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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$607.46 +1.92%

$607.50 (+0.01%)🌙

as of 09/22 04:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/22 4:00pm) 271,047

Calls: 122,973 (45%)

Puts: 148,074 (55%)

Prior (09/21) 396,961

Calls: 184,700 (47%)

Puts: 212,261 (53%)

Current vs Prior -31.72%

Calls: -33.42% (Calls)

Puts: -30.24% (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 +0.85%

Calls: +23.31%

Puts: -12.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/22 4:00pm) $227.86M

Calls: $150.62M (66%)

Puts: $77.24M (34%)

Prior (09/21) $374.92M

Calls: $258.58M (69%)

Puts: $116.34M (31%)

Current vs Prior -39.22%

Calls: -41.75%

Puts: -33.61%

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 +3.61%

Calls: +52.61%

Puts: -36.28%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/22 4:00pm) 1.20

Prior (09/21) 1.15

Current vs Prior +4.78%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.75%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/22 4:00pm) 1,639,613

Calls: 627,942 (38%)

Puts: 1,011,671 (62%)

Prior (09/21) 1,495,228

Calls: 581,861 (39%)

Puts: 913,367 (61%)

Current vs Prior +9.66%

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 0.52% | 1.43%1.43% | 2.47%2.47% | 4.45%7.26% | 12.14%

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

Current vs Prior -5.89% | -0.66%+225.05% | +22.34%-14.33% | -7.87%+1551.82% | +61.73%

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 -12.58% | -9.82%+65.86% | +15.80%+20.31% | +8.76%+680.96% | +53.15%

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 -5.89% | -0.66%+207.49% | +27.87%-14.08% | -8.79%+1462.60% | +60.65%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 25.98% | 23.38%

Calls: 20.08% | 23.47%

Puts: 31.88% | 23.30%

Prior 26.53% | 19.54%

Calls: 26.97% | 20.90%

Puts: 26.09% | 18.18%

Current vs Prior -2.07% | +19.65%

Prior 7-Day Avg 42.86% | 33.61%

Calls: 50.49% | 45.89%

Puts: 35.23% | 21.34%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.39% | -30.44%

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Moderately bullish flow with 66% call dollar volume ($150.62M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.20 indicates protective positioning. Put-heavy open interest (1,011,671 puts vs 627,942 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current NEUTRAL

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 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	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 383 of results (avg 6.2%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	109.30	111.25	$110.28	1.8%	4	0.96	276
$495.00	Sep 22	111.40	113.70	$112.55	2.0%	20	1.00	--
$497.50	Sep 22	108.90	111.20	$110.05	2.1%	23	1.00	--
$505.00	Oct 16	103.90	106.60	$105.25	2.6%	--	0.96	160
$530.00	Oct 30	83.85	86.10	$84.98	2.6%	--	0.88	23

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$680.00	Oct 30	75.05	77.60	$76.32	3.3%	8	0.82	--
$595.00	Oct 30	20.30	21.05	$20.68	3.6%	11	0.40	4
$675.00	Oct 16	67.35	69.95	$68.65	3.8%	16	0.87	10
$597.50	Oct 30	21.30	22.15	$21.73	3.9%	2	0.41	1
$580.00	Oct 30	14.95	15.55	$15.25	3.9%	7	0.32	5

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 10 found (avg $0.55, cheapest $0.16)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Sep 25	0.22	0.26	$0.24	16.7%	492	0.03	389

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Sep 23	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	101	0.03	882
$577.50	Sep 25	0.55	0.65	$0.60	16.7%	110	0.07	1.2K
$535.00	Oct 2	0.52	0.60	$0.56	14.3%	203	0.03	1.3K
$522.50	Oct 2	0.33	0.40	$0.37	18.9%	1	0.02	81
$540.00	Oct 2	0.62	0.73	$0.68	16.2%	130	0.04	665

