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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$601.95 -0.88%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/09 1:00pm) 223,348

Calls: 47,224 (21%)

Puts: 176,124 (79%)

Prior (10/08) 135,831

Calls: 54,679 (40%)

Puts: 81,152 (60%)

Current vs Prior +64.43%

Calls: -13.63% (Calls)

Puts: +117.03% (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 -11.24%

Calls: -36.40%

Puts: -0.72%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/09 1:00pm) $68.99M

Calls: $21.14M (31%)

Puts: $47.85M (69%)

Prior (10/08) $142.65M

Calls: $56.01M (39%)

Puts: $86.64M (61%)

Current vs Prior -51.63%

Calls: -62.25%

Puts: -44.77%

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 -58.44%

Calls: -75.65%

Puts: -39.56%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/09 1:00pm) 3.73

Prior (10/08) 1.48

Current vs Prior +151.29%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.41

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +54.94%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/09 1:00pm) 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 0.77% | 1.63%0.77% | 1.63%0.77% | 3.74%3.32% | 9.51%

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

Current vs Prior -55.11% | -31.01%-55.11% | -31.00%-55.11% | -9.16%-10.77% | -3.43%

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 -49.29% | -21.56%-21.76% | -20.27%-57.59% | -0.21%-21.67% | -7.61%

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 -55.11% | -31.01%-57.55% | -29.78%-57.55% | -8.87%-11.28% | -4.23%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.55% | 14.09%

Calls: 19.19% | 17.31%

Puts: 13.92% | 10.87%

Prior 33.68% | 19.46%

Calls: 30.63% | 24.88%

Puts: 36.73% | 14.04%

Current vs Prior -50.86% | -27.60%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.30% | 35.82%

Calls: 43.91% | 36.26%

Puts: 44.68% | 35.38%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -62.64% | -60.67%

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Moderately bearish flow with 69% put dollar volume ($47.85M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 52% vs prior. Above-average activity with volume up 64% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.73 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 469 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Nov 20	24.10	24.75	$24.43	2.7%	129	0.48	1.1K
$505.00	Oct 16	96.10	98.80	$97.45	2.8%	1	0.99	160
$485.00	Oct 16	116.15	119.50	$117.83	2.8%	--	0.99	127
$495.00	Oct 16	105.70	108.75	$107.23	2.8%	--	0.99	85
$490.00	Nov 20	115.65	119.05	$117.35	2.9%	--	0.93	76

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	24.75	25.30	$25.03	2.2%	84	0.47	2.5K
$625.00	Nov 20	38.10	38.95	$38.53	2.2%	2	0.61	207
$615.00	Nov 20	32.30	33.05	$32.67	2.3%	33	0.55	928
$605.00	Nov 20	26.95	27.65	$27.30	2.6%	19	0.49	1.1K
$630.00	Nov 20	41.00	42.10	$41.55	2.6%	2	0.63	20.6K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 47 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.49)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Oct 9	0.45	0.53	$0.49	16.3%	1.2K	0.22	392
$615.00	Oct 12	0.54	0.65	$0.60	18.3%	1.2K	0.11	134
$612.50	Oct 12	0.84	0.99	$0.92	16.3%	58	0.16	76
$625.00	Oct 13	0.37	0.44	$0.41	17.1%	83	0.06	41
$622.50	Oct 13	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	242	0.08	35

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$597.50	Oct 9	0.33	0.40	$0.37	18.9%	851	0.16	579
$600.00	Oct 9	0.80	0.94	$0.87	16.1%	5.7K	0.32	6.0K
$582.50	Oct 12	0.43	0.51	$0.47	17.0%	19	0.08	186
$585.00	Oct 12	0.55	0.65	$0.60	16.7%	217	0.10	1.4K
$587.50	Oct 12	0.72	0.86	$0.79	17.7%	687	0.12	181

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 359 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 9	100.65	104.00	$102.33	3.3%	11	1.00	12
$550.00	Oct 9	50.20	54.00	$52.10	7.3%	7	1.00	98
$512.50	Oct 9	87.65	91.50	$89.58	4.3%	3	1.00	3
$530.00	Oct 9	70.20	74.00	$72.10	5.3%	--	1.00	13
$545.00	Oct 9	55.30	59.00	$57.15	6.5%	--	1.00	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$612.50	Oct 9	8.50	11.65	$10.07	31.3%	161	1.00	337
$615.00	Oct 9	11.00	13.75	$12.38	22.2%	77	1.00	1.5K
$617.50	Oct 9	13.50	16.60	$15.05	20.6%	24	1.00	490
$622.50	Oct 9	18.50	21.45	$19.98	14.8%	47	1.00	676
$625.00	Oct 9	22.20	24.10	$23.15	8.2%	122	1.00	723

