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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$606.22 +1.71%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/22) 216,385

Calls: 93,182 (43%)

Puts: 123,203 (57%)

Prior (09/21) 399,736

Calls: 185,711 (46%)

Puts: 214,025 (54%)

Current vs Prior -45.87%

Calls: -49.82% (Calls)

Puts: -42.44% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,475,142

Calls: 599,027 (41%)

Puts: 876,115 (59%)

Prior 7-Day Average 245,857

Calls: 85,575 (41%)

Puts: 125,159 (59%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.99%

Calls: +8.89%

Puts: -1.56%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/22) $184.07M

Calls: $124.85M (68%)

Puts: $59.22M (32%)

Prior (09/21) $373.47M

Calls: $255.87M (69%)

Puts: $117.60M (31%)

Current vs Prior -50.71%

Calls: -51.20%

Puts: -49.65%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.25B

Calls: $624.78M (50%)

Puts: $628.61M (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average $208.90M

Calls: $89.25M (50%)

Puts: $89.80M (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.89%

Calls: +39.88%

Puts: -34.06%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/22) 1.32

Prior (09/21) 1.15

Current vs Prior +14.73%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.54

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.87%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/22) 1,639,613

Calls: 627,942 (38%)

Puts: 1,011,671 (62%)

Prior (09/21) 1,030,682

Calls: 399,503 (39%)

Puts: 631,179 (61%)

Current vs Prior +59.08%

Prior 7-Day Total 9,611,955

Calls: 3,726,017 (39%)

Puts: 5,885,938 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,601,992

Calls: 621,002 (39%)

Puts: 980,989 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/22) | Next (09/23)Expiry (09/23) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.60% | 1.48%1.48% | 2.44%2.44% | 4.37%7.27% | 11.99%

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

Current vs Prior -58.77% | -23.12%+219.47% | +26.60%-14.94% | -10.40%+1463.65% | +58.67%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.14% | 1.92%0.97% | 2.26%2.28% | 4.18%0.76% | 7.82%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -47.46% | -22.74%+52.67% | +7.98%+7.05% | +4.68%+857.73% | +53.31%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.46% | 1.93%0.46% | 1.93%2.87% | 4.88%0.46% | 7.55%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -58.77% | -23.12%+219.47% | +26.60%-14.94% | -10.40%+1463.65% | +58.67%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 45.74% | 13.31%

Calls: 22.02% | 10.07%

Puts: 69.47% | 16.56%

Prior 26.53% | 19.54%

Calls: 26.97% | 20.90%

Puts: 26.09% | 18.18%

Current vs Prior +72.41% | -31.88%

Prior 7-Day Avg 47.40% | 32.15%

Calls: 48.34% | 42.69%

Puts: 46.45% | 21.60%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -3.50% | -58.60%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bullish flow with 68% call dollar volume ($124.85M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 51% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 46% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.32 indicates protective positioning.

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 629 of results (avg 5.8%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 30	21.80	22.25	$22.03	2.0%	67	0.45	138
$600.00	Oct 23	27.60	28.20	$27.90	2.2%	24	0.56	164
$625.00	Oct 30	19.75	20.20	$19.98	2.3%	50	0.42	128
$600.00	Oct 16	24.40	25.00	$24.70	2.4%	2.1K	0.57	14.0K
$635.00	Oct 30	16.10	16.50	$16.30	2.5%	109	0.36	60

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 23	19.45	19.80	$19.63	1.8%	14	0.44	5
$610.00	Oct 23	24.15	24.60	$24.38	1.8%	25	0.51	1
$610.00	Oct 30	27.60	28.20	$27.90	2.2%	2	0.50	2
$585.00	Oct 30	17.00	17.40	$17.20	2.3%	56	0.35	89
$605.00	Oct 30	25.10	25.75	$25.43	2.6%	5	0.47	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 77 found (avg $0.53, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Sep 23	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	340	0.03	47
$622.50	Sep 23	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	51	0.06	490
$625.00	Sep 23	0.18	0.21	$0.20	15.0%	332	0.04	95
$620.00	Sep 23	0.39	0.42	$0.41	7.3%	168	0.09	298
$617.50	Sep 23	0.60	0.64	$0.62	6.5%	1.4K	0.13	31

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$602.50	Sep 22	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	1.1K	0.07	2
$592.50	Sep 23	0.46	0.52	$0.49	12.2%	280	0.10	13
$590.00	Sep 23	0.35	0.38	$0.37	8.1%	847	0.07	545
$582.50	Sep 23	0.16	0.18	$0.17	11.8%	287	0.03	82
$587.50	Sep 23	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	150	0.05	17

