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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$527.20 +0.74%

$527.95 (+0.14%)🌙

as of 10/23 06:52 PM

(10/23 15:16) ◀

Friday, October 23, 2026 (6:52pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/23) 361,822

Calls: 95,693 (26%)

Puts: 266,129 (74%)

Prior (10/22) 509,250

Calls: 143,466 (28%)

Puts: 365,784 (72%)

Current vs Prior -28.95%

Calls: -33.30% (Calls)

Puts: -27.24% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,512,768

Calls: 845,942 (34%)

Puts: 1,666,826 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 358,966

Calls: 120,848 (34%)

Puts: 238,118 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.80%

Calls: -20.82%

Puts: +11.76%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/23) $214.81M

Calls: $58.53M (27%)

Puts: $156.28M (73%)

Prior (10/22) $743.39M

Calls: $91.64M (12%)

Puts: $651.75M (88%)

Current vs Prior -71.10%

Calls: -36.13%

Puts: -76.02%

Prior 7-Day Total $2.07B

Calls: $539.73M (26%)

Puts: $1.53B (74%)

Prior 7-Day Average $295.93M

Calls: $77.10M (26%)

Puts: $218.83M (74%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -27.41%

Calls: -24.09%

Puts: -28.58%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/23) 2.78

Prior (10/22) 2.55

Current vs Prior +9.08%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.08

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +33.50%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/23) 1,384,531

Calls: 553,347 (40%)

Puts: 831,184 (60%)

Prior (10/22) 1,386,945

Calls: 527,643 (38%)

Puts: 859,302 (62%)

Current vs Prior -0.17%

Prior 7-Day Total 10,132,663

Calls: 3,375,766 (33%)

Puts: 6,756,897 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,447,523

Calls: 482,252 (33%)

Puts: 965,271 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/26)Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/30)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 0.84% | 2.42%0.84% | 5.14%9.45% | 12.72%

Prior 2.68% | 3.75%2.68% | 6.03%10.21% | 13.04%

Current vs Prior -9.57% | +9.04%-68.51% | -14.78%-7.46% | -2.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.02% | 3.94%3.52% | 5.78%5.65% | 10.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -19.71% | +3.55%-76.05% | -11.07%+67.09% | +16.31%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.83% | 2.53%2.68% | 6.03%10.21% | 13.04%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +193.79% | +61.40%-68.51% | -14.78%-7.46% | -2.40%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.15% | 11.42%

Calls: 20.35% | 7.00%

Puts: 25.94% | 15.84%

Prior 26.23% | 24.18%

Calls: 23.24% | 19.94%

Puts: 29.23% | 28.42%

Current vs Prior -11.74% | -52.77%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.80% | 21.22%

Calls: 23.79% | 21.02%

Puts: 19.02% | 25.87%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -6.65% | -46.18%

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Moderately bearish flow with 73% put dollar volume ($156.28M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 71% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.78 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (831,184 puts vs 553,347 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 150 of results (avg 7.1%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$425.00	Nov 27	104.55	109.00	$106.78	4.2%	6	0.92	--
$425.00	Dec 4	105.65	110.45	$108.05	4.4%	6	0.90	--
$455.00	Nov 20	76.65	80.20	$78.43	4.5%	3	0.88	44
$430.00	Dec 4	101.15	105.95	$103.55	4.6%	10	0.90	--
$435.00	Nov 13	93.05	97.50	$95.28	4.7%	1	0.93	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$632.50	Nov 13	102.90	106.95	$104.93	3.9%	1	0.97	--
$600.00	Nov 20	73.30	76.55	$74.93	4.3%	16	0.88	2.2K
$620.00	Oct 30	90.30	94.40	$92.35	4.4%	1	0.99	--
$620.00	Nov 20	91.00	95.15	$93.08	4.5%	2	0.93	--
$595.00	Nov 20	68.80	72.05	$70.43	4.6%	4	0.86	1.6K

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. 287 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Oct 23	50.60	54.55	$52.58	7.5%	26	1.00	31
$500.00	Oct 23	25.60	29.45	$27.53	14.0%	28	1.00	16
$510.00	Oct 23	15.60	19.45	$17.52	22.0%	2	1.00	1
$512.50	Oct 23	13.10	16.95	$15.02	25.6%	3	1.00	1
$520.00	Oct 23	6.10	9.50	$7.80	43.6%	235	1.00	226

