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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$511.45 -2.11%

(11/2 15:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/02) 275,334

Calls: 77,628 (28%)

Puts: 197,706 (72%)

Prior (10/30) 674,308

Calls: 187,777 (28%)

Puts: 486,531 (72%)

Current vs Prior -59.17%

Calls: -58.66% (Calls)

Puts: -59.36% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,981,081

Calls: 638,191 (32%)

Puts: 1,342,890 (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average 330,180

Calls: 91,170 (32%)

Puts: 191,841 (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -16.61%

Calls: -14.85%

Puts: +3.06%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/02) $275.71M

Calls: $62.23M (23%)

Puts: $213.48M (77%)

Prior (10/30) $534.44M

Calls: $149.52M (28%)

Puts: $384.91M (72%)

Current vs Prior -48.41%

Calls: -58.38%

Puts: -44.54%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.48B

Calls: $521.30M (35%)

Puts: $961.76M (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average $247.18M

Calls: $74.47M (35%)

Puts: $137.39M (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +11.54%

Calls: -16.44%

Puts: +55.37%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/02) 2.55

Prior (10/30) 2.59

Current vs Prior -1.70%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.01

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +26.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/02) 1,934,242

Calls: 798,850 (41%)

Puts: 1,135,392 (59%)

Prior (10/30) 1,608,197

Calls: 633,351 (39%)

Puts: 974,846 (61%)

Current vs Prior +20.27%

Prior 7-Day Total 8,461,436

Calls: 3,337,163 (39%)

Puts: 5,124,273 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,410,239

Calls: 556,193 (39%)

Puts: 854,045 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +37.16%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (11/02) | Next (11/04)Expiry (11/06) | Next (11/13)Expiry (11/16) | Next (12/18)

Current 1.05% | 4.13%5.37% | 7.44%8.00% | 12.99%

Prior 2.82% | 4.57%0.73% | 5.54%9.23% | 12.61%

Current vs Prior -62.95% | -9.65%+632.47% | +34.36%-13.30% | +3.01%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.72% | 3.83%2.52% | 5.45%8.55% | 12.03%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -61.53% | +7.81%+113.11% | +36.50%-6.41% | +7.99%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.82% | 4.57%0.73% | 5.54%9.23% | 12.61%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -62.95% | -9.65%+632.47% | +34.36%-13.30% | +3.01%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 19.23% | 8.19%

Calls: 23.71% | 10.44%

Puts: 14.75% | 5.94%

Prior 27.71% | 15.05%

Calls: 22.35% | 17.07%

Puts: 33.07% | 13.03%

Current vs Prior -30.60% | -45.58%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.73% | 22.18%

Calls: 32.81% | 20.43%

Puts: 36.65% | 23.93%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -44.62% | -63.07%

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Strong bearish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in puts ($213.48M) vs calls ($62.23M). Below-average activity with volume down 59% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.55 - heavy put buying. Rising open interest (up 20%) indicates new positions being established.

Smart Money 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 526 of results (avg 6.1%, best 2.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Nov 20	46.95	48.25	$47.60	2.7%	1	0.75	180
$525.00	Dec 4	21.10	21.70	$21.40	2.8%	363	0.45	36
$485.00	Nov 20	39.60	40.75	$40.17	2.9%	2	0.70	45
$532.50	Nov 27	15.30	15.75	$15.53	2.9%	187	0.39	44
$520.00	Dec 4	23.40	24.10	$23.75	2.9%	21	0.48	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$515.00	Dec 4	27.60	28.15	$27.88	2.0%	58	0.49	38
$507.50	Nov 13	16.05	16.40	$16.23	2.2%	143	0.44	34
$495.00	Nov 27	17.10	17.50	$17.30	2.3%	44	0.37	148
$500.00	Nov 27	18.95	19.40	$19.17	2.3%	69	0.40	321
$495.00	Dec 4	19.30	19.80	$19.55	2.6%	16	0.38	79

