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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$616.80 -1.32%

(10/8 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:00pm) 93,025

Calls: 39,284 (42%)

Puts: 53,741 (58%)

Prior (10/07) 108,321

Calls: 40,320 (37%)

Puts: 68,001 (63%)

Current vs Prior -14.12%

Calls: -2.57% (Calls)

Puts: -20.97% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,596,638

Calls: 476,659 (30%)

Puts: 1,119,979 (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average 228,091

Calls: 68,094 (30%)

Puts: 159,997 (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -59.22%

Calls: -42.31%

Puts: -66.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:00pm) $77.02M

Calls: $32.75M (43%)

Puts: $44.28M (57%)

Prior (10/07) $72.20M

Calls: $24.37M (34%)

Puts: $47.83M (66%)

Current vs Prior +6.68%

Calls: +34.38%

Puts: -7.43%

Prior 7-Day Total $985.46M

Calls: $566.23M (57%)

Puts: $419.23M (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average $140.78M

Calls: $80.89M (57%)

Puts: $59.89M (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -45.29%

Calls: -59.52%

Puts: -26.07%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:00pm) 1.37

Prior (10/07) 1.69

Current vs Prior -18.89%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.32

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -41.10%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08 12:00pm) 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 12,393,212

Calls: 4,490,628 (36%)

Puts: 7,902,584 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,770,458

Calls: 641,518 (36%)

Puts: 1,128,940 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.98%

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 0.78% | 1.47%1.47% | 2.10%1.47% | 3.62%3.28% | 9.38%

Prior 1.52% | 1.98%0.50% | 1.98%1.98% | 3.84%3.51% | 9.67%

Current vs Prior -48.69% | -25.78%+195.20% | +6.08%-25.78% | -5.64%-6.38% | -3.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.51% | 2.07%0.98% | 2.10%1.97% | 3.79%4.54% | 10.49%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.50% | -28.89%+50.61% | +0.16%-25.32% | -4.39%-27.60% | -10.64%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.52% | 1.98%0.49% | 1.94%1.94% | 3.79%3.51% | 9.55%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -48.69% | -25.78%+198.07% | +8.36%-24.19% | -4.44%-6.38% | -1.84%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 33.69% | 18.82%

Calls: 42.76% | 17.78%

Puts: 24.62% | 19.86%

Prior 44.48% | 32.40%

Calls: 39.95% | 26.63%

Puts: 49.02% | 38.17%

Current vs Prior -24.26% | -41.91%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.04% | 38.02%

Calls: 43.94% | 37.37%

Puts: 44.14% | 38.66%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.50% | -50.50%

Liquidity Expensive

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Bearish P/C ratio of 1.37 indicates protective positioning. Put-heavy open interest (1,244,544 puts vs 649,448 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	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 472 of results (avg 6.2%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Nov 20	124.35	127.50	$125.93	2.5%	--	0.93	159
$495.00	Oct 16	120.20	123.45	$121.83	2.7%	--	1.00	85
$627.50	Nov 13	20.15	20.70	$20.42	2.7%	1	0.45	5
$500.00	Nov 20	119.55	122.95	$121.25	2.8%	1	0.92	325
$625.00	Nov 20	24.45	25.15	$24.80	2.8%	103	0.48	889

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Nov 13	24.90	25.45	$25.17	2.2%	5	0.50	17
$617.50	Nov 13	23.70	24.25	$23.98	2.3%	3	0.49	12
$620.00	Nov 20	27.60	28.30	$27.95	2.5%	40	0.50	5.6K
$607.50	Nov 6	16.85	17.30	$17.08	2.6%	3	0.41	7
$740.00	Oct 8	121.95	125.30	$123.63	2.7%	2	0.97	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 37 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.45)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 9	0.41	0.49	$0.45	17.8%	1.5K	0.09	1.1K
$640.00	Oct 12	0.38	0.46	$0.42	19.0%	31	0.06	11
$637.50	Oct 12	0.51	0.59	$0.55	14.5%	5	0.08	2
$635.00	Oct 12	0.65	0.77	$0.71	16.9%	79	0.10	7
$632.50	Oct 12	0.88	1.06	$0.97	18.6%	48	0.14	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 9	0.31	0.37	$0.34	17.6%	254	0.07	3.4K
$602.50	Oct 9	0.45	0.53	$0.49	16.3%	103	0.10	461
$590.00	Oct 12	0.44	0.53	$0.49	18.4%	81	0.06	23
$595.00	Oct 12	0.69	0.79	$0.74	13.5%	41	0.09	49
$597.50	Oct 12	0.88	1.03	$0.96	15.6%	55	0.12	10

