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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$528.30 +0.95%

(10/23 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/23 1:00pm) 239,468

Calls: 62,900 (26%)

Puts: 176,568 (74%)

Prior (10/22) 275,616

Calls: 93,013 (34%)

Puts: 182,603 (66%)

Current vs Prior -13.12%

Calls: -32.38% (Calls)

Puts: -3.30% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,334,628

Calls: 836,515 (36%)

Puts: 1,498,113 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 333,518

Calls: 119,502 (36%)

Puts: 214,016 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.20%

Calls: -47.36%

Puts: -17.50%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/23 1:00pm) $135.52M

Calls: $42.17M (31%)

Puts: $93.35M (69%)

Prior (10/22) $280.25M

Calls: $61.42M (22%)

Puts: $218.83M (78%)

Current vs Prior -51.64%

Calls: -31.35%

Puts: -57.34%

Prior 7-Day Total $2.29B

Calls: $554.65M (24%)

Puts: $1.74B (76%)

Prior 7-Day Average $327.15M

Calls: $79.24M (24%)

Puts: $247.91M (76%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -58.57%

Calls: -46.78%

Puts: -62.35%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/23 1:00pm) 2.81

Prior (10/22) 1.96

Current vs Prior +42.99%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +50.43%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/23 1:00pm) 2,078,894

Calls: 813,998 (39%)

Puts: 1,264,896 (61%)

Prior (10/22) 1,972,889

Calls: 751,210 (38%)

Puts: 1,221,679 (62%)

Current vs Prior +5.37%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,937,134

Calls: 4,527,174 (35%)

Puts: 8,409,960 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,848,162

Calls: 646,739 (35%)

Puts: 1,201,422 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.48%

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 0.99% | 2.59%0.99% | 5.12%9.38% | 12.75%

Prior 2.68% | 3.68%2.68% | 6.06%10.21% | 13.00%

Current vs Prior -62.93% | -29.81%-62.93% | -15.52%-8.13% | -1.85%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.66% | 3.42%3.09% | 5.38%5.01% | 10.64%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -62.69% | -24.48%-67.85% | -4.81%+87.04% | +19.85%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.68% | 3.68%2.68% | 6.03%10.21% | 13.04%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -62.93% | -29.81%-62.93% | -15.12%-8.13% | -2.17%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.64% | 16.78%

Calls: 17.17% | 20.92%

Puts: 16.10% | 12.63%

Prior 26.23% | 24.18%

Calls: 23.24% | 19.94%

Puts: 29.23% | 28.42%

Current vs Prior -36.56% | -30.60%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.32% | 22.89%

Calls: 23.12% | 19.63%

Puts: 19.52% | 26.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.95% | -26.71%

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Moderately bearish flow with 69% put dollar volume ($93.35M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 52% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.81 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 43% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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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 584 of results (avg 5.6%, best 1.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$542.50	Nov 20	18.00	18.25	$18.13	1.4%	137	0.43	228
$537.50	Nov 20	20.20	20.50	$20.35	1.5%	90	0.46	36
$535.00	Nov 20	21.30	21.65	$21.48	1.6%	165	0.48	888
$532.50	Oct 30	10.85	11.05	$10.95	1.8%	500	0.46	69
$542.50	Nov 13	14.90	15.20	$15.05	2.0%	22	0.41	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 28	3.90	3.95	$3.93	1.3%	9.5K	0.24	685
$480.00	Nov 20	7.85	8.00	$7.93	1.9%	103	0.20	2.3K
$500.00	Nov 20	12.60	12.85	$12.73	2.0%	2.6K	0.30	14.6K
$530.00	Nov 20	23.90	24.40	$24.15	2.1%	396	0.49	9.4K
$495.00	Nov 20	11.20	11.45	$11.33	2.2%	44	0.27	1.4K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 37 found (avg $0.69, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 26	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	331	0.08	590
$547.50	Oct 26	0.69	0.79	$0.74	13.5%	742	0.11	103
$545.00	Oct 26	0.94	1.02	$0.98	8.2%	164	0.14	595
$570.00	Oct 28	0.51	0.61	$0.56	17.9%	30	0.05	630
$567.50	Oct 28	0.63	0.72	$0.68	13.2%	112	0.06	215

