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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$565.89 +0.94%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) 211,666

Calls: 56,481 (27%)

Puts: 155,185 (73%)

Prior (09/17) 149,620

Calls: 66,000 (44%)

Puts: 83,620 (56%)

Current vs Prior +41.47%

Calls: -14.42% (Calls)

Puts: +85.58% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,417,977

Calls: 547,340 (39%)

Puts: 870,637 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 202,568

Calls: 78,191 (39%)

Puts: 124,376 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.49%

Calls: -27.77%

Puts: +24.77%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) $111.30M

Calls: $62.90M (57%)

Puts: $48.39M (43%)

Prior (09/17) $164.20M

Calls: $80.17M (49%)

Puts: $84.03M (51%)

Current vs Prior -32.22%

Calls: -21.54%

Puts: -42.41%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.22B

Calls: $433.14M (36%)

Puts: $782.43M (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average $173.65M

Calls: $61.88M (36%)

Puts: $111.78M (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.91%

Calls: +1.66%

Puts: -56.71%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18) 2.75

Prior (09/17) 1.27

Current vs Prior +116.86%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +68.38%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/18) 2,177,498

Calls: 820,914 (38%)

Puts: 1,356,584 (62%)

Prior (09/17) 2,112,153

Calls: 806,197 (38%)

Puts: 1,305,956 (62%)

Current vs Prior +3.09%

Prior 7-Day Total 11,022,985

Calls: 4,217,909 (38%)

Puts: 6,805,076 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,574,712

Calls: 602,558 (38%)

Puts: 972,153 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +38.28%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.60% | 1.48%0.60% | 1.48%0.60% | 2.97%0.60% | 7.36%

Prior 0.49% | 1.39%1.39% | 2.13%1.39% | 3.54%0.49% | 7.44%

Current vs Prior +21.50% | +6.66%-57.06% | -30.44%-57.06% | -16.09%+21.48% | -1.05%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.29% | 2.06%1.16% | 2.35%2.17% | 4.20%1.74% | 8.38%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -54.01% | -28.37%-48.69% | -37.02%-72.54% | -29.29%-65.78% | -12.18%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.49% | 1.39%1.39% | 2.13%1.39% | 3.54%0.49% | 7.44%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +21.50% | +6.66%-57.06% | -30.44%-57.06% | -16.09%+21.48% | -1.05%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 41.24% | 13.84%

Calls: 31.06% | 15.38%

Puts: 51.43% | 12.30%

Prior 67.50% | 16.14%

Calls: 35.00% | 8.91%

Puts: 100.00% | 23.38%

Current vs Prior -38.90% | -14.25%

Prior 7-Day Avg 45.38% | 20.44%

Calls: 40.28% | 18.92%

Puts: 50.47% | 21.97%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.12% | -32.29%

Liquidity Expensive

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.75 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 117% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (1,356,584 puts vs 820,914 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 543 of results (avg 5.8%, best 1.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 16	10.35	10.45	$10.40	1.0%	236	0.33	5.1K
$585.00	Oct 16	12.00	12.20	$12.10	1.7%	375	0.37	4.1K
$560.00	Oct 16	23.40	23.80	$23.60	1.7%	74	0.56	3.3K
$610.00	Oct 16	5.45	5.55	$5.50	1.8%	239	0.21	1.7K
$570.00	Oct 16	18.10	18.45	$18.27	1.9%	146	0.48	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Oct 9	16.45	16.80	$16.63	2.1%	5	0.50	602
$560.00	Oct 23	18.60	19.00	$18.80	2.1%	36	0.44	55
$570.00	Oct 23	23.25	23.75	$23.50	2.1%	3	0.51	35
$565.00	Oct 23	20.85	21.30	$21.08	2.1%	8	0.48	29
$567.50	Oct 23	22.05	22.55	$22.30	2.2%	8	0.49	1

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 59 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.45)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$577.50	Sep 21	0.44	0.47	$0.45	6.7%	79	0.10	778
$575.00	Sep 21	0.72	0.76	$0.74	5.4%	467	0.16	1.4K
$585.00	Sep 22	0.40	0.46	$0.43	14.0%	--	0.07	56
$582.50	Sep 22	0.55	0.62	$0.59	11.9%	168	0.10	2
$580.00	Sep 22	0.77	0.86	$0.82	11.0%	71	0.13	90

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$552.50	Sep 21	0.50	0.56	$0.53	11.3%	302	0.10	26
$550.00	Sep 21	0.37	0.42	$0.40	12.5%	334	0.08	656
$555.00	Sep 21	0.68	0.77	$0.73	12.3%	71	0.14	400
$545.00	Sep 22	0.55	0.65	$0.60	16.7%	239	0.09	25
$550.00	Sep 22	0.86	0.96	$0.91	11.0%	77	0.13	78

