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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$607.27 -2.84%

$607.17 (-0.02%)🌙

as of 10/08 04:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 4:00pm) 326,229

Calls: 114,630 (35%)

Puts: 211,599 (65%)

Prior (10/07) 244,070

Calls: 66,529 (27%)

Puts: 177,541 (73%)

Current vs Prior +33.66%

Calls: +72.30% (Calls)

Puts: +19.18% (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 +43.03%

Calls: +68.34%

Puts: +32.25%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 4:00pm) $272.28M

Calls: $101.39M (37%)

Puts: $170.89M (63%)

Prior (10/07) $145.52M

Calls: $64.50M (44%)

Puts: $81.03M (56%)

Current vs Prior +87.10%

Calls: +57.20%

Puts: +110.91%

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 +93.41%

Calls: +25.34%

Puts: +185.34%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 4:00pm) 1.85

Prior (10/07) 2.67

Current vs Prior -30.83%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.32

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.53%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08 4:00pm) 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 0.63% | 1.72%1.72% | 2.36%1.72% | 4.12%3.72% | 9.84%

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

Current vs Prior +13.46% | +19.23%+245.82% | +19.23%-13.05% | +7.35%+5.98% | +1.82%

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 +13.87% | +14.23%+76.44% | +12.58%-12.52% | +8.76%-18.05% | -6.18%

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 +13.46% | +19.23%+249.19% | +21.79%-11.18% | +8.71%+5.98% | +3.06%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 33.68% | 19.46%

Calls: 30.63% | 24.88%

Puts: 36.73% | 14.04%

Prior 44.48% | 32.40%

Calls: 39.95% | 26.63%

Puts: 49.02% | 38.17%

Current vs Prior -24.28% | -39.94%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.04% | 38.02%

Calls: 43.94% | 37.37%

Puts: 44.14% | 38.66%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.52% | -48.81%

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Moderately bearish flow with 63% put dollar volume ($170.89M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 87% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (93% higher). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.85 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
14:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 229 of results (avg 7.1%, best 2.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$515.00	Nov 20	96.50	99.15	$97.83	2.7%	2	0.89	92
$500.00	Nov 20	110.75	113.85	$112.30	2.8%	20	0.91	325
$525.00	Nov 20	88.05	91.05	$89.55	3.4%	64	0.87	159
$490.00	Oct 13	115.00	119.20	$117.10	3.6%	10	0.94	--
$490.00	Nov 20	119.10	124.00	$121.55	4.0%	1	0.92	75

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$725.00	Oct 8	116.00	120.50	$118.25	3.8%	6	0.92	--
$720.00	Oct 8	111.00	115.50	$113.25	4.0%	7	0.92	--
$715.00	Oct 8	106.05	110.50	$108.28	4.1%	11	0.92	--
$705.00	Nov 20	97.00	101.25	$99.13	4.3%	2	0.90	5
$710.00	Oct 8	101.00	105.50	$103.25	4.4%	12	0.92	--

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 436 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 8	104.50	109.00	$106.75	4.2%	2	1.00	--
$545.00	Oct 8	59.50	63.85	$61.68	7.1%	13	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 8	54.50	59.00	$56.75	7.9%	3	1.00	2
$552.50	Oct 8	52.00	56.50	$54.25	8.3%	3	1.00	--
$555.00	Oct 8	49.50	53.80	$51.65	8.3%	25	1.00	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 8	41.20	45.50	$43.35	9.9%	1	1.00	1
$625.00	Oct 8	16.20	20.45	$18.33	23.2%	67	1.00	47
$630.00	Oct 8	21.15	25.50	$23.33	18.6%	8	1.00	25
$645.00	Oct 8	36.00	40.50	$38.25	11.8%	--	1.00	13
$617.50	Oct 8	8.85	13.00	$10.93	38.0%	2.2K	0.99	811

