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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$516.48 -8.05%

(10/30 15:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/30) 600,432

Calls: 156,705 (26%)

Puts: 443,727 (74%)

Prior (10/29) 172,865

Calls: 66,152 (38%)

Puts: 106,713 (62%)

Current vs Prior +247.34%

Calls: +136.89% (Calls)

Puts: +315.81% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,084,018

Calls: 785,451 (38%)

Puts: 1,298,567 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 297,716

Calls: 112,207 (38%)

Puts: 185,509 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +101.68%

Calls: +39.66%

Puts: +139.19%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30) $521.26M

Calls: $108.22M (21%)

Puts: $413.04M (79%)

Prior (10/29) $183.15M

Calls: $31.50M (17%)

Puts: $151.64M (83%)

Current vs Prior +184.61%

Calls: +243.52%

Puts: +172.38%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.85B

Calls: $540.86M (29%)

Puts: $1.31B (71%)

Prior 7-Day Average $264.60M

Calls: $77.27M (29%)

Puts: $187.34M (71%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +97.00%

Calls: +40.07%

Puts: +120.48%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/30) 2.83

Prior (10/29) 1.61

Current vs Prior +75.53%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.77

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +59.87%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/30) 2,141,372

Calls: 856,476 (40%)

Puts: 1,284,896 (60%)

Prior (10/29) 1,420,532

Calls: 544,942 (38%)

Puts: 875,590 (62%)

Current vs Prior +50.74%

Prior 7-Day Total 9,491,087

Calls: 3,592,569 (38%)

Puts: 5,898,518 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,355,869

Calls: 513,224 (38%)

Puts: 842,645 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +57.93%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 1.08% | 3.09%1.08% | 5.84%9.44% | 13.02%

Prior 3.13% | 3.54%3.13% | 5.27%8.04% | 11.68%

Current vs Prior -65.58% | -12.67%-65.58% | +10.88%+17.47% | +11.45%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.71% | 3.66%2.84% | 5.49%8.72% | 12.07%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -60.19% | -15.40%-61.98% | +6.38%+8.26% | +7.84%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.13% | 3.54%3.13% | 5.27%8.04% | 11.68%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -65.58% | -12.67%-65.58% | +10.88%+17.47% | +11.45%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.27% | 15.86%

Calls: 17.99% | 20.86%

Puts: 14.55% | 10.86%

Prior 74.85% | 41.06%

Calls: 70.91% | 36.48%

Puts: 78.79% | 45.65%

Current vs Prior -78.26% | -61.37%

Prior 7-Day Avg 31.72% | 25.14%

Calls: 31.63% | 21.12%

Puts: 31.82% | 29.17%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.71% | -36.92%

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Strong bearish conviction with 79% of dollar volume in puts ($413.04M) vs calls ($108.22M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 185% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (97% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 247% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 565 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Nov 20	27.20	27.90	$27.55	2.5%	8	0.56	124
$532.50	Nov 20	15.80	16.25	$16.02	2.8%	177	0.41	33
$540.00	Nov 6	4.90	5.05	$4.97	3.0%	2.0K	0.26	221
$525.00	Dec 4	23.80	24.60	$24.20	3.3%	28	0.48	13
$530.00	Nov 13	12.65	13.10	$12.88	3.5%	100	0.40	101

