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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$630.36 +2.03%

(10/2 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 2:00pm) 315,374

Calls: 71,696 (23%)

Puts: 243,678 (77%)

Prior (10/01) 186,344

Calls: 56,469 (30%)

Puts: 129,875 (70%)

Current vs Prior +69.24%

Calls: +26.97% (Calls)

Puts: +87.63% (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 +60.26%

Calls: -0.26%

Puts: +95.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 2:00pm) $171.80M

Calls: $102.04M (59%)

Puts: $69.75M (41%)

Prior (10/01) $102.24M

Calls: $62.96M (62%)

Puts: $39.29M (38%)

Current vs Prior +68.03%

Calls: +62.08%

Puts: +77.55%

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 +45.06%

Calls: +32.25%

Puts: +69.02%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/02 2:00pm) 3.40

Prior (10/01) 2.30

Current vs Prior +47.78%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.74

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +95.28%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/02 2:00pm) 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 0.66% | 1.62%0.66% | 1.62%0.66% | 3.05%4.64% | 10.77%

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

Current vs Prior -59.87% | -30.41%-59.88% | -30.41%-59.88% | -17.59%-11.09% | -3.65%

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 -56.11% | -25.40%-37.44% | -27.97%-66.95% | -25.25%-24.26% | -7.07%

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 -59.87% | -30.41%-58.95% | -31.97%-58.95% | -17.70%-11.11% | -3.44%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.87% | 12.82%

Calls: 19.31% | 13.89%

Puts: 34.43% | 11.75%

Prior 68.38% | 48.14%

Calls: 71.72% | 50.26%

Puts: 65.05% | 46.02%

Current vs Prior -60.70% | -73.37%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.32% | 31.85%

Calls: 41.70% | 32.95%

Puts: 38.93% | 30.74%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -33.35% | -59.75%

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Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 68% vs prior. Above-average activity with volume up 69% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.40 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 48% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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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 NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 477 of results (avg 6.0%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Oct 16	124.65	127.90	$126.28	2.6%	--	0.99	160
$505.00	Oct 30	126.35	129.80	$128.07	2.7%	1	0.93	4
$640.00	Oct 30	19.55	20.10	$19.83	2.8%	81	0.46	149
$640.00	Nov 6	23.10	23.75	$23.43	2.8%	4	0.47	26
$510.00	Oct 2	118.65	122.10	$120.38	2.9%	3	1.00	4

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 30	22.20	22.70	$22.45	2.2%	73	0.48	12
$632.50	Oct 30	23.35	23.95	$23.65	2.5%	50	0.50	--
$640.00	Oct 16	19.05	19.55	$19.30	2.6%	754	0.59	179
$627.50	Oct 30	20.95	21.55	$21.25	2.8%	17	0.46	--
$620.00	Oct 30	17.70	18.25	$17.98	3.1%	21	0.41	51

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 54 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.40)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$647.50	Oct 5	0.36	0.43	$0.40	17.5%	463	0.07	--
$642.50	Oct 5	0.77	0.89	$0.83	14.5%	365	0.14	16
$657.50	Oct 6	0.32	0.35	$0.34	8.8%	1	0.05	--
$655.00	Oct 6	0.41	0.48	$0.44	15.9%	146	0.06	--
$652.50	Oct 6	0.52	0.63	$0.57	19.3%	113	0.08	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$612.50	Oct 5	0.43	0.51	$0.47	17.0%	56	0.08	506
$615.00	Oct 5	0.60	0.67	$0.64	10.9%	389	0.11	191
$617.50	Oct 5	0.80	0.95	$0.88	17.0%	198	0.14	32
$610.00	Oct 6	0.78	0.94	$0.86	18.6%	157	0.11	13
$602.50	Oct 6	0.47	0.54	$0.51	13.7%	18	0.06	6

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 376 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$552.50	Oct 5	76.25	79.70	$77.97	4.4%	4	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 5	68.70	72.00	$70.35	4.7%	1	1.00	17
$565.00	Oct 5	63.70	67.20	$65.45	5.3%	20	1.00	20
$572.50	Oct 5	56.20	59.55	$57.88	5.8%	--	1.00	16
$580.00	Oct 5	48.70	52.00	$50.35	6.6%	4	1.00	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$637.50	Oct 2	6.10	8.35	$7.23	31.1%	32	1.00	5
$640.00	Oct 2	8.40	11.15	$9.78	28.1%	21	1.00	--
$642.50	Oct 2	10.70	13.35	$12.02	22.0%	23	1.00	--
$645.00	Oct 2	13.50	16.55	$15.03	20.3%	6	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 2	18.45	21.45	$19.95	15.0%	10	1.00	2

