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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$545.56 +0.64%

$545.34 (-0.04%)🌙

as of 09/16 04:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16 4:00pm) 289,398

Calls: 103,073 (36%)

Puts: 186,325 (64%)

Prior (09/15) 182,827

Calls: 70,963 (39%)

Puts: 111,864 (61%)

Current vs Prior +58.29%

Calls: +45.25% (Calls)

Puts: +66.56% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,580,120

Calls: 629,849 (40%)

Puts: 950,271 (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average 225,731

Calls: 89,978 (40%)

Puts: 135,753 (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +28.20%

Calls: +14.55%

Puts: +37.25%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16 4:00pm) $169.16M

Calls: $53.14M (31%)

Puts: $116.03M (69%)

Prior (09/15) $196.99M

Calls: $64.42M (33%)

Puts: $132.57M (67%)

Current vs Prior -14.13%

Calls: -17.52%

Puts: -12.48%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.45B

Calls: $579.34M (40%)

Puts: $869.12M (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average $206.92M

Calls: $82.76M (40%)

Puts: $124.16M (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -18.25%

Calls: -35.80%

Puts: -6.55%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/16 4:00pm) 1.81

Prior (09/15) 1.58

Current vs Prior +14.67%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.58

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +14.36%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/16 4:00pm) 2,032,681

Calls: 788,305 (39%)

Puts: 1,244,376 (61%)

Prior (09/15) 1,991,667

Calls: 769,568 (39%)

Puts: 1,222,099 (61%)

Current vs Prior +2.06%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,511,372

Calls: 5,210,194 (39%)

Puts: 8,301,178 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,930,196

Calls: 744,313 (39%)

Puts: 1,185,882 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.31%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/16) | Next (09/17)Expiry (09/16) | Next (09/18)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/16) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.60% | 2.01%0.60% | 2.53%2.53% | 4.44%0.60% | 8.15%

Prior 1.61% | 2.45%1.61% | 2.80%2.80% | 4.52%0.46% | 8.09%

Current vs Prior +24.47% | +3.26%-62.75% | -9.55%-9.55% | -1.93%+29.85% | +0.80%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.76% | 2.38%1.13% | 2.46%2.13% | 4.29%2.75% | 8.97%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +14.00% | +6.09%-47.00% | +2.92%+19.00% | +3.42%-78.12% | -9.17%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.61% | 2.45%1.63% | 2.86%2.86% | 4.52%0.41% | 8.02%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +24.47% | +3.26%-63.09% | -11.70%-11.70% | -1.73%+45.50% | +1.65%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 17.42% | 19.98%

Calls: 11.75% | 16.85%

Puts: 23.09% | 23.12%

Prior 62.38% | 21.52%

Calls: 61.60% | 20.83%

Puts: 63.15% | 22.20%

Current vs Prior -72.07% | -7.16%

Prior 7-Day Avg 46.97% | 25.69%

Calls: 49.67% | 26.80%

Puts: 44.26% | 24.58%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -62.91% | -22.24%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bearish flow with 69% put dollar volume ($116.03M). Above-average activity with volume up 58% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.81 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (1,244,376 puts vs 788,305 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 272 of results (avg 6.3%, best 1.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$440.00	Sep 18	104.45	105.95	$105.20	1.4%	2	1.00	2.6K
$445.00	Sep 18	99.50	101.00	$100.25	1.5%	--	1.00	159
$475.00	Sep 18	69.50	70.85	$70.18	1.9%	--	1.00	618
$450.00	Sep 18	93.60	95.75	$94.68	2.3%	--	1.00	414
$445.00	Oct 16	102.30	104.85	$103.57	2.5%	--	0.94	1.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Sep 18	74.10	75.70	$74.90	2.1%	--	0.99	87
$590.00	Sep 18	44.45	45.70	$45.08	2.8%	3	0.98	108
$650.00	Sep 18	103.55	106.55	$105.05	2.9%	2.1K	1.00	943
$630.00	Oct 16	84.60	87.35	$85.98	3.2%	--	0.93	328
$650.00	Oct 16	103.50	107.00	$105.25	3.3%	--	0.96	379

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.80, cheapest $0.80)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Sep 18	0.75	0.85	$0.80	12.5%	966	0.09	4.6K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 366 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$440.00	Sep 16	103.05	106.50	$104.78	3.3%	6	1.00	2
$445.00	Sep 16	98.00	101.50	$99.75	3.5%	2	1.00	2
$450.00	Sep 16	93.40	96.65	$95.03	3.4%	2	1.00	--
$455.00	Sep 16	88.00	91.65	$89.83	4.1%	6	1.00	--
$460.00	Sep 16	83.00	86.50	$84.75	4.1%	10	1.00	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Sep 16	0.64	1.35	$1.00	71.0%	1.1K	1.00	753
$565.00	Sep 16	18.80	21.55	$20.18	13.6%	5	1.00	108
$650.00	Sep 18	103.55	106.55	$105.05	2.9%	2.1K	1.00	943
$560.00	Sep 16	13.75	16.55	$15.15	18.5%	6	0.99	23
$562.50	Sep 16	16.30	19.50	$17.90	17.9%	1	0.99	19

