Tour v531
SMH
VanEck Semiconductor ETF
$543.54 -3.75%
◀ 10/15 10:00 ▶

Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (10/15 10:00am) 188,780
Calls: 40,856 (22%)
Puts: 147,924 (78%)
Prior (10/14) 34,859
Calls: 15,659 (45%)
Puts: 19,200 (55%)
Current vs Prior +441.55%
Calls: +160.91% (Calls)
Puts: +670.44% (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 -22.32%
Calls: -45.40%
Puts: -12.05%
Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (10/15 10:00am) $293.80M
Calls: $17.73M (6%)
Puts: $276.07M (94%)
Prior (10/14) $17.24M
Calls: $6.03M (35%)
Puts: $11.21M (65%)
Current vs Prior +1604.43%
Calls: +193.92%
Puts: +2363.73%
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 +67.20%
Calls: -75.41%
Puts: +166.43%
Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (10/15 10:00am) 3.62
Prior (10/14) 1.23
Current vs Prior +195.29%
Prior 7-Day Average 2.35
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +54.22%
Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (10/15 10:00am) 1,953,546
Calls: 695,775 (36%)
Puts: 1,257,771 (64%)
Prior (10/14) 1,897,269
Calls: 675,377 (36%)
Puts: 1,221,892 (64%)
Current vs Prior +2.97%
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 +6.32%
Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (10/15) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/19)Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)
Current 1.73% | 2.84%2.84% | 3.48%2.84% | 5.11%1.73% | 10.00%
Prior 2.11% | 2.91%2.11% | 3.25%3.25% | 4.73%2.91% | 9.16%
Current vs Prior -17.98% | -2.66%+34.47% | +7.02%-12.84% | +8.16%-40.63% | +9.21%
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 +11.89% | +31.97%+192.49% | +60.47%+31.33% | +25.37%-48.07% | +5.72%
Prior 7-Day Eod 2.11% | 2.91%0.90% | 3.31%3.31% | 5.11%2.55% | 9.68%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -17.98% | -2.66%+214.56% | +5.24%-14.29% | +0.01%-32.18% | +3.37%
Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 15.96% | 17.38%
Calls: 17.02% | 12.70%
Puts: 14.89% | 22.07%
Prior 20.84% | 19.59%
Calls: 19.13% | 11.25%
Puts: 22.56% | 27.93%
Current vs Prior -23.42% | -11.28%
Prior 7-Day Avg 34.27% | 34.01%
Calls: 32.71% | 34.60%
Puts: 35.83% | 33.42%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -53.43% | -48.90%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Strong bearish conviction with 94% of dollar volume in puts ($276.07M) vs calls ($17.73M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 1604% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (67% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 442% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH
Retail Flow BEARISH
Overall BEARISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg BEARISH
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH
Sentiment Timeline (Today)
TimeSmart MoneyRetailOverall
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📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads
💰 Best Value Under $1
📊 High Delta (ITM)
🔥 High Volume
⏰ Backwardation
📈 Debit Spreads
📉 Credit Spreads
📅 Calendar Spreads
⚡ Straddles
🔀 Strangles
🦅 Iron Condors
🦋 Butterflies
⚖️ Ratio Spreads
🛡️ Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 469 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$440.00Nov 20106.35109.70$108.033.1%--0.93109
$435.00Nov 20110.90114.65$112.783.3%--0.9470
$445.00Nov 20101.70105.15$103.433.3%--0.92479
$435.00Oct 16106.80110.45$108.633.4%--1.0048
$450.00Oct 1691.8095.05$93.433.5%--0.99172
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$580.00Nov 2045.8046.80$46.302.2%8360.696.0K
$545.00Nov 1322.7523.35$23.052.6%140.4938
$600.00Nov 2060.4562.25$61.352.9%530.792.5K
$650.00Oct 30105.20108.40$106.803.0%91.0016
$650.00Nov 20105.70109.00$107.353.1%--0.92285

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 19 found (avg $0.73, cheapest $0.61)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$555.00Oct 150.580.64$0.619.8%1.6K0.1321
$552.50Oct 150.901.08$0.9918.2%6160.191
$567.50Oct 160.580.68$0.6315.9%1120.08211
$565.00Oct 160.770.90$0.8415.5%1.1K0.114.3K
$575.00Oct 190.690.84$0.7619.7%320.085
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$515.00Oct 160.690.83$0.7618.4%1920.082.2K
$450.00Oct 230.390.47$0.4318.6%490.02405
$460.00Oct 230.520.63$0.5719.3%50.03522
$475.00Oct 230.831.00$0.9218.5%20.053.8K
$435.00Oct 230.240.28$0.2615.4%20.0124

