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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$635.97 +0.33%

(10/6 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 2:00pm) 110,425

Calls: 44,927 (41%)

Puts: 65,498 (59%)

Prior (10/05) 84,840

Calls: 32,795 (39%)

Puts: 52,045 (61%)

Current vs Prior +30.16%

Calls: +36.99% (Calls)

Puts: +25.85% (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 -51.34%

Calls: -34.67%

Puts: -58.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 2:00pm) $116.11M

Calls: $60.54M (52%)

Puts: $55.57M (48%)

Prior (10/05) $87.33M

Calls: $56.93M (65%)

Puts: $30.40M (35%)

Current vs Prior +32.96%

Calls: +6.35%

Puts: +82.79%

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 -8.32%

Calls: -23.99%

Puts: +18.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/06 2:00pm) 1.46

Prior (10/05) 1.59

Current vs Prior -8.14%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.24

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.83%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/06 2:00pm) 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 0.56% | 1.27%1.27% | 2.18%2.18% | 3.76%3.53% | 9.32%

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

Current vs Prior -58.53% | -30.41%+146.89% | +19.99%-13.42% | -6.80%-8.65% | -3.56%

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 -61.77% | -39.02%+39.31% | +5.18%+13.65% | -3.10%-33.50% | -15.80%

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 -58.53% | -30.41%+185.54% | +13.12%-13.42% | -7.16%-8.84% | -3.22%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 29.20% | 21.10%

Calls: 23.08% | 20.51%

Puts: 35.32% | 21.69%

Prior 43.03% | 43.19%

Calls: 31.18% | 29.82%

Puts: 54.89% | 56.55%

Current vs Prior -32.14% | -51.15%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.98% | 35.92%

Calls: 38.28% | 36.43%

Puts: 41.68% | 35.41%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -26.97% | -41.27%

Liquidity Expensive

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Bearish P/C ratio of 1.46 indicates protective positioning. 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

Dollar Volume

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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

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 518 of results (avg 5.8%, best 2.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Nov 6	12.80	13.10	$12.95	2.3%	12	0.35	40
$710.00	Nov 20	6.10	6.25	$6.18	2.4%	4	0.17	435
$540.00	Nov 20	101.10	103.60	$102.35	2.4%	9	0.91	289
$570.00	Oct 30	69.60	71.35	$70.47	2.5%	1	0.90	36
$700.00	Nov 20	7.70	7.90	$7.80	2.6%	1.4K	0.21	2.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Nov 20	23.85	24.45	$24.15	2.5%	54	0.44	20.3K
$640.00	Nov 20	28.30	29.05	$28.68	2.6%	17	0.50	393
$625.00	Nov 20	21.55	22.15	$21.85	2.7%	10	0.41	187
$610.00	Nov 20	16.15	16.60	$16.38	2.7%	79	0.33	1.2K
$620.00	Nov 20	19.65	20.20	$19.92	2.8%	47	0.39	4.4K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 64 found (avg $0.63, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 6	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	1.9K	0.05	178
$645.00	Oct 7	0.56	0.68	$0.62	19.4%	92	0.14	45
$652.50	Oct 8	0.53	0.64	$0.59	18.6%	30	0.10	3
$650.00	Oct 8	0.73	0.88	$0.81	18.5%	24	0.13	29
$662.50	Oct 9	0.36	0.43	$0.40	17.5%	17	0.06	110

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$627.50	Oct 7	0.83	1.00	$0.92	18.5%	171	0.18	161
$612.50	Oct 8	0.41	0.48	$0.44	15.9%	59	0.06	10
$617.50	Oct 8	0.62	0.72	$0.67	14.9%	177	0.10	3
$615.00	Oct 8	0.50	0.58	$0.54	14.8%	31	0.08	13
$620.00	Oct 8	0.77	0.93	$0.85	18.8%	374	0.12	167

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 381 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 6	123.90	127.75	$125.83	3.1%	5	1.00	--
$512.50	Oct 6	121.50	125.25	$123.38	3.0%	3	1.00	--
$515.00	Oct 6	118.90	122.75	$120.83	3.2%	5	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 6	116.40	120.25	$118.33	3.3%	5	1.00	--
$522.50	Oct 6	111.85	115.25	$113.55	3.0%	4	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$705.00	Oct 16	66.95	70.70	$68.83	5.4%	--	1.00	25
$740.00	Oct 6	102.25	106.10	$104.18	3.7%	2	0.99	--
$650.00	Oct 6	12.35	15.65	$14.00	23.6%	5	0.99	7
$645.00	Oct 6	7.80	10.65	$9.23	30.9%	24	0.99	--
$700.00	Oct 12	62.45	65.65	$64.05	5.0%	3	0.99	3

