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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$544.85 +3.35%

(10/26 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26 2:00pm) 202,236

Calls: 79,563 (39%)

Puts: 122,673 (61%)

Prior (10/23) 284,019

Calls: 72,900 (26%)

Puts: 211,119 (74%)

Current vs Prior -28.79%

Calls: +9.14% (Calls)

Puts: -41.89% (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 -40.98%

Calls: -31.84%

Puts: -45.71%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26 2:00pm) $153.21M

Calls: $90.22M (59%)

Puts: $62.99M (41%)

Prior (10/23) $153.98M

Calls: $49.59M (32%)

Puts: $104.39M (68%)

Current vs Prior -0.50%

Calls: +81.94%

Puts: -39.66%

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 -52.74%

Calls: +18.72%

Puts: -74.62%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/26 2:00pm) 1.54

Prior (10/23) 2.90

Current vs Prior -46.76%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.07

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.47%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/26 2:00pm) 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

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

Current 0.80% | 2.74%4.00% | 5.92%8.48% | 11.98%

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

Current vs Prior +2.37% | +10.82%+413.74% | +12.25%-10.82% | -6.37%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -67.79% | -18.47%+46.00% | +8.46%+42.31% | +7.37%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +2.37% | +10.82%+373.57% | +15.14%-10.29% | -5.81%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 13.57% | 13.75%

Calls: 14.29% | 23.18%

Puts: 12.86% | 4.32%

Prior 23.15% | 11.42%

Calls: 20.35% | 7.00%

Puts: 25.94% | 15.84%

Current vs Prior -41.38% | +20.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.65% | 21.73%

Calls: 23.29% | 19.02%

Puts: 20.00% | 24.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -37.32% | -36.72%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.54 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 47% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BULLISH	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 525 of results (avg 5.8%, best 1.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$557.50	Oct 30	5.00	5.10	$5.05	2.0%	572	0.32	814
$550.00	Nov 13	17.00	17.35	$17.18	2.0%	42	0.48	143
$580.00	Nov 20	9.25	9.45	$9.35	2.1%	169	0.28	2.4K
$560.00	Nov 20	16.05	16.40	$16.23	2.2%	563	0.42	2.9K
$550.00	Nov 20	20.55	21.00	$20.78	2.2%	232	0.48	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$535.00	Nov 20	17.40	17.65	$17.52	1.4%	246	0.41	3.0K
$547.50	Dec 4	26.80	27.25	$27.03	1.7%	12	0.49	--
$542.50	Dec 4	24.45	24.90	$24.67	1.8%	5	0.46	--
$545.00	Dec 4	25.60	26.10	$25.85	1.9%	13	0.48	11
$535.00	Dec 4	21.25	21.70	$21.48	2.1%	16	0.42	3

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 36 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.13)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 26	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	2.4K	0.08	1.0K
$547.50	Oct 26	0.37	0.43	$0.40	15.0%	701	0.22	606
$572.50	Oct 28	0.37	0.45	$0.41	19.5%	83	0.06	154
$570.00	Oct 28	0.56	0.63	$0.60	11.7%	407	0.08	645
$567.50	Oct 28	0.71	0.80	$0.76	11.8%	470	0.10	191

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 26	0.19	0.23	$0.21	19.0%	3.2K	0.10	134
$542.50	Oct 26	0.51	0.60	$0.55	16.4%	700	0.24	1.2K
$480.00	Oct 30	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	366	0.02	1.6K
$490.00	Oct 30	0.50	0.57	$0.53	13.2%	182	0.04	932
$497.50	Oct 30	0.72	0.83	$0.77	14.3%	47	0.06	249

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 329 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 28	93.15	97.20	$95.18	4.3%	--	1.00	12
$500.00	Oct 28	43.45	47.40	$45.43	8.7%	11	1.00	3
$475.00	Nov 2	69.00	72.95	$70.97	5.6%	--	1.00	20
$450.00	Oct 26	93.75	96.85	$95.30	3.3%	27	1.00	--
$500.00	Oct 26	43.25	46.95	$45.10	8.2%	31	1.00	18

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$555.00	Oct 26	9.15	11.80	$10.48	25.3%	7	1.00	247
$557.50	Oct 26	11.05	14.40	$12.73	26.3%	--	1.00	113
$560.00	Oct 26	13.95	16.70	$15.33	17.9%	12	1.00	20
$562.50	Oct 26	16.05	19.10	$17.58	17.3%	--	1.00	12
$565.00	Oct 26	18.50	21.65	$20.08	15.7%	5	1.00	107

