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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$558.73 +2.41%

(9/17 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 11:00am) 66,669

Calls: 28,039 (42%)

Puts: 38,630 (58%)

Prior (09/16) 50,570

Calls: 27,942 (55%)

Puts: 22,628 (45%)

Current vs Prior +31.84%

Calls: +0.35% (Calls)

Puts: +70.72% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,508,426

Calls: 586,296 (39%)

Puts: 922,130 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 215,489

Calls: 83,756 (39%)

Puts: 131,732 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -69.06%

Calls: -66.52%

Puts: -70.68%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 11:00am) $46.55M

Calls: $23.35M (50%)

Puts: $23.20M (50%)

Prior (09/16) $32.93M

Calls: $15.98M (49%)

Puts: $16.95M (51%)

Current vs Prior +41.37%

Calls: +46.10%

Puts: +36.91%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.37B

Calls: $499.43M (37%)

Puts: $867.87M (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average $195.33M

Calls: $71.35M (37%)

Puts: $123.98M (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -76.17%

Calls: -67.27%

Puts: -81.29%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17 11:00am) 1.38

Prior (09/16) 0.81

Current vs Prior +70.13%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.48%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 11:00am) 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 13,627,761

Calls: 5,272,163 (39%)

Puts: 8,355,598 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,946,823

Calls: 753,166 (39%)

Puts: 1,193,656 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.49%

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 0.91% | 1.70%1.70% | 2.43%1.70% | 3.83%0.91% | 7.81%

Prior 2.01% | 2.53%0.60% | 2.53%2.53% | 4.44%0.60% | 8.15%

Current vs Prior -54.56% | -32.92%+182.22% | -4.13%-32.92% | -13.69%+51.83% | -4.22%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.76% | 2.39%1.14% | 2.47%2.41% | 4.44%2.21% | 8.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.06% | -29.10%+48.94% | -1.67%-29.48% | -13.72%-58.66% | -10.83%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.01% | 2.53%0.94% | 2.71%2.71% | 4.55%0.94% | 8.24%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -54.56% | -32.92%+80.25% | -10.50%-37.38% | -15.75%-3.03% | -5.29%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.95% | 16.25%

Calls: 19.32% | 17.82%

Puts: 10.57% | 14.67%

Prior 17.42% | 19.98%

Calls: 11.75% | 16.85%

Puts: 23.09% | 23.12%

Current vs Prior -14.18% | -18.67%

Prior 7-Day Avg 45.59% | 24.37%

Calls: 47.10% | 24.84%

Puts: 44.07% | 23.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -67.21% | -33.32%

Liquidity Expensive

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Bearish P/C ratio of 1.38 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 70% - 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 BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 371 of results (avg 6.4%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 16	39.50	40.40	$39.95	2.3%	15	0.73	883
$545.00	Oct 16	29.25	29.95	$29.60	2.4%	30	0.63	557
$450.00	Sep 17	107.80	110.80	$109.30	2.7%	8	0.99	5
$455.00	Sep 17	102.90	105.80	$104.35	2.8%	8	0.99	10
$450.00	Sep 18	107.85	111.00	$109.43	2.9%	--	1.00	414

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Sep 17	109.20	112.15	$110.68	2.7%	6	1.00	--
$665.00	Sep 17	104.20	107.25	$105.73	2.9%	6	1.00	--
$660.00	Sep 17	99.20	102.15	$100.68	2.9%	4	1.00	--
$665.00	Sep 18	104.15	107.35	$105.75	3.0%	--	1.00	200
$595.00	Oct 16	41.10	42.40	$41.75	3.1%	--	0.74	205

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 7 found (avg $0.34, cheapest $0.28)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$552.50	Sep 17	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	111	0.10	88
$555.00	Sep 17	0.56	0.64	$0.60	13.3%	643	0.20	39
$530.00	Sep 18	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	8.7K	0.02	70.3K
$535.00	Sep 18	0.16	0.19	$0.18	16.7%	305	0.03	3.8K
$522.50	Sep 18	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	45	0.01	220

