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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$603.80 +1.30%

(9/22 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/22 2:00pm) 171,961

Calls: 73,674 (43%)

Puts: 98,287 (57%)

Prior (09/18) 193,068

Calls: 47,464 (25%)

Puts: 145,604 (75%)

Current vs Prior -10.93%

Calls: +55.22% (Calls)

Puts: -32.50% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,881,412

Calls: 698,104 (37%)

Puts: 1,183,308 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 268,773

Calls: 99,729 (37%)

Puts: 169,044 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.02%

Calls: -26.13%

Puts: -41.86%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/22 2:00pm) $147.68M

Calls: $96.59M (65%)

Puts: $51.08M (35%)

Prior (09/18) $91.01M

Calls: $48.71M (54%)

Puts: $42.30M (46%)

Current vs Prior +62.26%

Calls: +98.29%

Puts: +20.77%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.54B

Calls: $690.90M (45%)

Puts: $848.52M (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average $219.92M

Calls: $98.70M (45%)

Puts: $121.22M (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -32.85%

Calls: -2.13%

Puts: -57.86%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/22 2:00pm) 1.33

Prior (09/18) 3.07

Current vs Prior -56.51%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.81%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/22 2:00pm) 1,639,613

Calls: 627,942 (38%)

Puts: 1,011,671 (62%)

Prior (09/18) 2,177,498

Calls: 820,914 (38%)

Puts: 1,356,584 (62%)

Current vs Prior -24.70%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,694,850

Calls: 5,261,170 (38%)

Puts: 8,433,680 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,956,407

Calls: 751,595 (38%)

Puts: 1,204,811 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -16.19%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/22) | Next (09/23)Expiry (09/23) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.59% | 1.47%1.47% | 2.43%2.43% | 4.34%7.11% | 12.10%

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

Current vs Prior -61.17% | -27.38%+233.42% | +20.29%-15.76% | -10.12%+1516.99% | +61.21%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.63% | 2.22%0.86% | 2.13%2.05% | 4.09%0.93% | 7.93%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -63.93% | -34.08%+70.13% | +13.86%+18.30% | +6.10%+664.50% | +52.66%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.52% | 2.02%0.46% | 1.93%2.87% | 4.88%0.46% | 7.55%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -61.17% | -27.38%+215.41% | +25.73%-15.52% | -11.02%+1429.65% | +60.14%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 56.37% | 27.30%

Calls: 62.74% | 23.66%

Puts: 50.00% | 30.95%

Prior 26.53% | 19.54%

Calls: 26.97% | 20.90%

Puts: 26.09% | 18.18%

Current vs Prior +112.48% | +39.71%

Prior 7-Day Avg 42.86% | 33.61%

Calls: 50.49% | 45.89%

Puts: 35.23% | 21.34%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +31.51% | -18.78%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($96.59M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 62% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.33 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 57% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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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	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 507 of results (avg 6.0%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Oct 23	21.20	21.60	$21.40	1.9%	100	0.48	148
$615.00	Oct 16	15.75	16.05	$15.90	1.9%	3.7K	0.43	15.6K
$615.00	Oct 23	18.95	19.35	$19.15	2.1%	58	0.45	123
$625.00	Oct 30	18.60	19.00	$18.80	2.1%	48	0.41	128
$610.00	Oct 16	17.80	18.20	$18.00	2.2%	683	0.47	4.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Oct 16	19.85	20.20	$20.02	1.7%	112	0.49	152
$605.00	Oct 30	26.20	26.70	$26.45	1.9%	1	0.48	--
$597.50	Oct 30	22.70	23.15	$22.92	2.0%	2	0.44	1
$595.00	Oct 30	21.60	22.05	$21.83	2.1%	7	0.42	4
$600.00	Oct 30	23.80	24.30	$24.05	2.1%	62	0.45	7

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 52 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.41)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$617.50	Sep 23	0.37	0.45	$0.41	19.5%	1.4K	0.09	31
$615.00	Sep 23	0.56	0.66	$0.61	16.4%	1.3K	0.13	301
$612.50	Sep 23	0.86	1.00	$0.93	15.1%	300	0.18	16
$625.00	Sep 24	0.45	0.51	$0.48	12.5%	1.4K	0.08	47
$620.00	Sep 24	0.80	0.89	$0.85	10.6%	25	0.13	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$587.50	Sep 23	0.31	0.36	$0.34	14.7%	148	0.07	17
$580.00	Sep 24	0.44	0.48	$0.46	8.7%	81	0.06	22
$577.50	Sep 24	0.35	0.40	$0.38	13.2%	10	0.05	5
$582.50	Sep 24	0.55	0.63	$0.59	13.6%	235	0.08	--
$585.00	Sep 24	0.71	0.80	$0.76	11.8%	34	0.10	11

