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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$584.26 -1.14%

(10/13 14:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/13 3:00pm) 205,822

Calls: 85,522 (42%)

Puts: 120,300 (58%)

Prior (10/12) 164,249

Calls: 51,380 (31%)

Puts: 112,869 (69%)

Current vs Prior +25.31%

Calls: +66.45% (Calls)

Puts: +6.58% (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 -22.48%

Calls: +15.13%

Puts: -37.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/13 3:00pm) $167.28M

Calls: $58.07M (35%)

Puts: $109.21M (65%)

Prior (10/12) $189.13M

Calls: $35.85M (19%)

Puts: $153.28M (81%)

Current vs Prior -11.55%

Calls: +61.99%

Puts: -28.75%

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 -5.61%

Calls: -25.98%

Puts: +10.58%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/13 3:00pm) 1.41

Prior (10/12) 2.20

Current vs Prior -35.97%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.60

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -45.88%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/13 3:00pm) 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 0.64% | 2.17%2.17% | 3.25%3.25% | 4.93%2.90% | 9.29%

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

Current vs Prior -59.10% | -5.22%+370.47% | +42.21%+1.26% | +7.50%+3.54% | +1.81%

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 -55.47% | +7.66%+194.17% | +70.49%+84.37% | +29.15%-18.31% | -4.14%

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 -59.10% | -5.22%+242.15% | +35.21%+7.98% | +8.91%+3.86% | +2.70%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 39.91% | 25.19%

Calls: 39.82% | 29.23%

Puts: 40.00% | 21.14%

Prior 21.55% | 30.37%

Calls: 22.47% | 41.48%

Puts: 20.62% | 19.26%

Current vs Prior +85.20% | -17.06%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.14% | 36.25%

Calls: 36.87% | 38.80%

Puts: 39.42% | 33.70%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +4.64% | -30.51%

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Moderately bearish flow with 65% put dollar volume ($109.21M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.41 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 36% - 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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Prior 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
15:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 523 of results (avg 6.5%, best 1.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Oct 30	6.15	6.30	$6.23	2.4%	146	0.25	389
$600.00	Nov 20	19.20	19.75	$19.48	2.8%	397	0.43	3.0K
$475.00	Nov 20	111.60	115.05	$113.32	3.0%	--	0.92	175
$480.00	Nov 20	106.85	110.30	$108.57	3.2%	--	0.92	138
$470.00	Oct 16	112.40	116.05	$114.23	3.2%	--	1.00	70

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Nov 20	15.25	15.40	$15.33	1.0%	5.1K	0.33	5.9K
$570.00	Oct 30	11.20	11.50	$11.35	2.6%	111	0.36	1.4K
$700.00	Oct 13	114.40	117.85	$116.13	3.0%	43	1.00	--
$600.00	Nov 20	32.45	33.45	$32.95	3.0%	85	0.57	2.5K
$690.00	Oct 13	104.55	107.85	$106.20	3.1%	1	0.93	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 39 found (avg $0.69, cheapest $0.88)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 14	0.81	0.94	$0.88	14.8%	457	0.13	151
$610.00	Oct 15	0.81	0.93	$0.87	13.8%	1	0.10	501
$622.50	Oct 16	0.44	0.49	$0.47	10.6%	15	0.05	400
$620.00	Oct 16	0.54	0.62	$0.58	13.8%	90	0.06	9.8K
$617.50	Oct 16	0.65	0.76	$0.71	15.5%	472	0.07	439

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 14	0.48	0.54	$0.51	11.8%	403	0.07	670
$550.00	Oct 14	0.23	0.27	$0.25	16.0%	320	0.03	31
$565.00	Oct 14	0.79	0.87	$0.83	9.6%	220	0.11	315
$535.00	Oct 14	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	6	0.01	30
$545.00	Oct 15	0.47	0.57	$0.52	19.2%	14	0.05	1

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 412 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 14	52.30	56.10	$54.20	7.0%	40	1.00	--
$540.00	Oct 14	42.35	45.90	$44.13	8.0%	15	1.00	--
$500.00	Oct 23	83.30	87.00	$85.15	4.3%	3	1.00	1
$470.00	Oct 30	113.70	117.55	$115.63	3.3%	--	1.00	12
$530.00	Oct 13	52.15	55.95	$54.05	7.0%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$592.50	Oct 13	7.30	10.35	$8.82	34.6%	30	1.00	183
$595.00	Oct 13	9.80	12.85	$11.33	26.9%	48	1.00	181
$597.50	Oct 13	12.40	15.35	$13.88	21.3%	1	1.00	34
$600.00	Oct 13	14.80	17.75	$16.27	18.1%	7	1.00	248
$602.50	Oct 13	17.20	20.35	$18.77	16.8%	2	1.00	32

