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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$573.00 +2.21%

$572.12 (-0.15%)🌙

as of 09/18 07:02 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) 259,265

Calls: 78,611 (30%)

Puts: 180,654 (70%)

Prior (09/17) 149,620

Calls: 66,000 (44%)

Puts: 83,620 (56%)

Current vs Prior +73.28%

Calls: +19.11% (Calls)

Puts: +116.04% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,464,806

Calls: 527,020 (36%)

Puts: 937,786 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 209,258

Calls: 75,288 (36%)

Puts: 133,969 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +23.90%

Calls: +4.41%

Puts: +34.85%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) $140.86M

Calls: $89.72M (64%)

Puts: $51.14M (36%)

Prior (09/17) $164.20M

Calls: $80.17M (49%)

Puts: $84.03M (51%)

Current vs Prior -14.21%

Calls: +11.92%

Puts: -39.14%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.20B

Calls: $440.48M (37%)

Puts: $761.85M (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average $171.76M

Calls: $62.93M (37%)

Puts: $108.84M (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.99%

Calls: +42.59%

Puts: -53.01%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18) 2.30

Prior (09/17) 1.27

Current vs Prior +81.38%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.86

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +23.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/18) 1,240,650

Calls: 526,757 (42%)

Puts: 713,893 (58%)

Prior (09/17) 2,112,153

Calls: 806,197 (38%)

Puts: 1,305,956 (62%)

Current vs Prior -41.26%

Prior 7-Day Total 11,984,540

Calls: 4,596,564 (38%)

Puts: 7,387,976 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,712,077

Calls: 656,652 (38%)

Puts: 1,055,425 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -27.54%

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 0.64% | 1.57%0.64% | 1.57%0.64% | 2.99%0.64% | 7.39%

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

Current vs Prior +219.73% | +45.61%-53.81% | -26.30%-53.81% | -15.60%+30.66% | -0.68%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.26% | 2.03%1.24% | 2.36%2.15% | 4.17%1.44% | 8.24%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +24.35% | -0.51%-48.38% | -33.61%-70.22% | -28.33%-55.53% | -10.35%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.60% | 1.48%1.39% | 2.13%1.39% | 3.54%0.49% | 7.44%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +163.16% | +36.52%-53.81% | -26.30%-53.81% | -15.60%+30.66% | -0.68%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 69.44% | 90.66%

Calls: 96.88% | 159.73%

Puts: 41.99% | 21.60%

Prior 67.50% | 16.14%

Calls: 35.00% | 8.91%

Puts: 100.00% | 23.38%

Current vs Prior +2.87% | +461.71%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.50% | 18.63%

Calls: 38.25% | 17.99%

Puts: 51.83% | 20.87%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +56.05% | +386.60%

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Moderately bullish flow with 64% call dollar volume ($89.72M). Above-average activity with volume up 73% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.30 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 81% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 96 of results (avg 6.5%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$465.00	Sep 18	105.00	108.50	$106.75	3.3%	15	0.93	583
$460.00	Sep 18	110.00	113.80	$111.90	3.4%	11	1.00	373
$475.00	Sep 18	95.00	98.50	$96.75	3.6%	3	1.00	--
$470.00	Sep 18	100.00	103.75	$101.88	3.7%	6	1.00	--
$480.00	Sep 18	90.00	93.55	$91.78	3.9%	7	1.00	740

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$685.00	Sep 18	111.50	115.00	$113.25	3.1%	14	0.99	--
$670.00	Sep 18	96.35	100.00	$98.18	3.7%	5	1.00	1
$665.00	Sep 18	91.20	95.00	$93.10	4.1%	4	0.91	--
$675.00	Sep 18	100.80	105.00	$102.90	4.1%	4	1.00	200
$655.00	Sep 18	81.50	85.00	$83.25	4.2%	4	0.90	--

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. 259 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Sep 18	110.00	113.80	$111.90	3.4%	11	1.00	373
$470.00	Sep 18	100.00	103.75	$101.88	3.7%	6	1.00	--
$475.00	Sep 18	95.00	98.50	$96.75	3.6%	3	1.00	--
$480.00	Sep 18	90.00	93.55	$91.78	3.9%	7	1.00	740
$485.00	Sep 18	85.00	89.00	$87.00	4.6%	6	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$572.50	Sep 18	0.10	2.87	$1.49	185.9%	23	1.00	149
$670.00	Sep 18	96.35	100.00	$98.18	3.7%	5	1.00	1
$675.00	Sep 18	100.80	105.00	$102.90	4.1%	4	1.00	200
$615.00	Sep 18	41.50	45.00	$43.25	8.1%	4	1.00	--
$625.00	Sep 18	51.50	55.00	$53.25	6.6%	2	1.00	9