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Nov 20	41.75	42.70	$42.23	2.2%	950	0.70	7.1K
$510.00	Nov 20	19.75	20.20	$19.98	2.3%	744	0.43	4.1K
$515.00	Nov 6	13.50	13.85	$13.68	2.6%	3.6K	0.47	1.2K
$480.00	Nov 20	10.20	10.50	$10.35	2.9%	14.8K	0.26	14.3K
$515.00	Nov 20	21.70	22.35	$22.03	3.0%	1.1K	0.47	7.6K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 21 found (avg $0.73, cheapest $0.35)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$522.50	Oct 30	0.32	0.38	$0.35	17.1%	3.5K	0.13	602
$520.00	Oct 30	0.76	0.83	$0.80	8.7%	5.3K	0.24	108
$537.50	Nov 2	0.65	0.76	$0.71	15.5%	848	0.10	7
$555.00	Nov 4	0.69	0.82	$0.75	17.3%	41	0.07	15
$552.50	Nov 4	0.87	1.00	$0.94	13.8%	316	0.08	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$485.00	Nov 2	0.75	0.87	$0.81	14.8%	392	0.08	23
$482.50	Nov 2	0.66	0.76	$0.71	14.1%	131	0.07	10
$487.50	Nov 2	0.90	1.00	$0.95	10.5%	85	0.09	7
$480.00	Nov 2	0.59	0.68	$0.64	14.1%	259	0.06	511
$475.00	Nov 2	0.46	0.55	$0.51	17.6%	171	0.05	14

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 371 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 30	64.45	68.50	$66.47	6.1%	20	1.00	32
$465.00	Oct 30	49.65	52.50	$51.08	5.6%	--	1.00	33
$500.00	Oct 30	14.70	17.45	$16.08	17.1%	24	1.00	29
$470.00	Nov 2	44.60	48.90	$46.75	9.2%	5	0.95	--
$475.00	Nov 2	39.70	43.95	$41.83	10.2%	--	0.94	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$565.00	Oct 30	46.80	49.20	$48.00	5.0%	31	1.00	269
$570.00	Oct 30	52.15	55.85	$54.00	6.9%	74	1.00	1.2K
$585.00	Oct 30	67.15	70.85	$69.00	5.4%	10	1.00	69
$595.00	Oct 30	76.80	80.85	$78.82	5.1%	--	1.00	52
$600.00	Oct 30	82.45	85.85	$84.15	4.0%	4	1.00	377

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 938 active (total vol 367.7K, top 29.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Oct 30	0.76	0.83	$0.80	8.7%	5.3K	0.24	108
$540.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	4.2K	0.00	2.7K
$525.00	Oct 30	0.11	0.16	$0.14	35.7%	4.1K	0.05	1.3K
$517.50	Oct 30	1.50	1.77	$1.64	16.5%	4.0K	0.41	7
$535.00	Oct 30	0.01	0.22	$0.12	175.0%	3.5K	0.03	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.06	$0.03	200.0%	29.3K	0.02	33.8K
$480.00	Nov 20	10.20	10.50	$10.35	2.9%	14.8K	0.26	14.3K
$525.00	Nov 20	26.20	27.25	$26.73	3.9%	13.8K	0.54	14.5K
$510.00	Oct 30	0.21	0.35	$0.28	50.0%	13.4K	0.11	4.1K
$500.00	Nov 6	8.00	8.60	$8.30	7.2%	12.9K	0.32	35.7K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 106.2%, max 134.4%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$515.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	97.7%	41.7%	134.4%	929	28
$520.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	99.5%	44.1%	125.5%	5.3K	110
$512.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	101.3%	48.0%	110.8%	100	28
$495.00	Nov 6	Nov 20	53.2%	48.6%	9.4%	8	161

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$515.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	97.7%	41.7%	134.4%	9.1K	1.6K
$520.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	99.5%	44.5%	123.8%	5.5K	5.2K
$512.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	101.3%	48.0%	110.8%	2.4K	429
$517.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	97.5%	48.5%	100.8%	3.8K	392

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 582 found (best R:R 0.96, avg 5.16)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$605.00	$615.00	Dec 11	$0.74	$9.26	$0.74	14%	12.51	$605.74
$585.00	$600.00	Dec 11	$1.90	$13.10	$1.90	20%	6.89	$586.90
$480.00	$485.00	Nov 20	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	74%	0.54	$483.25
$560.00	$570.00	Dec 11	$2.32	$7.68	$2.32	30%	3.31	$562.32
$600.00	$605.00	Dec 11	$0.33	$4.67	$0.33	15%	14.15	$600.33

