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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$622.95 -1.51%

(10/7 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07 12:00pm) 108,321

Calls: 40,320 (37%)

Puts: 68,001 (63%)

Prior (10/06) 71,393

Calls: 24,087 (34%)

Puts: 47,306 (66%)

Current vs Prior +51.72%

Calls: +67.39% (Calls)

Puts: +43.75% (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 -49.25%

Calls: -38.90%

Puts: -53.88%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07 12:00pm) $72.20M

Calls: $24.37M (34%)

Puts: $47.83M (66%)

Prior (10/06) $76.11M

Calls: $36.99M (49%)

Puts: $39.12M (51%)

Current vs Prior -5.13%

Calls: -34.11%

Puts: +22.27%

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 -45.59%

Calls: -69.50%

Puts: -9.40%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/07 12:00pm) 1.69

Prior (10/06) 1.96

Current vs Prior -14.13%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.19

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.95%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/07 12:00pm) 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 0.71% | 1.42%0.71% | 1.87%1.87% | 3.76%3.63% | 9.48%

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

Current vs Prior -30.85% | -14.62%-30.85% | -4.91%-4.91% | +3.47%+8.75% | +0.01%

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 -48.56% | -29.28%-28.26% | -11.68%-12.28% | -3.68%-25.73% | -11.79%

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 -30.85% | -14.62%-29.11% | -6.18%-6.18% | +4.52%+6.23% | +0.39%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 12.06% | 25.30%

Calls: 14.45% | 21.43%

Puts: 9.67% | 29.16%

Prior 48.76% | 56.96%

Calls: 57.35% | 65.84%

Puts: 40.17% | 48.08%

Current vs Prior -75.27% | -55.58%

Prior 7-Day Avg 41.12% | 38.67%

Calls: 41.80% | 39.46%

Puts: 40.44% | 37.87%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -70.67% | -34.57%

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Moderately bearish flow with 66% put dollar volume ($47.83M). Above-average activity with volume up 52% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.69 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (1,177,702 puts vs 650,640 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 480 of results (avg 6.1%, best 1.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Nov 20	17.60	17.90	$17.75	1.7%	79	0.38	4.9K
$525.00	Nov 20	103.10	105.15	$104.13	2.0%	8	0.91	155
$505.00	Nov 20	121.65	124.70	$123.18	2.5%	--	0.94	105
$500.00	Oct 9	121.85	125.05	$123.45	2.6%	--	1.00	12
$500.00	Nov 20	126.30	129.65	$127.98	2.6%	--	0.94	324

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 30	19.30	19.90	$19.60	3.1%	6	0.50	58
$600.00	Nov 20	17.15	17.70	$17.42	3.2%	148	0.35	2.2K
$620.00	Oct 16	9.35	9.65	$9.50	3.2%	139	0.45	3.7K
$660.00	Nov 20	47.45	49.10	$48.28	3.4%	1	0.67	52
$595.00	Nov 20	15.65	16.20	$15.93	3.5%	68	0.32	1.1K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 50 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.26)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 7	0.61	0.69	$0.65	12.3%	1.7K	0.28	18
$635.00	Oct 8	0.48	0.53	$0.51	9.8%	255	0.11	147
$645.00	Oct 9	0.38	0.46	$0.42	19.0%	112	0.07	1.4K
$642.50	Oct 9	0.53	0.61	$0.57	14.0%	146	0.09	504
$640.00	Oct 9	0.71	0.81	$0.76	13.2%	1.6K	0.11	2.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$617.50	Oct 7	0.23	0.28	$0.26	19.2%	1.3K	0.12	341
$620.00	Oct 7	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	901	0.23	245
$605.00	Oct 8	0.35	0.41	$0.38	15.8%	389	0.07	82
$612.50	Oct 8	0.87	0.94	$0.91	7.7%	135	0.16	53
$590.00	Oct 8	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	21	0.02	12

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 363 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 7	71.40	74.90	$73.15	4.8%	1	1.00	--
$552.50	Oct 7	68.90	72.40	$70.65	5.0%	1	1.00	--
$555.00	Oct 7	66.40	69.90	$68.15	5.1%	4	1.00	4
$557.50	Oct 7	63.90	67.40	$65.65	5.3%	2	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 7	61.40	64.90	$63.15	5.5%	2	1.00	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 8	20.20	24.10	$22.15	17.6%	2	1.00	12
$650.00	Oct 8	25.15	29.10	$27.13	14.6%	3	1.00	--
$700.00	Oct 16	75.60	78.55	$77.07	3.8%	203	1.00	6
$705.00	Oct 16	80.80	83.95	$82.38	3.8%	--	1.00	25
$640.00	Oct 7	15.10	19.10	$17.10	23.4%	3	0.99	32

