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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$559.68 +2.59%

(9/17 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 12:00pm) 80,038

Calls: 35,662 (45%)

Puts: 44,376 (55%)

Prior (09/16) 77,768

Calls: 46,188 (59%)

Puts: 31,580 (41%)

Current vs Prior +2.92%

Calls: -22.79% (Calls)

Puts: +40.52% (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 -62.86%

Calls: -57.42%

Puts: -66.31%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 12:00pm) $61.84M

Calls: $36.10M (58%)

Puts: $25.75M (42%)

Prior (09/16) $53.19M

Calls: $29.27M (55%)

Puts: $23.92M (45%)

Current vs Prior +16.27%

Calls: +23.33%

Puts: +7.62%

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 -68.34%

Calls: -49.41%

Puts: -79.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 12:00pm) 1.24

Prior (09/16) 0.68

Current vs Prior +82.00%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -23.66%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 12:00pm) 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 0.75% | 1.62%1.62% | 2.38%1.62% | 3.76%0.75% | 7.72%

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

Current vs Prior -62.82% | -36.00%+169.26% | -5.99%-36.00% | -15.20%+24.23% | -5.33%

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 -57.50% | -32.35%+42.10% | -3.58%-32.72% | -15.23%-66.17% | -11.86%

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 -62.82% | -36.00%+71.97% | -12.23%-40.25% | -17.23%-20.65% | -6.38%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 28.75% | 11.11%

Calls: 43.31% | 10.62%

Puts: 14.18% | 11.60%

Prior 17.42% | 19.98%

Calls: 11.75% | 16.85%

Puts: 23.09% | 23.12%

Current vs Prior +65.04% | -44.39%

Prior 7-Day Avg 45.59% | 24.37%

Calls: 47.10% | 24.84%

Puts: 44.07% | 23.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -36.93% | -54.41%

Liquidity Expensive

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Bearish P/C ratio of 1.24 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 82% - 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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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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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 424 of results (avg 6.0%, best 1.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 16	20.85	21.10	$20.98	1.2%	571	0.52	3.2K
$565.00	Oct 16	18.40	18.75	$18.58	1.9%	52	0.48	3.0K
$450.00	Sep 17	108.55	110.75	$109.65	2.0%	19	0.99	5
$535.00	Oct 16	36.35	37.10	$36.73	2.0%	--	0.70	459
$575.00	Oct 16	14.00	14.30	$14.15	2.1%	241	0.40	4.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 16	33.60	34.25	$33.92	1.9%	2	0.67	1.2K
$670.00	Sep 17	109.25	111.40	$110.33	1.9%	9	1.00	--
$535.00	Oct 16	10.05	10.25	$10.15	2.0%	1.7K	0.30	13.7K
$665.00	Sep 17	104.15	106.50	$105.33	2.2%	9	1.00	--
$520.00	Oct 16	6.60	6.75	$6.68	2.2%	319	0.21	8.0K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 18 found (avg $0.55, cheapest $0.27)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$575.00	Sep 18	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	84	0.06	6.2K
$572.50	Sep 18	0.39	0.45	$0.42	14.3%	160	0.10	625
$570.00	Sep 18	0.64	0.72	$0.68	11.8%	445	0.14	6.2K
$582.50	Sep 21	0.43	0.50	$0.47	14.9%	10	0.07	100
$610.00	Sep 25	0.40	0.44	$0.42	9.5%	46	0.04	339

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$535.00	Sep 18	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	312	0.03	3.8K
$545.00	Sep 18	0.44	0.49	$0.47	10.6%	419	0.09	3.2K
$530.00	Sep 18	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	8.9K	0.02	70.3K
$550.00	Sep 18	0.93	0.99	$0.96	6.2%	1.2K	0.17	11.6K
$505.00	Sep 25	0.50	0.58	$0.54	14.8%	10	0.04	815

