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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$581.70 -1.57%

(10/13 11:00) ◀

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 (12:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/13 12:00pm) 135,439

Calls: 50,163 (37%)

Puts: 85,276 (63%)

Prior (10/12) 105,910

Calls: 32,173 (30%)

Puts: 73,737 (70%)

Current vs Prior +27.88%

Calls: +55.92% (Calls)

Puts: +15.65% (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 -48.99%

Calls: -32.47%

Puts: -55.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/13 12:00pm) $115.96M

Calls: $33.12M (29%)

Puts: $82.84M (71%)

Prior (10/12) $95.06M

Calls: $21.48M (23%)

Puts: $73.57M (77%)

Current vs Prior +21.99%

Calls: +54.16%

Puts: +12.59%

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 -34.57%

Calls: -57.78%

Puts: -16.12%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/13 12:00pm) 1.70

Prior (10/12) 2.29

Current vs Prior -25.83%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.60

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/13 12:00pm) 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

Detail

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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 0.91% | 2.19%2.19% | 3.27%3.27% | 4.58%2.84% | 9.06%

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

Current vs Prior -42.10% | -4.20%+375.53% | +43.29%+2.03% | -0.02%+1.47% | -0.70%

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 -36.96% | +8.81%+197.34% | +71.78%+85.77% | +20.11%-19.94% | -6.50%

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 -42.10% | -4.20%+245.83% | +36.23%+8.80% | +1.29%+1.78% | +0.17%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.70% | 19.06%

Calls: 11.42% | 10.43%

Puts: 21.99% | 27.69%

Prior 21.55% | 30.37%

Calls: 22.47% | 41.48%

Puts: 20.62% | 19.26%

Current vs Prior -22.51% | -37.24%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.14% | 36.25%

Calls: 36.87% | 38.80%

Puts: 39.42% | 33.70%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -56.21% | -47.42%

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Moderately bearish flow with 71% put dollar volume ($82.84M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.70 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 26% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (1,203,501 puts vs 650,256 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Prior BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 461 of results (avg 6.4%, best 1.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$587.50	Oct 16	5.80	5.95	$5.88	2.6%	85	0.39	43
$475.00	Nov 20	108.90	111.90	$110.40	2.7%	--	0.92	175
$470.00	Nov 20	113.65	116.90	$115.28	2.8%	1	0.93	322
$470.00	Oct 16	109.75	113.05	$111.40	3.0%	--	1.00	70
$475.00	Oct 16	104.85	108.10	$106.48	3.1%	--	1.00	100

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Nov 6	3.60	3.65	$3.63	1.4%	12	0.12	17
$560.00	Nov 20	15.40	15.65	$15.53	1.6%	4.5K	0.35	5.9K
$550.00	Nov 20	12.25	12.55	$12.40	2.4%	1.9K	0.29	6.4K
$525.00	Nov 20	7.00	7.20	$7.10	2.8%	29	0.18	2.0K
$690.00	Nov 20	107.60	110.75	$109.18	2.9%	--	0.94	13

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 44 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.19)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$587.50	Oct 13	0.17	0.20	$0.19	15.8%	2.2K	0.08	10
$585.00	Oct 13	0.54	0.60	$0.57	10.5%	1.7K	0.20	1
$597.50	Oct 14	0.69	0.81	$0.75	16.0%	200	0.12	66
$607.50	Oct 15	0.68	0.78	$0.73	13.7%	8	0.08	3
$617.50	Oct 16	0.39	0.47	$0.43	18.6%	122	0.05	439

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$555.00	Oct 14	0.36	0.42	$0.39	15.4%	752	0.06	25
$562.50	Oct 14	0.73	0.84	$0.78	14.1%	102	0.11	261
$560.00	Oct 14	0.58	0.66	$0.62	12.9%	272	0.09	670
$550.00	Oct 15	0.66	0.77	$0.72	15.3%	708	0.07	36
$545.00	Oct 15	0.50	0.58	$0.54	14.8%	14	0.06	1

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 386 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 14	50.25	52.85	$51.55	5.0%	15	1.00	--
$470.00	Oct 16	109.75	113.05	$111.40	3.0%	--	1.00	70
$475.00	Oct 16	104.85	108.10	$106.48	3.1%	--	1.00	100
$480.00	Oct 16	99.85	103.35	$101.60	3.4%	--	1.00	115
$485.00	Oct 16	94.75	98.45	$96.60	3.8%	--	1.00	127

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 13	7.95	10.65	$9.30	29.0%	71	1.00	509
$592.50	Oct 13	9.90	13.05	$11.48	27.4%	22	1.00	183
$595.00	Oct 13	12.15	15.55	$13.85	24.5%	21	1.00	181
$597.50	Oct 13	14.15	18.10	$16.13	24.5%	--	1.00	34
$600.00	Oct 13	17.05	20.55	$18.80	18.6%	4	1.00	248

