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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$561.09 +2.85%

(9/17 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 1:00pm) 106,694

Calls: 47,234 (44%)

Puts: 59,460 (56%)

Prior (09/16) 97,852

Calls: 57,823 (59%)

Puts: 40,029 (41%)

Current vs Prior +9.04%

Calls: -18.31% (Calls)

Puts: +48.54% (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 -50.49%

Calls: -43.61%

Puts: -54.86%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 1:00pm) $94.84M

Calls: $58.84M (62%)

Puts: $36.00M (38%)

Prior (09/16) $64.28M

Calls: $36.53M (57%)

Puts: $27.75M (43%)

Current vs Prior +47.54%

Calls: +61.06%

Puts: +29.74%

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 -51.45%

Calls: -17.53%

Puts: -70.96%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17 1:00pm) 1.26

Prior (09/16) 0.69

Current vs Prior +81.84%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.77%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 1:00pm) 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 0.67% | 1.53%1.53% | 2.27%1.53% | 3.80%0.67% | 7.57%

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

Current vs Prior -66.47% | -39.55%+154.36% | -10.45%-39.55% | -14.33%+12.06% | -7.10%

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 -61.67% | -36.10%+34.23% | -8.15%-36.44% | -14.36%-69.49% | -13.51%

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 -66.47% | -39.55%+62.46% | -16.40%-43.56% | -16.38%-28.43% | -8.13%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 43.72% | 20.49%

Calls: 34.94% | 22.22%

Puts: 52.49% | 18.76%

Prior 17.42% | 19.98%

Calls: 11.75% | 16.85%

Puts: 23.09% | 23.12%

Current vs Prior +150.98% | +2.55%

Prior 7-Day Avg 45.59% | 24.37%

Calls: 47.10% | 24.84%

Puts: 44.07% | 23.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -4.10% | -15.92%

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Moderately bullish flow with 62% call dollar volume ($58.84M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.26 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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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg 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)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 331 of results (avg 6.6%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Sep 18	109.20	112.00	$110.60	2.5%	--	1.00	414
$455.00	Sep 18	104.20	107.00	$105.60	2.7%	--	1.00	249
$455.00	Sep 17	103.95	106.80	$105.38	2.7%	23	1.00	10
$570.00	Oct 16	16.30	16.75	$16.52	2.7%	619	0.45	851
$460.00	Sep 18	99.25	102.05	$100.65	2.8%	10	1.00	383

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Sep 17	103.15	106.05	$104.60	2.8%	20	0.99	--
$670.00	Sep 17	107.95	111.05	$109.50	2.8%	16	0.99	--
$665.00	Sep 18	103.15	106.20	$104.68	2.9%	--	0.99	200
$650.00	Sep 18	88.40	91.05	$89.73	3.0%	--	1.00	943
$650.00	Oct 16	88.50	91.20	$89.85	3.0%	--	0.94	379

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 12 found (avg $0.69, cheapest $0.36)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Oct 2	0.84	1.00	$0.92	17.4%	13	0.06	2.2K
$655.00	Oct 16	0.93	1.05	$0.99	12.1%	29	0.05	373

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Sep 25	0.33	0.39	$0.36	16.7%	317	0.03	3.6K
$510.00	Sep 25	0.56	0.62	$0.59	10.2%	102	0.04	2.9K
$517.50	Sep 25	0.82	1.00	$0.91	19.8%	364	0.07	30
$515.00	Sep 25	0.73	0.87	$0.80	17.5%	14	0.06	2.8K
$455.00	Oct 2	0.30	0.35	$0.32	15.6%	12	0.02	35

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 351 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Sep 17	108.95	112.65	$110.80	3.3%	30	1.00	5
$455.00	Sep 17	103.95	106.80	$105.38	2.7%	23	1.00	10
$460.00	Sep 17	98.95	102.20	$100.58	3.2%	12	1.00	3
$465.00	Sep 17	94.10	96.90	$95.50	2.9%	8	1.00	1
$470.00	Sep 17	88.95	92.35	$90.65	3.8%	9	1.00	2

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Sep 17	87.95	91.05	$89.50	3.5%	16	1.00	--
$630.00	Sep 18	67.40	71.20	$69.30	5.5%	--	1.00	758
$600.00	Sep 18	37.70	41.20	$39.45	8.9%	1	1.00	124
$620.00	Sep 18	57.75	61.20	$59.48	5.8%	--	1.00	87
$610.00	Sep 18	47.80	51.20	$49.50	6.9%	3	1.00	118

