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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$633.15 +0.40%

(10/5 14:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 3:00pm) 146,965

Calls: 39,624 (27%)

Puts: 107,341 (73%)

Prior (10/02) 358,225

Calls: 82,312 (23%)

Puts: 275,913 (77%)

Current vs Prior -58.97%

Calls: -51.86% (Calls)

Puts: -61.10% (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 -35.04%

Calls: -46.73%

Puts: -29.31%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 3:00pm) $111.79M

Calls: $68.46M (61%)

Puts: $43.32M (39%)

Prior (10/02) $188.78M

Calls: $113.02M (60%)

Puts: $75.77M (40%)

Current vs Prior -40.79%

Calls: -39.42%

Puts: -42.82%

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 -11.16%

Calls: -14.96%

Puts: -4.41%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05 3:00pm) 2.71

Prior (10/02) 3.35

Current vs Prior -19.18%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.98

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +36.51%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/05 3:00pm) 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 0.55% | 1.36%0.55% | 1.86%2.48% | 4.14%3.89% | 9.96%

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

Current vs Prior -60.92% | -30.58%+15.54% | +31.94%+422.26% | +44.17%-11.87% | -7.44%

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 -63.14% | -37.03%-47.73% | -13.74%+39.86% | +6.59%-31.95% | -12.61%

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 -60.92% | -30.58%+15.54% | +30.46%+422.26% | +41.74%-11.87% | -7.00%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 41.41% | 14.31%

Calls: 35.00% | 11.60%

Puts: 47.81% | 17.02%

Prior 47.93% | 35.26%

Calls: 48.19% | 40.66%

Puts: 47.67% | 29.86%

Current vs Prior -13.60% | -59.42%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.30% | 34.79%

Calls: 40.36% | 36.64%

Puts: 40.24% | 32.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +2.75% | -58.87%

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Moderately bullish flow with 61% call dollar volume ($68.46M). Below-average activity with volume down 59% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.71 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (1,112,783 puts vs 629,790 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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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
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

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 484 of results (avg 5.8%, best 2.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Nov 13	24.80	25.40	$25.10	2.4%	9	0.48	31
$530.00	Oct 5	101.45	104.10	$102.78	2.6%	47	1.00	--
$510.00	Oct 5	121.60	124.85	$123.23	2.6%	2	1.00	1
$625.00	Oct 30	25.90	26.60	$26.25	2.7%	6	0.58	335
$515.00	Oct 9	116.95	120.20	$118.58	2.7%	--	1.00	13

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$617.50	Nov 6	16.55	17.00	$16.77	2.7%	4	0.38	31
$607.50	Oct 9	1.05	1.08	$1.07	2.8%	193	0.10	110
$632.50	Nov 6	22.75	23.40	$23.08	2.8%	8	0.48	2
$635.00	Nov 6	23.90	24.60	$24.25	2.9%	5	0.49	4
$612.50	Nov 6	14.75	15.20	$14.98	3.0%	2	0.35	20

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 70 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.23)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 5	0.22	0.24	$0.23	8.7%	819	0.19	382
$647.50	Oct 6	0.27	0.30	$0.29	10.3%	440	0.07	267
$645.00	Oct 6	0.41	0.49	$0.45	17.8%	178	0.10	74
$642.50	Oct 6	0.67	0.76	$0.72	12.5%	170	0.15	95
$652.50	Oct 7	0.42	0.50	$0.46	17.4%	25	0.08	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$617.50	Oct 6	0.31	0.36	$0.34	14.7%	433	0.07	257
$620.00	Oct 6	0.47	0.55	$0.51	15.7%	186	0.10	154
$622.50	Oct 6	0.69	0.79	$0.74	13.5%	95	0.14	68
$605.00	Oct 6	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	293	0.02	75
$612.50	Oct 7	0.52	0.63	$0.57	19.3%	180	0.08	15

