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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$637.11 +0.51%

(10/6 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 11:00am) 43,942

Calls: 14,789 (34%)

Puts: 29,153 (66%)

Prior (10/05) 40,489

Calls: 15,249 (38%)

Puts: 25,240 (62%)

Current vs Prior +8.53%

Calls: -3.02% (Calls)

Puts: +15.50% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,588,663

Calls: 481,419 (30%)

Puts: 1,107,244 (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average 226,951

Calls: 68,774 (30%)

Puts: 158,177 (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -80.64%

Calls: -78.50%

Puts: -81.57%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 11:00am) $34.70M

Calls: $22.76M (66%)

Puts: $11.95M (34%)

Prior (10/05) $27.70M

Calls: $19.30M (70%)

Puts: $8.40M (30%)

Current vs Prior +25.29%

Calls: +17.92%

Puts: +42.25%

Prior 7-Day Total $886.54M

Calls: $557.53M (63%)

Puts: $329.01M (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average $126.65M

Calls: $79.65M (63%)

Puts: $47.00M (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -72.60%

Calls: -71.43%

Puts: -74.59%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/06 11:00am) 1.97

Prior (10/05) 1.66

Current vs Prior +19.10%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.24

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.88%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/06 11:00am) 1,758,732

Calls: 634,828 (36%)

Puts: 1,123,904 (64%)

Prior (10/05) 1,742,573

Calls: 629,790 (36%)

Puts: 1,112,783 (64%)

Current vs Prior +0.93%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,311,233

Calls: 4,487,398 (36%)

Puts: 7,823,835 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,758,747

Calls: 641,056 (36%)

Puts: 1,117,690 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +-0.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/06) | Next (10/07)Expiry (10/07) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.71% | 1.29%1.29% | 2.22%2.22% | 3.85%3.65% | 9.52%

Prior 1.35% | 1.82%0.51% | 1.82%2.52% | 4.03%3.87% | 9.67%

Current vs Prior -47.24% | -28.98%+151.96% | +21.93%-12.02% | -4.40%-5.70% | -1.46%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.47% | 2.08%0.91% | 2.08%1.92% | 3.88%5.32% | 11.07%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -51.36% | -37.77%+42.17% | +6.88%+15.49% | -0.60%-31.35% | -13.96%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.35% | 1.82%0.44% | 1.93%2.52% | 4.05%3.88% | 9.63%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -47.24% | -28.98%+191.41% | +14.95%-12.02% | -4.77%-5.89% | -1.11%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 20.48% | 28.48%

Calls: 19.59% | 42.22%

Puts: 21.38% | 14.75%

Prior 43.03% | 43.19%

Calls: 31.18% | 29.82%

Puts: 54.89% | 56.55%

Current vs Prior -52.41% | -34.06%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.98% | 35.92%

Calls: 38.28% | 36.43%

Puts: 41.68% | 35.41%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.78% | -20.72%

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Moderately bullish flow with 66% call dollar volume ($22.76M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.97 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (1,123,904 puts vs 634,828 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

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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 481 of results (avg 5.7%, best 1.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$525.00	Nov 20	116.40	118.60	$117.50	1.9%	10	0.92	152
$620.00	Nov 20	40.05	40.85	$40.45	2.0%	34	0.62	1.3K
$680.00	Nov 20	13.25	13.55	$13.40	2.2%	125	0.30	3.7K
$510.00	Oct 9	125.65	128.85	$127.25	2.5%	2	1.00	5
$585.00	Nov 20	64.45	66.15	$65.30	2.6%	12	0.78	293

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Nov 20	14.90	15.15	$15.03	1.7%	4	0.30	1.3K
$600.00	Nov 20	13.45	13.70	$13.58	1.8%	139	0.28	2.1K
$640.00	Nov 13	25.65	26.20	$25.92	2.1%	2	0.49	--
$620.00	Nov 20	19.90	20.40	$20.15	2.5%	7	0.38	4.4K
$710.00	Nov 20	76.40	78.40	$77.40	2.6%	--	0.82	27

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 58 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.54)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$652.50	Oct 8	0.72	0.87	$0.80	18.8%	28	0.12	3
$670.00	Oct 9	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	34	0.04	670
$665.00	Oct 9	0.38	0.44	$0.41	14.6%	13	0.06	380
$662.50	Oct 9	0.50	0.55	$0.53	9.4%	2	0.07	110
$660.00	Oct 9	0.65	0.73	$0.69	11.6%	6	0.09	954

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$622.50	Oct 7	0.49	0.59	$0.54	18.5%	106	0.10	43
$625.00	Oct 7	0.65	0.78	$0.72	18.1%	42	0.13	79
$627.50	Oct 7	0.87	1.00	$0.94	13.8%	110	0.17	161
$620.00	Oct 8	0.79	0.95	$0.87	18.4%	107	0.12	167
$617.50	Oct 8	0.66	0.78	$0.72	16.7%	177	0.10	3

