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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$622.69 -1.55%

(10/7 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07 11:00am) 93,763

Calls: 35,113 (37%)

Puts: 58,650 (63%)

Prior (10/06) 43,942

Calls: 14,789 (34%)

Puts: 29,153 (66%)

Current vs Prior +113.38%

Calls: +137.43% (Calls)

Puts: +101.18% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,494,066

Calls: 461,953 (31%)

Puts: 1,032,113 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 213,438

Calls: 65,993 (31%)

Puts: 147,444 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -56.07%

Calls: -46.79%

Puts: -60.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07 11:00am) $62.07M

Calls: $17.46M (28%)

Puts: $44.60M (72%)

Prior (10/06) $34.70M

Calls: $22.76M (66%)

Puts: $11.95M (34%)

Current vs Prior +78.87%

Calls: -23.25%

Puts: +273.41%

Prior 7-Day Total $928.94M

Calls: $559.37M (60%)

Puts: $369.58M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $132.71M

Calls: $79.91M (60%)

Puts: $52.80M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -53.23%

Calls: -78.14%

Puts: -15.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/07 11:00am) 1.67

Prior (10/06) 1.97

Current vs Prior -15.27%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.19

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -23.69%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/07 11:00am) 1,828,342

Calls: 650,640 (36%)

Puts: 1,177,702 (64%)

Prior (10/06) 1,758,732

Calls: 634,828 (36%)

Puts: 1,123,904 (64%)

Current vs Prior +3.96%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,279,710

Calls: 4,472,588 (36%)

Puts: 7,807,122 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,754,244

Calls: 638,941 (36%)

Puts: 1,115,303 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.22%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/07) | Next (10/08)Expiry (10/07) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.77% | 1.54%0.77% | 1.99%1.99% | 3.84%3.61% | 9.57%

Prior 1.03% | 1.66%1.03% | 1.97%1.97% | 3.64%3.34% | 9.48%

Current vs Prior -25.03% | -7.03%-25.04% | +0.92%+0.92% | +5.64%+8.22% | +0.92%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.38% | 2.00%0.99% | 2.12%2.14% | 3.91%4.88% | 10.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -44.23% | -23.00%-22.22% | -6.27%-6.91% | -1.66%-26.09% | -10.99%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.03% | 1.66%1.00% | 2.00%2.00% | 3.60%3.42% | 9.45%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -25.03% | -7.03%-23.14% | -0.44%-0.44% | +6.70%+5.71% | +1.30%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 11.45% | 18.37%

Calls: 10.44% | 15.55%

Puts: 12.46% | 21.18%

Prior 48.76% | 56.96%

Calls: 57.35% | 65.84%

Puts: 40.17% | 48.08%

Current vs Prior -76.52% | -67.75%

Prior 7-Day Avg 41.12% | 38.67%

Calls: 41.80% | 39.46%

Puts: 40.44% | 37.87%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -72.15% | -52.49%

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Moderately bearish flow with 72% put dollar volume ($44.60M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 79% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 113% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.67 - heavy put buying.

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 NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 455 of results (avg 6.4%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	122.25	124.95	$123.60	2.2%	2	1.00	282
$500.00	Nov 20	126.15	129.00	$127.58	2.2%	--	0.95	324
$525.00	Nov 20	102.85	105.25	$104.05	2.3%	5	0.91	155
$510.00	Nov 20	116.75	119.55	$118.15	2.4%	--	0.93	121
$505.00	Nov 20	121.05	124.25	$122.65	2.6%	--	0.94	105

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Nov 20	25.25	26.00	$25.63	2.9%	51	0.46	5.6K
$617.50	Nov 6	19.15	19.75	$19.45	3.1%	--	0.45	37
$570.00	Oct 16	0.92	0.95	$0.94	3.2%	1.3K	0.06	5.2K
$580.00	Nov 20	11.60	12.00	$11.80	3.4%	126	0.25	1.3K
$600.00	Nov 20	17.35	17.95	$17.65	3.4%	146	0.35	2.2K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 45 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.27)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$627.50	Oct 7	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	605	0.13	19
$625.00	Oct 7	0.70	0.81	$0.76	14.5%	668	0.30	18
$632.50	Oct 8	0.80	0.95	$0.88	17.0%	202	0.17	9
$645.00	Oct 9	0.40	0.49	$0.45	20.0%	111	0.07	1.4K
$642.50	Oct 9	0.55	0.64	$0.60	15.0%	135	0.09	504

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$617.50	Oct 7	0.34	0.40	$0.37	16.2%	429	0.14	341
$620.00	Oct 7	0.72	0.85	$0.78	16.7%	695	0.27	245
$607.50	Oct 8	0.57	0.68	$0.63	17.5%	40	0.10	10
$605.00	Oct 8	0.44	0.53	$0.49	18.4%	389	0.08	82
$610.00	Oct 8	0.76	0.90	$0.83	16.9%	216	0.14	413

