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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$542.33 +2.87%

(10/26 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26 11:00am) 127,270

Calls: 39,309 (31%)

Puts: 87,961 (69%)

Prior (10/23) 116,130

Calls: 42,531 (37%)

Puts: 73,599 (63%)

Current vs Prior +9.59%

Calls: -7.58% (Calls)

Puts: +19.51% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,398,771

Calls: 817,057 (34%)

Puts: 1,581,714 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 342,681

Calls: 116,722 (34%)

Puts: 225,959 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -62.86%

Calls: -66.32%

Puts: -61.07%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26 11:00am) $95.48M

Calls: $45.60M (48%)

Puts: $49.88M (52%)

Prior (10/23) $96.19M

Calls: $33.52M (35%)

Puts: $62.68M (65%)

Current vs Prior -0.74%

Calls: +36.07%

Puts: -20.42%

Prior 7-Day Total $2.27B

Calls: $531.95M (23%)

Puts: $1.74B (77%)

Prior 7-Day Average $324.20M

Calls: $75.99M (23%)

Puts: $248.21M (77%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -70.55%

Calls: -39.99%

Puts: -79.90%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/26 11:00am) 2.24

Prior (10/23) 1.73

Current vs Prior +29.31%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.07

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.17%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/26 11:00am) 1,877,443

Calls: 774,446 (41%)

Puts: 1,102,997 (59%)

Prior (10/23) 2,078,894

Calls: 813,998 (39%)

Puts: 1,264,896 (61%)

Current vs Prior -9.69%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,162,271

Calls: 4,690,916 (36%)

Puts: 8,471,355 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,880,324

Calls: 670,130 (36%)

Puts: 1,210,193 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/26) | Next (10/28)Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/06)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 1.04% | 3.12%4.13% | 5.99%8.58% | 11.92%

Prior 0.78% | 2.47%0.78% | 5.27%9.50% | 12.80%

Current vs Prior +33.89% | +26.03%+430.34% | +13.47%-9.73% | -6.87%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.47% | 3.36%2.74% | 5.46%5.96% | 11.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -57.88% | -7.29%+50.72% | +9.64%+44.05% | +6.80%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.78% | 2.47%0.84% | 5.14%9.45% | 12.72%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +33.89% | +26.03%+388.88% | +16.39%-9.19% | -6.31%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 25.12% | 18.37%

Calls: 26.30% | 14.12%

Puts: 23.95% | 22.62%

Prior 23.15% | 11.42%

Calls: 20.35% | 7.00%

Puts: 25.94% | 15.84%

Current vs Prior +8.51% | +60.86%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.65% | 21.73%

Calls: 23.29% | 19.02%

Puts: 20.00% | 24.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +16.03% | -15.45%

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 482 of results (avg 6.0%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Nov 20	24.30	24.85	$24.58	2.2%	69	0.53	912
$550.00	Nov 20	19.05	19.60	$19.33	2.8%	119	0.46	1.4K
$552.50	Nov 27	19.85	20.45	$20.15	3.0%	13	0.45	16
$500.00	Nov 20	50.80	52.35	$51.58	3.0%	15	0.78	351
$550.00	Nov 27	21.00	21.65	$21.33	3.0%	3	0.47	89

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 20	7.90	8.10	$8.00	2.5%	6.6K	0.22	13.9K
$542.50	Nov 20	21.65	22.25	$21.95	2.7%	4	0.49	173
$542.50	Nov 27	23.25	23.90	$23.58	2.8%	--	0.49	43
$545.00	Dec 4	26.65	27.40	$27.03	2.8%	--	0.50	11
$540.00	Dec 4	24.30	25.00	$24.65	2.8%	--	0.47	16

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 37 found (avg $0.67, cheapest $0.76)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 28	0.49	0.59	$0.54	18.5%	105	0.07	645
$567.50	Oct 28	0.68	0.79	$0.74	14.9%	392	0.09	191
$565.00	Oct 28	0.91	1.01	$0.96	10.4%	87	0.11	135
$585.00	Oct 30	0.60	0.70	$0.65	15.4%	27	0.06	2.5K
$582.50	Oct 30	0.74	0.84	$0.79	12.7%	19	0.07	358

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$537.50	Oct 26	0.69	0.84	$0.76	19.7%	91	0.23	385
$502.50	Oct 28	0.43	0.51	$0.47	17.0%	5	0.05	185
$505.00	Oct 28	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	64	0.06	921
$507.50	Oct 28	0.62	0.70	$0.66	12.1%	43	0.07	162
$512.50	Oct 28	0.86	0.98	$0.92	13.0%	15	0.09	1.0K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 299 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 26	90.00	94.00	$92.00	4.3%	20	1.00	--
$490.00	Oct 26	50.00	53.90	$51.95	7.5%	10	1.00	--
$500.00	Oct 26	40.80	43.90	$42.35	7.3%	10	1.00	18
$507.50	Oct 26	32.50	36.40	$34.45	11.3%	2	1.00	8
$520.00	Oct 26	20.95	24.00	$22.48	13.6%	13	1.00	70

