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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$522.49 -6.98%

$524.95 (+0.47%)🌙

as of 10/30 06:53 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30) 674,308

Calls: 187,777 (28%)

Puts: 486,531 (72%)

Prior (10/29) 172,865

Calls: 66,152 (38%)

Puts: 106,713 (62%)

Current vs Prior +290.08%

Calls: +183.86% (Calls)

Puts: +355.92% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,416,455

Calls: 750,585 (31%)

Puts: 1,665,870 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 345,207

Calls: 107,226 (31%)

Puts: 237,981 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +95.33%

Calls: +75.12%

Puts: +104.44%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30) $534.44M

Calls: $149.52M (28%)

Puts: $384.91M (72%)

Prior (10/29) $183.15M

Calls: $31.50M (17%)

Puts: $151.64M (83%)

Current vs Prior +191.81%

Calls: +374.62%

Puts: +153.83%

Prior 7-Day Total $2.21B

Calls: $571.65M (26%)

Puts: $1.64B (74%)

Prior 7-Day Average $316.18M

Calls: $81.66M (26%)

Puts: $234.52M (74%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +69.03%

Calls: +83.09%

Puts: +64.13%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/30) 2.59

Prior (10/29) 1.61

Current vs Prior +60.62%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.12

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +22.29%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/30) 1,608,197

Calls: 633,351 (39%)

Puts: 974,846 (61%)

Prior (10/29) 1,420,532

Calls: 544,942 (38%)

Puts: 875,590 (62%)

Current vs Prior +13.21%

Prior 7-Day Total 10,381,556

Calls: 4,087,931 (39%)

Puts: 6,293,625 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,483,079

Calls: 583,990 (39%)

Puts: 899,089 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.44%

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 0.73% | 2.82%0.73% | 5.54%9.23% | 12.61%

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

Current vs Prior -9.91% | +29.00%-76.61% | +5.06%+14.88% | +7.96%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.70% | 3.69%2.84% | 5.53%8.71% | 12.10%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +4.74% | +23.77%-74.23% | +0.07%+5.93% | +4.22%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.08% | 3.09%3.13% | 5.27%8.04% | 11.68%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +161.77% | +47.72%-76.61% | +5.06%+14.88% | +7.96%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.71% | 15.05%

Calls: 22.35% | 17.07%

Puts: 33.07% | 13.03%

Prior 74.85% | 41.06%

Calls: 70.91% | 36.48%

Puts: 78.79% | 45.65%

Current vs Prior -62.98% | -63.35%

Prior 7-Day Avg 31.88% | 22.58%

Calls: 32.95% | 20.91%

Puts: 36.01% | 26.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -13.07% | -33.35%

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Moderately bearish flow with 72% put dollar volume ($384.91M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 192% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (69% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 290% vs prior - elevated interest.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 202 of results (avg 7.4%, best 3.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$420.00	Nov 20	104.00	108.55	$106.28	4.3%	9	0.94	12
$425.00	Dec 4	101.50	106.00	$103.75	4.3%	4	0.91	3
$430.00	Dec 4	97.00	101.50	$99.25	4.5%	5	0.91	5
$425.00	Nov 27	100.00	104.95	$102.48	4.8%	3	0.93	8
$435.00	Nov 20	90.00	94.50	$92.25	4.9%	1	0.92	70

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Nov 20	62.90	65.35	$64.13	3.8%	27	0.85	4.0K
$610.00	Nov 20	85.70	89.20	$87.45	4.0%	19	0.93	1.3K
$600.00	Nov 20	76.50	79.75	$78.13	4.2%	152	0.90	2.1K
$595.00	Nov 20	71.25	74.40	$72.83	4.3%	15	0.89	1.6K
$620.00	Nov 13	94.30	98.50	$96.40	4.4%	2	0.97	--

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. 338 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 30	71.50	75.75	$73.63	5.8%	20	1.00	32
$500.00	Oct 30	21.60	26.20	$23.90	19.2%	24	1.00	29
$510.00	Oct 30	11.60	15.90	$13.75	31.3%	64	1.00	22
$512.50	Oct 30	9.10	13.25	$11.18	37.1%	92	1.00	28
$515.00	Oct 30	7.30	10.00	$8.65	31.2%	1.2K	1.00	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$565.00	Oct 30	39.70	43.25	$41.48	8.6%	32	0.99	269
$570.00	Oct 30	44.10	48.50	$46.30	9.5%	83	0.99	1.2K
$600.00	Oct 30	74.30	78.50	$76.40	5.5%	4	0.99	377
$545.00	Oct 30	19.45	23.50	$21.48	18.9%	515	0.99	3.1K
$562.50	Oct 30	37.35	40.20	$38.78	7.3%	50	0.99	823