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 952 active (total vol 132.2K, top 10.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Sep 18	1.11	3.40	$2.26	101.3%	10.4K	1.00	5.4K
$565.00	Sep 18	5.65	8.10	$6.88	35.6%	7.8K	1.00	6.5K
$575.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.07	$0.04	175.0%	3.1K	0.05	5.5K
$567.50	Sep 18	3.40	6.15	$4.78	57.5%	2.0K	1.00	1.5K
$572.50	Sep 18	0.02	0.82	$0.42	190.5%	1.8K	1.00	891

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$497.50	Sep 21	0.00	5.00	$2.50	200.0%	6.1K	0.09	12
$530.00	Oct 16	5.70	6.45	$6.08	12.3%	3.7K	0.20	5.8K
$562.50	Sep 18	0.00	0.75	$0.38	197.4%	3.2K	0.11	107
$500.00	Oct 16	2.33	2.84	$2.59	19.7%	2.7K	0.09	11.2K
$565.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.24	$0.12	200.0%	2.5K	0.06	2.5K

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 1463.9%, max 2461.2%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$607.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	761.9%	29.7%	2461.2%	27	24
$595.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	583.1%	31.9%	1725.4%	78	8.5K
$592.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	545.0%	32.2%	1590.9%	12	51
$587.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	465.3%	34.4%	1251.7%	14	3.2K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$595.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	583.1%	31.9%	1725.4%	7	89
$570.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	40.4%	31.3%	29.0%	414	5.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 519 found (best R:R 4.32, avg 7.09)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$570.00	$572.50	Oct 23	$0.47	$2.03	$0.47	53%	4.32	$570.47
$560.00	$562.50	Sep 25	$1.03	$1.47	$1.03	74%	1.43	$561.03
$575.00	$577.50	Oct 23	$0.47	$2.03	$0.47	50%	4.32	$575.47
$567.50	$570.00	Sep 25	$0.73	$1.77	$0.73	59%	2.42	$568.23
$572.50	$575.00	Sep 25	$0.48	$2.02	$0.48	49%	4.21	$572.98

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$545.00	$540.00	Oct 1	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	20%	34.71	$544.86
$565.00	$562.50	Oct 9	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	42%	6.14	$564.65
$567.50	$565.00	Sep 22	$0.22	$2.28	$0.22	37%	10.36	$567.28
$557.50	$555.00	Oct 9	$0.28	$2.22	$0.28	35%	7.93	$557.22
$557.50	$555.00	Oct 2	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	32%	11.50	$557.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 444 found (best R:R 0.99, avg 0.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$665.00	$670.00	Sep 18	$2.49	$2.49	$2.51	91%	0.99	$667.49
$635.00	$640.00	Sep 18	$2.45	$2.45	$2.55	89%	0.96	$637.45
$610.00	$615.00	Sep 18	$2.49	$2.49	$2.51	86%	0.99	$612.49
$662.50	$665.00	Sep 25	$2.33	$2.33	$0.17	91%	13.71	$664.83
$575.00	$577.50	Sep 25	$1.87	$1.87	$0.63	56%	2.97	$576.87

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$485.00	$480.00	Sep 21	$2.49	$2.49	$2.51	92%	0.99	$482.51
$465.00	$460.00	Sep 25	$2.43	$2.43	$2.57	93%	0.95	$462.57
$465.00	$460.00	Sep 18	$2.38	$2.38	$2.62	93%	0.91	$462.62
$520.00	$517.50	Sep 22	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	89%	24.00	$517.60
$515.00	$510.00	Sep 22	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	90%	0.92	$512.60

