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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$523.35 -5.99%

$524.59 (+0.24%)🌙

as of 10/22 04:00 PM

(10/22 15:00) ◀

Thursday, October 22, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/22 4:00pm) 506,573

Calls: 143,259 (28%)

Puts: 363,314 (72%)

Prior (10/21) 267,661

Calls: 191,373 (71%)

Puts: 76,288 (29%)

Current vs Prior +89.26%

Calls: -25.14% (Calls)

Puts: +376.24% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,017,603

Calls: 752,700 (37%)

Puts: 1,264,903 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 288,229

Calls: 107,528 (37%)

Puts: 180,700 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +75.75%

Calls: +33.23%

Puts: +101.06%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/22 4:00pm) $722.11M

Calls: $90.92M (13%)

Puts: $631.20M (87%)

Prior (10/21) $159.90M

Calls: $82.79M (52%)

Puts: $77.12M (48%)

Current vs Prior +351.59%

Calls: +9.82%

Puts: +718.47%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.77B

Calls: $502.75M (28%)

Puts: $1.27B (72%)

Prior 7-Day Average $252.77M

Calls: $71.82M (28%)

Puts: $180.94M (72%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +185.68%

Calls: +26.59%

Puts: +248.83%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/22 4:00pm) 2.54

Prior (10/21) 0.40

Current vs Prior +536.19%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.82

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +39.62%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/22 4:00pm) 1,972,889

Calls: 751,210 (38%)

Puts: 1,221,679 (62%)

Prior (10/21) 1,816,869

Calls: 601,039 (33%)

Puts: 1,215,830 (67%)

Current vs Prior +8.59%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,795,681

Calls: 4,420,879 (35%)

Puts: 8,374,802 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,827,954

Calls: 631,554 (35%)

Puts: 1,196,400 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.93%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/26)Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/30)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 2.68% | 3.68%2.68% | 6.06%10.21% | 13.00%

Prior 2.78% | 3.32%2.78% | 5.23%8.85% | 11.90%

Current vs Prior -3.40% | +11.04%-3.41% | +15.95%+15.40% | +9.25%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.51% | 3.22%3.17% | 5.17%3.96% | 10.09%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +7.01% | +14.27%-15.35% | +17.28%+158.10% | +28.80%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.78% | 3.32%2.79% | 5.25%8.75% | 11.90%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -3.40% | +11.04%-3.90% | +15.47%+16.70% | +9.20%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.23% | 24.18%

Calls: 23.24% | 19.94%

Puts: 29.23% | 28.42%

Prior 15.19% | 33.79%

Calls: 23.66% | 22.34%

Puts: 6.71% | 45.24%

Current vs Prior +72.68% | -28.44%

Prior 7-Day Avg 20.65% | 23.78%

Calls: 23.01% | 22.70%

Puts: 18.29% | 24.85%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +27.01% | +1.69%

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Strong bearish conviction with 87% of dollar volume in puts ($631.20M) vs calls ($90.92M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 352% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (186% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 89% vs prior.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
14:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	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 300 of results (avg 7.2%, best 4.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$420.00	Nov 20	105.50	110.45	$107.98	4.6%	2	0.94	12
$425.00	Nov 20	101.00	105.75	$103.38	4.6%	--	0.93	33
$430.00	Nov 20	96.20	101.00	$98.60	4.9%	2	0.92	27
$440.00	Nov 20	87.50	92.00	$89.75	5.0%	3	0.90	107
$465.00	Nov 20	66.00	69.40	$67.70	5.0%	1	0.83	147

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$627.50	Oct 23	101.15	105.50	$103.33	4.2%	277	1.00	38
$625.00	Oct 23	98.60	103.00	$100.80	4.4%	137	1.00	21
$625.00	Oct 30	98.55	103.00	$100.78	4.4%	745	1.00	162
$625.00	Nov 6	98.50	103.00	$100.75	4.5%	--	1.00	36
$620.00	Oct 23	93.65	98.00	$95.83	4.5%	178	1.00	24

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.73, cheapest $0.73)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 30	0.66	0.79	$0.73	17.8%	196	0.05	978

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 389 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 23	72.00	76.50	$74.25	6.1%	10	1.00	9
$445.00	Oct 23	77.00	81.50	$79.25	5.7%	1	1.00	1
$470.00	Oct 23	52.00	56.75	$54.38	8.7%	6	0.99	3
$475.00	Oct 23	47.30	51.80	$49.55	9.1%	--	0.99	31
$480.00	Oct 23	42.05	46.50	$44.28	10.0%	20	0.99	7

