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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$634.02 +2.62%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 11:00am) 206,726

Calls: 40,923 (20%)

Puts: 165,803 (80%)

Prior (10/01) 56,856

Calls: 23,960 (42%)

Puts: 32,896 (58%)

Current vs Prior +263.60%

Calls: +70.80% (Calls)

Puts: +404.02% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,377,521

Calls: 503,162 (37%)

Puts: 874,359 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 196,788

Calls: 71,880 (37%)

Puts: 124,908 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.05%

Calls: -43.07%

Puts: +32.74%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 11:00am) $90.88M

Calls: $60.83M (67%)

Puts: $30.06M (33%)

Prior (10/01) $36.78M

Calls: $24.41M (66%)

Puts: $12.38M (34%)

Current vs Prior +147.08%

Calls: +149.23%

Puts: +142.85%

Prior 7-Day Total $829.02M

Calls: $540.14M (65%)

Puts: $288.89M (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average $118.43M

Calls: $77.16M (65%)

Puts: $41.27M (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -23.26%

Calls: -21.17%

Puts: -27.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/02 11:00am) 4.05

Prior (10/01) 1.37

Current vs Prior +195.10%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.74

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +132.78%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/02 11:00am) 1,796,247

Calls: 646,040 (36%)

Puts: 1,150,207 (64%)

Prior (10/01) 1,757,115

Calls: 641,959 (37%)

Puts: 1,115,156 (63%)

Current vs Prior +2.23%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,285,564

Calls: 4,511,081 (37%)

Puts: 7,774,483 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,755,080

Calls: 644,440 (37%)

Puts: 1,110,640 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.35%

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 0.88% | 1.82%0.88% | 1.82%0.88% | 3.48%4.69% | 11.08%

Prior 1.65% | 2.33%1.65% | 2.33%1.65% | 3.70%5.22% | 11.18%

Current vs Prior -46.74% | -22.00%-46.74% | -22.01%-46.74% | -5.92%-10.09% | -0.89%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.51% | 2.17%1.06% | 2.25%2.01% | 4.08%6.12% | 11.59%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -41.75% | -16.39%-16.96% | -19.27%-56.14% | -14.66%-23.41% | -4.41%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.65% | 2.33%1.62% | 2.38%1.62% | 3.71%5.22% | 11.15%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -46.74% | -22.00%-45.52% | -23.75%-45.52% | -6.05%-10.12% | -0.68%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 18.27% | 22.39%

Calls: 13.79% | 31.46%

Puts: 22.76% | 13.32%

Prior 68.38% | 48.14%

Calls: 71.72% | 50.26%

Puts: 65.05% | 46.02%

Current vs Prior -73.28% | -53.49%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.32% | 31.85%

Calls: 41.70% | 32.95%

Puts: 38.93% | 30.74%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -54.68% | -29.70%

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Moderately bullish flow with 67% call dollar volume ($60.83M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 147% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 264% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 4.05 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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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
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 429 of results (avg 6.1%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 16	12.85	13.10	$12.98	1.9%	1.0K	0.45	4.5K
$530.00	Oct 16	103.90	106.55	$105.23	2.5%	1	0.98	848
$515.00	Oct 30	119.95	123.20	$121.58	2.7%	--	0.96	25
$515.00	Oct 16	118.15	121.45	$119.80	2.8%	--	0.98	215
$520.00	Oct 2	112.10	115.25	$113.68	2.8%	--	1.00	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Oct 30	105.50	108.55	$107.03	2.8%	2	0.92	--
$632.50	Nov 6	25.70	26.50	$26.10	3.1%	3	0.47	--
$585.00	Oct 23	4.50	4.65	$4.58	3.3%	38	0.16	258
$640.00	Nov 6	29.25	30.25	$29.75	3.4%	--	0.51	14
$635.00	Oct 23	19.30	20.00	$19.65	3.6%	20	0.50	6

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 46 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.41)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$655.00	Oct 5	0.37	0.44	$0.41	17.1%	1.1K	0.07	12
$652.50	Oct 5	0.54	0.59	$0.56	8.9%	388	0.09	27
$650.00	Oct 5	0.68	0.81	$0.75	17.3%	37	0.12	64
$675.00	Oct 6	0.18	0.20	$0.19	10.5%	--	0.03	18
$682.50	Oct 9	0.49	0.58	$0.53	17.0%	--	0.05	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$612.50	Oct 5	0.44	0.51	$0.48	14.6%	23	0.07	506
$615.00	Oct 5	0.57	0.67	$0.62	16.1%	27	0.09	191
$617.50	Oct 5	0.77	0.89	$0.83	14.5%	158	0.12	32
$607.50	Oct 6	0.62	0.75	$0.69	18.8%	103	0.08	5
$582.50	Oct 9	0.50	0.59	$0.54	16.7%	--	0.04	154

