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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$633.90 +0.52%

(10/5 15:12) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 4:00pm) 167,779

Calls: 45,471 (27%)

Puts: 122,308 (73%)

Prior (10/02) 401,584

Calls: 94,794 (24%)

Puts: 306,790 (76%)

Current vs Prior -58.22%

Calls: -52.03% (Calls)

Puts: -60.13% (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 -25.84%

Calls: -38.87%

Puts: -19.46%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 4:00pm) $120.27M

Calls: $77.69M (65%)

Puts: $42.58M (35%)

Prior (10/02) $199.71M

Calls: $119.63M (60%)

Puts: $80.09M (40%)

Current vs Prior -39.78%

Calls: -35.06%

Puts: -46.83%

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 -4.41%

Calls: -3.50%

Puts: -6.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05 4:00pm) 2.69

Prior (10/02) 3.24

Current vs Prior -16.89%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.98

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +35.55%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/05 4:00pm) 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% | 1.35%0.51% | 1.82%2.52% | 4.03%3.87% | 9.67%

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

Current vs Prior -3.77% | -6.82%+7.78% | +29.31%+429.93% | +40.48%-12.44% | -10.13%

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 -9.22% | -15.48%-51.24% | -15.46%+41.92% | +3.87%-32.39% | -15.15%

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 -3.77% | -6.82%+7.78% | +27.87%+429.93% | +38.12%-12.44% | -9.70%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 43.03% | 43.19%

Calls: 31.18% | 29.82%

Puts: 54.89% | 56.55%

Prior 47.93% | 35.26%

Calls: 48.19% | 40.66%

Puts: 47.67% | 29.86%

Current vs Prior -10.22% | +22.49%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.30% | 34.79%

Calls: 40.36% | 36.64%

Puts: 40.24% | 32.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +6.77% | +24.13%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($77.69M). Below-average activity with volume down 58% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.69 - 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

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

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 287 of results (avg 6.4%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$515.00	Oct 9	117.75	120.75	$119.25	2.5%	--	1.00	13
$515.00	Oct 5	116.85	120.35	$118.60	3.0%	8	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 5	114.35	117.85	$116.10	3.0%	16	0.92	--
$530.00	Oct 5	102.35	105.50	$103.93	3.0%	47	1.00	--
$520.00	Oct 5	111.75	115.25	$113.50	3.1%	70	0.92	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 16	114.00	118.70	$116.35	4.0%	1	1.00	1
$715.00	Nov 13	82.05	85.80	$83.93	4.5%	26	0.85	--
$640.00	Nov 6	25.70	27.10	$26.40	5.3%	--	0.52	14
$690.00	Oct 30	57.35	60.55	$58.95	5.4%	--	0.83	10
$660.00	Nov 6	37.25	39.35	$38.30	5.5%	8	0.64	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 8 found (avg $0.72, cheapest $0.94)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Oct 23	0.85	1.02	$0.94	18.1%	2	0.05	505

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$535.00	Oct 23	0.52	0.62	$0.57	17.5%	24	0.03	316
$545.00	Oct 23	0.68	0.80	$0.74	16.2%	2	0.03	151
$547.50	Oct 23	0.73	0.87	$0.80	17.5%	5	0.04	368
$530.00	Oct 23	0.46	0.56	$0.51	19.6%	8	0.02	489
$537.50	Oct 23	0.55	0.66	$0.61	18.0%	--	0.03	371

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 378 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 5	121.50	125.35	$123.43	3.1%	2	1.00	1
$515.00	Oct 5	116.85	120.35	$118.60	3.0%	8	1.00	--
$527.50	Oct 5	104.20	108.00	$106.10	3.6%	52	1.00	--
$530.00	Oct 5	102.35	105.50	$103.93	3.0%	47	1.00	--
$532.50	Oct 5	99.25	103.00	$101.13	3.7%	51	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$705.00	Oct 16	69.10	73.85	$71.47	6.6%	--	1.00	25
$750.00	Oct 16	114.00	118.70	$116.35	4.0%	1	1.00	1
$645.00	Oct 5	9.80	13.15	$11.48	29.2%	1	1.00	1
$640.00	Oct 5	4.80	8.05	$6.43	50.5%	54	0.99	8
$647.50	Oct 5	12.15	15.65	$13.90	25.2%	6	0.99	7

