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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$606.99 +1.16%

(9/29 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/29 2:00pm) 126,160

Calls: 52,765 (42%)

Puts: 73,395 (58%)

Prior (09/28) 125,673

Calls: 47,306 (38%)

Puts: 78,367 (62%)

Current vs Prior +0.39%

Calls: +11.54% (Calls)

Puts: -6.34% (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 -49.22%

Calls: -45.88%

Puts: -51.38%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/29 2:00pm) $73.21M

Calls: $45.46M (62%)

Puts: $27.74M (38%)

Prior (09/28) $83.47M

Calls: $53.47M (64%)

Puts: $30.00M (36%)

Current vs Prior -12.30%

Calls: -14.98%

Puts: -7.54%

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 -59.01%

Calls: -61.41%

Puts: -54.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/29 2:00pm) 1.39

Prior (09/28) 1.66

Current vs Prior -16.03%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.66

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -16.14%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/29 2:00pm) 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

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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 0.66% | 1.64%1.64% | 2.90%2.90% | 4.43%5.81% | 11.43%

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

Current vs Prior +10.44% | +6.08%+176.94% | +34.71%-8.19% | -5.40%-2.16% | -0.47%

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 -53.17% | -18.90%+102.71% | +42.19%+52.94% | +8.07%+17.47% | +7.69%

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 +10.44% | +6.08%-26.81% | -10.18%-10.18% | -4.24%-2.39% | -1.01%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.16% | 28.31%

Calls: 19.69% | 31.78%

Puts: 32.64% | 24.84%

Prior 24.04% | 36.96%

Calls: 25.00% | 41.31%

Puts: 23.08% | 32.61%

Current vs Prior +8.82% | -23.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.01% | 36.89%

Calls: 43.57% | 48.02%

Puts: 36.46% | 25.76%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -34.62% | -23.25%

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Moderately bullish flow with 62% call dollar volume ($45.46M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.39 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

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Current NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 429 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$487.50	Sep 29	118.50	121.40	$119.95	2.4%	45	0.97	1
$490.00	Oct 2	115.75	119.00	$117.38	2.8%	2	1.00	11
$495.00	Oct 9	111.35	114.50	$112.93	2.8%	--	0.99	21
$495.00	Oct 2	110.75	114.00	$112.38	2.9%	1	1.00	2
$617.50	Nov 6	23.85	24.55	$24.20	2.9%	16	0.47	4

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$725.00	Sep 29	116.60	119.55	$118.07	2.5%	5	1.00	--
$610.00	Nov 6	27.60	28.40	$28.00	2.9%	11	0.49	1
$607.50	Nov 6	26.35	27.15	$26.75	3.0%	6	0.48	2
$595.00	Nov 6	20.85	21.50	$21.18	3.1%	--	0.41	18
$612.50	Nov 6	28.85	29.80	$29.33	3.2%	13	0.51	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 43 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.60)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$622.50	Sep 30	0.54	0.65	$0.60	18.3%	435	0.10	51
$635.00	Oct 1	0.50	0.59	$0.54	16.7%	85	0.07	12
$632.50	Oct 1	0.63	0.72	$0.68	13.2%	165	0.08	6
$630.00	Oct 1	0.80	0.89	$0.85	10.6%	293	0.10	10
$642.50	Oct 2	0.53	0.62	$0.57	15.8%	47	0.06	575

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$587.50	Sep 30	0.37	0.44	$0.41	17.1%	447	0.07	70
$590.00	Sep 30	0.50	0.59	$0.54	16.7%	451	0.09	238
$572.50	Oct 1	0.38	0.46	$0.42	19.0%	--	0.05	43
$575.00	Oct 1	0.45	0.53	$0.49	16.3%	54	0.06	14
$582.50	Oct 1	0.78	0.91	$0.85	15.3%	51	0.09	13

