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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$524.16 +0.32%

(11/2 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/02 12:00pm) 141,018

Calls: 38,436 (27%)

Puts: 102,582 (73%)

Prior (10/30) 209,466

Calls: 73,153 (35%)

Puts: 136,313 (65%)

Current vs Prior -32.68%

Calls: -47.46% (Calls)

Puts: -24.75% (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 -59.25%

Calls: -64.57%

Puts: -56.82%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/02 12:00pm) $140.01M

Calls: $36.04M (26%)

Puts: $103.97M (74%)

Prior (10/30) $165.26M

Calls: $46.81M (28%)

Puts: $118.45M (72%)

Current vs Prior -15.28%

Calls: -23.00%

Puts: -12.23%

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 -53.77%

Calls: -58.90%

Puts: -51.68%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/02 12:00pm) 2.67

Prior (10/30) 1.86

Current vs Prior +43.23%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.10

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +26.88%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/02 12:00pm) 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

ℹ

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

Current 1.16% | 3.59%4.79% | 6.77%7.34% | 12.06%

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

Current vs Prior -60.45% | -22.91%+561.87% | +20.63%-20.29% | -3.60%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -49.81% | +2.72%+101.98% | +23.63%-16.32% | -0.78%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -60.45% | -22.91%+553.29% | +22.22%-20.49% | -4.36%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 10.70% | 10.11%

Calls: 10.87% | 7.45%

Puts: 10.53% | 12.77%

Prior 27.71% | 15.05%

Calls: 22.35% | 17.07%

Puts: 33.07% | 13.03%

Current vs Prior -61.39% | -32.82%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.51% | 22.47%

Calls: 31.44% | 20.36%

Puts: 35.59% | 24.57%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -68.07% | -55.00%

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Moderately bearish flow with 74% put dollar volume ($103.97M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.67 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 43% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 491 of results (avg 6.1%, best 2.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Nov 20	12.40	12.70	$12.55	2.4%	55	0.37	840
$537.50	Nov 20	15.25	15.65	$15.45	2.6%	55	0.42	198
$527.50	Nov 13	15.20	15.60	$15.40	2.6%	12	0.48	41
$532.50	Dec 4	22.40	23.00	$22.70	2.6%	2	0.47	20
$530.00	Nov 20	18.65	19.15	$18.90	2.6%	368	0.48	819

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$515.00	Dec 4	21.00	21.45	$21.23	2.1%	57	0.42	38
$525.00	Nov 27	23.00	23.55	$23.28	2.4%	33	0.49	287
$525.00	Dec 11	27.60	28.35	$27.98	2.7%	327	0.48	4
$510.00	Dec 4	19.00	19.60	$19.30	3.1%	34	0.39	62
$625.00	Nov 13	99.90	103.10	$101.50	3.2%	--	0.97	14

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 30 found (avg $0.74, cheapest $0.44)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Nov 2	0.40	0.48	$0.44	18.2%	1.8K	0.15	1.0K
$527.50	Nov 2	0.91	1.00	$0.96	9.4%	292	0.27	133
$555.00	Nov 4	0.54	0.65	$0.60	18.3%	45	0.07	52
$552.50	Nov 4	0.73	0.86	$0.80	16.2%	61	0.09	277
$570.00	Nov 6	0.61	0.74	$0.68	19.1%	528	0.06	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$517.50	Nov 2	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	958	0.16	1.8K
$520.00	Nov 2	0.91	1.05	$0.98	14.3%	4.8K	0.26	987
$480.00	Nov 4	0.51	0.61	$0.56	17.9%	15	0.05	242
$482.50	Nov 4	0.59	0.70	$0.65	16.9%	340	0.06	48
$485.00	Nov 4	0.69	0.81	$0.75	16.0%	2	0.06	97

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 297 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 2	71.80	75.40	$73.60	4.9%	11	1.00	17
$460.00	Nov 2	61.80	65.40	$63.60	5.7%	2	1.00	--
$462.50	Nov 2	59.30	62.90	$61.10	5.9%	2	1.00	--
$475.00	Nov 2	46.80	50.40	$48.60	7.4%	--	1.00	10
$480.00	Nov 2	41.80	45.40	$43.60	8.3%	9	1.00	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$605.00	Nov 2	79.95	83.20	$81.58	4.0%	4	1.00	--
$550.00	Nov 2	24.95	28.35	$26.65	12.8%	18	1.00	91
$557.50	Nov 2	32.20	35.60	$33.90	10.0%	--	1.00	13
$555.00	Nov 2	29.65	33.35	$31.50	11.7%	3	1.00	86
$610.00	Nov 6	84.65	88.20	$86.43	4.1%	--	1.00	14

