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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$560.61 +2.76%

$560.29 (-0.06%)🌙

as of 09/17 04:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 4:00pm) 223,479

Calls: 82,747 (37%)

Puts: 140,732 (63%)

Prior (09/16) 289,398

Calls: 103,073 (36%)

Puts: 186,325 (64%)

Current vs Prior -22.78%

Calls: -19.72% (Calls)

Puts: -24.47% (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 +3.71%

Calls: -1.21%

Puts: +6.83%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 4:00pm) $234.02M

Calls: $87.35M (37%)

Puts: $146.67M (63%)

Prior (09/16) $169.16M

Calls: $53.14M (31%)

Puts: $116.03M (69%)

Current vs Prior +38.34%

Calls: +64.40%

Puts: +26.41%

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 +19.81%

Calls: +22.43%

Puts: +18.30%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/17 4:00pm) 1.70

Prior (09/16) 1.81

Current vs Prior -5.92%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.35%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/17 4:00pm) 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 0.47% | 1.44%1.44% | 2.07%1.44% | 3.68%0.47% | 7.65%

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

Current vs Prior -28.52% | -18.13%+138.84% | -18.13%-43.23% | -17.15%-21.97% | -6.14%

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 -18.29% | -13.46%+26.04% | -16.03%-40.32% | -17.18%-78.76% | -12.62%

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 -28.52% | -18.13%+52.54% | -23.57%-47.00% | -19.13%-50.16% | -7.19%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 29.02% | 27.17%

Calls: 33.33% | 35.58%

Puts: 24.72% | 18.76%

Prior 17.42% | 19.98%

Calls: 11.75% | 16.85%

Puts: 23.09% | 23.12%

Current vs Prior +66.59% | +35.99%

Prior 7-Day Avg 45.59% | 24.37%

Calls: 47.10% | 24.84%

Puts: 44.07% | 23.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -36.34% | +11.49%

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Moderately bearish flow with 63% put dollar volume ($146.67M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.70 - heavy put buying. Put-heavy open interest (1,305,956 puts vs 806,197 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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 BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 307 of results (avg 6.4%, best 2.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Sep 17	109.55	112.15	$110.85	2.3%	77	0.98	5
$455.00	Sep 17	104.50	107.20	$105.85	2.6%	87	1.00	10
$455.00	Oct 16	107.00	110.15	$108.58	2.9%	--	0.96	43
$450.00	Oct 16	111.85	115.20	$113.53	3.0%	--	0.97	174
$475.00	Sep 17	84.50	87.20	$85.85	3.1%	66	0.99	2

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Sep 17	102.40	105.75	$104.08	3.2%	28	1.00	--
$665.00	Sep 18	102.10	105.50	$103.80	3.3%	800	0.98	200
$670.00	Sep 17	107.40	111.00	$109.20	3.3%	24	1.00	--
$570.00	Oct 16	23.70	24.50	$24.10	3.3%	10	0.55	1.2K
$655.00	Sep 17	92.40	95.75	$94.08	3.6%	38	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 12 found (avg $0.75, cheapest $0.67)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Sep 25	0.60	0.73	$0.67	19.4%	735	0.06	768
$635.00	Oct 2	0.42	0.50	$0.46	17.4%	9	0.03	25
$625.00	Oct 2	0.66	0.77	$0.72	15.3%	33	0.05	151
$620.00	Oct 2	0.83	0.97	$0.90	15.6%	15	0.06	2.2K
$645.00	Oct 9	0.67	0.79	$0.73	16.4%	4	0.04	41

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$515.00	Sep 25	0.66	0.72	$0.69	8.7%	85	0.05	2.8K
$475.00	Oct 2	0.55	0.64	$0.60	15.0%	11	0.03	127
$460.00	Oct 9	0.70	0.82	$0.76	15.8%	5	0.03	51
$470.00	Oct 9	0.87	1.06	$0.97	19.6%	15	0.04	164
$450.00	Oct 16	0.91	1.05	$0.98	14.3%	141	0.03	15.0K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 371 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Sep 18	108.30	112.80	$110.55	4.1%	--	1.00	414
$455.00	Sep 18	104.00	107.35	$105.68	3.2%	--	1.00	249
$460.00	Sep 18	99.00	102.30	$100.65	3.3%	10	1.00	383
$465.00	Sep 18	93.25	97.30	$95.28	4.3%	1	1.00	584
$470.00	Sep 18	88.35	92.35	$90.35	4.4%	--	1.00	404