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 405 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$487.50	Sep 22	116.65	120.00	$118.33	2.8%	4	1.00	--
$540.00	Sep 24	64.45	68.00	$66.22	5.4%	--	1.00	92
$547.50	Sep 24	56.80	60.00	$58.40	5.5%	1	1.00	23
$550.00	Sep 24	54.50	57.65	$56.08	5.6%	20	1.00	10
$560.00	Sep 24	44.35	47.55	$45.95	7.0%	--	1.00	25

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Sep 22	7.70	10.85	$9.28	33.9%	75	1.00	1
$617.50	Sep 22	10.20	13.35	$11.77	26.8%	2	1.00	--
$620.00	Sep 22	13.00	15.85	$14.43	19.8%	4	1.00	--
$625.00	Sep 22	18.20	20.85	$19.52	13.6%	88	1.00	1
$635.00	Sep 22	27.75	30.85	$29.30	10.6%	2	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,001 active (total vol 115.8K, top 4.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 16	11.15	11.70	$11.43	4.8%	4.1K	0.34	5.4K
$615.00	Oct 16	17.00	17.45	$17.23	2.6%	3.7K	0.45	15.6K
$620.00	Oct 16	14.85	15.30	$15.08	3.0%	2.9K	0.42	7.5K
$610.00	Sep 22	0.07	0.10	$0.09	33.3%	2.8K	0.07	235
$600.00	Oct 16	24.40	25.00	$24.70	2.4%	2.1K	0.57	14.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	16.60	17.10	$16.85	3.0%	2.5K	0.43	2.7K
$600.00	Sep 22	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	2.5K	0.02	7
$595.00	Sep 22	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	2.3K	0.01	155
$587.50	Oct 16	11.90	12.35	$12.13	3.7%	1.7K	0.34	313
$590.00	Oct 16	12.75	13.20	$12.98	3.5%	1.3K	0.36	1.4K

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 7.3%, max 14.0%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$607.50	Sep 22	Oct 5	34.2%	30.0%	14.0%	770	319
$605.00	Sep 22	Oct 30	33.6%	33.3%	0.7%	1.7K	581

PUTS (0)

No puts found

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 560 found (best R:R 0.76, avg 8.10)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$572.50	$575.00	Sep 25	$1.42	$1.08	$1.42	95%	0.76	$573.92
$592.50	$595.00	Sep 23	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	90%	0.92	$593.80
$577.50	$580.00	Oct 2	$1.17	$1.33	$1.17	81%	1.14	$578.67
$585.00	$587.50	Sep 24	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	91%	0.61	$586.55
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 5	$0.52	$1.98	$0.52	49%	3.81	$608.02

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$630.00	Oct 23	$6.20	$3.80	$6.20	69%	0.61	$633.80
$595.00	$592.50	Sep 28	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	30%	11.50	$594.80
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 30	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	40%	4.00	$592.00
$585.00	$580.00	Oct 6	$0.80	$4.20	$0.80	28%	5.25	$584.20
$550.00	$535.00	Oct 1	$0.33	$14.67	$0.33	7%	44.45	$549.67

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 461 found (best R:R 0.42, avg 0.28)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$610.00	$612.50	Oct 5	$1.83	$1.83	$0.67	54%	2.73	$611.83
$615.00	$620.00	Oct 6	$2.47	$2.47	$2.53	59%	0.98	$617.47
$615.00	$617.50	Sep 29	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	65%	1.17	$616.35
$620.00	$630.00	Oct 1	$2.75	$2.75	$7.25	68%	0.38	$622.75
$720.00	$725.00	Oct 23	$0.53	$0.53	$4.47	95%	0.12	$720.53

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$522.50	$520.00	Sep 23	$0.74	$0.74	$1.76	96%	0.42	$521.76
$507.50	$505.00	Sep 23	$0.70	$0.70	$1.80	94%	0.39	$506.80
$600.00	$597.50	Oct 30	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	56%	1.94	$598.35
$562.50	$560.00	Oct 1	$0.75	$0.75	$1.75	89%	0.43	$561.75
$590.00	$587.50	Oct 30	$1.46	$1.46	$1.04	62%	1.40	$588.54