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 23	40.50	43.80	$42.15	7.8%	54	1.00	5.3K
$575.00	Oct 23	45.50	49.40	$47.45	8.2%	8	1.00	20
$590.00	Oct 23	60.40	64.40	$62.40	6.4%	1	1.00	--
$595.00	Oct 23	65.00	69.40	$67.20	6.5%	3	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 23	31.00	33.65	$32.33	8.2%	117	1.00	6.9K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 910 active (total vol 212.9K, top 15.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$535.00	Oct 23	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	3.5K	0.02	995
$560.00	Oct 26	0.03	0.18	$0.11	136.4%	3.2K	0.02	799
$570.00	Oct 30	1.09	1.50	$1.30	31.5%	2.9K	0.09	1.3K
$537.50	Oct 23	0.00	0.20	$0.10	200.0%	2.5K	0.04	436
$530.00	Oct 23	0.07	0.75	$0.41	165.9%	2.4K	0.22	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$440.00	Oct 26	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	15.2K	0.00	170
$510.00	Oct 28	3.60	5.10	$4.35	34.5%	10.3K	0.26	685
$485.00	Oct 28	0.83	1.25	$1.04	40.4%	9.0K	0.07	9.2K
$515.00	Nov 20	17.15	19.25	$18.20	11.5%	5.7K	0.40	3.4K
$550.00	Oct 30	24.90	27.55	$26.23	10.1%	5.6K	0.76	7.6K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 13 strikes (avg 658.2%, max 1697.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$557.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	727.7%	40.5%	1697.6%	78	1.2K
$552.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	649.5%	40.8%	1493.5%	327	737
$517.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	382.6%	46.0%	730.7%	23	52
$527.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	87.8%	39.8%	120.5%	731	450
$525.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	80.5%	38.2%	110.8%	435	186

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$557.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	727.7%	40.5%	1697.6%	83	305
$552.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	649.5%	40.8%	1493.5%	35	800
$517.50	Oct 23	Nov 6	382.6%	43.8%	773.9%	566	606
$527.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	87.8%	39.8%	120.5%	981	1.1K
$525.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	80.5%	38.2%	110.8%	4.2K	2.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 527 found (best R:R 4.56, avg 6.21)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$580.00	$590.00	Dec 4	$1.45	$8.55	$1.45	24%	5.90	$581.45
$615.00	$630.00	Oct 26	$0.20	$14.80	$0.20	6%	74.00	$615.20
$575.00	$580.00	Nov 20	$0.58	$4.42	$0.58	22%	7.62	$575.58
$532.50	$535.00	Oct 30	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	44%	3.17	$533.10
$592.50	$600.00	Dec 4	$0.85	$6.65	$0.85	19%	7.82	$593.35

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$537.50	$535.00	Nov 20	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	55%	4.56	$537.05
$547.50	$545.00	Nov 20	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	61%	2.85	$546.85
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 23	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	93%	0.92	$531.20
$520.00	$512.50	Nov 2	$1.90	$5.60	$1.90	41%	2.95	$518.10
$495.00	$490.00	Nov 4	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	22%	17.52	$494.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 427 found (best R:R 0.95, avg 0.38)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$612.50	$617.50	Oct 23	$2.44	$2.44	$2.56	90%	0.95	$614.94
$627.50	$630.00	Oct 23	$1.84	$1.84	$0.66	93%	2.79	$629.34
$547.50	$550.00	Oct 23	$1.24	$1.24	$1.26	86%	0.98	$548.74
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 23	$1.00	$1.00	$1.50	95%	0.67	$623.50
$557.50	$575.00	Nov 4	$3.16	$3.16	$14.34	77%	0.22	$560.66

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$427.50	$425.00	Oct 30	$2.20	$2.20	$0.30	93%	7.33	$425.30
$442.50	$440.00	Oct 30	$1.80	$1.80	$0.70	92%	2.57	$440.70
$517.50	$515.00	Oct 23	$2.19	$2.19	$0.31	75%	7.06	$515.31
$445.00	$440.00	Oct 23	$1.23	$1.23	$3.77	95%	0.33	$443.77
$435.00	$430.00	Oct 26	$1.09	$1.09	$3.91	96%	0.28	$433.91

