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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$610.60 +0.26%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01 12:00pm) 73,072

Calls: 33,862 (46%)

Puts: 39,210 (54%)

Prior (09/30) 65,853

Calls: 19,749 (30%)

Puts: 46,104 (70%)

Current vs Prior +10.96%

Calls: +71.46% (Calls)

Puts: -14.95% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,410,442

Calls: 547,201 (39%)

Puts: 863,241 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 201,491

Calls: 78,171 (39%)

Puts: 123,320 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -63.73%

Calls: -56.68%

Puts: -68.20%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01 12:00pm) $54.51M

Calls: $36.84M (68%)

Puts: $17.67M (32%)

Prior (09/30) $41.48M

Calls: $25.60M (62%)

Puts: $15.88M (38%)

Current vs Prior +31.42%

Calls: +43.91%

Puts: +11.28%

Prior 7-Day Total $921.29M

Calls: $605.18M (66%)

Puts: $316.11M (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average $131.61M

Calls: $86.45M (66%)

Puts: $45.16M (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -58.58%

Calls: -57.39%

Puts: -60.86%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/01 12:00pm) 1.16

Prior (09/30) 2.33

Current vs Prior -50.40%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.62

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.72%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/01 12:00pm) 1,757,115

Calls: 641,959 (37%)

Puts: 1,115,156 (63%)

Prior (09/30) 1,756,949

Calls: 648,052 (37%)

Puts: 1,108,897 (63%)

Current vs Prior +0.01%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,168,062

Calls: 4,497,064 (37%)

Puts: 7,670,998 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,738,294

Calls: 642,437 (37%)

Puts: 1,095,856 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.08%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/01) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/05)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.84% | 1.75%1.75% | 2.38%1.75% | 3.92%5.40% | 11.26%

Prior 1.99% | 2.43%1.03% | 2.43%2.43% | 4.05%5.58% | 11.43%

Current vs Prior -57.96% | -27.87%+70.91% | -2.15%-27.88% | -3.09%-3.31% | -1.52%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.48% | 2.13%1.03% | 2.27%2.12% | 4.19%6.41% | 11.72%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -43.52% | -17.47%+70.62% | +4.88%-17.38% | -6.35%-15.85% | -4.00%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.99% | 2.43%2.26% | 3.01%2.26% | 4.17%5.64% | 11.34%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -57.96% | -27.87%-22.48% | -20.85%-22.48% | -5.99%-4.21% | -0.72%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 20.98% | 21.20%

Calls: 17.05% | 12.55%

Puts: 24.91% | 29.84%

Prior 23.81% | 15.36%

Calls: 28.36% | 15.75%

Puts: 19.26% | 14.96%

Current vs Prior -11.89% | +38.02%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.26% | 28.31%

Calls: 34.33% | 29.12%

Puts: 34.19% | 27.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -38.76% | -25.11%

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Moderately bullish flow with 68% call dollar volume ($36.84M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.16. P/C ratio dropping 50% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (1,115,156 puts vs 641,959 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

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	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 389 of results (avg 6.1%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Oct 16	120.80	123.85	$122.32	2.5%	--	0.99	49
$490.00	Oct 2	119.60	122.75	$121.18	2.6%	--	1.00	13
$627.50	Nov 6	20.70	21.25	$20.98	2.6%	3	0.43	--
$625.00	Nov 6	21.75	22.35	$22.05	2.7%	7	0.44	35
$490.00	Oct 5	119.45	122.80	$121.13	2.8%	--	0.99	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Oct 1	97.50	100.55	$99.03	3.1%	3	0.93	--
$585.00	Nov 6	15.55	16.10	$15.83	3.5%	--	0.33	77
$580.00	Nov 6	13.95	14.45	$14.20	3.5%	8	0.30	63
$612.50	Oct 30	23.40	24.30	$23.85	3.8%	4	0.49	37
$615.00	Oct 30	24.65	25.60	$25.13	3.8%	2	0.51	21

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 41 found (avg $0.67, cheapest $0.16)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$617.50	Oct 1	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	519	0.07	192
$615.00	Oct 1	0.37	0.43	$0.40	15.0%	739	0.17	864
$625.00	Oct 2	0.61	0.74	$0.68	19.1%	488	0.12	2.0K
$622.50	Oct 2	0.87	1.06	$0.97	19.6%	1.2K	0.16	1.1K
$637.50	Oct 5	0.51	0.62	$0.56	19.6%	193	0.07	4

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Oct 1	0.37	0.43	$0.40	15.0%	863	0.15	478
$607.50	Oct 1	0.73	0.88	$0.81	18.5%	1.1K	0.27	296
$590.00	Oct 2	0.35	0.41	$0.38	15.8%	769	0.06	3.6K
$592.50	Oct 2	0.47	0.56	$0.52	17.3%	228	0.08	637
$595.00	Oct 2	0.65	0.79	$0.72	19.4%	414	0.11	738

