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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$541.54 +2.72%

(10/26 11:00) ◀

Monday, October 26, 2026 (12:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26 12:00pm) 156,223

Calls: 54,754 (35%)

Puts: 101,469 (65%)

Prior (10/23) 198,920

Calls: 53,396 (27%)

Puts: 145,524 (73%)

Current vs Prior -21.46%

Calls: +2.54% (Calls)

Puts: -30.27% (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 -54.41%

Calls: -53.09%

Puts: -55.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26 12:00pm) $114.97M

Calls: $56.14M (49%)

Puts: $58.83M (51%)

Prior (10/23) $113.73M

Calls: $39.22M (34%)

Puts: $74.51M (66%)

Current vs Prior +1.09%

Calls: +43.14%

Puts: -21.05%

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 -64.54%

Calls: -26.13%

Puts: -76.30%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/26 12:00pm) 1.85

Prior (10/23) 2.73

Current vs Prior -32.00%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.07

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -10.42%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/26 12:00pm) 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

ℹ

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

Current 1.06% | 3.02%4.11% | 6.06%8.57% | 12.06%

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

Current vs Prior +36.69% | +21.96%+428.75% | +14.83%-9.83% | -5.80%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -56.99% | -10.28%+50.27% | +10.95%+43.89% | +8.03%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +36.69% | +21.96%+387.41% | +17.78%-9.29% | -5.23%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 32.05% | 17.09%

Calls: 43.38% | 22.34%

Puts: 20.72% | 11.84%

Prior 23.15% | 11.42%

Calls: 20.35% | 7.00%

Puts: 25.94% | 15.84%

Current vs Prior +38.44% | +49.65%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.65% | 21.73%

Calls: 23.29% | 19.02%

Puts: 20.00% | 24.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +48.04% | -21.34%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.85 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 32% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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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 492 of results (avg 5.9%, best 1.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Nov 20	24.00	24.35	$24.18	1.4%	78	0.54	912
$547.50	Nov 20	20.15	20.45	$20.30	1.5%	3	0.48	68
$545.00	Oct 30	8.75	8.90	$8.82	1.7%	221	0.46	2.4K
$557.50	Nov 20	15.65	15.95	$15.80	1.9%	24	0.41	292
$560.00	Nov 20	14.60	14.95	$14.77	2.4%	291	0.40	2.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Nov 27	24.85	25.30	$25.08	1.8%	6	0.50	164
$542.50	Nov 27	23.65	24.10	$23.88	1.9%	11	0.48	43
$540.00	Nov 27	22.50	22.95	$22.73	2.0%	9	0.47	201
$532.50	Nov 27	19.25	19.65	$19.45	2.1%	--	0.42	36
$537.50	Nov 27	21.35	21.80	$21.58	2.1%	1	0.45	20

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 29 found (avg $0.73, cheapest $0.64)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Oct 28	0.62	0.71	$0.67	13.4%	426	0.08	191
$565.00	Oct 28	0.81	0.91	$0.86	11.6%	93	0.10	135
$597.50	Oct 30	0.22	0.26	$0.24	16.7%	83	0.02	384
$585.00	Oct 30	0.53	0.63	$0.58	17.2%	36	0.05	2.5K
$582.50	Oct 30	0.64	0.75	$0.70	15.7%	22	0.06	358

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$537.50	Oct 26	0.60	0.67	$0.64	10.9%	1.4K	0.22	385
$507.50	Oct 28	0.52	0.63	$0.57	19.3%	45	0.06	162
$510.00	Oct 28	0.65	0.77	$0.71	16.9%	84	0.07	9.4K
$512.50	Oct 28	0.81	0.93	$0.87	13.8%	221	0.08	1.0K
$487.50	Oct 30	0.50	0.58	$0.54	14.8%	--	0.04	121

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 315 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 26	89.95	93.65	$91.80	4.0%	20	1.00	--
$500.00	Oct 26	40.10	43.75	$41.93	8.7%	25	1.00	18
$490.00	Oct 26	50.00	53.65	$51.83	7.0%	10	1.00	--
$450.00	Oct 28	90.45	93.85	$92.15	3.7%	--	1.00	12
$507.50	Oct 26	32.85	36.15	$34.50	9.6%	2	1.00	8

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$552.50	Oct 26	8.80	12.65	$10.73	35.9%	1	1.00	197
$555.00	Oct 26	11.25	15.25	$13.25	30.2%	7	1.00	247
$557.50	Oct 26	13.85	17.85	$15.85	25.2%	--	1.00	113
$560.00	Oct 26	16.35	20.50	$18.43	22.5%	12	1.00	20
$562.50	Oct 26	18.85	22.85	$20.85	19.2%	--	1.00	12

