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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$561.14 +2.86%

(9/17 14:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:00pm) 143,703

Calls: 62,453 (43%)

Puts: 81,250 (57%)

Prior (09/16) 245,220

Calls: 89,136 (36%)

Puts: 156,084 (64%)

Current vs Prior -41.40%

Calls: -29.94% (Calls)

Puts: -47.94% (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 -33.31%

Calls: -25.44%

Puts: -38.32%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:00pm) $162.61M

Calls: $78.60M (48%)

Puts: $84.01M (52%)

Prior (09/16) $100.70M

Calls: $44.38M (44%)

Puts: $56.32M (56%)

Current vs Prior +61.48%

Calls: +77.12%

Puts: +49.17%

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 -16.75%

Calls: +10.16%

Puts: -32.24%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17 3:00pm) 1.30

Prior (09/16) 1.75

Current vs Prior -25.70%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.18%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:00pm) 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 0.55% | 1.43%1.43% | 2.13%1.43% | 3.55%0.55% | 7.48%

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

Current vs Prior -72.86% | -43.43%+138.02% | -15.60%-43.43% | -20.08%-9.30% | -8.26%

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 -68.97% | -40.20%+25.61% | -13.44%-40.52% | -20.11%-75.30% | -14.59%

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 -72.86% | -43.43%+52.02% | -21.21%-47.19% | -21.99%-42.07% | -9.28%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 62.82% | 10.57%

Calls: 39.72% | 7.50%

Puts: 85.92% | 13.65%

Prior 17.42% | 19.98%

Calls: 11.75% | 16.85%

Puts: 23.09% | 23.12%

Current vs Prior +260.62% | -47.10%

Prior 7-Day Avg 45.59% | 24.37%

Calls: 47.10% | 24.84%

Puts: 44.07% | 23.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +37.80% | -56.63%

Liquidity Expensive

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Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 61% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 41% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.30 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 26% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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
15:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
14:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 594 of results (avg 5.3%, best 1.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$565.00	Oct 16	18.50	18.75	$18.63	1.3%	331	0.49	3.0K
$585.00	Oct 16	10.40	10.55	$10.48	1.4%	286	0.34	4.0K
$580.00	Oct 2	6.50	6.60	$6.55	1.5%	71	0.31	1.4K
$570.00	Oct 16	16.10	16.35	$16.23	1.5%	697	0.45	851
$580.00	Oct 16	12.10	12.30	$12.20	1.6%	1.7K	0.37	2.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 16	18.15	18.40	$18.27	1.4%	1.1K	0.47	4.0K
$565.00	Oct 23	23.00	23.35	$23.18	1.5%	12	0.51	35
$562.50	Oct 23	21.75	22.10	$21.93	1.6%	2	0.49	1
$552.50	Oct 9	12.35	12.55	$12.45	1.6%	--	0.40	37
$560.00	Oct 23	20.55	20.90	$20.73	1.7%	2	0.47	48

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 50 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.21)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$575.00	Sep 18	0.19	0.22	$0.21	14.3%	255	0.06	6.2K
$572.50	Sep 18	0.33	0.38	$0.36	13.9%	568	0.09	625
$570.00	Sep 18	0.61	0.66	$0.64	7.8%	1.1K	0.15	6.2K
$585.00	Sep 21	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	2	0.05	16
$582.50	Sep 21	0.34	0.40	$0.37	16.2%	10	0.06	100

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$547.50	Sep 18	0.33	0.39	$0.36	16.7%	317	0.08	574
$550.00	Sep 18	0.52	0.58	$0.55	10.9%	1.7K	0.12	11.6K
$552.50	Sep 18	0.77	0.88	$0.83	13.3%	415	0.17	428
$532.50	Sep 21	0.29	0.35	$0.32	18.8%	3	0.04	1.9K
$535.00	Sep 21	0.37	0.42	$0.40	12.5%	--	0.06	345

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 361 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 21	69.60	72.70	$71.15	4.4%	--	1.00	10
$525.00	Sep 21	34.80	37.80	$36.30	8.3%	--	1.00	13
$490.00	Sep 22	69.75	73.05	$71.40	4.6%	--	1.00	10
$490.00	Sep 24	69.90	73.45	$71.68	5.0%	10	1.00	--
$480.00	Sep 17	79.90	82.35	$81.13	3.0%	24	1.00	2

