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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$564.46 +0.69%

(9/18 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 2:00pm) 193,068

Calls: 47,464 (25%)

Puts: 145,604 (75%)

Prior (09/17) 119,512

Calls: 55,088 (46%)

Puts: 64,424 (54%)

Current vs Prior +61.55%

Calls: -13.84% (Calls)

Puts: +126.01% (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 -12.26%

Calls: -43.10%

Puts: +6.56%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 2:00pm) $91.01M

Calls: $48.71M (54%)

Puts: $42.30M (46%)

Prior (09/17) $105.23M

Calls: $67.29M (64%)

Puts: $37.94M (36%)

Current vs Prior -13.51%

Calls: -27.60%

Puts: +11.47%

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 -52.09%

Calls: -24.07%

Puts: -66.38%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 2:00pm) 3.07

Prior (09/17) 1.17

Current vs Prior +162.31%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +81.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 2:00pm) 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 0.63% | 1.57%0.63% | 1.57%0.63% | 3.12%0.63% | 7.51%

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

Current vs Prior -56.32% | -24.12%-56.33% | -24.12%-56.33% | -15.19%+33.68% | -1.84%

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 -63.56% | -33.17%-43.14% | -32.47%-71.18% | -26.50%-62.81% | -10.96%

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 -56.32% | -24.12%-54.78% | -26.10%-54.78% | -11.87%+27.93% | +0.94%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.96% | 13.23%

Calls: 27.47% | 11.07%

Puts: 26.45% | 15.38%

Prior 29.02% | 27.17%

Calls: 33.33% | 35.58%

Puts: 24.72% | 18.76%

Current vs Prior -7.10% | -51.31%

Prior 7-Day Avg 43.56% | 22.97%

Calls: 45.48% | 24.43%

Puts: 41.63% | 21.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -38.11% | -42.41%

Liquidity Expensive

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Above-average activity with volume up 62% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.07 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 162% - 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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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior NEUTRAL

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
14:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 535 of results (avg 5.7%, best 0.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 16	17.80	18.10	$17.95	1.7%	123	0.48	1.4K
$590.00	Oct 16	10.00	10.20	$10.10	2.0%	208	0.33	5.1K
$475.00	Sep 18	88.75	90.55	$89.65	2.0%	2	1.00	618
$460.00	Sep 18	103.30	105.55	$104.43	2.2%	4	1.00	373
$570.00	Oct 23	20.65	21.10	$20.88	2.2%	27	0.48	45

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 16	16.95	17.10	$17.02	0.9%	59	0.45	4.9K
$560.00	Oct 23	19.25	19.65	$19.45	2.1%	18	0.45	55
$670.00	Sep 18	104.45	106.65	$105.55	2.1%	5	1.00	1
$565.00	Oct 16	18.95	19.35	$19.15	2.1%	255	0.49	680
$675.00	Sep 18	109.40	111.75	$110.58	2.1%	4	1.00	200

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 63 found (avg $0.55, cheapest $0.31)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$582.50	Sep 21	0.17	0.20	$0.19	15.8%	44	0.04	111
$580.00	Sep 21	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	116	0.06	67
$577.50	Sep 21	0.39	0.45	$0.42	14.3%	74	0.09	778
$575.00	Sep 21	0.64	0.70	$0.67	9.0%	360	0.14	1.4K
$585.00	Sep 22	0.39	0.44	$0.42	11.9%	--	0.07	56

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$562.50	Sep 18	0.28	0.33	$0.31	16.1%	2.9K	0.21	107
$540.00	Sep 21	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	118	0.03	175
$545.00	Sep 21	0.25	0.29	$0.27	14.8%	78	0.05	909
$542.50	Sep 21	0.19	0.23	$0.21	19.0%	18	0.04	833
$547.50	Sep 21	0.34	0.39	$0.37	13.5%	44	0.07	8

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 324 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Sep 18	93.20	95.65	$94.43	2.6%	3	1.00	404
$490.00	Sep 21	72.80	76.80	$74.80	5.3%	--	1.00	10
$510.00	Sep 21	53.15	55.00	$54.08	3.4%	16	1.00	--
$525.00	Sep 21	37.85	42.00	$39.92	10.4%	--	1.00	13
$490.00	Sep 22	72.90	76.95	$74.93	5.4%	--	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$572.50	Sep 18	7.55	8.70	$8.13	14.1%	12	1.00	149
$575.00	Sep 18	10.00	11.00	$10.50	9.5%	25	1.00	1.7K
$577.50	Sep 18	11.85	14.80	$13.33	22.1%	--	1.00	25
$580.00	Sep 18	14.45	16.50	$15.48	13.2%	15	1.00	1.1K
$585.00	Sep 18	19.70	21.25	$20.48	7.6%	1	1.00	95

