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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$631.99 +0.22%

(10/2 18:43) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 11:00am) 40,489

Calls: 15,249 (38%)

Puts: 25,240 (62%)

Prior (10/02) 206,726

Calls: 40,923 (20%)

Puts: 165,803 (80%)

Current vs Prior -80.41%

Calls: -62.74% (Calls)

Puts: -84.78% (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 -79.43%

Calls: -78.79%

Puts: -79.79%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 11:00am) $27.70M

Calls: $19.30M (70%)

Puts: $8.40M (30%)

Prior (10/02) $90.88M

Calls: $60.83M (67%)

Puts: $30.06M (33%)

Current vs Prior -69.53%

Calls: -68.27%

Puts: -72.06%

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 -76.61%

Calls: -74.99%

Puts: -79.65%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05 11:00am) 1.66

Prior (10/02) 4.05

Current vs Prior -59.15%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.74

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.90%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/05 11:00am) 1,742,573

Calls: 629,790 (36%)

Puts: 1,112,783 (64%)

Prior (10/02) 1,796,247

Calls: 646,040 (36%)

Puts: 1,150,207 (64%)

Current vs Prior -2.99%

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 -0.71%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/05) | Next (10/06)Expiry (10/05) | Next (10/07)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.76% | 1.47%0.76% | 1.91%2.52% | 4.16%4.02% | 10.21%

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

Current vs Prior -54.23% | -36.98%-54.24% | -18.08%+52.33% | +12.33%-23.00% | -8.69%

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 -49.94% | -32.45%-28.64% | -15.21%+25.47% | +1.90%-34.41% | -11.92%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.65% | 2.33%0.48% | 1.42%0.48% | 2.92%4.42% | 10.70%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -54.23% | -36.98%+58.99% | +34.04%+429.20% | +42.44%-9.13% | -4.65%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 28.85% | 26.63%

Calls: 24.91% | 20.83%

Puts: 32.80% | 32.44%

Prior 68.38% | 48.14%

Calls: 71.72% | 50.26%

Puts: 65.05% | 46.02%

Current vs Prior -57.81% | -44.68%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.32% | 31.85%

Calls: 41.70% | 32.95%

Puts: 38.93% | 30.74%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -28.44% | -16.38%

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Moderately bullish flow with 70% call dollar volume ($19.30M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 70% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 80% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.66 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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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
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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 399 of results (avg 6.1%, best 2.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 16	9.20	9.40	$9.30	2.2%	248	0.41	3.9K
$640.00	Oct 23	13.40	13.75	$13.58	2.6%	38	0.44	378
$515.00	Oct 5	115.10	118.15	$116.63	2.6%	2	0.98	--
$515.00	Oct 9	115.30	118.65	$116.98	2.9%	--	1.00	13
$520.00	Oct 5	110.10	113.30	$111.70	2.9%	7	0.97	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 16	0.44	0.45	$0.45	2.2%	410	0.03	7.9K
$635.00	Oct 30	21.75	22.30	$22.03	2.5%	6	0.51	28
$610.00	Nov 6	15.00	15.40	$15.20	2.6%	2	0.35	87
$635.00	Nov 6	25.10	25.90	$25.50	3.1%	1	0.50	4
$630.00	Nov 13	25.40	26.25	$25.83	3.3%	13	0.47	1

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 58 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.51)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 5	0.47	0.55	$0.51	15.7%	357	0.22	382
$670.00	Oct 9	0.29	0.33	$0.31	12.9%	50	0.04	606
$665.00	Oct 9	0.41	0.49	$0.45	17.8%	71	0.05	300
$662.50	Oct 9	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	85	0.07	42
$660.00	Oct 9	0.63	0.75	$0.69	17.4%	183	0.08	843

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$627.50	Oct 5	0.33	0.40	$0.37	18.9%	467	0.16	173
$630.00	Oct 5	0.77	0.93	$0.85	18.8%	642	0.32	704
$622.50	Oct 6	0.84	1.01	$0.93	18.3%	45	0.17	68
$607.50	Oct 7	0.42	0.50	$0.46	17.4%	--	0.07	14
$610.00	Oct 7	0.52	0.61	$0.56	16.1%	18	0.08	177

