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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$632.80 +0.35%

(10/5 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 2:00pm) 84,840

Calls: 32,795 (39%)

Puts: 52,045 (61%)

Prior (10/02) 315,374

Calls: 71,696 (23%)

Puts: 243,678 (77%)

Current vs Prior -73.10%

Calls: -54.26% (Calls)

Puts: -78.64% (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 -62.50%

Calls: -55.91%

Puts: -65.73%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 2:00pm) $87.33M

Calls: $56.93M (65%)

Puts: $30.40M (35%)

Prior (10/02) $171.80M

Calls: $102.04M (59%)

Puts: $69.75M (41%)

Current vs Prior -49.17%

Calls: -44.22%

Puts: -56.41%

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 -30.60%

Calls: -29.29%

Puts: -32.92%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05 2:00pm) 1.59

Prior (10/02) 3.40

Current vs Prior -53.31%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.98

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.03%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/05 2:00pm) 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 0.51% | 1.33%0.51% | 1.85%2.45% | 4.06%3.99% | 9.98%

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

Current vs Prior -63.60% | -32.00%+7.63% | +31.44%+415.91% | +41.39%-9.82% | -7.17%

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 -65.66% | -38.32%-51.30% | -14.06%+38.16% | +4.54%-30.36% | -12.35%

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 -63.60% | -32.00%+7.63% | +29.98%+415.91% | +39.01%-9.82% | -6.73%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.82% | 27.14%

Calls: 19.61% | 25.71%

Puts: 36.04% | 28.57%

Prior 47.93% | 35.26%

Calls: 48.19% | 40.66%

Puts: 47.67% | 29.86%

Current vs Prior -41.96% | -23.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.30% | 34.79%

Calls: 40.36% | 36.64%

Puts: 40.24% | 32.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -30.97% | -22.00%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($56.93M). Below-average activity with volume down 73% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.59 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 53% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 483 of results (avg 6.0%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Oct 5	111.90	114.05	$112.98	1.9%	64	1.00	--
$525.00	Oct 5	106.90	109.25	$108.08	2.2%	53	1.00	--
$535.00	Oct 5	96.90	99.05	$97.98	2.2%	22	1.00	--
$640.00	Nov 13	24.75	25.35	$25.05	2.4%	8	0.48	31
$540.00	Oct 16	92.95	95.25	$94.10	2.4%	1	0.98	526

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 30	8.25	8.40	$8.32	1.8%	133	0.25	325
$520.00	Oct 30	0.95	0.97	$0.96	2.1%	48	0.03	125
$625.00	Nov 13	22.00	22.55	$22.28	2.5%	44	0.43	1
$630.00	Nov 13	24.15	24.80	$24.48	2.7%	17	0.46	1
$635.00	Nov 6	23.85	24.50	$24.18	2.7%	5	0.49	4

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 62 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.71)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$642.50	Oct 6	0.59	0.70	$0.65	16.9%	88	0.14	95
$645.00	Oct 6	0.40	0.44	$0.42	9.5%	151	0.09	74
$652.50	Oct 7	0.39	0.46	$0.43	16.3%	24	0.07	5
$650.00	Oct 7	0.55	0.63	$0.59	13.6%	83	0.10	26
$647.50	Oct 7	0.77	0.90	$0.84	15.5%	188	0.13	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$632.50	Oct 5	0.67	0.75	$0.71	11.3%	84	0.45	33
$620.00	Oct 6	0.42	0.47	$0.44	11.4%	151	0.10	154
$617.50	Oct 6	0.29	0.32	$0.31	9.7%	347	0.07	257
$622.50	Oct 6	0.61	0.72	$0.67	16.4%	63	0.14	68
$610.00	Oct 7	0.42	0.49	$0.45	15.6%	18	0.07	177

