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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$543.64 +3.12%

(10/26 14:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26 3:00pm) 267,804

Calls: 88,254 (33%)

Puts: 179,550 (67%)

Prior (10/23) 308,312

Calls: 79,168 (26%)

Puts: 229,144 (74%)

Current vs Prior -13.14%

Calls: +11.48% (Calls)

Puts: -21.64% (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 -21.85%

Calls: -24.39%

Puts: -20.54%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26 3:00pm) $159.63M

Calls: $91.82M (58%)

Puts: $67.80M (42%)

Prior (10/23) $168.63M

Calls: $52.50M (31%)

Puts: $116.13M (69%)

Current vs Prior -5.34%

Calls: +74.89%

Puts: -41.61%

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 -50.76%

Calls: +20.83%

Puts: -72.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/26 3:00pm) 2.03

Prior (10/23) 2.89

Current vs Prior -29.71%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.07

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.66%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/26 3:00pm) 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 0.65% | 2.82%4.04% | 5.97%8.56% | 12.04%

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

Current vs Prior -16.32% | +14.05%+419.61% | +13.20%-9.89% | -5.90%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -73.67% | -16.10%+47.67% | +9.38%+43.80% | +7.91%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -16.32% | +14.05%+378.98% | +16.11%-9.35% | -5.34%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.96% | 15.82%

Calls: 28.65% | 20.13%

Puts: 27.27% | 11.52%

Prior 23.15% | 11.42%

Calls: 20.35% | 7.00%

Puts: 25.94% | 15.84%

Current vs Prior +20.78% | +38.53%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.65% | 21.73%

Calls: 23.29% | 19.02%

Puts: 20.00% | 24.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +29.15% | -27.19%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.03 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 30% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
15:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 562 of results (avg 5.7%, best 1.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 27	6.10	6.20	$6.15	1.6%	640	0.20	735
$545.00	Oct 30	9.65	9.85	$9.75	2.1%	471	0.49	2.4K
$550.00	Nov 27	22.20	22.70	$22.45	2.2%	46	0.49	89
$560.00	Nov 27	17.75	18.15	$17.95	2.2%	331	0.42	537
$555.00	Nov 27	19.90	20.35	$20.13	2.2%	23	0.46	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$542.50	Nov 13	17.85	18.10	$17.98	1.4%	55	0.47	76
$542.50	Dec 4	24.95	25.40	$25.17	1.8%	5	0.47	--
$545.00	Dec 4	26.10	26.60	$26.35	1.9%	14	0.48	11
$547.50	Nov 20	23.35	23.80	$23.58	1.9%	--	0.50	96
$547.50	Dec 4	27.30	27.85	$27.58	2.0%	12	0.49	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 42 found (avg $0.68, cheapest $0.52)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 28	0.49	0.56	$0.53	13.2%	484	0.07	645
$567.50	Oct 28	0.65	0.77	$0.71	16.9%	481	0.09	191
$565.00	Oct 28	0.88	1.01	$0.95	13.7%	132	0.12	135
$587.50	Oct 30	0.47	0.55	$0.51	15.7%	44	0.05	874
$585.00	Oct 30	0.59	0.66	$0.63	11.1%	105	0.06	2.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$542.50	Oct 26	0.48	0.56	$0.52	15.4%	830	0.30	1.2K
$510.00	Oct 28	0.48	0.53	$0.51	9.8%	358	0.05	9.4K
$515.00	Oct 28	0.67	0.80	$0.74	17.6%	587	0.07	9.4K
$517.50	Oct 28	0.82	0.98	$0.90	17.8%	264	0.09	220
$480.00	Oct 30	0.30	0.34	$0.32	12.5%	367	0.02	1.6K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 335 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 26	92.55	96.00	$94.28	3.7%	28	1.00	--
$490.00	Oct 26	52.55	56.00	$54.28	6.4%	10	1.00	--
$500.00	Oct 26	42.65	46.00	$44.33	7.6%	33	1.00	18
$442.50	Oct 26	100.05	103.50	$101.78	3.4%	2	1.00	--
$445.00	Oct 26	97.55	101.00	$99.28	3.5%	6	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 26	4.65	6.75	$5.70	36.8%	11	1.00	195
$552.50	Oct 26	7.05	10.35	$8.70	37.9%	2	1.00	197
$555.00	Oct 26	9.65	12.85	$11.25	28.4%	7	1.00	247
$557.50	Oct 26	12.00	15.10	$13.55	22.9%	--	1.00	113
$560.00	Oct 26	14.50	17.05	$15.78	16.2%	12	1.00	20