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 347 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 21	68.15	71.10	$69.63	4.2%	--	1.00	10
$490.00	Sep 23	68.60	71.65	$70.13	4.3%	10	1.00	10
$490.00	Sep 24	68.55	72.30	$70.43	5.3%	10	1.00	--
$460.00	Sep 25	98.65	101.65	$100.15	3.0%	--	1.00	11
$495.00	Sep 25	63.75	67.50	$65.63	5.7%	--	1.00	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Sep 17	6.85	9.60	$8.23	33.4%	45	1.00	61
$570.00	Sep 17	9.30	12.10	$10.70	26.2%	20	1.00	31
$580.00	Sep 17	19.20	21.95	$20.58	13.4%	4	1.00	1
$590.00	Sep 17	28.90	31.90	$30.40	9.9%	4	1.00	--
$592.50	Sep 17	31.65	34.40	$33.03	8.3%	4	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 765 active (total vol 65.2K, top 8.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$572.50	Sep 29	6.20	6.95	$6.58	11.4%	2.2K	0.34	46
$560.00	Sep 18	3.65	3.90	$3.78	6.6%	1.9K	0.50	4.0K
$562.50	Sep 17	0.24	0.30	$0.27	22.2%	1.5K	0.17	318
$570.00	Sep 25	5.45	5.95	$5.70	8.8%	1.2K	0.35	306
$575.00	Sep 25	3.80	4.35	$4.07	13.5%	1.0K	0.28	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Sep 18	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	8.9K	0.02	70.3K
$540.00	Oct 16	11.40	11.75	$11.58	3.0%	3.2K	0.33	8.4K
$535.00	Oct 16	10.05	10.25	$10.15	2.0%	1.7K	0.30	13.7K
$520.00	Oct 2	2.87	3.20	$3.04	10.9%	1.7K	0.14	398
$500.00	Oct 16	3.75	3.85	$3.80	2.6%	1.3K	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. -- 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. 560 found (best R:R 1.73, avg 7.64)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$565.00	$570.00	Oct 23	$1.83	$3.17	$1.83	48%	1.73	$566.83
$610.00	$615.00	Oct 30	$0.65	$4.35	$0.65	24%	6.69	$610.65
$570.00	$572.50	Sep 24	$0.27	$2.23	$0.27	32%	8.26	$570.27
$560.00	$562.50	Sep 24	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	49%	2.57	$560.70
$557.50	$560.00	Sep 28	$0.87	$1.63	$0.87	55%	1.87	$558.37

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$475.00	Sep 29	$0.46	$29.54	$0.46	6%	64.22	$504.54
$565.00	$560.00	Oct 23	$2.00	$3.00	$2.00	52%	1.50	$563.00
$560.00	$557.50	Sep 28	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	49%	2.68	$559.32
$547.50	$545.00	Oct 30	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	40%	4.00	$547.00
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 30	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	37%	4.56	$542.05

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 457 found (best R:R 0.15, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$595.00	$610.00	Oct 1	$1.90	$1.90	$13.10	84%	0.15	$596.90
$637.50	$640.00	Sep 18	$0.75	$0.75	$1.75	95%	0.43	$638.25
$562.50	$570.00	Sep 28	$3.77	$3.77	$3.73	52%	1.01	$566.27
$575.00	$595.00	Oct 1	$4.54	$4.54	$15.46	66%	0.29	$579.54
$655.00	$660.00	Sep 18	$0.54	$0.54	$4.46	96%	0.12	$655.54

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$555.00	$525.00	Oct 1	$7.60	$7.60	$22.40	57%	0.34	$547.40
$520.00	$515.00	Oct 1	$1.03	$1.03	$3.97	87%	0.26	$518.97
$540.00	$537.50	Oct 30	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	64%	1.00	$538.75
$535.00	$510.00	Sep 30	$2.87	$2.87	$22.13	78%	0.13	$532.13
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 30	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	61%	1.00	$543.75

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.62, cheapest $2.54)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$560.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$2.69	24.7%	30.4%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$560.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$2.54	24.7%	30.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 256 found (cheapest 0.43% of stock, avg 5.83%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$560.00	Sep 17	$1.09	$1.34	$2.43	$557.57	$562.43	0.43%
$557.50	Sep 17	$2.84	$0.48	$3.32	$554.18	$560.82	0.59%
$562.50	Sep 17	$0.27	$3.06	$3.33	$559.17	$565.83	0.59%
$555.00	Sep 17	$4.78	$0.17	$4.95	$550.05	$559.95	0.88%
$565.00	Sep 17	$0.08	$5.83	$5.91	$559.09	$570.91	1.06%
$560.00	Sep 18	$3.78	$3.88	$7.66	$552.34	$567.66	1.37%
$552.50	Sep 17	$7.68	$0.07	$7.75	$544.75	$560.25	1.38%
$557.50	Sep 18	$5.18	$2.77	$7.95	$549.55	$565.45	1.42%
$562.50	Sep 18	$2.65	$5.33	$7.98	$554.52	$570.48	1.43%
$567.50	Sep 17	$0.03	$8.23	$8.26	$559.24	$575.76	1.48%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 371 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.22%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$565.00	$555.00	Sep 17	$0.08	$0.17	$0.25	$554.75	$565.25
$562.50	$555.00	Sep 17	$0.27	$0.17	$0.44	$554.56	$562.94
$565.00	$557.50	Sep 17	$0.08	$0.48	$0.56	$556.94	$565.56
$562.50	$557.50	Sep 17	$0.27	$0.48	$0.75	$556.75	$563.25
$570.00	$547.50	Sep 18	$0.68	$0.70	$1.38	$546.12	$571.38
$570.00	$550.00	Sep 18	$0.68	$0.96	$1.64	$548.36	$571.64
$560.00	$557.50	Sep 17	$1.09	$0.48	$1.57	$555.93	$561.57
$567.50	$547.50	Sep 18	$1.12	$0.70	$1.82	$545.68	$569.32
$560.00	$555.00	Sep 17	$1.09	$0.17	$1.26	$553.74	$561.26
$567.50	$550.00	Sep 18	$1.12	$0.96	$2.08	$547.92	$569.58

