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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$619.96 +1.80%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/01 3:00pm) 207,169

Calls: 65,258 (31%)

Puts: 141,911 (69%)

Prior (09/30) 133,997

Calls: 42,376 (32%)

Puts: 91,621 (68%)

Current vs Prior +54.61%

Calls: +54.00% (Calls)

Puts: +54.89% (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 +2.82%

Calls: -16.52%

Puts: +15.08%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/01 3:00pm) $119.79M

Calls: $77.78M (65%)

Puts: $42.01M (35%)

Prior (09/30) $87.02M

Calls: $56.26M (65%)

Puts: $30.77M (35%)

Current vs Prior +37.66%

Calls: +38.26%

Puts: +36.55%

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 -8.98%

Calls: -10.03%

Puts: -6.97%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/01 3:00pm) 2.17

Prior (09/30) 2.16

Current vs Prior +0.58%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.62

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +33.87%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/01 3:00pm) 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 0.63% | 1.73%1.73% | 2.39%1.73% | 3.70%5.26% | 11.26%

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

Current vs Prior -68.26% | -28.90%+68.48% | -1.77%-28.90% | -8.70%-5.78% | -1.53%

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 -57.36% | -18.64%+68.20% | +5.29%-18.56% | -11.77%-18.00% | -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 -68.26% | -28.90%-23.58% | -20.54%-23.58% | -11.43%-6.66% | -0.73%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 32.55% | 11.71%

Calls: 42.46% | 11.38%

Puts: 22.64% | 12.04%

Prior 23.81% | 15.36%

Calls: 28.36% | 15.75%

Puts: 19.26% | 14.96%

Current vs Prior +36.71% | -23.76%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.26% | 28.31%

Calls: 34.33% | 29.12%

Puts: 34.19% | 27.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -4.99% | -58.64%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($77.78M). Above-average activity with volume up 55% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.17 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (1,115,156 puts vs 641,959 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

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Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 506 of results (avg 6.1%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 16	13.65	13.90	$13.78	1.8%	105	0.46	10.5K
$500.00	Oct 16	119.95	122.55	$121.25	2.1%	10	1.00	271
$505.00	Oct 16	114.95	117.50	$116.23	2.2%	--	1.00	160
$500.00	Oct 2	118.80	121.45	$120.13	2.2%	30	1.00	30
$630.00	Nov 6	23.50	24.10	$23.80	2.5%	22	0.47	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$602.50	Nov 6	18.70	19.20	$18.95	2.6%	13	0.38	12
$612.50	Oct 30	19.45	20.00	$19.73	2.8%	31	0.43	37
$620.00	Oct 30	22.80	23.45	$23.13	2.8%	12	0.48	32
$622.50	Oct 30	24.00	24.70	$24.35	2.9%	7	0.50	2
$615.00	Oct 30	20.50	21.10	$20.80	2.9%	13	0.45	21

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 45 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.62)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 2	0.56	0.67	$0.62	17.7%	379	0.11	908
$632.50	Oct 2	0.83	0.99	$0.91	17.6%	181	0.15	453
$650.00	Oct 5	0.32	0.39	$0.36	19.4%	13	0.05	3
$645.00	Oct 5	0.55	0.64	$0.60	15.0%	103	0.08	106
$675.00	Oct 9	0.37	0.43	$0.40	15.0%	24	0.04	67

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 2	0.36	0.43	$0.40	17.5%	2.2K	0.07	2.4K
$602.50	Oct 2	0.49	0.57	$0.53	15.1%	814	0.09	1.2K
$605.00	Oct 2	0.68	0.75	$0.72	9.7%	1.1K	0.11	381
$592.50	Oct 5	0.56	0.67	$0.62	17.7%	56	0.07	5
$560.00	Oct 9	0.45	0.51	$0.48	12.5%	264	0.03	1.3K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 382 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 2	118.80	121.45	$120.13	2.2%	30	1.00	30
$520.00	Oct 2	98.20	101.75	$99.98	3.6%	--	1.00	16
$525.00	Oct 2	93.25	96.60	$94.93	3.5%	--	1.00	30
$530.00	Oct 2	88.25	91.35	$89.80	3.5%	--	1.00	17
$532.50	Oct 2	85.75	89.05	$87.40	3.8%	--	1.00	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$627.50	Oct 1	6.60	9.60	$8.10	37.0%	1	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 1	28.95	32.10	$30.53	10.3%	1	1.00	2
$715.00	Oct 1	93.70	97.10	$95.40	3.6%	7	1.00	--
$720.00	Oct 1	98.90	102.10	$100.50	3.2%	2	1.00	--
$700.00	Oct 9	77.95	82.10	$80.03	5.2%	1	1.00	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 975 active (total vol 109.0K, top 3.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 16	11.35	11.75	$11.55	3.5%	2.9K	0.41	8.6K
$620.00	Oct 1	0.98	1.16	$1.07	16.8%	2.4K	0.52	1.2K
$625.00	Oct 1	0.07	0.10	$0.09	33.3%	1.8K	0.06	366
$627.50	Oct 2	1.77	2.07	$1.92	15.6%	1.7K	0.27	888
$622.50	Oct 2	3.40	3.80	$3.60	11.1%	1.6K	0.42	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$547.50	Oct 2	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	3.0K	0.00	322
$600.00	Oct 2	0.36	0.43	$0.40	17.5%	2.2K	0.07	2.4K
$600.00	Oct 1	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	1.6K	0.01	1.6K
$570.00	Oct 16	2.34	2.55	$2.44	8.6%	1.3K	0.11	2.0K
$610.00	Oct 1	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	1.3K	0.01	61

