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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$580.47 -1.78%

(10/13 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/13 11:00am) 103,469

Calls: 38,433 (37%)

Puts: 65,036 (63%)

Prior (10/12) 82,271

Calls: 24,334 (30%)

Puts: 57,937 (70%)

Current vs Prior +25.77%

Calls: +57.94% (Calls)

Puts: +12.25% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,858,597

Calls: 519,964 (28%)

Puts: 1,338,633 (72%)

Prior 7-Day Average 265,513

Calls: 74,280 (28%)

Puts: 191,233 (72%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.03%

Calls: -48.26%

Puts: -65.99%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/13 11:00am) $86.28M

Calls: $23.07M (27%)

Puts: $63.21M (73%)

Prior (10/12) $79.08M

Calls: $14.32M (18%)

Puts: $64.77M (82%)

Current vs Prior +9.10%

Calls: +61.12%

Puts: -2.40%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.24B

Calls: $549.15M (44%)

Puts: $691.34M (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average $177.21M

Calls: $78.45M (44%)

Puts: $98.76M (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -51.31%

Calls: -70.59%

Puts: -36.00%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/13 11:00am) 1.69

Prior (10/12) 2.38

Current vs Prior -28.93%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.60

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.89%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/13 11:00am) 1,853,757

Calls: 650,256 (35%)

Puts: 1,203,501 (65%)

Prior (10/12) 1,831,436

Calls: 644,915 (35%)

Puts: 1,186,521 (65%)

Current vs Prior +1.22%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,803,837

Calls: 4,517,835 (35%)

Puts: 8,286,002 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,829,119

Calls: 645,405 (35%)

Puts: 1,183,714 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

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

Current 1.07% | 2.09%2.09% | 3.21%3.21% | 4.80%2.86% | 9.18%

Prior 1.57% | 2.28%0.46% | 2.28%3.21% | 4.58%2.80% | 9.13%

Current vs Prior -32.02% | -8.37%+354.82% | +40.65%+0.15% | +4.75%+2.43% | +0.62%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.45% | 2.01%0.74% | 1.91%1.76% | 3.81%3.55% | 9.69%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -25.98% | +4.08%+184.39% | +68.61%+82.34% | +25.84%-19.19% | -5.25%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.57% | 2.28%0.63% | 2.40%3.01% | 4.52%2.79% | 9.05%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -32.02% | -8.37%+230.77% | +33.72%+6.79% | +6.12%+2.74% | +1.51%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 28.68% | 31.27%

Calls: 27.47% | 29.75%

Puts: 29.89% | 32.79%

Prior 21.55% | 30.37%

Calls: 22.47% | 41.48%

Puts: 20.62% | 19.26%

Current vs Prior +33.09% | +2.96%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.14% | 36.25%

Calls: 36.87% | 38.80%

Puts: 39.42% | 33.70%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -24.80% | -13.74%

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Moderately bearish flow with 73% put dollar volume ($63.21M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.69 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 29% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (1,203,501 puts vs 650,256 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 436 of results (avg 6.5%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Oct 16	109.25	112.35	$110.80	2.8%	--	1.00	70
$465.00	Oct 16	114.40	117.70	$116.05	2.8%	--	1.00	64
$600.00	Nov 20	17.25	17.75	$17.50	2.9%	214	0.41	3.0K
$465.00	Nov 6	116.30	119.70	$118.00	2.9%	--	0.97	12
$470.00	Oct 30	110.70	114.00	$112.35	2.9%	--	0.97	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Nov 20	28.75	29.20	$28.98	1.6%	431	0.54	1.8K
$597.50	Oct 30	25.70	26.40	$26.05	2.7%	153	0.64	163
$690.00	Nov 20	107.90	111.10	$109.50	2.9%	--	0.92	13
$585.00	Nov 20	25.90	26.70	$26.30	3.0%	45	0.50	4.1K
$685.00	Nov 20	103.05	106.30	$104.68	3.1%	--	0.92	24

