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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$631.20 +2.17%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 3:00pm) 358,225

Calls: 82,312 (23%)

Puts: 275,913 (77%)

Prior (10/01) 207,169

Calls: 65,258 (31%)

Puts: 141,911 (69%)

Current vs Prior +72.91%

Calls: +26.13% (Calls)

Puts: +94.43% (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 +82.04%

Calls: +14.51%

Puts: +120.89%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 3:00pm) $188.78M

Calls: $113.02M (60%)

Puts: $75.77M (40%)

Prior (10/01) $119.79M

Calls: $77.78M (65%)

Puts: $42.01M (35%)

Current vs Prior +57.59%

Calls: +45.30%

Puts: +80.36%

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 +59.40%

Calls: +46.47%

Puts: +83.59%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/02 3:00pm) 3.35

Prior (10/01) 2.17

Current vs Prior +54.14%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.74

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +92.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/02 3:00pm) 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 0.55% | 1.54%0.55% | 1.54%0.55% | 3.01%4.52% | 10.72%

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

Current vs Prior -66.45% | -33.98%-66.45% | -33.97%-66.45% | -18.81%-13.24% | -4.06%

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 -63.30% | -29.22%-47.68% | -31.66%-72.36% | -26.35%-26.09% | -7.47%

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 -66.45% | -33.98%-65.67% | -35.46%-65.67% | -18.92%-13.27% | -3.85%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 38.22% | 19.73%

Calls: 31.33% | 21.98%

Puts: 45.11% | 17.48%

Prior 68.38% | 48.14%

Calls: 71.72% | 50.26%

Puts: 65.05% | 46.02%

Current vs Prior -44.11% | -59.02%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.32% | 31.85%

Calls: 41.70% | 32.95%

Puts: 38.93% | 30.74%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.20% | -38.05%

Liquidity Expensive

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Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 58% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (59% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 73% vs prior. Volume explosion - 82% above 7-day average (358,225 vs avg 196,788).

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

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Current NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 451 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 16	101.00	103.60	$102.30	2.5%	3	0.98	848
$505.00	Oct 16	124.80	128.25	$126.53	2.7%	--	0.99	160
$515.00	Oct 30	116.90	120.20	$118.55	2.8%	--	0.96	25
$515.00	Oct 16	115.05	118.30	$116.68	2.8%	--	0.99	215
$510.00	Oct 2	119.00	122.40	$120.70	2.8%	3	1.00	4

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$632.50	Oct 23	18.50	19.05	$18.77	2.9%	24	0.50	1
$740.00	Oct 30	108.00	111.30	$109.65	3.0%	2	0.92	--
$630.00	Oct 23	17.30	17.85	$17.58	3.1%	72	0.48	21
$627.50	Oct 23	16.15	16.70	$16.42	3.3%	103	0.46	--
$632.50	Nov 6	25.80	26.70	$26.25	3.4%	3	0.49	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 54 found (avg $0.67, cheapest $0.36)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$632.50	Oct 2	0.33	0.38	$0.36	13.9%	923	0.27	505
$650.00	Oct 5	0.26	0.31	$0.29	17.2%	1.5K	0.06	64
$647.50	Oct 5	0.37	0.43	$0.40	15.0%	470	0.08	--
$645.00	Oct 5	0.56	0.61	$0.59	8.5%	1.1K	0.11	221
$642.50	Oct 5	0.80	0.88	$0.84	9.5%	447	0.15	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Oct 5	0.46	0.55	$0.51	17.6%	432	0.09	191
$617.50	Oct 5	0.64	0.76	$0.70	17.1%	200	0.12	32
$620.00	Oct 5	0.89	1.03	$0.96	14.6%	721	0.16	29
$610.00	Oct 6	0.67	0.80	$0.74	17.6%	307	0.10	13
$582.50	Oct 9	0.42	0.49	$0.45	15.6%	19	0.04	154

