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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$557.98 +3.02%

$555.89 (-0.37%)🌙

as of 10/27 06:52 PM

(10/27 16:00) ◀

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 (6:52pm)

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◀ 10/27 18:52 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/27) 251,178

Calls: 86,480 (34%)

Puts: 164,698 (66%)

Prior (10/26) 300,215

Calls: 101,586 (34%)

Puts: 198,629 (66%)

Current vs Prior -16.33%

Calls: -14.87% (Calls)

Puts: -17.08% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,887,233

Calls: 678,919 (36%)

Puts: 1,208,314 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 314,538

Calls: 96,988 (36%)

Puts: 172,616 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.14%

Calls: -10.83%

Puts: -4.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/27) $223.59M

Calls: $88.30M (39%)

Puts: $135.29M (61%)

Prior (10/26) $172.19M

Calls: $90.95M (53%)

Puts: $81.24M (47%)

Current vs Prior +29.85%

Calls: -2.91%

Puts: +66.53%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.61B

Calls: $448.13M (28%)

Puts: $1.16B (72%)

Prior 7-Day Average $267.64M

Calls: $64.02M (28%)

Puts: $165.39M (72%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -16.46%

Calls: +37.93%

Puts: -18.20%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/27) 1.90

Prior (10/26) 1.96

Current vs Prior -2.60%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.93

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.51%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/27) 1,302,800

Calls: 517,662 (40%)

Puts: 785,138 (60%)

Prior (10/26) 1,325,480

Calls: 543,087 (41%)

Puts: 782,393 (59%)

Current vs Prior -1.71%

Prior 7-Day Total 7,721,917

Calls: 2,699,831 (35%)

Puts: 5,022,086 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,286,986

Calls: 449,971 (35%)

Puts: 837,014 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.22% | 3.42%3.42% | 5.59%8.22% | 11.73%

Prior 2.72% | 3.99%3.99% | 6.02%8.54% | 11.92%

Current vs Prior -18.53% | -14.16%-14.16% | -7.16%-3.75% | -1.61%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.01% | 3.91%2.96% | 5.69%7.78% | 11.78%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -26.23% | -12.51%+15.89% | -1.79%+5.60% | -0.38%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.72% | 3.99%3.99% | 6.02%8.54% | 11.92%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -18.53% | -14.16%-14.16% | -7.16%-3.75% | -1.61%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 19.76% | 16.25%

Calls: 17.50% | 13.54%

Puts: 22.02% | 18.97%

Prior 23.63% | 10.96%

Calls: 27.22% | 10.05%

Puts: 20.05% | 11.87%

Current vs Prior -16.38% | +48.27%

Prior 7-Day Avg 20.36% | 20.71%

Calls: 21.32% | 16.92%

Puts: 19.40% | 24.49%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -2.94% | -21.52%

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Moderately bearish flow with 61% put dollar volume ($135.29M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.90 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (785,138 puts vs 517,662 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 75 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	104.00	108.00	$106.00	3.8%	15	0.98	--
$450.00	Oct 28	103.00	107.00	$105.00	3.8%	20	1.00	12
$450.00	Oct 30	103.15	107.50	$105.33	4.1%	10	1.00	--
$460.00	Oct 30	93.20	97.35	$95.28	4.4%	6	1.00	--
$455.00	Nov 20	101.00	105.50	$103.25	4.4%	9	0.93	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	103.05	106.70	$104.88	3.5%	3	0.99	3
$665.00	Oct 30	108.05	112.40	$110.23	3.9%	3	0.95	--
$647.50	Oct 30	90.55	94.60	$92.57	4.4%	15	0.96	--
$642.50	Oct 30	85.55	89.40	$87.48	4.4%	9	0.96	--
$640.00	Oct 30	83.05	86.85	$84.95	4.5%	13	0.99	22

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. 222 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 30	103.15	107.50	$105.33	4.1%	10	1.00	--
$460.00	Oct 30	93.20	97.35	$95.28	4.4%	6	1.00	--
$470.00	Oct 30	83.30	87.35	$85.32	4.7%	10	1.00	--
$490.00	Oct 30	63.25	68.00	$65.63	7.2%	1	1.00	2
$450.00	Oct 28	103.00	107.00	$105.00	3.8%	20	1.00	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 28	28.00	32.50	$30.25	14.9%	1	1.00	3
$650.00	Nov 13	93.00	97.45	$95.23	4.7%	2	1.00	--
$622.50	Oct 30	65.50	69.85	$67.68	6.4%	40	0.99	40
$660.00	Oct 30	103.05	106.70	$104.88	3.5%	3	0.99	3
$610.00	Oct 30	53.00	57.35	$55.18	7.9%	2	0.99	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 834 active (total vol 152.8K, top 13.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Nov 20	11.75	14.65	$13.20	22.0%	7.7K	0.36	2.5K
$600.00	Nov 20	6.45	7.85	$7.15	19.6%	5.5K	0.23	7.2K
$600.00	Nov 13	3.75	4.85	$4.30	25.6%	2.7K	0.18	666
$580.00	Oct 30	0.99	2.02	$1.51	68.2%	2.6K	0.14	5.8K
$560.00	Oct 30	7.00	9.05	$8.03	25.5%	2.6K	0.44	4.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$480.00	Nov 20	2.70	3.35	$3.03	21.5%	13.3K	0.10	2.3K
$525.00	Nov 20	9.10	10.80	$9.95	17.1%	13.0K	0.27	2.9K
$550.00	Oct 30	5.20	7.40	$6.30	34.9%	1.9K	0.39	5.6K
$547.50	Oct 28	1.29	2.89	$2.09	76.6%	1.8K	0.26	221
$550.00	Oct 28	1.80	3.85	$2.83	72.4%	1.7K	0.32	75