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 424 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$487.50	Sep 22	118.80	122.05	$120.43	2.7%	4	1.00	--
$490.00	Sep 22	116.30	119.50	$117.90	2.7%	9	1.00	10
$492.50	Sep 22	113.80	117.05	$115.43	2.8%	5	1.00	--
$495.00	Sep 22	111.40	113.70	$112.55	2.0%	20	1.00	--
$497.50	Sep 22	108.90	111.20	$110.05	2.1%	23	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Sep 22	1.36	3.65	$2.51	91.2%	33	1.00	3
$615.00	Sep 22	6.25	9.30	$7.78	39.2%	75	1.00	1
$617.50	Sep 22	8.85	11.20	$10.02	23.5%	4	1.00	--
$620.00	Sep 22	10.90	13.45	$12.18	20.9%	4	1.00	--
$645.00	Sep 22	35.45	39.35	$37.40	10.4%	1	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 1,053 active (total vol 155.4K, top 7.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Sep 24	2.29	2.71	$2.50	16.8%	7.5K	0.30	2
$610.00	Sep 24	4.15	4.75	$4.45	13.5%	7.5K	0.44	7.2K
$630.00	Oct 16	11.95	14.00	$12.98	15.8%	4.6K	0.36	5.4K
$615.00	Oct 16	17.00	19.50	$18.25	13.7%	3.7K	0.46	15.6K
$620.00	Oct 16	14.90	16.65	$15.77	11.1%	3.5K	0.43	7.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	16.50	17.90	$17.20	8.1%	3.1K	0.42	2.7K
$600.00	Sep 22	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	2.9K	0.01	7
$595.00	Sep 22	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.3K	0.00	155
$587.50	Oct 16	11.50	13.35	$12.43	14.9%	1.7K	0.34	313
$600.00	Sep 25	3.60	4.05	$3.83	11.7%	1.7K	0.33	654

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 1 strikes (avg 1613.7%, max 1613.7%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Sep 22	Oct 30	600.7%	35.1%	1613.7%	111	73

PUTS (0)

No puts found

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 556 found (best R:R 11.20, avg 7.52)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$650.00	Oct 23	$0.41	$4.59	$0.41	29%	11.20	$645.41
$655.00	$660.00	Oct 30	$0.53	$4.47	$0.53	27%	8.43	$655.53
$660.00	$690.00	Oct 1	$0.49	$29.51	$0.49	8%	60.22	$660.49
$620.00	$625.00	Oct 16	$1.32	$3.68	$1.32	43%	2.79	$621.32
$565.00	$570.00	Oct 16	$3.32	$1.68	$3.32	80%	0.51	$568.32

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$595.00	$590.00	Oct 6	$0.93	$4.07	$0.93	35%	4.38	$594.07
$605.00	$600.00	Oct 9	$1.53	$3.47	$1.53	46%	2.27	$603.47
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 2	$0.47	$2.03	$0.47	46%	4.32	$604.53
$575.00	$560.00	Oct 6	$1.35	$13.65	$1.35	18%	10.11	$573.65
$605.00	$600.00	Oct 30	$1.72	$3.28	$1.72	46%	1.91	$603.28

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 462 found (best R:R 13.71, avg 0.37)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 16	$2.01	$2.01	$2.99	91%	0.67	$717.01
$690.00	$695.00	Oct 16	$1.52	$1.52	$3.48	88%	0.44	$691.52
$635.00	$637.50	Sep 22	$1.33	$1.33	$1.17	83%	1.14	$636.33
$637.50	$640.00	Sep 22	$1.06	$1.06	$1.44	89%	0.74	$638.56
$640.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$2.32	$2.32	$2.68	65%	0.87	$642.32

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$515.00	$512.50	Sep 22	$2.33	$2.33	$0.17	93%	13.71	$512.67
$575.00	$572.50	Sep 22	$2.16	$2.16	$0.34	86%	6.35	$572.84
$522.50	$520.00	Sep 23	$1.97	$1.97	$0.53	92%	3.72	$520.53
$517.50	$515.00	Sep 23	$1.96	$1.96	$0.54	92%	3.63	$515.54
$500.00	$492.50	Sep 23	$1.24	$1.24	$6.26	93%	0.20	$498.76

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $3.18, cheapest $2.67)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Sep 22	Sep 23	$3.68	19.2%	29.5%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$612.50	Sep 23	Sep 25	$2.67	28.4%	33.2%
$607.50	Sep 22	Sep 23	$3.18	19.2%	29.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 315 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 6.28%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$607.50	Sep 22	$0.52	$0.27	$0.79	$606.71	$608.29	0.13%
$610.00	Sep 22	$0.04	$2.51	$2.55	$607.45	$612.55	0.42%
$605.00	Sep 22	$2.89	$0.02	$2.91	$602.09	$607.91	0.48%
$602.50	Sep 22	$5.03	$0.01	$5.04	$597.46	$607.54	0.83%
$600.00	Sep 22	$7.28	$0.01	$7.29	$592.71	$607.29	1.20%
$607.50	Sep 23	$4.20	$3.45	$7.65	$599.85	$615.15	1.26%
$615.00	Sep 22	$0.01	$7.78	$7.79	$607.21	$622.79	1.28%
$605.00	Sep 23	$5.23	$2.58	$7.81	$597.19	$612.81	1.29%
$610.00	Sep 23	$3.20	$5.05	$8.25	$601.75	$618.25	1.36%
$612.50	Sep 23	$1.88	$6.78	$8.66	$603.84	$621.16	1.43%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 375 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 2.94%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$610.00	$607.50	Sep 22	$0.04	$0.27	$0.31	$607.19	$610.31
$620.00	$597.50	Sep 23	$0.56	$0.95	$1.51	$595.99	$621.51
$617.50	$597.50	Sep 23	$0.92	$0.95	$1.87	$595.63	$619.37
$620.00	$600.00	Sep 23	$0.56	$1.25	$1.81	$598.19	$621.81
$637.50	$607.50	Sep 22	$1.17	$0.27	$1.44	$606.06	$638.94
$617.50	$600.00	Sep 23	$0.92	$1.25	$2.17	$597.83	$619.67
$615.00	$597.50	Sep 23	$1.25	$0.95	$2.20	$595.30	$617.20
$615.00	$600.00	Sep 23	$1.25	$1.25	$2.50	$597.50	$617.50
$625.00	$595.00	Sep 24	$0.88	$1.53	$2.41	$592.59	$627.41
$610.00	$542.50	Sep 22	$0.04	$2.50	$2.54	$539.96	$612.54