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 9.6%, max 15.5%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$617.50	Oct 1	Nov 6	38.6%	33.4%	15.5%	1.3K	210
$620.00	Oct 1	Nov 13	37.2%	34.4%	8.2%	2.4K	1.2K
$622.50	Oct 1	Nov 6	38.8%	36.8%	5.2%	1.2K	683

PUTS (0)

No puts found

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 592 found (best R:R 63.29, avg 7.71)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$657.50	$680.00	Oct 12	$0.35	$22.15	$0.35	10%	63.29	$657.85
$650.00	$680.00	Oct 7	$0.41	$29.59	$0.41	9%	72.17	$650.41
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 12	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	46%	5.25	$622.90
$602.50	$605.00	Oct 2	$1.63	$0.87	$1.63	91%	0.53	$604.13
$610.00	$612.50	Oct 7	$1.00	$1.50	$1.00	67%	1.50	$611.00

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$575.00	$560.00	Oct 13	$0.19	$14.81	$0.19	10%	77.95	$574.81
$610.00	$605.00	Oct 15	$1.07	$3.93	$1.07	39%	3.67	$608.93
$552.50	$530.00	Oct 6	$0.18	$22.32	$0.18	5%	124.00	$552.32
$622.50	$615.00	Oct 12	$3.10	$4.40	$3.10	54%	1.42	$619.40
$575.00	$560.00	Oct 14	$0.74	$14.26	$0.74	12%	19.27	$574.26

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 497 found (best R:R 3.31, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 2	$1.44	$1.44	$3.56	93%	0.40	$706.44
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 2	$1.43	$1.43	$3.57	94%	0.40	$716.43
$625.00	$632.50	Oct 8	$3.48	$3.48	$4.02	58%	0.87	$628.48
$690.00	$695.00	Oct 2	$0.85	$0.85	$4.15	95%	0.20	$690.85
$682.50	$685.00	Oct 12	$0.84	$0.84	$1.66	93%	0.51	$683.34

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$502.50	$500.00	Oct 2	$1.92	$1.92	$0.58	95%	3.31	$500.58
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 2	$1.92	$1.92	$0.58	94%	3.31	$525.58
$517.50	$515.00	Oct 2	$1.91	$1.91	$0.59	94%	3.24	$515.59
$512.50	$510.00	Oct 2	$1.78	$1.78	$0.72	95%	2.47	$510.72
$522.50	$520.00	Oct 2	$1.22	$1.22	$1.28	96%	0.95	$521.28

