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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$609.33 +1.55%

(9/29 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/29 12:00pm) 93,895

Calls: 38,873 (41%)

Puts: 55,022 (59%)

Prior (09/28) 75,820

Calls: 32,548 (43%)

Puts: 43,272 (57%)

Current vs Prior +23.84%

Calls: +19.43% (Calls)

Puts: +27.15% (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 -62.21%

Calls: -60.13%

Puts: -63.55%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29 12:00pm) $49.86M

Calls: $32.37M (65%)

Puts: $17.49M (35%)

Prior (09/28) $49.43M

Calls: $24.61M (50%)

Puts: $24.82M (50%)

Current vs Prior +0.88%

Calls: +31.52%

Puts: -29.51%

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 -72.08%

Calls: -72.52%

Puts: -71.22%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/29 12:00pm) 1.42

Prior (09/28) 1.33

Current vs Prior +6.46%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.66

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -14.67%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/29 12:00pm) 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 0.85% | 1.80%1.80% | 2.93%2.93% | 4.61%5.96% | 11.54%

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

Current vs Prior +42.91% | +16.26%+203.52% | +36.10%-7.24% | -1.60%+0.28% | +0.51%

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 -39.40% | -11.12%+122.17% | +43.65%+54.51% | +12.41%+20.40% | +8.74%

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 +42.91% | +16.26%-19.79% | -9.25%-9.25% | -0.40%+0.04% | -0.04%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 21.02% | 24.84%

Calls: 19.93% | 32.86%

Puts: 22.12% | 16.82%

Prior 24.04% | 36.96%

Calls: 25.00% | 41.31%

Puts: 23.08% | 32.61%

Current vs Prior -12.56% | -32.79%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.01% | 36.89%

Calls: 43.57% | 48.02%

Puts: 36.46% | 25.76%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -47.47% | -32.66%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($32.37M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.42 indicates protective positioning. 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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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 513 of results (avg 5.5%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Oct 23	18.90	19.20	$19.05	1.6%	7	0.48	180
$500.00	Oct 16	109.55	111.60	$110.57	1.9%	11	0.97	275
$497.50	Sep 29	110.65	112.90	$111.78	2.0%	37	0.97	--
$617.50	Oct 30	21.90	22.35	$22.13	2.0%	20	0.47	19
$625.00	Oct 23	14.55	14.85	$14.70	2.0%	94	0.40	235

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 30	15.85	16.20	$16.02	2.2%	17	0.36	353
$595.00	Oct 30	17.65	18.05	$17.85	2.2%	18	0.39	51
$612.50	Oct 30	25.35	25.95	$25.65	2.3%	12	0.50	25
$600.00	Nov 6	22.60	23.15	$22.88	2.4%	22	0.42	6
$635.00	Oct 30	38.30	39.30	$38.80	2.6%	--	0.63	17

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 53 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.51)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$612.50	Sep 29	0.66	0.80	$0.73	19.2%	2.0K	0.26	877
$627.50	Sep 30	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	60	0.09	51
$625.00	Sep 30	0.67	0.79	$0.73	16.4%	842	0.12	195
$640.00	Oct 1	0.48	0.57	$0.52	17.3%	5	0.06	12
$637.50	Oct 1	0.58	0.68	$0.63	15.9%	84	0.07	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Sep 29	0.47	0.55	$0.51	15.7%	2.6K	0.19	152
$587.50	Sep 30	0.43	0.50	$0.47	14.9%	440	0.07	70
$590.00	Sep 30	0.56	0.64	$0.60	13.3%	223	0.09	238
$592.50	Sep 30	0.73	0.81	$0.77	10.4%	72	0.11	99
$575.00	Oct 1	0.45	0.54	$0.50	18.0%	54	0.05	14

