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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$526.29 +0.73%

(11/2 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/02 11:00am) 91,880

Calls: 30,152 (33%)

Puts: 61,728 (67%)

Prior (10/30) 137,825

Calls: 48,017 (35%)

Puts: 89,808 (65%)

Current vs Prior -33.34%

Calls: -37.21% (Calls)

Puts: -31.27% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,422,484

Calls: 759,403 (31%)

Puts: 1,663,081 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 346,069

Calls: 108,486 (31%)

Puts: 237,583 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -73.45%

Calls: -72.21%

Puts: -74.02%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/02 11:00am) $106.45M

Calls: $29.26M (27%)

Puts: $77.19M (73%)

Prior (10/30) $116.72M

Calls: $31.62M (27%)

Puts: $85.10M (73%)

Current vs Prior -8.80%

Calls: -7.45%

Puts: -9.30%

Prior 7-Day Total $2.12B

Calls: $613.81M (29%)

Puts: $1.51B (71%)

Prior 7-Day Average $302.84M

Calls: $87.69M (29%)

Puts: $215.16M (71%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -64.85%

Calls: -66.63%

Puts: -64.12%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/02 11:00am) 2.05

Prior (10/30) 1.87

Current vs Prior +9.46%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.10

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.68%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/02 11:00am) 1,934,242

Calls: 798,850 (41%)

Puts: 1,135,392 (59%)

Prior (10/30) 2,141,372

Calls: 856,476 (40%)

Puts: 1,284,896 (60%)

Current vs Prior -9.67%

Prior 7-Day Total 14,181,979

Calls: 5,642,202 (40%)

Puts: 8,539,777 (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,025,997

Calls: 806,028 (40%)

Puts: 1,219,968 (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (11/02) | Next (11/04)Expiry (11/06) | Next (11/13)Expiry (11/16) | Next (12/18)

Current 1.33% | 3.55%4.74% | 6.63%7.26% | 12.02%

Prior 2.93% | 4.65%0.72% | 5.61%9.21% | 12.51%

Current vs Prior -54.70% | -23.71%+555.58% | +18.26%-21.21% | -3.87%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.31% | 3.49%2.37% | 5.47%8.77% | 12.15%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -42.51% | +1.66%+100.06% | +21.20%-17.28% | -1.06%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.93% | 4.65%0.73% | 5.54%9.23% | 12.61%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -54.70% | -23.71%+547.08% | +19.81%-21.40% | -4.63%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 10.73% | 13.67%

Calls: 11.27% | 12.20%

Puts: 10.20% | 15.14%

Prior 27.71% | 15.05%

Calls: 22.35% | 17.07%

Puts: 33.07% | 13.03%

Current vs Prior -61.28% | -9.17%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.51% | 22.47%

Calls: 31.44% | 20.36%

Puts: 35.59% | 24.57%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -67.98% | -39.15%

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Moderately bearish flow with 73% put dollar volume ($77.19M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.05 - heavy put buying.

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Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	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 469 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$535.00	Nov 27	19.00	19.45	$19.23	2.3%	3	0.46	60
$532.50	Nov 27	20.15	20.65	$20.40	2.5%	175	0.48	44
$532.50	Dec 4	23.00	23.60	$23.30	2.6%	--	0.49	20
$537.50	Dec 4	20.65	21.20	$20.92	2.6%	--	0.46	13
$537.50	Nov 27	17.85	18.35	$18.10	2.8%	7	0.45	36

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Nov 27	23.70	24.25	$23.98	2.3%	8	0.50	458
$525.00	Nov 13	15.55	15.95	$15.75	2.5%	112	0.47	339
$515.00	Dec 4	19.40	19.90	$19.65	2.5%	53	0.41	38
$520.00	Nov 20	17.35	17.80	$17.58	2.6%	509	0.43	8.8K
$530.00	Dec 4	26.00	26.70	$26.35	2.7%	4	0.50	46

