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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$617.08 +1.33%

(10/1 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/01 2:00pm) 186,344

Calls: 56,469 (30%)

Puts: 129,875 (70%)

Prior (09/30) 114,717

Calls: 32,237 (28%)

Puts: 82,480 (72%)

Current vs Prior +62.44%

Calls: +75.17% (Calls)

Puts: +57.46% (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 -7.52%

Calls: -27.76%

Puts: +5.32%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01 2:00pm) $102.24M

Calls: $62.96M (62%)

Puts: $39.29M (38%)

Prior (09/30) $69.88M

Calls: $43.47M (62%)

Puts: $26.41M (38%)

Current vs Prior +46.32%

Calls: +44.85%

Puts: +48.76%

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 -22.31%

Calls: -27.18%

Puts: -13.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/01 2:00pm) 2.30

Prior (09/30) 2.56

Current vs Prior -10.11%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.62

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +41.58%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/01 2:00pm) 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 0.76% | 1.79%1.79% | 2.46%1.79% | 3.77%5.11% | 11.21%

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

Current vs Prior -61.83% | -26.50%+74.17% | +1.09%-26.50% | -6.87%-8.48% | -1.96%

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 -48.72% | -15.89%+73.88% | +8.36%-15.81% | -10.00%-20.35% | -4.42%

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 -61.83% | -26.50%-21.00% | -18.23%-21.00% | -9.66%-9.33% | -1.17%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 28.43% | 14.26%

Calls: 39.67% | 18.90%

Puts: 17.18% | 9.62%

Prior 23.81% | 15.36%

Calls: 28.36% | 15.75%

Puts: 19.26% | 14.96%

Current vs Prior +19.40% | -7.16%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.26% | 28.31%

Calls: 34.33% | 29.12%

Puts: 34.19% | 27.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -17.02% | -49.63%

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Moderately bullish flow with 62% call dollar volume ($62.96M). Above-average activity with volume up 62% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.30 - heavy put buying. 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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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 464 of results (avg 5.9%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	117.30	120.50	$118.90	2.7%	10	0.99	271
$505.00	Oct 16	112.50	115.65	$114.08	2.8%	--	0.98	160
$590.00	Oct 23	37.05	38.10	$37.58	2.8%	30	0.73	105
$515.00	Oct 30	104.95	107.95	$106.45	2.8%	--	0.95	25
$495.00	Oct 9	121.50	125.00	$123.25	2.8%	--	0.99	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Oct 16	13.85	14.20	$14.02	2.5%	217	0.46	147
$610.00	Nov 6	22.40	23.05	$22.73	2.9%	19	0.43	12
$617.50	Nov 6	25.80	26.55	$26.18	2.9%	2	0.48	6
$620.00	Oct 30	23.90	24.60	$24.25	2.9%	4	0.49	32
$610.00	Oct 23	15.30	15.75	$15.53	2.9%	10	0.42	155

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 42 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.22)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$622.50	Oct 1	0.19	0.20	$0.20	5.0%	988	0.10	664
$645.00	Oct 2	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	13	0.02	260
$632.50	Oct 2	0.56	0.68	$0.62	19.4%	170	0.11	453
$630.00	Oct 2	0.84	0.93	$0.89	10.1%	1.1K	0.15	1.7K
$640.00	Oct 5	0.68	0.83	$0.76	19.7%	174	0.10	40

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$612.50	Oct 1	0.20	0.24	$0.22	18.2%	566	0.11	14
$615.00	Oct 1	0.63	0.69	$0.66	9.1%	238	0.28	5
$600.00	Oct 2	0.44	0.52	$0.48	16.7%	2.2K	0.08	2.4K
$602.50	Oct 2	0.64	0.74	$0.69	14.5%	794	0.11	1.2K
$592.50	Oct 5	0.66	0.76	$0.71	14.1%	53	0.08	5

