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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$564.00 +0.60%

(9/18 12:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 1:00pm) 177,028

Calls: 42,048 (24%)

Puts: 134,980 (76%)

Prior (09/17) 106,694

Calls: 47,234 (44%)

Puts: 59,460 (56%)

Current vs Prior +65.92%

Calls: -10.98% (Calls)

Puts: +127.01% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,540,364

Calls: 583,865 (38%)

Puts: 956,499 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 220,052

Calls: 83,409 (38%)

Puts: 136,642 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -19.55%

Calls: -49.59%

Puts: -1.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 1:00pm) $77.58M

Calls: $39.68M (51%)

Puts: $37.90M (49%)

Prior (09/17) $94.84M

Calls: $58.84M (62%)

Puts: $36.00M (38%)

Current vs Prior -18.20%

Calls: -32.56%

Puts: +5.28%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.33B

Calls: $449.07M (34%)

Puts: $880.61M (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average $189.95M

Calls: $64.15M (34%)

Puts: $125.80M (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -59.16%

Calls: -38.15%

Puts: -69.87%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 1:00pm) 3.21

Prior (09/17) 1.26

Current vs Prior +155.01%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +89.44%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 1:00pm) 2,177,498

Calls: 820,914 (38%)

Puts: 1,356,584 (62%)

Prior (09/17) 2,112,153

Calls: 806,197 (38%)

Puts: 1,305,956 (62%)

Current vs Prior +3.09%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,869,125

Calls: 5,348,981 (39%)

Puts: 8,520,144 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,981,303

Calls: 764,140 (39%)

Puts: 1,217,163 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/21)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/21)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.68% | 1.58%0.68% | 1.58%0.68% | 3.17%0.68% | 7.50%

Prior 1.44% | 2.07%1.44% | 2.07%1.44% | 3.68%0.47% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -52.96% | -23.55%-52.96% | -23.55%-52.96% | -13.86%+44.00% | -1.92%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.72% | 2.35%1.10% | 2.33%2.18% | 4.24%1.69% | 8.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -60.75% | -32.67%-38.75% | -31.96%-68.95% | -25.35%-59.93% | -11.03%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.44% | 2.07%1.39% | 2.13%1.39% | 3.54%0.49% | 7.44%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -52.96% | -23.55%-51.29% | -25.54%-51.29% | -10.50%+37.80% | +0.86%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 37.14% | 19.57%

Calls: 27.09% | 20.97%

Puts: 47.19% | 18.18%

Prior 29.02% | 27.17%

Calls: 33.33% | 35.58%

Puts: 24.72% | 18.76%

Current vs Prior +27.98% | -27.97%

Prior 7-Day Avg 43.56% | 22.97%

Calls: 45.48% | 24.43%

Puts: 41.63% | 21.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -14.74% | -14.81%

Liquidity Expensive

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Above-average activity with volume up 66% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.21 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 155% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (1,356,584 puts vs 820,914 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 510 of results (avg 6.0%, best 1.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 16	11.50	11.70	$11.60	1.7%	92	0.36	4.1K
$577.50	Oct 2	7.70	7.85	$7.78	1.9%	25	0.35	189
$570.00	Oct 16	17.40	17.75	$17.58	2.0%	92	0.47	1.4K
$590.00	Oct 16	9.85	10.05	$9.95	2.0%	207	0.32	5.1K
$545.00	Oct 16	32.10	32.80	$32.45	2.2%	23	0.67	486

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 2	1.01	1.03	$1.02	2.0%	182	0.06	3.1K
$525.00	Oct 16	6.60	6.75	$6.68	2.2%	276	0.21	3.3K
$565.00	Oct 23	21.75	22.25	$22.00	2.3%	8	0.49	29
$565.00	Oct 16	19.35	19.80	$19.58	2.3%	227	0.49	680
$567.50	Oct 23	22.95	23.50	$23.23	2.4%	8	0.51	1

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 64 found (avg $0.57, cheapest $0.24)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Sep 21	0.22	0.26	$0.24	16.7%	114	0.06	67
$577.50	Sep 21	0.35	0.39	$0.37	10.8%	74	0.08	778
$575.00	Sep 21	0.52	0.60	$0.56	14.3%	199	0.12	1.4K
$572.50	Sep 21	0.86	0.99	$0.93	14.0%	37	0.18	1.3K
$590.00	Sep 22	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	39	0.04	112

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Sep 21	0.28	0.31	$0.30	10.0%	64	0.06	909
$547.50	Sep 21	0.37	0.42	$0.40	12.5%	42	0.08	8
$550.00	Sep 21	0.52	0.59	$0.55	12.7%	279	0.10	656
$552.50	Sep 21	0.74	0.81	$0.78	9.0%	76	0.14	26
$540.00	Sep 22	0.48	0.52	$0.50	8.0%	124	0.07	29

