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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$501.61 -3.26%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/04) 387,348

Calls: 116,562 (30%)

Puts: 270,786 (70%)

Prior (11/03) 223,062

Calls: 94,690 (42%)

Puts: 128,372 (58%)

Current vs Prior +73.65%

Calls: +23.10% (Calls)

Puts: +110.94% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,160,102

Calls: 727,904 (34%)

Puts: 1,432,198 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 308,586

Calls: 103,986 (34%)

Puts: 204,599 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +25.52%

Calls: +12.09%

Puts: +32.35%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/04) $380.84M

Calls: $107.60M (28%)

Puts: $273.24M (72%)

Prior (11/03) $211.82M

Calls: $79.46M (38%)

Puts: $132.37M (62%)

Current vs Prior +79.79%

Calls: +35.42%

Puts: +106.42%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.83B

Calls: $618.28M (34%)

Puts: $1.21B (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average $260.74M

Calls: $88.33M (34%)

Puts: $172.42M (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +46.06%

Calls: +21.82%

Puts: +58.47%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/04) 2.32

Prior (11/03) 1.36

Current vs Prior +71.36%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +23.96%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/04) 2,128,564

Calls: 866,431 (41%)

Puts: 1,262,133 (59%)

Prior (11/03) 1,282,427

Calls: 541,122 (42%)

Puts: 741,305 (58%)

Current vs Prior +65.98%

Prior 7-Day Total 9,690,858

Calls: 3,862,962 (40%)

Puts: 5,827,896 (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,384,408

Calls: 551,851 (40%)

Puts: 832,556 (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +53.75%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 0.83% | 3.40%3.40% | 6.06%6.44% | 11.99%

Prior 3.44% | 4.85%4.85% | 7.10%7.63% | 12.82%

Current vs Prior -76.00% | -30.03%-30.03% | -14.62%-15.62% | -6.44%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.11% | 4.22%3.56% | 6.06%8.28% | 12.22%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -73.44% | -19.56%-4.63% | +0.11%-22.18% | -1.89%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.44% | 4.85%4.85% | 7.10%7.63% | 12.82%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -76.00% | -30.03%-30.03% | -14.62%-15.62% | -6.44%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 26.15% | 9.54%

Calls: 22.18% | 11.50%

Puts: 30.12% | 7.59%

Prior 20.12% | 18.42%

Calls: 29.38% | 22.04%

Puts: 10.87% | 14.80%

Current vs Prior +29.97% | -48.21%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.29% | 22.53%

Calls: 34.99% | 21.87%

Puts: 31.59% | 23.20%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.44% | -57.65%

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Moderately bearish flow with 72% put dollar volume ($273.24M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 80% vs prior. Above-average activity with volume up 74% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.32 - heavy put buying.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 552 of results (avg 6.1%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Dec 18	25.65	26.05	$25.85	1.5%	83	0.49	1.4K
$505.00	Dec 18	28.10	28.75	$28.43	2.3%	60	0.52	282
$510.00	Nov 27	17.75	18.25	$18.00	2.8%	68	0.46	19
$410.00	Dec 18	97.40	100.35	$98.88	3.0%	--	0.90	268
$405.00	Dec 18	101.80	105.00	$103.40	3.1%	--	0.91	199

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$525.00	Dec 18	39.65	40.45	$40.05	2.0%	236	0.59	3.3K
$520.00	Dec 4	32.60	33.35	$32.98	2.3%	100	0.59	174
$550.00	Nov 13	48.50	49.65	$49.08	2.3%	170	0.92	664
$500.00	Nov 20	17.65	18.10	$17.88	2.5%	13.2K	0.46	12.0K
$500.00	Nov 13	13.15	13.50	$13.33	2.6%	235	0.46	9.7K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 18 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.60)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Nov 6	0.55	0.65	$0.60	16.7%	3.1K	0.07	1.1K
$580.00	Nov 13	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	44	0.02	1.6K
$560.00	Nov 13	0.70	0.84	$0.77	18.2%	72	0.06	637
$557.50	Nov 13	0.82	0.97	$0.90	16.7%	92	0.06	450
$595.00	Nov 20	0.55	0.62	$0.59	11.9%	41	0.03	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Nov 6	0.69	0.83	$0.76	18.4%	299	0.07	11.2K
$472.50	Nov 6	0.85	0.97	$0.91	13.2%	22	0.09	169
$440.00	Nov 6	0.18	0.21	$0.20	15.0%	136	0.02	1.1K
$420.00	Nov 6	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	142	0.01	13.4K
$405.00	Nov 13	0.40	0.46	$0.43	14.0%	27	0.02	267

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 375 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$405.00	Nov 6	95.80	99.10	$97.45	3.4%	22	0.99	1
$410.00	Nov 6	90.65	94.25	$92.45	3.9%	--	0.99	26
$480.00	Nov 4	20.40	23.45	$21.92	13.9%	9	0.99	29
$420.00	Nov 6	80.80	84.30	$82.55	4.2%	--	0.99	14
$450.00	Nov 6	50.80	54.45	$52.63	6.9%	--	0.98	39