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 362 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 5	121.60	124.85	$123.23	2.6%	2	1.00	1
$515.00	Oct 5	116.40	119.85	$118.13	2.9%	8	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 5	114.05	117.35	$115.70	2.9%	16	1.00	--
$520.00	Oct 5	111.35	114.90	$113.13	3.1%	70	1.00	--
$522.50	Oct 5	109.10	112.40	$110.75	3.0%	146	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$647.50	Oct 5	12.65	14.70	$13.68	15.0%	5	0.99	7
$750.00	Oct 16	115.20	118.75	$116.98	3.0%	1	0.99	1
$640.00	Oct 5	5.60	8.35	$6.98	39.4%	51	0.99	8
$705.00	Oct 16	69.95	73.70	$71.83	5.2%	--	0.97	25
$637.50	Oct 5	2.93	5.60	$4.26	62.7%	4	0.96	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 890 active (total vol 68.6K, top 2.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$637.50	Oct 5	0.02	0.06	$0.04	100.0%	2.0K	0.04	346
$650.00	Oct 16	5.80	6.25	$6.03	7.5%	1.2K	0.31	4.1K
$632.50	Oct 5	0.99	1.41	$1.20	35.0%	1.2K	0.61	234
$660.00	Oct 16	3.45	3.75	$3.60	8.3%	925	0.21	4.2K
$635.00	Oct 5	0.22	0.24	$0.23	8.7%	819	0.19	382

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 16	0.78	0.83	$0.81	6.2%	2.8K	0.05	1.9K
$600.00	Oct 16	2.54	2.83	$2.69	10.8%	2.6K	0.15	8.8K
$510.00	Oct 9	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	2.3K	0.00	264
$620.00	Oct 16	6.60	7.15	$6.88	8.0%	1.4K	0.33	2.1K
$627.50	Oct 9	4.65	5.10	$4.88	9.2%	1.1K	0.38	127

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. 522 found (best R:R 30.25, avg 7.38)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$607.50	$610.00	Nov 6	$1.11	$1.39	$1.11	68%	1.25	$608.61
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 6	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	86%	0.61	$624.05
$665.00	$680.00	Oct 12	$0.28	$14.72	$0.28	9%	52.57	$665.28
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 30	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	80%	0.72	$591.45
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 14	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	55%	2.12	$630.80

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$590.00	Oct 15	$0.32	$9.68	$0.32	15%	30.25	$599.68
$612.50	$605.00	Oct 13	$0.38	$7.12	$0.38	20%	18.74	$612.12
$660.00	$632.50	Nov 13	$14.65	$12.85	$14.65	63%	0.88	$645.35
$617.50	$615.00	Oct 15	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	29%	12.89	$617.32
$632.50	$630.00	Oct 8	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	47%	3.17	$631.90

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 423 found (best R:R 5.58, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$650.00	$695.00	Oct 15	$4.63	$4.63	$40.37	71%	0.11	$654.63
$645.00	$680.00	Oct 14	$4.68	$4.68	$30.32	67%	0.15	$649.68
$640.00	$642.50	Oct 12	$1.48	$1.48	$1.02	62%	1.45	$641.48
$695.00	$700.00	Oct 8	$0.69	$0.69	$4.31	94%	0.16	$695.69
$685.00	$690.00	Oct 7	$0.58	$0.58	$4.42	95%	0.13	$685.58

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$557.50	Oct 6	$2.12	$2.12	$0.38	92%	5.58	$557.88
$555.00	$540.00	Oct 6	$2.12	$2.12	$12.88	92%	0.16	$552.88
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 7	$1.10	$1.10	$3.90	96%	0.28	$523.90
$595.00	$590.00	Oct 13	$1.03	$1.03	$3.97	89%	0.26	$593.97
$550.00	$540.00	Oct 8	$0.74	$0.74	$9.26	96%	0.08	$549.26

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $3.02, cheapest $2.68)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.68	29.7%	26.5%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 5	Oct 6	$2.74	29.7%	26.5%
$650.00	Oct 16	Oct 19	$0.48	28.7%	26.7%
$642.50	Oct 13	Oct 23	$6.17	25.1%	29.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 256 found (cheapest 0.29% of stock, avg 5.67%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$632.50	Oct 5	$1.20	$0.64	$1.84	$630.66	$634.34	0.29%
$635.00	Oct 5	$0.23	$2.28	$2.51	$632.49	$637.51	0.40%
$630.00	Oct 5	$2.95	$0.13	$3.08	$626.92	$633.08	0.49%
$637.50	Oct 5	$0.04	$4.26	$4.30	$633.20	$641.80	0.68%
$627.50	Oct 5	$5.88	$0.04	$5.92	$621.58	$633.42	0.94%
$640.00	Oct 5	$0.02	$6.98	$7.00	$633.00	$647.00	1.11%
$632.50	Oct 6	$3.88	$3.38	$7.26	$625.24	$639.76	1.15%
$635.00	Oct 6	$2.65	$4.70	$7.35	$627.65	$642.35	1.16%
$630.00	Oct 6	$5.53	$2.38	$7.91	$622.09	$637.91	1.25%
$637.50	Oct 6	$1.80	$6.53	$8.33	$629.17	$645.83	1.32%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 340 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 2.78%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$635.00	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.23	$0.13	$0.36	$629.64	$635.36
$662.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.54	$0.13	$0.67	$629.33	$663.17
$667.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.68	$0.13	$0.81	$629.19	$668.31
$670.00	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.68	$0.13	$0.81	$629.19	$670.81
$672.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.68	$0.13	$0.81	$629.19	$673.31
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.23	$0.64	$0.87	$631.63	$635.87
$645.00	$622.50	Oct 6	$0.45	$0.74	$1.19	$621.31	$646.19
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 6	$0.72	$0.74	$1.46	$621.04	$643.96
$645.00	$625.00	Oct 6	$0.45	$1.09	$1.54	$623.46	$646.54
$662.50	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.54	$0.64	$1.18	$631.32	$663.68

