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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$625.03 -1.18%

$625.38 (+0.06%)🌙

as of 10/07 04:00 PM

(10/7 15:12) ◀

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07 4:00pm) 244,070

Calls: 66,529 (27%)

Puts: 177,541 (73%)

Prior (10/06) 221,345

Calls: 65,431 (30%)

Puts: 155,914 (70%)

Current vs Prior +10.27%

Calls: +1.68% (Calls)

Puts: +13.87% (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 +14.35%

Calls: +0.81%

Puts: +20.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07 4:00pm) $145.52M

Calls: $64.50M (44%)

Puts: $81.03M (56%)

Prior (10/06) $181.53M

Calls: $92.87M (51%)

Puts: $88.66M (49%)

Current vs Prior -19.84%

Calls: -30.55%

Puts: -8.61%

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 +9.66%

Calls: -19.29%

Puts: +53.47%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/07 4:00pm) 2.67

Prior (10/06) 2.38

Current vs Prior +11.99%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.19

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +21.93%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/07 4:00pm) 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 0.50% | 1.52%0.50% | 1.98%1.98% | 3.84%3.51% | 9.67%

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

Current vs Prior +47.82% | +19.22%-51.51% | +0.46%+0.46% | +5.46%+5.17% | +1.95%

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 +9.96% | -1.26%-49.69% | -6.69%-7.33% | -1.83%-28.17% | -10.07%

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 +47.82% | +19.22%-50.28% | -0.89%-0.89% | +6.52%+2.74% | +2.35%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 44.48% | 32.40%

Calls: 39.95% | 26.63%

Puts: 49.02% | 38.17%

Prior 48.76% | 56.96%

Calls: 57.35% | 65.84%

Puts: 40.17% | 48.08%

Current vs Prior -8.78% | -43.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 41.12% | 38.67%

Calls: 41.80% | 39.46%

Puts: 40.44% | 37.87%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +8.17% | -16.21%

Liquidity Expensive

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.67 - 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

Dollar Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 319 of results (avg 6.8%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$525.00	Nov 20	106.00	109.00	$107.50	2.8%	18	0.92	155
$540.00	Nov 20	91.30	94.50	$92.90	3.4%	1	0.89	288
$505.00	Oct 7	118.10	122.30	$120.20	3.5%	3	0.99	--
$510.00	Oct 7	113.15	117.30	$115.23	3.6%	1	0.99	--
$545.00	Nov 20	86.85	90.05	$88.45	3.6%	2	0.88	163

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 16	122.25	126.95	$124.60	3.8%	1	1.00	1
$740.00	Oct 7	112.65	117.00	$114.83	3.8%	1	0.91	--
$725.00	Oct 7	97.85	101.80	$99.82	4.0%	12	0.91	--
$735.00	Oct 7	107.45	111.80	$109.63	4.0%	3	0.92	--
$730.00	Oct 7	102.50	106.80	$104.65	4.1%	13	0.92	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.80, cheapest $0.56)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Oct 30	0.83	1.01	$0.92	19.6%	3	0.04	114

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 16	0.51	0.62	$0.56	19.6%	3.1K	0.04	6.2K
$515.00	Oct 30	0.85	1.01	$0.93	17.2%	5	0.03	104

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
$545.00	Oct 7	78.20	82.50	$80.35	5.4%	1	1.00	--
$547.50	Oct 7	75.50	79.70	$77.60	5.4%	49	1.00	--
$555.00	Oct 8	68.25	72.35	$70.30	5.8%	10	1.00	1
$530.00	Oct 7	93.15	97.30	$95.23	4.4%	1	1.00	1
$585.00	Oct 7	38.10	42.30	$40.20	10.4%	--	1.00	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 7	2.95	7.00	$4.97	81.5%	200	1.00	333
$632.50	Oct 7	5.25	9.10	$7.18	53.6%	114	1.00	1.6K
$635.00	Oct 7	8.65	11.30	$9.98	26.6%	128	1.00	205
$637.50	Oct 7	12.00	14.35	$13.18	17.8%	38	1.00	96
$640.00	Oct 7	12.70	16.95	$14.83	28.7%	20	1.00	32

