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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$630.60 +2.07%

$629.60 (-0.16%)🌙

as of 10/02 04:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 4:00pm) 401,584

Calls: 94,794 (24%)

Puts: 306,790 (76%)

Prior (10/01) 238,126

Calls: 78,934 (33%)

Puts: 159,192 (67%)

Current vs Prior +68.64%

Calls: +20.09% (Calls)

Puts: +92.72% (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 +104.07%

Calls: +31.88%

Puts: +145.61%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 4:00pm) $199.71M

Calls: $119.63M (60%)

Puts: $80.09M (40%)

Prior (10/01) $135.60M

Calls: $85.58M (63%)

Puts: $50.02M (37%)

Current vs Prior +47.28%

Calls: +39.79%

Puts: +60.10%

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 +68.63%

Calls: +55.03%

Puts: +94.05%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/02 4:00pm) 3.24

Prior (10/01) 2.02

Current vs Prior +60.47%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.74

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +85.95%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/02 4:00pm) 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 0.48% | 1.41%0.48% | 1.41%0.48% | 2.87%4.42% | 10.75%

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

Current vs Prior -14.89% | -16.13%-71.22% | -39.57%-71.22% | -22.46%-15.26% | -3.77%

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 -6.90% | -10.10%-55.12% | -37.45%-76.29% | -29.67%-27.81% | -7.19%

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 -14.89% | -16.13%-70.55% | -40.92%-70.55% | -22.56%-15.28% | -3.56%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 47.93% | 35.26%

Calls: 48.19% | 40.66%

Puts: 47.67% | 29.86%

Prior 68.38% | 48.14%

Calls: 71.72% | 50.26%

Puts: 65.05% | 46.02%

Current vs Prior -29.91% | -26.76%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.32% | 31.85%

Calls: 41.70% | 32.95%

Puts: 38.93% | 30.74%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +18.88% | +10.72%

Liquidity Expensive

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Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (69% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 69% vs prior. Volume explosion - 104% above 7-day average (401,584 vs avg 196,788). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.24 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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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 BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 209 of results (avg 6.6%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 2	118.75	122.50	$120.63	3.1%	3	1.00	4
$505.00	Oct 30	126.25	130.25	$128.25	3.1%	1	1.00	4
$520.00	Oct 23	110.70	114.40	$112.55	3.3%	6	1.00	6
$505.00	Oct 16	124.20	128.50	$126.35	3.4%	--	0.99	160
$520.00	Oct 2	108.70	112.50	$110.60	3.4%	1	1.00	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Oct 30	107.55	112.00	$109.78	4.1%	2	0.94	--
$720.00	Oct 30	88.20	93.00	$90.60	5.3%	1	0.90	--
$705.00	Oct 23	73.00	77.95	$75.47	6.6%	3	0.91	3
$705.00	Oct 16	72.50	77.45	$74.97	6.6%	--	0.94	25
$690.00	Oct 30	61.20	65.45	$63.33	6.7%	--	0.82	10

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.55, cheapest $0.63)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 16	0.60	0.66	$0.63	9.5%	1.3K	0.03	8.5K
$555.00	Oct 16	0.64	0.77	$0.71	18.3%	1.0K	0.04	2.7K
$520.00	Oct 16	0.29	0.32	$0.31	9.7%	148	0.01	13.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 390 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 2	118.75	122.50	$120.63	3.1%	3	1.00	4
$530.00	Oct 2	98.10	102.50	$100.30	4.4%	1	1.00	17
$545.00	Oct 5	83.55	88.00	$85.78	5.2%	1	1.00	1
$552.50	Oct 5	76.35	80.50	$78.43	5.3%	4	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 5	68.85	73.00	$70.93	5.9%	1	1.00	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 2	2.61	6.10	$4.35	80.2%	420	1.00	1
$637.50	Oct 2	5.05	8.95	$7.00	55.7%	32	1.00	5
$640.00	Oct 2	7.60	11.10	$9.35	37.4%	21	1.00	--
$645.00	Oct 2	12.50	16.25	$14.38	26.1%	6	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 2	17.50	21.30	$19.40	19.6%	10	1.00	2

