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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$565.33 +1.32%

(10/28 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/28 2:00pm) 122,148

Calls: 57,003 (47%)

Puts: 65,145 (53%)

Prior (10/27) 183,166

Calls: 66,536 (36%)

Puts: 116,630 (64%)

Current vs Prior -33.31%

Calls: -14.33% (Calls)

Puts: -44.14% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,062,980

Calls: 744,132 (36%)

Puts: 1,318,848 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 294,711

Calls: 106,304 (36%)

Puts: 188,406 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -58.55%

Calls: -46.38%

Puts: -65.42%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/28 2:00pm) $96.18M

Calls: $57.06M (59%)

Puts: $39.12M (41%)

Prior (10/27) $192.63M

Calls: $71.98M (37%)

Puts: $120.65M (63%)

Current vs Prior -50.07%

Calls: -20.73%

Puts: -67.57%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.75B

Calls: $528.40M (30%)

Puts: $1.22B (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average $249.75M

Calls: $75.49M (30%)

Puts: $174.27M (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.49%

Calls: -24.41%

Puts: -77.55%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/28 2:00pm) 1.14

Prior (10/27) 1.75

Current vs Prior -34.80%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.93

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -40.88%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/28 2:00pm) 2,074,105

Calls: 820,423 (40%)

Puts: 1,253,682 (60%)

Prior (10/27) 1,952,731

Calls: 790,686 (40%)

Puts: 1,162,045 (60%)

Current vs Prior +6.22%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,141,630

Calls: 4,884,896 (37%)

Puts: 8,256,734 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,877,375

Calls: 697,842 (37%)

Puts: 1,179,533 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +10.48%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 1.38% | 2.94%2.94% | 5.33%7.99% | 11.43%

Prior 2.07% | 3.50%3.50% | 5.44%8.12% | 11.67%

Current vs Prior -33.40% | -15.87%-15.87% | -1.95%-1.52% | -2.09%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.66% | 3.66%3.04% | 5.68%7.84% | 11.78%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.10% | -19.64%-3.15% | -6.19%+1.87% | -2.99%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.07% | 3.50%3.42% | 5.59%8.22% | 11.73%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -33.40% | -15.87%-14.11% | -4.62%-2.76% | -2.61%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.50% | 21.25%

Calls: 17.47% | 18.75%

Puts: 35.54% | 23.75%

Prior 19.76% | 16.25%

Calls: 17.50% | 13.54%

Puts: 22.02% | 18.97%

Current vs Prior +34.11% | +30.77%

Prior 7-Day Avg 20.27% | 20.07%

Calls: 20.77% | 16.44%

Puts: 19.78% | 23.70%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +30.72% | +5.89%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 50% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.14. P/C ratio dropping 35% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (1,253,682 puts vs 820,423 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	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 314 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$577.50	Nov 27	18.95	19.60	$19.27	3.4%	13	0.45	30
$460.00	Nov 20	106.55	110.25	$108.40	3.4%	2	0.96	195
$575.00	Nov 27	20.05	20.75	$20.40	3.4%	31	0.46	167
$460.00	Oct 28	104.00	107.65	$105.83	3.4%	20	1.00	--
$580.00	Nov 27	17.85	18.50	$18.18	3.6%	16	0.43	492

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$557.50	Nov 13	13.85	14.35	$14.10	3.5%	16	0.41	76
$650.00	Nov 20	83.00	86.05	$84.53	3.6%	--	0.92	268
$665.00	Nov 20	97.55	101.30	$99.43	3.8%	--	0.94	19
$567.50	Nov 20	21.70	22.55	$22.13	3.8%	19	0.49	49
$562.50	Nov 13	15.95	16.60	$16.27	4.0%	34	0.45	24

