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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$634.79 +2.75%

(10/2 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 12:00pm) 264,833

Calls: 54,421 (21%)

Puts: 210,412 (79%)

Prior (10/01) 73,072

Calls: 33,862 (46%)

Puts: 39,210 (54%)

Current vs Prior +262.43%

Calls: +60.71% (Calls)

Puts: +436.63% (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 +34.58%

Calls: -24.29%

Puts: +68.45%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 12:00pm) $127.85M

Calls: $90.65M (71%)

Puts: $37.20M (29%)

Prior (10/01) $54.51M

Calls: $36.84M (68%)

Puts: $17.67M (32%)

Current vs Prior +134.55%

Calls: +146.08%

Puts: +110.50%

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 +7.95%

Calls: +17.47%

Puts: -9.86%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/02 12:00pm) 3.87

Prior (10/01) 1.16

Current vs Prior +233.90%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.74

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +122.14%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/02 12:00pm) 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 0.80% | 1.78%0.80% | 1.78%0.80% | 3.23%4.82% | 10.97%

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

Current vs Prior -51.39% | -23.32%-51.39% | -23.32%-51.39% | -12.63%-7.51% | -1.82%

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 -46.83% | -17.80%-24.20% | -20.63%-59.96% | -20.75%-21.21% | -5.30%

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 -51.39% | -23.32%-50.27% | -25.04%-50.27% | -12.75%-7.54% | -1.60%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 18.09% | 33.05%

Calls: 22.57% | 29.57%

Puts: 13.61% | 36.52%

Prior 68.38% | 48.14%

Calls: 71.72% | 50.26%

Puts: 65.05% | 46.02%

Current vs Prior -73.54% | -31.35%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.32% | 31.85%

Calls: 41.70% | 32.95%

Puts: 38.93% | 30.74%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -55.13% | +3.78%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bullish flow with 71% call dollar volume ($90.65M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 135% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 262% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.87 - heavy put buying.

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Current NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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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 476 of results (avg 6.0%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$515.00	Oct 30	120.70	123.80	$122.25	2.5%	--	0.93	25
$510.00	Oct 2	122.55	125.90	$124.23	2.7%	3	1.00	4
$525.00	Oct 30	111.05	114.15	$112.60	2.8%	--	0.93	59
$512.50	Oct 9	120.55	123.95	$122.25	2.8%	3	0.99	--
$515.00	Oct 9	118.10	121.50	$119.80	2.8%	--	0.99	13

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Nov 6	24.25	24.80	$24.53	2.2%	11	0.46	1
$640.00	Nov 6	29.00	29.70	$29.35	2.4%	--	0.51	14
$635.00	Nov 6	26.50	27.20	$26.85	2.6%	1	0.48	2
$635.00	Oct 16	14.85	15.30	$15.08	3.0%	51	0.49	151
$615.00	Nov 6	18.10	18.65	$18.38	3.0%	8	0.37	25

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 52 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.68)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$637.50	Oct 2	0.63	0.72	$0.68	13.2%	669	0.26	971
$652.50	Oct 5	0.44	0.52	$0.48	16.7%	556	0.08	27
$655.00	Oct 5	0.32	0.39	$0.36	19.4%	1.6K	0.06	12
$650.00	Oct 5	0.62	0.73	$0.68	16.2%	540	0.11	64
$647.50	Oct 5	0.87	1.03	$0.95	16.8%	124	0.15	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$612.50	Oct 5	0.32	0.39	$0.36	19.4%	29	0.06	506
$620.00	Oct 5	0.78	0.92	$0.85	16.5%	382	0.13	29
$605.00	Oct 6	0.42	0.50	$0.46	17.4%	48	0.06	8
$607.50	Oct 6	0.52	0.62	$0.57	17.5%	135	0.07	5
$612.50	Oct 6	0.79	0.92	$0.86	15.1%	138	0.10	7

