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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$560.86 +2.80%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 10:00am) 23,254

Calls: 11,641 (50%)

Puts: 11,613 (50%)

Prior (09/16) 19,449

Calls: 12,910 (66%)

Puts: 6,539 (34%)

Current vs Prior +19.56%

Calls: -9.83% (Calls)

Puts: +77.60% (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 -89.70%

Calls: -87.06%

Puts: -91.45%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 10:00am) $15.31M

Calls: $10.43M (68%)

Puts: $4.88M (32%)

Prior (09/16) $11.94M

Calls: $6.52M (55%)

Puts: $5.42M (45%)

Current vs Prior +28.19%

Calls: +60.08%

Puts: -10.11%

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 -92.60%

Calls: -87.40%

Puts: -96.07%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17 10:00am) 1.00

Prior (09/16) 0.51

Current vs Prior +96.96%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.58

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.89%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 10:00am) 2,112,153

Calls: 806,197 (38%)

Puts: 1,305,956 (62%)

Prior (09/16) 2,032,681

Calls: 788,305 (39%)

Puts: 1,244,376 (61%)

Current vs Prior +3.91%

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 +9.43%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/17) | Next (09/18)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/21)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/17) | Next (10/16)

Current 1.03% | 1.81%1.81% | 2.49%1.81% | 3.86%1.03% | 7.65%

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

Current vs Prior -36.15% | -26.12%+12.12% | -10.87%-35.29% | -14.69%+122.59% | -5.39%

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 -41.52% | -24.10%+59.53% | +1.42%-14.87% | -10.04%-62.49% | -14.75%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.61% | 2.45%0.94% | 2.71%2.71% | 4.55%0.94% | 8.24%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -36.15% | -26.12%+92.26% | -8.01%-33.21% | -15.09%+9.49% | -7.18%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 15.18% | 15.62%

Calls: 14.34% | 10.10%

Puts: 16.01% | 21.15%

Prior 62.38% | 21.52%

Calls: 61.60% | 20.83%

Puts: 63.15% | 22.20%

Current vs Prior -75.67% | -27.42%

Prior 7-Day Avg 46.97% | 25.69%

Calls: 49.67% | 26.80%

Puts: 44.26% | 24.58%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -67.68% | -39.21%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bullish flow with 68% call dollar volume ($10.43M). P/C ratio rising 97% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (1,305,956 puts vs 806,197 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

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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	NEUTRAL	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 271 of results (avg 6.6%, best 2.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 16	16.60	16.95	$16.77	2.1%	305	0.45	851
$575.00	Sep 25	4.70	4.80	$4.75	2.1%	10	0.30	1.9K
$450.00	Oct 16	112.10	114.95	$113.53	2.5%	--	0.94	174
$510.00	Oct 16	56.70	58.35	$57.53	2.9%	1	0.84	197
$460.00	Sep 18	99.55	102.45	$101.00	2.9%	10	0.98	383

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Sep 18	102.65	105.60	$104.13	2.8%	--	1.00	200
$640.00	Sep 17	77.90	80.20	$79.05	2.9%	1	1.00	--
$625.00	Sep 17	63.05	65.05	$64.05	3.1%	2	1.00	--
$655.00	Oct 16	92.70	95.75	$94.23	3.2%	--	0.95	24
$630.00	Sep 17	67.95	70.20	$69.08	3.3%	3	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 8 found (avg $0.48, cheapest $0.29)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Sep 17	0.26	0.31	$0.29	17.2%	112	0.11	225
$565.00	Sep 17	0.63	0.74	$0.69	15.9%	233	0.22	584
$580.00	Sep 18	0.22	0.25	$0.24	12.5%	261	0.05	6.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Sep 18	0.51	0.62	$0.56	19.6%	344	0.10	3.2K
$520.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	237	0.01	4.7K
$470.00	Sep 25	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	4	0.01	553
$515.00	Sep 25	0.83	0.97	$0.90	15.6%	6	0.06	2.8K
$490.00	Oct 2	0.90	1.06	$0.98	16.3%	71	0.05	2.7K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 294 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 22	69.95	72.90	$71.43	4.1%	--	1.00	10
$460.00	Sep 25	99.55	103.00	$101.28	3.4%	--	1.00	11
$495.00	Sep 25	65.20	68.30	$66.75	4.6%	--	1.00	17
$500.00	Sep 17	59.35	62.50	$60.93	5.2%	20	1.00	3
$520.00	Sep 17	38.95	42.50	$40.73	8.7%	--	1.00	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Sep 17	63.05	65.05	$64.05	3.1%	2	1.00	--
$630.00	Sep 17	67.95	70.20	$69.08	3.3%	3	1.00	--
$635.00	Sep 17	72.45	75.15	$73.80	3.7%	2	1.00	--
$640.00	Sep 17	77.90	80.20	$79.05	2.9%	1	1.00	--
$590.00	Sep 18	27.60	30.65	$29.13	10.5%	--	1.00	108

