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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$504.27 -2.75%

$505.53 (+0.25%)🌙

as of 11/04 04:00 PM

(11/4 15:12) ◀

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/04 4:00pm) 434,674

Calls: 134,109 (31%)

Puts: 300,565 (69%)

Prior (11/03) 221,814

Calls: 94,227 (42%)

Puts: 127,587 (58%)

Current vs Prior +95.96%

Calls: +42.33% (Calls)

Puts: +135.58% (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 +41.84%

Calls: +30.16%

Puts: +47.76%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/04 4:00pm) $403.32M

Calls: $128.46M (32%)

Puts: $274.85M (68%)

Prior (11/03) $211.83M

Calls: $78.18M (37%)

Puts: $133.65M (63%)

Current vs Prior +90.40%

Calls: +64.33%

Puts: +105.65%

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 +58.20%

Calls: +44.34%

Puts: +65.63%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/04 4:00pm) 2.24

Prior (11/03) 1.35

Current vs Prior +65.52%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.88

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +19.26%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/04 4:00pm) 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 0.67% | 3.32%3.32% | 5.84%6.32% | 12.02%

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

Current vs Prior -4.52% | -18.17%-32.84% | -15.77%-17.46% | -6.01%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +13.03% | -2.02%-2.18% | -1.62%-23.35% | -1.35%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -4.52% | -18.17%-31.50% | -17.78%-17.26% | -6.19%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.25% | 28.16%

Calls: 31.79% | 35.94%

Puts: 20.72% | 20.38%

Prior 20.12% | 18.42%

Calls: 29.38% | 22.04%

Puts: 10.87% | 14.80%

Current vs Prior +30.47% | +52.88%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.29% | 22.53%

Calls: 34.99% | 21.87%

Puts: 31.59% | 23.20%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.14% | +25.00%

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Moderately bearish flow with 68% put dollar volume ($274.85M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 90% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (58% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 96% vs prior.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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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 246 of results (avg 7.1%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$405.00	Nov 6	98.50	102.40	$100.45	3.9%	22	1.00	1
$410.00	Nov 20	95.00	98.90	$96.95	4.0%	--	0.94	126
$410.00	Nov 6	93.50	97.40	$95.45	4.1%	--	1.00	26
$405.00	Dec 18	103.50	107.95	$105.73	4.2%	--	0.91	199
$410.00	Dec 18	99.00	103.45	$101.23	4.4%	2	0.91	268

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 9	93.15	97.00	$95.08	4.0%	1	1.00	1
$605.00	Nov 4	97.95	102.00	$99.98	4.1%	1	0.93	--
$600.00	Dec 18	94.55	98.50	$96.53	4.1%	38	0.88	4.6K
$605.00	Dec 18	99.25	103.50	$101.38	4.2%	12	0.89	426
$605.00	Nov 27	97.80	102.00	$99.90	4.2%	--	0.95	43

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. 396 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$480.00	Nov 4	23.00	27.35	$25.18	17.3%	9	1.00	29
$490.00	Nov 4	13.00	17.20	$15.10	27.8%	2	1.00	3
$492.50	Nov 4	10.50	14.70	$12.60	33.3%	8	1.00	--
$495.00	Nov 4	8.00	12.30	$10.15	42.4%	2	1.00	--
$405.00	Nov 6	98.50	102.40	$100.45	3.9%	22	1.00	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Nov 6	33.50	37.00	$35.25	9.9%	20	1.00	796
$542.50	Nov 6	35.50	39.50	$37.50	10.7%	1	1.00	220
$545.00	Nov 6	38.35	42.00	$40.17	9.1%	10	1.00	1.5K
$547.50	Nov 6	40.40	44.50	$42.45	9.7%	1	1.00	140
$550.00	Nov 6	42.80	47.00	$44.90	9.4%	646	1.00	1.2K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 915 active (total vol 319.2K, top 50.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Nov 20	1.00	1.62	$1.31	47.3%	4.3K	0.07	10.0K
$525.00	Nov 6	0.81	1.70	$1.25	71.2%	4.2K	0.13	844
$512.50	Nov 4	0.00	0.25	$0.13	192.3%	3.5K	0.06	27
$530.00	Nov 6	0.60	0.90	$0.75	40.0%	3.5K	0.09	1.1K
$520.00	Nov 6	1.98	2.65	$2.32	28.9%	3.5K	0.21	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 6	4.80	5.95	$5.38	21.4%	50.5K	0.38	37.8K
$475.00	Nov 13	4.10	4.70	$4.40	13.6%	33.6K	0.20	621
$500.00	Nov 20	15.65	17.10	$16.38	8.9%	14.1K	0.44	12.0K
$500.00	Nov 4	0.00	0.27	$0.14	192.9%	8.4K	0.08	3.1K
$515.00	Nov 20	22.80	25.30	$24.05	10.4%	7.0K	0.57	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. 8 strikes (avg 29.7%, max 76.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$507.50	Nov 4	Nov 13	66.0%	44.6%	47.8%	2.1K	41
$455.00	Nov 20	Dec 18	50.8%	43.7%	16.0%	--	133
$460.00	Nov 20	Dec 18	50.2%	43.4%	15.7%	--	328
$485.00	Nov 13	Dec 18	46.8%	41.4%	13.0%	60	141
$505.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	43.4%	39.6%	9.6%	1.9K	298

