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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$632.21 +2.33%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 1:00pm) 285,992

Calls: 63,390 (22%)

Puts: 222,602 (78%)

Prior (10/01) 91,915

Calls: 41,513 (45%)

Puts: 50,402 (55%)

Current vs Prior +211.15%

Calls: +52.70% (Calls)

Puts: +341.65% (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 +45.33%

Calls: -11.81%

Puts: +78.21%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 1:00pm) $146.43M

Calls: $97.27M (66%)

Puts: $49.16M (34%)

Prior (10/01) $71.22M

Calls: $43.81M (62%)

Puts: $27.41M (38%)

Current vs Prior +105.59%

Calls: +122.04%

Puts: +79.30%

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 +23.64%

Calls: +26.06%

Puts: +19.11%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/02 1:00pm) 3.51

Prior (10/01) 1.21

Current vs Prior +189.23%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.74

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +101.76%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/02 1:00pm) 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 0.67% | 1.68%0.67% | 1.68%0.67% | 3.22%4.61% | 10.95%

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

Current vs Prior -59.42% | -27.90%-59.42% | -27.90%-59.42% | -13.05%-11.56% | -2.02%

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 -55.61% | -22.71%-36.72% | -25.37%-66.57% | -21.12%-24.66% | -5.50%

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 -59.42% | -27.90%-58.48% | -29.52%-58.48% | -13.16%-11.59% | -1.81%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.67% | 13.53%

Calls: 23.83% | 19.73%

Puts: 9.52% | 7.32%

Prior 68.38% | 48.14%

Calls: 71.72% | 50.26%

Puts: 65.05% | 46.02%

Current vs Prior -75.62% | -71.89%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.32% | 31.85%

Calls: 41.70% | 32.95%

Puts: 38.93% | 30.74%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -58.65% | -57.52%

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Moderately bullish flow with 66% call dollar volume ($97.27M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 106% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 211% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.51 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 470 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 30	21.00	21.55	$21.28	2.6%	80	0.47	149
$510.00	Oct 2	120.45	123.65	$122.05	2.6%	3	1.00	4
$635.00	Oct 16	14.00	14.40	$14.20	2.8%	867	0.49	2.7K
$510.00	Oct 16	121.50	125.00	$123.25	2.8%	--	0.99	203
$520.00	Oct 2	110.45	113.65	$112.05	2.9%	1	1.00	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 16	13.40	13.70	$13.55	2.2%	389	0.46	450
$625.00	Nov 6	22.65	23.25	$22.95	2.6%	21	0.43	4
$635.00	Oct 30	23.90	24.55	$24.23	2.7%	13	0.50	33
$627.50	Oct 30	20.40	21.00	$20.70	2.9%	7	0.45	--
$630.00	Oct 30	21.50	22.15	$21.83	3.0%	71	0.47	12

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 54 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.20)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$652.50	Oct 5	0.30	0.34	$0.32	12.5%	557	0.06	27
$650.00	Oct 5	0.40	0.49	$0.45	20.0%	1.1K	0.08	64
$657.50	Oct 6	0.48	0.57	$0.52	17.3%	1	0.07	--
$655.00	Oct 6	0.63	0.72	$0.68	13.2%	146	0.09	--
$652.50	Oct 6	0.80	0.94	$0.87	16.1%	113	0.11	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$627.50	Oct 2	0.19	0.21	$0.20	10.0%	3.4K	0.10	--
$630.00	Oct 2	0.52	0.62	$0.57	17.5%	1.8K	0.26	7
$617.50	Oct 5	0.69	0.82	$0.75	17.3%	167	0.12	32
$595.00	Oct 5	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	176	0.01	130
$607.50	Oct 6	0.58	0.67	$0.63	14.3%	136	0.08	5

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 368 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 2	120.45	123.65	$122.05	2.6%	3	1.00	4
$520.00	Oct 2	110.45	113.65	$112.05	2.9%	1	1.00	16
$522.50	Oct 2	107.95	111.25	$109.60	3.0%	--	1.00	10
$525.00	Oct 2	105.45	108.65	$107.05	3.0%	--	1.00	30
$530.00	Oct 2	100.45	103.65	$102.05	3.1%	1	1.00	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 2	16.40	19.55	$17.98	17.5%	9	0.99	2
$645.00	Oct 2	11.40	14.00	$12.70	20.5%	6	0.99	--
$642.50	Oct 2	8.90	12.05	$10.48	30.1%	23	0.98	--
$640.00	Oct 2	6.40	9.55	$7.98	39.5%	21	0.98	--
$637.50	Oct 2	4.20	7.05	$5.63	50.6%	31	0.94	5

