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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$634.35 +2.68%

(10/1 18:47) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 10:00am) 43,591

Calls: 23,373 (54%)

Puts: 20,218 (46%)

Prior (09/30) 18,705

Calls: 7,919 (42%)

Puts: 10,786 (58%)

Current vs Prior +133.04%

Calls: +195.15% (Calls)

Puts: +87.45% (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 -78.37%

Calls: -70.10%

Puts: -83.61%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 10:00am) $55.53M

Calls: $36.07M (65%)

Puts: $19.46M (35%)

Prior (09/30) $9.34M

Calls: $6.31M (68%)

Puts: $3.02M (32%)

Current vs Prior +494.80%

Calls: +471.22%

Puts: +544.08%

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 -57.81%

Calls: -58.28%

Puts: -56.91%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/02 10:00am) 0.86

Prior (09/30) 1.36

Current vs Prior -36.49%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.62

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -46.75%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/02 10:00am) 1,796,247

Calls: 646,040 (36%)

Puts: 1,150,207 (64%)

Prior (09/30) 1,756,949

Calls: 648,052 (37%)

Puts: 1,108,897 (63%)

Current vs Prior +2.24%

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 +3.33%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.00% | 1.87%1.00% | 1.87%1.00% | 3.46%4.85% | 11.16%

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

Current vs Prior -49.62% | -23.12%-2.47% | -23.12%-58.84% | -14.47%-13.09% | -2.38%

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 -32.32% | -12.03%-2.63% | -17.60%-52.85% | -17.34%-24.36% | -4.83%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.99% | 2.43%1.62% | 2.38%1.62% | 3.71%5.22% | 11.15%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -49.62% | -23.12%-38.03% | -21.48%-38.03% | -6.60%-6.99% | +0.05%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 21.98% | 27.82%

Calls: 22.54% | 42.20%

Puts: 21.43% | 13.44%

Prior 23.81% | 15.36%

Calls: 28.36% | 15.75%

Puts: 19.26% | 14.96%

Current vs Prior -7.69% | +81.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.26% | 28.31%

Calls: 34.33% | 29.12%

Puts: 34.19% | 27.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.84% | -1.73%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($36.07M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 495% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 133% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio dropping 36% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 415 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 16	124.20	127.35	$125.78	2.5%	--	0.99	203
$515.00	Oct 16	119.15	122.25	$120.70	2.6%	--	0.98	215
$515.00	Oct 9	118.70	121.90	$120.30	2.7%	--	0.99	13
$522.50	Oct 2	110.55	113.65	$112.10	2.8%	--	0.97	10
$525.00	Oct 30	111.35	114.50	$112.93	2.8%	--	0.95	59

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Nov 6	29.35	30.30	$29.83	3.2%	--	0.51	14
$630.00	Nov 6	24.50	25.35	$24.93	3.4%	1	0.45	1
$632.50	Oct 30	22.40	23.20	$22.80	3.5%	31	0.47	--
$635.00	Oct 30	23.55	24.40	$23.98	3.5%	12	0.49	33
$632.50	Nov 6	25.65	26.60	$26.13	3.6%	3	0.47	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 36 found (avg $0.69, cheapest $0.53)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$655.00	Oct 5	0.48	0.58	$0.53	18.9%	6	0.08	12
$650.00	Oct 5	0.83	1.01	$0.92	19.6%	22	0.13	64
$690.00	Oct 9	0.37	0.44	$0.41	17.1%	197	0.04	286
$685.00	Oct 9	0.48	0.58	$0.53	18.9%	54	0.05	189
$680.00	Oct 9	0.65	0.76	$0.71	15.5%	124	0.06	937

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$575.00	Oct 9	0.37	0.45	$0.41	19.5%	60	0.03	331
$577.50	Oct 9	0.41	0.49	$0.45	17.8%	1	0.03	481
$582.50	Oct 9	0.51	0.60	$0.55	16.4%	--	0.04	154
$585.00	Oct 9	0.58	0.67	$0.63	14.3%	50	0.05	919
$587.50	Oct 9	0.66	0.76	$0.71	14.1%	2	0.05	474

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 332 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$557.50	Oct 2	75.55	79.00	$77.28	4.5%	--	1.00	18
$567.50	Oct 2	65.50	68.95	$67.22	5.1%	--	1.00	200
$570.00	Oct 2	63.00	66.15	$64.58	4.9%	--	1.00	519
$572.50	Oct 2	60.55	63.95	$62.25	5.5%	--	1.00	137
$570.00	Oct 6	63.35	66.50	$64.93	4.9%	3	1.00	2

