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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$564.74 -3.98%

$565.65 (+0.16%)🌙

as of 10/14 04:00 PM

(10/14 15:12) ◀

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/14 4:00pm) 442,497

Calls: 134,457 (30%)

Puts: 308,040 (70%)

Prior (10/13) 244,169

Calls: 98,626 (40%)

Puts: 145,543 (60%)

Current vs Prior +81.23%

Calls: +36.33% (Calls)

Puts: +111.65% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,701,182

Calls: 523,796 (31%)

Puts: 1,177,386 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 243,026

Calls: 74,828 (31%)

Puts: 168,198 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +82.08%

Calls: +79.69%

Puts: +83.14%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/14 4:00pm) $378.67M

Calls: $101.39M (27%)

Puts: $277.28M (73%)

Prior (10/13) $189.26M

Calls: $75.20M (40%)

Puts: $114.06M (60%)

Current vs Prior +100.07%

Calls: +34.81%

Puts: +143.10%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.23B

Calls: $504.73M (41%)

Puts: $725.31M (59%)

Prior 7-Day Average $175.72M

Calls: $72.10M (41%)

Puts: $103.62M (59%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +115.50%

Calls: +40.61%

Puts: +167.61%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/14 4:00pm) 2.29

Prior (10/13) 1.48

Current vs Prior +55.25%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.35

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/14 4:00pm) 1,897,269

Calls: 675,377 (36%)

Puts: 1,221,892 (64%)

Prior (10/13) 1,853,757

Calls: 650,256 (35%)

Puts: 1,203,501 (65%)

Current vs Prior +2.35%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,861,347

Calls: 4,522,051 (35%)

Puts: 8,339,296 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,837,335

Calls: 646,007 (35%)

Puts: 1,191,328 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.87% | 2.56%0.87% | 3.22%3.22% | 5.09%2.56% | 9.84%

Prior 2.11% | 2.91%2.11% | 3.25%3.25% | 4.73%2.91% | 9.16%

Current vs Prior +21.44% | +10.52%-58.85% | -1.03%-1.03% | +7.66%-12.09% | +7.43%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.55% | 2.15%0.97% | 2.17%2.16% | 4.08%3.33% | 9.46%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +65.66% | +49.84%-10.48% | +48.40%+49.13% | +24.79%-23.11% | +3.99%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.11% | 2.91%2.13% | 3.29%3.29% | 4.81%2.85% | 9.19%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +21.44% | +10.52%-59.27% | -2.05%-2.05% | +5.76%-10.26% | +7.13%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 34.73% | 15.96%

Calls: 42.11% | 20.00%

Puts: 27.36% | 11.92%

Prior 20.84% | 19.59%

Calls: 19.13% | 11.25%

Puts: 22.56% | 27.93%

Current vs Prior +66.65% | -18.53%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.27% | 34.01%

Calls: 32.71% | 34.60%

Puts: 35.83% | 33.42%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +1.34% | -53.08%

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Moderately bearish flow with 73% put dollar volume ($277.28M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 100% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (115% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 81% vs prior.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 211 of results (avg 7.3%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$455.00	Oct 14	109.00	113.50	$111.25	4.0%	31	1.00	--
$455.00	Oct 16	109.00	113.50	$111.25	4.0%	--	1.00	42
$460.00	Oct 16	104.00	108.50	$106.25	4.2%	--	1.00	151
$455.00	Nov 20	113.00	118.00	$115.50	4.3%	--	0.94	44
$465.00	Nov 6	101.50	106.00	$103.75	4.3%	6	0.95	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$677.50	Oct 14	109.00	113.50	$111.25	4.0%	1	1.00	--
$675.00	Oct 14	106.50	111.00	$108.75	4.1%	1	1.00	--
$665.00	Nov 20	97.80	102.00	$99.90	4.2%	--	0.92	63
$675.00	Nov 20	106.55	111.50	$109.03	4.5%	--	0.94	33
$670.00	Nov 20	102.00	107.00	$104.50	4.8%	--	0.93	95

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 424 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$455.00	Oct 14	109.00	113.50	$111.25	4.0%	31	1.00	--
$460.00	Oct 16	104.00	108.50	$106.25	4.2%	--	1.00	151
$455.00	Oct 16	109.00	113.50	$111.25	4.0%	--	1.00	42
$470.00	Oct 16	94.05	98.50	$96.28	4.6%	--	1.00	70
$545.00	Oct 14	19.00	23.50	$21.25	21.2%	9	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Oct 14	0.20	3.20	$1.70	176.5%	3.9K	1.00	371
$570.00	Oct 14	2.08	6.00	$4.04	97.0%	3.4K	1.00	312
$572.50	Oct 14	4.50	8.50	$6.50	61.5%	2.8K	1.00	643
$575.00	Oct 14	7.00	11.00	$9.00	44.4%	1.3K	1.00	483
$577.50	Oct 14	9.15	13.50	$11.33	38.4%	281	1.00	233

