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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$617.81 +1.45%

$618.45 (+0.10%)🌙

as of 10/01 04:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01 4:00pm) 238,126

Calls: 78,934 (33%)

Puts: 159,192 (67%)

Prior (09/30) 162,381

Calls: 53,961 (33%)

Puts: 108,420 (67%)

Current vs Prior +46.65%

Calls: +46.28% (Calls)

Puts: +46.83% (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 +18.18%

Calls: +0.98%

Puts: +29.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01 4:00pm) $135.60M

Calls: $85.58M (63%)

Puts: $50.02M (37%)

Prior (09/30) $107.06M

Calls: $66.16M (62%)

Puts: $40.90M (38%)

Current vs Prior +26.66%

Calls: +29.35%

Puts: +22.31%

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 +3.03%

Calls: -1.02%

Puts: +10.77%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/01 4:00pm) 2.02

Prior (09/30) 2.01

Current vs Prior +0.38%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.62

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +24.16%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/01 4:00pm) 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 0.57% | 1.65%1.65% | 2.33%1.65% | 3.70%5.22% | 11.18%

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

Current vs Prior -16.82% | -4.29%+61.03% | -4.29%-32.04% | -8.54%-6.59% | -2.22%

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 +11.74% | +9.52%+60.76% | +2.59%-22.16% | -11.61%-18.70% | -4.67%

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 -16.82% | -4.29%-26.96% | -22.58%-26.96% | -11.28%-7.46% | -1.43%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 68.38% | 48.14%

Calls: 71.72% | 50.26%

Puts: 65.05% | 46.02%

Prior 23.81% | 15.36%

Calls: 28.36% | 15.75%

Puts: 19.26% | 14.96%

Current vs Prior +187.19% | +213.41%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.26% | 28.31%

Calls: 34.33% | 29.12%

Puts: 34.19% | 27.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +99.59% | +70.05%

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Moderately bullish flow with 63% call dollar volume ($85.58M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.02 - 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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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 185 of results (avg 6.7%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Oct 16	122.10	126.00	$124.05	3.1%	--	0.98	85
$500.00	Oct 16	117.10	121.00	$119.05	3.3%	10	0.99	271
$500.00	Oct 2	116.10	120.00	$118.05	3.3%	40	1.00	30
$495.00	Oct 1	120.50	125.00	$122.75	3.7%	8	0.94	--
$515.00	Oct 16	102.65	106.50	$104.58	3.7%	--	0.98	215

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Oct 1	100.00	104.25	$102.13	4.2%	2	0.90	--
$715.00	Oct 1	95.00	99.20	$97.10	4.3%	7	1.00	--
$710.00	Oct 1	90.00	94.20	$92.10	4.6%	10	0.90	--
$700.00	Oct 1	80.00	84.20	$82.10	5.1%	5	0.90	--
$705.00	Oct 1	85.00	89.50	$87.25	5.2%	7	0.90	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.95, cheapest $0.95)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 16	0.90	1.00	$0.95	10.5%	1.2K	0.04	11.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 400 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 2	116.10	120.00	$118.05	3.3%	40	1.00	30
$575.00	Oct 1	40.75	45.00	$42.88	9.9%	1	1.00	9
$580.00	Oct 1	35.65	40.00	$37.83	11.5%	9	1.00	17
$530.00	Oct 2	85.90	90.00	$87.95	4.7%	--	1.00	17
$590.00	Oct 1	25.75	30.00	$27.88	15.2%	2	1.00	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$622.50	Oct 1	2.50	6.75	$4.63	91.8%	35	1.00	--
$625.00	Oct 1	5.00	9.25	$7.13	59.6%	2	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 1	30.00	34.30	$32.15	13.4%	1	1.00	2
$715.00	Oct 1	95.00	99.20	$97.10	4.3%	7	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 2	30.00	34.25	$32.13	13.2%	6	1.00	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,043 active (total vol 130.5K, top 3.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 16	9.70	12.70	$11.20	26.8%	2.9K	0.40	8.6K
$620.00	Oct 1	0.01	0.33	$0.17	188.2%	2.9K	0.16	1.2K
$627.50	Oct 2	0.72	1.60	$1.16	75.9%	2.2K	0.20	888
$640.00	Oct 16	6.25	8.00	$7.13	24.5%	1.9K	0.30	4.4K
$625.00	Oct 1	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	1.9K	0.01	366