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 941 active (total vol 80.3K, top 2.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$637.50	Oct 5	0.01	0.08	$0.05	140.0%	2.0K	0.05	346
$650.00	Oct 16	5.50	7.15	$6.33	26.1%	1.6K	0.32	4.1K
$632.50	Oct 5	0.80	2.52	$1.66	103.6%	1.3K	0.75	234
$635.00	Oct 5	0.01	0.73	$0.37	194.6%	1.0K	0.28	382
$660.00	Oct 16	3.40	4.00	$3.70	16.2%	929	0.22	4.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	2.33	2.73	$2.53	15.8%	2.9K	0.14	8.8K
$570.00	Oct 16	0.60	0.81	$0.71	29.6%	2.8K	0.04	1.9K
$510.00	Oct 9	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	2.3K	0.00	264
$620.00	Oct 16	5.40	7.00	$6.20	25.8%	1.9K	0.31	2.1K
$630.00	Oct 5	0.01	0.24	$0.13	176.9%	1.2K	0.09	704

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 40.4%, max 42.1%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Oct 5	Nov 13	44.0%	31.0%	42.1%	1.0K	392
$632.50	Oct 5	Nov 6	43.1%	31.0%	39.0%	1.3K	249

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Oct 5	Nov 13	44.0%	31.0%	42.1%	142	74
$632.50	Oct 5	Nov 13	43.1%	31.2%	38.3%	296	33

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 545 found (best R:R 30.25, avg 7.65)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$680.00	$685.00	Nov 6	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	24%	16.86	$680.28
$655.00	$660.00	Nov 13	$1.10	$3.90	$1.10	41%	3.55	$656.10
$670.00	$680.00	Nov 13	$2.22	$7.78	$2.22	33%	3.50	$672.22
$650.00	$655.00	Oct 13	$0.47	$4.53	$0.47	25%	9.64	$650.47
$632.50	$635.00	Oct 30	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	53%	2.57	$633.20

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$612.50	$605.00	Oct 13	$0.24	$7.26	$0.24	19%	30.25	$612.26
$625.00	$622.50	Nov 6	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	42%	9.00	$624.75
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 16	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	50%	4.00	$634.50
$645.00	$640.00	Oct 15	$2.35	$2.65	$2.35	64%	1.13	$642.65
$605.00	$600.00	Nov 13	$0.82	$4.18	$0.82	31%	5.10	$604.18

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 447 found (best R:R 0.19, avg 0.32)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$650.00	$695.00	Oct 15	$4.45	$4.45	$40.55	70%	0.11	$654.45
$645.00	$680.00	Oct 14	$5.35	$5.35	$29.65	65%	0.18	$650.35
$662.50	$665.00	Oct 5	$1.43	$1.43	$1.07	90%	1.34	$663.93
$690.00	$705.00	Oct 5	$1.57	$1.57	$13.43	92%	0.12	$691.57
$650.00	$655.00	Nov 13	$2.78	$2.78	$2.22	56%	1.25	$652.78

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$555.00	$540.00	Oct 6	$2.42	$2.42	$12.58	92%	0.19	$552.58
$517.50	$515.00	Oct 5	$1.94	$1.94	$0.56	94%	3.46	$515.56
$535.00	$532.50	Oct 5	$1.92	$1.92	$0.58	94%	3.31	$533.08
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 7	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	95%	0.49	$523.35
$582.50	$580.00	Oct 5	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	93%	1.08	$581.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $2.08, cheapest $2.08)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$642.50	Oct 9	Oct 13	$2.08	27.6%	25.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 269 found (cheapest 0.31% of stock, avg 5.56%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$635.00	Oct 5	$0.37	$1.59	$1.96	$633.04	$636.96	0.31%
$632.50	Oct 5	$1.66	$0.34	$2.00	$630.50	$634.50	0.32%
$630.00	Oct 5	$3.80	$0.13	$3.93	$626.07	$633.93	0.62%
$637.50	Oct 5	$0.05	$4.07	$4.12	$633.38	$641.62	0.65%
$627.50	Oct 5	$6.38	$0.03	$6.41	$621.09	$633.91	1.01%
$640.00	Oct 5	$0.01	$6.43	$6.44	$633.56	$646.44	1.02%
$635.00	Oct 6	$3.15	$4.25	$7.40	$627.60	$642.40	1.17%
$632.50	Oct 6	$4.33	$3.18	$7.51	$624.99	$640.01	1.18%
$637.50	Oct 6	$2.09	$5.85	$7.94	$629.56	$645.44	1.25%
$630.00	Oct 6	$6.25	$2.15	$8.40	$621.60	$638.40	1.33%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 350 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 2.73%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$635.00	$630.00	Oct 5	$0.37	$0.13	$0.50	$629.50	$635.50
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.37	$0.34	$0.71	$631.79	$635.71
$645.00	$622.50	Oct 6	$0.68	$0.73	$1.41	$621.09	$646.41
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 6	$0.78	$0.73	$1.51	$620.99	$644.01
$645.00	$625.00	Oct 6	$0.68	$0.92	$1.60	$623.40	$646.60
$667.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$1.53	$0.13	$1.66	$628.34	$669.16
$642.50	$625.00	Oct 6	$0.78	$0.92	$1.70	$623.30	$644.20
$672.50	$630.00	Oct 5	$1.95	$0.13	$2.08	$627.92	$674.58
$675.00	$630.00	Oct 5	$1.98	$0.13	$2.11	$627.89	$677.11
$667.50	$632.50	Oct 5	$1.53	$0.34	$1.87	$630.63	$669.37

