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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$614.15 -1.74%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 10:00am) 29,229

Calls: 14,968 (51%)

Puts: 14,261 (49%)

Prior (10/07) 48,384

Calls: 13,828 (29%)

Puts: 34,556 (71%)

Current vs Prior -39.59%

Calls: +8.24% (Calls)

Puts: -58.73% (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 -86.31%

Calls: -77.32%

Puts: -90.33%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 10:00am) $13.79M

Calls: $6.78M (49%)

Puts: $7.01M (51%)

Prior (10/07) $27.95M

Calls: $7.81M (28%)

Puts: $20.14M (72%)

Current vs Prior -50.66%

Calls: -13.12%

Puts: -65.21%

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 -89.61%

Calls: -91.51%

Puts: -86.73%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:00am) 0.95

Prior (10/07) 2.50

Current vs Prior -61.87%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.19

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -56.47%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:00am) 1,893,992

Calls: 649,448 (34%)

Puts: 1,244,544 (66%)

Prior (10/07) 1,828,342

Calls: 650,640 (36%)

Puts: 1,177,702 (64%)

Current vs Prior +3.59%

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 +7.97%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/08) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/12)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.92% | 1.61%1.61% | 2.08%1.61% | 3.51%3.27% | 9.36%

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

Current vs Prior -10.50% | -3.09%+56.78% | +5.38%-18.34% | -3.41%-1.89% | -1.30%

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 -33.42% | -19.74%+62.66% | -2.12%-24.67% | -10.09%-33.00% | -12.94%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.03% | 1.66%0.49% | 1.94%1.94% | 3.79%3.51% | 9.55%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -10.50% | -3.09%+226.44% | +7.15%-16.97% | -7.25%-6.72% | -2.01%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 18.90% | 17.77%

Calls: 20.00% | 14.91%

Puts: 17.80% | 20.62%

Prior 48.76% | 56.96%

Calls: 57.35% | 65.84%

Puts: 40.17% | 48.08%

Current vs Prior -61.24% | -68.80%

Prior 7-Day Avg 41.12% | 38.67%

Calls: 41.80% | 39.46%

Puts: 40.44% | 37.87%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -54.04% | -54.05%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 51% vs prior. P/C ratio dropping 62% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (1,244,544 puts vs 649,448 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall MIXED

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 394 of results (avg 6.4%, best 2.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Nov 20	121.65	125.30	$123.48	3.0%	--	0.93	159
$505.00	Oct 16	107.50	110.85	$109.18	3.1%	--	1.00	160
$495.00	Oct 9	117.00	120.65	$118.83	3.1%	--	1.00	23
$505.00	Nov 20	111.95	115.50	$113.73	3.1%	--	0.92	105
$495.00	Oct 16	117.30	121.15	$119.23	3.2%	--	1.00	85

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Nov 13	23.80	24.45	$24.13	2.7%	8	0.49	8
$610.00	Oct 30	15.90	16.35	$16.13	2.8%	--	0.45	357
$612.50	Nov 13	22.60	23.25	$22.93	2.8%	6	0.47	--
$605.00	Oct 30	13.85	14.25	$14.05	2.8%	12	0.41	84
$607.50	Nov 6	18.00	18.55	$18.27	3.0%	3	0.44	7

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 31 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.36)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 8	0.32	0.39	$0.36	19.4%	84	0.12	159
$617.50	Oct 8	0.75	0.87	$0.81	14.8%	103	0.24	10
$632.50	Oct 9	0.21	0.25	$0.23	17.4%	85	0.05	626
$635.00	Oct 12	0.55	0.66	$0.61	18.0%	41	0.09	7
$632.50	Oct 12	0.73	0.88	$0.81	18.5%	18	0.11	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$595.00	Oct 9	0.33	0.40	$0.37	18.9%	370	0.07	332
$600.00	Oct 9	0.59	0.71	$0.65	18.5%	138	0.12	3.4K
$602.50	Oct 9	0.80	0.97	$0.89	19.1%	72	0.15	461
$590.00	Oct 12	0.59	0.71	$0.65	18.5%	4	0.08	23
$595.00	Oct 12	0.89	1.06	$0.98	17.3%	--	0.12	49

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 322 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$555.00	Oct 8	56.95	60.85	$58.90	6.6%	4	1.00	5
$567.50	Oct 8	44.45	48.35	$46.40	8.4%	--	1.00	21
$495.00	Oct 9	117.00	120.65	$118.83	3.1%	--	1.00	23
$500.00	Oct 9	112.00	115.70	$113.85	3.2%	--	1.00	12
$515.00	Oct 9	97.15	100.70	$98.93	3.6%	--	1.00	13

