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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$622.63 -1.56%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07 3:00pm) 210,701

Calls: 59,516 (28%)

Puts: 151,185 (72%)

Prior (10/06) 147,631

Calls: 53,056 (36%)

Puts: 94,575 (64%)

Current vs Prior +42.72%

Calls: +12.18% (Calls)

Puts: +59.86% (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 -1.28%

Calls: -9.82%

Puts: +2.54%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07 3:00pm) $128.75M

Calls: $55.28M (43%)

Puts: $73.47M (57%)

Prior (10/06) $135.92M

Calls: $71.32M (52%)

Puts: $64.60M (48%)

Current vs Prior -5.28%

Calls: -22.49%

Puts: +13.72%

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 -2.98%

Calls: -30.83%

Puts: +39.16%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/07 3:00pm) 2.54

Prior (10/06) 1.78

Current vs Prior +42.51%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.19

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +16.06%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/07 3:00pm) 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 0.52% | 1.42%0.52% | 1.96%1.96% | 3.82%3.57% | 9.52%

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

Current vs Prior -49.60% | -14.57%-49.60% | -0.38%-0.38% | +4.99%+6.88% | +0.43%

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 -62.51% | -29.25%-47.70% | -7.47%-8.10% | -2.27%-27.01% | -11.41%

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 -49.60% | -14.57%-48.32% | -1.71%-1.71% | +6.04%+4.41% | +0.82%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 37.20% | 16.84%

Calls: 24.39% | 11.90%

Puts: 50.00% | 21.78%

Prior 48.76% | 56.96%

Calls: 57.35% | 65.84%

Puts: 40.17% | 48.08%

Current vs Prior -23.71% | -70.44%

Prior 7-Day Avg 41.12% | 38.67%

Calls: 41.80% | 39.46%

Puts: 40.44% | 37.87%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.53% | -56.45%

Liquidity Expensive

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.54 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 43% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. 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

Dollar Volume

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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)

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10:00	BEARISH	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 574 of results (avg 6.0%, best 0.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$525.00	Nov 20	103.05	105.30	$104.18	2.2%	10	0.91	155
$630.00	Nov 20	25.90	26.55	$26.23	2.5%	42	0.49	761
$500.00	Oct 16	122.30	125.45	$123.88	2.5%	3	0.99	282
$500.00	Nov 20	126.10	129.35	$127.73	2.5%	1	0.95	324
$505.00	Nov 20	121.50	124.65	$123.08	2.6%	--	0.94	105

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$555.00	Oct 30	2.75	2.77	$2.76	0.7%	8.1K	0.10	10.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	23.10	23.60	$23.35	2.1%	15	0.43	897
$625.00	Nov 20	27.65	28.25	$27.95	2.1%	36	0.49	188
$607.50	Oct 23	8.70	8.90	$8.80	2.3%	14	0.33	59
$625.00	Nov 6	22.50	23.05	$22.78	2.4%	3	0.50	35

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 56 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.73)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 8	0.40	0.49	$0.45	20.0%	320	0.10	147
$650.00	Oct 9	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	217	0.04	1.2K
$645.00	Oct 9	0.36	0.43	$0.40	17.5%	171	0.07	1.4K
$642.50	Oct 9	0.49	0.56	$0.53	13.2%	179	0.08	504
$640.00	Oct 9	0.66	0.75	$0.71	12.7%	1.7K	0.11	2.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$622.50	Oct 7	0.66	0.80	$0.73	19.2%	1.1K	0.51	104
$610.00	Oct 8	0.56	0.65	$0.61	14.8%	242	0.12	413
$605.00	Oct 8	0.32	0.35	$0.34	8.8%	412	0.06	82
$612.50	Oct 8	0.75	0.90	$0.83	18.1%	265	0.15	53
$600.00	Oct 8	0.18	0.21	$0.20	15.0%	175	0.04	110