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 595 found (best R:R 10.36, avg credit $1.15)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
558/560	645/648	Oct 6	$2.28	$0.22	82%	10.36	$557.72	$647.28
558/560	642/645	Oct 6	$2.39	$0.11	77%	21.73	$557.61	$644.89
558/560	680/685	Oct 6	$2.31	$2.69	89%	0.86	$557.69	$682.31
520/525	668/670	Oct 7	$1.44	$3.56	89%	0.40	$523.56	$668.94
520/525	662/665	Oct 7	$1.39	$3.61	90%	0.39	$523.61	$663.89
540/555	680/685	Oct 6	$2.31	$12.69	90%	0.18	$552.69	$682.31
538/540	668/670	Oct 7	$0.89	$1.61	91%	0.55	$539.11	$668.39
538/540	662/665	Oct 7	$0.84	$1.66	91%	0.51	$539.16	$663.34
520/525	652/655	Oct 7	$1.21	$3.79	88%	0.32	$523.79	$653.71
520/525	650/652	Oct 7	$1.27	$3.73	86%	0.34	$523.73	$651.27

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 369 found (best R:R 6.35, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.78	$1.72	74%	2.21
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 8	$0.26	$4.74	23%	18.23
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 5	$0.78	$1.72	57%	2.21
$660.00	$665.00	$670.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 7	$0.11	$2.39	15%	21.73

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 5	$0.34	$2.16	56%	6.35
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 15	$0.10	$4.90	14%	49.00
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 15	$0.12	$4.88	14%	40.67
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 9	$0.31	$4.69	20%	15.13
$605.00	$612.50	$620.00	Oct 14	$0.42	$7.08	14%	16.86

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 567 found (best net $-26.68, 527 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$597.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.83	$20.67
$605.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$4.53	$15.47
$660.00	$690.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.30	$29.70
$627.50	$630.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$0.02	$2.48
$720.00	$745.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.48	$24.52

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$705.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$26.68	$18.32
$690.00	$660.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$11.72	$18.28
$647.50	$640.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$0.28	$7.22
$647.50	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$2.24	$5.26
$660.00	$632.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$11.53	$15.97

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 159 found (best yield 3.92%, avg 0.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 13	$24.80	0.48	1.1%	3.92%	5.00%	9	31
$635.00	Nov 13	$26.90	0.50	0.3%	4.25%	4.54%	5	10
$645.00	Nov 13	$22.20	0.45	1.9%	3.51%	5.38%	35	9
$650.00	Nov 13	$20.25	0.42	2.7%	3.20%	5.86%	8	4
$655.00	Nov 13	$18.25	0.40	3.5%	2.88%	6.33%	2	1
$660.00	Nov 13	$16.45	0.37	4.2%	2.60%	6.84%	2	1
$635.00	Nov 6	$24.05	0.51	0.3%	3.80%	4.09%	7	70
$640.00	Nov 6	$21.70	0.48	1.1%	3.43%	4.51%	4	23
$645.00	Nov 6	$19.45	0.45	1.9%	3.07%	4.94%	19	16
$650.00	Nov 6	$17.35	0.41	2.7%	2.74%	5.40%	6	50

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 39,624

Total Puts 107,341

Put/Call Ratio 2.71

Net Difference -67,717

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 82,312

Total Puts 275,913

Put/Call Ratio 3.35

Net Difference -193,601

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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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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