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 296 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$547.50	Oct 6	82.65	85.80	$84.23	3.7%	--	1.00	28
$550.00	Oct 6	80.15	83.25	$81.70	3.8%	10	1.00	24
$562.50	Oct 6	67.50	71.15	$69.33	5.3%	1	1.00	7
$567.50	Oct 6	62.50	65.85	$64.18	5.2%	20	1.00	20
$592.50	Oct 6	37.70	40.75	$39.23	7.8%	--	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 5	6.90	10.15	$8.53	38.1%	5	0.96	8
$700.00	Oct 12	66.65	69.95	$68.30	4.8%	3	0.96	--
$705.00	Oct 16	71.65	75.15	$73.40	4.8%	--	0.94	25
$637.50	Oct 5	4.65	7.05	$5.85	41.0%	1	0.91	10
$660.00	Oct 14	28.90	32.05	$30.48	10.3%	--	0.84	31

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 618 active (total vol 32.0K, top 2.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 16	3.25	3.65	$3.45	11.6%	836	0.20	4.2K
$650.00	Oct 16	5.60	5.95	$5.78	6.1%	776	0.30	4.1K
$630.00	Oct 16	13.15	14.35	$13.75	8.7%	458	0.54	7.3K
$632.50	Oct 5	1.27	1.50	$1.39	16.5%	439	0.45	234
$637.50	Oct 5	0.15	0.19	$0.17	23.5%	387	0.09	346

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 16	0.80	0.90	$0.85	11.8%	2.5K	0.05	1.9K
$600.00	Oct 16	2.80	3.10	$2.95	10.2%	1.3K	0.16	8.8K
$600.00	Oct 9	0.62	0.73	$0.68	16.2%	916	0.07	2.6K
$625.00	Oct 5	0.13	0.18	$0.16	31.2%	907	0.07	209
$630.00	Oct 5	0.77	0.93	$0.85	18.8%	642	0.32	704

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. 463 found (best R:R 0.55, avg 7.44)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 16	$0.93	$1.57	$0.93	74%	1.69	$613.43
$635.00	$640.00	Nov 13	$1.76	$3.24	$1.76	51%	1.84	$636.76
$600.00	$602.50	Oct 23	$1.33	$1.17	$1.33	78%	0.88	$601.33
$627.50	$632.50	Oct 14	$2.00	$3.00	$2.00	56%	1.50	$629.50
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	76%	0.92	$623.80

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$625.00	Oct 14	$22.60	$12.40	$22.60	84%	0.55	$637.40
$647.50	$615.00	Oct 13	$14.48	$18.02	$14.48	75%	1.24	$633.02
$600.00	$590.00	Oct 15	$0.40	$9.60	$0.40	16%	24.00	$599.60
$620.00	$617.50	Nov 6	$0.37	$2.13	$0.37	41%	5.76	$619.63
$620.00	$612.50	Oct 14	$1.58	$5.92	$1.58	33%	3.75	$618.42

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 382 found (best R:R 0.18, avg 0.28)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$685.00	Oct 14	$6.80	$6.80	$38.20	61%	0.18	$646.80
$650.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$13.90	$13.90	$36.10	58%	0.39	$663.90
$662.50	$665.00	Oct 6	$0.66	$0.66	$1.84	92%	0.36	$663.16
$640.00	$645.00	Nov 13	$2.82	$2.82	$2.18	52%	1.29	$642.82
$635.00	$640.00	Oct 15	$2.63	$2.63	$2.37	54%	1.11	$637.63

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 7	$1.21	$1.21	$3.79	96%	0.32	$523.79
$617.50	$615.00	Nov 6	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	61%	1.94	$615.85
$535.00	$532.50	Oct 5	$0.57	$0.57	$1.93	97%	0.30	$534.43
$540.00	$537.50	Oct 7	$0.55	$0.55	$1.95	97%	0.28	$539.45
$602.50	$600.00	Oct 6	$0.53	$0.53	$1.97	93%	0.27	$601.97

