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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$596.03 +4.02%

$597.50 (+0.25%)🌙

as of 09/21 07:02 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/21) 399,736

Calls: 185,711 (46%)

Puts: 214,025 (54%)

Prior (09/18) 259,265

Calls: 78,611 (30%)

Puts: 180,654 (70%)

Current vs Prior +54.18%

Calls: +136.24% (Calls)

Puts: +18.47% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,714,123

Calls: 646,671 (38%)

Puts: 1,067,452 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 244,874

Calls: 92,381 (38%)

Puts: 152,493 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +63.24%

Calls: +101.03%

Puts: +40.35%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/21) $373.47M

Calls: $255.87M (69%)

Puts: $117.60M (31%)

Prior (09/18) $140.86M

Calls: $89.72M (64%)

Puts: $51.14M (36%)

Current vs Prior +165.13%

Calls: +185.17%

Puts: +129.97%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.39B

Calls: $668.00M (48%)

Puts: $721.52M (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average $198.50M

Calls: $95.43M (48%)

Puts: $103.07M (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +88.14%

Calls: +168.12%

Puts: +14.09%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/21) 1.15

Prior (09/18) 2.30

Current vs Prior -49.85%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.79

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.69%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/21) 1,030,682

Calls: 399,503 (39%)

Puts: 631,179 (61%)

Prior (09/18) 1,240,650

Calls: 526,757 (42%)

Puts: 713,893 (58%)

Current vs Prior -16.92%

Prior 7-Day Total 11,368,850

Calls: 4,398,075 (39%)

Puts: 6,970,775 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,624,121

Calls: 628,296 (39%)

Puts: 995,825 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.54%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/21) | Next (09/22)Expiry (09/21) | Next (09/23)Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (09/21) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.46% | 1.46%0.46% | 1.93%2.87% | 4.88%0.46% | 7.55%

Prior 1.57% | 2.02%0.64% | 1.57%0.64% | 2.99%0.64% | 7.39%

Current vs Prior -7.08% | -4.36%-27.45% | +23.22%+348.71% | +63.51%-27.45% | +2.27%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.16% | 1.94%0.98% | 2.20%1.89% | 3.93%1.03% | 7.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +25.86% | -0.65%-52.74% | -12.20%+51.84% | +24.13%-54.67% | -4.90%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.55% | 1.50%0.64% | 1.57%0.64% | 2.99%0.64% | 7.39%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +162.68% | +29.11%-27.45% | +23.22%+348.71% | +63.51%-27.45% | +2.27%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.53% | 19.54%

Calls: 26.97% | 20.90%

Puts: 26.09% | 18.18%

Prior 69.44% | 90.66%

Calls: 96.88% | 159.73%

Puts: 41.99% | 21.60%

Current vs Prior -61.79% | -78.45%

Prior 7-Day Avg 45.86% | 30.78%

Calls: 48.34% | 43.62%

Puts: 47.07% | 22.40%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -42.16% | -36.51%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bullish flow with 69% call dollar volume ($255.87M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 165% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (88% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 54% vs prior.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 247 of results (avg 6.7%, best 2.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 21	104.55	107.00	$105.78	2.3%	52	1.00	10
$492.50	Sep 21	102.05	104.50	$103.28	2.4%	67	1.00	--
$495.00	Sep 21	99.55	102.00	$100.78	2.4%	194	0.93	--
$502.50	Sep 21	92.20	94.50	$93.35	2.5%	133	0.94	8
$497.50	Sep 21	97.05	99.50	$98.28	2.5%	169	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Sep 21	112.20	115.60	$113.90	3.0%	20	0.94	--
$715.00	Sep 21	117.20	120.85	$119.03	3.1%	10	0.92	--
$705.00	Sep 21	107.20	110.60	$108.90	3.1%	20	0.92	--
$705.00	Sep 22	107.20	110.75	$108.98	3.3%	2	0.92	--
$710.00	Sep 22	112.20	116.00	$114.10	3.3%	2	0.92	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.76, cheapest $0.78)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 9	0.72	0.84	$0.78	15.4%	87	0.03	476
$490.00	Oct 9	0.55	0.66	$0.61	18.0%	27	0.03	85
$480.00	Oct 16	0.83	0.96	$0.90	14.4%	158	0.03	4.5K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 371 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$480.00	Sep 21	114.10	117.80	$115.95	3.2%	22	1.00	--
$485.00	Sep 21	109.25	112.80	$111.03	3.2%	35	1.00	--
$490.00	Sep 21	104.55	107.00	$105.78	2.3%	52	1.00	10
$492.50	Sep 21	102.05	104.50	$103.28	2.4%	67	1.00	--
$497.50	Sep 21	97.05	99.50	$98.28	2.5%	169	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Sep 21	12.20	15.30	$13.75	22.5%	2	1.00	--
$655.00	Sep 22	57.20	60.85	$59.03	6.2%	4	0.99	--
$650.00	Sep 22	52.20	55.95	$54.08	6.9%	4	0.99	--
$645.00	Sep 22	47.20	50.75	$48.98	7.2%	2	0.99	--
$642.50	Sep 22	44.70	48.20	$46.45	7.5%	2	0.99	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,166 active (total vol 266.5K, top 14.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$597.50	Sep 21	0.00	0.29	$0.14	207.1%	7.7K	0.15	8
$610.00	Sep 24	1.35	2.86	$2.11	71.6%	7.2K	0.22	3
$625.00	Oct 16	9.00	10.95	$9.98	19.5%	6.8K	0.31	10.1K
$600.00	Oct 16	19.10	20.40	$19.75	6.6%	6.2K	0.49	12.0K
$600.00	Sep 25	5.80	6.90	$6.35	17.3%	6.0K	0.43	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 2	4.20	5.05	$4.63	18.4%	14.8K	0.22	116
$485.00	Sep 25	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	11.1K	0.00	284
$500.00	Oct 16	1.41	1.58	$1.50	11.3%	4.2K	0.05	12.7K
$570.00	Sep 25	1.21	1.55	$1.38	24.6%	3.0K	0.12	440
$570.00	Sep 22	0.12	0.35	$0.24	95.8%	2.9K	0.04	16