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 863 active (total vol 172.6K, top 23.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 26	3.65	5.30	$4.47	36.9%	5.6K	0.91	1.2K
$560.00	Oct 30	3.85	4.15	$4.00	7.5%	4.4K	0.27	4.8K
$532.50	Nov 13	26.00	27.40	$26.70	5.2%	4.0K	0.61	105
$532.50	Nov 6	21.35	23.25	$22.30	8.5%	4.0K	0.63	160
$545.00	Oct 26	0.35	0.54	$0.45	42.2%	3.9K	0.31	692

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	5.00	5.25	$5.13	4.9%	23.9K	0.29	21.4K
$500.00	Nov 6	3.20	3.35	$3.28	4.6%	20.2K	0.14	15.1K
$500.00	Nov 20	7.70	7.90	$7.80	2.6%	7.2K	0.21	13.9K
$540.00	Oct 26	0.10	0.15	$0.13	38.5%	3.6K	0.09	134
$500.00	Oct 30	0.92	1.02	$0.97	10.3%	2.0K	0.07	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 5.3%, max 9.3%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$542.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	39.5%	36.6%	7.9%	1.9K	370
$495.00	Nov 20	Dec 4	43.3%	40.6%	6.8%	4	161
$545.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	36.5%	36.4%	0.1%	3.9K	714

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$567.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	43.3%	39.6%	9.3%	10	126
$542.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	39.3%	36.6%	7.4%	835	1.2K
$545.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	36.5%	36.4%	0.1%	559	237

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 551 found (best R:R 2.57, avg 6.19)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$530.00	$532.50	Nov 13	$1.05	$1.45	$1.05	63%	1.38	$531.05
$527.50	$530.00	Nov 20	$1.08	$1.42	$1.08	63%	1.31	$528.58
$632.50	$650.00	Nov 2	$0.13	$17.37	$0.13	4%	133.62	$632.63
$532.50	$535.00	Oct 28	$1.42	$1.08	$1.42	74%	0.76	$533.92
$537.50	$540.00	Nov 27	$1.05	$1.45	$1.05	57%	1.38	$538.55

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$535.00	Nov 9	$1.40	$3.60	$1.40	45%	2.57	$538.60
$537.50	$535.00	Dec 4	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	44%	4.00	$537.00
$535.00	$532.50	Nov 27	$0.48	$2.02	$0.48	42%	4.21	$534.52
$582.50	$580.00	Nov 27	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	71%	1.00	$581.25
$547.50	$545.00	Oct 26	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	92%	0.56	$545.90

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 432 found (best R:R 0.22, avg 0.32)

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	$7.70	$7.70	$12.30	54%	0.63	$557.70
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 28	$0.41	$0.41	$2.09	97%	0.20	$612.91
$550.00	$560.00	Nov 4	$4.15	$4.15	$5.85	55%	0.71	$554.15
$557.50	$560.00	Nov 2	$1.12	$1.12	$1.38	67%	0.81	$558.62

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$537.50	Dec 4	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	55%	1.78	$538.40
$535.00	$530.00	Nov 9	$2.16	$2.16	$2.84	60%	0.76	$532.84
$442.50	$440.00	Oct 28	$0.26	$0.26	$2.24	99%	0.12	$442.24
$515.00	$510.00	Nov 9	$1.33	$1.33	$3.67	76%	0.36	$513.67
$500.00	$485.00	Nov 9	$1.80	$1.80	$13.20	84%	0.14	$498.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $5.79, cheapest $5.62)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$545.00	Oct 26	Oct 28	$5.95	36.5%	42.8%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$545.00	Oct 26	Oct 28	$5.62	36.5%	42.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 242 found (cheapest 0.41% of stock, avg 6.99%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$545.00	Oct 26	$0.45	$1.76	$2.21	$542.79	$547.21	0.41%
$542.50	Oct 26	$1.78	$0.52	$2.30	$540.20	$544.80	0.42%
$547.50	Oct 26	$0.09	$3.36	$3.45	$544.05	$550.95	0.63%
$540.00	Oct 26	$4.47	$0.13	$4.60	$535.40	$544.60	0.85%
$550.00	Oct 26	$0.03	$5.70	$5.73	$544.27	$555.73	1.05%
$537.50	Oct 26	$6.85	$0.04	$6.89	$530.61	$544.39	1.27%
$535.00	Oct 26	$8.53	$0.02	$8.55	$526.45	$543.55	1.57%
$552.50	Oct 26	$0.02	$8.70	$8.72	$543.78	$561.22	1.60%
$555.00	Oct 26	$0.01	$11.25	$11.26	$543.74	$566.26	2.07%
$532.50	Oct 26	$11.55	$0.02	$11.57	$520.93	$544.07	2.13%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 258 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 4.71%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$547.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.09	$0.13	$0.22	$539.78	$547.72
$567.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.31	$0.13	$0.44	$539.56	$567.94
$582.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.50	$0.13	$0.63	$539.37	$583.13
$547.50	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.09	$0.52	$0.61	$541.89	$548.11
$545.00	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.45	$0.13	$0.58	$539.42	$545.58
$545.00	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.45	$0.52	$0.97	$541.53	$545.97
$567.50	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.31	$0.52	$0.83	$541.67	$568.33
$582.50	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.50	$0.52	$1.02	$541.48	$583.52
$555.00	$532.50	Oct 28	$2.67	$2.94	$5.61	$526.89	$560.61
$555.00	$535.00	Oct 28	$2.67	$3.65	$6.32	$528.68	$561.32

