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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$603.30 -0.65%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/09 3:00pm) 260,159

Calls: 64,134 (25%)

Puts: 196,025 (75%)

Prior (10/08) 271,434

Calls: 94,845 (35%)

Puts: 176,589 (65%)

Current vs Prior -4.15%

Calls: -32.38% (Calls)

Puts: +11.01% (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 +3.38%

Calls: -13.62%

Puts: +10.50%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/09 3:00pm) $102.38M

Calls: $47.35M (46%)

Puts: $55.02M (54%)

Prior (10/08) $245.86M

Calls: $82.61M (34%)

Puts: $163.24M (66%)

Current vs Prior -58.36%

Calls: -42.68%

Puts: -66.29%

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 -38.33%

Calls: -45.46%

Puts: -30.49%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/09 3:00pm) 3.06

Prior (10/08) 1.86

Current vs Prior +64.16%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.41

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +26.98%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/09 3:00pm) 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 0.62% | 1.55%0.62% | 1.55%0.62% | 3.59%3.23% | 9.34%

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

Current vs Prior -64.17% | -34.32%-64.17% | -34.32%-64.17% | -12.74%-13.07% | -5.12%

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 -59.52% | -25.33%-37.55% | -24.10%-66.15% | -4.15%-23.69% | -9.22%

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 -64.17% | -34.32%-66.11% | -33.16%-66.11% | -12.46%-13.57% | -5.90%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.55% | 23.43%

Calls: 28.29% | 19.78%

Puts: 26.82% | 27.08%

Prior 33.68% | 19.46%

Calls: 30.63% | 24.88%

Puts: 36.73% | 14.04%

Current vs Prior -18.20% | +20.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.30% | 35.82%

Calls: 43.91% | 36.26%

Puts: 44.68% | 35.38%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -37.80% | -34.60%

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 58% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.06 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 64% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (1,290,341 puts vs 662,174 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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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 507 of results (avg 6.1%, best 1.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Nov 20	19.95	20.20	$20.08	1.2%	327	0.43	1.2K
$625.00	Nov 20	18.00	18.35	$18.18	1.9%	24	0.40	986
$600.00	Nov 20	29.60	30.20	$29.90	2.0%	49	0.54	2.6K
$590.00	Nov 20	35.45	36.20	$35.83	2.1%	28	0.60	163
$585.00	Nov 20	38.55	39.40	$38.97	2.2%	19	0.63	284

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 6	19.05	19.35	$19.20	1.6%	7	0.46	75
$615.00	Nov 20	31.15	31.80	$31.48	2.1%	39	0.54	928
$625.00	Nov 20	36.80	37.60	$37.20	2.2%	3	0.60	207
$605.00	Nov 20	26.10	26.80	$26.45	2.6%	19	0.49	1.1K
$575.00	Nov 20	14.70	15.10	$14.90	2.7%	70	0.32	806

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 46 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.27)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 12	0.26	0.28	$0.27	7.4%	3.1K	0.06	76
$615.00	Oct 12	0.61	0.74	$0.68	19.1%	1.2K	0.13	134
$627.50	Oct 13	0.33	0.39	$0.36	16.7%	191	0.06	5
$625.00	Oct 13	0.45	0.54	$0.50	18.0%	96	0.07	41
$622.50	Oct 13	0.62	0.73	$0.68	16.2%	257	0.10	35

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 12	0.38	0.46	$0.42	19.0%	745	0.07	1.4K
$587.50	Oct 12	0.51	0.59	$0.55	14.5%	688	0.10	181
$590.00	Oct 12	0.69	0.82	$0.75	17.3%	693	0.13	538
$572.50	Oct 13	0.41	0.48	$0.44	15.9%	49	0.05	2
$575.00	Oct 13	0.47	0.54	$0.51	13.7%	8	0.06	12