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 977 active (total vol 415.6K, top 30.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Oct 30	1.50	4.80	$3.15	104.8%	7.3K	1.00	108
$517.50	Oct 30	4.00	8.20	$6.10	68.9%	7.3K	1.00	7
$525.00	Oct 30	0.10	0.48	$0.29	131.0%	5.9K	0.33	1.3K
$522.50	Oct 30	0.00	2.50	$1.25	200.0%	4.9K	1.00	602
$540.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	4.2K	0.00	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.34	$0.17	200.0%	30.8K	0.04	33.8K
$500.00	Nov 6	5.50	6.45	$5.98	15.9%	15.3K	0.25	35.7K
$480.00	Nov 20	7.75	8.80	$8.28	12.7%	14.9K	0.22	14.3K
$525.00	Nov 20	21.65	24.60	$23.13	12.8%	14.0K	0.49	14.5K
$510.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.50	$0.25	200.0%	13.6K	0.07	4.1K

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 1212.7%, max 1887.2%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$557.50	Oct 30	Dec 4	806.5%	40.6%	1887.2%	96	811
$552.50	Oct 30	Dec 4	725.5%	40.9%	1675.8%	426	617
$542.50	Oct 30	Dec 4	568.6%	41.8%	1260.0%	280	321
$525.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	53.0%	40.1%	32.2%	6.0K	1.3K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$557.50	Oct 30	Dec 4	806.5%	40.6%	1887.2%	140	952
$552.50	Oct 30	Dec 11	725.5%	40.7%	1683.2%	30	1.1K
$542.50	Oct 30	Dec 11	568.6%	41.5%	1269.5%	1.6K	741
$522.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	48.7%	45.6%	6.8%	1.4K	737

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 560 found (best R:R 0.72, avg 5.06)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$610.00	Nov 11	$0.26	$19.74	$0.26	7%	75.92	$590.26
$515.00	$517.50	Nov 2	$1.12	$1.38	$1.12	70%	1.23	$516.12
$520.00	$522.50	Nov 6	$0.82	$1.68	$0.82	56%	2.05	$520.82
$522.50	$525.00	Oct 30	$0.96	$1.54	$0.96	100%	1.60	$523.46
$540.00	$542.50	Dec 4	$0.55	$1.95	$0.55	43%	3.55	$540.55

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$567.50	$560.00	Dec 4	$4.37	$3.13	$4.37	72%	0.72	$563.13
$537.50	$535.00	Nov 2	$1.10	$1.40	$1.10	86%	1.27	$536.40
$550.00	$540.00	Nov 11	$6.10	$3.90	$6.10	73%	0.64	$543.90
$547.50	$545.00	Nov 27	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	63%	2.68	$546.82
$537.50	$535.00	Nov 4	$0.82	$1.68	$0.82	70%	2.05	$536.68

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 451 found (best R:R 0.99, avg 0.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$620.00	$625.00	Oct 30	$2.49	$2.49	$2.51	91%	0.99	$622.49
$600.00	$605.00	Nov 2	$2.07	$2.07	$2.93	91%	0.71	$602.07
$557.50	$560.00	Oct 30	$2.19	$2.19	$0.31	85%	7.06	$559.69
$575.00	$577.50	Oct 30	$1.99	$1.99	$0.51	89%	3.90	$576.99
$567.50	$570.00	Oct 30	$1.77	$1.77	$0.73	89%	2.42	$569.27

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$425.00	$420.00	Nov 2	$2.22	$2.22	$2.78	93%	0.80	$422.78
$467.50	$465.00	Nov 4	$2.00	$2.00	$0.50	89%	4.00	$465.50
$440.00	$435.00	Nov 2	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	92%	0.61	$438.10
$445.00	$440.00	Nov 4	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	93%	0.49	$443.35
$487.50	$485.00	Nov 2	$1.64	$1.64	$0.86	86%	1.91	$485.86