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 917 active (total vol 74.0K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 6	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	2.7K	0.01	217
$640.00	Oct 6	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	1.9K	0.05	178
$690.00	Oct 30	3.55	3.75	$3.65	5.5%	1.7K	0.15	200
$700.00	Nov 20	7.70	7.90	$7.80	2.6%	1.4K	0.21	2.2K
$640.00	Oct 9	4.20	4.60	$4.40	9.1%	1.4K	0.41	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 6	0.05	0.09	$0.07	57.1%	2.5K	0.05	423
$570.00	Nov 20	6.80	7.25	$7.03	6.4%	2.1K	0.16	1.1K
$570.00	Oct 23	1.17	1.42	$1.30	19.2%	2.0K	0.06	146
$540.00	Nov 20	3.55	3.80	$3.68	6.8%	2.0K	0.09	954
$632.50	Oct 7	1.86	2.18	$2.02	15.8%	1.8K	0.35	81

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. 559 found (best R:R 29.12, avg 7.86)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$670.00	$695.00	Oct 19	$0.83	$24.17	$0.83	15%	29.12	$670.83
$660.00	$675.00	Oct 14	$0.95	$14.05	$0.95	17%	14.79	$660.95
$665.00	$670.00	Oct 13	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	14%	25.32	$665.19
$610.00	$612.50	Oct 23	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	76%	0.67	$611.50
$652.50	$657.50	Oct 13	$0.56	$4.44	$0.56	22%	7.93	$653.06

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 13	$0.27	$2.23	$0.27	48%	8.26	$634.73
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 19	$0.62	$1.88	$0.62	48%	3.03	$634.38
$645.00	$640.00	Oct 13	$2.67	$2.33	$2.67	66%	0.87	$642.33
$640.00	$632.50	Oct 12	$3.33	$4.17	$3.33	59%	1.25	$636.67
$645.00	$640.00	Oct 8	$3.20	$1.80	$3.20	78%	0.56	$641.80

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 471 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	$1.35	$1.35	$18.65	91%	0.07	$696.35
$675.00	$700.00	Oct 13	$1.07	$1.07	$23.93	90%	0.04	$676.07
$650.00	$655.00	Nov 6	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	58%	1.00	$652.50
$695.00	$700.00	Oct 8	$0.53	$0.53	$4.47	95%	0.12	$695.53
$637.50	$640.00	Oct 15	$1.47	$1.47	$1.03	52%	1.43	$638.97

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
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 7	$2.00	$2.00	$3.00	94%	0.67	$523.00
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 7	$1.84	$1.84	$0.66	93%	2.79	$543.16
$515.00	$512.50	Oct 8	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	96%	1.03	$513.73
$515.00	$510.00	Oct 7	$0.90	$0.90	$4.10	97%	0.22	$514.10

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $2.70, cheapest $2.34)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$635.00	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.34	24.2%	24.3%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$635.00	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.39	24.2%	24.3%
$647.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.37	26.7%	28.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 257 found (cheapest 0.33% of stock, avg 5.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$635.00	Oct 6	$1.56	$0.56	$2.12	$632.88	$637.12	0.33%
$637.50	Oct 6	$0.34	$2.01	$2.35	$635.15	$639.85	0.37%
$632.50	Oct 6	$3.61	$0.18	$3.79	$628.71	$636.29	0.60%
$640.00	Oct 6	$0.06	$3.94	$4.00	$636.00	$644.00	0.63%
$630.00	Oct 6	$6.00	$0.07	$6.07	$623.93	$636.07	0.95%
$637.50	Oct 7	$2.55	$4.15	$6.70	$630.80	$644.20	1.05%
$635.00	Oct 7	$3.90	$2.95	$6.85	$628.15	$641.85	1.08%
$640.00	Oct 7	$1.64	$5.88	$7.52	$632.48	$647.52	1.18%
$632.50	Oct 7	$5.55	$2.02	$7.57	$624.93	$640.07	1.19%
$627.50	Oct 6	$8.60	$0.04	$8.64	$618.86	$636.14	1.36%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 351 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.01%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$640.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.06	$0.18	$0.24	$632.26	$640.24
$637.50	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.34	$0.18	$0.52	$631.98	$638.02
$690.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.66	$0.18	$0.84	$631.66	$690.84
$640.00	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.06	$0.56	$0.62	$634.38	$640.62
$637.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.34	$0.56	$0.90	$634.10	$638.40
$647.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.37	$0.62	$0.99	$624.01	$648.49
$645.00	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.62	$0.62	$1.24	$623.76	$646.24
$647.50	$627.50	Oct 7	$0.37	$0.92	$1.29	$626.21	$648.79
$645.00	$627.50	Oct 7	$0.62	$0.92	$1.54	$625.96	$646.54
$690.00	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.66	$0.56	$1.22	$633.78	$691.22