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 13 found (avg $0.71, cheapest $0.80)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$542.50	Nov 4	0.74	0.85	$0.80	13.7%	84	0.08	217
$562.50	Nov 6	0.45	0.52	$0.49	14.3%	677	0.04	230
$582.50	Nov 13	0.79	0.93	$0.86	16.3%	8	0.05	64
$580.00	Nov 13	0.88	1.02	$0.95	14.7%	141	0.06	1.2K
$610.00	Nov 20	0.75	0.91	$0.83	19.3%	199	0.04	5.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$462.50	Nov 4	0.52	0.61	$0.56	16.1%	1	0.04	62
$460.00	Nov 4	0.45	0.54	$0.50	18.0%	199	0.04	82
$465.00	Nov 4	0.61	0.73	$0.67	17.9%	33	0.05	44
$467.50	Nov 4	0.74	0.82	$0.78	10.3%	10	0.06	8
$445.00	Nov 4	0.23	0.28	$0.26	19.2%	16	0.02	138

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 329 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 2	60.05	63.85	$61.95	6.1%	17	1.00	17
$460.00	Nov 2	50.50	53.35	$51.93	5.5%	2	1.00	--
$462.50	Nov 2	48.00	50.95	$49.48	6.0%	2	1.00	--
$475.00	Nov 2	36.05	38.45	$37.25	6.4%	--	1.00	10
$480.00	Nov 2	31.15	33.30	$32.22	6.7%	9	1.00	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Nov 6	53.80	57.85	$55.83	7.3%	--	1.00	145
$570.00	Nov 6	56.25	60.40	$58.33	7.1%	5	1.00	192
$572.50	Nov 6	58.70	62.85	$60.78	6.8%	4	1.00	64
$575.00	Nov 6	61.60	64.85	$63.22	5.1%	15	1.00	320
$577.50	Nov 6	63.65	67.80	$65.72	6.3%	--	1.00	143

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 825 active (total vol 201.3K, top 12.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Nov 2	0.07	0.12	$0.10	50.0%	3.1K	0.05	454
$517.50	Nov 2	0.15	0.28	$0.22	59.1%	2.2K	0.11	79
$550.00	Nov 6	1.20	1.34	$1.27	11.0%	2.0K	0.10	3.1K
$530.00	Nov 2	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	1.9K	0.01	1.0K
$540.00	Nov 2	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.8K	0.00	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Nov 6	2.22	2.34	$2.28	5.3%	12.6K	0.12	3.2K
$530.00	Nov 20	30.60	31.90	$31.25	4.2%	10.8K	0.61	10.1K
$465.00	Nov 6	1.61	1.88	$1.75	15.4%	10.0K	0.09	750
$480.00	Nov 13	7.40	7.85	$7.63	5.9%	8.9K	0.24	236
$500.00	Nov 6	7.90	8.55	$8.23	7.9%	8.0K	0.35	41.5K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 71.2%, max 107.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$515.00	Nov 2	Dec 11	86.3%	45.3%	90.5%	1.4K	32
$507.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	94.4%	51.9%	82.0%	5	23
$512.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	88.0%	50.6%	73.8%	563	12
$485.00	Nov 6	Nov 20	66.2%	52.9%	25.3%	4	45
$495.00	Nov 20	Dec 11	51.4%	44.5%	15.6%	413	162

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$510.00	Nov 2	Dec 11	88.3%	42.6%	107.4%	3.1K	1.6K
$515.00	Nov 2	Dec 11	86.3%	45.3%	90.5%	3.4K	500
$507.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	94.4%	51.9%	82.0%	709	126
$512.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	88.0%	50.6%	73.8%	2.1K	284

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 560 found (best R:R 2.23, avg 5.43)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$500.00	$505.00	Dec 4	$2.18	$2.82	$2.18	60%	1.29	$502.18
$565.00	$575.00	Nov 16	$0.41	$9.59	$0.41	12%	23.39	$565.41
$480.00	$485.00	Nov 20	$3.23	$1.77	$3.23	73%	0.55	$483.23
$500.00	$502.50	Nov 4	$1.34	$1.16	$1.34	69%	0.87	$501.34
$540.00	$542.50	Nov 9	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	21%	9.87	$540.23