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$502.50	Nov 4	Nov 18	79.4%	45.1%	76.0%	3.7K	403
$507.50	Nov 4	Nov 18	66.0%	44.3%	48.8%	3.3K	1.6K
$505.00	Nov 4	Dec 18	43.4%	39.3%	10.6%	5.5K	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 549 found (best R:R 6.81, avg 5.95)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$502.50	$505.00	Nov 13	$0.32	$2.18	$0.32	54%	6.81	$502.82
$495.00	$500.00	Dec 18	$2.00	$3.00	$2.00	58%	1.50	$497.00
$520.00	$525.00	Nov 16	$0.98	$4.02	$0.98	35%	4.10	$520.98
$505.00	$510.00	Dec 4	$1.90	$3.10	$1.90	51%	1.63	$506.90
$510.00	$515.00	Nov 16	$1.55	$3.45	$1.55	46%	2.23	$511.55

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$500.00	$497.50	Nov 11	$0.22	$2.28	$0.22	43%	10.36	$499.78
$470.00	$465.00	Dec 11	$0.53	$4.47	$0.53	27%	8.43	$469.47
$490.00	$487.50	Nov 16	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	34%	11.50	$489.80
$530.00	$525.00	Dec 11	$2.42	$2.58	$2.42	62%	1.07	$527.58
$515.00	$510.00	Nov 27	$2.08	$2.92	$2.08	56%	1.40	$512.92

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 438 found (best R:R 1.23, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$597.50	$600.00	Nov 4	$1.38	$1.38	$1.12	94%	1.23	$598.88
$572.50	$575.00	Dec 11	$1.45	$1.45	$1.05	83%	1.38	$573.95
$567.50	$570.00	Dec 4	$1.36	$1.36	$1.14	85%	1.19	$568.86
$505.00	$507.50	Nov 13	$2.20	$2.20	$0.30	49%	7.33	$507.20
$537.50	$540.00	Nov 4	$0.82	$0.82	$1.68	95%	0.49	$538.32

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$500.00	$497.50	Nov 9	$1.90	$1.90	$0.60	59%	3.17	$498.10
$462.50	$460.00	Nov 4	$0.91	$0.91	$1.59	95%	0.57	$461.59
$420.00	$415.00	Nov 4	$0.90	$0.90	$4.10	96%	0.22	$419.10
$497.50	$495.00	Nov 16	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	59%	2.33	$495.75
$430.00	$425.00	Dec 11	$1.28	$1.28	$3.72	87%	0.34	$428.72

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $6.69, cheapest $6.58)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$505.00	Nov 4	Nov 6	$6.79	43.4%	51.9%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$505.00	Nov 4	Nov 6	$6.58	43.4%	51.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 239 found (cheapest 0.35% of stock, avg 7.63%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$505.00	Nov 4	$0.89	$0.90	$1.79	$503.21	$506.79	0.35%
$502.50	Nov 4	$2.50	$0.25	$2.75	$499.75	$505.25	0.55%
$507.50	Nov 4	$0.31	$2.72	$3.03	$504.47	$510.53	0.60%
$500.00	Nov 4	$4.83	$0.14	$4.97	$495.03	$504.97	0.99%
$510.00	Nov 4	$0.14	$5.25	$5.39	$504.61	$515.39	1.07%
$512.50	Nov 4	$0.13	$7.40	$7.53	$504.97	$520.03	1.49%
$497.50	Nov 4	$7.60	$0.06	$7.66	$489.84	$505.16	1.52%
$515.00	Nov 4	$0.03	$10.05	$10.08	$504.92	$525.08	2.00%
$495.00	Nov 4	$10.15	$0.02	$10.17	$484.83	$505.17	2.02%
$517.50	Nov 4	$0.02	$12.30	$12.32	$505.18	$529.82	2.44%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 300 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 4.86%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$510.00	$500.00	Nov 4	$0.14	$0.14	$0.28	$499.72	$510.28
$510.00	$502.50	Nov 4	$0.14	$0.25	$0.39	$502.11	$510.39
$507.50	$500.00	Nov 4	$0.31	$0.14	$0.45	$499.55	$507.95
$507.50	$502.50	Nov 4	$0.31	$0.25	$0.56	$501.94	$508.06
$510.00	$465.00	Nov 4	$0.14	$0.60	$0.74	$464.26	$510.74
$510.00	$487.50	Nov 4	$0.14	$0.66	$0.80	$486.70	$510.80
$507.50	$465.00	Nov 4	$0.31	$0.60	$0.91	$464.09	$508.41
$507.50	$487.50	Nov 4	$0.31	$0.66	$0.97	$486.53	$508.47
$510.00	$467.50	Nov 4	$0.14	$1.01	$1.15	$466.35	$511.15
$507.50	$467.50	Nov 4	$0.31	$1.01	$1.32	$466.18	$508.82