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 714 found (best R:R 0.81, avg credit $1.21)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/535	675/678	Oct 7	$2.24	$2.76	92%	0.81	$532.76	$677.24
542/545	675/678	Oct 7	$1.94	$0.56	91%	3.46	$543.06	$676.94
520/525	675/678	Oct 7	$2.10	$2.90	92%	0.72	$522.90	$677.10
530/535	715/720	Oct 7	$2.24	$2.76	87%	0.81	$532.76	$717.24
542/545	648/650	Oct 7	$1.98	$0.52	84%	3.81	$543.02	$649.48
542/545	645/648	Oct 7	$2.09	$0.41	79%	5.10	$542.91	$647.09
542/545	642/645	Oct 7	$2.21	$0.29	72%	7.62	$542.79	$644.71
530/535	648/650	Oct 7	$2.28	$2.72	84%	0.84	$532.72	$649.78
520/525	715/720	Oct 7	$2.10	$2.90	88%	0.72	$522.90	$717.10
520/525	648/650	Oct 7	$2.14	$2.86	85%	0.75	$522.86	$649.64

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 401 found (best R:R 4.21, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 6	$0.83	$1.67	63%	2.01
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 7	$0.15	$2.35	20%	15.67
$637.50	$640.00	$642.50	Oct 6	$0.23	$2.27	24%	9.87
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 6	$0.94	$1.56	60%	1.66
$640.00	$642.50	$645.00	Oct 8	$0.09	$2.41	14%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 6	$0.48	$2.02	60%	4.21
$640.00	$655.00	$670.00	Nov 6	$1.33	$13.67	20%	10.28
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 7	$0.46	$4.54	25%	9.87
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.27	$2.23	30%	8.26
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Nov 13	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 600 found (best net $-18.33, 548 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$18.33	$6.67
$620.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$4.40	$5.60
$670.00	$695.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.83	$24.17
$660.00	$675.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.23	$14.77
$630.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$1.22	$1.28

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$622.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.21	$12.29
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$1.91	$3.09
$640.00	$637.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$0.08	$2.42
$640.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$2.62	$4.88
$615.00	$605.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.40	$9.60

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 171 found (best yield 3.92%, avg 0.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$645.00	Nov 20	$24.90	0.48	1.4%	3.92%	5.34%	4	276
$640.00	Nov 20	$27.05	0.50	0.6%	4.25%	4.89%	50	1.8K
$650.00	Nov 20	$22.70	0.45	2.2%	3.57%	5.78%	231	4.9K
$655.00	Nov 20	$20.50	0.42	3.0%	3.22%	6.22%	34	501
$660.00	Nov 20	$18.50	0.40	3.8%	2.91%	6.69%	18	1.6K
$665.00	Nov 20	$16.70	0.37	4.6%	2.63%	7.19%	40	705
$670.00	Nov 20	$15.10	0.34	5.3%	2.37%	7.73%	375	1.1K
$645.00	Nov 13	$21.70	0.47	1.4%	3.41%	4.83%	--	50
$675.00	Nov 20	$13.45	0.32	6.1%	2.11%	8.25%	643	2.7K
$640.00	Nov 13	$23.80	0.50	0.6%	3.74%	4.38%	140	36

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 44,927

Total Puts 65,498

Put/Call Ratio 1.46

Net Difference -20,571

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 32,795

Total Puts 52,045

Put/Call Ratio 1.59

Net Difference -19,250

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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