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 376 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 8	114.70	118.70	$116.70	3.4%	1	1.00	--
$505.00	Oct 8	109.70	113.85	$111.78	3.7%	2	1.00	--
$510.00	Oct 8	104.55	108.55	$106.55	3.8%	18	1.00	--
$512.50	Oct 8	102.05	106.10	$104.07	3.9%	22	1.00	--
$515.00	Oct 8	99.70	103.60	$101.65	3.8%	10	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 8	32.10	35.30	$33.70	9.5%	1	1.00	1
$645.00	Oct 8	27.10	30.30	$28.70	11.1%	--	0.99	13
$637.50	Oct 8	19.60	22.80	$21.20	15.1%	--	0.99	23
$632.50	Oct 8	14.60	17.80	$16.20	19.8%	4	0.99	67
$640.00	Oct 8	22.10	25.30	$23.70	13.5%	2	0.99	6

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 777 active (total vol 70.7K, top 6.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 8	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	6.0K	0.02	247
$650.00	Oct 30	6.45	6.80	$6.63	5.3%	2.6K	0.25	1.6K
$622.50	Oct 8	0.08	0.11	$0.10	30.0%	1.8K	0.06	138
$625.00	Oct 9	1.02	1.17	$1.10	13.6%	1.7K	0.20	891
$630.00	Oct 9	0.41	0.49	$0.45	17.8%	1.5K	0.09	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 30	10.85	11.60	$11.23	6.7%	2.8K	0.35	4.2K
$550.00	Oct 30	2.30	2.59	$2.44	11.9%	2.6K	0.09	213
$570.00	Nov 20	10.25	10.75	$10.50	4.8%	2.1K	0.23	3.2K
$540.00	Nov 20	5.20	5.70	$5.45	9.2%	2.0K	0.13	2.9K
$605.00	Oct 16	5.70	6.00	$5.85	5.1%	1.9K	0.33	6.7K

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 4.0%, max 5.4%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$612.50	Oct 8	Oct 30	31.3%	29.7%	5.4%	20	103

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$612.50	Oct 8	Nov 13	31.3%	30.6%	2.6%	1.1K	170

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 552 found (best R:R 13.71, avg 7.24)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$645.00	Nov 13	$1.05	$3.95	$1.05	38%	3.76	$641.05
$660.00	$680.00	Oct 15	$0.36	$19.64	$0.36	8%	54.56	$660.36
$632.50	$635.00	Oct 19	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	30%	13.71	$632.67
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 15	$0.63	$1.87	$0.63	49%	2.97	$618.13
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 8	$1.43	$1.07	$1.43	84%	0.75	$613.93

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$610.00	$607.50	Nov 6	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	43%	13.71	$609.83
$607.50	$605.00	Nov 13	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	42%	9.87	$607.27
$622.50	$620.00	Oct 23	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	55%	2.85	$621.85
$630.00	$625.00	Nov 13	$2.12	$2.88	$2.12	56%	1.36	$627.88
$630.00	$627.50	Oct 23	$1.02	$1.48	$1.02	63%	1.45	$628.98

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 451 found (best R:R 0.12, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$650.00	Nov 13	$2.25	$2.25	$2.75	65%	0.82	$647.25
$635.00	$637.50	Oct 19	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	72%	0.92	$636.20
$652.50	$655.00	Oct 8	$0.55	$0.55	$1.95	94%	0.28	$653.05
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 15	$1.42	$1.42	$1.08	59%	1.31	$623.92
$630.00	$632.50	Nov 13	$1.48	$1.48	$1.02	56%	1.45	$631.48

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$512.50	$505.00	Oct 12	$0.78	$0.78	$6.72	97%	0.12	$511.72
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 12	$0.70	$0.70	$1.80	96%	0.39	$536.80
$612.50	$610.00	Nov 6	$1.73	$1.73	$0.77	55%	2.25	$610.77
$510.00	$500.00	Oct 8	$0.61	$0.61	$9.39	97%	0.06	$509.39
$612.50	$607.50	Nov 13	$2.70	$2.70	$2.30	55%	1.17	$609.80