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 826 active (total vol 159.9K, top 23.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 26	4.50	5.85	$5.18	26.1%	5.5K	0.90	1.2K
$560.00	Oct 30	4.25	4.45	$4.35	4.6%	4.3K	0.29	4.8K
$532.50	Nov 13	25.65	27.60	$26.63	7.3%	4.0K	0.62	105
$532.50	Nov 6	21.95	23.85	$22.90	8.3%	4.0K	0.64	160
$545.00	Oct 26	1.14	1.32	$1.23	14.6%	3.7K	0.50	692

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	4.60	4.90	$4.75	6.3%	23.9K	0.28	21.4K
$500.00	Nov 6	3.00	3.25	$3.13	8.0%	20.2K	0.14	15.1K
$500.00	Nov 20	7.40	7.60	$7.50	2.7%	7.1K	0.21	13.9K
$540.00	Oct 26	0.19	0.23	$0.21	19.0%	3.2K	0.10	134
$500.00	Oct 30	0.87	0.94	$0.91	7.7%	1.9K	0.06	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. 6 strikes (avg 8.8%, max 13.8%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$542.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	41.1%	36.2%	13.8%	1.9K	370
$495.00	Nov 20	Dec 4	43.2%	40.9%	5.7%	4	161
$545.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	37.9%	36.0%	5.4%	3.7K	714

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$542.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	41.1%	36.2%	13.8%	705	1.2K
$567.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	42.9%	39.5%	8.7%	10	126
$545.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	37.9%	36.0%	5.4%	380	237

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 534 found (best R:R 0.53, avg 5.76)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$555.00	Dec 4	$1.70	$3.30	$1.70	49%	1.94	$551.70
$535.00	$545.00	Nov 9	$4.98	$5.02	$4.98	60%	1.01	$539.98
$580.00	$582.50	Dec 4	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	32%	9.00	$580.25
$557.50	$560.00	Dec 4	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	45%	2.85	$558.15
$632.50	$650.00	Nov 2	$0.13	$17.37	$0.13	4%	133.62	$632.63

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$570.00	$555.00	Nov 4	$9.82	$5.18	$9.82	77%	0.53	$560.18
$530.00	$525.00	Nov 9	$0.97	$4.03	$0.97	35%	4.15	$529.03
$542.50	$540.00	Dec 4	$0.52	$1.98	$0.52	46%	3.81	$541.98
$532.50	$530.00	Dec 4	$0.46	$2.04	$0.46	40%	4.43	$532.04
$510.00	$500.00	Nov 9	$1.10	$8.90	$1.10	20%	8.09	$508.90

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 422 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	$4.44	$4.44	$20.56	73%	0.22	$574.44
$550.00	$570.00	Nov 9	$7.50	$7.50	$12.50	54%	0.60	$557.50
$545.00	$550.00	Nov 9	$3.07	$3.07	$1.93	49%	1.59	$548.07
$560.00	$567.50	Dec 4	$3.58	$3.58	$3.92	56%	0.91	$563.58
$575.00	$580.00	Dec 4	$2.08	$2.08	$2.92	65%	0.71	$577.08

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$537.50	Dec 4	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	55%	1.94	$538.35
$530.00	$525.00	Dec 4	$2.35	$2.35	$2.65	61%	0.89	$527.65
$535.00	$530.00	Nov 9	$2.33	$2.33	$2.67	60%	0.87	$532.67
$515.00	$510.00	Nov 9	$1.52	$1.52	$3.48	76%	0.44	$513.48
$542.50	$540.00	Nov 27	$1.55	$1.55	$0.95	54%	1.63	$540.95