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 2	13.95	17.30	$15.63	21.4%	4	1.00	2
$645.00	Oct 2	9.10	12.05	$10.58	27.9%	2	0.97	--
$705.00	Oct 16	69.15	72.50	$70.83	4.7%	--	0.93	25
$642.50	Oct 2	7.10	9.95	$8.52	33.5%	23	0.92	--
$665.00	Oct 9	30.25	33.45	$31.85	10.0%	1	0.87	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 595 active (total vol 34.4K, top 1.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Oct 16	5.00	5.50	$5.25	9.5%	1.4K	0.23	2.1K
$615.00	Oct 9	22.70	24.50	$23.60	7.6%	1.3K	0.78	1.8K
$665.00	Oct 23	8.50	9.10	$8.80	6.8%	810	0.29	563
$640.00	Oct 2	0.55	0.73	$0.64	28.1%	800	0.19	1.8K
$650.00	Oct 16	9.20	9.65	$9.43	4.8%	700	0.36	5.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$627.50	Oct 2	0.40	0.56	$0.48	33.3%	1.4K	0.15	--
$550.00	Oct 16	0.74	0.84	$0.79	12.7%	667	0.04	8.5K
$605.00	Oct 23	8.45	9.00	$8.73	6.3%	397	0.27	65
$632.50	Oct 2	1.68	1.82	$1.75	8.0%	393	0.39	--
$630.00	Oct 5	3.20	3.70	$3.45	14.5%	370	0.37	2

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 9.6%, max 27.3%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$637.50	Oct 2	Oct 13	36.8%	28.9%	27.3%	168	1.1K
$632.50	Oct 2	Nov 6	37.2%	34.4%	8.1%	557	520
$630.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	37.1%	34.8%	6.4%	516	1.9K
$635.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	36.6%	34.5%	6.1%	706	1.2K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	37.4%	37.4%	0.1%	9	14

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 518 found (best R:R 0.87, avg 7.67)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$635.00	Nov 13	$2.05	$2.95	$2.05	55%	1.44	$632.05
$685.00	$715.00	Oct 7	$0.17	$29.83	$0.17	4%	175.47	$685.17
$600.00	$605.00	Nov 6	$2.97	$2.03	$2.97	71%	0.68	$602.97
$635.00	$640.00	Oct 14	$1.92	$3.08	$1.92	50%	1.60	$636.92
$635.00	$637.50	Oct 7	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	48%	2.57	$635.70

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$617.50	Oct 14	$22.75	$19.75	$22.75	77%	0.87	$637.25
$600.00	$595.00	Oct 13	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	15%	37.46	$599.87
$630.00	$625.00	Oct 13	$1.47	$3.53	$1.47	43%	2.40	$628.53
$617.50	$610.00	Oct 8	$1.02	$6.48	$1.02	25%	6.35	$616.48
$640.00	$635.00	Oct 7	$2.42	$2.58	$2.42	61%	1.07	$637.58

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 433 found (best R:R 0.20, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$655.00	$685.00	Oct 14	$4.91	$4.91	$25.09	71%	0.20	$659.91
$642.50	$665.00	Oct 13	$6.10	$6.10	$16.40	59%	0.37	$648.60
$640.00	$655.00	Oct 14	$5.90	$5.90	$9.10	55%	0.65	$645.90
$690.00	$695.00	Oct 2	$0.65	$0.65	$4.35	95%	0.15	$690.65
$680.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$5.45	$5.45	$14.55	69%	0.37	$685.45

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$570.00	$535.00	Nov 13	$5.00	$5.00	$30.00	81%	0.17	$565.00
$520.00	$517.50	Oct 5	$1.03	$1.03	$1.47	94%	0.70	$518.97
$617.50	$590.00	Nov 13	$9.20	$9.20	$18.30	61%	0.50	$608.30
$625.00	$615.00	Oct 13	$3.63	$3.63	$6.37	62%	0.57	$621.37
$512.50	$510.00	Oct 2	$0.63	$0.63	$1.87	98%	0.34	$511.87

