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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$565.63 +0.89%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 3:00pm) 205,068

Calls: 53,479 (26%)

Puts: 151,589 (74%)

Prior (09/17) 143,703

Calls: 62,453 (43%)

Puts: 81,250 (57%)

Current vs Prior +42.70%

Calls: -14.37% (Calls)

Puts: +86.57% (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 -6.81%

Calls: -35.88%

Puts: +10.94%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 3:00pm) $105.20M

Calls: $58.13M (55%)

Puts: $47.07M (45%)

Prior (09/17) $162.61M

Calls: $78.60M (48%)

Puts: $84.01M (52%)

Current vs Prior -35.31%

Calls: -26.04%

Puts: -43.97%

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 -44.62%

Calls: -9.39%

Puts: -62.58%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 3:00pm) 2.83

Prior (09/17) 1.30

Current vs Prior +117.88%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +67.28%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 3:00pm) 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% | 1.51%0.68% | 1.51%0.68% | 3.01%0.68% | 7.33%

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

Current vs Prior -52.72% | -27.18%-52.72% | -27.18%-52.72% | -18.25%+44.72% | -4.12%

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 -60.55% | -35.87%-38.44% | -35.19%-68.80% | -29.15%-59.73% | -13.03%

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 -52.72% | -27.18%-51.04% | -29.08%-51.04% | -15.05%+38.49% | -1.41%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 49.38% | 13.05%

Calls: 31.15% | 9.26%

Puts: 67.61% | 16.84%

Prior 29.02% | 27.17%

Calls: 33.33% | 35.58%

Puts: 24.72% | 18.76%

Current vs Prior +70.16% | -51.97%

Prior 7-Day Avg 43.56% | 22.97%

Calls: 45.48% | 24.43%

Puts: 41.63% | 21.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +13.36% | -43.19%

Liquidity Expensive

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.83 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 118% - 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

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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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	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 509 of results (avg 5.9%, best 0.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 16	11.95	12.05	$12.00	0.8%	348	0.36	4.1K
$570.00	Oct 2	11.15	11.25	$11.20	0.9%	49	0.45	574
$575.00	Oct 16	15.85	16.00	$15.93	0.9%	97	0.44	4.5K
$575.00	Oct 2	9.00	9.10	$9.05	1.1%	350	0.39	1.8K
$575.00	Oct 9	12.50	12.65	$12.58	1.2%	9	0.42	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$565.00	Oct 23	21.00	21.40	$21.20	1.9%	8	0.48	29
$567.50	Oct 23	22.10	22.60	$22.35	2.2%	8	0.50	1
$675.00	Sep 18	108.60	111.20	$109.90	2.4%	4	1.00	200
$555.00	Oct 23	16.65	17.10	$16.88	2.7%	1	0.41	128
$670.00	Sep 18	103.65	106.55	$105.10	2.8%	5	1.00	1

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 55 found (avg $0.63, cheapest $0.26)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Sep 18	0.24	0.28	$0.26	15.4%	1.0K	0.17	1.5K
$577.50	Sep 21	0.40	0.49	$0.45	20.0%	74	0.10	778
$575.00	Sep 21	0.70	0.77	$0.74	9.5%	460	0.14	1.4K
$585.00	Sep 22	0.38	0.45	$0.42	16.7%	--	0.07	56
$582.50	Sep 22	0.53	0.60	$0.56	12.5%	168	0.09	2

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Sep 21	0.39	0.46	$0.43	16.3%	327	0.08	656
$552.50	Sep 21	0.53	0.64	$0.59	18.6%	299	0.11	26
$555.00	Sep 21	0.72	0.87	$0.80	18.8%	56	0.15	400
$542.50	Sep 22	0.45	0.53	$0.49	16.3%	91	0.07	12
$545.00	Sep 22	0.55	0.65	$0.60	16.7%	239	0.09	25

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 333 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$455.00	Sep 18	108.35	111.35	$109.85	2.7%	2	1.00	249
$460.00	Sep 18	103.65	106.40	$105.03	2.6%	6	1.00	373
$465.00	Sep 18	98.35	101.40	$99.88	3.1%	11	1.00	583
$470.00	Sep 18	93.35	96.40	$94.88	3.2%	5	1.00	404
$475.00	Sep 18	88.65	91.40	$90.03	3.1%	3	1.00	618