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 397 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$487.50	Sep 22	115.00	118.10	$116.55	2.7%	4	1.00	--
$485.00	Oct 16	119.55	122.60	$121.07	2.5%	--	1.00	127
$490.00	Oct 16	114.65	117.70	$116.18	2.6%	--	1.00	49
$545.00	Sep 22	57.50	60.60	$59.05	5.2%	--	1.00	23
$550.00	Sep 22	52.20	55.60	$53.90	6.3%	2	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Sep 22	4.65	7.30	$5.98	44.3%	30	1.00	3
$615.00	Sep 22	9.20	12.25	$10.73	28.4%	75	1.00	1
$620.00	Sep 22	14.45	17.50	$15.98	19.1%	4	1.00	--
$625.00	Sep 22	21.00	22.50	$21.75	6.9%	88	1.00	1
$635.00	Sep 22	29.35	32.50	$30.93	10.2%	2	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 947 active (total vol 91.6K, top 3.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Oct 16	15.75	16.05	$15.90	1.9%	3.7K	0.43	15.6K
$610.00	Sep 22	0.03	0.10	$0.07	100.0%	2.7K	0.04	235
$602.50	Sep 22	1.27	2.60	$1.94	68.6%	1.9K	0.71	655
$600.00	Oct 16	22.55	23.25	$22.90	3.1%	1.9K	0.55	14.0K
$600.00	Sep 25	8.50	9.65	$9.07	12.7%	1.8K	0.59	3.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Sep 22	0.07	0.09	$0.08	25.0%	2.5K	0.07	7
$595.00	Sep 22	0.00	0.06	$0.03	200.0%	2.3K	0.02	155
$600.00	Oct 16	17.15	17.80	$17.48	3.7%	2.0K	0.45	2.7K
$560.00	Oct 16	5.50	5.75	$5.63	4.4%	1.1K	0.18	4.8K
$602.50	Sep 22	0.38	0.49	$0.44	25.0%	907	0.29	2

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. 551 found (best R:R 9.20, avg 8.11)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$572.50	$575.00	Sep 25	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	94%	0.52	$574.15
$550.00	$552.50	Oct 16	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	85%	0.61	$551.55
$660.00	$690.00	Oct 1	$0.41	$29.59	$0.41	6%	72.17	$660.41
$605.00	$607.50	Sep 30	$0.64	$1.86	$0.64	50%	2.91	$605.64
$645.00	$650.00	Oct 23	$0.72	$4.28	$0.72	27%	5.94	$645.72

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$575.00	$560.00	Oct 6	$1.47	$13.53	$1.47	21%	9.20	$573.53
$615.00	$605.00	Sep 29	$5.28	$4.72	$5.28	68%	0.89	$609.72
$605.00	$600.00	Oct 1	$1.63	$3.37	$1.63	50%	2.07	$603.37
$575.00	$570.00	Oct 5	$0.42	$4.58	$0.42	20%	10.90	$574.58
$620.00	$600.00	Oct 23	$9.98	$10.02	$9.98	58%	1.00	$610.02

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 458 found (best R:R 0.21, avg 0.28)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$620.00	$645.00	Oct 1	$4.27	$4.27	$20.73	69%	0.21	$624.27
$615.00	$620.00	Oct 6	$2.79	$2.79	$2.21	60%	1.26	$617.79
$605.00	$610.00	Oct 9	$3.03	$3.03	$1.97	49%	1.54	$608.03
$607.50	$610.00	Sep 30	$1.53	$1.53	$0.97	54%	1.58	$609.03
$605.00	$607.50	Sep 29	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	50%	1.78	$606.60

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$572.50	$570.00	Oct 1	$0.81	$0.81	$1.69	84%	0.48	$571.69
$565.00	$550.00	Oct 5	$1.69	$1.69	$13.31	85%	0.13	$563.31
$522.50	$520.00	Sep 23	$0.42	$0.42	$2.08	98%	0.20	$522.08
$562.50	$560.00	Oct 1	$0.62	$0.62	$1.88	89%	0.33	$561.88
$582.50	$580.00	Oct 23	$1.21	$1.21	$1.29	66%	0.94	$581.29

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $2.80, cheapest $2.80)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$605.00	Sep 22	Sep 23	$2.80	22.9%	29.3%

PUTS (0)

