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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$503.15 -2.96%

(11/4 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/04 3:00pm) 378,218

Calls: 113,529 (30%)

Puts: 264,689 (70%)

Prior (11/03) 164,086

Calls: 68,746 (42%)

Puts: 95,340 (58%)

Current vs Prior +130.50%

Calls: +65.14% (Calls)

Puts: +177.63% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,145,152

Calls: 721,263 (34%)

Puts: 1,423,889 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 306,450

Calls: 103,037 (34%)

Puts: 203,412 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +23.42%

Calls: +10.18%

Puts: +30.12%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/04 3:00pm) $363.24M

Calls: $106.83M (29%)

Puts: $256.42M (71%)

Prior (11/03) $179.80M

Calls: $61.64M (34%)

Puts: $118.16M (66%)

Current vs Prior +102.03%

Calls: +73.32%

Puts: +117.01%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.78B

Calls: $623.00M (35%)

Puts: $1.16B (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average $254.95M

Calls: $89.00M (35%)

Puts: $165.95M (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +42.48%

Calls: +20.03%

Puts: +54.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/04 3:00pm) 2.33

Prior (11/03) 1.39

Current vs Prior +68.11%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.88

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +24.07%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/04 3:00pm) 2,128,564

Calls: 866,431 (41%)

Puts: 1,262,133 (59%)

Prior (11/03) 2,003,019

Calls: 810,160 (40%)

Puts: 1,192,859 (60%)

Current vs Prior +6.27%

Prior 7-Day Total 14,067,457

Calls: 5,686,004 (40%)

Puts: 8,381,453 (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,009,636

Calls: 812,286 (40%)

Puts: 1,197,350 (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.92%

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 0.90% | 3.34%3.34% | 6.00%6.47% | 11.95%

Prior 3.48% | 4.95%4.95% | 6.93%7.65% | 12.79%

Current vs Prior -74.14% | -32.53%-32.53% | -13.43%-15.46% | -6.58%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.94% | 4.13%3.40% | 5.94%8.24% | 12.19%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -69.38% | -19.21%-1.72% | +1.11%-21.50% | -1.94%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.48% | 4.95%4.85% | 7.10%7.63% | 12.82%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -74.14% | -32.53%-31.19% | -15.50%-15.25% | -6.76%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.91% | 9.63%

Calls: 17.88% | 15.19%

Puts: 29.93% | 4.08%

Prior 20.12% | 18.42%

Calls: 29.38% | 22.04%

Puts: 10.87% | 14.80%

Current vs Prior +18.84% | -47.72%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.29% | 22.53%

Calls: 34.99% | 21.87%

Puts: 31.59% | 23.20%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -28.17% | -57.25%

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Moderately bearish flow with 71% put dollar volume ($256.42M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 102% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 130% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.33 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
15:00	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 526 of results (avg 6.0%, best 1.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$515.00	Dec 11	21.40	22.00	$21.70	2.8%	21	0.46	10
$510.00	Dec 4	21.00	21.60	$21.30	2.8%	38	0.48	29
$515.00	Dec 4	18.70	19.25	$18.98	2.9%	38	0.45	6
$515.00	Dec 18	23.65	24.35	$24.00	2.9%	22	0.46	402
$405.00	Dec 18	102.70	105.85	$104.28	3.0%	--	0.91	199