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 355 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 16	126.00	129.65	$127.83	2.9%	1	1.00	203
$515.00	Oct 16	121.05	124.25	$122.65	2.6%	2	1.00	215
$520.00	Oct 16	115.80	119.50	$117.65	3.1%	--	1.00	161
$525.00	Oct 16	111.10	114.30	$112.70	2.8%	--	1.00	279
$530.00	Oct 16	106.00	109.55	$107.78	3.3%	--	1.00	847

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 6	11.30	14.70	$13.00	26.2%	2	1.00	7
$705.00	Oct 16	66.35	69.75	$68.05	5.0%	--	0.96	25
$645.00	Oct 6	6.60	9.25	$7.93	33.4%	24	0.96	--
$705.00	Oct 6	66.45	69.70	$68.08	4.8%	10	0.94	--
$710.00	Oct 6	71.25	74.70	$72.97	4.7%	10	0.94	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 686 active (total vol 33.8K, top 2.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 6	0.33	0.45	$0.39	30.8%	1.4K	0.20	178
$640.00	Oct 9	4.90	5.10	$5.00	4.0%	963	0.44	1.7K
$650.00	Oct 30	14.05	14.70	$14.38	4.5%	631	0.41	1.1K
$675.00	Nov 20	14.45	15.10	$14.77	4.4%	601	0.33	2.7K
$637.50	Oct 6	1.12	1.39	$1.25	21.6%	475	0.46	232

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 23	1.16	1.33	$1.25	13.6%	2.0K	0.06	146
$630.00	Oct 6	0.14	0.18	$0.16	25.0%	1.8K	0.07	423
$570.00	Oct 16	0.54	0.61	$0.57	12.3%	1.6K	0.04	4.1K
$632.50	Oct 7	1.73	1.96	$1.85	12.4%	1.6K	0.31	81
$615.00	Oct 7	0.22	0.31	$0.27	33.3%	1.5K	0.05	278

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. 517 found (best R:R 199.00, avg 8.15)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$675.00	$715.00	Oct 13	$0.20	$39.80	$0.20	9%	199.00	$675.20
$670.00	$695.00	Oct 19	$1.08	$23.92	$1.08	16%	22.15	$671.08
$630.00	$640.00	Oct 19	$4.25	$5.75	$4.25	60%	1.35	$634.25
$627.50	$630.00	Nov 6	$0.88	$1.62	$0.88	58%	1.84	$628.38
$617.50	$620.00	Nov 6	$1.11	$1.39	$1.11	65%	1.25	$618.61

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	12%	31.26	$599.69
$637.50	$632.50	Oct 14	$1.82	$3.18	$1.82	50%	1.75	$635.68
$602.50	$600.00	Nov 6	$0.22	$2.28	$0.22	26%	10.36	$602.28
$645.00	$640.00	Oct 16	$2.47	$2.53	$2.47	60%	1.02	$642.53
$580.00	$565.00	Oct 14	$0.24	$14.76	$0.24	6%	61.50	$579.76

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 429 found (best R:R 0.29, avg 0.28)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$650.00	Oct 19	$4.50	$4.50	$5.50	53%	0.82	$644.50
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 8	$0.63	$0.63	$1.87	88%	0.34	$658.13
$650.00	$670.00	Oct 19	$4.55	$4.55	$15.45	65%	0.29	$654.55
$642.50	$645.00	Oct 12	$1.18	$1.18	$1.32	61%	0.89	$643.68
$682.50	$685.00	Oct 9	$0.26	$0.26	$2.24	96%	0.12	$682.76

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$515.00	$510.00	Oct 7	$1.11	$1.11	$3.89	96%	0.29	$513.89
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 7	$1.11	$1.11	$3.89	96%	0.29	$523.89
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 8	$0.79	$0.79	$1.71	97%	0.46	$526.71
$552.50	$550.00	Oct 8	$0.68	$0.68	$1.82	96%	0.37	$551.82
$602.50	$600.00	Oct 8	$0.65	$0.65	$1.85	92%	0.35	$601.85

