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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$561.67 -1.06%

$561.87 (+0.04%)🌙

as of 10/29 04:00 PM

(10/29 15:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 4:00pm) 167,903

Calls: 64,036 (38%)

Puts: 103,867 (62%)

Prior (10/28) 219,384

Calls: 99,551 (45%)

Puts: 119,833 (55%)

Current vs Prior -23.47%

Calls: -35.68% (Calls)

Puts: -13.32% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,983,131

Calls: 763,902 (39%)

Puts: 1,219,229 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 283,304

Calls: 109,128 (39%)

Puts: 174,175 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -40.73%

Calls: -41.32%

Puts: -40.37%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 4:00pm) $150.69M

Calls: $43.88M (29%)

Puts: $106.81M (71%)

Prior (10/28) $152.56M

Calls: $100.19M (66%)

Puts: $52.37M (34%)

Current vs Prior -1.22%

Calls: -56.21%

Puts: +103.97%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.72B

Calls: $553.57M (32%)

Puts: $1.17B (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average $246.02M

Calls: $79.08M (32%)

Puts: $166.93M (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -38.75%

Calls: -44.52%

Puts: -36.02%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/29 4:00pm) 1.62

Prior (10/28) 1.20

Current vs Prior +34.75%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.71

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -5.25%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/29 4:00pm) 2,084,545

Calls: 834,963 (40%)

Puts: 1,249,582 (60%)

Prior (10/28) 2,074,105

Calls: 820,423 (40%)

Puts: 1,253,682 (60%)

Current vs Prior +0.50%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,544,827

Calls: 5,129,967 (38%)

Puts: 8,414,860 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,934,975

Calls: 732,852 (38%)

Puts: 1,202,122 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.73%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/02)Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/06)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 1.91% | 2.72%1.91% | 4.83%7.73% | 11.45%

Prior 2.96% | 3.38%2.96% | 5.12%7.93% | 11.51%

Current vs Prior -35.33% | -19.60%-35.33% | -5.71%-2.59% | -0.48%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.52% | 3.51%2.90% | 5.56%8.89% | 12.14%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.99% | -22.66%-33.93% | -13.05%-13.09% | -5.64%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.96% | 3.38%2.99% | 5.15%7.84% | 11.50%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -35.33% | -19.60%-36.02% | -6.13%-1.38% | -0.37%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 74.85% | 41.06%

Calls: 70.91% | 36.48%

Puts: 78.79% | 45.65%

Prior 39.25% | 38.34%

Calls: 38.51% | 38.46%

Puts: 40.00% | 38.23%

Current vs Prior +90.70% | +7.09%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.13% | 22.28%

Calls: 24.51% | 18.83%

Puts: 23.75% | 25.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +210.19% | +84.29%

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Moderately bearish flow with 71% put dollar volume ($106.81M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.62 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 35% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
14:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 102 of results (avg 7.4%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 30	109.80	114.15	$111.98	3.9%	--	0.99	32
$460.00	Oct 30	99.50	103.50	$101.50	3.9%	1	1.00	7
$470.00	Nov 20	92.75	96.50	$94.63	4.0%	--	0.95	311
$450.00	Nov 20	111.50	116.45	$113.98	4.3%	1	0.96	253
$450.00	Nov 13	110.50	115.45	$112.98	4.4%	--	1.00	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Nov 20	86.65	90.65	$88.65	4.5%	--	0.94	268
$665.00	Nov 20	100.55	105.50	$103.03	4.8%	--	1.00	19
$660.00	Nov 13	95.75	100.50	$98.13	4.8%	1	0.98	--
$640.00	Nov 20	77.10	81.15	$79.13	5.1%	--	0.92	403
$630.00	Nov 20	67.50	71.10	$69.30	5.2%	9	0.89	21.8K

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. 309 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	110.00	114.95	$112.48	4.4%	--	1.00	19
$455.00	Nov 6	105.00	109.85	$107.43	4.5%	1	1.00	1
$465.00	Nov 6	95.00	99.95	$97.48	5.1%	--	1.00	12
$450.00	Nov 13	110.50	115.45	$112.98	4.4%	--	1.00	12
$460.00	Oct 30	99.50	103.50	$101.50	3.9%	1	1.00	7

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 30	21.25	25.35	$23.30	17.6%	5	1.00	4.1K
$587.50	Oct 30	24.05	27.85	$25.95	14.6%	884	1.00	586
$590.00	Oct 30	26.10	30.35	$28.23	15.1%	812	1.00	531
$592.50	Oct 30	28.60	33.00	$30.80	14.3%	328	1.00	219
$595.00	Oct 30	31.05	35.35	$33.20	13.0%	317	1.00	211