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 348 found (best R:R 1.27, avg credit $1.11)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
482/485	558/560	Nov 2	$1.40	$1.10	62%	1.27	$483.60	$558.90
478/480	558/560	Nov 2	$1.32	$1.18	63%	1.12	$478.68	$558.82
490/492	558/560	Nov 2	$1.33	$1.17	60%	1.14	$491.17	$558.83
492/495	558/560	Nov 2	$1.33	$1.17	59%	1.14	$493.67	$558.83
482/485	570/572	Nov 2	$0.88	$1.62	76%	0.54	$484.12	$570.88
485/488	608/610	Oct 26	$0.38	$2.12	96%	0.18	$487.12	$607.88
505/508	558/560	Nov 2	$1.41	$1.09	54%	1.29	$506.09	$558.91
485/488	582/585	Oct 26	$0.41	$2.09	93%	0.20	$487.09	$582.91
478/480	570/572	Nov 2	$0.80	$1.70	78%	0.47	$479.20	$570.80
500/502	558/560	Nov 2	$1.32	$1.18	57%	1.12	$501.18	$558.82

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 328 found (best R:R 4.51, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$542.50	$545.00	$547.50	Oct 26	$0.97	$1.53	62%	1.58
$545.00	$547.50	$550.00	Oct 26	$0.30	$2.20	29%	7.33
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$552.50	$555.00	$557.50	Oct 28	$0.05	$2.45	9%	49.00
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$540.00	$560.00	$580.00	Nov 9	$3.63	$16.37	36%	4.51
$542.50	$545.00	$547.50	Oct 26	$0.36	$2.14	62%	5.94
$560.00	$575.00	$590.00	Nov 2	$1.53	$13.47	22%	8.80
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Oct 26	$0.85	$1.65	60%	1.94
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 456 found (best net $-16.01, 425 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$16.01	$18.99
$435.00	$475.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$30.11	$9.89
$460.00	$490.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$24.46	$5.54
$495.00	$525.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$17.95	$12.05
$475.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$21.31	$3.69

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$560.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$2.96	$17.04
$580.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$10.20	$9.80
$577.50	$565.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$8.45	$4.05
$575.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$8.55	$6.45
$570.00	$555.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$8.85	$6.15

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 221 found (best yield 4.13%, avg 1.31%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$555.00	Dec 4	$22.45	0.46	2.1%	4.13%	6.22%	1	--
$545.00	Dec 4	$26.85	0.52	0.2%	4.94%	5.19%	3	22
$557.50	Dec 4	$21.30	0.45	2.5%	3.92%	6.47%	2	--
$550.00	Dec 4	$24.25	0.49	1.2%	4.46%	5.63%	6	17
$560.00	Dec 4	$20.25	0.43	3.0%	3.72%	6.73%	11	14
$567.50	Dec 4	$17.15	0.39	4.4%	3.15%	7.54%	2	1
$570.00	Dec 4	$16.25	0.38	4.8%	2.99%	7.84%	1	27
$572.50	Dec 4	$15.35	0.36	5.3%	2.82%	8.13%	1	1
$550.00	Nov 27	$22.20	0.49	1.2%	4.08%	5.25%	46	89
$575.00	Dec 4	$14.30	0.35	5.8%	2.63%	8.40%	20	3

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 88,254

Total Puts 179,550

Put/Call Ratio 2.03

Net Difference -91,296

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 79,168

Total Puts 229,144

Put/Call Ratio 2.89

Net Difference -149,976

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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