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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$590.99 -2.05%

(10/12 15:12) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12 4:00pm) 189,548

Calls: 59,444 (31%)

Puts: 130,104 (69%)

Prior (10/09) 308,042

Calls: 73,665 (24%)

Puts: 234,377 (76%)

Current vs Prior -38.47%

Calls: -19.30% (Calls)

Puts: -44.49% (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 -30.43%

Calls: -22.86%

Puts: -33.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/12 4:00pm) $201.44M

Calls: $39.03M (19%)

Puts: $162.41M (81%)

Prior (10/09) $119.73M

Calls: $54.06M (45%)

Puts: $65.68M (55%)

Current vs Prior +68.24%

Calls: -27.80%

Puts: +147.29%

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 +20.04%

Calls: -54.14%

Puts: +96.37%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/12 4:00pm) 2.19

Prior (10/09) 3.18

Current vs Prior -31.21%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.57

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -14.99%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/12 4:00pm) 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 0.46% | 1.57%0.46% | 2.28%3.21% | 4.58%2.80% | 9.13%

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

Current vs Prior +3.54% | +12.87%+0.24% | +50.29%+598.80% | +26.52%-11.69% | -1.86%

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 +8.03% | +13.23%-49.23% | +19.49%+108.37% | +24.23%-28.11% | -8.60%

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 +3.54% | +12.87%-25.49% | +49.14%+419.46% | +28.24%-13.37% | -2.16%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 21.55% | 30.37%

Calls: 22.47% | 41.48%

Puts: 20.62% | 19.26%

Prior 27.55% | 36.12%

Calls: 28.29% | 42.29%

Puts: 26.82% | 29.94%

Current vs Prior -21.78% | -15.92%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.83% | 38.79%

Calls: 43.90% | 40.05%

Puts: 45.76% | 37.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -51.93% | -21.71%

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Strong bearish conviction with 81% of dollar volume in puts ($162.41M) vs calls ($39.03M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 68% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.19 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 31% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 303 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Oct 16	114.70	118.50	$116.60	3.3%	--	1.00	100
$475.00	Oct 12	113.50	117.55	$115.53	3.5%	3	0.96	--
$480.00	Oct 12	108.60	112.55	$110.57	3.6%	10	0.96	--
$480.00	Nov 20	113.20	117.50	$115.35	3.7%	--	0.92	138
$480.00	Nov 6	111.25	115.50	$113.38	3.7%	4	0.96	4

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$707.50	Oct 16	114.75	118.30	$116.53	3.0%	4	1.00	--
$705.00	Oct 16	112.25	115.80	$114.03	3.1%	4	1.00	25
$705.00	Oct 12	112.45	116.50	$114.48	3.5%	15	0.91	--
$700.00	Oct 12	107.25	111.35	$109.30	3.8%	31	0.90	--
$695.00	Oct 12	102.45	106.50	$104.48	3.9%	14	0.91	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.72)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$547.50	Oct 16	0.65	0.79	$0.72	19.4%	14	0.06	136
$540.00	Oct 16	0.46	0.53	$0.50	14.0%	1.0K	0.04	12.1K
$490.00	Oct 16	0.10	0.11	$0.11	9.1%	603	0.01	21.7K
$525.00	Oct 23	0.86	1.00	$0.93	15.1%	717	0.05	69
$520.00	Oct 23	0.73	0.88	$0.81	18.5%	375	0.04	161

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 412 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 13	38.75	42.65	$40.70	9.6%	2	1.00	2
$555.00	Oct 13	34.10	37.95	$36.03	10.7%	2	1.00	2
$560.00	Oct 13	29.45	33.00	$31.23	11.4%	10	1.00	--
$562.50	Oct 13	27.00	30.50	$28.75	12.2%	1	1.00	1
$475.00	Oct 16	114.70	118.50	$116.60	3.3%	--	1.00	100

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 12	7.10	11.10	$9.10	44.0%	375	1.00	874
$605.00	Oct 12	12.85	15.20	$14.02	16.8%	38	1.00	184
$610.00	Oct 12	17.65	21.10	$19.38	17.8%	29	1.00	137
$612.50	Oct 12	20.15	22.80	$21.48	12.3%	21	1.00	561
$620.00	Oct 12	27.55	31.50	$29.53	13.4%	2	1.00	41

