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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$522.49 -6.98%

$523.00 (+0.10%)🌙

as of 10/30 04:00 PM

(10/30 15:20) ◀

Friday, October 30, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30 4:00pm) 672,229

Calls: 186,863 (28%)

Puts: 485,366 (72%)

Prior (10/29) 167,903

Calls: 64,036 (38%)

Puts: 103,867 (62%)

Current vs Prior +300.37%

Calls: +191.81% (Calls)

Puts: +367.30% (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 +133.19%

Calls: +71.23%

Puts: +170.94%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30 4:00pm) $533.52M

Calls: $147.04M (28%)

Puts: $386.47M (72%)

Prior (10/29) $150.69M

Calls: $43.88M (29%)

Puts: $106.81M (71%)

Current vs Prior +254.05%

Calls: +235.13%

Puts: +261.83%

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 +113.86%

Calls: +87.30%

Puts: +126.06%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/30 4:00pm) 2.60

Prior (10/29) 1.62

Current vs Prior +60.14%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.79

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +45.15%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/30 4:00pm) 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 0.72% | 2.93%0.72% | 5.61%9.21% | 12.51%

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

Current vs Prior +53.00% | +71.36%-62.20% | +16.14%+19.16% | +9.22%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +28.14% | +40.95%-72.84% | +3.52%+5.61% | +3.67%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +53.00% | +71.36%-76.91% | +6.45%+14.60% | +7.10%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.71% | 15.05%

Calls: 22.35% | 17.07%

Puts: 33.07% | 13.03%

Prior 74.85% | 41.06%

Calls: 70.91% | 36.48%

Puts: 78.79% | 45.65%

Current vs Prior -62.98% | -63.35%

Prior 7-Day Avg 31.72% | 25.14%

Calls: 31.63% | 21.12%

Puts: 31.82% | 29.17%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -12.65% | -40.14%

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Moderately bearish flow with 72% put dollar volume ($386.47M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 254% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (114% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 300% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 258 of results (avg 7.3%, best 2.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Nov 20	11.50	11.80	$11.65	2.6%	3.3K	0.34	1.3K
$425.00	Nov 20	98.35	103.00	$100.68	4.6%	--	0.94	33
$425.00	Dec 4	100.50	105.30	$102.90	4.7%	4	0.92	3
$420.00	Nov 20	103.00	107.95	$105.48	4.7%	9	0.95	12
$425.00	Nov 27	99.20	104.00	$101.60	4.7%	3	0.91	8

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 30	100.00	104.35	$102.18	4.3%	--	1.00	119
$625.00	Nov 20	100.20	104.65	$102.43	4.3%	8	0.93	192
$625.00	Nov 27	100.50	105.10	$102.80	4.5%	1	0.95	8
$625.00	Nov 13	100.00	104.70	$102.35	4.6%	--	1.00	17
$620.00	Oct 30	95.00	99.50	$97.25	4.6%	--	0.91	25

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. 386 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 30	70.70	75.00	$72.85	5.9%	20	1.00	32
$465.00	Oct 30	55.50	60.00	$57.75	7.8%	--	1.00	33
$512.50	Oct 30	8.10	12.50	$10.30	42.7%	92	0.99	28
$450.00	Nov 2	70.80	75.40	$73.10	6.3%	17	0.98	--
$515.00	Oct 30	5.75	9.20	$7.48	46.1%	1.2K	0.97	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$527.50	Oct 30	2.81	7.00	$4.91	85.3%	798	1.00	938
$530.00	Oct 30	5.00	9.25	$7.13	59.6%	4.0K	1.00	14.7K
$532.50	Oct 30	7.50	12.00	$9.75	46.2%	303	1.00	618
$535.00	Oct 30	10.00	14.45	$12.23	36.4%	793	1.00	788
$537.50	Oct 30	12.50	16.75	$14.63	29.0%	674	1.00	1.3K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 973 active (total vol 415.4K, top 30.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Oct 30	1.46	4.90	$3.18	108.2%	7.3K	0.94	108
$517.50	Oct 30	3.60	7.50	$5.55	70.3%	7.3K	0.93	7
$525.00	Oct 30	0.08	0.40	$0.24	133.3%	5.8K	0.19	1.3K
$522.50	Oct 30	0.10	1.92	$1.01	180.2%	4.8K	0.59	602
$540.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	4.2K	0.00	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.14	$0.07	200.0%	30.8K	0.02	33.8K
$500.00	Nov 6	5.45	6.40	$5.93	16.0%	15.2K	0.25	35.7K
$480.00	Nov 20	7.70	8.75	$8.23	12.8%	14.9K	0.22	14.3K
$525.00	Nov 20	21.65	24.60	$23.13	12.8%	14.0K	0.49	14.5K
$510.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.32	$0.16	200.0%	13.6K	0.05	4.1K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 5 strikes (avg 485.7%, max 1283.9%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$525.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	59.3%	40.0%	48.2%	5.9K	1.3K
$522.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	48.6%	45.0%	8.1%	4.9K	602