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 360 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 2	102.55	105.90	$104.23	3.2%	1	1.00	17
$560.00	Oct 5	72.65	76.15	$74.40	4.7%	1	1.00	17
$565.00	Oct 5	67.65	71.55	$69.60	5.6%	20	1.00	20
$572.50	Oct 5	60.15	64.10	$62.13	6.4%	--	1.00	16
$580.00	Oct 5	52.75	56.00	$54.38	6.0%	3	1.00	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 2	9.20	12.35	$10.77	29.2%	6	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 2	14.15	17.05	$15.60	18.6%	8	1.00	2
$642.50	Oct 2	6.90	9.85	$8.38	35.2%	23	0.96	--
$705.00	Oct 16	69.45	72.65	$71.05	4.5%	--	0.95	25
$740.00	Oct 30	104.60	107.85	$106.23	3.1%	2	0.93	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 873 active (total vol 79.2K, top 3.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Oct 16	4.75	5.05	$4.90	6.1%	2.1K	0.23	2.1K
$650.00	Oct 16	8.85	9.30	$9.07	5.0%	1.7K	0.36	5.5K
$655.00	Oct 5	0.32	0.39	$0.36	19.4%	1.6K	0.06	12
$635.00	Oct 2	1.48	1.73	$1.61	15.5%	1.5K	0.47	1.2K
$615.00	Oct 9	21.75	23.90	$22.83	9.4%	1.4K	0.79	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	3.95	4.25	$4.10	7.3%	3.0K	0.18	7.3K
$627.50	Oct 2	0.19	0.29	$0.24	41.7%	2.9K	0.09	--
$560.00	Oct 16	0.89	0.93	$0.91	4.4%	1.9K	0.04	7.2K
$630.00	Oct 2	0.39	0.53	$0.46	30.4%	1.7K	0.17	7
$625.00	Oct 2	0.09	0.15	$0.12	50.0%	1.4K	0.05	30

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 2 strikes (avg 7.2%, max 11.3%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$637.50	Oct 2	Oct 13	30.9%	27.8%	11.3%	672	1.1K
$630.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	35.7%	34.6%	3.1%	727	1.9K

PUTS (0)

No puts found

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 548 found (best R:R 0.71, avg 7.36)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 2	$1.54	$0.96	$1.54	99%	0.62	$619.04
$635.00	$640.00	Nov 6	$1.95	$3.05	$1.95	51%	1.56	$636.95
$627.50	$630.00	Oct 7	$1.00	$1.50	$1.00	63%	1.50	$628.50
$610.00	$625.00	Nov 13	$8.70	$6.30	$8.70	64%	0.72	$618.70
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.95	$1.55	$0.95	62%	1.63	$630.95

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$627.50	Oct 14	$19.02	$13.48	$19.02	77%	0.71	$640.98
$630.00	$627.50	Oct 7	$0.22	$2.28	$0.22	42%	10.36	$629.78
$632.50	$625.00	Oct 12	$2.50	$5.00	$2.50	48%	2.00	$630.00
$630.00	$627.50	Oct 8	$0.48	$2.02	$0.48	43%	4.21	$629.52
$590.00	$582.50	Oct 14	$0.19	$7.31	$0.19	11%	38.47	$589.81

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 467 found (best R:R 1.81, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$695.00	$700.00	Oct 6	$1.08	$1.08	$3.92	93%	0.28	$696.08
$675.00	$715.00	Oct 13	$1.69	$1.69	$38.31	88%	0.04	$676.69
$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
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 2	$0.63	$0.63	$4.37	96%	0.14	$705.63

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
$625.00	$615.00	Oct 13	$3.83	$3.83	$6.17	62%	0.62	$621.17
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 6	$0.74	$0.74	$1.76	93%	0.42	$591.76
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 5	$0.62	$0.62	$1.88	97%	0.33	$541.88
$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 $4.66, cheapest $2.39)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 2	Oct 5	$2.39	33.0%	18.8%
$635.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$3.09	31.5%	22.4%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 2	Oct 5	$2.90	33.0%	18.8%
$635.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$3.84	31.5%	22.4%
$655.00	Oct 16	Nov 6	$11.07	30.8%	36.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 241 found (cheapest 0.55% of stock, avg 5.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$635.00	Oct 2	$1.61	$1.91	$3.52	$631.48	$638.52	0.55%
$632.50	Oct 2	$3.19	$0.95	$4.14	$628.36	$636.64	0.65%
$637.50	Oct 2	$0.68	$3.70	$4.38	$633.12	$641.88	0.69%
$630.00	Oct 2	$5.03	$0.46	$5.49	$624.51	$635.49	0.86%
$640.00	Oct 2	$0.25	$6.00	$6.25	$633.75	$646.25	0.98%
$627.50	Oct 2	$6.90	$0.24	$7.14	$620.36	$634.64	1.12%
$642.50	Oct 2	$0.09	$8.38	$8.47	$634.03	$650.97	1.33%
$632.50	Oct 5	$5.58	$3.85	$9.43	$623.07	$641.93	1.49%
$625.00	Oct 2	$9.45	$0.12	$9.57	$615.43	$634.57	1.51%
$635.00	Oct 5	$4.70	$5.75	$10.45	$624.55	$645.45	1.65%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 362 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 3.15%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$640.00	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.25	$0.24	$0.49	$627.01	$640.49
$640.00	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.25	$0.46	$0.71	$629.29	$640.71
$685.00	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.65	$0.24	$0.89	$626.61	$685.89
$637.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.68	$0.24	$0.92	$626.58	$638.42
$685.00	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.65	$0.46	$1.11	$628.89	$686.11
$637.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.68	$0.46	$1.14	$628.86	$638.64
$640.00	$632.50	Oct 2	$0.25	$0.95	$1.20	$631.30	$641.20
$637.50	$632.50	Oct 2	$0.68	$0.95	$1.63	$630.87	$639.13
$685.00	$632.50	Oct 2	$0.65	$0.95	$1.60	$630.90	$686.60
$645.00	$622.50	Oct 5	$1.31	$1.18	$2.49	$620.01	$647.49