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 330 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$575.00	Oct 1	33.75	37.60	$35.67	10.8%	1	1.00	9
$577.50	Oct 1	31.70	35.15	$33.42	10.3%	1	1.00	3
$490.00	Oct 2	119.60	122.75	$121.18	2.6%	--	1.00	13
$530.00	Oct 2	79.70	82.80	$81.25	3.8%	--	1.00	17
$532.50	Oct 2	76.50	80.30	$78.40	4.8%	--	1.00	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 1	37.45	41.05	$39.25	9.2%	1	1.00	2
$650.00	Oct 2	37.50	40.60	$39.05	7.9%	1	1.00	1
$700.00	Oct 9	87.35	91.20	$89.28	4.3%	1	1.00	1
$705.00	Oct 16	92.45	96.15	$94.30	3.9%	--	1.00	25
$635.00	Oct 2	22.45	25.90	$24.17	14.3%	2	0.96	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 760 active (total vol 57.7K, top 2.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 16	8.20	8.55	$8.38	4.2%	2.6K	0.33	8.6K
$622.50	Oct 2	0.87	1.06	$0.97	19.6%	1.2K	0.16	1.1K
$640.00	Oct 16	5.25	5.65	$5.45	7.3%	913	0.24	4.4K
$627.50	Oct 2	0.43	0.53	$0.48	20.8%	860	0.09	888
$620.00	Oct 2	1.34	1.45	$1.40	7.9%	839	0.22	2.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 1	0.06	0.14	$0.10	80.0%	1.3K	0.04	1.6K
$602.50	Oct 1	0.17	0.22	$0.20	25.0%	1.1K	0.08	1.2K
$607.50	Oct 1	0.73	0.88	$0.81	18.5%	1.1K	0.27	296
$605.00	Oct 2	2.27	2.62	$2.45	14.3%	996	0.31	381
$605.00	Oct 1	0.37	0.43	$0.40	15.0%	863	0.15	478

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 6 strikes (avg 3.7%, max 10.2%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$607.50	Oct 1	Oct 30	36.9%	33.5%	10.2%	15	96
$610.00	Oct 1	Nov 13	34.8%	34.8%	0.1%	461	286

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$607.50	Oct 1	Oct 30	36.9%	33.5%	10.2%	1.1K	350
$610.00	Oct 1	Nov 6	34.8%	34.6%	0.7%	452	73
$622.50	Oct 2	Oct 23	33.2%	33.0%	0.5%	5	20
$617.50	Oct 2	Oct 23	33.1%	32.9%	0.4%	4	39

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 549 found (best R:R 23.14, avg 7.30)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$680.00	Oct 12	$1.45	$33.55	$1.45	15%	23.14	$646.45
$635.00	$662.50	Oct 6	$1.09	$26.41	$1.09	16%	24.23	$636.09
$650.00	$680.00	Oct 7	$0.37	$29.63	$0.37	7%	80.08	$650.37
$612.50	$615.00	Nov 6	$0.62	$1.88	$0.62	51%	3.03	$613.12
$580.00	$582.50	Oct 16	$1.38	$1.12	$1.38	79%	0.81	$581.38

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$552.50	$530.00	Oct 6	$0.16	$22.34	$0.16	6%	139.63	$552.34
$600.00	$595.00	Oct 14	$1.02	$3.98	$1.02	37%	3.90	$598.98
$650.00	$630.00	Nov 6	$12.35	$7.65	$12.35	69%	0.62	$637.65
$607.50	$605.00	Oct 23	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	45%	3.72	$606.97
$607.50	$605.00	Oct 30	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	46%	3.17	$606.90

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 454 found (best R:R 0.62, avg 0.35)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 2	$1.92	$1.92	$3.08	93%	0.62	$716.92
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 2	$1.83	$1.83	$3.17	93%	0.58	$706.83
$690.00	$695.00	Oct 2	$1.84	$1.84	$3.16	92%	0.58	$691.84
$725.00	$730.00	Oct 2	$1.31	$1.31	$3.69	93%	0.36	$726.31
$680.00	$685.00	Oct 6	$0.65	$0.65	$4.35	94%	0.15	$680.65

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$502.50	$500.00	Oct 2	$1.88	$1.88	$0.62	94%	3.03	$500.62
$497.50	$495.00	Oct 2	$1.79	$1.79	$0.71	95%	2.52	$495.71
$517.50	$515.00	Oct 2	$1.78	$1.78	$0.72	94%	2.47	$515.72
$605.00	$602.50	Nov 6	$2.05	$2.05	$0.45	56%	4.56	$602.95
$557.50	$555.00	Oct 6	$0.81	$0.81	$1.69	94%	0.48	$556.69