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 23	24.10	28.40	$26.25	16.4%	279	1.00	2.9K
$552.50	Oct 23	26.25	30.10	$28.18	13.7%	180	1.00	714
$555.00	Oct 23	28.70	32.85	$30.78	13.5%	34	1.00	418
$557.50	Oct 23	31.05	35.50	$33.28	13.4%	22	1.00	529
$560.00	Oct 23	33.55	37.85	$35.70	12.0%	196	1.00	12.8K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 942 active (total vol 425.1K, top 40.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$595.00	Oct 30	0.51	0.93	$0.72	58.3%	7.4K	0.05	9.3K
$550.00	Oct 23	0.27	0.54	$0.41	65.9%	5.9K	0.06	2.5K
$560.00	Oct 30	3.05	3.65	$3.35	17.9%	5.7K	0.18	2.8K
$555.00	Nov 20	12.15	13.70	$12.93	12.0%	5.6K	0.34	965
$590.00	Nov 6	1.66	2.28	$1.97	31.5%	3.1K	0.10	101

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 23	9.00	11.35	$10.18	23.1%	40.5K	0.64	33.5K
$505.00	Oct 30	7.30	8.35	$7.82	13.4%	34.9K	0.30	1.8K
$500.00	Oct 23	0.51	0.89	$0.70	54.3%	16.7K	0.08	18.0K
$475.00	Oct 30	2.09	2.58	$2.34	20.9%	13.6K	0.11	178
$500.00	Nov 6	10.00	10.70	$10.35	6.8%	12.7K	0.30	353

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 24 strikes (avg 32.9%, max 57.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$520.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	59.0%	39.9%	47.8%	122	165
$515.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	61.0%	42.3%	43.9%	87	102
$530.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	57.2%	41.9%	36.4%	1.6K	391
$540.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	55.2%	41.5%	33.1%	2.0K	224
$527.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	57.9%	44.1%	31.2%	606	262

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$510.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	63.5%	40.3%	57.5%	1.9K	1.5K
$515.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	61.0%	39.6%	53.8%	2.0K	2.0K
$525.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	58.4%	39.1%	49.4%	3.9K	2.7K
$520.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	59.0%	39.9%	47.8%	1.3K	2.0K
$530.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	57.2%	41.9%	36.4%	40.5K	33.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 578 found (best R:R 2.68, avg 5.78)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$555.00	Nov 2	$0.40	$4.60	$0.40	26%	11.50	$550.40
$585.00	$595.00	Nov 4	$0.24	$9.76	$0.24	10%	40.67	$585.24
$545.00	$547.50	Nov 6	$0.31	$2.19	$0.31	35%	7.06	$545.31
$530.00	$532.50	Dec 4	$0.69	$1.81	$0.69	50%	2.62	$530.69
$590.00	$600.00	Nov 2	$0.13	$9.87	$0.13	7%	75.92	$590.13

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$547.50	Nov 6	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	69%	2.68	$549.32
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 23	$1.00	$1.50	$1.00	71%	1.50	$531.50
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 26	$0.78	$1.72	$0.78	56%	2.21	$526.72
$545.00	$542.50	Nov 27	$0.96	$1.54	$0.96	60%	1.60	$544.04
$475.00	$470.00	Nov 2	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	13%	34.71	$474.86

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 458 found (best R:R 0.64, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$587.50	$590.00	Nov 2	$0.98	$0.98	$1.52	89%	0.64	$588.48
$545.00	$550.00	Dec 4	$2.56	$2.56	$2.44	58%	1.05	$547.56
$542.50	$545.00	Nov 6	$1.42	$1.42	$1.08	63%	1.31	$543.92
$600.00	$610.00	Nov 4	$0.95	$0.95	$9.05	92%	0.10	$600.95
$607.50	$612.50	Oct 28	$0.59	$0.59	$4.41	95%	0.13	$608.09

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$522.50	$520.00	Nov 4	$1.62	$1.62	$0.88	53%	1.84	$520.88
$520.00	$515.00	Nov 27	$2.59	$2.59	$2.41	55%	1.07	$517.41
$522.50	$520.00	Nov 2	$1.48	$1.48	$1.02	53%	1.45	$521.02
$490.00	$487.50	Oct 28	$0.65	$0.65	$1.85	85%	0.35	$489.35
$492.50	$490.00	Nov 2	$0.83	$0.83	$1.67	77%	0.50	$491.67