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$497.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	671.2%	48.5%	1283.9%	586	459
$502.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	563.4%	47.7%	1080.3%	2.3K	1.3K
$522.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	48.6%	45.0%	8.1%	1.4K	737

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 584 found (best R:R 5.25, avg 5.32)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$525.00	$530.00	Nov 27	$1.89	$3.11	$1.89	51%	1.65	$526.89
$540.00	$542.50	Dec 4	$0.55	$1.95	$0.55	43%	3.55	$540.55
$570.00	$582.50	Nov 11	$0.68	$11.82	$0.68	13%	17.38	$570.68
$537.50	$540.00	Nov 20	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	42%	2.85	$538.15
$550.00	$552.50	Nov 6	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	21%	15.67	$550.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$522.50	$520.00	Nov 2	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	48%	5.25	$522.10
$515.00	$512.50	Nov 4	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	38%	9.00	$514.75
$465.00	$460.00	Dec 4	$0.30	$4.70	$0.30	19%	15.67	$464.70
$550.00	$540.00	Nov 11	$6.47	$3.53	$6.47	73%	0.55	$543.53
$537.50	$535.00	Nov 4	$1.22	$1.28	$1.22	71%	1.05	$536.28

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 476 found (best R:R 9.87, avg 0.46)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$602.50	$605.00	Nov 2	$2.22	$2.22	$0.28	91%	7.93	$604.72
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 30	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	92%	5.94	$624.64
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 30	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	92%	5.94	$614.64
$542.50	$545.00	Oct 30	$1.16	$1.16	$1.34	87%	0.87	$543.66
$557.50	$560.00	Oct 30	$1.15	$1.15	$1.35	89%	0.85	$558.65

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$467.50	$465.00	Oct 30	$2.27	$2.27	$0.23	90%	9.87	$465.23
$432.50	$430.00	Oct 30	$2.05	$2.05	$0.45	94%	4.56	$430.45
$487.50	$485.00	Oct 30	$2.04	$2.04	$0.46	88%	4.43	$485.46
$422.50	$420.00	Oct 30	$1.80	$1.80	$0.70	94%	2.57	$420.70
$502.50	$500.00	Oct 30	$1.87	$1.87	$0.63	83%	2.97	$500.63

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $5.96, cheapest $5.75)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$522.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$6.17	48.6%	34.9%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$522.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$5.75	48.6%	34.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 261 found (cheapest 0.31% of stock, avg 7.55%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$522.50	Oct 30	$1.01	$0.60	$1.61	$520.89	$524.11	0.31%
$525.00	Oct 30	$0.24	$2.40	$2.64	$522.36	$527.64	0.51%
$520.00	Oct 30	$3.18	$0.05	$3.23	$516.77	$523.23	0.62%
$527.50	Oct 30	$0.14	$4.91	$5.05	$522.45	$532.55	0.97%
$517.50	Oct 30	$5.55	$0.13	$5.68	$511.82	$523.18	1.09%
$530.00	Oct 30	$0.03	$7.13	$7.16	$522.84	$537.16	1.37%
$515.00	Oct 30	$7.48	$0.04	$7.52	$507.48	$522.52	1.44%
$532.50	Oct 30	$0.03	$9.75	$9.78	$522.72	$542.28	1.87%
$512.50	Oct 30	$10.30	$0.03	$10.33	$502.17	$522.83	1.98%
$535.00	Oct 30	$0.01	$12.23	$12.24	$522.76	$547.24	2.34%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 5.24%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$525.00	$522.50	Oct 30	$0.24	$0.60	$0.84	$521.66	$525.84
$527.50	$522.50	Oct 30	$0.14	$0.60	$0.74	$521.76	$528.24
$527.50	$487.50	Oct 30	$0.14	$2.08	$2.22	$485.28	$529.72
$525.00	$502.50	Oct 30	$0.24	$2.13	$2.37	$500.13	$527.37
$527.50	$467.50	Oct 30	$0.14	$2.28	$2.42	$465.08	$529.92
$527.50	$502.50	Oct 30	$0.14	$2.13	$2.27	$500.23	$529.77
$525.00	$487.50	Oct 30	$0.24	$2.08	$2.32	$485.18	$527.32
$542.50	$522.50	Oct 30	$1.17	$0.60	$1.77	$520.73	$544.27
$527.50	$497.50	Oct 30	$0.14	$2.30	$2.44	$495.06	$529.94
$525.00	$497.50	Oct 30	$0.24	$2.30	$2.54	$494.96	$527.54