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.78, cheapest $2.60)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$612.50	Oct 1	Oct 2	$2.76	34.1%	33.2%
$610.00	Oct 1	Oct 2	$3.01	34.8%	34.1%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$612.50	Oct 1	Oct 2	$2.60	34.1%	33.2%
$610.00	Oct 1	Oct 2	$2.74	34.8%	34.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 238 found (cheapest 0.62% of stock, avg 6.06%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$610.00	Oct 1	$2.17	$1.61	$3.78	$606.22	$613.78	0.62%
$612.50	Oct 1	$1.02	$2.93	$3.95	$608.55	$616.45	0.65%
$607.50	Oct 1	$4.10	$0.81	$4.91	$602.59	$612.41	0.80%
$615.00	Oct 1	$0.40	$4.65	$5.05	$609.95	$620.05	0.83%
$605.00	Oct 1	$6.20	$0.40	$6.60	$598.40	$611.60	1.08%
$602.50	Oct 1	$8.82	$0.20	$9.02	$593.48	$611.52	1.48%
$620.00	Oct 1	$0.09	$9.15	$9.24	$610.76	$629.24	1.51%
$612.50	Oct 2	$3.78	$5.53	$9.31	$603.19	$621.81	1.52%
$610.00	Oct 2	$5.18	$4.35	$9.53	$600.47	$619.53	1.56%
$615.00	Oct 2	$2.82	$7.07	$9.89	$605.11	$624.89	1.62%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 361 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 3.15%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$617.50	$602.50	Oct 1	$0.16	$0.20	$0.36	$602.14	$617.86
$617.50	$605.00	Oct 1	$0.16	$0.40	$0.56	$604.44	$618.06
$615.00	$602.50	Oct 1	$0.40	$0.20	$0.60	$601.90	$615.60
$615.00	$605.00	Oct 1	$0.40	$0.40	$0.80	$604.20	$615.80
$617.50	$607.50	Oct 1	$0.16	$0.81	$0.97	$606.53	$618.47
$615.00	$607.50	Oct 1	$0.40	$0.81	$1.21	$606.29	$616.21
$612.50	$602.50	Oct 1	$1.02	$0.20	$1.22	$601.28	$613.72
$612.50	$605.00	Oct 1	$1.02	$0.40	$1.42	$603.58	$613.92
$612.50	$607.50	Oct 1	$1.02	$0.81	$1.83	$605.67	$614.33
$622.50	$600.00	Oct 2	$0.97	$1.37	$2.34	$597.66	$624.84

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 518 found (best R:R 3.17, avg credit $1.26)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/502	715/720	Oct 2	$3.80	$1.20	87%	3.17	$498.70	$718.80
495/498	715/720	Oct 2	$3.71	$1.29	88%	2.88	$493.79	$718.71
500/502	705/710	Oct 2	$3.71	$1.29	87%	2.88	$498.79	$708.71
515/518	715/720	Oct 2	$3.70	$1.30	87%	2.85	$513.80	$718.70
500/502	690/695	Oct 2	$3.72	$1.28	86%	2.91	$498.78	$693.72
495/498	705/710	Oct 2	$3.62	$1.38	88%	2.62	$493.88	$708.62
495/498	690/695	Oct 2	$3.63	$1.37	87%	2.65	$493.87	$693.63
515/518	705/710	Oct 2	$3.61	$1.39	87%	2.60	$513.89	$708.61
515/518	690/695	Oct 2	$3.62	$1.38	86%	2.62	$513.88	$693.62
525/528	715/720	Oct 2	$2.42	$2.58	90%	0.94	$525.08	$717.42

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 351 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.10	$4.90	15%	49.00
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Oct 1	$0.17	$2.33	30%	13.71
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 2	$0.08	$2.42	14%	30.25
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$4.86	9%	34.71
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$4.87	9%	37.46

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$610.00	$612.50	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.40	$2.10	38%	5.25
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Oct 8	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$612.50	$615.00	$617.50	Oct 2	$0.12	$2.38	16%	19.83
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Oct 8	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 495 found (best net $-1.91, 444 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$510.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$1.91	$48.09
$490.00	$542.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$17.06	$35.44
$560.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$7.08	$32.92
$630.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.33	$14.67
$647.50	$665.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.15	$17.35

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$635.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$9.29	$5.71
$620.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.15	$4.85
$590.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.12	$19.88
$645.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$10.33	$4.67
$612.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.29	$2.21

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 189 found (best yield 4.63%, avg 1.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$615.00	Nov 13	$28.30	0.50	0.7%	4.63%	5.36%	1	--
$625.00	Nov 13	$24.05	0.45	2.4%	3.94%	6.30%	2	--
$640.00	Nov 13	$17.80	0.38	4.8%	2.92%	7.73%	2	--
$617.50	Nov 6	$24.95	0.49	1.1%	4.09%	5.22%	--	18
$620.00	Nov 6	$23.80	0.47	1.5%	3.90%	5.44%	30	33
$622.50	Nov 6	$22.70	0.46	1.9%	3.72%	5.67%	26	19
$625.00	Nov 6	$21.75	0.44	2.4%	3.56%	5.92%	7	35
$615.00	Nov 6	$25.75	0.50	0.7%	4.22%	4.94%	--	30
$627.50	Nov 6	$20.70	0.43	2.8%	3.39%	6.16%	3	--
$630.00	Nov 6	$19.35	0.42	3.2%	3.17%	6.35%	--	14

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 33,862

Total Puts 39,210

Put/Call Ratio 1.16

Net Difference -5,348

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 19,749

Total Puts 46,104

Put/Call Ratio 2.33

Net Difference -26,355

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 547,201

Total Puts 863,241

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.62

Ratio Trend Falling

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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