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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$512.35 -1.94%

(11/2 14:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/02 3:00pm) 267,038

Calls: 72,650 (27%)

Puts: 194,388 (73%)

Prior (10/30) 541,328

Calls: 144,872 (27%)

Puts: 396,456 (73%)

Current vs Prior -50.67%

Calls: -49.85% (Calls)

Puts: -50.97% (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 -22.84%

Calls: -33.03%

Puts: -18.18%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/02 3:00pm) $268.38M

Calls: $58.67M (22%)

Puts: $209.71M (78%)

Prior (10/30) $455.41M

Calls: $95.37M (21%)

Puts: $360.04M (79%)

Current vs Prior -41.07%

Calls: -38.48%

Puts: -41.75%

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 -11.38%

Calls: -33.09%

Puts: -2.53%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/02 3:00pm) 2.68

Prior (10/30) 2.74

Current vs Prior -2.23%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.10

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +27.20%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/02 3:00pm) 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

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

Current 1.09% | 4.05%5.32% | 7.43%8.14% | 12.86%

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

Current vs Prior -62.81% | -13.04%+635.12% | +32.49%-11.65% | +2.84%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -52.79% | +15.88%+124.34% | +35.79%-7.24% | +5.84%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -62.81% | -13.04%+625.59% | +34.23%-11.87% | +2.03%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.69% | 10.59%

Calls: 39.04% | 15.03%

Puts: 16.34% | 6.15%

Prior 27.71% | 15.05%

Calls: 22.35% | 17.07%

Puts: 33.07% | 13.03%

Current vs Prior -0.07% | -29.63%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.51% | 22.47%

Calls: 31.44% | 20.36%

Puts: 35.59% | 24.57%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -17.37% | -52.86%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 78% of dollar volume in puts ($209.71M) vs calls ($58.67M). Below-average activity with volume down 51% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.68 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
15:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
14:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 499 of results (avg 5.8%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Nov 27	21.15	21.50	$21.33	1.6%	476	0.47	8
$520.00	Nov 20	18.85	19.20	$19.02	1.8%	177	0.47	475
$505.00	Nov 13	22.75	23.20	$22.98	2.0%	--	0.58	321
$542.50	Nov 20	9.80	10.00	$9.90	2.0%	63	0.31	324
$525.00	Nov 20	16.50	16.85	$16.68	2.1%	190	0.43	261

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 20	16.60	17.00	$16.80	2.4%	3.2K	0.39	12.1K
$510.00	Nov 20	20.60	21.20	$20.90	2.9%	4.5K	0.46	4.2K
$515.00	Dec 4	26.95	27.75	$27.35	2.9%	58	0.49	38
$610.00	Nov 20	96.85	99.85	$98.35	3.1%	340	0.96	1.3K
$505.00	Nov 20	18.35	18.95	$18.65	3.2%	421	0.43	2.0K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 13 found (avg $0.74, cheapest $0.26)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$542.50	Nov 4	0.76	0.86	$0.81	12.3%	80	0.09	217
$555.00	Nov 6	0.79	0.95	$0.87	18.4%	186	0.07	586
$610.00	Nov 20	0.73	0.89	$0.81	19.8%	194	0.04	5.9K
$605.00	Nov 20	0.88	1.06	$0.97	18.6%	94	0.05	6.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Nov 2	0.24	0.28	$0.26	15.4%	493	0.10	125
$460.00	Nov 4	0.52	0.62	$0.57	17.5%	154	0.04	82
$467.50	Nov 4	0.75	0.87	$0.81	14.8%	10	0.06	8
$462.50	Nov 4	0.59	0.69	$0.64	15.6%	1	0.05	62
$465.00	Nov 4	0.68	0.77	$0.73	12.3%	33	0.05	44

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 328 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 2	60.60	64.35	$62.47	6.0%	17	1.00	17
$460.00	Nov 2	50.75	53.60	$52.18	5.5%	2	1.00	--
$462.50	Nov 2	48.30	50.85	$49.58	5.1%	2	1.00	--
$475.00	Nov 2	35.75	38.25	$37.00	6.8%	--	1.00	10
$480.00	Nov 2	30.80	33.25	$32.03	7.6%	9	1.00	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Nov 6	53.95	57.30	$55.63	6.0%	--	1.00	145
$570.00	Nov 6	56.75	59.75	$58.25	5.2%	3	1.00	192
$572.50	Nov 6	58.95	62.00	$60.48	5.0%	4	1.00	64
$575.00	Nov 6	61.40	64.65	$63.03	5.2%	15	1.00	320
$577.50	Nov 6	64.10	66.95	$65.53	4.3%	--	1.00	143

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 815 active (total vol 194.1K, top 12.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Nov 2	0.07	0.14	$0.11	63.6%	2.0K	0.05	454
$550.00	Nov 6	1.22	1.41	$1.32	14.4%	2.0K	0.10	3.1K
$530.00	Nov 2	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	1.9K	0.01	1.0K
$540.00	Nov 2	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.8K	0.00	1.9K
$517.50	Nov 2	0.28	0.36	$0.32	25.0%	1.7K	0.14	79

