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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$596.03 +4.02%

$595.88 (-0.03%)🌙

as of 09/21 04:00 PM

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Monday, September 21, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/21 4:00pm) 396,961

Calls: 184,700 (47%)

Puts: 212,261 (53%)

Prior (09/18) 255,452

Calls: 76,122 (30%)

Puts: 179,330 (70%)

Current vs Prior +55.40%

Calls: +142.64% (Calls)

Puts: +18.36% (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 +80.39%

Calls: +121.44%

Puts: +55.34%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/21 4:00pm) $374.92M

Calls: $258.58M (69%)

Puts: $116.34M (31%)

Prior (09/18) $156.73M

Calls: $86.89M (55%)

Puts: $69.84M (45%)

Current vs Prior +139.21%

Calls: +197.60%

Puts: +66.57%

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 +97.37%

Calls: +303.06%

Puts: -7.52%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/21 4:00pm) 1.15

Prior (09/18) 2.36

Current vs Prior -51.22%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -32.18%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/21 4:00pm) 1,495,228

Calls: 581,861 (39%)

Puts: 913,367 (61%)

Prior (09/18) 2,177,498

Calls: 820,914 (38%)

Puts: 1,356,584 (62%)

Current vs Prior -31.33%

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 -24.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/21) | Next (09/22)Expiry (09/21) | Next (09/23)Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (09/21) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.44% | 1.52%0.44% | 2.02%2.88% | 4.83%0.44% | 7.50%

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

Current vs Prior +5.74% | -2.54%-69.39% | -2.54%+100.74% | +31.48%-6.29% | -1.88%

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 -11.78% | -14.17%-60.14% | -13.26%+32.48% | +13.95%-73.93% | -11.00%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.44% | 2.07%0.64% | 1.57%0.64% | 2.99%0.64% | 7.39%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +5.74% | -2.54%-31.37% | +28.79%+350.02% | +61.88%-31.37% | +1.59%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.53% | 19.54%

Calls: 26.97% | 20.90%

Puts: 26.09% | 18.18%

Prior 29.02% | 27.17%

Calls: 33.33% | 35.58%

Puts: 24.72% | 18.76%

Current vs Prior -8.58% | -28.08%

Prior 7-Day Avg 43.56% | 22.97%

Calls: 45.48% | 24.43%

Puts: 41.63% | 21.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.10% | -14.94%

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Moderately bullish flow with 69% call dollar volume ($258.58M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 139% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (97% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 55% vs prior.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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 380 of results (avg 6.2%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 25	105.45	107.85	$106.65	2.3%	--	1.00	18
$520.00	Sep 25	75.55	77.40	$76.47	2.4%	1	0.99	14
$497.50	Sep 21	97.65	100.10	$98.88	2.5%	169	0.99	--
$480.00	Sep 21	115.15	118.05	$116.60	2.5%	22	0.99	--
$522.50	Sep 25	73.05	74.95	$74.00	2.6%	--	0.99	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$695.00	Sep 21	97.55	99.85	$98.70	2.3%	6	1.00	--
$715.00	Sep 21	117.00	119.85	$118.43	2.4%	10	1.00	--
$710.00	Sep 21	112.00	114.85	$113.43	2.5%	20	0.93	--
$710.00	Sep 22	112.00	114.85	$113.43	2.5%	2	0.91	--
$705.00	Sep 21	107.00	109.85	$108.43	2.6%	20	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 9 found (avg $0.67, cheapest $0.39)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$695.00	Oct 9	0.48	0.58	$0.53	18.9%	130	0.03	209

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Sep 25	0.36	0.42	$0.39	15.4%	508	0.04	1.1K
$560.00	Sep 25	0.63	0.73	$0.68	14.7%	1.6K	0.06	2.4K
$562.50	Sep 25	0.73	0.85	$0.79	15.2%	58	0.07	245
$500.00	Oct 9	0.72	0.83	$0.77	14.3%	87	0.03	476
$485.00	Oct 9	0.48	0.58	$0.53	18.9%	110	0.02	43

