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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$455.25 -9.72%

(11/5 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/05 2:00pm) 709,718

Calls: 167,505 (24%)

Puts: 542,213 (76%)

Prior (11/04) 287,432

Calls: 85,351 (30%)

Puts: 202,081 (70%)

Current vs Prior +146.92%

Calls: +96.25% (Calls)

Puts: +168.31% (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 +117.78%

Calls: +55.33%

Puts: +148.66%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/05 2:00pm) $1.23B

Calls: $169.57M (14%)

Puts: $1.06B (86%)

Prior (11/04) $234.98M

Calls: $63.40M (27%)

Puts: $171.58M (73%)

Current vs Prior +421.35%

Calls: +167.48%

Puts: +515.15%

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 +325.27%

Calls: +79.07%

Puts: +445.85%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/05 2:00pm) 3.24

Prior (11/04) 2.37

Current vs Prior +36.72%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.92

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +68.79%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/05 2:00pm) 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 4.52% | 6.03%4.52% | 8.64%9.23% | 15.18%

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

Current vs Prior +36.01% | +48.79%+36.02% | +47.93%+46.17% | +26.26%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +50.05% | +45.76%+37.21% | +46.02%+16.86% | +24.74%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +36.01% | +48.79%+40.03% | +43.49%+44.81% | +26.99%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 9.93% | 13.63%

Calls: 9.00% | 11.99%

Puts: 10.87% | 15.27%

Prior 26.25% | 28.16%

Calls: 31.79% | 35.94%

Puts: 20.72% | 20.38%

Current vs Prior -62.17% | -51.60%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.66% | 24.99%

Calls: 35.64% | 25.57%

Puts: 31.69% | 24.41%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -70.50% | -45.45%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 86% of dollar volume in puts ($1.06B) vs calls ($169.57M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 421% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (325% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 147% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Expected Move

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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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
14:00	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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 550 of results (avg 6.6%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Dec 11	22.05	22.70	$22.38	2.9%	81	0.43	1
$465.00	Dec 11	26.60	27.40	$27.00	3.0%	24	0.48	--
$465.00	Dec 4	24.15	24.90	$24.53	3.1%	12	0.48	--
$470.00	Dec 11	24.30	25.10	$24.70	3.2%	64	0.46	--
$460.00	Nov 20	21.60	22.35	$21.98	3.4%	1.9K	0.50	191

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Dec 11	32.00	32.95	$32.48	2.9%	94	0.49	245
$465.00	Dec 11	34.25	35.30	$34.78	3.0%	57	0.51	42
$455.00	Nov 13	18.55	19.15	$18.85	3.2%	1.5K	0.48	1.1K
$470.00	Dec 11	36.70	37.90	$37.30	3.2%	84	0.54	14
$440.00	Dec 18	25.25	26.15	$25.70	3.5%	427	0.39	2.2K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.71, cheapest $0.30)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 6	0.27	0.32	$0.30	16.7%	3.2K	0.03	202
$500.00	Nov 9	0.92	1.04	$0.98	12.2%	5.0K	0.08	343

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$405.00	Nov 6	0.79	0.94	$0.87	17.2%	956	0.06	1.1K
$400.00	Nov 6	0.64	0.77	$0.71	18.3%	3.7K	0.05	3.9K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 381 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$370.00	Nov 6	83.45	87.60	$85.53	4.9%	--	0.98	13
$370.00	Nov 9	84.00	88.20	$86.10	4.9%	1	0.97	1
$400.00	Nov 6	54.15	58.20	$56.18	7.2%	25	0.95	30
$405.00	Nov 6	49.05	53.20	$51.13	8.1%	--	0.94	23
$410.00	Nov 6	44.35	48.45	$46.40	8.8%	--	0.93	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$502.50	Nov 6	45.30	49.60	$47.45	9.1%	41	1.00	1.9K
$505.00	Nov 6	47.80	52.00	$49.90	8.4%	281	1.00	999
$507.50	Nov 6	50.25	54.45	$52.35	8.0%	31	1.00	432
$510.00	Nov 6	52.75	56.50	$54.63	6.9%	175	1.00	1.6K
$512.50	Nov 6	55.40	59.45	$57.43	7.1%	14	1.00	255

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 863 active (total vol 508.4K, top 38.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 9	0.92	1.04	$0.98	12.2%	5.0K	0.08	343
$500.00	Dec 4	11.15	11.80	$11.48	5.7%	4.1K	0.29	25
$532.50	Nov 6	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	4.0K	0.00	4.8K
$490.00	Nov 27	11.80	12.80	$12.30	8.1%	3.3K	0.32	3
$500.00	Nov 6	0.27	0.32	$0.30	16.7%	3.2K	0.03	202

