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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$544.62 +3.30%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26) 274,542

Calls: 91,554 (33%)

Puts: 182,988 (67%)

Prior (10/23) 361,822

Calls: 95,693 (26%)

Puts: 266,129 (74%)

Current vs Prior -24.12%

Calls: -4.33% (Calls)

Puts: -31.24% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,101,824

Calls: 719,598 (34%)

Puts: 1,382,226 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 350,304

Calls: 102,799 (34%)

Puts: 197,460 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -21.63%

Calls: -10.94%

Puts: -7.33%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26) $161.52M

Calls: $94.57M (59%)

Puts: $66.95M (41%)

Prior (10/23) $214.81M

Calls: $58.53M (27%)

Puts: $156.28M (73%)

Current vs Prior -24.81%

Calls: +61.57%

Puts: -57.16%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.71B

Calls: $441.90M (26%)

Puts: $1.26B (74%)

Prior 7-Day Average $284.38M

Calls: $63.13M (26%)

Puts: $180.63M (74%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.20%

Calls: +49.81%

Puts: -62.94%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/26) 2.00

Prior (10/23) 2.78

Current vs Prior -28.13%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.04

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.23%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/26) 1,877,443

Calls: 774,446 (41%)

Puts: 1,102,997 (59%)

Prior (10/23) 1,384,531

Calls: 553,347 (40%)

Puts: 831,184 (60%)

Current vs Prior +35.60%

Prior 7-Day Total 7,972,238

Calls: 2,643,685 (33%)

Puts: 5,328,553 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,328,706

Calls: 440,614 (33%)

Puts: 888,092 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +41.30%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/26) | Next (10/28)Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/06)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 0.65% | 2.82%3.95% | 5.99%8.52% | 11.99%

Prior 2.42% | 4.08%0.84% | 5.14%9.45% | 12.72%

Current vs Prior -73.11% | -30.98%+368.33% | +16.40%-9.86% | -5.77%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.00% | 4.07%3.11% | 5.79%6.80% | 11.45%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -78.26% | -30.80%+26.95% | +3.43%+25.16% | +4.74%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.42% | 4.08%0.84% | 5.14%9.45% | 12.72%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -73.11% | -30.98%+368.33% | +16.40%-9.86% | -5.77%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 25.88% | 18.85%

Calls: 25.21% | 20.13%

Puts: 26.55% | 17.57%

Prior 23.15% | 11.42%

Calls: 20.35% | 7.00%

Puts: 25.94% | 15.84%

Current vs Prior +11.79% | +65.06%

Prior 7-Day Avg 19.47% | 22.69%

Calls: 20.16% | 18.86%

Puts: 18.78% | 26.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +32.92% | -16.92%

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 572 of results (avg 5.8%, best 1.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$525.00	Nov 20	34.90	35.35	$35.13	1.3%	76	0.65	249
$560.00	Nov 20	16.10	16.35	$16.23	1.5%	658	0.41	2.9K
$562.50	Nov 20	15.10	15.40	$15.25	2.0%	54	0.40	839
$532.50	Nov 20	29.85	30.45	$30.15	2.0%	10	0.60	31
$557.50	Nov 20	17.00	17.35	$17.18	2.0%	29	0.43	292

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 20	7.55	7.65	$7.60	1.3%	7.2K	0.21	13.9K
$547.50	Nov 20	23.10	23.50	$23.30	1.7%	--	0.50	96
$535.00	Nov 20	17.55	17.90	$17.73	2.0%	247	0.41	3.0K
$520.00	Nov 27	14.00	14.30	$14.15	2.1%	56	0.33	94
$545.00	Nov 20	21.80	22.30	$22.05	2.3%	34	0.48	2.7K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 40 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$547.50	Oct 26	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	2.0K	0.11	606
$545.00	Oct 26	0.65	0.79	$0.72	19.4%	3.9K	0.44	692
$567.50	Oct 28	0.70	0.79	$0.75	12.0%	482	0.09	191
$600.00	Oct 30	0.19	0.20	$0.20	5.0%	2.1K	0.02	2.7K
$590.00	Oct 30	0.38	0.46	$0.42	19.0%	118	0.04	940

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$512.50	Oct 28	0.52	0.62	$0.57	17.5%	591	0.06	1.0K
$515.00	Oct 28	0.63	0.74	$0.69	15.9%	587	0.07	9.4K
$517.50	Oct 28	0.76	0.89	$0.83	15.7%	264	0.09	220
$480.00	Oct 30	0.30	0.34	$0.32	12.5%	404	0.02	1.6K
$485.00	Oct 30	0.38	0.46	$0.42	19.0%	48	0.03	622

