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VanEck Gold Miners ETF

$74.10 -3.49%

$73.99 (-0.15%)🌙

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/31) 263,257

Calls: 196,776 (75%)

Puts: 66,481 (25%)

Prior (07/30) 109,145

Calls: 65,004 (60%)

Puts: 44,141 (40%)

Current vs Prior +141.20%

Calls: +202.71% (Calls)

Puts: +50.61% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 845,948

Calls: 564,215 (67%)

Puts: 281,733 (33%)

Prior 7-Day Average 120,849

Calls: 80,602 (67%)

Puts: 40,247 (33%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +117.84%

Calls: +144.13%

Puts: +65.18%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/31) $39.44M

Calls: $31.62M (80%)

Puts: $7.82M (20%)

Prior (07/30) $44.98M

Calls: $27.67M (62%)

Puts: $17.31M (38%)

Current vs Prior -12.31%

Calls: +14.27%

Puts: -54.82%

Prior 7-Day Total $228.29M

Calls: $153.09M (67%)

Puts: $75.20M (33%)

Prior 7-Day Average $32.61M

Calls: $21.87M (67%)

Puts: $10.74M (33%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +20.94%

Calls: +44.60%

Puts: -27.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/31) 0.34

Prior (07/30) 0.68

Current vs Prior -50.25%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -46.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/31) 2,257,604

Calls: 983,973 (44%)

Puts: 1,273,631 (56%)

Prior (07/30) 2,214,897

Calls: 958,656 (43%)

Puts: 1,256,241 (57%)

Current vs Prior +1.93%

Prior 7-Day Total 11,821,080

Calls: 5,398,230 (46%)

Puts: 6,422,850 (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,688,725

Calls: 771,175 (46%)

Puts: 917,550 (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +33.69%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/31) | Next (08/07)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 0.72% | 4.84%8.57% | 13.02%

Prior 2.37% | 5.31%8.61% | 12.80%

Current vs Prior +104.39% | +33.08%-0.46% | +1.72%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.73% | 6.06%9.55% | 13.58%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +29.95% | +16.68%-10.28% | -4.11%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.37% | 5.31%8.61% | 12.80%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +104.39% | +33.08%-0.46% | +1.72%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 67.31% | 11.86%

Calls: 50.00% | 11.59%

Puts: 84.62% | 12.12%

Prior 67.31% | 11.86%

Calls: 50.00% | 11.59%

Puts: 84.62% | 12.12%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 67.31% | 11.86%

Calls: 50.00% | 11.59%

Puts: 84.62% | 12.12%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%

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Strong bullish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in calls ($31.62M) vs puts ($7.82M). Unusually high activity with volume up 141% vs prior - elevated interest. Volume explosion - 118% above 7-day average (263,257 vs avg 120,849). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.34 - heavy call buying (196,776 calls vs 66,481 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 80 of results (avg 7.5%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$60.00	Jul 31	14.00	14.60	$14.30	4.2%	224	1.00	67
$62.00	Aug 21	12.35	13.00	$12.68	5.1%	10	0.96	32
$65.00	Aug 28	9.85	10.45	$10.15	5.9%	5	0.87	1
$64.00	Aug 21	10.45	11.10	$10.77	6.0%	--	0.94	57
$60.00	Aug 21	14.00	14.90	$14.45	6.2%	4	0.97	121

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$78.00	Aug 7	4.20	4.35	$4.28	3.5%	55	0.79	76
$74.00	Aug 21	2.81	2.92	$2.87	3.8%	132	0.47	1.6K
$82.00	Jul 31	7.65	7.95	$7.80	3.8%	18	1.00	3
$86.00	Aug 28	11.80	12.35	$12.08	4.6%	--	0.86	11
$88.00	Aug 21	13.50	14.15	$13.83	4.7%	3	0.93	537

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 11 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.25)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$87.00	Aug 21	0.23	0.27	$0.25	16.0%	25	0.07	2.9K
$86.00	Aug 21	0.29	0.34	$0.32	15.6%	7	0.09	1.4K
$81.00	Aug 14	0.49	0.58	$0.53	17.0%	6	0.16	264
$85.00	Aug 28	0.62	0.70	$0.66	12.1%	33	0.15	221
$82.00	Aug 21	0.66	0.75	$0.71	12.7%	691	0.18	5.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$65.00	Aug 28	0.58	0.66	$0.62	12.9%	141	0.13	147
$67.00	Aug 21	0.60	0.72	$0.66	18.2%	111	0.15	1.0K
$68.00	Aug 21	0.79	0.85	$0.82	7.3%	309	0.19	3.8K
$65.00	Sep 4	0.80	0.90	$0.85	11.8%	131	0.16	31
$72.00	Aug 7	0.81	0.90	$0.86	10.5%	497	0.30	376

