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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$593.16 -1.69%

(10/12 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12 12:00pm) 105,910

Calls: 32,173 (30%)

Puts: 73,737 (70%)

Prior (10/09) 205,288

Calls: 38,344 (19%)

Puts: 166,944 (81%)

Current vs Prior -48.41%

Calls: -16.09% (Calls)

Puts: -55.83% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,907,175

Calls: 539,454 (28%)

Puts: 1,367,721 (72%)

Prior 7-Day Average 272,453

Calls: 77,064 (28%)

Puts: 195,388 (72%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.13%

Calls: -58.25%

Puts: -62.26%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12 12:00pm) $95.06M

Calls: $21.48M (23%)

Puts: $73.57M (77%)

Prior (10/09) $55.78M

Calls: $14.81M (27%)

Puts: $40.97M (73%)

Current vs Prior +70.42%

Calls: +45.07%

Puts: +79.59%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.17B

Calls: $595.70M (51%)

Puts: $578.95M (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average $167.81M

Calls: $85.10M (51%)

Puts: $82.71M (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.35%

Calls: -74.75%

Puts: -11.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/12 12:00pm) 2.29

Prior (10/09) 4.35

Current vs Prior -47.36%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.57

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -10.98%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/12 12:00pm) 1,831,436

Calls: 644,915 (35%)

Puts: 1,186,521 (65%)

Prior (10/09) 1,952,515

Calls: 662,174 (34%)

Puts: 1,290,341 (66%)

Current vs Prior -6.20%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,729,516

Calls: 4,514,879 (35%)

Puts: 8,214,637 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,818,502

Calls: 644,982 (35%)

Puts: 1,173,519 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.71%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/12) | Next (10/13)Expiry (10/12) | Next (10/14)Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.81% | 1.62%0.81% | 2.32%3.11% | 4.62%2.74% | 9.00%

Prior 1.52% | 2.02%0.46% | 1.52%0.46% | 3.62%3.17% | 9.30%

Current vs Prior -46.65% | -20.19%+76.63% | +52.85%+577.52% | +27.60%-13.61% | -3.16%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.46% | 2.02%0.91% | 1.91%1.54% | 3.69%3.89% | 9.98%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -44.33% | -19.94%-10.54% | +21.53%+102.02% | +25.28%-29.67% | -9.82%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.52% | 2.02%0.62% | 1.53%0.62% | 3.57%3.23% | 9.33%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -46.65% | -20.19%+31.30% | +51.68%+403.64% | +29.33%-15.25% | -3.46%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 32.27% | 24.20%

Calls: 9.90% | 20.69%

Puts: 54.64% | 27.72%

Prior 27.55% | 36.12%

Calls: 28.29% | 42.29%

Puts: 26.82% | 29.94%

Current vs Prior +17.13% | -33.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.83% | 38.79%

Calls: 43.90% | 40.05%

Puts: 45.76% | 37.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -28.02% | -37.61%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in puts ($73.57M) vs calls ($21.48M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 70% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 48% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.29 - heavy put buying.

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 441 of results (avg 6.4%, best 1.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Nov 20	120.45	123.65	$122.05	2.6%	--	0.93	175
$480.00	Nov 20	115.65	118.75	$117.20	2.6%	--	0.92	138
$485.00	Nov 20	110.90	113.90	$112.40	2.7%	--	0.92	46
$475.00	Oct 12	116.25	119.45	$117.85	2.7%	1	0.99	--
$480.00	Nov 6	113.75	117.00	$115.38	2.8%	4	1.00	4

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 16	5.20	5.25	$5.23	1.0%	1.1K	0.35	4.1K
$550.00	Nov 20	9.80	10.00	$9.90	2.0%	552	0.24	6.4K
$575.00	Nov 20	16.55	17.00	$16.77	2.7%	847	0.37	842
$710.00	Nov 20	115.55	118.80	$117.18	2.8%	--	0.95	27
$560.00	Nov 20	12.10	12.45	$12.27	2.9%	65	0.28	5.9K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 53 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.55)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$595.00	Oct 12	0.76	0.90	$0.83	16.9%	1.6K	0.33	39
$605.00	Oct 13	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	87	0.12	50
$612.50	Oct 14	0.62	0.74	$0.68	17.6%	127	0.10	--
$610.00	Oct 14	0.86	0.98	$0.92	13.0%	63	0.13	95
$645.00	Oct 16	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	103	0.02	2.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 12	0.53	0.58	$0.55	9.1%	2.1K	0.23	959
$580.00	Oct 12	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	292	0.02	1.1K
$567.50	Oct 13	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	51	0.04	1
$575.00	Oct 13	0.42	0.50	$0.46	17.4%	51	0.08	16
$577.50	Oct 13	0.53	0.64	$0.59	18.6%	14	0.10	63

