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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$567.67 +1.74%

$567.43 (-0.04%)🌙

as of 10/28 04:00 PM

(10/28 15:13) ◀

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 (4:00pm)

▶ (10/28 18:52)

◀ 10/28 16:00 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/28 4:00pm) 219,384

Calls: 99,551 (45%)

Puts: 119,833 (55%)

Prior (10/27) 249,459

Calls: 86,006 (34%)

Puts: 163,453 (66%)

Current vs Prior -12.06%

Calls: +15.75% (Calls)

Puts: -26.69% (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 -25.56%

Calls: -6.35%

Puts: -36.40%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/28 4:00pm) $152.56M

Calls: $100.19M (66%)

Puts: $52.37M (34%)

Prior (10/27) $220.88M

Calls: $90.71M (41%)

Puts: $130.18M (59%)

Current vs Prior -30.93%

Calls: +10.46%

Puts: -59.77%

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 -38.92%

Calls: +32.73%

Puts: -69.95%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/28 4:00pm) 1.20

Prior (10/27) 1.90

Current vs Prior -36.66%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.93

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -37.73%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/28 4:00pm) 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

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

Current 1.00% | 2.96%2.96% | 5.12%7.93% | 11.51%

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

Current vs Prior +42.85% | -3.42%-15.36% | -5.76%-2.25% | -1.38%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +11.31% | -7.75%-2.56% | -9.83%+1.12% | -2.29%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +42.85% | -3.42%-13.59% | -8.33%-3.49% | -1.90%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 39.25% | 38.34%

Calls: 38.51% | 38.46%

Puts: 40.00% | 38.23%

Prior 19.76% | 16.25%

Calls: 17.50% | 13.54%

Puts: 22.02% | 18.97%

Current vs Prior +98.63% | +135.94%

Prior 7-Day Avg 20.27% | 20.07%

Calls: 20.77% | 16.44%

Puts: 19.78% | 23.70%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +93.61% | +91.04%

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Moderately bullish flow with 66% call dollar volume ($100.19M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.20 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 37% - 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

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 109 of results (avg 7.5%, best 4.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Nov 20	108.00	112.50	$110.25	4.1%	2	0.96	195
$455.00	Nov 20	112.55	117.50	$115.03	4.3%	--	0.96	46
$465.00	Nov 6	101.50	106.00	$103.75	4.3%	--	0.98	12
$460.00	Oct 28	105.10	110.00	$107.55	4.6%	20	0.94	--
$470.00	Nov 20	98.00	102.60	$100.30	4.6%	--	0.95	311

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$680.00	Nov 20	110.00	114.95	$112.48	4.4%	--	1.00	11
$670.00	Nov 2	100.00	104.95	$102.48	4.8%	2	0.93	--
$650.00	Nov 20	81.40	85.50	$83.45	4.9%	--	0.92	268
$665.00	Nov 20	95.05	100.00	$97.53	5.1%	--	0.94	19
$655.00	Nov 20	85.50	90.00	$87.75	5.1%	--	0.92	56

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 336 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 28	65.05	70.00	$67.53	7.3%	16	1.00	17
$502.50	Oct 28	62.55	67.50	$65.03	7.6%	2	1.00	2
$510.00	Oct 28	55.00	59.95	$57.48	8.6%	3	1.00	32
$520.00	Oct 28	45.00	49.60	$47.30	9.7%	13	1.00	74
$530.00	Oct 28	35.00	39.55	$37.28	12.2%	39	1.00	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$575.00	Oct 28	5.65	10.00	$7.83	55.6%	19	1.00	9
$580.00	Oct 28	10.00	14.95	$12.48	39.7%	33	1.00	15
$582.50	Oct 28	12.50	17.45	$14.98	33.0%	2	1.00	--
$600.00	Oct 30	30.60	35.00	$32.80	13.4%	15	1.00	1.3K
$602.50	Oct 30	32.55	37.50	$35.03	14.1%	--	1.00	77

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 802 active (total vol 139.5K, top 6.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	8.50	10.00	$9.25	16.2%	5.6K	0.29	8.8K
$610.00	Nov 20	6.40	8.15	$7.28	24.0%	5.1K	0.24	2.2K
$570.00	Oct 30	5.00	7.40	$6.20	38.7%	4.7K	0.45	4.8K
$585.00	Oct 30	0.87	2.23	$1.55	87.7%	2.7K	0.17	3.2K
$575.00	Oct 30	3.05	5.75	$4.40	61.4%	2.3K	0.35	3.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$555.00	Oct 28	0.03	0.29	$0.16	162.5%	6.5K	0.05	249
$490.00	Nov 20	2.47	3.20	$2.84	25.7%	3.5K	0.09	6.0K
$535.00	Nov 20	8.70	10.80	$9.75	21.5%	3.3K	0.27	3.2K
$547.50	Oct 28	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	2.5K	0.01	1.4K
$560.00	Oct 28	0.10	0.68	$0.39	148.7%	2.3K	0.12	119

