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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$541.62 +2.74%

$544.00 (+0.44%)🌙

as of 10/26 06:53 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26) 300,215

Calls: 101,586 (34%)

Puts: 198,629 (66%)

Prior (10/23) 361,822

Calls: 95,693 (26%)

Puts: 266,129 (74%)

Current vs Prior -17.03%

Calls: +6.16% (Calls)

Puts: -25.36% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,376,366

Calls: 811,152 (34%)

Puts: 1,565,214 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 339,480

Calls: 115,878 (34%)

Puts: 223,602 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.57%

Calls: -12.33%

Puts: -11.17%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26) $172.19M

Calls: $90.95M (53%)

Puts: $81.24M (47%)

Prior (10/23) $214.81M

Calls: $58.53M (27%)

Puts: $156.28M (73%)

Current vs Prior -19.84%

Calls: +55.39%

Puts: -48.02%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.87B

Calls: $536.47M (29%)

Puts: $1.33B (71%)

Prior 7-Day Average $266.83M

Calls: $76.64M (29%)

Puts: $190.19M (71%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.47%

Calls: +18.67%

Puts: -57.29%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/26) 1.96

Prior (10/23) 2.78

Current vs Prior -29.69%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.04

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.05%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/26) 1,325,480

Calls: 543,087 (41%)

Puts: 782,393 (59%)

Prior (10/23) 1,384,531

Calls: 553,347 (40%)

Puts: 831,184 (60%)

Current vs Prior -4.27%

Prior 7-Day Total 9,849,681

Calls: 3,418,131 (35%)

Puts: 6,431,550 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,407,097

Calls: 488,304 (35%)

Puts: 918,792 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -5.80%

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 0.64% | 2.72%3.99% | 6.02%8.54% | 11.92%

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

Current vs Prior +12.34% | -2.30%+372.68% | +17.05%-9.62% | -6.29%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.17% | -2.04%+28.12% | +4.00%+25.50% | +4.16%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.65% | 2.82%0.84% | 5.14%9.45% | 12.72%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +317.79% | +41.56%+372.68% | +17.05%-9.62% | -6.29%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.63% | 10.96%

Calls: 27.22% | 10.05%

Puts: 20.05% | 11.87%

Prior 23.15% | 11.42%

Calls: 20.35% | 7.00%

Puts: 25.94% | 15.84%

Current vs Prior +2.07% | -4.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 20.39% | 22.14%

Calls: 20.16% | 18.86%

Puts: 18.78% | 26.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +15.91% | -50.50%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.96 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 30% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 145 of results (avg 7.2%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 26	89.75	93.35	$91.55	3.9%	28	1.00	--
$442.50	Oct 26	97.10	101.20	$99.15	4.1%	2	1.00	--
$447.50	Oct 26	92.25	96.25	$94.25	4.2%	6	1.00	--
$445.00	Oct 26	94.75	99.00	$96.88	4.4%	6	1.00	--
$495.00	Dec 4	57.90	60.50	$59.20	4.4%	4	0.78	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$647.50	Oct 26	103.50	107.75	$105.63	4.0%	1	0.91	--
$620.00	Nov 20	77.95	81.60	$79.78	4.6%	11	0.90	2.0K
$635.00	Nov 20	91.50	95.80	$93.65	4.6%	9	0.94	236
$600.00	Nov 20	60.15	63.00	$61.58	4.6%	94	0.83	2.2K
$640.00	Nov 20	96.00	100.65	$98.33	4.7%	4	0.94	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.69, cheapest $0.51)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$445.00	Nov 6	0.46	0.55	$0.51	17.6%	250	0.02	70
$460.00	Nov 6	0.77	0.94	$0.86	19.8%	369	0.04	333

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 253 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$442.50	Oct 26	97.10	101.20	$99.15	4.1%	2	1.00	--
$445.00	Oct 26	94.75	99.00	$96.88	4.4%	6	1.00	--
$447.50	Oct 26	92.25	96.25	$94.25	4.2%	6	1.00	--
$450.00	Oct 26	89.75	93.35	$91.55	3.9%	28	1.00	--
$452.50	Oct 26	87.25	91.20	$89.23	4.4%	7	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$542.50	Oct 26	0.06	2.96	$1.51	192.1%	950	1.00	1.2K
$555.00	Oct 26	11.30	15.25	$13.28	29.7%	107	0.99	247
$545.00	Oct 26	1.50	4.40	$2.95	98.3%	717	0.99	226
$550.00	Oct 26	7.10	10.25	$8.68	36.3%	24	0.99	195
$547.50	Oct 26	4.55	7.75	$6.15	52.0%	9	0.99	335

