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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$465.17 +3.90%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/06) 381,336

Calls: 129,727 (34%)

Puts: 251,609 (66%)

Prior (11/05) 889,355

Calls: 221,889 (25%)

Puts: 667,466 (75%)

Current vs Prior -57.12%

Calls: -41.54% (Calls)

Puts: -62.30% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,934,775

Calls: 896,598 (31%)

Puts: 2,038,177 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 419,253

Calls: 128,085 (31%)

Puts: 291,168 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.04%

Calls: +1.28%

Puts: -13.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/06) $415.21M

Calls: $102.74M (25%)

Puts: $312.47M (75%)

Prior (11/05) $2.08B

Calls: $225.43M (11%)

Puts: $1.85B (89%)

Current vs Prior -80.03%

Calls: -54.43%

Puts: -83.15%

Prior 7-Day Total $3.92B

Calls: $792.91M (20%)

Puts: $3.13B (80%)

Prior 7-Day Average $560.62M

Calls: $113.27M (20%)

Puts: $447.34M (80%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.94%

Calls: -9.30%

Puts: -30.15%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/06) 1.94

Prior (11/05) 3.01

Current vs Prior -35.52%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.07

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -6.40%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/06) 2,374,208

Calls: 947,652 (40%)

Puts: 1,426,556 (60%)

Prior (11/05) 1,759,768

Calls: 638,594 (36%)

Puts: 1,121,174 (64%)

Current vs Prior +34.92%

Prior 7-Day Total 10,406,762

Calls: 4,060,798 (39%)

Puts: 6,345,964 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,486,680

Calls: 580,114 (39%)

Puts: 906,566 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +59.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (11/06) | Next (11/09)Expiry (11/06) | Next (11/13)Expiry (11/16) | Next (12/18)

Current 1.16% | 3.88%1.16% | 7.11%7.66% | 14.21%

Prior 5.07% | 6.50%5.07% | 9.00%9.39% | 15.76%

Current vs Prior -77.17% | -40.26%-77.17% | -21.02%-18.41% | -9.85%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.59% | 4.66%3.69% | 6.55%8.14% | 12.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -67.75% | -16.71%-68.62% | +8.61%-5.85% | +11.00%

Prior 7-Day Eod 5.07% | 6.49%5.07% | 9.00%9.39% | 15.76%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -77.17% | -40.26%-77.17% | -21.02%-18.41% | -9.85%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 13.87% | 11.44%

Calls: 11.22% | 7.58%

Puts: 16.52% | 15.30%

Prior 12.66% | 30.98%

Calls: 18.18% | 30.07%

Puts: 7.14% | 31.88%

Current vs Prior +9.56% | -63.07%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.65% | 27.09%

Calls: 35.74% | 27.93%

Puts: 29.56% | 26.26%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -57.52% | -57.77%

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Strong bearish conviction with 75% of dollar volume in puts ($312.47M) vs calls ($102.74M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 80% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 57% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.94 - heavy put buying.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 604 of results (avg 6.0%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Nov 20	19.10	19.40	$19.25	1.6%	940	0.49	509
$460.00	Dec 18	35.15	36.05	$35.60	2.5%	53	0.56	1.2K
$470.00	Nov 13	13.35	13.70	$13.52	2.6%	755	0.47	381
$480.00	Dec 18	25.05	25.75	$25.40	2.8%	330	0.46	585
$405.00	Dec 18	72.65	74.85	$73.75	3.0%	2	0.79	199

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$555.00	Dec 18	90.90	92.95	$91.93	2.2%	11	0.86	1.2K
$490.00	Dec 18	43.25	44.30	$43.78	2.4%	34	0.59	708
$470.00	Dec 11	30.60	31.40	$31.00	2.6%	11	0.49	84
$450.00	Dec 18	24.00	24.65	$24.33	2.7%	2.1K	0.39	21.3K
$520.00	Nov 20	57.00	58.55	$57.78	2.7%	35	0.85	5.2K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 11 found (avg $0.81, cheapest $0.51)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Nov 6	0.46	0.56	$0.51	19.6%	4.6K	0.18	744
$512.50	Nov 11	0.71	0.86	$0.78	19.2%	13	0.06	6
$510.00	Nov 11	0.87	1.04	$0.96	17.7%	6	0.07	42
$555.00	Nov 20	0.72	0.86	$0.79	17.7%	664	0.04	6.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$462.50	Nov 6	0.79	0.93	$0.86	16.3%	1.4K	0.28	227
$427.50	Nov 9	0.92	1.06	$0.99	14.1%	33	0.08	--
$425.00	Nov 9	0.80	0.95	$0.88	17.0%	734	0.07	169
$410.00	Nov 9	0.40	0.49	$0.45	20.0%	1.3K	0.03	29
$390.00	Nov 11	0.77	0.89	$0.83	14.5%	12	0.04	35

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 396 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Nov 6	63.60	66.60	$65.10	4.6%	5	1.00	31
$405.00	Nov 6	58.95	61.60	$60.28	4.4%	--	1.00	23
$410.00	Nov 6	54.30	56.55	$55.43	4.1%	--	1.00	26
$420.00	Nov 6	43.95	46.55	$45.25	5.7%	--	1.00	12
$425.00	Nov 6	39.40	41.60	$40.50	5.4%	2	1.00	8