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$535.00	$530.00	Nov 11	$2.55	$2.45	$2.55	66%	0.96	$532.45
$520.00	$517.50	Nov 4	$0.72	$1.78	$0.72	54%	2.47	$519.28
$532.50	$530.00	Nov 4	$1.22	$1.28	$1.22	72%	1.05	$531.28
$522.50	$520.00	Nov 11	$0.79	$1.71	$0.79	54%	2.16	$521.71
$507.50	$505.00	Nov 11	$0.47	$2.03	$0.47	40%	4.32	$507.03

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 466 found (best R:R 2.97, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$602.50	$605.00	Nov 2	$1.87	$1.87	$0.63	92%	2.97	$604.37
$597.50	$600.00	Nov 2	$1.87	$1.87	$0.63	92%	2.97	$599.37
$607.50	$610.00	Nov 2	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	92%	1.27	$608.90
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 30	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	94%	1.03	$613.77
$557.50	$560.00	Oct 30	$1.16	$1.16	$1.34	90%	0.87	$558.66

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$447.50	$445.00	Oct 30	$1.77	$1.77	$0.73	93%	2.42	$445.73
$462.50	$460.00	Oct 30	$1.45	$1.45	$1.05	92%	1.38	$461.05
$435.00	$432.50	Oct 30	$1.42	$1.42	$1.08	94%	1.31	$433.58
$427.50	$425.00	Oct 30	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	95%	1.08	$426.20
$467.50	$465.00	Oct 30	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	92%	1.00	$466.25

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $4.48, cheapest $5.08)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$515.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$5.26	97.7%	37.7%
$517.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$4.99	97.5%	38.5%
$505.00	Nov 4	Nov 6	$2.20	50.0%	52.0%
$507.50	Nov 2	Nov 4	$4.22	40.7%	49.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$515.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$5.08	97.7%	37.7%
$517.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$5.15	97.5%	38.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 246 found (cheapest 0.83% of stock, avg 7.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$515.00	Oct 30	$2.89	$1.40	$4.29	$510.71	$519.29	0.83%
$517.50	Oct 30	$1.64	$2.68	$4.32	$513.18	$521.82	0.84%
$512.50	Oct 30	$4.40	$0.66	$5.06	$507.44	$517.56	0.98%
$520.00	Oct 30	$0.80	$4.75	$5.55	$514.45	$525.55	1.07%
$510.00	Oct 30	$6.60	$0.28	$6.88	$503.12	$516.88	1.33%
$522.50	Oct 30	$0.35	$6.68	$7.03	$515.47	$529.53	1.36%
$525.00	Oct 30	$0.14	$8.73	$8.87	$516.13	$533.87	1.72%
$527.50	Oct 30	$0.06	$11.48	$11.54	$515.96	$539.04	2.23%
$530.00	Oct 30	$0.03	$13.83	$13.86	$516.14	$543.86	2.68%
$517.50	Nov 2	$6.63	$7.83	$14.46	$503.04	$531.96	2.80%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 5.38%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$522.50	$510.00	Oct 30	$0.35	$0.28	$0.63	$509.37	$523.13
$547.50	$510.00	Oct 30	$0.57	$0.28	$0.85	$509.15	$548.35
$522.50	$512.50	Oct 30	$0.35	$0.66	$1.01	$511.49	$523.51
$520.00	$510.00	Oct 30	$0.80	$0.28	$1.08	$508.92	$521.08
$520.00	$512.50	Oct 30	$0.80	$0.66	$1.46	$511.04	$521.46
$547.50	$512.50	Oct 30	$0.57	$0.66	$1.23	$511.27	$548.73
$557.50	$510.00	Oct 30	$1.30	$0.28	$1.58	$508.42	$559.08
$522.50	$470.00	Oct 30	$0.35	$1.32	$1.67	$468.33	$524.17
$522.50	$462.50	Oct 30	$0.35	$1.46	$1.81	$460.69	$524.31
$547.50	$470.00	Oct 30	$0.57	$1.32	$1.89	$468.11	$549.39