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$520.00	$515.00	Nov 27	$1.55	$3.45	$1.55	53%	2.23	$518.45
$480.00	$475.00	Dec 11	$0.70	$4.30	$0.70	30%	6.14	$479.30
$522.50	$520.00	Nov 4	$0.95	$1.55	$0.95	67%	1.63	$521.55
$520.00	$515.00	Dec 4	$1.97	$3.03	$1.97	52%	1.54	$518.03
$517.50	$515.00	Nov 2	$1.57	$0.93	$1.57	89%	0.59	$515.93

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 449 found (best R:R 0.92, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$567.50	$570.00	Nov 2	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	92%	0.92	$568.70
$582.50	$585.00	Nov 2	$1.01	$1.01	$1.49	94%	0.68	$583.51
$605.00	$607.50	Nov 4	$0.81	$0.81	$1.69	94%	0.48	$605.81
$517.50	$522.50	Nov 11	$2.93	$2.93	$2.07	53%	1.42	$520.43
$515.00	$520.00	Dec 4	$3.15	$3.15	$1.85	49%	1.70	$518.15

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$460.00	$425.00	Nov 9	$1.68	$1.68	$33.32	90%	0.05	$458.32
$500.00	$497.50	Nov 13	$1.43	$1.43	$1.07	62%	1.34	$498.57
$507.50	$505.00	Nov 11	$1.50	$1.50	$1.00	56%	1.50	$506.00
$485.00	$480.00	Dec 11	$1.97	$1.97	$3.03	67%	0.65	$483.03
$470.00	$465.00	Dec 11	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	73%	0.49	$468.35

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $7.85, cheapest $7.68)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$510.00	Nov 2	Nov 4	$8.11	88.3%	64.0%
$512.50	Nov 2	Nov 4	$7.80	88.0%	64.1%
$495.00	Nov 20	Dec 11	$8.02	51.4%	44.5%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$510.00	Nov 2	Nov 4	$7.68	88.3%	64.0%
$512.50	Nov 2	Nov 4	$7.66	88.0%	64.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 219 found (cheapest 0.76% of stock, avg 7.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$512.50	Nov 2	$1.45	$2.44	$3.89	$508.61	$516.39	0.76%
$510.00	Nov 2	$2.91	$1.32	$4.23	$505.77	$514.23	0.83%
$515.00	Nov 2	$0.62	$4.03	$4.65	$510.35	$519.65	0.91%
$517.50	Nov 2	$0.22	$5.60	$5.82	$511.68	$523.32	1.14%
$507.50	Nov 2	$5.33	$0.68	$6.01	$501.49	$513.51	1.18%
$505.00	Nov 2	$7.32	$0.33	$7.65	$497.35	$512.65	1.50%
$520.00	Nov 2	$0.10	$7.73	$7.83	$512.17	$527.83	1.53%
$522.50	Nov 2	$0.06	$10.60	$10.66	$511.84	$533.16	2.08%
$500.00	Nov 2	$12.18	$0.05	$12.23	$487.77	$512.23	2.39%
$525.00	Nov 2	$0.02	$12.78	$12.80	$512.20	$537.80	2.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 265 found (cheapest 0.11% of stock, avg 5.61%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$517.50	$505.00	Nov 2	$0.22	$0.33	$0.55	$504.45	$518.05
$517.50	$507.50	Nov 2	$0.22	$0.68	$0.90	$506.60	$518.40
$515.00	$505.00	Nov 2	$0.62	$0.33	$0.95	$504.05	$515.95
$515.00	$507.50	Nov 2	$0.62	$0.68	$1.30	$506.20	$516.30
$582.50	$505.00	Nov 2	$1.02	$0.33	$1.35	$503.65	$583.85
$567.50	$505.00	Nov 2	$1.25	$0.33	$1.58	$503.42	$569.08
$582.50	$507.50	Nov 2	$1.02	$0.68	$1.70	$505.80	$584.20
$517.50	$510.00	Nov 2	$0.22	$1.32	$1.54	$508.46	$519.04
$515.00	$510.00	Nov 2	$0.62	$1.32	$1.94	$508.06	$516.94
$567.50	$507.50	Nov 2	$1.25	$0.68	$1.93	$505.57	$569.43