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $5.80, cheapest $5.94)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$525.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$5.94	53.0%	37.7%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$522.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$5.67	48.7%	35.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 251 found (cheapest 0.37% of stock, avg 7.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$522.50	Oct 30	$1.25	$0.68	$1.93	$520.57	$524.43	0.37%
$525.00	Oct 30	$0.29	$2.60	$2.89	$522.11	$527.89	0.55%
$520.00	Oct 30	$3.15	$0.17	$3.32	$516.68	$523.32	0.64%
$527.50	Oct 30	$0.02	$4.18	$4.20	$523.30	$531.70	0.80%
$517.50	Oct 30	$6.10	$0.13	$6.23	$511.27	$523.73	1.19%
$530.00	Oct 30	$0.02	$6.63	$6.65	$523.35	$536.65	1.27%
$515.00	Oct 30	$8.65	$0.04	$8.69	$506.31	$523.69	1.66%
$532.50	Oct 30	$0.20	$9.15	$9.35	$523.15	$541.85	1.79%
$535.00	Oct 30	$0.01	$11.15	$11.16	$523.84	$546.16	2.14%
$512.50	Oct 30	$11.18	$0.03	$11.21	$501.29	$523.71	2.15%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 5.27%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.17	$0.46	$519.54	$525.46
$525.00	$522.50	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.68	$0.97	$521.53	$525.97
$525.00	$507.50	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.61	$0.90	$506.60	$525.90
$525.00	$502.50	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.58	$0.87	$501.63	$525.87
$547.50	$520.00	Oct 30	$1.48	$0.17	$1.65	$518.35	$549.15
$547.50	$502.50	Oct 30	$1.48	$0.58	$2.06	$500.44	$549.56
$547.50	$507.50	Oct 30	$1.48	$0.61	$2.09	$505.41	$549.59
$552.50	$520.00	Oct 30	$2.40	$0.17	$2.57	$517.43	$555.07
$557.50	$520.00	Oct 30	$2.45	$0.17	$2.62	$517.38	$560.12
$542.50	$520.00	Oct 30	$2.45	$0.17	$2.62	$517.38	$545.12

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 338 found (best R:R 2.79, avg credit $1.55)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
420/425	535/538	Nov 2	$3.68	$1.32	69%	2.79	$421.32	$538.68
430/432	575/578	Oct 30	$2.36	$0.14	87%	16.86	$430.14	$577.36
492/495	575/578	Oct 30	$2.40	$0.10	83%	24.00	$492.60	$577.40
450/452	575/578	Oct 30	$2.24	$0.26	87%	8.62	$450.26	$577.24
485/488	558/560	Oct 30	$2.39	$0.11	81%	21.73	$485.11	$559.89
455/458	558/560	Oct 30	$2.33	$0.17	83%	13.71	$455.17	$559.83
480/482	568/570	Oct 30	$2.30	$0.20	84%	11.50	$480.20	$569.80
420/425	555/558	Nov 2	$2.33	$2.67	91%	0.87	$422.67	$557.33
420/425	540/542	Nov 2	$2.99	$2.01	77%	1.49	$422.01	$542.99
500/502	575/578	Oct 30	$2.32	$0.18	81%	12.89	$500.18	$577.32

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 370 found (best R:R 2.62, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$522.50	$525.00	$527.50	Oct 30	$0.69	$1.81	97%	2.62
$440.00	$455.00	$470.00	Nov 20	$0.41	$14.59	8%	35.59
$520.00	$522.50	$525.00	Oct 30	$0.94	$1.56	67%	1.66
$525.00	$527.50	$530.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$2.23	31%	8.26
$530.00	$532.50	$535.00	Nov 2	$0.06	$2.44	10%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$517.50	$520.00	$522.50	Oct 30	$0.47	$2.03	38%	4.32
$575.00	$577.50	$580.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$2.45	11%	49.00
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Dec 11	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$480.00	$485.00	$490.00	Dec 4	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$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. 328 found (best net $-2.77, 280 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$492.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$2.77	$39.73
$450.00	$480.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$18.86	$11.14
$500.00	$510.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$3.60	$6.40
$445.00	$480.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$25.55	$9.45
$517.50	$520.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.20	$2.30

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$600.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$16.22	$13.78
$600.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$18.66	$11.34
$527.50	$525.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.02	$1.48
$530.00	$527.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.73	$0.77
$520.00	$517.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.09	$2.41

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 231 found (best yield 4.80%, avg 1.42%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$530.00	Dec 11	$25.10	0.49	1.4%	4.80%	6.24%	2	--
$535.00	Dec 11	$22.70	0.46	2.4%	4.34%	6.74%	1	--
$530.00	Dec 4	$23.50	0.49	1.4%	4.50%	5.94%	83	6
$525.00	Dec 4	$25.65	0.51	0.5%	4.91%	5.39%	29	13
$532.50	Dec 4	$22.15	0.47	1.9%	4.24%	6.16%	13	12
$535.00	Dec 4	$21.10	0.46	2.4%	4.04%	6.43%	66	4
$550.00	Dec 11	$16.20	0.38	5.3%	3.10%	8.37%	29	1
$537.50	Dec 4	$20.00	0.44	2.9%	3.83%	6.70%	11	2
$542.50	Dec 4	$17.85	0.41	3.8%	3.42%	7.25%	7	14
$555.00	Dec 11	$14.35	0.36	6.2%	2.75%	8.97%	1	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 187,777

Total Puts 486,531

Put/Call Ratio 2.59

Net Difference -298,754

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 750,585

Total Puts 1,665,870

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.12

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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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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