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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$590.41 -2.14%

(10/12 14:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12 3:00pm) 164,249

Calls: 51,380 (31%)

Puts: 112,869 (69%)

Prior (10/09) 260,159

Calls: 64,134 (25%)

Puts: 196,025 (75%)

Current vs Prior -36.87%

Calls: -19.89% (Calls)

Puts: -42.42% (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 -39.71%

Calls: -33.33%

Puts: -42.23%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/12 3:00pm) $189.13M

Calls: $35.85M (19%)

Puts: $153.28M (81%)

Prior (10/09) $102.38M

Calls: $47.35M (46%)

Puts: $55.02M (54%)

Current vs Prior +84.73%

Calls: -24.30%

Puts: +178.56%

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 +12.70%

Calls: -57.88%

Puts: +85.33%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/12 3:00pm) 2.20

Prior (10/09) 3.06

Current vs Prior -28.13%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.57

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -14.68%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/12 3:00pm) 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% | 1.59%0.57% | 2.28%3.16% | 4.61%2.82% | 9.01%

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

Current vs Prior -62.22% | -21.50%+25.07% | +50.22%+588.41% | +27.35%-11.07% | -3.13%

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 -60.58% | -21.25%-36.65% | +19.43%+105.27% | +25.04%-27.60% | -9.79%

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 -62.22% | -21.50%-7.03% | +49.07%+411.74% | +29.08%-12.76% | -3.43%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 30.18% | 23.07%

Calls: 32.93% | 26.67%

Puts: 27.43% | 19.47%

Prior 27.55% | 36.12%

Calls: 28.29% | 42.29%

Puts: 26.82% | 29.94%

Current vs Prior +9.55% | -36.13%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.83% | 38.79%

Calls: 43.90% | 40.05%

Puts: 45.76% | 37.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -32.68% | -40.53%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 81% of dollar volume in puts ($153.28M) vs calls ($35.85M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 85% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.20 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 28% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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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 528 of results (avg 6.1%, best 2.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Oct 16	99.50	101.95	$100.73	2.4%	12	0.99	51
$475.00	Nov 20	118.45	121.50	$119.98	2.5%	--	0.94	175
$495.00	Oct 16	94.50	96.95	$95.73	2.6%	--	0.99	85
$480.00	Nov 13	112.55	115.65	$114.10	2.7%	4	0.95	--
$505.00	Oct 16	84.60	87.00	$85.80	2.8%	1	0.99	160

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	28.70	29.30	$29.00	2.1%	700	0.54	2.6K
$590.00	Nov 20	23.65	24.20	$23.92	2.3%	175	0.48	1.8K
$592.50	Nov 13	22.25	22.80	$22.53	2.4%	12	0.50	16
$605.00	Nov 20	31.30	32.10	$31.70	2.5%	95	0.57	1.0K
$560.00	Oct 16	1.35	1.39	$1.37	2.9%	413	0.11	12.2K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 51 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.88)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 13	0.80	0.96	$0.88	18.2%	345	0.17	10
$612.50	Oct 14	0.51	0.59	$0.55	14.5%	128	0.08	--
$610.00	Oct 14	0.68	0.78	$0.73	13.7%	80	0.10	95
$607.50	Oct 14	0.93	1.05	$0.99	12.1%	200	0.13	64
$645.00	Oct 16	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	107	0.02	2.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 13	0.30	0.35	$0.32	15.6%	571	0.06	35
$572.50	Oct 13	0.37	0.45	$0.41	19.5%	139	0.07	38
$567.50	Oct 13	0.24	0.28	$0.26	15.4%	116	0.04	1
$577.50	Oct 13	0.68	0.80	$0.74	16.2%	41	0.13	63
$560.00	Oct 14	0.46	0.55	$0.51	17.6%	668	0.06	5

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 406 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Oct 12	113.70	117.35	$115.53	3.2%	3	1.00	--
$480.00	Oct 12	108.95	112.35	$110.65	3.1%	10	1.00	--
$485.00	Oct 12	103.95	107.35	$105.65	3.2%	10	1.00	--
$490.00	Oct 12	98.60	102.35	$100.48	3.7%	2	1.00	--
$495.00	Oct 12	93.90	97.35	$95.63	3.6%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Oct 13	18.40	21.30	$19.85	14.6%	4	1.00	127
$612.50	Oct 13	20.20	23.30	$21.75	14.3%	11	1.00	29
$615.00	Oct 13	23.50	26.50	$25.00	12.0%	1	1.00	227
$620.00	Oct 13	27.65	31.15	$29.40	11.9%	7	1.00	14
$622.50	Oct 13	30.15	33.55	$31.85	10.7%	2	1.00	5