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$522.50	Oct 23	0.30	0.35	$0.32	15.6%	751	0.13	407
$525.00	Oct 23	0.69	0.81	$0.75	16.0%	1.3K	0.25	2.3K
$500.00	Oct 26	0.48	0.55	$0.52	13.5%	157	0.06	132
$502.50	Oct 26	0.62	0.66	$0.64	6.3%	28	0.07	24
$505.00	Oct 26	0.75	0.85	$0.80	12.5%	526	0.09	371

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 362 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 28	76.85	80.65	$78.75	4.8%	12	1.00	--
$450.00	Oct 23	76.95	80.40	$78.68	4.4%	3	1.00	13
$475.00	Oct 23	51.70	55.50	$53.60	7.1%	12	1.00	31
$480.00	Oct 23	46.85	50.25	$48.55	7.0%	--	1.00	14
$500.00	Oct 23	26.80	30.05	$28.43	11.4%	22	0.99	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 23	11.25	12.20	$11.73	8.1%	185	1.00	5.2K
$542.50	Oct 23	12.55	14.95	$13.75	17.5%	7	1.00	941
$545.00	Oct 23	16.05	17.40	$16.73	8.1%	149	1.00	1.4K
$547.50	Oct 23	17.55	19.75	$18.65	11.8%	22	1.00	1.0K
$550.00	Oct 23	20.05	22.25	$21.15	10.4%	43	1.00	2.8K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 826 active (total vol 131.4K, top 9.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$535.00	Oct 23	0.13	0.17	$0.15	26.7%	3.4K	0.07	995
$560.00	Oct 26	0.17	0.25	$0.21	38.1%	3.2K	0.03	799
$537.50	Oct 23	0.05	0.10	$0.08	62.5%	2.4K	0.04	436
$540.00	Oct 23	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	2.2K	0.02	943
$585.00	Nov 20	5.70	6.05	$5.88	6.0%	1.4K	0.19	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 28	3.90	3.95	$3.93	1.3%	9.5K	0.24	685
$485.00	Oct 28	0.84	1.03	$0.94	20.2%	8.9K	0.07	9.2K
$515.00	Nov 20	17.50	17.90	$17.70	2.3%	5.6K	0.39	3.4K
$550.00	Oct 30	25.05	26.65	$25.85	6.2%	5.4K	0.74	7.6K
$465.00	Nov 20	5.30	5.60	$5.45	5.5%	5.1K	0.15	1.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 10 strikes (avg 15.7%, max 28.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$525.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	49.1%	38.1%	28.7%	345	186
$530.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	44.2%	37.4%	18.2%	1.1K	1.5K
$527.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	46.8%	40.0%	16.9%	426	450
$505.00	Oct 30	Nov 20	46.6%	42.1%	10.6%	6	121
$532.50	Oct 23	Dec 4	44.3%	40.8%	8.7%	1.2K	647

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$525.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	49.1%	38.1%	28.7%	1.3K	2.3K
$530.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	44.2%	37.4%	18.2%	1.4K	15.7K
$527.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	46.8%	40.0%	17.0%	542	1.1K
$532.50	Oct 23	Nov 27	44.1%	40.2%	9.7%	280	559

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 531 found (best R:R 0.64, avg 5.94)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$500.00	$525.00	Dec 4	$15.20	$9.80	$15.20	69%	0.64	$515.20
$560.00	$570.00	Dec 4	$2.65	$7.35	$2.65	36%	2.77	$562.65
$537.50	$540.00	Nov 4	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	44%	3.72	$538.03
$495.00	$500.00	Nov 13	$3.20	$1.80	$3.20	75%	0.56	$498.20
$550.00	$555.00	Nov 2	$0.80	$4.20	$0.80	28%	5.25	$550.80