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $4.46, cheapest $4.31)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$527.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$4.31	87.8%	31.6%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$527.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$4.60	87.8%	31.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 212 found (cheapest 0.53% of stock, avg 7.09%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$527.50	Oct 23	$1.39	$1.40	$2.79	$524.71	$530.29	0.53%
$525.00	Oct 23	$3.05	$0.40	$3.45	$521.55	$528.45	0.65%
$530.00	Oct 23	$0.41	$3.48	$3.89	$526.11	$533.89	0.74%
$532.50	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.78	$4.88	$527.62	$537.38	0.93%
$522.50	Oct 23	$5.13	$0.13	$5.26	$517.24	$527.76	1.00%
$535.00	Oct 23	$0.02	$7.25	$7.27	$527.73	$542.27	1.38%
$520.00	Oct 23	$7.80	$0.03	$7.83	$512.17	$527.83	1.49%
$537.50	Oct 23	$0.10	$9.57	$9.67	$527.83	$547.17	1.83%
$530.00	Oct 26	$4.25	$7.05	$11.30	$518.70	$541.30	2.14%
$527.50	Oct 26	$5.70	$6.00	$11.70	$515.80	$539.20	2.22%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.10% of stock, avg 4.81%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$530.00	$522.50	Oct 23	$0.41	$0.13	$0.54	$521.96	$530.54
$530.00	$525.00	Oct 23	$0.41	$0.40	$0.81	$524.19	$530.81
$547.50	$522.50	Oct 23	$1.26	$0.13	$1.39	$521.11	$548.89
$530.00	$492.50	Oct 23	$0.41	$0.98	$1.39	$491.11	$531.39
$547.50	$525.00	Oct 23	$1.26	$0.40	$1.66	$523.34	$549.16
$530.00	$477.50	Oct 23	$0.41	$1.12	$1.53	$475.97	$531.53
$547.50	$492.50	Oct 23	$1.26	$0.98	$2.24	$490.26	$549.74
$547.50	$477.50	Oct 23	$1.26	$1.12	$2.38	$475.12	$549.88
$612.50	$522.50	Oct 23	$2.45	$0.13	$2.58	$519.92	$615.08
$530.00	$517.50	Oct 23	$0.41	$2.30	$2.71	$514.79	$532.71

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 402 found (best R:R 2.76, avg credit $1.42)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
440/445	612/618	Oct 23	$3.67	$1.33	85%	2.76	$441.33	$616.17
515/518	612/618	Oct 23	$4.63	$0.37	66%	12.51	$512.87	$617.13
475/478	612/618	Oct 23	$3.45	$1.55	84%	2.23	$474.05	$615.95
440/445	558/560	Oct 23	$3.67	$1.33	78%	2.76	$441.33	$561.17
460/465	612/618	Oct 23	$3.28	$1.72	86%	1.91	$461.72	$615.78
490/492	612/618	Oct 23	$3.40	$1.60	82%	2.13	$489.10	$615.90
440/445	552/555	Oct 23	$3.66	$1.34	77%	2.73	$441.34	$556.16
455/458	612/618	Oct 23	$2.85	$2.15	88%	1.33	$454.65	$615.35
460/465	558/560	Oct 23	$3.28	$1.72	79%	1.91	$461.72	$560.78
460/465	552/555	Oct 23	$3.27	$1.73	77%	1.89	$461.73	$555.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 325 found (best R:R 6.88, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$540.00	$557.50	$575.00	Nov 4	$2.22	$15.28	28%	6.88
$525.00	$527.50	$530.00	Oct 23	$0.68	$1.82	56%	2.68
$522.50	$525.00	$527.50	Oct 23	$0.42	$2.08	42%	4.95
$500.00	$510.00	$520.00	Nov 6	$0.68	$9.32	16%	13.71
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$4.85	10%	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$535.00	$540.00	$545.00	Nov 4	$0.07	$4.93	10%	70.43
$525.00	$527.50	$530.00	Oct 26	$0.05	$2.45	14%	49.00
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 13	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Nov 13	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$520.00	$522.50	$525.00	Oct 23	$0.17	$2.33	20%	13.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 381 found (best net $-2.48, 316 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$475.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$2.48	$22.52
$480.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$8.00	$12.00
$455.00	$490.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$20.83	$14.17
$477.50	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$12.68	$9.82
$522.50	$525.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.97	$1.53

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$545.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$6.98	$18.02
$600.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$16.83	$13.17
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$10.77	$9.23
$500.00	$475.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$3.29	$21.71
$515.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$2.91	$12.09

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 213 found (best yield 4.91%, avg 1.31%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$530.00	Dec 4	$25.90	0.51	0.5%	4.91%	5.44%	7	1
$532.50	Dec 4	$24.65	0.50	1.0%	4.68%	5.68%	1	11
$535.00	Dec 4	$23.40	0.48	1.5%	4.44%	5.92%	3	4
$540.00	Dec 4	$21.05	0.46	2.4%	3.99%	6.42%	106	10
$545.00	Dec 4	$18.80	0.43	3.4%	3.57%	6.94%	19	--
$550.00	Dec 4	$16.70	0.40	4.3%	3.17%	7.49%	4	13
$532.50	Nov 27	$22.30	0.49	1.0%	4.23%	5.24%	9	19
$530.00	Nov 27	$23.40	0.51	0.5%	4.44%	4.97%	106	107
$535.00	Nov 27	$21.05	0.47	1.5%	3.99%	5.47%	106	7
$537.50	Nov 27	$19.80	0.46	1.9%	3.76%	5.71%	13	7

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 95,693

Total Puts 266,129

Put/Call Ratio 2.78

Net Difference -170,436

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 143,466

Total Puts 365,784

Put/Call Ratio 2.55

Net Difference -222,318

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 845,942

Total Puts 1,666,826

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.08

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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

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