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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$612.07 +2.01%

(9/29 10:00) ◀

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 (11:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29 11:00am) 61,325

Calls: 28,786 (47%)

Puts: 32,539 (53%)

Prior (09/28) 59,669

Calls: 26,197 (44%)

Puts: 33,472 (56%)

Current vs Prior +2.78%

Calls: +9.88% (Calls)

Puts: -2.79% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,739,121

Calls: 682,523 (39%)

Puts: 1,056,598 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 248,445

Calls: 97,503 (39%)

Puts: 150,942 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -75.32%

Calls: -70.48%

Puts: -78.44%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29 11:00am) $30.31M

Calls: $22.11M (73%)

Puts: $8.20M (27%)

Prior (09/28) $40.51M

Calls: $17.09M (42%)

Puts: $23.42M (58%)

Current vs Prior -25.18%

Calls: +29.34%

Puts: -64.97%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.25B

Calls: $824.67M (66%)

Puts: $425.44M (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average $178.59M

Calls: $117.81M (66%)

Puts: $60.78M (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -83.03%

Calls: -81.24%

Puts: -86.50%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29 11:00am) 1.13

Prior (09/28) 1.28

Current vs Prior -11.53%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.66

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -31.85%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29 11:00am) 1,753,254

Calls: 639,319 (36%)

Puts: 1,113,935 (64%)

Prior (09/28) 1,714,840

Calls: 632,600 (37%)

Puts: 1,082,240 (63%)

Current vs Prior +2.24%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,330,585

Calls: 4,612,468 (37%)

Puts: 7,718,117 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,761,512

Calls: 658,924 (37%)

Puts: 1,102,588 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.47%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/29) | Next (09/30)Expiry (09/30) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.94% | 1.88%1.88% | 3.03%3.03% | 4.59%6.00% | 11.45%

Prior 0.59% | 1.55%0.59% | 2.15%3.16% | 4.69%5.94% | 11.48%

Current vs Prior +59.05% | +21.01%+215.92% | +40.79%-4.04% | -2.11%+0.93% | -0.22%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.40% | 2.03%0.81% | 2.04%1.90% | 4.10%4.95% | 10.61%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -32.56% | -7.49%+131.24% | +48.61%+59.85% | +11.83%+21.18% | +7.95%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.59% | 1.55%2.25% | 3.23%3.23% | 4.63%5.95% | 11.54%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +59.05% | +21.01%-16.51% | -6.12%-6.12% | -0.91%+0.69% | -0.77%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 17.69% | 12.87%

Calls: 21.86% | 10.35%

Puts: 13.52% | 15.38%

Prior 24.04% | 36.96%

Calls: 25.00% | 41.31%

Puts: 23.08% | 32.61%

Current vs Prior -26.41% | -65.18%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.01% | 36.89%

Calls: 43.57% | 48.02%

Puts: 36.46% | 25.76%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -55.79% | -65.11%

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Moderately bullish flow with 73% call dollar volume ($22.11M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.13. Put-heavy open interest (1,113,935 puts vs 639,319 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 473 of results (avg 6.1%, best 2.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	112.50	115.40	$113.95	2.5%	8	0.98	275
$490.00	Oct 16	122.40	125.60	$124.00	2.6%	--	0.98	49
$490.00	Oct 5	121.35	124.60	$122.98	2.6%	--	1.00	10
$490.00	Oct 2	121.25	124.50	$122.88	2.6%	2	1.00	11
$495.00	Oct 2	116.25	119.50	$117.88	2.8%	1	1.00	2

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Oct 9	9.90	10.10	$10.00	2.0%	22	0.40	325
$607.50	Oct 30	21.75	22.30	$22.03	2.5%	11	0.45	15
$615.00	Oct 30	25.30	25.95	$25.63	2.5%	20	0.50	3
$612.50	Oct 30	24.05	24.70	$24.38	2.7%	12	0.48	25
$602.50	Nov 6	22.60	23.30	$22.95	3.1%	2	0.42	14