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 763 active (total vol 128.1K, top 23.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$532.50	Nov 13	24.30	26.40	$25.35	8.3%	4.0K	0.60	105
$532.50	Nov 6	20.50	22.75	$21.63	10.4%	4.0K	0.61	160
$540.00	Oct 26	2.54	3.95	$3.25	43.4%	4.0K	0.62	1.2K
$545.00	Oct 26	0.57	0.74	$0.66	25.8%	2.9K	0.23	692
$542.50	Oct 26	1.35	1.60	$1.48	16.9%	1.7K	0.42	370

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	5.65	5.90	$5.78	4.3%	23.7K	0.32	21.4K
$500.00	Nov 6	3.55	3.70	$3.63	4.1%	20.2K	0.15	15.1K
$500.00	Nov 20	8.00	8.30	$8.15	3.7%	6.9K	0.22	13.9K
$480.00	Nov 6	1.63	1.76	$1.69	7.7%	1.6K	0.08	323
$540.00	Oct 26	1.21	1.34	$1.27	10.2%	1.5K	0.38	134

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 11 strikes (avg 11.6%, max 22.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$515.00	Oct 30	Nov 20	49.9%	40.9%	22.0%	--	138
$537.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	42.9%	36.2%	18.3%	629	568
$542.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	41.1%	36.5%	12.6%	1.7K	370
$540.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	40.9%	36.9%	10.9%	4.0K	1.3K
$495.00	Nov 20	Dec 4	43.3%	40.7%	6.3%	4	161

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$537.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	42.9%	36.2%	18.3%	1.4K	387
$542.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	41.1%	36.5%	12.6%	523	1.2K
$567.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	43.5%	38.9%	12.0%	4	126
$540.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	40.9%	36.9%	10.9%	1.5K	150
$545.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	40.4%	39.8%	1.6%	342	237

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 527 found (best R:R 1.12, avg 5.94)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$490.00	$495.00	Nov 20	$3.30	$1.70	$3.30	82%	0.52	$493.30
$520.00	$525.00	Nov 20	$2.70	$2.30	$2.70	67%	0.85	$522.70
$555.00	$560.00	Dec 4	$1.60	$3.40	$1.60	45%	2.12	$556.60
$585.00	$587.50	Dec 4	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	28%	9.00	$585.25
$555.00	$557.50	Nov 2	$0.42	$2.08	$0.42	34%	4.95	$555.42

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$547.50	Dec 4	$5.90	$6.60	$5.90	58%	1.12	$554.10
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 28	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	57%	2.68	$544.32
$530.00	$525.00	Dec 4	$1.40	$3.60	$1.40	40%	2.57	$528.60
$530.00	$525.00	Nov 9	$1.16	$3.84	$1.16	36%	3.31	$528.84
$547.50	$545.00	Nov 13	$0.77	$1.73	$0.77	53%	2.25	$546.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 421 found (best R:R 0.22, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$570.00	$595.00	Nov 9	$4.46	$4.46	$20.54	73%	0.22	$574.46
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 26	$0.95	$0.95	$1.55	93%	0.61	$590.95
$545.00	$570.00	Nov 9	$9.60	$9.60	$15.40	50%	0.62	$554.60
$560.00	$570.00	Dec 4	$4.42	$4.42	$5.58	58%	0.79	$564.42
$552.50	$555.00	Nov 2	$1.38	$1.38	$1.12	62%	1.23	$553.88

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$532.50	$530.00	Dec 4	$1.68	$1.68	$0.82	58%	2.05	$530.82
$485.00	$460.00	Nov 4	$1.20	$1.20	$23.80	92%	0.05	$483.80
$485.00	$480.00	Nov 9	$0.79	$0.79	$4.21	89%	0.19	$484.21
$530.00	$527.50	Nov 20	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	60%	1.08	$528.70
$520.00	$515.00	Nov 9	$1.63	$1.63	$3.37	71%	0.48	$518.37

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $5.37, cheapest $5.09)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$542.50	Oct 26	Oct 28	$5.67	41.1%	44.5%
$540.00	Oct 26	Oct 28	$5.48	40.9%	44.5%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$542.50	Oct 26	Oct 28	$5.09	41.1%	44.5%
$540.00	Oct 26	Oct 28	$5.23	40.9%	44.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 230 found (cheapest 0.74% of stock, avg 6.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$542.50	Oct 26	$1.48	$2.51	$3.99	$538.51	$546.49	0.74%
$540.00	Oct 26	$3.25	$1.27	$4.52	$535.48	$544.52	0.83%
$545.00	Oct 26	$0.66	$3.98	$4.64	$540.36	$549.64	0.86%
$537.50	Oct 26	$5.18	$0.64	$5.82	$531.68	$543.32	1.07%
$547.50	Oct 26	$0.29	$5.98	$6.27	$541.23	$553.77	1.16%
$535.00	Oct 26	$6.98	$0.30	$7.28	$527.72	$542.28	1.34%
$550.00	Oct 26	$0.14	$8.23	$8.37	$541.63	$558.37	1.55%
$532.50	Oct 26	$9.93	$0.14	$10.07	$522.43	$542.57	1.86%
$552.50	Oct 26	$0.05	$10.73	$10.78	$541.72	$563.28	1.99%
$530.00	Oct 26	$11.68	$0.06	$11.74	$518.26	$541.74	2.17%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 265 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 4.51%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$547.50	$532.50	Oct 26	$0.29	$0.14	$0.43	$532.07	$547.93
$547.50	$535.00	Oct 26	$0.29	$0.30	$0.59	$534.41	$548.09
$587.50	$532.50	Oct 26	$0.75	$0.14	$0.89	$531.61	$588.39
$545.00	$532.50	Oct 26	$0.66	$0.14	$0.80	$531.70	$545.80
$547.50	$537.50	Oct 26	$0.29	$0.64	$0.93	$536.57	$548.43
$587.50	$535.00	Oct 26	$0.75	$0.30	$1.05	$533.95	$588.55
$590.00	$532.50	Oct 26	$0.96	$0.14	$1.10	$531.40	$591.10
$545.00	$535.00	Oct 26	$0.66	$0.30	$0.96	$534.04	$545.96
$590.00	$535.00	Oct 26	$0.96	$0.30	$1.26	$533.74	$591.26
$545.00	$537.50	Oct 26	$0.66	$0.64	$1.30	$536.20	$546.30

