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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$528.38 -5.93%

(10/30 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30 11:00am) 137,825

Calls: 48,017 (35%)

Puts: 89,808 (65%)

Prior (10/29) 54,366

Calls: 25,888 (48%)

Puts: 28,478 (52%)

Current vs Prior +153.51%

Calls: +85.48% (Calls)

Puts: +215.36% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,017,916

Calls: 763,913 (38%)

Puts: 1,254,003 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 288,273

Calls: 109,130 (38%)

Puts: 179,143 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -52.19%

Calls: -56.00%

Puts: -49.87%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30 11:00am) $116.72M

Calls: $31.62M (27%)

Puts: $85.10M (73%)

Prior (10/29) $37.70M

Calls: $18.62M (49%)

Puts: $19.08M (51%)

Current vs Prior +209.60%

Calls: +69.78%

Puts: +346.06%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.75B

Calls: $549.56M (31%)

Puts: $1.20B (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average $249.47M

Calls: $78.51M (31%)

Puts: $170.96M (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -53.21%

Calls: -59.73%

Puts: -50.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/30 11:00am) 1.87

Prior (10/29) 1.10

Current vs Prior +70.02%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.79

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/30 11:00am) 2,141,372

Calls: 856,476 (40%)

Puts: 1,284,896 (60%)

Prior (10/29) 2,084,545

Calls: 834,963 (40%)

Puts: 1,249,582 (60%)

Current vs Prior +2.73%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,857,476

Calls: 5,386,765 (39%)

Puts: 8,470,711 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,979,639

Calls: 769,537 (39%)

Puts: 1,210,101 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.17%

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 1.37% | 2.77%1.37% | 5.20%8.52% | 12.35%

Prior 1.91% | 2.72%1.91% | 4.83%7.73% | 11.45%

Current vs Prior -28.51% | +2.19%-28.51% | +7.67%+10.29% | +7.82%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.29% | 3.30%2.66% | 5.42%8.72% | 12.07%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -40.12% | -15.95%-48.64% | -4.03%-2.25% | +2.34%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.91% | 2.72%3.13% | 5.27%8.04% | 11.68%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -28.51% | +2.19%-56.33% | -1.31%+6.06% | +5.73%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 10.55% | 19.44%

Calls: 14.49% | 26.69%

Puts: 6.61% | 12.18%

Prior 74.85% | 41.06%

Calls: 70.91% | 36.48%

Puts: 78.79% | 45.65%

Current vs Prior -85.91% | -52.65%

Prior 7-Day Avg 31.72% | 25.14%

Calls: 31.63% | 21.12%

Puts: 31.82% | 29.17%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -66.74% | -22.68%

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Moderately bearish flow with 73% put dollar volume ($85.10M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 210% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 154% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.87 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 455 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Dec 4	21.60	22.20	$21.90	2.7%	--	0.46	190
$535.00	Dec 4	23.90	24.60	$24.25	2.9%	4	0.49	4
$425.00	Nov 20	104.80	107.95	$106.38	3.0%	--	0.93	33
$537.50	Nov 20	17.80	18.35	$18.08	3.0%	107	0.46	96
$542.50	Nov 20	15.60	16.10	$15.85	3.2%	77	0.42	249

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Nov 20	21.85	22.30	$22.08	2.0%	610	0.49	10.0K
$550.00	Nov 20	33.00	33.75	$33.38	2.2%	324	0.63	7.1K
$530.00	Dec 4	26.00	26.60	$26.30	2.3%	70	0.49	30
$532.50	Dec 4	27.25	28.00	$27.63	2.7%	14	0.50	23
$535.00	Nov 20	24.10	24.85	$24.48	3.1%	78	0.53	4.5K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 21 found (avg $0.72, cheapest $0.35)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Nov 2	0.57	0.67	$0.62	16.1%	96	0.09	188
$547.50	Nov 2	0.78	0.90	$0.84	14.3%	9	0.12	55
$567.50	Nov 4	0.67	0.79	$0.73	16.4%	170	0.07	28
$565.00	Nov 4	0.81	0.95	$0.88	15.9%	119	0.08	24
$587.50	Nov 6	0.46	0.55	$0.51	17.6%	296	0.04	665

