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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$518.52 +2.01%

$518.14 (-0.07%)🌙

as of 11/03 04:00 PM

(11/3 15:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/03 4:00pm) 221,814

Calls: 94,227 (42%)

Puts: 127,587 (58%)

Prior (11/02) 315,739

Calls: 90,060 (29%)

Puts: 225,679 (71%)

Current vs Prior -29.75%

Calls: +4.63% (Calls)

Puts: -43.47% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,231,650

Calls: 706,204 (32%)

Puts: 1,525,446 (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average 318,807

Calls: 100,886 (32%)

Puts: 217,920 (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -30.42%

Calls: -6.60%

Puts: -41.45%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/03 4:00pm) $211.83M

Calls: $78.18M (37%)

Puts: $133.65M (63%)

Prior (11/02) $343.64M

Calls: $74.43M (22%)

Puts: $269.21M (78%)

Current vs Prior -38.36%

Calls: +5.04%

Puts: -50.36%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.74B

Calls: $597.32M (34%)

Puts: $1.14B (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average $248.78M

Calls: $85.33M (34%)

Puts: $163.44M (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -14.85%

Calls: -8.39%

Puts: -18.23%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/03 4:00pm) 1.35

Prior (11/02) 2.51

Current vs Prior -45.97%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.10

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.50%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/03 4:00pm) 2,003,019

Calls: 810,160 (40%)

Puts: 1,192,859 (60%)

Prior (11/02) 1,934,242

Calls: 798,850 (41%)

Puts: 1,135,392 (59%)

Current vs Prior +3.56%

Prior 7-Day Total 14,143,332

Calls: 5,689,842 (40%)

Puts: 8,453,490 (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,020,476

Calls: 812,834 (40%)

Puts: 1,207,641 (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.86%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.48% | 4.95%4.95% | 6.93%7.65% | 12.79%

Prior 4.41% | 5.70%5.70% | 7.64%8.35% | 13.23%

Current vs Prior -21.08% | -13.14%-13.14% | -9.29%-8.37% | -3.34%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.55% | 3.78%2.80% | 5.70%8.51% | 12.19%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +36.29% | +30.94%+76.63% | +21.65%-10.02% | +4.95%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.41% | 5.70%5.79% | 7.74%8.45% | 13.30%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -21.08% | -13.14%-14.58% | -10.44%-9.43% | -3.84%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 20.12% | 18.42%

Calls: 29.38% | 22.04%

Puts: 10.87% | 14.80%

Prior 27.69% | 17.62%

Calls: 39.04% | 15.43%

Puts: 16.34% | 19.82%

Current vs Prior -27.34% | +4.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.72% | 21.53%

Calls: 33.70% | 19.72%

Puts: 33.74% | 23.34%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -40.33% | -14.44%

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Moderately bearish flow with 63% put dollar volume ($133.65M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.35 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 46% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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	BEARISH	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 284 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$415.00	Dec 18	108.40	112.50	$110.45	3.7%	--	0.90	47
$440.00	Nov 20	80.85	83.95	$82.40	3.8%	8	0.91	113
$420.00	Dec 18	103.90	108.00	$105.95	3.9%	--	0.89	339
$430.00	Dec 18	95.05	99.00	$97.03	4.1%	--	0.87	358
$435.00	Dec 18	90.75	94.80	$92.78	4.4%	--	0.86	93

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Dec 18	102.15	105.95	$104.05	3.7%	--	0.88	535
$600.00	Dec 11	83.55	86.70	$85.13	3.7%	2	0.84	1
$615.00	Dec 18	97.15	101.35	$99.25	4.2%	--	0.87	871
$500.00	Nov 20	14.65	15.30	$14.98	4.3%	2.6K	0.35	12.2K
$620.00	Nov 20	100.00	104.50	$102.25	4.4%	3	0.96	2.0K

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. 317 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Nov 4	56.00	60.50	$58.25	7.7%	10	1.00	--
$470.00	Nov 4	46.05	50.50	$48.28	9.2%	16	1.00	10
$420.00	Nov 6	96.35	100.75	$98.55	4.5%	14	1.00	--
$450.00	Nov 6	66.90	71.00	$68.95	5.9%	--	1.00	39
$480.00	Nov 4	36.60	40.35	$38.48	9.7%	34	0.98	33

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Nov 6	90.00	94.50	$92.25	4.9%	--	0.99	12
$567.50	Nov 4	47.50	52.00	$49.75	9.0%	--	0.99	22
$590.00	Nov 6	69.85	73.80	$71.82	5.5%	10	0.98	12
$565.00	Nov 4	45.00	49.50	$47.25	9.5%	1	0.98	6
$560.00	Nov 4	40.00	44.50	$42.25	10.7%	2	0.98	59