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 8	29.40	33.05	$31.23	11.7%	--	1.00	13
$650.00	Oct 8	34.40	38.05	$36.22	10.1%	1	1.00	1
$635.00	Oct 8	19.40	23.35	$21.38	18.5%	2	0.99	90
$637.50	Oct 8	22.35	25.55	$23.95	13.4%	--	0.99	23
$650.00	Oct 9	34.85	37.50	$36.17	7.3%	1	0.99	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 496 active (total vol 24.7K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 8	0.05	0.09	$0.07	57.1%	2.7K	0.03	247
$620.00	Oct 9	1.63	1.90	$1.77	15.3%	985	0.27	1.6K
$630.00	Oct 9	0.27	0.36	$0.32	28.1%	838	0.07	1.1K
$610.00	Oct 9	5.40	7.15	$6.28	27.9%	821	0.64	719
$625.00	Oct 9	0.65	0.83	$0.74	24.3%	531	0.14	891

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 16	1.03	1.15	$1.09	11.0%	610	0.07	4.6K
$595.00	Nov 20	18.15	18.90	$18.52	4.0%	503	0.37	1.2K
$610.00	Oct 8	0.72	0.88	$0.80	20.0%	422	0.26	830
$615.00	Oct 9	4.35	5.35	$4.85	20.6%	379	0.55	1.6K
$592.50	Oct 8	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	373	0.01	31

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 7.7%, max 11.2%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$612.50	Oct 8	Oct 30	33.0%	29.7%	11.2%	10	103
$610.00	Oct 8	Nov 20	34.6%	31.4%	10.2%	5	1.1K
$615.00	Oct 8	Nov 20	33.1%	31.2%	6.2%	410	472
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	31.0%	30.2%	2.5%	--	80

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$610.00	Oct 8	Nov 20	34.6%	31.4%	10.2%	424	2.1K
$612.50	Oct 8	Nov 13	33.0%	30.7%	7.6%	279	170
$615.00	Oct 8	Nov 20	33.1%	31.2%	6.2%	104	1.6K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 503 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 6.90)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$635.00	$640.00	Oct 15	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	20%	44.45	$635.11
$620.00	$630.00	Oct 15	$2.32	$7.68	$2.32	40%	3.31	$622.32
$615.00	$617.50	Nov 6	$0.73	$1.77	$0.73	51%	2.42	$615.73
$610.00	$612.50	Oct 23	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	56%	1.94	$610.85
$600.00	$615.00	Nov 13	$8.00	$7.00	$8.00	61%	0.88	$608.00

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$625.00	$622.50	Oct 9	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	86%	0.67	$623.50
$625.00	$620.00	Oct 12	$3.10	$1.90	$3.10	78%	0.61	$621.90
$590.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.15	$7.35	$0.15	12%	49.00	$589.85
$615.00	$610.00	Nov 20	$1.90	$3.10	$1.90	49%	1.63	$613.10
$635.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$2.47	$2.53	$2.47	60%	1.02	$632.53

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 412 found (best R:R 1.12, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 15	$1.32	$1.32	$1.18	72%	1.12	$631.32
$642.50	$645.00	Oct 8	$0.57	$0.57	$1.93	93%	0.30	$643.07
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 14	$1.33	$1.33	$1.17	64%	1.14	$623.83
$617.50	$620.00	Nov 6	$1.55	$1.55	$0.95	51%	1.63	$619.05
$675.00	$680.00	Oct 23	$0.57	$0.57	$4.43	92%	0.13	$675.57

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$540.00	Oct 15	$1.98	$1.98	$48.02	83%	0.04	$588.02
$512.50	$505.00	Oct 12	$0.70	$0.70	$6.80	97%	0.10	$511.80
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 12	$0.66	$0.66	$1.84	96%	0.36	$536.84
$612.50	$607.50	Nov 13	$2.80	$2.80	$2.20	53%	1.27	$609.70
$547.50	$545.00	Oct 8	$0.51	$0.51	$1.99	97%	0.26	$546.99