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 997 active (total vol 402.0K, top 51.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Oct 14	0.01	0.07	$0.04	150.0%	10.3K	0.02	152
$570.00	Oct 14	0.05	0.49	$0.27	163.0%	7.1K	0.16	23
$590.00	Oct 14	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	6.9K	0.01	736
$590.00	Oct 16	1.00	1.77	$1.39	55.4%	4.3K	0.14	5.2K
$590.00	Oct 30	7.90	9.40	$8.65	17.3%	3.5K	0.31	267

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$562.50	Oct 14	0.06	0.20	$0.13	107.7%	51.6K	0.11	606
$560.00	Oct 23	9.70	11.45	$10.58	16.5%	22.0K	0.41	3.0K
$560.00	Oct 16	5.05	6.55	$5.80	25.9%	16.1K	0.38	13.6K
$550.00	Oct 16	2.60	3.05	$2.83	15.9%	13.6K	0.22	17.0K
$540.00	Oct 16	1.15	1.73	$1.44	40.3%	12.5K	0.12	12.0K

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 78.6%, max 113.4%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$570.00	Oct 14	Nov 27	76.9%	36.2%	112.0%	7.1K	23
$565.00	Oct 14	Nov 27	58.9%	34.0%	73.1%	406	20

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$542.50	Oct 15	Oct 30	84.5%	39.6%	113.4%	118	56
$565.00	Oct 14	Nov 27	58.9%	34.0%	73.1%	11.7K	461
$557.50	Oct 15	Oct 30	57.1%	37.4%	52.7%	527	84
$552.50	Oct 15	Oct 30	55.7%	37.8%	47.2%	438	163

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 549 found (best R:R 5.49, avg 6.07)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$575.00	$580.00	Nov 20	$1.37	$3.63	$1.37	47%	2.65	$576.37
$560.00	$565.00	Nov 27	$1.95	$3.05	$1.95	56%	1.56	$561.95
$605.00	$607.50	Nov 27	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	32%	19.83	$605.12
$537.50	$540.00	Oct 30	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	75%	1.00	$538.75
$570.00	$572.50	Oct 15	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	41%	6.14	$570.35

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$545.00	Nov 6	$0.77	$4.23	$0.77	36%	5.49	$549.23
$565.00	$560.00	Nov 6	$1.42	$3.58	$1.42	48%	2.52	$563.58
$567.50	$565.00	Oct 14	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	100%	2.13	$566.70
$565.00	$562.50	Oct 16	$0.42	$2.08	$0.42	47%	4.95	$564.58
$562.50	$560.00	Oct 19	$0.42	$2.08	$0.42	43%	4.95	$562.08

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 447 found (best R:R 2.09, avg 0.39)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$657.50	$660.00	Oct 14	$1.69	$1.69	$0.81	93%	2.09	$659.19
$637.50	$640.00	Oct 14	$1.69	$1.69	$0.81	92%	2.09	$639.19
$665.00	$667.50	Oct 14	$1.66	$1.66	$0.84	93%	1.98	$666.66
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 14	$1.69	$1.69	$0.81	90%	2.09	$619.19
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 14	$1.69	$1.69	$0.81	89%	2.09	$614.19

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$460.00	$455.00	Oct 14	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	95%	0.49	$458.35
$535.00	$530.00	Oct 14	$1.69	$1.69	$3.31	88%	0.51	$533.31
$537.50	$505.00	Oct 28	$4.67	$4.67	$27.83	76%	0.17	$532.83
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 15	$1.66	$1.66	$0.84	84%	1.98	$540.84
$490.00	$485.00	Nov 13	$1.01	$1.01	$3.99	89%	0.25	$488.99