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 446 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Sep 21	54.55	58.10	$56.33	6.3%	29	1.00	111
$530.00	Sep 21	65.20	68.10	$66.65	4.4%	47	1.00	--
$562.50	Sep 21	32.85	35.55	$34.20	7.9%	179	1.00	200
$505.00	Sep 21	89.70	93.05	$91.38	3.7%	23	1.00	--
$550.00	Sep 21	44.90	48.05	$46.47	6.8%	14	1.00	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$597.50	Sep 21	0.36	2.23	$1.30	143.8%	46	1.00	--
$600.00	Sep 21	1.98	4.85	$3.42	83.9%	17	1.00	--
$610.00	Sep 21	12.00	14.85	$13.43	21.2%	2	1.00	--
$635.00	Sep 21	37.00	39.85	$38.42	7.4%	7	1.00	--
$637.50	Sep 21	39.50	42.35	$40.92	7.0%	6	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,163 active (total vol 265.1K, top 14.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$597.50	Sep 21	0.00	0.29	$0.14	207.1%	7.7K	0.19	8
$610.00	Sep 24	1.86	3.05	$2.46	48.4%	7.1K	0.22	3
$625.00	Oct 16	10.20	10.95	$10.58	7.1%	6.8K	0.32	10.1K
$600.00	Oct 16	19.50	20.40	$19.95	4.5%	6.2K	0.49	12.0K
$600.00	Sep 25	5.80	6.55	$6.18	12.1%	5.3K	0.44	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 2	4.20	4.95	$4.58	16.4%	14.8K	0.22	116
$485.00	Sep 25	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	11.1K	0.00	284
$500.00	Oct 16	1.40	1.53	$1.47	8.8%	4.2K	0.05	12.7K
$570.00	Sep 25	1.21	1.55	$1.38	24.6%	3.0K	0.12	440
$570.00	Sep 22	0.12	0.16	$0.14	28.6%	2.9K	0.03	16

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. 634 found (best R:R 5.41, avg 8.26)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$635.00	Oct 30	$0.78	$4.22	$0.78	34%	5.41	$630.78
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 23	$0.55	$1.95	$0.55	56%	3.55	$590.55
$650.00	$655.00	Oct 30	$0.40	$4.60	$0.40	25%	11.50	$650.40
$610.00	$615.00	Oct 30	$1.42	$3.58	$1.42	45%	2.52	$611.42
$595.00	$597.50	Oct 23	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	53%	3.17	$595.60

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$587.50	Oct 2	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	42%	7.33	$589.70
$575.00	$572.50	Oct 30	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	35%	11.50	$574.80
$590.00	$587.50	Oct 23	$0.43	$2.07	$0.43	44%	4.81	$589.57
$597.50	$595.00	Oct 23	$0.58	$1.92	$0.58	49%	3.31	$596.92
$590.00	$587.50	Sep 28	$0.27	$2.23	$0.27	38%	8.26	$589.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 532 found (best R:R 4.32, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$685.00	$690.00	Oct 2	$1.76	$1.76	$3.24	91%	0.54	$686.76
$597.50	$600.00	Sep 25	$1.87	$1.87	$0.63	51%	2.97	$599.37
$675.00	$680.00	Oct 2	$0.74	$0.74	$4.26	96%	0.17	$675.74
$600.00	$605.00	Oct 5	$2.84	$2.84	$2.16	52%	1.31	$602.84
$597.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$1.78	$1.78	$0.72	50%	2.47	$599.28

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$495.00	$492.50	Sep 21	$2.03	$2.03	$0.47	94%	4.32	$492.97
$495.00	$492.50	Sep 22	$1.93	$1.93	$0.57	94%	3.39	$493.07
$542.50	$540.00	Sep 21	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	93%	1.00	$541.25
$517.50	$515.00	Sep 22	$1.17	$1.17	$1.33	95%	0.88	$516.33
$575.00	$572.50	Oct 23	$1.82	$1.82	$0.68	66%	2.68	$573.18

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $1.90, cheapest $1.90)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Sep 30	Oct 2	$1.90	30.7%	34.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 325 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 6.31%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$595.00	Sep 21	$1.32	$0.09	$1.41	$593.59	$596.41	0.24%
$597.50	Sep 21	$0.14	$1.30	$1.44	$596.06	$598.94	0.24%
$600.00	Sep 21	$0.02	$3.42	$3.44	$596.56	$603.44	0.58%
$592.50	Sep 21	$3.84	$0.04	$3.88	$588.62	$596.38	0.65%
$590.00	Sep 21	$5.88	$0.02	$5.90	$584.10	$595.90	0.99%
$595.00	Sep 22	$4.45	$3.13	$7.58	$587.42	$602.58	1.27%
$600.00	Sep 22	$2.15	$5.60	$7.75	$592.25	$607.75	1.30%
$597.50	Sep 22	$3.18	$4.60	$7.78	$589.72	$605.28	1.31%
$592.50	Sep 22	$6.10	$2.22	$8.32	$584.18	$600.82	1.40%
$602.50	Sep 22	$1.47	$7.32	$8.79	$593.71	$611.29	1.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 356 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 3.25%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$597.50	$595.00	Sep 21	$0.14	$0.09	$0.23	$594.77	$597.73
$612.50	$595.00	Sep 21	$0.32	$0.09	$0.41	$594.59	$612.91
$607.50	$585.00	Sep 22	$0.54	$0.77	$1.31	$583.69	$608.81
$597.50	$542.50	Sep 21	$0.14	$1.26	$1.40	$541.10	$598.90
$612.50	$542.50	Sep 21	$0.32	$1.26	$1.58	$540.92	$614.08
$605.00	$585.00	Sep 22	$0.87	$0.77	$1.64	$583.36	$606.64
$607.50	$587.50	Sep 22	$0.54	$1.12	$1.66	$585.84	$609.16
$605.00	$587.50	Sep 22	$0.87	$1.12	$1.99	$585.51	$606.99
$607.50	$590.00	Sep 22	$0.54	$1.44	$1.98	$588.02	$609.48
$605.00	$590.00	Sep 22	$0.87	$1.44	$2.31	$587.69	$607.31