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 998 active (total vol 135.8K, top 5.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	4.35	5.00	$4.68	13.9%	4.2K	0.34	11.4K
$595.00	Oct 12	0.01	0.11	$0.06	166.7%	3.4K	0.06	39
$680.00	Nov 20	2.63	3.10	$2.87	16.4%	2.7K	0.10	3.8K
$615.00	Oct 16	1.20	1.64	$1.42	31.0%	2.4K	0.14	13.9K
$597.50	Oct 12	0.00	0.51	$0.26	196.2%	2.2K	0.10	6

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Oct 30	1.77	2.22	$2.00	22.5%	5.6K	0.08	1.2K
$585.00	Oct 30	13.40	14.10	$13.75	5.1%	5.1K	0.43	659
$580.00	Nov 20	18.90	20.00	$19.45	5.7%	4.6K	0.41	2.8K
$620.00	Nov 20	39.75	41.75	$40.75	4.9%	4.2K	0.65	5.6K
$590.00	Oct 12	0.01	0.35	$0.18	188.9%	3.2K	0.23	959

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 8.7%, max 9.2%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$577.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	37.0%	33.9%	9.2%	5	121
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 23	34.6%	32.1%	7.7%	11	134

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$592.50	Oct 12	Nov 13	34.5%	31.6%	9.1%	600	208

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 549 found (best R:R 5.41, avg 7.68)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$610.00	$615.00	Nov 20	$1.19	$3.81	$1.19	40%	3.20	$611.19
$592.50	$595.00	Oct 16	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	48%	3.39	$593.07
$632.50	$635.00	Nov 13	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	25%	24.00	$632.60
$620.00	$622.50	Nov 6	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	30%	9.87	$620.23
$617.50	$620.00	Nov 6	$0.27	$2.23	$0.27	31%	8.26	$617.77

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$575.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$0.78	$4.22	$0.78	37%	5.41	$574.22
$560.00	$555.00	Nov 6	$0.34	$4.66	$0.34	26%	13.71	$559.66
$590.00	$587.50	Oct 30	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	47%	4.56	$589.55
$590.00	$587.50	Oct 14	$0.38	$2.12	$0.38	46%	5.58	$589.62
$585.00	$582.50	Oct 30	$0.42	$2.08	$0.42	43%	4.95	$584.58

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 450 found (best R:R 0.94, avg 0.35)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$682.50	$685.00	Oct 13	$1.67	$1.67	$0.83	91%	2.01	$684.17
$655.00	$657.50	Oct 12	$1.44	$1.44	$1.06	92%	1.36	$656.44
$637.50	$640.00	Nov 6	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	79%	1.17	$638.85
$622.50	$625.00	Nov 13	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	69%	1.78	$624.10
$617.50	$620.00	Nov 13	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	66%	1.94	$619.15

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 13	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	92%	0.94	$502.58
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 12	$2.34	$2.34	$0.16	89%	14.63	$535.16
$515.00	$512.50	Oct 12	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	93%	1.94	$513.35
$480.00	$475.00	Oct 13	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	94%	0.49	$478.35
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 12	$1.02	$1.02	$1.48	94%	0.69	$531.48

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. 317 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 6.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$590.00	Oct 12	$1.21	$0.18	$1.39	$588.61	$591.39	0.24%
$592.50	Oct 12	$0.14	$1.51	$1.65	$590.85	$594.15	0.28%
$587.50	Oct 12	$3.33	$0.03	$3.36	$584.14	$590.86	0.57%
$595.00	Oct 12	$0.06	$3.97	$4.03	$590.97	$599.03	0.68%
$585.00	Oct 12	$5.85	$0.11	$5.96	$579.04	$590.96	1.01%
$597.50	Oct 12	$0.26	$6.68	$6.94	$590.56	$604.44	1.17%
$590.00	Oct 13	$4.45	$3.40	$7.85	$582.15	$597.85	1.33%
$595.00	Oct 13	$2.06	$6.15	$8.21	$586.79	$603.21	1.39%
$587.50	Oct 13	$5.85	$2.47	$8.32	$579.18	$595.82	1.41%
$592.50	Oct 13	$3.63	$4.85	$8.48	$584.02	$600.98	1.43%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 300 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.19%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.14	$0.18	$0.32	$589.68	$592.82
$597.50	$590.00	Oct 12	$0.26	$0.18	$0.44	$589.56	$597.94
$602.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.57	$0.91	$1.48	$578.52	$603.98
$597.50	$527.50	Oct 12	$0.26	$1.60	$1.86	$525.64	$599.36
$592.50	$527.50	Oct 12	$0.14	$1.60	$1.74	$525.76	$594.24
$602.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.57	$1.29	$1.86	$580.64	$604.36
$655.00	$590.00	Oct 12	$1.58	$0.18	$1.76	$588.24	$656.76
$600.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$1.07	$0.91	$1.98	$578.02	$601.98
$597.50	$520.00	Oct 12	$0.26	$1.85	$2.11	$517.89	$599.61
$592.50	$520.00	Oct 12	$0.14	$1.85	$1.99	$518.01	$594.49

