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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$529.02 +1.08%

(10/23 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/23 2:00pm) 284,019

Calls: 72,900 (26%)

Puts: 211,119 (74%)

Prior (10/22) 332,224

Calls: 110,494 (33%)

Puts: 221,730 (67%)

Current vs Prior -14.51%

Calls: -34.02% (Calls)

Puts: -4.79% (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 -14.84%

Calls: -39.00%

Puts: -1.35%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/23 2:00pm) $153.98M

Calls: $49.59M (32%)

Puts: $104.39M (68%)

Prior (10/22) $341.46M

Calls: $67.49M (20%)

Puts: $273.97M (80%)

Current vs Prior -54.91%

Calls: -26.53%

Puts: -61.90%

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 -52.93%

Calls: -37.42%

Puts: -57.89%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/23 2:00pm) 2.90

Prior (10/22) 2.01

Current vs Prior +44.32%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +55.19%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/23 2:00pm) 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 0.89% | 2.53%0.89% | 5.06%9.42% | 12.75%

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

Current vs Prior -66.86% | -31.34%-66.85% | -16.49%-7.72% | -1.87%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -66.64% | -26.12%-71.26% | -5.91%+87.87% | +19.82%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -66.86% | -31.34%-66.85% | -16.10%-7.72% | -2.19%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 30.41% | 18.41%

Calls: 32.32% | 14.60%

Puts: 28.50% | 22.21%

Prior 26.23% | 24.18%

Calls: 23.24% | 19.94%

Puts: 29.23% | 28.42%

Current vs Prior +15.94% | -23.86%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.32% | 22.89%

Calls: 23.12% | 19.63%

Puts: 19.52% | 26.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +42.64% | -19.59%

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Moderately bearish flow with 68% put dollar volume ($104.39M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 55% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.90 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 44% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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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 531 of results (avg 6.0%, best 1.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$537.50	Oct 30	8.85	9.05	$8.95	2.2%	208	0.41	140
$535.00	Nov 20	21.75	22.25	$22.00	2.3%	165	0.48	888
$545.00	Nov 20	17.35	17.75	$17.55	2.3%	89	0.42	686
$537.50	Nov 6	14.05	14.40	$14.23	2.5%	43	0.44	25
$545.00	Nov 27	19.05	19.55	$19.30	2.6%	82	0.43	35

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Nov 13	29.15	29.55	$29.35	1.4%	133	0.60	3.2K
$532.50	Nov 20	24.90	25.45	$25.17	2.2%	55	0.50	113
$530.00	Nov 6	17.90	18.35	$18.13	2.5%	81	0.49	265
$530.00	Oct 30	12.95	13.30	$13.13	2.7%	511	0.50	21.7K
$485.00	Nov 20	8.80	9.05	$8.93	2.8%	121	0.22	753

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 37 found (avg $0.70, cheapest $0.94)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 26	0.47	0.56	$0.52	17.3%	920	0.08	590
$547.50	Oct 26	0.66	0.75	$0.71	12.7%	849	0.10	103
$545.00	Oct 26	0.91	1.02	$0.97	11.3%	178	0.14	595
$582.50	Oct 28	0.21	0.25	$0.23	17.4%	2	0.02	20
$570.00	Oct 28	0.51	0.62	$0.56	19.6%	31	0.06	630

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$527.50	Oct 23	0.85	1.03	$0.94	19.1%	443	0.35	795
$502.50	Oct 26	0.49	0.59	$0.54	18.5%	29	0.07	24
$505.00	Oct 26	0.62	0.71	$0.67	13.4%	577	0.08	371
$507.50	Oct 26	0.80	0.90	$0.85	11.8%	223	0.10	515
$475.00	Oct 28	0.48	0.56	$0.52	15.4%	10	0.04	67

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 370 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Oct 26	57.60	61.40	$59.50	6.4%	1	1.00	1
$480.00	Oct 26	47.95	51.35	$49.65	6.8%	12	1.00	--
$450.00	Oct 28	77.70	81.50	$79.60	4.8%	12	1.00	--
$475.00	Oct 23	52.40	55.65	$54.03	6.0%	12	1.00	31
$500.00	Oct 23	27.80	30.90	$29.35	10.6%	22	1.00	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 23	10.05	12.20	$11.13	19.3%	193	1.00	5.2K
$542.50	Oct 23	11.90	14.80	$13.35	21.7%	9	1.00	941
$545.00	Oct 23	14.75	17.15	$15.95	15.0%	151	1.00	1.4K
$547.50	Oct 23	17.30	19.75	$18.52	13.2%	22	1.00	1.0K
$550.00	Oct 23	19.80	22.20	$21.00	11.4%	56	1.00	2.8K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 848 active (total vol 159.3K, top 9.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$535.00	Oct 23	0.11	0.19	$0.15	53.3%	3.5K	0.08	995
$560.00	Oct 26	0.10	0.21	$0.16	68.7%	3.2K	0.03	799
$537.50	Oct 23	0.03	0.07	$0.05	80.0%	2.5K	0.03	436
$570.00	Oct 30	1.52	1.62	$1.57	6.4%	2.4K	0.11	1.3K
$540.00	Oct 23	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	2.3K	0.01	943