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 369 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 13	31.60	35.15	$33.38	10.6%	5	1.00	--
$480.00	Nov 6	113.75	117.00	$115.38	2.8%	4	1.00	4
$530.00	Oct 12	61.25	65.20	$63.23	6.2%	2	1.00	--
$537.50	Oct 12	53.75	57.60	$55.68	6.9%	6	1.00	--
$495.00	Oct 12	96.25	99.45	$97.85	3.3%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$602.50	Oct 12	8.15	11.25	$9.70	32.0%	32	1.00	389
$605.00	Oct 12	10.70	13.75	$12.23	24.9%	20	1.00	184
$607.50	Oct 12	13.00	15.60	$14.30	18.2%	4	1.00	95
$610.00	Oct 12	15.45	18.75	$17.10	19.3%	12	1.00	137
$612.50	Oct 12	17.75	21.25	$19.50	17.9%	11	1.00	561

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 833 active (total vol 84.7K, top 5.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	5.50	5.80	$5.65	5.3%	3.2K	0.39	11.4K
$595.00	Oct 12	0.76	0.90	$0.83	16.9%	1.6K	0.33	39
$625.00	Oct 16	0.67	0.76	$0.72	12.5%	1.2K	0.08	10.0K
$637.50	Oct 23	1.22	1.36	$1.29	10.9%	1.2K	0.09	82
$620.00	Oct 16	1.06	1.15	$1.11	8.1%	816	0.11	9.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 30	12.35	12.85	$12.60	4.0%	5.1K	0.41	659
$520.00	Oct 30	1.68	1.85	$1.77	9.6%	5.1K	0.07	1.2K
$580.00	Nov 20	18.20	19.00	$18.60	4.3%	3.5K	0.40	2.8K
$620.00	Nov 20	38.20	40.65	$39.42	6.2%	3.2K	0.64	5.6K
$595.00	Oct 16	8.95	9.55	$9.25	6.5%	2.3K	0.52	5.1K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 5.2%, max 13.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$577.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	36.7%	32.2%	13.9%	1	121
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 23	33.7%	31.7%	6.5%	9	134
$590.00	Oct 12	Nov 20	32.8%	31.1%	5.4%	141	197
$592.50	Oct 12	Oct 30	31.2%	30.1%	3.6%	220	96
$595.00	Oct 12	Nov 20	31.2%	30.7%	1.6%	1.6K	331

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$590.00	Oct 12	Nov 20	32.8%	31.1%	5.4%	2.2K	2.8K
$592.50	Oct 12	Nov 13	31.2%	30.1%	3.7%	382	208
$595.00	Oct 12	Nov 20	31.2%	30.7%	1.6%	1.0K	2.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 522 found (best R:R 4.95, avg 8.16)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$597.50	Nov 6	$3.13	$4.37	$3.13	53%	1.40	$593.13
$595.00	$600.00	Nov 13	$1.83	$3.17	$1.83	50%	1.73	$596.83
$625.00	$635.00	Oct 26	$0.80	$9.20	$0.80	18%	11.50	$625.80
$592.50	$595.00	Oct 30	$0.83	$1.67	$0.83	52%	2.01	$593.33
$590.00	$595.00	Oct 15	$2.05	$2.95	$2.05	56%	1.44	$592.05

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$595.00	$592.50	Oct 19	$0.42	$2.08	$0.42	53%	4.95	$594.58
$595.00	$592.50	Nov 6	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	51%	3.72	$594.47
$577.50	$575.00	Nov 6	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	37%	9.00	$577.25
$520.00	$480.00	Oct 19	$0.17	$39.83	$0.17	3%	234.29	$519.83
$590.00	$587.50	Nov 6	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	47%	3.17	$589.40

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 432 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$697.50	$700.00	Oct 13	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	95%	1.00	$698.75
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 13	$1.20	$1.20	$3.80	95%	0.32	$706.20
$680.00	$685.00	Oct 13	$0.73	$0.73	$4.27	94%	0.17	$680.73
$685.00	$687.50	Oct 14	$0.59	$0.59	$1.91	96%	0.31	$685.59
$637.50	$640.00	Oct 14	$0.61	$0.61	$1.89	94%	0.32	$638.11

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 13	$2.12	$2.12	$2.88	93%	0.74	$502.88
$592.50	$590.00	Nov 6	$1.77	$1.77	$0.73	51%	2.42	$590.73
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 19	$1.73	$1.73	$0.77	51%	2.25	$590.77
$582.50	$580.00	Nov 6	$1.52	$1.52	$0.98	59%	1.55	$580.98
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 14	$1.63	$1.63	$0.87	50%	1.87	$590.87