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 382 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Oct 5	84.00	87.30	$85.65	3.9%	1	1.00	1
$552.50	Oct 5	76.55	80.00	$78.28	4.4%	4	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 5	69.05	72.40	$70.72	4.7%	1	1.00	17
$565.00	Oct 5	64.10	67.45	$65.78	5.1%	20	1.00	20
$572.50	Oct 5	56.60	59.80	$58.20	5.5%	--	1.00	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$637.50	Oct 2	5.40	8.50	$6.95	44.6%	32	1.00	5
$640.00	Oct 2	7.85	11.00	$9.43	33.4%	21	1.00	--
$642.50	Oct 2	10.60	13.50	$12.05	24.1%	23	1.00	--
$645.00	Oct 2	12.70	16.00	$14.35	23.0%	6	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 2	17.90	21.05	$19.48	16.2%	10	1.00	2

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,032 active (total vol 128.9K, top 15.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 16	6.80	7.15	$6.98	5.0%	2.6K	0.31	5.5K
$635.00	Oct 2	0.04	0.07	$0.06	50.0%	2.2K	0.05	1.2K
$665.00	Oct 16	3.45	3.70	$3.58	7.0%	2.1K	0.19	2.1K
$655.00	Oct 5	0.13	0.20	$0.17	41.2%	1.6K	0.03	12
$650.00	Oct 5	0.26	0.31	$0.29	17.2%	1.5K	0.06	64

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$522.50	Oct 6	0.00	0.22	$0.11	200.0%	15.7K	0.01	--
$627.50	Oct 2	0.10	0.17	$0.14	50.0%	3.6K	0.10	--
$600.00	Oct 16	4.00	4.35	$4.18	8.4%	3.2K	0.19	7.3K
$630.00	Oct 2	0.40	0.63	$0.52	44.2%	2.2K	0.32	7
$560.00	Oct 16	0.82	0.94	$0.88	13.6%	2.0K	0.05	7.2K

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. 583 found (best R:R 65.18, avg 8.13)

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	$3.25	$16.75	$3.25	28%	5.15	$683.25
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 6	$0.77	$1.73	$0.77	72%	2.25	$623.27
$635.00	$640.00	Nov 13	$1.55	$3.45	$1.55	50%	2.23	$636.55
$635.00	$637.50	Oct 8	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	41%	12.89	$635.18

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$627.50	Oct 14	$21.01	$11.49	$21.01	82%	0.55	$638.99
$640.00	$637.50	Oct 7	$0.98	$1.52	$0.98	70%	1.55	$639.02
$622.50	$620.00	Oct 8	$0.22	$2.28	$0.22	34%	10.36	$622.28
$630.00	$627.50	Oct 7	$0.55	$1.95	$0.55	49%	3.55	$629.45
$605.00	$600.00	Oct 13	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	19%	16.86	$604.72

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 485 found (best R:R 2.52, 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
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 2	$0.61	$0.61	$4.39	96%	0.14	$705.61
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 2	$0.60	$0.60	$4.40	96%	0.14	$715.60
$642.50	$655.00	Oct 14	$3.87	$3.87	$8.63	64%	0.45	$646.37
$637.50	$640.00	Oct 8	$1.37	$1.37	$1.13	63%	1.21	$638.87

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 5	$1.79	$1.79	$0.71	94%	2.52	$530.71
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 5	$1.42	$1.42	$1.08	94%	1.31	$541.08
$560.00	$540.00	Nov 13	$3.00	$3.00	$17.00	84%	0.18	$557.00
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 6	$0.73	$0.73	$1.77	93%	0.41	$591.77
$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 $3.08, cheapest $2.89)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$2.89	33.1%	17.7%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$3.26	33.1%	17.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 267 found (cheapest 0.35% of stock, avg 5.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$630.00	Oct 2	$1.66	$0.52	$2.18	$627.82	$632.18	0.35%
$632.50	Oct 2	$0.36	$1.84	$2.20	$630.30	$634.70	0.35%
$627.50	Oct 2	$3.75	$0.14	$3.89	$623.61	$631.39	0.62%
$635.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$4.51	$4.57	$630.43	$639.57	0.72%
$625.00	Oct 2	$5.73	$0.05	$5.78	$619.22	$630.78	0.92%
$637.50	Oct 2	$0.01	$6.95	$6.96	$630.54	$644.46	1.10%
$622.50	Oct 2	$7.73	$0.05	$7.78	$614.72	$630.28	1.23%
$630.00	Oct 5	$4.55	$3.78	$8.33	$621.67	$638.33	1.32%
$632.50	Oct 5	$3.40	$5.15	$8.55	$623.95	$641.05	1.35%
$627.50	Oct 5	$6.08	$2.73	$8.81	$618.69	$636.31	1.40%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 356 found (cheapest 0.03% of stock, avg 3.13%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$635.00	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.14	$0.20	$627.30	$635.20
$662.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.43	$0.14	$0.57	$626.93	$663.07
$632.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.36	$0.14	$0.50	$627.00	$633.00
$635.00	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.52	$0.58	$629.42	$635.58
$632.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.36	$0.52	$0.88	$629.12	$633.38
$662.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.43	$0.52	$0.95	$629.05	$663.45
$642.50	$620.00	Oct 5	$0.84	$0.96	$1.80	$618.20	$644.30
$640.00	$620.00	Oct 5	$1.16	$0.96	$2.12	$617.88	$642.12
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 5	$0.84	$1.40	$2.24	$620.26	$644.74
$640.00	$622.50	Oct 5	$1.16	$1.40	$2.56	$619.94	$642.56