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.19, cheapest $1.91)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 5	Oct 6	$1.91	26.8%	25.0%
$632.50	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.19	26.4%	27.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.07	26.8%	25.0%
$632.50	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.58	26.4%	27.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 203 found (cheapest 0.52% of stock, avg 5.67%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$632.50	Oct 5	$1.39	$1.89	$3.28	$629.22	$635.78	0.52%
$630.00	Oct 5	$2.89	$0.85	$3.74	$626.26	$633.74	0.59%
$635.00	Oct 5	$0.51	$3.97	$4.48	$630.52	$639.48	0.71%
$627.50	Oct 5	$4.57	$0.37	$4.94	$622.56	$632.44	0.78%
$637.50	Oct 5	$0.17	$5.85	$6.02	$631.48	$643.52	0.95%
$625.00	Oct 5	$6.88	$0.16	$7.04	$617.96	$632.04	1.11%
$630.00	Oct 6	$4.80	$2.92	$7.72	$622.28	$637.72	1.22%
$627.50	Oct 6	$5.88	$2.05	$7.93	$619.57	$635.43	1.25%
$632.50	Oct 6	$3.58	$4.47	$8.05	$624.45	$640.55	1.27%
$640.00	Oct 5	$0.06	$8.53	$8.59	$631.41	$648.59	1.36%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 329 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 2.68%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$637.50	$625.00	Oct 5	$0.17	$0.16	$0.33	$624.67	$637.83
$637.50	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.17	$0.37	$0.54	$626.96	$638.04
$635.00	$625.00	Oct 5	$0.51	$0.16	$0.67	$624.33	$635.67
$667.50	$625.00	Oct 5	$0.70	$0.16	$0.86	$624.14	$668.36
$670.00	$625.00	Oct 5	$0.70	$0.16	$0.86	$624.14	$670.86
$635.00	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.51	$0.37	$0.88	$626.62	$635.88
$667.50	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.70	$0.37	$1.07	$626.43	$668.57
$670.00	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.70	$0.37	$1.07	$626.43	$671.07
$637.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.17	$0.85	$1.02	$628.98	$638.52
$642.50	$620.00	Oct 6	$0.75	$0.65	$1.40	$618.60	$643.90

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 498 found (best R:R 0.41, avg credit $1.08)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
520/525	665/670	Oct 7	$1.46	$3.54	90%	0.41	$523.54	$666.46
520/525	680/685	Oct 7	$1.44	$3.56	89%	0.40	$523.56	$681.44
600/602	662/665	Oct 6	$1.19	$1.31	85%	0.91	$601.31	$663.69
532/535	662/665	Oct 5	$1.05	$1.45	91%	0.72	$533.95	$663.55
518/520	662/665	Oct 6	$1.13	$1.37	86%	0.82	$518.87	$663.63
520/525	650/652	Oct 7	$1.38	$3.62	86%	0.38	$523.62	$651.38
558/560	662/665	Oct 6	$0.90	$1.60	90%	0.56	$559.10	$663.40
562/565	662/665	Oct 5	$0.90	$1.60	90%	0.56	$564.10	$663.40
520/525	648/650	Oct 7	$1.45	$3.55	83%	0.41	$523.55	$648.95
532/535	675/678	Oct 5	$0.81	$1.69	91%	0.48	$534.19	$675.81

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 325 found (best R:R 12.89, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.18	$2.32	39%	12.89
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.62	$1.88	46%	3.03
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 7	$0.13	$2.37	16%	18.23
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 9	$0.07	$2.43	11%	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	12%	40.67
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Oct 19	$0.11	$4.89	10%	44.45
$600.00	$615.00	$630.00	Nov 13	$1.23	$13.77	17%	11.20
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.27	$2.23	24%	8.26
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.21	$2.29	20%	10.90

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 501 found (best net $-1.01, 459 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$14.28	$10.72
$600.00	$627.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$14.18	$13.32
$625.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$1.30	$6.20
$627.50	$630.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$1.21	$1.29
$630.00	$637.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$2.90	$4.60

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$690.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.01	$38.99
$660.00	$632.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$11.35	$16.15
$620.00	$610.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.24	$9.76
$615.00	$605.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.72	$9.28
$632.50	$625.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$2.26	$5.24

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 151 found (best yield 3.95%, avg 0.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 13	$24.95	0.48	1.3%	3.95%	5.22%	2	31
$645.00	Nov 13	$22.60	0.45	2.1%	3.58%	5.63%	27	9
$635.00	Nov 13	$26.60	0.51	0.5%	4.21%	4.69%	3	10
$650.00	Nov 13	$20.45	0.42	2.9%	3.24%	6.09%	1	4
$640.00	Nov 6	$21.85	0.47	1.3%	3.46%	4.72%	2	23
$645.00	Nov 6	$19.65	0.44	2.1%	3.11%	5.17%	16	16
$650.00	Nov 6	$17.70	0.41	2.9%	2.80%	5.65%	5	50
$635.00	Nov 6	$23.35	0.50	0.5%	3.69%	4.17%	3	70
$655.00	Nov 6	$15.85	0.38	3.6%	2.51%	6.15%	13	5
$632.50	Nov 6	$23.80	0.51	0.1%	3.77%	3.85%	--	15

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 15,249

Total Puts 25,240

Put/Call Ratio 1.66

Net Difference -9,991

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 40,923

Total Puts 165,803

Put/Call Ratio 4.05

Net Difference -124,880

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 503,162

Total Puts 874,359

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.74

Ratio Trend Falling

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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