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 902 active (total vol 191.7K, top 24.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 26	0.25	3.65	$1.95	174.4%	6.2K	1.00	1.2K
$560.00	Oct 30	3.25	4.00	$3.63	20.7%	4.5K	0.25	4.8K
$545.00	Oct 26	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	4.2K	0.01	692
$532.50	Nov 13	23.55	26.25	$24.90	10.8%	4.0K	0.60	105
$532.50	Nov 6	19.65	22.60	$21.13	14.0%	4.0K	0.61	160

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	5.50	6.35	$5.93	14.3%	24.2K	0.32	21.4K
$500.00	Nov 6	3.25	3.85	$3.55	16.9%	20.2K	0.15	15.1K
$500.00	Nov 20	7.70	8.90	$8.30	14.5%	7.2K	0.22	13.9K
$540.00	Oct 26	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	4.3K	0.02	134
$500.00	Oct 30	1.02	1.43	$1.23	33.3%	2.1K	0.08	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. 2 strikes (avg 6.4%, max 10.5%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$515.00	Nov 13	Nov 20	42.0%	41.1%	2.3%	6	108

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$557.50	Oct 28	Nov 13	43.1%	39.0%	10.5%	11	14

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 522 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 5.85)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$542.50	Oct 26	$1.67	$0.83	$1.67	100%	0.50	$541.67
$540.00	$542.50	Nov 4	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	54%	2.68	$540.68
$565.00	$570.00	Nov 9	$0.70	$4.30	$0.70	28%	6.14	$565.70
$545.00	$550.00	Dec 4	$1.95	$3.05	$1.95	50%	1.56	$546.95
$517.50	$520.00	Oct 30	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	84%	0.56	$519.10

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 26	$1.44	$1.06	$1.44	99%	0.74	$543.56
$560.00	$540.00	Nov 9	$10.65	$9.35	$10.65	66%	0.88	$549.35
$540.00	$537.50	Oct 28	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	46%	4.00	$539.50
$550.00	$545.00	Nov 6	$2.23	$2.77	$2.23	57%	1.24	$547.77
$580.00	$577.50	Nov 6	$1.62	$0.88	$1.62	83%	0.54	$578.38

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 428 found (best R:R 14.63, avg 0.37)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 26	$2.34	$2.34	$0.16	87%	14.63	$592.34
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 26	$1.88	$1.88	$0.62	90%	3.03	$614.38
$550.00	$565.00	Nov 9	$6.55	$6.55	$8.45	56%	0.78	$556.55
$555.00	$557.50	Nov 13	$1.55	$1.55	$0.95	59%	1.63	$556.55
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 28	$0.51	$0.51	$1.99	96%	0.26	$613.01

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$500.00	$485.00	Nov 9	$2.31	$2.31	$12.69	83%	0.18	$497.69
$487.50	$485.00	Oct 26	$0.56	$0.56	$1.94	96%	0.29	$486.94
$467.50	$465.00	Oct 28	$0.52	$0.52	$1.98	97%	0.26	$466.98
$437.50	$435.00	Oct 30	$0.52	$0.52	$1.98	97%	0.26	$436.98
$442.50	$440.00	Oct 30	$0.47	$0.47	$2.03	98%	0.23	$442.03

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 203 found (cheapest 0.33% of stock, avg 6.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$542.50	Oct 26	$0.28	$1.51	$1.79	$540.71	$544.29	0.33%
$540.00	Oct 26	$1.95	$0.01	$1.96	$538.04	$541.96	0.36%
$545.00	Oct 26	$0.01	$2.95	$2.96	$542.04	$547.96	0.55%
$537.50	Oct 26	$4.22	$0.01	$4.23	$533.27	$541.73	0.78%
$547.50	Oct 26	$0.01	$6.15	$6.16	$541.34	$553.66	1.14%
$535.00	Oct 26	$6.70	$0.01	$6.71	$528.29	$541.71	1.24%
$550.00	Oct 26	$0.01	$8.68	$8.69	$541.31	$558.69	1.60%
$532.50	Oct 26	$8.85	$0.03	$8.88	$523.62	$541.38	1.64%
$552.50	Oct 26	$0.03	$10.63	$10.66	$541.84	$563.16	1.97%
$530.00	Oct 26	$11.45	$0.01	$11.46	$518.54	$541.46	2.12%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 255 found (cheapest 0.90% of stock, avg 4.74%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$612.50	$440.00	Oct 26	$2.45	$2.45	$4.90	$435.10	$617.40
$607.50	$440.00	Oct 26	$2.45	$2.45	$4.90	$435.10	$612.40
$605.00	$440.00	Oct 26	$2.45	$2.45	$4.90	$435.10	$609.90
$602.50	$440.00	Oct 26	$2.45	$2.45	$4.90	$435.10	$607.40
$590.00	$440.00	Oct 26	$2.45	$2.45	$4.90	$435.10	$594.90
$555.00	$530.00	Oct 28	$2.07	$3.17	$5.24	$524.76	$560.24
$555.00	$532.50	Oct 28	$2.07	$3.60	$5.67	$526.83	$560.67
$552.50	$530.00	Oct 28	$2.97	$3.17	$6.14	$523.86	$558.64
$552.50	$532.50	Oct 28	$2.97	$3.60	$6.57	$525.93	$559.07
$550.00	$530.00	Oct 28	$3.63	$3.17	$6.80	$523.20	$556.80

