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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$470.88 -6.62%

(11/4 18:55) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/05 10:00am) 119,098

Calls: 36,851 (31%)

Puts: 82,247 (69%)

Prior (11/04) 65,756

Calls: 30,096 (46%)

Puts: 35,660 (54%)

Current vs Prior +81.12%

Calls: +22.44% (Calls)

Puts: +130.64% (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 -61.14%

Calls: -64.24%

Puts: -59.57%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/05 10:00am) $159.57M

Calls: $26.40M (17%)

Puts: $133.16M (83%)

Prior (11/04) $48.95M

Calls: $23.54M (48%)

Puts: $25.41M (52%)

Current vs Prior +225.99%

Calls: +12.16%

Puts: +424.11%

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 -37.41%

Calls: -70.33%

Puts: -19.76%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/05 10:00am) 2.23

Prior (11/04) 1.18

Current vs Prior +88.36%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.88

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +18.77%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/05 10:00am) 2,126,518

Calls: 849,651 (40%)

Puts: 1,276,867 (60%)

Prior (11/04) 2,128,564

Calls: 866,431 (41%)

Puts: 1,262,133 (59%)

Current vs Prior -0.10%

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 +5.82%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (11/06) | Next (11/09)Expiry (11/06) | Next (11/13)Expiry (11/16) | Next (12/18)

Current 3.98% | 5.01%3.98% | 7.41%8.03% | 13.81%

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

Current vs Prior +14.26% | +1.32%-19.62% | +6.90%+4.93% | +7.92%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +35.27% | +21.31%+17.07% | +24.85%-2.56% | +13.28%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.48% | 4.95%3.23% | 6.02%6.38% | 11.95%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +14.26% | +1.32%+23.21% | +23.10%+25.94% | +15.49%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.16% | 14.36%

Calls: 13.68% | 18.86%

Puts: 14.63% | 9.85%

Prior 20.12% | 18.42%

Calls: 29.38% | 22.04%

Puts: 10.87% | 14.80%

Current vs Prior -29.62% | -22.04%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.29% | 22.53%

Calls: 34.99% | 21.87%

Puts: 31.59% | 23.20%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -57.46% | -36.26%

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Strong bearish conviction with 83% of dollar volume in puts ($133.16M) vs calls ($26.40M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 226% vs prior. Above-average activity with volume up 81% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.23 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 411 of results (avg 6.6%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$380.00	Dec 18	97.85	100.00	$98.93	2.2%	2	0.89	338
$385.00	Dec 18	92.60	95.50	$94.05	3.1%	--	0.87	24
$400.00	Nov 20	73.90	76.50	$75.20	3.5%	1	0.89	68
$420.00	Dec 18	64.50	67.00	$65.75	3.8%	1	0.77	339
$400.00	Dec 18	79.75	83.05	$81.40	4.1%	--	0.84	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 20	37.20	38.10	$37.65	2.4%	744	0.69	19.1K
$550.00	Dec 18	82.00	84.00	$83.00	2.4%	755	0.83	6.3K
$475.00	Dec 18	31.50	32.35	$31.93	2.7%	875	0.48	2.4K
$560.00	Dec 18	90.70	93.35	$92.03	2.9%	8	0.85	2.2K
$552.50	Nov 20	81.50	84.00	$82.75	3.0%	--	0.92	131

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. 351 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Nov 6	70.00	73.65	$71.83	5.1%	5	0.98	30
$405.00	Nov 6	65.00	68.70	$66.85	5.5%	--	0.98	23
$410.00	Nov 6	60.00	63.75	$61.88	6.1%	--	0.97	26
$420.00	Nov 6	50.15	54.00	$52.08	7.4%	12	0.96	14
$380.00	Nov 20	92.40	96.30	$94.35	4.1%	--	0.94	208

