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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$459.53 -8.87%

(11/5 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/05 12:00pm) 589,229

Calls: 127,286 (22%)

Puts: 461,943 (78%)

Prior (11/04) 249,717

Calls: 75,630 (30%)

Puts: 174,087 (70%)

Current vs Prior +135.96%

Calls: +68.30% (Calls)

Puts: +165.35% (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 +80.81%

Calls: +18.04%

Puts: +111.85%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/05 12:00pm) $946.78M

Calls: $133.30M (14%)

Puts: $813.47M (86%)

Prior (11/04) $211.71M

Calls: $56.64M (27%)

Puts: $155.07M (73%)

Current vs Prior +347.20%

Calls: +135.36%

Puts: +424.57%

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 +228.67%

Calls: +40.77%

Puts: +320.70%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/05 12:00pm) 3.63

Prior (11/04) 2.30

Current vs Prior +57.67%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.92

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +89.24%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/05 12:00pm) 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 4.64% | 5.81%4.64% | 8.41%9.00% | 14.73%

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

Current vs Prior +39.66% | +43.38%+39.66% | +43.94%+42.57% | +22.48%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +54.07% | +40.45%+40.88% | +42.09%+13.98% | +21.00%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +39.66% | +43.38%+43.78% | +39.63%+41.24% | +23.19%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.17% | 14.63%

Calls: 21.16% | 17.73%

Puts: 7.18% | 11.53%

Prior 26.25% | 28.16%

Calls: 31.79% | 35.94%

Puts: 20.72% | 20.38%

Current vs Prior -46.02% | -48.05%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.66% | 24.99%

Calls: 35.64% | 25.57%

Puts: 31.69% | 24.41%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -57.90% | -41.45%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 86% of dollar volume in puts ($813.47M) vs calls ($133.30M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 347% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (229% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 136% vs prior - elevated interest.

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

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Prior BEARISH

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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
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 519 of results (avg 6.2%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Nov 20	18.75	19.30	$19.02	2.9%	267	0.46	311
$470.00	Dec 4	23.35	24.15	$23.75	3.4%	2	0.48	--
$475.00	Nov 27	18.65	19.30	$18.98	3.4%	20	0.43	1
$375.00	Dec 18	92.15	95.65	$93.90	3.7%	--	0.86	56
$475.00	Dec 4	21.05	21.85	$21.45	3.7%	1	0.45	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Dec 18	30.75	31.75	$31.25	3.2%	1.3K	0.46	2.5K
$540.00	Nov 13	79.05	81.65	$80.35	3.2%	38	0.93	1.4K
$545.00	Dec 18	87.95	90.90	$89.43	3.3%	56	0.83	683
$460.00	Nov 20	23.00	23.80	$23.40	3.4%	3.2K	0.47	1.2K
$547.50	Nov 6	86.45	89.50	$87.98	3.5%	7	1.00	46

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.92, cheapest $0.92)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$492.50	Nov 6	0.84	1.00	$0.92	17.4%	180	0.09	4

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 378 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$370.00	Nov 9	88.90	92.45	$90.68	3.9%	1	1.00	1
$370.00	Nov 6	88.25	91.85	$90.05	4.0%	--	0.99	13
$400.00	Nov 6	58.65	62.20	$60.43	5.9%	11	0.96	30
$405.00	Nov 6	53.75	57.35	$55.55	6.5%	--	0.96	23
$410.00	Nov 6	48.90	52.50	$50.70	7.1%	--	0.95	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Nov 6	48.80	52.15	$50.47	6.6%	113	1.00	1.6K
$512.50	Nov 6	51.15	54.60	$52.88	6.5%	14	1.00	255
$515.00	Nov 6	53.75	57.35	$55.55	6.5%	2.6K	1.00	3.8K
$517.50	Nov 6	56.20	59.60	$57.90	5.9%	406	1.00	873
$520.00	Nov 6	58.75	62.05	$60.40	5.5%	1.4K	1.00	2.4K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 837 active (total vol 440.5K, top 38.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Dec 18	4.60	5.35	$4.97	15.1%	6.1K	0.14	7.2K
$500.00	Dec 4	11.55	12.60	$12.08	8.7%	4.0K	0.31	25
$532.50	Nov 6	0.02	0.11	$0.07	128.6%	4.0K	0.01	4.8K
$500.00	Nov 9	1.04	1.32	$1.18	23.7%	3.9K	0.09	343
$490.00	Nov 27	12.70	13.45	$13.08	5.7%	3.3K	0.34	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$445.00	Nov 13	12.20	13.20	$12.70	7.9%	38.4K	0.36	418
$475.00	Nov 13	25.00	27.70	$26.35	10.2%	30.6K	0.61	30.4K
$375.00	Nov 9	0.55	0.86	$0.71	43.7%	22.7K	0.03	29.0K
$465.00	Nov 6	11.05	13.20	$12.13	17.7%	13.0K	0.57	10.5K
$470.00	Nov 6	14.30	16.55	$15.43	14.6%	12.0K	0.65	11.3K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 32 strikes (avg 73.5%, max 102.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$435.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	108.0%	53.3%	102.8%	14	93
$440.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	105.3%	52.4%	101.1%	67	109
$445.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	103.5%	51.9%	99.4%	36	30
$450.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	100.0%	51.4%	94.5%	216	661
$455.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	97.5%	50.6%	92.8%	213	89