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 642 found (best R:R 1.26, avg credit $1.02)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/505	668/670	Oct 13	$2.79	$2.21	89%	1.26	$502.21	$670.29
500/505	652/655	Oct 13	$2.64	$2.36	90%	1.12	$502.36	$655.14
500/505	635/638	Oct 13	$2.62	$2.38	90%	1.10	$502.38	$637.62
500/505	658/660	Oct 13	$2.66	$2.34	89%	1.14	$502.34	$660.16
500/505	628/630	Oct 13	$2.60	$2.40	88%	1.08	$502.40	$630.10
500/505	602/605	Oct 13	$2.72	$2.28	80%	1.19	$502.28	$605.22
525/528	655/658	Oct 12	$2.04	$0.46	84%	4.43	$525.46	$657.04
512/515	618/620	Oct 12	$1.87	$0.63	89%	2.97	$513.13	$619.37
500/505	600/602	Oct 13	$2.92	$2.08	74%	1.40	$502.08	$602.92
512/515	642/645	Oct 12	$1.81	$0.69	91%	2.62	$513.19	$644.31

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 452 found (best R:R 1.38, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$1.05	$1.45	79%	1.38
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 15	$0.26	$4.74	20%	18.23
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$0.99	$1.51	72%	1.53
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 26	$0.10	$4.90	11%	49.00
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 26	$0.14	$4.86	11%	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$1.18	$1.32	80%	1.12
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Oct 15	$0.09	$9.91	6%	110.11
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 26	$0.10	$4.90	12%	49.00
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$1.13	$1.37	72%	1.21
$582.50	$585.00	$587.50	Oct 13	$0.06	$2.44	15%	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. 530 found (best net $-5.62, 467 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$515.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$5.62	$29.38
$550.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$2.96	$17.04
$555.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$5.80	$9.20
$575.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$1.55	$8.45
$580.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.95	$4.05

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$17.63	$22.37
$597.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$1.26	$1.24
$515.00	$480.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.27	$34.73
$540.00	$530.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.02	$9.98
$560.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.33	$9.67

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 212 found (best yield 3.61%, avg 0.86%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	$21.35	0.47	1.5%	3.61%	5.14%	824	2.6K
$595.00	Nov 20	$23.55	0.50	0.7%	3.98%	4.66%	159	292
$605.00	Nov 20	$19.00	0.43	2.4%	3.21%	5.59%	43	1.0K
$615.00	Nov 20	$15.15	0.38	4.1%	2.56%	6.63%	10	532
$610.00	Nov 20	$16.40	0.40	3.2%	2.78%	5.99%	532	1.1K
$620.00	Nov 20	$12.85	0.35	4.9%	2.17%	7.08%	188	1.4K
$625.00	Nov 20	$11.70	0.32	5.8%	1.98%	7.73%	132	996
$597.50	Nov 13	$19.35	0.48	1.1%	3.27%	4.38%	20	1
$600.00	Nov 13	$18.25	0.46	1.5%	3.09%	4.61%	31	19
$595.00	Nov 13	$20.35	0.49	0.7%	3.44%	4.12%	5	3

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 59,444

Total Puts 130,104

Put/Call Ratio 2.19

Net Difference -70,660

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 73,665

Total Puts 234,377

Put/Call Ratio 3.18

Net Difference -160,712

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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