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $2.98, cheapest $2.98)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$2.98	32.4%	33.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 297 found (cheapest 0.34% of stock, avg 6.20%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$605.00	Sep 22	$1.68	$0.39	$2.07	$602.93	$607.07	0.34%
$607.50	Sep 22	$0.43	$1.96	$2.39	$605.11	$609.89	0.39%
$602.50	Sep 22	$4.08	$0.08	$4.16	$598.34	$606.66	0.69%
$610.00	Sep 22	$0.09	$4.38	$4.47	$605.53	$614.47	0.74%
$600.00	Sep 22	$6.15	$0.02	$6.17	$593.83	$606.17	1.02%
$605.00	Sep 23	$4.47	$3.18	$7.65	$597.35	$612.65	1.26%
$597.50	Sep 22	$8.07	$0.01	$8.08	$589.42	$605.58	1.33%
$602.50	Sep 23	$6.08	$2.25	$8.33	$594.17	$610.83	1.37%
$610.00	Sep 23	$2.19	$6.18	$8.37	$601.63	$618.37	1.38%
$615.00	Sep 22	$0.02	$9.28	$9.30	$605.70	$624.30	1.53%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 354 found (cheapest 0.03% of stock, avg 3.02%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$610.00	$602.50	Sep 22	$0.09	$0.08	$0.17	$602.33	$610.17
$610.00	$605.00	Sep 22	$0.09	$0.39	$0.48	$604.52	$610.48
$607.50	$602.50	Sep 22	$0.43	$0.08	$0.51	$601.99	$608.01
$607.50	$605.00	Sep 22	$0.43	$0.39	$0.82	$604.18	$608.32
$617.50	$595.00	Sep 23	$0.62	$0.71	$1.33	$593.67	$618.83
$617.50	$597.50	Sep 23	$0.62	$1.03	$1.65	$595.85	$619.15
$615.00	$595.00	Sep 23	$0.97	$0.71	$1.68	$593.32	$616.68
$615.00	$597.50	Sep 23	$0.97	$1.03	$2.00	$595.50	$617.00
$612.50	$595.00	Sep 23	$1.48	$0.71	$2.19	$592.81	$614.69
$617.50	$600.00	Sep 23	$0.62	$1.54	$2.16	$597.84	$619.66

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 723 found (best R:R 0.53, avg credit $1.16)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
520/522	620/622	Sep 23	$0.87	$1.63	88%	0.53	$521.63	$620.87
520/522	618/620	Sep 23	$0.95	$1.55	84%	0.61	$521.55	$618.45
520/522	615/618	Sep 23	$1.09	$1.41	78%	0.77	$521.41	$616.09
520/522	612/615	Sep 23	$1.25	$1.25	70%	1.00	$521.25	$613.75
520/522	610/612	Sep 23	$1.45	$1.05	62%	1.38	$521.05	$611.45
505/508	620/622	Sep 23	$0.83	$1.67	85%	0.50	$506.67	$620.83
505/508	618/620	Sep 23	$0.91	$1.59	81%	0.57	$506.59	$618.41
505/508	615/618	Sep 23	$1.05	$1.45	76%	0.72	$506.45	$616.05
505/508	612/615	Sep 23	$1.21	$1.29	68%	0.94	$506.29	$613.71
505/508	610/612	Sep 23	$1.41	$1.09	59%	1.29	$506.09	$611.41

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 431 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Sep 22	$0.91	$1.59	64%	1.75
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$605.00	$610.00	$615.00	Oct 9	$0.13	$4.87	9%	37.46
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Sep 22	$0.28	$2.22	28%	7.93
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 5	$0.19	$4.81	11%	25.32

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 1	$0.06	$4.94	12%	82.33
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Sep 22	$0.85	$1.65	65%	1.94
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Oct 9	$0.05	$4.95	9%	99.00
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Sep 22	$0.25	$2.25	26%	9.00
$605.00	$610.00	$615.00	Oct 9	$0.17	$4.83	9%	28.41

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 586 found (best net $-5.86, 547 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$490.00	$545.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$5.86	$49.14
$600.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$3.02	$11.98
$620.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.48	$9.52
$660.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.11	$29.89
$630.00	$640.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.18	$9.82

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$4.46	$20.54
$625.00	$615.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$4.65	$5.35
$610.00	$605.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.18	$4.82
$615.00	$605.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$3.47	$6.53
$615.00	$610.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$1.96	$3.04

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 176 found (best yield 3.96%, avg 0.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$615.00	Oct 30	$24.00	0.47	1.4%	3.96%	5.41%	62	131
$620.00	Oct 30	$21.80	0.45	2.3%	3.60%	5.87%	67	138
$625.00	Oct 30	$19.75	0.42	3.1%	3.26%	6.36%	50	128
$610.00	Oct 30	$25.45	0.50	0.6%	4.20%	4.82%	46	97
$630.00	Oct 30	$17.85	0.39	3.9%	2.94%	6.87%	55	83
$635.00	Oct 30	$16.10	0.36	4.8%	2.66%	7.40%	109	60
$640.00	Oct 30	$14.45	0.34	5.6%	2.38%	7.96%	7	44
$645.00	Oct 30	$12.95	0.31	6.4%	2.14%	8.53%	14	34
$650.00	Oct 30	$11.60	0.29	7.2%	1.91%	9.14%	18	37
$615.00	Oct 23	$20.00	0.46	1.4%	3.30%	4.75%	79	123

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 93,182

Total Puts 123,203

Put/Call Ratio 1.32

Net Difference -30,021

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 185,711

Total Puts 214,025

Put/Call Ratio 1.15

Net Difference -28,314

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 599,027

Total Puts 876,115

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.54

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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