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 431 found (best R:R 8.26, avg credit $1.39)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
445/448	548/550	Oct 30	$2.23	$0.27	86%	8.26	$445.27	$549.73
445/448	542/545	Oct 30	$2.03	$0.47	88%	4.32	$445.47	$544.53
445/448	538/540	Oct 30	$2.03	$0.47	88%	4.32	$445.47	$539.53
445/448	568/570	Oct 30	$1.92	$0.58	91%	3.31	$445.58	$569.42
445/448	575/578	Oct 30	$1.99	$0.51	88%	3.90	$445.51	$576.99
445/448	562/565	Oct 30	$1.87	$0.63	91%	2.97	$445.63	$564.37
432/435	548/550	Oct 30	$1.88	$0.62	87%	3.03	$433.12	$549.38
460/462	548/550	Oct 30	$1.91	$0.59	86%	3.24	$460.59	$549.41
445/448	522/525	Oct 30	$1.98	$0.52	80%	3.81	$445.52	$524.48
425/428	548/550	Oct 30	$1.76	$0.74	88%	2.38	$425.74	$549.26

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 381 found (best R:R 29.30, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$490.00	$500.00	$510.00	Nov 27	$0.33	$9.67	12%	29.30
$512.50	$515.00	$517.50	Oct 30	$0.26	$2.24	36%	8.62
$490.00	$500.00	$510.00	Dec 11	$0.31	$9.69	10%	31.26
$515.00	$517.50	$520.00	Oct 30	$0.41	$2.09	36%	5.10
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$520.00	$522.50	$525.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$2.38	19%	19.83
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$505.00	$507.50	$510.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$2.45	10%	49.00
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Dec 11	$0.08	$4.92	5%	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. 345 found (best net $-20.88, 295 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$445.00	$480.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$20.88	$14.12
$500.00	$515.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$6.67	$8.33
$475.00	$490.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$13.27	$1.73
$515.00	$517.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.39	$2.11
$570.00	$582.50	1:2	Nov 11	-$0.39	$12.11

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$600.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$25.40	$4.60
$520.00	$517.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.61	$1.89
$517.50	$515.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.12	$2.38
$502.50	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.01	$2.49
$485.00	$472.50	1:2	Nov 11	-$2.30	$10.20

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 240 found (best yield 4.43%, avg 1.37%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$530.00	Dec 11	$22.90	0.46	2.6%	4.43%	7.05%	2	--
$535.00	Dec 11	$20.60	0.43	3.6%	3.99%	7.57%	1	--
$520.00	Dec 4	$26.10	0.51	0.7%	5.05%	5.73%	37	2
$525.00	Dec 4	$23.80	0.48	1.6%	4.61%	6.26%	28	13
$530.00	Dec 4	$21.45	0.45	2.6%	4.15%	6.77%	83	6
$532.50	Dec 4	$20.05	0.44	3.1%	3.88%	6.98%	13	12
$535.00	Dec 4	$19.30	0.42	3.6%	3.74%	7.32%	64	4
$537.50	Dec 4	$18.25	0.41	4.1%	3.53%	7.60%	11	2
$550.00	Dec 11	$15.00	0.35	6.5%	2.90%	9.39%	29	1
$540.00	Dec 4	$17.25	0.39	4.5%	3.34%	7.89%	11	190

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 156,705

Total Puts 443,727

Put/Call Ratio 2.83

Net Difference -287,022

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 66,152

Total Puts 106,713

Put/Call Ratio 1.61

Net Difference -40,561

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 785,451

Total Puts 1,298,567

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.77

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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