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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$606.90 +1.15%

$607.25 (+0.06%)🌙

as of 09/29 04:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/29 4:00pm) 161,353

Calls: 71,539 (44%)

Puts: 89,814 (56%)

Prior (09/28) 141,498

Calls: 51,823 (37%)

Puts: 89,675 (63%)

Current vs Prior +14.03%

Calls: +38.04% (Calls)

Puts: +0.16% (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 -35.06%

Calls: -26.63%

Puts: -40.50%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/29 4:00pm) $95.77M

Calls: $59.81M (62%)

Puts: $35.96M (38%)

Prior (09/28) $89.01M

Calls: $57.64M (65%)

Puts: $31.37M (35%)

Current vs Prior +7.59%

Calls: +3.77%

Puts: +14.62%

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 -46.38%

Calls: -49.23%

Puts: -40.84%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/29 4:00pm) 1.26

Prior (09/28) 1.73

Current vs Prior -27.45%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.66

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -24.31%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/29 4:00pm) 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 0.50% | 1.64%1.64% | 2.74%2.74% | 4.38%5.83% | 11.27%

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

Current vs Prior +175.58% | +47.76%+175.59% | +27.15%-13.34% | -6.55%-1.90% | -1.84%

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 +16.86% | +12.97%+101.73% | +34.21%+44.36% | +6.76%+17.78% | +6.20%

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 +175.58% | +47.76%-27.17% | -15.21%-15.21% | -5.41%-2.13% | -2.38%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 31.88% | 34.81%

Calls: 30.81% | 32.61%

Puts: 32.94% | 37.01%

Prior 24.04% | 36.96%

Calls: 25.00% | 41.31%

Puts: 23.08% | 32.61%

Current vs Prior +32.61% | -5.82%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.01% | 36.89%

Calls: 43.57% | 48.02%

Puts: 36.46% | 25.76%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -20.33% | -5.63%

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Moderately bullish flow with 62% call dollar volume ($59.81M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.26 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 27% - sentiment shifting bullish. 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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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 260 of results (avg 6.7%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Oct 2	115.90	119.15	$117.53	2.8%	2	1.00	11
$490.00	Sep 29	115.50	118.95	$117.23	2.9%	92	0.94	6
$487.50	Sep 29	117.85	121.45	$119.65	3.0%	50	0.94	1
$490.00	Oct 5	115.95	119.55	$117.75	3.1%	--	0.97	10
$495.00	Sep 29	110.50	113.95	$112.23	3.1%	70	0.94	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Sep 29	111.25	114.40	$112.83	2.8%	7	0.91	--
$725.00	Sep 29	116.15	119.95	$118.05	3.2%	15	0.91	--
$705.00	Sep 29	96.25	99.40	$97.83	3.2%	2	1.00	--
$710.00	Sep 29	101.15	104.95	$103.05	3.7%	4	0.91	--
$715.00	Sep 29	105.80	109.95	$107.88	3.8%	3	0.91	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 9 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.63)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$690.00	Oct 16	0.76	0.92	$0.84	19.0%	10	0.05	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 9	0.57	0.69	$0.63	19.0%	35	0.04	1.0K
$522.50	Oct 9	0.35	0.42	$0.39	17.9%	--	0.02	23
$515.00	Oct 16	0.73	0.84	$0.78	14.1%	6	0.03	1.8K
$500.00	Oct 16	0.50	0.59	$0.54	16.7%	3.1K	0.02	13.7K
$505.00	Oct 16	0.57	0.65	$0.61	13.1%	1.0K	0.03	2.1K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 385 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Sep 29	37.75	41.35	$39.55	9.1%	--	1.00	86
$570.00	Sep 29	34.55	38.85	$36.70	11.7%	1	1.00	75
$575.00	Sep 29	30.25	33.75	$32.00	10.9%	19	1.00	69
$590.00	Sep 29	15.60	18.75	$17.18	18.3%	1	1.00	3
$580.00	Sep 29	25.00	28.80	$26.90	14.1%	6	1.00	97

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Sep 29	1.21	3.95	$2.58	106.2%	882	1.00	3
$612.50	Sep 29	3.70	6.55	$5.13	55.6%	777	1.00	2
$615.00	Sep 29	5.70	9.65	$7.68	51.4%	20	1.00	1
$617.50	Sep 29	8.45	12.05	$10.25	35.1%	2	1.00	--
$620.00	Sep 29	11.25	14.95	$13.10	28.2%	12	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,007 active (total vol 118.7K, top 4.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Sep 29	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	3.3K	0.01	866
$612.50	Sep 29	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	2.4K	0.03	877
$610.00	Sep 29	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	2.0K	0.07	136
$620.00	Sep 29	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.8K	0.00	535
$617.50	Sep 29	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	1.8K	0.01	491

