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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$573.00 +2.21%

$571.31 (-0.29%)🌙

as of 09/18 04:00 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 4:00pm) 255,452

Calls: 76,122 (30%)

Puts: 179,330 (70%)

Prior (09/17) 223,479

Calls: 82,747 (37%)

Puts: 140,732 (63%)

Current vs Prior +14.31%

Calls: -8.01% (Calls)

Puts: +27.43% (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 +16.09%

Calls: -8.74%

Puts: +31.24%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 4:00pm) $156.73M

Calls: $86.89M (55%)

Puts: $69.84M (45%)

Prior (09/17) $234.02M

Calls: $87.35M (37%)

Puts: $146.67M (63%)

Current vs Prior -33.03%

Calls: -0.53%

Puts: -52.38%

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 -17.49%

Calls: +35.44%

Puts: -44.48%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18 4:00pm) 2.36

Prior (09/17) 1.70

Current vs Prior +38.52%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +39.02%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/18 4:00pm) 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 0.71% | 1.55%0.71% | 1.55%0.71% | 2.99%0.71% | 7.39%

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

Current vs Prior +8.17% | -2.50%-50.89% | -25.00%-50.89% | -18.59%+50.31% | -3.42%

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 -9.75% | -14.13%-36.06% | -33.25%-67.59% | -29.44%-58.18% | -12.39%

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 +8.17% | -2.50%-49.15% | -26.96%-49.15% | -15.41%+43.84% | -0.68%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 69.44% | 90.66%

Calls: 96.88% | 159.73%

Puts: 41.99% | 21.60%

Prior 29.02% | 27.17%

Calls: 33.33% | 35.58%

Puts: 24.72% | 18.76%

Current vs Prior +139.28% | +233.68%

Prior 7-Day Avg 43.56% | 22.97%

Calls: 45.48% | 24.43%

Puts: 41.63% | 21.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +59.41% | +294.66%

Liquidity Expensive

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.36 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 39% - 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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Expected Move

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 BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 137 of results (avg 7.1%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	74.10	77.05	$75.57	3.9%	13	0.92	273
$460.00	Oct 16	111.50	116.00	$113.75	4.0%	--	1.00	163
$460.00	Sep 25	109.55	114.00	$111.78	4.0%	--	1.00	11
$465.00	Oct 16	106.65	111.00	$108.83	4.0%	--	1.00	64
$465.00	Sep 18	104.10	108.50	$106.30	4.1%	15	0.93	583

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$685.00	Sep 18	111.50	116.00	$113.75	4.0%	14	0.99	--
$675.00	Sep 18	101.50	105.85	$103.68	4.2%	4	1.00	200
$670.00	Sep 18	96.50	101.00	$98.75	4.6%	5	1.00	1
$665.00	Sep 18	91.50	95.90	$93.70	4.7%	4	0.91	200
$660.00	Sep 18	86.50	91.00	$88.75	5.1%	6	0.90	3

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 347 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Sep 18	109.00	113.80	$111.40	4.3%	11	1.00	373
$470.00	Sep 18	99.20	103.75	$101.48	4.5%	6	1.00	404
$475.00	Sep 18	94.35	98.50	$96.43	4.3%	3	1.00	618
$480.00	Sep 18	89.05	93.55	$91.30	4.9%	7	1.00	740
$485.00	Sep 18	84.10	89.00	$86.55	5.7%	6	1.00	446

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Sep 18	76.50	81.00	$78.75	5.7%	4	1.00	943
$670.00	Sep 18	96.50	101.00	$98.75	4.6%	5	1.00	1
$675.00	Sep 18	101.50	105.85	$103.68	4.2%	4	1.00	200
$600.00	Sep 18	26.50	30.30	$28.40	13.4%	--	1.00	118
$615.00	Sep 18	41.50	46.00	$43.75	10.3%	4	1.00	3

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 948 active (total vol 129.4K, top 10.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Sep 18	0.91	3.40	$2.15	115.8%	10.4K	1.00	5.4K
$565.00	Sep 18	4.85	8.15	$6.50	50.8%	6.8K	1.00	6.5K
$575.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.07	$0.04	175.0%	3.1K	0.05	5.5K
$567.50	Sep 18	2.00	5.75	$3.88	96.6%	2.0K	1.00	1.5K
$572.50	Sep 18	0.02	0.99	$0.51	190.2%	1.7K	0.85	891

