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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$635.46 +0.25%

(10/6 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 1:00pm) 89,378

Calls: 34,469 (39%)

Puts: 54,909 (61%)

Prior (10/05) 69,401

Calls: 25,576 (37%)

Puts: 43,825 (63%)

Current vs Prior +28.78%

Calls: +34.77% (Calls)

Puts: +25.29% (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 -60.62%

Calls: -49.88%

Puts: -65.29%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 1:00pm) $96.05M

Calls: $49.74M (52%)

Puts: $46.31M (48%)

Prior (10/05) $67.46M

Calls: $44.78M (66%)

Puts: $22.69M (34%)

Current vs Prior +42.37%

Calls: +11.08%

Puts: +104.14%

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 -24.16%

Calls: -37.55%

Puts: -1.47%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/06 1:00pm) 1.59

Prior (10/05) 1.71

Current vs Prior -7.03%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.24

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.79%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/06 1:00pm) 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 0.60% | 1.32%1.32% | 2.16%2.16% | 3.77%3.52% | 9.46%

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

Current vs Prior -55.92% | -27.22%+158.20% | +18.65%-14.39% | -6.46%-9.09% | -2.11%

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 -59.37% | -36.23%+45.70% | +4.00%+12.38% | -2.75%-33.81% | -14.53%

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 -55.92% | -27.22%+198.62% | +11.86%-14.39% | -6.83%-9.27% | -1.75%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.61% | 18.13%

Calls: 27.27% | 21.91%

Puts: 27.94% | 14.35%

Prior 43.03% | 43.19%

Calls: 31.18% | 29.82%

Puts: 54.89% | 56.55%

Current vs Prior -35.84% | -58.02%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.98% | 35.92%

Calls: 38.28% | 36.43%

Puts: 41.68% | 35.41%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -30.95% | -49.53%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.59 - 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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Prior BEARISH

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
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10:00	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 576 of results (avg 5.5%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Nov 20	22.95	23.35	$23.15	1.7%	204	0.45	4.9K
$685.00	Nov 20	11.15	11.40	$11.28	2.2%	4	0.27	223
$710.00	Nov 20	6.35	6.50	$6.43	2.3%	2	0.18	435
$700.00	Nov 20	7.95	8.15	$8.05	2.5%	1.2K	0.21	2.2K
$690.00	Nov 20	9.90	10.15	$10.03	2.5%	6	0.25	374

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$680.00	Nov 20	53.65	54.50	$54.08	1.6%	--	0.71	32
$635.00	Nov 13	23.90	24.30	$24.10	1.7%	6	0.48	1
$675.00	Nov 20	50.05	50.90	$50.47	1.7%	--	0.68	32
$625.00	Nov 20	22.30	22.70	$22.50	1.8%	10	0.42	187
$630.00	Nov 20	24.40	24.85	$24.63	1.8%	42	0.45	20.3K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 76 found (avg $0.58, cheapest $0.24)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 7	0.22	0.26	$0.24	16.7%	76	0.06	102
$660.00	Oct 8	0.23	0.27	$0.25	16.0%	34	0.04	4
$655.00	Oct 8	0.42	0.49	$0.45	15.6%	16	0.08	5
$652.50	Oct 8	0.57	0.66	$0.62	14.5%	29	0.10	3
$650.00	Oct 8	0.76	0.89	$0.83	15.7%	20	0.13	29

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Oct 7	0.19	0.23	$0.21	19.0%	1.7K	0.04	278
$617.50	Oct 7	0.25	0.28	$0.27	11.1%	61	0.05	240
$620.00	Oct 7	0.34	0.39	$0.37	13.5%	75	0.07	38
$625.00	Oct 7	0.70	0.82	$0.76	15.8%	79	0.14	79
$610.00	Oct 8	0.38	0.46	$0.42	19.0%	11	0.06	27

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 373 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$555.00	Oct 15	79.50	82.95	$81.22	4.2%	2	1.00	--
$510.00	Oct 9	124.10	127.45	$125.78	2.7%	3	1.00	5
$512.50	Oct 6	121.25	124.95	$123.10	3.0%	3	1.00	--
$515.00	Oct 6	118.75	122.50	$120.63	3.1%	5	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 6	116.25	120.00	$118.13	3.2%	5	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 6	8.25	11.45	$9.85	32.5%	24	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 6	12.90	16.45	$14.68	24.2%	4	1.00	7
$735.00	Oct 6	97.90	101.45	$99.68	3.6%	11	1.00	--
$740.00	Oct 6	102.90	106.45	$104.68	3.4%	2	1.00	--
$705.00	Oct 16	67.95	71.50	$69.72	5.1%	--	1.00	25