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 579 found (best R:R 1.10, avg credit $1.25)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
558/560	680/685	Oct 6	$2.62	$2.38	89%	1.10	$557.38	$682.62
515/518	678/680	Oct 5	$2.31	$0.19	84%	12.16	$515.19	$679.81
532/535	678/680	Oct 5	$2.29	$0.21	84%	10.90	$532.71	$679.79
578/580	662/665	Oct 5	$1.96	$0.54	86%	3.63	$578.04	$664.46
545/548	662/665	Oct 5	$1.93	$0.57	84%	3.39	$545.57	$664.43
542/545	662/665	Oct 5	$1.85	$0.65	86%	2.85	$543.15	$664.35
560/562	662/665	Oct 5	$1.90	$0.60	82%	3.17	$560.60	$664.40
520/525	685/690	Oct 7	$1.76	$3.24	93%	0.54	$523.24	$686.76
515/518	635/638	Oct 5	$2.26	$0.24	66%	9.42	$515.24	$637.26
532/535	635/638	Oct 5	$2.24	$0.26	66%	8.62	$532.76	$637.24

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 399 found (best R:R 141.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$565.00	$575.00	$585.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$9.93	7%	141.86
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 5	$0.97	$1.53	70%	1.58
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.85	$1.65	64%	1.94
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 14	$0.19	$4.81	14%	25.32
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Oct 12	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 5	$0.11	$2.39	24%	21.73
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$4.85	12%	32.33
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 5	$1.04	$1.46	62%	1.40
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.21	$2.29	20%	10.90
$620.00	$625.00	$630.00	Oct 19	$0.23	$4.77	11%	20.74

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 576 found (best net $-26.59, 517 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$597.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$2.16	$20.34
$605.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$3.95	$16.05
$640.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.11	$8.89
$720.00	$745.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.13	$24.87
$627.50	$630.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$1.22	$1.28

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$705.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$26.59	$18.41
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$1.38	$3.62
$647.50	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$3.13	$4.37
$665.00	$652.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$8.85	$3.65
$645.00	$637.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$3.02	$4.48

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 164 found (best yield 4.30%, avg 0.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Nov 13	$27.25	0.52	0.2%	4.30%	4.47%	5	10
$640.00	Nov 13	$24.80	0.49	1.0%	3.91%	4.87%	9	31
$650.00	Nov 13	$20.20	0.43	2.5%	3.19%	5.73%	8	4
$645.00	Nov 13	$21.85	0.46	1.8%	3.45%	5.20%	43	9
$660.00	Nov 13	$16.60	0.38	4.1%	2.62%	6.74%	6	1
$655.00	Nov 13	$17.55	0.41	3.3%	2.77%	6.10%	2	1
$665.00	Nov 13	$13.95	0.35	4.9%	2.20%	7.11%	15	4
$640.00	Nov 6	$21.60	0.48	1.0%	3.41%	4.37%	8	23
$670.00	Nov 13	$12.40	0.33	5.7%	1.96%	7.65%	2	2
$635.00	Nov 6	$23.35	0.51	0.2%	3.68%	3.86%	7	70

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 45,471

Total Puts 122,308

Put/Call Ratio 2.69

Net Difference -76,837

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 94,794

Total Puts 306,790

Put/Call Ratio 3.24

Net Difference -211,996

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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