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 344 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Sep 30	67.65	70.90	$69.28	4.7%	--	1.00	15
$550.00	Sep 30	57.65	60.95	$59.30	5.6%	10	1.00	13
$555.00	Sep 30	52.65	55.95	$54.30	6.1%	1	1.00	2
$557.50	Sep 30	50.20	53.45	$51.83	6.3%	20	1.00	22
$560.00	Sep 30	47.70	50.95	$49.33	6.6%	12	1.00	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Oct 2	53.65	57.50	$55.58	6.9%	1	1.00	--
$667.50	Oct 2	57.05	60.20	$58.63	5.4%	1	1.00	--
$650.00	Sep 30	39.25	42.75	$41.00	8.5%	4	0.98	2
$690.00	Oct 1	79.20	82.55	$80.88	4.1%	--	0.95	14
$620.00	Sep 29	9.25	12.55	$10.90	30.3%	12	0.95	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 829 active (total vol 75.7K, top 3.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Sep 29	0.30	0.40	$0.35	28.6%	2.3K	0.14	866
$612.50	Sep 29	0.66	0.80	$0.73	19.2%	2.0K	0.26	877
$620.00	Sep 29	0.06	0.10	$0.08	50.0%	1.7K	0.04	535
$617.50	Sep 29	0.14	0.24	$0.19	52.6%	1.5K	0.07	491
$625.00	Oct 16	10.90	11.35	$11.13	4.0%	1.3K	0.38	11.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	0.60	0.66	$0.63	9.5%	3.1K	0.03	13.7K
$605.00	Sep 29	0.47	0.55	$0.51	15.7%	2.6K	0.19	152
$580.00	Oct 2	1.12	1.25	$1.19	10.9%	2.2K	0.10	1.4K
$590.00	Oct 2	2.24	2.41	$2.33	7.3%	2.2K	0.19	1.0K
$607.50	Sep 29	1.00	1.23	$1.12	20.5%	1.4K	0.35	169

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 4.4%, max 9.3%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$605.00	Sep 29	Nov 6	36.6%	34.9%	5.0%	92	518
$610.00	Sep 29	Nov 6	35.8%	34.5%	3.8%	806	138
$607.50	Sep 29	Oct 30	35.3%	34.2%	3.3%	288	309

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$630.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	37.1%	33.9%	9.3%	11	12
$605.00	Sep 29	Nov 6	36.6%	34.9%	5.0%	2.6K	165
$607.50	Sep 29	Oct 30	35.3%	34.2%	3.3%	1.4K	184
$625.00	Oct 2	Oct 30	36.5%	36.2%	1.0%	2	34

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 589 found (best R:R 53.35, avg 6.85)

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
$592.50	$595.00	Sep 30	$1.58	$0.92	$1.58	89%	0.58	$594.08
$627.50	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.59	$4.41	$0.59	26%	7.47	$628.09
$605.00	$610.00	Oct 6	$2.17	$2.83	$2.17	58%	1.30	$607.17
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 7	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	54%	2.12	$608.30

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$595.00	Oct 13	$1.13	$3.87	$1.13	39%	3.42	$598.87
$625.00	$620.00	Oct 2	$3.12	$1.88	$3.12	77%	0.60	$621.88
$610.00	$607.50	Oct 7	$0.67	$1.83	$0.67	49%	2.73	$609.33
$572.50	$560.00	Oct 7	$0.64	$11.86	$0.64	13%	18.53	$571.86
$600.00	$597.50	Oct 5	$0.39	$2.11	$0.39	34%	5.41	$599.61

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 482 found (best R:R 0.33, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$635.00	$672.50	Oct 12	$4.11	$4.11	$33.39	75%	0.12	$639.11
$615.00	$642.50	Oct 8	$7.39	$7.39	$20.11	56%	0.37	$622.39
$690.00	$705.00	Sep 29	$0.86	$0.86	$14.14	95%	0.06	$690.86
$667.50	$670.00	Oct 1	$0.77	$0.77	$1.73	94%	0.45	$668.27
$625.00	$627.50	Oct 6	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	70%	1.00	$626.25

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$495.00	$490.00	Oct 1	$1.24	$1.24	$3.76	96%	0.33	$493.76
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 1	$1.08	$1.08	$1.42	95%	0.76	$526.42
$522.50	$520.00	Oct 1	$0.85	$0.85	$1.65	95%	0.52	$521.65
$562.50	$560.00	Oct 1	$0.73	$0.73	$1.77	94%	0.41	$561.77
$512.50	$510.00	Oct 2	$0.66	$0.66	$1.84	97%	0.36	$511.84

