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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$603.19 -0.67%

(10/9 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/09 2:00pm) 244,677

Calls: 56,435 (23%)

Puts: 188,242 (77%)

Prior (10/08) 237,508

Calls: 82,941 (35%)

Puts: 154,567 (65%)

Current vs Prior +3.02%

Calls: -31.96% (Calls)

Puts: +21.79% (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 -2.77%

Calls: -23.99%

Puts: +6.11%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/09 2:00pm) $79.91M

Calls: $28.09M (35%)

Puts: $51.82M (65%)

Prior (10/08) $225.80M

Calls: $73.81M (33%)

Puts: $151.99M (67%)

Current vs Prior -64.61%

Calls: -61.95%

Puts: -65.90%

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 -51.86%

Calls: -67.65%

Puts: -34.54%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/09 2:00pm) 3.34

Prior (10/08) 1.86

Current vs Prior +78.99%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.41

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +38.57%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/09 2:00pm) 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 0.68% | 1.62%0.68% | 1.62%0.68% | 3.62%3.30% | 9.37%

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

Current vs Prior -60.31% | -31.50%-60.30% | -31.50%-60.30% | -12.16%-11.13% | -4.79%

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 -55.16% | -22.12%-30.82% | -20.84%-62.50% | -3.51%-21.99% | -8.91%

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 -60.31% | -31.50%-62.46% | -30.28%-62.46% | -11.88%-11.64% | -5.58%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 22.99% | 24.53%

Calls: 17.71% | 23.49%

Puts: 28.27% | 25.57%

Prior 33.68% | 19.46%

Calls: 30.63% | 24.88%

Puts: 36.73% | 14.04%

Current vs Prior -31.74% | +26.05%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.30% | 35.82%

Calls: 43.91% | 36.26%

Puts: 44.68% | 35.38%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.10% | -31.53%

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Moderately bearish flow with 65% put dollar volume ($51.82M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 65% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.34 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 79% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 514 of results (avg 5.9%, best 1.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Nov 20	12.95	13.15	$13.05	1.5%	419	0.32	1.8K
$610.00	Nov 20	24.65	25.05	$24.85	1.6%	132	0.48	1.1K
$645.00	Nov 20	11.50	11.70	$11.60	1.7%	23	0.29	291
$625.00	Nov 20	18.05	18.40	$18.23	1.9%	15	0.40	986
$615.00	Nov 20	22.25	22.70	$22.48	2.0%	73	0.46	488

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	24.05	24.50	$24.28	1.9%	89	0.46	2.5K
$630.00	Nov 20	40.00	40.90	$40.45	2.2%	3	0.63	20.6K
$597.50	Oct 30	15.15	15.50	$15.33	2.3%	64	0.44	150
$607.50	Nov 13	25.10	25.70	$25.40	2.4%	9	0.51	13
$610.00	Nov 20	28.65	29.35	$29.00	2.4%	20	0.52	1.4K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 54 found (avg $0.59, cheapest $0.37)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 12	0.27	0.32	$0.30	16.7%	3.0K	0.06	76
$617.50	Oct 12	0.43	0.46	$0.45	6.7%	285	0.09	68
$615.00	Oct 12	0.67	0.73	$0.70	8.6%	1.2K	0.13	134
$625.00	Oct 13	0.47	0.51	$0.49	8.2%	88	0.07	41
$622.50	Oct 13	0.60	0.73	$0.67	19.4%	242	0.10	35

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 9	0.33	0.40	$0.37	18.9%	7.1K	0.18	6.0K
$585.00	Oct 12	0.45	0.50	$0.48	10.4%	272	0.08	1.4K
$587.50	Oct 12	0.59	0.65	$0.62	9.7%	688	0.10	181
$582.50	Oct 12	0.36	0.43	$0.40	17.5%	19	0.07	186
$590.00	Oct 12	0.77	0.87	$0.82	12.2%	642	0.13	538

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 366 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Oct 12	34.15	37.95	$36.05	10.5%	23	1.00	20
$490.00	Oct 13	111.55	115.10	$113.32	3.1%	--	1.00	10
$485.00	Oct 16	117.10	120.15	$118.63	2.6%	--	1.00	127
$490.00	Oct 16	111.95	115.70	$113.83	3.3%	--	1.00	51
$495.00	Oct 16	106.95	110.10	$108.53	2.9%	--	1.00	85