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 20	17.20	17.40	$17.30	1.2%	13.0K	0.46	12.0K
$505.00	Dec 18	28.15	28.85	$28.50	2.5%	180	0.48	519
$500.00	Dec 18	25.95	26.60	$26.28	2.5%	1.3K	0.46	26.3K
$495.00	Dec 4	19.55	20.05	$19.80	2.5%	29	0.42	123
$505.00	Nov 20	19.45	19.95	$19.70	2.5%	3.2K	0.50	2.1K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 21 found (avg $0.73, cheapest $0.64)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Nov 6	0.58	0.70	$0.64	18.8%	3.1K	0.08	1.1K
$527.50	Nov 6	0.77	0.89	$0.83	14.5%	769	0.10	552
$537.50	Nov 9	0.65	0.78	$0.72	18.1%	102	0.07	41
$535.00	Nov 9	0.81	0.94	$0.88	14.8%	91	0.09	15
$570.00	Nov 13	0.44	0.50	$0.47	12.8%	195	0.04	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$465.00	Nov 6	0.49	0.54	$0.52	9.6%	345	0.05	10.7K
$470.00	Nov 6	0.64	0.75	$0.70	15.7%	299	0.07	11.2K
$472.50	Nov 6	0.77	0.90	$0.84	15.5%	22	0.08	169
$455.00	Nov 9	0.67	0.81	$0.74	18.9%	173	0.05	10
$405.00	Nov 13	0.40	0.46	$0.43	14.0%	27	0.02	267

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 369 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$480.00	Nov 4	21.60	24.45	$23.03	12.4%	9	1.00	29
$405.00	Nov 6	96.45	100.35	$98.40	4.0%	22	0.99	1
$410.00	Nov 6	91.40	95.00	$93.20	3.9%	--	0.99	26
$420.00	Nov 6	81.55	85.65	$83.60	4.9%	--	0.99	14
$450.00	Nov 6	51.35	55.40	$53.38	7.6%	--	0.98	39

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$542.50	Nov 6	38.00	41.15	$39.58	8.0%	1	1.00	220
$545.00	Nov 6	40.30	44.25	$42.28	9.3%	5	1.00	1.5K
$547.50	Nov 6	42.95	46.75	$44.85	8.5%	--	1.00	140
$550.00	Nov 6	45.30	48.60	$46.95	7.0%	44	1.00	1.2K
$552.50	Nov 6	47.80	51.65	$49.72	7.7%	15	1.00	276

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 858 active (total vol 272.7K, top 47.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Nov 20	1.09	1.22	$1.16	11.2%	4.3K	0.06	10.0K
$512.50	Nov 4	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	3.2K	0.02	27
$530.00	Nov 6	0.58	0.70	$0.64	18.8%	3.1K	0.08	1.1K
$515.00	Nov 4	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	2.9K	0.01	173
$575.00	Nov 20	1.33	1.50	$1.42	12.0%	2.9K	0.07	4.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 6	6.10	6.40	$6.25	4.8%	47.5K	0.43	37.8K
$475.00	Nov 13	4.90	5.10	$5.00	4.0%	33.2K	0.22	621
$500.00	Nov 20	17.20	17.40	$17.30	1.2%	13.0K	0.46	12.0K
$500.00	Nov 4	0.37	0.51	$0.44	31.8%	6.7K	0.23	3.1K
$515.00	Nov 20	24.70	25.35	$25.03	2.6%	6.6K	0.58	8.7K

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 33.6%, max 54.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$505.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	60.6%	39.3%	54.2%	1.5K	298
$500.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	60.1%	39.9%	50.6%	287	3.0K
$455.00	Nov 20	Dec 18	51.0%	43.5%	17.3%	--	133
$460.00	Nov 20	Dec 18	50.3%	43.1%	16.6%	--	328
$485.00	Nov 13	Dec 18	47.6%	40.9%	16.5%	59	141

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$505.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	60.6%	39.3%	54.2%	5.2K	1.4K
$500.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	60.1%	39.9%	50.6%	8.0K	29.4K
$502.50	Nov 4	Nov 18	56.1%	44.0%	27.5%	3.1K	403

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 542 found (best R:R 0.72, avg 5.77)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$502.50	$510.00	Nov 18	$2.92	$4.58	$2.92	52%	1.57	$505.42
$510.00	$517.50	Nov 16	$2.45	$5.05	$2.45	45%	2.06	$512.45
$475.00	$490.00	Dec 11	$9.37	$5.63	$9.37	69%	0.60	$484.37
$540.00	$550.00	Nov 18	$1.40	$8.60	$1.40	22%	6.14	$541.40
$475.00	$495.00	Nov 27	$13.07	$6.93	$13.07	72%	0.53	$488.07