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 31 found (avg $0.69, cheapest $0.64)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 13	0.60	0.68	$0.64	12.5%	1.2K	0.21	1
$600.00	Oct 14	0.40	0.49	$0.45	20.0%	204	0.08	151
$595.00	Oct 14	0.82	0.97	$0.90	16.7%	609	0.14	182
$607.50	Oct 15	0.63	0.74	$0.69	15.9%	8	0.08	3
$605.00	Oct 15	0.81	0.90	$0.86	10.5%	70	0.10	9

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 14	0.61	0.69	$0.65	12.3%	227	0.09	670
$545.00	Oct 14	0.20	0.24	$0.22	18.2%	88	0.03	167
$562.50	Oct 14	0.78	0.90	$0.84	14.3%	93	0.11	261
$550.00	Oct 15	0.72	0.83	$0.77	14.3%	708	0.08	36
$540.00	Oct 15	0.37	0.45	$0.41	19.5%	11	0.04	24

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 364 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Oct 16	109.25	112.35	$110.80	2.8%	--	1.00	70
$465.00	Oct 16	114.40	117.70	$116.05	2.8%	--	1.00	64
$475.00	Oct 16	104.20	107.70	$105.95	3.3%	--	1.00	100
$480.00	Oct 16	99.25	102.70	$100.98	3.4%	--	0.99	115
$485.00	Oct 16	94.25	97.80	$96.03	3.7%	--	0.99	127

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$592.50	Oct 13	11.00	13.60	$12.30	21.1%	22	1.00	183
$595.00	Oct 13	13.45	16.05	$14.75	17.6%	16	1.00	181
$597.50	Oct 13	15.10	18.80	$16.95	21.8%	--	1.00	34
$600.00	Oct 13	18.45	21.10	$19.77	13.4%	4	1.00	248
$602.50	Oct 13	20.85	23.50	$22.18	11.9%	2	1.00	32

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 787 active (total vol 91.3K, top 7.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 30	2.47	2.69	$2.58	8.5%	3.6K	0.13	2.2K
$615.00	Nov 20	11.80	12.35	$12.08	4.6%	3.1K	0.32	532
$600.00	Oct 16	1.83	2.13	$1.98	15.2%	2.2K	0.18	11.5K
$610.00	Oct 30	5.90	6.25	$6.08	5.8%	1.5K	0.26	513
$587.50	Oct 13	0.24	0.34	$0.29	34.5%	1.4K	0.11	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 16	1.17	1.35	$1.26	14.3%	7.5K	0.10	17.4K
$560.00	Nov 13	13.50	14.60	$14.05	7.8%	3.5K	0.34	85
$585.00	Oct 16	10.50	11.35	$10.93	7.8%	3.0K	0.57	5.8K
$600.00	Oct 30	26.95	28.45	$27.70	5.4%	2.8K	0.66	6.4K
$550.00	Oct 23	3.55	4.00	$3.78	11.9%	2.6K	0.18	616

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 23.9%, max 46.3%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$577.50	Oct 13	Oct 30	44.2%	33.8%	30.8%	302	74
$560.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	43.9%	33.9%	29.6%	20	5.8K
$547.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	37.7%	37.2%	1.5%	1	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$575.00	Oct 13	Nov 27	46.4%	31.7%	46.3%	1.2K	77
$580.00	Oct 13	Nov 27	42.8%	31.5%	35.7%	1.1K	130
$577.50	Oct 13	Nov 6	44.2%	33.3%	32.9%	448	265
$557.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	44.0%	35.9%	22.6%	518	372
$585.00	Oct 13	Nov 27	37.9%	35.0%	8.4%	103	387

