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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$603.33 -0.65%

$603.00 (-0.05%)🌙

as of 10/09 04:00 PM

(10/9 15:15) ◀

Friday, October 9, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/09 4:00pm) 308,042

Calls: 73,665 (24%)

Puts: 234,377 (76%)

Prior (10/08) 326,229

Calls: 114,630 (35%)

Puts: 211,599 (65%)

Current vs Prior -5.57%

Calls: -35.74% (Calls)

Puts: +10.76% (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 +22.41%

Calls: -0.79%

Puts: +32.12%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/09 4:00pm) $119.73M

Calls: $54.06M (45%)

Puts: $65.68M (55%)

Prior (10/08) $272.28M

Calls: $101.39M (37%)

Puts: $170.89M (63%)

Current vs Prior -56.03%

Calls: -46.68%

Puts: -61.57%

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 -27.87%

Calls: -37.75%

Puts: -17.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/09 4:00pm) 3.18

Prior (10/08) 1.85

Current vs Prior +72.36%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.41

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +32.18%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/09 4:00pm) 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

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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 0.46% | 1.52%0.46% | 1.52%0.46% | 3.62%3.17% | 9.30%

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

Current vs Prior -11.68% | -14.24%-73.32% | -35.59%-73.32% | -12.06%-14.82% | -5.54%

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 -0.22% | -2.50%-53.50% | -25.57%-74.80% | -3.41%-25.22% | -9.63%

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 -11.68% | -14.24%-74.77% | -34.45%-74.77% | -11.78%-15.30% | -6.33%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.55% | 36.12%

Calls: 28.29% | 42.29%

Puts: 26.82% | 29.94%

Prior 33.68% | 19.46%

Calls: 30.63% | 24.88%

Puts: 36.73% | 14.04%

Current vs Prior -18.20% | +85.61%

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% | +0.83%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 56% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.18 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 72% - 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

Dollar Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 222 of results (avg 6.9%, best 3.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	101.80	105.10	$103.45	3.2%	2	1.00	275
$495.00	Oct 16	106.90	110.45	$108.68	3.3%	--	1.00	85
$485.00	Oct 9	116.45	120.50	$118.48	3.4%	2	1.00	2
$485.00	Oct 16	116.90	121.00	$118.95	3.4%	--	1.00	127
$505.00	Oct 16	97.00	100.50	$98.75	3.5%	1	1.00	160

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Oct 9	114.50	118.55	$116.53	3.5%	5	1.00	--
$600.00	Nov 20	23.70	24.55	$24.13	3.5%	139	0.46	2.5K
$715.00	Oct 9	109.50	113.55	$111.53	3.6%	7	1.00	--
$560.00	Nov 20	10.65	11.05	$10.85	3.7%	228	0.24	5.9K
$710.00	Oct 9	104.50	108.55	$106.53	3.8%	3	1.00	--

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 383 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 9	61.20	65.50	$63.35	6.8%	3	1.00	19
$560.00	Oct 12	41.55	45.50	$43.53	9.1%	10	1.00	--
$567.50	Oct 12	34.10	38.25	$36.17	11.5%	23	1.00	20
$570.00	Oct 12	31.60	35.75	$33.67	12.3%	3	1.00	2
$490.00	Oct 13	111.20	115.50	$113.35	3.8%	--	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Oct 9	0.10	2.66	$1.38	185.5%	2.2K	1.00	1.3K
$607.50	Oct 9	2.00	6.15	$4.08	101.7%	558	1.00	984
$610.00	Oct 9	5.30	7.85	$6.57	38.8%	3.2K	1.00	3.6K
$612.50	Oct 9	8.10	10.80	$9.45	28.6%	175	1.00	337
$615.00	Oct 9	10.40	12.95	$11.68	21.8%	227	1.00	1.5K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 992 active (total vol 157.2K, top 8.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 12	0.01	0.44	$0.23	187.0%	3.5K	0.05	76
$605.00	Oct 9	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	3.3K	0.10	392
$625.00	Oct 12	0.01	0.12	$0.07	157.1%	3.2K	0.02	184
$607.50	Oct 9	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	3.0K	0.01	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
$590.00	Oct 16	5.05	5.70	$5.38	12.1%	8.4K	0.31	5.0K
$600.00	Oct 9	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	8.1K	0.04	6.0K
$560.00	Oct 16	0.89	1.20	$1.05	29.5%	6.9K	0.08	7.6K
$582.50	Oct 16	2.84	3.85	$3.35	30.1%	6.1K	0.21	879
$550.00	Oct 16	0.46	0.85	$0.66	59.1%	3.4K	0.05	15.7K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 2 strikes (avg 10.3%, max 10.7%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$602.50	Oct 9	Oct 30	33.8%	30.5%	10.7%	693	131