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$445.00	Nov 13	14.00	14.85	$14.43	5.9%	38.6K	0.39	418
$475.00	Nov 13	28.00	30.90	$29.45	9.8%	30.6K	0.64	30.4K
$375.00	Nov 9	0.50	1.18	$0.84	81.0%	30.4K	0.04	29.0K
$465.00	Nov 6	13.80	15.65	$14.73	12.6%	13.1K	0.65	10.5K
$425.00	Nov 6	1.98	2.29	$2.13	14.6%	12.8K	0.14	14.0K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 29 strikes (avg 70.4%, max 109.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$435.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	111.5%	53.9%	107.0%	14	93
$440.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	107.5%	53.3%	101.6%	120	109
$445.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	104.6%	52.9%	97.7%	57	30
$450.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	101.0%	52.3%	93.0%	345	661
$455.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	98.0%	51.8%	89.1%	385	89

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$430.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	114.5%	54.6%	109.7%	4.5K	2.7K
$435.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	111.5%	53.9%	107.1%	1.5K	2.1K
$440.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	107.5%	53.3%	101.6%	2.8K	3.4K
$445.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	104.6%	52.9%	97.7%	1.3K	653
$450.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	100.9%	52.3%	93.0%	8.3K	22.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 590 found (best R:R 2.45, avg 4.35)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$460.00	$465.00	Dec 11	$1.90	$3.10	$1.90	51%	1.63	$461.90
$415.00	$420.00	Dec 18	$3.15	$1.85	$3.15	72%	0.59	$418.15
$500.00	$502.50	Nov 16	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	19%	24.00	$500.10
$487.50	$490.00	Nov 16	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	28%	7.33	$487.80
$482.50	$485.00	Dec 4	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	38%	3.39	$483.07

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$450.00	$445.00	Nov 20	$1.45	$3.55	$1.45	44%	2.45	$448.55
$482.50	$480.00	Nov 6	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	88%	0.56	$480.90
$465.00	$460.00	Dec 4	$2.05	$2.95	$2.05	52%	1.44	$462.95
$452.50	$450.00	Nov 11	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	46%	2.85	$451.85
$457.50	$455.00	Nov 13	$0.78	$1.72	$0.78	50%	2.21	$456.72

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 455 found (best R:R 1.08, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$497.50	$500.00	Nov 16	$1.00	$1.00	$1.50	78%	0.67	$498.50
$480.00	$482.50	Dec 4	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	61%	1.17	$481.35
$495.00	$500.00	Nov 18	$1.52	$1.52	$3.48	74%	0.44	$496.52
$532.50	$535.00	Nov 9	$0.35	$0.35	$2.15	97%	0.16	$532.85
$522.50	$525.00	Nov 18	$0.57	$0.57	$1.93	87%	0.30	$523.07

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$427.50	$425.00	Nov 16	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	71%	1.08	$426.20
$445.00	$440.00	Nov 20	$2.35	$2.35	$2.65	59%	0.89	$442.65
$455.00	$450.00	Dec 4	$2.62	$2.62	$2.38	53%	1.10	$452.38
$432.50	$430.00	Nov 13	$1.02	$1.02	$1.48	69%	0.69	$431.48
$395.00	$375.00	Nov 18	$2.28	$2.28	$17.72	85%	0.13	$392.72

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 22 found (avg debit $3.30, cheapest $2.72)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$445.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.72	104.6%	70.4%
$450.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$3.00	101.0%	68.8%
$455.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$3.35	98.0%	66.6%
$457.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$3.37	95.7%	66.4%
$452.50	Nov 6	Nov 11	$6.88	98.6%	69.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$445.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.83	104.6%	70.4%
$450.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$3.05	100.9%	68.8%
$455.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.91	98.0%	66.6%
$457.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$3.50	95.7%	66.4%
$452.50	Nov 6	Nov 11	$6.48	98.6%	69.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 210 found (cheapest 4.19% of stock, avg 10.42%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$460.00	Nov 6	$7.32	$11.75	$19.07	$440.93	$479.07	4.19%
$457.50	Nov 6	$8.53	$10.58	$19.11	$438.39	$476.61	4.20%
$455.00	Nov 6	$10.00	$9.57	$19.57	$435.43	$474.57	4.30%
$462.50	Nov 6	$6.30	$13.30	$19.60	$442.90	$482.10	4.31%
$452.50	Nov 6	$11.25	$8.50	$19.75	$432.75	$472.25	4.34%
$465.00	Nov 6	$5.30	$14.73	$20.03	$444.97	$485.03	4.40%
$450.00	Nov 6	$12.88	$7.48	$20.36	$429.64	$470.36	4.47%
$467.50	Nov 6	$4.45	$16.13	$20.58	$446.92	$488.08	4.52%
$470.00	Nov 6	$3.72	$18.08	$21.80	$448.20	$491.80	4.79%
$445.00	Nov 6	$16.43	$5.90	$22.33	$422.67	$467.33	4.90%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 1.98% of stock, avg 7.88%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$467.50	$440.00	Nov 6	$4.45	$4.55	$9.00	$431.00	$476.50
$467.50	$445.00	Nov 6	$4.45	$5.90	$10.35	$434.65	$477.85
$465.00	$440.00	Nov 6	$5.30	$4.55	$9.85	$430.15	$474.85
$465.00	$445.00	Nov 6	$5.30	$5.90	$11.20	$433.80	$476.20
$462.50	$440.00	Nov 6	$6.30	$4.55	$10.85	$429.15	$473.35
$462.50	$445.00	Nov 6	$6.30	$5.90	$12.20	$432.80	$474.70
$467.50	$450.00	Nov 6	$4.45	$7.48	$11.93	$438.07	$479.43
$465.00	$450.00	Nov 6	$5.30	$7.48	$12.78	$437.22	$477.78
$462.50	$450.00	Nov 6	$6.30	$7.48	$13.78	$436.22	$476.28
$460.00	$440.00	Nov 6	$7.32	$4.55	$11.87	$428.13	$471.87