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 358 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 7	70.95	74.65	$72.80	5.1%	1	1.00	--
$552.50	Oct 7	68.45	72.15	$70.30	5.3%	1	1.00	--
$557.50	Oct 7	63.20	67.05	$65.13	5.9%	2	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 7	60.90	64.65	$62.78	6.0%	2	1.00	1
$567.50	Oct 7	53.45	57.50	$55.48	7.3%	1	1.00	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 7	25.70	29.25	$27.48	12.9%	1	1.00	1
$640.00	Oct 7	15.70	19.30	$17.50	20.6%	2	0.99	32
$637.50	Oct 7	14.05	15.95	$15.00	12.7%	7	0.99	96
$705.00	Oct 16	80.45	84.05	$82.25	4.4%	--	0.99	25
$700.00	Oct 16	75.75	78.40	$77.08	3.4%	171	0.98	6

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 714 active (total vol 78.6K, top 12.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	0.18	0.22	$0.20	20.0%	12.6K	0.02	22.6K
$637.50	Oct 8	0.34	0.42	$0.38	21.1%	1.7K	0.08	184
$640.00	Oct 9	0.74	0.85	$0.80	13.7%	1.6K	0.12	2.8K
$620.00	Oct 9	6.70	7.75	$7.23	14.5%	1.3K	0.58	799
$630.00	Oct 7	0.08	0.10	$0.09	22.2%	959	0.05	130

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 23	4.30	4.75	$4.53	9.9%	10.3K	0.20	2.0K
$605.00	Oct 16	4.70	5.05	$4.88	7.2%	6.3K	0.26	1.4K
$575.00	Oct 16	1.07	1.23	$1.15	13.9%	6.1K	0.07	1.5K
$615.00	Oct 7	0.18	0.23	$0.21	23.8%	1.5K	0.08	1.9K
$570.00	Oct 16	0.92	0.95	$0.94	3.2%	1.3K	0.06	5.2K

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. 563 found (best R:R 7.93, avg 7.37)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 30	$0.46	$2.04	$0.46	51%	4.43	$622.96
$655.00	$675.00	Oct 14	$0.63	$19.37	$0.63	12%	30.75	$655.63
$585.00	$587.50	Oct 30	$1.27	$1.23	$1.27	78%	0.97	$586.27
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 23	$1.02	$1.48	$1.02	67%	1.45	$608.52
$675.00	$695.00	Oct 13	$0.16	$19.84	$0.16	5%	124.00	$675.16

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$627.50	Oct 19	$0.28	$2.22	$0.28	58%	7.93	$629.72
$630.00	$625.00	Nov 6	$1.55	$3.45	$1.55	53%	2.23	$628.45
$590.00	$560.00	Oct 15	$0.90	$29.10	$0.90	12%	32.33	$589.10
$595.00	$575.00	Oct 19	$1.56	$18.44	$1.56	20%	11.82	$593.44
$625.00	$622.50	Oct 19	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	52%	3.17	$624.40

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 453 found (best R:R 0.42, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$650.00	$670.00	Oct 19	$2.54	$2.54	$17.46	79%	0.15	$652.54
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 15	$1.45	$1.45	$1.05	59%	1.38	$631.45
$625.00	$627.50	Oct 30	$1.67	$1.67	$0.83	50%	2.01	$626.67
$637.50	$640.00	Oct 19	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	67%	0.92	$638.70
$685.00	$690.00	Oct 12	$0.55	$0.55	$4.45	94%	0.12	$685.55

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 8	$0.74	$0.74	$1.76	96%	0.42	$541.76
$597.50	$595.00	Oct 14	$0.90	$0.90	$1.60	82%	0.56	$596.60
$602.50	$600.00	Oct 14	$0.98	$0.98	$1.52	78%	0.64	$601.52
$597.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$0.74	$0.74	$1.76	87%	0.42	$596.76
$560.00	$557.50	Oct 8	$0.48	$0.48	$2.02	96%	0.24	$559.52