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 180 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$60.00	Jul 31	14.00	14.60	$14.30	4.2%	224	1.00	67
$66.00	Jul 31	7.90	8.60	$8.25	8.5%	127	1.00	136
$70.00	Jul 31	4.00	4.90	$4.45	20.2%	79	0.99	285
$71.50	Jul 31	2.25	3.50	$2.88	43.4%	1	0.99	58
$60.00	Aug 7	13.65	15.05	$14.35	9.8%	--	0.99	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$74.50	Jul 31	0.18	0.46	$0.32	87.5%	117	1.00	308
$75.00	Jul 31	0.25	0.94	$0.60	115.0%	2.3K	1.00	3.0K
$75.50	Jul 31	0.93	1.54	$1.24	49.2%	31	1.00	62
$76.00	Jul 31	1.44	2.12	$1.78	38.2%	145	1.00	788
$76.50	Jul 31	1.93	2.49	$2.21	25.3%	87	1.00	335

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 361 active (total vol 202.4K, top 36.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$77.50	Aug 7	0.50	0.69	$0.60	31.7%	36.5K	0.24	5.3K
$75.00	Aug 7	1.14	1.52	$1.33	28.6%	29.1K	0.43	678
$77.00	Jul 31	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	23.0K	0.01	26.7K
$80.00	Jul 31	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	13.3K	0.02	18.0K
$81.00	Jul 31	0.00	0.34	$0.17	200.0%	9.4K	0.08	9.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$70.00	Aug 7	0.34	0.48	$0.41	34.1%	7.6K	0.17	4.8K
$68.50	Aug 7	0.14	0.48	$0.31	109.7%	6.2K	0.12	2.0K
$69.50	Jul 31	0.00	0.40	$0.20	200.0%	6.1K	0.10	6.2K
$73.50	Jul 31	0.00	0.22	$0.11	200.0%	4.8K	0.22	4.3K
$72.50	Aug 7	0.83	1.08	$0.96	26.0%	3.7K	0.34	127

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 85 strikes (avg 1383.3%, max 4876.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$64.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	2120.6%	42.6%	4876.4%	58	91
$62.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	2119.0%	45.1%	4602.3%	144	49
$63.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	2051.2%	44.2%	4539.9%	68	76
$86.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	1702.5%	46.8%	3535.0%	15	507
$61.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	1745.5%	49.3%	3438.0%	135	96

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$64.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	2120.6%	42.6%	4876.4%	24	2.5K
$62.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	2119.0%	45.1%	4602.3%	2	279
$63.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	2051.2%	44.2%	4539.9%	18	394
$61.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	1745.5%	49.3%	3438.0%	--	830
$86.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	1702.5%	49.0%	3373.3%	3	51

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 193 found (best R:R 37.46, avg 2.43)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$83.00	$84.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$83.11
$84.00	$85.00	Sep 4	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$84.11
$82.00	$83.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$82.12
$86.00	$87.00	Aug 14	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$86.12
$84.00	$85.00	Sep 11	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$84.13

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$65.00	$60.00	Aug 14	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$64.87
$65.00	$60.00	Aug 28	$0.41	$4.59	$0.41	11.20	$64.59
$65.00	$60.00	Sep 4	$0.47	$4.53	$0.47	9.64	$64.53
$66.00	$65.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$65.89
$65.00	$60.00	Sep 11	$0.58	$4.42	$0.58	7.62	$64.42

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 243 found (best R:R 14.38, avg 1.54)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$65.00	$67.00	Aug 28	$1.85	$1.85	$0.15	12.33	$66.85
$64.00	$65.00	Aug 21	$0.89	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$64.89
$65.00	$69.50	Aug 14	$4.00	$4.00	$0.50	8.00	$69.00
$65.00	$66.00	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$65.88
$67.00	$68.00	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$67.88

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$88.00	$86.00	Aug 28	$1.87	$1.87	$0.13	14.38	$86.13
$84.00	$82.00	Aug 7	$1.85	$1.85	$0.15	12.33	$82.15
$84.00	$82.00	Aug 14	$1.82	$1.82	$0.18	10.11	$82.18
$82.00	$80.00	Aug 14	$1.75	$1.75	$0.25	7.00	$80.25
$82.00	$81.00	Aug 7	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$81.13