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Sep 18	43.75	46.20	$44.98	5.4%	2	1.00	118
$650.00	Sep 18	83.65	86.55	$85.10	3.4%	4	1.00	943
$660.00	Sep 18	93.65	96.55	$95.10	3.0%	6	1.00	3
$670.00	Sep 18	103.65	106.55	$105.10	2.8%	5	1.00	1
$675.00	Sep 18	108.60	111.20	$109.90	2.4%	4	1.00	200

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 883 active (total vol 97.8K, top 6.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$565.00	Sep 18	1.03	1.41	$1.22	31.1%	5.2K	0.54	6.5K
$570.00	Sep 18	0.04	0.07	$0.06	50.0%	4.9K	0.05	5.4K
$575.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	2.6K	0.01	5.5K
$600.00	Oct 16	7.50	7.60	$7.55	1.3%	1.4K	0.26	11.1K
$580.00	Sep 25	2.55	2.71	$2.63	6.1%	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	6.95	7.25	$7.10	4.2%	3.7K	0.23	5.8K
$562.50	Sep 18	0.15	0.23	$0.19	42.1%	3.0K	0.15	107
$500.00	Oct 16	2.76	3.05	$2.91	10.0%	2.6K	0.10	11.2K
$560.00	Sep 18	0.05	0.10	$0.08	62.5%	2.0K	0.06	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. 6 strikes (avg 11.1%, max 22.0%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$562.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	39.2%	32.2%	22.0%	172	2.2K
$565.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	34.5%	31.9%	8.0%	5.2K	6.5K
$567.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	36.1%	35.0%	3.3%	1.0K	1.5K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$562.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	39.2%	32.2%	22.0%	3.0K	113
$565.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	34.5%	31.9%	8.0%	1.9K	2.5K
$567.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	36.1%	35.0%	3.3%	95	503

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 573 found (best R:R 192.18, avg 8.60)

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
$540.00	$542.50	Sep 25	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	87%	0.79	$541.40
$625.00	$660.00	Oct 1	$0.25	$34.75	$0.25	4%	139.00	$625.25
$640.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	14%	32.33	$640.15
$567.50	$570.00	Oct 23	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	50%	2.33	$568.25

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$557.50	Oct 1	$0.43	$2.07	$0.43	43%	4.81	$559.57
$580.00	$567.50	Sep 28	$7.65	$4.85	$7.65	73%	0.63	$572.35
$562.50	$560.00	Sep 24	$0.58	$1.92	$0.58	45%	3.31	$561.92
$555.00	$552.50	Sep 28	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	33%	6.14	$554.65
$560.00	$557.50	Oct 2	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	43%	2.85	$559.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 473 found (best R:R 1.08, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$575.00	$577.50	Oct 2	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	61%	1.08	$576.30
$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
$635.00	$640.00	Oct 30	$1.00	$1.00	$4.00	84%	0.25	$636.00
$577.50	$580.00	Oct 23	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	57%	1.08	$578.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$555.00	$552.50	Oct 23	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	59%	1.08	$553.70
$552.50	$550.00	Sep 28	$0.98	$0.98	$1.52	70%	0.64	$551.52
$510.00	$480.00	Oct 1	$0.93	$0.93	$29.07	93%	0.03	$509.07
$562.50	$560.00	Oct 23	$1.42	$1.42	$1.08	54%	1.31	$561.08
$557.50	$555.00	Oct 2	$1.18	$1.18	$1.32	60%	0.89	$556.32

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.58, cheapest $2.61)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$565.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$2.56	34.5%	16.6%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$565.00	Sep 18	Sep 21	$2.61	34.5%	16.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 259 found (cheapest 0.34% of stock, avg 5.63%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$565.00	Sep 18	$1.22	$0.69	$1.91	$563.09	$566.91	0.34%
$567.50	Sep 18	$0.26	$2.62	$2.88	$564.62	$570.38	0.51%
$562.50	Sep 18	$3.11	$0.19	$3.30	$559.20	$565.80	0.58%
$570.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$4.78	$4.84	$565.16	$574.84	0.86%
$560.00	Sep 18	$5.32	$0.08	$5.40	$554.60	$565.40	0.95%
$565.00	Sep 21	$3.78	$3.30	$7.08	$557.92	$572.08	1.25%
$562.50	Sep 21	$5.10	$2.33	$7.43	$555.07	$569.93	1.31%
$567.50	Sep 21	$2.65	$4.75	$7.40	$560.10	$574.90	1.31%
$557.50	Sep 18	$7.48	$0.04	$7.52	$549.98	$565.02	1.33%
$572.50	Sep 18	$0.03	$7.68	$7.71	$564.79	$580.21	1.36%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 353 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 3.18%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$567.50	$560.00	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.08	$0.34	$559.66	$567.84
$567.50	$562.50	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.19	$0.45	$562.05	$567.95
$577.50	$555.00	Sep 21	$0.45	$0.80	$1.25	$553.75	$578.75
$567.50	$565.00	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.69	$0.95	$564.05	$568.45
$575.00	$555.00	Sep 21	$0.74	$0.80	$1.54	$553.46	$576.54
$577.50	$557.50	Sep 21	$0.45	$1.14	$1.59	$555.91	$579.09
$575.00	$557.50	Sep 21	$0.74	$1.14	$1.88	$555.62	$576.88
$572.50	$555.00	Sep 21	$1.11	$0.80	$1.91	$553.09	$574.41
$572.50	$557.50	Sep 21	$1.11	$1.14	$2.25	$555.25	$574.75
$577.50	$560.00	Sep 21	$0.45	$1.64	$2.09	$557.91	$579.59