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 339 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$480.00	Sep 18	78.30	81.00	$79.65	3.4%	2	1.00	742
$490.00	Sep 21	68.10	71.00	$69.55	4.2%	--	1.00	10
$490.00	Sep 24	67.95	71.80	$69.88	5.5%	10	1.00	--
$480.00	Sep 17	77.90	80.80	$79.35	3.7%	2	1.00	2
$517.50	Sep 17	40.05	43.30	$41.68	7.8%	4	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Sep 17	9.55	12.10	$10.83	23.5%	20	1.00	31
$590.00	Sep 17	29.35	32.10	$30.73	8.9%	4	1.00	--
$592.50	Sep 17	31.70	34.70	$33.20	9.0%	4	1.00	--
$595.00	Sep 17	34.20	37.45	$35.83	9.1%	3	1.00	--
$597.50	Sep 17	36.70	39.85	$38.28	8.2%	3	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 690 active (total vol 55.6K, top 8.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$572.50	Sep 29	5.50	7.05	$6.28	24.7%	2.2K	0.34	46
$560.00	Sep 18	3.55	3.90	$3.72	9.4%	1.8K	0.48	4.0K
$575.00	Sep 25	4.00	4.40	$4.20	9.5%	1.0K	0.28	1.9K
$565.00	Sep 17	0.15	0.20	$0.18	27.8%	916	0.09	584
$562.50	Sep 18	2.49	2.73	$2.61	9.2%	835	0.38	2.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Sep 18	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	8.7K	0.02	70.3K
$540.00	Oct 16	11.65	12.25	$11.95	5.0%	3.1K	0.33	8.4K
$520.00	Oct 2	2.79	3.30	$3.05	16.7%	1.6K	0.14	398
$535.00	Oct 16	10.35	10.80	$10.58	4.3%	1.6K	0.30	13.7K
$500.00	Oct 16	3.90	4.10	$4.00	5.0%	1.2K	0.13	10.4K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 6 strikes (avg 7.7%, max 15.2%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$555.00	Sep 17	Oct 23	35.6%	30.9%	15.2%	54	146
$557.50	Sep 17	Oct 23	33.5%	30.3%	10.5%	43	332
$560.00	Sep 17	Oct 30	32.6%	32.5%	0.4%	309	3.7K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$555.00	Sep 17	Oct 23	35.6%	30.9%	15.2%	648	162
$557.50	Sep 17	Oct 30	33.5%	32.1%	4.3%	526	75
$560.00	Sep 17	Oct 30	32.6%	32.5%	0.4%	391	15

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 559 found (best R:R 1.02, avg 8.17)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$535.00	$540.00	Oct 30	$2.70	$2.30	$2.70	67%	0.85	$537.70
$545.00	$560.00	Oct 30	$8.00	$7.00	$8.00	62%	0.87	$553.00
$570.00	$572.50	Oct 23	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	45%	3.39	$570.57
$560.00	$562.50	Sep 24	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	49%	2.85	$560.65
$557.50	$560.00	Sep 28	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	54%	2.12	$558.30

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$585.00	$580.00	Oct 23	$2.48	$2.52	$2.48	65%	1.02	$582.52
$547.50	$545.00	Oct 30	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	40%	7.33	$547.20
$565.00	$560.00	Oct 23	$1.93	$3.07	$1.93	52%	1.59	$563.07
$560.00	$557.50	Sep 28	$0.62	$1.88	$0.62	49%	3.03	$559.38
$515.00	$475.00	Sep 29	$0.83	$39.17	$0.83	9%	47.19	$514.17

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 460 found (best R:R 0.17, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$595.00	$610.00	Oct 1	$2.17	$2.17	$12.83	83%	0.17	$597.17
$637.50	$640.00	Sep 18	$0.84	$0.84	$1.66	95%	0.51	$638.34
$655.00	$660.00	Sep 18	$0.84	$0.84	$4.16	95%	0.20	$655.84
$562.50	$570.00	Sep 28	$3.85	$3.85	$3.65	52%	1.05	$566.35
$565.00	$567.50	Sep 23	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	60%	1.17	$566.35

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$555.00	$525.00	Oct 1	$7.64	$7.64	$22.36	57%	0.34	$547.36
$465.00	$460.00	Sep 18	$0.76	$0.76	$4.24	96%	0.18	$464.24
$520.00	$515.00	Oct 1	$1.03	$1.03	$3.97	87%	0.26	$518.97
$540.00	$537.50	Oct 30	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	64%	1.08	$538.70
$550.00	$547.50	Oct 23	$1.37	$1.37	$1.13	59%	1.21	$548.63