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 631 found (best R:R 0.25, avg credit $1.07)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
470/475	638/640	Sep 18	$1.00	$4.00	94%	0.25	$474.00	$638.50
455/460	638/640	Sep 18	$0.95	$4.05	94%	0.23	$459.05	$638.45
480/485	638/640	Sep 18	$0.88	$4.12	94%	0.21	$484.12	$638.38
540/542	638/640	Sep 18	$0.86	$1.64	88%	0.52	$541.64	$638.36
545/548	638/640	Sep 18	$0.98	$1.52	83%	0.64	$546.52	$638.48
470/475	655/660	Sep 18	$0.79	$4.21	95%	0.19	$474.21	$655.79
542/545	638/640	Sep 18	$0.86	$1.64	86%	0.52	$544.14	$638.36
550/552	638/640	Sep 18	$1.21	$1.29	72%	0.94	$551.29	$638.71
455/460	655/660	Sep 18	$0.74	$4.26	95%	0.17	$459.26	$655.74
548/550	638/640	Sep 18	$1.01	$1.49	78%	0.68	$548.99	$638.51

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 393 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$555.00	$557.50	$560.00	Sep 17	$0.19	$2.31	44%	12.16
$542.50	$547.50	$552.50	Sep 22	$0.06	$4.94	16%	82.33
$565.00	$570.00	$575.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$567.50	$570.00	$572.50	Sep 21	$0.06	$2.44	10%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$565.00	$570.00	$575.00	Sep 21	$0.08	$4.92	21%	61.50
$560.00	$565.00	$570.00	Sep 22	$0.33	$4.67	21%	14.15
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Sep 30	$0.12	$4.88	12%	40.67
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Sep 17	$0.86	$1.64	59%	1.91
$555.00	$557.50	$560.00	Sep 17	$0.55	$1.95	44%	3.55

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 523 found (best net $-0.17, 475 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$490.00	$525.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.17	$34.83
$455.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$17.88	$27.12
$525.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$7.10	$7.90
$460.00	$495.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$31.11	$3.89
$555.00	$557.50	1:2	Sep 17	-$0.90	$1.60

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$0.82	$9.18
$565.00	$562.50	1:2	Sep 17	-$0.29	$2.21
$555.00	$545.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$1.93	$8.07
$505.00	$475.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.17	$29.83
$550.00	$542.50	1:2	Sep 24	-$1.28	$6.22

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 229 found (best yield 4.73%, avg 1.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$560.00	Oct 30	$26.45	0.52	0.1%	4.73%	4.78%	--	44
$567.50	Oct 30	$22.55	0.48	1.4%	4.03%	5.43%	--	51
$575.00	Oct 30	$19.35	0.43	2.7%	3.46%	6.19%	--	20
$570.00	Oct 30	$21.00	0.46	1.8%	3.75%	5.60%	--	28
$572.50	Oct 30	$19.70	0.45	2.3%	3.52%	5.81%	--	17
$580.00	Oct 30	$17.05	0.40	3.6%	3.05%	6.68%	2	11
$577.50	Oct 30	$17.60	0.42	3.2%	3.14%	6.33%	--	73
$590.00	Oct 30	$13.95	0.35	5.4%	2.49%	7.91%	207	24
$587.50	Oct 30	$13.85	0.36	5.0%	2.47%	7.45%	--	21
$595.00	Oct 30	$12.05	0.32	6.3%	2.15%	8.46%	--	16

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 35,662

Total Puts 44,376

Put/Call Ratio 1.24

Net Difference -8,714

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 46,188

Total Puts 31,580

Put/Call Ratio 0.68

Net Difference 14,608

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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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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