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.38, cheapest $2.38)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$592.50	Oct 12	Oct 13	$2.43	31.2%	29.6%
$595.00	Oct 12	Oct 13	$2.35	31.2%	30.5%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$592.50	Oct 12	Oct 13	$2.38	31.2%	29.6%
$595.00	Oct 12	Oct 13	$2.34	31.2%	30.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 282 found (cheapest 0.54% of stock, avg 5.89%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$592.50	Oct 12	$1.92	$1.30	$3.22	$589.28	$595.72	0.54%
$595.00	Oct 12	$0.83	$2.89	$3.72	$591.28	$598.72	0.63%
$590.00	Oct 12	$3.80	$0.55	$4.35	$585.65	$594.35	0.73%
$597.50	Oct 12	$0.27	$4.97	$5.24	$592.26	$602.74	0.88%
$587.50	Oct 12	$6.45	$0.29	$6.74	$580.76	$594.24	1.14%
$600.00	Oct 12	$0.08	$7.05	$7.13	$592.87	$607.13	1.20%
$592.50	Oct 13	$4.35	$3.68	$8.03	$584.47	$600.53	1.35%
$595.00	Oct 13	$3.18	$5.23	$8.41	$586.59	$603.41	1.42%
$590.00	Oct 13	$5.88	$2.71	$8.59	$581.41	$598.59	1.45%
$585.00	Oct 12	$8.65	$0.15	$8.80	$576.20	$593.80	1.48%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 278 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 3.32%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$597.50	$585.00	Oct 12	$0.27	$0.15	$0.42	$584.58	$597.92
$597.50	$587.50	Oct 12	$0.27	$0.29	$0.56	$586.94	$598.06
$597.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.27	$0.55	$0.82	$589.18	$598.32
$595.00	$585.00	Oct 12	$0.83	$0.15	$0.98	$584.02	$595.98
$595.00	$587.50	Oct 12	$0.83	$0.29	$1.12	$586.38	$596.12
$595.00	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.83	$0.55	$1.38	$588.62	$596.38
$605.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.55	$1.05	$1.60	$580.90	$606.60
$602.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.91	$1.05	$1.96	$580.54	$604.46
$597.50	$592.50	Oct 12	$0.27	$1.30	$1.57	$590.93	$599.07
$605.00	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.55	$1.43	$1.98	$583.02	$606.98

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 532 found (best R:R 2.07, avg credit $0.97)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/505	698/700	Oct 13	$3.37	$1.63	88%	2.07	$501.63	$700.87
500/505	705/710	Oct 13	$3.32	$1.68	88%	1.98	$501.68	$708.32
500/505	680/685	Oct 13	$2.85	$2.15	88%	1.33	$502.15	$682.85
500/505	665/668	Oct 13	$2.36	$2.64	91%	0.89	$502.64	$667.36
500/505	608/610	Oct 13	$2.25	$2.75	86%	0.82	$502.75	$609.75
500/505	605/608	Oct 13	$2.34	$2.66	82%	0.88	$502.66	$607.34
500/505	602/605	Oct 13	$2.48	$2.52	76%	0.98	$502.52	$604.98
500/505	600/602	Oct 13	$2.63	$2.37	69%	1.11	$502.37	$602.63
572/575	698/700	Oct 13	$1.35	$1.15	87%	1.17	$573.65	$698.85
575/578	698/700	Oct 13	$1.38	$1.12	85%	1.23	$576.12	$698.88

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 393 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$565.00	$572.50	$580.00	Nov 6	$0.15	$7.35	11%	49.00
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Oct 12	$0.53	$1.97	43%	3.72
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Oct 14	$0.05	$2.45	13%	49.00
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Oct 26	$0.11	$4.89	8%	44.45
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Oct 13	$0.17	$2.33	19%	13.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Oct 12	$0.49	$2.01	44%	4.10
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Oct 15	$0.39	$9.61	10%	24.64
$570.00	$580.00	$590.00	Oct 26	$1.01	$8.99	20%	8.90
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Oct 19	$0.10	$9.90	4%	99.00
$595.00	$597.50	$600.00	Oct 14	$0.06	$2.44	12%	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 514 found (best net $-16.41, 478 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$580.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.41	$11.09
$590.00	$592.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.04	$2.46
$587.50	$590.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$1.15	$1.35
$582.50	$587.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$3.16	$1.84
$580.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$4.30	$0.70

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$16.41	$23.59
$680.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$26.88	$3.12
$597.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.81	$1.69
$570.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.15	$9.85
$520.00	$480.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.24	$39.76

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 203 found (best yield 3.83%, avg 0.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	$22.70	0.48	1.1%	3.83%	4.98%	381	2.6K
$605.00	Nov 20	$20.35	0.45	2.0%	3.43%	5.43%	35	1.0K
$595.00	Nov 20	$24.65	0.51	0.3%	4.16%	4.47%	72	292
$610.00	Nov 20	$18.30	0.42	2.8%	3.09%	5.92%	56	1.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	$16.20	0.39	3.7%	2.73%	6.41%	5	532
$620.00	Nov 20	$14.45	0.36	4.5%	2.44%	6.96%	137	1.4K
$625.00	Nov 20	$12.70	0.33	5.4%	2.14%	7.51%	125	996
$600.00	Nov 13	$19.90	0.47	1.1%	3.35%	4.51%	29	19
$602.50	Nov 13	$18.70	0.45	1.6%	3.15%	4.73%	2	--
$605.00	Nov 13	$17.55	0.44	2.0%	2.96%	4.95%	7	8

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 32,173

Total Puts 73,737

Put/Call Ratio 2.29

Net Difference -41,564

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 38,344

Total Puts 166,944

Put/Call Ratio 4.35

Net Difference -128,600

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 539,454

Total Puts 1,367,721

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.57

Ratio Trend Falling

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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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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