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 632.6%, max 1667.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$595.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	646.7%	36.6%	1667.7%	21	137
$597.50	Oct 28	Dec 4	653.5%	37.0%	1667.6%	4	152
$592.50	Oct 28	Dec 4	609.9%	36.5%	1569.9%	40	130
$587.50	Oct 28	Dec 4	533.7%	37.0%	1341.9%	63	79
$562.50	Oct 28	Nov 27	153.9%	35.8%	329.4%	294	449

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$565.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	142.5%	35.5%	301.8%	865	22
$570.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	134.6%	37.9%	255.0%	62	64
$577.50	Oct 30	Nov 27	43.9%	37.6%	16.6%	18	222
$585.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	42.2%	36.9%	14.4%	21	4.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 519 found (best R:R 32.33, avg 5.70)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$650.00	Dec 4	$0.76	$9.24	$0.76	16%	12.16	$640.76
$600.00	$605.00	Nov 9	$0.26	$4.74	$0.26	19%	18.23	$600.26
$565.00	$567.50	Oct 30	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	56%	2.33	$565.75
$552.50	$555.00	Oct 30	$1.43	$1.07	$1.43	78%	0.75	$553.93
$597.50	$600.00	Nov 27	$0.33	$2.17	$0.33	32%	6.58	$597.83

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$525.00	$520.00	Nov 27	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	22%	32.33	$524.85
$562.50	$560.00	Nov 13	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	45%	4.56	$562.05
$562.50	$560.00	Nov 2	$0.48	$2.02	$0.48	42%	4.21	$562.02
$542.50	$540.00	Nov 27	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	32%	7.33	$542.20
$510.00	$505.00	Dec 4	$0.40	$4.60	$0.40	18%	11.50	$509.60

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 420 found (best R:R 21.73, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$652.50	$655.00	Oct 30	$2.36	$2.36	$0.14	91%	16.86	$654.86
$670.00	$675.00	Oct 30	$2.35	$2.35	$2.65	92%	0.89	$672.35
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 28	$2.07	$2.07	$0.43	89%	4.81	$619.57
$660.00	$665.00	Oct 30	$1.95	$1.95	$3.05	91%	0.64	$661.95
$647.50	$650.00	Nov 6	$1.82	$1.82	$0.68	91%	2.68	$649.32

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$487.50	$485.00	Oct 28	$2.39	$2.39	$0.11	92%	21.73	$485.11
$495.00	$492.50	Oct 28	$2.10	$2.10	$0.40	92%	5.25	$492.90
$460.00	$457.50	Nov 6	$1.89	$1.89	$0.61	98%	3.10	$458.11
$512.50	$505.00	Nov 4	$1.70	$1.70	$5.80	89%	0.29	$510.80
$465.00	$460.00	Nov 27	$1.08	$1.08	$3.92	92%	0.28	$463.92

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $5.23, cheapest $4.89)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$565.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.89	142.5%	44.8%
$570.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$5.04	134.6%	43.3%
$567.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$5.95	124.6%	46.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$565.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.94	142.5%	44.8%
$567.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$5.35	124.6%	46.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 275 found (cheapest 0.78% of stock, avg 6.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$567.50	Oct 28	$2.10	$2.30	$4.40	$563.10	$571.90	0.78%
$570.00	Oct 28	$1.16	$3.60	$4.76	$565.24	$574.76	0.84%
$565.00	Oct 28	$3.91	$1.51	$5.42	$559.58	$570.42	0.95%
$572.50	Oct 28	$0.66	$5.45	$6.11	$566.39	$578.61	1.08%
$562.50	Oct 28	$5.58	$0.73	$6.31	$556.19	$568.81	1.11%
$560.00	Oct 28	$7.68	$0.39	$8.07	$551.93	$568.07	1.42%
$575.00	Oct 28	$0.29	$7.83	$8.12	$566.88	$583.12	1.43%
$557.50	Oct 28	$10.10	$0.17	$10.27	$547.23	$567.77	1.81%
$580.00	Oct 28	$0.11	$12.48	$12.59	$567.41	$592.59	2.22%
$555.00	Oct 28	$12.55	$0.16	$12.71	$542.29	$567.71	2.24%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.18% of stock, avg 4.12%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$572.50	$560.00	Oct 28	$0.66	$0.39	$1.05	$558.95	$573.55
$572.50	$562.50	Oct 28	$0.66	$0.73	$1.39	$561.11	$573.89
$570.00	$560.00	Oct 28	$1.16	$0.39	$1.55	$558.45	$571.55
$570.00	$562.50	Oct 28	$1.16	$0.73	$1.89	$560.61	$571.89
$572.50	$565.00	Oct 28	$0.66	$1.51	$2.17	$562.83	$574.67
$570.00	$565.00	Oct 28	$1.16	$1.51	$2.67	$562.33	$572.67
$592.50	$560.00	Oct 28	$2.45	$0.39	$2.84	$557.16	$595.34
$572.50	$495.00	Oct 28	$0.66	$2.13	$2.79	$492.21	$575.29
$587.50	$560.00	Oct 28	$2.45	$0.39	$2.84	$557.16	$590.34
$587.50	$562.50	Oct 28	$2.45	$0.73	$3.18	$559.32	$590.68