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 352 found (best R:R 13.71, avg credit $1.06)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
450/452	612/615	Oct 26	$2.33	$0.17	87%	13.71	$450.17	$614.83
470/472	612/615	Oct 26	$2.32	$0.18	87%	12.89	$470.18	$614.82
490/492	612/615	Oct 26	$2.15	$0.35	86%	6.14	$490.35	$614.65
445/448	612/615	Oct 26	$2.10	$0.40	87%	5.25	$445.40	$614.60
435/438	552/555	Oct 30	$1.69	$0.81	62%	2.09	$435.81	$554.19
440/442	552/555	Oct 30	$1.64	$0.86	63%	1.91	$440.86	$554.14
435/438	560/562	Oct 30	$1.36	$1.14	72%	1.19	$436.14	$561.36
465/468	552/555	Oct 28	$1.42	$1.08	69%	1.31	$466.08	$553.92
440/442	560/562	Oct 30	$1.31	$1.19	73%	1.10	$441.19	$561.31
485/488	570/572	Oct 26	$0.85	$1.65	91%	0.52	$486.65	$570.85

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 319 found (best R:R 8.26, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$542.50	$545.00	$547.50	Oct 26	$0.27	$2.23	99%	8.26
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Oct 26	$1.40	$1.10	99%	0.79
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$530.00	$532.50	$535.00	Oct 28	$0.07	$2.43	11%	34.71
$532.50	$535.00	$537.50	Oct 30	$0.07	$2.43	8%	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$537.50	$540.00	$542.50	Oct 26	$1.50	$1.00	98%	0.67
$555.00	$570.00	$585.00	Dec 4	$0.98	$14.02	16%	14.31
$530.00	$535.00	$540.00	Nov 2	$0.07	$4.93	13%	70.43
$530.00	$535.00	$540.00	Nov 9	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 403 found (best net $-10.40, 372 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$495.00	$530.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$10.40	$24.60
$460.00	$490.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$21.66	$8.34
$475.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$18.12	$6.88
$550.00	$565.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.05	$14.95
$507.50	$520.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$8.57	$3.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$560.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$4.95	$15.05
$580.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$11.07	$8.93
$545.00	$542.50	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.07	$2.43
$625.00	$595.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$27.18	$2.82
$540.00	$537.50	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.01	$2.49

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 214 found (best yield 4.24%, avg 1.26%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$550.00	Dec 4	$22.95	0.48	1.6%	4.24%	5.78%	6	17
$545.00	Dec 4	$24.85	0.51	0.6%	4.59%	5.21%	8	22
$542.50	Dec 4	$25.85	0.52	0.2%	4.77%	4.94%	17	--
$555.00	Dec 4	$20.05	0.45	2.5%	3.70%	6.17%	1	--
$557.50	Dec 4	$19.10	0.43	2.9%	3.53%	6.46%	2	--
$560.00	Dec 4	$17.70	0.42	3.4%	3.27%	6.66%	11	14
$567.50	Dec 4	$15.15	0.38	4.8%	2.80%	7.58%	7	--
$570.00	Dec 4	$14.35	0.36	5.2%	2.65%	7.89%	1	--
$572.50	Dec 4	$13.55	0.35	5.7%	2.50%	8.20%	1	1
$575.00	Dec 4	$12.75	0.34	6.2%	2.35%	8.52%	20	3

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 101,586

Total Puts 198,629

Put/Call Ratio 1.96

Net Difference -97,043

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 811,152

Total Puts 1,565,214

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.04

Ratio Trend Falling

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

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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