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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$590.89 -2.06%

(10/12 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12 2:00pm) 145,633

Calls: 47,211 (32%)

Puts: 98,422 (68%)

Prior (10/09) 244,677

Calls: 56,435 (23%)

Puts: 188,242 (77%)

Current vs Prior -40.48%

Calls: -16.34% (Calls)

Puts: -47.72% (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 -46.55%

Calls: -38.74%

Puts: -49.63%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/12 2:00pm) $164.31M

Calls: $31.74M (19%)

Puts: $132.57M (81%)

Prior (10/09) $79.91M

Calls: $28.09M (35%)

Puts: $51.82M (65%)

Current vs Prior +105.62%

Calls: +13.01%

Puts: +155.82%

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 -2.08%

Calls: -62.70%

Puts: +60.29%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/12 2:00pm) 2.08

Prior (10/09) 3.34

Current vs Prior -37.50%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.57

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -19.03%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/12 2:00pm) 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 0.57% | 1.57%0.57% | 2.21%3.21% | 4.66%2.84% | 9.01%

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

Current vs Prior -62.48% | -22.56%+24.22% | +45.31%+598.54% | +28.55%-10.24% | -3.12%

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 -60.85% | -22.32%-37.08% | +15.53%+108.29% | +26.23%-26.92% | -9.78%

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 -62.48% | -22.56%-7.66% | +44.20%+419.27% | +30.30%-11.94% | -3.41%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 40.47% | 30.24%

Calls: 47.80% | 37.80%

Puts: 33.15% | 22.68%

Prior 27.55% | 36.12%

Calls: 28.29% | 42.29%

Puts: 26.82% | 29.94%

Current vs Prior +46.90% | -16.28%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.83% | 38.79%

Calls: 43.90% | 40.05%

Puts: 45.76% | 37.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.73% | -22.04%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 81% of dollar volume in puts ($132.57M) vs calls ($31.74M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 106% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 40% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.08 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

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Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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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 561 of results (avg 6.2%, best 2.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Oct 16	100.30	102.60	$101.45	2.3%	12	0.99	51
$610.00	Nov 13	14.65	15.00	$14.83	2.4%	20	0.39	65
$480.00	Nov 20	114.65	117.50	$116.08	2.5%	--	0.94	138
$505.00	Oct 16	85.40	87.70	$86.55	2.7%	1	0.99	160
$475.00	Nov 20	119.00	122.25	$120.63	2.7%	--	0.95	175

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$587.50	Oct 16	6.95	7.10	$7.03	2.1%	1.7K	0.42	1.7K
$705.00	Oct 12	112.60	115.20	$113.90	2.3%	10	1.00	--
$560.00	Nov 13	10.50	10.75	$10.63	2.4%	34	0.28	54
$585.00	Nov 6	16.50	16.90	$16.70	2.4%	14	0.43	144
$550.00	Nov 20	10.10	10.35	$10.23	2.4%	798	0.24	6.4K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 55 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.52)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 13	0.86	1.01	$0.94	16.0%	165	0.18	10
$612.50	Oct 14	0.53	0.62	$0.57	15.8%	128	0.08	--
$610.00	Oct 14	0.70	0.82	$0.76	15.8%	63	0.11	95
$640.00	Oct 16	0.20	0.24	$0.22	18.2%	69	0.03	3.6K
$627.50	Oct 16	0.50	0.52	$0.51	3.9%	338	0.06	309

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 12	0.48	0.56	$0.52	15.4%	2.3K	0.33	959
$565.00	Oct 13	0.17	0.19	$0.18	11.1%	56	0.03	27
$575.00	Oct 13	0.46	0.55	$0.51	17.6%	59	0.09	16
$577.50	Oct 13	0.62	0.74	$0.68	17.6%	36	0.12	63
$580.00	Oct 13	0.87	1.00	$0.94	13.8%	80	0.16	80