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 1630.7%, max 1860.6%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$620.00	Sep 21	Oct 30	549.3%	36.6%	1400.8%	145	73

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$625.00	Sep 21	Oct 2	643.2%	32.8%	1860.6%	18	18

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 614 found (best R:R 5.67, avg 8.12)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$635.00	Oct 30	$0.75	$4.25	$0.75	34%	5.67	$630.75
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 2	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	40%	7.33	$605.30
$565.00	$567.50	Oct 9	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	77%	1.00	$566.25
$602.50	$605.00	Sep 29	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	41%	7.33	$602.80
$585.00	$587.50	Sep 23	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	78%	0.89	$586.32

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$597.50	Oct 9	$0.52	$1.98	$0.52	52%	3.81	$599.48
$575.00	$572.50	Oct 30	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	35%	13.71	$574.83
$590.00	$587.50	Oct 23	$0.43	$2.07	$0.43	44%	4.81	$589.57
$582.50	$580.00	Oct 23	$0.31	$2.19	$0.31	39%	7.06	$582.19
$595.00	$592.50	Sep 25	$0.47	$2.03	$0.47	47%	4.32	$594.53

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 513 found (best R:R 3.55, avg 0.35)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$685.00	$690.00	Oct 2	$1.93	$1.93	$3.07	91%	0.63	$686.93
$602.50	$605.00	Oct 2	$2.06	$2.06	$0.44	56%	4.68	$604.56
$597.50	$600.00	Oct 30	$2.23	$2.23	$0.27	49%	8.26	$599.73
$675.00	$680.00	Oct 2	$1.05	$1.05	$3.95	92%	0.27	$676.05
$597.50	$600.00	Oct 23	$2.00	$2.00	$0.50	49%	4.00	$599.50

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$495.00	$492.50	Sep 22	$1.95	$1.95	$0.55	93%	3.55	$493.05
$505.00	$495.00	Oct 5	$1.42	$1.42	$8.58	94%	0.17	$503.58
$542.50	$540.00	Sep 21	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	93%	1.00	$541.25
$517.50	$515.00	Sep 22	$1.17	$1.17	$1.33	94%	0.88	$516.33
$510.00	$507.50	Sep 21	$1.06	$1.06	$1.44	94%	0.74	$508.94

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.62, cheapest $1.90)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Sep 30	Oct 2	$1.90	32.1%	34.0%
$595.00	Sep 21	Sep 22	$3.33	29.6%	32.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 278 found (cheapest 0.19% of stock, avg 5.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$595.00	Sep 21	$0.86	$0.30	$1.16	$593.84	$596.16	0.19%
$597.50	Sep 21	$0.14	$1.91	$2.05	$595.45	$599.55	0.34%
$592.50	Sep 21	$3.26	$0.03	$3.29	$589.21	$595.79	0.55%
$600.00	Sep 21	$0.02	$4.17	$4.19	$595.81	$604.19	0.70%
$590.00	Sep 21	$5.80	$0.02	$5.82	$584.18	$595.82	0.98%
$597.50	Sep 22	$2.88	$4.60	$7.48	$590.02	$604.98	1.25%
$592.50	Sep 22	$5.20	$2.36	$7.56	$584.94	$600.06	1.27%
$587.50	Sep 21	$7.68	$0.01	$7.69	$579.81	$595.19	1.29%
$595.00	Sep 22	$4.08	$3.63	$7.71	$587.29	$602.71	1.29%
$600.00	Sep 22	$1.88	$6.10	$7.98	$592.02	$607.98	1.34%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 362 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 3.22%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$597.50	$595.00	Sep 21	$0.14	$0.30	$0.44	$594.56	$597.94
$612.50	$595.00	Sep 21	$0.39	$0.30	$0.69	$594.31	$613.19
$607.50	$585.00	Sep 22	$0.54	$0.75	$1.29	$583.71	$608.79
$597.50	$542.50	Sep 21	$0.14	$1.26	$1.40	$541.10	$598.90
$605.00	$585.00	Sep 22	$0.76	$0.75	$1.51	$583.49	$606.51
$612.50	$542.50	Sep 21	$0.39	$1.26	$1.65	$540.85	$614.15
$597.50	$510.00	Sep 21	$0.14	$1.46	$1.60	$508.40	$599.10
$607.50	$587.50	Sep 22	$0.54	$1.10	$1.64	$585.86	$609.14
$612.50	$510.00	Sep 21	$0.39	$1.46	$1.85	$508.15	$614.35
$597.50	$495.00	Sep 21	$0.14	$1.58	$1.72	$493.28	$599.22

