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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$583.06 -1.34%

(10/13 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/13 2:00pm) 185,350

Calls: 75,419 (41%)

Puts: 109,931 (59%)

Prior (10/12) 145,633

Calls: 47,211 (32%)

Puts: 98,422 (68%)

Current vs Prior +27.27%

Calls: +59.75% (Calls)

Puts: +11.69% (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 -30.19%

Calls: +1.53%

Puts: -42.51%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/13 2:00pm) $152.48M

Calls: $50.88M (33%)

Puts: $101.60M (67%)

Prior (10/12) $164.31M

Calls: $31.74M (19%)

Puts: $132.57M (81%)

Current vs Prior -7.20%

Calls: +60.28%

Puts: -23.36%

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 -13.96%

Calls: -35.15%

Puts: +2.87%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/13 2:00pm) 1.46

Prior (10/12) 2.08

Current vs Prior -30.08%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.60

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.92%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/13 2:00pm) 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 0.75% | 2.15%2.15% | 3.29%3.29% | 4.86%2.83% | 9.32%

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

Current vs Prior -52.59% | -5.92%+366.97% | +44.16%+2.64% | +6.12%+1.36% | +2.11%

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 -48.38% | +6.85%+191.98% | +72.82%+86.89% | +27.48%-20.03% | -3.85%

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 -52.59% | -5.92%+239.60% | +37.05%+9.46% | +7.50%+1.67% | +3.01%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 21.70% | 11.66%

Calls: 22.56% | 14.10%

Puts: 20.83% | 9.23%

Prior 21.55% | 30.37%

Calls: 22.47% | 41.48%

Puts: 20.62% | 19.26%

Current vs Prior +0.70% | -61.61%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.14% | 36.25%

Calls: 36.87% | 38.80%

Puts: 39.42% | 33.70%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -43.10% | -67.84%

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Moderately bearish flow with 67% put dollar volume ($101.60M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.46 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 30% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (1,203,501 puts vs 650,256 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 539 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$592.50	Nov 13	19.15	19.55	$19.35	2.1%	1	0.46	--
$590.00	Nov 13	20.30	20.75	$20.53	2.2%	47	0.47	29
$587.50	Oct 30	15.50	15.85	$15.68	2.2%	10	0.47	78
$470.00	Nov 20	116.20	118.90	$117.55	2.3%	1	0.92	322
$600.00	Nov 13	15.85	16.25	$16.05	2.5%	15	0.41	43

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Nov 20	25.30	25.80	$25.55	2.0%	117	0.49	4.1K
$550.00	Nov 20	12.75	13.05	$12.90	2.3%	2.3K	0.29	6.4K
$600.00	Nov 20	32.95	33.75	$33.35	2.4%	80	0.58	2.5K
$575.00	Oct 23	9.80	10.05	$9.93	2.5%	292	0.39	292
$580.00	Nov 6	18.15	18.65	$18.40	2.7%	44	0.46	213

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 41 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.51)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Oct 14	0.23	0.27	$0.25	16.0%	272	0.04	115
$607.50	Oct 14	0.31	0.36	$0.34	14.7%	68	0.05	120
$605.00	Oct 14	0.44	0.48	$0.46	8.7%	2.1K	0.07	230
$602.50	Oct 14	0.58	0.62	$0.60	6.7%	562	0.09	20
$600.00	Oct 14	0.79	0.90	$0.85	12.9%	432	0.12	151

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Oct 13	0.47	0.55	$0.51	15.7%	2.4K	0.21	128
$555.00	Oct 14	0.37	0.39	$0.38	5.3%	766	0.05	25
$560.00	Oct 14	0.56	0.61	$0.59	8.5%	399	0.08	670
$562.50	Oct 14	0.72	0.78	$0.75	8.0%	147	0.10	261
$565.00	Oct 14	0.92	1.01	$0.97	9.3%	218	0.12	315

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 400 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Oct 30	112.80	116.25	$114.53	3.0%	--	1.00	12
$500.00	Oct 13	81.10	84.45	$82.78	4.0%	14	1.00	--
$530.00	Oct 13	51.25	54.40	$52.83	6.0%	1	1.00	--
$535.00	Oct 13	46.25	50.15	$48.20	8.1%	1	1.00	--
$510.00	Oct 13	71.25	74.40	$72.83	4.3%	2	1.00	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$592.50	Oct 13	8.30	11.15	$9.73	29.3%	30	1.00	183
$595.00	Oct 13	10.55	13.45	$12.00	24.2%	48	1.00	181
$597.50	Oct 13	12.65	16.25	$14.45	24.9%	--	1.00	34
$600.00	Oct 13	15.55	18.60	$17.08	17.9%	7	1.00	248
$605.00	Oct 13	20.55	23.60	$22.08	13.8%	6	1.00	250