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 401 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 12	39.75	43.05	$41.40	8.0%	4	1.00	--
$530.00	Oct 12	59.55	63.05	$61.30	5.7%	8	1.00	--
$547.50	Oct 12	42.40	45.55	$43.97	7.2%	1	1.00	--
$552.50	Oct 12	37.00	40.55	$38.78	9.2%	3	1.00	--
$555.00	Oct 12	34.90	38.05	$36.47	8.6%	2	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$595.00	Oct 12	3.60	4.75	$4.18	27.5%	574	1.00	166
$597.50	Oct 12	5.30	7.55	$6.43	35.0%	46	1.00	248
$600.00	Oct 12	7.80	9.50	$8.65	19.7%	254	1.00	874
$602.50	Oct 12	9.75	12.15	$10.95	21.9%	33	1.00	389
$605.00	Oct 12	12.80	14.60	$13.70	13.1%	20	1.00	184

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 930 active (total vol 105.8K, top 5.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	4.65	5.05	$4.85	8.2%	3.7K	0.35	11.4K
$595.00	Oct 12	0.02	0.06	$0.04	100.0%	3.0K	0.04	39
$597.50	Oct 12	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	2.1K	0.01	6
$615.00	Oct 16	1.39	1.51	$1.45	8.3%	1.6K	0.14	13.9K
$625.00	Oct 16	0.61	0.69	$0.65	12.3%	1.2K	0.07	10.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 30	13.45	14.10	$13.77	4.7%	5.1K	0.43	659
$520.00	Oct 30	1.79	1.97	$1.88	9.6%	5.1K	0.07	1.2K
$580.00	Nov 20	19.00	19.55	$19.27	2.9%	4.5K	0.41	2.8K
$620.00	Nov 20	39.40	41.30	$40.35	4.7%	4.2K	0.65	5.6K
$587.50	Oct 12	0.10	0.13	$0.12	25.0%	2.5K	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 12.0%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$577.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	37.0%	33.0%	12.0%	1	121
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 23	33.8%	32.0%	5.5%	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. 528 found (best R:R 2.85, avg 7.54)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$595.00	Oct 26	$1.30	$3.70	$1.30	52%	2.85	$591.30
$600.00	$602.50	Oct 19	$0.27	$2.23	$0.27	36%	8.26	$600.27
$582.50	$587.50	Oct 13	$3.24	$1.76	$3.24	79%	0.54	$585.74
$575.00	$577.50	Oct 23	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	70%	0.92	$576.30
$585.00	$590.00	Nov 6	$2.35	$2.65	$2.35	57%	1.13	$587.35

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$597.50	$595.00	Oct 13	$1.13	$1.37	$1.13	75%	1.21	$596.37
$625.00	$622.50	Nov 6	$1.22	$1.28	$1.22	73%	1.05	$623.78
$625.00	$620.00	Nov 13	$2.92	$2.08	$2.92	71%	0.71	$622.08
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 19	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	51%	2.68	$591.82
$595.00	$592.50	Nov 13	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	50%	2.33	$594.25

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 429 found (best R:R 3.90, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$697.50	$700.00	Oct 13	$1.99	$1.99	$0.51	94%	3.90	$699.49
$680.00	$685.00	Oct 13	$1.47	$1.47	$3.53	93%	0.42	$681.47
$592.50	$595.00	Oct 19	$1.82	$1.82	$0.68	51%	2.68	$594.32
$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	97%	0.31	$685.59

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
$590.00	$587.50	Oct 15	$1.48	$1.48	$1.02	54%	1.45	$588.52
$587.50	$585.00	Oct 30	$1.41	$1.41	$1.09	55%	1.29	$586.09
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 12	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	97%	0.15	$532.18
$585.00	$580.00	Nov 13	$2.38	$2.38	$2.62	56%	0.91	$582.62