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 30	101.35	105.00	$103.18	3.5%	--	1.00	42
$562.50	Oct 26	18.80	22.45	$20.63	17.7%	--	0.99	12
$565.00	Oct 26	21.40	24.95	$23.17	15.3%	5	0.99	107
$625.00	Oct 30	81.50	85.00	$83.25	4.2%	--	0.99	119
$640.00	Oct 30	96.65	100.00	$98.33	3.4%	--	0.99	22

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 654 active (total vol 103.7K, top 21.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$532.50	Nov 13	24.30	25.80	$25.05	6.0%	4.0K	0.59	105
$532.50	Nov 6	19.95	22.20	$21.08	10.7%	4.0K	0.60	160
$540.00	Oct 26	2.84	3.70	$3.27	26.3%	3.2K	0.63	1.2K
$545.00	Oct 26	0.98	1.16	$1.07	16.8%	1.8K	0.29	692
$542.50	Oct 26	1.95	2.17	$2.06	10.7%	1.4K	0.46	370

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	5.75	6.05	$5.90	5.1%	21.6K	0.32	21.4K
$500.00	Nov 6	3.60	3.85	$3.73	6.7%	20.1K	0.15	15.1K
$500.00	Nov 20	7.90	8.10	$8.00	2.5%	6.6K	0.22	13.9K
$480.00	Nov 6	1.70	1.84	$1.77	7.9%	1.5K	0.08	323
$500.00	Oct 30	1.22	1.32	$1.27	7.9%	1.1K	0.08	3.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 13 strikes (avg 16.0%, max 26.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$537.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	45.4%	35.8%	26.9%	581	568
$515.00	Oct 30	Nov 20	51.0%	40.5%	26.1%	--	138
$540.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	43.5%	35.9%	21.3%	3.2K	1.3K
$542.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	41.6%	35.6%	16.8%	1.4K	370
$545.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	42.4%	38.7%	9.5%	1.8K	714

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$537.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	45.4%	35.8%	26.9%	119	387
$540.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	43.3%	35.9%	20.8%	513	150
$542.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	41.6%	35.6%	16.8%	4	1.2K
$567.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	44.5%	39.4%	12.8%	2	126
$545.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	42.4%	38.7%	9.5%	23	237

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 502 found (best R:R 9.00, avg 5.66)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$545.00	$550.00	Dec 4	$1.80	$3.20	$1.80	50%	1.78	$546.80
$545.00	$547.50	Nov 27	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	50%	3.17	$545.60
$535.00	$537.50	Dec 4	$0.77	$1.73	$0.77	56%	2.25	$535.77
$537.50	$540.00	Nov 13	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	55%	1.94	$538.35
$542.50	$545.00	Nov 6	$0.73	$1.77	$0.73	50%	2.42	$543.23

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$537.50	$535.00	Nov 13	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	45%	9.00	$537.25
$560.00	$540.00	Nov 9	$11.03	$8.97	$11.03	67%	0.81	$548.97
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 28	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	41%	7.33	$537.20
$505.00	$500.00	Dec 4	$0.72	$4.28	$0.72	27%	5.94	$504.28
$532.50	$530.00	Nov 13	$0.43	$2.07	$0.43	40%	4.81	$532.07

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 398 found (best R:R 0.18, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$570.00	$595.00	Nov 9	$3.89	$3.89	$21.11	76%	0.18	$573.89
$545.00	$570.00	Nov 9	$9.33	$9.33	$15.67	53%	0.60	$554.33
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 26	$0.43	$0.43	$2.07	96%	0.21	$590.43
$580.00	$600.00	Nov 4	$1.41	$1.41	$18.59	87%	0.08	$581.41
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 28	$0.41	$0.41	$2.09	97%	0.20	$612.91

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$537.50	Oct 28	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	53%	1.94	$538.35
$535.00	$532.50	Nov 13	$1.57	$1.57	$0.93	57%	1.69	$533.43
$535.00	$532.50	Oct 28	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	63%	1.17	$533.65
$500.00	$495.00	Dec 4	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	75%	0.49	$498.35
$530.00	$525.00	Nov 13	$2.22	$2.22	$2.78	61%	0.80	$527.78

