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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$592.02 -1.88%

(10/12 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/12 1:00pm) 125,703

Calls: 39,686 (32%)

Puts: 86,017 (68%)

Prior (10/09) 223,348

Calls: 47,224 (21%)

Puts: 176,124 (79%)

Current vs Prior -43.72%

Calls: -15.96% (Calls)

Puts: -51.16% (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 -53.86%

Calls: -48.50%

Puts: -55.98%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/12 1:00pm) $123.15M

Calls: $25.38M (21%)

Puts: $97.77M (79%)

Prior (10/09) $68.99M

Calls: $21.14M (31%)

Puts: $47.85M (69%)

Current vs Prior +78.50%

Calls: +20.05%

Puts: +104.32%

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 -26.61%

Calls: -70.17%

Puts: +18.21%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/12 1:00pm) 2.17

Prior (10/09) 3.73

Current vs Prior -41.88%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.57

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.82%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/12 1:00pm) 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 0.66% | 1.63%0.66% | 2.28%3.16% | 4.60%2.79% | 8.98%

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

Current vs Prior -56.32% | -19.62%+44.59% | +49.81%+589.11% | +27.14%-11.85% | -3.43%

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 -54.43% | -19.37%-26.77% | +19.11%+105.48% | +24.84%-28.24% | -10.07%

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 -56.32% | -19.62%+7.48% | +48.67%+412.26% | +28.87%-13.52% | -3.73%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 34.22% | 26.27%

Calls: 49.00% | 28.57%

Puts: 19.44% | 23.97%

Prior 27.55% | 36.12%

Calls: 28.29% | 42.29%

Puts: 26.82% | 29.94%

Current vs Prior +24.21% | -27.27%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.83% | 38.79%

Calls: 43.90% | 40.05%

Puts: 45.76% | 37.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.67% | -32.28%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 79% of dollar volume in puts ($97.77M) vs calls ($25.38M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 78% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 44% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.17 - heavy put buying.

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Current NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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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 528 of results (avg 6.2%, best 1.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Oct 16	100.85	103.50	$102.18	2.6%	12	0.99	51
$475.00	Nov 20	119.75	123.00	$121.38	2.7%	--	0.95	175
$480.00	Nov 6	113.15	116.30	$114.73	2.7%	4	0.96	4
$485.00	Nov 20	110.30	113.45	$111.88	2.8%	1	0.94	46
$480.00	Oct 16	110.95	114.20	$112.58	2.9%	--	0.99	115

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Nov 20	39.60	40.15	$39.88	1.4%	4.2K	0.65	5.6K
$595.00	Nov 20	25.15	25.80	$25.48	2.6%	975	0.49	2.0K
$590.00	Oct 16	7.45	7.65	$7.55	2.6%	550	0.45	8.7K
$590.00	Nov 20	22.75	23.40	$23.08	2.8%	100	0.47	1.8K
$700.00	Oct 12	106.20	109.40	$107.80	3.0%	10	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 55 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.52)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$622.50	Oct 14	0.18	0.21	$0.20	15.0%	44	0.03	94
$612.50	Oct 14	0.59	0.68	$0.64	14.1%	128	0.09	--
$610.00	Oct 14	0.79	0.92	$0.86	15.1%	63	0.12	95
$645.00	Oct 16	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	107	0.02	2.8K
$640.00	Oct 16	0.20	0.24	$0.22	18.2%	69	0.03	3.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 12	0.47	0.56	$0.52	17.3%	2.2K	0.26	959
$577.50	Oct 13	0.58	0.69	$0.64	17.2%	25	0.11	63
$575.00	Oct 13	0.44	0.53	$0.49	18.4%	56	0.08	16
$565.00	Oct 13	0.16	0.19	$0.18	16.7%	51	0.03	27
$562.50	Oct 14	0.56	0.65	$0.61	14.8%	6	0.07	2

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 379 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 13	40.25	43.60	$41.93	8.0%	2	1.00	2
$555.00	Oct 13	35.70	38.90	$37.30	8.6%	2	1.00	2
$560.00	Oct 13	30.75	34.00	$32.38	10.0%	10	1.00	--
$562.50	Oct 13	28.05	31.50	$29.78	11.6%	1	1.00	1
$530.00	Oct 12	60.50	63.80	$62.15	5.3%	2	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 12	6.80	8.65	$7.73	23.9%	254	1.00	874
$602.50	Oct 12	8.95	11.60	$10.27	25.8%	32	1.00	389
$605.00	Oct 12	11.40	14.55	$12.98	24.3%	20	1.00	184
$607.50	Oct 12	13.70	17.10	$15.40	22.1%	4	1.00	95
$610.00	Oct 12	16.10	19.55	$17.83	19.3%	13	1.00	137