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 895 active (total vol 253.6K, top 66.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$562.50	Sep 16	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	9.8K	0.00	1.5K
$555.00	Sep 16	0.01	0.26	$0.14	178.6%	6.0K	0.05	111
$567.50	Sep 16	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	5.3K	0.01	83
$560.00	Sep 17	0.35	0.65	$0.50	60.0%	4.3K	0.09	30
$560.00	Sep 16	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	3.3K	0.00	2.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Sep 18	1.74	1.97	$1.86	12.4%	66.8K	0.19	18.9K
$540.00	Sep 16	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	32.4K	0.02	105
$500.00	Sep 18	0.11	0.44	$0.28	117.9%	7.5K	0.02	18.4K
$470.00	Oct 16	2.66	3.05	$2.86	13.6%	2.6K	0.09	6.6K
$650.00	Sep 18	103.55	106.55	$105.05	2.9%	2.1K	1.00	943

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

No setups found for this strategy

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 621 found (best R:R 235.11, avg 7.69)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$602.50	$645.00	Sep 24	$0.18	$42.32	$0.18	7%	235.11	$602.68
$582.50	$595.00	Sep 29	$0.63	$11.87	$0.63	14%	18.84	$583.13
$605.00	$610.00	Oct 30	$0.43	$4.57	$0.43	21%	10.63	$605.43
$547.50	$550.00	Sep 24	$0.58	$1.92	$0.58	47%	3.31	$548.08
$532.50	$535.00	Sep 28	$1.10	$1.40	$1.10	66%	1.27	$533.60

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$480.00	Sep 29	$0.96	$24.04	$0.96	14%	25.04	$504.04
$510.00	$500.00	Sep 28	$0.50	$9.50	$0.50	15%	19.00	$509.50
$552.50	$550.00	Sep 17	$1.10	$1.40	$1.10	75%	1.27	$551.40
$562.50	$560.00	Sep 21	$1.37	$1.13	$1.37	81%	0.82	$561.13
$535.00	$530.00	Sep 30	$1.11	$3.89	$1.11	38%	3.50	$533.89

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 499 found (best R:R 1.00, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$605.00	$607.50	Sep 17	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	92%	1.00	$606.25
$595.00	$600.00	Sep 29	$1.03	$1.03	$3.97	90%	0.26	$596.03
$555.00	$557.50	Sep 23	$1.50	$1.50	$1.00	65%	1.50	$556.50
$590.00	$595.00	Sep 28	$0.87	$0.87	$4.13	89%	0.21	$590.87
$572.50	$575.00	Oct 23	$1.32	$1.32	$1.18	65%	1.12	$573.82

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$537.50	$530.00	Oct 30	$3.73	$3.73	$3.77	57%	0.99	$533.77
$532.50	$530.00	Sep 24	$1.31	$1.31	$1.19	68%	1.10	$531.19
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 23	$1.33	$1.33	$1.17	64%	1.14	$526.17
$515.00	$510.00	Oct 23	$1.77	$1.77	$3.23	71%	0.55	$513.23
$515.00	$505.00	Sep 30	$1.75	$1.75	$8.25	80%	0.21	$513.25

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 280 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 5.99%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$545.00	Sep 16	$0.49	$1.00	$1.49	$543.51	$546.49	0.27%
$547.50	Sep 16	$0.06	$2.79	$2.85	$544.65	$550.35	0.52%
$542.50	Sep 16	$2.74	$0.14	$2.88	$539.62	$545.38	0.53%
$540.00	Sep 16	$4.63	$0.02	$4.65	$535.35	$544.65	0.85%
$550.00	Sep 16	$0.02	$5.55	$5.57	$544.43	$555.57	1.02%
$537.50	Sep 16	$7.03	$0.02	$7.05	$530.45	$544.55	1.29%
$552.50	Sep 16	$0.02	$7.75	$7.77	$544.73	$560.27	1.42%
$535.00	Sep 16	$9.45	$0.01	$9.46	$525.54	$544.46	1.73%
$545.00	Sep 17	$4.68	$4.93	$9.61	$535.39	$554.61	1.76%
$547.50	Sep 17	$3.53	$6.28	$9.81	$537.69	$557.31	1.80%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 377 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.58%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$547.50	$542.50	Sep 16	$0.06	$0.14	$0.20	$542.30	$547.70
$555.00	$542.50	Sep 16	$0.14	$0.14	$0.28	$542.22	$555.28
$555.00	$532.50	Sep 17	$1.07	$1.20	$2.27	$530.23	$557.27
$555.00	$535.00	Sep 17	$1.07	$1.64	$2.71	$532.29	$557.71
$552.50	$532.50	Sep 17	$1.60	$1.20	$2.80	$529.70	$555.30
$552.50	$535.00	Sep 17	$1.60	$1.64	$3.24	$531.76	$555.74
$555.00	$537.50	Sep 17	$1.07	$2.15	$3.22	$534.28	$558.22
$552.50	$537.50	Sep 17	$1.60	$2.15	$3.75	$533.75	$556.25
$550.00	$532.50	Sep 17	$2.47	$1.20	$3.67	$528.83	$553.67
$550.00	$535.00	Sep 17	$2.47	$1.64	$4.11	$530.89	$554.11