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $0.72, cheapest $0.72)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$582.50	Oct 1	Oct 2	$0.72	28.5%	30.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 191 found (cheapest 0.33% of stock, avg 5.11%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$572.50	Sep 18	$0.42	$1.49	$1.91	$570.59	$574.41	0.33%
$570.00	Sep 18	$2.26	$0.20	$2.46	$567.54	$572.46	0.43%
$575.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$3.25	$3.29	$571.71	$578.29	0.57%
$567.50	Sep 18	$4.78	$0.06	$4.84	$562.66	$572.34	0.84%
$577.50	Sep 18	$0.04	$5.55	$5.59	$571.91	$583.09	0.98%
$565.00	Sep 18	$6.88	$0.12	$7.00	$558.00	$572.00	1.22%
$570.00	Sep 21	$4.30	$2.93	$7.23	$562.77	$577.23	1.26%
$567.50	Sep 21	$5.80	$1.64	$7.44	$560.06	$574.94	1.30%
$572.50	Sep 21	$3.38	$4.46	$7.84	$564.66	$580.34	1.37%
$575.00	Sep 21	$2.25	$5.60	$7.85	$567.15	$582.85	1.37%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 375 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 2.95%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$582.50	$560.00	Sep 21	$0.61	$0.75	$1.36	$558.64	$583.86
$582.50	$562.50	Sep 21	$0.61	$1.02	$1.63	$560.87	$584.13
$580.00	$560.00	Sep 21	$0.97	$0.75	$1.72	$558.28	$581.72
$580.00	$562.50	Sep 21	$0.97	$1.02	$1.99	$560.51	$581.99
$582.50	$565.00	Sep 21	$0.61	$1.33	$1.94	$563.06	$584.44
$580.00	$565.00	Sep 21	$0.97	$1.33	$2.30	$562.70	$582.30
$582.50	$560.00	Sep 22	$1.27	$1.37	$2.64	$557.36	$585.14
$592.50	$570.00	Sep 18	$2.50	$0.20	$2.70	$567.30	$595.20
$587.50	$570.00	Sep 18	$2.50	$0.20	$2.70	$567.30	$590.20
$595.00	$570.00	Sep 18	$2.50	$0.20	$2.70	$567.30	$597.70

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 703 found (best R:R 37.46, avg credit $1.35)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
460/465	665/670	Sep 18	$4.87	$0.13	84%	37.46	$460.13	$669.87
460/465	635/640	Sep 18	$4.83	$0.17	82%	28.41	$460.17	$639.83
510/512	665/670	Sep 18	$4.85	$0.15	81%	32.33	$507.65	$669.85
505/508	665/670	Sep 18	$4.80	$0.20	82%	24.00	$502.70	$669.80
460/465	610/615	Sep 18	$4.87	$0.13	79%	37.46	$460.13	$614.87
510/512	635/640	Sep 18	$4.81	$0.19	79%	25.32	$507.69	$639.81
505/508	635/640	Sep 18	$4.76	$0.24	79%	19.83	$502.74	$639.76
460/465	598/600	Sep 18	$4.87	$0.13	76%	37.46	$460.13	$602.37
490/495	665/670	Sep 18	$4.49	$0.51	83%	8.80	$490.51	$669.49
510/512	610/615	Sep 18	$4.85	$0.15	76%	32.33	$507.65	$614.85

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 336 found (best R:R 5.58, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$572.50	$575.00	$577.50	Sep 18	$0.38	$2.12	97%	5.58
$570.00	$572.50	$575.00	Sep 18	$1.46	$1.04	95%	0.71
$490.00	$500.00	$510.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$9.75	9%	39.00
$590.00	$600.00	$610.00	Sep 29	$0.63	$9.37	15%	14.87
$510.00	$520.00	$530.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$9.68	9%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$570.00	$572.50	$575.00	Sep 18	$0.47	$2.03	76%	4.32
$567.50	$570.00	$572.50	Sep 18	$1.15	$1.35	95%	1.17
$660.00	$665.00	$670.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$4.94	9%	82.33
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$4.70	16%	15.67
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Sep 24	$0.05	$2.45	10%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 472 found (best net $-11.75, 417 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$465.00	$515.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$11.75	$38.25
$510.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$2.05	$27.95
$500.00	$530.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$15.70	$14.30
$535.00	$550.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$11.11	$3.89
$590.00	$600.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.66	$9.34

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$600.00	$585.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$3.30	$11.70
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$0.88	$9.12
$625.00	$600.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$16.25	$8.75
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$2.91	$7.09
$580.00	$572.50	1:2	Sep 23	-$2.16	$5.34

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 174 found (best yield 4.11%, avg 0.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$575.00	Oct 30	$23.55	0.50	0.3%	4.11%	4.46%	1	--
$582.50	Oct 30	$20.25	0.46	1.7%	3.53%	5.19%	2	7
$580.00	Oct 30	$21.10	0.47	1.2%	3.68%	4.90%	14	35
$585.00	Oct 30	$19.00	0.44	2.1%	3.32%	5.41%	20	5
$587.50	Oct 30	$17.85	0.43	2.5%	3.12%	5.65%	1	21
$590.00	Oct 30	$16.95	0.41	3.0%	2.96%	5.92%	213	--
$597.50	Oct 30	$14.15	0.37	4.3%	2.47%	6.75%	1	1
$600.00	Oct 30	$13.15	0.35	4.7%	2.29%	7.01%	65	120
$580.00	Oct 23	$18.60	0.47	1.2%	3.25%	4.47%	38	82
$605.00	Oct 30	$11.55	0.32	5.6%	2.02%	7.60%	6	26

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 78,611

Total Puts 180,654

Put/Call Ratio 2.30

Net Difference -102,043

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 527,020

Total Puts 937,786

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.86

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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