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 321 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$455.00	Sep 18	107.00	110.00	$108.50	2.8%	2	1.00	249
$460.00	Sep 18	102.00	105.10	$103.55	3.0%	4	1.00	373
$465.00	Sep 18	97.00	100.55	$98.78	3.6%	7	1.00	583
$470.00	Sep 18	92.65	94.90	$93.78	2.4%	2	1.00	404
$475.00	Sep 18	87.75	90.00	$88.88	2.5%	1	1.00	618

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Sep 18	44.45	48.00	$46.23	7.7%	--	1.00	118
$650.00	Sep 18	84.90	87.95	$86.43	3.5%	4	1.00	943
$660.00	Sep 18	94.95	97.95	$96.45	3.1%	4	1.00	3
$670.00	Sep 18	104.90	107.95	$106.43	2.9%	1	1.00	1
$675.00	Sep 18	109.90	113.00	$111.45	2.8%	--	1.00	200

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 807 active (total vol 77.8K, top 4.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Sep 18	0.04	0.06	$0.05	40.0%	4.8K	0.04	5.4K
$565.00	Sep 18	0.61	0.80	$0.71	26.8%	3.6K	0.36	6.5K
$575.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	2.5K	0.01	5.5K
$600.00	Oct 16	7.20	7.40	$7.30	2.7%	1.3K	0.26	11.1K
$580.00	Sep 25	2.59	2.78	$2.68	7.1%	1.2K	0.23	451

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$497.50	Sep 21	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	4.0K	0.00	12
$530.00	Oct 16	7.50	7.85	$7.68	4.6%	3.6K	0.24	5.8K
$500.00	Oct 16	3.20	3.30	$3.25	3.1%	2.6K	0.11	11.2K
$562.50	Sep 18	0.50	0.69	$0.60	31.7%	2.2K	0.31	107
$565.00	Sep 18	1.36	2.20	$1.78	47.2%	1.7K	0.64	2.5K

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. 574 found (best R:R 150.79, avg 8.23)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$602.50	$645.00	Sep 24	$0.28	$42.22	$0.28	6%	150.79	$602.78
$542.50	$565.00	Sep 29	$14.83	$7.67	$14.83	79%	0.52	$557.33
$625.00	$660.00	Oct 1	$0.27	$34.73	$0.27	5%	128.63	$625.27
$562.50	$565.00	Sep 28	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	53%	2.12	$563.30
$640.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	14%	26.78	$640.18

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$515.00	$475.00	Sep 29	$0.49	$39.51	$0.49	7%	80.63	$514.51
$562.50	$560.00	Oct 1	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	47%	3.39	$561.93
$560.00	$557.50	Oct 30	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	46%	2.85	$559.35
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 23	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	35%	5.25	$544.60
$570.00	$562.50	Sep 29	$3.50	$4.00	$3.50	58%	1.14	$566.50

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 473 found (best R:R 2.12, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$565.00	$567.50	Sep 29	$1.70	$1.70	$0.80	51%	2.12	$566.70
$565.00	$567.50	Sep 23	$1.55	$1.55	$0.95	52%	1.63	$566.55
$635.00	$640.00	Oct 30	$1.10	$1.10	$3.90	84%	0.28	$636.10
$575.00	$577.50	Sep 29	$1.15	$1.15	$1.35	65%	0.85	$576.15
$572.50	$575.00	Sep 24	$1.08	$1.08	$1.42	67%	0.76	$573.58

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$537.50	Oct 30	$1.17	$1.17	$1.33	67%	0.88	$538.83
$562.50	$560.00	Oct 23	$1.50	$1.50	$1.00	53%	1.50	$561.00
$547.50	$545.00	Oct 23	$1.22	$1.22	$1.28	63%	0.95	$546.28
$510.00	$480.00	Oct 1	$0.93	$0.93	$29.07	93%	0.03	$509.07
$555.00	$552.50	Oct 23	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	58%	1.08	$553.70

