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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$631.42 +0.13%

(10/5 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 12:00pm) 55,852

Calls: 20,485 (37%)

Puts: 35,367 (63%)

Prior (10/02) 264,833

Calls: 54,421 (21%)

Puts: 210,412 (79%)

Current vs Prior -78.91%

Calls: -62.36% (Calls)

Puts: -83.19% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,583,653

Calls: 520,669 (33%)

Puts: 1,062,984 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 226,236

Calls: 74,381 (33%)

Puts: 151,854 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -75.31%

Calls: -72.46%

Puts: -76.71%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 12:00pm) $44.99M

Calls: $30.50M (68%)

Puts: $14.49M (32%)

Prior (10/02) $127.85M

Calls: $90.65M (71%)

Puts: $37.20M (29%)

Current vs Prior -64.81%

Calls: -66.35%

Puts: -61.05%

Prior 7-Day Total $880.77M

Calls: $563.54M (64%)

Puts: $317.23M (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average $125.82M

Calls: $80.51M (64%)

Puts: $45.32M (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -64.24%

Calls: -62.12%

Puts: -68.03%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05 12:00pm) 1.73

Prior (10/02) 3.87

Current vs Prior -55.35%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.98

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.00%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/05 12:00pm) 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 12,341,640

Calls: 4,505,592 (37%)

Puts: 7,836,048 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,763,091

Calls: 643,656 (37%)

Puts: 1,119,435 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.16%

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 0.69% | 1.38%0.69% | 1.84%2.51% | 4.17%4.04% | 10.18%

Prior 1.41% | 1.95%0.48% | 1.41%0.48% | 2.87%4.42% | 10.75%

Current vs Prior -51.25% | -29.17%+44.17% | +31.17%+428.02% | +45.44%-8.70% | -5.39%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.49% | 2.15%1.05% | 2.15%1.78% | 3.88%5.72% | 11.39%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -54.01% | -35.76%-34.77% | -14.24%+41.41% | +7.54%-29.49% | -10.67%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.41% | 1.95%0.48% | 1.42%0.48% | 2.92%4.42% | 10.70%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -51.25% | -29.17%+44.17% | +29.70%+428.02% | +43.00%-8.70% | -4.94%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 25.36% | 18.82%

Calls: 20.76% | 20.97%

Puts: 29.95% | 16.67%

Prior 47.93% | 35.26%

Calls: 48.19% | 40.66%

Puts: 47.67% | 29.86%

Current vs Prior -47.09% | -46.63%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.30% | 34.79%

Calls: 40.36% | 36.64%

Puts: 40.24% | 32.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -37.08% | -45.91%

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Moderately bullish flow with 68% call dollar volume ($30.50M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 65% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 79% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.73 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 476 of results (avg 5.8%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$525.00	Oct 5	105.50	107.80	$106.65	2.2%	53	0.97	--
$527.50	Oct 5	103.05	105.30	$104.18	2.2%	51	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 5	112.70	115.30	$114.00	2.3%	12	0.97	--
$520.00	Oct 5	110.30	112.85	$111.57	2.3%	64	0.97	--
$522.50	Oct 5	107.90	110.45	$109.18	2.3%	142	0.97	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 16	11.25	11.55	$11.40	2.6%	248	0.47	830
$550.00	Oct 30	2.19	2.25	$2.22	2.7%	88	0.08	217
$635.00	Oct 30	21.65	22.25	$21.95	2.7%	23	0.51	28
$632.50	Oct 16	12.45	12.80	$12.63	2.8%	44	0.50	--
$632.50	Nov 6	23.65	24.35	$24.00	2.9%	1	0.49	2

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 69 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.29)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 5	0.26	0.31	$0.29	17.2%	409	0.16	382
$647.50	Oct 6	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	111	0.06	267
$642.50	Oct 6	0.61	0.69	$0.65	12.3%	66	0.13	95
$650.00	Oct 7	0.53	0.62	$0.57	15.8%	83	0.09	26
$652.50	Oct 7	0.39	0.46	$0.43	16.3%	24	0.07	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$627.50	Oct 5	0.27	0.30	$0.29	10.3%	514	0.14	173
$630.00	Oct 5	0.75	0.89	$0.82	17.1%	794	0.33	704
$612.50	Oct 6	0.22	0.24	$0.23	8.7%	366	0.05	153
$620.00	Oct 6	0.62	0.70	$0.66	12.1%	123	0.13	154
$622.50	Oct 6	0.96	1.01	$0.99	5.1%	47	0.18	68