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 372 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$435.00Oct 16106.80110.45$108.633.4%--1.0048
$440.00Oct 16101.75105.50$103.633.6%--1.00147
$445.00Oct 1696.80100.30$98.553.6%--1.001.0K
$455.00Oct 1686.8590.35$88.604.0%--0.9942
$450.00Oct 1691.8095.05$93.433.5%--0.99172
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$565.00Oct 1520.3523.50$21.9314.4%131.00758
$567.50Oct 1523.0525.95$24.5011.8%81.00109
$570.00Oct 1524.9528.45$26.7013.1%381.00542
$572.50Oct 1528.2030.95$29.589.3%11.0036
$575.00Oct 1530.0033.40$31.7010.7%21.00110

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 692 active (total vol 175.6K, top 31.0K)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$600.00Oct 190.100.18$0.1457.1%6.3K0.0244
$580.00Oct 190.450.58$0.5225.0%3.4K0.0650
$555.00Oct 150.580.64$0.619.8%1.6K0.1321
$600.00Nov 63.704.15$3.9311.5%1.6K0.151.3K
$575.00Oct 305.906.45$6.188.9%1.5K0.251.5K
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$530.00Oct 3011.6512.35$12.005.8%31.0K0.371.9K
$555.00Oct 3022.7524.60$23.687.8%28.0K0.5829.3K
$550.00Oct 3020.2021.10$20.654.4%5.8K0.549.7K
$540.00Oct 165.205.40$5.303.8%5.8K0.4116.5K
$560.00Oct 1616.6519.70$18.1716.8%5.3K0.8315.3K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 15 strikes (avg 75.9%, max 114.8%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$535.00Oct 15Nov 2077.1%37.8%103.8%13123
$540.00Oct 15Nov 2073.7%37.4%97.1%65356
$550.00Oct 15Nov 2067.2%38.6%74.1%1.5K257
$525.00Oct 16Nov 2060.4%38.1%58.2%--421
$537.50Oct 16Oct 3055.4%40.0%38.3%212
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$535.00Oct 15Nov 2777.1%35.9%114.8%1.3K710
$540.00Oct 15Nov 2773.7%35.8%106.0%561135
$542.50Oct 15Nov 1370.6%36.4%93.9%68031
$545.00Oct 15Nov 2768.4%35.3%93.7%2.3K2.3K
$537.50Oct 15Oct 3075.2%40.0%87.8%449134

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 479 found (best R:R 8.62, avg 6.87)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$510.00$545.00Nov 27$21.30$13.70$21.3071%0.64$531.30
$630.00$645.00Oct 26$0.15$14.85$0.156%99.00$630.15
$570.00$572.50Nov 6$0.37$2.13$0.3732%5.76$570.37
$540.00$542.50Oct 23$0.97$1.53$0.9755%1.58$540.97
$510.00$515.00Nov 20$3.18$1.82$3.1872%0.57$513.18
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$517.50$505.00Oct 26$1.30$11.20$1.3024%8.62$516.20
$500.00$480.00Oct 19$0.14$19.86$0.147%141.86$499.86
$600.00$595.00Nov 20$3.25$1.75$3.2579%0.54$596.75
$560.00$557.50Oct 23$1.03$1.47$1.0368%1.43$558.97
$595.00$592.50Nov 13$1.35$1.15$1.3579%0.85$593.65

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 395 found (best R:R 0.23, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$585.00$595.00Oct 28$1.90$1.90$8.1083%0.23$586.90
$630.00$632.50Oct 15$0.64$0.64$1.8696%0.34$630.64
$612.50$615.00Oct 15$0.55$0.55$1.9596%0.28$613.05
$640.00$642.50Nov 27$0.68$0.68$1.8289%0.37$640.68
$567.50$570.00Nov 6$1.20$1.20$1.3066%0.92$568.70
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$530.00$525.00Nov 6$2.35$2.35$2.6562%0.89$527.65
$485.00$480.00Nov 27$1.33$1.33$3.6781%0.36$483.67
$505.00$490.00Oct 26$2.07$2.07$12.9383%0.16$502.93
$535.00$532.50Oct 28$1.40$1.40$1.1059%1.27$533.60
$510.00$505.00Nov 13$1.51$1.51$3.4973%0.43$508.49