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 963 active (total vol 114.2K, top 5.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	4.55	4.75	$4.65	4.3%	4.1K	0.34	11.4K
$595.00	Oct 12	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	3.1K	0.03	39
$597.50	Oct 12	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.1K	0.01	6
$615.00	Oct 16	1.35	1.49	$1.42	9.9%	1.6K	0.13	13.9K
$650.00	Nov 20	6.25	6.70	$6.48	6.9%	1.2K	0.19	4.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 30	13.80	14.45	$14.13	4.6%	5.1K	0.43	659
$520.00	Oct 30	1.81	1.99	$1.90	9.5%	5.1K	0.07	1.2K
$580.00	Nov 20	19.30	19.95	$19.63	3.3%	4.6K	0.41	2.8K
$620.00	Nov 20	39.65	42.05	$40.85	5.9%	4.2K	0.66	5.6K
$587.50	Oct 12	0.11	0.16	$0.14	35.7%	2.6K	0.12	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 7.4%, max 11.3%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$577.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	37.1%	33.4%	11.3%	1	121
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 23	34.7%	32.1%	7.9%	10	134
$572.50	Oct 23	Nov 6	34.1%	33.1%	3.0%	17	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. 527 found (best R:R 1.23, avg 7.45)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$570.00	$572.50	Oct 23	$1.12	$1.38	$1.12	74%	1.23	$571.12
$575.00	$577.50	Oct 23	$1.22	$1.28	$1.22	69%	1.05	$576.22
$595.00	$597.50	Oct 15	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	42%	4.00	$595.50
$600.00	$602.50	Oct 19	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	36%	5.25	$600.40
$567.50	$570.00	Oct 30	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	71%	0.72	$568.95

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$545.00	Nov 6	$0.55	$4.45	$0.55	21%	8.09	$549.45
$595.00	$590.00	Oct 26	$2.13	$2.87	$2.13	54%	1.35	$592.87
$585.00	$582.50	Oct 15	$0.47	$2.03	$0.47	37%	4.32	$584.53
$597.50	$595.00	Oct 13	$1.49	$1.01	$1.49	77%	0.68	$596.01
$575.00	$572.50	Oct 23	$0.43	$2.07	$0.43	31%	4.81	$574.57

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 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$695.00	$697.50	Oct 13	$1.87	$1.87	$0.63	92%	2.97	$696.87
$685.00	$687.50	Oct 14	$0.59	$0.59	$1.91	97%	0.31	$685.59
$595.00	$597.50	Nov 13	$1.77	$1.77	$0.73	51%	2.42	$596.77
$592.50	$595.00	Oct 30	$1.68	$1.68	$0.82	50%	2.05	$594.18
$597.50	$600.00	Oct 15	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	62%	1.03	$598.77

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
$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
$510.00	$495.00	Oct 15	$0.34	$0.34	$14.66	98%	0.02	$509.66
$517.50	$515.00	Oct 12	$0.26	$0.26	$2.24	97%	0.12	$517.24