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,060 active (total vol 148.6K, top 15.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	0.56	0.76	$0.66	30.3%	5.0K	0.04	18.7K
$650.00	Oct 16	6.20	7.10	$6.65	13.5%	2.6K	0.30	5.5K
$635.00	Oct 2	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	2.3K	0.03	1.2K
$665.00	Oct 16	2.86	3.65	$3.26	24.2%	2.1K	0.18	2.1K
$640.00	Oct 16	9.55	10.65	$10.10	10.9%	1.7K	0.41	4.5K

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	0.02	0.28	$0.15	173.3%	3.7K	0.12	--
$600.00	Oct 16	3.70	4.35	$4.03	16.1%	3.2K	0.19	7.3K
$610.00	Oct 9	1.87	2.49	$2.18	28.4%	3.1K	0.18	1.1K
$630.00	Oct 2	0.00	1.09	$0.55	198.2%	2.6K	0.37	7

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 33.5%, max 33.5%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$630.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	44.2%	33.1%	33.5%	1.4K	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. 558 found (best R:R 47.91, avg 7.51)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$680.00	$725.00	Oct 15	$0.92	$44.08	$0.92	11%	47.91	$680.92
$680.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$3.42	$16.58	$3.42	28%	4.85	$683.42
$655.00	$660.00	Oct 30	$0.80	$4.20	$0.80	36%	5.25	$655.80
$665.00	$670.00	Nov 13	$0.82	$4.18	$0.82	35%	5.10	$665.82
$660.00	$665.00	Oct 23	$0.42	$4.58	$0.42	28%	10.90	$660.42

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$627.50	Oct 14	$21.25	$11.25	$21.25	81%	0.53	$638.75
$632.50	$630.00	Oct 30	$0.38	$2.12	$0.38	50%	5.58	$632.12
$615.00	$612.50	Oct 23	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	35%	19.83	$614.88
$607.50	$602.50	Nov 13	$0.97	$4.03	$0.97	35%	4.15	$606.53
$570.00	$560.00	Nov 13	$1.03	$8.97	$1.03	19%	8.71	$568.97

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 472 found (best R:R 0.95, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$740.00	$745.00	Oct 2	$2.44	$2.44	$2.56	94%	0.95	$742.44
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 2	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	91%	0.94	$717.42
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 2	$2.43	$2.43	$2.57	90%	0.95	$707.43
$690.00	$695.00	Oct 2	$2.44	$2.44	$2.56	89%	0.95	$692.44
$672.50	$675.00	Oct 2	$2.09	$2.09	$0.41	86%	5.10	$674.59

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$547.50	$545.00	Oct 2	$2.37	$2.37	$0.13	92%	18.23	$545.13
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 2	$2.03	$2.03	$0.47	93%	4.32	$525.47
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 5	$1.81	$1.81	$0.69	94%	2.62	$530.69
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 5	$1.71	$1.71	$0.79	94%	2.16	$540.79
$560.00	$540.00	Nov 13	$3.38	$3.38	$16.62	84%	0.20	$556.62

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.99, cheapest $2.92)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$3.06	44.2%	16.2%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$2.92	44.2%	16.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 272 found (cheapest 0.26% of stock, avg 5.73%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$630.00	Oct 2	$1.09	$0.55	$1.64	$628.36	$631.64	0.26%
$632.50	Oct 2	$0.12	$1.91	$2.03	$630.47	$634.53	0.32%
$627.50	Oct 2	$3.33	$0.15	$3.48	$624.02	$630.98	0.55%
$635.00	Oct 2	$0.03	$4.35	$4.38	$630.62	$639.38	0.69%
$625.00	Oct 2	$5.68	$0.03	$5.71	$619.29	$630.71	0.91%
$637.50	Oct 2	$0.01	$7.00	$7.01	$630.49	$644.51	1.11%
$630.00	Oct 5	$4.15	$3.47	$7.62	$622.38	$637.62	1.21%
$632.50	Oct 5	$3.20	$4.72	$7.92	$624.58	$640.42	1.26%
$622.50	Oct 2	$8.25	$0.03	$8.28	$614.22	$630.78	1.31%
$635.00	Oct 5	$2.12	$6.40	$8.52	$626.48	$643.52	1.35%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 375 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.01%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$632.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$0.12	$0.15	$0.27	$627.23	$632.77
$632.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.12	$0.55	$0.67	$629.33	$633.17
$642.50	$620.00	Oct 5	$0.62	$0.80	$1.42	$618.58	$643.92
$640.00	$620.00	Oct 5	$1.04	$0.80	$1.84	$618.16	$641.84
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 5	$0.62	$1.44	$2.06	$620.44	$644.56
$640.00	$622.50	Oct 5	$1.04	$1.44	$2.48	$620.02	$642.48
$690.00	$627.50	Oct 2	$2.45	$0.15	$2.60	$624.90	$692.60
$705.00	$627.50	Oct 2	$2.45	$0.15	$2.60	$624.90	$707.60
$672.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$2.45	$0.15	$2.60	$624.90	$675.10
$667.50	$627.50	Oct 2	$2.45	$0.15	$2.60	$624.90	$670.10