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$525.00	$522.50	Nov 6	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	88%	0.72	$523.55
$550.00	$547.50	Nov 13	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	90%	0.56	$548.40
$510.00	$507.50	Nov 18	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	54%	2.57	$509.30
$510.00	$505.00	Dec 11	$1.92	$3.08	$1.92	51%	1.60	$508.08
$487.50	$480.00	Nov 18	$1.77	$5.73	$1.77	34%	3.24	$485.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 429 found (best R:R 0.58, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$535.00	$540.00	Nov 18	$1.83	$1.83	$3.17	74%	0.58	$536.83
$595.00	$597.50	Nov 4	$0.64	$0.64	$1.86	94%	0.34	$595.64
$572.50	$575.00	Nov 4	$0.54	$0.54	$1.96	96%	0.28	$573.04
$540.00	$542.50	Nov 11	$0.70	$0.70	$1.80	86%	0.39	$540.70
$597.50	$600.00	Nov 6	$0.42	$0.42	$2.08	97%	0.20	$597.92

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$490.00	$487.50	Nov 18	$1.45	$1.45	$1.05	63%	1.38	$488.55
$502.50	$500.00	Nov 16	$1.63	$1.63	$0.87	52%	1.87	$500.87
$495.00	$490.00	Dec 11	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	57%	0.94	$492.58
$480.00	$475.00	Nov 11	$1.29	$1.29	$3.71	77%	0.35	$478.71
$480.00	$475.00	Dec 11	$1.85	$1.85	$3.15	66%	0.59	$478.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $4.61, cheapest $1.10)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$485.00	Nov 13	Nov 16	$1.10	47.6%	44.0%
$502.50	Nov 4	Nov 6	$6.44	56.1%	52.6%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$502.50	Nov 4	Nov 6	$6.29	56.1%	52.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 228 found (cheapest 0.57% of stock, avg 7.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$502.50	Nov 4	$1.79	$1.09	$2.88	$499.62	$505.38	0.57%
$505.00	Nov 4	$0.70	$2.74	$3.44	$501.56	$508.44	0.68%
$500.00	Nov 4	$3.42	$0.44	$3.86	$496.14	$503.86	0.77%
$507.50	Nov 4	$0.26	$4.65	$4.91	$502.59	$512.41	0.98%
$497.50	Nov 4	$5.35	$0.17	$5.52	$491.98	$503.02	1.10%
$510.00	Nov 4	$0.08	$6.95	$7.03	$502.97	$517.03	1.40%
$495.00	Nov 4	$8.18	$0.10	$8.28	$486.72	$503.28	1.65%
$512.50	Nov 4	$0.03	$9.35	$9.38	$503.12	$521.88	1.86%
$492.50	Nov 4	$10.73	$0.08	$10.81	$481.69	$503.31	2.15%
$515.00	Nov 4	$0.03	$11.80	$11.83	$503.17	$526.83	2.35%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 290 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 5.05%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$507.50	$497.50	Nov 4	$0.26	$0.17	$0.43	$497.07	$507.93
$507.50	$500.00	Nov 4	$0.26	$0.44	$0.70	$499.30	$508.20
$505.00	$497.50	Nov 4	$0.70	$0.17	$0.87	$496.63	$505.87
$505.00	$500.00	Nov 4	$0.70	$0.44	$1.14	$498.86	$506.14
$590.00	$497.50	Nov 4	$1.26	$0.17	$1.43	$496.07	$591.43
$595.00	$497.50	Nov 4	$1.25	$0.17	$1.42	$496.08	$596.42
$592.50	$497.50	Nov 4	$1.32	$0.17	$1.49	$496.01	$593.99
$590.00	$500.00	Nov 4	$1.26	$0.44	$1.70	$498.30	$591.70
$595.00	$500.00	Nov 4	$1.25	$0.44	$1.69	$498.31	$596.69
$592.50	$500.00	Nov 4	$1.32	$0.44	$1.76	$498.24	$594.26