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 7 found (avg $0.78, cheapest $0.88)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 30	0.80	0.95	$0.88	17.0%	721	0.11	2.3K
$602.50	Nov 2	0.52	0.63	$0.57	19.3%	51	0.06	3
$600.00	Nov 2	0.66	0.78	$0.72	16.7%	96	0.08	139
$625.00	Nov 6	0.68	0.83	$0.76	19.7%	14	0.05	155
$627.50	Nov 6	0.62	0.73	$0.68	16.2%	3	0.05	54

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$535.00	Oct 30	0.89	1.06	$0.98	17.3%	212	0.09	558

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 317 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$465.00	Nov 6	99.70	103.75	$101.73	4.0%	--	1.00	12
$510.00	Oct 28	54.00	57.65	$55.83	6.5%	--	1.00	32
$460.00	Oct 28	104.00	107.65	$105.83	3.4%	20	1.00	--
$485.00	Oct 28	79.00	82.80	$80.90	4.7%	1	0.99	--
$527.50	Oct 28	36.50	40.40	$38.45	10.1%	--	0.99	59

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Oct 30	37.15	41.00	$39.08	9.9%	2	1.00	262
$607.50	Oct 30	39.85	43.55	$41.70	8.9%	--	1.00	36
$612.50	Oct 30	44.85	48.50	$46.68	7.8%	2	1.00	--
$615.00	Oct 30	47.20	51.30	$49.25	8.3%	--	1.00	28
$620.00	Oct 30	52.20	56.00	$54.10	7.0%	--	1.00	35

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 717 active (total vol 83.3K, top 5.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Nov 20	6.45	6.90	$6.68	6.7%	5.0K	0.23	2.2K
$570.00	Oct 30	5.70	6.15	$5.93	7.6%	2.8K	0.43	4.8K
$600.00	Oct 30	0.18	0.37	$0.28	67.9%	1.9K	0.04	4.7K
$600.00	Nov 20	8.85	9.30	$9.07	5.0%	1.9K	0.29	8.8K
$575.00	Oct 30	3.80	4.20	$4.00	10.0%	1.8K	0.33	3.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$555.00	Oct 28	0.50	0.77	$0.64	42.2%	4.6K	0.13	249
$490.00	Nov 20	2.83	3.25	$3.04	13.8%	3.4K	0.09	6.0K
$535.00	Nov 20	9.45	10.40	$9.93	9.6%	3.3K	0.27	3.2K
$547.50	Oct 28	0.12	0.25	$0.19	68.4%	2.0K	0.04	1.4K
$550.00	Oct 28	0.22	0.35	$0.28	46.4%	1.5K	0.06	1.3K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 15 strikes (avg 147.8%, max 200.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$560.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	106.8%	35.6%	200.1%	127	465
$557.50	Oct 28	Nov 27	106.1%	36.9%	187.6%	35	629
$562.50	Oct 28	Nov 27	99.9%	36.5%	174.2%	252	449
$567.50	Oct 28	Dec 4	92.8%	35.4%	161.9%	315	489
$565.00	Oct 28	Nov 27	93.5%	36.3%	157.8%	254	625

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$560.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	106.8%	35.6%	200.1%	1.3K	134
$557.50	Oct 28	Dec 4	106.1%	35.8%	196.1%	266	92
$565.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	93.5%	35.2%	165.4%	546	22
$562.50	Oct 28	Nov 20	99.9%	38.0%	163.2%	589	19
$572.50	Oct 28	Nov 27	93.1%	38.4%	142.2%	--	50

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 540 found (best R:R 4.00, avg 5.94)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$605.00	$610.00	Nov 11	$0.21	$4.79	$0.21	19%	22.81	$605.21
$562.50	$565.00	Nov 2	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	58%	2.33	$563.25
$587.50	$590.00	Dec 4	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	40%	5.25	$587.90
$567.50	$570.00	Nov 2	$0.63	$1.87	$0.63	50%	2.97	$568.13
$550.00	$560.00	Nov 9	$5.80	$4.20	$5.80	67%	0.72	$555.80