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 840 found (best R:R 40.67, avg credit $1.37)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
505/508	740/745	Oct 2	$4.88	$0.12	88%	40.67	$502.62	$744.88
512/515	740/745	Oct 2	$4.88	$0.12	88%	40.67	$510.12	$744.88
520/522	740/745	Oct 2	$4.86	$0.14	87%	34.71	$517.64	$744.86
530/532	740/745	Oct 2	$4.88	$0.12	87%	40.67	$527.62	$744.88
550/552	740/745	Oct 2	$4.86	$0.14	86%	34.71	$547.64	$744.86
545/548	740/745	Oct 2	$4.81	$0.19	86%	25.32	$542.69	$744.81
505/508	715/720	Oct 2	$4.86	$0.14	85%	34.71	$502.64	$719.86
512/515	715/720	Oct 2	$4.86	$0.14	84%	34.71	$510.14	$719.86
505/508	705/710	Oct 2	$4.87	$0.13	84%	37.46	$502.63	$709.87
512/515	705/710	Oct 2	$4.87	$0.13	84%	37.46	$510.13	$709.87

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 429 found (best R:R 1.60, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$2.39	35%	21.73
$650.00	$655.00	$660.00	Oct 12	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$645.00	$650.00	$655.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 2	$1.27	$1.23	75%	0.97
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 2	$0.88	$1.62	60%	1.84

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 2	$0.96	$1.54	77%	1.60
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 2	$0.28	$2.22	35%	7.93
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$4.80	11%	24.00
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 6	$0.06	$2.44	8%	40.67

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 $-1.61, 531 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$540.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$1.61	$58.39
$585.00	$610.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$4.85	$20.15
$592.50	$612.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$6.66	$13.34
$570.00	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$16.11	$6.39
$560.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$21.06	$3.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$665.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$6.56	$18.44
$660.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$4.21	$10.79
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$2.33	$7.67
$675.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$11.55	$8.45
$560.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.89	$19.11

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 187 found (best yield 4.36%, avg 0.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Nov 13	$27.50	0.50	0.7%	4.36%	5.06%	10	--
$640.00	Nov 13	$24.80	0.48	1.5%	3.93%	5.42%	37	2
$645.00	Nov 13	$22.75	0.45	2.3%	3.61%	5.89%	9	--
$650.00	Nov 13	$20.55	0.42	3.1%	3.26%	6.34%	7	--
$655.00	Nov 13	$18.70	0.40	3.9%	2.97%	6.83%	2	--
$660.00	Nov 13	$16.90	0.38	4.7%	2.68%	7.34%	6	--
$665.00	Nov 13	$15.05	0.35	5.5%	2.39%	7.84%	5	--
$670.00	Nov 13	$14.10	0.33	6.2%	2.24%	8.48%	3	--
$632.50	Nov 6	$25.95	0.51	0.3%	4.12%	4.42%	--	15
$640.00	Nov 6	$21.85	0.47	1.5%	3.46%	4.96%	8	26

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 94,794

Total Puts 306,790

Put/Call Ratio 3.24

Net Difference -211,996

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 78,934

Total Puts 159,192

Put/Call Ratio 2.02

Net Difference -80,258

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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