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,005 active (total vol 101.0K, top 3.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Oct 16	3.45	3.75	$3.60	8.3%	2.1K	0.19	2.1K
$650.00	Oct 16	6.75	7.15	$6.95	5.8%	2.0K	0.31	5.5K
$635.00	Oct 2	0.08	0.14	$0.11	54.5%	1.7K	0.07	1.2K
$655.00	Oct 5	0.13	0.22	$0.18	50.0%	1.6K	0.03	12
$615.00	Oct 9	18.70	19.90	$19.30	6.2%	1.5K	0.75	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$627.50	Oct 2	0.39	0.52	$0.46	28.3%	3.5K	0.22	--
$600.00	Oct 16	4.25	4.50	$4.38	5.7%	3.1K	0.20	7.3K
$630.00	Oct 2	1.08	1.16	$1.12	7.1%	2.2K	0.47	7
$560.00	Oct 16	0.92	1.02	$0.97	10.3%	2.0K	0.05	7.2K
$625.00	Oct 2	0.13	0.19	$0.16	37.5%	1.6K	0.09	30

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 1 strikes (avg 10.2%, max 10.2%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$627.50	Oct 2	Oct 30	35.8%	32.4%	10.2%	201	1.6K

PUTS (0)

No puts found

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 601 found (best R:R 65.18, avg 8.04)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$680.00	$725.00	Oct 15	$0.68	$44.32	$0.68	10%	65.18	$680.68
$680.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$3.45	$16.55	$3.45	28%	4.80	$683.45
$665.00	$670.00	Nov 13	$0.93	$4.07	$0.93	35%	4.38	$665.93
$615.00	$620.00	Oct 12	$2.90	$2.10	$2.90	72%	0.72	$617.90
$650.00	$660.00	Nov 6	$3.20	$6.80	$3.20	41%	2.13	$653.20

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$627.50	Oct 14	$21.03	$11.47	$21.03	81%	0.55	$638.97
$610.00	$607.50	Nov 6	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	36%	7.33	$609.70
$637.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	74%	1.00	$636.25
$607.50	$602.50	Oct 12	$0.39	$4.61	$0.39	20%	11.82	$607.11
$580.00	$575.00	Nov 13	$0.63	$4.37	$0.63	23%	6.94	$579.37

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 499 found (best R:R 2.47, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$665.00	$675.00	Oct 6	$0.89	$0.89	$9.11	91%	0.10	$665.89
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 2	$0.61	$0.61	$4.39	96%	0.14	$715.61
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 2	$0.61	$0.61	$4.39	96%	0.14	$705.61
$675.00	$680.00	Nov 13	$1.93	$1.93	$3.07	69%	0.63	$676.93
$690.00	$695.00	Oct 2	$0.49	$0.49	$4.51	96%	0.11	$690.49

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 5	$1.78	$1.78	$0.72	94%	2.47	$540.72
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 5	$1.76	$1.76	$0.74	94%	2.38	$530.74
$582.50	$580.00	Oct 6	$0.78	$0.78	$1.72	94%	0.45	$581.72
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 6	$0.79	$0.79	$1.71	92%	0.46	$591.71
$540.00	$535.00	Oct 7	$0.67	$0.67	$4.33	97%	0.15	$539.33