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$602.50	Oct 9	Nov 13	33.8%	30.7%	10.0%	2.5K	562

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 573 found (best R:R 15.67, avg 7.63)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$610.00	$612.50	Oct 16	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	39%	15.67	$610.15
$627.50	$630.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	31%	11.50	$627.70
$640.00	$645.00	Nov 20	$0.95	$4.05	$0.95	32%	4.26	$640.95
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 23	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	41%	4.00	$613.00
$637.50	$640.00	Nov 6	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	28%	9.87	$637.73

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 23	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	51%	15.67	$604.85
$602.50	$600.00	Oct 13	$0.11	$2.39	$0.11	48%	21.73	$602.39
$610.00	$607.50	Oct 16	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	61%	4.00	$609.50
$585.00	$580.00	Nov 13	$0.90	$4.10	$0.90	36%	4.56	$584.10
$610.00	$607.50	Oct 19	$0.71	$1.79	$0.71	59%	2.52	$609.29

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 473 found (best R:R 10.90, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$667.50	$670.00	Oct 9	$2.29	$2.29	$0.21	89%	10.90	$669.79
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 9	$1.72	$1.72	$0.78	90%	2.21	$659.22
$695.00	$700.00	Oct 9	$1.35	$1.35	$3.65	93%	0.37	$696.35
$677.50	$680.00	Oct 9	$1.09	$1.09	$1.41	93%	0.77	$678.59
$652.50	$655.00	Oct 9	$1.08	$1.08	$1.42	92%	0.76	$653.58

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$490.00	$485.00	Oct 9	$1.60	$1.60	$3.40	95%	0.47	$488.40
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 9	$1.32	$1.32	$1.18	93%	1.12	$541.18
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 9	$1.31	$1.31	$1.19	94%	1.10	$531.19
$512.50	$510.00	Oct 9	$1.23	$1.23	$1.27	95%	0.97	$511.27
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 9	$1.00	$1.00	$1.50	94%	0.67	$536.50

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 302 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 5.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$605.00	Oct 9	$0.05	$1.38	$1.43	$603.57	$606.43	0.24%
$602.50	Oct 9	$1.39	$0.21	$1.60	$600.90	$604.10	0.27%
$600.00	Oct 9	$3.48	$0.03	$3.51	$596.49	$603.51	0.58%
$607.50	Oct 9	$0.01	$4.08	$4.09	$603.41	$611.59	0.68%
$597.50	Oct 9	$5.33	$0.01	$5.34	$592.16	$602.84	0.89%
$610.00	Oct 9	$0.01	$6.57	$6.58	$603.42	$616.58	1.09%
$602.50	Oct 12	$4.20	$3.58	$7.78	$594.72	$610.28	1.29%
$595.00	Oct 9	$8.07	$0.01	$8.08	$586.92	$603.08	1.34%
$605.00	Oct 12	$3.19	$4.97	$8.16	$596.84	$613.16	1.35%
$607.50	Oct 12	$2.27	$6.23	$8.50	$599.00	$616.00	1.41%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 300 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.32%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.05	$0.21	$0.26	$602.24	$605.26
$605.00	$572.50	Oct 9	$0.05	$0.50	$0.55	$571.95	$605.55
$605.00	$542.50	Oct 9	$0.05	$1.33	$1.38	$541.12	$606.38
$605.00	$532.50	Oct 9	$0.05	$1.34	$1.39	$531.11	$606.39
$652.50	$602.50	Oct 9	$1.10	$0.21	$1.31	$601.19	$653.81
$615.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$0.50	$1.00	$1.50	$591.00	$616.50
$652.50	$572.50	Oct 9	$1.10	$0.50	$1.60	$570.90	$654.10
$612.50	$592.50	Oct 12	$0.75	$1.00	$1.75	$590.75	$614.25
$615.00	$595.00	Oct 12	$0.50	$1.39	$1.89	$593.11	$616.89
$612.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$0.75	$1.39	$2.14	$592.86	$614.64