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$547.50	Oct 2	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	3.6K	0.00	322
$600.00	Oct 2	0.36	0.64	$0.50	56.0%	2.8K	0.08	2.4K
$600.00	Oct 1	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.7K	0.00	1.6K
$610.00	Oct 1	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.3K	0.01	61
$570.00	Oct 16	2.33	2.98	$2.66	24.4%	1.3K	0.12	2.0K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 10 strikes (avg 1222.8%, max 2213.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$652.50	Oct 1	Oct 9	683.3%	29.5%	2213.8%	7	22
$647.50	Oct 1	Oct 13	618.4%	28.9%	2036.3%	7	155
$642.50	Oct 1	Oct 13	550.8%	29.2%	1784.3%	14	109
$637.50	Oct 1	Oct 13	480.1%	28.2%	1605.3%	125	141
$640.00	Oct 1	Nov 13	515.9%	36.6%	1311.5%	94	88

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$587.50	Oct 1	Nov 13	660.3%	36.0%	1734.8%	40	63

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 616 found (best R:R 52.57, avg 7.50)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$620.00	$625.00	Oct 8	$1.43	$3.57	$1.43	48%	2.50	$621.43
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 9	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	34%	18.23	$630.13
$627.50	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	33%	18.23	$627.63
$625.00	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	35%	12.89	$625.18
$650.00	$680.00	Oct 7	$0.53	$29.47	$0.53	9%	55.60	$650.53

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$575.00	$560.00	Oct 13	$0.28	$14.72	$0.28	11%	52.57	$574.72
$620.00	$617.50	Oct 2	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	57%	3.72	$619.47
$585.00	$580.00	Oct 14	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	17%	26.78	$584.82
$605.00	$600.00	Oct 13	$0.88	$4.12	$0.88	33%	4.68	$604.12
$610.00	$607.50	Oct 30	$0.47	$2.03	$0.47	43%	4.32	$609.53

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 511 found (best R:R 0.95, avg 0.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$735.00	$740.00	Oct 1	$2.44	$2.44	$2.56	92%	0.95	$737.44
$700.00	$715.00	Oct 1	$2.44	$2.44	$12.56	90%	0.19	$702.44
$647.50	$650.00	Oct 1	$2.39	$2.39	$0.11	84%	21.73	$649.89
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 2	$1.83	$1.83	$3.17	92%	0.58	$706.83
$645.00	$647.50	Oct 6	$1.67	$1.67	$0.83	82%	2.01	$646.67

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
$522.50	$520.00	Oct 2	$1.92	$1.92	$0.58	94%	3.31	$520.58
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 2	$1.93	$1.93	$0.57	93%	3.39	$530.57
$507.50	$505.00	Oct 2	$1.89	$1.89	$0.61	94%	3.10	$505.61
$552.50	$550.00	Oct 1	$1.47	$1.47	$1.03	91%	1.43	$551.03

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $5.08, cheapest $3.76)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$617.50	Oct 1	Oct 2	$3.76	45.9%	37.0%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$617.50	Oct 1	Oct 2	$3.87	45.9%	37.0%
$632.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	$7.62	29.9%	34.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 288 found (cheapest 0.33% of stock, avg 6.11%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$617.50	Oct 1	$1.37	$0.68	$2.05	$615.45	$619.55	0.33%
$620.00	Oct 1	$0.17	$2.17	$2.34	$617.66	$622.34	0.38%
$615.00	Oct 1	$3.60	$0.05	$3.65	$611.35	$618.65	0.59%
$622.50	Oct 1	$0.01	$4.63	$4.64	$617.86	$627.14	0.75%
$612.50	Oct 1	$5.43	$0.02	$5.45	$607.05	$617.95	0.88%
$625.00	Oct 1	$0.02	$7.13	$7.15	$617.85	$632.15	1.16%
$610.00	Oct 1	$7.98	$0.01	$7.99	$602.01	$617.99	1.29%
$620.00	Oct 2	$3.38	$5.08	$8.46	$611.54	$628.46	1.37%
$615.00	Oct 2	$6.15	$3.28	$9.43	$605.57	$624.43	1.53%
$617.50	Oct 2	$5.13	$4.55	$9.68	$607.82	$627.18	1.57%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 395 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 3.35%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$627.50	$605.00	Oct 1	$0.93	$0.75	$1.68	$603.32	$629.18
$630.00	$607.50	Oct 2	$0.93	$1.04	$1.97	$605.53	$631.97
$627.50	$617.50	Oct 1	$0.93	$0.68	$1.61	$615.89	$629.11
$627.50	$607.50	Oct 2	$1.16	$1.04	$2.20	$605.30	$629.70
$630.00	$610.00	Oct 2	$0.93	$1.49	$2.42	$607.58	$632.42
$627.50	$610.00	Oct 2	$1.16	$1.49	$2.65	$607.35	$630.15
$625.00	$607.50	Oct 2	$1.75	$1.04	$2.79	$604.71	$627.79
$625.00	$610.00	Oct 2	$1.75	$1.49	$3.24	$606.76	$628.24
$642.50	$605.00	Oct 1	$2.45	$0.75	$3.20	$601.80	$645.70
$640.00	$605.00	Oct 1	$2.45	$0.75	$3.20	$601.80	$643.20