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 28	3.60	3.75	$3.68	4.1%	9.6K	0.23	685
$440.00	Oct 26	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	9.5K	0.00	170
$485.00	Oct 28	0.77	1.02	$0.90	27.8%	8.9K	0.07	9.2K
$515.00	Nov 20	17.30	17.85	$17.58	3.1%	5.7K	0.39	3.4K
$550.00	Oct 30	24.60	26.65	$25.63	8.0%	5.4K	0.74	7.6K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 20.4%, max 32.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$525.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	50.4%	38.2%	32.2%	355	186
$530.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	46.5%	37.8%	23.0%	1.5K	1.5K
$527.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	47.8%	40.7%	17.4%	500	450
$532.50	Oct 23	Dec 4	46.3%	41.0%	12.9%	1.3K	647
$505.00	Oct 30	Nov 20	47.1%	42.5%	11.0%	6	121

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$525.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	50.4%	38.2%	32.2%	1.5K	2.3K
$530.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	46.5%	37.8%	23.0%	1.6K	15.7K
$527.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	47.8%	40.7%	17.4%	597	1.1K
$532.50	Oct 23	Nov 27	46.3%	40.5%	14.3%	281	559

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 541 found (best R:R 11.50, avg 5.86)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$530.00	$532.50	Nov 13	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	51%	11.50	$530.20
$480.00	$485.00	Nov 20	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	80%	0.64	$483.05
$540.00	$542.50	Nov 13	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	43%	4.56	$540.45
$520.00	$525.00	Nov 6	$2.43	$2.57	$2.43	59%	1.06	$522.43
$552.50	$555.00	Nov 13	$0.42	$2.08	$0.42	35%	4.95	$552.92

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$552.50	$540.00	Nov 4	$7.68	$4.82	$7.68	71%	0.63	$544.82
$520.00	$517.50	Nov 6	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	41%	3.72	$519.47
$555.00	$552.50	Nov 6	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	70%	0.92	$553.70
$510.00	$507.50	Nov 6	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	32%	6.14	$509.65
$567.50	$565.00	Nov 6	$1.58	$0.92	$1.58	79%	0.58	$565.92

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 427 found (best R:R 0.26, avg 0.32)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$625.00	$630.00	Oct 26	$1.02	$1.02	$3.98	92%	0.26	$626.02
$602.50	$605.00	Nov 2	$0.74	$0.74	$1.76	94%	0.42	$603.24
$537.50	$540.00	Nov 13	$1.72	$1.72	$0.78	55%	2.21	$539.22
$615.00	$620.00	Nov 4	$0.74	$0.74	$4.26	94%	0.17	$615.74
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 26	$0.59	$0.59	$1.91	96%	0.31	$608.09

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$507.50	$505.00	Nov 6	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	69%	1.08	$506.20
$525.00	$505.00	Dec 4	$8.23	$8.23	$11.77	55%	0.70	$516.77
$520.00	$515.00	Nov 13	$2.45	$2.45	$2.55	58%	0.96	$517.55
$460.00	$455.00	Oct 28	$0.55	$0.55	$4.45	96%	0.12	$459.45
$430.00	$425.00	Dec 4	$0.83	$0.83	$4.17	91%	0.20	$429.17