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 790 active (total vol 147.0K, top 8.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Nov 4	0.65	0.97	$0.81	39.5%	6.1K	0.09	426
$555.00	Nov 4	0.15	0.34	$0.25	76.0%	6.0K	0.03	206
$540.00	Nov 6	2.99	4.10	$3.55	31.3%	4.9K	0.23	2.0K
$550.00	Nov 6	1.69	2.37	$2.03	33.5%	2.8K	0.14	4.1K
$560.00	Nov 20	6.40	7.95	$7.18	21.6%	2.8K	0.24	3.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$482.50	Nov 6	2.22	2.61	$2.42	16.1%	8.2K	0.13	246
$500.00	Nov 6	5.10	6.20	$5.65	19.5%	4.6K	0.27	37.2K
$500.00	Nov 20	14.65	15.30	$14.98	4.3%	2.6K	0.35	12.2K
$480.00	Nov 6	1.79	2.19	$1.99	20.1%	2.5K	0.12	3.1K
$460.00	Nov 6	0.13	1.40	$0.76	167.1%	2.4K	0.05	1.7K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 35 strikes (avg 64.4%, max 94.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$505.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	83.6%	43.0%	94.2%	14	295
$515.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	79.3%	42.0%	88.9%	244	483
$500.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	81.8%	43.5%	88.1%	7	3.0K
$520.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	77.9%	41.7%	87.1%	691	709
$510.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	77.1%	42.6%	81.0%	118	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$505.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	83.6%	43.0%	94.2%	1.2K	1.0K
$515.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	79.3%	42.0%	88.9%	875	1.9K
$500.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	81.8%	43.5%	88.1%	3.3K	27.7K
$520.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	77.9%	41.7%	87.1%	952	3.2K
$510.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	77.1%	42.6%	81.0%	728	1.7K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 606 found (best R:R 10.76, avg 5.26)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$600.00	Dec 11	$0.85	$9.15	$0.85	18%	10.76	$590.85
$535.00	$537.50	Nov 20	$0.28	$2.22	$0.28	40%	7.93	$535.28
$540.00	$542.50	Dec 11	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	41%	6.14	$540.35
$560.00	$562.50	Dec 11	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	31%	19.83	$560.12
$585.00	$590.00	Dec 18	$0.50	$4.50	$0.50	22%	9.00	$585.50

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$520.00	$517.50	Nov 13	$0.58	$1.92	$0.58	50%	3.31	$519.42
$510.00	$500.00	Nov 16	$2.97	$7.03	$2.97	41%	2.37	$507.03
$520.00	$517.50	Nov 9	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	51%	2.68	$519.32
$525.00	$520.00	Dec 4	$1.95	$3.05	$1.95	51%	1.56	$523.05
$490.00	$485.00	Dec 11	$1.00	$4.00	$1.00	32%	4.00	$489.00

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 487 found (best R:R 6.58, avg 0.38)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$525.00	$530.00	Dec 11	$3.42	$3.42	$1.58	51%	2.16	$528.42
$577.50	$580.00	Dec 4	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	80%	1.00	$578.75
$600.00	$605.00	Dec 11	$1.45	$1.45	$3.55	84%	0.41	$601.45
$540.00	$542.50	Dec 4	$1.73	$1.73	$0.77	60%	2.25	$541.73
$555.00	$560.00	Nov 16	$1.58	$1.58	$3.42	77%	0.46	$556.58

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$452.50	$450.00	Nov 6	$2.17	$2.17	$0.33	91%	6.58	$450.33
$495.00	$450.00	Nov 18	$8.03	$8.03	$36.97	69%	0.22	$486.97
$462.50	$460.00	Nov 6	$0.97	$0.97	$1.53	92%	0.63	$461.53
$470.00	$465.00	Dec 11	$1.92	$1.92	$3.08	76%	0.62	$468.08
$512.50	$510.00	Nov 4	$1.58	$1.58	$0.92	62%	1.72	$510.92

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 19 found (avg debit $3.74, cheapest $3.40)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$517.50	Nov 4	Nov 6	$3.63	82.6%	64.7%
$512.50	Nov 4	Nov 6	$3.95	83.3%	66.5%
$530.00	Nov 4	Nov 6	$2.54	76.2%	60.2%
$527.50	Nov 4	Nov 6	$3.33	77.7%	63.5%
$525.00	Nov 4	Nov 6	$3.14	77.3%	63.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$517.50	Nov 4	Nov 6	$3.40	82.6%	64.7%
$512.50	Nov 4	Nov 6	$3.52	83.3%	66.5%
$530.00	Nov 4	Nov 6	$2.87	76.2%	60.2%
$525.00	Nov 4	Nov 6	$3.50	77.3%	63.4%
$515.00	Nov 4	Nov 6	$3.95	79.3%	66.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 220 found (cheapest 3.28% of stock, avg 8.67%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$515.00	Nov 4	$10.10	$6.93	$17.03	$497.97	$532.03	3.28%
$520.00	Nov 4	$7.83	$9.20	$17.03	$502.97	$537.03	3.28%
$517.50	Nov 4	$8.85	$8.45	$17.30	$500.20	$534.80	3.34%
$522.50	Nov 4	$6.58	$10.93	$17.51	$504.99	$540.01	3.38%
$510.00	Nov 4	$12.98	$4.72	$17.70	$492.30	$527.70	3.41%
$512.50	Nov 4	$11.38	$6.30	$17.68	$494.82	$530.18	3.41%
$525.00	Nov 4	$5.68	$12.43	$18.11	$506.89	$543.11	3.49%
$527.50	Nov 4	$4.55	$13.90	$18.45	$509.05	$545.95	3.56%
$507.50	Nov 4	$14.65	$4.13	$18.78	$488.72	$526.28	3.62%
$530.00	Nov 4	$3.89	$15.90	$19.79	$510.21	$549.79	3.82%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 300 found (cheapest 1.55% of stock, avg 6.05%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$530.00	$507.50	Nov 4	$3.89	$4.13	$8.02	$499.48	$538.02
$530.00	$510.00	Nov 4	$3.89	$4.72	$8.61	$501.39	$538.61
$527.50	$507.50	Nov 4	$4.55	$4.13	$8.68	$498.82	$536.18
$527.50	$510.00	Nov 4	$4.55	$4.72	$9.27	$500.73	$536.77
$525.00	$507.50	Nov 4	$5.68	$4.13	$9.81	$497.69	$534.81
$525.00	$510.00	Nov 4	$5.68	$4.72	$10.40	$499.60	$535.40
$530.00	$512.50	Nov 4	$3.89	$6.30	$10.19	$502.31	$540.19
$527.50	$512.50	Nov 4	$4.55	$6.30	$10.85	$501.65	$538.35
$525.00	$512.50	Nov 4	$5.68	$6.30	$11.98	$500.52	$536.98
$530.00	$515.00	Nov 4	$3.89	$6.93	$10.82	$504.18	$540.82

