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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$632.50 -0.22%

$631.73 (-0.12%)🌙

as of 10/06 04:00 PM

(10/6 15:10) ◀

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 4:00pm) 221,345

Calls: 65,431 (30%)

Puts: 155,914 (70%)

Prior (10/05) 167,779

Calls: 45,471 (27%)

Puts: 122,308 (73%)

Current vs Prior +31.93%

Calls: +43.90% (Calls)

Puts: +27.48% (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 -2.47%

Calls: -4.86%

Puts: -1.43%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 4:00pm) $181.53M

Calls: $92.87M (51%)

Puts: $88.66M (49%)

Prior (10/05) $120.27M

Calls: $77.69M (65%)

Puts: $42.58M (35%)

Current vs Prior +50.94%

Calls: +19.54%

Puts: +108.22%

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 +43.34%

Calls: +16.60%

Puts: +88.64%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/06 4:00pm) 2.38

Prior (10/05) 2.69

Current vs Prior -11.41%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.24

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/06 4:00pm) 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 0.17% | 1.03%1.03% | 1.97%1.97% | 3.64%3.34% | 9.48%

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

Current vs Prior -24.19% | -8.73%+100.14% | +8.31%-21.85% | -9.78%-13.79% | -1.89%

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 -30.12% | -20.03%+12.93% | -5.06%+2.58% | -6.20%-37.24% | -14.34%

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 -24.19% | -8.73%+131.47% | +2.11%-21.85% | -10.13%-13.97% | -1.54%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 48.76% | 56.96%

Calls: 57.35% | 65.84%

Puts: 40.17% | 48.08%

Prior 43.03% | 43.19%

Calls: 31.18% | 29.82%

Puts: 54.89% | 56.55%

Current vs Prior +13.32% | +31.88%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.98% | 35.92%

Calls: 38.28% | 36.43%

Puts: 41.68% | 35.41%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +21.95% | +58.56%

Liquidity Expensive

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Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 51% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.38 - 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

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 260 of results (avg 6.2%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 16	121.25	124.70	$122.98	2.8%	1	1.00	203
$525.00	Nov 20	111.25	114.50	$112.88	2.9%	12	0.93	152
$530.00	Oct 16	101.80	104.90	$103.35	3.0%	1	1.00	847
$550.00	Nov 20	88.95	91.85	$90.40	3.2%	--	0.88	220
$510.00	Nov 20	125.40	129.50	$127.45	3.2%	--	0.94	121

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 16	115.95	119.45	$117.70	3.0%	1	0.99	1
$715.00	Nov 13	82.95	85.65	$84.30	3.2%	1	0.87	24
$715.00	Nov 20	84.00	86.75	$85.38	3.2%	--	0.84	28
$755.00	Oct 16	120.00	124.50	$122.25	3.7%	1	0.99	--
$710.00	Nov 20	79.25	82.35	$80.80	3.8%	--	0.83	27

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.70, cheapest $0.59)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 23	0.54	0.63	$0.59	15.3%	654	0.03	132
$550.00	Oct 23	0.73	0.88	$0.81	18.5%	22	0.04	156

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 400 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$512.50	Oct 6	117.55	122.30	$119.93	4.0%	4	1.00	--
$515.00	Oct 6	115.05	119.55	$117.30	3.8%	6	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 6	112.55	117.10	$114.82	4.0%	6	1.00	--
$522.50	Oct 6	107.55	112.05	$109.80	4.1%	4	1.00	--
$525.00	Oct 6	105.05	109.55	$107.30	4.2%	7	1.00	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 6	15.05	19.50	$17.27	25.8%	5	1.00	7
$640.00	Oct 6	5.20	9.70	$7.45	60.4%	89	0.99	5
$645.00	Oct 6	10.85	13.80	$12.33	23.9%	24	0.99	--
$637.50	Oct 6	3.15	7.30	$5.23	79.3%	488	0.99	7
$750.00	Oct 16	115.95	119.45	$117.70	3.0%	1	0.99	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,021 active (total vol 99.1K, top 2.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 6	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	2.7K	0.01	217
$640.00	Oct 6	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.0K	0.01	178
$635.00	Oct 6	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	1.7K	0.04	350
$690.00	Oct 30	3.20	4.05	$3.63	23.4%	1.7K	0.15	200
$640.00	Oct 9	2.62	4.15	$3.39	45.1%	1.6K	0.33	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 6	0.01	0.10	$0.06	150.0%	2.8K	0.07	423
$632.50	Oct 7	2.76	4.15	$3.46	40.2%	2.4K	0.52	81
$615.00	Oct 7	0.27	0.41	$0.34	41.2%	2.4K	0.06	278
$570.00	Nov 20	7.20	8.35	$7.78	14.8%	2.2K	0.18	1.1K
$570.00	Oct 23	1.27	1.68	$1.48	27.7%	2.1K	0.07	146