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 361 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Oct 2	115.75	119.00	$117.38	2.8%	2	1.00	11
$495.00	Oct 2	110.75	114.00	$112.38	2.9%	1	1.00	2
$500.00	Oct 2	105.60	109.00	$107.30	3.2%	1	1.00	22
$505.00	Oct 2	100.80	104.00	$102.40	3.1%	3	1.00	4
$510.00	Oct 2	95.80	99.00	$97.40	3.3%	3	1.00	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$617.50	Sep 29	8.95	12.10	$10.52	29.9%	2	1.00	--
$620.00	Sep 29	11.50	14.60	$13.05	23.8%	12	1.00	--
$725.00	Sep 29	116.60	119.55	$118.07	2.5%	5	1.00	--
$650.00	Sep 30	41.15	43.30	$42.22	5.1%	4	1.00	2
$667.50	Oct 2	59.05	62.15	$60.60	5.1%	1	0.98	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 920 active (total vol 95.6K, top 3.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Sep 29	0.03	0.08	$0.06	83.3%	3.1K	0.03	866
$612.50	Sep 29	0.09	0.16	$0.13	53.8%	2.2K	0.07	877
$620.00	Sep 29	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	1.8K	0.01	535
$617.50	Sep 29	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	1.7K	0.01	491
$610.00	Sep 29	0.31	0.38	$0.35	20.0%	1.7K	0.19	136

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	0.52	0.65	$0.59	22.0%	3.1K	0.02	13.7K
$605.00	Sep 29	0.40	0.56	$0.48	33.3%	3.1K	0.25	152
$597.50	Sep 30	1.25	1.55	$1.40	21.4%	2.4K	0.20	160
$580.00	Oct 2	1.08	1.27	$1.18	16.1%	2.2K	0.11	1.4K
$590.00	Oct 2	2.27	2.55	$2.41	11.6%	2.2K	0.20	1.0K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 1 strikes (avg 2.5%, max 2.5%)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$625.00	Oct 2	Oct 30	36.7%	35.8%	2.5%	2	34

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 592 found (best R:R 7.33, avg 7.03)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$650.00	$662.50	Oct 7	$0.40	$12.10	$0.40	11%	30.25	$650.40
$600.00	$602.50	Oct 16	$0.87	$1.63	$0.87	58%	1.87	$600.87
$590.00	$600.00	Nov 6	$5.43	$4.57	$5.43	62%	0.84	$595.43
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 12	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	27%	19.83	$630.12
$582.50	$587.50	Oct 12	$3.28	$1.72	$3.28	77%	0.52	$585.78

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$597.50	Nov 6	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	44%	7.33	$599.70
$597.50	$595.00	Oct 30	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	42%	5.25	$597.10
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	46%	4.00	$604.50
$595.00	$590.00	Nov 6	$1.41	$3.59	$1.41	41%	2.55	$593.59
$602.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$2.40	$5.10	$2.40	44%	2.12	$600.10

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 487 found (best R:R 0.63, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$690.00	$705.00	Sep 29	$0.96	$0.96	$14.04	95%	0.07	$690.96
$667.50	$670.00	Oct 1	$0.78	$0.78	$1.72	94%	0.45	$668.28
$660.00	$665.00	Sep 29	$0.70	$0.70	$4.30	93%	0.16	$660.70
$620.00	$622.50	Oct 12	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	63%	1.27	$621.40
$610.00	$612.50	Oct 5	$1.48	$1.48	$1.02	55%	1.45	$611.48

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$537.50	$535.00	Sep 29	$0.97	$0.97	$1.53	95%	0.63	$536.53
$562.50	$560.00	Oct 1	$0.73	$0.73	$1.77	93%	0.41	$561.77
$590.00	$587.50	Nov 6	$1.52	$1.52	$0.98	62%	1.55	$588.48
$542.50	$540.00	Sep 29	$0.62	$0.62	$1.88	96%	0.33	$541.88
$500.00	$495.00	Oct 1	$0.57	$0.57	$4.43	98%	0.13	$499.43

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.29, cheapest $3.19)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$3.40	31.9%	34.4%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$3.19	31.9%	34.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 273 found (cheapest 0.41% of stock, avg 5.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$607.50	Sep 29	$1.03	$1.44	$2.47	$605.03	$609.97	0.41%
$605.00	Sep 29	$2.54	$0.48	$3.02	$601.98	$608.02	0.50%
$610.00	Sep 29	$0.35	$3.18	$3.53	$606.47	$613.53	0.58%
$602.50	Sep 29	$4.58	$0.14	$4.72	$597.78	$607.22	0.78%
$612.50	Sep 29	$0.13	$5.90	$6.03	$606.47	$618.53	0.99%
$600.00	Sep 29	$6.88	$0.06	$6.94	$593.06	$606.94	1.14%
$615.00	Sep 29	$0.06	$8.13	$8.19	$606.81	$623.19	1.35%
$605.00	Sep 30	$5.35	$3.70	$9.05	$595.95	$614.05	1.49%
$607.50	Sep 30	$4.43	$4.63	$9.06	$598.44	$616.56	1.49%
$610.00	Sep 30	$3.28	$6.28	$9.56	$600.44	$619.56	1.57%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 347 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.36%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$612.50	$602.50	Sep 29	$0.13	$0.14	$0.27	$602.23	$612.77
$610.00	$602.50	Sep 29	$0.35	$0.14	$0.49	$602.01	$610.49
$612.50	$605.00	Sep 29	$0.13	$0.48	$0.61	$604.39	$613.11
$610.00	$605.00	Sep 29	$0.35	$0.48	$0.83	$604.17	$610.83
$652.50	$602.50	Sep 29	$1.02	$0.14	$1.16	$601.34	$653.66
$655.00	$602.50	Sep 29	$1.14	$0.14	$1.28	$601.22	$656.28
$607.50	$602.50	Sep 29	$1.03	$0.14	$1.17	$601.33	$608.67
$652.50	$605.00	Sep 29	$1.02	$0.48	$1.50	$603.50	$654.00
$607.50	$605.00	Sep 29	$1.03	$0.48	$1.51	$603.49	$609.01
$655.00	$605.00	Sep 29	$1.14	$0.48	$1.62	$603.38	$656.62

