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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$635.43 +0.24%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 3:00pm) 147,631

Calls: 53,056 (36%)

Puts: 94,575 (64%)

Prior (10/05) 146,965

Calls: 39,624 (27%)

Puts: 107,341 (73%)

Current vs Prior +0.45%

Calls: +33.90% (Calls)

Puts: -11.89% (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 -34.95%

Calls: -22.85%

Puts: -40.21%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/06 3:00pm) $135.92M

Calls: $71.32M (52%)

Puts: $64.60M (48%)

Prior (10/05) $111.79M

Calls: $68.46M (61%)

Puts: $43.32M (39%)

Current vs Prior +21.59%

Calls: +4.17%

Puts: +49.13%

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 +7.32%

Calls: -10.46%

Puts: +37.45%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/06 3:00pm) 1.78

Prior (10/05) 2.71

Current vs Prior -34.20%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.24

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.32%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/06 3:00pm) 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 0.53% | 1.26%1.26% | 2.14%2.14% | 3.75%3.37% | 9.36%

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

Current vs Prior -61.05% | -30.61%+146.17% | +17.67%-15.10% | -7.11%-12.85% | -3.12%

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 -64.09% | -39.20%+38.91% | +3.14%+11.45% | -3.42%-36.55% | -15.42%

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 -61.05% | -30.61%+184.71% | +10.94%-15.10% | -7.47%-13.03% | -2.77%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 39.62% | 25.99%

Calls: 38.53% | 27.14%

Puts: 40.71% | 24.84%

Prior 43.03% | 43.19%

Calls: 31.18% | 29.82%

Puts: 54.89% | 56.55%

Current vs Prior -7.92% | -39.82%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.98% | 35.92%

Calls: 38.28% | 36.43%

Puts: 41.68% | 35.41%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -0.91% | -27.65%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.78 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 34% - sentiment shifting bullish. 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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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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
15:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
14:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 562 of results (avg 5.6%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$525.00	Nov 20	114.15	116.85	$115.50	2.3%	11	0.92	152
$540.00	Nov 20	100.60	103.10	$101.85	2.5%	11	0.90	289
$600.00	Nov 20	51.65	52.95	$52.30	2.5%	31	0.71	2.6K
$515.00	Oct 16	119.25	122.55	$120.90	2.7%	3	1.00	215
$650.00	Nov 13	19.50	20.05	$19.77	2.8%	4	0.43	7

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Nov 20	18.30	18.70	$18.50	2.2%	4	0.36	896
$600.00	Nov 20	13.60	13.90	$13.75	2.2%	248	0.29	2.1K
$585.00	Nov 20	9.90	10.15	$10.03	2.5%	49	0.22	4.4K
$590.00	Nov 20	11.00	11.30	$11.15	2.7%	379	0.24	1.1K
$635.00	Oct 16	10.65	10.95	$10.80	2.8%	410	0.48	242

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 75 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.88)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$642.50	Oct 7	0.80	0.95	$0.88	17.0%	129	0.19	94
$655.00	Oct 8	0.37	0.44	$0.41	17.1%	17	0.07	5
$652.50	Oct 8	0.50	0.58	$0.54	14.8%	30	0.09	3
$650.00	Oct 8	0.73	0.81	$0.77	10.4%	27	0.12	29
$660.00	Oct 9	0.43	0.48	$0.45	11.1%	29	0.07	954

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$622.50	Oct 7	0.40	0.48	$0.44	18.2%	197	0.10	43
$625.00	Oct 7	0.59	0.70	$0.65	16.9%	253	0.14	79
$615.00	Oct 8	0.51	0.58	$0.54	13.0%	36	0.08	13
$612.50	Oct 8	0.39	0.47	$0.43	18.6%	60	0.06	10
$617.50	Oct 8	0.64	0.74	$0.69	14.5%	177	0.10	3

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 388 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 6	93.50	97.05	$95.28	3.7%	2	1.00	1
$555.00	Oct 7	78.55	82.10	$80.32	4.4%	4	1.00	--
$567.50	Oct 7	66.05	69.60	$67.82	5.2%	21	1.00	21
$585.00	Oct 7	48.60	52.10	$50.35	7.0%	--	1.00	16
$587.50	Oct 7	46.10	49.65	$47.88	7.4%	--	1.00	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 6	4.20	5.95	$5.08	34.4%	72	1.00	5
$650.00	Oct 6	13.65	16.50	$15.08	18.9%	5	1.00	7
$735.00	Oct 6	98.20	101.50	$99.85	3.3%	11	1.00	--
$740.00	Oct 6	103.20	106.50	$104.85	3.1%	2	1.00	--
$700.00	Oct 12	63.20	66.50	$64.85	5.1%	3	0.99	3