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 803 active (total vol 79.4K, top 9.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$572.50	Sep 29	6.15	7.05	$6.60	13.6%	2.2K	0.34	46
$562.50	Sep 17	0.40	0.57	$0.49	34.7%	2.1K	0.28	318
$560.00	Sep 18	3.60	4.50	$4.05	22.2%	2.1K	0.54	4.0K
$580.00	Oct 16	11.95	12.80	$12.38	6.9%	1.6K	0.37	2.0K
$570.00	Sep 25	5.90	6.20	$6.05	5.0%	1.2K	0.37	306

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.07	$0.06	33.3%	9.0K	0.01	70.3K
$540.00	Oct 16	10.85	11.45	$11.15	5.4%	3.2K	0.32	8.4K
$535.00	Oct 16	9.35	10.05	$9.70	7.2%	1.7K	0.29	13.7K
$520.00	Oct 2	2.82	3.10	$2.96	9.5%	1.7K	0.14	398
$500.00	Oct 16	3.50	3.65	$3.58	4.2%	1.6K	0.12	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. 555 found (best R:R 191.31, avg 7.61)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$530.00	$535.00	Oct 16	$3.02	$1.98	$3.02	74%	0.66	$533.02
$550.00	$555.00	Sep 28	$2.47	$2.53	$2.47	65%	1.02	$552.47
$610.00	$615.00	Oct 30	$0.53	$4.47	$0.53	24%	8.43	$610.53
$557.50	$560.00	Sep 25	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	57%	2.12	$558.30
$542.50	$545.00	Oct 23	$1.12	$1.38	$1.12	65%	1.23	$543.62

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$500.00	$475.00	Sep 29	$0.13	$24.87	$0.13	5%	191.31	$499.87
$585.00	$582.50	Sep 25	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	83%	0.79	$583.60
$562.50	$560.00	Oct 30	$0.58	$1.92	$0.58	49%	3.31	$561.92
$565.00	$560.00	Sep 24	$2.08	$2.92	$2.08	58%	1.40	$562.92
$570.00	$567.50	Sep 18	$1.47	$1.03	$1.47	84%	0.70	$568.53

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 455 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	$0.67	$0.67	$1.83	96%	0.37	$638.17
$577.50	$580.00	Oct 23	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	59%	1.78	$579.10
$565.00	$575.00	Oct 1	$4.42	$4.42	$5.58	54%	0.79	$569.42
$572.50	$575.00	Oct 23	$1.48	$1.48	$1.02	56%	1.45	$573.98

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$525.00	Oct 1	$5.75	$5.75	$19.25	63%	0.30	$544.25
$520.00	$515.00	Oct 1	$0.98	$0.98	$4.02	87%	0.24	$519.02
$555.00	$552.50	Oct 23	$1.50	$1.50	$1.00	56%	1.50	$553.50
$535.00	$510.00	Sep 30	$2.76	$2.76	$22.24	79%	0.12	$532.24
$515.00	$510.00	Oct 30	$1.35	$1.35	$3.65	77%	0.37	$513.65

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.32, cheapest $2.25)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$560.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$2.39	28.5%	28.4%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$560.00	Sep 17	Sep 18	$2.25	28.7%	28.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 263 found (cheapest 0.45% of stock, avg 5.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$560.00	Sep 17	$1.66	$0.88	$2.54	$557.46	$562.54	0.45%
$562.50	Sep 17	$0.49	$2.12	$2.61	$559.89	$565.11	0.47%
$557.50	Sep 17	$3.48	$0.22	$3.70	$553.80	$561.20	0.66%
$565.00	Sep 17	$0.08	$4.95	$5.03	$559.97	$570.03	0.90%
$555.00	Sep 17	$5.45	$0.10	$5.55	$549.45	$560.55	0.99%
$567.50	Sep 17	$0.03	$7.00	$7.03	$560.47	$574.53	1.25%
$560.00	Sep 18	$4.05	$3.13	$7.18	$552.82	$567.18	1.28%
$562.50	Sep 18	$2.95	$4.53	$7.48	$555.02	$569.98	1.33%
$552.50	Sep 17	$7.88	$0.04	$7.92	$544.58	$560.42	1.41%
$565.00	Sep 18	$1.74	$6.20	$7.94	$557.06	$572.94	1.42%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 376 found (cheapest 0.03% of stock, avg 3.21%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$565.00	$555.00	Sep 17	$0.08	$0.10	$0.18	$554.82	$565.18
$565.00	$557.50	Sep 17	$0.08	$0.22	$0.30	$557.20	$565.30
$562.50	$555.00	Sep 17	$0.49	$0.10	$0.59	$554.41	$563.09
$562.50	$557.50	Sep 17	$0.49	$0.22	$0.71	$556.79	$563.21
$572.50	$550.00	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.77	$1.19	$548.81	$573.69
$565.00	$560.00	Sep 17	$0.08	$0.88	$0.96	$559.04	$565.96
$570.00	$550.00	Sep 18	$0.71	$0.77	$1.48	$548.52	$571.48
$562.50	$560.00	Sep 17	$0.49	$0.88	$1.37	$558.63	$563.87
$572.50	$552.50	Sep 18	$0.42	$1.10	$1.52	$550.98	$574.02
$570.00	$552.50	Sep 18	$0.71	$1.10	$1.81	$550.69	$571.81