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,077 active (total vol 256.8K, top 11.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 8	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	6.4K	0.00	247
$610.00	Oct 8	0.00	0.35	$0.18	194.4%	4.2K	0.12	22
$605.00	Oct 8	0.79	3.55	$2.17	127.2%	3.7K	1.00	6
$625.00	Oct 9	0.10	0.21	$0.16	68.7%	3.7K	0.04	891
$612.50	Oct 8	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	3.5K	0.01	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$575.00	Oct 16	2.35	2.96	$2.66	22.9%	11.5K	0.15	6.3K
$550.00	Oct 16	0.77	1.27	$1.02	49.0%	9.0K	0.06	7.5K
$600.00	Oct 8	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	6.5K	0.02	236
$602.50	Oct 8	0.01	0.20	$0.11	172.7%	6.4K	0.08	313
$610.00	Oct 8	1.65	5.10	$3.38	102.1%	6.3K	0.88	830

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 39.8%, max 69.8%)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$607.50	Oct 8	Nov 13	54.5%	32.1%	69.8%	376	300
$605.00	Oct 8	Nov 20	36.2%	33.0%	9.8%	2.0K	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 634 found (best R:R 7.33, avg 7.40)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$610.00	$615.00	Nov 13	$1.65	$3.35	$1.65	50%	2.03	$611.65
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 30	$0.31	$2.19	$0.31	43%	7.06	$617.81
$597.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$1.20	$1.30	$1.20	78%	1.08	$598.70
$625.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$1.36	$3.64	$1.36	42%	2.68	$626.36
$585.00	$590.00	Nov 6	$2.63	$2.37	$2.63	66%	0.90	$587.63

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$582.50	Oct 19	$0.90	$6.60	$0.90	30%	7.33	$589.10
$602.50	$600.00	Oct 23	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	45%	9.00	$602.25
$625.00	$622.50	Oct 12	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	87%	0.79	$623.60
$545.00	$505.00	Oct 14	$0.28	$39.72	$0.28	5%	141.86	$544.72
$560.00	$550.00	Oct 19	$0.21	$9.79	$0.21	11%	46.62	$559.79

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 509 found (best R:R 0.86, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 8	$2.22	$2.22	$0.28	88%	7.93	$659.72
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 9	$1.94	$1.94	$3.06	93%	0.63	$716.94
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 9	$1.81	$1.81	$3.19	93%	0.57	$706.81
$677.50	$680.00	Oct 8	$1.63	$1.63	$0.87	90%	1.87	$679.13
$695.00	$700.00	Oct 9	$1.50	$1.50	$3.50	92%	0.43	$696.50

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 8	$2.31	$2.31	$2.69	93%	0.86	$502.69
$572.50	$570.00	Nov 6	$1.63	$1.63	$0.87	73%	1.87	$570.87
$555.00	$550.00	Nov 6	$1.72	$1.72	$3.28	81%	0.52	$553.28
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 23	$2.02	$2.02	$0.48	52%	4.21	$602.98
$545.00	$540.00	Nov 6	$1.50	$1.50	$3.50	84%	0.43	$543.50