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$517.50	Oct 30	0.32	0.38	$0.35	17.1%	512	0.09	291
$520.00	Oct 30	0.56	0.67	$0.62	17.7%	2.6K	0.15	5.2K
$500.00	Nov 2	0.48	0.54	$0.51	11.8%	151	0.06	139
$505.00	Nov 2	0.75	0.88	$0.82	15.9%	53	0.09	69
$480.00	Nov 4	0.70	0.82	$0.76	15.8%	100	0.05	3

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 301 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 30	77.00	80.15	$78.58	4.0%	10	1.00	32
$465.00	Oct 30	62.15	65.55	$63.85	5.3%	--	1.00	33
$470.00	Oct 30	57.20	60.55	$58.88	5.7%	--	1.00	22
$500.00	Oct 30	27.20	30.55	$28.88	11.6%	11	1.00	29
$510.00	Oct 30	17.25	20.65	$18.95	17.9%	11	1.00	22

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Nov 2	29.60	33.50	$31.55	12.4%	29	1.00	69
$562.50	Nov 2	32.05	35.95	$34.00	11.5%	3	1.00	36
$565.00	Nov 2	34.55	38.40	$36.47	10.6%	6	1.00	16
$567.50	Nov 2	37.00	40.90	$38.95	10.0%	--	1.00	24
$570.00	Nov 2	39.50	43.35	$41.43	9.3%	6	1.00	11

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 704 active (total vol 99.4K, top 4.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 30	0.15	0.25	$0.20	50.0%	3.5K	0.06	2.7K
$575.00	Nov 20	5.65	6.20	$5.93	9.3%	2.2K	0.21	2.3K
$535.00	Oct 30	0.63	0.77	$0.70	20.0%	1.7K	0.18	1.5K
$570.00	Nov 13	3.90	4.30	$4.10	9.8%	1.4K	0.18	1.8K
$600.00	Nov 13	1.03	1.20	$1.12	15.2%	1.4K	0.06	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 6	3.85	4.15	$4.00	7.5%	4.8K	0.20	35.7K
$490.00	Nov 6	2.45	2.62	$2.54	6.7%	3.4K	0.13	330
$530.00	Oct 30	3.65	3.90	$3.78	6.6%	3.3K	0.59	14.7K
$525.00	Oct 30	1.52	1.74	$1.63	13.5%	2.8K	0.33	2.4K
$515.00	Nov 6	7.55	7.85	$7.70	3.9%	2.6K	0.33	1.2K

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 37.9%, max 48.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	57.1%	38.3%	48.9%	470	1.6K
$525.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	58.7%	39.7%	48.1%	38	1.3K
$527.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	58.1%	41.9%	38.6%	91	480
$522.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	60.3%	44.2%	36.3%	550	645
$535.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	55.6%	41.4%	34.3%	1.7K	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$525.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	58.7%	39.7%	48.1%	2.8K	2.4K
$530.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	57.1%	38.9%	46.8%	3.4K	14.7K
$522.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	60.3%	41.3%	46.1%	307	737
$527.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	58.1%	41.9%	38.6%	505	1.2K
$535.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	55.6%	41.4%	34.3%	711	788

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 490 found (best R:R 1.72, avg 5.72)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$532.50	$540.00	Nov 9	$2.70	$4.80	$2.70	47%	1.78	$535.20
$590.00	$600.00	Nov 11	$0.19	$9.81	$0.19	8%	51.63	$590.19
$600.00	$615.00	Dec 11	$1.80	$13.20	$1.80	19%	7.33	$601.80
$525.00	$527.50	Nov 2	$1.02	$1.48	$1.02	60%	1.45	$526.02
$550.00	$557.50	Nov 9	$1.48	$6.02	$1.48	29%	4.07	$551.48