No puts found

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 293 found (cheapest 0.36% of stock, avg 6.24%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$605.00	Sep 22	$0.53	$1.62	$2.15	$602.85	$607.15	0.36%
$602.50	Sep 22	$1.94	$0.44	$2.38	$600.12	$604.88	0.39%
$607.50	Sep 22	$0.15	$3.45	$3.60	$603.90	$611.10	0.60%
$600.00	Sep 22	$4.10	$0.08	$4.18	$595.82	$604.18	0.69%
$610.00	Sep 22	$0.07	$5.98	$6.05	$603.95	$616.05	1.00%
$597.50	Sep 22	$6.70	$0.03	$6.73	$590.77	$604.23	1.11%
$605.00	Sep 23	$3.33	$4.20	$7.53	$597.47	$612.53	1.25%
$602.50	Sep 23	$4.65	$3.20	$7.85	$594.65	$610.35	1.30%
$600.00	Sep 23	$6.25	$2.23	$8.48	$591.52	$608.48	1.40%
$595.00	Sep 22	$9.10	$0.03	$9.13	$585.87	$604.13	1.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 349 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 2.93%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$607.50	$600.00	Sep 22	$0.15	$0.08	$0.23	$599.77	$607.73
$607.50	$602.50	Sep 22	$0.15	$0.44	$0.59	$601.91	$608.09
$605.00	$600.00	Sep 22	$0.53	$0.08	$0.61	$599.39	$605.61
$605.00	$602.50	Sep 22	$0.53	$0.44	$0.97	$601.53	$605.97
$615.00	$592.50	Sep 23	$0.61	$0.66	$1.27	$591.23	$616.27
$612.50	$592.50	Sep 23	$0.93	$0.66	$1.59	$590.91	$614.09
$615.00	$595.00	Sep 23	$0.61	$1.05	$1.66	$593.34	$616.66
$612.50	$595.00	Sep 23	$0.93	$1.05	$1.98	$593.02	$614.48
$610.00	$592.50	Sep 23	$1.43	$0.66	$2.09	$590.41	$612.09
$615.00	$597.50	Sep 23	$0.61	$1.54	$2.15	$595.35	$617.15

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 656 found (best R:R 0.28, avg credit $1.09)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
520/522	618/620	Sep 23	$0.54	$1.96	89%	0.28	$521.96	$618.04
488/490	640/642	Sep 22	$0.32	$2.18	97%	0.15	$489.68	$640.32
520/522	615/618	Sep 23	$0.62	$1.88	85%	0.33	$521.88	$615.62
552/555	610/612	Sep 24	$1.13	$1.37	64%	0.82	$553.87	$611.13
520/522	612/615	Sep 23	$0.74	$1.76	79%	0.42	$521.76	$613.24
520/522	610/612	Sep 23	$0.92	$1.58	72%	0.58	$521.58	$610.92
562/565	610/612	Sep 24	$1.13	$1.37	63%	0.82	$563.87	$611.13
572/575	610/612	Sep 24	$1.16	$1.34	61%	0.87	$573.84	$611.16
560/562	640/642	Sep 22	$0.29	$2.21	96%	0.13	$562.21	$640.29
565/568	640/642	Sep 22	$0.26	$2.24	96%	0.12	$567.24	$640.26

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 426 found (best R:R 2.85, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Sep 30	$0.10	$4.90	13%	49.00
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Sep 22	$0.75	$1.75	61%	2.33
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Sep 30	$0.21	$4.79	12%	22.81

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Sep 22	$0.65	$1.85	66%	2.85
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Sep 22	$0.82	$1.68	64%	2.05
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Sep 28	$0.39	$4.61	19%	11.82
$605.00	$610.00	$615.00	Oct 9	$0.18	$4.82	10%	26.78
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Sep 23	$0.10	$2.40	13%	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 573 found (best net $-3.86, 531 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$490.00	$545.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$3.86	$51.14
$595.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$0.86	$19.14
$585.00	$597.50	1:2	Sep 29	-$4.35	$8.15
$617.50	$625.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.44	$7.06
$597.50	$600.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$1.50	$1.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$3.13	$21.87
$615.00	$610.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$1.23	$3.77
$625.00	$615.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$5.33	$4.67
$610.00	$607.50	1:2	Sep 22	-$0.92	$1.58
$615.00	$605.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$4.37	$5.63

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 179 found (best yield 4.53%, avg 0.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$605.00	Oct 30	$27.35	0.52	0.2%	4.53%	4.73%	36	81
$610.00	Oct 30	$24.80	0.49	1.0%	4.11%	5.13%	43	97
$615.00	Oct 30	$22.65	0.46	1.9%	3.75%	5.61%	62	131
$620.00	Oct 30	$20.50	0.43	2.7%	3.40%	6.08%	54	138
$625.00	Oct 30	$18.60	0.41	3.5%	3.08%	6.59%	48	128
$630.00	Oct 30	$16.65	0.38	4.3%	2.76%	7.10%	25	83
$635.00	Oct 30	$14.95	0.35	5.2%	2.48%	7.64%	108	60
$640.00	Oct 30	$13.50	0.33	6.0%	2.24%	8.23%	7	44
$645.00	Oct 30	$12.10	0.30	6.8%	2.00%	8.83%	5	34
$610.00	Oct 23	$21.20	0.48	1.0%	3.51%	4.54%	100	148

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 73,674

Total Puts 98,287

Put/Call Ratio 1.33

Net Difference -24,613

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 47,464

Total Puts 145,604

Put/Call Ratio 3.07

Net Difference -98,140

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 698,104

Total Puts 1,183,308

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.87

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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