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.58, cheapest $3.22)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Oct 8	Oct 9	$3.93	54.5%	37.2%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Oct 8	Oct 9	$3.22	54.5%	37.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 327 found (cheapest 0.38% of stock, avg 5.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$607.50	Oct 8	$0.60	$1.68	$2.28	$605.22	$609.78	0.38%
$605.00	Oct 8	$2.17	$0.18	$2.35	$602.65	$607.35	0.39%
$610.00	Oct 8	$0.18	$3.38	$3.56	$606.44	$613.56	0.59%
$602.50	Oct 8	$4.31	$0.11	$4.42	$598.08	$606.92	0.73%
$612.50	Oct 8	$0.01	$5.78	$5.79	$606.71	$618.29	0.95%
$600.00	Oct 8	$6.63	$0.02	$6.65	$593.35	$606.65	1.10%
$615.00	Oct 8	$0.10	$8.18	$8.28	$606.72	$623.28	1.36%
$610.00	Oct 9	$2.89	$6.03	$8.92	$601.08	$618.92	1.47%
$605.00	Oct 9	$5.55	$3.45	$9.00	$596.00	$614.00	1.48%
$597.50	Oct 8	$9.18	$0.01	$9.19	$588.31	$606.69	1.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 325 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 3.57%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$610.00	$605.00	Oct 8	$0.18	$0.18	$0.36	$604.64	$610.36
$607.50	$605.00	Oct 8	$0.60	$0.18	$0.78	$604.22	$608.28
$617.50	$595.00	Oct 9	$0.83	$1.18	$2.01	$592.99	$619.51
$617.50	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.83	$1.62	$2.45	$595.05	$619.95
$610.00	$547.50	Oct 8	$0.18	$2.45	$2.63	$544.87	$612.63
$610.00	$542.50	Oct 8	$0.18	$2.45	$2.63	$539.87	$612.63
$610.00	$540.00	Oct 8	$0.18	$2.45	$2.63	$537.37	$612.63
$610.00	$537.50	Oct 8	$0.18	$2.45	$2.63	$534.87	$612.63
$615.00	$595.00	Oct 9	$1.44	$1.18	$2.62	$592.38	$617.62
$652.50	$605.00	Oct 8	$2.45	$0.18	$2.63	$602.37	$655.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 569 found (best R:R 9.64, avg credit $0.96)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/505	658/660	Oct 8	$4.53	$0.47	81%	9.64	$500.47	$662.03
500/505	678/680	Oct 8	$3.94	$1.06	83%	3.72	$501.06	$681.44
500/505	640/642	Oct 8	$2.79	$2.21	88%	1.26	$502.21	$642.79
500/505	622/625	Oct 8	$2.79	$2.21	84%	1.26	$502.21	$625.29
500/505	632/635	Oct 8	$2.44	$2.56	90%	0.95	$502.56	$634.94
585/588	678/680	Oct 8	$2.03	$0.47	86%	4.32	$585.47	$679.53
510/512	678/680	Oct 8	$2.10	$0.40	83%	5.25	$510.40	$679.60
500/505	610/612	Oct 8	$2.48	$2.52	81%	0.98	$502.52	$612.48
500/505	685/690	Oct 9	$1.44	$3.56	92%	0.40	$503.56	$686.44
535/538	625/628	Oct 23	$2.06	$0.44	59%	4.68	$535.44	$627.06

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 485 found (best R:R 38.06, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Oct 8	$1.15	$1.35	88%	1.17
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 8	$0.57	$1.93	62%	3.39
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.25	$2.25	38%	9.00
$612.50	$615.00	$617.50	Oct 9	$0.11	$2.39	16%	21.73
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 12	$0.05	$2.45	11%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$655.00	$680.00	$705.00	Nov 6	$0.64	$24.36	16%	38.06
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Oct 8	$0.20	$2.30	69%	11.50
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Oct 13	$0.08	$9.92	5%	124.00
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50
$595.00	$597.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$2.40	11%	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. 513 found (best net $-14.52, 471 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$602.50	$605.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.03	$2.47
$575.00	$587.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$9.43	$3.07
$570.00	$582.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$11.75	$0.75
$675.00	$715.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.14	$38.86
$600.00	$602.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$1.99	$0.51

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$14.52	$5.48
$612.50	$610.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.98	$1.52
$545.00	$505.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.29	$39.71
$565.00	$555.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.03	$9.97
$555.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.37	$14.63

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 249 found (best yield 4.11%, avg 0.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$615.00	Nov 20	$24.95	0.48	1.3%	4.11%	5.38%	48	468
$610.00	Nov 20	$26.95	0.51	0.5%	4.44%	4.89%	85	1.1K
$620.00	Nov 20	$22.60	0.45	2.1%	3.72%	5.82%	61	1.2K
$630.00	Nov 20	$18.35	0.40	3.7%	3.02%	6.76%	140	753
$625.00	Nov 20	$19.80	0.42	2.9%	3.26%	6.18%	261	889
$635.00	Nov 20	$15.65	0.37	4.6%	2.58%	7.14%	142	1.6K
$615.00	Nov 13	$21.90	0.47	1.3%	3.61%	4.88%	9	11
$645.00	Nov 20	$13.35	0.32	6.2%	2.20%	8.41%	49	273
$620.00	Nov 13	$19.60	0.44	2.1%	3.23%	5.32%	2	8
$640.00	Nov 20	$14.05	0.34	5.4%	2.31%	7.70%	1.4K	1.8K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 114,630

Total Puts 211,599

Put/Call Ratio 1.85

Net Difference -96,969

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 66,529

Total Puts 177,541

Put/Call Ratio 2.67

Net Difference -111,012

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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