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Nov 6	37.80	40.55	$39.17	7.0%	32	1.00	1.6K
$512.50	Nov 6	39.65	43.30	$41.47	8.8%	3	1.00	255
$515.00	Nov 6	42.15	45.45	$43.80	7.5%	1.0K	1.00	3.8K
$517.50	Nov 6	44.50	48.00	$46.25	7.6%	101	1.00	873
$520.00	Nov 6	47.50	50.55	$49.03	6.2%	1.4K	1.00	2.4K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 691 active (total vol 99.3K, top 6.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$532.50	Nov 6	0.03	0.06	$0.05	60.0%	4.0K	0.01	4.8K
$500.00	Nov 9	1.73	1.91	$1.82	9.9%	3.7K	0.14	343
$500.00	Nov 6	0.54	0.81	$0.68	39.7%	1.6K	0.08	202
$530.00	Nov 6	0.04	0.07	$0.06	50.0%	1.4K	0.01	2.9K
$525.00	Dec 18	10.50	11.65	$11.08	10.4%	785	0.27	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Nov 9	6.30	7.25	$6.78	14.0%	6.1K	0.34	296
$465.00	Nov 20	17.90	18.85	$18.38	5.2%	3.8K	0.43	6.4K
$385.00	Nov 6	0.13	0.20	$0.17	41.2%	2.9K	0.01	10.5K
$500.00	Nov 6	28.20	31.10	$29.65	9.8%	2.7K	0.93	24.3K
$490.00	Nov 6	19.55	21.75	$20.65	10.7%	2.7K	0.82	5.0K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 33 strikes (avg 49.6%, max 83.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	89.5%	48.9%	83.2%	9	661
$465.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	81.6%	47.0%	73.6%	1	83
$470.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	78.2%	46.5%	68.0%	48	235
$475.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	76.3%	49.4%	54.4%	347	266
$480.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	74.2%	48.2%	54.0%	267	341

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	89.5%	48.9%	83.2%	1.4K	22.8K
$455.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	86.6%	47.8%	81.0%	293	1.3K
$460.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	83.5%	47.5%	75.7%	1.6K	5.5K
$465.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	81.6%	47.0%	73.6%	562	11.0K
$470.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	78.2%	46.5%	68.0%	1.3K	15.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 542 found (best R:R 1.63, avg 5.02)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$465.00	$470.00	Dec 18	$2.20	$2.80	$2.20	57%	1.27	$467.20
$530.00	$542.50	Nov 16	$0.39	$12.11	$0.39	9%	31.05	$530.39
$492.50	$497.50	Nov 16	$1.08	$3.92	$1.08	33%	3.63	$493.58
$445.00	$480.00	Dec 4	$20.42	$14.58	$20.42	68%	0.71	$465.42
$470.00	$472.50	Nov 16	$0.90	$1.60	$0.90	53%	1.78	$470.90

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$510.00	$507.50	Nov 13	$0.95	$1.55	$0.95	82%	1.63	$509.05
$535.00	$532.50	Nov 13	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	92%	0.79	$533.60
$540.00	$537.50	Nov 20	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	89%	0.89	$538.68
$497.50	$495.00	Nov 9	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	83%	0.89	$496.18
$500.00	$497.50	Nov 18	$1.05	$1.45	$1.05	71%	1.38	$498.95

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 422 found (best R:R 0.13, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$555.00	$565.00	Nov 16	$1.29	$1.29	$8.71	92%	0.15	$556.29
$472.50	$475.00	Nov 16	$2.06	$2.06	$0.44	50%	4.68	$474.56
$552.50	$555.00	Nov 9	$0.63	$0.63	$1.87	96%	0.34	$553.13
$557.50	$560.00	Nov 9	$0.50	$0.50	$2.00	96%	0.25	$558.00
$515.00	$517.50	Nov 16	$0.80	$0.80	$1.70	82%	0.47	$515.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$437.50	$390.00	Nov 16	$5.43	$5.43	$42.07	77%	0.13	$432.07
$410.00	$395.00	Dec 11	$2.67	$2.67	$12.33	82%	0.22	$407.33
$432.50	$430.00	Nov 18	$0.82	$0.82	$1.68	78%	0.49	$431.68
$450.00	$445.00	Dec 18	$1.98	$1.98	$3.02	64%	0.66	$448.02
$455.00	$450.00	Nov 27	$1.98	$1.98	$3.02	63%	0.66	$453.02

