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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$605.52 -0.29%

(10/9 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/09 11:00am) 138,915

Calls: 29,513 (21%)

Puts: 109,402 (79%)

Prior (10/08) 67,688

Calls: 31,889 (47%)

Puts: 35,799 (53%)

Current vs Prior +105.23%

Calls: -7.45% (Calls)

Puts: +205.60% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,761,514

Calls: 519,750 (30%)

Puts: 1,241,764 (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average 251,644

Calls: 74,250 (30%)

Puts: 177,394 (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.80%

Calls: -60.25%

Puts: -38.33%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/09 11:00am) $38.76M

Calls: $12.10M (31%)

Puts: $26.66M (69%)

Prior (10/08) $42.36M

Calls: $24.67M (58%)

Puts: $17.69M (42%)

Current vs Prior -8.51%

Calls: -50.97%

Puts: +50.71%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.16B

Calls: $607.81M (52%)

Puts: $554.17M (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average $166.00M

Calls: $86.83M (52%)

Puts: $79.17M (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -76.65%

Calls: -86.07%

Puts: -66.32%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/09 11:00am) 3.71

Prior (10/08) 1.12

Current vs Prior +230.20%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.41

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +54.00%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/09 11:00am) 1,952,515

Calls: 662,174 (34%)

Puts: 1,290,341 (66%)

Prior (10/08) 1,893,992

Calls: 649,448 (34%)

Puts: 1,244,544 (66%)

Current vs Prior +3.09%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,533,950

Calls: 4,500,757 (36%)

Puts: 8,033,193 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,790,564

Calls: 642,965 (36%)

Puts: 1,147,599 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.86% | 1.69%0.86% | 1.69%0.86% | 3.59%3.33% | 9.44%

Prior 1.72% | 2.36%1.72% | 2.36%1.72% | 4.12%3.72% | 9.84%

Current vs Prior -50.00% | -28.40%-50.00% | -28.40%-50.00% | -12.74%-10.37% | -4.11%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.52% | 2.08%0.99% | 2.04%1.82% | 3.75%4.24% | 10.29%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -43.52% | -18.60%-12.86% | -17.26%-52.77% | -4.15%-21.32% | -8.25%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.72% | 2.36%1.82% | 2.32%1.82% | 4.11%3.74% | 9.93%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -50.00% | -28.40%-52.71% | -27.13%-52.71% | -12.46%-10.88% | -4.90%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.51% | 23.50%

Calls: 11.21% | 15.53%

Puts: 21.80% | 31.48%

Prior 33.68% | 19.46%

Calls: 30.63% | 24.88%

Puts: 36.73% | 14.04%

Current vs Prior -50.98% | +20.76%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.30% | 35.82%

Calls: 43.91% | 36.26%

Puts: 44.68% | 35.38%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -62.73% | -34.40%

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Moderately bearish flow with 69% put dollar volume ($26.66M). Unusually high activity with volume up 105% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.71 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 230% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

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Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 424 of results (avg 6.3%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$612.50	Oct 16	6.95	7.10	$7.03	2.1%	25	0.40	443
$485.00	Nov 20	123.85	127.10	$125.48	2.6%	--	0.92	46
$495.00	Nov 20	114.40	117.45	$115.93	2.6%	--	0.91	159
$607.50	Oct 16	9.20	9.45	$9.32	2.7%	82	0.48	426
$485.00	Oct 16	119.70	123.00	$121.35	2.7%	--	0.99	127

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$525.00	Nov 20	5.20	5.30	$5.25	1.9%	15	0.12	1.9K
$605.00	Nov 20	25.40	26.10	$25.75	2.7%	15	0.48	1.1K
$600.00	Nov 6	18.10	18.60	$18.35	2.7%	5	0.44	75
$602.50	Nov 6	19.15	19.70	$19.42	2.8%	24	0.46	16
$715.00	Nov 20	108.20	111.45	$109.83	3.0%	--	0.93	28

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 43 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.15)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$612.50	Oct 9	0.14	0.16	$0.15	13.3%	1.5K	0.08	122
$610.00	Oct 9	0.40	0.48	$0.44	18.2%	673	0.18	1.6K
$620.00	Oct 12	0.41	0.47	$0.44	13.6%	2.1K	0.09	76
$622.50	Oct 13	0.80	0.95	$0.88	17.0%	240	0.12	35
$655.00	Oct 16	0.41	0.48	$0.44	15.9%	18	0.04	800

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$597.50	Oct 9	0.29	0.30	$0.30	3.3%	127	0.10	579
$602.50	Oct 9	0.90	0.99	$0.95	9.5%	792	0.28	548
$592.50	Oct 12	0.83	0.97	$0.90	15.6%	124	0.14	67
$575.00	Oct 13	0.50	0.58	$0.54	14.8%	5	0.06	12
$577.50	Oct 13	0.59	0.67	$0.63	12.7%	67	0.07	1