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Nov 4	7.75	8.80	$8.28	12.7%	603	1.00	1.1K
$512.50	Nov 4	10.15	11.05	$10.60	8.5%	751	1.00	488
$515.00	Nov 4	12.15	13.65	$12.90	11.6%	327	1.00	683
$517.50	Nov 4	14.05	16.20	$15.13	14.2%	522	1.00	832
$520.00	Nov 4	16.55	18.60	$17.58	11.7%	280	1.00	590

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 863 active (total vol 281.0K, top 48.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Nov 20	1.02	1.22	$1.12	17.9%	4.3K	0.06	10.0K
$512.50	Nov 4	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	3.2K	0.01	27
$530.00	Nov 6	0.55	0.65	$0.60	16.7%	3.1K	0.07	1.1K
$575.00	Nov 20	1.28	1.45	$1.37	12.4%	3.0K	0.07	4.2K
$515.00	Nov 4	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	2.9K	0.01	173

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 6	6.65	7.00	$6.83	5.1%	48.7K	0.45	37.8K
$475.00	Nov 13	5.00	5.30	$5.15	5.8%	33.2K	0.22	621
$500.00	Nov 20	17.65	18.10	$17.88	2.5%	13.2K	0.46	12.0K
$500.00	Nov 4	0.50	0.71	$0.61	34.4%	7.9K	0.29	3.1K
$515.00	Nov 20	24.95	25.90	$25.42	3.7%	6.7K	0.59	8.7K

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 35.3%, max 54.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$500.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	61.4%	39.9%	54.1%	394	3.0K
$505.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	65.8%	42.7%	54.1%	1.5K	298
$485.00	Nov 13	Dec 18	48.2%	41.1%	17.1%	59	141
$455.00	Nov 20	Dec 18	50.9%	43.7%	16.5%	--	133
$460.00	Nov 20	Dec 18	50.4%	43.4%	16.0%	--	328

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$500.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	61.4%	39.9%	54.1%	9.2K	29.4K
$505.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	65.8%	42.7%	54.1%	5.2K	1.4K
$502.50	Nov 4	Nov 18	60.4%	44.3%	36.4%	3.1K	403

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 536 found (best R:R 0.59, avg 5.90)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$510.00	$512.50	Nov 11	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	42%	9.87	$510.23
$500.00	$505.00	Nov 11	$1.87	$3.13	$1.87	56%	1.67	$501.87
$475.00	$490.00	Dec 11	$9.33	$5.67	$9.33	68%	0.61	$484.33
$500.00	$505.00	Dec 4	$2.20	$2.80	$2.20	54%	1.27	$502.20
$500.00	$505.00	Nov 27	$2.22	$2.78	$2.22	54%	1.25	$502.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$585.00	$582.50	Nov 6	$1.57	$0.93	$1.57	100%	0.59	$583.43
$510.00	$505.00	Dec 11	$1.68	$3.32	$1.68	52%	1.98	$508.32
$510.00	$505.00	Dec 4	$1.75	$3.25	$1.75	53%	1.86	$508.25
$532.50	$530.00	Nov 18	$1.08	$1.42	$1.08	73%	1.31	$531.42
$525.00	$520.00	Dec 4	$2.37	$2.63	$2.37	63%	1.11	$522.63

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 425 found (best R:R 1.17, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$517.50	$520.00	Nov 11	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	67%	1.17	$518.85
$595.00	$597.50	Nov 4	$0.65	$0.65	$1.85	94%	0.35	$595.65
$505.00	$510.00	Dec 4	$3.00	$3.00	$2.00	49%	1.50	$508.00
$572.50	$575.00	Nov 4	$0.54	$0.54	$1.96	96%	0.28	$573.04
$505.00	$510.00	Nov 27	$2.88	$2.88	$2.12	50%	1.36	$507.88

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$490.00	$487.50	Nov 18	$1.45	$1.45	$1.05	63%	1.38	$488.55
$495.00	$490.00	Nov 27	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	57%	0.92	$492.60
$495.00	$490.00	Dec 11	$2.39	$2.39	$2.61	57%	0.92	$492.61
$495.00	$492.50	Nov 16	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	60%	1.03	$493.73
$500.00	$495.00	Nov 18	$2.43	$2.43	$2.57	54%	0.95	$497.57