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 681 found (best R:R 40.67, avg credit $1.26)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
580/582	735/740	Oct 1	$4.88	$0.12	78%	40.67	$577.62	$739.88
585/588	735/740	Oct 1	$4.87	$0.13	77%	37.46	$582.63	$739.87
550/552	735/740	Oct 1	$3.91	$1.09	83%	3.59	$548.59	$738.91
602/605	735/740	Oct 1	$3.17	$1.83	79%	1.73	$601.83	$738.17
500/502	635/638	Oct 2	$2.20	$0.30	86%	7.33	$500.30	$637.20
500/502	658/660	Oct 2	$2.02	$0.48	93%	4.21	$500.48	$659.52
500/502	652/655	Oct 2	$2.02	$0.48	92%	4.21	$500.48	$654.52
520/522	635/638	Oct 2	$2.20	$0.30	85%	7.33	$520.30	$637.20
500/502	648/650	Oct 2	$2.04	$0.46	92%	4.43	$500.46	$649.54
530/532	635/638	Oct 2	$2.21	$0.29	85%	7.62	$530.29	$637.21

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 434 found (best R:R 1.91, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 1	$1.03	$1.47	78%	1.43
$520.00	$530.00	$540.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$9.94	4%	165.67
$620.00	$625.00	$630.00	Oct 15	$0.14	$4.86	10%	34.71
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.29	$4.71	14%	16.24
$670.00	$675.00	$680.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 1	$0.86	$1.64	80%	1.91
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$4.94	18%	82.33
$545.00	$560.00	$575.00	Oct 14	$0.23	$14.77	8%	64.22
$605.00	$615.00	$625.00	Oct 14	$1.04	$8.96	22%	8.62
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	9%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 542 found (best net $-13.36, 477 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$510.00	$557.50	1:2	Oct 5	-$13.36	$34.14
$605.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$5.65	$9.35
$612.50	$615.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$1.77	$0.73
$635.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$2.30	$7.70
$657.50	$680.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$1.58	$20.92

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$635.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$2.23	$12.77
$705.00	$675.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$28.15	$1.85
$622.50	$615.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$2.47	$5.03
$590.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 8	$0.00	$5.00
$575.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.73	$14.27

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 206 found (best yield 4.61%, avg 1.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$620.00	Nov 13	$28.50	0.51	0.3%	4.61%	4.97%	3	--
$625.00	Nov 13	$26.00	0.49	1.2%	4.21%	5.37%	3	--
$630.00	Nov 13	$23.70	0.47	2.0%	3.84%	5.81%	5	--
$627.50	Nov 13	$24.75	0.48	1.6%	4.01%	5.57%	4	--
$640.00	Nov 13	$19.50	0.41	3.6%	3.16%	6.75%	3	--
$625.00	Nov 6	$23.95	0.48	1.2%	3.88%	5.04%	18	35
$635.00	Nov 6	$19.65	0.43	2.8%	3.18%	5.96%	14	19
$627.50	Nov 6	$22.30	0.47	1.6%	3.61%	5.18%	3	--
$620.00	Nov 6	$25.65	0.51	0.3%	4.15%	4.51%	40	33
$622.50	Nov 6	$24.40	0.50	0.8%	3.95%	4.71%	30	19

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 78,934

Total Puts 159,192

Put/Call Ratio 2.02

Net Difference -80,258

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 53,961

Total Puts 108,420

Put/Call Ratio 2.01

Net Difference -54,459

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)

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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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