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Sep 29	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	4.4K	0.04	152
$597.50	Sep 30	0.82	1.28	$1.05	43.8%	3.6K	0.18	160
$500.00	Oct 16	0.50	0.59	$0.54	16.7%	3.1K	0.02	13.7K
$590.00	Oct 2	1.79	2.47	$2.13	31.9%	2.3K	0.19	1.0K
$580.00	Oct 2	0.69	1.04	$0.87	40.2%	2.3K	0.09	1.4K

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 3.0%, max 5.2%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$607.50	Sep 29	Oct 30	34.4%	32.7%	5.2%	568	309

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$625.00	Oct 2	Oct 30	35.9%	34.9%	2.7%	2	34
$607.50	Sep 29	Nov 6	34.4%	34.0%	1.0%	2.0K	171

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 610 found (best R:R 9.00, avg 7.10)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$650.00	$655.00	Nov 6	$0.50	$4.50	$0.50	29%	9.00	$650.50
$632.50	$640.00	Oct 6	$0.21	$7.29	$0.21	17%	34.71	$632.71
$620.00	$622.50	Nov 6	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	45%	9.00	$620.25
$640.00	$662.50	Oct 6	$1.03	$21.47	$1.03	14%	20.84	$641.03
$635.00	$667.50	Oct 12	$2.73	$29.77	$2.73	23%	10.90	$637.73

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$555.00	Nov 6	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	23%	19.00	$559.75
$612.50	$610.00	Nov 6	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	50%	3.72	$611.97
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 12	$0.48	$2.02	$0.48	47%	4.21	$604.52
$595.00	$590.00	Oct 16	$1.12	$3.88	$1.12	37%	3.46	$593.88
$612.50	$610.00	Oct 16	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	53%	2.13	$611.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 506 found (best R:R 0.19, avg 0.37)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$690.00	$705.00	Sep 29	$2.44	$2.44	$12.56	90%	0.19	$692.44
$660.00	$665.00	Sep 29	$2.13	$2.13	$2.87	88%	0.74	$662.13
$645.00	$650.00	Nov 6	$2.62	$2.62	$2.38	67%	1.10	$647.62
$625.00	$630.00	Nov 6	$2.91	$2.91	$2.09	57%	1.39	$627.91
$610.00	$620.00	Oct 7	$4.69	$4.69	$5.31	53%	0.88	$614.69

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$542.50	$540.00	Sep 29	$2.33	$2.33	$0.17	91%	13.71	$540.17
$562.50	$560.00	Sep 29	$2.08	$2.08	$0.42	88%	4.95	$560.42
$532.50	$530.00	Sep 29	$1.77	$1.77	$0.73	92%	2.42	$530.73
$522.50	$520.00	Sep 29	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	92%	2.33	$520.75
$582.50	$580.00	Sep 29	$1.32	$1.32	$1.18	88%	1.12	$581.18

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.75, cheapest $3.58)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$3.91	34.4%	33.7%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Sep 29	Sep 30	$3.58	34.4%	33.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 287 found (cheapest 0.20% of stock, avg 5.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$607.50	Sep 29	$0.54	$0.67	$1.21	$606.29	$608.71	0.20%
$605.00	Sep 29	$2.34	$0.02	$2.36	$602.64	$607.36	0.39%
$610.00	Sep 29	$0.05	$2.58	$2.63	$607.37	$612.63	0.43%
$602.50	Sep 29	$4.73	$0.02	$4.75	$597.75	$607.25	0.78%
$612.50	Sep 29	$0.03	$5.13	$5.16	$607.34	$617.66	0.85%
$600.00	Sep 29	$7.25	$0.02	$7.27	$592.73	$607.27	1.20%
$615.00	Sep 29	$0.02	$7.68	$7.70	$607.30	$622.70	1.27%
$610.00	Sep 30	$3.05	$5.30	$8.35	$601.65	$618.35	1.38%
$607.50	Sep 30	$4.45	$4.25	$8.70	$598.80	$616.20	1.43%
$605.00	Sep 30	$5.68	$3.30	$8.98	$596.02	$613.98	1.48%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 375 found (cheapest 0.30% of stock, avg 3.23%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$620.00	$597.50	Sep 30	$0.75	$1.05	$1.80	$595.70	$621.80
$617.50	$597.50	Sep 30	$1.01	$1.05	$2.06	$595.44	$619.56
$615.00	$597.50	Sep 30	$1.41	$1.05	$2.46	$595.04	$617.46
$620.00	$600.00	Sep 30	$0.75	$1.65	$2.40	$597.60	$622.40
$607.50	$582.50	Sep 29	$0.54	$1.33	$1.87	$580.63	$609.37
$617.50	$600.00	Sep 30	$1.01	$1.65	$2.66	$597.34	$620.16
$615.00	$600.00	Sep 30	$1.41	$1.65	$3.06	$596.94	$618.06
$620.00	$602.50	Sep 30	$0.75	$2.25	$3.00	$599.50	$623.00
$612.50	$597.50	Sep 30	$2.09	$1.05	$3.14	$594.36	$615.64
$657.50	$582.50	Sep 29	$2.45	$1.33	$3.78	$578.72	$661.28