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.22, cheapest $1.97)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$615.00	Oct 8	Oct 9	$1.97	28.8%	27.8%
$617.50	Oct 8	Oct 9	$2.42	27.9%	28.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$615.00	Oct 8	Oct 9	$2.19	28.8%	27.8%
$617.50	Oct 8	Oct 9	$2.29	27.9%	28.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 260 found (cheapest 0.50% of stock, avg 5.66%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$617.50	Oct 8	$1.11	$1.99	$3.10	$614.40	$620.60	0.50%
$615.00	Oct 8	$2.81	$0.89	$3.70	$611.30	$618.70	0.60%
$620.00	Oct 8	$0.36	$3.65	$4.01	$615.99	$624.01	0.65%
$612.50	Oct 8	$4.24	$0.37	$4.61	$607.89	$617.11	0.75%
$622.50	Oct 8	$0.10	$5.90	$6.00	$616.50	$628.50	0.97%
$610.00	Oct 8	$6.40	$0.16	$6.56	$603.44	$616.56	1.06%
$615.00	Oct 9	$4.78	$3.08	$7.86	$607.14	$622.86	1.27%
$617.50	Oct 9	$3.53	$4.28	$7.81	$609.69	$625.31	1.27%
$620.00	Oct 9	$2.45	$5.83	$8.28	$611.72	$628.28	1.34%
$625.00	Oct 8	$0.03	$8.40	$8.43	$616.57	$633.43	1.37%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 315 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.21%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$622.50	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.10	$0.16	$0.26	$609.74	$622.76
$620.00	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.36	$0.16	$0.52	$609.48	$620.52
$622.50	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.10	$0.37	$0.47	$612.03	$622.97
$620.00	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.36	$0.37	$0.73	$611.77	$620.73
$652.50	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.57	$0.16	$0.73	$609.27	$653.23
$657.50	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.64	$0.16	$0.80	$609.20	$658.30
$652.50	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.57	$0.37	$0.94	$611.56	$653.44
$657.50	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.64	$0.37	$1.01	$611.49	$658.51
$627.50	$605.00	Oct 9	$0.69	$0.69	$1.38	$603.62	$628.88
$622.50	$615.00	Oct 8	$0.10	$0.89	$0.99	$614.01	$623.49

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 489 found (best R:R 0.79, avg credit $1.13)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
535/538	662/665	Oct 12	$1.10	$1.40	91%	0.79	$536.40	$663.60
545/548	652/655	Oct 8	$0.88	$1.62	92%	0.54	$546.62	$653.38
600/602	635/638	Oct 19	$2.05	$0.45	42%	4.56	$600.45	$637.05
550/552	652/655	Oct 8	$0.80	$1.70	92%	0.47	$551.70	$653.30
535/538	625/628	Oct 12	$1.37	$1.13	68%	1.21	$536.13	$626.37
570/572	662/665	Oct 12	$0.84	$1.66	89%	0.51	$571.66	$663.34
558/560	652/655	Oct 8	$0.76	$1.74	92%	0.44	$559.24	$653.26
530/532	652/655	Oct 8	$0.78	$1.72	91%	0.45	$531.72	$653.28
535/538	638/640	Oct 12	$0.83	$1.67	88%	0.50	$536.67	$638.33
535/538	632/635	Oct 12	$0.96	$1.54	83%	0.62	$536.54	$633.46

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 380 found (best R:R 54.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$640.00	$647.50	$655.00	Oct 15	$0.26	$7.24	10%	27.85
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 9	$0.17	$2.33	20%	13.71
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 13	$0.07	$2.43	11%	34.71
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 13	$0.07	$2.43	11%	34.71
$665.00	$670.00	$675.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 15	$0.09	$4.91	14%	54.56
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 8	$0.56	$1.94	48%	3.46
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 9	$0.10	$2.40	19%	24.00
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$612.50	$615.00	$617.50	Oct 8	$0.58	$1.92	43%	3.31

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 515 found (best net $-0.72, 483 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$595.00	$607.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$1.37	$11.13
$605.00	$617.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.01	$11.49
$675.00	$715.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.94	$39.06
$675.00	$715.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.99	$39.01
$660.00	$680.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.38	$19.62

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$705.00	$655.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.72	$49.28
$680.00	$652.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$12.49	$15.01
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$6.07	$13.93
$672.50	$650.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$11.20	$11.30
$700.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$24.08	$5.92

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 211 found (best yield 3.96%, avg 0.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$625.00	Nov 20	$24.45	0.48	1.3%	3.96%	5.29%	103	889
$620.00	Nov 20	$26.60	0.50	0.5%	4.31%	4.83%	13	1.2K
$630.00	Nov 20	$22.15	0.45	2.1%	3.59%	5.73%	22	753
$635.00	Nov 20	$20.00	0.42	3.0%	3.24%	6.19%	12	1.6K
$640.00	Nov 20	$18.00	0.39	3.8%	2.92%	6.68%	45	1.8K
$645.00	Nov 20	$16.15	0.37	4.6%	2.62%	7.19%	7	273
$650.00	Nov 20	$14.45	0.34	5.4%	2.34%	7.73%	41	4.6K
$627.50	Nov 13	$20.15	0.45	1.7%	3.27%	5.00%	1	5
$630.00	Nov 13	$19.05	0.44	2.1%	3.09%	5.23%	6	70
$655.00	Nov 20	$12.95	0.31	6.2%	2.10%	8.29%	10	502

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 39,284

Total Puts 53,741

Put/Call Ratio 1.37

Net Difference -14,457

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 40,320

Total Puts 68,001

Put/Call Ratio 1.69

Net Difference -27,681

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 476,659

Total Puts 1,119,979

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.32

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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