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 694 found (best R:R 9.42, avg credit $1.20)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
572/575	640/642	Sep 22	$2.26	$0.24	84%	9.42	$572.74	$642.26
572/575	630/632	Sep 22	$2.26	$0.24	82%	9.42	$572.74	$632.26
520/522	640/642	Sep 23	$2.07	$0.43	90%	4.81	$520.43	$642.07
515/518	640/642	Sep 23	$2.06	$0.44	90%	4.68	$515.44	$642.06
520/522	628/630	Sep 23	$2.13	$0.37	86%	5.76	$520.37	$629.63
515/518	628/630	Sep 23	$2.12	$0.38	86%	5.58	$515.38	$629.62
520/522	622/625	Sep 23	$2.17	$0.33	83%	6.58	$520.33	$624.67
515/518	622/625	Sep 23	$2.16	$0.34	83%	6.35	$515.34	$624.66
520/522	618/620	Sep 23	$2.33	$0.17	75%	13.71	$520.17	$619.83
515/518	618/620	Sep 23	$2.32	$0.18	75%	12.89	$515.18	$619.82

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 451 found (best R:R 4.43, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Sep 22	$0.46	$2.04	59%	4.43
$620.00	$625.00	$630.00	Sep 29	$0.09	$4.91	13%	54.56
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Sep 24	$0.28	$4.72	18%	16.86
$620.00	$625.00	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.06	$4.94	10%	82.33
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Oct 5	$0.09	$4.91	9%	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Sep 22	$0.24	$2.26	44%	9.42
$620.00	$630.00	$640.00	Oct 23	$0.31	$9.69	12%	31.26
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Oct 1	$0.07	$4.93	13%	70.43
$605.00	$607.50	$610.00	Sep 22	$1.99	$0.51	97%	0.26
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 1	$0.09	$4.91	10%	54.56

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 561 found (best net $-10.00, 506 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$600.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 6	-$4.90	$10.10
$602.50	$605.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$0.75	$1.75
$620.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$1.35	$8.65
$660.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.17	$29.83
$630.00	$640.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.12	$9.88

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$10.00	$10.00
$620.00	$607.50	1:2	Sep 28	-$1.26	$11.24
$635.00	$625.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$7.53	$2.47
$565.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$0.42	$14.58
$620.00	$615.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$3.90	$1.10

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 186 found (best yield 4.40%, avg 0.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$610.00	Oct 30	$26.70	0.51	0.4%	4.40%	4.81%	46	97
$615.00	Oct 30	$24.20	0.49	1.2%	3.98%	5.23%	65	131
$625.00	Oct 30	$20.35	0.43	2.9%	3.35%	6.24%	50	128
$620.00	Oct 30	$21.90	0.46	2.1%	3.61%	5.67%	83	138
$630.00	Oct 30	$17.65	0.40	3.7%	2.91%	6.62%	61	83
$635.00	Oct 30	$15.85	0.37	4.5%	2.61%	7.14%	111	60
$640.00	Oct 30	$14.15	0.35	5.4%	2.33%	7.69%	8	44
$615.00	Oct 23	$21.00	0.48	1.2%	3.46%	4.70%	95	123
$645.00	Oct 30	$12.05	0.32	6.2%	1.98%	8.16%	14	34
$610.00	Oct 23	$22.45	0.51	0.4%	3.70%	4.11%	105	148

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 122,973

Total Puts 148,074

Put/Call Ratio 1.20

Net Difference -25,101

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 184,700

Total Puts 212,261

Put/Call Ratio 1.15

Net Difference -27,561

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 698,104

Total Puts 1,183,308

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.87

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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