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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$636.83 +0.46%

(10/6 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 12:00pm) 71,393

Calls: 24,087 (34%)

Puts: 47,306 (66%)

Prior (10/05) 55,852

Calls: 20,485 (37%)

Puts: 35,367 (63%)

Current vs Prior +27.83%

Calls: +17.58% (Calls)

Puts: +33.76% (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 -68.54%

Calls: -64.98%

Puts: -70.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 12:00pm) $76.11M

Calls: $36.99M (49%)

Puts: $39.12M (51%)

Prior (10/05) $44.99M

Calls: $30.50M (68%)

Puts: $14.49M (32%)

Current vs Prior +69.17%

Calls: +21.27%

Puts: +169.97%

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 -39.91%

Calls: -53.56%

Puts: -16.77%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/06 12:00pm) 1.96

Prior (10/05) 1.73

Current vs Prior +13.76%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.24

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.21%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/06 12:00pm) 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 0.58% | 1.34%1.34% | 2.12%2.12% | 3.80%3.52% | 9.53%

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

Current vs Prior -57.31% | -26.19%+161.87% | +16.37%-16.03% | -5.76%-8.98% | -1.42%

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 -60.64% | -35.32%+47.77% | +2.00%+10.22% | -2.01%-33.74% | -13.93%

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 -57.31% | -26.19%+202.86% | +9.71%-16.03% | -6.12%-9.17% | -1.06%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 30.38% | 20.12%

Calls: 27.65% | 15.56%

Puts: 33.11% | 24.69%

Prior 43.03% | 43.19%

Calls: 31.18% | 29.82%

Puts: 54.89% | 56.55%

Current vs Prior -29.40% | -53.42%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.98% | 35.92%

Calls: 38.28% | 36.43%

Puts: 41.68% | 35.41%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -24.02% | -43.99%

Liquidity Expensive

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Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 69% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.96 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (1,123,904 puts vs 634,828 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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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 517 of results (avg 5.6%, best 1.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Nov 20	26.25	26.70	$26.48	1.7%	3	0.48	276
$650.00	Oct 30	14.00	14.30	$14.15	2.1%	639	0.41	1.1K
$620.00	Nov 20	39.55	40.45	$40.00	2.3%	39	0.62	1.3K
$655.00	Oct 30	12.05	12.35	$12.20	2.5%	23	0.37	396
$580.00	Nov 20	67.75	69.45	$68.60	2.5%	4	0.80	203

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Nov 20	15.00	15.20	$15.10	1.3%	26	0.31	1.3K
$630.00	Nov 20	24.10	24.50	$24.30	1.6%	38	0.44	20.3K
$610.00	Nov 20	16.55	16.85	$16.70	1.8%	63	0.33	1.2K
$620.00	Nov 20	20.00	20.40	$20.20	2.0%	33	0.38	4.4K
$625.00	Nov 20	21.95	22.45	$22.20	2.3%	3	0.41	187

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 68 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 7	0.29	0.34	$0.32	15.6%	71	0.08	102
$660.00	Oct 8	0.26	0.31	$0.29	17.2%	33	0.05	4
$655.00	Oct 8	0.46	0.56	$0.51	19.6%	8	0.09	5
$652.50	Oct 8	0.64	0.76	$0.70	17.1%	28	0.11	3
$650.00	Oct 8	0.89	1.05	$0.97	16.5%	20	0.15	29

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$622.50	Oct 7	0.44	0.52	$0.48	16.7%	126	0.09	43
$620.00	Oct 7	0.33	0.40	$0.37	18.9%	70	0.07	38
$627.50	Oct 7	0.86	0.92	$0.89	6.7%	128	0.17	161
$625.00	Oct 7	0.61	0.72	$0.67	16.4%	48	0.13	79
$612.50	Oct 7	0.16	0.18	$0.17	11.8%	19	0.03	182