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 549 found (best R:R 2.25, avg credit $1.35)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
460/462	538/540	Nov 4	$1.73	$0.77	90%	2.25	$460.77	$539.23
460/462	568/570	Nov 4	$1.86	$0.64	85%	2.91	$460.64	$569.36
460/462	532/535	Nov 4	$1.60	$0.90	91%	1.78	$460.90	$534.10
415/420	538/540	Nov 4	$1.72	$3.28	91%	0.52	$418.28	$539.22
475/478	538/540	Nov 4	$1.46	$1.04	91%	1.40	$476.04	$538.96
475/478	568/570	Nov 4	$1.59	$0.91	86%	1.75	$475.91	$569.09
415/420	532/535	Nov 4	$1.59	$3.41	92%	0.47	$418.41	$534.09
415/420	568/570	Nov 4	$1.85	$3.15	86%	0.59	$418.15	$569.35
460/462	555/558	Nov 4	$1.31	$1.19	93%	1.10	$461.19	$556.31
475/478	532/535	Nov 4	$1.33	$1.17	92%	1.14	$476.17	$533.83

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 425 found (best R:R 33.48, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$475.00	$485.00	$495.00	Nov 27	$0.29	$9.71	14%	33.48
$505.00	$507.50	$510.00	Nov 4	$0.41	$2.09	42%	5.10
$530.00	$535.00	$540.00	Nov 18	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$502.50	$505.00	$507.50	Nov 4	$1.03	$1.47	64%	1.43
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Dec 11	$0.13	$4.87	6%	37.46

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$500.00	$502.50	$505.00	Nov 4	$0.54	$1.96	42%	3.63
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Nov 20	$0.14	$4.86	9%	34.71
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Dec 4	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Dec 18	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00
$507.50	$510.00	$512.50	Nov 9	$0.06	$2.44	9%	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 381 found (best net $-6.90, 342 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$430.00	$475.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$6.90	$38.10
$450.00	$477.50	1:2	Nov 13	-$8.92	$18.58
$477.50	$497.50	1:2	Nov 11	-$0.92	$19.08
$440.00	$470.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$19.31	$10.69
$480.00	$490.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$5.02	$4.98

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$592.50	$552.50	1:2	Dec 11	-$21.27	$18.73
$510.00	$507.50	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.19	$2.31
$445.00	$430.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$0.04	$14.96
$502.50	$500.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.03	$2.47
$465.00	$460.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.22	$4.78

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 244 found (best yield 5.76%, avg 1.19%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$505.00	Dec 18	$29.05	0.53	0.1%	5.76%	5.91%	62	282
$510.00	Dec 18	$26.30	0.50	1.1%	5.22%	6.35%	93	1.4K
$515.00	Dec 18	$23.80	0.48	2.1%	4.72%	6.85%	24	402
$520.00	Dec 18	$21.75	0.45	3.1%	4.31%	7.43%	316	629
$525.00	Dec 18	$19.50	0.42	4.1%	3.87%	7.98%	193	1.3K
$530.00	Dec 18	$17.85	0.39	5.1%	3.54%	8.64%	584	914
$535.00	Dec 18	$15.75	0.36	6.1%	3.12%	9.22%	74	448
$540.00	Dec 18	$14.50	0.34	7.1%	2.88%	9.96%	158	1.3K
$515.00	Dec 11	$21.45	0.47	2.1%	4.25%	6.38%	21	10
$520.00	Dec 11	$19.25	0.44	3.1%	3.82%	6.94%	61	51

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 134,109

Total Puts 300,565

Put/Call Ratio 2.24

Net Difference -166,456

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 94,227

Total Puts 127,587

Put/Call Ratio 1.35

Net Difference -33,360

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 721,263

Total Puts 1,423,889

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.88

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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