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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$452.27 -10.31%

(11/5 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/05 11:00am) 423,803

Calls: 85,270 (20%)

Puts: 338,533 (80%)

Prior (11/04) 144,318

Calls: 58,899 (41%)

Puts: 85,419 (59%)

Current vs Prior +193.66%

Calls: +44.77% (Calls)

Puts: +296.32% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,281,202

Calls: 754,852 (33%)

Puts: 1,526,350 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 325,886

Calls: 107,836 (33%)

Puts: 218,050 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +30.05%

Calls: -20.93%

Puts: +55.25%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/05 11:00am) $854.13M

Calls: $65.03M (8%)

Puts: $789.10M (92%)

Prior (11/04) $154.66M

Calls: $38.12M (25%)

Puts: $116.54M (75%)

Current vs Prior +452.25%

Calls: +70.59%

Puts: +577.09%

Prior 7-Day Total $2.02B

Calls: $662.88M (33%)

Puts: $1.35B (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average $288.06M

Calls: $94.70M (33%)

Puts: $193.36M (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +196.51%

Calls: -31.33%

Puts: +308.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/05 11:00am) 3.97

Prior (11/04) 1.45

Current vs Prior +173.75%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.92

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +107.01%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/05 11:00am) 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 14,318,578

Calls: 5,777,989 (40%)

Puts: 8,540,589 (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,045,511

Calls: 825,427 (40%)

Puts: 1,220,084 (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.96%

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 5.28% | 6.85%5.28% | 9.16%9.53% | 15.25%

Prior 3.32% | 4.05%3.32% | 5.84%6.32% | 12.02%

Current vs Prior +58.86% | +69.16%+58.86% | +56.93%+50.91% | +26.80%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.01% | 4.13%3.29% | 5.92%7.90% | 12.17%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +75.26% | +65.70%+60.26% | +54.91%+20.65% | +25.27%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.32% | 4.05%3.23% | 6.02%6.38% | 11.95%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +58.86% | +69.16%+63.55% | +52.23%+49.51% | +27.53%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 10.72% | 14.95%

Calls: 10.16% | 16.58%

Puts: 11.28% | 13.33%

Prior 26.25% | 28.16%

Calls: 31.79% | 35.94%

Puts: 20.72% | 20.38%

Current vs Prior -59.16% | -46.91%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.66% | 24.99%

Calls: 35.64% | 25.57%

Puts: 31.69% | 24.41%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -68.15% | -40.17%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 92% of dollar volume in puts ($789.10M) vs calls ($65.03M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 452% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (197% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 194% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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
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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 423 of results (avg 6.9%, best 3.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Dec 18	30.40	31.60	$31.00	3.9%	1.1K	0.50	137
$375.00	Dec 18	87.00	90.80	$88.90	4.3%	--	0.83	56
$365.00	Dec 18	95.05	99.25	$97.15	4.3%	--	0.85	50
$365.00	Nov 20	90.15	94.25	$92.20	4.4%	--	0.89	16
$400.00	Nov 27	61.90	64.75	$63.33	4.5%	--	0.80	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 20	22.70	23.45	$23.08	3.2%	3.8K	0.45	9.4K
$452.50	Nov 13	19.35	20.15	$19.75	4.1%	123	0.47	157
$537.50	Nov 6	82.80	86.30	$84.55	4.1%	2	1.00	112
$540.00	Nov 6	85.25	88.90	$87.08	4.2%	19	1.00	766
$540.00	Dec 18	89.50	93.40	$91.45	4.3%	35	0.84	5.9K

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. 347 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$370.00	Nov 6	81.55	85.50	$83.53	4.7%	--	0.96	13
$370.00	Nov 9	82.50	86.60	$84.55	4.8%	1	0.92	1
$400.00	Nov 6	53.00	56.30	$54.65	6.0%	5	0.92	30
$405.00	Nov 6	47.55	51.85	$49.70	8.7%	--	0.91	23
$365.00	Nov 20	90.15	94.25	$92.20	4.4%	--	0.89	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$502.50	Nov 6	48.00	51.75	$49.88	7.5%	37	1.00	1.9K
$505.00	Nov 6	50.50	54.00	$52.25	6.7%	140	1.00	999
$507.50	Nov 6	53.10	56.85	$54.98	6.8%	30	1.00	432
$510.00	Nov 6	55.50	58.95	$57.23	6.0%	57	1.00	1.6K
$512.50	Nov 6	58.10	61.65	$59.88	5.9%	14	1.00	255