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 19 strikes (avg 30.3%, max 36.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$545.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	50.6%	37.0%	36.7%	89	307
$542.50	Oct 28	Dec 4	50.8%	37.3%	36.2%	32	704
$550.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	48.6%	36.4%	33.3%	295	755
$557.50	Oct 28	Nov 27	48.3%	36.6%	31.8%	213	569
$552.50	Oct 28	Dec 4	47.5%	36.2%	31.2%	247	269

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$545.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	50.6%	37.0%	36.7%	542	185
$542.50	Oct 28	Dec 4	50.8%	37.3%	36.2%	672	95
$550.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	48.6%	36.4%	33.3%	1.7K	76
$547.50	Oct 28	Dec 4	48.7%	36.7%	32.5%	1.8K	221
$557.50	Oct 28	Nov 27	48.3%	36.6%	31.8%	360	13

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 511 found (best R:R 3.39, avg 6.20)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$562.50	Nov 13	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	48%	4.56	$560.45
$615.00	$625.00	Dec 4	$1.20	$8.80	$1.20	21%	7.33	$616.20
$530.00	$540.00	Nov 13	$6.37	$3.63	$6.37	73%	0.57	$536.37
$530.00	$532.50	Nov 20	$1.18	$1.32	$1.18	70%	1.12	$531.18
$585.00	$587.50	Nov 27	$0.28	$2.22	$0.28	34%	7.93	$585.28

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$565.00	$562.50	Nov 27	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	54%	3.39	$564.43
$575.00	$572.50	Nov 20	$0.82	$1.68	$0.82	61%	2.05	$574.18
$570.00	$560.00	Nov 11	$5.10	$4.90	$5.10	61%	0.96	$564.90
$535.00	$530.00	Nov 11	$0.82	$4.18	$0.82	30%	5.10	$534.18
$547.50	$545.00	Nov 13	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	41%	4.56	$547.05

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 425 found (best R:R 4.00, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$562.50	Oct 30	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	56%	2.33	$561.75
$647.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$0.65	$0.65	$1.85	96%	0.35	$648.15
$575.00	$590.00	Nov 11	$4.45	$4.45	$10.55	65%	0.42	$579.45
$625.00	$630.00	Dec 4	$1.30	$1.30	$3.70	82%	0.35	$626.30
$627.50	$632.50	Oct 28	$0.53	$0.53	$4.47	96%	0.12	$628.03

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$555.00	$552.50	Oct 30	$2.00	$2.00	$0.50	52%	4.00	$553.00
$535.00	$532.50	Nov 27	$1.50	$1.50	$1.00	66%	1.50	$533.50
$540.00	$535.00	Dec 4	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	62%	0.92	$537.60
$550.00	$547.50	Nov 13	$1.57	$1.57	$0.93	57%	1.69	$548.43
$542.50	$540.00	Nov 13	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	63%	1.27	$541.10