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 64 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.31)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$637.50	Sep 30	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	4	0.05	127
$635.00	Sep 30	0.36	0.43	$0.40	17.5%	72	0.06	45
$632.50	Sep 30	0.47	0.55	$0.51	15.7%	18	0.08	23
$630.00	Sep 30	0.62	0.72	$0.67	14.9%	723	0.10	164
$627.50	Sep 30	0.83	0.96	$0.90	14.4%	55	0.13	51

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$592.50	Sep 30	0.54	0.62	$0.58	13.8%	19	0.09	99
$590.00	Sep 30	0.43	0.50	$0.47	14.9%	77	0.07	238
$585.00	Sep 30	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	96	0.04	161
$587.50	Sep 30	0.34	0.41	$0.38	18.4%	433	0.06	70
$595.00	Sep 30	0.69	0.83	$0.76	18.4%	59	0.11	198

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 324 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Oct 5	121.35	124.60	$122.98	2.6%	--	1.00	10
$500.00	Oct 7	110.90	114.85	$112.88	3.5%	2	1.00	--
$550.00	Sep 29	60.95	64.20	$62.58	5.2%	20	1.00	10
$570.00	Sep 29	40.95	44.15	$42.55	7.5%	--	1.00	75
$580.00	Sep 29	30.95	34.20	$32.58	10.0%	--	1.00	97

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Sep 30	35.85	39.15	$37.50	8.8%	3	1.00	2
$705.00	Oct 16	91.00	94.30	$92.65	3.6%	--	0.94	25
$690.00	Oct 1	75.85	79.10	$77.47	4.2%	--	0.94	14
$620.00	Sep 29	6.00	9.50	$7.75	45.2%	11	0.91	--
$675.00	Oct 16	62.05	65.30	$63.68	5.1%	--	0.90	11

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 743 active (total vol 51.9K, top 1.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Sep 29	0.94	1.22	$1.08	25.9%	1.9K	0.30	866
$612.50	Sep 29	1.74	2.30	$2.02	27.7%	1.5K	0.47	877
$620.00	Sep 29	0.25	0.36	$0.31	35.5%	1.3K	0.10	535
$617.50	Sep 29	0.52	0.65	$0.59	22.0%	1.0K	0.18	491
$610.00	Oct 16	18.85	20.20	$19.52	6.9%	745	0.54	4.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$607.50	Sep 29	0.58	0.76	$0.67	26.9%	1.2K	0.21	169
$505.00	Oct 16	0.62	0.71	$0.67	13.4%	1.0K	0.03	2.1K
$605.00	Sep 29	0.27	0.39	$0.33	36.4%	875	0.11	152
$570.00	Sep 29	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	869	0.00	427
$567.50	Oct 2	0.43	0.52	$0.48	18.8%	784	0.04	575

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 8.1%, max 11.1%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$607.50	Sep 29	Oct 30	38.0%	34.2%	11.1%	234	309
$612.50	Sep 29	Oct 30	37.5%	33.9%	10.7%	1.6K	962
$617.50	Sep 29	Nov 6	39.3%	37.6%	4.4%	1.0K	495
$610.00	Sep 29	Nov 6	36.6%	35.2%	4.2%	594	138

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$607.50	Sep 29	Oct 30	38.0%	34.2%	11.1%	1.2K	184
$630.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	37.9%	34.2%	10.6%	11	12
$622.50	Sep 30	Oct 16	37.0%	33.8%	9.5%	6	23
$625.00	Oct 2	Oct 30	37.7%	36.4%	3.5%	2	34

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 562 found (best R:R 53.35, avg 7.50)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$650.00	$662.50	Oct 7	$0.23	$12.27	$0.23	12%	53.35	$650.23
$585.00	$587.50	Oct 9	$1.42	$1.08	$1.42	79%	0.76	$586.42
$602.50	$605.00	Oct 9	$1.12	$1.38	$1.12	62%	1.23	$603.62
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 5	$0.98	$1.52	$0.98	58%	1.55	$608.48
$617.50	$620.00	Nov 6	$0.82	$1.68	$0.82	49%	2.05	$618.32