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$612.50	Oct 9	8.85	9.85	$9.35	10.7%	165	1.00	337
$615.00	Oct 9	10.10	12.70	$11.40	22.8%	78	1.00	1.5K
$617.50	Oct 9	14.00	15.60	$14.80	10.8%	26	1.00	490
$622.50	Oct 9	17.70	20.25	$18.98	13.4%	53	1.00	676
$625.00	Oct 9	21.45	22.15	$21.80	3.2%	152	1.00	723

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 908 active (total vol 111.0K, top 7.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 12	0.27	0.32	$0.30	16.7%	3.0K	0.06	76
$625.00	Oct 12	0.10	0.14	$0.12	33.3%	2.9K	0.03	184
$612.50	Oct 9	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	2.8K	0.01	122
$605.00	Oct 9	0.55	0.69	$0.62	22.6%	2.1K	0.30	392
$622.50	Oct 9	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	2.0K	0.01	720

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 9	0.33	0.40	$0.37	18.9%	7.1K	0.18	6.0K
$582.50	Oct 16	3.30	3.60	$3.45	8.7%	6.1K	0.22	879
$610.00	Oct 9	6.35	7.15	$6.75	11.9%	3.2K	0.97	3.6K
$590.00	Oct 16	5.05	5.30	$5.18	4.8%	2.5K	0.30	5.0K
$560.00	Oct 23	2.90	3.15	$3.03	8.3%	2.0K	0.14	2.5K

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 13.8%, max 18.5%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$600.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	37.5%	31.7%	18.5%	233	2.8K
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	35.2%	31.0%	13.6%	356	131
$605.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	34.4%	31.3%	9.7%	2.2K	1.4K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$600.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	37.5%	31.7%	18.5%	7.2K	8.6K
$602.50	Oct 9	Nov 13	35.2%	31.2%	12.8%	1.4K	562
$605.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	34.4%	31.3%	9.7%	1.8K	2.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 566 found (best R:R 1.17, avg 7.27)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$585.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$2.67	$2.33	$2.67	63%	0.87	$587.67
$612.50	$620.00	Oct 15	$1.62	$5.88	$1.62	34%	3.63	$614.12
$590.00	$597.50	Nov 6	$4.03	$3.47	$4.03	61%	0.86	$594.03
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 16	$1.38	$1.12	$1.38	70%	0.81	$591.38
$597.50	$600.00	Nov 6	$1.03	$1.47	$1.03	55%	1.43	$598.53

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 23	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	80%	1.17	$633.85
$587.50	$585.00	Nov 6	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	37%	11.50	$587.30
$605.00	$602.50	Nov 6	$0.58	$1.92	$0.58	50%	3.31	$604.42
$610.00	$607.50	Oct 23	$0.72	$1.78	$0.72	56%	2.47	$609.28
$597.50	$595.00	Oct 19	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	42%	6.14	$597.15

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 465 found (best R:R 0.67, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$697.50	$700.00	Oct 13	$1.00	$1.00	$1.50	95%	0.67	$698.50
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 15	$0.96	$0.96	$1.54	92%	0.62	$658.46
$647.50	$650.00	Oct 19	$0.74	$0.74	$1.76	90%	0.42	$648.24
$702.50	$705.00	Oct 15	$0.50	$0.50	$2.00	97%	0.25	$703.00
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 14	$0.88	$0.88	$1.62	76%	0.54	$618.38

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$572.50	$570.00	Nov 6	$1.16	$1.16	$1.34	72%	0.87	$571.34
$535.00	$530.00	Oct 13	$0.54	$0.54	$4.46	96%	0.12	$534.46
$565.00	$560.00	Nov 6	$1.50	$1.50	$3.50	76%	0.43	$563.50
$550.00	$545.00	Oct 13	$0.49	$0.49	$4.51	95%	0.11	$549.51
$602.50	$600.00	Nov 6	$1.57	$1.57	$0.93	52%	1.69	$600.93