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$525.00	Nov 6	58.95	61.40	$60.18	4.1%	42	1.00	266
$530.00	Nov 6	63.35	66.30	$64.83	4.6%	10	1.00	153
$535.00	Nov 6	68.00	71.40	$69.70	4.9%	13	1.00	288
$537.50	Nov 6	70.65	73.80	$72.22	4.4%	5	1.00	12
$540.00	Nov 6	73.95	76.55	$75.25	3.5%	1	1.00	57

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 880 active (total vol 262.9K, top 14.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$465.00	Nov 6	1.93	2.16	$2.05	11.2%	5.3K	0.52	2.2K
$470.00	Nov 6	0.46	0.56	$0.51	19.6%	4.6K	0.18	744
$460.00	Nov 6	4.95	6.90	$5.93	32.9%	4.4K	0.85	1.5K
$500.00	Nov 9	0.30	0.37	$0.34	20.6%	4.1K	0.04	2.7K
$467.50	Nov 6	0.95	1.15	$1.05	19.0%	3.6K	0.33	470

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	14.2K	0.01	4.0K
$410.00	Nov 6	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	8.3K	0.00	9.4K
$395.00	Nov 6	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	7.1K	0.00	25.2K
$400.00	Nov 20	4.45	4.80	$4.63	7.6%	6.0K	0.13	7.0K
$460.00	Nov 6	0.32	0.43	$0.38	28.9%	5.9K	0.14	2.2K

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 88.0%, max 106.7%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$470.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	107.2%	51.9%	106.5%	4.7K	1.0K
$465.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	99.2%	49.0%	102.5%	5.4K	2.4K
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 18	102.7%	58.6%	75.5%	3.6K	470
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	100.3%	61.9%	62.0%	698	824

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$470.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	107.4%	51.9%	106.7%	5.0K	16.6K
$465.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	99.2%	49.0%	102.5%	5.1K	13.0K
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 18	102.7%	58.6%	75.5%	773	324
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 18	100.3%	58.0%	72.9%	1.4K	329

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 570 found (best R:R 2.50, avg 5.08)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$485.00	$487.50	Dec 11	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	43%	2.68	$485.68
$447.50	$450.00	Nov 18	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	66%	0.89	$448.82
$455.00	$460.00	Dec 11	$2.60	$2.40	$2.60	59%	0.92	$457.60
$497.50	$500.00	Nov 16	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	22%	9.00	$497.75
$512.50	$520.00	Nov 18	$0.72	$6.78	$0.72	15%	9.42	$513.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$465.00	$460.00	Dec 11	$1.43	$3.57	$1.43	46%	2.50	$463.57
$495.00	$490.00	Dec 18	$2.42	$2.58	$2.42	61%	1.07	$492.58
$485.00	$482.50	Nov 11	$1.23	$1.27	$1.23	73%	1.03	$483.77
$485.00	$480.00	Dec 18	$2.22	$2.78	$2.22	56%	1.25	$482.78
$470.00	$465.00	Nov 27	$1.93	$3.07	$1.93	50%	1.59	$468.07

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 462 found (best R:R 0.84, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$555.00	$557.50	Nov 9	$1.14	$1.14	$1.36	94%	0.84	$556.14
$547.50	$550.00	Nov 9	$0.81	$0.81	$1.69	95%	0.48	$548.31
$542.50	$545.00	Nov 16	$0.86	$0.86	$1.64	93%	0.52	$543.36
$552.50	$555.00	Nov 11	$0.74	$0.74	$1.76	95%	0.42	$553.24
$487.50	$490.00	Dec 11	$1.50	$1.50	$1.00	58%	1.50	$489.00

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$417.50	$415.00	Nov 16	$0.85	$0.85	$1.65	83%	0.52	$416.65
$422.50	$420.00	Nov 16	$0.77	$0.77	$1.73	81%	0.45	$421.73
$385.00	$380.00	Dec 4	$0.85	$0.85	$4.15	87%	0.20	$384.15
$397.50	$385.00	Nov 18	$1.38	$1.38	$11.12	88%	0.12	$396.12
$445.00	$440.00	Dec 4	$1.94	$1.94	$3.06	65%	0.63	$443.06