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 349 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 5	120.90	124.25	$122.58	2.7%	2	1.00	1
$515.00	Oct 5	115.90	119.70	$117.80	3.2%	7	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 5	113.40	116.75	$115.08	2.9%	13	1.00	--
$520.00	Oct 5	111.90	114.05	$112.98	1.9%	64	1.00	--
$522.50	Oct 5	108.40	111.55	$109.98	2.9%	142	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$705.00	Oct 16	70.80	74.15	$72.47	4.6%	--	1.00	25
$640.00	Oct 5	5.85	9.05	$7.45	43.0%	50	0.99	8
$637.50	Oct 5	3.20	6.65	$4.93	70.0%	4	0.96	10
$700.00	Oct 12	65.70	69.10	$67.40	5.0%	3	0.96	--
$715.00	Nov 13	83.75	86.45	$85.10	3.2%	26	0.86	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 826 active (total vol 55.9K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$637.50	Oct 5	0.03	0.06	$0.05	60.0%	1.9K	0.04	346
$632.50	Oct 5	0.92	1.12	$1.02	19.6%	1.1K	0.55	234
$660.00	Oct 16	3.25	3.45	$3.35	6.0%	891	0.20	4.2K
$650.00	Oct 16	5.45	5.80	$5.63	6.2%	845	0.30	4.1K
$635.00	Oct 5	0.18	0.22	$0.20	20.0%	677	0.16	382

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 16	0.72	0.82	$0.77	13.0%	2.7K	0.05	1.9K
$600.00	Oct 16	2.54	2.69	$2.62	5.7%	2.4K	0.15	8.8K
$620.00	Oct 16	6.50	6.90	$6.70	6.0%	1.4K	0.33	2.1K
$627.50	Oct 9	4.50	4.90	$4.70	8.5%	1.1K	0.38	127
$625.00	Oct 5	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	995	0.02	209

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. 489 found (best R:R 5.58, avg 7.54)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 15	$0.38	$2.12	$0.38	54%	5.58	$630.38
$600.00	$627.50	Nov 13	$17.25	$10.25	$17.25	71%	0.59	$617.25
$625.00	$630.00	Oct 19	$2.25	$2.75	$2.25	60%	1.22	$627.25
$635.00	$640.00	Nov 6	$1.87	$3.13	$1.87	50%	1.67	$636.87
$665.00	$680.00	Oct 12	$0.28	$14.72	$0.28	9%	52.57	$665.28

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$590.00	Oct 15	$0.31	$9.69	$0.31	15%	31.26	$599.69
$642.50	$632.50	Oct 13	$5.21	$4.79	$5.21	67%	0.92	$637.29
$630.00	$627.50	Oct 12	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	46%	2.85	$629.35
$627.50	$625.00	Oct 8	$0.46	$2.04	$0.46	39%	4.43	$627.04
$650.00	$640.00	Oct 19	$6.10	$3.90	$6.10	69%	0.64	$643.90

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 398 found (best R:R 0.16, avg 0.28)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$680.00	Oct 14	$6.46	$6.46	$33.54	61%	0.19	$646.46
$640.00	$645.00	Oct 19	$2.65	$2.65	$2.35	58%	1.13	$642.65
$660.00	$695.00	Nov 13	$9.20	$9.20	$25.80	63%	0.36	$669.20
$662.50	$665.00	Oct 5	$0.48	$0.48	$2.02	94%	0.24	$662.98
$635.00	$640.00	Oct 15	$2.65	$2.65	$2.35	52%	1.13	$637.65

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$555.00	$540.00	Oct 6	$2.12	$2.12	$12.88	92%	0.16	$552.88
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 7	$1.11	$1.11	$3.89	96%	0.29	$523.89
$550.00	$540.00	Oct 8	$0.74	$0.74	$9.26	96%	0.08	$549.26
$535.00	$532.50	Oct 5	$0.56	$0.56	$1.94	97%	0.29	$534.44
$530.00	$527.50	Oct 7	$0.63	$0.63	$1.87	94%	0.34	$529.37