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $3.04, cheapest $3.25)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$637.50	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.18	22.9%	24.6%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$647.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.25	27.6%	28.5%
$670.00	Nov 6	Nov 20	$4.60	31.4%	32.8%
$637.50	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.14	22.9%	24.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 236 found (cheapest 0.45% of stock, avg 6.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$637.50	Oct 6	$1.25	$1.59	$2.84	$634.66	$640.34	0.45%
$635.00	Oct 6	$2.96	$0.69	$3.65	$631.35	$638.65	0.57%
$640.00	Oct 6	$0.39	$3.38	$3.77	$636.23	$643.77	0.59%
$632.50	Oct 6	$4.72	$0.31	$5.03	$627.47	$637.53	0.79%
$637.50	Oct 7	$3.43	$3.73	$7.16	$630.34	$644.66	1.12%
$635.00	Oct 7	$4.50	$2.68	$7.18	$627.82	$642.18	1.13%
$630.00	Oct 6	$7.23	$0.16	$7.39	$622.61	$637.39	1.16%
$640.00	Oct 7	$2.29	$5.35	$7.64	$632.36	$647.64	1.20%
$645.00	Oct 6	$0.05	$7.93	$7.98	$637.02	$652.98	1.25%
$632.50	Oct 7	$6.23	$1.85	$8.08	$624.42	$640.58	1.27%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 342 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 2.91%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$642.50	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.10	$0.16	$0.26	$629.74	$642.76
$642.50	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.10	$0.31	$0.41	$632.09	$642.91
$640.00	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.39	$0.16	$0.55	$629.45	$640.55
$640.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.39	$0.31	$0.70	$631.80	$640.70
$690.00	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.67	$0.16	$0.83	$629.17	$690.83
$642.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.10	$0.69	$0.79	$634.21	$643.29
$690.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.67	$0.31	$0.98	$631.52	$690.98
$640.00	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.39	$0.69	$1.08	$633.92	$641.08
$647.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.56	$0.72	$1.28	$623.72	$648.78
$647.50	$627.50	Oct 7	$0.56	$0.94	$1.50	$626.00	$649.00

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 587 found (best R:R 1.31, avg credit $1.24)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
525/528	658/660	Oct 8	$1.42	$1.08	85%	1.31	$526.08	$658.92
550/552	658/660	Oct 8	$1.31	$1.19	84%	1.10	$551.19	$658.81
510/515	668/670	Oct 7	$1.28	$3.72	92%	0.34	$513.72	$668.78
520/525	668/670	Oct 7	$1.28	$3.72	91%	0.34	$523.72	$668.78
600/602	658/660	Oct 8	$1.28	$1.22	80%	1.05	$601.22	$658.78
560/562	658/660	Oct 8	$1.11	$1.39	84%	0.80	$561.39	$658.61
525/528	660/662	Oct 8	$0.89	$1.61	91%	0.55	$526.61	$660.89
510/515	650/652	Oct 7	$1.24	$3.76	88%	0.33	$513.76	$651.24
525/528	648/650	Oct 8	$1.23	$1.27	76%	0.97	$526.27	$648.73
525/528	652/655	Oct 8	$1.01	$1.49	84%	0.68	$526.49	$653.51

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 371 found (best R:R 9.49, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$650.00	$665.00	$680.00	Oct 12	$1.43	$13.57	20%	9.49
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Nov 13	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50
$685.00	$690.00	$695.00	Nov 6	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$655.00	$660.00	$665.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$4.87	7%	37.46

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$640.00	$655.00	$670.00	Nov 6	$1.40	$13.60	19%	9.71
$650.00	$655.00	$660.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$4.86	11%	34.71
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 6	$0.52	$1.98	40%	3.81
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Oct 19	$0.16	$4.84	9%	30.25
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.23	$2.27	21%	9.87

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 550 found (best net $-19.68, 503 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$19.68	$5.32
$665.00	$690.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$1.47	$23.53
$647.50	$660.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.26	$12.24
$640.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$1.51	$8.49
$670.00	$695.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.62	$24.38

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$645.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$2.26	$10.24
$635.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.62	$9.38
$650.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$2.86	$2.14
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$1.82	$3.18
$625.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.89	$9.11

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 167 found (best yield 4.50%, avg 0.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 20	$28.70	0.50	0.5%	4.50%	4.96%	28	1.8K
$645.00	Nov 20	$26.20	0.48	1.2%	4.11%	5.35%	1	276
$650.00	Nov 20	$24.05	0.46	2.0%	3.77%	5.80%	22	4.9K
$655.00	Nov 20	$21.70	0.43	2.8%	3.41%	6.21%	14	501
$660.00	Nov 20	$19.70	0.40	3.6%	3.09%	6.68%	8	1.6K
$665.00	Nov 20	$17.80	0.38	4.4%	2.79%	7.17%	19	705
$670.00	Nov 20	$16.05	0.35	5.2%	2.52%	7.68%	359	1.1K
$675.00	Nov 20	$14.45	0.33	6.0%	2.27%	8.22%	601	2.7K
$640.00	Nov 13	$25.25	0.51	0.5%	3.96%	4.42%	64	36
$645.00	Nov 13	$22.90	0.47	1.2%	3.59%	4.83%	--	50

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,789

Total Puts 29,153

Put/Call Ratio 1.97

Net Difference -14,364

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 15,249

Total Puts 25,240

Put/Call Ratio 1.66

Net Difference -9,991

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 481,419

Total Puts 1,107,244

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.24

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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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