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $4.31, cheapest $4.22)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$527.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$4.22	47.8%	29.9%
$530.00	Oct 23	Oct 26	$4.28	46.5%	30.9%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$527.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$4.29	47.8%	29.9%
$530.00	Oct 23	Oct 26	$4.46	46.5%	30.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 241 found (cheapest 0.60% of stock, avg 7.33%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$530.00	Oct 23	$1.10	$2.07	$3.17	$526.83	$533.17	0.60%
$527.50	Oct 23	$2.63	$0.94	$3.57	$523.93	$531.07	0.67%
$532.50	Oct 23	$0.41	$3.82	$4.23	$528.27	$536.73	0.80%
$525.00	Oct 23	$4.38	$0.38	$4.76	$520.24	$529.76	0.90%
$535.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$6.33	$6.48	$528.52	$541.48	1.22%
$522.50	Oct 23	$6.90	$0.16	$7.06	$515.44	$529.56	1.33%
$537.50	Oct 23	$0.05	$8.65	$8.70	$528.80	$546.20	1.64%
$520.00	Oct 23	$9.25	$0.07	$9.32	$510.68	$529.32	1.76%
$540.00	Oct 23	$0.03	$11.13	$11.16	$528.84	$551.16	2.11%
$517.50	Oct 23	$11.85	$0.05	$11.90	$505.60	$529.40	2.25%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 259 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 4.99%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$535.00	$522.50	Oct 23	$0.15	$0.16	$0.31	$522.19	$535.31
$535.00	$525.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$0.38	$0.53	$524.47	$535.53
$532.50	$522.50	Oct 23	$0.41	$0.16	$0.57	$521.93	$533.07
$532.50	$525.00	Oct 23	$0.41	$0.38	$0.79	$524.21	$533.29
$535.00	$527.50	Oct 23	$0.15	$0.94	$1.09	$526.41	$536.09
$532.50	$527.50	Oct 23	$0.41	$0.94	$1.35	$526.15	$533.85
$530.00	$522.50	Oct 23	$1.10	$0.16	$1.26	$521.24	$531.26
$530.00	$525.00	Oct 23	$1.10	$0.38	$1.48	$523.52	$531.48
$530.00	$527.50	Oct 23	$1.10	$0.94	$2.04	$525.46	$532.04
$540.00	$517.50	Oct 26	$1.81	$2.16	$3.97	$513.53	$543.97

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 403 found (best R:R 0.38, avg credit $1.23)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
470/475	615/620	Nov 4	$1.38	$3.62	83%	0.38	$473.62	$616.38
440/442	615/618	Oct 23	$0.56	$1.94	95%	0.29	$441.94	$615.56
460/462	615/618	Oct 23	$0.55	$1.95	95%	0.28	$461.95	$615.55
440/442	622/625	Oct 23	$0.48	$2.02	97%	0.24	$442.02	$622.98
480/482	548/550	Nov 2	$1.46	$1.04	57%	1.40	$481.04	$548.96
460/462	622/625	Oct 23	$0.47	$2.03	96%	0.23	$462.03	$622.97
440/442	628/630	Oct 23	$0.46	$2.04	97%	0.23	$442.04	$627.96
425/430	575/580	Dec 4	$2.25	$2.75	62%	0.82	$427.75	$577.25
460/462	628/630	Oct 23	$0.45	$2.05	96%	0.22	$462.05	$627.95
495/498	540/542	Oct 28	$1.53	$0.97	53%	1.58	$495.97	$541.53

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 351 found (best R:R 10.36, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$525.00	$527.50	$530.00	Oct 23	$0.22	$2.28	42%	10.36
$525.00	$527.50	$530.00	Oct 26	$0.08	$2.42	14%	30.25
$565.00	$570.00	$575.00	Nov 2	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$532.50	$535.00	$537.50	Oct 23	$0.16	$2.34	16%	14.63
$530.00	$532.50	$535.00	Oct 23	$0.43	$2.07	33%	4.81

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$527.50	$530.00	$532.50	Oct 23	$0.62	$1.88	46%	3.03
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 27	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$525.00	$530.00	$535.00	Dec 4	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$525.00	$527.50	$530.00	Oct 23	$0.57	$1.93	42%	3.39
$517.50	$520.00	$522.50	Oct 26	$0.06	$2.44	10%	40.67

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 $-4.80, 393 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$495.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$4.80	$40.20
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$7.17	$27.83
$480.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$9.57	$10.43
$480.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$10.01	$9.99
$477.50	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$13.20	$9.30

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$10.41	$9.59
$500.00	$475.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$3.15	$21.85
$532.50	$530.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.32	$2.18
$500.00	$485.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$1.09	$13.91
$535.00	$532.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.31	$1.19

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 238 found (best yield 4.94%, avg 1.37%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$532.50	Dec 4	$26.15	0.51	0.7%	4.94%	5.60%	1	11
$530.00	Dec 4	$27.40	0.52	0.2%	5.18%	5.36%	5	1
$535.00	Dec 4	$24.85	0.49	1.1%	4.70%	5.83%	1	4
$540.00	Dec 4	$22.35	0.46	2.1%	4.22%	6.30%	100	10
$545.00	Dec 4	$20.15	0.44	3.0%	3.81%	6.83%	19	3
$550.00	Dec 4	$18.50	0.41	4.0%	3.50%	7.46%	4	13
$537.50	Nov 27	$22.40	0.47	1.6%	4.23%	5.84%	13	7
$535.00	Nov 27	$23.40	0.49	1.1%	4.42%	5.55%	3	7
$540.00	Nov 27	$21.15	0.46	2.1%	4.00%	6.07%	40	19
$542.50	Nov 27	$20.10	0.44	2.5%	3.80%	6.35%	22	6

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 72,900

Total Puts 211,119

Put/Call Ratio 2.90

Net Difference -138,219

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 110,494

Total Puts 221,730

Put/Call Ratio 2.01

Net Difference -111,236

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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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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