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.20, cheapest $3.16)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$3.23	32.6%	18.9%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$3.16	32.6%	18.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 270 found (cheapest 0.41% of stock, avg 5.84%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$630.00	Oct 2	$1.45	$1.12	$2.57	$627.43	$632.57	0.41%
$632.50	Oct 2	$0.45	$2.73	$3.18	$629.32	$635.68	0.50%
$627.50	Oct 2	$3.23	$0.46	$3.69	$623.81	$631.19	0.59%
$635.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$4.83	$4.94	$630.06	$639.94	0.78%
$625.00	Oct 2	$5.38	$0.16	$5.54	$619.46	$630.54	0.88%
$637.50	Oct 2	$0.04	$7.23	$7.27	$630.23	$644.77	1.15%
$622.50	Oct 2	$7.40	$0.06	$7.46	$615.04	$629.96	1.18%
$630.00	Oct 5	$4.68	$4.28	$8.96	$621.04	$638.96	1.42%
$632.50	Oct 5	$3.43	$5.53	$8.96	$623.54	$641.46	1.42%
$627.50	Oct 5	$6.00	$3.20	$9.20	$618.30	$636.70	1.46%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 356 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.17%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$635.00	$625.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$0.16	$0.27	$624.73	$635.27
$635.00	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.11	$0.46	$0.57	$626.93	$635.57
$632.50	$625.00	Oct 2	$0.45	$0.16	$0.61	$624.39	$633.11
$632.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.45	$0.46	$0.91	$626.59	$633.41
$632.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.45	$1.12	$1.57	$628.43	$634.07
$635.00	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$1.12	$1.23	$628.77	$636.23
$642.50	$620.00	Oct 5	$0.83	$1.23	$2.06	$617.94	$644.56
$640.00	$620.00	Oct 5	$1.20	$1.23	$2.43	$617.57	$642.43
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 5	$0.83	$1.72	$2.55	$619.95	$645.05
$640.00	$622.50	Oct 5	$1.20	$1.72	$2.92	$619.58	$642.92

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 896 found (best R:R 5.10, avg credit $1.16)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
540/542	662/665	Oct 5	$2.09	$0.41	89%	5.10	$540.41	$664.59
530/532	662/665	Oct 5	$2.07	$0.43	89%	4.81	$530.43	$664.57
540/542	668/670	Oct 5	$2.03	$0.47	90%	4.32	$540.47	$669.53
530/532	668/670	Oct 5	$2.01	$0.49	90%	4.10	$530.49	$669.51
540/542	648/650	Oct 5	$1.89	$0.61	86%	3.10	$540.61	$649.39
530/532	648/650	Oct 5	$1.87	$0.63	87%	2.97	$530.63	$649.37
540/542	645/648	Oct 5	$1.95	$0.55	83%	3.55	$540.55	$646.95
530/532	645/648	Oct 5	$1.93	$0.57	84%	3.39	$530.57	$646.93
540/542	642/645	Oct 5	$2.04	$0.46	79%	4.43	$540.46	$644.54
530/532	642/645	Oct 5	$2.02	$0.48	80%	4.21	$530.48	$644.52

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 421 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 6	$0.10	$9.90	10%	99.00
$620.00	$630.00	$640.00	Oct 15	$0.99	$9.01	22%	9.10
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.37	$2.13	38%	5.76
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.07	$2.43	18%	34.71
$645.00	$650.00	$655.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	10%	99.00
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.36	$2.14	38%	5.94
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.49	$2.01	45%	4.10
$645.00	$650.00	$655.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$4.85	10%	32.33
$620.00	$625.00	$630.00	Nov 13	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 597 found (best net $-3.18, 537 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$585.00	$610.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$3.18	$21.82
$592.50	$612.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$4.74	$15.26
$570.00	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$15.67	$6.83
$560.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$20.89	$4.11
$597.50	$615.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$9.25	$8.25

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$660.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$5.26	$9.74
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$4.11	$5.89
$675.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$13.05	$6.95
$635.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.63	$1.87
$615.00	$605.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.90	$9.10

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 187 found (best yield 4.12%, avg 0.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 13	$26.00	0.47	1.5%	4.12%	5.65%	31	2
$635.00	Nov 13	$28.00	0.50	0.7%	4.44%	5.18%	10	--
$645.00	Nov 13	$23.40	0.45	2.3%	3.71%	6.03%	9	--
$650.00	Nov 13	$21.40	0.42	3.1%	3.39%	6.51%	6	--
$655.00	Nov 13	$19.50	0.40	3.9%	3.09%	7.00%	2	--
$660.00	Nov 13	$17.85	0.37	4.7%	2.83%	7.53%	6	--
$665.00	Nov 13	$16.00	0.35	5.5%	2.54%	8.03%	5	--
$640.00	Nov 6	$23.10	0.47	1.5%	3.66%	5.19%	4	26
$670.00	Nov 13	$14.45	0.33	6.3%	2.29%	8.58%	3	--
$635.00	Nov 6	$24.80	0.50	0.7%	3.93%	4.67%	62	22

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 71,696

Total Puts 243,678

Put/Call Ratio 3.40

Net Difference -171,982

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 56,469

Total Puts 129,875

Put/Call Ratio 2.30

Net Difference -73,406

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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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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