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. 606 found (best R:R 28.07, avg 7.27)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$670.00	$695.00	Oct 19	$0.86	$24.14	$0.86	14%	28.07	$670.86
$650.00	$655.00	Oct 30	$0.88	$4.12	$0.88	38%	4.68	$650.88
$650.00	$655.00	Nov 13	$1.20	$3.80	$1.20	41%	3.17	$651.20
$637.50	$640.00	Oct 19	$0.28	$2.22	$0.28	44%	7.93	$637.78
$650.00	$655.00	Nov 20	$1.35	$3.65	$1.35	43%	2.70	$651.35

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$635.00	$632.50	Nov 6	$0.48	$2.02	$0.48	50%	4.21	$634.52
$575.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	18%	21.73	$574.78
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 16	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	52%	2.85	$634.35
$602.50	$600.00	Nov 6	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	28%	19.83	$602.38
$602.50	$600.00	Nov 13	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	30%	11.50	$602.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 486 found (best R:R 5.58, avg 0.32)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$730.00	$735.00	Oct 9	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	93%	0.49	$731.65
$750.00	$755.00	Oct 9	$1.36	$1.36	$3.64	94%	0.37	$751.36
$685.00	$690.00	Oct 6	$1.40	$1.40	$3.60	88%	0.39	$686.40
$675.00	$700.00	Oct 13	$1.32	$1.32	$23.68	90%	0.06	$676.32
$650.00	$655.00	Oct 19	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	69%	0.69	$652.05

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$572.50	$570.00	Oct 6	$2.12	$2.12	$0.38	90%	5.58	$570.38
$535.00	$530.00	Oct 7	$1.94	$1.94	$3.06	94%	0.63	$533.06
$522.50	$520.00	Oct 7	$1.80	$1.80	$0.70	94%	2.57	$520.70
$515.00	$510.00	Oct 7	$1.80	$1.80	$3.20	95%	0.56	$513.20
$515.00	$512.50	Oct 8	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	96%	1.03	$513.73

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $2.86, cheapest $2.52)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.52	29.3%	24.6%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$632.50	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.89	29.3%	24.6%
$647.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.17	27.8%	28.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 277 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 5.83%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$632.50	Oct 6	$0.51	$0.57	$1.08	$631.42	$633.58	0.17%
$630.00	Oct 6	$2.44	$0.06	$2.50	$627.50	$632.50	0.40%
$635.00	Oct 6	$0.03	$3.02	$3.05	$631.95	$638.05	0.48%
$627.50	Oct 6	$5.00	$0.02	$5.02	$622.48	$632.52	0.79%
$637.50	Oct 6	$0.01	$5.23	$5.24	$632.26	$642.74	0.83%
$632.50	Oct 7	$3.03	$3.46	$6.49	$626.01	$638.99	1.03%
$635.00	Oct 7	$2.50	$4.40	$6.90	$628.10	$641.90	1.09%
$640.00	Oct 6	$0.01	$7.45	$7.46	$632.54	$647.46	1.18%
$630.00	Oct 7	$5.05	$2.40	$7.45	$622.55	$637.45	1.18%
$625.00	Oct 6	$7.58	$0.02	$7.60	$617.40	$632.60	1.20%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 375 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 3.04%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$662.50	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.69	$0.06	$0.75	$629.25	$663.25
$632.50	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.51	$0.06	$0.57	$629.43	$633.07
$642.50	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.53	$0.65	$1.18	$618.82	$643.68
$642.50	$622.50	Oct 7	$0.53	$0.91	$1.44	$621.06	$643.94
$662.50	$582.50	Oct 6	$0.69	$0.93	$1.62	$580.88	$664.12
$640.00	$620.00	Oct 7	$1.11	$0.65	$1.76	$618.24	$641.76
$662.50	$560.00	Oct 6	$0.69	$1.20	$1.89	$558.11	$664.39
$642.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.53	$1.21	$1.74	$623.26	$644.24
$640.00	$622.50	Oct 7	$1.11	$0.91	$2.02	$620.48	$642.02
$640.00	$625.00	Oct 7	$1.11	$1.21	$2.32	$622.68	$642.32