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 704 active (total vol 112.1K, top 10.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Nov 2	0.40	0.48	$0.44	18.2%	1.8K	0.15	1.0K
$540.00	Nov 2	0.02	0.05	$0.04	75.0%	1.5K	0.01	1.9K
$590.00	Nov 20	2.72	2.93	$2.83	7.4%	1.1K	0.12	1.7K
$535.00	Nov 2	0.05	0.09	$0.07	57.1%	1.0K	0.03	2.0K
$550.00	Nov 6	2.82	3.00	$2.91	6.2%	1.0K	0.19	3.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Nov 20	23.35	25.00	$24.18	6.8%	10.7K	0.52	10.1K
$480.00	Nov 13	4.05	4.30	$4.18	6.0%	8.9K	0.16	236
$500.00	Nov 13	7.75	8.15	$7.95	5.0%	7.2K	0.28	1.7K
$500.00	Nov 6	4.05	4.20	$4.13	3.6%	6.6K	0.22	41.5K
$480.00	Nov 6	1.56	1.69	$1.63	8.0%	5.5K	0.10	6.7K

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 21.7%, max 37.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$505.00	Nov 4	Dec 4	58.4%	42.5%	37.2%	1	31
$520.00	Nov 2	Dec 4	54.1%	40.9%	32.5%	45	475
$517.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	56.9%	45.4%	25.3%	7	407
$507.50	Nov 4	Nov 13	57.6%	47.0%	22.6%	--	32
$525.00	Nov 2	Dec 4	51.2%	43.3%	18.1%	732	314

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$520.00	Nov 2	Dec 11	54.1%	40.3%	34.4%	4.8K	991
$525.00	Nov 2	Dec 11	51.2%	39.7%	29.0%	1.2K	250
$517.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	56.9%	45.4%	25.3%	976	2.0K
$522.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	52.4%	45.2%	16.0%	806	323
$527.50	Nov 2	Nov 20	49.8%	46.9%	6.0%	653	345

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 510 found (best R:R 7.20, avg 5.51)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$570.00	$575.00	Dec 11	$0.61	$4.39	$0.61	28%	7.20	$570.61
$525.00	$530.00	Dec 4	$1.92	$3.08	$1.92	51%	1.60	$526.92
$515.00	$530.00	Dec 11	$7.52	$7.48	$7.52	58%	0.99	$522.52
$502.50	$505.00	Nov 4	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	82%	0.56	$504.10
$560.00	$565.00	Nov 9	$0.24	$4.76	$0.24	14%	19.83	$560.24

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$545.00	$525.00	Nov 16	$11.25	$8.75	$11.25	67%	0.78	$533.75
$520.00	$515.00	Nov 20	$1.55	$3.45	$1.55	45%	2.23	$518.45
$547.50	$545.00	Nov 13	$1.18	$1.32	$1.18	70%	1.12	$546.32
$560.00	$557.50	Nov 13	$1.47	$1.03	$1.47	79%	0.70	$558.53
$537.50	$535.00	Nov 4	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	74%	0.89	$536.18

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 411 found (best R:R 1.23, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$612.50	$615.00	Nov 4	$1.38	$1.38	$1.12	92%	1.23	$613.88
$585.00	$587.50	Nov 2	$0.94	$0.94	$1.56	93%	0.60	$585.94
$567.50	$570.00	Nov 2	$0.81	$0.81	$1.69	93%	0.48	$568.31
$595.00	$597.50	Nov 2	$0.71	$0.71	$1.79	95%	0.40	$595.71
$562.50	$565.00	Dec 11	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	68%	1.17	$563.85

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$500.00	$470.00	Nov 16	$5.54	$5.54	$24.46	71%	0.23	$494.46
$515.00	$492.50	Nov 11	$6.65	$6.65	$15.85	60%	0.42	$508.35
$520.00	$515.00	Dec 11	$2.67	$2.67	$2.33	55%	1.15	$517.33
$482.50	$480.00	Nov 9	$0.62	$0.62	$1.88	87%	0.33	$481.88
$515.00	$512.50	Nov 13	$1.28	$1.28	$1.22	59%	1.05	$513.72