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 866 active (total vol 93.4K, top 5.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 12	0.23	0.29	$0.26	23.1%	3.0K	0.06	76
$625.00	Oct 12	0.09	0.14	$0.12	41.7%	2.9K	0.03	184
$622.50	Oct 9	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	2.0K	0.01	720
$612.50	Oct 9	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	1.9K	0.01	122
$630.00	Oct 16	1.65	1.82	$1.74	9.8%	1.4K	0.14	8.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 9	0.80	0.94	$0.87	16.1%	5.7K	0.32	6.0K
$610.00	Oct 9	6.90	9.15	$8.03	28.0%	3.1K	0.96	3.6K
$590.00	Oct 16	5.50	5.90	$5.70	7.0%	2.3K	0.32	5.0K
$560.00	Oct 23	3.10	3.30	$3.20	6.2%	2.0K	0.14	2.5K
$605.00	Oct 9	3.20	4.00	$3.60	22.2%	1.6K	0.79	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 14.2%, max 20.6%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$597.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	38.2%	31.7%	20.6%	4	201
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	35.1%	31.4%	11.8%	263	131
$600.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	35.7%	32.0%	11.4%	206	2.8K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$597.50	Oct 9	Nov 13	38.2%	32.1%	19.2%	860	592
$600.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	35.7%	32.0%	11.4%	5.7K	8.6K
$602.50	Oct 9	Nov 13	35.1%	31.7%	10.7%	1.3K	562

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 564 found (best R:R 3.17, avg 7.25)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$605.00	$607.50	Nov 6	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	50%	3.17	$605.60
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 14	$0.52	$1.98	$0.52	46%	3.81	$605.52
$587.50	$590.00	Oct 23	$1.10	$1.40	$1.10	66%	1.27	$588.60
$647.50	$650.00	Nov 13	$0.14	$2.36	$0.14	25%	16.86	$647.64
$602.50	$605.00	Oct 15	$0.79	$1.71	$0.79	51%	2.16	$603.29

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$597.50	$595.00	Nov 6	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	45%	4.00	$597.00
$612.50	$610.00	Oct 12	$1.51	$0.99	$1.51	84%	0.66	$610.99
$607.50	$605.00	Nov 6	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	52%	2.33	$606.75
$600.00	$597.50	Oct 15	$0.55	$1.95	$0.55	45%	3.55	$599.45
$510.00	$485.00	Oct 15	$0.26	$24.74	$0.26	4%	95.15	$509.74

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 468 found (best R:R 0.91, avg 0.32)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$697.50	$700.00	Oct 13	$1.19	$1.19	$1.31	94%	0.91	$698.69
$675.00	$680.00	Oct 12	$1.29	$1.29	$3.71	91%	0.35	$676.29
$607.50	$610.00	Nov 6	$2.21	$2.21	$0.29	52%	7.62	$609.71
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 15	$0.96	$0.96	$1.54	92%	0.62	$658.46
$605.00	$610.00	Nov 13	$3.20	$3.20	$1.80	49%	1.78	$608.20

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 9	$0.71	$0.71	$1.79	96%	0.40	$526.79
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 9	$0.69	$0.69	$1.81	96%	0.38	$531.81
$595.00	$592.50	Oct 19	$1.58	$1.58	$0.92	61%	1.72	$593.42
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 9	$0.64	$0.64	$1.86	96%	0.34	$536.86
$535.00	$530.00	Oct 13	$0.51	$0.51	$4.49	96%	0.11	$534.49