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 681 found (best R:R 0.33, avg credit $0.95)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
515/518	588/590	Sep 23	$0.62	$1.88	85%	0.33	$516.88	$588.12
515/518	578/580	Sep 23	$0.90	$1.60	74%	0.56	$516.60	$578.40
515/518	618/620	Sep 23	$0.38	$2.12	93%	0.18	$517.12	$617.88
528/530	588/590	Sep 23	$0.57	$1.93	84%	0.30	$529.43	$588.07
528/530	578/580	Sep 23	$0.85	$1.65	72%	0.52	$529.15	$578.35
518/520	588/590	Sep 23	$0.54	$1.96	84%	0.28	$519.46	$588.04
530/532	588/590	Sep 23	$0.58	$1.92	82%	0.30	$531.92	$588.08
518/520	578/580	Sep 23	$0.82	$1.68	73%	0.49	$519.18	$578.32
515/518	598/600	Sep 23	$0.37	$2.13	90%	0.17	$517.13	$597.87
530/532	578/580	Sep 23	$0.86	$1.64	71%	0.52	$531.64	$578.36

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 409 found (best R:R 9.87, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 18	$0.32	$2.18	40%	6.81
$562.50	$565.00	$567.50	Sep 18	$0.93	$1.57	68%	1.69
$562.50	$565.00	$567.50	Sep 21	$0.19	$2.31	22%	12.16
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Sep 21	$0.20	$2.30	22%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Sep 18	$0.23	$2.27	49%	9.87
$560.00	$562.50	$565.00	Sep 18	$0.39	$2.11	41%	5.41
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Sep 21	$0.13	$2.37	21%	18.23
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 551 found (best net $-9.36, 507 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$525.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$9.36	$5.64
$550.00	$560.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$2.56	$7.44
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$32.17	$2.83
$560.00	$562.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.90	$1.60
$585.00	$595.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.39	$9.61

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$567.50	1:2	Sep 28	-$2.93	$9.57
$570.00	$567.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.46	$2.04
$550.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.94	$9.06
$530.00	$520.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.04	$9.96
$572.50	$570.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.88	$0.62

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 212 found (best yield 4.37%, avg 0.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$567.50	Oct 30	$24.70	0.51	0.3%	4.37%	4.70%	1	51
$575.00	Oct 30	$21.35	0.46	1.7%	3.77%	5.43%	1	20
$572.50	Oct 30	$22.15	0.48	1.2%	3.92%	5.13%	--	17
$580.00	Oct 30	$19.25	0.43	2.5%	3.40%	5.94%	5	35
$570.00	Oct 30	$23.20	0.49	0.8%	4.10%	4.87%	3	29
$577.50	Oct 30	$20.00	0.45	2.1%	3.54%	5.63%	--	73
$582.50	Oct 30	$17.80	0.42	3.0%	3.15%	6.13%	2	7
$585.00	Oct 30	$16.95	0.40	3.4%	3.00%	6.42%	20	5
$587.50	Oct 30	$15.90	0.39	3.9%	2.81%	6.68%	1	21
$590.00	Oct 30	$15.40	0.37	4.3%	2.72%	7.03%	213	207

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 53,479

Total Puts 151,589

Put/Call Ratio 2.83

Net Difference -98,110

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 62,453

Total Puts 81,250

Put/Call Ratio 1.30

Net Difference -18,797

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)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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