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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$561.04 +2.84%

(9/17 15:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17) 149,620

Calls: 66,000 (44%)

Puts: 83,620 (56%)

Prior (09/16) 258,927

Calls: 94,075 (36%)

Puts: 164,852 (64%)

Current vs Prior -42.22%

Calls: -29.84% (Calls)

Puts: -49.28% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,461,412

Calls: 567,715 (39%)

Puts: 893,697 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 208,773

Calls: 81,102 (39%)

Puts: 127,671 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.33%

Calls: -18.62%

Puts: -34.50%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17) $164.20M

Calls: $80.17M (49%)

Puts: $84.03M (51%)

Prior (09/16) $145.41M

Calls: $44.75M (31%)

Puts: $100.66M (69%)

Current vs Prior +12.92%

Calls: +79.15%

Puts: -16.52%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.32B

Calls: $492.87M (37%)

Puts: $832.06M (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average $189.28M

Calls: $70.41M (37%)

Puts: $118.87M (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.25%

Calls: +13.86%

Puts: -29.31%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17) 1.27

Prior (09/16) 1.75

Current vs Prior -27.70%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.14%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17) 2,112,153

Calls: 806,197 (38%)

Puts: 1,305,956 (62%)

Prior (09/16) 2,032,681

Calls: 788,305 (39%)

Puts: 1,244,376 (61%)

Current vs Prior +3.91%

Prior 7-Day Total 10,132,323

Calls: 3,906,350 (39%)

Puts: 6,225,973 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,447,474

Calls: 558,050 (39%)

Puts: 889,424 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +45.92%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/17) | Next (09/18)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/21)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/17) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.49% | 1.39%1.39% | 2.13%1.39% | 3.54%0.49% | 7.44%

Prior 0.94% | 2.14%0.94% | 2.71%2.71% | 4.55%0.94% | 8.24%

Current vs Prior -47.93% | -35.23%+47.32% | -21.52%-48.82% | -22.17%-47.92% | -9.74%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.47% | 2.20%1.20% | 2.48%2.41% | 4.42%2.26% | 8.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -66.57% | -37.09%+15.17% | -14.26%-42.36% | -19.97%-78.30% | -14.82%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.94% | 2.14%0.94% | 2.71%2.71% | 4.55%0.94% | 8.24%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -47.93% | -35.23%+47.32% | -21.52%-48.82% | -22.17%-47.92% | -9.74%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 67.50% | 16.14%

Calls: 35.00% | 8.91%

Puts: 100.00% | 23.38%

Prior 20.12% | 22.74%

Calls: 20.69% | 16.39%

Puts: 19.55% | 29.09%

Current vs Prior +235.49% | -29.02%

Prior 7-Day Avg 41.91% | 23.42%

Calls: 41.66% | 23.14%

Puts: 42.15% | 23.69%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +61.06% | -31.07%

Liquidity Expensive

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Below-average activity with volume down 42% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.27 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 28% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (1,305,956 puts vs 806,197 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 579 of results (avg 5.5%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Sep 17	109.90	112.20	$111.05	2.1%	77	1.00	5
$455.00	Sep 17	104.90	107.20	$106.05	2.2%	87	1.00	10
$465.00	Sep 17	95.00	97.20	$96.10	2.3%	138	1.00	1
$545.00	Oct 16	29.85	30.55	$30.20	2.3%	46	0.65	557
$570.00	Oct 23	18.85	19.30	$19.08	2.4%	2	0.46	46

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 9	15.35	15.65	$15.50	1.9%	8	0.47	30
$670.00	Sep 17	107.85	110.05	$108.95	2.0%	24	0.99	--
$665.00	Sep 17	102.90	105.15	$104.03	2.2%	28	0.99	--
$565.00	Oct 23	22.75	23.25	$23.00	2.2%	12	0.50	35
$555.00	Oct 16	15.75	16.10	$15.93	2.2%	213	0.43	1.1K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 52 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.36)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$572.50	Sep 18	0.33	0.39	$0.36	16.7%	569	0.09	625
$570.00	Sep 18	0.60	0.69	$0.65	13.8%	1.1K	0.15	6.2K
$582.50	Sep 21	0.31	0.37	$0.34	17.6%	10	0.06	100
$580.00	Sep 21	0.43	0.51	$0.47	17.0%	46	0.08	26
$577.50	Sep 21	0.63	0.72	$0.68	13.2%	10	0.11	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Sep 18	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	1.6K	0.03	3.5K
$545.00	Sep 18	0.23	0.26	$0.25	12.0%	660	0.06	3.2K
$547.50	Sep 18	0.35	0.37	$0.36	5.6%	328	0.08	574
$550.00	Sep 18	0.50	0.55	$0.53	9.4%	1.7K	0.11	11.6K
$552.50	Sep 18	0.78	0.84	$0.81	7.4%	429	0.17	428