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 611 found (best R:R 10.63, avg credit $1.19)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
535/538	660/665	Sep 29	$4.57	$0.43	79%	10.63	$532.93	$664.57
550/552	660/665	Sep 29	$4.53	$0.47	77%	9.64	$547.97	$664.53
540/542	660/665	Sep 29	$4.46	$0.54	78%	8.26	$538.04	$664.46
560/562	660/665	Sep 29	$4.21	$0.79	76%	5.33	$558.29	$664.21
520/522	660/665	Sep 29	$3.88	$1.12	80%	3.46	$518.62	$663.88
530/532	660/665	Sep 29	$3.90	$1.10	79%	3.55	$528.60	$663.90
580/582	660/665	Sep 29	$3.45	$1.55	76%	2.23	$579.05	$663.45
535/538	665/670	Sep 29	$2.75	$2.25	88%	1.22	$534.75	$667.75
535/538	690/705	Sep 29	$4.88	$10.12	82%	0.48	$532.62	$694.88
550/552	665/670	Sep 29	$2.71	$2.29	87%	1.18	$549.79	$667.71

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 413 found (best R:R 0.98, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Sep 29	$1.31	$1.19	90%	0.91
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Sep 29	$0.59	$1.91	52%	3.24
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Sep 29	$0.47	$2.03	42%	4.32
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Oct 1	$0.16	$4.84	9%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Sep 29	$1.26	$1.24	96%	0.98
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Sep 29	$0.65	$1.85	61%	2.85
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Sep 30	$0.10	$2.40	19%	24.00
$610.00	$612.50	$615.00	Sep 30	$0.11	$2.39	19%	21.73
$612.50	$615.00	$617.50	Oct 2	$0.05	$2.45	10%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 560 found (best net $-3.15, 503 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$595.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$8.17	$6.83
$610.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$0.44	$9.56
$632.50	$650.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$0.22	$17.28
$640.00	$662.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$0.09	$22.41
$630.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.33	$8.67

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$645.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$3.15	$19.35
$612.50	$610.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.03	$2.47
$620.00	$610.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$3.65	$6.35
$635.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 5	-$8.11	$4.39
$577.50	$560.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.11	$17.39

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 222 found (best yield 4.05%, avg 1.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$615.00	Nov 6	$24.55	0.48	1.3%	4.05%	5.38%	13	20
$617.50	Nov 6	$23.40	0.47	1.8%	3.86%	5.60%	17	4
$625.00	Nov 6	$20.25	0.43	3.0%	3.34%	6.32%	63	15
$612.50	Nov 6	$25.05	0.50	0.9%	4.13%	5.05%	1	7
$622.50	Nov 6	$20.80	0.44	2.6%	3.43%	6.00%	15	9
$610.00	Nov 6	$25.95	0.51	0.5%	4.28%	4.79%	4	2
$635.00	Nov 6	$16.35	0.37	4.6%	2.69%	7.32%	11	18
$620.00	Nov 6	$20.55	0.45	2.2%	3.39%	5.54%	10	47
$640.00	Nov 6	$14.70	0.35	5.5%	2.42%	7.88%	20	15
$630.00	Nov 6	$16.50	0.40	3.8%	2.72%	6.52%	10	4

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 71,539

Total Puts 89,814

Put/Call Ratio 1.26

Net Difference -18,275

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 51,823

Total Puts 89,675

Put/Call Ratio 1.73

Net Difference -37,852

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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Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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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