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$435.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	108.0%	53.3%	102.8%	1.4K	2.1K
$440.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	105.3%	52.4%	101.1%	2.1K	3.4K
$445.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	103.5%	51.9%	99.4%	1.2K	653
$450.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	100.0%	51.4%	94.5%	7.5K	22.8K
$455.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	97.3%	50.6%	92.3%	2.1K	1.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 577 found (best R:R 15.67, avg 4.47)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$475.00	$480.00	Dec 4	$1.60	$3.40	$1.60	45%	2.13	$476.60
$432.50	$460.00	Nov 16	$17.29	$10.21	$17.29	72%	0.59	$449.79
$487.50	$490.00	Nov 16	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	30%	9.00	$487.75
$500.00	$502.50	Nov 18	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	24%	11.50	$500.20
$530.00	$540.00	Nov 16	$0.29	$9.71	$0.29	8%	33.48	$530.29

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$447.50	$445.00	Nov 13	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	37%	15.67	$447.35
$435.00	$430.00	Dec 11	$0.90	$4.10	$0.90	34%	4.56	$434.10
$452.50	$450.00	Nov 13	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	41%	4.00	$452.00
$465.00	$462.50	Nov 13	$0.78	$1.72	$0.78	52%	2.21	$464.22
$487.50	$485.00	Nov 11	$1.42	$1.08	$1.42	75%	0.76	$486.08

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 451 found (best R:R 2.33, avg 0.39)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$480.00	$482.50	Dec 4	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	58%	2.33	$481.75
$485.00	$490.00	Nov 18	$2.22	$2.22	$2.78	65%	0.80	$487.22
$462.50	$465.00	Nov 13	$1.80	$1.80	$0.70	50%	2.57	$464.30
$460.00	$470.00	Dec 11	$5.60	$5.60	$4.40	46%	1.27	$465.60
$477.50	$480.00	Nov 16	$1.32	$1.32	$1.18	62%	1.12	$478.82

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$455.00	$452.50	Nov 13	$1.67	$1.67	$0.83	56%	2.01	$453.33
$380.00	$375.00	Nov 9	$0.72	$0.72	$4.28	94%	0.17	$379.28
$450.00	$447.50	Nov 13	$1.48	$1.48	$1.02	60%	1.45	$448.52
$430.00	$425.00	Dec 11	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	68%	0.68	$427.98
$395.00	$390.00	Dec 11	$1.30	$1.30	$3.70	82%	0.35	$393.70

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 22 found (avg debit $3.07, cheapest $2.50)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$450.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.65	100.0%	67.0%
$455.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.97	97.5%	65.4%
$452.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$8.83	99.1%	67.7%
$460.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.93	94.2%	64.3%
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.77	93.5%	64.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$450.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.50	100.0%	67.0%
$455.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.63	97.3%	65.4%
$452.50	Nov 6	Nov 11	$5.70	98.8%	68.4%
$460.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.83	94.2%	64.3%
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.80	93.5%	64.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 210 found (cheapest 4.25% of stock, avg 10.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$465.00	Nov 6	$7.38	$12.13	$19.51	$445.49	$484.51	4.25%
$460.00	Nov 6	$9.90	$9.75	$19.65	$440.35	$479.65	4.28%
$462.50	Nov 6	$8.63	$11.13	$19.76	$442.74	$482.26	4.30%
$457.50	Nov 6	$11.58	$8.45	$20.03	$437.47	$477.53	4.36%
$467.50	Nov 6	$6.35	$13.75	$20.10	$447.40	$487.60	4.37%
$455.00	Nov 6	$12.83	$7.75	$20.58	$434.42	$475.58	4.48%
$470.00	Nov 6	$5.45	$15.43	$20.88	$449.12	$490.88	4.54%
$452.50	Nov 6	$14.50	$6.85	$21.35	$431.15	$473.85	4.65%
$472.50	Nov 6	$4.43	$17.05	$21.48	$451.02	$493.98	4.67%
$450.00	Nov 6	$16.08	$6.07	$22.15	$427.85	$472.15	4.82%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 2.28% of stock, avg 7.59%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$472.50	$450.00	Nov 6	$4.43	$6.07	$10.50	$439.50	$483.00
$470.00	$450.00	Nov 6	$5.45	$6.07	$11.52	$438.48	$481.52
$472.50	$452.50	Nov 6	$4.43	$6.85	$11.28	$441.22	$483.78
$470.00	$452.50	Nov 6	$5.45	$6.85	$12.30	$440.20	$482.30
$467.50	$450.00	Nov 6	$6.35	$6.07	$12.42	$437.58	$479.92
$467.50	$452.50	Nov 6	$6.35	$6.85	$13.20	$439.30	$480.70
$472.50	$455.00	Nov 6	$4.43	$7.75	$12.18	$442.82	$484.68
$470.00	$455.00	Nov 6	$5.45	$7.75	$13.20	$441.80	$483.20
$467.50	$455.00	Nov 6	$6.35	$7.75	$14.10	$440.90	$481.60
$472.50	$445.00	Nov 9	$6.98	$7.03	$14.01	$430.99	$486.51