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 886 active (total vol 117.6K, top 7.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	2.05	2.34	$2.19	13.2%	4.8K	0.19	11.5K
$630.00	Oct 30	2.55	2.76	$2.66	7.9%	3.6K	0.13	2.2K
$615.00	Nov 20	12.05	12.80	$12.43	6.0%	3.1K	0.32	532
$587.50	Oct 13	0.17	0.20	$0.19	15.8%	2.2K	0.08	10
$585.00	Oct 13	0.54	0.60	$0.57	10.5%	1.7K	0.20	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 16	1.07	1.21	$1.14	12.3%	7.5K	0.10	17.4K
$560.00	Nov 20	15.40	15.65	$15.53	1.6%	4.5K	0.35	5.9K
$560.00	Nov 13	13.00	13.50	$13.25	3.8%	3.5K	0.34	85
$585.00	Oct 16	9.65	10.95	$10.30	12.6%	3.0K	0.56	5.8K
$600.00	Oct 30	25.50	28.95	$27.23	12.7%	2.8K	0.66	6.4K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 6 strikes (avg 18.2%, max 29.4%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$560.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	43.2%	33.4%	29.4%	21	5.8K
$577.50	Oct 13	Oct 30	41.5%	32.7%	27.1%	443	74
$547.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	37.4%	36.4%	2.6%	1	21

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$577.50	Oct 13	Nov 6	41.5%	32.5%	27.9%	1.0K	265
$580.00	Oct 13	Nov 27	37.9%	31.4%	20.9%	1.7K	130
$582.50	Oct 13	Nov 6	35.6%	35.0%	1.6%	534	534

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 563 found (best R:R 4.00, avg 7.07)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$592.50	$595.00	Oct 26	$0.31	$2.19	$0.31	37%	7.06	$592.81
$580.00	$582.50	Nov 6	$0.72	$1.78	$0.72	52%	2.47	$580.72
$580.00	$582.50	Oct 23	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	52%	2.33	$580.75
$572.50	$575.00	Oct 16	$1.22	$1.28	$1.22	66%	1.05	$573.72
$582.50	$585.00	Oct 30	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	50%	1.94	$583.35

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$587.50	Nov 13	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	54%	4.00	$589.50
$595.00	$585.00	Oct 28	$5.10	$4.90	$5.10	64%	0.96	$589.90
$585.00	$582.50	Oct 16	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	56%	3.72	$584.47
$587.50	$585.00	Oct 30	$0.56	$1.94	$0.56	54%	3.46	$586.94
$625.00	$620.00	Nov 6	$3.22	$1.78	$3.22	79%	0.55	$621.78

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 454 found (best R:R 0.22, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 26	$1.09	$1.09	$1.41	83%	0.77	$618.59
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 26	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	60%	1.78	$591.60
$590.00	$595.00	Oct 28	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	59%	0.92	$592.40
$662.50	$665.00	Oct 19	$0.50	$0.50	$2.00	95%	0.25	$663.00
$620.00	$622.50	Oct 15	$0.51	$0.51	$1.99	93%	0.26	$620.51

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$530.00	Oct 28	$5.40	$5.40	$24.60	70%	0.22	$554.60
$575.00	$565.00	Nov 27	$4.75	$4.75	$5.25	56%	0.90	$570.25
$567.50	$565.00	Nov 6	$1.43	$1.43	$1.07	62%	1.34	$566.07
$580.00	$577.50	Oct 15	$1.67	$1.67	$0.83	51%	2.01	$578.33
$567.50	$565.00	Oct 30	$1.37	$1.37	$1.13	64%	1.21	$566.13