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$497.50	Sep 21	0.00	3.70	$1.85	200.0%	6.1K	0.07	12
$530.00	Oct 16	5.70	6.55	$6.13	13.9%	3.7K	0.20	5.8K
$562.50	Sep 18	0.00	0.75	$0.38	197.4%	3.2K	0.11	107
$500.00	Oct 16	2.33	2.84	$2.59	19.7%	2.7K	0.09	11.2K
$565.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.29	$0.14	207.1%	2.5K	0.07	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. 14 strikes (avg 1538.8%, max 2464.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$607.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	760.7%	29.7%	2464.9%	27	66
$602.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	691.2%	30.0%	2202.4%	75	247
$547.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	615.5%	31.4%	1858.4%	4	559
$597.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	619.1%	34.1%	1715.5%	2	54
$595.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	581.8%	34.2%	1603.6%	76	8.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$602.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	691.2%	30.0%	2202.4%	2	30
$597.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	619.1%	29.3%	2009.6%	6	21
$547.50	Sep 18	Oct 23	615.5%	31.4%	1858.4%	125	950
$595.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	581.8%	32.0%	1717.0%	7	89
$570.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	59.0%	31.2%	88.9%	413	5.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 561 found (best R:R 7.93, avg 8.03)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$570.00	$572.50	Sep 18	$1.64	$0.86	$1.64	100%	0.52	$571.64
$570.00	$572.50	Sep 22	$0.61	$1.89	$0.61	56%	3.10	$570.61
$615.00	$630.00	Sep 29	$0.14	$14.86	$0.14	6%	106.14	$615.14
$590.00	$595.00	Oct 30	$1.40	$3.60	$1.40	41%	2.57	$591.40
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 2	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	30%	15.67	$590.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$545.00	Oct 16	$0.56	$4.44	$0.56	32%	7.93	$549.44
$545.00	$540.00	Oct 1	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	20%	34.71	$544.86
$575.00	$572.50	Sep 21	$0.77	$1.73	$0.77	67%	2.25	$574.23
$565.00	$562.50	Oct 9	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	42%	6.14	$564.65
$510.00	$475.00	Sep 29	$0.16	$34.84	$0.16	4%	217.75	$509.84

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 474 found (best R:R 0.98, avg 0.46)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$665.00	$670.00	Sep 18	$2.49	$2.49	$2.51	91%	0.99	$667.49
$610.00	$615.00	Sep 18	$2.49	$2.49	$2.51	86%	0.99	$612.49
$627.50	$630.00	Sep 18	$2.32	$2.32	$0.18	88%	12.89	$629.82
$602.50	$605.00	Sep 18	$2.07	$2.07	$0.43	84%	4.81	$604.57
$580.00	$582.50	Oct 23	$1.93	$1.93	$0.57	54%	3.39	$581.93

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$465.00	$460.00	Sep 18	$2.48	$2.48	$2.52	93%	0.98	$462.52
$515.00	$510.00	Sep 22	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	90%	0.92	$512.60
$520.00	$517.50	Sep 22	$2.38	$2.38	$0.12	89%	19.83	$517.62
$497.50	$495.00	Sep 18	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	91%	11.50	$495.20
$507.50	$505.00	Sep 18	$2.25	$2.25	$0.25	90%	9.00	$505.25

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 0.35% of stock, avg 5.71%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$572.50	Sep 18	$0.51	$1.49	$2.00	$570.50	$574.50	0.35%
$570.00	Sep 18	$2.15	$0.43	$2.58	$567.42	$572.58	0.45%
$575.00	Sep 18	$0.04	$3.53	$3.57	$571.43	$578.57	0.62%
$567.50	Sep 18	$3.88	$0.19	$4.07	$563.43	$571.57	0.71%
$577.50	Sep 18	$0.05	$6.33	$6.38	$571.12	$583.88	1.11%
$565.00	Sep 18	$6.50	$0.14	$6.64	$558.36	$571.64	1.16%
$570.00	Sep 21	$4.30	$2.89	$7.19	$562.81	$577.19	1.25%
$575.00	Sep 21	$1.97	$5.60	$7.57	$567.43	$582.57	1.32%
$567.50	Sep 21	$5.80	$2.15	$7.95	$559.55	$575.45	1.39%
$572.50	Sep 21	$3.30	$4.83	$8.13	$564.37	$580.63	1.42%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 375 found (cheapest 0.26% of stock, avg 2.99%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$582.50	$560.00	Sep 21	$0.61	$0.86	$1.47	$558.53	$583.97
$580.00	$560.00	Sep 21	$0.68	$0.86	$1.54	$558.46	$581.54
$582.50	$562.50	Sep 21	$0.61	$1.02	$1.63	$560.87	$584.13
$580.00	$562.50	Sep 21	$0.68	$1.02	$1.70	$560.80	$581.70
$580.00	$565.00	Sep 21	$0.68	$1.23	$1.91	$563.09	$581.91
$582.50	$565.00	Sep 21	$0.61	$1.23	$1.84	$563.16	$584.34
$577.50	$560.00	Sep 21	$1.51	$0.86	$2.37	$557.63	$579.87
$577.50	$562.50	Sep 21	$1.51	$1.02	$2.53	$559.97	$580.03
$577.50	$565.00	Sep 21	$1.51	$1.23	$2.74	$562.26	$580.24
$582.50	$560.00	Sep 22	$1.18	$1.60	$2.78	$557.22	$585.28

