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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$561.67 -1.06%

$540.26 (-3.81%)🌙

as of 10/29 06:53 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29) 172,865

Calls: 66,152 (38%)

Puts: 106,713 (62%)

Prior (10/28) 220,693

Calls: 100,503 (46%)

Puts: 120,190 (54%)

Current vs Prior -21.67%

Calls: -34.18% (Calls)

Puts: -11.21% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,911,153

Calls: 719,299 (38%)

Puts: 1,191,854 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 318,525

Calls: 102,757 (38%)

Puts: 170,264 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -45.73%

Calls: -35.62%

Puts: -37.33%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29) $183.15M

Calls: $31.50M (17%)

Puts: $151.64M (83%)

Prior (10/28) $154.90M

Calls: $102.50M (66%)

Puts: $52.40M (34%)

Current vs Prior +18.23%

Calls: -69.27%

Puts: +189.39%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.67B

Calls: $509.35M (31%)

Puts: $1.16B (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average $278.18M

Calls: $72.76M (31%)

Puts: $165.67M (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.16%

Calls: -56.70%

Puts: -8.47%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/29) 1.61

Prior (10/28) 1.20

Current vs Prior +34.89%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.80

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -10.26%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/29) 1,420,532

Calls: 544,942 (38%)

Puts: 875,590 (62%)

Prior (10/28) 1,419,896

Calls: 544,774 (38%)

Puts: 875,122 (62%)

Current vs Prior +0.04%

Prior 7-Day Total 8,070,555

Calls: 3,047,627 (38%)

Puts: 5,022,928 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,345,092

Calls: 507,937 (38%)

Puts: 837,154 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.61%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/02)Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/06)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 3.13% | 3.54%3.13% | 5.27%8.04% | 11.68%

Prior 2.99% | 3.37%2.99% | 5.15%7.84% | 11.50%

Current vs Prior +4.76% | +5.14%+4.76% | +2.42%+2.55% | +1.60%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.64% | 3.68%2.79% | 5.53%8.83% | 12.14%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +18.79% | -3.63%+12.44% | -4.70%-9.04% | -3.76%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.99% | 3.37%2.99% | 5.15%7.84% | 11.50%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +4.76% | +5.14%+4.76% | +2.42%+2.55% | +1.60%

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Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 74.85% | 41.06%

Calls: 70.91% | 36.48%

Puts: 78.79% | 45.65%

Prior 39.25% | 38.34%

Calls: 38.51% | 38.46%

Puts: 40.00% | 38.23%

Current vs Prior +90.70% | +7.09%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.54% | 22.49%

Calls: 25.08% | 18.55%

Puts: 23.99% | 26.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +205.07% | +82.57%

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Strong bearish conviction with 83% of dollar volume in puts ($151.64M) vs calls ($31.50M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.61 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 35% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (875,590 puts vs 544,942 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 53 of results (avg 7.5%, best 4.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 20	96.50	101.45	$98.98	5.0%	1	0.96	--
$455.00	Nov 6	89.05	94.00	$91.53	5.4%	1	1.00	1
$460.00	Oct 30	83.65	88.50	$86.08	5.6%	1	0.99	7
$505.00	Dec 4	52.75	56.00	$54.38	6.0%	8	0.76	--
$500.00	Nov 20	52.05	55.75	$53.90	6.9%	11	0.82	358

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Nov 13	111.55	116.50	$114.03	4.3%	1	1.00	--
$650.00	Nov 20	101.55	106.50	$104.03	4.8%	1	1.00	268
$645.00	Oct 30	96.50	101.50	$99.00	5.1%	299	1.00	--
$642.50	Oct 30	94.05	99.00	$96.53	5.1%	10	1.00	--
$640.00	Oct 30	91.55	96.50	$94.03	5.3%	116	1.00	--

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. 220 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Oct 30	5.00	7.40	$6.20	38.7%	9	1.00	2.7K
$455.00	Nov 6	89.05	94.00	$91.53	5.4%	1	1.00	1
$460.00	Oct 30	83.65	88.50	$86.08	5.6%	1	0.99	7
$510.00	Oct 30	33.60	38.50	$36.05	13.6%	21	0.99	15
$500.00	Oct 30	44.00	48.50	$46.25	9.7%	2	0.98	31

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Oct 30	2.99	6.10	$4.55	68.4%	1.8K	1.00	2.4K
$550.00	Oct 30	4.65	9.50	$7.08	68.5%	1.6K	1.00	4.5K
$552.50	Oct 30	7.25	11.00	$9.13	41.1%	1.2K	1.00	1.8K
$555.00	Oct 30	8.25	13.00	$10.63	44.7%	2.6K	1.00	19.6K
$557.50	Oct 30	10.00	14.70	$12.35	38.1%	495	1.00	727