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$547.50	Nov 13	$0.92	$1.58	$0.92	67%	1.72	$549.08
$552.50	$550.00	Dec 4	$0.92	$1.58	$0.92	62%	1.72	$551.58
$527.50	$520.00	Nov 9	$2.55	$4.95	$2.55	47%	1.94	$524.95
$535.00	$532.50	Dec 4	$0.72	$1.78	$0.72	51%	2.47	$534.28
$522.50	$520.00	Nov 13	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	43%	4.00	$522.00

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 400 found (best R:R 2.68, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$602.50	$605.00	Nov 2	$1.82	$1.82	$0.68	91%	2.68	$604.32
$615.00	$620.00	Nov 2	$1.43	$1.43	$3.57	92%	0.40	$616.43
$607.50	$610.00	Nov 2	$1.34	$1.34	$1.16	92%	1.16	$608.84
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 30	$0.93	$0.93	$1.57	95%	0.59	$623.43
$615.00	$620.00	Dec 11	$1.26	$1.26	$3.74	86%	0.34	$616.26

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$507.50	$470.00	Nov 11	$5.73	$5.73	$31.77	71%	0.18	$501.77
$435.00	$425.00	Dec 11	$1.43	$1.43	$8.57	90%	0.17	$433.57
$427.50	$425.00	Oct 30	$0.52	$0.52	$1.98	98%	0.26	$426.98
$525.00	$522.50	Nov 13	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	55%	1.78	$523.40
$460.00	$455.00	Dec 11	$1.20	$1.20	$3.80	84%	0.32	$458.80

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $3.51, cheapest $3.20)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$530.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$3.48	57.1%	30.8%
$525.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$3.47	58.7%	34.0%
$527.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$4.23	58.1%	33.6%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$530.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$3.20	57.1%	30.8%
$525.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$3.30	58.7%	34.0%
$527.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$3.36	58.1%	33.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 201 found (cheapest 1.13% of stock, avg 7.16%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$530.00	Oct 30	$2.20	$3.78	$5.98	$524.02	$535.98	1.13%
$527.50	Oct 30	$3.45	$2.59	$6.04	$521.46	$533.54	1.14%
$532.50	Oct 30	$1.28	$5.25	$6.53	$525.97	$539.03	1.24%
$525.00	Oct 30	$5.23	$1.63	$6.86	$518.14	$531.86	1.30%
$535.00	Oct 30	$0.70	$6.95	$7.65	$527.35	$542.65	1.45%
$522.50	Oct 30	$7.30	$1.00	$8.30	$514.20	$530.80	1.57%
$537.50	Oct 30	$0.36	$9.00	$9.36	$528.14	$546.86	1.77%
$520.00	Oct 30	$9.55	$0.62	$10.17	$509.83	$530.17	1.92%
$540.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$11.58	$11.78	$528.22	$551.78	2.23%
$530.00	Nov 2	$5.68	$6.98	$12.66	$517.34	$542.66	2.40%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 270 found (cheapest 0.10% of stock, avg 4.50%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$540.00	$517.50	Oct 30	$0.20	$0.35	$0.55	$516.95	$540.55
$537.50	$517.50	Oct 30	$0.36	$0.35	$0.71	$516.79	$538.21
$540.00	$520.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$0.62	$0.82	$519.18	$540.82
$537.50	$520.00	Oct 30	$0.36	$0.62	$0.98	$519.02	$538.48
$535.00	$517.50	Oct 30	$0.70	$0.35	$1.05	$516.45	$536.05
$535.00	$520.00	Oct 30	$0.70	$0.62	$1.32	$518.68	$536.32
$540.00	$522.50	Oct 30	$0.20	$1.00	$1.20	$521.30	$541.20
$537.50	$522.50	Oct 30	$0.36	$1.00	$1.36	$521.14	$538.86
$535.00	$522.50	Oct 30	$0.70	$1.00	$1.70	$520.80	$536.70
$532.50	$517.50	Oct 30	$1.28	$0.35	$1.63	$515.87	$534.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 362 found (best R:R 1.38, avg credit $1.34)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
425/428	622/625	Oct 30	$1.45	$1.05	93%	1.38	$426.05	$623.95
450/452	622/625	Oct 30	$1.11	$1.39	94%	0.80	$451.39	$623.61
455/460	615/620	Dec 11	$2.46	$2.54	70%	0.97	$457.54	$617.46
445/448	622/625	Oct 30	$1.08	$1.42	94%	0.76	$446.42	$623.58
425/428	618/620	Oct 30	$1.05	$1.45	93%	0.72	$426.45	$618.55
435/438	622/625	Oct 30	$1.03	$1.47	93%	0.70	$436.47	$623.53
425/428	582/585	Oct 30	$0.98	$1.52	94%	0.64	$426.52	$583.48
515/518	622/625	Oct 30	$1.07	$1.43	86%	0.75	$516.43	$623.57
518/520	622/625	Oct 30	$1.20	$1.30	81%	0.92	$518.80	$623.70
425/428	628/630	Oct 30	$0.78	$1.72	96%	0.45	$426.72	$628.28