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 946 active (total vol 159.1K, top 7.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	2.78	2.93	$2.86	5.2%	6.5K	0.23	11.5K
$630.00	Oct 30	3.10	3.35	$3.23	7.7%	3.9K	0.15	2.2K
$585.00	Oct 13	0.57	0.73	$0.65	24.6%	3.4K	0.30	1
$615.00	Nov 20	13.15	13.95	$13.55	5.9%	3.2K	0.34	532
$587.50	Oct 13	0.15	0.20	$0.18	27.8%	2.9K	0.11	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 16	1.17	1.29	$1.23	9.8%	7.8K	0.10	17.4K
$582.50	Oct 13	0.97	1.37	$1.17	34.2%	5.4K	0.42	469
$560.00	Nov 20	15.65	16.15	$15.90	3.1%	4.9K	0.34	5.9K
$560.00	Nov 13	13.05	13.70	$13.38	4.9%	3.5K	0.33	85
$575.00	Oct 16	5.35	5.75	$5.55	7.2%	3.1K	0.35	11.8K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 5 strikes (avg 23.5%, max 41.9%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$560.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	46.2%	35.1%	31.6%	23	5.8K
$547.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	39.7%	38.0%	4.3%	1	21

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$580.00	Oct 13	Nov 27	44.4%	31.3%	41.9%	2.4K	130
$582.50	Oct 13	Nov 6	41.1%	33.2%	23.9%	5.4K	534
$585.00	Oct 13	Nov 27	36.0%	31.1%	15.7%	586	387

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 596 found (best R:R 1.62, avg 7.08)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 26	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	25%	13.71	$607.67
$577.50	$580.00	Oct 30	$0.95	$1.55	$0.95	56%	1.63	$578.45
$572.50	$575.00	Oct 16	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	69%	1.00	$573.75
$585.00	$587.50	Nov 6	$0.81	$1.69	$0.81	50%	2.09	$585.81
$562.50	$565.00	Oct 16	$1.67	$0.83	$1.67	81%	0.50	$564.17

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$585.00	$575.00	Oct 28	$3.82	$6.18	$3.82	51%	1.62	$581.18
$560.00	$555.00	Nov 27	$1.00	$4.00	$1.00	34%	4.00	$559.00
$577.50	$575.00	Oct 26	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	42%	5.25	$577.10
$595.00	$585.00	Oct 28	$4.98	$5.02	$4.98	61%	1.01	$590.02
$590.00	$587.50	Nov 13	$0.73	$1.77	$0.73	53%	2.42	$589.27

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 484 found (best R:R 0.88, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$615.00	$617.50	Oct 26	$1.17	$1.17	$1.33	80%	0.88	$616.17
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 26	$1.10	$1.10	$1.40	71%	0.79	$606.10
$662.50	$665.00	Oct 19	$0.47	$0.47	$2.03	95%	0.23	$662.97
$600.00	$605.00	Nov 20	$2.38	$2.38	$2.62	58%	0.91	$602.38
$597.50	$600.00	Oct 19	$1.00	$1.00	$1.50	70%	0.67	$598.50

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$575.00	$570.00	Oct 26	$2.30	$2.30	$2.70	60%	0.85	$572.70
$580.00	$577.50	Oct 26	$1.53	$1.53	$0.97	55%	1.58	$578.47
$565.00	$560.00	Nov 27	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	63%	0.72	$562.90
$530.00	$525.00	Oct 28	$0.73	$0.73	$4.27	89%	0.17	$529.27
$540.00	$535.00	Nov 6	$1.18	$1.18	$3.82	80%	0.31	$538.82