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 394 found (best R:R 1.78, avg credit $1.18)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
458/460	608/612	Oct 28	$3.20	$1.80	80%	1.78	$456.80	$610.70
468/470	608/612	Oct 28	$3.20	$1.80	80%	1.78	$466.80	$610.70
472/475	608/612	Oct 28	$3.20	$1.80	80%	1.78	$471.80	$610.70
480/482	608/612	Oct 28	$3.20	$1.80	79%	1.78	$479.30	$610.70
485/488	608/612	Oct 28	$3.16	$1.84	79%	1.72	$484.34	$610.66
492/495	608/612	Oct 28	$2.87	$2.13	79%	1.35	$492.13	$610.37
520/522	612/615	Oct 28	$2.15	$0.35	85%	6.14	$520.35	$614.65
492/495	575/578	Oct 28	$2.22	$0.28	82%	7.93	$492.78	$577.22
458/460	592/595	Nov 6	$2.19	$0.31	74%	7.06	$457.81	$594.69
530/532	612/615	Oct 28	$1.91	$0.59	85%	3.24	$530.59	$614.41

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 380 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 9	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43
$570.00	$572.50	$575.00	Oct 28	$0.13	$2.37	21%	18.23
$570.00	$572.50	$575.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$2.40	10%	24.00
$575.00	$577.50	$580.00	Oct 28	$0.06	$2.44	7%	40.67
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	4%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Nov 4	$0.11	$4.89	10%	44.45
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Oct 28	$0.12	$2.38	18%	19.83
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$605.00	$610.00	$615.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$4.89	5%	44.45

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 383 found (best net $-3.93, 343 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$475.00	$520.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$3.93	$41.07
$480.00	$515.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$23.81	$11.19
$565.00	$567.50	1:2	Oct 28	-$0.29	$2.21
$567.50	$570.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$0.22	$2.28
$602.50	$610.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.25	$7.25

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$590.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$3.30	$16.70
$580.00	$575.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$3.18	$1.82
$570.00	$567.50	1:2	Oct 28	-$1.00	$1.50
$515.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.41	$14.59
$572.50	$570.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$1.75	$0.75

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 202 found (best yield 4.40%, avg 1.08%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$570.00	Dec 4	$25.00	0.51	0.4%	4.40%	4.81%	1	29
$575.00	Dec 4	$22.50	0.48	1.3%	3.96%	5.25%	1	21
$572.50	Dec 4	$23.50	0.49	0.8%	4.14%	4.99%	12	7
$577.50	Dec 4	$21.00	0.47	1.7%	3.70%	5.43%	3	12
$580.00	Dec 4	$20.00	0.45	2.2%	3.52%	5.70%	25	134
$582.50	Dec 4	$19.00	0.43	2.6%	3.35%	5.96%	7	16
$585.00	Dec 4	$17.50	0.42	3.0%	3.08%	6.14%	3	25
$587.50	Dec 4	$16.50	0.41	3.5%	2.91%	6.40%	1	33
$590.00	Dec 4	$15.55	0.39	3.9%	2.74%	6.67%	41	217
$592.50	Dec 4	$14.50	0.38	4.4%	2.55%	6.93%	--	54

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 99,551

Total Puts 119,833

Put/Call Ratio 1.20

Net Difference -20,282

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 86,006

Total Puts 163,453

Put/Call Ratio 1.90

Net Difference -77,447

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)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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