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 793 active (total vol 119.7K, top 4.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	4.30	5.60	$4.95	26.3%	4.1K	0.18	9.5K
$570.00	Oct 30	0.01	0.35	$0.18	188.9%	3.3K	0.04	2.7K
$595.00	Oct 30	0.00	2.53	$1.26	200.8%	2.5K	0.09	11.4K
$572.50	Oct 30	0.00	0.56	$0.28	200.0%	2.4K	0.05	685
$575.00	Oct 30	0.01	0.10	$0.06	150.0%	2.1K	0.01	3.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 30	51.50	56.30	$53.90	8.9%	3.2K	1.00	--
$520.00	Nov 6	2.50	5.25	$3.88	70.9%	2.7K	0.21	1.8K
$555.00	Oct 30	8.25	13.00	$10.63	44.7%	2.6K	1.00	19.6K
$540.00	Oct 30	2.47	3.00	$2.74	19.3%	2.1K	0.40	1.0K
$547.50	Oct 30	3.55	7.45	$5.50	70.9%	2.1K	0.88	973

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 19.7%, max 36.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$535.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	48.5%	38.1%	27.3%	6	1.5K
$537.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	48.4%	39.2%	23.4%	6	792
$540.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	44.8%	37.2%	20.6%	243	2.7K
$547.50	Oct 30	Nov 27	44.0%	36.8%	19.7%	10	580
$557.50	Oct 30	Dec 4	45.4%	39.4%	15.0%	105	829

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$532.50	Oct 30	Dec 4	51.4%	37.8%	36.0%	478	578
$535.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	48.5%	38.1%	27.3%	295	614
$537.50	Oct 30	Dec 4	48.4%	38.2%	26.8%	933	709
$540.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	44.8%	37.5%	19.6%	2.1K	1.0K
$542.50	Oct 30	Dec 4	41.2%	37.0%	11.2%	587	491

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 434 found (best R:R 1.63, avg 5.24)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$542.50	$545.00	Oct 30	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	66%	1.17	$543.65
$510.00	$535.00	Dec 4	$16.60	$8.40	$16.60	74%	0.51	$526.60
$600.00	$605.00	Dec 4	$0.47	$4.53	$0.47	23%	9.64	$600.47
$560.00	$562.50	Nov 20	$0.47	$2.03	$0.47	42%	4.32	$560.47
$590.00	$595.00	Nov 11	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	15%	21.73	$590.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$547.50	$545.00	Oct 30	$0.95	$1.55	$0.95	88%	1.63	$546.55
$500.00	$480.00	Nov 9	$0.54	$19.46	$0.54	13%	36.04	$499.46
$555.00	$535.00	Nov 9	$8.83	$11.17	$8.83	63%	1.27	$546.17
$555.00	$552.50	Oct 30	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	100%	0.67	$553.50
$555.00	$552.50	Nov 2	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	91%	1.00	$553.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 366 found (best R:R 10.90, avg 0.56)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$647.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$2.29	$2.29	$0.21	92%	10.90	$649.79
$612.50	$615.00	Nov 2	$1.88	$1.88	$0.62	90%	3.03	$614.38
$612.50	$615.00	Nov 4	$1.48	$1.48	$1.02	91%	1.45	$613.98
$652.50	$655.00	Oct 30	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	95%	0.92	$653.70
$590.00	$592.50	Nov 13	$1.18	$1.18	$1.32	83%	0.89	$591.18

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$477.50	$475.00	Nov 6	$1.84	$1.84	$0.66	91%	2.79	$475.66
$462.50	$460.00	Oct 30	$1.19	$1.19	$1.31	94%	0.91	$461.31
$502.50	$500.00	Nov 13	$1.50	$1.50	$1.00	82%	1.50	$501.00
$540.00	$500.00	Nov 11	$9.59	$9.59	$30.41	56%	0.32	$530.41
$525.00	$522.50	Nov 2	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	82%	1.03	$523.73

