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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$601.87 -0.89%

(10/9 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/09 12:00pm) 205,288

Calls: 38,344 (19%)

Puts: 166,944 (81%)

Prior (10/08) 93,025

Calls: 39,284 (42%)

Puts: 53,741 (58%)

Current vs Prior +120.68%

Calls: -2.39% (Calls)

Puts: +210.65% (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 -18.42%

Calls: -48.36%

Puts: -5.89%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/09 12:00pm) $55.78M

Calls: $14.81M (27%)

Puts: $40.97M (73%)

Prior (10/08) $77.02M

Calls: $32.75M (43%)

Puts: $44.28M (57%)

Current vs Prior -27.58%

Calls: -54.78%

Puts: -7.47%

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 -66.40%

Calls: -82.94%

Puts: -48.25%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/09 12:00pm) 4.35

Prior (10/08) 1.37

Current vs Prior +218.26%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.41

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +80.87%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/09 12:00pm) 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 0.95% | 1.76%0.95% | 1.76%0.95% | 3.64%3.26% | 9.53%

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

Current vs Prior -44.77% | -25.30%-44.77% | -25.30%-44.77% | -11.65%-12.20% | -3.20%

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 -37.61% | -15.07%-3.75% | -13.67%-47.83% | -2.95%-22.92% | -7.39%

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 -44.77% | -25.30%-47.77% | -23.97%-47.77% | -11.37%-12.70% | -4.01%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 40.62% | 26.18%

Calls: 64.92% | 33.17%

Puts: 16.33% | 19.19%

Prior 33.68% | 19.46%

Calls: 30.63% | 24.88%

Puts: 36.73% | 14.04%

Current vs Prior +20.61% | +34.53%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.30% | 35.82%

Calls: 43.91% | 36.26%

Puts: 44.68% | 35.38%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -8.30% | -26.92%

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Moderately bearish flow with 73% put dollar volume ($40.97M). Unusually high activity with volume up 121% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 4.35 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 218% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

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Prior BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 311 of results (avg 6.8%, best 1.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Nov 20	24.45	24.75	$24.60	1.2%	45	0.48	1.1K
$485.00	Nov 20	120.55	123.80	$122.18	2.7%	--	0.94	46
$485.00	Oct 16	116.35	119.55	$117.95	2.7%	--	0.99	127
$490.00	Nov 20	115.80	119.05	$117.43	2.8%	--	0.93	76
$500.00	Nov 20	106.70	109.85	$108.28	2.9%	--	0.92	322

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$705.00	Oct 16	100.95	104.10	$102.53	3.1%	--	1.00	25
$715.00	Nov 20	111.45	114.95	$113.20	3.1%	--	0.92	28
$710.00	Nov 20	106.60	109.95	$108.28	3.1%	--	0.91	27
$675.00	Nov 20	74.90	77.45	$76.18	3.3%	--	0.83	33
$700.00	Nov 20	97.10	100.45	$98.78	3.4%	1	0.90	20

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 14 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.44)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 16	0.56	0.67	$0.62	17.7%	26	0.06	2.8K
$642.50	Oct 16	0.65	0.79	$0.72	19.4%	38	0.07	393
$655.00	Oct 16	0.34	0.41	$0.38	18.4%	29	0.04	800
$690.00	Oct 30	0.79	0.96	$0.88	19.3%	10	0.05	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$597.50	Oct 9	0.40	0.48	$0.44	18.2%	256	0.16	579
$600.00	Oct 9	0.87	1.06	$0.97	19.6%	4.7K	0.31	6.0K
$587.50	Oct 12	0.67	0.80	$0.74	17.6%	686	0.12	181
$550.00	Oct 16	0.72	0.85	$0.78	16.7%	197	0.05	15.7K
$545.00	Oct 16	0.60	0.72	$0.66	18.2%	513	0.04	8.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 351 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 9	100.80	104.05	$102.43	3.2%	11	1.00	12
$550.00	Oct 9	50.45	54.10	$52.28	7.0%	7	1.00	98
$552.50	Oct 9	47.70	51.60	$49.65	7.9%	--	1.00	34
$557.50	Oct 9	43.35	46.60	$44.98	7.2%	--	1.00	91
$545.00	Oct 9	55.70	59.20	$57.45	6.1%	--	1.00	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Oct 9	7.00	9.55	$8.28	30.8%	3.1K	1.00	3.6K
$612.50	Oct 9	8.30	12.05	$10.18	36.8%	140	1.00	337
$615.00	Oct 9	10.80	14.00	$12.40	25.8%	70	1.00	1.5K
$617.50	Oct 9	13.30	17.20	$15.25	25.6%	17	1.00	490
$620.00	Oct 9	15.80	19.20	$17.50	19.4%	16	1.00	1.5K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 786 active (total vol 79.2K, top 4.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 12	0.09	0.12	$0.11	27.3%	2.9K	0.03	184
$620.00	Oct 12	0.21	0.26	$0.24	20.8%	2.8K	0.05	76
$622.50	Oct 9	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	2.0K	0.01	720
$612.50	Oct 9	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	1.8K	0.01	122
$615.00	Oct 12	0.53	0.75	$0.64	34.4%	1.2K	0.12	134