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 349 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 2	102.00	105.25	$103.63	3.1%	--	1.00	17
$560.00	Oct 5	72.05	75.40	$73.72	4.5%	--	1.00	17
$565.00	Oct 5	67.25	70.35	$68.80	4.5%	--	1.00	20
$572.50	Oct 5	59.60	62.95	$61.28	5.5%	--	1.00	16
$580.00	Oct 5	52.15	55.35	$53.75	6.0%	3	1.00	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 2	9.95	13.00	$11.48	26.6%	6	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 2	14.85	18.15	$16.50	20.0%	8	1.00	2
$642.50	Oct 2	7.50	9.95	$8.73	28.1%	23	0.94	--
$705.00	Oct 16	70.00	73.50	$71.75	4.9%	--	0.93	25
$740.00	Oct 30	105.50	108.55	$107.03	2.8%	2	0.92	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 804 active (total vol 67.6K, top 3.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Oct 16	4.75	5.10	$4.93	7.1%	2.0K	0.23	2.1K
$650.00	Oct 16	8.75	9.20	$8.98	5.0%	1.4K	0.35	5.5K
$615.00	Oct 9	22.00	23.60	$22.80	7.0%	1.3K	0.78	1.8K
$635.00	Oct 2	1.48	1.67	$1.58	12.0%	1.1K	0.41	1.2K
$655.00	Oct 5	0.37	0.44	$0.41	17.1%	1.1K	0.07	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	4.15	4.50	$4.33	8.1%	3.0K	0.19	7.3K
$627.50	Oct 2	0.38	0.49	$0.44	25.0%	2.5K	0.15	--
$560.00	Oct 16	0.93	1.01	$0.97	8.2%	1.9K	0.05	7.2K
$630.00	Oct 2	0.71	0.92	$0.82	25.6%	1.4K	0.25	7
$625.00	Oct 2	0.20	0.25	$0.23	21.7%	1.3K	0.08	30

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 8.4%, max 17.3%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$637.50	Oct 2	Oct 13	32.6%	27.8%	17.3%	599	1.1K
$630.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	36.5%	34.4%	6.1%	631	1.9K
$632.50	Oct 2	Nov 6	34.4%	33.9%	1.7%	634	520

PUTS (0)

No puts found

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 559 found (best R:R 149.00, avg 7.33)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$570.00	$572.50	Oct 23	$1.37	$1.13	$1.37	89%	0.82	$571.37
$640.00	$645.00	Nov 13	$1.78	$3.22	$1.78	49%	1.81	$641.78
$640.00	$642.50	Oct 7	$0.27	$2.23	$0.27	37%	8.26	$640.27
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.87	$1.63	$0.87	62%	1.87	$630.87
$617.50	$620.00	Nov 6	$1.03	$1.47	$1.03	61%	1.43	$618.53

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$585.00	$562.50	Oct 12	$0.15	$22.35	$0.15	7%	149.00	$584.85
$660.00	$627.50	Oct 14	$20.07	$12.43	$20.07	77%	0.62	$639.93
$632.50	$625.00	Oct 15	$2.57	$4.93	$2.57	48%	1.92	$629.93
$590.00	$585.00	Nov 13	$0.73	$4.27	$0.73	26%	5.85	$589.27
$630.00	$627.50	Oct 8	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	44%	3.72	$629.47

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 468 found (best R:R 1.81, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$655.00	$685.00	Oct 14	$4.44	$4.44	$25.56	73%	0.17	$659.44
$695.00	$700.00	Oct 6	$1.07	$1.07	$3.93	93%	0.27	$696.07
$675.00	$715.00	Oct 13	$1.78	$1.78	$38.22	88%	0.05	$676.78
$740.00	$745.00	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.64	$4.36	97%	0.15	$740.64
$690.00	$695.00	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.64	$4.36	95%	0.15	$690.64

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 5	$1.61	$1.61	$0.89	95%	1.81	$530.89
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 14	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	79%	0.92	$603.80
$630.00	$625.00	Nov 6	$2.90	$2.90	$2.10	54%	1.38	$627.10
$522.50	$520.00	Oct 2	$0.62	$0.62	$1.88	97%	0.33	$521.88
$582.50	$580.00	Oct 6	$0.65	$0.65	$1.85	94%	0.35	$581.85