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 559 found (best R:R 209.53, avg 7.67)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$565.00	$567.50	Oct 23	$0.97	$1.53	$0.97	69%	1.58	$565.97
$580.00	$582.50	Oct 23	$0.78	$1.72	$0.78	52%	2.21	$580.78
$575.00	$577.50	Oct 16	$1.00	$1.50	$1.00	61%	1.50	$576.00
$575.00	$577.50	Oct 15	$1.10	$1.40	$1.10	63%	1.27	$576.10
$577.50	$580.00	Oct 15	$1.00	$1.50	$1.00	58%	1.50	$578.50

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$520.00	$480.00	Oct 19	$0.19	$39.81	$0.19	5%	209.53	$519.81
$587.50	$585.00	Oct 23	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	57%	1.94	$586.65
$595.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$2.22	$2.78	$2.22	56%	1.25	$592.78
$585.00	$582.50	Oct 30	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	52%	2.33	$584.25
$535.00	$530.00	Nov 6	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	18%	14.62	$534.68

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 457 found (best R:R 5.58, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$582.50	$585.00	Oct 23	$2.12	$2.12	$0.38	51%	5.58	$584.62
$585.00	$590.00	Nov 6	$3.20	$3.20	$1.80	51%	1.78	$588.20
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 26	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	82%	0.92	$618.70
$645.00	$650.00	Oct 15	$0.72	$0.72	$4.28	95%	0.17	$645.72
$662.50	$665.00	Oct 19	$0.50	$0.50	$2.00	95%	0.25	$663.00

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$530.00	Oct 28	$5.13	$5.13	$24.87	71%	0.21	$554.87
$540.00	$535.00	Nov 6	$1.25	$1.25	$3.75	79%	0.33	$538.75
$545.00	$540.00	Oct 19	$0.69	$0.69	$4.31	89%	0.16	$544.31
$535.00	$530.00	Oct 15	$0.35	$0.35	$4.65	95%	0.08	$534.65
$535.00	$530.00	Nov 27	$1.30	$1.30	$3.70	77%	0.35	$533.70

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $3.29, cheapest $2.79)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$577.50	Oct 13	Oct 15	$5.00	44.2%	42.2%
$580.00	Oct 13	Oct 14	$3.32	42.8%	41.1%
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 14	$3.08	38.4%	38.7%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$577.50	Oct 13	Oct 14	$2.79	44.2%	41.8%
$580.00	Oct 13	Oct 14	$2.91	42.8%	41.1%
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 14	$2.62	38.4%	38.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 277 found (cheapest 0.83% of stock, avg 6.27%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$582.50	Oct 13	$1.35	$3.48	$4.83	$577.67	$587.33	0.83%
$580.00	Oct 13	$2.73	$2.16	$4.89	$575.11	$584.89	0.84%
$577.50	Oct 13	$4.28	$1.26	$5.54	$571.96	$583.04	0.95%
$585.00	Oct 13	$0.64	$5.23	$5.87	$579.13	$590.87	1.01%
$575.00	Oct 13	$6.48	$0.73	$7.21	$567.79	$582.21	1.24%
$587.50	Oct 13	$0.29	$7.30	$7.59	$579.91	$595.09	1.31%
$572.50	Oct 13	$8.57	$0.40	$8.97	$563.53	$581.47	1.55%
$590.00	Oct 13	$0.14	$9.60	$9.74	$580.26	$599.74	1.68%
$582.50	Oct 14	$4.43	$6.10	$10.53	$571.97	$593.03	1.81%
$585.00	Oct 14	$3.28	$7.75	$11.03	$573.97	$596.03	1.90%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 310 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 3.64%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$590.00	$570.00	Oct 13	$0.14	$0.23	$0.37	$569.63	$590.37
$587.50	$570.00	Oct 13	$0.29	$0.23	$0.52	$569.48	$588.02
$590.00	$572.50	Oct 13	$0.14	$0.40	$0.54	$571.96	$590.54
$587.50	$572.50	Oct 13	$0.29	$0.40	$0.69	$571.81	$588.19
$585.00	$570.00	Oct 13	$0.64	$0.23	$0.87	$569.13	$585.87
$590.00	$575.00	Oct 13	$0.14	$0.73	$0.87	$574.13	$590.87
$585.00	$572.50	Oct 13	$0.64	$0.40	$1.04	$571.46	$586.04
$587.50	$575.00	Oct 13	$0.29	$0.73	$1.02	$573.98	$588.52
$585.00	$575.00	Oct 13	$0.64	$0.73	$1.37	$573.63	$586.37
$590.00	$577.50	Oct 13	$0.14	$1.26	$1.40	$576.10	$591.40