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$565.00	Sep 17	2.90	5.95	$4.43	68.8%	57	1.00	91
$567.50	Sep 17	5.35	8.00	$6.68	39.7%	49	1.00	61
$570.00	Sep 17	7.50	10.95	$9.23	37.4%	20	1.00	31
$580.00	Sep 17	17.40	21.00	$19.20	18.8%	7	1.00	1
$595.00	Sep 17	32.75	35.70	$34.23	8.6%	22	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 948 active (total vol 158.6K, top 15.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Sep 17	0.14	1.32	$0.73	161.6%	4.5K	0.84	3.6K
$570.00	Sep 18	0.35	0.78	$0.56	76.8%	2.6K	0.13	6.2K
$575.00	Sep 18	0.10	0.29	$0.20	95.0%	2.6K	0.05	6.2K
$560.00	Sep 18	3.00	4.20	$3.60	33.3%	2.5K	0.52	4.0K
$562.50	Sep 17	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	2.3K	0.07	318

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 2	4.05	4.45	$4.25	9.4%	15.1K	0.19	3.2K
$530.00	Sep 18	0.04	0.10	$0.07	85.7%	9.1K	0.01	70.3K
$650.00	Sep 18	87.00	90.55	$88.78	4.0%	4.5K	1.00	943
$540.00	Oct 16	11.15	11.75	$11.45	5.2%	3.4K	0.32	8.4K
$630.00	Sep 18	67.10	71.15	$69.13	5.9%	3.0K	1.00	758

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. 604 found (best R:R 1.08, avg 8.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$595.00	Oct 30	$0.97	$4.03	$0.97	35%	4.15	$590.97
$542.50	$545.00	Oct 2	$1.07	$1.43	$1.07	71%	1.34	$543.57
$620.00	$625.00	Oct 30	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	20%	17.52	$620.27
$592.50	$605.00	Sep 17	$0.20	$12.30	$0.20	7%	61.50	$592.70
$562.50	$567.50	Oct 30	$1.95	$3.05	$1.95	51%	1.56	$564.45

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$585.00	$580.00	Oct 23	$2.40	$2.60	$2.40	64%	1.08	$582.60
$572.50	$570.00	Oct 23	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	56%	2.85	$571.85
$510.00	$505.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	18%	37.46	$509.87
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 23	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	37%	9.00	$544.75
$582.50	$580.00	Sep 25	$1.37	$1.13	$1.37	81%	0.82	$581.13

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 504 found (best R:R 0.91, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$655.00	$660.00	Sep 18	$2.38	$2.38	$2.62	91%	0.91	$657.38
$567.50	$570.00	Oct 30	$1.90	$1.90	$0.60	51%	3.17	$569.40
$565.00	$567.50	Oct 9	$1.87	$1.87	$0.63	52%	2.97	$566.87
$615.00	$620.00	Oct 30	$1.70	$1.70	$3.30	78%	0.52	$616.70
$565.00	$570.00	Oct 1	$2.87	$2.87	$2.13	53%	1.35	$567.87

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$557.50	$555.00	Oct 9	$2.23	$2.23	$0.27	54%	8.26	$555.27
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 23	$1.55	$1.55	$0.95	68%	1.63	$535.95
$550.00	$547.50	Oct 23	$1.66	$1.66	$0.84	59%	1.98	$548.34
$520.00	$515.00	Oct 1	$1.13	$1.13	$3.87	87%	0.29	$518.87
$470.00	$465.00	Sep 18	$0.57	$0.57	$4.43	97%	0.13	$469.43

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. 284 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 5.66%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$560.00	Sep 17	$0.73	$0.20	$0.93	$559.07	$560.93	0.17%
$562.50	Sep 17	$0.03	$1.90	$1.93	$560.57	$564.43	0.34%
$557.50	Sep 17	$2.95	$0.02	$2.97	$554.53	$560.47	0.53%
$565.00	Sep 17	$0.02	$4.43	$4.45	$560.55	$569.45	0.79%
$555.00	Sep 17	$5.53	$0.02	$5.55	$549.45	$560.55	0.99%
$567.50	Sep 17	$0.02	$6.68	$6.70	$560.80	$574.20	1.20%
$560.00	Sep 18	$3.60	$3.11	$6.71	$553.29	$566.71	1.20%
$562.50	Sep 18	$2.52	$4.45	$6.97	$555.53	$569.47	1.24%
$565.00	Sep 18	$1.62	$5.83	$7.45	$557.55	$572.45	1.33%
$557.50	Sep 18	$5.50	$2.28	$7.78	$549.72	$565.28	1.39%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 379 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.27%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$562.50	$560.00	Sep 17	$0.03	$0.20	$0.23	$559.77	$562.73
$605.00	$560.00	Sep 17	$0.83	$0.20	$1.03	$558.97	$606.03
$570.00	$550.00	Sep 18	$0.56	$0.73	$1.29	$548.71	$571.29
$587.50	$560.00	Sep 17	$1.03	$0.20	$1.23	$558.77	$588.73
$592.50	$560.00	Sep 17	$1.03	$0.20	$1.23	$558.77	$593.73
$570.00	$552.50	Sep 18	$0.56	$0.86	$1.42	$551.08	$571.42
$567.50	$550.00	Sep 18	$1.05	$0.73	$1.78	$548.22	$569.28
$567.50	$552.50	Sep 18	$1.05	$0.86	$1.91	$550.59	$569.41
$570.00	$555.00	Sep 18	$0.56	$1.53	$2.09	$552.91	$572.09
$567.50	$555.00	Sep 18	$1.05	$1.53	$2.58	$552.42	$570.08