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $4.05, cheapest $2.70)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 2	Oct 5	$2.73	37.2%	22.1%
$637.50	Oct 2	Oct 5	$2.67	36.8%	22.4%
$635.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$2.93	36.6%	22.5%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 2	Oct 5	$2.70	37.2%	22.1%
$635.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$2.78	36.6%	22.5%
$655.00	Oct 16	Nov 6	$10.52	31.5%	36.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 219 found (cheapest 0.76% of stock, avg 6.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$635.00	Oct 2	$2.04	$2.80	$4.84	$630.16	$639.84	0.76%
$632.50	Oct 2	$3.55	$1.75	$5.30	$627.20	$637.80	0.84%
$637.50	Oct 2	$1.21	$4.28	$5.49	$632.01	$642.99	0.87%
$630.00	Oct 2	$5.35	$0.94	$6.29	$623.71	$636.29	0.99%
$640.00	Oct 2	$0.64	$6.43	$7.07	$632.93	$647.07	1.11%
$627.50	Oct 2	$7.35	$0.48	$7.83	$619.67	$635.33	1.23%
$642.50	Oct 2	$0.32	$8.52	$8.84	$633.66	$651.34	1.39%
$625.00	Oct 2	$9.10	$0.26	$9.36	$615.64	$634.36	1.48%
$635.00	Oct 5	$4.97	$5.58	$10.55	$624.45	$645.55	1.66%
$645.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$10.58	$10.74	$634.26	$655.74	1.69%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 347 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.04%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$645.00	$622.50	Oct 2	$0.16	$0.16	$0.32	$622.18	$645.32
$645.00	$625.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$0.26	$0.42	$624.58	$645.42
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 2	$0.32	$0.16	$0.48	$622.02	$642.98
$642.50	$625.00	Oct 2	$0.32	$0.26	$0.58	$624.42	$643.08
$645.00	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.16	$0.48	$0.64	$626.86	$645.64
$642.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.32	$0.48	$0.80	$626.70	$643.30
$640.00	$622.50	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.16	$0.80	$621.70	$640.80
$640.00	$625.00	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.26	$0.90	$624.10	$640.90
$640.00	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.48	$1.12	$626.38	$641.12
$645.00	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$0.94	$1.10	$628.90	$646.10

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 637 found (best R:R 1.07, avg credit $1.35)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
518/520	662/665	Oct 5	$1.29	$1.21	88%	1.07	$518.71	$663.79
510/512	715/720	Oct 2	$1.26	$3.74	94%	0.34	$511.24	$716.26
510/512	705/710	Oct 2	$1.27	$3.73	93%	0.34	$511.23	$706.27
520/522	715/720	Oct 2	$1.26	$3.74	93%	0.34	$521.24	$716.26
520/522	705/710	Oct 2	$1.27	$3.73	93%	0.34	$521.23	$706.27
530/532	715/720	Oct 2	$1.26	$3.74	93%	0.34	$531.24	$716.26
530/532	705/710	Oct 2	$1.27	$3.73	93%	0.34	$531.23	$706.27
535/538	715/720	Oct 2	$1.26	$3.74	93%	0.34	$536.24	$716.26
510/512	690/695	Oct 2	$1.28	$3.72	93%	0.34	$511.22	$691.28
535/538	705/710	Oct 2	$1.27	$3.73	93%	0.34	$536.23	$706.27

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 351 found (best R:R 11.66, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$610.00	$620.00	$630.00	Oct 14	$0.79	$9.21	20%	11.66
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	10%	61.50
$645.00	$650.00	$655.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.29	$2.21	30%	7.62
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 2	$0.20	$2.30	24%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.24	$2.26	30%	9.42
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	10%	40.67
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.05	$2.45	12%	49.00
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.13	$2.37	15%	18.23
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 5	$0.06	$2.44	8%	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 489 found (best net $-1.25, 441 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$640.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.30	$14.70
$625.00	$635.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$3.16	$6.84
$570.00	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$20.07	$2.43
$650.00	$662.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.16	$12.34
$680.00	$700.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$3.30	$16.70

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$665.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.25	$18.75
$705.00	$675.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$16.07	$13.93
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$2.94	$7.06
$675.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$11.91	$8.09
$617.50	$590.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$4.20	$23.30

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 167 found (best yield 4.97%, avg 1.03%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Nov 13	$31.50	0.52	0.1%	4.97%	5.07%	10	--
$640.00	Nov 13	$28.30	0.50	0.9%	4.46%	5.35%	21	2
$650.00	Nov 13	$23.55	0.45	2.5%	3.71%	6.18%	4	--
$670.00	Nov 13	$16.70	0.35	5.6%	2.63%	8.25%	3	--
$640.00	Nov 6	$25.85	0.49	0.9%	4.08%	4.97%	3	26
$650.00	Nov 6	$21.70	0.44	2.5%	3.42%	5.89%	1	25
$645.00	Nov 6	$23.65	0.46	1.7%	3.73%	5.41%	2	19
$675.00	Nov 13	$14.35	0.33	6.4%	2.26%	8.67%	2	--
$635.00	Nov 6	$27.35	0.52	0.1%	4.31%	4.41%	4	22
$680.00	Nov 13	$13.40	0.31	7.2%	2.11%	9.31%	2	--

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 23,373

Total Puts 20,218

Put/Call Ratio 0.86

Net Difference 3,155

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,919

Total Puts 10,786

Put/Call Ratio 1.36

Net Difference -2,867

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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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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