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 403 found (best R:R 1.10, avg credit $1.61)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
405/410	495/500	Nov 18	$2.62	$2.38	53%	1.10	$407.38	$497.62
412/415	482/485	Nov 18	$1.49	$1.01	43%	1.48	$413.51	$483.99
395/400	500/505	Dec 18	$2.80	$2.20	44%	1.27	$397.20	$502.80
395/400	505/510	Dec 18	$2.66	$2.34	47%	1.14	$397.34	$507.66
405/410	490/495	Nov 18	$2.48	$2.52	50%	0.98	$407.52	$492.48
370/375	500/505	Dec 18	$2.39	$2.61	52%	0.92	$372.61	$502.39
418/420	482/485	Nov 18	$1.46	$1.04	41%	1.40	$418.54	$483.96
390/395	495/500	Dec 11	$2.63	$2.37	46%	1.11	$392.37	$497.63
370/375	505/510	Dec 18	$2.25	$2.75	54%	0.82	$372.75	$507.25
380/385	485/490	Nov 20	$2.25	$2.75	54%	0.82	$382.75	$487.25

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 383 found (best R:R 37.46, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$435.00	$440.00	$445.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$4.87	12%	37.46
$450.00	$455.00	$460.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$430.00	$435.00	$440.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$440.00	$445.00	$450.00	Nov 6	$0.27	$4.73	13%	17.52
$460.00	$465.00	$470.00	Dec 4	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$445.00	$450.00	$455.00	Nov 9	$0.15	$4.85	12%	32.33
$440.00	$445.00	$450.00	Nov 6	$0.23	$4.77	13%	20.74
$435.00	$440.00	$445.00	Nov 9	$0.15	$4.85	10%	32.33
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 27	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Nov 27	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 199 found (best net $-11.37, 197 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$400.00	$430.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$11.37	$18.63
$400.00	$435.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$13.32	$21.68
$432.50	$455.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$6.46	$16.04
$370.00	$400.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$26.83	$3.17
$420.00	$435.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$11.43	$3.57

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$395.00	$375.00	1:2	Nov 18	-$1.14	$18.86
$375.00	$370.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.21	$4.79
$370.00	$365.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.21	$4.79
$380.00	$375.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.25	$4.75
$390.00	$385.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.37	$4.63

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 261 found (best yield 6.27%, avg 1.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$465.00	Dec 18	$28.55	0.49	2.1%	6.27%	8.41%	56	71
$470.00	Dec 18	$26.20	0.47	3.2%	5.76%	9.00%	114	224
$460.00	Dec 18	$30.60	0.51	1.0%	6.72%	7.76%	1.3K	137
$475.00	Dec 18	$24.30	0.44	4.3%	5.34%	9.68%	184	265
$480.00	Dec 18	$22.05	0.42	5.4%	4.84%	10.28%	379	336
$485.00	Dec 18	$20.05	0.39	6.5%	4.40%	10.94%	402	138
$465.00	Dec 11	$26.60	0.48	2.1%	5.84%	7.98%	24	--
$470.00	Dec 11	$24.30	0.46	3.2%	5.34%	8.58%	64	--
$490.00	Dec 18	$18.20	0.37	7.6%	4.00%	11.63%	170	153
$475.00	Dec 11	$22.05	0.43	4.3%	4.84%	9.18%	81	1

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 167,505

Total Puts 542,213

Put/Call Ratio 3.24

Net Difference -374,708

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 85,351

Total Puts 202,081

Put/Call Ratio 2.37

Net Difference -116,730

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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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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