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 690 found (best R:R 1.58, avg credit $0.99)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
465/470	628/630	Sep 18	$3.06	$1.94	86%	1.58	$466.94	$630.56
465/470	638/640	Sep 18	$3.02	$1.98	87%	1.53	$466.98	$640.52
455/460	628/630	Sep 18	$2.98	$2.02	87%	1.48	$457.02	$630.48
455/460	638/640	Sep 18	$2.94	$2.06	88%	1.43	$457.06	$640.44
515/518	588/590	Sep 17	$1.17	$1.33	86%	0.88	$516.33	$588.67
515/518	605/608	Sep 17	$0.97	$1.53	90%	0.63	$516.53	$605.97
500/502	588/590	Sep 17	$0.92	$1.58	89%	0.58	$501.58	$588.42
510/512	588/590	Sep 17	$0.92	$1.58	89%	0.58	$511.58	$588.42
495/498	588/590	Sep 17	$0.91	$1.59	88%	0.57	$496.59	$588.41
535/538	588/590	Sep 17	$0.92	$1.58	88%	0.58	$536.58	$588.42

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 431 found (best R:R 2.62, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 17	$0.69	$1.81	82%	2.62
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Sep 17	$1.52	$0.98	91%	0.64
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$2.42	16%	30.25
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 18	$0.18	$2.32	22%	12.89
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Sep 21	$0.08	$2.42	13%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 17	$0.83	$1.67	84%	2.01
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Sep 17	$1.52	$0.98	95%	0.64
$505.00	$515.00	$525.00	Sep 29	$0.05	$9.95	7%	199.00
$555.00	$557.50	$560.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$2.42	21%	30.25
$552.50	$555.00	$557.50	Sep 18	$0.08	$2.42	18%	30.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 563 found (best net $-1.31, 508 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$490.00	$525.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$1.31	$33.69
$455.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$18.77	$26.23
$525.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$7.48	$7.52
$555.00	$557.50	1:2	Sep 17	-$0.37	$2.13
$575.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$1.33	$8.67

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$550.00	$535.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.86	$14.14
$540.00	$530.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$1.11	$8.89
$590.00	$580.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$9.02	$0.98
$550.00	$542.50	1:2	Sep 24	-$1.23	$6.27
$567.50	$565.00	1:2	Sep 17	-$2.18	$0.32

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 230 found (best yield 4.59%, avg 0.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$562.50	Oct 30	$25.75	0.51	0.3%	4.59%	4.93%	1	1
$567.50	Oct 30	$23.30	0.49	1.2%	4.16%	5.39%	--	51
$570.00	Oct 30	$21.65	0.47	1.7%	3.86%	5.54%	1	28
$572.50	Oct 30	$20.75	0.45	2.1%	3.70%	5.82%	--	17
$575.00	Oct 30	$19.10	0.44	2.6%	3.41%	5.97%	--	20
$577.50	Oct 30	$17.95	0.43	3.0%	3.20%	6.21%	--	73
$580.00	Oct 30	$17.00	0.41	3.5%	3.03%	6.49%	24	11
$587.50	Oct 30	$14.90	0.37	4.8%	2.66%	7.45%	--	21
$590.00	Oct 30	$14.30	0.35	5.2%	2.55%	7.79%	207	24
$585.00	Oct 30	$15.00	0.38	4.3%	2.68%	7.03%	4	4

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 82,747

Total Puts 140,732

Put/Call Ratio 1.70

Net Difference -57,985

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 103,073

Total Puts 186,325

Put/Call Ratio 1.81

Net Difference -83,252

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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Earnings This Week

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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