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $4.40, cheapest $2.91)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 2	Oct 5	$2.98	34.4%	21.3%
$635.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$2.92	33.1%	21.7%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 2	Oct 5	$2.91	34.4%	21.3%
$635.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$2.95	33.0%	21.7%
$655.00	Oct 16	Nov 6	$10.22	31.2%	36.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 237 found (cheapest 0.67% of stock, avg 5.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$635.00	Oct 2	$1.58	$2.68	$4.26	$630.74	$639.26	0.67%
$632.50	Oct 2	$2.90	$1.52	$4.42	$628.08	$636.92	0.70%
$637.50	Oct 2	$0.79	$4.33	$5.12	$632.38	$642.62	0.81%
$630.00	Oct 2	$4.65	$0.82	$5.47	$624.53	$635.47	0.86%
$627.50	Oct 2	$6.53	$0.44	$6.97	$620.53	$634.47	1.10%
$640.00	Oct 2	$0.30	$7.05	$7.35	$632.65	$647.35	1.16%
$642.50	Oct 2	$0.13	$8.73	$8.86	$633.64	$651.36	1.40%
$625.00	Oct 2	$8.85	$0.23	$9.08	$615.92	$634.08	1.43%
$630.00	Oct 5	$6.75	$3.38	$10.13	$619.87	$640.13	1.60%
$635.00	Oct 5	$4.50	$5.63	$10.13	$624.87	$645.13	1.60%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 365 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 3.12%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$642.50	$625.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$0.23	$0.36	$624.64	$642.86
$640.00	$625.00	Oct 2	$0.30	$0.23	$0.53	$624.47	$640.53
$642.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.13	$0.44	$0.57	$626.93	$643.07
$640.00	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.30	$0.44	$0.74	$626.76	$640.74
$685.00	$625.00	Oct 2	$0.65	$0.23	$0.88	$624.12	$685.88
$642.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$0.82	$0.95	$629.05	$643.45
$685.00	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.65	$0.44	$1.09	$626.41	$686.09
$637.50	$625.00	Oct 2	$0.79	$0.23	$1.02	$623.98	$638.52
$637.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.79	$0.44	$1.23	$626.27	$638.73
$640.00	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.30	$0.82	$1.12	$628.88	$641.12

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 731 found (best R:R 3.03, avg credit $1.36)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/532	662/665	Oct 5	$1.88	$0.62	89%	3.03	$530.62	$664.38
530/532	668/670	Oct 5	$1.86	$0.64	88%	2.91	$530.64	$669.36
530/532	642/645	Oct 5	$2.18	$0.32	69%	6.81	$530.32	$644.68
530/532	652/655	Oct 5	$1.76	$0.74	86%	2.38	$530.74	$654.26
530/532	645/648	Oct 5	$2.01	$0.49	75%	4.10	$530.49	$647.01
530/532	650/652	Oct 5	$1.80	$0.70	83%	2.57	$530.70	$651.80
530/532	648/650	Oct 5	$1.88	$0.62	80%	3.03	$530.62	$649.38
530/532	640/642	Oct 5	$2.22	$0.28	63%	7.93	$530.28	$642.22
520/522	740/745	Oct 2	$1.26	$3.74	94%	0.34	$521.24	$741.26
520/522	715/720	Oct 2	$1.24	$3.76	94%	0.33	$521.26	$716.24

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 368 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 13	$0.14	$9.86	10%	70.43
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 2	$0.13	$2.37	26%	18.23
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	10%	70.43
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 2	$0.30	$2.20	29%	7.33
$645.00	$650.00	$655.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$4.82	10%	26.78
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.17	$2.33	17%	13.71
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.15	$2.35	16%	15.67
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 2	$0.49	$2.01	36%	4.10
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.46	$2.04	34%	4.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 540 found (best net $-16.27, 480 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$640.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.63	$14.37
$570.00	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$19.06	$3.44
$625.00	$635.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$2.83	$7.17
$597.50	$615.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$12.38	$5.12
$632.50	$635.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.26	$2.24

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$740.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$16.27	$33.73
$690.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$3.01	$36.99
$655.00	$620.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$5.70	$29.30
$660.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$3.96	$11.04
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$1.84	$8.16

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 177 found (best yield 4.05%, avg 0.99%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$645.00	Nov 13	$25.65	0.47	1.7%	4.05%	5.78%	9	--
$635.00	Nov 13	$30.10	0.52	0.1%	4.75%	4.90%	10	--
$640.00	Nov 13	$27.45	0.49	0.9%	4.33%	5.27%	22	2
$660.00	Nov 13	$19.60	0.40	4.1%	3.09%	7.19%	2	--
$650.00	Nov 13	$22.80	0.44	2.5%	3.60%	6.12%	4	--
$640.00	Nov 6	$25.40	0.49	0.9%	4.01%	4.95%	4	26
$670.00	Nov 13	$15.65	0.35	5.7%	2.47%	8.14%	3	--
$650.00	Nov 6	$21.15	0.43	2.5%	3.34%	5.86%	32	25
$645.00	Nov 6	$22.90	0.46	1.7%	3.61%	5.34%	15	19
$675.00	Nov 13	$14.35	0.33	6.5%	2.26%	8.73%	2	--

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 40,923

Total Puts 165,803

Put/Call Ratio 4.05

Net Difference -124,880

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 23,960

Total Puts 32,896

Put/Call Ratio 1.37

Net Difference -8,936

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 503,162

Total Puts 874,359

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.74

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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