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 780 found (best R:R 5.76, avg credit $1.09)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
492/495	612/615	Sep 21	$2.13	$0.37	88%	5.76	$492.87	$614.63
492/495	622/625	Sep 22	$2.04	$0.46	90%	4.43	$492.96	$624.54
492/495	610/612	Sep 22	$2.06	$0.44	85%	4.68	$492.94	$612.06
492/495	605/608	Sep 22	$2.26	$0.24	76%	9.42	$492.74	$607.26
492/495	608/610	Sep 22	$2.07	$0.43	82%	4.81	$492.93	$609.57
492/495	598/600	Sep 21	$2.15	$0.35	74%	6.14	$492.85	$599.65
515/518	622/625	Sep 22	$1.28	$1.22	91%	1.05	$516.22	$623.78
540/542	612/615	Sep 21	$1.35	$1.15	88%	1.17	$541.15	$613.85
515/518	602/605	Sep 22	$1.77	$0.73	69%	2.42	$515.73	$604.27
515/518	610/612	Sep 22	$1.30	$1.20	86%	1.08	$516.20	$611.30

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 509 found (best R:R 1.16, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$595.00	$597.50	$600.00	Sep 21	$1.06	$1.44	84%	1.36
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Sep 22	$0.08	$2.42	18%	30.25
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Sep 21	$1.34	$1.16	77%	0.87
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Sep 21	$0.11	$2.39	19%	21.73
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Sep 21	$1.16	$1.34	96%	1.16
$595.00	$597.50	$600.00	Sep 21	$0.91	$1.59	85%	1.75
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 1	$0.15	$4.85	12%	32.33
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Sep 24	$0.15	$4.85	11%	32.33
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Sep 22	$0.13	$2.37	19%	18.23

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 585 found (best net $-11.81, 526 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$490.00	$537.50	1:2	Sep 22	-$11.81	$35.69
$490.00	$535.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$16.82	$28.18
$545.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$10.57	$14.43
$615.00	$625.00	1:2	Sep 24	-$0.09	$9.91
$590.00	$592.50	1:2	Sep 21	-$1.80	$0.70

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$642.50	$625.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$10.93	$6.57
$620.00	$610.00	1:2	Sep 21	-$3.43	$6.57
$610.00	$602.50	1:2	Sep 22	-$0.84	$6.66
$625.00	$615.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$8.67	$1.33
$550.00	$535.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.31	$14.69

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 206 found (best yield 4.48%, avg 0.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$600.00	Oct 30	$26.70	0.51	0.7%	4.48%	5.15%	228	161
$605.00	Oct 30	$24.30	0.48	1.5%	4.08%	5.58%	88	28
$597.50	Oct 30	$27.40	0.52	0.2%	4.60%	4.84%	28	1
$615.00	Oct 30	$19.90	0.42	3.2%	3.34%	6.52%	112	30
$610.00	Oct 30	$21.25	0.45	2.3%	3.57%	5.91%	88	33
$620.00	Oct 30	$16.85	0.40	4.0%	2.83%	6.85%	143	73
$625.00	Oct 30	$15.45	0.37	4.9%	2.59%	7.45%	129	36
$635.00	Oct 30	$12.60	0.32	6.5%	2.11%	8.65%	60	10
$630.00	Oct 30	$13.25	0.34	5.7%	2.22%	7.92%	35	71
$605.00	Oct 23	$20.30	0.46	1.5%	3.41%	4.91%	22	26

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 184,700

Total Puts 212,261

Put/Call Ratio 1.15

Net Difference -27,561

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 76,122

Total Puts 179,330

Put/Call Ratio 2.36

Net Difference -103,208

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 583,865

Total Puts 956,499

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.69

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

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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