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 882 active (total vol 96.0K, top 5.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	4.95	5.30	$5.13	6.8%	3.6K	0.36	11.4K
$595.00	Oct 12	0.23	0.30	$0.27	25.9%	2.8K	0.16	39
$615.00	Oct 16	1.49	1.63	$1.56	9.0%	1.4K	0.15	13.9K
$625.00	Oct 16	0.64	0.70	$0.67	9.0%	1.2K	0.07	10.0K
$637.50	Oct 23	1.22	1.37	$1.30	11.5%	1.2K	0.09	82

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 30	12.85	13.65	$13.25	6.0%	5.1K	0.42	659
$520.00	Oct 30	1.74	1.97	$1.86	12.4%	5.1K	0.07	1.2K
$580.00	Nov 20	18.60	19.20	$18.90	3.2%	4.5K	0.40	2.8K
$620.00	Nov 20	39.60	40.15	$39.88	1.4%	4.2K	0.65	5.6K
$587.50	Oct 12	0.15	0.20	$0.18	27.8%	2.3K	0.10	756

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 3 strikes (avg 5.9%, max 12.5%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$577.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	36.7%	32.6%	12.5%	1	121
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 23	33.5%	31.9%	5.0%	10	134
$572.50	Oct 23	Nov 6	33.3%	33.2%	0.2%	5	55

PUTS (0)

No puts found

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 521 found (best R:R 0.95, avg 7.69)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$602.50	$605.00	Oct 15	$0.29	$2.21	$0.29	30%	7.62	$602.79
$585.00	$587.50	Oct 23	$1.08	$1.42	$1.08	60%	1.31	$586.08
$567.50	$570.00	Oct 30	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	73%	0.72	$568.95
$595.00	$597.50	Oct 15	$0.77	$1.73	$0.77	46%	2.25	$595.77
$670.00	$690.00	Oct 15	$0.39	$19.61	$0.39	5%	50.28	$670.39

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$625.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$2.57	$2.43	$2.57	68%	0.95	$622.43
$595.00	$592.50	Oct 13	$0.72	$1.78	$0.72	62%	2.47	$594.28
$610.00	$607.50	Nov 13	$0.83	$1.67	$0.83	60%	2.01	$609.17
$602.50	$600.00	Nov 13	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	55%	2.57	$601.80
$617.50	$615.00	Oct 23	$1.33	$1.17	$1.33	78%	0.88	$616.17

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 426 found (best R:R 0.68, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$697.50	$700.00	Oct 13	$1.24	$1.24	$1.26	95%	0.98	$698.74
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 13	$1.22	$1.22	$3.78	95%	0.32	$706.22
$690.00	$700.00	Oct 12	$0.71	$0.71	$9.29	96%	0.08	$690.71
$685.00	$687.50	Oct 14	$0.59	$0.59	$1.91	96%	0.31	$685.59
$637.50	$640.00	Oct 14	$0.62	$0.62	$1.88	94%	0.33	$638.12

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 13	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	93%	0.68	$502.98
$582.50	$580.00	Oct 19	$1.10	$1.10	$1.40	66%	0.79	$581.40
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 12	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	97%	0.15	$532.18
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 12	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	97%	0.15	$527.18
$565.00	$555.00	Oct 26	$1.92	$1.92	$8.08	78%	0.24	$563.08