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 804 found (best R:R 1.29, avg credit $1.08)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/502	605/608	Sep 17	$1.41	$1.09	90%	1.29	$501.09	$606.41
508/510	605/608	Sep 17	$1.40	$1.10	89%	1.27	$508.60	$606.40
528/530	605/608	Sep 17	$1.57	$0.93	79%	1.69	$528.43	$606.57
522/525	605/608	Sep 17	$1.40	$1.10	84%	1.27	$523.60	$606.40
532/535	605/608	Sep 17	$1.69	$0.81	70%	2.09	$533.31	$606.69
485/490	605/608	Sep 17	$1.37	$3.63	91%	0.38	$488.63	$606.37
538/540	605/608	Sep 17	$1.96	$0.54	58%	3.63	$538.04	$606.96
530/532	605/608	Sep 17	$1.51	$0.99	76%	1.53	$530.99	$606.51
535/538	605/608	Sep 17	$1.76	$0.74	65%	2.38	$535.74	$606.76
530/532	572/575	Sep 24	$2.06	$0.44	49%	4.68	$530.44	$574.56

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 429 found (best R:R 5.41, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$545.00	$547.50	$550.00	Sep 16	$0.39	$2.11	98%	5.41
$532.50	$540.00	$547.50	Sep 24	$0.32	$7.18	22%	22.44
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Sep 28	$0.12	$4.88	13%	40.67
$542.50	$545.00	$547.50	Sep 16	$1.82	$0.68	93%	0.37
$545.00	$547.50	$550.00	Sep 17	$0.09	$2.41	17%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Sep 16	$0.74	$1.76	98%	2.38
$542.50	$545.00	$547.50	Sep 16	$0.93	$1.57	79%	1.69
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Sep 24	$0.08	$4.92	13%	61.50
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Sep 30	$0.08	$4.92	9%	61.50
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$4.95	6%	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. 501 found (best net $-17.35, 461 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$460.00	$495.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$17.35	$17.65
$500.00	$520.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$5.77	$14.23
$540.00	$542.50	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.85	$1.65
$525.00	$535.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$6.33	$3.67
$602.50	$645.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$0.72	$41.78

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$600.00	$575.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$7.17	$17.83
$600.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$16.60	$13.40
$550.00	$547.50	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.03	$2.47
$505.00	$480.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.95	$24.05
$515.00	$505.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.63	$9.37

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 236 found (best yield 4.36%, avg 0.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$550.00	Oct 30	$23.80	0.50	0.8%	4.36%	5.18%	2	4
$560.00	Oct 30	$19.15	0.44	2.6%	3.51%	6.16%	1	45
$567.50	Oct 30	$16.10	0.39	4.0%	2.95%	6.97%	52	4
$570.00	Oct 30	$15.15	0.38	4.5%	2.78%	7.26%	8	20
$572.50	Oct 30	$14.25	0.36	4.9%	2.61%	7.55%	--	17
$575.00	Oct 30	$13.40	0.35	5.4%	2.46%	7.85%	--	20
$577.50	Oct 30	$12.60	0.34	5.8%	2.31%	8.16%	144	--
$580.00	Oct 30	$11.75	0.33	6.3%	2.15%	8.47%	--	11
$547.50	Oct 23	$21.95	0.51	0.4%	4.02%	4.38%	--	15
$550.00	Oct 23	$20.70	0.49	0.8%	3.79%	4.61%	5	32

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 103,073

Total Puts 186,325

Put/Call Ratio 1.81

Net Difference -83,252

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 70,963

Total Puts 111,864

Put/Call Ratio 1.58

Net Difference -40,901

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 629,849

Total Puts 950,271

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.58

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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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