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 968 active (total vol 82.3K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 6	0.00	0.16	$0.08	200.0%	2.7K	0.04	217
$640.00	Oct 6	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	2.0K	0.02	178
$690.00	Oct 30	3.45	3.75	$3.60	8.3%	1.7K	0.15	200
$700.00	Nov 20	7.65	8.05	$7.85	5.1%	1.5K	0.21	2.2K
$640.00	Oct 9	3.85	4.35	$4.10	12.2%	1.4K	0.39	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 6	0.03	0.08	$0.06	83.3%	2.6K	0.04	423
$570.00	Nov 20	7.05	7.50	$7.28	6.2%	2.1K	0.17	1.1K
$570.00	Oct 23	1.29	1.43	$1.36	10.3%	2.0K	0.07	146
$540.00	Nov 20	3.65	3.85	$3.75	5.3%	2.0K	0.09	954
$632.50	Oct 7	1.95	2.24	$2.10	13.8%	1.8K	0.37	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. 573 found (best R:R 22.81, avg 7.42)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$670.00	$695.00	Oct 19	$1.05	$23.95	$1.05	15%	22.81	$671.05
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 16	$1.28	$1.22	$1.28	79%	0.95	$613.78
$602.50	$605.00	Oct 30	$1.27	$1.23	$1.27	76%	0.97	$603.77
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 16	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	74%	0.92	$618.80
$640.00	$642.50	Oct 13	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	41%	3.72	$640.53

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$5.92	$4.08	$5.92	68%	0.69	$654.08
$625.00	$622.50	Oct 30	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	40%	4.00	$624.50
$632.50	$630.00	Oct 15	$0.63	$1.87	$0.63	45%	2.97	$631.87
$675.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$2.95	$2.05	$2.95	68%	0.69	$672.05
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 19	$0.82	$1.68	$0.82	48%	2.05	$634.18

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 472 found (best R:R 5.25, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$695.00	$715.00	Oct 19	$1.15	$1.15	$18.85	92%	0.06	$696.15
$677.50	$680.00	Oct 6	$0.62	$0.62	$1.88	94%	0.33	$678.12
$675.00	$700.00	Oct 13	$0.96	$0.96	$24.04	91%	0.04	$675.96
$642.50	$647.50	Oct 13	$1.95	$1.95	$3.05	63%	0.64	$644.45
$640.00	$645.00	Nov 6	$2.67	$2.67	$2.33	51%	1.15	$642.67

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$515.00	$512.50	Oct 8	$2.10	$2.10	$0.40	94%	5.25	$512.90
$535.00	$530.00	Oct 7	$1.94	$1.94	$3.06	94%	0.63	$533.06
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 7	$1.80	$1.80	$3.20	94%	0.56	$523.20
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 7	$1.62	$1.62	$0.88	94%	1.84	$543.38
$515.00	$510.00	Oct 7	$1.00	$1.00	$4.00	96%	0.25	$514.00