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 847 active (total vol 88.9K, top 6.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Sep 18	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	4.8K	0.03	5.4K
$565.00	Sep 18	0.66	0.88	$0.77	28.6%	3.6K	0.43	6.5K
$575.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	2.5K	0.01	5.5K
$600.00	Oct 16	7.30	7.55	$7.43	3.4%	1.4K	0.26	11.1K
$580.00	Sep 25	2.64	2.78	$2.71	5.2%	1.2K	0.23	451

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$497.50	Sep 21	0.01	0.10	$0.06	150.0%	6.1K	0.01	12
$530.00	Oct 16	7.35	7.55	$7.45	2.7%	3.7K	0.23	5.8K
$562.50	Sep 18	0.28	0.33	$0.31	16.1%	2.9K	0.21	107
$500.00	Oct 16	3.10	3.30	$3.20	6.2%	2.6K	0.11	11.2K
$560.00	Sep 18	0.07	0.12	$0.10	50.0%	1.9K	0.07	4.4K

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. 574 found (best R:R 192.18, avg 8.35)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$602.50	$645.00	Sep 24	$0.22	$42.28	$0.22	6%	192.18	$602.72
$542.50	$565.00	Sep 29	$14.98	$7.52	$14.98	79%	0.50	$557.48
$625.00	$660.00	Oct 1	$0.27	$34.73	$0.27	5%	128.63	$625.27
$540.00	$545.00	Oct 30	$2.80	$2.20	$2.80	67%	0.79	$542.80
$552.50	$555.00	Sep 21	$1.67	$0.83	$1.67	87%	0.50	$554.17

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$557.50	Oct 1	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	43%	4.56	$559.55
$515.00	$475.00	Sep 29	$0.49	$39.51	$0.49	6%	80.63	$514.51
$560.00	$557.50	Oct 30	$0.55	$1.95	$0.55	45%	3.55	$559.45
$562.50	$560.00	Sep 29	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	46%	3.39	$561.93
$555.00	$552.50	Sep 28	$0.32	$2.18	$0.32	34%	6.81	$554.68

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 471 found (best R:R 0.92, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$565.00	$567.50	Sep 29	$1.57	$1.57	$0.93	50%	1.69	$566.57
$635.00	$640.00	Oct 30	$1.06	$1.06	$3.94	84%	0.27	$636.06
$572.50	$575.00	Sep 29	$1.23	$1.23	$1.27	61%	0.97	$573.73
$575.00	$577.50	Sep 29	$1.12	$1.12	$1.38	65%	0.81	$576.12
$577.50	$580.00	Sep 23	$0.76	$0.76	$1.74	77%	0.44	$578.26

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$537.50	Oct 30	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	67%	0.92	$538.80
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 23	$1.17	$1.17	$1.33	66%	0.88	$543.83
$552.50	$550.00	Sep 28	$1.03	$1.03	$1.47	69%	0.70	$551.47
$552.50	$550.00	Oct 30	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	60%	1.08	$551.20
$510.00	$480.00	Oct 1	$0.93	$0.93	$29.07	93%	0.03	$509.07