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$587.50	$585.00	Nov 6	$1.58	$0.92	$1.58	90%	0.58	$585.92
$470.00	$460.00	Dec 4	$1.00	$9.00	$1.00	18%	9.00	$469.00
$505.00	$500.00	Nov 27	$0.97	$4.03	$0.97	33%	4.15	$504.03
$517.50	$515.00	Nov 6	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	39%	6.14	$517.15
$550.00	$547.50	Nov 27	$0.93	$1.57	$0.93	60%	1.69	$549.07

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 429 found (best R:R 0.55, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$625.00	$630.00	Oct 26	$1.77	$1.77	$3.23	92%	0.55	$626.77
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 26	$0.74	$0.74	$1.76	96%	0.42	$608.24
$602.50	$605.00	Nov 2	$0.72	$0.72	$1.78	94%	0.40	$603.22
$615.00	$620.00	Nov 4	$0.74	$0.74	$4.26	94%	0.17	$615.74
$547.50	$550.00	Nov 2	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	68%	0.92	$548.70

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$430.00	$425.00	Oct 26	$0.72	$0.72	$4.28	97%	0.17	$429.28
$525.00	$520.00	Nov 13	$2.82	$2.82	$2.18	54%	1.29	$522.18
$500.00	$470.00	Dec 4	$7.05	$7.05	$22.95	69%	0.31	$492.95
$520.00	$517.50	Nov 6	$1.58	$1.58	$0.92	59%	1.72	$518.42
$525.00	$505.00	Dec 4	$8.18	$8.18	$11.82	55%	0.69	$516.82

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $4.17, cheapest $4.18)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$527.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$4.60	46.8%	31.8%
$530.00	Oct 23	Oct 26	$4.11	44.2%	30.0%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$527.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$4.18	46.8%	31.8%
$530.00	Oct 23	Oct 26	$3.81	44.2%	30.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 235 found (cheapest 0.73% of stock, avg 7.32%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$527.50	Oct 23	$2.33	$1.52	$3.85	$523.65	$531.35	0.73%
$530.00	Oct 23	$1.07	$2.92	$3.99	$526.01	$533.99	0.76%
$525.00	Oct 23	$4.30	$0.75	$5.05	$519.95	$530.05	0.96%
$532.50	Oct 23	$0.43	$4.72	$5.15	$527.35	$537.65	0.97%
$522.50	Oct 23	$6.55	$0.32	$6.87	$515.63	$529.37	1.30%
$535.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$6.73	$6.88	$528.12	$541.88	1.30%
$537.50	Oct 23	$0.08	$8.75	$8.83	$528.67	$546.33	1.67%
$520.00	Oct 23	$8.88	$0.15	$9.03	$510.97	$529.03	1.71%
$517.50	Oct 23	$11.23	$0.07	$11.30	$506.20	$528.80	2.14%
$540.00	Oct 23	$0.03	$11.73	$11.76	$528.24	$551.76	2.23%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 262 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 4.94%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$535.00	$520.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$0.15	$0.30	$519.70	$535.30
$535.00	$522.50	Oct 23	$0.15	$0.32	$0.47	$522.03	$535.47
$532.50	$520.00	Oct 23	$0.43	$0.15	$0.58	$519.42	$533.08
$532.50	$522.50	Oct 23	$0.43	$0.32	$0.75	$521.75	$533.25
$535.00	$525.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$0.75	$0.90	$524.10	$535.90
$532.50	$525.00	Oct 23	$0.43	$0.75	$1.18	$523.82	$533.68
$530.00	$520.00	Oct 23	$1.07	$0.15	$1.22	$518.78	$531.22
$530.00	$522.50	Oct 23	$1.07	$0.32	$1.39	$521.11	$531.39
$530.00	$525.00	Oct 23	$1.07	$0.75	$1.82	$523.18	$531.82
$532.50	$527.50	Oct 23	$0.43	$1.52	$1.95	$525.55	$534.45