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 347 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Oct 12	37.05	40.50	$38.78	8.9%	20	1.00	20
$500.00	Oct 9	104.30	107.75	$106.03	3.3%	11	1.00	12
$547.50	Oct 9	56.70	60.00	$58.35	5.7%	--	1.00	28
$535.00	Oct 9	68.90	72.60	$70.75	5.2%	--	1.00	35
$540.00	Oct 9	64.20	67.75	$65.97	5.4%	1	1.00	19

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Oct 9	7.65	11.65	$9.65	41.5%	66	1.00	1.5K
$617.50	Oct 9	9.85	13.40	$11.63	30.5%	10	1.00	490
$620.00	Oct 9	12.60	15.85	$14.23	22.8%	10	1.00	1.5K
$622.50	Oct 9	14.75	18.25	$16.50	21.2%	35	1.00	676
$625.00	Oct 9	17.50	20.90	$19.20	17.7%	116	1.00	723

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 699 active (total vol 63.4K, top 4.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 12	0.17	0.22	$0.20	25.0%	2.9K	0.04	184
$620.00	Oct 12	0.41	0.47	$0.44	13.6%	2.1K	0.09	76
$612.50	Oct 9	0.14	0.16	$0.15	13.3%	1.5K	0.08	122
$615.00	Oct 12	1.00	1.20	$1.10	18.2%	1.2K	0.19	134
$650.00	Oct 30	4.05	4.40	$4.22	8.3%	1.1K	0.18	3.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 9	0.47	0.58	$0.52	21.2%	4.0K	0.16	6.0K
$610.00	Oct 9	3.75	6.60	$5.18	55.0%	2.4K	0.83	3.6K
$560.00	Oct 23	2.72	3.45	$3.09	23.6%	2.0K	0.13	2.5K
$590.00	Oct 16	4.45	5.00	$4.72	11.7%	1.8K	0.27	5.0K
$605.00	Oct 9	1.62	1.87	$1.75	14.3%	1.1K	0.44	1.3K

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 14.5%, max 23.3%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$600.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	39.5%	32.1%	23.3%	162	2.8K
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	37.0%	31.1%	19.1%	27	131
$605.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	33.9%	31.6%	7.4%	264	1.4K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$600.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	39.5%	32.1%	23.3%	4.1K	8.6K
$602.50	Oct 9	Nov 13	37.0%	31.7%	16.9%	798	562
$605.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	33.9%	31.6%	7.4%	1.1K	2.4K
$607.50	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.3%	31.0%	4.3%	492	997

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 574 found (best R:R 37.79, avg 7.41)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$620.00	$625.00	Oct 15	$0.46	$4.54	$0.46	27%	9.87	$620.46
$652.50	$670.00	Oct 19	$0.41	$17.09	$0.41	9%	41.68	$652.91
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 30	$0.77	$1.73	$0.77	52%	2.25	$605.77
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 23	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	52%	1.94	$605.85
$640.00	$647.50	Oct 19	$0.57	$6.93	$0.57	16%	12.16	$640.57

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$565.00	$520.00	Oct 19	$1.16	$43.84	$1.16	12%	37.79	$563.84
$565.00	$545.00	Oct 14	$0.21	$19.79	$0.21	7%	94.24	$564.79
$590.00	$587.50	Oct 23	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	33%	13.71	$589.83
$580.00	$577.50	Oct 30	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	28%	18.23	$579.87
$620.00	$617.50	Oct 15	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	73%	0.92	$618.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 467 found (best R:R 0.17, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 9	$0.71	$0.71	$4.29	96%	0.17	$715.71
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 9	$0.71	$0.71	$1.79	94%	0.40	$658.21
$685.00	$690.00	Oct 9	$0.70	$0.70	$4.30	96%	0.16	$685.70
$632.50	$635.00	Oct 19	$1.10	$1.10	$1.40	80%	0.79	$633.60
$625.00	$627.50	Oct 15	$1.09	$1.09	$1.41	77%	0.77	$626.09

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 9	$0.70	$0.70	$1.80	96%	0.39	$536.80
$522.50	$520.00	Oct 9	$0.64	$0.64	$1.86	96%	0.34	$521.86
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 9	$0.59	$0.59	$1.91	96%	0.31	$531.91
$577.50	$575.00	Oct 23	$1.03	$1.03	$1.47	77%	0.70	$576.47
$535.00	$530.00	Oct 13	$0.50	$0.50	$4.50	96%	0.11	$534.50