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $5.60, cheapest $5.23)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$540.00	Oct 26	Oct 28	$5.23	43.5%	46.8%
$542.50	Oct 26	Oct 28	$5.34	41.6%	46.4%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$540.00	Oct 26	Oct 28	$5.82	43.3%	46.8%
$542.50	Oct 26	Oct 28	$6.02	41.6%	46.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 219 found (cheapest 0.82% of stock, avg 6.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$542.50	Oct 26	$2.06	$2.38	$4.44	$538.06	$546.94	0.82%
$540.00	Oct 26	$3.27	$1.38	$4.65	$535.35	$544.65	0.86%
$545.00	Oct 26	$1.07	$4.10	$5.17	$539.83	$550.17	0.95%
$537.50	Oct 26	$4.90	$0.76	$5.66	$531.84	$543.16	1.04%
$547.50	Oct 26	$0.50	$6.38	$6.88	$540.62	$554.38	1.27%
$535.00	Oct 26	$7.30	$0.42	$7.72	$527.28	$542.72	1.42%
$550.00	Oct 26	$0.22	$8.45	$8.67	$541.33	$558.67	1.60%
$532.50	Oct 26	$9.98	$0.24	$10.22	$522.28	$542.72	1.88%
$552.50	Oct 26	$0.07	$10.80	$10.87	$541.63	$563.37	2.00%
$530.00	Oct 26	$11.77	$0.16	$11.93	$518.07	$541.93	2.20%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 265 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 4.49%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$550.00	$530.00	Oct 26	$0.22	$0.16	$0.38	$529.62	$550.38
$550.00	$532.50	Oct 26	$0.22	$0.24	$0.46	$532.04	$550.46
$550.00	$535.00	Oct 26	$0.22	$0.42	$0.64	$534.36	$550.64
$547.50	$530.00	Oct 26	$0.50	$0.16	$0.66	$529.34	$548.16
$547.50	$532.50	Oct 26	$0.50	$0.24	$0.74	$531.76	$548.24
$547.50	$535.00	Oct 26	$0.50	$0.42	$0.92	$534.08	$548.42
$550.00	$537.50	Oct 26	$0.22	$0.76	$0.98	$536.52	$550.98
$547.50	$537.50	Oct 26	$0.50	$0.76	$1.26	$536.24	$548.76
$545.00	$530.00	Oct 26	$1.07	$0.16	$1.23	$528.77	$546.23
$545.00	$532.50	Oct 26	$1.07	$0.24	$1.31	$531.19	$546.31

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 300 found (best R:R 2.23, avg credit $1.31)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
495/500	580/585	Dec 4	$3.45	$1.55	44%	2.23	$496.55	$583.45
485/490	580/585	Dec 4	$3.17	$1.83	48%	1.73	$486.83	$583.17
480/485	580/585	Dec 4	$2.68	$2.32	50%	1.16	$482.32	$582.68
518/520	552/555	Oct 28	$1.28	$1.22	56%	1.05	$518.72	$553.78
532/535	590/592	Oct 26	$0.61	$1.89	82%	0.32	$534.39	$590.61
455/460	580/585	Dec 4	$2.27	$2.73	58%	0.83	$457.73	$582.27
518/520	558/560	Oct 28	$1.05	$1.45	64%	0.72	$518.95	$558.55
518/520	560/562	Oct 28	$0.96	$1.54	67%	0.62	$519.04	$560.96
518/520	562/565	Oct 28	$0.88	$1.62	70%	0.54	$519.12	$563.38
518/520	550/552	Oct 28	$1.36	$1.14	51%	1.19	$518.64	$551.36

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 332 found (best R:R 3.60, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$545.00	$570.00	$595.00	Nov 9	$5.44	$19.56	39%	3.60
$500.00	$510.00	$520.00	Oct 28	$0.32	$9.68	12%	30.25
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Oct 26	$0.22	$2.28	34%	10.36
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$520.00	$525.00	$530.00	Nov 27	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$537.50	$540.00	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.38	$2.12	31%	5.58
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 13	$0.12	$4.88	6%	40.67
$535.00	$537.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.28	$2.22	23%	7.93
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$2.45	7%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 411 found (best net $-11.90, 388 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$490.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$11.90	$28.10
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$13.49	$21.51
$470.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$14.26	$15.74
$495.00	$525.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$15.32	$14.68
$607.50	$630.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.46	$22.04

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$612.50	$582.50	1:2	Nov 4	-$14.02	$15.98
$560.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$4.72	$15.28
$577.50	$565.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$10.56	$1.94
$500.00	$480.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.38	$19.62
$515.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$1.83	$13.17

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 214 found (best yield 4.35%, avg 1.27%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$550.00	Dec 4	$23.60	0.47	1.4%	4.35%	5.77%	2	17
$560.00	Dec 4	$19.20	0.42	3.3%	3.54%	6.80%	1	14
$542.50	Dec 4	$25.80	0.52	0.0%	4.76%	4.79%	13	--
$545.00	Dec 4	$24.55	0.50	0.5%	4.53%	5.02%	--	22
$570.00	Dec 4	$15.40	0.36	5.1%	2.84%	7.94%	--	27
$572.50	Dec 4	$14.55	0.35	5.6%	2.68%	8.25%	1	1
$575.00	Dec 4	$13.70	0.34	6.0%	2.53%	8.55%	2	3
$547.50	Nov 27	$22.10	0.48	0.9%	4.08%	5.03%	--	37
$550.00	Nov 27	$21.00	0.47	1.4%	3.87%	5.29%	3	89
$552.50	Nov 27	$19.85	0.45	1.9%	3.66%	5.54%	13	16

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 39,309

Total Puts 87,961

Put/Call Ratio 2.24

Net Difference -48,652

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 42,531

Total Puts 73,599

Put/Call Ratio 1.73

Net Difference -31,068

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 817,057

Total Puts 1,581,714

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.07

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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