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$622.50	$615.00	Sep 30	$4.60	$2.90	$4.60	78%	0.63	$617.90
$607.50	$597.50	Oct 7	$2.84	$7.16	$2.84	44%	2.52	$604.66
$617.50	$610.00	Oct 6	$3.27	$4.23	$3.27	57%	1.29	$614.23
$622.50	$620.00	Oct 16	$0.87	$1.63	$0.87	58%	1.87	$621.63
$540.00	$505.00	Oct 7	$0.41	$34.59	$0.41	5%	84.37	$539.59

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 472 found (best R:R 0.16, avg 0.32)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$635.00	$672.50	Oct 12	$5.08	$5.08	$32.42	72%	0.16	$640.08
$615.00	$642.50	Oct 8	$8.76	$8.76	$18.74	53%	0.47	$623.76
$667.50	$670.00	Oct 1	$0.85	$0.85	$1.65	93%	0.52	$668.35
$690.00	$705.00	Sep 29	$0.80	$0.80	$14.20	95%	0.06	$690.80
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 5	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	50%	1.94	$614.15

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$495.00	$490.00	Oct 1	$1.22	$1.22	$3.78	96%	0.32	$493.78
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 1	$0.87	$0.87	$1.63	95%	0.53	$531.63
$500.00	$497.50	Sep 30	$0.89	$0.89	$1.61	94%	0.55	$499.11
$512.50	$510.00	Oct 2	$0.67	$0.67	$1.83	97%	0.37	$511.83
$552.50	$550.00	Sep 29	$0.67	$0.67	$1.83	96%	0.37	$551.83

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $2.83, cheapest $2.76)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$612.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$2.88	37.5%	35.8%
$615.00	Sep 29	Sep 30	$2.70	37.7%	36.4%
$610.00	Sep 29	Sep 30	$2.94	36.6%	36.5%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$612.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$2.76	37.5%	35.8%
$610.00	Sep 29	Sep 30	$2.87	36.6%	36.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 236 found (cheapest 0.73% of stock, avg 6.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$612.50	Sep 29	$2.02	$2.44	$4.46	$608.04	$616.96	0.73%
$610.00	Sep 29	$3.34	$1.33	$4.67	$605.33	$614.67	0.76%
$615.00	Sep 29	$1.08	$3.88	$4.96	$610.04	$619.96	0.81%
$607.50	Sep 29	$5.32	$0.67	$5.99	$601.51	$613.49	0.98%
$617.50	Sep 29	$0.59	$5.40	$5.99	$611.51	$623.49	0.98%
$605.00	Sep 29	$7.33	$0.33	$7.66	$597.34	$612.66	1.25%
$620.00	Sep 29	$0.31	$7.75	$8.06	$611.94	$628.06	1.32%
$602.50	Sep 29	$9.70	$0.18	$9.88	$592.62	$612.38	1.61%
$612.50	Sep 30	$4.90	$5.20	$10.10	$602.40	$622.60	1.65%
$610.00	Sep 30	$6.28	$4.20	$10.48	$599.52	$620.48	1.71%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 343 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 3.32%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$620.00	$602.50	Sep 29	$0.31	$0.18	$0.49	$602.01	$620.49
$620.00	$605.00	Sep 29	$0.31	$0.33	$0.64	$604.36	$620.64
$617.50	$602.50	Sep 29	$0.59	$0.18	$0.77	$601.73	$618.27
$617.50	$605.00	Sep 29	$0.59	$0.33	$0.92	$604.08	$618.42
$620.00	$607.50	Sep 29	$0.31	$0.67	$0.98	$606.52	$620.98
$652.50	$602.50	Sep 29	$0.93	$0.18	$1.11	$601.39	$653.61
$617.50	$607.50	Sep 29	$0.59	$0.67	$1.26	$606.24	$618.76
$652.50	$605.00	Sep 29	$0.93	$0.33	$1.26	$603.74	$653.76
$615.00	$602.50	Sep 29	$1.08	$0.18	$1.26	$601.24	$616.26
$615.00	$605.00	Sep 29	$1.08	$0.33	$1.41	$603.59	$616.41