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 501 active (total vol 19.9K, top 1.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Sep 18	4.70	5.20	$4.95	10.1%	1.5K	0.54	4.0K
$540.00	Sep 18	20.10	23.00	$21.55	13.5%	622	0.95	2.1K
$590.00	Oct 16	9.05	9.65	$9.35	6.4%	377	0.30	4.8K
$577.50	Sep 25	3.70	4.50	$4.10	19.5%	329	0.27	76
$600.00	Oct 16	6.40	6.90	$6.65	7.5%	325	0.24	10.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Sep 18	0.10	0.15	$0.13	38.5%	694	0.02	70.3K
$500.00	Oct 16	3.50	3.80	$3.65	8.2%	647	0.12	10.4K
$555.00	Sep 18	1.93	2.52	$2.23	26.5%	355	0.30	1.8K
$545.00	Sep 18	0.51	0.62	$0.56	19.6%	344	0.10	3.2K
$550.00	Sep 18	1.00	1.16	$1.08	14.8%	332	0.17	11.6K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 10 strikes (avg 19.1%, max 31.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$555.00	Sep 17	Oct 23	40.9%	31.2%	31.1%	38	146
$557.50	Sep 17	Oct 23	39.2%	31.2%	25.7%	34	332
$560.00	Sep 17	Oct 30	37.3%	32.1%	16.5%	201	3.7K
$562.50	Sep 17	Oct 9	36.0%	32.7%	10.0%	74	455
$565.00	Sep 17	Oct 23	35.8%	32.8%	8.9%	233	631

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$555.00	Sep 17	Oct 23	40.9%	31.2%	31.1%	241	162
$557.50	Sep 17	Oct 23	39.2%	31.2%	25.7%	305	339
$560.00	Sep 17	Oct 23	37.3%	31.0%	20.6%	82	61
$562.50	Sep 17	Oct 2	36.0%	32.0%	12.3%	14	75
$565.00	Sep 17	Oct 23	35.8%	32.8%	8.9%	1	126

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 529 found (best R:R 124.00, avg 8.22)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$610.00	$645.00	Sep 24	$0.28	$34.72	$0.28	6%	124.00	$610.28
$595.00	$600.00	Oct 30	$0.65	$4.35	$0.65	32%	6.69	$595.65
$580.00	$585.00	Sep 28	$0.31	$4.69	$0.31	25%	15.13	$580.31
$630.00	$635.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	16%	40.67	$630.12
$567.50	$570.00	Sep 24	$0.32	$2.18	$0.32	39%	6.81	$567.82

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	36%	15.67	$542.35
$595.00	$592.50	Oct 2	$1.46	$1.04	$1.46	82%	0.71	$593.54
$510.00	$505.00	Oct 30	$0.43	$4.57	$0.43	20%	10.63	$509.57
$570.00	$555.00	Sep 30	$7.12	$7.88	$7.12	60%	1.11	$562.88
$580.00	$572.50	Oct 9	$4.23	$3.27	$4.23	65%	0.77	$575.77

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 427 found (best R:R 4.00, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$655.00	$660.00	Sep 18	$1.06	$1.06	$3.94	95%	0.27	$656.06
$637.50	$640.00	Sep 18	$0.71	$0.71	$1.79	96%	0.40	$638.21
$580.00	$600.00	Sep 30	$3.46	$3.46	$16.54	72%	0.21	$583.46
$600.00	$605.00	Oct 30	$1.87	$1.87	$3.13	70%	0.60	$601.87
$590.00	$595.00	Sep 28	$1.12	$1.12	$3.88	82%	0.29	$591.12

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 30	$2.00	$2.00	$0.50	62%	4.00	$543.00
$555.00	$525.00	Oct 1	$7.75	$7.75	$22.25	57%	0.35	$547.25
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 23	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	64%	1.27	$541.10
$460.00	$455.00	Sep 18	$0.48	$0.48	$4.52	98%	0.11	$459.52
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 23	$1.05	$1.05	$1.45	73%	0.72	$526.45