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$570.00	$567.50	Nov 6	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	54%	4.00	$569.50
$572.50	$570.00	Nov 27	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	52%	3.72	$571.97
$562.50	$560.00	Nov 2	$0.33	$2.17	$0.33	42%	6.58	$562.17
$520.00	$500.00	Nov 9	$0.93	$19.07	$0.93	12%	20.51	$519.07
$565.00	$562.50	Nov 13	$0.56	$1.94	$0.56	47%	3.46	$564.44

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 438 found (best R:R 3.39, avg 0.39)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 28	$1.95	$1.95	$0.55	90%	3.55	$619.45
$670.00	$675.00	Oct 30	$0.98	$0.98	$4.02	95%	0.24	$670.98
$607.50	$612.50	Oct 28	$1.12	$1.12	$3.88	92%	0.29	$608.62
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 28	$0.80	$0.80	$1.70	93%	0.47	$613.30
$570.00	$572.50	Nov 2	$1.64	$1.64	$0.86	54%	1.91	$571.64

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$462.50	$460.00	Oct 28	$1.93	$1.93	$0.57	94%	3.39	$460.57
$482.50	$480.00	Oct 28	$1.93	$1.93	$0.57	93%	3.39	$480.57
$487.50	$485.00	Oct 28	$1.92	$1.92	$0.58	93%	3.31	$485.58
$495.00	$492.50	Oct 28	$1.92	$1.92	$0.58	92%	3.31	$493.08
$467.50	$465.00	Oct 28	$1.63	$1.63	$0.87	94%	1.87	$465.87

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $4.13, cheapest $3.67)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$562.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.88	99.9%	44.1%
$565.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.28	93.5%	43.7%
$567.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.37	92.8%	46.3%
$570.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.28	91.3%	46.1%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$562.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.67	99.9%	44.1%
$565.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.97	93.5%	43.7%
$567.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.55	92.8%	46.3%
$570.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.08	91.0%	46.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 268 found (cheapest 1.17% of stock, avg 6.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$567.50	Oct 28	$2.51	$4.08	$6.59	$560.91	$574.09	1.17%
$565.00	Oct 28	$3.72	$3.16	$6.88	$558.12	$571.88	1.22%
$570.00	Oct 28	$1.65	$5.90	$7.55	$562.45	$577.55	1.34%
$562.50	Oct 28	$5.85	$2.26	$8.11	$554.39	$570.61	1.43%
$572.50	Oct 28	$1.01	$7.90	$8.91	$563.59	$581.41	1.58%
$560.00	Oct 28	$7.48	$1.63	$9.11	$550.89	$569.11	1.61%
$557.50	Oct 28	$9.43	$1.02	$10.45	$547.05	$567.95	1.85%
$575.00	Oct 28	$0.60	$9.93	$10.53	$564.47	$585.53	1.86%
$555.00	Oct 28	$11.28	$0.64	$11.92	$543.08	$566.92	2.11%
$552.50	Oct 28	$13.38	$0.54	$13.92	$538.58	$566.42	2.46%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 265 found (cheapest 0.22% of stock, avg 4.21%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$575.00	$555.00	Oct 28	$0.60	$0.64	$1.24	$553.76	$576.24
$575.00	$557.50	Oct 28	$0.60	$1.02	$1.62	$555.88	$576.62
$572.50	$555.00	Oct 28	$1.01	$0.64	$1.65	$553.35	$574.15
$572.50	$557.50	Oct 28	$1.01	$1.02	$2.03	$555.47	$574.53
$575.00	$560.00	Oct 28	$0.60	$1.63	$2.23	$557.77	$577.23
$597.50	$555.00	Oct 28	$1.90	$0.64	$2.54	$552.46	$600.04
$572.50	$560.00	Oct 28	$1.01	$1.63	$2.64	$557.36	$575.14
$570.00	$555.00	Oct 28	$1.65	$0.64	$2.29	$552.71	$572.29
$570.00	$557.50	Oct 28	$1.65	$1.02	$2.67	$554.83	$572.67
$597.50	$557.50	Oct 28	$1.90	$1.02	$2.92	$554.58	$600.42