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 982 active (total vol 169.6K, top 19.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	0.16	0.27	$0.22	50.0%	13.4K	0.02	22.6K
$625.00	Oct 7	0.32	1.35	$0.84	122.6%	4.5K	0.55	18
$627.50	Oct 7	0.01	0.18	$0.10	170.0%	2.9K	0.11	19
$560.00	Oct 16	64.15	68.95	$66.55	7.2%	2.9K	0.96	3.3K
$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
$555.00	Oct 30	2.35	2.77	$2.56	16.4%	19.1K	0.09	10.1K
$590.00	Oct 23	3.95	4.50	$4.22	13.0%	10.4K	0.18	2.0K
$605.00	Oct 16	4.00	5.25	$4.63	27.0%	6.1K	0.25	1.4K
$575.00	Oct 16	0.91	1.24	$1.08	30.6%	5.8K	0.07	1.5K
$605.00	Oct 23	7.20	7.60	$7.40	5.4%	5.2K	0.29	482

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 2 strikes (avg 20.8%, max 20.8%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$625.00	Oct 7	Nov 20	38.2%	31.7%	20.8%	4.6K	892

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$625.00	Oct 7	Nov 20	38.2%	31.7%	20.8%	458	409

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 607 found (best R:R 165.67, avg 7.81)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$675.00	$715.00	Oct 19	$0.24	$39.76	$0.24	10%	165.67	$675.24
$665.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$0.55	$4.45	$0.55	31%	8.09	$665.55
$650.00	$665.00	Oct 19	$1.42	$13.58	$1.42	22%	9.56	$651.42
$650.00	$665.00	Oct 12	$0.13	$14.87	$0.13	9%	114.38	$650.13
$620.00	$625.00	Nov 20	$2.05	$2.95	$2.05	55%	1.44	$622.05

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$637.50	Oct 7	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	100%	0.52	$638.35
$622.50	$620.00	Oct 23	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	46%	6.14	$622.15
$615.00	$610.00	Nov 13	$1.30	$3.70	$1.30	41%	2.85	$613.70
$637.50	$635.00	Oct 13	$1.10	$1.40	$1.10	73%	1.27	$636.40
$635.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$1.95	$3.05	$1.95	53%	1.56	$633.05

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 492 found (best R:R 1.78, avg 0.32)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 9	$0.98	$0.98	$4.02	94%	0.24	$715.98
$695.00	$700.00	Oct 7	$0.96	$0.96	$4.04	94%	0.24	$695.96
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 7	$0.88	$0.88	$1.62	91%	0.54	$658.38
$647.50	$650.00	Oct 7	$0.64	$0.64	$1.86	92%	0.34	$648.14
$665.00	$667.50	Oct 7	$0.75	$0.75	$1.75	89%	0.43	$665.75

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 7	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	96%	1.78	$530.90
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 8	$1.19	$1.19	$1.31	96%	0.91	$526.31
$522.50	$520.00	Oct 7	$1.11	$1.11	$1.39	96%	0.80	$521.39
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 7	$1.00	$1.00	$1.50	95%	0.67	$536.50
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 8	$0.77	$0.77	$1.73	97%	0.45	$531.73

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.20, cheapest $2.86)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$625.00	Oct 7	Oct 8	$3.54	38.2%	29.4%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$625.00	Oct 7	Oct 8	$2.86	38.2%	29.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 293 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 5.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$625.00	Oct 7	$0.84	$0.63	$1.47	$623.53	$626.47	0.24%
$627.50	Oct 7	$0.10	$2.27	$2.37	$625.13	$629.87	0.38%
$622.50	Oct 7	$3.08	$0.17	$3.25	$619.25	$625.75	0.52%
$630.00	Oct 7	$0.01	$4.97	$4.98	$625.02	$634.98	0.80%
$620.00	Oct 7	$5.23	$0.03	$5.26	$614.74	$625.26	0.84%
$632.50	Oct 7	$0.01	$7.18	$7.19	$625.31	$639.69	1.15%
$617.50	Oct 7	$7.63	$0.19	$7.82	$609.68	$625.32	1.25%
$625.00	Oct 8	$4.38	$3.49	$7.87	$617.13	$632.87	1.26%
$627.50	Oct 8	$2.92	$5.10	$8.02	$619.48	$635.52	1.28%
$622.50	Oct 8	$5.45	$2.61	$8.06	$614.44	$630.56	1.29%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 350 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.15%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$627.50	$622.50	Oct 7	$0.10	$0.17	$0.27	$622.23	$627.77
$627.50	$617.50	Oct 7	$0.10	$0.19	$0.29	$617.21	$627.79
$627.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.10	$0.63	$0.73	$624.27	$628.23
$637.50	$615.00	Oct 8	$0.46	$0.89	$1.35	$613.65	$638.85
$635.00	$615.00	Oct 8	$0.80	$0.89	$1.69	$613.31	$636.69
$637.50	$617.50	Oct 8	$0.46	$1.29	$1.75	$615.75	$639.25
$665.00	$622.50	Oct 7	$1.78	$0.17	$1.95	$620.55	$666.95
$665.00	$617.50	Oct 7	$1.78	$0.19	$1.97	$615.53	$666.97
$662.50	$622.50	Oct 7	$1.95	$0.17	$2.12	$620.38	$664.62
$627.50	$540.00	Oct 7	$0.10	$1.95	$2.05	$537.95	$629.55

