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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$588.12 -0.49%

$588.20 (+0.01%)🌙

as of 10/13 04:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/13 4:00pm) 244,169

Calls: 98,626 (40%)

Puts: 145,543 (60%)

Prior (10/12) 189,548

Calls: 59,444 (31%)

Puts: 130,104 (69%)

Current vs Prior +28.82%

Calls: +65.91% (Calls)

Puts: +11.87% (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 -8.04%

Calls: +32.77%

Puts: -23.89%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/13 4:00pm) $189.26M

Calls: $75.20M (40%)

Puts: $114.06M (60%)

Prior (10/12) $201.44M

Calls: $39.03M (19%)

Puts: $162.41M (81%)

Current vs Prior -6.04%

Calls: +92.70%

Puts: -29.77%

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 +6.80%

Calls: -4.14%

Puts: +15.49%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/13 4:00pm) 1.48

Prior (10/12) 2.19

Current vs Prior -32.58%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.60

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/13 4:00pm) 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 0.70% | 2.11%2.11% | 3.25%3.25% | 4.73%2.91% | 9.16%

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

Current vs Prior +33.98% | +27.51%+358.15% | +42.39%+1.39% | +3.20%+4.14% | +0.39%

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 +45.88% | +44.83%+186.47% | +70.70%+84.60% | +23.97%-17.84% | -5.47%

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 +33.98% | +27.51%+233.19% | +35.38%+8.12% | +4.55%+4.45% | +1.28%

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Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 20.84% | 19.59%

Calls: 19.13% | 11.25%

Puts: 22.56% | 27.93%

Prior 21.55% | 30.37%

Calls: 22.47% | 41.48%

Puts: 20.62% | 19.26%

Current vs Prior -3.29% | -35.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.14% | 36.25%

Calls: 36.87% | 38.80%

Puts: 39.42% | 33.70%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -45.36% | -45.96%

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Moderately bearish flow with 60% put dollar volume ($114.06M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.48 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 33% - 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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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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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 311 of results (avg 7.1%, best 3.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Oct 16	111.10	115.15	$113.13	3.6%	--	1.00	100
$485.00	Oct 16	101.50	105.25	$103.38	3.6%	--	1.00	127
$495.00	Oct 13	91.35	94.75	$93.05	3.7%	14	0.92	--
$495.00	Oct 16	91.65	95.10	$93.38	3.7%	--	1.00	85
$480.00	Oct 16	106.10	110.15	$108.13	3.7%	--	1.00	115

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 13	110.30	113.85	$112.07	3.2%	43	0.96	--
$692.50	Oct 13	102.70	106.70	$104.70	3.8%	1	0.92	--
$705.00	Oct 16	114.95	119.50	$117.23	3.9%	--	1.00	25
$690.00	Oct 13	100.25	104.25	$102.25	3.9%	1	0.92	--
$590.00	Nov 20	24.90	25.90	$25.40	3.9%	673	0.49	1.8K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.67, cheapest $0.65)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Oct 16	0.59	0.70	$0.65	16.9%	73	0.05	8.1K
$547.50	Oct 16	0.66	0.79	$0.73	17.8%	63	0.06	140
$540.00	Oct 16	0.49	0.56	$0.53	13.2%	399	0.04	12.2K
$517.50	Oct 23	0.72	0.84	$0.78	15.4%	2	0.04	91
$510.00	Oct 23	0.56	0.68	$0.62	19.4%	26	0.03	217

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 413 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 13	75.50	79.80	$77.65	5.5%	2	1.00	1
$530.00	Oct 13	55.50	60.05	$57.78	7.9%	1	1.00	--
$535.00	Oct 13	50.65	55.10	$52.88	8.4%	1	1.00	--
$565.00	Oct 13	20.60	25.40	$23.00	20.9%	30	1.00	--
$567.50	Oct 13	18.00	22.75	$20.38	23.3%	--	1.00	18

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Oct 13	24.95	29.10	$27.03	15.4%	1	1.00	24
$607.50	Oct 13	17.25	22.00	$19.63	24.2%	--	1.00	161
$600.00	Oct 13	10.35	13.95	$12.15	29.6%	16	1.00	248
$705.00	Oct 16	114.95	119.50	$117.23	3.9%	--	1.00	25
$597.50	Oct 13	7.75	11.15	$9.45	36.0%	1	0.99	34