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $4.71, cheapest $6.24)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$502.50	Nov 4	Nov 6	$6.56	60.4%	52.0%
$485.00	Nov 13	Nov 16	$1.32	48.2%	43.6%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$502.50	Nov 4	Nov 6	$6.24	60.4%	52.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 224 found (cheapest 0.53% of stock, avg 7.71%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$502.50	Nov 4	$1.01	$1.66	$2.67	$499.83	$505.17	0.53%
$500.00	Nov 4	$2.48	$0.61	$3.09	$496.91	$503.09	0.62%
$505.00	Nov 4	$0.38	$3.55	$3.93	$501.07	$508.93	0.78%
$497.50	Nov 4	$5.10	$0.23	$5.33	$492.17	$502.83	1.06%
$507.50	Nov 4	$0.15	$5.83	$5.98	$501.52	$513.48	1.19%
$495.00	Nov 4	$7.35	$0.11	$7.46	$487.54	$502.46	1.49%
$510.00	Nov 4	$0.07	$8.28	$8.35	$501.65	$518.35	1.66%
$492.50	Nov 4	$9.90	$0.08	$9.98	$482.52	$502.48	1.99%
$512.50	Nov 4	$0.03	$10.60	$10.63	$501.87	$523.13	2.12%
$490.00	Nov 4	$12.33	$0.07	$12.40	$477.60	$502.40	2.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 290 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 5.00%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$507.50	$495.00	Nov 4	$0.15	$0.11	$0.26	$494.74	$507.76
$507.50	$497.50	Nov 4	$0.15	$0.23	$0.38	$497.12	$507.88
$505.00	$495.00	Nov 4	$0.38	$0.11	$0.49	$494.51	$505.49
$505.00	$497.50	Nov 4	$0.38	$0.23	$0.61	$496.89	$505.61
$507.50	$500.00	Nov 4	$0.15	$0.61	$0.76	$499.24	$508.26
$505.00	$500.00	Nov 4	$0.38	$0.61	$0.99	$499.01	$505.99
$592.50	$495.00	Nov 4	$1.26	$0.11	$1.37	$493.63	$593.87
$590.00	$495.00	Nov 4	$1.26	$0.11	$1.37	$493.63	$591.37
$590.00	$497.50	Nov 4	$1.26	$0.23	$1.49	$496.01	$591.49
$592.50	$497.50	Nov 4	$1.26	$0.23	$1.49	$496.01	$593.99

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 539 found (best R:R 3.03, avg credit $1.30)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
462/465	518/520	Nov 11	$1.88	$0.62	53%	3.03	$463.12	$519.38
470/472	518/520	Nov 11	$1.77	$0.73	49%	2.42	$470.73	$519.27
468/470	518/520	Nov 11	$1.63	$0.87	51%	1.87	$468.37	$519.13
462/465	530/532	Nov 11	$1.26	$1.24	65%	1.02	$463.74	$531.26
495/498	595/598	Nov 4	$0.77	$1.73	82%	0.45	$496.73	$595.77
495/498	572/575	Nov 4	$0.66	$1.84	84%	0.36	$496.84	$573.16
472/475	518/520	Nov 11	$1.51	$0.99	48%	1.53	$473.49	$519.01
470/472	530/532	Nov 11	$1.15	$1.35	62%	0.85	$471.35	$531.15
498/500	595/598	Nov 4	$1.03	$1.47	65%	0.70	$498.97	$596.03
475/480	535/540	Nov 18	$2.87	$2.13	46%	1.35	$477.13	$537.87

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 399 found (best R:R 141.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$480.00	$490.00	$500.00	Dec 4	$0.07	$9.93	13%	141.86
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Nov 18	$0.32	$9.68	10%	30.25
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$502.50	$505.00	$507.50	Nov 4	$0.40	$2.10	34%	5.25
$520.00	$525.00	$530.00	Dec 18	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$502.50	$505.00	$507.50	Nov 4	$0.39	$2.11	38%	5.41
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Nov 27	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Dec 4	$0.08	$4.92	6%	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. 365 found (best net $-5.50, 333 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$430.00	$475.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$5.50	$39.50
$450.00	$477.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$7.26	$20.24
$477.50	$497.50	1:2	Nov 11	-$1.76	$18.24
$480.00	$490.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$2.74	$7.26
$420.00	$450.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$22.71	$7.29

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$592.50	$552.50	1:2	Dec 11	-$22.05	$17.95
$507.50	$505.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$1.27	$1.23
$540.00	$522.50	1:2	Nov 16	-$13.43	$4.07
$445.00	$430.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$0.30	$14.70
$495.00	$492.50	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.05	$2.45

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 239 found (best yield 5.60%, avg 1.24%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$505.00	Dec 18	$28.10	0.52	0.7%	5.60%	6.28%	60	282
$510.00	Dec 18	$25.65	0.49	1.7%	5.11%	6.79%	83	1.4K
$515.00	Dec 18	$23.25	0.46	2.7%	4.64%	7.30%	22	402
$520.00	Dec 18	$21.05	0.43	3.7%	4.20%	7.86%	294	629
$525.00	Dec 18	$19.05	0.41	4.7%	3.80%	8.46%	182	1.3K
$530.00	Dec 18	$17.10	0.38	5.7%	3.41%	9.07%	580	914
$505.00	Dec 11	$25.60	0.51	0.7%	5.10%	5.78%	1	--
$535.00	Dec 18	$15.30	0.35	6.7%	3.05%	9.71%	73	448
$515.00	Dec 11	$20.90	0.45	2.7%	4.17%	6.84%	21	10
$520.00	Dec 11	$18.70	0.42	3.7%	3.73%	7.39%	61	51

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 116,562

Total Puts 270,786

Put/Call Ratio 2.32

Net Difference -154,224

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 94,690

Total Puts 128,372

Put/Call Ratio 1.36

Net Difference -33,682

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 727,904

Total Puts 1,432,198

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.87

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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