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.42, cheapest $2.28)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$605.00	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.51	33.9%	19.0%
$607.50	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.39	32.3%	19.6%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$605.00	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.28	33.9%	19.0%
$607.50	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.51	32.3%	19.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 272 found (cheapest 0.66% of stock, avg 5.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$607.50	Oct 9	$1.11	$2.89	$4.00	$603.50	$611.50	0.66%
$605.00	Oct 9	$2.32	$1.75	$4.07	$600.93	$609.07	0.67%
$602.50	Oct 9	$4.20	$0.95	$5.15	$597.35	$607.65	0.85%
$610.00	Oct 9	$0.44	$5.18	$5.62	$604.38	$615.62	0.93%
$612.50	Oct 9	$0.15	$7.00	$7.15	$605.35	$619.65	1.18%
$600.00	Oct 9	$6.80	$0.52	$7.32	$592.68	$607.32	1.21%
$605.00	Oct 12	$4.83	$4.03	$8.86	$596.14	$613.86	1.46%
$607.50	Oct 12	$3.50	$5.40	$8.90	$598.60	$616.40	1.47%
$597.50	Oct 9	$8.85	$0.30	$9.15	$588.35	$606.65	1.51%
$602.50	Oct 12	$6.13	$3.04	$9.17	$593.33	$611.67	1.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 300 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 3.37%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$612.50	$595.00	Oct 9	$0.15	$0.20	$0.35	$594.65	$612.85
$612.50	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.15	$0.30	$0.45	$597.05	$612.95
$612.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.15	$0.52	$0.67	$599.33	$613.17
$610.00	$595.00	Oct 9	$0.44	$0.20	$0.64	$594.36	$610.64
$610.00	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.44	$0.30	$0.74	$596.76	$610.74
$652.50	$595.00	Oct 9	$0.63	$0.20	$0.83	$594.17	$653.33
$657.50	$595.00	Oct 9	$0.72	$0.20	$0.92	$594.08	$658.42
$652.50	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.63	$0.30	$0.93	$596.57	$653.43
$610.00	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.44	$0.52	$0.96	$599.04	$610.96
$657.50	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.72	$0.30	$1.02	$596.48	$658.52

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 627 found (best R:R 1.29, avg credit $0.96)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
535/538	658/660	Oct 9	$1.41	$1.09	90%	1.29	$536.09	$658.91
520/522	658/660	Oct 9	$1.35	$1.15	91%	1.17	$521.15	$658.85
530/532	658/660	Oct 9	$1.30	$1.20	90%	1.08	$531.20	$658.80
535/538	652/655	Oct 9	$1.27	$1.23	90%	1.03	$536.23	$653.77
520/522	652/655	Oct 9	$1.21	$1.29	91%	0.94	$521.29	$653.71
535/538	685/690	Oct 9	$1.40	$3.60	92%	0.39	$536.10	$686.40
520/522	685/690	Oct 9	$1.34	$3.66	92%	0.37	$521.16	$686.34
535/538	678/680	Oct 9	$1.15	$1.35	91%	0.85	$536.35	$678.65
530/532	652/655	Oct 9	$1.16	$1.34	91%	0.87	$531.34	$653.66
520/522	678/680	Oct 9	$1.09	$1.41	92%	0.77	$521.41	$678.59

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 398 found (best R:R 31.61, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$605.00	$612.50	$620.00	Oct 15	$0.23	$7.27	24%	31.61
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$620.00	$625.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$555.00	$560.00	$565.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Oct 9	$0.54	$1.96	38%	3.63

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 9	$0.34	$2.16	37%	6.35
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$560.00	$565.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Oct 12	$0.07	$2.43	9%	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 495 found (best net $-4.28, 452 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$4.28	$13.22
$587.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$5.23	$2.27
$612.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.96	$6.54
$602.50	$605.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.44	$2.06
$652.50	$670.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.60	$16.90

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$705.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$29.27	$5.73
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$15.02	$4.98
$610.00	$607.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.60	$1.90
$607.50	$605.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.61	$1.89
$605.00	$602.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.15	$2.35

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 203 found (best yield 3.90%, avg 0.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$615.00	Nov 20	$23.60	0.47	1.6%	3.90%	5.46%	61	488
$610.00	Nov 20	$25.55	0.50	0.7%	4.22%	4.96%	7	1.1K
$620.00	Nov 20	$21.30	0.44	2.4%	3.52%	5.91%	26	1.2K
$625.00	Nov 20	$19.25	0.41	3.2%	3.18%	6.40%	4	986
$630.00	Nov 20	$17.15	0.39	4.0%	2.83%	6.88%	54	765
$635.00	Nov 20	$15.35	0.36	4.9%	2.54%	7.40%	52	1.7K
$640.00	Nov 20	$13.65	0.33	5.7%	2.25%	7.95%	49	1.8K
$615.00	Nov 13	$20.45	0.46	1.6%	3.38%	4.94%	--	11
$610.00	Nov 13	$22.55	0.49	0.7%	3.72%	4.46%	2	53
$645.00	Nov 20	$12.25	0.31	6.5%	2.02%	8.54%	6	291

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 29,513

Total Puts 109,402

Put/Call Ratio 3.71

Net Difference -79,889

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 31,889

Total Puts 35,799

Put/Call Ratio 1.12

Net Difference -3,910

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 519,750

Total Puts 1,241,764

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.41

Ratio Trend Rising

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

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