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $6.31, cheapest $6.18)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$522.50	Nov 2	Nov 4	$6.18	52.4%	53.1%
$525.00	Nov 2	Nov 4	$6.26	51.2%	54.6%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$522.50	Nov 2	Nov 4	$6.25	52.4%	53.1%
$525.00	Nov 2	Nov 4	$6.55	51.2%	54.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 211 found (cheapest 0.90% of stock, avg 7.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$525.00	Nov 2	$1.89	$2.85	$4.74	$520.26	$529.74	0.90%
$522.50	Nov 2	$3.22	$1.73	$4.95	$517.55	$527.45	0.94%
$520.00	Nov 2	$4.93	$0.98	$5.91	$514.09	$525.91	1.13%
$527.50	Nov 2	$0.96	$5.18	$6.14	$521.36	$533.64	1.17%
$517.50	Nov 2	$6.78	$0.55	$7.33	$510.17	$524.83	1.40%
$530.00	Nov 2	$0.44	$7.08	$7.52	$522.48	$537.52	1.43%
$515.00	Nov 2	$9.05	$0.32	$9.37	$505.63	$524.37	1.79%
$532.50	Nov 2	$0.18	$9.35	$9.53	$522.97	$542.03	1.82%
$535.00	Nov 2	$0.07	$11.43	$11.50	$523.50	$546.50	2.19%
$510.00	Nov 2	$13.73	$0.11	$13.84	$496.16	$523.84	2.64%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 4.99%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$530.00	$512.50	Nov 2	$0.44	$0.20	$0.64	$511.86	$530.64
$530.00	$515.00	Nov 2	$0.44	$0.32	$0.76	$514.24	$530.76
$530.00	$517.50	Nov 2	$0.44	$0.55	$0.99	$516.51	$530.99
$585.00	$512.50	Nov 2	$1.24	$0.20	$1.44	$511.06	$586.44
$527.50	$512.50	Nov 2	$0.96	$0.20	$1.16	$511.34	$528.66
$527.50	$515.00	Nov 2	$0.96	$0.32	$1.28	$513.72	$528.78
$530.00	$520.00	Nov 2	$0.44	$0.98	$1.42	$518.58	$531.42
$582.50	$512.50	Nov 2	$1.37	$0.20	$1.57	$510.93	$584.07
$585.00	$515.00	Nov 2	$1.24	$0.32	$1.56	$513.44	$586.56
$582.50	$515.00	Nov 2	$1.37	$0.32	$1.69	$513.31	$584.19

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 287 found (best R:R 0.31, avg credit $1.20)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
420/425	585/588	Nov 2	$1.19	$3.81	91%	0.31	$423.81	$586.19
430/435	585/588	Nov 2	$1.18	$3.82	91%	0.31	$433.82	$586.18
420/425	595/598	Nov 2	$0.96	$4.04	94%	0.24	$424.04	$595.96
512/515	585/588	Nov 2	$1.06	$1.44	83%	0.74	$513.94	$586.06
420/425	568/570	Nov 2	$1.06	$3.94	92%	0.27	$423.94	$568.56
430/435	595/598	Nov 2	$0.95	$4.05	94%	0.23	$434.05	$595.95
430/435	568/570	Nov 2	$1.05	$3.95	91%	0.27	$433.95	$568.55
515/518	585/588	Nov 2	$1.17	$1.33	77%	0.88	$516.33	$586.17
480/482	558/560	Nov 9	$1.33	$1.17	70%	1.14	$481.17	$558.83
518/520	585/588	Nov 2	$1.37	$1.13	67%	1.21	$518.63	$586.37

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 315 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$517.50	$520.00	$522.50	Nov 2	$0.14	$2.36	24%	16.86
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Nov 6	$0.11	$4.89	10%	44.45
$480.00	$490.00	$500.00	Nov 4	$0.38	$9.62	10%	25.32
$522.50	$525.00	$527.50	Nov 2	$0.40	$2.10	33%	5.25
$522.50	$525.00	$527.50	Nov 4	$0.05	$2.45	9%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Nov 11	$0.12	$9.88	16%	82.33
$520.00	$522.50	$525.00	Nov 2	$0.37	$2.13	31%	5.76
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Nov 27	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 27	$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. 341 found (best net $-3.07, 312 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$500.00	$510.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$3.81	$6.19
$530.00	$545.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$3.83	$11.17
$525.00	$527.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.03	$2.47
$522.50	$525.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.56	$1.94
$575.00	$585.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$0.35	$9.65

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$580.00	$535.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$3.07	$41.93
$545.00	$525.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$7.20	$12.80
$527.50	$525.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.52	$1.98
$525.00	$522.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.61	$1.89
$522.50	$520.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.23	$2.27

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 240 found (best yield 4.78%, avg 1.39%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$532.50	Dec 11	$25.05	0.48	1.6%	4.78%	6.37%	1	--
$535.00	Dec 11	$23.85	0.47	2.1%	4.55%	6.62%	9	1
$537.50	Dec 11	$22.75	0.45	2.5%	4.34%	6.89%	6	--
$540.00	Dec 11	$21.65	0.44	3.0%	4.13%	7.15%	47	--
$530.00	Dec 11	$25.45	0.49	1.1%	4.86%	5.97%	1	1
$542.50	Dec 11	$20.55	0.42	3.5%	3.92%	7.42%	27	--
$545.00	Dec 11	$19.55	0.41	4.0%	3.73%	7.71%	4	--
$550.00	Dec 11	$17.60	0.38	4.9%	3.36%	8.29%	16	21
$555.00	Dec 11	$15.80	0.36	5.9%	3.01%	8.90%	1	1
$530.00	Dec 4	$23.55	0.49	1.1%	4.49%	5.61%	8	41

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 38,436

Total Puts 102,582

Put/Call Ratio 2.67

Net Difference -64,146

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 73,153

Total Puts 136,313

Put/Call Ratio 1.86

Net Difference -63,160

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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