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $3.59, cheapest $3.34)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$580.00	Oct 13	Oct 14	$3.34	37.9%	41.4%
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 14	$3.50	35.6%	41.1%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$580.00	Oct 13	Oct 14	$3.44	37.9%	41.4%
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.09	35.6%	41.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 291 found (cheapest 0.66% of stock, avg 6.25%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$582.50	Oct 13	$1.43	$2.41	$3.84	$578.66	$586.34	0.66%
$580.00	Oct 13	$2.89	$1.26	$4.15	$575.85	$584.15	0.71%
$585.00	Oct 13	$0.57	$4.13	$4.70	$580.30	$589.70	0.81%
$577.50	Oct 13	$4.68	$0.67	$5.35	$572.15	$582.85	0.92%
$587.50	Oct 13	$0.19	$6.30	$6.49	$581.01	$593.99	1.12%
$575.00	Oct 13	$6.43	$0.36	$6.79	$568.21	$581.79	1.17%
$572.50	Oct 13	$8.90	$0.21	$9.11	$563.39	$581.61	1.57%
$590.00	Oct 13	$0.06	$9.30	$9.36	$580.64	$599.36	1.61%
$580.00	Oct 14	$6.23	$4.70	$10.93	$569.07	$590.93	1.88%
$577.50	Oct 14	$7.38	$3.72	$11.10	$566.40	$588.60	1.91%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 310 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 3.67%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$587.50	$570.00	Oct 13	$0.19	$0.14	$0.33	$569.67	$587.83
$587.50	$572.50	Oct 13	$0.19	$0.21	$0.40	$572.10	$587.90
$587.50	$575.00	Oct 13	$0.19	$0.36	$0.55	$574.45	$588.05
$585.00	$570.00	Oct 13	$0.57	$0.14	$0.71	$569.29	$585.71
$585.00	$572.50	Oct 13	$0.57	$0.21	$0.78	$571.72	$585.78
$647.50	$570.00	Oct 13	$0.80	$0.14	$0.94	$569.06	$648.44
$585.00	$575.00	Oct 13	$0.57	$0.36	$0.93	$574.07	$585.93
$647.50	$572.50	Oct 13	$0.80	$0.21	$1.01	$571.49	$648.51
$587.50	$577.50	Oct 13	$0.19	$0.67	$0.86	$576.64	$588.36
$585.00	$577.50	Oct 13	$0.57	$0.67	$1.24	$576.26	$586.24

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 592 found (best R:R 3.46, avg credit $1.09)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
558/560	618/620	Oct 26	$1.94	$0.56	55%	3.46	$558.06	$619.44
562/565	590/592	Oct 19	$1.92	$0.58	38%	3.31	$563.08	$591.92
558/560	602/605	Oct 26	$1.72	$0.78	44%	2.21	$558.28	$604.22
558/560	595/598	Oct 26	$1.87	$0.63	37%	2.97	$558.13	$596.87
562/565	600/602	Oct 19	$1.44	$1.06	51%	1.36	$563.56	$601.44
562/565	602/605	Oct 19	$1.34	$1.16	54%	1.16	$563.66	$603.84
562/565	595/598	Oct 19	$1.54	$0.96	45%	1.60	$563.46	$596.54
572/575	658/660	Oct 13	$0.58	$1.92	82%	0.30	$574.42	$658.08
528/530	600/602	Oct 30	$1.30	$1.20	53%	1.08	$528.70	$601.30
558/560	605/608	Oct 26	$1.43	$1.07	47%	1.34	$558.57	$606.43

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 415 found (best R:R 54.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$555.00	$565.00	$575.00	Nov 27	$0.18	$9.82	12%	54.56
$577.50	$580.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.33	$2.17	37%	6.58
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$572.50	$575.00	$577.50	Oct 14	$0.07	$2.43	12%	34.71
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$575.00	$585.00	$595.00	Oct 28	$0.90	$9.10	21%	10.11
$575.00	$577.50	$580.00	Oct 14	$0.09	$2.41	14%	26.78
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 14	$0.07	$2.43	12%	34.71
$545.00	$550.00	$555.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$575.00	$577.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.28	$2.22	26%	7.93

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 473 found (best net $-19.21, 447 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$470.00	$515.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$25.63	$19.37
$530.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$11.31	$8.69
$550.00	$562.50	1:2	Oct 14	-$7.57	$4.93
$577.50	$590.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$4.01	$8.49
$562.50	$570.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$5.90	$1.60

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$685.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$19.21	$25.79
$642.50	$617.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$10.96	$14.04
$617.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$5.17	$17.33
$557.50	$540.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.13	$17.37
$575.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$3.00	$12.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 230 found (best yield 4.25%, avg 0.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$585.00	Nov 27	$24.70	0.50	0.6%	4.25%	4.81%	4	2
$590.00	Nov 20	$21.75	0.47	1.4%	3.74%	5.17%	67	233
$600.00	Nov 27	$17.90	0.41	3.1%	3.08%	6.22%	6	2
$585.00	Nov 20	$23.65	0.50	0.6%	4.07%	4.63%	10	285
$595.00	Nov 20	$19.45	0.44	2.3%	3.34%	5.63%	27	348
$600.00	Nov 20	$17.45	0.41	3.1%	3.00%	6.15%	325	3.0K
$605.00	Nov 20	$15.45	0.38	4.0%	2.66%	6.66%	23	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 27	$14.00	0.35	4.9%	2.41%	7.27%	18	3
$610.00	Nov 20	$13.65	0.35	4.9%	2.35%	7.21%	19	948
$617.50	Nov 27	$11.90	0.32	6.2%	2.05%	8.20%	1	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 50,163

Total Puts 85,276

Put/Call Ratio 1.70

Net Difference -35,113

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 32,173

Total Puts 73,737

Put/Call Ratio 2.29

Net Difference -41,564

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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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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