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.71, cheapest $2.69)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$565.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$2.73	27.2%	18.3%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$565.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$2.69	27.2%	18.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 257 found (cheapest 0.35% of stock, avg 5.69%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$565.00	Sep 18	$0.77	$1.21	$1.98	$563.02	$566.98	0.35%
$562.50	Sep 18	$2.33	$0.31	$2.64	$559.86	$565.14	0.47%
$567.50	Sep 18	$0.19	$3.06	$3.25	$564.25	$570.75	0.58%
$560.00	Sep 18	$4.53	$0.10	$4.63	$555.37	$564.63	0.82%
$570.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$5.10	$5.14	$564.86	$575.14	0.91%
$557.50	Sep 18	$7.30	$0.04	$7.34	$550.16	$564.84	1.30%
$565.00	Sep 21	$3.50	$3.90	$7.40	$557.60	$572.40	1.31%
$562.50	Sep 21	$4.97	$2.76	$7.73	$554.77	$570.23	1.37%
$567.50	Sep 21	$2.38	$5.40	$7.78	$559.72	$575.28	1.38%
$572.50	Sep 18	$0.03	$8.13	$8.16	$564.34	$580.66	1.45%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 354 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.23%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$567.50	$560.00	Sep 18	$0.19	$0.10	$0.29	$559.71	$567.79
$567.50	$562.50	Sep 18	$0.19	$0.31	$0.50	$562.00	$568.00
$565.00	$560.00	Sep 18	$0.77	$0.10	$0.87	$559.13	$565.87
$575.00	$552.50	Sep 21	$0.67	$0.69	$1.36	$551.14	$576.36
$565.00	$562.50	Sep 18	$0.77	$0.31	$1.08	$561.42	$566.08
$575.00	$555.00	Sep 21	$0.67	$0.97	$1.64	$553.36	$576.64
$572.50	$552.50	Sep 21	$1.02	$0.69	$1.71	$550.79	$574.21
$572.50	$555.00	Sep 21	$1.02	$0.97	$1.99	$553.01	$574.49
$575.00	$557.50	Sep 21	$0.67	$1.36	$2.03	$555.47	$577.03
$572.50	$557.50	Sep 21	$1.02	$1.36	$2.38	$555.12	$574.88

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 605 found (best R:R 3.39, avg credit $1.01)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
550/552	575/578	Sep 29	$1.93	$0.57	33%	3.39	$550.57	$576.93
528/530	578/580	Sep 23	$0.96	$1.54	71%	0.62	$529.04	$578.46
540/542	578/580	Sep 23	$1.04	$1.46	65%	0.71	$541.46	$578.54
552/555	578/580	Sep 23	$1.45	$1.05	48%	1.38	$553.55	$578.95
550/552	578/580	Sep 23	$1.32	$1.18	53%	1.12	$551.18	$578.82
528/530	598/600	Sep 23	$0.43	$2.07	88%	0.21	$529.57	$597.93
530/532	578/580	Sep 23	$0.87	$1.63	70%	0.53	$531.63	$578.37
538/540	575/578	Sep 29	$1.47	$1.03	46%	1.43	$538.53	$576.47
535/538	575/578	Sep 29	$1.40	$1.10	48%	1.27	$536.10	$576.40
528/530	588/590	Sep 23	$0.51	$1.99	83%	0.26	$529.49	$588.01

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 402 found (best R:R 12.16, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 21	$0.11	$2.39	21%	21.73
$562.50	$565.00	$567.50	Sep 18	$0.98	$1.52	65%	1.55
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Sep 18	$0.43	$2.07	40%	4.81
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 18	$0.64	$1.86	50%	2.91
$555.00	$560.00	$565.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Sep 18	$0.19	$2.31	40%	12.16
$562.50	$565.00	$567.50	Sep 18	$0.95	$1.55	66%	1.63
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Oct 1	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 18	$0.69	$1.81	50%	2.62
$535.00	$540.00	$545.00	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. 543 found (best net $-22.18, 496 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$455.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$22.18	$22.82
$525.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$9.28	$5.72
$550.00	$560.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$2.68	$7.32
$560.00	$562.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.13	$2.37
$585.00	$595.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.53	$9.47

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$567.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.02	$1.48
$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
$572.50	$570.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$2.07	$0.43

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 227 found (best yield 4.38%, avg 1.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$567.50	Oct 30	$24.70	0.50	0.5%	4.38%	4.91%	1	51
$565.00	Oct 30	$25.70	0.52	0.1%	4.55%	4.65%	3	2
$570.00	Oct 30	$23.20	0.49	1.0%	4.11%	5.09%	3	29
$572.50	Oct 30	$22.15	0.47	1.4%	3.92%	5.35%	--	17
$575.00	Oct 30	$20.95	0.46	1.9%	3.71%	5.58%	1	20
$577.50	Oct 30	$20.00	0.44	2.3%	3.54%	5.85%	--	73
$580.00	Oct 30	$18.95	0.43	2.8%	3.36%	6.11%	5	35
$582.50	Oct 30	$17.80	0.41	3.2%	3.15%	6.35%	2	7
$585.00	Oct 30	$16.95	0.40	3.6%	3.00%	6.64%	20	5
$587.50	Oct 30	$15.90	0.39	4.1%	2.82%	6.90%	--	21

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 47,464

Total Puts 145,604

Put/Call Ratio 3.07

Net Difference -98,140

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 55,088

Total Puts 64,424

Put/Call Ratio 1.17

Net Difference -9,336

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 583,865

Total Puts 956,499

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.69

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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