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 59 found (avg debit $0.69, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$79.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	711.1%	43.5%
$81.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.13	823.2%	52.4%
$84.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.15	763.8%	59.2%
$79.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.16	673.5%	44.4%
$82.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.16	518.5%	49.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$83.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	$0.08	700.3%	44.0%
$69.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.11	699.7%	43.4%
$66.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.12	599.4%	53.8%
$79.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.18	711.1%	43.5%
$79.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.23	673.5%	44.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 175 found (cheapest 0.35% of stock, avg 9.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$74.00	Jul 31	$0.21	$0.05	$0.26	$73.74	$74.26	0.35%
$74.50	Jul 31	$0.02	$0.32	$0.34	$74.16	$74.84	0.46%
$75.00	Jul 31	$0.01	$0.60	$0.61	$74.39	$75.61	0.82%
$73.50	Jul 31	$0.68	$0.11	$0.79	$72.71	$74.29	1.07%
$75.50	Jul 31	$0.01	$1.24	$1.25	$74.25	$76.75	1.69%
$73.00	Jul 31	$1.27	$0.06	$1.33	$71.67	$74.33	1.79%
$72.50	Jul 31	$1.78	$0.01	$1.79	$70.71	$74.29	2.42%
$76.00	Jul 31	$0.02	$1.78	$1.80	$74.20	$77.80	2.43%
$76.50	Jul 31	$0.01	$2.21	$2.22	$74.28	$78.72	3.00%
$72.00	Jul 31	$2.34	$0.04	$2.38	$69.62	$74.38	3.21%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 5.74%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$74.50	$74.00	Jul 31	$0.02	$0.05	$0.07	$73.93	$74.57
$74.50	$73.00	Jul 31	$0.02	$0.06	$0.08	$72.92	$74.58
$74.50	$73.50	Jul 31	$0.02	$0.11	$0.13	$73.37	$74.63
$79.50	$74.00	Jul 31	$0.19	$0.05	$0.24	$73.76	$79.74
$79.00	$74.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$0.05	$0.25	$73.75	$79.25
$79.50	$73.00	Jul 31	$0.19	$0.06	$0.25	$72.75	$79.75
$79.00	$73.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$0.06	$0.26	$72.74	$79.26
$79.50	$73.50	Jul 31	$0.19	$0.11	$0.30	$73.20	$79.80
$79.00	$73.50	Jul 31	$0.20	$0.11	$0.31	$73.19	$79.31
$81.50	$74.00	Jul 31	$0.60	$0.05	$0.65	$73.35	$82.15

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 196 found (best R:R 9.00, avg credit $0.88)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
68/69	78/79	Sep 11	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$68.10	$78.90
64/65	68/69	Aug 21	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$64.11	$68.89
67/68	72/73	Aug 28	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$66.61	$72.89
80/82	83/84	Sep 11	$1.77	$0.23	7.70	$80.23	$84.77
68/69	83/84	Sep 11	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$68.12	$83.88
61/62	69/70	Jul 31	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$61.13	$69.87
66/67	68/69	Aug 21	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$66.13	$68.87
67/68	73/74	Sep 4	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$67.14	$73.86
68/69	76/78	Sep 11	$1.29	$0.21	6.14	$67.71	$77.79
67/68	70/72	Aug 28	$1.70	$0.30	5.67	$65.80	$71.70

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 126 found (best R:R 27.57, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$60.00	$61.00	$62.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	13.29
$84.00	$85.00	$86.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.92	11.50
$82.00	$83.00	$84.00	Aug 21	$0.09	$0.91	10.11
$72.00	$72.50	$73.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.45	9.00
$81.00	$82.00	$83.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.90	9.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$80.00	$82.00	$84.00	Aug 14	$0.07	$1.93	27.57
$85.00	$86.00	$87.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$66.00	$67.00	$68.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$67.00	$68.00	$69.00	Aug 14	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$64.00	$65.00	$66.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$0.93	13.29

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 102 found (best net $-0.18, 86 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$69.50	$76.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.18	$6.32
$65.00	$69.50	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.68	$2.82
$64.00	$68.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.82	$2.18
$85.00	$87.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.48	$1.52
$86.00	$87.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.13	$0.87

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$62.00	$60.00	1:2	Aug 7	$0.00	$2.00
$72.50	$70.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.82	$1.68
$67.00	$65.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.36	$1.64
$67.00	$65.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.58	$1.42
$80.00	$76.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$2.62	$1.38

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 96 found (best yield 4.72%, avg 1.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$76.00	Sep 11	$3.50	0.48	2.6%	4.72%	7.29%	--	67
$75.00	Sep 4	$3.35	0.48	1.2%	4.52%	5.74%	3	35
$75.50	Sep 4	$3.35	0.46	1.9%	4.52%	6.41%	--	34
$76.50	Sep 11	$3.05	0.46	3.2%	4.12%	7.35%	11	--
$76.00	Sep 4	$2.98	0.44	2.6%	4.02%	6.59%	1	73
$75.00	Aug 28	$2.95	0.48	1.2%	3.98%	5.20%	10	24
$75.50	Aug 28	$2.88	0.46	1.9%	3.89%	5.78%	2	7
$74.50	Aug 21	$2.82	0.51	0.5%	3.81%	4.35%	58	87
$77.00	Sep 4	$2.64	0.41	3.9%	3.56%	7.48%	6	4
$76.00	Aug 28	$2.63	0.44	2.6%	3.55%	6.11%	142	34

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 196,776

Total Puts 66,481

Put/Call Ratio 0.34

Net Difference 130,295

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 65,004

Total Puts 44,141

Put/Call Ratio 0.68

Net Difference 20,863

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 564,215

Total Puts 281,733

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.63

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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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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