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 784 active (total vol 115.9K, top 4.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	6.30	8.35	$7.32	28.0%	4.1K	0.25	9.5K
$570.00	Oct 30	1.40	1.75	$1.58	22.2%	3.3K	0.24	2.7K
$595.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	2.5K	0.01	11.4K
$572.50	Oct 30	0.47	1.21	$0.84	88.1%	2.4K	0.16	685
$575.00	Oct 30	0.05	1.35	$0.70	185.7%	2.1K	0.11	3.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 30	36.00	40.35	$38.17	11.4%	3.2K	1.00	1.2K
$520.00	Nov 6	1.15	2.28	$1.72	65.7%	2.7K	0.11	1.8K
$555.00	Oct 30	0.40	3.10	$1.75	154.3%	2.5K	0.29	19.6K
$547.50	Oct 30	0.20	1.33	$0.77	146.8%	2.1K	0.11	973
$500.00	Nov 6	0.00	2.04	$1.02	200.0%	1.9K	0.05	35.1K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 14 strikes (avg 13.0%, max 23.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$552.50	Oct 30	Nov 27	43.8%	35.4%	23.6%	21	638
$555.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	43.2%	36.8%	17.5%	321	1.4K
$560.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	42.4%	36.3%	16.7%	1.8K	3.9K
$550.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	41.4%	36.5%	13.2%	73	3.4K
$562.50	Oct 30	Nov 27	39.3%	35.1%	12.1%	511	427

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$552.50	Oct 30	Dec 4	43.8%	35.9%	22.1%	1.2K	1.8K
$560.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	43.2%	36.3%	19.1%	1.6K	2.3K
$555.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	43.0%	36.8%	16.9%	2.5K	19.6K
$550.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	41.4%	36.6%	12.9%	1.6K	4.5K
$562.50	Oct 30	Dec 11	39.3%	35.7%	10.3%	622	276

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 503 found (best R:R 0.56, avg 5.75)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$555.00	$557.50	Nov 4	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	61%	3.17	$555.60
$557.50	$560.00	Nov 6	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	56%	3.72	$558.03
$585.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.95	$4.05	$0.95	35%	4.26	$585.95
$597.50	$600.00	Dec 4	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	32%	13.71	$597.67
$570.00	$572.50	Dec 4	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	48%	3.39	$570.57

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$565.00	Nov 9	$16.05	$8.95	$16.05	79%	0.56	$573.95
$585.00	$582.50	Oct 30	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	100%	0.61	$583.45
$562.50	$560.00	Dec 4	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	48%	4.00	$562.00
$547.50	$545.00	Nov 20	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	37%	9.87	$547.27
$520.00	$510.00	Nov 9	$0.33	$9.67	$0.33	13%	29.30	$519.67

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 404 found (best R:R 18.23, avg 0.47)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$637.50	$640.00	Oct 30	$2.37	$2.37	$0.13	94%	18.23	$639.87
$657.50	$660.00	Nov 13	$1.83	$1.83	$0.67	94%	2.73	$659.33
$642.50	$645.00	Dec 4	$1.58	$1.58	$0.92	87%	1.72	$644.08
$637.50	$640.00	Nov 13	$1.45	$1.45	$1.05	90%	1.38	$638.95
$595.00	$597.50	Nov 4	$1.32	$1.32	$1.18	89%	1.12	$596.32

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$512.50	$510.00	Nov 2	$2.31	$2.31	$0.19	93%	12.16	$510.19
$540.00	$500.00	Nov 11	$5.82	$5.82	$34.18	72%	0.17	$534.18
$460.00	$455.00	Nov 2	$0.97	$0.97	$4.03	98%	0.24	$459.03
$497.50	$495.00	Nov 2	$0.84	$0.84	$1.66	97%	0.51	$496.66
$475.00	$470.00	Nov 2	$0.84	$0.84	$4.16	98%	0.20	$474.16