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 21 found (avg debit $3.27, cheapest $2.40)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$465.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.62	81.6%	56.2%
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.67	81.6%	56.5%
$475.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.53	76.3%	55.5%
$472.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.78	76.7%	56.2%
$480.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.41	74.2%	53.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.40	83.1%	57.1%
$465.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.47	81.6%	56.2%
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.67	81.6%	56.5%
$470.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.60	78.2%	54.9%
$475.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.90	76.3%	55.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 181 found (cheapest 3.64% of stock, avg 9.11%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$475.00	Nov 6	$6.85	$10.30	$17.15	$457.85	$492.15	3.64%
$472.50	Nov 6	$7.95	$9.23	$17.18	$455.32	$489.68	3.65%
$470.00	Nov 6	$9.50	$8.05	$17.55	$452.45	$487.55	3.73%
$477.50	Nov 6	$5.63	$11.93	$17.56	$459.94	$495.06	3.73%
$467.50	Nov 6	$10.68	$7.08	$17.76	$449.74	$485.26	3.77%
$480.00	Nov 6	$4.72	$13.18	$17.90	$462.10	$497.90	3.80%
$465.00	Nov 6	$12.23	$6.08	$18.31	$446.69	$483.31	3.89%
$482.50	Nov 6	$3.85	$14.63	$18.48	$464.02	$500.98	3.92%
$485.00	Nov 6	$2.99	$16.73	$19.72	$465.28	$504.72	4.19%
$487.50	Nov 6	$2.49	$18.73	$21.22	$466.28	$508.72	4.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 1.77% of stock, avg 6.75%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$482.50	$460.00	Nov 6	$3.85	$4.50	$8.35	$451.65	$490.85
$482.50	$462.50	Nov 6	$3.85	$5.28	$9.13	$453.37	$491.63
$480.00	$460.00	Nov 6	$4.72	$4.50	$9.22	$450.78	$489.22
$480.00	$462.50	Nov 6	$4.72	$5.28	$10.00	$452.50	$490.00
$482.50	$465.00	Nov 6	$3.85	$6.08	$9.93	$455.07	$492.43
$480.00	$465.00	Nov 6	$4.72	$6.08	$10.80	$454.20	$490.80
$477.50	$460.00	Nov 6	$5.63	$4.50	$10.13	$449.87	$487.63
$477.50	$462.50	Nov 6	$5.63	$5.28	$10.91	$451.59	$488.41
$477.50	$465.00	Nov 6	$5.63	$6.08	$11.71	$453.29	$489.21
$482.50	$467.50	Nov 6	$3.85	$7.08	$10.93	$456.57	$493.43

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 468 found (best R:R 2.57, avg credit $1.61)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
450/452	498/500	Nov 16	$1.80	$0.70	38%	2.57	$450.70	$499.30
445/448	498/500	Nov 16	$1.64	$0.86	41%	1.91	$445.86	$499.14
380/385	500/505	Nov 27	$2.26	$2.74	58%	0.82	$382.74	$502.26
395/400	500/505	Nov 27	$2.42	$2.58	54%	0.94	$397.58	$502.42
438/440	498/500	Nov 16	$1.44	$1.06	46%	1.36	$438.56	$498.94
415/420	500/505	Nov 27	$2.72	$2.28	47%	1.19	$417.28	$502.72
455/458	482/485	Nov 9	$1.73	$0.77	34%	2.25	$455.77	$484.23
442/445	498/500	Nov 16	$1.49	$1.01	43%	1.48	$443.51	$498.99
385/390	500/505	Nov 27	$2.24	$2.76	56%	0.81	$387.76	$502.24
410/415	500/505	Nov 27	$2.59	$2.41	49%	1.07	$412.41	$502.59

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 349 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 18	$0.13	$4.87	8%	37.46
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Dec 18	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Dec 18	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Dec 18	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Dec 4	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$445.00	$450.00	$455.00	Dec 4	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$4.89	7%	44.45
$440.00	$445.00	$450.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$4.87	8%	37.46

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 223 found (best net $-2.26, 212 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$445.00	$480.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$2.26	$32.74
$450.00	$465.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.38	$14.62
$445.00	$460.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$6.35	$8.65
$457.50	$472.50	1:2	Nov 11	-$4.88	$10.12
$485.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 18	-$3.13	$11.87

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$435.00	$425.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.63	$9.37
$425.00	$415.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.52	$9.48
$400.00	$385.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$0.51	$14.49
$385.00	$380.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.07	$4.93
$415.00	$405.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.47	$9.53

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 236 found (best yield 6.22%, avg 1.48%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$475.00	Dec 18	$29.30	0.52	0.9%	6.22%	7.10%	17	265
$485.00	Dec 18	$24.55	0.47	3.0%	5.21%	8.21%	101	138
$490.00	Dec 18	$22.35	0.44	4.1%	4.75%	8.81%	126	153
$480.00	Dec 18	$26.25	0.49	1.9%	5.57%	7.51%	29	336
$495.00	Dec 18	$20.30	0.41	5.1%	4.31%	9.43%	108	317
$500.00	Dec 18	$18.40	0.39	6.2%	3.91%	10.09%	484	3.1K
$482.50	Dec 11	$23.60	0.47	2.5%	5.01%	7.48%	141	--
$505.00	Dec 18	$16.50	0.36	7.2%	3.50%	10.75%	112	287
$485.00	Dec 11	$22.10	0.46	3.0%	4.69%	7.69%	3	--
$510.00	Dec 18	$14.90	0.34	8.3%	3.16%	11.47%	51	1.4K

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 36,851

Total Puts 82,247

Put/Call Ratio 2.23

Net Difference -45,396

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 30,096

Total Puts 35,660

Put/Call Ratio 1.18

Net Difference -5,564

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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