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 864 active (total vol 64.5K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 6	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	2.7K	0.02	217
$640.00	Oct 6	0.07	0.11	$0.09	44.4%	1.8K	0.07	178
$690.00	Oct 30	3.65	3.95	$3.80	7.9%	1.6K	0.15	200
$640.00	Oct 9	4.10	4.50	$4.30	9.3%	1.4K	0.39	1.7K
$645.00	Oct 9	2.48	2.73	$2.61	9.6%	1.2K	0.28	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Nov 20	7.20	7.40	$7.30	2.7%	2.1K	0.17	1.1K
$570.00	Oct 23	1.24	1.34	$1.29	7.8%	2.0K	0.06	146
$540.00	Nov 20	3.60	3.90	$3.75	8.0%	2.0K	0.09	954
$630.00	Oct 6	0.10	0.16	$0.13	46.2%	1.9K	0.08	423
$615.00	Oct 7	0.19	0.23	$0.21	19.0%	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. 557 found (best R:R 25.32, avg 7.42)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$670.00	$695.00	Oct 19	$0.95	$24.05	$0.95	16%	25.32	$670.95
$632.50	$635.00	Nov 6	$0.77	$1.73	$0.77	54%	2.25	$633.27
$660.00	$665.00	Oct 13	$0.21	$4.79	$0.21	15%	22.81	$660.21
$635.00	$640.00	Oct 12	$1.85	$3.15	$1.85	52%	1.70	$636.85
$635.00	$637.50	Oct 13	$0.82	$1.68	$0.82	52%	2.05	$635.82

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$695.00	Nov 20	$3.32	$1.68	$3.32	79%	0.51	$696.68
$617.50	$615.00	Nov 6	$0.32	$2.18	$0.32	35%	6.81	$617.18
$605.00	$602.50	Nov 6	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	28%	7.33	$604.70
$645.00	$640.00	Oct 30	$2.37	$2.63	$2.37	56%	1.11	$642.63
$617.50	$615.00	Nov 13	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	37%	3.39	$616.93

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 460 found (best R:R 0.62, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$695.00	$715.00	Oct 19	$1.35	$1.35	$18.65	91%	0.07	$696.35
$642.50	$647.50	Oct 13	$2.18	$2.18	$2.82	61%	0.77	$644.68
$675.00	$700.00	Oct 13	$0.98	$0.98	$24.02	91%	0.04	$675.98
$695.00	$700.00	Oct 8	$0.53	$0.53	$4.47	95%	0.12	$695.53
$640.00	$650.00	Oct 19	$4.17	$4.17	$5.83	54%	0.72	$644.17

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$535.00	$530.00	Oct 7	$1.92	$1.92	$3.08	94%	0.62	$533.08
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 7	$1.12	$1.12	$3.88	96%	0.29	$523.88
$562.50	$560.00	Oct 8	$0.74	$0.74	$1.76	96%	0.42	$561.76
$620.00	$617.50	Nov 13	$1.57	$1.57	$0.93	62%	1.69	$618.43
$515.00	$512.50	Oct 8	$0.63	$0.63	$1.87	98%	0.34	$514.37