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 15 found (avg debit $3.11, cheapest $2.38)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$522.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.25	58.3%	40.7%
$527.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.50	57.9%	42.1%
$525.00	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.75	58.4%	43.5%
$530.00	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.60	57.2%	42.4%
$532.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.79	56.2%	42.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$517.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.38	59.6%	40.3%
$520.00	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.48	59.0%	39.8%
$522.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.82	58.3%	40.7%
$527.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.40	57.9%	42.1%
$525.00	Oct 23	Oct 26	$3.00	58.4%	43.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 231 found (cheapest 2.42% of stock, avg 8.07%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$525.00	Oct 23	$6.18	$6.50	$12.68	$512.32	$537.68	2.42%
$527.50	Oct 23	$5.00	$7.88	$12.88	$514.62	$540.38	2.46%
$522.50	Oct 23	$7.53	$5.48	$13.01	$509.49	$535.51	2.49%
$520.00	Oct 23	$9.00	$4.47	$13.47	$506.53	$533.47	2.57%
$532.50	Oct 23	$2.76	$11.18	$13.94	$518.56	$546.44	2.66%
$517.50	Oct 23	$10.43	$3.62	$14.05	$503.45	$531.55	2.68%
$530.00	Oct 23	$3.95	$10.18	$14.13	$515.87	$544.13	2.70%
$535.00	Oct 23	$2.10	$12.98	$15.08	$519.92	$550.08	2.88%
$515.00	Oct 23	$12.25	$2.96	$15.21	$499.79	$530.21	2.91%
$537.50	Oct 23	$1.47	$14.93	$16.40	$521.10	$553.90	3.13%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 255 found (cheapest 0.86% of stock, avg 5.30%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$535.00	$512.50	Oct 23	$2.10	$2.40	$4.50	$508.00	$539.50
$535.00	$515.00	Oct 23	$2.10	$2.96	$5.06	$509.94	$540.06
$532.50	$512.50	Oct 23	$2.76	$2.40	$5.16	$507.34	$537.66
$532.50	$515.00	Oct 23	$2.76	$2.96	$5.72	$509.28	$538.22
$535.00	$517.50	Oct 23	$2.10	$3.62	$5.72	$511.78	$540.72
$532.50	$517.50	Oct 23	$2.76	$3.62	$6.38	$511.12	$538.88
$530.00	$512.50	Oct 23	$3.95	$2.40	$6.35	$506.15	$536.35
$530.00	$515.00	Oct 23	$3.95	$2.96	$6.91	$508.09	$536.91
$535.00	$520.00	Oct 23	$2.10	$4.47	$6.57	$513.43	$541.57
$532.50	$520.00	Oct 23	$2.76	$4.47	$7.23	$512.77	$539.73

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 308 found (best R:R 2.91, avg credit $1.13)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
490/492	542/545	Nov 2	$1.86	$0.64	43%	2.91	$490.64	$544.36
480/482	548/550	Oct 28	$1.29	$1.21	65%	1.07	$481.21	$548.79
440/442	548/550	Oct 28	$0.97	$1.53	75%	0.63	$441.53	$548.47
475/478	548/550	Oct 28	$1.14	$1.36	67%	0.84	$476.36	$548.64
455/458	538/540	Oct 26	$1.07	$1.43	69%	0.75	$456.43	$538.57
478/480	542/545	Nov 2	$1.53	$0.97	50%	1.58	$478.47	$544.03
460/462	548/550	Oct 28	$0.97	$1.53	72%	0.63	$461.53	$548.47
452/455	548/550	Oct 28	$0.93	$1.57	73%	0.59	$454.07	$548.43
462/465	548/550	Oct 28	$0.97	$1.53	71%	0.63	$464.03	$548.47
480/482	538/540	Oct 28	$1.39	$1.11	54%	1.25	$481.11	$538.89

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 417 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$4.83	8%	28.41
$520.00	$522.50	$525.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$2.38	12%	19.83
$525.00	$527.50	$530.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$2.37	12%	18.23
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 6	$0.05	$4.95	8%	99.00
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Nov 13	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$480.00	$485.00	$490.00	Nov 27	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Nov 20	$0.13	$4.87	6%	37.46
$532.50	$535.00	$537.50	Oct 23	$0.15	$2.35	14%	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 360 found (best net $-5.82, 339 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$480.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$5.82	$14.18
$480.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$14.62	$5.38
$605.00	$607.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.03	$2.47
$515.00	$522.50	1:2	Oct 26	-$4.58	$2.92
$587.50	$590.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.06	$2.44

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$485.00	$470.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$1.19	$13.81
$445.00	$442.50	1:2	Oct 23	$0.00	$2.50
$452.50	$450.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.01	$2.49
$442.50	$440.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.01	$2.49
$455.00	$452.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.02	$2.48

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 276 found (best yield 4.67%, avg 1.31%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$532.50	Dec 4	$24.45	0.48	1.8%	4.67%	6.42%	13	--
$535.00	Dec 4	$23.25	0.47	2.2%	4.44%	6.67%	4	--
$525.00	Dec 4	$27.70	0.52	0.3%	5.29%	5.61%	9	--
$530.00	Dec 4	$25.15	0.50	1.3%	4.81%	6.08%	1	--
$540.00	Dec 4	$21.00	0.44	3.2%	4.01%	7.19%	10	--
$545.00	Dec 4	$18.85	0.42	4.1%	3.60%	7.74%	5	--
$530.00	Nov 27	$24.00	0.49	1.3%	4.59%	5.86%	110	1
$550.00	Dec 4	$16.80	0.39	5.1%	3.21%	8.30%	13	--
$525.00	Nov 27	$25.95	0.52	0.3%	4.96%	5.27%	102	1
$537.50	Nov 27	$20.45	0.45	2.7%	3.91%	6.61%	10	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 143,259

Total Puts 363,314

Put/Call Ratio 2.54

Net Difference -220,055

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 191,373

Total Puts 76,288

Put/Call Ratio 0.40

Net Difference 115,085

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 752,700

Total Puts 1,264,903

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.82

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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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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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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