532.93	$572.07
$570.00	$540.00	Oct 14	$0.37	$1.70	$2.07	$537.93	$572.07
$570.00	$562.50	Oct 14	$0.37	$1.21	$1.58	$560.92	$571.58
$570.00	$500.00	Oct 14	$0.37	$1.70	$2.07	$497.93	$572.07
$567.50	$562.50	Oct 14	$0.79	$1.21	$2.00	$560.50	$569.50
$567.50	$540.00	Oct 14	$0.79	$1.70	$2.49	$537.51	$569.99

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 451 found (best R:R 2.01, avg credit $1.57)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
455/460	638/640	Oct 14	$3.34	$1.66	87%	2.01	$456.66	$640.84
455/460	618/620	Oct 14	$3.34	$1.66	85%	2.01	$456.66	$620.84
455/460	628/630	Oct 14	$3.29	$1.71	86%	1.92	$456.71	$630.79
455/460	612/615	Oct 14	$3.34	$1.66	85%	2.01	$456.66	$615.84
530/535	638/640	Oct 14	$3.38	$1.62	79%	2.09	$531.62	$640.88
530/535	618/620	Oct 14	$3.38	$1.62	78%	2.09	$531.62	$620.88
530/535	628/630	Oct 14	$3.33	$1.67	79%	1.99	$531.67	$630.83
530/535	612/615	Oct 14	$3.38	$1.62	77%	2.09	$531.62	$615.88
455/460	592/595	Oct 14	$3.08	$1.92	81%	1.60	$456.92	$595.58
530/535	592/595	Oct 14	$3.12	$1.88	74%	1.66	$531.88	$595.62

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 402 found (best R:R 12.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Oct 16	$0.75	$9.25	20%	12.33
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Nov 27	$0.12	$4.88	6%	40.67
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 27	$0.11	$4.89	6%	44.45
$550.00	$552.50	$555.00	Oct 15	$0.11	$2.39	10%	21.73
$555.00	$560.00	$565.00	Oct 23	$0.30	$4.70	12%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$615.00	$635.00	$655.00	Nov 6	$1.22	$18.78	13%	15.39
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Oct 14	$0.14	$4.86	11%	34.71
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Oct 14	$0.56	$1.94	44%	3.46
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 27	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$565.00	$570.00	$575.00	Nov 20	$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. 392 found (best net $-3.84, 325 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$500.00	$537.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$3.84	$33.66
$505.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$15.57	$19.43
$505.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$17.53	$17.47
$547.50	$562.50	1:2	Oct 19	-$1.18	$13.82
$557.50	$575.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$3.15	$14.35

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$567.50	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.50	$2.00
$530.00	$512.50	1:2	Oct 26	-$1.29	$16.21
$475.00	$465.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.12	$9.88
$470.00	$460.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.39	$9.61
$555.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.07	$4.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 233 found (best yield 4.41%, avg 1.03%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$570.00	Nov 27	$24.90	0.49	0.9%	4.41%	5.34%	23	--
$565.00	Nov 27	$26.50	0.52	0.1%	4.69%	4.74%	17	20
$575.00	Nov 27	$21.70	0.47	1.8%	3.84%	5.66%	7	--
$570.00	Nov 20	$23.45	0.49	0.9%	4.15%	5.08%	466	332
$580.00	Nov 27	$19.05	0.44	2.7%	3.37%	6.08%	1	1
$585.00	Nov 27	$17.30	0.41	3.6%	3.06%	6.65%	7	4
$575.00	Nov 20	$20.60	0.46	1.8%	3.65%	5.46%	59	412
$585.00	Nov 20	$16.85	0.41	3.6%	2.98%	6.57%	194	321
$590.00	Nov 27	$15.40	0.38	4.5%	2.73%	7.20%	1	--
$565.00	Nov 20	$24.70	0.52	0.1%	4.37%	4.42%	418	647

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 139,144

Total Puts 317,029

Put/Call Ratio 2.28

Net Difference -177,885

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 101,492

Total Puts 146,151

Put/Call Ratio 1.44

Net Difference -44,659

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 576,677

Total Puts 1,298,827

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.32

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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)

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