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 332 found (best R:R 0.43, avg credit $1.32)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
435/440	568/570	Nov 2	$1.51	$3.49	90%	0.43	$438.49	$569.01
502/505	568/570	Nov 2	$1.42	$1.08	81%	1.31	$503.58	$568.92
435/440	582/585	Nov 2	$1.32	$3.68	92%	0.36	$438.68	$583.82
505/508	568/570	Nov 2	$1.55	$0.95	71%	1.63	$505.95	$569.05
502/505	582/585	Nov 2	$1.23	$1.27	83%	0.97	$503.77	$583.73
505/508	582/585	Nov 2	$1.36	$1.14	73%	1.19	$506.14	$583.86
480/482	538/540	Nov 9	$1.58	$0.92	55%	1.72	$480.92	$539.08
435/440	575/578	Nov 2	$0.56	$4.44	95%	0.13	$439.44	$575.56
435/440	572/575	Nov 2	$0.67	$4.33	93%	0.15	$439.33	$573.17
435/440	595/598	Nov 2	$0.54	$4.46	96%	0.12	$439.46	$595.54

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 347 found (best R:R 34.71, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$545.00	$555.00	$565.00	Nov 16	$0.28	$9.72	13%	34.71
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$4.94	11%	82.33
$480.00	$490.00	$500.00	Nov 4	$0.87	$9.13	19%	10.49
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$4.89	7%	44.45
$512.50	$515.00	$517.50	Nov 2	$0.43	$2.07	32%	4.81

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Nov 11	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 16	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$510.00	$512.50	$515.00	Nov 2	$0.47	$2.03	39%	4.32
$502.50	$505.00	$507.50	Nov 2	$0.13	$2.37	17%	18.23
$520.00	$525.00	$530.00	Dec 11	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 321 found (best net $-7.90, 285 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$410.00	$450.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$24.07	$15.93
$490.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$2.36	$7.64
$465.00	$485.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$13.85	$6.15
$500.00	$505.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$2.46	$2.54
$507.50	$510.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.49	$2.01

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$605.00	$562.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$7.90	$34.60
$580.00	$535.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$7.12	$37.88
$490.00	$470.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$1.47	$18.53
$512.50	$510.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.20	$2.30
$515.00	$512.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.85	$1.65

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 250 found (best yield 5.07%, avg 1.40%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$520.00	Dec 11	$25.95	0.49	1.7%	5.07%	6.75%	49	5
$515.00	Dec 11	$27.90	0.52	0.7%	5.46%	6.15%	11	2
$525.00	Dec 11	$23.50	0.46	2.6%	4.59%	7.24%	157	--
$530.00	Dec 11	$21.25	0.44	3.6%	4.15%	7.78%	19	1
$532.50	Dec 11	$20.20	0.42	4.1%	3.95%	8.07%	4	--
$535.00	Dec 11	$19.35	0.41	4.6%	3.78%	8.39%	9	1
$537.50	Dec 11	$18.35	0.40	5.1%	3.59%	8.68%	6	--
$542.50	Dec 11	$16.45	0.37	6.1%	3.22%	9.29%	28	--
$515.00	Dec 4	$26.00	0.51	0.7%	5.08%	5.78%	6	1
$540.00	Dec 11	$16.95	0.38	5.6%	3.31%	8.90%	61	--

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 77,628

Total Puts 197,706

Put/Call Ratio 2.55

Net Difference -120,078

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 187,777

Total Puts 486,531

Put/Call Ratio 2.59

Net Difference -298,754

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 638,191

Total Puts 1,342,890

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.01

Ratio Trend Falling

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)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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