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 362 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Sep 17	109.90	112.20	$111.05	2.1%	77	1.00	5
$455.00	Sep 17	104.90	107.20	$106.05	2.2%	87	1.00	10
$460.00	Sep 17	99.90	102.30	$101.10	2.4%	158	1.00	3
$465.00	Sep 17	95.00	97.20	$96.10	2.3%	138	1.00	1
$470.00	Sep 17	90.05	92.20	$91.13	2.4%	67	1.00	2

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Sep 18	17.70	20.40	$19.05	14.2%	7	1.00	2.7K
$582.50	Sep 18	19.85	23.10	$21.48	15.1%	--	1.00	23
$585.00	Sep 18	22.50	25.70	$24.10	13.3%	--	1.00	326
$590.00	Sep 18	27.50	30.80	$29.15	11.3%	1	1.00	108
$595.00	Sep 18	32.50	35.85	$34.17	9.8%	1	1.00	95

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 885 active (total vol 111.0K, top 9.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Sep 18	3.75	4.10	$3.93	8.9%	2.3K	0.56	4.0K
$562.50	Sep 17	0.05	0.09	$0.07	57.1%	2.2K	0.12	318
$572.50	Sep 29	6.30	6.85	$6.57	8.4%	2.2K	0.35	46
$567.50	Sep 18	0.97	1.14	$1.06	16.0%	2.1K	0.22	1.5K
$560.00	Sep 17	0.99	1.41	$1.20	35.0%	1.8K	0.80	3.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Sep 18	0.02	0.05	$0.04	75.0%	9.0K	0.01	70.3K
$540.00	Oct 16	10.45	10.75	$10.60	2.8%	3.3K	0.32	8.4K
$470.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.41	$0.21	195.2%	2.5K	0.01	5.0K
$500.00	Oct 16	3.20	3.35	$3.28	4.6%	2.3K	0.12	10.4K
$650.00	Sep 18	87.00	90.60	$88.80	4.1%	2.2K	1.00	943

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

No setups found for this strategy

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 580 found (best R:R 0.52, avg 8.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$535.00	$537.50	Sep 18	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	98%	0.52	$536.65
$557.50	$560.00	Oct 23	$0.58	$1.92	$0.58	55%	3.31	$558.08
$550.00	$555.00	Sep 28	$2.45	$2.55	$2.45	68%	1.04	$552.45
$547.50	$550.00	Sep 24	$1.10	$1.40	$1.10	73%	1.27	$548.60
$545.00	$547.50	Oct 30	$1.02	$1.48	$1.02	63%	1.45	$546.02

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$545.00	Sep 28	$0.65	$4.35	$0.65	32%	6.69	$549.35
$560.00	$557.50	Oct 30	$0.56	$1.94	$0.56	47%	3.46	$559.44
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 30	$0.37	$2.13	$0.37	37%	5.76	$544.63
$590.00	$570.00	Oct 30	$11.38	$8.62	$11.38	65%	0.76	$578.62
$550.00	$547.50	Sep 23	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	28%	15.67	$549.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 476 found (best R:R 0.35, avg 0.28)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$595.00	$610.00	Oct 1	$1.90	$1.90	$13.10	84%	0.15	$596.90
$575.00	$585.00	Oct 1	$3.35	$3.35	$6.65	65%	0.50	$578.35
$637.50	$640.00	Sep 18	$0.51	$0.51	$1.99	96%	0.26	$638.01
$582.50	$600.00	Sep 29	$2.46	$2.46	$15.04	77%	0.16	$584.96
$610.00	$615.00	Sep 29	$0.59	$0.59	$4.41	92%	0.13	$610.59

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$557.50	$530.00	Sep 29	$7.12	$7.12	$20.38	56%	0.35	$550.38
$550.00	$525.00	Oct 1	$5.60	$5.60	$19.40	64%	0.29	$544.40
$520.00	$515.00	Oct 1	$0.98	$0.98	$4.02	87%	0.24	$519.02
$475.00	$470.00	Oct 23	$0.60	$0.60	$4.40	92%	0.14	$474.40
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 30	$1.13	$1.13	$1.37	64%	0.82	$541.37