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 335 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$442.50	Oct 26	100.15	103.75	$101.95	3.5%	2	1.00	--
$445.00	Oct 26	97.65	101.30	$99.48	3.7%	6	1.00	--
$447.50	Oct 26	95.15	99.05	$97.10	4.0%	6	1.00	--
$450.00	Oct 26	92.65	96.45	$94.55	4.0%	28	1.00	--
$452.50	Oct 26	90.15	93.75	$91.95	3.9%	7	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$597.50	Oct 30	51.50	54.90	$53.20	6.4%	8	1.00	219
$600.00	Oct 30	54.20	57.55	$55.88	6.0%	10	1.00	1.7K
$602.50	Oct 30	56.20	59.90	$58.05	6.4%	--	1.00	112
$605.00	Oct 30	58.45	62.35	$60.40	6.5%	--	1.00	289
$607.50	Oct 30	61.20	65.00	$63.10	6.0%	--	1.00	36

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 871 active (total vol 176.6K, top 23.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 26	3.85	5.10	$4.47	28.0%	5.6K	0.95	1.2K
$560.00	Oct 30	4.10	4.40	$4.25	7.1%	4.4K	0.28	4.8K
$532.50	Nov 13	26.05	27.50	$26.78	5.4%	4.0K	0.62	105
$532.50	Nov 6	22.10	23.75	$22.93	7.2%	4.0K	0.63	160
$545.00	Oct 26	0.65	0.79	$0.72	19.4%	3.9K	0.44	692

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	4.75	5.00	$4.88	5.1%	23.9K	0.28	21.4K
$500.00	Nov 6	3.15	3.35	$3.25	6.2%	20.2K	0.14	15.1K
$500.00	Nov 20	7.55	7.65	$7.60	1.3%	7.2K	0.21	13.9K
$540.00	Oct 26	0.07	0.10	$0.09	33.3%	3.9K	0.06	134
$500.00	Oct 30	0.87	0.98	$0.93	11.8%	2.1K	0.07	3.2K

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 11.4%, max 15.9%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$542.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	42.2%	36.4%	15.9%	1.9K	370
$545.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	40.2%	36.1%	11.2%	4.0K	714
$495.00	Nov 20	Dec 4	43.4%	41.0%	5.8%	4	161

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$542.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	42.2%	36.4%	15.9%	836	1.2K
$545.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	40.1%	36.1%	11.1%	563	237
$567.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	43.2%	39.7%	8.7%	10	126

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 547 found (best R:R 4.56, avg 6.02)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$632.50	$650.00	Nov 2	$0.13	$17.37	$0.13	4%	133.62	$632.63
$565.00	$567.50	Nov 27	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	39%	3.39	$565.57
$535.00	$537.50	Oct 28	$1.33	$1.17	$1.33	71%	0.88	$536.33
$575.00	$577.50	Nov 27	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	33%	4.56	$575.45
$557.50	$560.00	Nov 27	$0.73	$1.77	$0.73	44%	2.42	$558.23

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$542.50	$540.00	Dec 4	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	46%	4.56	$542.05
$530.00	$525.00	Nov 27	$1.22	$3.78	$1.22	38%	3.10	$528.78
$560.00	$557.50	Oct 28	$1.42	$1.08	$1.42	81%	0.76	$558.58
$540.00	$535.00	Nov 9	$1.50	$3.50	$1.50	44%	2.33	$538.50
$542.50	$540.00	Nov 27	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	47%	3.39	$541.93

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 436 found (best R:R 5.76, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$570.00	$595.00	Nov 9	$4.44	$4.44	$20.56	73%	0.22	$574.44
$550.00	$570.00	Nov 9	$7.70	$7.70	$12.30	54%	0.63	$557.70
$577.50	$580.00	Nov 27	$1.18	$1.18	$1.32	68%	0.89	$578.68
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 28	$0.41	$0.41	$2.09	97%	0.20	$612.91
$567.50	$570.00	Nov 27	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	62%	1.08	$568.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$537.50	Dec 4	$2.13	$2.13	$0.37	55%	5.76	$537.87
$532.50	$530.00	Nov 27	$1.50	$1.50	$1.00	60%	1.50	$531.00
$535.00	$530.00	Nov 9	$2.18	$2.18	$2.82	60%	0.77	$532.82
$535.00	$532.50	Nov 27	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	58%	1.08	$533.70
$520.00	$515.00	Dec 4	$1.86	$1.86	$3.14	67%	0.59	$518.14

