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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$539.79 -3.41%

$542.02 (+0.41%)🌙

as of 10/17 03:27 AM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/17) 514,806

Calls: 142,265 (28%)

Puts: 372,541 (72%)

Prior (10/14) 456,173

Calls: 139,144 (31%)

Puts: 317,029 (69%)

Current vs Prior +12.85%

Calls: +2.24% (Calls)

Puts: +17.51% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,751,623

Calls: 547,017 (31%)

Puts: 1,204,606 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 291,937

Calls: 78,145 (31%)

Puts: 172,086 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +76.34%

Calls: +82.05%

Puts: +116.48%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/17) $272.60M

Calls: $84.71M (31%)

Puts: $187.89M (69%)

Prior (10/14) $403.26M

Calls: $101.58M (25%)

Puts: $301.68M (75%)

Current vs Prior -32.40%

Calls: -16.61%

Puts: -37.72%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.33B

Calls: $431.79M (33%)

Puts: $895.17M (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average $221.16M

Calls: $61.68M (33%)

Puts: $127.88M (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +23.26%

Calls: +37.33%

Puts: +46.92%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/17) 2.62

Prior (10/14) 2.28

Current vs Prior +14.93%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.28

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.00%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/17) 1,575,801

Calls: 486,941 (31%)

Puts: 1,088,860 (69%)

Prior (10/14) 1,466,062

Calls: 471,430 (32%)

Puts: 994,632 (68%)

Current vs Prior +7.49%

Prior 7-Day Total 8,585,878

Calls: 2,692,275 (31%)

Puts: 5,893,603 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,430,979

Calls: 448,712 (31%)

Puts: 982,267 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +10.12%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/19) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/30)Expiry (10/19) | Next (11/20)

Current 2.67% | 4.94%4.94% | 6.60%2.67% | 9.94%

Prior 2.55% | 3.31%3.31% | 5.11%2.55% | 9.68%

Current vs Prior +4.62% | +49.43%+49.43% | +29.15%+4.62% | +2.75%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.69% | 2.39%2.33% | 4.32%3.11% | 9.45%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +57.49% | +106.64%+112.17% | +52.89%-14.26% | +5.20%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.55% | 3.31%3.31% | 5.11%2.55% | 9.68%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +4.62% | +49.43%+49.43% | +29.15%+4.62% | +2.75%

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Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 18.30% | 22.86%

Calls: 20.28% | 21.67%

Puts: 16.31% | 24.05%

Prior 34.73% | 15.96%

Calls: 42.11% | 20.00%

Puts: 27.36% | 11.92%

Current vs Prior -47.31% | +43.23%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.39% | 22.70%

Calls: 32.23% | 23.83%

Puts: 36.55% | 21.56%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -46.78% | +0.73%

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Moderately bearish flow with 69% put dollar volume ($187.89M). Volume explosion - 76% above 7-day average (514,806 vs avg 291,937). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.62 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (1,088,860 puts vs 486,941 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 248 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$440.00	Nov 20	103.30	106.95	$105.13	3.5%	4	0.92	109
$440.00	Oct 23	99.35	103.00	$101.18	3.6%	1	1.00	--
$460.00	Nov 20	84.60	87.95	$86.28	3.9%	11	0.89	191
$435.00	Oct 16	103.10	107.25	$105.18	3.9%	6	999.00	--
$470.00	Nov 20	76.75	79.85	$78.30	4.0%	12	0.86	316

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 16	19.85	20.50	$20.18	3.2%	1.1K	999.00	9.4K
$620.00	Nov 20	80.20	83.30	$81.75	3.8%	2	0.88	2.0K
$635.00	Nov 6	92.90	96.50	$94.70	3.8%	3	0.96	19
$630.00	Oct 30	87.85	91.40	$89.63	4.0%	1	0.97	--
$637.50	Oct 28	95.25	99.15	$97.20	4.0%	4	0.94	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.92, cheapest $0.92)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$557.50	Oct 19	0.89	0.95	$0.92	6.5%	1.6K	0.13	64

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 385 found (avg delta 288.57, highest 999.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$435.00	Oct 16	103.10	107.25	$105.18	3.9%	6	999.00	--
$440.00	Oct 16	98.25	102.25	$100.25	4.0%	1	999.00	--
$465.00	Oct 16	73.20	77.25	$75.22	5.4%	3	999.00	--
$480.00	Oct 16	58.25	62.40	$60.33	6.9%	2	999.00	--
$500.00	Oct 16	38.50	42.40	$40.45	9.6%	22	999.00	259