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 979 active (total vol 175.3K, top 7.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	3.00	3.15	$3.08	4.9%	6.9K	0.24	11.5K
$585.00	Oct 13	0.70	0.88	$0.79	22.8%	4.1K	0.41	1
$587.50	Oct 13	0.16	0.22	$0.19	31.6%	4.0K	0.13	10
$630.00	Oct 30	3.25	3.50	$3.38	7.4%	4.0K	0.16	2.2K
$590.00	Oct 13	0.03	0.06	$0.05	60.0%	3.5K	0.04	527

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 16	1.07	1.17	$1.12	8.9%	7.8K	0.09	17.4K
$582.50	Oct 13	0.42	0.60	$0.51	35.3%	5.7K	0.27	469
$560.00	Nov 20	15.25	15.40	$15.33	1.0%	5.1K	0.33	5.9K
$560.00	Nov 13	12.45	13.25	$12.85	6.2%	3.5K	0.32	85
$575.00	Oct 16	5.00	5.40	$5.20	7.7%	3.4K	0.34	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. 3 strikes (avg 21.6%, max 31.5%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$547.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	39.4%	38.0%	3.9%	1	21

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$582.50	Oct 13	Nov 6	43.8%	33.3%	31.5%	5.7K	534
$585.00	Oct 13	Nov 27	40.9%	31.6%	29.4%	762	387

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 603 found (best R:R 1.84, avg 7.02)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 26	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	26%	24.00	$607.60
$577.50	$585.00	Oct 26	$3.77	$3.73	$3.77	59%	0.99	$581.27
$585.00	$587.50	Oct 19	$0.88	$1.62	$0.88	50%	1.84	$585.88
$575.00	$580.00	Nov 27	$2.52	$2.48	$2.52	58%	0.98	$577.52
$572.50	$575.00	Oct 15	$1.47	$1.03	$1.47	72%	0.70	$573.97

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$607.50	$605.00	Nov 6	$0.88	$1.62	$0.88	66%	1.84	$606.62
$610.00	$607.50	Nov 27	$0.87	$1.63	$0.87	62%	1.87	$609.13
$597.50	$595.00	Oct 14	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	83%	0.61	$595.95
$585.00	$575.00	Oct 28	$3.90	$6.10	$3.90	49%	1.56	$581.10
$580.00	$575.00	Nov 13	$1.70	$3.30	$1.70	45%	1.94	$578.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 485 found (best R:R 0.46, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 13	$0.79	$0.79	$1.71	94%	0.46	$630.79
$600.00	$605.00	Oct 28	$2.33	$2.33	$2.67	64%	0.87	$602.33
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 26	$1.28	$1.28	$1.22	70%	1.05	$606.28
$587.50	$590.00	Oct 19	$1.62	$1.62	$0.88	54%	1.84	$589.12
$585.00	$590.00	Oct 26	$2.85	$2.85	$2.15	49%	1.33	$587.85

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 13	$0.58	$0.58	$4.42	96%	0.13	$504.42
$557.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$3.02	$3.02	$14.48	76%	0.21	$554.48
$580.00	$577.50	Oct 15	$1.38	$1.38	$1.12	59%	1.23	$578.62
$530.00	$525.00	Oct 28	$0.73	$0.73	$4.27	89%	0.17	$529.27
$550.00	$530.00	Oct 28	$2.64	$2.64	$17.36	80%	0.15	$547.36