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 799 active (total vol 87.8K, top 12.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	0.16	0.20	$0.18	22.2%	12.7K	0.01	22.6K
$637.50	Oct 8	0.30	0.37	$0.34	20.6%	1.7K	0.08	184
$625.00	Oct 7	0.61	0.69	$0.65	12.3%	1.7K	0.28	18
$630.00	Oct 7	0.05	0.08	$0.07	42.9%	1.6K	0.04	130
$640.00	Oct 9	0.71	0.81	$0.76	13.2%	1.6K	0.11	2.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 23	4.20	4.50	$4.35	6.9%	10.3K	0.19	2.0K
$605.00	Oct 16	4.55	4.80	$4.68	5.3%	6.4K	0.26	1.4K
$575.00	Oct 16	0.99	1.10	$1.05	10.5%	6.2K	0.07	1.5K
$570.00	Oct 16	0.81	0.92	$0.87	12.6%	1.6K	0.06	5.2K
$615.00	Oct 7	0.12	0.15	$0.14	21.4%	1.6K	0.06	1.9K

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. 562 found (best R:R 119.69, avg 7.87)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$735.00	Oct 8	$0.29	$34.71	$0.29	8%	119.69	$700.29
$655.00	$675.00	Oct 14	$0.63	$19.37	$0.63	12%	30.75	$655.63
$565.00	$567.50	Nov 6	$1.52	$0.98	$1.52	85%	0.64	$566.52
$675.00	$695.00	Oct 13	$0.17	$19.83	$0.17	5%	116.65	$675.17
$620.00	$622.50	Oct 15	$0.81	$1.69	$0.81	56%	2.09	$620.81

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$560.00	Oct 15	$0.93	$29.07	$0.93	12%	31.26	$589.07
$630.00	$625.00	Nov 6	$1.90	$3.10	$1.90	53%	1.63	$628.10
$625.00	$622.50	Oct 19	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	52%	1.94	$624.15
$612.50	$610.00	Oct 14	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	32%	6.14	$612.15
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 9	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	81%	0.56	$633.40

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 455 found (best R:R 0.15, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$650.00	$670.00	Oct 19	$2.57	$2.57	$17.43	79%	0.15	$652.57
$695.00	$700.00	Oct 7	$0.72	$0.72	$4.28	95%	0.17	$695.72
$625.00	$627.50	Oct 14	$1.63	$1.63	$0.87	52%	1.87	$626.63
$650.00	$660.00	Oct 13	$1.05	$1.05	$8.95	86%	0.12	$651.05
$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
$562.50	$560.00	Oct 8	$0.67	$0.67	$1.83	96%	0.37	$561.83
$560.00	$520.00	Oct 15	$0.86	$0.86	$39.14	94%	0.02	$559.14
$620.00	$607.50	Nov 13	$5.65	$5.65	$6.85	54%	0.82	$614.35
$545.00	$505.00	Oct 14	$0.64	$0.64	$39.36	96%	0.02	$544.36
$515.00	$512.50	Oct 8	$0.43	$0.43	$2.07	98%	0.21	$514.57