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 413 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 7	120.60	124.65	$122.63	3.3%	4	1.00	1
$505.00	Oct 7	115.65	119.65	$117.65	3.4%	3	1.00	--
$510.00	Oct 7	111.20	114.65	$112.93	3.1%	1	1.00	--
$515.00	Oct 7	106.35	109.65	$108.00	3.1%	7	1.00	--
$517.50	Oct 7	103.60	107.15	$105.38	3.4%	7	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 8	20.35	24.30	$22.33	17.7%	2	1.00	12
$650.00	Oct 8	25.35	29.35	$27.35	14.6%	3	1.00	--
$700.00	Oct 16	75.90	79.05	$77.47	4.1%	571	1.00	6
$705.00	Oct 16	80.35	83.90	$82.13	4.3%	--	1.00	25
$650.00	Oct 7	25.35	29.35	$27.35	14.6%	1	1.00	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 939 active (total vol 143.0K, top 13.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	0.17	0.20	$0.19	15.8%	13.2K	0.02	22.6K
$625.00	Oct 7	0.10	0.13	$0.12	25.0%	4.2K	0.11	18
$560.00	Oct 16	62.15	66.00	$64.08	6.0%	2.9K	0.96	3.3K
$627.50	Oct 7	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	2.6K	0.01	19
$630.00	Oct 7	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.0K	0.01	130

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 23	4.50	4.85	$4.68	7.5%	10.3K	0.20	2.0K
$555.00	Oct 30	2.75	2.77	$2.76	0.7%	8.1K	0.10	10.1K
$605.00	Oct 16	4.70	5.00	$4.85	6.2%	6.1K	0.26	1.4K
$575.00	Oct 16	1.05	1.19	$1.12	12.5%	5.8K	0.07	1.5K
$605.00	Oct 23	7.65	8.15	$7.90	6.3%	5.2K	0.31	482

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. 587 found (best R:R 33.88, avg 7.86)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 16	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	86%	0.56	$591.60
$675.00	$695.00	Oct 13	$0.17	$19.83	$0.17	5%	116.65	$675.17
$650.00	$675.00	Oct 12	$0.35	$24.65	$0.35	8%	70.43	$650.35
$635.00	$637.50	Oct 19	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	36%	5.25	$635.40
$620.00	$622.50	Oct 9	$0.93	$1.57	$0.93	59%	1.69	$620.93

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$560.00	Oct 15	$0.86	$29.14	$0.86	12%	33.88	$589.14
$652.50	$650.00	Oct 23	$1.23	$1.27	$1.23	77%	1.03	$651.27
$670.00	$665.00	Nov 20	$3.02	$1.98	$3.02	72%	0.66	$666.98
$627.50	$625.00	Oct 23	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	54%	2.13	$626.70
$630.00	$627.50	Nov 6	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	53%	2.13	$629.20

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 475 found (best R:R 1.87, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$685.00	$690.00	Oct 12	$0.80	$0.80	$4.20	94%	0.19	$685.80
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 7	$0.79	$0.79	$1.71	92%	0.46	$658.29
$695.00	$700.00	Oct 7	$0.65	$0.65	$4.35	95%	0.15	$695.65
$650.00	$670.00	Oct 19	$2.30	$2.30	$17.70	80%	0.13	$652.30
$625.00	$630.00	Nov 6	$2.87	$2.87	$2.13	50%	1.35	$627.87

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 8	$1.63	$1.63	$0.87	94%	1.87	$525.87
$515.00	$512.50	Oct 8	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	96%	1.03	$513.73
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 8	$0.57	$0.57	$1.93	97%	0.30	$531.93
$552.50	$550.00	Oct 7	$0.54	$0.54	$1.96	97%	0.28	$551.96
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 7	$0.57	$0.57	$1.93	96%	0.30	$536.93

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.87, cheapest $2.77)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$622.50	Oct 7	Oct 8	$2.96	28.2%	27.0%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$622.50	Oct 7	Oct 8	$2.77	28.2%	27.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 287 found (cheapest 0.25% of stock, avg 5.84%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$622.50	Oct 7	$0.82	$0.73	$1.55	$620.95	$624.05	0.25%
$625.00	Oct 7	$0.12	$2.40	$2.52	$622.48	$627.52	0.40%
$620.00	Oct 7	$2.74	$0.17	$2.91	$617.09	$622.91	0.47%
$627.50	Oct 7	$0.01	$4.78	$4.79	$622.71	$632.29	0.77%
$617.50	Oct 7	$5.05	$0.05	$5.10	$612.40	$622.60	0.82%
$622.50	Oct 8	$3.78	$3.50	$7.28	$615.22	$629.78	1.17%
$630.00	Oct 7	$0.01	$7.65	$7.66	$622.34	$637.66	1.23%
$625.00	Oct 8	$2.62	$5.05	$7.67	$617.33	$632.67	1.23%
$627.50	Oct 8	$1.73	$6.45	$8.18	$619.32	$635.68	1.31%
$615.00	Oct 7	$8.18	$0.03	$8.21	$606.79	$623.21	1.32%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 330 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.30%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$625.00	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.12	$0.17	$0.29	$619.71	$625.29
$657.50	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.17	$1.02	$618.98	$658.52
$662.50	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.17	$1.02	$618.98	$663.52
$665.00	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.85	$0.17	$1.02	$618.98	$666.02
$632.50	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.68	$0.83	$1.51	$610.99	$634.01
$622.50	$620.00	Oct 7	$0.82	$0.17	$0.99	$619.01	$623.49
$632.50	$615.00	Oct 8	$0.68	$1.20	$1.88	$613.12	$634.38
$630.00	$612.50	Oct 8	$1.09	$0.83	$1.92	$610.58	$631.92
$630.00	$615.00	Oct 8	$1.09	$1.20	$2.29	$612.71	$632.29
$632.50	$617.50	Oct 8	$0.68	$1.73	$2.41	$615.09	$634.91