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.00, cheapest $2.93)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$590.00	Oct 12	Oct 13	$3.07	25.2%	30.7%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$590.00	Oct 12	Oct 13	$2.93	25.2%	30.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 300 found (cheapest 0.35% of stock, avg 5.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$590.00	Oct 12	$1.56	$0.52	$2.08	$587.92	$592.08	0.35%
$592.50	Oct 12	$0.28	$1.81	$2.09	$590.41	$594.59	0.35%
$595.00	Oct 12	$0.04	$4.18	$4.22	$590.78	$599.22	0.71%
$587.50	Oct 12	$4.18	$0.12	$4.30	$583.20	$591.80	0.73%
$585.00	Oct 12	$6.25	$0.04	$6.29	$578.71	$591.29	1.06%
$597.50	Oct 12	$0.01	$6.43	$6.44	$591.06	$603.94	1.09%
$592.50	Oct 13	$3.28	$4.63	$7.91	$584.59	$600.41	1.34%
$590.00	Oct 13	$4.63	$3.45	$8.08	$581.92	$598.08	1.37%
$595.00	Oct 13	$2.20	$6.10	$8.30	$586.70	$603.30	1.40%
$600.00	Oct 12	$0.01	$8.65	$8.66	$591.34	$608.66	1.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 277 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 3.36%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$592.50	$587.50	Oct 12	$0.28	$0.12	$0.40	$587.10	$592.90
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.28	$0.52	$0.80	$589.20	$593.30
$602.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.59	$0.94	$1.53	$578.47	$604.03
$600.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.94	$0.94	$1.88	$578.12	$601.88
$602.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.59	$1.32	$1.91	$580.59	$604.41
$600.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.94	$1.32	$2.26	$580.24	$602.26
$597.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$1.45	$0.94	$2.39	$577.61	$599.89
$602.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.59	$1.77	$2.36	$582.64	$604.86
$597.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$1.45	$1.32	$2.77	$579.73	$600.27
$600.00	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.94	$1.77	$2.71	$582.29	$602.71

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 553 found (best R:R 2.31, avg credit $0.99)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/505	680/685	Oct 13	$3.49	$1.51	86%	2.31	$501.51	$683.49
500/505	665/668	Oct 13	$2.36	$2.64	90%	0.89	$502.64	$667.36
500/505	670/672	Oct 13	$2.16	$2.84	92%	0.76	$502.84	$672.16
500/505	608/610	Oct 13	$2.12	$2.88	87%	0.74	$502.88	$609.62
500/505	605/608	Oct 13	$2.15	$2.85	85%	0.75	$502.85	$607.15
500/505	602/605	Oct 13	$2.23	$2.77	81%	0.81	$502.77	$604.73
500/505	600/602	Oct 13	$2.37	$2.63	75%	0.90	$502.63	$602.37
500/505	598/600	Oct 13	$2.53	$2.47	68%	1.02	$502.47	$600.03
572/575	680/685	Oct 13	$1.60	$3.40	84%	0.47	$573.40	$681.60
500/505	595/598	Oct 13	$2.77	$2.23	58%	1.24	$502.23	$597.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 383 found (best R:R 20.74, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 15	$0.23	$4.77	21%	20.74
$565.00	$572.50	$580.00	Nov 6	$0.10	$7.40	10%	74.00
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Oct 12	$0.21	$2.29	23%	10.90
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$1.04	$1.46	63%	1.40

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$0.89	$1.61	70%	1.81
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$1.08	$1.42	67%	1.31
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Oct 19	$0.10	$9.90	4%	99.00
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.32	$2.18	30%	6.81
$565.00	$570.00	$575.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 521 found (best net $-6.66, 485 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$515.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$6.66	$28.34
$550.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$2.58	$17.42
$580.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$1.12	$3.88
$670.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.18	$19.82
$582.50	$587.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$3.29	$1.71

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$17.43	$22.57
$597.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$1.93	$0.57
$570.00	$562.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.34	$7.16
$560.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.15	$9.85
$565.00	$555.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$1.42	$8.58

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 210 found (best yield 3.67%, avg 0.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	$21.70	0.47	1.5%	3.67%	5.21%	810	2.6K
$595.00	Nov 20	$23.80	0.50	0.7%	4.03%	4.72%	155	292
$605.00	Nov 20	$19.25	0.44	2.4%	3.26%	5.65%	43	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 20	$17.40	0.41	3.2%	2.94%	6.18%	476	1.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	$15.40	0.38	4.1%	2.61%	6.69%	8	532
$620.00	Nov 20	$13.70	0.35	4.9%	2.32%	7.25%	176	1.4K
$595.00	Nov 13	$21.20	0.50	0.7%	3.59%	4.28%	5	3
$600.00	Nov 13	$18.80	0.46	1.5%	3.18%	4.72%	30	19
$625.00	Nov 20	$12.00	0.32	5.8%	2.03%	7.80%	126	996
$602.50	Nov 13	$17.50	0.44	2.0%	2.96%	4.93%	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 47,211

Total Puts 98,422

Put/Call Ratio 2.08

Net Difference -51,211

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 56,435

Total Puts 188,242

Put/Call Ratio 3.34

Net Difference -131,807

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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