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 274 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 5.66%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$560.00	Sep 17	$1.20	$0.16	$1.36	$558.64	$561.36	0.24%
$562.50	Sep 17	$0.07	$1.55	$1.62	$560.88	$564.12	0.29%
$557.50	Sep 17	$3.78	$0.03	$3.81	$553.69	$561.31	0.68%
$565.00	Sep 17	$0.02	$3.90	$3.92	$561.08	$568.92	0.70%
$555.00	Sep 17	$6.13	$0.02	$6.15	$548.85	$561.15	1.10%
$567.50	Sep 17	$0.01	$6.48	$6.49	$561.01	$573.99	1.16%
$562.50	Sep 18	$2.70	$3.85	$6.55	$555.95	$569.05	1.17%
$560.00	Sep 18	$3.93	$2.70	$6.63	$553.37	$566.63	1.18%
$565.00	Sep 18	$1.72	$5.45	$7.17	$557.83	$572.17	1.28%
$557.50	Sep 18	$5.60	$1.83	$7.43	$550.07	$564.93	1.32%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 371 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.13%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$562.50	$560.00	Sep 17	$0.07	$0.16	$0.23	$559.77	$562.73
$572.50	$550.00	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.53	$0.89	$549.11	$573.39
$570.00	$550.00	Sep 18	$0.65	$0.53	$1.18	$548.82	$571.18
$572.50	$552.50	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.81	$1.17	$551.33	$573.67
$570.00	$552.50	Sep 18	$0.65	$0.81	$1.46	$551.04	$571.46
$567.50	$550.00	Sep 18	$1.06	$0.53	$1.59	$548.41	$569.09
$572.50	$555.00	Sep 18	$0.36	$1.21	$1.57	$553.43	$574.07
$567.50	$552.50	Sep 18	$1.06	$0.81	$1.87	$550.63	$569.37
$570.00	$555.00	Sep 18	$0.65	$1.21	$1.86	$553.14	$571.86
$567.50	$555.00	Sep 18	$1.06	$1.21	$2.27	$552.73	$569.77

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 673 found (best R:R 0.16, avg credit $0.97)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
455/460	638/640	Sep 18	$0.70	$4.30	95%	0.16	$459.30	$638.20
480/485	638/640	Sep 18	$0.71	$4.29	95%	0.17	$484.29	$638.21
465/470	638/640	Sep 18	$0.69	$4.31	95%	0.16	$469.31	$638.19
545/548	638/640	Sep 18	$0.62	$1.88	88%	0.33	$546.88	$638.12
548/550	638/640	Sep 18	$0.68	$1.82	85%	0.37	$549.32	$638.18
550/552	638/640	Sep 18	$0.79	$1.71	80%	0.46	$551.71	$638.29
545/548	572/575	Sep 23	$1.60	$0.90	46%	1.78	$545.90	$574.10
455/460	628/630	Sep 18	$0.41	$4.59	97%	0.09	$459.59	$627.91
480/485	628/630	Sep 18	$0.42	$4.58	96%	0.09	$484.58	$627.92
465/470	628/630	Sep 18	$0.40	$4.60	97%	0.09	$469.60	$627.90

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 436 found (best R:R 15.13, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$565.00	$575.00	$585.00	Oct 1	$0.62	$9.38	23%	15.13
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 17	$1.08	$1.42	77%	1.31
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Sep 17	$1.45	$1.05	85%	0.72
$555.00	$557.50	$560.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$2.34	20%	14.62
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Sep 30	$0.18	$4.82	11%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 17	$0.96	$1.54	77%	1.60
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Sep 17	$1.26	$1.24	85%	0.98
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Oct 1	$0.11	$4.89	11%	44.45
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Sep 22	$0.25	$4.75	16%	19.00
$555.00	$557.50	$560.00	Sep 17	$0.12	$2.38	19%	19.83

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 561 found (best net $-1.45, 514 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$490.00	$525.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$1.45	$33.55
$455.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$19.61	$25.39
$525.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$7.80	$7.20
$575.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.98	$9.02
$555.00	$557.50	1:2	Sep 17	-$1.43	$1.07

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$565.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$1.32	$1.18
$590.00	$580.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$8.72	$1.28
$530.00	$515.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.23	$14.77
$530.00	$520.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.79	$9.21
$505.00	$485.00	1:2	Sep 24	$0.00	$20.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 222 found (best yield 4.59%, avg 1.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$562.50	Oct 30	$25.75	0.52	0.3%	4.59%	4.85%	1	1
$567.50	Oct 30	$23.30	0.49	1.1%	4.15%	5.30%	--	51
$572.50	Oct 30	$20.75	0.46	2.0%	3.70%	5.74%	--	17
$577.50	Oct 30	$18.95	0.43	2.9%	3.38%	6.31%	--	73
$570.00	Oct 30	$21.65	0.47	1.6%	3.86%	5.46%	1	28
$580.00	Oct 30	$17.95	0.41	3.4%	3.20%	6.58%	24	11
$575.00	Oct 30	$19.35	0.44	2.5%	3.45%	5.94%	--	20
$585.00	Oct 30	$16.05	0.38	4.3%	2.86%	7.13%	4	4
$587.50	Oct 30	$14.90	0.37	4.7%	2.66%	7.37%	--	21
$590.00	Oct 30	$14.30	0.35	5.2%	2.55%	7.71%	207	24

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 66,000

Total Puts 83,620

Put/Call Ratio 1.27

Net Difference -17,620

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 94,075

Total Puts 164,852

Put/Call Ratio 1.75

Net Difference -70,777

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 567,715

Total Puts 893,697

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.63

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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