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 418 found (best R:R 0.41, avg credit $1.20)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
425/430	608/610	Oct 26	$1.46	$3.54	92%	0.41	$428.54	$608.96
498/500	608/610	Oct 26	$0.85	$1.65	89%	0.52	$499.15	$608.35
505/508	608/610	Oct 26	$0.96	$1.54	84%	0.62	$506.54	$608.46
500/502	608/610	Oct 26	$0.86	$1.64	88%	0.52	$501.64	$608.36
502/505	608/610	Oct 26	$0.90	$1.60	86%	0.56	$504.10	$608.40
510/512	608/610	Oct 26	$1.08	$1.42	78%	0.76	$511.42	$608.58
518/520	608/610	Oct 26	$1.39	$1.11	66%	1.25	$518.61	$608.89
508/510	608/610	Oct 26	$0.99	$1.51	82%	0.66	$509.01	$608.49
470/475	615/620	Nov 4	$1.38	$3.62	83%	0.38	$473.62	$616.38
515/518	608/610	Oct 26	$1.25	$1.25	71%	1.00	$516.25	$608.75

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 338 found (best R:R 5.25, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$520.00	$522.50	$525.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$2.42	19%	30.25
$522.50	$525.00	$527.50	Oct 23	$0.28	$2.22	30%	7.93
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Nov 6	$0.09	$4.91	9%	54.56
$565.00	$570.00	$575.00	Nov 2	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Oct 26	$0.06	$2.44	8%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$527.50	$530.00	$532.50	Oct 23	$0.40	$2.10	39%	5.25
$530.00	$532.50	$535.00	Oct 23	$0.21	$2.29	28%	10.90
$527.50	$530.00	$532.50	Oct 26	$0.06	$2.44	14%	40.67
$522.50	$525.00	$527.50	Oct 26	$0.06	$2.44	12%	40.67
$522.50	$525.00	$527.50	Oct 23	$0.34	$2.16	30%	6.35

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 433 found (best net $-4.17, 396 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$495.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$4.17	$40.83
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$7.05	$27.95
$480.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$8.31	$11.69
$477.50	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$13.29	$9.21
$517.50	$525.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$2.17	$5.33

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$9.68	$10.32
$500.00	$470.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$1.18	$28.82
$530.00	$527.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.12	$2.38
$500.00	$485.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$1.39	$13.61
$532.50	$530.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.12	$1.38

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 239 found (best yield 5.03%, avg 1.35%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$532.50	Dec 4	$26.55	0.51	0.8%	5.03%	5.82%	1	11
$535.00	Dec 4	$25.30	0.50	1.3%	4.79%	6.06%	1	4
$530.00	Dec 4	$27.65	0.52	0.3%	5.23%	5.56%	5	1
$540.00	Dec 4	$22.95	0.47	2.2%	4.34%	6.56%	100	10
$545.00	Dec 4	$20.80	0.44	3.2%	3.94%	7.10%	19	3
$550.00	Dec 4	$18.75	0.41	4.1%	3.55%	7.66%	4	13
$535.00	Nov 27	$23.15	0.49	1.3%	4.38%	5.65%	3	7
$537.50	Nov 27	$21.95	0.47	1.7%	4.15%	5.90%	12	7
$540.00	Nov 27	$20.85	0.46	2.2%	3.95%	6.16%	18	19
$530.00	Nov 27	$25.25	0.52	0.3%	4.78%	5.10%	4	107

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 62,900

Total Puts 176,568

Put/Call Ratio 2.81

Net Difference -113,668

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 93,013

Total Puts 182,603

Put/Call Ratio 1.96

Net Difference -89,590

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 836,515

Total Puts 1,498,113

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.87

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)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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