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 371 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 6	124.90	128.75	$126.83	3.0%	5	1.00	--
$512.50	Oct 6	122.40	126.25	$124.33	3.1%	3	1.00	--
$515.00	Oct 6	119.90	123.75	$121.83	3.2%	5	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 6	117.40	121.25	$119.33	3.2%	5	1.00	--
$522.50	Oct 6	112.40	116.25	$114.33	3.4%	4	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$705.00	Oct 16	66.65	70.15	$68.40	5.1%	--	1.00	25
$650.00	Oct 6	11.95	15.20	$13.58	23.9%	4	0.99	7
$645.00	Oct 6	7.00	10.10	$8.55	36.3%	24	0.98	--
$740.00	Oct 6	101.35	105.20	$103.28	3.7%	1	0.97	--
$735.00	Oct 6	96.55	100.20	$98.38	3.7%	10	0.96	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 786 active (total vol 49.9K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 6	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	2.7K	0.01	217
$640.00	Oct 6	0.11	0.15	$0.13	30.8%	1.7K	0.10	178
$700.00	Nov 20	8.35	8.60	$8.48	2.9%	1.1K	0.22	2.2K
$640.00	Oct 9	4.60	5.00	$4.80	8.3%	1.1K	0.43	1.7K
$650.00	Oct 16	5.90	6.30	$6.10	6.6%	703	0.33	4.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Nov 20	7.05	7.35	$7.20	4.2%	2.1K	0.17	1.1K
$570.00	Oct 23	1.20	1.24	$1.22	3.3%	2.0K	0.06	146
$540.00	Nov 20	3.70	4.00	$3.85	7.8%	2.0K	0.09	954
$630.00	Oct 6	0.08	0.10	$0.09	22.2%	1.8K	0.05	423
$615.00	Oct 7	0.19	0.25	$0.22	27.3%	1.7K	0.04	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. 532 found (best R:R 25.04, avg 7.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$670.00	$695.00	Oct 19	$0.96	$24.04	$0.96	16%	25.04	$670.96
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 16	$1.12	$1.38	$1.12	75%	1.23	$618.62
$600.00	$602.50	Oct 30	$1.42	$1.08	$1.42	78%	0.76	$601.42
$660.00	$665.00	Oct 13	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	16%	26.78	$660.18
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 13	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	82%	0.61	$619.05

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$675.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$2.80	$2.20	$2.80	67%	0.79	$672.20
$640.00	$637.50	Oct 8	$0.95	$1.55	$0.95	60%	1.63	$639.05
$665.00	$660.00	Nov 20	$2.63	$2.37	$2.63	62%	0.90	$662.37
$615.00	$610.00	Oct 19	$0.62	$4.38	$0.62	23%	7.06	$614.38
$630.00	$625.00	Nov 13	$1.70	$3.30	$1.70	43%	1.94	$628.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 433 found (best R:R 0.75, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$695.00	$715.00	Oct 19	$1.34	$1.34	$18.66	91%	0.07	$696.34
$640.00	$650.00	Oct 19	$4.72	$4.72	$5.28	52%	0.89	$644.72
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 8	$0.68	$0.68	$1.82	88%	0.37	$658.18
$675.00	$700.00	Oct 13	$0.95	$0.95	$24.05	91%	0.04	$675.95
$645.00	$650.00	Oct 12	$1.77	$1.77	$3.23	66%	0.55	$646.77

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$535.00	$530.00	Oct 7	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	94%	0.75	$532.86
$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	$0.77	$0.77	$1.73	96%	0.45	$551.73

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $3.29, cheapest $3.38)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$637.50	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.48	18.7%	25.1%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$647.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.38	27.1%	28.2%
$670.00	Nov 6	Nov 20	$4.78	31.1%	32.7%
$637.50	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.54	18.7%	25.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 246 found (cheapest 0.34% of stock, avg 5.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$637.50	Oct 6	$0.68	$1.51	$2.19	$635.31	$639.69	0.34%
$635.00	Oct 6	$2.17	$0.51	$2.68	$632.32	$637.68	0.42%
$640.00	Oct 6	$0.13	$4.02	$4.15	$635.85	$644.15	0.65%
$632.50	Oct 6	$4.55	$0.17	$4.72	$627.78	$637.22	0.74%
$630.00	Oct 6	$6.78	$0.09	$6.87	$623.13	$636.87	1.08%
$637.50	Oct 7	$3.16	$4.05	$7.21	$630.29	$644.71	1.13%
$635.00	Oct 7	$4.50	$2.77	$7.27	$627.73	$642.27	1.14%
$640.00	Oct 7	$2.09	$5.53	$7.62	$632.38	$647.62	1.20%
$632.50	Oct 7	$6.03	$1.94	$7.97	$624.53	$640.47	1.25%
$645.00	Oct 6	$0.02	$8.55	$8.57	$636.43	$653.57	1.35%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 349 found (cheapest 0.03% of stock, avg 2.93%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$640.00	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.13	$0.09	$0.22	$629.78	$640.22
$640.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.13	$0.17	$0.30	$632.20	$640.30
$690.00	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.67	$0.09	$0.76	$629.24	$690.76
$640.00	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.13	$0.51	$0.64	$634.36	$640.64
$690.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.67	$0.17	$0.84	$631.66	$690.84
$637.50	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.68	$0.09	$0.77	$629.23	$638.27
$637.50	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.68	$0.17	$0.85	$631.65	$638.35
$647.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.51	$0.67	$1.18	$623.82	$648.68
$637.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.68	$0.51	$1.19	$633.81	$638.69
$647.50	$627.50	Oct 7	$0.51	$0.89	$1.40	$626.10	$648.90