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 330 found (best R:R 25.32, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$530.00	$532.50	$535.00	Nov 2	$0.10	$2.40	13%	24.00
$520.00	$522.50	$525.00	Oct 30	$0.18	$2.32	18%	12.89
$575.00	$580.00	$585.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$527.50	$530.00	$532.50	Oct 30	$0.33	$2.17	26%	6.58
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$490.00	$500.00	$510.00	Nov 9	$0.38	$9.62	14%	25.32
$525.00	$527.50	$530.00	Oct 30	$0.23	$2.27	26%	9.87
$565.00	$580.00	$595.00	Nov 11	$0.84	$14.16	12%	16.86
$530.00	$532.50	$535.00	Oct 30	$0.23	$2.27	23%	9.87
$527.50	$530.00	$532.50	Oct 30	$0.28	$2.22	26%	7.93

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 384 found (best net $-1.32, 357 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.32	$33.68
$500.00	$520.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.05	$19.95
$532.50	$550.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$1.80	$15.70
$580.00	$600.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$2.71	$17.29
$560.00	$580.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$4.70	$15.30

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$535.00	$500.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$3.18	$31.82
$575.00	$545.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$16.50	$13.50
$530.00	$515.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$4.07	$10.93
$555.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$8.73	$6.27
$480.00	$460.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.17	$19.83

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 221 found (best yield 4.95%, avg 1.31%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$535.00	Dec 11	$26.15	0.50	1.2%	4.95%	6.20%	1	--
$530.00	Dec 11	$28.50	0.52	0.3%	5.39%	5.70%	2	--
$550.00	Dec 11	$19.45	0.42	4.1%	3.68%	7.77%	19	1
$560.00	Dec 11	$15.85	0.36	6.0%	3.00%	8.98%	50	--
$535.00	Dec 4	$23.90	0.49	1.2%	4.52%	5.78%	4	4
$540.00	Dec 4	$21.60	0.46	2.2%	4.09%	6.29%	--	190
$530.00	Dec 4	$26.05	0.51	0.3%	4.93%	5.24%	2	6
$532.50	Dec 4	$24.70	0.50	0.8%	4.67%	5.45%	2	12
$537.50	Dec 4	$22.45	0.47	1.7%	4.25%	5.97%	4	2
$542.50	Dec 4	$20.15	0.44	2.7%	3.81%	6.49%	7	14

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

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 48,017

Total Puts 89,808

Put/Call Ratio 1.87

Net Difference -41,791

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 25,888

Total Puts 28,478

Put/Call Ratio 1.10

Net Difference -2,590

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 763,913

Total Puts 1,254,003

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.79

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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