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $3.29, cheapest $3.09)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$590.00	Oct 12	Oct 13	$3.48	31.0%	32.5%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$590.00	Oct 12	Oct 13	$3.09	31.0%	32.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 305 found (cheapest 0.29% of stock, avg 6.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$590.00	Oct 12	$1.02	$0.71	$1.73	$588.27	$591.73	0.29%
$592.50	Oct 12	$0.16	$2.37	$2.53	$589.97	$595.03	0.43%
$587.50	Oct 12	$3.00	$0.14	$3.14	$584.36	$590.64	0.53%
$595.00	Oct 12	$0.03	$4.85	$4.88	$590.12	$599.88	0.83%
$585.00	Oct 12	$5.50	$0.05	$5.55	$579.45	$590.55	0.94%
$597.50	Oct 12	$0.01	$7.20	$7.21	$590.29	$604.71	1.22%
$592.50	Oct 13	$3.00	$4.88	$7.88	$584.62	$600.38	1.33%
$590.00	Oct 13	$4.50	$3.80	$8.30	$581.70	$598.30	1.41%
$595.00	Oct 13	$2.09	$6.53	$8.62	$586.38	$603.62	1.46%
$587.50	Oct 13	$6.07	$2.81	$8.88	$578.62	$596.38	1.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 277 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.42%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$592.50	$587.50	Oct 12	$0.16	$0.14	$0.30	$587.20	$592.80
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.16	$0.71	$0.87	$589.13	$593.37
$602.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.56	$1.06	$1.62	$578.38	$604.12
$600.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.88	$1.06	$1.94	$578.06	$601.94
$602.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.56	$1.45	$2.01	$580.49	$604.51
$600.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.88	$1.45	$2.33	$580.17	$602.33
$597.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$1.36	$1.06	$2.42	$577.58	$599.92
$597.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$1.36	$1.45	$2.81	$579.69	$600.31
$602.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.56	$2.05	$2.61	$582.39	$605.11
$600.00	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.88	$2.05	$2.93	$582.07	$602.93

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 553 found (best R:R 0.92, avg credit $0.98)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/505	658/660	Oct 13	$2.39	$2.61	90%	0.92	$502.61	$659.89
500/505	668/670	Oct 13	$2.33	$2.67	91%	0.87	$502.67	$669.83
500/505	665/668	Oct 13	$2.40	$2.60	89%	0.92	$502.60	$667.40
500/505	662/665	Oct 13	$2.36	$2.64	88%	0.89	$502.64	$664.86
500/505	605/608	Oct 13	$2.24	$2.76	85%	0.81	$502.76	$607.24
500/505	602/605	Oct 13	$2.33	$2.67	81%	0.87	$502.67	$604.83
500/505	600/602	Oct 13	$2.44	$2.56	76%	0.95	$502.56	$602.44
500/505	598/600	Oct 13	$2.60	$2.40	69%	1.08	$502.40	$600.10
500/505	595/598	Oct 13	$2.85	$2.15	60%	1.33	$502.15	$597.85
530/532	680/682	Oct 12	$0.57	$1.93	95%	0.30	$531.93	$680.57

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 409 found (best R:R 28.41, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 15	$0.17	$4.83	21%	28.41
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$1.12	$1.38	74%	1.23
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 13	$0.07	$2.43	19%	34.71
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$0.73	$1.77	53%	2.42
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.52	$1.98	41%	3.81

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$1.09	$1.41	74%	1.29
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 13	$0.09	$2.41	19%	26.78
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Oct 19	$0.08	$9.92	4%	124.00
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.48	$2.02	41%	4.21
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 533 found (best net $-6.23, 493 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$515.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$6.23	$28.77
$550.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$2.58	$17.42
$555.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$6.01	$8.99
$580.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.37	$4.63
$585.00	$587.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.50	$2.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$18.06	$21.94
$570.00	$562.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.38	$7.12
$560.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.17	$9.83
$515.00	$480.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.38	$34.62
$550.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.45	$9.55

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 210 found (best yield 4.03%, avg 0.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$595.00	Nov 20	$23.80	0.50	0.8%	4.03%	4.81%	157	292
$600.00	Nov 20	$21.45	0.47	1.6%	3.63%	5.26%	811	2.6K
$605.00	Nov 20	$19.20	0.43	2.5%	3.25%	5.72%	43	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 20	$17.20	0.40	3.3%	2.91%	6.23%	480	1.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	$15.20	0.37	4.2%	2.57%	6.74%	9	532
$620.00	Nov 20	$13.50	0.34	5.0%	2.29%	7.30%	180	1.4K
$597.50	Nov 13	$19.70	0.47	1.2%	3.34%	4.54%	19	1
$595.00	Nov 13	$20.75	0.49	0.8%	3.51%	4.29%	5	3
$625.00	Nov 20	$11.85	0.32	5.9%	2.01%	7.87%	127	996
$600.00	Nov 13	$18.45	0.46	1.6%	3.12%	4.75%	31	19

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

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

Total Calls 51,380

Total Puts 112,869

Put/Call Ratio 2.20

Net Difference -61,489

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 64,134

Total Puts 196,025

Put/Call Ratio 3.06

Net Difference -131,891

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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Earnings This Week

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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