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 300 found (best R:R 1.46, avg credit $1.62)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
405/410	485/490	Nov 18	$2.97	$2.03	47%	1.46	$407.03	$487.97
412/415	485/490	Nov 18	$3.02	$1.98	45%	1.53	$411.98	$488.02
425/428	485/488	Nov 16	$1.64	$0.86	43%	1.91	$425.86	$486.64
410/415	490/495	Nov 20	$2.77	$2.23	46%	1.24	$412.23	$492.77
432/435	485/488	Nov 16	$1.57	$0.93	39%	1.69	$433.43	$486.57
405/410	495/500	Nov 18	$2.32	$2.68	54%	0.87	$407.68	$497.32
380/385	490/495	Nov 20	$2.20	$2.80	56%	0.79	$382.80	$492.20
400/405	490/495	Nov 20	$2.50	$2.50	50%	1.00	$402.50	$492.50
428/430	485/488	Nov 16	$1.44	$1.06	42%	1.36	$428.56	$486.44
370/375	490/495	Nov 20	$2.05	$2.95	58%	0.69	$372.95	$492.05

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 377 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	7%	61.50
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$4.89	7%	44.45
$480.00	$485.00	$490.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$4.88	7%	40.67
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$435.00	$440.00	$445.00	Nov 9	$0.05	$4.95	9%	99.00
$440.00	$445.00	$450.00	Nov 6	$0.20	$4.80	12%	24.00
$420.00	$425.00	$430.00	Nov 13	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50
$450.00	$455.00	$460.00	Dec 4	$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. 196 found (best net $-8.10, 192 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$400.00	$440.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$8.10	$31.90
$432.50	$460.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$3.14	$24.36
$535.00	$545.00	1:2	Nov 18	-$0.39	$9.61
$537.50	$540.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.01	$2.49
$535.00	$537.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.02	$2.48

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$390.00	$370.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$0.26	$19.74
$395.00	$375.00	1:2	Nov 18	-$1.32	$18.68
$405.00	$390.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$1.04	$13.96
$380.00	$375.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.13	$4.87
$400.00	$395.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.23	$4.77

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 265 found (best yield 7.16%, avg 1.81%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$460.00	Dec 18	$32.90	0.54	0.1%	7.16%	7.26%	1.2K	137
$470.00	Dec 18	$27.70	0.49	2.3%	6.03%	8.31%	79	224
$475.00	Dec 18	$25.35	0.47	3.4%	5.52%	8.88%	170	265
$465.00	Dec 18	$29.70	0.52	1.2%	6.46%	7.65%	50	71
$480.00	Dec 18	$23.10	0.44	4.5%	5.03%	9.48%	378	336
$485.00	Dec 18	$21.00	0.41	5.5%	4.57%	10.11%	388	138
$490.00	Dec 18	$19.00	0.39	6.6%	4.13%	10.77%	156	153
$495.00	Dec 18	$17.20	0.37	7.7%	3.74%	11.46%	173	317
$460.00	Dec 11	$30.05	0.54	0.1%	6.54%	6.64%	17	--
$470.00	Dec 11	$25.20	0.48	2.3%	5.48%	7.76%	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

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 127,286

Total Puts 461,943

Put/Call Ratio 3.63

Net Difference -334,657

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 75,630

Total Puts 174,087

Put/Call Ratio 2.30

Net Difference -98,457

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)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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