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$565.00	Sep 17	3.00	4.80	$3.90	46.2%	33	1.00	91
$567.50	Sep 17	5.40	8.10	$6.75	40.0%	45	1.00	61
$580.00	Sep 17	17.70	19.15	$18.42	7.9%	5	1.00	1
$590.00	Sep 17	27.75	30.60	$29.18	9.8%	12	1.00	--
$592.50	Sep 17	30.25	33.05	$31.65	8.8%	14	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 879 active (total vol 106.1K, top 9.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Sep 18	3.85	4.15	$4.00	7.5%	2.3K	0.56	4.0K
$572.50	Sep 29	6.30	6.80	$6.55	7.6%	2.2K	0.35	46
$562.50	Sep 17	0.11	0.18	$0.14	50.0%	2.2K	0.19	318
$567.50	Sep 18	1.00	1.12	$1.06	11.3%	2.1K	0.23	1.5K
$580.00	Oct 16	12.10	12.30	$12.20	1.6%	1.7K	0.37	2.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Sep 18	0.02	0.06	$0.04	100.0%	9.0K	0.01	70.3K
$540.00	Oct 16	10.60	10.80	$10.70	1.9%	3.3K	0.32	8.4K
$470.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.41	$0.21	195.2%	2.5K	0.01	5.0K
$500.00	Oct 16	3.25	3.40	$3.33	4.5%	2.3K	0.12	10.4K
$650.00	Sep 18	87.00	90.60	$88.80	4.1%	2.2K	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. 580 found (best R:R 1.06, avg 8.22)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$555.00	Sep 28	$2.43	$2.57	$2.43	68%	1.06	$552.43
$547.50	$550.00	Sep 24	$1.05	$1.45	$1.05	73%	1.38	$548.55
$540.00	$545.00	Oct 30	$2.53	$2.47	$2.53	65%	0.98	$542.53
$530.00	$532.50	Sep 25	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	88%	0.56	$531.60
$550.00	$555.00	Oct 23	$2.47	$2.53	$2.47	60%	1.02	$552.47

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$545.00	Sep 28	$0.70	$4.30	$0.70	32%	6.14	$549.30
$560.00	$557.50	Sep 28	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	47%	3.39	$559.43
$575.00	$570.00	Sep 23	$3.22	$1.78	$3.22	76%	0.55	$571.78
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 30	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	38%	4.00	$544.50
$540.00	$537.50	Oct 9	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	30%	7.33	$539.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 476 found (best R:R 0.36, avg 0.28)

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
$575.00	$585.00	Oct 1	$3.35	$3.35	$6.65	65%	0.50	$578.35
$637.50	$640.00	Sep 18	$0.51	$0.51	$1.99	96%	0.26	$638.01
$582.50	$600.00	Sep 29	$2.46	$2.46	$15.04	77%	0.16	$584.96
$615.00	$620.00	Oct 30	$1.38	$1.38	$3.62	77%	0.38	$616.38

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$557.50	$530.00	Sep 29	$7.22	$7.22	$20.28	55%	0.36	$550.28
$550.00	$525.00	Oct 1	$5.60	$5.60	$19.40	64%	0.29	$544.40
$520.00	$515.00	Oct 1	$0.98	$0.98	$4.02	87%	0.24	$519.02
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 9	$1.00	$1.00	$1.50	72%	0.67	$536.50
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 30	$1.53	$1.53	$3.47	73%	0.44	$523.47

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. 268 found (cheapest 0.29% of stock, avg 5.56%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$560.00	Sep 17	$1.41	$0.19	$1.60	$558.40	$561.60	0.29%
$562.50	Sep 17	$0.14	$1.65	$1.79	$560.71	$564.29	0.32%
$557.50	Sep 17	$3.78	$0.03	$3.81	$553.69	$561.31	0.68%
$565.00	Sep 17	$0.02	$3.90	$3.92	$561.08	$568.92	0.70%
$555.00	Sep 17	$6.23	$0.02	$6.25	$548.75	$561.25	1.11%
$567.50	Sep 17	$0.01	$6.75	$6.76	$560.74	$574.26	1.20%
$562.50	Sep 18	$2.70	$4.03	$6.73	$555.77	$569.23	1.20%
$560.00	Sep 18	$4.00	$2.77	$6.77	$553.23	$566.77	1.21%
$565.00	Sep 18	$1.76	$5.55	$7.31	$557.69	$572.31	1.30%
$557.50	Sep 18	$5.60	$1.89	$7.49	$550.01	$564.99	1.33%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 371 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 3.15%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$562.50	$560.00	Sep 17	$0.14	$0.19	$0.33	$559.67	$562.83
$572.50	$550.00	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.55	$0.91	$549.09	$573.41
$570.00	$550.00	Sep 18	$0.64	$0.55	$1.19	$548.81	$571.19
$572.50	$552.50	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.83	$1.19	$551.31	$573.69
$570.00	$552.50	Sep 18	$0.64	$0.83	$1.47	$551.03	$571.47
$567.50	$550.00	Sep 18	$1.06	$0.55	$1.61	$548.39	$569.11
$572.50	$555.00	Sep 18	$0.36	$1.25	$1.61	$553.39	$574.11
$567.50	$552.50	Sep 18	$1.06	$0.83	$1.89	$550.61	$569.39
$570.00	$555.00	Sep 18	$0.64	$1.25	$1.89	$553.11	$571.89
$567.50	$555.00	Sep 18	$1.06	$1.25	$2.31	$552.69	$569.81