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 991 active (total vol 208.0K, top 12.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	3.85	4.55	$4.20	16.7%	7.3K	0.30	11.5K
$590.00	Oct 13	0.20	0.78	$0.49	118.4%	4.9K	0.26	527
$587.50	Oct 13	0.75	1.86	$1.31	84.7%	4.7K	0.59	10
$585.00	Oct 13	2.14	5.00	$3.57	80.1%	4.3K	0.88	1
$630.00	Oct 30	3.30	3.90	$3.60	16.7%	4.0K	0.17	2.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 16	0.60	0.85	$0.73	34.2%	12.5K	0.06	17.4K
$560.00	Oct 16	1.30	1.60	$1.45	20.7%	7.3K	0.12	12.0K
$582.50	Oct 13	0.03	0.10	$0.07	100.0%	7.0K	0.05	469
$560.00	Nov 20	13.25	14.25	$13.75	7.3%	5.1K	0.31	5.9K
$585.00	Oct 16	6.90	8.55	$7.73	21.3%	3.5K	0.44	5.8K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 99.8%, max 119.9%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$590.00	Oct 13	Nov 27	69.5%	31.6%	119.9%	4.9K	533
$587.50	Oct 13	Nov 13	57.5%	32.0%	79.6%	4.7K	10

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$590.00	Oct 13	Nov 27	69.5%	31.6%	119.9%	370	521
$587.50	Oct 13	Nov 13	57.5%	32.0%	79.6%	284	276

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 604 found (best R:R 11.50, avg 6.92)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$597.50	$600.00	Nov 13	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	45%	11.50	$597.70
$597.50	$600.00	Oct 26	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	40%	4.56	$597.95
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 26	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	30%	9.00	$607.75
$590.00	$592.50	Nov 13	$0.79	$1.71	$0.79	51%	2.16	$590.79
$592.50	$595.00	Oct 15	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	41%	4.00	$593.00

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$587.50	Nov 6	$0.38	$2.12	$0.38	50%	5.58	$589.62
$595.00	$585.00	Oct 28	$4.25	$5.75	$4.25	56%	1.35	$590.75
$560.00	$555.00	Nov 6	$0.60	$4.40	$0.60	28%	7.33	$559.40
$575.00	$572.50	Nov 6	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	38%	9.00	$574.75
$570.00	$565.00	Nov 27	$1.12	$3.88	$1.12	37%	3.46	$568.88

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 483 found (best R:R 13.71, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 13	$2.33	$2.33	$0.17	86%	13.71	$632.33
$697.50	$700.00	Oct 13	$1.66	$1.66	$0.84	92%	1.98	$699.16
$685.00	$687.50	Oct 14	$1.15	$1.15	$1.35	94%	0.85	$686.15
$615.00	$617.50	Oct 26	$1.50	$1.50	$1.00	76%	1.50	$616.50
$597.50	$600.00	Nov 6	$1.90	$1.90	$0.60	56%	3.17	$599.40

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$565.00	$560.00	Nov 13	$2.27	$2.27	$2.73	67%	0.83	$562.73
$570.00	$567.50	Oct 26	$1.32	$1.32	$1.18	69%	1.12	$568.68
$572.50	$570.00	Nov 6	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	63%	1.27	$571.10
$565.00	$560.00	Nov 20	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	66%	0.72	$562.90
$565.00	$560.00	Oct 26	$1.63	$1.63	$3.37	73%	0.48	$563.37

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $4.49, cheapest $4.44)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$587.50	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.44	57.5%	44.6%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$587.50	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.54	57.5%	44.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 325 found (cheapest 0.36% of stock, avg 6.29%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$587.50	Oct 13	$1.31	$0.78	$2.09	$585.41	$589.59	0.36%
$590.00	Oct 13	$0.49	$2.83	$3.32	$586.68	$593.32	0.56%
$585.00	Oct 13	$3.57	$0.19	$3.76	$581.24	$588.76	0.64%
$592.50	Oct 13	$0.14	$4.95	$5.09	$587.41	$597.59	0.87%
$582.50	Oct 13	$5.78	$0.07	$5.85	$576.65	$588.35	0.99%
$595.00	Oct 13	$0.03	$7.23	$7.26	$587.74	$602.26	1.23%
$580.00	Oct 13	$8.00	$0.10	$8.10	$571.90	$588.10	1.38%
$597.50	Oct 13	$0.01	$9.45	$9.46	$588.04	$606.96	1.61%
$577.50	Oct 13	$10.70	$0.02	$10.72	$566.78	$588.22	1.82%
$587.50	Oct 14	$5.75	$5.32	$11.07	$576.43	$598.57	1.88%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 325 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 3.85%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$590.00	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.49	$0.19	$0.68	$584.32	$590.68
$590.00	$587.50	Oct 13	$0.49	$0.78	$1.27	$586.23	$591.27
$630.00	$585.00	Oct 13	$2.45	$0.19	$2.64	$582.36	$632.64
$627.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$2.45	$0.19	$2.64	$582.36	$630.14
$635.00	$585.00	Oct 13	$2.45	$0.19	$2.64	$582.36	$637.64
$637.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$2.45	$0.19	$2.64	$582.36	$640.14
$600.00	$577.50	Oct 14	$1.57	$1.88	$3.45	$574.05	$603.45
$590.00	$515.00	Oct 13	$0.49	$2.45	$2.94	$512.06	$592.94
$590.00	$505.00	Oct 13	$0.49	$2.45	$2.94	$502.06	$592.94
$590.00	$500.00	Oct 13	$0.49	$2.45	$2.94	$497.06	$592.94