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $6.39, cheapest $6.15)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$6.25	102.7%	50.1%
$465.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$6.52	99.2%	49.9%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$6.15	102.7%	50.1%
$465.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$6.66	99.2%	49.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 233 found (cheapest 0.83% of stock, avg 8.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$465.00	Nov 6	$2.05	$1.79	$3.84	$461.16	$468.84	0.83%
$462.50	Nov 6	$3.50	$0.86	$4.36	$458.14	$466.86	0.94%
$467.50	Nov 6	$1.05	$3.33	$4.38	$463.12	$471.88	0.94%
$470.00	Nov 6	$0.51	$5.23	$5.74	$464.26	$475.74	1.23%
$460.00	Nov 6	$5.93	$0.38	$6.31	$453.69	$466.31	1.36%
$472.50	Nov 6	$0.25	$7.25	$7.50	$465.00	$480.00	1.61%
$457.50	Nov 6	$7.85	$0.17	$8.02	$449.48	$465.52	1.72%
$475.00	Nov 6	$0.12	$9.60	$9.72	$465.28	$484.72	2.09%
$455.00	Nov 6	$10.25	$0.08	$10.33	$444.67	$465.33	2.22%
$477.50	Nov 6	$0.04	$12.13	$12.17	$465.33	$489.67	2.62%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 262 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 6.75%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$472.50	$457.50	Nov 6	$0.25	$0.17	$0.42	$457.08	$472.92
$472.50	$460.00	Nov 6	$0.25	$0.38	$0.63	$459.37	$473.13
$470.00	$457.50	Nov 6	$0.51	$0.17	$0.68	$456.82	$470.68
$470.00	$460.00	Nov 6	$0.51	$0.38	$0.89	$459.11	$470.89
$472.50	$462.50	Nov 6	$0.25	$0.86	$1.11	$461.39	$473.61
$470.00	$462.50	Nov 6	$0.51	$0.86	$1.37	$461.13	$471.37
$467.50	$457.50	Nov 6	$1.05	$0.17	$1.22	$456.28	$468.72
$467.50	$460.00	Nov 6	$1.05	$0.38	$1.43	$458.57	$468.93
$467.50	$462.50	Nov 6	$1.05	$0.86	$1.91	$460.59	$469.41
$470.00	$465.00	Nov 6	$0.51	$1.79	$2.30	$462.70	$472.30

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 418 found (best R:R 1.98, avg credit $1.32)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
415/418	495/498	Nov 16	$1.66	$0.84	59%	1.98	$415.84	$496.66
415/418	488/490	Nov 16	$1.73	$0.77	53%	2.25	$415.77	$489.23
420/422	495/498	Nov 16	$1.58	$0.92	57%	1.72	$420.92	$496.58
415/418	485/488	Nov 16	$1.67	$0.83	51%	2.01	$415.83	$486.67
420/422	488/490	Nov 16	$1.65	$0.85	51%	1.94	$420.85	$489.15
420/422	500/502	Nov 18	$1.49	$1.01	55%	1.48	$421.01	$501.49
380/382	500/502	Nov 18	$1.17	$1.33	67%	0.88	$381.33	$501.17
415/418	500/502	Nov 18	$1.40	$1.10	57%	1.27	$416.10	$501.40
410/412	500/502	Nov 18	$1.35	$1.15	59%	1.17	$411.15	$501.35
420/422	485/488	Nov 16	$1.59	$0.91	49%	1.75	$420.91	$486.59

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 404 found (best R:R 7.09, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$400.00	$430.00	$460.00	Dec 4	$3.71	$26.29	27%	7.09
$462.50	$465.00	$467.50	Nov 6	$0.45	$2.05	39%	4.56
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56
$430.00	$435.00	$440.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$467.50	$470.00	$472.50	Nov 6	$0.12	$2.38	23%	19.83
$465.00	$467.50	$470.00	Nov 6	$0.36	$2.14	34%	5.94
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$4.88	8%	40.67
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Dec 18	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33
$430.00	$435.00	$440.00	Dec 11	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 286 found (best net $-7.23, 260 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$400.00	$430.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$7.23	$22.77
$430.00	$460.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$10.96	$19.04
$460.00	$462.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.07	$1.43
$462.50	$465.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.60	$1.90
$465.00	$467.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.05	$2.45

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$467.50	$465.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.25	$2.25
$470.00	$467.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.43	$1.07
$455.00	$452.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.02	$2.48
$452.50	$450.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.01	$2.49
$450.00	$445.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.03	$4.97

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 245 found (best yield 6.37%, avg 1.52%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$470.00	Dec 18	$29.65	0.51	1.0%	6.37%	7.41%	98	257
$475.00	Dec 18	$27.15	0.49	2.1%	5.84%	7.95%	195	348
$480.00	Dec 18	$25.05	0.46	3.2%	5.39%	8.57%	330	585
$485.00	Dec 18	$22.75	0.44	4.3%	4.89%	9.15%	118	404
$490.00	Dec 18	$20.55	0.41	5.3%	4.42%	9.76%	279	219
$495.00	Dec 18	$18.65	0.39	6.4%	4.01%	10.42%	290	479
$470.00	Dec 11	$27.15	0.51	1.0%	5.84%	6.87%	21	64
$475.00	Dec 11	$24.75	0.48	2.1%	5.32%	7.43%	65	85
$500.00	Dec 18	$16.80	0.36	7.5%	3.61%	11.10%	3.5K	5.2K
$480.00	Dec 11	$22.40	0.46	3.2%	4.82%	8.00%	41	12

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 129,727

Total Puts 251,609

Put/Call Ratio 1.94

Net Difference -121,882

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 221,889

Total Puts 667,466

Put/Call Ratio 3.01

Net Difference -445,577

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 896,598

Total Puts 2,038,177

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.07

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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