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 760 found (best R:R 22.81, avg credit $1.10)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
495/498	665/670	Sep 18	$4.79	$0.21	82%	22.81	$492.71	$669.79
460/465	628/630	Sep 18	$4.80	$0.20	82%	24.00	$460.20	$632.30
505/508	665/670	Sep 18	$4.74	$0.26	82%	18.23	$502.76	$669.74
495/498	610/615	Sep 18	$4.79	$0.21	77%	22.81	$492.71	$614.79
505/508	610/615	Sep 18	$4.74	$0.26	76%	18.23	$502.76	$614.74
460/465	602/605	Sep 18	$4.55	$0.45	77%	10.11	$460.45	$607.05
470/475	665/670	Sep 18	$2.96	$2.04	87%	1.45	$472.04	$667.96
470/475	638/640	Sep 18	$2.92	$2.08	85%	1.40	$472.08	$640.42
470/475	610/615	Sep 18	$2.96	$2.04	82%	1.45	$472.04	$612.96
470/475	628/630	Sep 18	$2.79	$2.21	84%	1.26	$472.21	$630.29

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 408 found (best R:R 4.21, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$572.50	$575.00	$577.50	Sep 18	$0.48	$2.02	81%	4.21
$570.00	$572.50	$575.00	Sep 18	$1.17	$1.33	95%	1.14
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Sep 21	$0.33	$2.17	38%	6.58
$567.50	$570.00	$572.50	Sep 18	$0.09	$2.41	15%	26.78
$567.50	$570.00	$572.50	Sep 24	$0.05	$2.45	11%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$567.50	$570.00	$572.50	Sep 18	$0.82	$1.68	65%	2.05
$570.00	$572.50	$575.00	Sep 18	$0.98	$1.52	69%	1.55
$660.00	$665.00	$670.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$530.00	$535.00	$540.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 557 found (best net $-2.86, 496 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$567.50	$570.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.42	$2.08
$590.00	$600.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.66	$9.34
$565.00	$567.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.26	$1.24
$590.00	$600.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.47	$9.53
$602.50	$645.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$1.02	$41.48

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Sep 28	-$2.86	$7.14
$600.00	$582.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$9.86	$7.64
$577.50	$575.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.73	$1.77
$585.00	$580.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$3.73	$1.27
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$4.54	$5.46

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 187 found (best yield 4.11%, avg 0.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$575.00	Oct 30	$23.55	0.50	0.3%	4.11%	4.46%	1	20
$582.50	Oct 30	$20.25	0.46	1.7%	3.53%	5.19%	2	7
$577.50	Oct 30	$22.15	0.49	0.8%	3.87%	4.65%	--	73
$580.00	Oct 30	$21.10	0.47	1.2%	3.68%	4.90%	14	35
$585.00	Oct 30	$19.00	0.44	2.1%	3.32%	5.41%	20	5
$587.50	Oct 30	$17.85	0.43	2.5%	3.12%	5.65%	1	21
$590.00	Oct 30	$16.95	0.41	3.0%	2.96%	5.92%	213	207
$595.00	Oct 30	$14.90	0.39	3.8%	2.60%	6.44%	--	16
$597.50	Oct 30	$14.15	0.37	4.3%	2.47%	6.75%	1	1
$600.00	Oct 30	$13.15	0.35	4.7%	2.29%	7.01%	65	120

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 76,122

Total Puts 179,330

Put/Call Ratio 2.36

Net Difference -103,208

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 82,747

Total Puts 140,732

Put/Call Ratio 1.70

Net Difference -57,985

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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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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