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 516 found (best R:R 1.91, avg credit $1.27)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
475/480	535/540	Nov 18	$3.28	$1.72	45%	1.91	$476.72	$538.28
462/465	530/532	Nov 11	$1.36	$1.14	65%	1.19	$463.64	$531.36
450/455	535/540	Nov 18	$2.39	$2.61	59%	0.92	$452.61	$537.39
455/460	535/540	Nov 18	$2.50	$2.50	57%	1.00	$457.50	$537.50
470/472	530/532	Nov 11	$1.25	$1.25	61%	1.00	$471.25	$531.25
470/475	535/540	Nov 18	$2.83	$2.17	49%	1.30	$472.17	$537.83
498/500	595/598	Nov 4	$0.91	$1.59	72%	0.57	$499.09	$595.91
468/470	530/532	Nov 11	$1.11	$1.39	63%	0.80	$468.89	$531.11
462/465	518/520	Nov 11	$1.34	$1.16	52%	1.16	$463.66	$518.84
462/465	522/525	Nov 11	$1.20	$1.30	58%	0.92	$463.80	$523.70

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 403 found (best R:R 8.62, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$480.00	$490.00	$500.00	Dec 4	$0.42	$9.58	13%	22.81
$500.00	$502.50	$505.00	Nov 4	$0.54	$1.96	51%	3.63
$497.50	$500.00	$502.50	Nov 4	$0.30	$2.20	38%	7.33
$470.00	$480.00	$490.00	Nov 6	$0.77	$9.23	18%	11.99
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Nov 18	$0.29	$9.71	9%	33.48

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$502.50	$505.00	$507.50	Nov 4	$0.26	$2.24	41%	8.62
$497.50	$500.00	$502.50	Nov 4	$0.38	$2.12	38%	5.58
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$565.00	$580.00	$595.00	Nov 11	$0.13	$14.87	3%	114.38
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Nov 13	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 368 found (best net $-5.74, 338 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$430.00	$475.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$5.74	$39.26
$450.00	$480.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$3.91	$26.09
$420.00	$450.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$23.16	$6.84
$440.00	$470.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$18.36	$11.64
$480.00	$490.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$3.43	$6.57

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$592.50	$552.50	1:2	Dec 11	-$21.81	$18.19
$507.50	$505.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.83	$1.67
$540.00	$522.50	1:2	Nov 16	-$13.00	$4.50
$445.00	$430.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$0.30	$14.70
$497.50	$495.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.03	$2.47

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 237 found (best yield 5.14%, avg 1.25%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$510.00	Dec 18	$25.85	0.49	1.4%	5.14%	6.50%	81	1.4K
$505.00	Dec 18	$28.25	0.52	0.4%	5.61%	5.98%	60	282
$515.00	Dec 18	$23.65	0.46	2.4%	4.70%	7.06%	22	402
$520.00	Dec 18	$21.45	0.44	3.4%	4.26%	7.61%	293	629
$525.00	Dec 18	$19.35	0.41	4.3%	3.85%	8.19%	182	1.3K
$530.00	Dec 18	$17.50	0.38	5.3%	3.48%	8.81%	578	914
$535.00	Dec 18	$15.65	0.36	6.3%	3.11%	9.44%	73	448
$515.00	Dec 11	$21.40	0.46	2.4%	4.25%	6.61%	21	10
$505.00	Dec 11	$25.85	0.52	0.4%	5.14%	5.51%	1	--
$520.00	Dec 11	$19.10	0.43	3.4%	3.80%	7.14%	61	51

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 113,529

Total Puts 264,689

Put/Call Ratio 2.33

Net Difference -151,160

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 68,746

Total Puts 95,340

Put/Call Ratio 1.39

Net Difference -26,594

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 721,263

Total Puts 1,423,889

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.88

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

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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