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.38, cheapest $2.29)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$622.50	Oct 7	Oct 8	$2.47	27.8%	27.4%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$622.50	Oct 7	Oct 8	$2.29	27.8%	27.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 270 found (cheapest 0.49% of stock, avg 5.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$622.50	Oct 7	$1.73	$1.34	$3.07	$619.43	$625.57	0.49%
$625.00	Oct 7	$0.65	$2.69	$3.34	$621.66	$628.34	0.54%
$620.00	Oct 7	$3.45	$0.55	$4.00	$616.00	$624.00	0.64%
$627.50	Oct 7	$0.20	$4.72	$4.92	$622.58	$632.42	0.79%
$617.50	Oct 7	$5.90	$0.26	$6.16	$611.34	$623.66	0.99%
$630.00	Oct 7	$0.07	$6.73	$6.80	$623.20	$636.80	1.09%
$625.00	Oct 8	$2.86	$4.63	$7.49	$617.51	$632.49	1.20%
$622.50	Oct 8	$4.20	$3.63	$7.83	$614.67	$630.33	1.26%
$627.50	Oct 8	$1.93	$6.57	$8.50	$619.00	$636.00	1.36%
$620.00	Oct 8	$5.95	$2.57	$8.52	$611.48	$628.52	1.37%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 345 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.12%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$627.50	$615.00	Oct 7	$0.20	$0.14	$0.34	$614.66	$627.84
$627.50	$617.50	Oct 7	$0.20	$0.26	$0.46	$617.04	$627.96
$627.50	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.20	$0.55	$0.75	$619.25	$628.25
$672.50	$615.00	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.14	$0.99	$614.01	$673.49
$670.00	$615.00	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.14	$0.99	$614.01	$670.99
$667.50	$615.00	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.14	$0.99	$614.01	$668.49
$625.00	$615.00	Oct 7	$0.65	$0.14	$0.79	$614.21	$625.79
$625.00	$617.50	Oct 7	$0.65	$0.26	$0.91	$616.59	$625.91
$667.50	$617.50	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.26	$1.11	$616.39	$668.61
$670.00	$617.50	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.26	$1.11	$616.39	$671.11

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 641 found (best R:R 0.20, avg credit $1.17)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
535/538	695/700	Oct 7	$0.85	$4.15	94%	0.20	$536.65	$695.85
560/562	638/640	Oct 8	$0.78	$1.72	88%	0.45	$561.72	$638.28
560/562	635/638	Oct 8	$0.84	$1.66	84%	0.51	$561.66	$635.84
560/562	632/635	Oct 8	$0.96	$1.54	79%	0.62	$561.54	$633.46
560/562	628/630	Oct 8	$1.35	$1.15	64%	1.17	$561.15	$628.85
560/562	630/632	Oct 8	$1.12	$1.38	72%	0.81	$561.38	$631.12
535/538	652/655	Oct 7	$0.48	$2.02	94%	0.24	$537.02	$652.98
560/562	695/700	Oct 8	$1.00	$4.00	86%	0.25	$561.50	$696.00
600/602	648/650	Oct 14	$1.27	$1.23	62%	1.03	$601.23	$648.77
512/515	638/640	Oct 8	$0.54	$1.96	90%	0.28	$514.46	$638.04

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 381 found (best R:R 22.81, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.08	$2.42	17%	30.25
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 8	$0.08	$2.42	16%	30.25
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.64	$1.86	49%	2.91
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$4.92	7%	61.50
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Nov 13	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$590.00	$600.00	$610.00	Oct 15	$0.42	$9.58	18%	22.81
$660.00	$680.00	$700.00	Oct 16	$0.72	$19.28	10%	26.78
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.56	$1.94	48%	3.46
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$2.42	15%	30.25
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$2.42	13%	30.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 546 found (best net $-1.06, 515 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$1.06	$26.44
$610.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$4.27	$5.73
$620.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 7	-$0.01	$2.49
$615.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$3.27	$4.23
$655.00	$675.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.30	$19.70

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$1.92	$18.08
$680.00	$652.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$9.88	$17.62
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$7.12	$2.88
$590.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.08	$29.92
$595.00	$580.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.45	$14.55

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 193 found (best yield 4.15%, avg 0.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$630.00	Nov 20	$25.85	0.49	1.1%	4.15%	5.28%	40	761
$635.00	Nov 20	$23.60	0.46	1.9%	3.79%	5.72%	58	1.7K
$625.00	Nov 20	$28.05	0.51	0.3%	4.50%	4.83%	22	874
$640.00	Nov 20	$21.35	0.43	2.7%	3.43%	6.16%	28	1.8K
$645.00	Nov 20	$19.25	0.41	3.5%	3.09%	6.63%	9	278
$650.00	Nov 20	$17.60	0.38	4.3%	2.83%	7.17%	79	4.9K
$655.00	Nov 20	$15.85	0.35	5.1%	2.54%	7.69%	5	514
$660.00	Nov 20	$13.95	0.33	6.0%	2.24%	8.19%	101	1.7K
$630.00	Nov 13	$22.55	0.48	1.1%	3.62%	4.75%	34	37
$635.00	Nov 13	$20.25	0.45	1.9%	3.25%	5.19%	3	170

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 40,320

Total Puts 68,001

Put/Call Ratio 1.69

Net Difference -27,681

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 24,087

Total Puts 47,306

Put/Call Ratio 1.96

Net Difference -23,219

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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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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