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 873 found (best R:R 5.25, avg credit $1.15)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/532	662/665	Oct 5	$2.10	$0.40	89%	5.25	$530.40	$664.60
530/532	645/648	Oct 5	$1.98	$0.52	83%	3.81	$530.52	$646.98
530/532	648/650	Oct 5	$1.90	$0.60	86%	3.17	$530.60	$649.40
530/532	642/645	Oct 5	$2.04	$0.46	80%	4.43	$530.46	$644.54
530/532	638/640	Oct 5	$2.33	$0.17	68%	13.71	$530.17	$639.83
530/532	640/642	Oct 5	$2.11	$0.39	75%	5.41	$530.39	$642.11
540/542	662/665	Oct 5	$1.73	$0.77	89%	2.25	$540.77	$664.23
540/542	645/648	Oct 5	$1.61	$0.89	83%	1.81	$540.89	$646.61
540/542	648/650	Oct 5	$1.53	$0.97	86%	1.58	$540.97	$649.03
540/542	635/638	Oct 5	$2.20	$0.30	59%	7.33	$540.30	$637.20

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 397 found (best R:R 2.16, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 2	$0.79	$1.71	63%	2.16
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 2	$0.25	$2.25	26%	9.00
$650.00	$655.00	$660.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 5	$0.07	$2.43	14%	34.71
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.07	$2.43	14%	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 2	$0.94	$1.56	63%	1.66
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.29	$2.21	29%	7.62
$655.00	$660.00	$665.00	Oct 30	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.18	$2.32	18%	12.89
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.12	$2.38	14%	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. 605 found (best net $-0.35, 553 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$540.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.35	$59.65
$585.00	$610.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$3.76	$21.24
$592.50	$612.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$4.91	$15.09
$570.00	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$16.12	$6.38
$597.50	$615.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$8.80	$8.70

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$660.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$5.26	$9.74
$675.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$12.52	$7.48
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$4.32	$5.68
$615.00	$605.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.64	$9.36
$560.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$1.43	$18.57

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 186 found (best yield 4.17%, avg 0.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 13	$26.35	0.47	1.4%	4.17%	5.57%	31	2
$645.00	Nov 13	$23.40	0.45	2.2%	3.71%	5.89%	9	--
$635.00	Nov 13	$27.05	0.50	0.6%	4.29%	4.89%	10	--
$655.00	Nov 13	$19.05	0.40	3.8%	3.02%	6.79%	2	--
$650.00	Nov 13	$20.50	0.42	3.0%	3.25%	6.23%	6	--
$665.00	Nov 13	$15.80	0.35	5.3%	2.50%	7.86%	5	--
$660.00	Nov 13	$16.90	0.37	4.6%	2.68%	7.24%	6	--
$640.00	Nov 6	$23.05	0.47	1.4%	3.65%	5.05%	7	26
$670.00	Nov 13	$14.10	0.33	6.2%	2.23%	8.38%	3	--
$645.00	Nov 6	$20.75	0.44	2.2%	3.29%	5.47%	19	19

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 82,312

Total Puts 275,913

Put/Call Ratio 3.35

Net Difference -193,601

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 65,258

Total Puts 141,911

Put/Call Ratio 2.17

Net Difference -76,653

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 503,162

Total Puts 874,359

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.74

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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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