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 684 found (best R:R 0.23, avg credit $1.11)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
470/475	638/640	Sep 18	$0.93	$4.07	94%	0.23	$474.07	$638.43
455/460	638/640	Sep 18	$0.87	$4.13	94%	0.21	$459.13	$638.37
480/485	638/640	Sep 18	$0.79	$4.21	94%	0.19	$484.21	$638.29
542/545	638/640	Sep 18	$0.78	$1.72	88%	0.45	$544.22	$638.28
548/550	638/640	Sep 18	$0.93	$1.57	81%	0.59	$549.07	$638.43
545/548	638/640	Sep 18	$0.81	$1.69	86%	0.48	$546.69	$638.31
552/555	638/640	Sep 18	$1.19	$1.31	69%	0.91	$553.81	$638.69
550/552	638/640	Sep 18	$1.00	$1.50	76%	0.67	$551.50	$638.50
470/475	655/660	Sep 18	$0.54	$4.46	96%	0.12	$474.46	$655.54
470/475	628/630	Sep 18	$0.48	$4.52	96%	0.11	$474.52	$627.98

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 402 found (best R:R 15.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$555.00	$557.50	$560.00	Sep 17	$0.15	$2.35	38%	15.67
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Sep 17	$0.65	$1.85	64%	2.85
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Sep 30	$0.08	$4.92	9%	61.50
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 17	$0.76	$1.74	55%	2.29
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Sep 30	$0.11	$4.89	9%	44.45

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Sep 17	$0.58	$1.92	58%	3.31
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Sep 22	$0.13	$4.87	15%	37.46
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Sep 28	$0.06	$4.94	11%	82.33
$545.00	$550.00	$555.00	Sep 28	$0.20	$4.80	12%	24.00
$552.50	$555.00	$557.50	Sep 18	$0.10	$2.40	16%	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 527 found (best net $-1.15, 478 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$490.00	$525.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$1.15	$33.85
$455.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$18.88	$26.12
$525.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$8.46	$6.54
$460.00	$495.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$31.47	$3.53
$575.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$1.37	$8.63

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$555.00	$550.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$0.82	$4.18
$590.00	$580.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$9.38	$0.62
$550.00	$542.50	1:2	Sep 24	-$1.48	$6.02
$495.00	$475.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.08	$19.92
$500.00	$475.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.50	$24.50

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 216 found (best yield 4.02%, avg 0.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$567.50	Oct 30	$22.55	0.48	1.1%	4.02%	5.16%	--	51
$575.00	Oct 30	$19.35	0.44	2.5%	3.45%	5.93%	--	20
$570.00	Oct 30	$21.20	0.47	1.6%	3.78%	5.37%	1	28
$572.50	Oct 30	$20.05	0.45	2.0%	3.57%	5.61%	--	17
$580.00	Oct 30	$17.10	0.41	3.4%	3.05%	6.42%	22	11
$577.50	Oct 30	$17.85	0.42	2.9%	3.18%	6.11%	--	73
$590.00	Oct 30	$13.95	0.35	5.2%	2.49%	7.64%	207	24
$587.50	Oct 30	$13.95	0.36	4.7%	2.49%	7.19%	--	21
$595.00	Oct 30	$12.05	0.32	6.0%	2.15%	8.19%	--	16
$600.00	Oct 30	$10.90	0.30	6.9%	1.94%	8.88%	63	69

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 47,234

Total Puts 59,460

Put/Call Ratio 1.26

Net Difference -12,226

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 57,823

Total Puts 40,029

Put/Call Ratio 0.69

Net Difference 17,794

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 586,296

Total Puts 922,130

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.63

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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