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 783 found (best R:R 1.05, avg credit $1.13)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/532	695/700	Oct 7	$2.56	$2.44	90%	1.05	$529.94	$697.56
530/532	665/668	Oct 7	$2.35	$0.15	85%	15.67	$530.15	$667.35
530/532	648/650	Oct 7	$2.24	$0.26	88%	8.62	$530.26	$649.74
530/532	675/678	Oct 7	$2.27	$0.23	85%	9.87	$530.23	$677.27
530/532	685/690	Oct 7	$2.31	$2.69	89%	0.86	$530.19	$687.31
520/522	658/660	Oct 7	$1.99	$0.51	88%	3.90	$520.51	$659.49
530/532	642/645	Oct 7	$1.89	$0.61	90%	3.10	$530.61	$644.39
520/522	695/700	Oct 7	$2.07	$2.93	90%	0.71	$520.43	$697.07
535/538	658/660	Oct 7	$1.88	$0.62	86%	3.03	$535.62	$659.38
520/522	665/668	Oct 7	$1.86	$0.64	86%	2.91	$520.64	$666.86

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 458 found (best R:R 1.12, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$625.00	$627.50	$630.00	Oct 7	$0.65	$1.85	54%	2.85
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 8	$0.10	$2.40	16%	24.00
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$4.88	8%	40.67
$670.00	$675.00	$680.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$622.50	$625.00	$627.50	Oct 7	$1.18	$1.32	83%	1.12
$660.00	$680.00	$700.00	Oct 16	$0.95	$19.05	12%	20.05
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 7	$0.32	$2.18	44%	6.81
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Oct 30	$0.50	$9.50	12%	19.00
$650.00	$655.00	$660.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	8%	40.67

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 $-14.52, 509 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$540.00	$585.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$14.52	$30.48
$570.00	$595.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$5.16	$19.84
$610.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 19	-$5.72	$6.78
$675.00	$715.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$1.12	$38.88
$620.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 7	-$0.93	$1.57

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$2.20	$17.80
$750.00	$705.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$34.66	$10.34
$680.00	$660.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$16.65	$3.35
$595.00	$580.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.62	$14.38
$577.50	$565.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.11	$12.39

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 197 found (best yield 3.92%, avg 0.89%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Nov 20	$24.50	0.47	1.6%	3.92%	5.51%	170	1.7K
$640.00	Nov 20	$21.85	0.45	2.4%	3.50%	5.89%	31	1.8K
$645.00	Nov 20	$20.15	0.42	3.2%	3.22%	6.42%	11	278
$630.00	Nov 20	$25.90	0.50	0.8%	4.14%	4.94%	46	761
$650.00	Nov 20	$18.20	0.39	4.0%	2.91%	6.91%	133	4.9K
$655.00	Nov 20	$16.20	0.36	4.8%	2.59%	7.39%	15	514
$660.00	Nov 20	$14.70	0.34	5.6%	2.35%	7.95%	107	1.7K
$630.00	Nov 13	$23.25	0.49	0.8%	3.72%	4.51%	34	37
$670.00	Nov 20	$12.00	0.30	7.2%	1.92%	9.11%	218	1.2K
$635.00	Nov 13	$20.45	0.46	1.6%	3.27%	4.87%	51	170

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 66,529

Total Puts 177,541

Put/Call Ratio 2.67

Net Difference -111,012

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 65,431

Total Puts 155,914

Put/Call Ratio 2.38

Net Difference -90,483

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 461,953

Total Puts 1,032,113

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.19

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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

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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