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $4.11, cheapest $4.06)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.08	41.1%	43.9%
$585.00	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.20	36.0%	44.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.06	41.1%	43.9%
$585.00	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.10	36.0%	44.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 314 found (cheapest 0.52% of stock, avg 6.46%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$585.00	Oct 13	$0.65	$2.40	$3.05	$581.95	$588.05	0.52%
$582.50	Oct 13	$1.95	$1.17	$3.12	$579.38	$585.62	0.54%
$580.00	Oct 13	$3.78	$0.51	$4.29	$575.71	$584.29	0.74%
$587.50	Oct 13	$0.18	$4.13	$4.31	$583.19	$591.81	0.74%
$577.50	Oct 13	$6.28	$0.25	$6.53	$570.97	$584.03	1.12%
$590.00	Oct 13	$0.05	$7.13	$7.18	$582.82	$597.18	1.23%
$575.00	Oct 13	$8.07	$0.12	$8.19	$566.81	$583.19	1.40%
$592.50	Oct 13	$0.03	$9.73	$9.76	$582.74	$602.26	1.67%
$572.50	Oct 13	$10.13	$0.04	$10.17	$562.33	$582.67	1.74%
$582.50	Oct 14	$6.03	$5.23	$11.26	$571.24	$593.76	1.93%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 312 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.97%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$587.50	$575.00	Oct 13	$0.18	$0.12	$0.30	$574.70	$587.80
$587.50	$577.50	Oct 13	$0.18	$0.25	$0.43	$577.07	$587.93
$587.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.18	$0.51	$0.69	$579.31	$588.19
$647.50	$575.00	Oct 13	$0.80	$0.12	$0.92	$574.08	$648.42
$585.00	$575.00	Oct 13	$0.65	$0.12	$0.77	$574.23	$585.77
$585.00	$577.50	Oct 13	$0.65	$0.25	$0.90	$576.60	$585.90
$647.50	$577.50	Oct 13	$0.80	$0.25	$1.05	$576.45	$648.55
$585.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.65	$0.51	$1.16	$578.84	$586.16
$647.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.80	$0.51	$1.31	$578.69	$648.81
$587.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.18	$1.17	$1.35	$581.15	$588.85

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 537 found (best R:R 2.21, avg credit $1.01)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
562/565	598/600	Oct 19	$1.72	$0.78	46%	2.21	$563.28	$599.22
555/558	598/600	Oct 19	$1.51	$0.99	54%	1.53	$555.99	$599.01
500/505	678/680	Oct 13	$0.58	$4.42	94%	0.13	$504.42	$678.08
562/565	610/612	Oct 19	$1.27	$1.23	60%	1.03	$563.73	$611.27
525/528	605/608	Oct 23	$1.16	$1.34	64%	0.87	$526.34	$606.16
555/558	610/612	Oct 19	$1.06	$1.44	67%	0.74	$556.44	$611.06
565/568	605/608	Oct 26	$1.75	$0.75	40%	2.33	$565.75	$606.75
530/532	605/608	Oct 23	$1.15	$1.35	63%	0.85	$531.35	$606.15
500/505	618/620	Oct 13	$0.49	$4.51	95%	0.11	$504.51	$617.99
525/530	605/610	Oct 28	$2.23	$2.77	60%	0.81	$527.77	$607.23

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 413 found (best R:R 4.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$580.00	$582.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.53	$1.97	48%	3.72
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Oct 28	$0.11	$4.89	10%	44.45
$582.50	$585.00	$587.50	Oct 14	$0.05	$2.45	14%	49.00
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$565.00	$570.00	$575.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$582.50	$585.00	$587.50	Oct 13	$0.50	$2.00	48%	4.00
$580.00	$582.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.57	$1.93	48%	3.39
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50
$575.00	$577.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.13	$2.37	16%	18.23
$582.50	$585.00	$587.50	Oct 15	$0.07	$2.43	10%	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 465 found (best net $-19.21, 441 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$470.00	$515.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$27.41	$17.59
$550.00	$562.50	1:2	Oct 14	-$9.56	$2.94
$580.00	$582.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.12	$2.38
$577.50	$580.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.28	$1.22
$630.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.01	$9.99

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	-$9.55	$15.45
$617.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$2.56	$19.94
$557.50	$540.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.23	$17.27
$587.50	$585.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.67	$1.83

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 242 found (best yield 4.56%, avg 1.09%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$585.00	Nov 27	$26.60	0.51	0.3%	4.56%	4.89%	4	2
$590.00	Nov 27	$24.10	0.48	1.2%	4.13%	5.32%	4	6
$592.50	Nov 27	$22.90	0.47	1.6%	3.93%	5.55%	4	--
$600.00	Nov 27	$19.70	0.43	2.9%	3.38%	6.28%	6	2
$585.00	Nov 20	$25.70	0.51	0.3%	4.41%	4.74%	34	285
$590.00	Nov 20	$23.25	0.48	1.2%	3.99%	5.18%	83	233
$595.00	Nov 20	$21.10	0.45	2.0%	3.62%	5.67%	253	348
$600.00	Nov 20	$19.00	0.42	2.9%	3.26%	6.16%	389	3.0K
$610.00	Nov 27	$15.70	0.37	4.6%	2.69%	7.31%	18	3
$605.00	Nov 20	$16.70	0.39	3.8%	2.86%	6.63%	30	1.0K

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 75,419

Total Puts 109,931

Put/Call Ratio 1.46

Net Difference -34,512

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 47,211

Total Puts 98,422

Put/Call Ratio 2.08

Net Difference -51,211

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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