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $5.05, cheapest $1.88)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$550.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.05	45.8%	32.5%
$552.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.07	42.5%	31.4%
$547.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	$17.20	44.0%	38.9%
$542.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.25	41.2%	38.5%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$537.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$1.88	48.4%	32.1%
$540.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.16	44.8%	31.4%
$542.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$1.77	41.2%	27.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 165 found (cheapest 1.74% of stock, avg 6.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$547.50	Oct 30	$4.30	$5.50	$9.80	$537.70	$557.30	1.74%
$550.00	Oct 30	$3.43	$7.08	$10.51	$539.49	$560.51	1.87%
$545.00	Oct 30	$6.20	$4.55	$10.75	$534.25	$555.75	1.91%
$542.50	Oct 30	$7.35	$3.58	$10.93	$531.57	$553.43	1.95%
$552.50	Oct 30	$2.23	$9.13	$11.36	$541.14	$563.86	2.02%
$540.00	Oct 30	$9.38	$2.74	$12.12	$527.88	$552.12	2.16%
$555.00	Oct 30	$1.71	$10.63	$12.34	$542.66	$567.34	2.20%
$537.50	Oct 30	$10.95	$2.17	$13.12	$524.38	$550.62	2.34%
$557.50	Oct 30	$1.28	$12.35	$13.63	$543.87	$571.13	2.43%
$535.00	Oct 30	$12.83	$1.51	$14.34	$520.66	$549.34	2.55%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 251 found (cheapest 0.39% of stock, avg 3.93%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$557.50	$530.00	Oct 30	$1.28	$0.92	$2.20	$527.80	$559.70
$557.50	$532.50	Oct 30	$1.28	$1.21	$2.49	$530.01	$559.99
$557.50	$535.00	Oct 30	$1.28	$1.51	$2.79	$532.21	$560.29
$555.00	$530.00	Oct 30	$1.71	$0.92	$2.63	$527.37	$557.63
$555.00	$532.50	Oct 30	$1.71	$1.21	$2.92	$529.58	$557.92
$555.00	$535.00	Oct 30	$1.71	$1.51	$3.22	$531.78	$558.22
$552.50	$530.00	Oct 30	$2.23	$0.92	$3.15	$526.85	$555.65
$557.50	$537.50	Oct 30	$1.28	$2.17	$3.45	$534.05	$560.95
$552.50	$532.50	Oct 30	$2.23	$1.21	$3.44	$529.06	$555.94
$555.00	$537.50	Oct 30	$1.71	$2.17	$3.88	$533.62	$558.88

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 621 found (best R:R 15.67, avg credit $1.21)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
475/478	585/588	Nov 6	$2.35	$0.15	78%	15.67	$475.15	$587.35
500/502	612/615	Nov 2	$2.12	$0.38	86%	5.58	$500.38	$614.62
495/498	612/615	Nov 2	$2.04	$0.46	86%	4.43	$495.46	$614.54
460/462	625/628	Oct 30	$1.93	$0.57	90%	3.39	$460.57	$626.93
475/478	575/578	Nov 6	$2.38	$0.12	72%	19.83	$475.12	$577.38
470/475	612/615	Nov 2	$2.30	$2.70	87%	0.85	$472.70	$614.80
508/510	612/615	Nov 2	$2.01	$0.49	84%	4.10	$507.99	$614.51
460/462	612/615	Oct 30	$1.85	$0.65	90%	2.85	$460.65	$614.35
475/478	580/582	Nov 6	$2.20	$0.30	75%	7.33	$475.30	$582.20
475/478	582/585	Nov 6	$2.05	$0.45	77%	4.56	$475.45	$584.55

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 307 found (best R:R 18.23, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Nov 2	$0.53	$4.47	22%	8.43
$552.50	$555.00	$557.50	Oct 30	$0.09	$2.41	12%	26.78
$552.50	$555.00	$557.50	Nov 2	$0.08	$2.42	10%	30.25
$555.00	$557.50	$560.00	Nov 4	$0.05	$2.45	7%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$2.37	60%	18.23
$570.00	$580.00	$590.00	Dec 4	$0.09	$9.91	12%	110.11
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Nov 11	$0.11	$4.89	11%	44.45
$545.00	$550.00	$555.00	Nov 11	$0.14	$4.86	11%	34.71
$555.00	$560.00	$565.00	Nov 11	$0.20	$4.80	11%	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 370 found (best net $-6.42, 337 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$460.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$6.42	$33.58
$450.00	$490.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$25.08	$14.92
$510.00	$525.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$7.35	$7.65
$505.00	$525.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$11.53	$8.47
$550.00	$575.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$5.81	$19.19

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$590.00	$565.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$4.25	$20.75
$605.00	$580.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$10.15	$14.85
$600.00	$565.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$13.73	$21.27
$555.00	$535.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.82	$19.18
$610.00	$587.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$19.28	$3.22

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 144 found (best yield 2.59%, avg 0.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$575.00	Dec 11	$14.55	0.37	2.4%	2.59%	4.96%	1	--
$590.00	Dec 11	$10.00	0.30	5.0%	1.78%	6.82%	2	--
$570.00	Dec 4	$15.00	0.39	1.5%	2.67%	4.15%	18	29
$565.00	Dec 4	$16.80	0.42	0.6%	2.99%	3.58%	4	2
$572.50	Dec 4	$14.15	0.37	1.9%	2.52%	4.45%	3	--
$575.00	Dec 4	$12.90	0.36	2.4%	2.30%	4.67%	17	22
$580.00	Dec 4	$11.45	0.33	3.3%	2.04%	5.30%	19	143
$585.00	Dec 4	$10.20	0.31	4.2%	1.82%	5.97%	16	--
$600.00	Dec 11	$7.80	0.25	6.8%	1.39%	8.21%	6	--
$577.50	Dec 4	$11.90	0.34	2.8%	2.12%	4.94%	21	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 66,152

Total Puts 106,713

Put/Call Ratio 1.61

Net Difference -40,561

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 100,503

Total Puts 120,190

Put/Call Ratio 1.20

Net Difference -19,687

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 719,299

Total Puts 1,191,854

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.80

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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)

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