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 334 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$455.00	Sep 18	108.70	112.00	$110.35	3.0%	2	1.00	249
$460.00	Sep 18	104.20	107.40	$105.80	3.0%	11	1.00	373
$465.00	Sep 18	98.70	102.25	$100.48	3.5%	15	1.00	583
$470.00	Sep 18	94.20	97.15	$95.68	3.1%	6	1.00	404
$475.00	Sep 18	89.05	91.95	$90.50	3.2%	3	1.00	618

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Sep 18	42.65	46.20	$44.43	8.0%	2	1.00	118
$625.00	Sep 18	58.15	61.30	$59.72	5.3%	1	1.00	9
$650.00	Sep 18	82.85	86.30	$84.57	4.1%	4	1.00	943
$660.00	Sep 18	93.30	96.30	$94.80	3.2%	6	1.00	3
$670.00	Sep 18	102.85	106.30	$104.57	3.3%	5	1.00	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 897 active (total vol 101.9K, top 6.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$565.00	Sep 18	1.11	1.52	$1.32	31.1%	5.5K	0.66	6.5K
$570.00	Sep 18	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	4.9K	0.04	5.4K
$575.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	2.6K	0.01	5.5K
$600.00	Oct 16	7.55	7.70	$7.63	2.0%	1.5K	0.27	11.1K
$580.00	Sep 25	2.59	2.75	$2.67	6.0%	1.2K	0.24	451

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$497.50	Sep 21	0.01	0.10	$0.06	150.0%	6.1K	0.01	12
$530.00	Oct 16	6.85	7.15	$7.00	4.3%	3.7K	0.22	5.8K
$562.50	Sep 18	0.11	0.15	$0.13	30.8%	3.1K	0.10	107
$500.00	Oct 16	2.89	3.10	$3.00	7.0%	2.6K	0.10	11.2K
$560.00	Sep 18	0.04	0.07	$0.06	50.0%	2.2K	0.04	4.4K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 2 strikes (avg 16.1%, max 17.6%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$565.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	37.6%	32.0%	17.6%	5.5K	6.5K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$565.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	36.6%	32.0%	14.5%	2.2K	2.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 569 found (best R:R 7.33, avg 8.31)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$545.00	$547.50	Oct 23	$1.05	$1.45	$1.05	66%	1.38	$546.05
$625.00	$660.00	Oct 1	$0.25	$34.75	$0.25	4%	139.00	$625.25
$640.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	14%	24.00	$640.20
$535.00	$537.50	Oct 9	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	78%	0.67	$536.50
$567.50	$570.00	Sep 29	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	47%	2.57	$568.20

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$557.50	Oct 1	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	42%	7.33	$559.70
$582.50	$580.00	Oct 23	$0.88	$1.62	$0.88	60%	1.84	$581.62
$577.50	$575.00	Sep 21	$1.62	$0.88	$1.62	90%	0.54	$575.88
$535.00	$530.00	Sep 29	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	14%	40.67	$534.88
$555.00	$550.00	Sep 24	$0.71	$4.29	$0.71	28%	6.04	$554.29

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 475 found (best R:R 1.94, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$575.00	$577.50	Sep 29	$1.10	$1.10	$1.40	64%	0.79	$576.10
$572.50	$575.00	Sep 29	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	60%	0.92	$573.70
$640.00	$645.00	Oct 9	$0.43	$0.43	$4.57	94%	0.09	$640.43
$635.00	$640.00	Oct 30	$0.95	$0.95	$4.05	84%	0.23	$635.95
$587.50	$590.00	Sep 23	$0.42	$0.42	$2.08	89%	0.20	$587.92

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$557.50	$555.00	Oct 30	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	57%	1.94	$555.85
$562.50	$560.00	Oct 9	$1.53	$1.53	$0.97	54%	1.58	$560.97
$510.00	$480.00	Oct 1	$1.01	$1.01	$28.99	93%	0.03	$508.99
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 30	$1.43	$1.43	$3.57	75%	0.40	$523.57
$555.00	$550.00	Oct 16	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	61%	0.72	$552.90