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 670 found (best R:R 2.47, avg credit $1.12)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
525/528	635/638	Oct 8	$1.78	$0.72	84%	2.47	$525.72	$636.78
525/528	628/630	Oct 8	$2.27	$0.23	64%	9.87	$525.23	$629.77
525/528	630/632	Oct 8	$2.04	$0.46	73%	4.43	$525.46	$632.04
525/528	632/635	Oct 8	$1.86	$0.64	80%	2.91	$525.64	$634.36
535/538	658/660	Oct 7	$1.36	$1.14	88%	1.19	$536.14	$658.86
512/515	635/638	Oct 8	$1.42	$1.08	86%	1.31	$513.58	$636.42
550/552	658/660	Oct 7	$1.33	$1.17	89%	1.14	$551.17	$658.83
512/515	628/630	Oct 8	$1.91	$0.59	65%	3.24	$513.09	$629.41
512/515	630/632	Oct 8	$1.68	$0.82	74%	2.05	$513.32	$631.68
512/515	632/635	Oct 8	$1.50	$1.00	81%	1.50	$513.50	$634.00

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 416 found (best R:R 30.91, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$585.00	$600.00	$615.00	Nov 13	$0.47	$14.53	17%	30.91
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 7	$0.39	$2.11	49%	5.41
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$1.22	$1.28	77%	1.05
$622.50	$625.00	$627.50	Oct 7	$0.59	$1.91	48%	3.24
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$2.42	14%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 7	$0.44	$2.06	47%	4.68
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$1.11	$1.39	75%	1.25
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 8	$0.11	$2.39	20%	21.73
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$2.43	13%	34.71
$622.50	$625.00	$627.50	Oct 9	$0.10	$2.40	15%	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 562 found (best net $-12.97, 525 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$540.00	$585.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$12.97	$32.03
$570.00	$595.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$3.35	$21.65
$610.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 19	-$4.90	$7.60
$610.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$4.26	$5.74
$617.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$0.43	$2.07

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$2.81	$17.19
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$6.01	$3.99
$627.50	$625.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$0.02	$2.48
$590.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.12	$29.88
$610.00	$600.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.27	$8.73

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 196 found (best yield 4.16%, avg 0.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$630.00	Nov 20	$25.90	0.49	1.2%	4.16%	5.34%	42	761
$625.00	Nov 20	$28.15	0.51	0.4%	4.52%	4.90%	29	874
$635.00	Nov 20	$23.55	0.46	2.0%	3.78%	5.77%	147	1.7K
$640.00	Nov 20	$21.30	0.43	2.8%	3.42%	6.21%	29	1.8K
$645.00	Nov 20	$19.20	0.40	3.6%	3.08%	6.68%	10	278
$650.00	Nov 20	$17.40	0.38	4.4%	2.79%	7.19%	129	4.9K
$655.00	Nov 20	$15.65	0.35	5.2%	2.51%	7.71%	15	514
$660.00	Nov 20	$14.00	0.33	6.0%	2.25%	8.25%	107	1.7K
$630.00	Nov 13	$22.45	0.48	1.2%	3.61%	4.79%	34	37
$635.00	Nov 13	$20.45	0.45	2.0%	3.28%	5.27%	51	170

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 59,516

Total Puts 151,185

Put/Call Ratio 2.54

Net Difference -91,669

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 53,056

Total Puts 94,575

Put/Call Ratio 1.78

Net Difference -41,519

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 461,953

Total Puts 1,032,113

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.19

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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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