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.91, cheapest $2.72)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$2.72	35.3%	34.3%
$610.00	Sep 29	Sep 30	$2.97	35.8%	36.0%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$2.86	35.3%	34.3%
$610.00	Sep 29	Sep 30	$3.09	35.8%	36.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 254 found (cheapest 0.63% of stock, avg 6.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$610.00	Sep 29	$1.56	$2.26	$3.82	$606.18	$613.82	0.63%
$607.50	Sep 29	$2.91	$1.12	$4.03	$603.47	$611.53	0.66%
$612.50	Sep 29	$0.73	$4.30	$5.03	$607.47	$617.53	0.83%
$605.00	Sep 29	$4.95	$0.51	$5.46	$599.54	$610.46	0.90%
$615.00	Sep 29	$0.35	$5.98	$6.33	$608.67	$621.33	1.04%
$602.50	Sep 29	$6.88	$0.25	$7.13	$595.37	$609.63	1.17%
$617.50	Sep 29	$0.19	$8.65	$8.84	$608.66	$626.34	1.45%
$607.50	Sep 30	$5.63	$3.98	$9.61	$597.89	$617.11	1.58%
$600.00	Sep 29	$9.53	$0.14	$9.67	$590.33	$609.67	1.59%
$610.00	Sep 30	$4.53	$5.35	$9.88	$600.12	$619.88	1.62%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 345 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.36%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$617.50	$600.00	Sep 29	$0.19	$0.14	$0.33	$599.67	$617.83
$617.50	$602.50	Sep 29	$0.19	$0.25	$0.44	$602.06	$617.94
$615.00	$600.00	Sep 29	$0.35	$0.14	$0.49	$599.51	$615.49
$615.00	$602.50	Sep 29	$0.35	$0.25	$0.60	$601.90	$615.60
$617.50	$605.00	Sep 29	$0.19	$0.51	$0.70	$604.30	$618.20
$615.00	$605.00	Sep 29	$0.35	$0.51	$0.86	$604.14	$615.86
$612.50	$600.00	Sep 29	$0.73	$0.14	$0.87	$599.13	$613.37
$652.50	$600.00	Sep 29	$0.93	$0.14	$1.07	$598.93	$653.57
$612.50	$602.50	Sep 29	$0.73	$0.25	$0.98	$601.52	$613.48
$652.50	$602.50	Sep 29	$0.93	$0.25	$1.18	$601.32	$653.68

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 545 found (best R:R 2.29, avg credit $1.16)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
525/528	620/622	Oct 1	$1.74	$0.76	67%	2.29	$525.76	$621.74
525/528	632/635	Oct 1	$1.26	$1.24	84%	1.02	$526.24	$633.76
525/528	630/632	Oct 1	$1.31	$1.19	82%	1.10	$526.19	$631.31
525/528	622/625	Oct 1	$1.55	$0.95	72%	1.63	$525.95	$624.05
525/528	628/630	Oct 1	$1.37	$1.13	79%	1.21	$526.13	$628.87
525/528	625/628	Oct 1	$1.44	$1.06	76%	1.36	$526.06	$626.44
525/528	618/620	Oct 1	$1.71	$0.79	63%	2.16	$525.79	$619.21
520/522	620/622	Oct 1	$1.51	$0.99	67%	1.53	$520.99	$621.51
502/505	660/665	Sep 29	$1.19	$3.81	90%	0.31	$503.81	$661.19
490/495	632/635	Oct 1	$1.42	$3.58	85%	0.40	$493.58	$633.92

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 359 found (best R:R 24.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Sep 29	$0.52	$1.98	40%	3.81
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Oct 1	$0.07	$2.43	11%	34.71
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 6	$0.20	$4.80	15%	24.00
$610.00	$622.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$2.16	$10.34	32%	4.79
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Sep 30	$0.09	$2.41	13%	26.78

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 533 found (best net $-3.00, 487 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$680.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.66	$29.34
$610.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$2.57	$12.43
$610.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$2.81	$7.19
$607.50	$610.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.21	$2.29
$605.00	$607.50	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.87	$1.63

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$645.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$3.00	$19.50
$622.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$2.63	$9.87
$612.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$1.82	$10.68
$622.50	$615.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$2.45	$5.05
$635.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 5	-$8.04	$4.46

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 214 found (best yield 4.14%, avg 1.07%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$617.50	Nov 6	$25.20	0.48	1.3%	4.14%	5.48%	13	4
$610.00	Nov 6	$28.70	0.52	0.1%	4.71%	4.82%	2	2
$612.50	Nov 6	$27.40	0.51	0.5%	4.50%	5.02%	1	7
$620.00	Nov 6	$24.05	0.47	1.8%	3.95%	5.70%	10	47
$615.00	Nov 6	$26.10	0.49	0.9%	4.28%	5.21%	10	20
$622.50	Nov 6	$22.90	0.45	2.2%	3.76%	5.92%	13	9
$625.00	Nov 6	$21.85	0.44	2.6%	3.59%	6.16%	57	15
$630.00	Nov 6	$19.80	0.41	3.4%	3.25%	6.64%	7	4
$635.00	Nov 6	$17.90	0.39	4.2%	2.94%	7.15%	8	18
$640.00	Nov 6	$16.15	0.36	5.0%	2.65%	7.68%	20	15

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 38,873

Total Puts 55,022

Put/Call Ratio 1.42

Net Difference -16,149

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 32,548

Total Puts 43,272

Put/Call Ratio 1.33

Net Difference -10,724

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 682,523

Total Puts 1,056,598

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.66

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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