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 377 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 12	42.05	45.30	$43.68	7.4%	5	1.00	--
$567.50	Oct 12	34.20	37.90	$36.05	10.3%	23	1.00	20
$570.00	Oct 12	31.75	35.30	$33.53	10.6%	3	1.00	2
$490.00	Oct 13	111.80	115.45	$113.63	3.2%	--	1.00	10
$562.50	Oct 13	39.70	43.05	$41.38	8.1%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Oct 9	5.40	8.25	$6.83	41.7%	3.2K	1.00	3.6K
$612.50	Oct 9	7.90	10.70	$9.30	30.1%	168	1.00	337
$615.00	Oct 9	10.40	13.20	$11.80	23.7%	190	1.00	1.5K
$617.50	Oct 9	12.90	15.85	$14.38	20.5%	41	1.00	490
$620.00	Oct 9	15.45	18.20	$16.83	16.3%	28	1.00	1.5K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 951 active (total vol 122.5K, top 7.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 12	0.26	0.28	$0.27	7.4%	3.1K	0.06	76
$625.00	Oct 12	0.09	0.14	$0.12	41.7%	3.0K	0.03	184
$605.00	Oct 9	0.31	0.43	$0.37	32.4%	2.9K	0.25	392
$607.50	Oct 9	0.06	0.09	$0.08	37.5%	2.9K	0.07	1.2K
$612.50	Oct 9	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.8K	0.01	122

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 9	0.13	0.18	$0.16	31.2%	7.8K	0.11	6.0K
$582.50	Oct 16	3.25	3.55	$3.40	8.8%	6.1K	0.21	879
$610.00	Oct 9	5.40	8.25	$6.83	41.7%	3.2K	1.00	3.6K
$590.00	Oct 16	4.90	5.30	$5.10	7.8%	2.6K	0.30	5.0K
$605.00	Oct 9	1.90	2.49	$2.20	26.8%	2.1K	0.75	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. 4 strikes (avg 15.3%, max 19.6%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	36.7%	30.7%	19.6%	398	131
$605.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	34.8%	31.2%	11.6%	3.0K	1.4K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$602.50	Oct 9	Nov 13	36.7%	31.0%	18.3%	1.6K	562
$605.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	34.8%	31.2%	11.6%	2.1K	2.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 574 found (best R:R 1.14, avg 7.46)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$602.50	Oct 23	$0.88	$1.62	$0.88	55%	1.84	$600.88
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 30	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	29%	9.00	$630.25
$610.00	$612.50	Oct 16	$0.52	$1.98	$0.52	40%	3.81	$610.52
$640.00	$645.00	Oct 19	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	10%	44.45	$640.11
$642.50	$645.00	Nov 13	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	28%	6.14	$642.85

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$635.00	$632.50	Oct 30	$1.17	$1.33	$1.17	74%	1.14	$633.83
$625.00	$622.50	Oct 30	$0.98	$1.52	$0.98	67%	1.55	$624.02
$630.00	$627.50	Oct 23	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	76%	0.92	$628.70
$617.50	$615.00	Oct 12	$1.67	$0.83	$1.67	91%	0.50	$615.83
$620.00	$617.50	Oct 16	$1.27	$1.23	$1.27	74%	0.97	$618.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 470 found (best R:R 0.67, avg 0.29)

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
$647.50	$650.00	Oct 19	$0.78	$0.78	$1.72	90%	0.45	$648.28
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 16	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	63%	1.17	$613.85
$702.50	$705.00	Oct 15	$0.50	$0.50	$2.00	97%	0.25	$703.00
$627.50	$630.00	Oct 30	$1.17	$1.17	$1.33	69%	0.88	$628.67

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$535.00	$530.00	Oct 13	$0.54	$0.54	$4.46	96%	0.12	$534.46
$550.00	$545.00	Oct 13	$0.51	$0.51	$4.49	95%	0.11	$549.49
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 14	$0.47	$0.47	$4.53	97%	0.10	$504.53
$572.50	$570.00	Nov 6	$1.05	$1.05	$1.45	72%	0.72	$571.45
$587.50	$585.00	Nov 6	$1.17	$1.17	$1.33	63%	0.88	$586.33