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 941 active (total vol 89.6K, top 3.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Oct 16	4.15	4.45	$4.30	7.0%	2.1K	0.21	2.1K
$650.00	Oct 16	7.75	8.30	$8.03	6.8%	1.9K	0.33	5.5K
$635.00	Oct 2	0.32	0.40	$0.36	22.2%	1.6K	0.20	1.2K
$655.00	Oct 5	0.20	0.29	$0.25	36.0%	1.6K	0.05	12
$615.00	Oct 9	20.35	21.80	$21.08	6.9%	1.5K	0.77	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$627.50	Oct 2	0.19	0.21	$0.20	10.0%	3.4K	0.10	--
$600.00	Oct 16	4.20	4.45	$4.33	5.8%	3.1K	0.19	7.3K
$560.00	Oct 16	0.92	1.02	$0.97	10.3%	1.9K	0.05	7.2K
$630.00	Oct 2	0.52	0.62	$0.57	17.5%	1.8K	0.26	7
$625.00	Oct 2	0.05	0.09	$0.07	57.1%	1.4K	0.04	30

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

No setups found for this strategy

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 563 found (best R:R 0.80, avg 7.09)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$615.00	$620.00	Oct 12	$2.78	$2.22	$2.78	75%	0.80	$617.78
$635.00	$640.00	Oct 14	$1.40	$3.60	$1.40	48%	2.57	$636.40
$630.00	$640.00	Oct 15	$4.08	$5.92	$4.08	54%	1.45	$634.08
$612.50	$617.50	Oct 13	$3.06	$1.94	$3.06	75%	0.63	$615.56
$680.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$4.15	$15.85	$4.15	29%	3.82	$684.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$627.50	Oct 14	$20.15	$12.35	$20.15	77%	0.61	$639.85
$585.00	$560.00	Oct 13	$0.59	$24.41	$0.59	9%	41.37	$584.41
$617.50	$615.00	Oct 30	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	38%	6.14	$617.15
$592.50	$590.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	26%	18.23	$592.37
$590.00	$582.50	Oct 14	$0.24	$7.26	$0.24	11%	30.25	$589.76

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 473 found (best R:R 2.38, avg 0.32)

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
$632.50	$635.00	Oct 14	$2.15	$2.15	$0.35	49%	6.14	$634.65
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 2	$0.62	$0.62	$4.38	96%	0.14	$705.62
$665.00	$675.00	Oct 6	$0.82	$0.82	$9.18	91%	0.09	$665.82
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 2	$0.60	$0.60	$4.40	96%	0.14	$715.60

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 5	$1.76	$1.76	$0.74	94%	2.38	$530.74
$540.00	$535.00	Oct 7	$0.68	$0.68	$4.32	97%	0.16	$539.32
$522.50	$520.00	Oct 2	$0.61	$0.61	$1.89	97%	0.32	$521.89
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 5	$0.59	$0.59	$1.91	97%	0.31	$541.91
$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. 2 found (avg debit $3.38, cheapest $3.31)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 2	Oct 5	$3.44	27.7%	20.4%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 2	Oct 5	$3.31	27.7%	20.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 257 found (cheapest 0.42% of stock, avg 5.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$632.50	Oct 2	$1.19	$1.47	$2.66	$629.84	$635.16	0.42%
$630.00	Oct 2	$2.77	$0.57	$3.34	$626.66	$633.34	0.53%
$635.00	Oct 2	$0.36	$3.15	$3.51	$631.49	$638.51	0.56%
$627.50	Oct 2	$4.95	$0.20	$5.15	$622.35	$632.65	0.81%
$637.50	Oct 2	$0.09	$5.63	$5.72	$631.78	$643.22	0.90%
$625.00	Oct 2	$7.38	$0.07	$7.45	$617.55	$632.45	1.18%
$640.00	Oct 2	$0.04	$7.98	$8.02	$631.98	$648.02	1.27%
$632.50	Oct 5	$4.63	$4.78	$9.41	$623.09	$641.91	1.49%
$630.00	Oct 5	$5.83	$3.63	$9.46	$620.54	$639.46	1.50%
$622.50	Oct 2	$9.55	$0.04	$9.59	$612.91	$632.09	1.52%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 358 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.25%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$637.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.09	$0.20	$0.29	$627.21	$637.79
$635.00	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.36	$0.20	$0.56	$626.94	$635.56
$637.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.09	$0.57	$0.66	$629.34	$638.16
$685.00	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.20	$0.84	$626.66	$685.84
$635.00	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.36	$0.57	$0.93	$629.07	$635.93
$685.00	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.57	$1.21	$628.79	$686.21
$632.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$1.19	$0.20	$1.39	$626.11	$633.89
$632.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$1.19	$0.57	$1.76	$628.24	$634.26
$642.50	$620.00	Oct 5	$1.32	$1.05	$2.37	$617.63	$644.87
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 5	$1.32	$1.45	$2.77	$619.73	$645.27