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 751 active (total vol 321.4K, top 37.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$532.50	Nov 6	0.01	0.10	$0.06	150.0%	4.0K	0.01	4.8K
$500.00	Nov 9	0.92	1.20	$1.06	26.4%	3.8K	0.08	343
$500.00	Nov 6	0.28	0.43	$0.36	41.7%	2.7K	0.04	202
$532.50	Nov 13	0.78	0.97	$0.88	21.6%	2.7K	0.05	4.7K
$525.00	Dec 18	7.90	8.75	$8.32	10.2%	2.6K	0.21	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$445.00	Nov 13	15.90	16.60	$16.25	4.3%	37.7K	0.41	418
$475.00	Nov 13	30.55	33.05	$31.80	7.9%	30.5K	0.66	30.4K
$465.00	Nov 6	16.75	18.85	$17.80	11.8%	12.9K	0.66	10.5K
$470.00	Nov 6	21.00	22.00	$21.50	4.7%	11.8K	0.73	11.3K
$500.00	Nov 13	48.50	52.60	$50.55	8.1%	7.6K	0.83	8.4K

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 84.2%, max 147.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$420.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	137.4%	55.4%	147.8%	15	353
$435.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	122.8%	53.7%	128.6%	3	93
$440.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	117.9%	52.9%	122.7%	24	109
$450.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	110.2%	51.8%	112.6%	81	661
$455.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	104.8%	54.7%	91.5%	67	89

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$420.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	137.4%	55.4%	147.8%	2.9K	15.1K
$425.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	131.9%	54.9%	140.4%	8.1K	16.5K
$430.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	127.3%	54.2%	135.0%	1.4K	2.7K
$435.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	122.8%	53.7%	128.6%	1.1K	2.1K
$440.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	117.9%	52.9%	122.7%	1.9K	3.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 533 found (best R:R 1.44, avg 4.52)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$460.00	$470.00	Dec 11	$4.10	$5.90	$4.10	50%	1.44	$464.10
$455.00	$460.00	Dec 18	$1.95	$3.05	$1.95	53%	1.56	$456.95
$530.00	$540.00	Nov 16	$0.15	$9.85	$0.15	8%	65.67	$530.15
$492.50	$497.50	Dec 4	$1.08	$3.92	$1.08	32%	3.63	$493.58
$505.00	$512.50	Nov 16	$0.74	$6.76	$0.74	17%	9.14	$505.74

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$472.50	$470.00	Nov 6	$1.28	$1.22	$1.28	77%	0.95	$471.22
$455.00	$450.00	Nov 20	$1.75	$3.25	$1.75	49%	1.86	$453.25
$467.50	$465.00	Nov 13	$0.92	$1.58	$0.92	60%	1.72	$466.58
$437.50	$425.00	Nov 16	$3.33	$9.17	$3.33	36%	2.75	$434.17
$450.00	$445.00	Dec 4	$1.70	$3.30	$1.70	45%	1.94	$448.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 414 found (best R:R 5.25, avg 0.37)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$460.00	$465.00	Dec 18	$3.10	$3.10	$1.90	50%	1.63	$463.10
$470.00	$475.00	Dec 11	$2.78	$2.78	$2.22	55%	1.25	$472.78
$525.00	$530.00	Nov 18	$0.91	$0.91	$4.09	88%	0.22	$525.91
$455.00	$457.50	Nov 13	$1.62	$1.62	$0.88	49%	1.84	$456.62
$465.00	$480.00	Dec 4	$6.65	$6.65	$8.35	53%	0.80	$471.65

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$450.00	$447.50	Nov 13	$2.10	$2.10	$0.40	55%	5.25	$447.90
$390.00	$385.00	Nov 11	$1.20	$1.20	$3.80	88%	0.32	$388.80
$405.00	$375.00	Nov 18	$4.24	$4.24	$25.76	80%	0.16	$400.76
$450.00	$445.00	Dec 11	$2.65	$2.65	$2.35	55%	1.13	$447.35
$435.00	$430.00	Dec 4	$2.18	$2.18	$2.82	63%	0.77	$432.82