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.22, cheapest $2.02)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$557.50	Sep 17	Sep 18	$2.41	33.5%	32.2%
$560.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$2.47	32.6%	32.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$557.50	Sep 17	Sep 18	$2.02	33.5%	32.2%
$560.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$1.97	32.6%	32.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 249 found (cheapest 0.66% of stock, avg 5.75%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$560.00	Sep 17	$1.25	$2.46	$3.71	$556.29	$563.71	0.66%
$557.50	Sep 17	$2.64	$1.28	$3.92	$553.58	$561.42	0.70%
$562.50	Sep 17	$0.49	$4.03	$4.52	$557.98	$567.02	0.81%
$555.00	Sep 17	$4.68	$0.60	$5.28	$549.72	$560.28	0.95%
$565.00	Sep 17	$0.18	$6.13	$6.31	$558.69	$571.31	1.13%
$552.50	Sep 17	$7.25	$0.28	$7.53	$544.97	$560.03	1.35%
$560.00	Sep 18	$3.72	$4.43	$8.15	$551.85	$568.15	1.46%
$567.50	Sep 17	$0.07	$8.18	$8.25	$559.25	$575.75	1.48%
$557.50	Sep 18	$5.05	$3.30	$8.35	$549.15	$565.85	1.49%
$562.50	Sep 18	$2.61	$5.80	$8.41	$554.09	$570.91	1.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 369 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 3.21%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$565.00	$552.50	Sep 17	$0.18	$0.28	$0.46	$552.04	$565.46
$565.00	$555.00	Sep 17	$0.18	$0.60	$0.78	$554.22	$565.78
$562.50	$552.50	Sep 17	$0.49	$0.28	$0.77	$551.73	$563.27
$562.50	$555.00	Sep 17	$0.49	$0.60	$1.09	$553.91	$563.59
$570.00	$547.50	Sep 18	$0.73	$0.86	$1.59	$545.91	$571.59
$565.00	$557.50	Sep 17	$0.18	$1.28	$1.46	$556.04	$566.46
$562.50	$557.50	Sep 17	$0.49	$1.28	$1.77	$555.73	$564.27
$570.00	$550.00	Sep 18	$0.73	$1.27	$2.00	$548.00	$572.00
$560.00	$552.50	Sep 17	$1.25	$0.28	$1.53	$550.97	$561.53
$567.50	$547.50	Sep 18	$1.24	$0.86	$2.10	$545.40	$569.60

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 633 found (best R:R 0.47, avg credit $1.09)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
460/465	655/660	Sep 18	$1.60	$3.40	91%	0.47	$463.40	$656.60
460/465	638/640	Sep 18	$1.60	$3.40	91%	0.47	$463.40	$639.10
470/475	655/660	Sep 18	$1.09	$3.91	94%	0.28	$473.91	$656.09
470/475	638/640	Sep 18	$1.09	$3.91	93%	0.28	$473.91	$638.59
455/460	655/660	Sep 18	$1.02	$3.98	94%	0.26	$458.98	$656.02
455/460	638/640	Sep 18	$1.02	$3.98	94%	0.26	$458.98	$638.52
480/485	655/660	Sep 18	$0.95	$4.05	94%	0.23	$484.05	$655.95
480/485	638/640	Sep 18	$0.95	$4.05	94%	0.23	$484.05	$638.45
540/542	638/640	Sep 18	$0.97	$1.53	87%	0.63	$541.53	$638.47
548/550	638/640	Sep 18	$1.25	$1.25	76%	1.00	$548.75	$638.75

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 380 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56
$565.00	$570.00	$575.00	Oct 16	$0.11	$4.89	8%	44.45
$555.00	$557.50	$560.00	Sep 23	$0.05	$2.45	10%	49.00
$552.50	$555.00	$557.50	Sep 23	$0.05	$2.45	9%	49.00
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Sep 30	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$565.00	$570.00	$575.00	Sep 21	$0.25	$4.75	19%	19.00
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Sep 17	$0.39	$2.11	42%	5.41
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 21	$0.05	$2.45	12%	49.00
$547.50	$550.00	$552.50	Sep 18	$0.06	$2.44	12%	40.67
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Oct 16	$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. 500 found (best net $-0.15, 450 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$490.00	$525.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.15	$34.85
$525.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$6.55	$8.45
$460.00	$495.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$30.37	$4.63
$555.00	$557.50	1:2	Sep 17	-$0.60	$1.90
$565.00	$575.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$3.02	$6.98

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$0.76	$9.24
$570.00	$555.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$2.69	$12.31
$555.00	$545.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$1.71	$8.29
$560.00	$557.50	1:2	Sep 17	-$0.10	$2.40
$562.50	$560.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$0.89	$1.61

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 227 found (best yield 4.73%, avg 1.03%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$560.00	Oct 30	$26.45	0.52	0.2%	4.73%	4.96%	--	44
$567.50	Oct 30	$22.55	0.48	1.6%	4.04%	5.61%	--	51
$575.00	Oct 30	$19.35	0.43	2.9%	3.46%	6.38%	--	20
$570.00	Oct 30	$21.00	0.47	2.0%	3.76%	5.78%	--	28
$572.50	Oct 30	$19.70	0.45	2.5%	3.53%	5.99%	--	17
$580.00	Oct 30	$17.05	0.41	3.8%	3.05%	6.86%	2	11
$577.50	Oct 30	$17.55	0.42	3.4%	3.14%	6.50%	--	73
$590.00	Oct 30	$13.50	0.35	5.6%	2.42%	8.01%	157	24
$587.50	Oct 30	$13.70	0.36	5.2%	2.45%	7.60%	--	21
$560.00	Oct 23	$23.10	0.52	0.2%	4.13%	4.36%	--	21

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 28,039

Total Puts 38,630

Put/Call Ratio 1.38

Net Difference -10,591

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 27,942

Total Puts 22,628

Put/Call Ratio 0.81

Net Difference 5,314

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 586,296

Total Puts 922,130

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.63

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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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Price — Past 7 Days

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