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 318 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Oct 7	62.35	65.80	$64.08	5.4%	21	1.00	--
$585.00	Oct 7	45.00	48.05	$46.53	6.6%	--	1.00	16
$590.00	Oct 7	40.00	43.05	$41.53	7.3%	--	1.00	18
$592.50	Oct 7	37.55	40.55	$39.05	7.7%	--	1.00	29
$595.00	Oct 7	35.05	38.05	$36.55	8.2%	--	1.00	30

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 5	7.20	10.30	$8.75	35.4%	26	1.00	8
$705.00	Oct 16	71.75	75.35	$73.55	4.9%	--	1.00	25
$637.50	Oct 5	4.90	7.50	$6.20	41.9%	3	0.97	10
$700.00	Oct 12	66.60	70.30	$68.45	5.4%	3	0.96	--
$635.00	Oct 5	2.98	5.30	$4.14	56.0%	13	0.85	74

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 709 active (total vol 42.7K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 16	3.20	3.50	$3.35	9.0%	839	0.20	4.2K
$650.00	Oct 16	5.40	5.75	$5.58	6.3%	780	0.29	4.1K
$637.50	Oct 5	0.07	0.09	$0.08	25.0%	722	0.05	346
$632.50	Oct 5	0.87	1.16	$1.01	28.7%	582	0.40	234
$630.00	Oct 16	13.30	14.15	$13.73	6.2%	544	0.53	7.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 16	0.93	0.98	$0.96	5.2%	2.7K	0.05	1.9K
$600.00	Oct 16	2.93	3.10	$3.02	5.6%	2.4K	0.16	8.8K
$625.00	Oct 5	0.09	0.11	$0.10	20.0%	929	0.05	209
$600.00	Oct 9	0.64	0.76	$0.70	17.1%	918	0.07	2.6K
$620.00	Oct 9	2.97	3.15	$3.06	5.9%	827	0.26	632

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. 475 found (best R:R 0.54, avg 7.54)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$627.50	Nov 13	$16.95	$10.55	$16.95	70%	0.62	$616.95
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 30	$1.43	$1.07	$1.43	79%	0.75	$591.43
$637.50	$640.00	Oct 13	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	39%	4.56	$637.95
$675.00	$690.00	Oct 13	$0.22	$14.78	$0.22	6%	67.18	$675.22
$632.50	$635.00	Oct 8	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	47%	2.68	$633.18

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$625.00	Oct 14	$22.67	$12.33	$22.67	84%	0.54	$637.33
$600.00	$590.00	Oct 15	$0.29	$9.71	$0.29	15%	33.48	$599.71
$642.50	$632.50	Oct 13	$5.57	$4.43	$5.57	68%	0.80	$636.93
$600.00	$595.00	Nov 13	$0.90	$4.10	$0.90	30%	4.56	$599.10
$632.50	$630.00	Nov 13	$0.72	$1.78	$0.72	48%	2.47	$631.78

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 390 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	$6.75	$6.75	$38.25	62%	0.18	$646.75
$660.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$9.83	$9.83	$30.17	63%	0.33	$669.83
$662.50	$665.00	Oct 5	$0.48	$0.48	$2.02	94%	0.24	$662.98
$652.50	$660.00	Oct 8	$0.84	$0.84	$6.66	87%	0.13	$653.34
$645.00	$680.00	Oct 12	$2.82	$2.82	$32.18	73%	0.09	$647.82

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
$630.00	$615.00	Nov 13	$7.05	$7.05	$7.95	53%	0.89	$622.95
$535.00	$532.50	Oct 5	$0.56	$0.56	$1.94	97%	0.29	$534.44
$540.00	$537.50	Oct 7	$0.55	$0.55	$1.95	97%	0.28	$539.45
$590.00	$585.00	Nov 13	$1.70	$1.70	$3.30	74%	0.52	$588.30