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 773 found (best R:R 4.56, avg credit $1.12)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
492/495	622/625	Sep 22	$2.05	$0.45	90%	4.56	$492.95	$624.55
492/495	610/612	Sep 22	$2.09	$0.41	85%	5.10	$492.91	$612.09
492/495	608/610	Sep 22	$2.10	$0.40	82%	5.25	$492.90	$609.60
492/495	605/608	Sep 22	$2.17	$0.33	78%	6.58	$492.83	$607.17
530/532	612/615	Oct 2	$2.27	$0.23	58%	9.87	$530.23	$614.77
492/495	612/615	Oct 2	$2.16	$0.34	62%	6.35	$492.84	$614.66
515/518	622/625	Sep 22	$1.27	$1.23	92%	1.03	$516.23	$623.77
540/542	612/615	Sep 21	$1.42	$1.08	85%	1.31	$541.08	$613.92
530/532	620/622	Oct 2	$1.91	$0.59	66%	3.24	$530.59	$621.91
492/495	620/622	Oct 2	$1.80	$0.70	69%	2.57	$493.20	$621.80

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 428 found (best R:R 3.17, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$595.00	$597.50	$600.00	Sep 21	$0.60	$1.90	89%	3.17
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Sep 22	$0.10	$2.40	18%	24.00
$595.00	$597.50	$600.00	Sep 23	$0.07	$2.43	15%	34.71
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Sep 22	$0.10	$2.40	16%	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$595.00	$597.50	$600.00	Sep 21	$0.65	$1.85	64%	2.85
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Sep 21	$1.34	$1.16	81%	0.87
$600.00	$610.00	$620.00	Sep 21	$0.62	$9.38	15%	15.13
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Sep 22	$0.05	$2.45	18%	49.00
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Sep 21	$0.26	$2.24	32%	8.62

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 533 found (best net $-6.92, 478 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$525.00	$557.50	1:2	Sep 24	-$6.92	$25.58
$545.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$11.18	$13.82
$590.00	$592.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.72	$1.78
$577.50	$590.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$7.56	$4.94
$615.00	$625.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$0.11	$9.89

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$675.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$17.22	$17.78
$642.50	$625.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$11.39	$6.11
$620.00	$610.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$3.55	$6.45
$610.00	$602.50	1:2	Sep 22	-$1.30	$6.20
$615.00	$600.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$4.12	$10.88

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 206 found (best yield 4.60%, avg 0.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$597.50	Oct 30	$27.40	0.51	0.2%	4.60%	4.84%	28	1
$605.00	Oct 30	$23.30	0.47	1.5%	3.91%	5.41%	88	28
$610.00	Oct 30	$21.25	0.45	2.3%	3.57%	5.91%	88	33
$615.00	Oct 30	$19.55	0.42	3.2%	3.28%	6.46%	112	30
$600.00	Oct 30	$25.45	0.50	0.7%	4.27%	4.94%	228	161
$620.00	Oct 30	$16.85	0.39	4.0%	2.83%	6.85%	143	73
$625.00	Oct 30	$15.45	0.36	4.9%	2.59%	7.45%	129	36
$635.00	Oct 30	$12.60	0.32	6.5%	2.11%	8.65%	60	10
$630.00	Oct 30	$13.25	0.34	5.7%	2.22%	7.92%	35	71
$597.50	Oct 23	$23.10	0.51	0.2%	3.88%	4.12%	37	18

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 185,711

Total Puts 214,025

Put/Call Ratio 1.15

Net Difference -28,314

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 78,611

Total Puts 180,654

Put/Call Ratio 2.30

Net Difference -102,043

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 646,671

Total Puts 1,067,452

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.79

Ratio Trend Falling

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

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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