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.05, cheapest $1.88)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$612.50	Oct 8	Oct 9	$2.03	33.0%	28.5%
$615.00	Oct 8	Oct 9	$2.07	33.1%	29.5%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$612.50	Oct 8	Oct 9	$1.88	33.0%	28.5%
$615.00	Oct 8	Oct 9	$2.21	33.1%	29.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 236 found (cheapest 0.70% of stock, avg 5.84%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$615.00	Oct 8	$1.68	$2.64	$4.32	$610.68	$619.32	0.70%
$612.50	Oct 8	$3.00	$1.50	$4.50	$608.00	$617.00	0.73%
$617.50	Oct 8	$0.81	$4.32	$5.13	$612.37	$622.63	0.84%
$610.00	Oct 8	$4.58	$0.80	$5.38	$604.62	$615.38	0.88%
$620.00	Oct 8	$0.36	$6.83	$7.19	$612.81	$627.19	1.17%
$612.50	Oct 9	$5.03	$3.38	$8.41	$604.09	$620.91	1.37%
$615.00	Oct 9	$3.75	$4.85	$8.60	$606.40	$623.60	1.40%
$617.50	Oct 9	$2.63	$6.07	$8.70	$608.80	$626.20	1.42%
$610.00	Oct 9	$6.28	$2.50	$8.78	$601.22	$618.78	1.43%
$622.50	Oct 8	$0.15	$8.68	$8.83	$613.67	$631.33	1.44%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 320 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 3.08%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$620.00	$605.00	Oct 8	$0.36	$0.22	$0.58	$604.42	$620.58
$642.50	$605.00	Oct 8	$0.59	$0.22	$0.81	$604.19	$643.31
$620.00	$607.50	Oct 8	$0.36	$0.42	$0.78	$606.72	$620.78
$652.50	$605.00	Oct 8	$0.83	$0.22	$1.05	$603.95	$653.55
$642.50	$607.50	Oct 8	$0.59	$0.42	$1.01	$606.49	$643.51
$617.50	$605.00	Oct 8	$0.81	$0.22	$1.03	$603.97	$618.53
$652.50	$607.50	Oct 8	$0.83	$0.42	$1.25	$606.25	$653.75
$617.50	$607.50	Oct 8	$0.81	$0.42	$1.23	$606.27	$618.73
$620.00	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.36	$0.80	$1.16	$608.84	$621.16
$617.50	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.81	$0.80	$1.61	$608.39	$619.11

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 474 found (best R:R 0.76, avg credit $1.17)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
545/548	642/645	Oct 8	$1.08	$1.42	90%	0.76	$546.42	$643.58
550/552	642/645	Oct 8	$0.83	$1.67	91%	0.50	$551.67	$643.33
558/560	642/645	Oct 8	$0.82	$1.68	90%	0.49	$559.18	$643.32
535/538	622/625	Oct 12	$1.29	$1.21	69%	1.07	$536.21	$623.79
535/538	625/628	Oct 12	$1.14	$1.36	74%	0.84	$536.36	$626.14
535/538	632/635	Oct 12	$0.86	$1.64	85%	0.52	$536.64	$633.36
535/538	630/632	Oct 12	$0.93	$1.57	82%	0.59	$536.57	$630.93
535/538	628/630	Oct 12	$1.01	$1.49	78%	0.68	$536.49	$628.51
535/538	620/622	Oct 12	$1.37	$1.13	63%	1.21	$536.13	$621.37
600/602	635/638	Oct 19	$1.82	$0.68	41%	2.68	$600.68	$636.82

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 362 found (best R:R 14.46, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$615.00	$630.00	Nov 13	$0.97	$14.03	19%	14.46
$610.00	$612.50	$615.00	Oct 8	$0.26	$2.24	34%	8.62
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.50	$4.50	22%	9.00
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$612.50	$615.00	$617.50	Oct 9	$0.16	$2.34	19%	14.62

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 9	$0.11	$2.39	17%	21.73
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 9	$0.11	$2.39	16%	21.73
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56
$610.00	$612.50	$615.00	Oct 8	$0.44	$2.06	34%	4.68
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.32	$2.18	26%	6.81

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 484 found (best net $-6.78, 458 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$512.50	$555.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$16.55	$25.95
$605.00	$610.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.18	$4.82
$645.00	$665.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$2.82	$17.18
$620.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$1.90	$8.10
$620.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$2.06	$7.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$660.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$6.78	$33.22
$680.00	$652.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$14.84	$12.66
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$8.13	$11.87
$625.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$2.95	$7.05
$610.00	$600.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.90	$9.10

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 193 found (best yield 3.79%, avg 0.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$625.00	Nov 20	$23.25	0.46	1.8%	3.79%	5.55%	30	889
$620.00	Nov 20	$25.20	0.49	0.9%	4.10%	5.06%	8	1.2K
$615.00	Nov 20	$27.45	0.51	0.1%	4.47%	4.61%	--	468
$630.00	Nov 20	$21.05	0.43	2.6%	3.43%	6.01%	11	753
$635.00	Nov 20	$19.00	0.40	3.4%	3.09%	6.49%	4	1.6K
$640.00	Nov 20	$17.10	0.38	4.2%	2.78%	6.99%	4	1.8K
$645.00	Nov 20	$15.35	0.35	5.0%	2.50%	7.52%	3	273
$650.00	Nov 20	$13.80	0.33	5.8%	2.25%	8.08%	12	4.6K
$630.00	Nov 13	$17.95	0.42	2.6%	2.92%	5.50%	--	70
$655.00	Nov 20	$12.35	0.30	6.7%	2.01%	8.66%	2	502

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,968

Total Puts 14,261

Put/Call Ratio 0.95

Net Difference 707

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,828

Total Puts 34,556

Put/Call Ratio 2.50

Net Difference -20,728

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)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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