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 336 found (best R:R 14.62, avg credit $1.40)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
430/432	560/562	Oct 30	$2.34	$0.16	90%	14.62	$430.16	$562.34
430/432	575/578	Oct 30	$2.25	$0.25	91%	9.00	$430.25	$577.25
465/468	548/550	Oct 30	$2.40	$0.10	84%	24.00	$465.10	$549.90
465/468	528/530	Oct 30	$2.38	$0.12	81%	19.83	$465.12	$529.88
430/432	548/550	Oct 30	$2.18	$0.32	88%	6.81	$430.32	$549.68
420/422	560/562	Oct 30	$2.09	$0.41	90%	5.10	$420.41	$562.09
420/422	575/578	Oct 30	$2.00	$0.50	91%	4.00	$420.50	$577.00
430/432	528/530	Oct 30	$2.16	$0.34	85%	6.35	$430.34	$529.66
430/432	555/558	Oct 30	$2.18	$0.32	81%	6.81	$430.32	$557.18
465/468	550/552	Nov 4	$2.21	$0.29	77%	7.62	$465.29	$552.21

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 419 found (best R:R 1.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$517.50	$520.00	$522.50	Oct 30	$0.20	$2.30	34%	11.50
$522.50	$525.00	$527.50	Oct 30	$0.67	$1.83	50%	2.73
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Dec 11	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$520.00	$522.50	$525.00	Oct 30	$1.40	$1.10	75%	0.79

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$520.00	$522.50	$525.00	Oct 30	$1.25	$1.25	86%	1.00
$522.50	$525.00	$527.50	Oct 30	$0.71	$1.79	56%	2.52
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Oct 30	$0.09	$4.91	9%	54.56
$605.00	$610.00	$615.00	Nov 13	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Dec 11	$0.06	$4.94	4%	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. 349 found (best net $-19.37, 295 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$500.00	$510.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$2.87	$7.13
$445.00	$480.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$24.57	$10.43
$517.50	$520.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.81	$1.69
$535.00	$537.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.01	$2.49
$525.00	$527.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.04	$2.46

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$600.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$19.37	$10.63
$460.00	$455.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.07	$4.93
$480.00	$477.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.04	$2.46
$482.50	$480.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.10	$2.40
$515.00	$512.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.02	$2.48

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 236 found (best yield 4.78%, avg 1.39%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$530.00	Dec 11	$25.00	0.49	1.4%	4.78%	6.22%	2	--
$535.00	Dec 11	$22.50	0.46	2.4%	4.31%	6.70%	1	--
$530.00	Dec 4	$23.50	0.49	1.4%	4.50%	5.94%	83	6
$525.00	Dec 4	$25.65	0.51	0.5%	4.91%	5.39%	29	13
$532.50	Dec 4	$22.15	0.47	1.9%	4.24%	6.16%	13	12
$535.00	Dec 4	$21.10	0.46	2.4%	4.04%	6.43%	66	4
$537.50	Dec 4	$20.00	0.44	2.9%	3.83%	6.70%	11	2
$550.00	Dec 11	$16.10	0.38	5.3%	3.08%	8.35%	29	1
$542.50	Dec 4	$17.85	0.41	3.8%	3.42%	7.25%	7	14
$545.00	Dec 4	$16.70	0.40	4.3%	3.20%	7.50%	174	24

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 186,863

Total Puts 485,366

Put/Call Ratio 2.60

Net Difference -298,503

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 64,036

Total Puts 103,867

Put/Call Ratio 1.62

Net Difference -39,831

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 763,913

Total Puts 1,254,003

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.79

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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