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$435.00	Oct 16	0.63	$0.32	196.9%	40	999.00	2.7K
$440.00	Oct 16	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	36	999.00	1.2K
$445.00	Oct 16	4.90	$2.45	200.0%	36	999.00	635
$450.00	Oct 16	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	4	999.00	25.1K
$455.00	Oct 16	4.90	$2.45	200.0%	2	999.00	767

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 870 active (total vol 343.7K, top 47.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Nov 20	1.69	1.92	$1.81	12.7%	10.5K	0.07	2.6K
$555.00	Oct 16	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	7.2K	999.00	3.2K
$550.00	Oct 16	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	4.6K	999.00	2.9K
$560.00	Oct 16	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	3.4K	999.00	6.8K
$605.00	Nov 20	4.95	5.45	$5.20	9.6%	3.3K	0.17	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 16	0.34	0.89	$0.62	88.7%	47.2K	999.00	11.5K
$535.00	Oct 16	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	17.1K	999.00	12.0K
$470.00	Oct 19	0.14	0.20	$0.17	35.3%	15.6K	0.01	112
$500.00	Oct 23	2.30	2.85	$2.58	21.3%	9.4K	0.13	5.6K
$530.00	Oct 23	7.60	9.30	$8.45	20.1%	7.7K	0.36	62.7K

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 12.7%, max 19.3%)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$507.50	Oct 23	Oct 28	51.3%	43.0%	19.3%	1.0K	336
$517.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	48.5%	42.1%	15.2%	419	122
$522.50	Oct 19	Oct 26	43.2%	41.7%	3.5%	1.2K	217

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 459 found (best R:R 34.71, avg 5.82)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$595.00	$600.00	Oct 16	$2.44	$2.56	$2.44	100%	1.05	$597.44
$627.50	$630.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	100%	24.00	$627.60
$542.50	$545.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	100%	19.83	$542.62
$642.50	$645.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$2.29	$0.21	100%	10.90	$642.71
$577.50	$580.00	Oct 16	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	100%	9.87	$577.73

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$485.00	$480.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	100%	34.71	$484.86
$445.00	$440.00	Oct 16	$2.44	$2.56	$2.44	100%	1.05	$442.56
$455.00	$450.00	Oct 16	$2.44	$2.56	$2.44	100%	1.05	$452.56
$540.00	$537.50	Oct 16	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	100%	3.39	$539.43
$540.00	$535.00	Nov 6	$1.25	$3.75	$1.25	48%	3.00	$538.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 368 found (best R:R 0.85, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$585.00	$587.50	Nov 6	$1.15	$1.15	$1.35	79%	0.85	$586.15
$627.50	$630.00	Oct 19	$0.68	$0.68	$1.82	96%	0.37	$628.18
$577.50	$580.00	Oct 26	$0.94	$0.94	$1.56	85%	0.60	$578.44
$552.50	$555.00	Nov 6	$1.58	$1.58	$0.92	57%	1.72	$554.08
$560.00	$562.50	Nov 6	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	63%	1.27	$561.40

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$535.00	$530.00	Nov 6	$2.73	$2.73	$2.27	56%	1.20	$532.27
$520.00	$517.50	Oct 26	$1.13	$1.13	$1.37	72%	0.82	$518.87
$470.00	$465.00	Nov 27	$1.13	$1.13	$3.87	85%	0.29	$468.87
$520.00	$515.00	Nov 13	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	66%	0.69	$517.95
$535.00	$532.50	Oct 28	$1.42	$1.42	$1.08	57%	1.31	$533.58