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $4.99, cheapest $3.65)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$620.00	Oct 1	Oct 2	$3.65	37.2%	34.4%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$620.00	Oct 1	Oct 2	$3.51	37.0%	34.4%
$632.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	$7.80	29.5%	33.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 268 found (cheapest 0.34% of stock, avg 6.06%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$620.00	Oct 1	$1.07	$1.06	$2.13	$617.87	$622.13	0.34%
$617.50	Oct 1	$2.85	$0.29	$3.14	$614.36	$620.64	0.51%
$622.50	Oct 1	$0.31	$3.13	$3.44	$619.06	$625.94	0.55%
$615.00	Oct 1	$4.80	$0.07	$4.87	$610.13	$619.87	0.79%
$625.00	Oct 1	$0.09	$5.78	$5.87	$619.13	$630.87	0.95%
$612.50	Oct 1	$7.50	$0.03	$7.53	$604.97	$620.03	1.21%
$627.50	Oct 1	$0.03	$8.10	$8.13	$619.37	$635.63	1.31%
$610.00	Oct 1	$9.28	$0.03	$9.31	$600.69	$619.31	1.50%
$620.00	Oct 2	$4.72	$4.57	$9.29	$610.71	$629.29	1.50%
$617.50	Oct 2	$6.15	$3.40	$9.55	$607.95	$627.05	1.54%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 380 found (cheapest 0.03% of stock, avg 3.21%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$625.00	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.09	$0.07	$0.16	$614.84	$625.16
$625.00	$617.50	Oct 1	$0.09	$0.29	$0.38	$617.12	$625.38
$622.50	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.31	$0.07	$0.38	$614.62	$622.88
$652.50	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.58	$0.07	$0.65	$614.35	$653.15
$622.50	$617.50	Oct 1	$0.31	$0.29	$0.60	$616.90	$623.10
$657.50	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.62	$0.07	$0.69	$614.31	$658.19
$670.00	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.71	$0.07	$0.78	$614.22	$670.78
$652.50	$617.50	Oct 1	$0.58	$0.29	$0.87	$616.63	$653.37
$657.50	$617.50	Oct 1	$0.62	$0.29	$0.91	$616.59	$658.41
$670.00	$617.50	Oct 1	$0.71	$0.29	$1.00	$616.50	$671.00

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 629 found (best R:R 2.05, avg credit $1.22)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/502	705/710	Oct 2	$3.36	$1.64	88%	2.05	$499.14	$708.36
515/518	705/710	Oct 2	$3.35	$1.65	88%	2.03	$514.15	$708.35
525/528	705/710	Oct 2	$3.36	$1.64	87%	2.05	$524.14	$708.36
510/512	705/710	Oct 2	$3.22	$1.78	88%	1.81	$509.28	$708.22
500/502	690/695	Oct 2	$2.77	$2.23	89%	1.24	$499.73	$692.77
515/518	690/695	Oct 2	$2.76	$2.24	89%	1.23	$514.74	$692.76
525/528	690/695	Oct 2	$2.77	$2.23	88%	1.24	$524.73	$692.77
520/522	705/710	Oct 2	$2.66	$2.34	89%	1.14	$519.84	$707.66
510/512	690/695	Oct 2	$2.63	$2.37	89%	1.11	$509.87	$692.63
500/502	638/640	Oct 2	$2.05	$0.45	87%	4.56	$500.45	$639.55

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 398 found (best R:R 165.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 1	$0.17	$2.33	43%	13.71
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Oct 13	$0.08	$4.92	12%	61.50
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 1	$0.54	$1.96	46%	3.63
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$622.50	$625.00	$627.50	Oct 1	$0.16	$2.34	18%	14.63

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$545.00	$560.00	$575.00	Oct 14	$0.09	$14.91	7%	165.67
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.32	$4.68	23%	14.63
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 1	$0.58	$1.92	46%	3.31
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 535 found (best net $-14.92, 484 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$510.00	$557.50	1:2	Oct 5	-$14.92	$32.58
$550.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$1.53	$33.47
$605.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$5.32	$9.68
$625.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.72	$6.78
$615.00	$617.50	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.90	$1.60

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$635.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.48	$13.52
$617.50	$590.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$6.43	$21.07
$705.00	$675.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$27.05	$2.95
$625.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.48	$2.02
$560.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.05	$9.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 199 found (best yield 4.86%, avg 1.15%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$620.00	Nov 13	$30.15	0.52	0.0%	4.86%	4.87%	2	--
$625.00	Nov 13	$27.60	0.49	0.8%	4.45%	5.26%	2	--
$630.00	Nov 13	$25.20	0.47	1.6%	4.06%	5.68%	4	--
$640.00	Nov 13	$20.70	0.42	3.2%	3.34%	6.57%	3	--
$627.50	Nov 6	$24.65	0.48	1.2%	3.98%	5.19%	3	--
$630.00	Nov 6	$23.50	0.47	1.6%	3.79%	5.41%	22	14
$620.00	Nov 6	$28.00	0.52	0.0%	4.52%	4.52%	40	33
$632.50	Nov 6	$22.40	0.45	2.0%	3.61%	5.64%	15	--
$635.00	Nov 6	$21.35	0.44	2.4%	3.44%	5.87%	14	19
$625.00	Nov 6	$25.40	0.49	0.8%	4.10%	4.91%	13	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

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 65,258

Total Puts 141,911

Put/Call Ratio 2.17

Net Difference -76,653

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 42,376

Total Puts 91,621

Put/Call Ratio 2.16

Net Difference -49,245

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 547,201

Total Puts 863,241

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.62

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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