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $3.30, cheapest $2.63)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$540.00Oct 15Oct 16$2.8573.7%54.8%
$542.50Oct 15Oct 16$2.7870.6%53.9%
$537.50Oct 16Oct 23$6.2855.4%40.8%
$545.00Oct 15Oct 16$2.9268.4%54.5%
$547.50Oct 15Oct 16$2.8567.2%54.2%
PUTS (4)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$540.00Oct 15Oct 16$2.6373.7%54.8%
$542.50Oct 15Oct 16$2.8270.6%53.9%
$545.00Oct 15Oct 16$3.2368.4%54.5%
$547.50Oct 15Oct 16$2.3867.2%54.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 213 found (cheapest 1.48% of stock, avg 7.31%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$545.00Oct 15$3.33$4.70$8.03$536.97$553.031.48%
$542.50Oct 15$4.70$3.53$8.23$534.27$550.731.51%
$540.00Oct 15$6.03$2.67$8.70$531.30$548.701.60%
$547.50Oct 15$2.28$6.57$8.85$538.65$556.351.63%
$550.00Oct 15$1.53$8.28$9.81$540.19$559.811.80%
$552.50Oct 15$0.99$10.03$11.02$541.48$563.522.03%
$535.00Oct 15$9.85$1.41$11.26$523.74$546.262.07%
$555.00Oct 15$0.61$12.15$12.76$542.24$567.762.35%
$542.50Oct 16$7.48$6.35$13.83$528.67$556.332.54%
$547.50Oct 16$5.13$8.95$14.08$533.42$561.582.59%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.25% of stock, avg 4.39%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$555.00$530.00Oct 15$0.61$0.73$1.34$528.66$556.34
$552.50$530.00Oct 15$0.99$0.73$1.72$528.28$554.22
$555.00$535.00Oct 15$0.61$1.41$2.02$532.98$557.02
$552.50$535.00Oct 15$0.99$1.41$2.40$532.60$554.90
$550.00$530.00Oct 15$1.53$0.73$2.26$527.74$552.26
$555.00$537.50Oct 15$0.61$1.94$2.55$534.95$557.55
$550.00$535.00Oct 15$1.53$1.41$2.94$532.06$552.94
$552.50$537.50Oct 15$0.99$1.94$2.93$534.57$555.43
$550.00$537.50Oct 15$1.53$1.94$3.47$534.03$553.47
$547.50$530.00Oct 15$2.28$0.73$3.01$526.99$550.51

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 479 found (best R:R 0.19, avg credit $1.28)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossPOPR:RBE LowBE High
435/440630/632Oct 15$0.79$4.2193%0.19$439.21$630.79
535/538630/632Oct 15$1.17$1.3368%0.88$536.33$631.17
515/520630/632Oct 15$0.75$4.2592%0.18$519.25$630.75
435/440612/615Oct 15$0.70$4.3093%0.16$439.30$613.20
520/525630/632Oct 15$0.80$4.2089%0.19$524.20$630.80
535/538612/615Oct 15$1.08$1.4267%0.76$536.42$613.58
515/520612/615Oct 15$0.66$4.3492%0.15$519.34$613.16
480/485575/580Nov 27$2.91$2.0946%1.39$482.09$577.91
510/512568/570Oct 23$1.29$1.2156%1.07$511.21$568.79
525/530630/632Oct 15$0.98$4.0284%0.24$529.02$630.98

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 369 found (best R:R 18.23, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$530.00$535.00$540.00Oct 15$0.26$4.7424%18.23
$530.00$535.00$540.00Nov 20$0.08$4.926%61.50
$550.00$555.00$560.00Nov 20$0.08$4.926%61.50
$575.00$580.00$585.00Nov 20$0.08$4.925%61.50
$542.50$545.00$547.50Oct 19$0.06$2.449%40.67
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$555.00$560.00$565.00Nov 6$0.07$4.937%70.43
$537.50$540.00$542.50Oct 15$0.13$2.3717%18.23
$575.00$580.00$585.00Nov 13$0.05$4.956%99.00
$505.00$510.00$515.00Oct 30$0.07$4.936%70.43
$525.00$530.00$535.00Oct 15$0.34$4.6615%13.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 359 found (best net $-6.53, 336 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$510.00$545.001:2Nov 27-$6.53$28.47
$470.00$500.001:2Oct 30-$21.56$8.44
$535.00$540.001:2Oct 15-$2.21$2.79
$605.00$622.501:2Oct 28-$0.33$17.17
$590.00$600.001:2Oct 26-$0.71$9.29
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$535.00$530.001:2Oct 15-$0.05$4.95
$530.00$525.001:2Oct 15-$0.05$4.95
$500.00$480.001:2Oct 19-$0.80$19.20
$525.00$520.001:2Oct 15-$0.07$4.93
$520.00$515.001:2Oct 15-$0.01$4.99

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 227 found (best yield 4.83%, avg 1.07%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$545.00Nov 27$26.250.510.3%4.83%5.10%22
$547.50Nov 27$25.050.500.7%4.61%5.34%1--
$555.00Nov 27$21.500.462.1%3.96%6.06%22
$550.00Nov 20$23.250.491.2%4.28%5.47%54244
$555.00Nov 20$20.900.462.1%3.85%5.95%4188
$565.00Nov 27$17.450.404.0%3.21%7.16%--33
$560.00Nov 20$18.700.433.0%3.44%6.47%591.1K
$545.00Nov 20$24.700.520.3%4.54%4.81%5163
$570.00Nov 27$15.550.374.9%2.86%7.73%219
$565.00Nov 20$16.650.404.0%3.06%7.01%22955

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 40,856
Total Puts 147,924
Put/Call Ratio 3.62
Net Difference -107,068

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 15,659
Total Puts 19,200
Put/Call Ratio 1.23
Net Difference -3,541

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 523,796
Total Puts 1,177,386
Average Put/Call Ratio 2.35
Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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