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.75, cheapest $2.72)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.72	35.2%	18.2%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 12	$2.78	35.2%	18.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 286 found (cheapest 0.46% of stock, avg 5.82%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$602.50	Oct 9	$1.75	$1.02	$2.77	$599.73	$605.27	0.46%
$605.00	Oct 9	$0.62	$2.37	$2.99	$602.01	$607.99	0.50%
$600.00	Oct 9	$3.62	$0.37	$3.99	$596.01	$603.99	0.66%
$607.50	Oct 9	$0.18	$4.58	$4.76	$602.74	$612.26	0.79%
$597.50	Oct 9	$5.78	$0.14	$5.92	$591.58	$603.42	0.98%
$610.00	Oct 9	$0.05	$6.75	$6.80	$603.20	$616.80	1.13%
$602.50	Oct 12	$4.47	$3.80	$8.27	$594.23	$610.77	1.37%
$600.00	Oct 12	$5.73	$2.83	$8.56	$591.44	$608.56	1.42%
$605.00	Oct 12	$3.35	$5.28	$8.63	$596.37	$613.63	1.43%
$595.00	Oct 9	$8.65	$0.07	$8.72	$586.28	$603.72	1.45%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 281 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.53%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$607.50	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.18	$0.14	$0.32	$597.18	$607.82
$607.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.18	$0.37	$0.55	$599.45	$608.05
$605.00	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.62	$0.14	$0.76	$596.74	$605.76
$605.00	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.62	$0.37	$0.99	$599.01	$605.99
$607.50	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.18	$1.02	$1.20	$601.30	$608.70
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.62	$1.02	$1.64	$600.86	$606.64
$615.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$0.70	$1.10	$1.80	$590.70	$616.80
$612.50	$592.50	Oct 12	$1.08	$1.10	$2.18	$590.32	$614.68
$615.00	$595.00	Oct 12	$0.70	$1.45	$2.15	$592.85	$617.15
$612.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$1.08	$1.45	$2.53	$592.47	$615.03

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 568 found (best R:R 1.53, avg credit $0.94)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
578/580	658/660	Oct 15	$1.51	$0.99	74%	1.53	$578.49	$659.01
588/590	658/660	Oct 15	$1.64	$0.86	64%	1.91	$588.36	$659.14
575/578	658/660	Oct 15	$1.22	$1.28	77%	0.95	$576.28	$658.72
530/535	658/660	Oct 15	$1.15	$3.85	89%	0.30	$533.85	$658.65
512/515	658/660	Oct 9	$0.60	$1.90	94%	0.32	$514.40	$658.10
580/585	658/660	Oct 15	$1.99	$3.01	69%	0.66	$583.01	$659.49
512/515	678/680	Oct 9	$0.52	$1.98	96%	0.26	$514.48	$678.02
525/528	658/660	Oct 9	$0.52	$1.98	95%	0.26	$526.98	$658.02
585/588	658/660	Oct 15	$1.21	$1.29	67%	0.94	$586.29	$658.71
512/515	652/655	Oct 9	$0.46	$2.04	95%	0.23	$514.54	$652.96

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 421 found (best R:R 7.62, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.29	$2.21	34%	7.62
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 12	$0.12	$2.38	18%	19.83
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 12	$0.14	$2.36	19%	16.86
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 9	$0.74	$1.76	52%	2.38
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 9	$0.70	$1.80	52%	2.57
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Nov 13	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.42	$2.08	34%	4.95
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 552 found (best net $-16.64, 501 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$4.31	$10.69
$605.00	$612.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.81	$5.69
$597.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.46	$1.04
$612.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.69	$5.81
$620.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.06	$2.44

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$16.64	$13.36
$705.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$32.07	$2.93
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$17.21	$2.79
$607.50	$605.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.16	$2.34
$565.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.41	$14.59

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 220 found (best yield 4.48%, avg 0.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$605.00	Nov 20	$27.00	0.51	0.3%	4.48%	4.78%	33	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 20	$24.65	0.48	1.1%	4.09%	5.22%	132	1.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	$22.25	0.46	2.0%	3.69%	5.65%	73	488
$620.00	Nov 20	$20.10	0.43	2.8%	3.33%	6.12%	270	1.2K
$625.00	Nov 20	$18.05	0.40	3.6%	2.99%	6.61%	15	986
$630.00	Nov 20	$16.15	0.37	4.4%	2.68%	7.12%	93	765
$635.00	Nov 20	$14.55	0.34	5.3%	2.41%	7.69%	138	1.7K
$610.00	Nov 13	$21.85	0.48	1.1%	3.62%	4.75%	4	53
$615.00	Nov 13	$19.50	0.45	2.0%	3.23%	5.19%	--	11
$640.00	Nov 20	$12.95	0.32	6.1%	2.15%	8.25%	419	1.8K

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 56,435

Total Puts 188,242

Put/Call Ratio 3.34

Net Difference -131,807

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 82,941

Total Puts 154,567

Put/Call Ratio 1.86

Net Difference -71,626

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

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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