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $4.53, cheapest $4.41)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$585.00	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.41	40.9%	45.5%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$585.00	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.65	40.9%	45.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 318 found (cheapest 0.39% of stock, avg 6.40%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$585.00	Oct 13	$0.79	$1.50	$2.29	$582.71	$587.29	0.39%
$582.50	Oct 13	$2.26	$0.51	$2.77	$579.73	$585.27	0.47%
$587.50	Oct 13	$0.19	$3.60	$3.79	$583.71	$591.29	0.65%
$580.00	Oct 13	$4.53	$0.17	$4.70	$575.30	$584.70	0.80%
$590.00	Oct 13	$0.05	$6.00	$6.05	$583.95	$596.05	1.04%
$577.50	Oct 13	$7.03	$0.07	$7.10	$570.40	$584.60	1.22%
$592.50	Oct 13	$0.02	$8.82	$8.84	$583.66	$601.34	1.51%
$575.00	Oct 13	$8.90	$0.03	$8.93	$566.07	$583.93	1.53%
$572.50	Oct 13	$11.15	$0.02	$11.17	$561.33	$583.67	1.91%
$582.50	Oct 14	$6.50	$4.75	$11.25	$571.25	$593.75	1.93%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 310 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 4.02%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$587.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.19	$0.17	$0.36	$579.64	$587.86
$587.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.19	$0.51	$0.70	$581.80	$588.20
$635.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.76	$0.17	$0.93	$579.07	$635.93
$630.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.81	$0.17	$0.98	$579.02	$630.98
$637.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.81	$0.17	$0.98	$579.02	$638.48
$585.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.79	$0.17	$0.96	$579.04	$585.96
$585.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.79	$0.51	$1.30	$581.20	$586.30
$635.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.76	$0.51	$1.27	$581.23	$636.27
$630.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.81	$0.51	$1.32	$581.18	$631.32
$637.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.81	$0.51	$1.32	$581.18	$638.82

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 478 found (best R:R 0.38, avg credit $1.04)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/505	630/632	Oct 13	$1.37	$3.63	90%	0.38	$503.63	$631.37
568/570	605/608	Oct 26	$2.07	$0.43	37%	4.81	$567.93	$607.07
545/550	630/632	Oct 13	$0.89	$4.11	92%	0.22	$549.11	$630.89
578/580	630/632	Oct 13	$0.89	$1.61	83%	0.55	$579.11	$630.89
565/568	605/608	Oct 26	$1.96	$0.54	39%	3.63	$565.54	$606.96
500/505	618/620	Oct 13	$0.68	$4.32	94%	0.16	$504.32	$618.18
500/505	612/615	Oct 13	$0.68	$4.32	94%	0.16	$504.32	$613.18
500/505	685/688	Oct 13	$0.77	$4.23	92%	0.18	$504.23	$685.77
500/505	678/680	Oct 13	$0.73	$4.27	92%	0.17	$504.27	$678.23
500/505	692/695	Oct 13	$0.69	$4.31	92%	0.16	$504.31	$693.19

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 414 found (best R:R 40.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$555.00	$565.00	$575.00	Nov 27	$0.24	$9.76	11%	40.67
$582.50	$585.00	$587.50	Oct 13	$0.87	$1.63	59%	1.87
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 13	$0.46	$2.04	37%	4.43
$577.50	$580.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.23	$2.27	23%	9.87
$620.00	$625.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 13	$0.30	$2.20	37%	7.33
$580.00	$582.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.65	$1.85	49%	2.85
$577.50	$580.00	$582.50	Oct 14	$0.05	$2.45	14%	49.00
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$577.50	$580.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.24	$2.26	23%	9.42

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 478 found (best net $-18.35, 449 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$630.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.31	$9.69
$577.50	$580.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$2.03	$0.47
$610.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.17	$4.83
$665.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.02	$4.98
$635.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.07	$4.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$685.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$18.35	$26.65
$642.50	$617.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$8.70	$16.30
$617.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$10.26	$7.24
$590.00	$587.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.20	$1.30
$520.00	$480.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.45	$39.55

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 247 found (best yield 4.67%, avg 1.12%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$585.00	Nov 27	$27.30	0.52	0.1%	4.67%	4.80%	4	2
$590.00	Nov 27	$24.45	0.49	1.0%	4.18%	5.17%	4	6
$592.50	Nov 27	$23.15	0.48	1.4%	3.96%	5.37%	4	--
$600.00	Nov 27	$20.20	0.44	2.7%	3.46%	6.15%	6	2
$590.00	Nov 20	$23.45	0.49	1.0%	4.01%	5.00%	103	233
$595.00	Nov 20	$21.30	0.46	1.8%	3.65%	5.48%	256	348
$585.00	Nov 20	$25.75	0.52	0.1%	4.41%	4.53%	38	285
$610.00	Nov 27	$16.25	0.38	4.4%	2.78%	7.19%	18	3
$600.00	Nov 20	$19.20	0.43	2.7%	3.29%	5.98%	397	3.0K
$605.00	Nov 20	$17.05	0.40	3.5%	2.92%	6.47%	32	1.0K

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

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 85,522

Total Puts 120,300

Put/Call Ratio 1.41

Net Difference -34,778

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 51,380

Total Puts 112,869

Put/Call Ratio 2.20

Net Difference -61,489

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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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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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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