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 25 found (avg $0.70, cheapest $0.72)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$532.50	Nov 2	0.65	0.78	$0.72	18.1%	890	0.19	480
$572.50	Nov 4	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	65	0.02	265
$557.50	Nov 4	0.58	0.69	$0.64	17.2%	2	0.07	365
$555.00	Nov 4	0.76	0.89	$0.83	15.7%	30	0.09	52
$575.00	Nov 6	0.49	0.59	$0.54	18.5%	49	0.05	2.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Nov 4	0.31	0.37	$0.34	17.6%	24	0.03	147
$485.00	Nov 4	0.56	0.66	$0.61	16.4%	--	0.05	97
$487.50	Nov 4	0.68	0.80	$0.74	16.2%	1	0.06	40
$490.00	Nov 4	0.81	0.91	$0.86	11.6%	164	0.07	286
$460.00	Nov 6	0.46	0.56	$0.51	19.6%	10	0.03	1.7K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 291 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	75.30	78.85	$77.07	4.6%	--	1.00	39
$450.00	Nov 2	75.30	78.30	$76.80	3.9%	--	1.00	17
$460.00	Nov 2	64.35	68.05	$66.20	5.6%	2	1.00	--
$462.50	Nov 2	62.25	65.55	$63.90	5.2%	2	1.00	--
$475.00	Nov 2	49.40	53.05	$51.22	7.1%	--	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Nov 2	12.05	15.90	$13.98	27.5%	11	1.00	37
$542.50	Nov 2	14.50	18.30	$16.40	23.2%	--	1.00	171
$545.00	Nov 2	17.10	20.80	$18.95	19.5%	--	1.00	55
$547.50	Nov 2	19.60	23.30	$21.45	17.2%	--	1.00	35
$550.00	Nov 2	22.00	25.00	$23.50	12.8%	5	1.00	91

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 669 active (total vol 66.3K, top 10.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Nov 2	0.05	0.10	$0.08	62.5%	1.4K	0.03	1.9K
$530.00	Nov 2	1.22	1.44	$1.33	16.5%	1.2K	0.30	1.0K
$590.00	Nov 20	2.74	3.00	$2.87	9.1%	1.1K	0.12	1.7K
$535.00	Nov 2	0.33	0.41	$0.37	21.6%	978	0.11	2.0K
$532.50	Nov 2	0.65	0.78	$0.72	18.1%	890	0.19	480

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Nov 20	21.80	22.80	$22.30	4.5%	10.6K	0.51	10.1K
$520.00	Nov 2	0.77	0.96	$0.87	21.8%	3.4K	0.20	987
$510.00	Nov 20	13.60	14.00	$13.80	2.9%	2.7K	0.36	4.2K
$470.00	Nov 20	4.65	4.90	$4.78	5.2%	2.6K	0.15	1.8K
$515.00	Nov 2	0.26	0.36	$0.31	32.3%	1.5K	0.08	497

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 32.0%, max 50.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$520.00	Nov 2	Dec 4	59.9%	40.0%	50.0%	32	475
$525.00	Nov 2	Dec 4	56.7%	39.5%	43.5%	482	314
$505.00	Nov 4	Dec 4	58.1%	41.9%	38.5%	1	31
$522.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	57.7%	44.2%	30.5%	11	238
$527.50	Nov 2	Nov 20	55.5%	43.4%	27.9%	977	230

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$520.00	Nov 2	Dec 11	59.9%	40.2%	48.9%	3.5K	991
$525.00	Nov 2	Dec 11	56.7%	40.0%	41.8%	1.0K	250
$522.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	57.7%	44.2%	30.5%	479	323
$527.50	Nov 2	Nov 20	55.5%	43.4%	27.9%	577	345
$532.50	Nov 2	Dec 11	53.4%	42.1%	26.7%	3	102

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 503 found (best R:R 3.20, avg 5.69)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$530.00	$532.50	Nov 9	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	47%	2.68	$530.68
$520.00	$522.50	Nov 6	$1.00	$1.50	$1.00	60%	1.50	$521.00
$557.50	$560.00	Nov 11	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	21%	19.83	$557.62
$515.00	$530.00	Dec 11	$7.87	$7.13	$7.87	59%	0.91	$522.87
$530.00	$532.50	Dec 4	$0.87	$1.63	$0.87	50%	1.87	$530.87