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 555 found (best R:R 0.50, avg credit $1.12)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
535/538	660/665	Sep 29	$1.67	$3.33	88%	0.50	$535.83	$661.67
535/538	655/658	Sep 29	$1.36	$1.14	87%	1.19	$536.14	$656.36
535/538	638/640	Sep 29	$1.17	$1.33	92%	0.88	$536.33	$638.67
535/538	635/638	Sep 29	$1.15	$1.35	90%	0.85	$536.35	$636.15
540/542	660/665	Sep 29	$1.32	$3.68	88%	0.36	$541.18	$661.32
540/542	655/658	Sep 29	$1.01	$1.49	88%	0.68	$541.49	$656.01
508/510	660/665	Sep 29	$1.24	$3.76	89%	0.33	$508.76	$661.24
550/552	660/665	Sep 29	$1.21	$3.79	89%	0.32	$551.29	$661.21
508/510	655/658	Sep 29	$0.93	$1.57	88%	0.59	$509.07	$655.93
540/542	638/640	Sep 29	$0.82	$1.68	92%	0.49	$541.68	$638.32

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 413 found (best R:R 6.23, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Oct 5	$0.06	$4.94	10%	82.33
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Sep 29	$0.53	$1.97	47%	3.72
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	9%	54.56
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Sep 30	$0.08	$2.42	16%	30.25
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Oct 1	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$610.00	$622.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$1.73	$10.77	30%	6.23
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Sep 29	$0.78	$1.72	56%	2.21
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Sep 29	$0.62	$1.88	47%	3.03
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 13	$0.18	$4.82	11%	26.78
$595.00	$597.50	$600.00	Sep 30	$0.06	$2.44	11%	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. 551 found (best net $-17.91, 500 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$490.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$17.91	$32.09
$610.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.60	$13.40
$580.00	$595.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$7.86	$7.14
$570.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$11.26	$3.74
$602.50	$605.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.50	$2.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$645.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$3.87	$18.63
$622.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$2.30	$10.20
$612.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$2.46	$10.04
$622.50	$615.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$3.58	$3.92
$612.50	$610.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.46	$2.04

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 220 found (best yield 4.12%, avg 1.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$615.00	Nov 6	$25.00	0.48	1.3%	4.12%	5.44%	10	20
$617.50	Nov 6	$23.85	0.47	1.7%	3.93%	5.66%	16	4
$620.00	Nov 6	$22.75	0.45	2.1%	3.75%	5.89%	10	47
$622.50	Nov 6	$21.65	0.44	2.6%	3.57%	6.12%	13	9
$612.50	Nov 6	$25.60	0.49	0.9%	4.22%	5.13%	1	7
$625.00	Nov 6	$20.60	0.43	3.0%	3.39%	6.36%	63	15
$610.00	Nov 6	$26.65	0.51	0.5%	4.39%	4.89%	2	2
$630.00	Nov 6	$18.60	0.40	3.8%	3.06%	6.86%	10	4
$635.00	Nov 6	$16.80	0.37	4.6%	2.77%	7.38%	11	18
$640.00	Nov 6	$15.10	0.35	5.4%	2.49%	7.93%	20	15

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 52,765

Total Puts 73,395

Put/Call Ratio 1.39

Net Difference -20,630

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 47,306

Total Puts 78,367

Put/Call Ratio 1.66

Net Difference -31,061

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)

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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