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 601 found (best R:R 3.50, avg credit $1.03)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
485/490	668/670	Oct 9	$3.89	$1.11	84%	3.50	$486.11	$671.39
525/528	695/700	Oct 9	$3.79	$1.21	84%	3.13	$523.71	$698.79
525/528	715/720	Oct 9	$3.25	$1.75	88%	1.86	$524.25	$718.25
485/490	658/660	Oct 9	$3.32	$1.68	85%	1.98	$486.68	$660.82
525/528	705/710	Oct 9	$3.11	$1.89	88%	1.65	$524.39	$708.11
485/490	695/700	Oct 9	$2.95	$2.05	88%	1.44	$487.05	$697.95
485/490	678/680	Oct 9	$2.69	$2.31	89%	1.16	$487.31	$680.19
485/490	652/655	Oct 9	$2.68	$2.32	88%	1.16	$487.32	$655.18
520/522	658/660	Oct 9	$2.39	$0.11	86%	21.73	$520.11	$659.89
530/532	652/655	Oct 9	$2.39	$0.11	86%	21.73	$530.11	$654.89

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 462 found (best R:R 1.53, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 9	$0.75	$1.75	86%	2.33
$607.50	$612.50	$617.50	Oct 15	$0.18	$4.82	16%	26.78
$500.00	$515.00	$530.00	Oct 23	$0.32	$14.68	6%	45.88
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 9	$1.30	$1.20	77%	0.92
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Oct 12	$0.09	$2.41	19%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Oct 9	$0.99	$1.51	96%	1.53
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 9	$0.16	$2.34	22%	14.62
$595.00	$597.50	$600.00	Oct 12	$0.06	$2.44	15%	40.67
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 12	$0.13	$2.37	17%	18.23
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Oct 13	$0.08	$2.42	12%	30.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 562 found (best net $-17.26, 503 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$3.99	$11.01
$597.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.63	$0.87
$610.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.99	$4.01
$642.50	$650.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.10	$7.40
$625.00	$627.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.03	$2.47

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$17.26	$12.74
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$16.95	$3.05
$705.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$32.39	$2.61
$610.00	$607.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.59	$0.91
$560.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.04	$19.96

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 216 found (best yield 3.93%, avg 0.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$610.00	Nov 20	$23.70	0.48	1.1%	3.93%	5.03%	136	1.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	$21.55	0.46	1.9%	3.57%	5.51%	83	488
$620.00	Nov 20	$19.65	0.43	2.8%	3.26%	6.02%	361	1.2K
$605.00	Nov 20	$25.70	0.51	0.3%	4.26%	4.54%	38	1.0K
$630.00	Nov 20	$15.75	0.37	4.4%	2.61%	7.03%	124	765
$625.00	Nov 20	$16.85	0.40	3.6%	2.79%	6.38%	26	986
$605.00	Nov 13	$23.95	0.51	0.3%	3.97%	4.25%	7	7
$635.00	Nov 20	$13.60	0.34	5.2%	2.25%	7.50%	143	1.7K
$610.00	Nov 13	$20.40	0.48	1.1%	3.38%	4.49%	14	53
$640.00	Nov 20	$11.75	0.32	6.1%	1.95%	8.03%	443	1.8K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 73,665

Total Puts 234,377

Put/Call Ratio 3.18

Net Difference -160,712

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 114,630

Total Puts 211,599

Put/Call Ratio 1.85

Net Difference -96,969

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)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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