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 782 found (best R:R 5.58, avg credit $1.28)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/532	668/670	Oct 5	$2.12	$0.38	88%	5.58	$530.38	$669.62
530/532	662/665	Oct 5	$1.90	$0.60	89%	3.17	$530.60	$664.40
530/532	642/645	Oct 5	$2.16	$0.34	70%	6.35	$530.34	$644.66
530/532	650/652	Oct 5	$1.81	$0.69	84%	2.62	$530.69	$651.81
530/532	652/655	Oct 5	$1.73	$0.77	86%	2.25	$530.77	$654.23
530/532	648/650	Oct 5	$1.88	$0.62	80%	3.03	$530.62	$649.38
530/532	645/648	Oct 5	$1.97	$0.53	76%	3.72	$530.53	$646.97
530/532	640/642	Oct 5	$2.28	$0.22	63%	10.36	$530.22	$642.28
520/522	740/745	Oct 2	$1.18	$3.82	94%	0.31	$521.32	$741.18
540/542	668/670	Oct 5	$1.13	$1.37	90%	0.82	$541.37	$668.63

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 381 found (best R:R 8.62, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.26	$2.24	36%	8.62
$655.00	$660.00	$665.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$622.50	$625.00	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.08	$2.42	13%	30.25
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 6	$0.07	$2.43	12%	34.71
$670.00	$675.00	$680.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$637.50	$640.00	$642.50	Oct 2	$0.08	$2.42	21%	30.25
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.13	$2.37	16%	18.23
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.09	$2.41	12%	26.78
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.47	$2.03	36%	4.32
$520.00	$530.00	$540.00	Oct 7	$0.08	$9.92	3%	124.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 555 found (best net $-15.13, 497 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$585.00	$610.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$6.69	$18.31
$592.50	$612.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$8.42	$11.58
$640.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.18	$14.82
$625.00	$635.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$1.65	$8.35
$570.00	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$19.93	$2.57

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$740.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$15.13	$34.87
$690.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$3.08	$36.92
$655.00	$620.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$6.16	$28.84
$660.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$3.33	$11.67
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$0.97	$9.03

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 180 found (best yield 4.43%, avg 0.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 13	$28.15	0.49	0.8%	4.43%	5.26%	29	2
$635.00	Nov 13	$29.90	0.52	0.0%	4.71%	4.74%	10	--
$645.00	Nov 13	$24.95	0.47	1.6%	3.93%	5.54%	9	--
$650.00	Nov 13	$22.70	0.44	2.4%	3.58%	5.97%	4	--
$660.00	Nov 13	$18.60	0.39	4.0%	2.93%	6.90%	2	--
$645.00	Nov 6	$23.50	0.46	1.6%	3.70%	5.31%	15	19
$640.00	Nov 6	$25.35	0.49	0.8%	3.99%	4.81%	4	26
$650.00	Nov 6	$21.35	0.43	2.4%	3.36%	5.76%	33	25
$670.00	Nov 13	$15.55	0.34	5.5%	2.45%	8.00%	3	--
$635.00	Nov 6	$27.10	0.51	0.0%	4.27%	4.30%	55	22

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 54,421

Total Puts 210,412

Put/Call Ratio 3.87

Net Difference -155,991

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 33,862

Total Puts 39,210

Put/Call Ratio 1.16

Net Difference -5,348

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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