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 368 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 2	115.95	119.35	$117.65	2.9%	30	1.00	30
$575.00	Oct 1	40.95	44.45	$42.70	8.2%	1	1.00	9
$577.50	Oct 1	38.65	41.95	$40.30	8.2%	1	1.00	3
$580.00	Oct 1	36.15	39.45	$37.80	8.7%	9	1.00	17
$530.00	Oct 2	86.30	89.55	$87.93	3.7%	--	1.00	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 1	30.55	33.85	$32.20	10.2%	1	1.00	2
$650.00	Oct 2	30.60	34.20	$32.40	11.1%	5	1.00	1
$700.00	Oct 9	80.55	84.70	$82.63	5.0%	1	1.00	1
$705.00	Oct 16	85.55	89.00	$87.28	4.0%	--	1.00	25
$627.50	Oct 1	8.05	11.20	$9.63	32.7%	1	0.96	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 914 active (total vol 94.6K, top 2.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 16	10.00	10.60	$10.30	5.8%	2.8K	0.39	8.6K
$620.00	Oct 1	0.45	0.65	$0.55	36.4%	2.0K	0.24	1.2K
$625.00	Oct 1	0.06	0.14	$0.10	80.0%	1.8K	0.05	366
$627.50	Oct 2	1.21	1.52	$1.37	22.6%	1.7K	0.20	888
$622.50	Oct 2	2.38	2.76	$2.57	14.8%	1.5K	0.34	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 2	0.44	0.52	$0.48	16.7%	2.2K	0.08	2.4K
$600.00	Oct 1	0.01	0.08	$0.05	140.0%	1.5K	0.02	1.6K
$570.00	Oct 16	2.54	2.71	$2.63	6.5%	1.3K	0.12	2.0K
$602.50	Oct 1	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	1.3K	0.01	1.2K
$607.50	Oct 1	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	1.2K	0.02	296

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 5 strikes (avg 14.1%, max 16.5%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$620.00	Oct 1	Nov 13	39.4%	34.0%	16.0%	2.0K	1.2K
$615.00	Oct 1	Nov 13	38.5%	34.0%	13.1%	1.1K	864
$617.50	Oct 1	Nov 6	38.3%	33.9%	13.1%	1.1K	210

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$620.00	Oct 1	Nov 6	39.4%	33.8%	16.5%	236	15
$615.00	Oct 1	Nov 6	38.5%	34.4%	12.0%	244	21

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 568 found (best R:R 24.97, avg 7.71)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$610.00	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	65%	2.85	$610.65
$635.00	$662.50	Oct 6	$1.33	$26.17	$1.33	21%	19.68	$636.33
$650.00	$680.00	Oct 7	$0.50	$29.50	$0.50	9%	59.00	$650.50
$647.50	$680.00	Oct 12	$1.69	$30.81	$1.69	18%	18.23	$649.19
$605.00	$610.00	Nov 6	$2.44	$2.56	$2.44	60%	1.05	$607.44

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$580.00	$560.00	Oct 13	$0.77	$19.23	$0.77	13%	24.97	$579.23
$622.50	$620.00	Oct 5	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	62%	2.13	$621.70
$552.50	$530.00	Oct 6	$0.18	$22.32	$0.18	5%	124.00	$552.32
$622.50	$620.00	Oct 2	$0.95	$1.55	$0.95	67%	1.63	$621.55
$650.00	$645.00	Oct 16	$3.33	$1.67	$3.33	79%	0.50	$646.67

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 475 found (best R:R 3.39, avg 0.35)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 2	$1.83	$1.83	$3.17	92%	0.58	$706.83
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 2	$1.43	$1.43	$3.57	94%	0.40	$716.43
$622.50	$625.00	Nov 6	$1.97	$1.97	$0.53	50%	3.72	$624.47
$700.00	$715.00	Oct 1	$0.79	$0.79	$14.21	96%	0.06	$700.79
$685.00	$690.00	Oct 2	$0.84	$0.84	$4.16	93%	0.20	$685.84

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$517.50	$515.00	Oct 2	$1.93	$1.93	$0.57	94%	3.39	$515.57
$497.50	$495.00	Oct 2	$1.73	$1.73	$0.77	95%	2.25	$495.77
$512.50	$510.00	Oct 2	$1.63	$1.63	$0.87	95%	1.87	$510.87
$502.50	$500.00	Oct 2	$1.47	$1.47	$1.03	96%	1.43	$501.03
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 2	$1.12	$1.12	$1.38	96%	0.81	$526.38