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 9	0.87	1.06	$0.97	19.6%	4.7K	0.31	6.0K
$610.00	Oct 9	7.00	9.55	$8.28	30.8%	3.1K	1.00	3.6K
$590.00	Oct 16	5.00	5.75	$5.38	13.9%	2.0K	0.31	5.0K
$560.00	Oct 23	2.95	3.55	$3.25	18.5%	2.0K	0.14	2.5K
$605.00	Oct 9	2.85	3.90	$3.38	31.1%	1.5K	0.77	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. 6 strikes (avg 10.3%, max 14.4%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$597.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	36.2%	31.7%	14.4%	4	201
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	34.2%	31.2%	9.7%	42	131
$600.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	34.6%	32.0%	8.0%	185	2.8K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$597.50	Oct 9	Nov 13	36.4%	32.2%	13.3%	265	592
$602.50	Oct 9	Nov 13	34.2%	31.6%	8.2%	1.1K	562
$600.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	34.6%	32.0%	8.0%	4.8K	8.6K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 571 found (best R:R 317.18, avg 8.03)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$665.00	Oct 15	$0.18	$24.82	$0.18	6%	137.89	$640.18
$610.00	$612.50	Oct 19	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	42%	4.00	$610.50
$645.00	$650.00	Nov 20	$0.90	$4.10	$0.90	29%	4.56	$645.90
$650.00	$657.50	Nov 13	$1.17	$6.33	$1.17	24%	5.41	$651.17
$610.00	$615.00	Oct 14	$1.12	$3.88	$1.12	37%	3.46	$611.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$520.00	$485.00	Oct 13	$0.11	$34.89	$0.11	4%	317.18	$519.89
$597.50	$595.00	Oct 19	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	41%	9.00	$597.25
$615.00	$612.50	Oct 30	$0.83	$1.67	$0.83	59%	2.01	$614.17
$607.50	$605.00	Oct 16	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	57%	2.33	$606.75
$625.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$2.37	$2.63	$2.37	60%	1.11	$622.63

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 470 found (best R:R 2.47, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 9	$0.71	$0.71	$1.79	95%	0.40	$658.21
$685.00	$690.00	Oct 9	$0.70	$0.70	$4.30	96%	0.16	$685.70
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 14	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	57%	1.78	$609.10
$647.50	$650.00	Oct 19	$0.74	$0.74	$1.76	90%	0.42	$648.24
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 19	$1.45	$1.45	$1.05	61%	1.38	$613.95

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$595.00	$592.50	Oct 19	$1.78	$1.78	$0.72	62%	2.47	$593.22
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 9	$0.71	$0.71	$1.79	96%	0.40	$526.79
$522.50	$520.00	Oct 9	$0.64	$0.64	$1.86	96%	0.34	$521.86
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 9	$0.64	$0.64	$1.86	96%	0.34	$536.86
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 9	$0.59	$0.59	$1.91	96%	0.31	$531.91