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 206 found (cheapest 0.34% of stock, avg 7.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$540.00	Oct 16	$1.19	$0.62	$1.81	$538.19	$541.81	0.34%
$542.50	Oct 16	$0.17	$2.30	$2.47	$540.03	$544.97	0.46%
$537.50	Oct 16	$3.03	$0.05	$3.08	$534.42	$540.58	0.57%
$545.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$5.03	$5.08	$539.92	$550.08	0.94%
$535.00	Oct 16	$5.50	$0.01	$5.51	$529.49	$540.51	1.02%
$547.50	Oct 16	$0.04	$7.03	$7.07	$540.43	$554.57	1.31%
$550.00	Oct 16	$0.02	$9.57	$9.59	$540.41	$559.59	1.78%
$530.00	Oct 16	$10.07	$0.01	$10.08	$519.92	$540.08	1.87%
$552.50	Oct 16	$0.11	$12.18	$12.29	$540.21	$564.79	2.28%
$545.00	Oct 19	$4.28	$8.65	$12.93	$532.07	$557.93	2.40%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 225 found (cheapest 0.88% of stock, avg 5.34%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$552.50	$530.00	Oct 19	$1.74	$3.03	$4.77	$525.23	$557.27
$552.50	$532.50	Oct 19	$1.74	$3.47	$5.21	$527.29	$557.71
$550.00	$530.00	Oct 19	$2.66	$3.03	$5.69	$524.31	$555.69
$550.00	$532.50	Oct 19	$2.66	$3.47	$6.13	$526.37	$556.13
$547.50	$530.00	Oct 19	$3.39	$3.03	$6.42	$523.58	$553.92
$547.50	$532.50	Oct 19	$3.39	$3.47	$6.86	$525.64	$554.36
$552.50	$535.00	Oct 19	$1.74	$4.38	$6.12	$528.88	$558.62
$550.00	$535.00	Oct 19	$2.66	$4.38	$7.04	$527.96	$557.04
$547.50	$535.00	Oct 19	$3.39	$4.38	$7.77	$527.23	$555.27
$545.00	$530.00	Oct 19	$4.28	$3.03	$7.31	$522.69	$552.31

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 278 found (best R:R 8.26, avg credit $1.45)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
518/520	555/558	Oct 26	$2.23	$0.27	38%	8.26	$517.77	$557.23
518/520	568/570	Oct 26	$1.87	$0.63	51%	2.97	$518.13	$569.37
518/520	562/565	Oct 26	$1.88	$0.62	46%	3.03	$518.12	$564.38
518/520	560/562	Oct 26	$1.86	$0.64	43%	2.91	$518.14	$561.86
465/470	575/580	Nov 27	$2.83	$2.17	52%	1.30	$467.17	$577.83
518/520	565/568	Oct 26	$1.70	$0.80	49%	2.12	$518.30	$566.70
518/520	558/560	Oct 26	$1.83	$0.67	41%	2.73	$518.17	$559.33
445/450	570/575	Nov 20	$2.51	$2.49	56%	1.01	$447.49	$572.51
445/450	585/590	Nov 20	$2.06	$2.94	64%	0.70	$447.94	$587.06
485/490	575/580	Nov 27	$2.92	$2.08	46%	1.40	$487.08	$577.92

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 322 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	3%	99.00
$555.00	$557.50	$560.00	Oct 19	$0.09	$2.41	7%	26.78
$560.00	$565.00	$570.00	Oct 28	$0.23	$4.77	9%	20.74
$545.00	$547.50	$550.00	Oct 19	$0.16	$2.34	12%	14.62
$552.50	$555.00	$557.50	Oct 19	$0.12	$2.38	9%	19.83

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Nov 13	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Oct 19	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$530.00	$535.00	$540.00	Nov 27	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$4.92	5%	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. 331 found (best net $-4.05, 301 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$4.05	$45.95
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$14.30	$20.70
$510.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$4.56	$25.44
$605.00	$610.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.01	$4.99
$615.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.03	$4.97

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$622.50	$590.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$18.55	$13.95
$525.00	$520.00	1:2	Oct 16	$0.00	$5.00
$505.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.01	$4.99
$510.00	$505.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.01	$4.99
$515.00	$510.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.01	$4.99

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 211 found (best yield 5.06%, avg 1.29%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$540.00	Nov 27	$27.30	0.53	0.0%	5.06%	5.10%	4	1
$542.50	Nov 27	$25.80	0.51	0.5%	4.78%	5.28%	3	--
$545.00	Nov 27	$24.25	0.50	1.0%	4.49%	5.46%	28	8
$547.50	Nov 27	$23.00	0.49	1.4%	4.26%	5.69%	32	2
$550.00	Nov 27	$21.80	0.47	1.9%	4.04%	5.93%	30	3
$552.50	Nov 27	$20.70	0.46	2.4%	3.83%	6.19%	2	--
$555.00	Nov 27	$19.60	0.44	2.8%	3.63%	6.45%	3	--
$560.00	Nov 27	$17.90	0.41	3.7%	3.32%	7.06%	16	17
$540.00	Nov 20	$25.85	0.53	0.0%	4.79%	4.83%	287	327
$545.00	Nov 20	$23.20	0.50	1.0%	4.30%	5.26%	36	186

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 142,265

Total Puts 372,541

Put/Call Ratio 2.62

Net Difference -230,276

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 139,144

Total Puts 317,029

Put/Call Ratio 2.28

Net Difference -177,885

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 547,017

Total Puts 1,204,606

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.28

Ratio Trend Rising

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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