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.18, cheapest $3.05)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$617.50	Oct 1	Oct 2	$3.31	38.3%	34.5%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$617.50	Oct 1	Oct 2	$3.05	38.3%	34.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 257 found (cheapest 0.49% of stock, avg 5.99%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$617.50	Oct 1	$1.39	$1.63	$3.02	$614.48	$620.52	0.49%
$615.00	Oct 1	$3.05	$0.66	$3.71	$611.29	$618.71	0.60%
$620.00	Oct 1	$0.55	$3.24	$3.79	$616.21	$623.79	0.61%
$622.50	Oct 1	$0.20	$4.95	$5.15	$617.35	$627.65	0.83%
$612.50	Oct 1	$5.57	$0.22	$5.79	$606.71	$618.29	0.94%
$610.00	Oct 1	$8.07	$0.07	$8.14	$601.86	$618.14	1.32%
$617.50	Oct 2	$4.70	$4.68	$9.38	$608.12	$626.88	1.52%
$620.00	Oct 2	$3.45	$6.03	$9.48	$610.52	$629.48	1.54%
$622.50	Oct 2	$2.57	$6.98	$9.55	$612.95	$632.05	1.55%
$627.50	Oct 1	$0.06	$9.63	$9.69	$617.81	$637.19	1.57%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 375 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 3.24%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$622.50	$612.50	Oct 1	$0.20	$0.22	$0.42	$612.08	$622.92
$620.00	$612.50	Oct 1	$0.55	$0.22	$0.77	$611.73	$620.77
$657.50	$612.50	Oct 1	$0.62	$0.22	$0.84	$611.66	$658.34
$652.50	$612.50	Oct 1	$0.69	$0.22	$0.91	$611.59	$653.41
$622.50	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.20	$0.66	$0.86	$614.14	$623.36
$620.00	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.55	$0.66	$1.21	$613.79	$621.21
$657.50	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.62	$0.66	$1.28	$613.72	$658.78
$652.50	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.69	$0.66	$1.35	$613.65	$653.85
$630.00	$607.50	Oct 2	$0.89	$1.43	$2.32	$605.18	$632.32
$617.50	$612.50	Oct 1	$1.39	$0.22	$1.61	$610.89	$619.11

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 602 found (best R:R 1.24, avg credit $1.28)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
515/518	685/690	Oct 2	$2.77	$2.23	87%	1.24	$514.73	$687.77
495/498	685/690	Oct 2	$2.57	$2.43	88%	1.06	$494.93	$687.57
510/512	685/690	Oct 2	$2.47	$2.53	88%	0.98	$510.03	$687.47
515/518	690/695	Oct 2	$2.28	$2.72	91%	0.84	$515.22	$692.28
500/502	685/690	Oct 2	$2.31	$2.69	89%	0.86	$500.19	$687.31
515/518	635/638	Oct 2	$2.06	$0.44	86%	4.68	$515.44	$637.06
495/498	690/695	Oct 2	$2.08	$2.92	92%	0.71	$495.42	$692.08
515/518	632/635	Oct 2	$2.11	$0.39	83%	5.41	$515.39	$634.61
515/518	630/632	Oct 2	$2.20	$0.30	79%	7.33	$515.30	$632.20
495/498	628/630	Oct 2	$2.21	$0.29	75%	7.62	$495.29	$629.71

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 375 found (best R:R 24.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$610.00	$620.00	Oct 14	$0.92	$9.08	22%	9.87
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Oct 8	$0.32	$4.68	16%	14.62
$612.50	$615.00	$617.50	Oct 2	$0.13	$2.37	16%	18.23
$650.00	$655.00	$660.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 1	$0.10	$2.40	38%	24.00
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.12	$4.88	19%	40.67
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 6	$0.13	$4.87	15%	37.46
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	10%	70.43
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 530 found (best net $-13.18, 478 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$510.00	$557.50	1:2	Oct 5	-$13.18	$34.32
$605.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$5.10	$9.90
$612.50	$615.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.53	$1.97
$625.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$1.03	$6.47
$635.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$1.48	$8.52

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$635.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$3.06	$11.94
$627.50	$622.50	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.27	$4.73
$617.50	$590.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$6.61	$20.89
$590.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.02	$19.98
$620.00	$617.50	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.02	$2.48

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 192 found (best yield 4.46%, avg 1.17%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$625.00	Nov 13	$27.50	0.50	1.3%	4.46%	5.74%	2	--
$620.00	Nov 13	$29.85	0.52	0.5%	4.84%	5.31%	2	--
$630.00	Nov 13	$25.10	0.47	2.1%	4.07%	6.16%	2	--
$640.00	Nov 13	$20.50	0.42	3.7%	3.32%	7.04%	3	--
$620.00	Nov 6	$26.80	0.51	0.5%	4.34%	4.82%	40	33
$622.50	Nov 6	$25.55	0.50	0.9%	4.14%	5.02%	26	19
$627.50	Nov 6	$23.20	0.47	1.7%	3.76%	5.45%	3	--
$632.50	Nov 6	$21.25	0.44	2.5%	3.44%	5.94%	15	--
$630.00	Nov 6	$22.10	0.45	2.1%	3.58%	5.68%	2	14
$625.00	Nov 6	$24.00	0.48	1.3%	3.89%	5.17%	8	35

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 56,469

Total Puts 129,875

Put/Call Ratio 2.30

Net Difference -73,406

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 32,237

Total Puts 82,480

Put/Call Ratio 2.56

Net Difference -50,243

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

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