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.31, cheapest $2.26)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$622.50	Oct 7	Oct 8	$2.36	27.7%	27.7%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$622.50	Oct 7	Oct 8	$2.26	27.7%	27.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 265 found (cheapest 0.55% of stock, avg 5.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$622.50	Oct 7	$1.82	$1.59	$3.41	$619.09	$625.91	0.55%
$625.00	Oct 7	$0.76	$2.97	$3.73	$621.27	$628.73	0.60%
$620.00	Oct 7	$3.58	$0.78	$4.36	$615.64	$624.36	0.70%
$627.50	Oct 7	$0.27	$5.15	$5.42	$622.08	$632.92	0.87%
$617.50	Oct 7	$5.45	$0.37	$5.82	$611.68	$623.32	0.93%
$630.00	Oct 7	$0.09	$7.35	$7.44	$622.56	$637.44	1.19%
$622.50	Oct 8	$4.18	$3.85	$8.03	$614.47	$630.53	1.29%
$615.00	Oct 7	$8.07	$0.21	$8.28	$606.72	$623.28	1.33%
$625.00	Oct 8	$3.00	$5.43	$8.43	$616.57	$633.43	1.35%
$620.00	Oct 8	$6.03	$2.86	$8.89	$611.11	$628.89	1.43%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 345 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 3.16%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$627.50	$615.00	Oct 7	$0.27	$0.21	$0.48	$614.52	$627.98
$627.50	$617.50	Oct 7	$0.27	$0.37	$0.64	$616.86	$628.14
$667.50	$615.00	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.21	$1.06	$613.94	$668.56
$670.00	$615.00	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.21	$1.06	$613.94	$671.06
$672.50	$615.00	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.21	$1.06	$613.94	$673.56
$627.50	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.27	$0.78	$1.05	$618.95	$628.55
$625.00	$615.00	Oct 7	$0.76	$0.21	$0.97	$614.03	$625.97
$625.00	$617.50	Oct 7	$0.76	$0.37	$1.13	$616.37	$626.13
$667.50	$617.50	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.37	$1.22	$616.28	$668.72
$670.00	$617.50	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.37	$1.22	$616.28	$671.22

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 605 found (best R:R 1.40, avg credit $1.18)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
595/598	650/652	Oct 14	$1.46	$1.04	66%	1.40	$596.04	$651.46
600/602	650/652	Oct 14	$1.54	$0.96	62%	1.60	$600.96	$651.54
540/542	638/640	Oct 8	$0.85	$1.65	88%	0.52	$541.65	$638.35
540/542	635/638	Oct 8	$0.93	$1.57	85%	0.59	$541.57	$635.93
540/542	632/635	Oct 8	$1.05	$1.45	80%	0.72	$541.45	$633.55
540/542	630/632	Oct 8	$1.22	$1.28	73%	0.95	$541.28	$631.22
540/542	628/630	Oct 8	$1.40	$1.10	64%	1.27	$541.10	$628.90
515/518	648/650	Oct 23	$1.15	$1.35	70%	0.85	$516.35	$648.65
595/598	638/640	Oct 14	$1.51	$0.99	55%	1.53	$595.99	$639.01
522/525	652/655	Oct 7	$0.54	$1.96	93%	0.28	$524.46	$653.04

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 378 found (best R:R 53.05, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 7	$0.11	$2.39	33%	21.73
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 15	$0.11	$4.89	11%	44.45
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Nov 13	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$622.50	$625.00	$627.50	Oct 9	$0.12	$2.38	14%	19.83
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 12	$0.06	$2.44	10%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$660.00	$680.00	$700.00	Oct 16	$0.37	$19.63	9%	53.05
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.57	$1.93	44%	3.39
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 7	$0.40	$2.10	33%	5.25
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 13	$0.22	$4.78	11%	21.73
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 535 found (best net $--, 500 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 8	$0.00	$27.50
$595.00	$607.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$7.33	$5.17
$610.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$4.88	$5.12
$620.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 7	-$0.06	$2.44
$615.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$3.15	$4.35

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$1.59	$18.41
$680.00	$652.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$8.80	$18.70
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$7.52	$2.48
$595.00	$575.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.70	$19.30
$590.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.12	$29.88

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 193 found (best yield 4.13%, avg 0.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$630.00	Nov 20	$25.70	0.49	1.2%	4.13%	5.30%	34	761
$625.00	Nov 20	$28.00	0.51	0.4%	4.50%	4.87%	19	874
$635.00	Nov 20	$23.45	0.46	2.0%	3.77%	5.74%	37	1.7K
$640.00	Nov 20	$21.15	0.43	2.8%	3.40%	6.18%	23	1.8K
$645.00	Nov 20	$19.30	0.41	3.6%	3.10%	6.68%	6	278
$650.00	Nov 20	$17.25	0.38	4.4%	2.77%	7.16%	69	4.9K
$655.00	Nov 20	$15.50	0.35	5.2%	2.49%	7.68%	5	514
$660.00	Nov 20	$13.90	0.33	6.0%	2.23%	8.22%	100	1.7K
$630.00	Nov 13	$22.50	0.48	1.2%	3.61%	4.79%	--	37
$635.00	Nov 13	$20.25	0.45	2.0%	3.25%	5.23%	1	170

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 35,113

Total Puts 58,650

Put/Call Ratio 1.67

Net Difference -23,537

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,789

Total Puts 29,153

Put/Call Ratio 1.97

Net Difference -14,364

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 461,953

Total Puts 1,032,113

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.19

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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Price — Past 7 Days

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