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$530.00	$525.00	Dec 11	$1.19	$3.81	$1.19	49%	3.20	$528.81
$480.00	$475.00	Dec 11	$0.50	$4.50	$0.50	23%	9.00	$479.50
$520.00	$517.50	Nov 9	$0.38	$2.12	$0.38	40%	5.58	$519.62
$580.00	$535.00	Dec 11	$29.95	$15.05	$29.95	76%	0.50	$550.05
$530.00	$525.00	Nov 11	$1.93	$3.07	$1.93	52%	1.59	$528.07

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 410 found (best R:R 0.57, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$595.00	$597.50	Nov 2	$0.91	$0.91	$1.59	94%	0.57	$595.91
$555.00	$575.00	Nov 16	$4.21	$4.21	$15.79	72%	0.27	$559.21
$567.50	$570.00	Nov 2	$0.80	$0.80	$1.70	93%	0.47	$568.30
$585.00	$587.50	Nov 2	$0.69	$0.69	$1.81	92%	0.38	$585.69
$587.50	$590.00	Nov 2	$0.57	$0.57	$1.93	96%	0.30	$588.07

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$500.00	$470.00	Nov 16	$4.58	$4.58	$25.42	74%	0.18	$495.42
$525.00	$520.00	Nov 16	$2.77	$2.77	$2.23	53%	1.24	$522.23
$522.50	$520.00	Nov 9	$1.52	$1.52	$0.98	56%	1.55	$520.98
$520.00	$515.00	Dec 11	$2.58	$2.58	$2.42	56%	1.07	$517.42
$525.00	$522.50	Nov 11	$1.55	$1.55	$0.95	53%	1.63	$523.45

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $5.64, cheapest $5.71)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$525.00	Nov 2	Nov 4	$5.88	56.7%	52.5%
$527.50	Nov 2	Nov 4	$5.77	55.5%	53.3%
$530.00	Nov 2	Nov 4	$5.60	53.7%	52.8%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$525.00	Nov 2	Nov 4	$5.71	56.7%	52.5%
$527.50	Nov 2	Nov 4	$5.82	55.5%	53.3%
$530.00	Nov 2	Nov 4	$5.07	53.7%	52.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 208 found (cheapest 1.09% of stock, avg 7.28%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$527.50	Nov 2	$2.33	$3.43	$5.76	$521.74	$533.26	1.09%
$525.00	Nov 2	$3.55	$2.27	$5.82	$519.18	$530.82	1.11%
$522.50	Nov 2	$5.20	$1.41	$6.61	$515.89	$529.11	1.26%
$530.00	Nov 2	$1.33	$5.28	$6.61	$523.39	$536.61	1.26%
$532.50	Nov 2	$0.72	$7.05	$7.77	$524.73	$540.27	1.48%
$520.00	Nov 2	$6.95	$0.87	$7.82	$512.18	$527.82	1.49%
$535.00	Nov 2	$0.37	$9.05	$9.42	$525.58	$544.42	1.79%
$517.50	Nov 2	$9.30	$0.51	$9.81	$507.69	$527.31	1.86%
$537.50	Nov 2	$0.18	$11.55	$11.73	$525.77	$549.23	2.23%
$515.00	Nov 2	$11.75	$0.31	$12.06	$502.94	$527.06	2.29%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 4.85%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$535.00	$515.00	Nov 2	$0.37	$0.31	$0.68	$514.32	$535.68
$535.00	$517.50	Nov 2	$0.37	$0.51	$0.88	$516.62	$535.88
$532.50	$515.00	Nov 2	$0.72	$0.31	$1.03	$513.97	$533.53
$532.50	$517.50	Nov 2	$0.72	$0.51	$1.23	$516.27	$533.73
$535.00	$520.00	Nov 2	$0.37	$0.87	$1.24	$518.76	$536.24
$532.50	$520.00	Nov 2	$0.72	$0.87	$1.59	$518.41	$534.09
$582.50	$515.00	Nov 2	$1.60	$0.31	$1.91	$513.09	$584.41
$530.00	$515.00	Nov 2	$1.33	$0.31	$1.64	$513.36	$531.64
$582.50	$517.50	Nov 2	$1.60	$0.51	$2.11	$515.39	$584.61
$535.00	$522.50	Nov 2	$0.37	$1.41	$1.78	$520.72	$536.78