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 575 found (best R:R 0.72, avg credit $1.27)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
498/500	655/658	Sep 30	$1.05	$1.45	90%	0.72	$498.95	$656.05
540/542	660/665	Sep 29	$1.28	$3.72	89%	0.34	$541.22	$661.28
550/552	660/665	Sep 29	$1.28	$3.72	89%	0.34	$551.22	$661.28
530/532	620/622	Oct 1	$1.67	$0.83	61%	2.01	$530.83	$621.67
498/500	632/635	Sep 30	$1.00	$1.50	86%	0.67	$499.00	$633.50
530/532	635/638	Oct 1	$1.09	$1.41	82%	0.77	$531.41	$636.09
498/500	630/632	Sep 30	$1.05	$1.45	84%	0.72	$498.95	$631.05
498/500	628/630	Sep 30	$1.12	$1.38	81%	0.81	$498.88	$628.62
530/532	632/635	Oct 1	$1.14	$1.36	80%	0.84	$531.36	$633.64
498/500	618/620	Sep 30	$1.62	$0.88	60%	1.84	$498.38	$619.12

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 368 found (best R:R 30.25, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$610.00	$612.50	$615.00	Sep 29	$0.38	$2.12	35%	5.58
$650.00	$655.00	$660.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.24	$4.76	12%	19.83
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 1	$0.06	$2.44	10%	40.67
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Oct 5	$0.21	$4.79	10%	22.81

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$612.50	$615.00	$617.50	Sep 29	$0.08	$2.42	30%	30.25
$610.00	$622.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$2.39	$10.11	36%	4.23
$587.50	$595.00	$602.50	Oct 12	$0.34	$7.16	14%	21.06
$610.00	$612.50	$615.00	Sep 29	$0.33	$2.17	35%	6.58
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 1	$0.08	$2.42	11%	30.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 522 found (best net $-2.99, 486 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$680.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.46	$29.54
$610.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$2.50	$12.50
$595.00	$610.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$5.32	$9.68
$610.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$2.78	$7.22
$642.50	$655.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.30	$12.20

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$645.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$2.99	$19.51
$622.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$1.87	$10.63
$635.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 5	-$6.36	$6.14
$622.50	$615.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$2.10	$5.40
$610.00	$600.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$2.10	$7.90

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 205 found (best yield 4.20%, avg 1.03%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$620.00	Nov 6	$25.70	0.48	1.3%	4.20%	5.49%	10	47
$622.50	Nov 6	$24.55	0.47	1.7%	4.01%	5.72%	13	9
$625.00	Nov 6	$23.50	0.45	2.1%	3.84%	5.95%	18	15
$630.00	Nov 6	$21.35	0.43	2.9%	3.49%	6.42%	7	4
$615.00	Nov 6	$27.35	0.51	0.5%	4.47%	4.95%	--	20
$617.50	Nov 6	$26.05	0.49	0.9%	4.26%	5.14%	11	4
$635.00	Nov 6	$19.40	0.40	3.8%	3.17%	6.92%	8	18
$640.00	Nov 6	$17.50	0.38	4.6%	2.86%	7.42%	20	15
$645.00	Nov 6	$15.75	0.35	5.4%	2.57%	7.95%	9	7
$650.00	Nov 6	$14.25	0.33	6.2%	2.33%	8.53%	5	6

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 28,786

Total Puts 32,539

Put/Call Ratio 1.13

Net Difference -3,753

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 26,197

Total Puts 33,472

Put/Call Ratio 1.28

Net Difference -7,275

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 682,523

Total Puts 1,056,598

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.66

Ratio Trend Falling

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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