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 26 found (avg debit $3.67, cheapest $13.05)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$440.00	Nov 6	Nov 20	$13.05	117.9%	67.6%
$450.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$3.18	110.2%	72.0%
$452.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$8.75	106.8%	72.7%
$455.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.95	104.8%	72.4%
$457.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$3.09	103.0%	71.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$440.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.42	117.9%	76.3%
$445.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.67	113.9%	74.7%
$450.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$3.00	110.2%	72.0%
$452.50	Nov 6	Nov 11	$6.02	106.8%	73.3%
$455.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.67	104.8%	72.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 162 found (cheapest 4.88% of stock, avg 10.52%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$457.50	Nov 6	$8.68	$13.38	$22.06	$435.44	$479.56	4.88%
$460.00	Nov 6	$7.57	$14.53	$22.10	$437.90	$482.10	4.89%
$455.00	Nov 6	$10.05	$12.33	$22.38	$432.62	$477.38	4.95%
$452.50	Nov 6	$11.60	$11.08	$22.68	$429.82	$475.18	5.01%
$450.00	Nov 6	$12.80	$9.95	$22.75	$427.25	$472.75	5.03%
$462.50	Nov 6	$6.48	$16.25	$22.73	$439.77	$485.23	5.03%
$465.00	Nov 6	$5.55	$17.80	$23.35	$441.65	$488.35	5.16%
$467.50	Nov 6	$4.68	$19.73	$24.41	$443.09	$491.91	5.40%
$470.00	Nov 6	$4.00	$21.50	$25.50	$444.50	$495.50	5.64%
$440.00	Nov 6	$19.35	$6.65	$26.00	$414.00	$466.00	5.75%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 2.44% of stock, avg 7.79%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$465.00	$435.00	Nov 6	$5.55	$5.50	$11.05	$423.95	$476.05
$465.00	$440.00	Nov 6	$5.55	$6.65	$12.20	$427.80	$477.20
$462.50	$435.00	Nov 6	$6.48	$5.50	$11.98	$423.02	$474.48
$462.50	$440.00	Nov 6	$6.48	$6.65	$13.13	$426.87	$475.63
$465.00	$445.00	Nov 6	$5.55	$8.13	$13.68	$431.32	$478.68
$462.50	$445.00	Nov 6	$6.48	$8.13	$14.61	$430.39	$477.11
$460.00	$435.00	Nov 6	$7.57	$5.50	$13.07	$421.93	$473.07
$460.00	$440.00	Nov 6	$7.57	$6.65	$14.22	$425.78	$474.22
$460.00	$445.00	Nov 6	$7.57	$8.13	$15.70	$429.30	$475.70
$465.00	$430.00	Nov 9	$8.15	$6.60	$14.75	$415.25	$479.75

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 470 found (best R:R 2.91, avg credit $1.72)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
428/430	482/485	Nov 18	$1.86	$0.64	36%	2.91	$428.14	$484.36
420/422	482/485	Nov 18	$1.73	$0.77	40%	2.25	$420.77	$484.23
410/412	482/485	Nov 18	$1.60	$0.90	44%	1.78	$410.90	$484.10
370/375	500/505	Dec 18	$2.47	$2.53	53%	0.98	$372.53	$502.47
405/410	500/505	Dec 18	$3.03	$1.97	41%	1.54	$406.97	$503.03
385/390	482/485	Nov 11	$1.92	$3.08	63%	0.62	$388.08	$484.42
415/418	482/485	Nov 18	$1.51	$0.99	42%	1.53	$415.99	$484.01
385/390	500/505	Dec 18	$2.62	$2.38	48%	1.10	$387.38	$502.62
410/415	495/500	Nov 20	$2.58	$2.42	49%	1.07	$412.42	$497.58
390/395	500/505	Dec 18	$2.70	$2.30	47%	1.17	$392.30	$502.70

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 340 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$460.00	$465.00	$470.00	Nov 11	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Dec 18	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Dec 18	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50
$462.50	$465.00	$467.50	Nov 6	$0.06	$2.44	7%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 16	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$480.00	$485.00	$490.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$425.00	$430.00	$435.00	Nov 9	$0.13	$4.87	7%	37.46
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Nov 16	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$4.89	7%	44.45

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 177 found (best net $-6.07, 174 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$400.00	$440.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$6.07	$33.93
$370.00	$400.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$25.77	$4.23
$420.00	$435.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$10.77	$4.23
$370.00	$400.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$27.25	$2.75
$440.00	$450.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$6.25	$3.75

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$390.00	$370.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$0.98	$19.02
$385.00	$375.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$1.00	$9.00
$370.00	$365.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.73	$4.27
$375.00	$370.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.78	$4.22
$380.00	$375.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.85	$4.15

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 247 found (best yield 6.72%, avg 1.73%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$460.00	Dec 18	$30.40	0.50	1.7%	6.72%	8.43%	1.1K	137
$455.00	Dec 18	$32.20	0.53	0.6%	7.12%	7.72%	36	88
$465.00	Dec 18	$27.15	0.48	2.8%	6.00%	8.82%	34	71
$475.00	Dec 18	$22.70	0.43	5.0%	5.02%	10.04%	44	265
$470.00	Dec 18	$24.30	0.46	3.9%	5.37%	9.29%	75	224
$480.00	Dec 18	$20.75	0.41	6.1%	4.59%	10.72%	359	336
$485.00	Dec 18	$18.65	0.38	7.2%	4.12%	11.36%	379	138
$460.00	Dec 11	$27.00	0.50	1.7%	5.97%	7.68%	14	--
$455.00	Dec 11	$29.25	0.53	0.6%	6.47%	7.07%	2	--
$470.00	Dec 11	$22.75	0.45	3.9%	5.03%	8.95%	9	--

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 85,270

Total Puts 338,533

Put/Call Ratio 3.97

Net Difference -253,263

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 58,899

Total Puts 85,419

Put/Call Ratio 1.45

Net Difference -26,520

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 754,852

Total Puts 1,526,350

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.92

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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)

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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Price — Past 7 Days

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