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.63, cheapest $2.49)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$600.00	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.49	35.7%	19.4%
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.75	35.1%	19.9%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$600.00	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.61	35.7%	19.4%
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.66	35.1%	19.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 283 found (cheapest 0.54% of stock, avg 5.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$602.50	Oct 9	$1.33	$1.94	$3.27	$599.23	$605.77	0.54%
$600.00	Oct 9	$2.71	$0.87	$3.58	$596.42	$603.58	0.59%
$605.00	Oct 9	$0.49	$3.60	$4.09	$600.91	$609.09	0.68%
$597.50	Oct 9	$5.10	$0.37	$5.47	$592.03	$602.97	0.91%
$607.50	Oct 9	$0.16	$5.82	$5.98	$601.52	$613.48	0.99%
$595.00	Oct 9	$7.45	$0.16	$7.61	$587.39	$602.61	1.26%
$610.00	Oct 9	$0.04	$8.03	$8.07	$601.93	$618.07	1.34%
$605.00	Oct 12	$2.92	$5.68	$8.60	$596.40	$613.60	1.43%
$600.00	Oct 12	$5.20	$3.48	$8.68	$591.32	$608.68	1.44%
$602.50	Oct 12	$4.08	$4.60	$8.68	$593.82	$611.18	1.44%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 287 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.51%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$607.50	$595.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.16	$0.32	$594.68	$607.82
$607.50	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.37	$0.53	$596.97	$608.03
$605.00	$595.00	Oct 9	$0.49	$0.16	$0.65	$594.35	$605.65
$605.00	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.49	$0.37	$0.86	$596.64	$605.86
$657.50	$595.00	Oct 9	$0.72	$0.16	$0.88	$594.12	$658.38
$657.50	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.72	$0.37	$1.09	$596.41	$658.59
$607.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.87	$1.03	$598.97	$608.53
$605.00	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.49	$0.87	$1.36	$598.64	$606.36
$612.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.92	$1.05	$1.97	$588.03	$614.47
$657.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.72	$0.87	$1.59	$598.41	$659.09

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 564 found (best R:R 1.31, avg credit $1.00)

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
530/532	658/660	Oct 9	$1.40	$1.10	91%	1.27	$531.10	$658.90
535/538	658/660	Oct 9	$1.35	$1.15	91%	1.17	$536.15	$658.85
525/528	652/655	Oct 9	$1.22	$1.28	91%	0.95	$526.28	$653.72
530/532	652/655	Oct 9	$1.20	$1.30	91%	0.92	$531.30	$653.70
525/528	678/680	Oct 9	$1.16	$1.34	92%	0.87	$526.34	$678.66
578/580	658/660	Oct 15	$1.60	$0.90	74%	1.78	$578.40	$659.10
530/532	678/680	Oct 9	$1.14	$1.36	92%	0.84	$531.36	$678.64
490/495	675/680	Oct 12	$1.56	$3.44	87%	0.45	$493.44	$676.56
535/538	652/655	Oct 9	$1.15	$1.35	91%	0.85	$536.35	$653.65

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 413 found (best R:R 3.63, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 9	$0.54	$1.96	46%	3.63
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 14	$0.08	$2.42	10%	30.25
$555.00	$560.00	$565.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Oct 9	$0.21	$2.29	19%	10.90
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	5%	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 9	$0.59	$1.91	46%	3.24
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 13	$0.07	$2.43	14%	34.71
$595.00	$597.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.29	$2.21	25%	7.62
$555.00	$560.00	$565.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 533 found (best net $-17.71, 476 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$3.20	$11.80
$587.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$2.63	$4.87
$597.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.32	$2.18
$605.00	$612.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.98	$5.52
$612.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.65	$5.85

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$17.71	$12.29
$705.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$32.62	$2.38
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$18.36	$1.64
$605.00	$602.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.28	$2.22
$607.50	$605.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.38	$1.12

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 227 found (best yield 4.41%, avg 0.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$605.00	Nov 20	$26.55	0.51	0.5%	4.41%	4.92%	32	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 20	$24.10	0.48	1.3%	4.00%	5.34%	129	1.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	$21.80	0.45	2.2%	3.62%	5.79%	69	488
$620.00	Nov 20	$19.60	0.42	3.0%	3.26%	6.25%	195	1.2K
$625.00	Nov 20	$17.55	0.39	3.8%	2.92%	6.74%	15	986
$630.00	Nov 20	$15.80	0.37	4.7%	2.62%	7.28%	57	765
$635.00	Nov 20	$14.10	0.34	5.5%	2.34%	7.83%	86	1.7K
$605.00	Nov 13	$23.50	0.51	0.5%	3.90%	4.41%	7	7
$610.00	Nov 13	$21.10	0.47	1.3%	3.51%	4.84%	4	53
$615.00	Nov 13	$18.80	0.44	2.2%	3.12%	5.29%	--	11

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 47,224

Total Puts 176,124

Put/Call Ratio 3.73

Net Difference -128,900

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 54,679

Total Puts 81,152

Put/Call Ratio 1.48

Net Difference -26,473

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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