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.55, cheapest $2.47)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.93	34.2%	19.6%
$600.00	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.42	34.6%	20.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.47	34.2%	19.6%
$600.00	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.38	34.6%	20.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 277 found (cheapest 0.61% of stock, avg 5.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$602.50	Oct 9	$1.70	$1.96	$3.66	$598.84	$606.16	0.61%
$605.00	Oct 9	$0.53	$3.38	$3.91	$601.09	$608.91	0.65%
$600.00	Oct 9	$3.76	$0.97	$4.73	$595.27	$604.73	0.79%
$597.50	Oct 9	$5.40	$0.44	$5.84	$591.66	$603.34	0.97%
$607.50	Oct 9	$0.21	$5.63	$5.84	$601.66	$613.34	0.97%
$595.00	Oct 9	$7.63	$0.21	$7.84	$587.16	$602.84	1.30%
$610.00	Oct 9	$0.05	$8.28	$8.33	$601.67	$618.33	1.38%
$605.00	Oct 12	$3.11	$5.57	$8.68	$596.32	$613.68	1.44%
$607.50	Oct 12	$2.20	$6.80	$9.00	$598.50	$616.50	1.50%
$602.50	Oct 12	$4.63	$4.43	$9.06	$593.44	$611.56	1.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 290 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 3.48%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$607.50	$595.00	Oct 9	$0.21	$0.21	$0.42	$594.58	$607.92
$607.50	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.21	$0.44	$0.65	$596.85	$608.15
$605.00	$595.00	Oct 9	$0.53	$0.21	$0.74	$594.26	$605.74
$652.50	$595.00	Oct 9	$0.63	$0.21	$0.84	$594.16	$653.34
$657.50	$595.00	Oct 9	$0.72	$0.21	$0.93	$594.07	$658.43
$605.00	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.53	$0.44	$0.97	$596.53	$605.97
$652.50	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.63	$0.44	$1.07	$596.43	$653.57
$657.50	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.72	$0.44	$1.16	$596.34	$658.66
$607.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.21	$0.97	$1.18	$598.82	$608.68
$605.00	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.53	$0.97	$1.50	$598.50	$606.50

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 556 found (best R:R 1.31, avg credit $0.95)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
525/528	658/660	Oct 9	$1.42	$1.08	91%	1.31	$526.08	$658.92
520/522	658/660	Oct 9	$1.35	$1.15	91%	1.17	$521.15	$658.85
535/538	658/660	Oct 9	$1.35	$1.15	90%	1.17	$536.15	$658.85
530/532	658/660	Oct 9	$1.30	$1.20	91%	1.08	$531.20	$658.80
525/528	652/655	Oct 9	$1.28	$1.22	91%	1.05	$526.22	$653.78
520/522	652/655	Oct 9	$1.21	$1.29	91%	0.94	$521.29	$653.71
535/538	652/655	Oct 9	$1.21	$1.29	91%	0.94	$536.29	$653.71
525/528	678/680	Oct 9	$1.16	$1.34	92%	0.87	$526.34	$678.66
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. 408 found (best R:R 4.81, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$2.34	21%	14.62
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 16	$0.26	$4.74	14%	18.23
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 12	$0.15	$2.35	17%	15.67
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Oct 12	$0.18	$2.32	17%	12.89
$612.50	$615.00	$617.50	Oct 13	$0.10	$2.40	10%	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 9	$0.43	$2.07	46%	4.81
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 12	$0.06	$2.44	18%	40.67
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 12	$0.09	$2.41	19%	26.78
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.46	$2.04	36%	4.43
$605.00	$610.00	$615.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 502 found (best net $-0.68, 452 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.68	$16.82
$587.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$3.37	$4.13
$605.00	$612.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.95	$5.55
$640.00	$665.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.29	$24.71
$612.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.58	$5.92

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$17.95	$2.05
$705.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$33.37	$1.63
$607.50	$605.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.13	$1.37
$605.00	$602.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.54	$1.96
$565.00	$545.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.31	$19.69

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 224 found (best yield 4.46%, avg 0.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$605.00	Nov 20	$26.85	0.51	0.5%	4.46%	4.98%	30	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 20	$24.45	0.48	1.4%	4.06%	5.41%	45	1.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	$22.00	0.45	2.2%	3.66%	5.84%	68	488
$620.00	Nov 20	$19.90	0.42	3.0%	3.31%	6.32%	37	1.2K
$625.00	Nov 20	$17.50	0.40	3.8%	2.91%	6.75%	6	986
$630.00	Nov 20	$16.00	0.37	4.7%	2.66%	7.33%	54	765
$635.00	Nov 20	$14.25	0.34	5.5%	2.37%	7.87%	85	1.7K
$610.00	Nov 13	$21.25	0.48	1.4%	3.53%	4.88%	3	53
$605.00	Nov 13	$23.50	0.51	0.5%	3.90%	4.42%	7	7
$615.00	Nov 13	$18.70	0.44	2.2%	3.11%	5.29%	--	11

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 38,344

Total Puts 166,944

Put/Call Ratio 4.35

Net Difference -128,600

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 39,284

Total Puts 53,741

Put/Call Ratio 1.37

Net Difference -14,457

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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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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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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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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