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.17, cheapest $2.12)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$560.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$2.23	37.3%	33.4%
$562.50	Sep 17	Sep 18	$2.19	36.0%	33.1%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$560.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$2.12	37.3%	33.4%
$562.50	Sep 17	Sep 18	$2.14	36.0%	33.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 225 found (cheapest 0.80% of stock, avg 5.72%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$562.50	Sep 17	$1.44	$3.06	$4.50	$558.00	$567.00	0.80%
$560.00	Sep 17	$2.72	$1.81	$4.53	$555.47	$564.53	0.81%
$557.50	Sep 17	$4.45	$1.02	$5.47	$552.03	$562.97	0.98%
$565.00	Sep 17	$0.69	$4.82	$5.51	$559.49	$570.51	0.98%
$555.00	Sep 17	$6.33	$0.54	$6.87	$548.13	$561.87	1.22%
$567.50	Sep 17	$0.29	$7.23	$7.52	$559.98	$575.02	1.34%
$562.50	Sep 18	$3.63	$5.20	$8.83	$553.67	$571.33	1.57%
$560.00	Sep 18	$4.95	$3.93	$8.88	$551.12	$568.88	1.58%
$557.50	Sep 18	$6.40	$2.81	$9.21	$548.29	$566.71	1.64%
$552.50	Sep 17	$8.95	$0.30	$9.25	$543.25	$561.75	1.65%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 370 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.02%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$570.00	$550.00	Sep 17	$0.13	$0.17	$0.30	$549.70	$570.30
$570.00	$552.50	Sep 17	$0.13	$0.30	$0.43	$552.07	$570.43
$567.50	$550.00	Sep 17	$0.29	$0.17	$0.46	$549.54	$567.96
$567.50	$552.50	Sep 17	$0.29	$0.30	$0.59	$551.91	$568.09
$570.00	$555.00	Sep 17	$0.13	$0.54	$0.67	$554.33	$570.67
$567.50	$555.00	Sep 17	$0.29	$0.54	$0.83	$554.17	$568.33
$565.00	$550.00	Sep 17	$0.69	$0.17	$0.86	$549.14	$565.86
$565.00	$552.50	Sep 17	$0.69	$0.30	$0.99	$551.51	$565.99
$565.00	$555.00	Sep 17	$0.69	$0.54	$1.23	$553.77	$566.23
$570.00	$557.50	Sep 17	$0.13	$1.02	$1.15	$556.35	$571.15

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 616 found (best R:R 0.31, avg credit $1.07)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
455/460	638/640	Sep 18	$1.19	$3.81	93%	0.31	$458.81	$638.69
500/505	600/605	Oct 30	$3.12	$1.88	51%	1.66	$501.88	$603.12
470/475	638/640	Sep 18	$0.96	$4.04	94%	0.24	$474.04	$638.46
460/465	638/640	Sep 18	$0.99	$4.01	92%	0.25	$464.01	$638.49
550/552	638/640	Sep 18	$1.26	$1.24	72%	1.02	$551.24	$638.76
540/542	638/640	Sep 18	$0.85	$1.65	88%	0.52	$541.65	$638.35
545/548	638/640	Sep 18	$0.99	$1.51	82%	0.66	$546.51	$638.49
542/545	638/640	Sep 18	$0.82	$1.68	86%	0.49	$544.18	$638.32
552/555	638/640	Sep 18	$1.31	$1.19	66%	1.10	$553.69	$638.81
465/470	600/605	Oct 30	$2.41	$2.59	61%	0.93	$467.59	$602.41

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 338 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Sep 28	$0.10	$4.90	13%	49.00
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Sep 28	$0.14	$4.86	14%	34.71
$555.00	$557.50	$560.00	Sep 17	$0.15	$2.35	27%	15.67
$562.50	$565.00	$567.50	Sep 18	$0.06	$2.44	18%	40.67
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$555.00	$560.00	$565.00	Sep 22	$0.07	$4.93	21%	70.43
$565.00	$570.00	$575.00	Sep 21	$0.45	$4.55	22%	10.11
$530.00	$535.00	$540.00	Sep 24	$0.06	$4.94	8%	82.33
$545.00	$550.00	$555.00	Sep 21	$0.34	$4.66	17%	13.71
$550.00	$552.50	$555.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$2.45	13%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 474 found (best net $-1.42, 437 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$490.00	$525.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$1.42	$33.58
$455.00	$500.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$15.96	$29.04
$525.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$8.15	$6.85
$460.00	$495.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$32.22	$2.78
$560.00	$567.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.25	$7.25

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$555.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$3.03	$11.97
$550.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$0.67	$9.33
$530.00	$515.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.29	$14.71
$565.00	$557.50	1:2	Sep 23	-$2.58	$4.92
$555.00	$545.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$2.42	$7.58

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 201 found (best yield 4.01%, avg 0.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$567.50	Oct 30	$22.50	0.48	1.2%	4.01%	5.20%	--	51
$570.00	Oct 30	$20.85	0.47	1.6%	3.72%	5.35%	--	28
$572.50	Oct 30	$19.70	0.45	2.1%	3.51%	5.59%	--	17
$575.00	Oct 30	$18.60	0.44	2.5%	3.32%	5.84%	--	20
$580.00	Oct 30	$16.95	0.41	3.4%	3.02%	6.43%	--	11
$577.50	Oct 30	$17.55	0.42	3.0%	3.13%	6.10%	--	73
$590.00	Oct 30	$13.50	0.35	5.2%	2.41%	7.60%	105	24
$587.50	Oct 30	$13.70	0.36	4.8%	2.44%	7.19%	--	21
$570.00	Oct 23	$18.60	0.46	1.6%	3.32%	4.95%	1	46
$600.00	Oct 30	$11.10	0.30	7.0%	1.98%	8.96%	53	69

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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 11,641

Total Puts 11,613

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference 28

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,910

Total Puts 6,539

Put/Call Ratio 0.51

Net Difference 6,371

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)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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