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 354 found (best R:R 1.56, avg credit $1.19)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
460/462	608/612	Oct 28	$3.05	$1.95	86%	1.56	$459.45	$610.55
480/482	608/612	Oct 28	$3.05	$1.95	85%	1.56	$479.45	$610.55
485/488	608/612	Oct 28	$3.04	$1.96	85%	1.55	$484.46	$610.54
492/495	608/612	Oct 28	$3.04	$1.96	84%	1.55	$491.96	$610.54
465/468	608/612	Oct 28	$2.75	$2.25	86%	1.22	$464.75	$610.25
452/455	612/615	Oct 28	$2.32	$0.18	88%	12.89	$452.68	$614.82
452/455	608/612	Oct 28	$2.64	$2.36	86%	1.12	$452.36	$610.14
472/475	618/620	Oct 28	$2.19	$0.31	89%	7.06	$472.81	$619.69
505/508	618/620	Oct 28	$2.20	$0.30	88%	7.33	$505.30	$619.70
512/515	618/620	Oct 28	$2.20	$0.30	88%	7.33	$512.80	$619.70

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 355 found (best R:R 36.04, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Nov 9	$0.27	$9.73	20%	36.04
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 9	$0.13	$4.87	10%	37.46
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Dec 4	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56
$560.00	$565.00	$570.00	Nov 11	$0.17	$4.83	9%	28.41

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$535.00	$545.00	$555.00	Nov 9	$0.62	$9.38	16%	15.13
$565.00	$570.00	$575.00	Nov 2	$0.23	$4.77	18%	20.74
$567.50	$570.00	$572.50	Oct 28	$0.18	$2.32	21%	12.89
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Nov 2	$0.31	$4.69	14%	15.13
$572.50	$575.00	$577.50	Oct 30	$0.09	$2.41	9%	26.78

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 368 found (best net $-2.68, 333 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$475.00	$520.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$2.68	$42.32
$570.00	$585.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$3.04	$11.96
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$33.03	$1.97
$600.00	$610.00	1:2	Nov 4	$0.00	$10.00
$570.00	$572.50	1:2	Oct 28	-$0.37	$2.13

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$555.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$0.12	$24.88
$590.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$4.12	$15.88
$520.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.90	$19.10
$485.00	$460.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.14	$24.86
$552.50	$550.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$0.02	$2.48

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 207 found (best yield 4.17%, avg 1.23%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$572.50	Dec 4	$23.60	0.49	1.3%	4.17%	5.44%	9	7
$575.00	Dec 4	$22.45	0.48	1.7%	3.97%	5.68%	1	21
$577.50	Dec 4	$21.30	0.46	2.1%	3.77%	5.92%	3	12
$580.00	Dec 4	$20.20	0.45	2.6%	3.57%	6.17%	12	134
$567.50	Dec 4	$25.55	0.52	0.4%	4.52%	4.90%	1	8
$570.00	Dec 4	$24.25	0.51	0.8%	4.29%	5.12%	--	29
$582.50	Dec 4	$19.15	0.43	3.0%	3.39%	6.42%	--	16
$585.00	Dec 4	$18.15	0.42	3.5%	3.21%	6.69%	2	25
$587.50	Dec 4	$17.35	0.40	3.9%	3.07%	6.99%	--	33
$590.00	Dec 4	$16.40	0.39	4.4%	2.90%	7.26%	30	217

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 57,003

Total Puts 65,145

Put/Call Ratio 1.14

Net Difference -8,142

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 66,536

Total Puts 116,630

Put/Call Ratio 1.75

Net Difference -50,094

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 744,132

Total Puts 1,318,848

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.93

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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