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Nov 6	2.22	2.42	$2.32	8.6%	12.6K	0.12	3.2K
$530.00	Nov 20	30.50	31.50	$31.00	3.2%	10.8K	0.60	10.1K
$465.00	Nov 6	1.77	1.98	$1.88	11.2%	10.0K	0.10	750
$480.00	Nov 13	7.25	8.10	$7.68	11.1%	8.9K	0.24	236
$500.00	Nov 6	7.90	8.20	$8.05	3.7%	8.0K	0.34	41.5K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 61.4%, max 102.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$507.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	91.8%	52.2%	76.0%	4	23
$515.00	Nov 2	Dec 11	78.6%	46.0%	70.9%	1.2K	32
$512.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	80.5%	51.3%	57.0%	457	12
$485.00	Nov 6	Nov 20	67.1%	52.3%	28.3%	4	45
$495.00	Nov 20	Dec 11	51.1%	45.2%	13.0%	413	162

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$510.00	Nov 2	Dec 11	87.5%	43.2%	102.7%	3.0K	1.6K
$507.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	92.2%	52.1%	76.9%	337	126
$515.00	Nov 2	Dec 11	78.6%	46.0%	70.9%	3.4K	500
$512.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	80.5%	51.3%	57.0%	2.1K	284

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 549 found (best R:R 0.69, avg 5.71)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$565.00	$570.00	Dec 11	$0.50	$4.50	$0.50	26%	9.00	$565.50
$505.00	$507.50	Nov 11	$0.73	$1.77	$0.73	58%	2.42	$505.73
$515.00	$520.00	Dec 11	$1.80	$3.20	$1.80	51%	1.78	$516.80
$550.00	$552.50	Dec 11	$0.33	$2.17	$0.33	33%	6.58	$550.33
$557.50	$560.00	Dec 11	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	29%	9.00	$557.75

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$525.00	Nov 16	$8.87	$6.13	$8.87	71%	0.69	$531.13
$500.00	$495.00	Dec 11	$1.00	$4.00	$1.00	41%	4.00	$499.00
$480.00	$475.00	Dec 11	$0.65	$4.35	$0.65	31%	6.69	$479.35
$520.00	$517.50	Nov 4	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	62%	2.12	$519.20
$520.00	$517.50	Nov 13	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	55%	2.57	$519.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 442 found (best R:R 1.19, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$582.50	$585.00	Nov 2	$1.36	$1.36	$1.14	93%	1.19	$583.86
$567.50	$570.00	Nov 2	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	92%	0.92	$568.70
$602.50	$605.00	Nov 2	$0.87	$0.87	$1.63	95%	0.53	$603.37
$512.50	$517.50	Nov 11	$3.17	$3.17	$1.83	49%	1.73	$515.67
$525.00	$530.00	Nov 16	$2.60	$2.60	$2.40	59%	1.08	$527.60

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$500.00	Dec 11	$3.02	$3.02	$1.98	56%	1.53	$501.98
$485.00	$480.00	Dec 11	$2.29	$2.29	$2.71	67%	0.85	$482.71
$465.00	$455.00	Dec 11	$2.85	$2.85	$7.15	75%	0.40	$462.15
$490.00	$470.00	Nov 16	$5.20	$5.20	$14.80	68%	0.35	$484.80
$460.00	$425.00	Nov 9	$1.78	$1.78	$33.22	89%	0.05	$458.22