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.63, cheapest $2.58)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$565.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$2.58	37.6%	16.9%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$565.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$2.68	36.6%	16.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 259 found (cheapest 0.32% of stock, avg 5.63%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$565.00	Sep 18	$1.32	$0.50	$1.82	$563.18	$566.82	0.32%
$567.50	Sep 18	$0.24	$2.05	$2.29	$565.21	$569.79	0.40%
$562.50	Sep 18	$3.55	$0.13	$3.68	$558.82	$566.18	0.65%
$570.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$4.40	$4.45	$565.55	$574.45	0.79%
$560.00	Sep 18	$5.85	$0.06	$5.91	$554.09	$565.91	1.04%
$565.00	Sep 21	$3.90	$3.18	$7.08	$557.92	$572.08	1.25%
$572.50	Sep 18	$0.03	$7.08	$7.11	$565.39	$579.61	1.26%
$567.50	Sep 21	$2.72	$4.47	$7.19	$560.31	$574.69	1.27%
$562.50	Sep 21	$5.40	$2.19	$7.59	$554.91	$570.09	1.34%
$570.00	Sep 21	$1.78	$6.15	$7.93	$562.07	$577.93	1.40%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 352 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 3.19%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$567.50	$562.50	Sep 18	$0.24	$0.13	$0.37	$562.13	$567.87
$567.50	$565.00	Sep 18	$0.24	$0.50	$0.74	$564.26	$568.24
$577.50	$555.00	Sep 21	$0.45	$0.73	$1.18	$553.82	$578.68
$575.00	$555.00	Sep 21	$0.74	$0.73	$1.47	$553.53	$576.47
$577.50	$557.50	Sep 21	$0.45	$1.07	$1.52	$555.98	$579.02
$575.00	$557.50	Sep 21	$0.74	$1.07	$1.81	$555.69	$576.81
$572.50	$555.00	Sep 21	$1.17	$0.73	$1.90	$553.10	$574.40
$572.50	$557.50	Sep 21	$1.17	$1.07	$2.24	$555.26	$574.74
$577.50	$560.00	Sep 21	$0.45	$1.54	$1.99	$558.01	$579.49
$575.00	$560.00	Sep 21	$0.74	$1.54	$2.28	$557.72	$577.28

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 664 found (best R:R 0.33, avg credit $0.91)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
515/518	588/590	Sep 23	$0.62	$1.88	85%	0.33	$516.88	$588.12
545/548	588/590	Sep 23	$0.91	$1.59	73%	0.57	$546.59	$588.41
515/518	618/620	Sep 23	$0.38	$2.12	93%	0.18	$517.12	$617.88
545/548	618/620	Sep 23	$0.67	$1.83	81%	0.37	$546.83	$618.17
528/530	588/590	Sep 23	$0.57	$1.93	84%	0.30	$529.43	$588.07
515/518	578/580	Sep 23	$0.82	$1.68	73%	0.49	$516.68	$578.32
550/552	588/590	Sep 23	$0.98	$1.52	67%	0.64	$551.52	$588.48
545/548	578/580	Sep 23	$1.11	$1.39	61%	0.80	$546.39	$578.61
518/520	588/590	Sep 23	$0.53	$1.97	84%	0.27	$519.47	$588.03
515/518	598/600	Sep 23	$0.37	$2.13	90%	0.17	$517.13	$597.87

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 408 found (best R:R 26.78, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$2.43	29%	34.71
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Sep 18	$0.89	$1.61	61%	1.81
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Sep 22	$0.06	$2.44	16%	40.67
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00
$562.50	$565.00	$567.50	Sep 18	$1.15	$1.35	69%	1.17

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Sep 24	$0.18	$4.82	19%	26.78
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Sep 18	$0.80	$1.70	60%	2.12
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$2.20	31%	7.33
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$562.50	$565.00	$567.50	Sep 18	$1.18	$1.32	69%	1.12

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 553 found (best net $-9.92, 510 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$525.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$9.92	$5.08
$550.00	$560.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$2.41	$7.59
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$33.21	$1.79
$575.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$1.60	$8.40
$585.00	$595.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.44	$9.56

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$567.50	1:2	Sep 28	-$2.37	$10.13
$550.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.86	$9.14
$600.00	$582.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$12.05	$5.45
$572.50	$570.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.72	$0.78
$530.00	$520.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.05	$9.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 212 found (best yield 3.78%, avg 1.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$575.00	Oct 30	$21.40	0.46	1.6%	3.78%	5.39%	1	20
$567.50	Oct 30	$24.70	0.51	0.3%	4.36%	4.65%	1	51
$577.50	Oct 30	$20.20	0.45	2.0%	3.57%	5.62%	--	73
$572.50	Oct 30	$22.15	0.48	1.2%	3.91%	5.08%	--	17
$580.00	Oct 30	$19.25	0.43	2.5%	3.40%	5.90%	5	35
$570.00	Oct 30	$23.20	0.49	0.7%	4.10%	4.83%	3	29
$582.50	Oct 30	$17.80	0.42	2.9%	3.15%	6.08%	2	7
$585.00	Oct 30	$16.95	0.40	3.4%	3.00%	6.37%	20	5
$587.50	Oct 30	$16.10	0.39	3.8%	2.85%	6.66%	1	21
$590.00	Oct 30	$15.40	0.38	4.3%	2.72%	6.98%	213	207

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 56,481

Total Puts 155,185

Put/Call Ratio 2.75

Net Difference -98,704

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 66,000

Total Puts 83,620

Put/Call Ratio 1.27

Net Difference -17,620

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 547,340

Total Puts 870,637

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.63

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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

Options Activity Around Earnings

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