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 485 found (best R:R 0.95, avg credit $1.04)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
545/550	630/632	Oct 13	$2.43	$2.57	85%	0.95	$547.57	$632.43
570/572	698/700	Oct 13	$1.76	$0.74	87%	2.38	$570.74	$699.26
545/550	698/700	Oct 13	$1.76	$3.24	90%	0.54	$548.24	$699.26
582/585	698/700	Oct 13	$1.78	$0.72	78%	2.47	$583.22	$699.28
568/570	605/608	Oct 26	$2.25	$0.25	37%	9.00	$567.75	$607.25
560/565	615/618	Oct 26	$3.13	$1.87	49%	1.67	$561.87	$618.13
525/530	605/610	Oct 28	$2.68	$2.32	56%	1.16	$527.32	$607.68
558/560	615/618	Oct 26	$1.62	$0.88	54%	1.84	$558.38	$616.62
532/535	608/610	Oct 30	$1.59	$0.91	54%	1.75	$533.41	$609.09
568/570	602/605	Oct 26	$2.07	$0.43	34%	4.81	$567.93	$604.57

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 447 found (best R:R 34.71, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$555.00	$565.00	$575.00	Nov 27	$0.25	$9.75	11%	39.00
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 13	$0.47	$2.03	50%	4.32
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 28	$0.07	$4.93	10%	70.43
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Oct 13	$0.24	$2.26	24%	9.42
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 13	$0.07	$2.43	49%	34.71
$575.00	$585.00	$595.00	Oct 28	$0.50	$9.50	20%	19.00
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Oct 13	$0.16	$2.34	24%	14.62
$582.50	$585.00	$587.50	Oct 13	$0.47	$2.03	37%	4.32
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 483 found (best net $-16.87, 441 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$582.50	$585.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$1.36	$1.14
$610.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.35	$4.65
$675.00	$680.00	1:2	Oct 23	$0.00	$5.00
$685.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.02	$4.98
$665.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.03	$4.97

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$705.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$16.87	$33.13
$685.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$15.18	$29.82
$642.50	$617.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$4.80	$20.20
$550.00	$530.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$0.09	$19.91
$557.50	$540.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.95	$16.55

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 243 found (best yield 4.35%, avg 1.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$590.00	Nov 27	$25.60	0.51	0.3%	4.35%	4.67%	4	6
$592.50	Nov 27	$24.35	0.50	0.7%	4.14%	4.89%	4	--
$600.00	Nov 27	$21.00	0.45	2.0%	3.57%	5.59%	6	2
$590.00	Nov 20	$25.20	0.51	0.3%	4.28%	4.60%	111	233
$595.00	Nov 20	$22.80	0.48	1.2%	3.88%	5.05%	260	348
$600.00	Nov 20	$20.55	0.45	2.0%	3.49%	5.51%	626	3.0K
$605.00	Nov 20	$18.30	0.42	2.9%	3.11%	5.98%	88	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 27	$16.65	0.40	3.7%	2.83%	6.55%	18	3
$615.00	Nov 27	$15.20	0.37	4.6%	2.58%	7.16%	10	6
$617.50	Nov 27	$14.30	0.36	5.0%	2.43%	7.43%	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 98,626

Total Puts 145,543

Put/Call Ratio 1.48

Net Difference -46,917

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 59,444

Total Puts 130,104

Put/Call Ratio 2.19

Net Difference -70,660

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)

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Put/Call Ratio

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Expected Move

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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

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