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 287 found (best R:R 0.30, avg credit $1.21)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
430/435	595/598	Nov 2	$1.15	$3.85	93%	0.30	$433.85	$596.15
450/455	595/598	Nov 2	$1.16	$3.84	92%	0.30	$453.84	$596.16
512/515	595/598	Nov 2	$1.02	$1.48	86%	0.69	$513.98	$596.02
515/518	595/598	Nov 2	$1.11	$1.39	82%	0.80	$516.39	$596.11
518/520	595/598	Nov 2	$1.27	$1.23	74%	1.03	$518.73	$596.27
430/435	568/570	Nov 2	$1.04	$3.96	91%	0.26	$433.96	$568.54
450/455	568/570	Nov 2	$1.05	$3.95	91%	0.27	$453.95	$568.55
520/522	595/598	Nov 2	$1.45	$1.05	65%	1.38	$521.05	$596.45
512/515	568/570	Nov 2	$0.91	$1.59	84%	0.57	$514.09	$568.41
430/435	588/590	Nov 2	$0.81	$4.19	94%	0.19	$434.19	$588.31

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 322 found (best R:R 13.71, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$520.00	$522.50	$525.00	Nov 2	$0.10	$2.40	22%	24.00
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Nov 11	$0.07	$4.93	10%	70.43
$525.00	$527.50	$530.00	Nov 2	$0.22	$2.28	28%	10.36
$560.00	$565.00	$570.00	Nov 9	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$515.00	$517.50	$520.00	Nov 2	$0.10	$2.40	12%	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Nov 11	$0.68	$9.32	20%	13.71
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Nov 16	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 16	$0.12	$4.88	9%	40.67
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Dec 4	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Nov 27	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 339 found (best net $-0.90, 314 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$500.00	$510.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$6.41	$3.59
$530.00	$545.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$4.13	$10.87
$575.00	$585.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$0.48	$9.52
$527.50	$530.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.33	$2.17
$530.00	$532.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.11	$2.39

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$535.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$0.90	$44.10
$557.50	$542.50	1:2	Nov 9	-$9.95	$5.05
$510.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$1.69	$8.31
$490.00	$480.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.54	$9.46
$472.50	$460.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.40	$12.10

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 235 found (best yield 4.66%, avg 1.32%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$535.00	Dec 11	$24.50	0.48	1.6%	4.66%	6.31%	5	1
$537.50	Dec 11	$23.35	0.46	2.1%	4.44%	6.57%	2	--
$530.00	Dec 11	$26.60	0.51	0.7%	5.05%	5.76%	1	1
$540.00	Dec 11	$22.20	0.45	2.6%	4.22%	6.82%	38	--
$550.00	Dec 11	$18.00	0.40	4.5%	3.42%	7.93%	16	21
$532.50	Dec 4	$23.00	0.49	1.2%	4.37%	5.55%	--	20
$557.50	Dec 11	$15.00	0.35	5.9%	2.85%	8.78%	6	--
$537.50	Dec 4	$20.65	0.46	2.1%	3.92%	6.05%	--	13
$555.00	Dec 11	$15.45	0.36	5.5%	2.94%	8.39%	1	1
$560.00	Dec 11	$14.15	0.34	6.4%	2.69%	9.09%	19	107

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 30,152

Total Puts 61,728

Put/Call Ratio 2.05

Net Difference -31,576

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 48,017

Total Puts 89,808

Put/Call Ratio 1.87

Net Difference -41,791

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 759,403

Total Puts 1,663,081

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.10

Ratio Trend Rising

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

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