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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$631.15 +0.09%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 1:00pm) 69,401

Calls: 25,576 (37%)

Puts: 43,825 (63%)

Prior (10/02) 285,992

Calls: 63,390 (22%)

Puts: 222,602 (78%)

Current vs Prior -75.73%

Calls: -59.65% (Calls)

Puts: -80.31% (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 -69.32%

Calls: -65.62%

Puts: -71.14%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 1:00pm) $67.46M

Calls: $44.78M (66%)

Puts: $22.69M (34%)

Prior (10/02) $146.43M

Calls: $97.27M (66%)

Puts: $49.16M (34%)

Current vs Prior -53.93%

Calls: -53.97%

Puts: -53.85%

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 -46.38%

Calls: -44.38%

Puts: -49.94%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05 1:00pm) 1.71

Prior (10/02) 3.51

Current vs Prior -51.20%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.98

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.65%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/05 1:00pm) 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 0.57% | 1.38%0.57% | 1.82%2.45% | 4.10%4.04% | 10.07%

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

Current vs Prior -59.45% | -29.55%+19.91% | +29.54%+415.60% | +42.75%-8.65% | -6.36%

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 -61.74% | -36.10%-45.75% | -15.31%+38.08% | +5.54%-29.46% | -11.60%

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 -59.45% | -29.55%+19.91% | +28.09%+415.60% | +40.35%-8.65% | -5.92%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.64% | 24.77%

Calls: 22.86% | 25.58%

Puts: 32.43% | 23.97%

Prior 47.93% | 35.26%

Calls: 48.19% | 40.66%

Puts: 47.67% | 29.86%

Current vs Prior -42.33% | -29.75%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.30% | 34.79%

Calls: 40.36% | 36.64%

Puts: 40.24% | 32.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -31.42% | -28.81%

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Moderately bullish flow with 66% call dollar volume ($44.78M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 54% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 76% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.71 - heavy put buying.

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Prior BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 463 of results (avg 5.7%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Nov 6	127.75	130.70	$129.23	2.3%	1	0.96	--
$535.00	Oct 5	95.05	97.40	$96.23	2.4%	20	1.00	--
$537.50	Oct 5	92.65	94.95	$93.80	2.5%	18	0.94	--
$510.00	Oct 5	119.50	122.60	$121.05	2.6%	1	1.00	1
$540.00	Oct 5	90.20	92.55	$91.38	2.6%	18	0.94	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 16	11.30	11.50	$11.40	1.8%	277	0.47	830
$605.00	Oct 9	0.92	0.94	$0.93	2.2%	457	0.10	499
$632.50	Nov 6	23.70	24.25	$23.98	2.3%	5	0.49	2
$635.00	Nov 6	24.90	25.50	$25.20	2.4%	5	0.50	4
$627.50	Nov 6	21.35	21.90	$21.63	2.5%	5	0.46	1

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 71 found (avg $0.60, cheapest $0.49)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$632.50	Oct 5	0.44	0.53	$0.49	18.4%	942	0.30	234
$647.50	Oct 6	0.21	0.22	$0.22	4.5%	120	0.05	267
$640.00	Oct 6	0.79	0.88	$0.84	10.7%	28	0.17	172
$650.00	Oct 7	0.48	0.56	$0.52	15.4%	83	0.09	26
$647.50	Oct 7	0.64	0.77	$0.71	18.3%	188	0.11	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Oct 6	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	445	0.03	213
$615.00	Oct 6	0.27	0.32	$0.30	16.7%	527	0.06	108
$612.50	Oct 6	0.20	0.23	$0.22	13.6%	376	0.05	153
$620.00	Oct 6	0.58	0.68	$0.63	15.9%	131	0.13	154
$622.50	Oct 6	0.88	0.98	$0.93	10.8%	58	0.18	68