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.04, cheapest $3.03)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 12	$3.03	36.7%	18.3%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 12	$3.05	36.7%	18.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 293 found (cheapest 0.36% of stock, avg 5.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$602.50	Oct 9	$1.52	$0.68	$2.20	$600.30	$604.70	0.36%
$605.00	Oct 9	$0.37	$2.20	$2.57	$602.43	$607.57	0.43%
$600.00	Oct 9	$3.48	$0.16	$3.64	$596.36	$603.64	0.60%
$607.50	Oct 9	$0.08	$4.00	$4.08	$603.42	$611.58	0.68%
$597.50	Oct 9	$6.07	$0.07	$6.14	$591.36	$603.64	1.02%
$610.00	Oct 9	$0.02	$6.83	$6.85	$603.15	$616.85	1.14%
$605.00	Oct 12	$3.25	$4.80	$8.05	$596.95	$613.05	1.33%
$602.50	Oct 12	$4.55	$3.73	$8.28	$594.22	$610.78	1.37%
$595.00	Oct 9	$8.45	$0.03	$8.48	$586.52	$603.48	1.41%
$607.50	Oct 12	$2.34	$6.33	$8.67	$598.83	$616.17	1.44%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 279 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.53%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$607.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.16	$0.24	$599.76	$607.74
$605.00	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.37	$0.16	$0.53	$599.47	$605.53
$607.50	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.08	$0.68	$0.76	$601.74	$608.26
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.37	$0.68	$1.05	$601.45	$606.05
$615.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$0.68	$1.04	$1.72	$590.78	$616.72
$612.50	$592.50	Oct 12	$1.03	$1.04	$2.07	$590.43	$614.57
$615.00	$595.00	Oct 12	$0.68	$1.42	$2.10	$592.90	$617.10
$612.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$1.03	$1.42	$2.45	$592.55	$614.95
$610.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$1.58	$1.04	$2.62	$589.88	$612.62
$615.00	$597.50	Oct 12	$0.68	$1.94	$2.62	$594.88	$617.62

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 534 found (best R:R 0.24, avg credit $0.88)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
512/515	678/680	Oct 9	$0.49	$2.01	96%	0.24	$514.51	$677.99
512/515	658/660	Oct 9	$0.49	$2.01	95%	0.24	$514.51	$657.99
512/515	652/655	Oct 9	$0.46	$2.04	96%	0.23	$514.54	$652.96
485/490	678/680	Oct 9	$0.53	$4.47	96%	0.12	$489.47	$678.03
525/528	628/630	Oct 30	$1.31	$1.19	61%	1.10	$526.19	$628.81
485/490	700/705	Oct 9	$0.51	$4.49	96%	0.11	$489.49	$700.51
532/535	628/630	Oct 30	$1.34	$1.16	59%	1.16	$533.66	$628.84
528/530	628/630	Oct 30	$1.31	$1.19	60%	1.10	$528.69	$628.81
512/515	665/668	Oct 9	$0.44	$2.06	95%	0.21	$514.56	$665.44
525/528	678/680	Oct 9	$0.41	$2.09	96%	0.20	$527.09	$677.91

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 430 found (best R:R 7.93, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 9	$0.81	$1.69	63%	2.09
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 12	$0.09	$2.41	18%	26.78
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Oct 9	$0.23	$2.27	23%	9.87
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Oct 12	$0.15	$2.35	18%	15.67
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 9	$0.86	$1.64	56%	1.91

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 9	$0.28	$2.22	55%	7.93
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 12	$0.08	$2.42	19%	30.25
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 9	$1.00	$1.50	64%	1.50
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 13	$0.09	$2.41	14%	26.78

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 560 found (best net $-16.70, 509 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$4.07	$10.93
$597.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.89	$1.61
$605.00	$612.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$2.07	$5.43
$612.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.20	$6.30
$615.00	$617.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.18	$2.32

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$16.70	$13.30
$705.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$32.28	$2.72
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$17.23	$2.77
$607.50	$605.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.40	$2.10
$610.00	$607.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.17	$1.33

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 221 found (best yield 4.47%, avg 1.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$605.00	Nov 20	$26.95	0.51	0.3%	4.47%	4.75%	33	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 20	$24.45	0.48	1.1%	4.05%	5.16%	132	1.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	$22.10	0.46	1.9%	3.66%	5.60%	82	488
$620.00	Nov 20	$19.95	0.43	2.8%	3.31%	6.07%	327	1.2K
$625.00	Nov 20	$18.00	0.40	3.6%	2.98%	6.58%	24	986
$630.00	Nov 20	$15.90	0.37	4.4%	2.64%	7.06%	112	765
$635.00	Nov 20	$14.20	0.34	5.2%	2.35%	7.61%	139	1.7K
$610.00	Nov 13	$21.35	0.48	1.1%	3.54%	4.65%	5	53
$612.50	Nov 13	$20.30	0.46	1.5%	3.36%	4.89%	15	4
$640.00	Nov 20	$12.75	0.32	6.1%	2.11%	8.20%	431	1.8K

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 64,134

Total Puts 196,025

Put/Call Ratio 3.06

Net Difference -131,891

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 94,845

Total Puts 176,589

Put/Call Ratio 1.86

Net Difference -81,744

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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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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