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.84, cheapest $2.75)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$592.50	Oct 12	Oct 13	$2.75	26.1%	30.8%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$592.50	Oct 12	Oct 13	$2.94	25.0%	30.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 293 found (cheapest 0.40% of stock, avg 5.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$592.50	Oct 12	$0.95	$1.44	$2.39	$590.11	$594.89	0.40%
$590.00	Oct 12	$2.49	$0.52	$3.01	$586.99	$593.01	0.51%
$595.00	Oct 12	$0.27	$3.45	$3.72	$591.28	$598.72	0.63%
$587.50	Oct 12	$4.63	$0.18	$4.81	$582.69	$592.31	0.81%
$597.50	Oct 12	$0.07	$5.45	$5.52	$591.98	$603.02	0.93%
$585.00	Oct 12	$6.98	$0.08	$7.06	$577.94	$592.06	1.19%
$595.00	Oct 13	$2.54	$5.10	$7.64	$587.36	$602.64	1.29%
$600.00	Oct 12	$0.03	$7.73	$7.76	$592.24	$607.76	1.31%
$592.50	Oct 13	$3.70	$4.38	$8.08	$584.42	$600.58	1.36%
$590.00	Oct 13	$5.25	$3.10	$8.35	$581.65	$598.35	1.41%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 279 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 3.38%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$595.00	$587.50	Oct 12	$0.27	$0.18	$0.45	$587.05	$595.45
$595.00	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.27	$0.52	$0.79	$589.21	$595.79
$602.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.73	$0.81	$1.54	$578.46	$604.04
$592.50	$587.50	Oct 12	$0.95	$0.18	$1.13	$586.37	$593.63
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.95	$0.52	$1.47	$588.53	$593.97
$602.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.73	$1.20	$1.93	$580.57	$604.43
$600.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$1.14	$0.81	$1.95	$578.05	$601.95
$600.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$1.14	$1.20	$2.34	$580.16	$602.34
$602.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.73	$1.61	$2.34	$582.66	$604.84
$600.00	$585.00	Oct 13	$1.14	$1.61	$2.75	$582.25	$602.75

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 493 found (best R:R 1.87, avg credit $0.99)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/505	698/700	Oct 13	$3.26	$1.74	88%	1.87	$501.74	$700.76
500/505	705/710	Oct 13	$3.24	$1.76	88%	1.84	$501.76	$708.24
500/505	665/668	Oct 13	$2.26	$2.74	91%	0.82	$502.74	$667.26
500/505	605/608	Oct 13	$2.18	$2.82	83%	0.77	$502.82	$607.18
500/505	602/605	Oct 13	$2.29	$2.71	79%	0.85	$502.71	$604.79
500/505	600/602	Oct 13	$2.43	$2.57	72%	0.95	$502.57	$602.43
572/575	698/700	Oct 13	$1.36	$1.14	86%	1.19	$573.64	$698.86
580/582	698/700	Oct 13	$1.63	$0.87	75%	1.87	$580.87	$699.13
575/578	698/700	Oct 13	$1.39	$1.11	84%	1.25	$576.11	$698.89
578/580	698/700	Oct 13	$1.41	$1.09	81%	1.29	$578.59	$698.91

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 390 found (best R:R 54.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 26	$0.09	$4.91	11%	54.56
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$0.60	$1.90	46%	3.17
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$0.86	$1.64	57%	1.91
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Oct 12	$0.48	$2.02	39%	4.21

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Oct 15	$0.39	$9.61	10%	24.64
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$0.58	$1.92	45%	3.31
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Oct 19	$0.13	$9.87	4%	75.92
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.24	$2.26	22%	9.42
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Nov 13	$0.11	$4.89	6%	44.45

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 517 found (best net $-6.68, 481 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$515.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$6.68	$28.32
$550.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$3.45	$16.55
$575.00	$587.50	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.11	$12.39
$580.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$2.19	$2.81
$587.50	$590.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.35	$2.15

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$16.41	$23.59
$597.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$1.45	$1.05
$570.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.15	$9.85
$565.00	$555.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$1.13	$8.87
$560.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.13	$9.87

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 210 found (best yield 4.14%, avg 0.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$595.00	Nov 20	$24.50	0.51	0.5%	4.14%	4.64%	107	292
$600.00	Nov 20	$22.05	0.47	1.4%	3.72%	5.07%	810	2.6K
$605.00	Nov 20	$19.85	0.44	2.2%	3.35%	5.55%	37	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 20	$17.65	0.41	3.0%	2.98%	6.02%	58	1.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	$15.70	0.38	3.9%	2.65%	6.53%	8	532
$620.00	Nov 20	$13.95	0.35	4.7%	2.36%	7.08%	170	1.4K
$595.00	Nov 13	$21.35	0.50	0.5%	3.61%	4.11%	5	3
$600.00	Nov 13	$19.15	0.46	1.4%	3.23%	4.58%	30	19
$625.00	Nov 20	$12.25	0.32	5.6%	2.07%	7.64%	125	996
$602.50	Nov 13	$18.00	0.45	1.8%	3.04%	4.81%	2	--

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 39,686

Total Puts 86,017

Put/Call Ratio 2.17

Net Difference -46,331

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 47,224

Total Puts 176,124

Put/Call Ratio 3.73

Net Difference -128,900

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)

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