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 572 found (best R:R 0.81, avg credit $1.30)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/535	650/652	Oct 7	$2.24	$2.76	86%	0.81	$532.76	$652.24
530/535	648/650	Oct 7	$2.33	$2.67	82%	0.87	$532.67	$649.83
530/535	645/648	Oct 7	$2.48	$2.52	76%	0.98	$532.52	$647.48
525/528	658/660	Oct 8	$1.47	$1.03	85%	1.43	$526.03	$658.97
550/552	658/660	Oct 8	$1.45	$1.05	84%	1.38	$551.05	$658.95
530/535	642/645	Oct 7	$2.63	$2.37	68%	1.11	$532.37	$645.13
560/562	658/660	Oct 8	$1.43	$1.07	84%	1.34	$561.07	$658.93
588/590	658/660	Oct 8	$1.35	$1.15	82%	1.17	$588.65	$658.85
600/602	658/660	Oct 8	$1.35	$1.15	80%	1.17	$601.15	$658.85
510/515	650/652	Oct 7	$1.21	$3.79	89%	0.32	$513.79	$651.21

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 342 found (best R:R 2.79, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 6	$0.94	$1.56	62%	1.66
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 7	$0.19	$2.31	22%	12.16
$655.00	$660.00	$665.00	Oct 30	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56
$665.00	$670.00	$675.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50
$655.00	$660.00	$665.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$4.82	10%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 6	$0.66	$1.84	52%	2.79
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 7	$0.20	$2.30	22%	11.50
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 8	$0.06	$2.44	11%	40.67
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.26	$2.24	23%	8.62

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 566 found (best net $-19.33, 525 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$19.33	$5.67
$640.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.97	$9.03
$670.00	$695.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.71	$24.29
$640.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$2.16	$7.84
$620.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$5.71	$4.29

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$1.83	$3.17
$650.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$3.52	$1.48
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$2.73	$2.27
$615.00	$605.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.76	$9.24
$610.00	$600.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.78	$9.22

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 173 found (best yield 4.12%, avg 0.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$645.00	Nov 20	$26.25	0.48	1.3%	4.12%	5.40%	3	276
$640.00	Nov 20	$28.30	0.50	0.5%	4.44%	4.94%	41	1.8K
$650.00	Nov 20	$23.70	0.46	2.1%	3.72%	5.79%	30	4.9K
$655.00	Nov 20	$21.55	0.43	2.9%	3.38%	6.24%	15	501
$660.00	Nov 20	$19.55	0.40	3.6%	3.07%	6.71%	9	1.6K
$665.00	Nov 20	$17.60	0.38	4.4%	2.76%	7.19%	20	705
$670.00	Nov 20	$15.95	0.35	5.2%	2.50%	7.71%	362	1.1K
$675.00	Nov 20	$14.45	0.33	6.0%	2.27%	8.26%	601	2.7K
$645.00	Nov 13	$22.70	0.48	1.3%	3.56%	4.85%	--	50
$640.00	Nov 13	$24.90	0.50	0.5%	3.91%	4.41%	69	36

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 24,087

Total Puts 47,306

Put/Call Ratio 1.96

Net Difference -23,219

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 20,485

Total Puts 35,367

Put/Call Ratio 1.73

Net Difference -14,882

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 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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