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 336 found (best R:R 5.58, avg credit $1.51)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
460/462	532/535	Nov 6	$2.12	$0.38	60%	5.58	$460.38	$534.62
460/462	542/545	Nov 6	$1.53	$0.97	72%	1.58	$460.97	$544.03
460/462	538/540	Nov 6	$1.62	$0.88	67%	1.84	$460.88	$539.12
460/462	535/538	Nov 6	$1.60	$0.90	64%	1.78	$460.90	$536.60
495/500	555/560	Nov 16	$3.49	$1.51	44%	2.31	$496.51	$558.49
460/462	540/542	Nov 6	$1.30	$1.20	70%	1.08	$461.20	$541.30
502/505	530/532	Nov 4	$1.85	$0.65	43%	2.85	$503.15	$531.85
498/500	530/532	Nov 4	$1.61	$0.89	51%	1.81	$498.39	$531.61
468/470	532/535	Nov 6	$1.36	$1.14	60%	1.19	$468.64	$533.86
455/458	532/535	Nov 6	$1.32	$1.18	62%	1.12	$456.18	$533.82

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 392 found (best R:R 46.62, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Nov 18	$0.12	$4.88	7%	40.67
$545.00	$550.00	$555.00	Dec 18	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$507.50	$510.00	$512.50	Nov 4	$0.07	$2.43	10%	34.71
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Dec 4	$0.11	$4.89	6%	44.45

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$470.00	$480.00	$490.00	Nov 16	$0.21	$9.79	11%	46.62
$525.00	$530.00	$535.00	Nov 11	$0.12	$4.88	10%	40.67
$565.00	$580.00	$595.00	Nov 11	$0.50	$14.50	8%	29.00
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Dec 18	$0.06	$4.94	5%	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. 282 found (best net $-3.26, 267 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$465.00	$505.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$3.26	$36.74
$430.00	$475.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$18.96	$26.04
$465.00	$490.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$8.62	$16.38
$580.00	$595.00	1:2	Nov 18	-$0.51	$14.49
$430.00	$465.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$31.22	$3.78

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$560.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$12.81	$7.19
$492.50	$480.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$1.80	$10.70
$425.00	$420.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.02	$4.98
$435.00	$430.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.04	$4.96
$420.00	$415.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.06	$4.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 275 found (best yield 5.86%, avg 1.48%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$520.00	Dec 18	$30.40	0.52	0.3%	5.86%	6.15%	61	612
$530.00	Dec 18	$25.60	0.47	2.2%	4.94%	7.15%	29	917
$525.00	Dec 18	$27.80	0.49	1.2%	5.36%	6.61%	53	1.3K
$535.00	Dec 18	$23.35	0.45	3.2%	4.50%	7.68%	16	445
$540.00	Dec 18	$21.55	0.42	4.1%	4.16%	8.30%	112	1.3K
$525.00	Dec 11	$26.80	0.49	1.2%	5.17%	6.42%	1	96
$545.00	Dec 18	$19.20	0.39	5.1%	3.70%	8.81%	22	955
$550.00	Dec 18	$17.35	0.37	6.1%	3.35%	9.42%	115	5.4K
$520.00	Dec 11	$28.20	0.52	0.3%	5.44%	5.72%	5	48
$530.00	Dec 11	$23.15	0.47	2.2%	4.46%	6.68%	3	18

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

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 94,227

Total Puts 127,587

Put/Call Ratio 1.35

Net Difference -33,360

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 90,060

Total Puts 225,679

Put/Call Ratio 2.51

Net Difference -135,619

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 706,204

Total Puts 1,525,446

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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