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 12 found (avg debit $3.78, cheapest $3.35)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$552.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.85	47.5%	43.0%
$557.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.30	48.3%	44.4%
$550.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.83	48.6%	45.0%
$562.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.53	48.9%	46.9%
$555.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.13	46.4%	47.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$552.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.35	47.5%	43.0%
$557.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.12	48.3%	44.4%
$550.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.47	48.6%	45.0%
$562.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.45	48.9%	46.9%
$555.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.38	46.4%	47.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 183 found (cheapest 1.83% of stock, avg 6.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$557.50	Oct 28	$4.58	$5.65	$10.23	$547.27	$567.73	1.83%
$555.00	Oct 28	$5.65	$4.60	$10.25	$544.75	$565.25	1.84%
$552.50	Oct 28	$6.85	$3.63	$10.48	$542.02	$562.98	1.88%
$560.00	Oct 28	$3.54	$7.80	$11.34	$548.66	$571.34	2.03%
$550.00	Oct 28	$8.60	$2.83	$11.43	$538.57	$561.43	2.05%
$562.50	Oct 28	$2.75	$9.25	$12.00	$550.50	$574.50	2.15%
$547.50	Oct 28	$10.05	$2.09	$12.14	$535.36	$559.64	2.18%
$565.00	Oct 28	$1.99	$11.40	$13.39	$551.61	$578.39	2.40%
$545.00	Oct 28	$12.02	$1.65	$13.67	$531.33	$558.67	2.45%
$567.50	Oct 28	$1.31	$13.70	$15.01	$552.49	$582.51	2.69%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.53% of stock, avg 4.48%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$567.50	$545.00	Oct 28	$1.31	$1.65	$2.96	$542.04	$570.46
$567.50	$547.50	Oct 28	$1.31	$2.09	$3.40	$544.10	$570.90
$565.00	$545.00	Oct 28	$1.99	$1.65	$3.64	$541.36	$568.64
$565.00	$547.50	Oct 28	$1.99	$2.09	$4.08	$543.42	$569.08
$567.50	$550.00	Oct 28	$1.31	$2.83	$4.14	$545.86	$571.64
$562.50	$545.00	Oct 28	$2.75	$1.65	$4.40	$540.60	$566.90
$565.00	$550.00	Oct 28	$1.99	$2.83	$4.82	$545.18	$569.82
$562.50	$547.50	Oct 28	$2.75	$2.09	$4.84	$542.66	$567.34
$562.50	$550.00	Oct 28	$2.75	$2.83	$5.58	$544.42	$568.08
$567.50	$552.50	Oct 28	$1.31	$3.63	$4.94	$547.56	$572.44

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 449 found (best R:R 0.23, avg credit $1.16)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
460/462	628/632	Oct 28	$0.92	$4.08	94%	0.23	$461.58	$628.42
460/462	608/612	Oct 28	$0.89	$4.11	93%	0.22	$461.61	$608.39
465/468	628/632	Oct 28	$0.76	$4.24	94%	0.18	$466.74	$628.26
452/455	628/632	Oct 28	$0.73	$4.27	94%	0.17	$454.27	$628.23
465/468	608/612	Oct 28	$0.73	$4.27	93%	0.17	$466.77	$608.23
500/502	578/580	Nov 13	$1.58	$0.92	52%	1.72	$500.92	$579.08
460/462	578/580	Oct 28	$0.58	$1.92	92%	0.30	$461.92	$578.08
460/462	565/568	Oct 28	$1.07	$1.43	72%	0.75	$461.43	$566.07
452/455	608/612	Oct 28	$0.70	$4.30	94%	0.16	$454.30	$608.20
460/462	570/572	Oct 28	$0.77	$1.73	84%	0.45	$461.73	$570.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 295 found (best R:R 32.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$562.50	$565.00	$567.50	Oct 28	$0.08	$2.42	13%	30.25
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$552.50	$555.00	$557.50	Oct 28	$0.13	$2.37	15%	18.23
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33
$542.50	$545.00	$547.50	Oct 28	$0.06	$2.44	10%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Nov 11	$0.30	$9.70	18%	32.33
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Nov 11	$0.72	$9.28	18%	12.89
$545.00	$550.00	$555.00	Nov 9	$0.07	$4.93	10%	70.43
$490.00	$500.00	$510.00	Nov 9	$0.11	$9.89	6%	89.91
$570.00	$580.00	$590.00	Dec 4	$0.42	$9.58	11%	22.81

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 358 found (best net $-5.70, 333 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$5.70	$44.30
$450.00	$490.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$28.16	$11.84
$510.00	$542.50	1:2	Dec 4	-$12.58	$19.92
$575.00	$590.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$0.80	$14.20
$590.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$1.55	$8.45

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$572.50	$560.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$4.01	$8.49
$625.00	$597.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$22.53	$4.97
$525.00	$510.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$1.04	$13.96
$515.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.15	$14.85
$515.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$1.11	$13.89

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 206 found (best yield 3.59%, avg 1.10%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$570.00	Dec 4	$20.05	0.45	2.1%	3.59%	5.75%	2	28
$565.00	Dec 4	$21.90	0.47	1.3%	3.92%	5.18%	1	--
$560.00	Dec 4	$24.10	0.50	0.4%	4.32%	4.68%	3	24
$575.00	Dec 4	$17.60	0.42	3.0%	3.15%	6.20%	1	20
$572.50	Dec 4	$18.35	0.43	2.6%	3.29%	5.89%	5	--
$577.50	Dec 4	$16.30	0.40	3.5%	2.92%	6.42%	17	17
$580.00	Dec 4	$15.45	0.39	4.0%	2.77%	6.72%	32	129
$585.00	Dec 4	$13.95	0.36	4.8%	2.50%	7.34%	5	--
$590.00	Dec 4	$12.75	0.34	5.7%	2.29%	8.02%	52	206
$587.50	Dec 4	$12.85	0.35	5.3%	2.30%	7.59%	13	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 86,480

Total Puts 164,698

Put/Call Ratio 1.90

Net Difference -78,218

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 101,586

Total Puts 198,629

Put/Call Ratio 1.96

Net Difference -97,043

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 678,919

Total Puts 1,208,314

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.93

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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

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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