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 784 found (best R:R 9.87, avg credit $1.26)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/532	668/670	Oct 5	$2.27	$0.23	88%	9.87	$530.23	$669.77
530/532	662/665	Oct 5	$2.07	$0.43	89%	4.81	$530.43	$664.57
530/532	650/652	Oct 5	$1.89	$0.61	86%	3.10	$530.61	$651.89
530/532	648/650	Oct 5	$1.95	$0.55	83%	3.55	$530.55	$649.45
530/532	645/648	Oct 5	$2.04	$0.46	79%	4.43	$530.46	$647.04
530/532	642/645	Oct 5	$2.16	$0.34	74%	6.35	$530.34	$644.66
530/532	640/642	Oct 5	$2.30	$0.20	68%	11.50	$530.20	$642.30
520/522	705/710	Oct 2	$1.23	$3.77	93%	0.33	$521.27	$706.23
520/522	715/720	Oct 2	$1.21	$3.79	94%	0.32	$521.29	$716.21
540/542	668/670	Oct 5	$1.10	$1.40	91%	0.79	$541.40	$668.60

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 371 found (best R:R 40.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.75	$1.75	54%	2.33
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.10	$2.40	17%	24.00
$660.00	$665.00	$670.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 5	$0.12	$2.38	16%	19.83
$645.00	$650.00	$655.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	10%	40.67
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 5	$0.05	$2.45	15%	49.00
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 2	$0.53	$1.97	42%	3.72
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.78	$1.72	54%	2.21
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 5	$0.12	$2.38	16%	19.83

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 561 found (best net $-3.40, 502 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$585.00	$610.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$6.08	$18.92
$592.50	$612.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$6.74	$13.26
$570.00	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$17.54	$4.96
$597.50	$615.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$10.27	$7.23
$625.00	$635.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$2.53	$7.47

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$690.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$3.40	$36.60
$660.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$4.69	$10.31
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$3.18	$6.82
$675.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$13.22	$6.78
$637.50	$635.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.67	$1.83

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 194 found (best yield 4.37%, avg 1.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 13	$27.60	0.49	1.2%	4.37%	5.60%	31	2
$645.00	Nov 13	$24.95	0.47	2.0%	3.95%	5.97%	9	--
$635.00	Nov 13	$29.45	0.51	0.4%	4.66%	5.10%	10	--
$650.00	Nov 13	$22.70	0.44	2.8%	3.59%	6.40%	4	--
$660.00	Nov 13	$18.95	0.39	4.4%	3.00%	7.39%	3	--
$665.00	Nov 13	$17.05	0.37	5.2%	2.70%	7.88%	3	--
$670.00	Nov 13	$15.55	0.34	6.0%	2.46%	8.44%	3	--
$645.00	Nov 6	$22.55	0.45	2.0%	3.57%	5.59%	19	19
$640.00	Nov 6	$24.50	0.48	1.2%	3.88%	5.11%	4	26
$635.00	Nov 6	$26.55	0.51	0.4%	4.20%	4.64%	58	22

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 63,390

Total Puts 222,602

Put/Call Ratio 3.51

Net Difference -159,212

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 41,513

Total Puts 50,402

Put/Call Ratio 1.21

Net Difference -8,889

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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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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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