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $2.75, cheapest $2.30)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$635.00	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.30	27.1%	23.6%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$635.00	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.51	27.1%	23.6%
$647.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.45	27.2%	28.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 263 found (cheapest 0.26% of stock, avg 5.82%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$635.00	Oct 6	$1.09	$0.59	$1.68	$633.32	$636.68	0.26%
$637.50	Oct 6	$0.12	$2.26	$2.38	$635.12	$639.88	0.37%
$632.50	Oct 6	$2.89	$0.14	$3.03	$629.47	$635.53	0.48%
$640.00	Oct 6	$0.02	$5.08	$5.10	$634.90	$645.10	0.80%
$630.00	Oct 6	$5.28	$0.06	$5.34	$624.66	$635.34	0.84%
$635.00	Oct 7	$3.39	$3.10	$6.49	$628.51	$641.49	1.02%
$637.50	Oct 7	$2.32	$4.63	$6.95	$630.55	$644.45	1.09%
$632.50	Oct 7	$5.05	$2.10	$7.15	$625.35	$639.65	1.13%
$640.00	Oct 7	$1.49	$6.08	$7.57	$632.43	$647.57	1.19%
$627.50	Oct 6	$7.75	$0.03	$7.78	$619.72	$635.28	1.22%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 355 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.00%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$637.50	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.12	$0.14	$0.26	$632.24	$637.76
$665.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.53	$0.14	$0.67	$631.83	$665.67
$677.50	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.63	$0.14	$0.77	$631.73	$678.27
$675.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.74	$0.14	$0.88	$631.62	$675.88
$685.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.76	$0.14	$0.90	$631.60	$685.90
$637.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.12	$0.59	$0.71	$634.29	$638.21
$645.00	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.54	$0.65	$1.19	$623.81	$646.19
$645.00	$627.50	Oct 7	$0.54	$0.94	$1.48	$626.02	$646.48
$642.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.88	$0.65	$1.53	$623.47	$644.03
$665.00	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.53	$0.59	$1.12	$633.88	$666.12

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 724 found (best R:R 13.71, avg credit $1.19)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
512/515	650/652	Oct 8	$2.33	$0.17	82%	13.71	$512.67	$652.33
512/515	652/655	Oct 8	$2.23	$0.27	85%	8.26	$512.77	$654.73
512/515	648/650	Oct 8	$2.39	$0.11	78%	21.73	$512.61	$649.89
530/535	715/720	Oct 7	$2.53	$2.47	86%	1.02	$532.47	$717.53
530/535	695/700	Oct 7	$2.28	$2.72	89%	0.84	$532.72	$697.28
520/525	715/720	Oct 7	$2.39	$2.61	86%	0.92	$522.61	$717.39
520/525	695/700	Oct 7	$2.14	$2.86	90%	0.75	$522.86	$697.14
542/545	715/720	Oct 7	$2.21	$2.79	85%	0.79	$542.79	$717.21
542/545	695/700	Oct 7	$1.96	$3.04	89%	0.64	$543.04	$696.96
542/545	648/650	Oct 7	$1.74	$0.76	86%	2.29	$543.26	$649.24

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 391 found (best R:R 28.41, 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	76%	2.01
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 6	$0.87	$1.63	58%	1.87
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 8	$0.12	$2.38	16%	19.83
$660.00	$665.00	$670.00	Oct 16	$0.11	$4.89	8%	44.45
$645.00	$650.00	$655.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$4.88	8%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 7	$0.17	$4.83	24%	28.41
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 6	$1.22	$1.28	78%	1.05
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.37	$2.13	36%	5.76
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 8	$0.09	$2.41	14%	26.78
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 8	$0.13	$2.37	16%	18.23

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 $-17.78, 559 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$17.78	$7.22
$620.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$4.26	$5.74
$630.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$0.50	$2.00
$670.00	$695.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.41	$24.59
$620.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$5.97	$4.03

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$0.13	$4.87
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$1.73	$3.27
$622.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.17	$12.33
$615.00	$605.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.36	$9.64
$580.00	$565.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.26	$14.74

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 176 found (best yield 4.29%, avg 0.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 20	$27.25	0.50	0.7%	4.29%	5.01%	52	1.8K
$645.00	Nov 20	$25.05	0.47	1.5%	3.94%	5.45%	4	276
$650.00	Nov 20	$22.75	0.45	2.3%	3.58%	5.87%	266	4.9K
$655.00	Nov 20	$20.55	0.42	3.1%	3.23%	6.31%	35	501
$660.00	Nov 20	$18.60	0.39	3.9%	2.93%	6.79%	19	1.6K
$665.00	Nov 20	$16.85	0.37	4.7%	2.65%	7.31%	40	705
$670.00	Nov 20	$15.15	0.34	5.4%	2.38%	7.82%	376	1.1K
$645.00	Nov 13	$21.70	0.46	1.5%	3.42%	4.92%	8	50
$675.00	Nov 20	$13.45	0.32	6.2%	2.12%	8.34%	743	2.7K
$640.00	Nov 13	$23.55	0.49	0.7%	3.71%	4.43%	140	36

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 53,056

Total Puts 94,575

Put/Call Ratio 1.78

Net Difference -41,519

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 39,624

Total Puts 107,341

Put/Call Ratio 2.71

Net Difference -67,717

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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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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