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 335 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 5	119.50	122.60	$121.05	2.6%	1	1.00	1
$515.00	Oct 5	114.50	117.60	$116.05	2.7%	5	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 5	112.00	115.10	$113.55	2.7%	12	1.00	--
$520.00	Oct 5	109.50	112.70	$111.10	2.9%	64	1.00	--
$522.50	Oct 5	107.00	110.20	$108.60	2.9%	142	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$705.00	Oct 16	71.75	75.60	$73.68	5.2%	--	1.00	25
$640.00	Oct 5	7.45	10.35	$8.90	32.6%	50	0.99	8
$637.50	Oct 5	5.15	8.05	$6.60	43.9%	4	0.97	10
$700.00	Oct 12	66.95	70.55	$68.75	5.2%	3	0.96	--
$635.00	Oct 5	3.05	5.40	$4.22	55.7%	13	0.93	74

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 778 active (total vol 49.4K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$637.50	Oct 5	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	1.7K	0.03	346
$632.50	Oct 5	0.44	0.53	$0.49	18.4%	942	0.30	234
$660.00	Oct 16	2.97	3.30	$3.14	10.5%	859	0.19	4.2K
$650.00	Oct 16	5.05	5.50	$5.28	8.5%	783	0.28	4.1K
$630.00	Oct 16	12.80	13.85	$13.33	7.9%	567	0.53	7.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 16	0.87	0.93	$0.90	6.7%	2.7K	0.05	1.9K
$600.00	Oct 16	2.76	3.00	$2.88	8.3%	2.4K	0.16	8.8K
$620.00	Oct 16	7.10	7.50	$7.30	5.5%	1.4K	0.35	2.1K
$625.00	Oct 5	0.04	0.07	$0.06	50.0%	979	0.04	209
$600.00	Oct 9	0.62	0.70	$0.66	12.1%	925	0.07	2.6K

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. 494 found (best R:R 0.54, avg 7.91)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$650.00	Nov 13	$1.62	$3.38	$1.62	44%	2.09	$646.62
$600.00	$627.50	Nov 13	$17.10	$10.40	$17.10	70%	0.61	$617.10
$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	16%	33.48	$599.71
$595.00	$590.00	Nov 13	$0.73	$4.27	$0.73	28%	5.85	$594.27
$642.50	$632.50	Oct 13	$5.57	$4.43	$5.57	69%	0.80	$636.93
$615.00	$610.00	Oct 15	$0.70	$4.30	$0.70	29%	6.14	$614.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 403 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
$640.00	$642.50	Oct 13	$1.33	$1.33	$1.17	64%	1.14	$641.33
$635.00	$640.00	Oct 8	$2.17	$2.17	$2.83	58%	0.77	$637.17
$662.50	$665.00	Oct 5	$0.48	$0.48	$2.02	94%	0.24	$662.98
$645.00	$647.50	Oct 23	$1.33	$1.33	$1.17	62%	1.14	$646.33

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$517.50	$512.50	Oct 6	$1.51	$1.51	$3.49	94%	0.43	$515.99
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 7	$1.21	$1.21	$3.79	96%	0.32	$523.79
$610.00	$600.00	Nov 13	$3.93	$3.93	$6.07	64%	0.65	$606.07
$590.00	$585.00	Nov 13	$1.85	$1.85	$3.15	74%	0.59	$588.15
$510.00	$505.00	Oct 5	$0.64	$0.64	$4.36	98%	0.15	$509.36

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $3.70, cheapest $2.40)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.55	22.3%	25.5%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.40	22.3%	25.5%
$642.50	Oct 13	Oct 23	$6.16	24.2%	29.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 232 found (cheapest 0.37% of stock, avg 5.64%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$630.00	Oct 5	$1.75	$0.60	$2.35	$627.65	$632.35	0.37%
$632.50	Oct 5	$0.49	$1.85	$2.34	$630.16	$634.84	0.37%
$627.50	Oct 5	$3.90	$0.17	$4.07	$623.43	$631.57	0.64%
$635.00	Oct 5	$0.09	$4.22	$4.31	$630.69	$639.31	0.68%
$625.00	Oct 5	$6.23	$0.06	$6.29	$618.71	$631.29	1.00%
$637.50	Oct 5	$0.03	$6.60	$6.63	$630.87	$644.13	1.05%
$632.50	Oct 6	$2.90	$4.38	$7.28	$625.22	$639.78	1.15%
$630.00	Oct 6	$4.30	$3.00	$7.30	$622.70	$637.30	1.16%
$627.50	Oct 6	$5.90	$2.03	$7.93	$619.57	$635.43	1.26%
$635.00	Oct 6	$2.01	$6.03	$8.04	$626.96	$643.04	1.27%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 340 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 2.74%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$635.00	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.09	$0.17	$0.26	$627.24	$635.26
$662.50	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.54	$0.17	$0.71	$626.79	$663.21
$632.50	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.49	$0.17	$0.66	$626.84	$633.16
$667.50	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.69	$0.17	$0.86	$626.64	$668.36
$670.00	$627.50	Oct 5	$0.69	$0.17	$0.86	$626.64	$670.86
$635.00	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.09	$0.60	$0.69	$629.31	$635.69
$632.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.49	$0.60	$1.09	$628.91	$633.59
$642.50	$620.00	Oct 6	$0.54	$0.63	$1.17	$618.83	$643.67
$640.00	$620.00	Oct 6	$0.84	$0.63	$1.47	$618.53	$641.47
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 6	$0.54	$0.93	$1.47	$621.03	$643.97