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $5.63, cheapest $5.55)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$545.00	Oct 26	Oct 28	$5.72	37.9%	41.7%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$545.00	Oct 26	Oct 28	$5.55	37.9%	41.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 237 found (cheapest 0.48% of stock, avg 6.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$545.00	Oct 26	$1.23	$1.40	$2.63	$542.37	$547.63	0.48%
$542.50	Oct 26	$2.94	$0.55	$3.49	$539.01	$545.99	0.64%
$547.50	Oct 26	$0.40	$3.14	$3.54	$543.96	$551.04	0.65%
$540.00	Oct 26	$5.18	$0.21	$5.39	$534.61	$545.39	0.99%
$550.00	Oct 26	$0.13	$5.25	$5.38	$544.62	$555.38	0.99%
$537.50	Oct 26	$7.10	$0.09	$7.19	$530.31	$544.69	1.32%
$552.50	Oct 26	$0.04	$7.88	$7.92	$544.58	$560.42	1.45%
$535.00	Oct 26	$9.57	$0.04	$9.61	$525.39	$544.61	1.76%
$555.00	Oct 26	$0.02	$10.48	$10.50	$544.50	$565.50	1.93%
$532.50	Oct 26	$12.20	$0.03	$12.23	$520.27	$544.73	2.24%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 260 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 4.63%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$550.00	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.13	$0.21	$0.34	$539.66	$550.34
$567.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.31	$0.21	$0.52	$539.48	$568.02
$547.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.40	$0.21	$0.61	$539.39	$548.11
$550.00	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.13	$0.55	$0.68	$541.82	$550.68
$587.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.58	$0.21	$0.79	$539.21	$588.29
$547.50	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.40	$0.55	$0.95	$541.55	$548.45
$567.50	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.31	$0.55	$0.86	$541.64	$568.36
$587.50	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.58	$0.55	$1.13	$541.37	$588.63
$545.00	$540.00	Oct 26	$1.23	$0.21	$1.44	$538.56	$546.44
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 26	$1.23	$0.55	$1.78	$540.72	$546.78

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 318 found (best R:R 1.05, avg credit $1.17)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
480/482	568/570	Nov 6	$1.28	$1.22	63%	1.05	$481.22	$568.78
482/485	570/572	Nov 2	$0.93	$1.57	76%	0.59	$484.07	$570.93
440/442	555/558	Oct 28	$1.06	$1.44	70%	0.74	$441.44	$556.06
478/480	570/572	Nov 2	$0.85	$1.65	78%	0.52	$479.15	$570.85
482/485	560/562	Nov 2	$1.12	$1.38	65%	0.81	$483.88	$561.12
492/495	570/572	Nov 2	$0.86	$1.64	74%	0.52	$494.14	$570.86
482/485	558/560	Nov 2	$1.16	$1.34	62%	0.87	$483.84	$558.66
490/492	570/572	Nov 2	$0.83	$1.67	75%	0.50	$491.67	$570.83
478/480	560/562	Nov 2	$1.04	$1.46	67%	0.71	$478.96	$561.04
470/472	568/570	Nov 6	$1.06	$1.44	65%	0.74	$471.44	$568.56

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 341 found (best R:R 5.13, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$500.00	$510.00	$520.00	Oct 28	$0.30	$9.70	10%	32.33
$547.50	$550.00	$552.50	Oct 26	$0.18	$2.32	20%	12.89
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Oct 26	$0.53	$1.97	40%	3.72
$545.00	$547.50	$550.00	Oct 26	$0.56	$1.94	41%	3.46
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$540.00	$560.00	$580.00	Nov 9	$3.26	$16.74	36%	5.13
$545.00	$547.50	$550.00	Oct 26	$0.37	$2.13	41%	5.76
$520.00	$525.00	$530.00	Nov 2	$0.07	$4.93	10%	70.43
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Oct 26	$0.51	$1.99	40%	3.90
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Nov 13	$0.10	$4.90	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. 434 found (best net $-15.63, 404 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$15.63	$19.37
$460.00	$490.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$24.79	$5.21
$495.00	$525.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$17.56	$12.44
$475.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$21.68	$3.32
$540.00	$542.50	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.70	$1.80

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$560.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$3.11	$16.89
$577.50	$565.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$7.58	$4.92
$580.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$10.72	$9.28
$575.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$8.82	$6.18
$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. 223 found (best yield 4.19%, avg 1.32%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$555.00	Dec 4	$22.85	0.47	1.9%	4.19%	6.06%	1	--
$557.50	Dec 4	$21.70	0.45	2.3%	3.98%	6.30%	2	--
$560.00	Dec 4	$20.60	0.44	2.8%	3.78%	6.56%	11	14
$550.00	Dec 4	$24.10	0.49	0.9%	4.42%	5.37%	3	17
$545.00	Dec 4	$26.50	0.52	0.0%	4.86%	4.89%	3	22
$567.50	Dec 4	$17.50	0.39	4.2%	3.21%	7.37%	2	1
$570.00	Dec 4	$16.55	0.38	4.6%	3.04%	7.65%	1	27
$572.50	Dec 4	$15.65	0.37	5.1%	2.87%	7.95%	1	1
$575.00	Dec 4	$14.60	0.35	5.5%	2.68%	8.21%	19	3
$552.50	Nov 27	$21.45	0.47	1.4%	3.94%	5.34%	28	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 79,563

Total Puts 122,673

Put/Call Ratio 1.54

Net Difference -43,110

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 72,900

Total Puts 211,119

Put/Call Ratio 2.90

Net Difference -138,219

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)

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