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $7.57, cheapest $7.42)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$510.00	Nov 2	Nov 4	$7.42	87.5%	63.5%
$512.50	Nov 2	Nov 4	$7.84	80.5%	63.9%
$495.00	Nov 20	Dec 11	$7.43	51.1%	45.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$510.00	Nov 2	Nov 4	$7.44	87.5%	63.5%
$512.50	Nov 2	Nov 4	$7.73	80.5%	63.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 217 found (cheapest 0.75% of stock, avg 7.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$512.50	Nov 2	$1.84	$2.02	$3.86	$508.64	$516.36	0.75%
$515.00	Nov 2	$0.85	$3.47	$4.32	$510.68	$519.32	0.84%
$510.00	Nov 2	$3.56	$1.16	$4.72	$505.28	$514.72	0.92%
$507.50	Nov 2	$5.05	$0.59	$5.64	$501.86	$513.14	1.10%
$517.50	Nov 2	$0.32	$5.88	$6.20	$511.30	$523.70	1.21%
$505.00	Nov 2	$7.75	$0.26	$8.01	$496.99	$513.01	1.56%
$520.00	Nov 2	$0.11	$8.00	$8.11	$511.89	$528.11	1.58%
$522.50	Nov 2	$0.04	$10.43	$10.47	$512.03	$532.97	2.04%
$500.00	Nov 2	$12.13	$0.06	$12.19	$487.81	$512.19	2.38%
$525.00	Nov 2	$0.02	$13.10	$13.12	$511.88	$538.12	2.56%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 270 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 5.53%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$517.50	$502.50	Nov 2	$0.32	$0.14	$0.46	$502.04	$517.96
$517.50	$505.00	Nov 2	$0.32	$0.26	$0.58	$504.42	$518.08
$517.50	$507.50	Nov 2	$0.32	$0.59	$0.91	$506.59	$518.41
$515.00	$502.50	Nov 2	$0.85	$0.14	$0.99	$501.51	$515.99
$515.00	$505.00	Nov 2	$0.85	$0.26	$1.11	$503.89	$516.11
$567.50	$502.50	Nov 2	$1.25	$0.14	$1.39	$501.11	$568.89
$567.50	$505.00	Nov 2	$1.25	$0.26	$1.51	$503.49	$569.01
$582.50	$502.50	Nov 2	$1.37	$0.14	$1.51	$500.99	$584.01
$515.00	$507.50	Nov 2	$0.85	$0.59	$1.44	$506.06	$516.44
$582.50	$505.00	Nov 2	$1.37	$0.26	$1.63	$503.37	$584.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 338 found (best R:R 0.50, avg credit $1.33)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
435/440	582/585	Nov 2	$1.66	$3.34	90%	0.50	$438.34	$584.16
502/505	582/585	Nov 2	$1.48	$1.02	83%	1.45	$503.52	$583.98
505/508	582/585	Nov 2	$1.69	$0.81	74%	2.09	$505.81	$584.19
410/415	582/585	Nov 2	$1.49	$3.51	90%	0.42	$413.51	$583.99
435/440	568/570	Nov 2	$1.50	$3.50	90%	0.43	$438.50	$569.00
508/510	582/585	Nov 2	$1.93	$0.57	60%	3.39	$508.07	$584.43
502/505	568/570	Nov 2	$1.32	$1.18	82%	1.12	$503.68	$568.82
505/508	568/570	Nov 2	$1.53	$0.97	73%	1.58	$505.97	$569.03
410/415	568/570	Nov 2	$1.33	$3.67	89%	0.36	$413.67	$568.83
508/510	568/570	Nov 2	$1.77	$0.73	59%	2.42	$508.23	$569.27

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 352 found (best R:R 21.22, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$485.00	$492.50	$500.00	Nov 6	$0.30	$7.20	14%	24.00
$480.00	$490.00	$500.00	Nov 4	$0.89	$9.11	19%	10.24
$520.00	$525.00	$530.00	Dec 11	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$520.00	$525.00	$530.00	Dec 4	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56
$512.50	$515.00	$517.50	Nov 2	$0.46	$2.04	35%	4.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Nov 11	$0.45	$9.55	14%	21.22
$507.50	$510.00	$512.50	Nov 2	$0.29	$2.21	32%	7.62
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Nov 16	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 16	$0.13	$4.87	8%	37.46
$505.00	$507.50	$510.00	Nov 2	$0.24	$2.26	23%	9.42

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 320 found (best net $-7.46, 287 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$410.00	$450.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$24.20	$15.80
$490.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$2.01	$7.99
$465.00	$485.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$14.37	$5.63
$500.00	$505.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$3.37	$1.63
$510.00	$512.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.12	$2.38

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$605.00	$562.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$7.46	$35.04
$580.00	$535.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$9.13	$35.87
$490.00	$470.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$1.05	$18.95
$517.50	$515.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$1.06	$1.44
$515.00	$512.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.57	$1.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 247 found (best yield 5.14%, avg 1.39%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$520.00	Dec 11	$26.35	0.49	1.5%	5.14%	6.64%	2	5
$525.00	Dec 11	$24.05	0.46	2.5%	4.69%	7.16%	31	--
$530.00	Dec 11	$21.75	0.43	3.4%	4.25%	7.69%	15	1
$532.50	Dec 11	$20.70	0.42	3.9%	4.04%	7.97%	1	--
$515.00	Dec 11	$27.75	0.51	0.5%	5.42%	5.93%	7	2
$535.00	Dec 11	$19.65	0.41	4.4%	3.84%	8.26%	9	1
$537.50	Dec 11	$18.60	0.39	4.9%	3.63%	8.54%	6	--
$542.50	Dec 11	$16.65	0.37	5.9%	3.25%	9.13%	28	--
$520.00	Dec 4	$23.85	0.48	1.5%	4.66%	6.15%	8	21
$525.00	Dec 4	$21.50	0.46	2.5%	4.20%	6.67%	232	36

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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 72,650

Total Puts 194,388

Put/Call Ratio 2.68

Net Difference -121,738

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 144,872

Total Puts 396,456

Put/Call Ratio 2.74

Net Difference -251,584

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 759,403

Total Puts 1,663,081

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.10

Ratio Trend Falling

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 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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