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 635 found (best R:R 5.25, avg credit $1.00)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
565/568	618/620	Oct 26	$2.10	$0.40	48%	5.25	$565.40	$619.60
565/568	608/610	Oct 26	$1.75	$0.75	43%	2.33	$565.75	$609.25
565/568	602/605	Oct 26	$1.75	$0.75	38%	2.33	$565.75	$604.25
568/570	658/660	Oct 13	$0.48	$2.02	88%	0.24	$569.52	$657.98
568/570	678/680	Oct 13	$0.40	$2.10	90%	0.19	$569.60	$677.90
485/490	658/660	Oct 13	$0.49	$4.51	93%	0.11	$489.51	$657.99
485/490	678/680	Oct 13	$0.41	$4.59	94%	0.09	$489.59	$677.91
540/545	595/600	Oct 19	$2.13	$2.87	60%	0.74	$542.87	$597.13
570/572	658/660	Oct 13	$0.53	$1.97	84%	0.27	$571.97	$658.03
568/570	618/620	Oct 13	$0.36	$2.14	90%	0.17	$569.64	$617.86

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 403 found (best R:R 13.71, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$577.50	$580.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.17	$2.33	33%	13.71
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 28	$0.08	$4.92	9%	61.50
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 13	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Nov 13	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$580.00	$582.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.43	$2.07	35%	4.81
$577.50	$580.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.42	$2.08	33%	4.95
$582.50	$585.00	$587.50	Oct 13	$0.32	$2.18	27%	6.81
$572.50	$575.00	$577.50	Oct 13	$0.20	$2.30	19%	11.50
$545.00	$550.00	$555.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 466 found (best net $-4.36, 436 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$470.00	$515.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$25.35	$19.65
$550.00	$562.50	1:2	Oct 14	-$7.37	$5.13
$577.50	$590.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$3.95	$8.55
$620.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.54	$9.46
$577.50	$580.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.18	$1.32

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$617.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$4.36	$28.14
$575.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$3.13	$11.87
$520.00	$480.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.48	$39.52
$560.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.64	$9.36
$580.00	$577.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.36	$2.14

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 221 found (best yield 4.34%, avg 0.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$585.00	Nov 27	$25.20	0.50	0.8%	4.34%	5.12%	3	2
$600.00	Nov 27	$18.30	0.42	3.4%	3.15%	6.52%	5	2
$585.00	Nov 20	$23.70	0.50	0.8%	4.08%	4.86%	9	285
$590.00	Nov 20	$21.40	0.47	1.6%	3.69%	5.33%	46	233
$595.00	Nov 20	$19.15	0.43	2.5%	3.30%	5.80%	27	348
$600.00	Nov 20	$17.25	0.41	3.4%	2.97%	6.34%	214	3.0K
$615.00	Nov 27	$13.35	0.34	6.0%	2.30%	8.25%	10	6
$605.00	Nov 20	$15.25	0.38	4.2%	2.63%	6.85%	19	1.0K
$617.50	Nov 27	$12.50	0.32	6.4%	2.15%	8.53%	1	--
$610.00	Nov 20	$13.40	0.34	5.1%	2.31%	7.40%	15	948

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 38,433

Total Puts 65,036

Put/Call Ratio 1.69

Net Difference -26,603

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 24,334

Total Puts 57,937

Put/Call Ratio 2.38

Net Difference -33,603

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 519,964

Total Puts 1,338,633

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.60

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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