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 669 found (best R:R 0.16, avg credit $0.99)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
455/460	638/640	Sep 18	$0.70	$4.30	95%	0.16	$459.30	$638.20
465/470	638/640	Sep 18	$0.69	$4.31	95%	0.16	$469.31	$638.19
480/485	638/640	Sep 18	$0.67	$4.33	95%	0.15	$484.33	$638.17
540/542	578/580	Sep 24	$1.46	$1.04	55%	1.40	$541.04	$578.96
545/548	638/640	Sep 18	$0.62	$1.88	88%	0.33	$546.88	$638.12
548/550	638/640	Sep 18	$0.70	$1.80	85%	0.39	$549.30	$638.20
550/552	638/640	Sep 18	$0.79	$1.71	80%	0.46	$551.71	$638.29
455/460	628/630	Sep 18	$0.41	$4.59	97%	0.09	$459.59	$627.91
552/555	638/640	Sep 18	$0.93	$1.57	72%	0.59	$554.07	$638.43
465/470	628/630	Sep 18	$0.40	$4.60	97%	0.09	$469.60	$627.90

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 422 found (best R:R 15.13, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$565.00	$575.00	$585.00	Oct 1	$0.62	$9.38	23%	15.13
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Sep 17	$1.10	$1.40	78%	1.27
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 17	$1.15	$1.35	76%	1.17
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Sep 30	$0.07	$4.93	10%	70.43
$555.00	$557.50	$560.00	Sep 17	$0.08	$2.42	20%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 17	$0.79	$1.71	78%	2.16
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Sep 17	$1.30	$1.20	80%	0.92
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Oct 1	$0.11	$4.89	11%	44.45
$530.00	$535.00	$540.00	Sep 28	$0.08	$4.92	9%	61.50
$555.00	$557.50	$560.00	Sep 17	$0.15	$2.35	20%	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 554 found (best net $-1.45, 508 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$490.00	$525.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$1.45	$33.55
$455.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$19.61	$25.39
$525.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$7.80	$7.20
$575.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.98	$9.02
$555.00	$557.50	1:2	Sep 17	-$1.33	$1.17

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$0.08	$9.92
$590.00	$580.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$7.66	$2.34
$567.50	$565.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$1.05	$1.45
$530.00	$515.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.25	$14.75
$530.00	$520.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.79	$9.21

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 221 found (best yield 4.59%, avg 1.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$562.50	Oct 30	$25.75	0.51	0.2%	4.59%	4.83%	1	1
$567.50	Oct 30	$23.30	0.49	1.1%	4.15%	5.29%	--	51
$577.50	Oct 30	$18.95	0.43	2.9%	3.38%	6.29%	--	73
$570.00	Oct 30	$21.65	0.47	1.6%	3.86%	5.44%	1	28
$580.00	Oct 30	$17.95	0.41	3.4%	3.20%	6.56%	24	11
$572.50	Oct 30	$20.45	0.46	2.0%	3.64%	5.67%	--	17
$575.00	Oct 30	$19.35	0.44	2.5%	3.45%	5.92%	--	20
$585.00	Oct 30	$15.95	0.38	4.2%	2.84%	7.09%	4	4
$587.50	Oct 30	$14.65	0.37	4.7%	2.61%	7.31%	--	21
$590.00	Oct 30	$14.30	0.35	5.1%	2.55%	7.69%	207	24

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 62,453

Total Puts 81,250

Put/Call Ratio 1.30

Net Difference -18,797

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 89,136

Total Puts 156,084

Put/Call Ratio 1.75

Net Difference -66,948

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 586,296

Total Puts 922,130

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.63

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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