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.54, cheapest $2.50)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$562.50	Sep 18	Sep 21	$2.50	27.1%	17.7%
$565.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$2.51	27.0%	18.6%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$562.50	Sep 18	Sep 21	$2.55	27.1%	17.7%
$565.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$2.62	27.0%	18.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 255 found (cheapest 0.44% of stock, avg 5.68%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$565.00	Sep 18	$0.71	$1.78	$2.49	$562.51	$567.49	0.44%
$562.50	Sep 18	$2.03	$0.60	$2.63	$559.87	$565.13	0.47%
$560.00	Sep 18	$4.15	$0.17	$4.32	$555.68	$564.32	0.77%
$567.50	Sep 18	$0.16	$4.22	$4.38	$563.12	$571.88	0.78%
$557.50	Sep 18	$6.10	$0.06	$6.16	$551.34	$563.66	1.09%
$570.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$6.48	$6.53	$563.47	$576.53	1.16%
$565.00	Sep 21	$3.22	$4.40	$7.62	$557.38	$572.62	1.35%
$562.50	Sep 21	$4.53	$3.15	$7.68	$554.82	$570.18	1.36%
$567.50	Sep 21	$2.22	$5.78	$8.00	$559.50	$575.50	1.42%
$560.00	Sep 21	$6.15	$2.17	$8.32	$551.68	$568.32	1.48%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 354 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 3.27%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$567.50	$560.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.17	$0.33	$559.67	$567.83
$567.50	$562.50	Sep 18	$0.16	$0.60	$0.76	$561.74	$568.26
$565.00	$560.00	Sep 18	$0.71	$0.17	$0.88	$559.12	$565.88
$565.00	$562.50	Sep 18	$0.71	$0.60	$1.31	$561.19	$566.31
$575.00	$552.50	Sep 21	$0.56	$0.78	$1.34	$551.16	$576.34
$572.50	$552.50	Sep 21	$0.93	$0.78	$1.71	$550.79	$574.21
$575.00	$555.00	Sep 21	$0.56	$1.09	$1.65	$553.35	$576.65
$572.50	$555.00	Sep 21	$0.93	$1.09	$2.02	$552.98	$574.52
$575.00	$557.50	Sep 21	$0.56	$1.57	$2.13	$555.37	$577.13
$570.00	$552.50	Sep 21	$1.48	$0.78	$2.26	$550.24	$572.26

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 625 found (best R:R 3.63, avg credit $1.03)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
550/552	575/578	Sep 29	$1.96	$0.54	33%	3.63	$550.54	$576.96
528/530	578/580	Sep 23	$0.97	$1.53	71%	0.63	$529.03	$578.47
550/552	578/580	Sep 23	$1.41	$1.09	53%	1.29	$551.09	$578.91
552/555	578/580	Sep 23	$1.51	$0.99	48%	1.53	$553.49	$579.01
535/538	575/578	Sep 29	$1.49	$1.01	48%	1.48	$536.01	$576.49
545/548	578/580	Sep 23	$1.19	$1.31	60%	0.91	$546.31	$578.69
538/540	575/578	Sep 29	$1.50	$1.00	46%	1.50	$538.50	$576.50
530/532	578/580	Sep 23	$0.88	$1.62	70%	0.54	$531.62	$578.38
528/530	588/590	Sep 23	$0.51	$1.99	83%	0.26	$529.49	$588.01
555/558	578/580	Sep 23	$1.52	$0.98	43%	1.55	$555.98	$579.02

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 398 found (best R:R 2.25, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$562.50	$565.00	$567.50	Sep 18	$0.77	$1.73	58%	2.25
$560.00	$565.00	$570.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	8%	99.00
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 18	$0.80	$1.70	56%	2.12
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$567.50	$570.00	$572.50	Sep 23	$0.08	$2.42	11%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	8%	82.33
$562.50	$565.00	$567.50	Sep 21	$0.13	$2.37	20%	18.23
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Oct 1	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 18	$0.75	$1.75	53%	2.33
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 538 found (best net $-21.16, 493 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$455.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$21.16	$23.84
$525.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$8.83	$6.17
$550.00	$560.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$2.70	$7.30
$585.00	$595.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.53	$9.47
$602.50	$645.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$0.09	$42.41

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$565.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$0.35	$14.65
$515.00	$475.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.04	$39.96
$550.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$1.05	$8.95
$530.00	$515.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.06	$14.94
$570.00	$567.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.96	$0.54

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 225 found (best yield 4.38%, avg 1.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$567.50	Oct 30	$24.70	0.50	0.6%	4.38%	5.00%	1	51
$565.00	Oct 30	$25.70	0.51	0.2%	4.56%	4.73%	3	2
$570.00	Oct 30	$23.20	0.49	1.1%	4.11%	5.18%	3	29
$572.50	Oct 30	$22.15	0.47	1.5%	3.93%	5.43%	--	17
$575.00	Oct 30	$20.95	0.46	1.9%	3.71%	5.66%	1	20
$577.50	Oct 30	$20.00	0.44	2.4%	3.55%	5.94%	--	73
$580.00	Oct 30	$18.95	0.43	2.8%	3.36%	6.20%	5	35
$582.50	Oct 30	$17.80	0.41	3.3%	3.16%	6.44%	2	7
$585.00	Oct 30	$16.95	0.40	3.7%	3.01%	6.73%	20	5
$587.50	Oct 30	$15.90	0.38	4.2%	2.82%	6.99%	--	21

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 42,048

Total Puts 134,980

Put/Call Ratio 3.21

Net Difference -92,932

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 47,234

Total Puts 59,460

Put/Call Ratio 1.26

Net Difference -12,226

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 583,865

Total Puts 956,499

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.69

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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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