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $2.30, cheapest $2.35)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$560.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.00	42.4%	29.4%
$562.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.40	39.3%	28.1%
$567.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$1.80	37.5%	27.6%
$565.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.36	37.9%	29.1%
$557.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.40	38.2%	30.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$560.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.35	43.2%	29.4%
$567.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.30	37.5%	27.6%
$565.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.88	38.6%	29.1%
$562.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.50	39.3%	31.2%
$557.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$1.97	38.2%	30.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 250 found (cheapest 1.56% of stock, avg 6.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$565.00	Oct 30	$3.14	$5.60	$8.74	$556.26	$573.74	1.56%
$562.50	Oct 30	$4.33	$4.80	$9.13	$553.37	$571.63	1.63%
$560.00	Oct 30	$5.95	$3.58	$9.53	$550.47	$569.53	1.70%
$567.50	Oct 30	$2.30	$7.75	$10.05	$557.45	$577.55	1.79%
$557.50	Oct 30	$7.15	$3.08	$10.23	$547.27	$567.73	1.82%
$555.00	Oct 30	$9.03	$1.75	$10.78	$544.22	$565.78	1.92%
$570.00	Oct 30	$1.58	$9.65	$11.23	$558.77	$581.23	2.00%
$572.50	Oct 30	$0.84	$11.58	$12.42	$560.08	$584.92	2.21%
$552.50	Oct 30	$11.02	$1.63	$12.65	$539.85	$565.15	2.25%
$560.00	Nov 2	$7.95	$5.93	$13.88	$546.12	$573.88	2.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 262 found (cheapest 0.34% of stock, avg 4.28%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$572.50	$550.00	Oct 30	$0.84	$1.09	$1.93	$548.07	$574.43
$572.50	$552.50	Oct 30	$0.84	$1.63	$2.47	$550.03	$574.97
$570.00	$550.00	Oct 30	$1.58	$1.09	$2.67	$547.33	$572.67
$572.50	$555.00	Oct 30	$0.84	$1.75	$2.59	$552.41	$575.09
$570.00	$552.50	Oct 30	$1.58	$1.63	$3.21	$549.29	$573.21
$570.00	$555.00	Oct 30	$1.58	$1.75	$3.33	$551.67	$573.33
$567.50	$550.00	Oct 30	$2.30	$1.09	$3.39	$546.61	$570.89
$567.50	$555.00	Oct 30	$2.30	$1.75	$4.05	$550.95	$571.55
$567.50	$552.50	Oct 30	$2.30	$1.63	$3.93	$548.57	$571.43
$572.50	$557.50	Oct 30	$0.84	$3.08	$3.92	$553.58	$576.42

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 340 found (best R:R 1.43, avg credit $1.16)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
515/518	592/595	Oct 30	$1.47	$1.03	96%	1.43	$516.03	$593.97
515/518	600/602	Oct 30	$1.29	$1.21	96%	1.07	$516.21	$601.29
450/452	592/595	Oct 30	$1.16	$1.34	96%	0.87	$451.34	$593.66
482/485	592/595	Oct 30	$1.13	$1.37	96%	0.82	$483.87	$593.63
450/452	600/602	Oct 30	$0.98	$1.52	97%	0.64	$451.52	$600.98
475/480	590/595	Nov 20	$2.88	$2.12	60%	1.36	$477.12	$592.88
515/518	570/572	Oct 30	$1.54	$0.96	74%	1.60	$515.96	$571.54
515/518	575/578	Oct 30	$1.19	$1.31	87%	0.91	$516.31	$576.19
482/485	600/602	Oct 30	$0.95	$1.55	96%	0.61	$484.05	$600.95
515/518	582/585	Oct 30	$1.00	$1.50	94%	0.67	$516.50	$583.50

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 373 found (best R:R 36.04, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$525.00	$535.00	$545.00	Nov 9	$0.27	$9.73	14%	36.04
$565.00	$567.50	$570.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$2.38	15%	19.83
$552.50	$555.00	$557.50	Oct 30	$0.11	$2.39	12%	21.73
$577.50	$580.00	$582.50	Nov 4	$0.06	$2.44	6%	40.67
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$4.88	5%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$4.84	7%	30.25
$555.00	$560.00	$565.00	Nov 9	$0.28	$4.72	12%	16.86
$580.00	$582.50	$585.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$2.43	5%	34.71
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$4.88	4%	40.67
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$2.44	4%	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 381 found (best net $-16.72, 323 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$16.72	$33.28
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$28.48	$6.52
$575.00	$590.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$1.00	$14.00
$550.00	$575.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$10.92	$14.08
$632.50	$650.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.46	$17.04

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$605.00	$582.50	1:2	Nov 4	-$2.88	$19.62
$610.00	$590.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$8.07	$11.93
$600.00	$565.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$7.72	$27.28
$555.00	$535.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.08	$19.92
$587.50	$577.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$7.50	$2.50

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 189 found (best yield 3.82%, avg 1.08%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$575.00	Dec 11	$21.45	0.45	2.4%	3.82%	6.19%	1	--
$565.00	Dec 4	$23.85	0.51	0.6%	4.25%	4.84%	4	2
$590.00	Dec 11	$15.00	0.37	5.0%	2.67%	7.71%	2	--
$572.50	Dec 4	$20.25	0.46	1.9%	3.61%	5.53%	3	13
$570.00	Dec 4	$21.00	0.48	1.5%	3.74%	5.22%	18	29
$575.00	Dec 4	$18.80	0.45	2.4%	3.35%	5.72%	17	22
$585.00	Dec 4	$15.10	0.39	4.2%	2.69%	6.84%	16	27
$577.50	Dec 4	$17.30	0.43	2.8%	3.08%	5.90%	21	12
$580.00	Dec 4	$16.35	0.42	3.3%	2.91%	6.17%	12	143
$600.00	Dec 11	$11.65	0.32	6.8%	2.07%	8.90%	6	--

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 64,036

Total Puts 103,867

Put/Call Ratio 1.62

Net Difference -39,831

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 99,551

Total Puts 119,833

Put/Call Ratio 1.20

Net Difference -20,282

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 763,902

Total Puts 1,219,229

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.71

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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