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 788 found (best R:R 2.38, avg credit $1.17)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
570/572	685/690	Oct 6	$3.52	$1.48	78%	2.38	$568.98	$688.52
570/572	658/660	Oct 6	$2.37	$0.13	86%	18.23	$570.13	$659.87
570/572	662/665	Oct 6	$2.37	$0.13	82%	18.23	$570.13	$664.87
520/522	678/680	Oct 7	$1.91	$0.59	93%	3.24	$520.59	$679.41
520/522	640/642	Oct 7	$2.38	$0.12	74%	19.83	$520.12	$642.38
520/522	672/675	Oct 7	$1.91	$0.59	92%	3.24	$520.59	$674.41
530/535	695/700	Oct 7	$2.25	$2.75	89%	0.82	$532.75	$697.25
520/522	645/648	Oct 7	$2.00	$0.50	86%	4.00	$520.50	$647.00
530/535	678/680	Oct 7	$2.05	$2.95	92%	0.69	$532.95	$679.55
520/522	652/655	Oct 7	$1.90	$0.60	90%	3.17	$520.60	$654.40

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 442 found (best R:R 0.72, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 6	$1.45	$1.05	94%	0.72
$632.50	$635.00	$637.50	Oct 6	$0.46	$2.04	47%	4.43
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.63	$1.87	53%	2.97
$600.00	$610.00	$620.00	Oct 14	$0.89	$9.11	20%	10.24
$620.00	$625.00	$630.00	Oct 15	$0.27	$4.73	14%	17.52

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.47	$2.03	52%	4.32
$650.00	$655.00	$660.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 7	$0.09	$2.41	17%	26.78
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 12	$0.05	$2.45	10%	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 $-27.56, 537 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$14.51	$10.49
$600.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$5.18	$14.82
$670.00	$695.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.51	$24.49
$625.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$2.32	$2.68
$582.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$15.71	$1.79

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$705.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$27.56	$17.44
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$2.57	$2.43
$622.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.29	$12.21
$637.50	$635.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$0.81	$1.69
$615.00	$605.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.17	$9.83

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 199 found (best yield 3.75%, avg 0.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$645.00	Nov 20	$23.70	0.46	2.0%	3.75%	5.72%	8	276
$635.00	Nov 20	$27.95	0.51	0.4%	4.42%	4.81%	53	1.7K
$640.00	Nov 20	$25.15	0.48	1.2%	3.98%	5.16%	62	1.8K
$655.00	Nov 20	$19.45	0.41	3.6%	3.08%	6.63%	35	501
$650.00	Nov 20	$21.00	0.43	2.8%	3.32%	6.09%	270	4.9K
$660.00	Nov 20	$17.50	0.38	4.3%	2.77%	7.11%	20	1.6K
$665.00	Nov 20	$15.80	0.36	5.1%	2.50%	7.64%	40	705
$670.00	Nov 20	$14.20	0.33	5.9%	2.25%	8.17%	377	1.1K
$635.00	Nov 13	$24.80	0.51	0.4%	3.92%	4.32%	168	12
$640.00	Nov 13	$22.35	0.48	1.2%	3.53%	4.72%	173	36

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 65,431

Total Puts 155,914

Put/Call Ratio 2.38

Net Difference -90,483

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 45,471

Total Puts 122,308

Put/Call Ratio 2.69

Net Difference -76,837

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 Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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