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $5.20, cheapest $8.15)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$557.50	Oct 16	Oct 28	$8.15	51.1%	36.9%
$567.50	Oct 14	Oct 15	$5.54	51.7%	57.3%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$557.50	Oct 15	Oct 16	$1.99	57.1%	51.1%
$565.00	Oct 14	Oct 15	$5.13	58.9%	54.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 295 found (cheapest 0.39% of stock, avg 6.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$567.50	Oct 14	$0.53	$1.70	$2.23	$565.27	$569.73	0.39%
$565.00	Oct 14	$2.28	$0.90	$3.18	$561.82	$568.18	0.56%
$562.50	Oct 14	$4.00	$0.13	$4.13	$558.37	$566.63	0.73%
$570.00	Oct 14	$0.27	$4.04	$4.31	$565.69	$574.31	0.76%
$560.00	Oct 14	$6.25	$0.08	$6.33	$553.67	$566.33	1.12%
$572.50	Oct 14	$0.13	$6.50	$6.63	$565.87	$579.13	1.17%
$575.00	Oct 14	$0.10	$9.00	$9.10	$565.90	$584.10	1.61%
$555.00	Oct 14	$11.25	$0.03	$11.28	$543.72	$566.28	2.00%
$577.50	Oct 14	$0.03	$11.33	$11.36	$566.14	$588.86	2.01%
$565.00	Oct 15	$7.05	$6.03	$13.08	$551.92	$578.08	2.32%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 300 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 4.19%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$570.00	$562.50	Oct 14	$0.27	$0.13	$0.40	$562.10	$570.40
$567.50	$562.50	Oct 14	$0.53	$0.13	$0.66	$561.84	$568.16
$567.50	$565.00	Oct 14	$0.53	$0.90	$1.43	$563.57	$568.93
$570.00	$565.00	Oct 14	$0.27	$0.90	$1.17	$563.83	$571.17
$612.50	$562.50	Oct 14	$1.70	$0.13	$1.83	$560.67	$614.33
$617.50	$562.50	Oct 14	$1.70	$0.13	$1.83	$560.67	$619.33
$597.50	$562.50	Oct 14	$1.70	$0.13	$1.83	$560.67	$599.33
$570.00	$535.00	Oct 14	$0.27	$1.70	$1.97	$533.03	$571.97
$570.00	$500.00	Oct 14	$0.27	$1.70	$1.97	$498.03	$571.97
$570.00	$495.00	Oct 14	$0.27	$1.70	$1.97	$493.03	$571.97

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 407 found (best R:R 1.60, avg credit $1.49)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
455/460	592/595	Oct 14	$3.08	$1.92	94%	1.60	$456.92	$595.58
455/460	638/640	Oct 14	$3.34	$1.66	87%	2.01	$456.66	$640.84
455/460	618/620	Oct 14	$3.34	$1.66	85%	2.01	$456.66	$620.84
455/460	628/630	Oct 14	$3.29	$1.71	86%	1.92	$456.71	$630.79
455/460	612/615	Oct 14	$3.34	$1.66	84%	2.01	$456.66	$615.84
530/535	592/595	Oct 14	$3.12	$1.88	87%	1.66	$531.88	$595.62
455/460	598/600	Oct 14	$3.32	$1.68	82%	1.98	$456.68	$600.82
530/535	638/640	Oct 14	$3.38	$1.62	80%	2.09	$531.62	$640.88
530/535	618/620	Oct 14	$3.38	$1.62	78%	2.09	$531.62	$620.88
530/535	628/630	Oct 14	$3.33	$1.67	79%	1.99	$531.67	$630.83

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 424 found (best R:R 19.83, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$567.50	$570.00	$572.50	Oct 14	$0.12	$2.38	28%	19.83
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 26	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Oct 28	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Oct 19	$0.05	$2.45	8%	49.00
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Oct 28	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Nov 13	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$560.00	$565.00	$570.00	Oct 28	$0.15	$4.85	10%	32.33
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Oct 14	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 427 found (best net $-18.26, 393 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$505.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$18.26	$16.74
$547.50	$562.50	1:2	Oct 19	-$2.01	$12.99
$557.50	$575.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$3.55	$13.95
$555.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$1.25	$3.75
$562.50	$565.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.56	$1.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$530.00	$512.50	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.59	$16.91
$567.50	$565.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.10	$2.40
$572.50	$570.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$1.58	$0.92
$475.00	$465.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.12	$9.88
$505.00	$485.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.27	$19.73

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 254 found (best yield 5.12%, avg 1.09%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$565.00	Nov 27	$28.90	0.54	0.1%	5.12%	5.16%	7	20
$570.00	Nov 27	$25.35	0.51	0.9%	4.49%	5.42%	23	--
$575.00	Nov 27	$23.00	0.48	1.8%	4.07%	5.89%	7	2
$585.00	Nov 27	$18.80	0.42	3.6%	3.33%	6.92%	7	4
$565.00	Nov 20	$26.80	0.53	0.1%	4.75%	4.79%	418	647
$580.00	Nov 27	$20.00	0.45	2.7%	3.54%	6.24%	1	1
$580.00	Nov 20	$19.65	0.45	2.7%	3.48%	6.18%	391	269
$570.00	Nov 20	$23.85	0.50	0.9%	4.22%	5.15%	466	332
$590.00	Nov 27	$16.40	0.40	4.5%	2.90%	7.38%	1	10
$585.00	Nov 20	$17.60	0.41	3.6%	3.12%	6.70%	194	321

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 134,457

Total Puts 308,040

Put/Call Ratio 2.29

Net Difference -173,583

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 98,626

Total Puts 145,543

Put/Call Ratio 1.48

Net Difference -46,917

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 523,796

Total Puts 1,177,386

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.35

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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