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 365 found (best R:R 0.92, avg credit $1.16)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
445/448	590/592	Oct 26	$1.20	$1.30	91%	0.92	$446.30	$591.20
485/488	590/592	Oct 26	$1.21	$1.29	90%	0.94	$486.29	$591.21
490/492	590/592	Oct 26	$1.07	$1.43	91%	0.75	$491.43	$591.07
532/535	590/592	Oct 26	$1.11	$1.39	82%	0.80	$533.89	$591.11
535/538	590/592	Oct 26	$1.29	$1.21	71%	1.07	$536.21	$591.29
445/448	582/585	Oct 26	$0.68	$1.82	92%	0.37	$446.82	$583.18
485/488	582/585	Oct 26	$0.69	$1.81	92%	0.38	$486.81	$583.19
445/448	610/612	Oct 26	$0.61	$1.89	93%	0.32	$446.89	$610.61
485/488	610/612	Oct 26	$0.62	$1.88	92%	0.33	$486.88	$610.62
482/485	558/560	Nov 2	$1.32	$1.18	62%	1.12	$483.68	$558.82

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 352 found (best R:R 3.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$545.00	$570.00	$595.00	Nov 9	$5.14	$19.86	40%	3.86
$537.50	$540.00	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.16	$2.34	37%	14.62
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Nov 4	$1.08	$8.92	21%	8.26
$547.50	$550.00	$552.50	Oct 26	$0.06	$2.44	10%	40.67
$550.00	$552.50	$555.00	Oct 28	$0.07	$2.43	10%	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$560.00	$575.00	$590.00	Nov 2	$1.50	$13.50	24%	9.00
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Oct 26	$0.23	$2.27	39%	9.87
$540.00	$560.00	$580.00	Nov 9	$4.38	$15.62	38%	3.57
$485.00	$500.00	$515.00	Nov 9	$0.94	$14.06	14%	14.96
$520.00	$525.00	$530.00	Nov 2	$0.17	$4.83	10%	28.41

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 422 found (best net $-11.86, 393 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$490.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$11.86	$28.14
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$14.26	$20.74
$470.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$14.63	$15.37
$495.00	$525.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$17.06	$12.94
$507.50	$520.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$9.56	$2.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$612.50	$582.50	1:2	Nov 4	-$13.75	$16.25
$560.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$4.01	$15.99
$580.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$10.55	$9.45
$575.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$9.80	$5.20
$512.50	$495.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.24	$17.26

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 218 found (best yield 4.36%, avg 1.29%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$550.00	Dec 4	$23.60	0.48	1.6%	4.36%	5.92%	2	17
$555.00	Dec 4	$21.25	0.45	2.5%	3.92%	6.41%	1	--
$545.00	Dec 4	$25.45	0.51	0.6%	4.70%	5.34%	2	22
$542.50	Dec 4	$26.35	0.52	0.2%	4.87%	5.04%	17	--
$560.00	Dec 4	$19.10	0.42	3.4%	3.53%	6.94%	11	14
$570.00	Dec 4	$15.25	0.36	5.3%	2.82%	8.07%	1	27
$547.50	Nov 27	$22.20	0.49	1.1%	4.10%	5.20%	--	37
$572.50	Dec 4	$14.20	0.35	5.7%	2.62%	8.34%	1	1
$542.50	Nov 27	$24.40	0.52	0.2%	4.51%	4.68%	2	24
$552.50	Nov 27	$19.85	0.46	2.0%	3.67%	5.69%	13	16

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 54,754

Total Puts 101,469

Put/Call Ratio 1.85

Net Difference -46,715

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 53,396

Total Puts 145,524

Put/Call Ratio 2.73

Net Difference -92,128

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 817,057

Total Puts 1,581,714

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.07

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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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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