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $3.01, cheapest $2.17)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.17	25.7%	25.9%
$632.50	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.29	26.0%	26.4%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.19	25.7%	25.9%
$632.50	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.23	26.0%	26.4%
$642.50	Oct 13	Oct 23	$6.16	25.8%	29.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 221 found (cheapest 0.47% of stock, avg 5.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$632.50	Oct 5	$1.01	$1.97	$2.98	$629.52	$635.48	0.47%
$630.00	Oct 5	$2.36	$0.82	$3.18	$626.82	$633.18	0.50%
$635.00	Oct 5	$0.29	$4.14	$4.43	$630.57	$639.43	0.70%
$627.50	Oct 5	$4.28	$0.29	$4.57	$622.93	$632.07	0.72%
$637.50	Oct 5	$0.08	$6.20	$6.28	$631.22	$643.78	0.99%
$625.00	Oct 5	$6.50	$0.10	$6.60	$618.40	$631.60	1.05%
$630.00	Oct 6	$4.53	$3.01	$7.54	$622.46	$637.54	1.19%
$632.50	Oct 6	$3.30	$4.20	$7.50	$625.00	$640.00	1.19%
$627.50	Oct 6	$6.07	$2.09	$8.16	$619.34	$635.66	1.29%
$635.00	Oct 6	$2.30	$6.03	$8.33	$626.67	$643.33	1.32%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 338 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 2.70%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$635.00	$625.00	Oct 5	$0.29	$0.10	$0.39	$624.61	$635.39
$635.00	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.29	$0.29	$0.58	$626.92	$635.58
$662.50	$625.00	Oct 5	$0.54	$0.10	$0.64	$624.36	$663.14
$670.00	$625.00	Oct 5	$0.70	$0.10	$0.80	$624.20	$670.80
$667.50	$625.00	Oct 5	$0.70	$0.10	$0.80	$624.20	$668.30
$662.50	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.54	$0.29	$0.83	$626.67	$663.33
$667.50	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.70	$0.29	$0.99	$626.51	$668.49
$670.00	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.70	$0.29	$0.99	$626.51	$670.99
$642.50	$620.00	Oct 6	$0.65	$0.66	$1.31	$618.69	$643.81
$635.00	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.29	$0.82	$1.11	$628.89	$636.11

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 496 found (best R:R 0.41, avg credit $1.06)

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
532/535	662/665	Oct 5	$1.04	$1.46	91%	0.71	$533.96	$663.54
520/525	650/652	Oct 7	$1.35	$3.65	86%	0.37	$523.65	$651.35
520/525	648/650	Oct 7	$1.44	$3.56	83%	0.40	$523.56	$648.94
532/535	675/678	Oct 5	$0.80	$1.70	91%	0.47	$534.20	$675.80
562/565	662/665	Oct 5	$0.79	$1.71	90%	0.46	$564.21	$663.29
515/518	662/665	Oct 5	$0.74	$1.76	91%	0.42	$516.76	$663.24
578/580	662/665	Oct 5	$0.74	$1.76	91%	0.42	$579.26	$663.24
520/525	645/648	Oct 7	$1.50	$3.50	80%	0.43	$523.50	$646.50

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 344 found (best R:R 10.90, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.63	$1.87	51%	2.97
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.57	$1.93	46%	3.39
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 7	$0.09	$2.41	15%	26.78
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.30	$2.20	28%	7.33
$645.00	$650.00	$655.00	Nov 13	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$615.00	$625.00	$635.00	Oct 15	$0.84	$9.16	25%	10.90
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.62	$1.88	46%	3.03
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Oct 12	$0.32	$4.68	15%	14.63
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 12	$0.05	$2.45	10%	49.00
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.34	$2.16	28%	6.35

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 516 found (best net $-0.70, 476 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$630.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.43	$14.57
$600.00	$627.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$14.45	$13.05
$625.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$1.35	$6.15
$640.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.60	$8.40
$627.50	$630.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$0.44	$2.06

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$690.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.70	$39.30
$660.00	$632.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$11.05	$16.45
$642.50	$632.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$4.63	$5.37
$625.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$2.03	$7.97
$610.00	$600.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.58	$9.42

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 156 found (best yield 3.90%, avg 0.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 13	$24.60	0.48	1.4%	3.90%	5.25%	7	31
$635.00	Nov 13	$26.60	0.51	0.6%	4.21%	4.78%	3	10
$645.00	Nov 13	$22.15	0.45	2.1%	3.51%	5.66%	31	9
$650.00	Nov 13	$20.10	0.42	2.9%	3.18%	6.13%	2	4
$655.00	Nov 13	$18.15	0.39	3.7%	2.87%	6.61%	2	1
$660.00	Nov 13	$16.35	0.37	4.5%	2.59%	7.12%	2	1
$632.50	Nov 6	$24.95	0.51	0.2%	3.95%	4.12%	--	15
$640.00	Nov 6	$21.45	0.47	1.4%	3.40%	4.76%	2	23
$635.00	Nov 6	$23.65	0.50	0.6%	3.75%	4.31%	3	70
$645.00	Nov 6	$19.25	0.44	2.1%	3.05%	5.20%	16	16

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 20,485

Total Puts 35,367

Put/Call Ratio 1.73

Net Difference -14,882

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 54,421

Total Puts 210,412

Put/Call Ratio 3.87

Net Difference -155,991

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 520,669

Total Puts 1,062,984

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.98

Ratio Trend Falling

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

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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