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 541 found (best R:R 0.52, avg credit $1.03)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
512/518	680/685	Oct 6	$1.70	$3.30	92%	0.52	$515.80	$681.70
512/518	645/648	Oct 6	$1.64	$3.36	86%	0.49	$515.86	$646.64
520/525	665/670	Oct 7	$1.46	$3.54	90%	0.41	$523.54	$666.46
512/518	642/645	Oct 6	$1.70	$3.30	82%	0.52	$515.80	$644.20
532/535	662/665	Oct 5	$1.04	$1.46	91%	0.71	$533.96	$663.54
520/525	652/655	Oct 7	$1.31	$3.69	89%	0.36	$523.69	$653.81
520/525	650/652	Oct 7	$1.34	$3.66	87%	0.37	$523.66	$651.34
505/510	662/665	Oct 5	$1.12	$3.88	91%	0.29	$508.88	$663.62
512/518	640/642	Oct 6	$1.81	$3.19	77%	0.57	$515.69	$641.81
515/518	662/665	Oct 5	$0.84	$1.66	91%	0.51	$516.66	$663.34

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 341 found (best R:R 34.71, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.18	$2.32	28%	12.89
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.86	$1.64	59%	1.91
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 7	$0.08	$2.42	16%	30.25
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.89	$1.61	58%	1.81
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Oct 12	$0.14	$4.86	15%	34.71
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.82	$1.68	59%	2.05
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Oct 19	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Oct 12	$0.19	$4.81	13%	25.32
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.32	$2.18	30%	6.81

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 543 found (best net $-17.33, 502 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$505.00	$565.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$17.33	$42.67
$597.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.43	$21.07
$600.00	$627.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$13.98	$13.52
$625.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$1.35	$6.15
$640.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.62	$8.38

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$690.00	$660.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$13.75	$16.25
$660.00	$632.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$11.18	$16.32
$640.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$3.95	$11.05
$642.50	$632.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$4.63	$5.37
$625.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$2.13	$7.87

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 158 found (best yield 4.13%, avg 0.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Nov 13	$26.05	0.50	0.6%	4.13%	4.74%	3	10
$640.00	Nov 13	$23.75	0.47	1.4%	3.76%	5.17%	7	31
$650.00	Nov 13	$19.80	0.42	3.0%	3.14%	6.12%	2	4
$655.00	Nov 13	$17.80	0.39	3.8%	2.82%	6.60%	2	1
$645.00	Nov 13	$20.90	0.44	2.2%	3.31%	5.51%	31	9
$660.00	Nov 13	$16.00	0.36	4.6%	2.54%	7.11%	2	1
$632.50	Nov 6	$24.55	0.51	0.2%	3.89%	4.10%	--	15
$640.00	Nov 6	$21.10	0.47	1.4%	3.34%	4.75%	4	23
$645.00	Nov 6	$18.90	0.43	2.2%	2.99%	5.19%	19	16
$635.00	Nov 6	$22.70	0.50	0.6%	3.60%	4.21%	4	70

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 25,576

Total Puts 43,825

Put/Call Ratio 1.71

Net Difference -18,249

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 63,390

Total Puts 222,602

Put/Call Ratio 3.51

Net Difference -159,212

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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