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $3.76, cheapest $2.48)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.48	21.2%	24.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.54	21.2%	24.2%
$642.50	Oct 13	Oct 23	$6.27	25.5%	29.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 241 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 5.67%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$632.50	Oct 5	$1.02	$0.71	$1.73	$630.77	$634.23	0.27%
$635.00	Oct 5	$0.20	$2.22	$2.42	$632.58	$637.42	0.38%
$630.00	Oct 5	$2.90	$0.14	$3.04	$626.96	$633.04	0.48%
$637.50	Oct 5	$0.05	$4.93	$4.98	$632.52	$642.48	0.79%
$627.50	Oct 5	$5.40	$0.05	$5.45	$622.05	$632.95	0.86%
$632.50	Oct 6	$3.50	$3.25	$6.75	$625.75	$639.25	1.07%
$630.00	Oct 6	$5.03	$2.27	$7.30	$622.70	$637.30	1.15%
$635.00	Oct 6	$2.50	$4.90	$7.40	$627.60	$642.40	1.17%
$640.00	Oct 5	$0.02	$7.45	$7.47	$632.53	$647.47	1.18%
$625.00	Oct 5	$7.50	$0.03	$7.53	$617.47	$632.53	1.19%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 335 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 2.67%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$635.00	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.20	$0.14	$0.34	$629.66	$635.34
$662.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.54	$0.14	$0.68	$629.32	$663.18
$667.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.69	$0.14	$0.83	$629.17	$668.33
$670.00	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.69	$0.14	$0.83	$629.17	$670.83
$672.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.69	$0.14	$0.83	$629.17	$673.33
$645.00	$622.50	Oct 6	$0.42	$0.67	$1.09	$621.41	$646.09
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.20	$0.71	$0.91	$631.59	$635.91
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 6	$0.65	$0.67	$1.32	$621.18	$643.82
$645.00	$625.00	Oct 6	$0.42	$1.01	$1.43	$623.57	$646.43
$642.50	$625.00	Oct 6	$0.65	$1.01	$1.66	$623.34	$644.16

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 549 found (best R:R 0.45, avg credit $1.04)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
520/525	675/680	Oct 7	$1.56	$3.44	90%	0.45	$523.44	$676.56
520/525	662/665	Oct 7	$1.32	$3.68	90%	0.36	$523.68	$663.82
532/535	662/665	Oct 5	$1.04	$1.46	91%	0.71	$533.96	$663.54
540/555	680/685	Oct 6	$2.31	$12.69	90%	0.18	$552.69	$682.31
578/580	662/665	Oct 5	$0.86	$1.64	90%	0.52	$579.14	$663.36
515/518	662/665	Oct 5	$0.84	$1.66	91%	0.51	$516.66	$663.34
520/525	650/652	Oct 7	$1.27	$3.73	86%	0.34	$523.73	$651.27
532/535	675/678	Oct 5	$0.79	$1.71	91%	0.46	$534.21	$675.79
538/540	675/680	Oct 7	$1.00	$4.00	91%	0.25	$539.00	$676.00
528/530	662/665	Oct 7	$0.84	$1.66	89%	0.51	$529.16	$663.34

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 343 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$1.06	$1.44	73%	1.36
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 6	$0.10	$2.40	22%	24.00
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 5	$0.67	$1.83	52%	2.73
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 7	$0.09	$2.41	16%	26.78
$660.00	$665.00	$670.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$4.92	20%	61.50
$615.00	$625.00	$635.00	Oct 15	$1.00	$9.00	25%	9.00
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.94	$1.56	72%	1.66
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 15	$0.18	$4.82	14%	26.78
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.48	$2.02	41%	4.21

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 551 found (best net $-0.48, 509 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$597.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.48	$22.02
$605.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$2.85	$17.15
$600.00	$627.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$13.83	$13.67
$625.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.46	$7.04
$627.50	$630.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$0.40	$2.10

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$690.00	$660.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$12.60	$17.40
$660.00	$632.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$9.67	$17.83
$640.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$2.92	$12.08
$642.50	$632.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$4.36	$5.64
$625.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.66	$8.34

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 151 found (best yield 3.91%, avg 0.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 13	$24.75	0.48	1.1%	3.91%	5.05%	8	31
$645.00	Nov 13	$22.25	0.45	1.9%	3.52%	5.44%	32	9
$635.00	Nov 13	$26.25	0.51	0.3%	4.15%	4.50%	4	10
$650.00	Nov 13	$20.10	0.42	2.7%	3.18%	5.89%	2	4
$655.00	Nov 13	$18.10	0.40	3.5%	2.86%	6.37%	2	1
$660.00	Nov 13	$16.25	0.37	4.3%	2.57%	6.87%	2	1
$640.00	Nov 6	$21.55	0.47	1.1%	3.41%	4.54%	4	23
$645.00	Nov 6	$19.30	0.44	1.9%	3.05%	4.98%	19	16
$650.00	Nov 6	$17.25	0.41	2.7%	2.73%	5.44%	6	50
$635.00	Nov 6	$22.70	0.51	0.3%	3.59%	3.93%	4	70

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 32,795

Total Puts 52,045

Put/Call Ratio 1.59

Net Difference -19,250

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 71,696

Total Puts 243,678

Put/Call Ratio 3.40

Net Difference -171,982

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

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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