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $6.18, cheapest $6.10)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$545.00	Oct 26	Oct 28	$6.10	40.2%	44.1%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$545.00	Oct 26	Oct 28	$6.27	40.1%	44.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 241 found (cheapest 0.34% of stock, avg 6.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$545.00	Oct 26	$0.72	$1.13	$1.85	$543.15	$546.85	0.34%
$542.50	Oct 26	$2.42	$0.27	$2.69	$539.81	$545.19	0.49%
$547.50	Oct 26	$0.12	$3.56	$3.68	$543.82	$551.18	0.68%
$540.00	Oct 26	$4.47	$0.09	$4.56	$535.44	$544.56	0.84%
$550.00	Oct 26	$0.03	$6.08	$6.11	$543.89	$556.11	1.12%
$537.50	Oct 26	$6.68	$0.03	$6.71	$530.79	$544.21	1.23%
$552.50	Oct 26	$0.02	$8.25	$8.27	$544.23	$560.77	1.52%
$535.00	Oct 26	$9.05	$0.02	$9.07	$525.93	$544.07	1.67%
$555.00	Oct 26	$0.01	$10.93	$10.94	$544.06	$565.94	2.01%
$532.50	Oct 26	$12.03	$0.02	$12.05	$520.45	$544.55	2.21%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 258 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 4.71%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$547.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.12	$0.09	$0.21	$539.79	$547.71
$567.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.31	$0.09	$0.40	$539.60	$567.90
$547.50	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.12	$0.27	$0.39	$542.11	$547.89
$582.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.50	$0.09	$0.59	$539.41	$583.09
$567.50	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.31	$0.27	$0.58	$541.92	$568.08
$582.50	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.50	$0.27	$0.77	$541.73	$583.27
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.72	$0.27	$0.99	$541.51	$545.99
$545.00	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.72	$0.09	$0.81	$539.19	$545.81
$555.00	$532.50	Oct 28	$2.91	$2.82	$5.73	$526.77	$560.73
$555.00	$535.00	Oct 28	$2.91	$3.40	$6.31	$528.69	$561.31

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 313 found (best R:R 1.10, avg credit $1.03)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
482/485	558/560	Nov 2	$1.31	$1.19	62%	1.10	$483.69	$558.81
478/480	558/560	Nov 2	$1.22	$1.28	63%	0.95	$478.78	$558.72
482/485	568/570	Nov 2	$0.96	$1.54	74%	0.62	$484.04	$568.46
490/492	558/560	Nov 2	$1.23	$1.27	61%	0.97	$491.27	$558.73
478/480	568/570	Nov 2	$0.87	$1.63	75%	0.53	$479.13	$568.37
492/495	558/560	Nov 2	$1.23	$1.27	60%	0.97	$493.77	$558.73
490/492	568/570	Nov 2	$0.88	$1.62	72%	0.54	$491.62	$568.38
482/485	560/562	Nov 2	$1.04	$1.46	66%	0.71	$483.96	$561.04
505/508	558/560	Nov 2	$1.31	$1.19	54%	1.10	$506.19	$558.81
492/495	568/570	Nov 2	$0.88	$1.62	71%	0.54	$494.12	$568.38

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 353 found (best R:R 26.78, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Oct 26	$0.35	$2.15	51%	6.14
$542.50	$545.00	$547.50	Oct 26	$1.10	$1.40	71%	1.27
$545.00	$547.50	$550.00	Oct 26	$0.51	$1.99	42%	3.90
$545.00	$547.50	$550.00	Oct 28	$0.05	$2.45	11%	49.00
$500.00	$510.00	$520.00	Oct 28	$0.42	$9.58	10%	22.81

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$545.00	$547.50	$550.00	Oct 26	$0.09	$2.41	42%	26.78
$560.00	$575.00	$590.00	Nov 2	$1.52	$13.48	23%	8.87
$540.00	$560.00	$580.00	Nov 9	$3.95	$16.05	36%	4.06
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Oct 26	$0.68	$1.82	50%	2.68
$537.50	$540.00	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.12	$2.38	17%	19.83

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 449 found (best net $-15.55, 417 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$15.55	$19.45
$460.00	$490.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$24.53	$5.47
$495.00	$525.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$17.88	$12.12
$475.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$21.30	$3.70
$540.00	$542.50	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.37	$2.13

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$560.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$3.16	$16.84
$580.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$9.98	$10.02
$577.50	$565.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$8.25	$4.25
$575.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$8.04	$6.96
$570.00	$555.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$8.86	$6.14

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 224 found (best yield 4.17%, avg 1.32%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$555.00	Dec 4	$22.70	0.47	1.9%	4.17%	6.07%	1	--
$557.50	Dec 4	$21.55	0.45	2.4%	3.96%	6.32%	2	--
$550.00	Dec 4	$24.55	0.49	1.0%	4.51%	5.50%	6	17
$560.00	Dec 4	$20.45	0.44	2.8%	3.75%	6.58%	11	14
$545.00	Dec 4	$26.85	0.52	0.1%	4.93%	5.00%	3	22
$567.50	Dec 4	$17.40	0.39	4.2%	3.19%	7.40%	2	1
$570.00	Dec 4	$16.45	0.38	4.7%	3.02%	7.68%	1	27
$572.50	Dec 4	$15.45	0.37	5.1%	2.84%	7.96%	1	1
$575.00	Dec 4	$14.70	0.35	5.6%	2.70%	8.28%	20	3
$550.00	Nov 27	$22.50	0.49	1.0%	4.13%	5.12%	46	89

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 91,554

Total Puts 182,988

Put/Call Ratio 2.00

Net Difference -91,434

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 95,693

Total Puts 266,129

Put/Call Ratio 2.78

Net Difference -170,436

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 719,598

Total Puts 1,382,226

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.04

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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Price — Past 7 Days

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