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $2.83, cheapest $3.57)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$635.00	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.56	23.5%	24.9%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$647.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.57	27.1%	28.2%
$635.00	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.37	23.5%	24.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 252 found (cheapest 0.37% of stock, avg 5.86%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$635.00	Oct 6	$1.32	$1.01	$2.33	$632.67	$637.33	0.37%
$637.50	Oct 6	$0.38	$2.47	$2.85	$634.65	$640.35	0.45%
$632.50	Oct 6	$3.52	$0.35	$3.87	$628.63	$636.37	0.61%
$640.00	Oct 6	$0.09	$4.55	$4.64	$635.36	$644.64	0.73%
$630.00	Oct 6	$5.60	$0.13	$5.73	$624.27	$635.73	0.90%
$637.50	Oct 7	$2.58	$4.53	$7.11	$630.39	$644.61	1.12%
$635.00	Oct 7	$3.88	$3.38	$7.26	$627.74	$642.26	1.14%
$632.50	Oct 7	$5.38	$2.33	$7.71	$624.79	$640.21	1.21%
$640.00	Oct 7	$1.67	$6.10	$7.77	$632.23	$647.77	1.22%
$627.50	Oct 6	$8.25	$0.05	$8.30	$619.20	$635.80	1.31%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 354 found (cheapest 0.03% of stock, avg 2.99%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$640.00	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.09	$0.13	$0.22	$629.78	$640.22
$640.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.09	$0.35	$0.44	$632.06	$640.44
$637.50	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.38	$0.13	$0.51	$629.49	$638.01
$637.50	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.38	$0.35	$0.73	$631.77	$638.23
$690.00	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.66	$0.13	$0.79	$629.21	$690.79
$690.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.66	$0.35	$1.01	$631.49	$691.01
$647.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.38	$0.76	$1.14	$623.86	$648.64
$645.00	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.64	$0.76	$1.40	$623.60	$646.40
$647.50	$627.50	Oct 7	$0.38	$1.06	$1.44	$626.06	$648.94
$640.00	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.09	$1.01	$1.10	$633.90	$641.10

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 683 found (best R:R 0.70, avg credit $1.25)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/535	648/650	Oct 7	$2.06	$2.94	85%	0.70	$532.94	$649.56
530/535	645/648	Oct 7	$2.18	$2.82	80%	0.77	$532.82	$647.18
530/535	642/645	Oct 7	$2.34	$2.66	73%	0.88	$532.66	$644.84
560/562	695/700	Oct 8	$1.27	$3.73	91%	0.34	$561.23	$696.27
512/515	695/700	Oct 8	$1.16	$3.84	93%	0.30	$513.84	$696.16
560/562	672/675	Oct 8	$1.01	$1.49	92%	0.68	$561.49	$673.51
512/515	672/675	Oct 8	$0.90	$1.60	93%	0.56	$514.10	$673.40
560/562	658/660	Oct 8	$1.05	$1.45	87%	0.72	$561.45	$658.55
530/535	640/642	Oct 7	$2.53	$2.47	64%	1.02	$532.47	$642.53
592/595	672/675	Oct 8	$0.95	$1.55	89%	0.61	$594.05	$673.45

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 390 found (best R:R 24.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$655.00	$660.00	$665.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 6	$0.65	$1.85	48%	2.85
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 7	$0.20	$2.30	22%	11.50
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 7	$0.10	$2.40	22%	24.00
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 6	$0.80	$1.70	59%	2.12
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 6	$0.62	$1.88	49%	3.03
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.44	$2.06	37%	4.68
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$2.44	13%	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 584 found (best net $-18.13, 535 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$18.13	$6.87
$620.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$5.08	$4.92
$670.00	$695.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.73	$24.27
$710.00	$730.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.98	$19.02
$640.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$2.71	$7.29

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$622.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.24	$12.26
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$2.02	$2.98
$640.00	$637.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$0.39	$2.11
$615.00	$605.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.50	$9.50
$580.00	$565.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.35	$14.65

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 171 found (best yield 4.34%, avg 0.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 20	$27.55	0.50	0.7%	4.34%	5.05%	50	1.8K
$645.00	Nov 20	$25.20	0.47	1.5%	3.97%	5.47%	4	276
$650.00	Nov 20	$22.95	0.45	2.3%	3.61%	5.90%	204	4.9K
$660.00	Nov 20	$18.85	0.39	3.9%	2.97%	6.83%	18	1.6K
$655.00	Nov 20	$20.15	0.42	3.1%	3.17%	6.25%	34	501
$665.00	Nov 20	$16.85	0.37	4.7%	2.65%	7.30%	31	705
$670.00	Nov 20	$15.35	0.34	5.4%	2.42%	7.85%	373	1.1K
$675.00	Nov 20	$13.75	0.32	6.2%	2.16%	8.39%	602	2.7K
$645.00	Nov 13	$21.75	0.46	1.5%	3.42%	4.92%	--	50
$650.00	Nov 13	$19.60	0.43	2.3%	3.08%	5.37%	3	7

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 34,469

Total Puts 54,909

Put/Call Ratio 1.59

Net Difference -20,440

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 25,576

Total Puts 43,825

Put/Call Ratio 1.71

Net Difference -18,249

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 481,419

Total Puts 1,107,244

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.24

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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