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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$458.84 -9.01%

(11/5 14:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/05 3:00pm) 763,764

Calls: 191,934 (25%)

Puts: 571,830 (75%)

Prior (11/04) 378,218

Calls: 113,529 (30%)

Puts: 264,689 (70%)

Current vs Prior +101.94%

Calls: +69.06% (Calls)

Puts: +116.04% (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 +134.37%

Calls: +77.99%

Puts: +162.25%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/05 3:00pm) $1.24B

Calls: $217.67M (18%)

Puts: $1.02B (82%)

Prior (11/04) $363.24M

Calls: $106.83M (29%)

Puts: $256.42M (71%)

Current vs Prior +240.51%

Calls: +103.76%

Puts: +297.48%

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 +329.38%

Calls: +129.86%

Puts: +427.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/05 3:00pm) 2.98

Prior (11/04) 2.33

Current vs Prior +27.79%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.92

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +55.35%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/05 3:00pm) 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 4.53% | 5.86%4.53% | 8.41%8.97% | 14.78%

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

Current vs Prior +36.38% | +44.82%+36.39% | +44.04%+42.08% | +22.94%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +50.46% | +41.86%+37.58% | +42.18%+13.59% | +21.46%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +36.38% | +44.82%+40.41% | +39.72%+40.76% | +23.66%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 12.66% | 11.66%

Calls: 18.18% | 16.69%

Puts: 7.14% | 6.63%

Prior 26.25% | 28.16%

Calls: 31.79% | 35.94%

Puts: 20.72% | 20.38%

Current vs Prior -51.77% | -58.59%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.66% | 24.99%

Calls: 35.64% | 25.57%

Puts: 31.69% | 24.41%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -62.39% | -53.33%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 82% of dollar volume in puts ($1.02B) vs calls ($217.67M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 241% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (329% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 102% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg 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
15:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 583 of results (avg 6.2%, best 2.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Dec 18	32.65	33.65	$33.15	3.0%	1.3K	0.53	137
$400.00	Dec 18	72.40	74.70	$73.55	3.1%	23	0.78	2.7K
$500.00	Dec 18	15.55	16.05	$15.80	3.2%	3.7K	0.34	3.1K
$470.00	Dec 18	27.65	28.65	$28.15	3.6%	125	0.48	224
$470.00	Dec 4	23.15	24.00	$23.58	3.6%	3	0.47	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Nov 20	90.40	92.25	$91.33	2.0%	241	0.94	6.7K
$520.00	Dec 4	65.40	67.25	$66.33	2.8%	116	0.79	191
$545.00	Dec 18	88.25	90.75	$89.50	2.8%	58	0.84	683
$545.00	Nov 27	86.30	88.85	$87.57	2.9%	4	0.91	204
$545.00	Dec 11	87.85	90.50	$89.18	3.0%	1	0.85	8

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.54, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$390.00	Nov 6	0.30	0.35	$0.32	15.6%	1.1K	0.02	1.2K
$415.00	Nov 6	0.78	0.90	$0.84	14.3%	3.6K	0.06	13.6K
$400.00	Nov 6	0.42	0.49	$0.45	15.6%	4.2K	0.03	3.9K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 400 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$370.00	Nov 6	87.75	91.35	$89.55	4.0%	--	0.99	13
$370.00	Nov 9	87.95	92.00	$89.98	4.5%	1	0.97	1
$400.00	Nov 6	58.00	61.65	$59.83	6.1%	41	0.97	30
$405.00	Nov 6	52.95	56.75	$54.85	6.9%	--	0.96	23
$410.00	Nov 6	48.35	52.10	$50.23	7.5%	--	0.95	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$507.50	Nov 6	47.35	49.80	$48.58	5.0%	31	1.00	432
$510.00	Nov 6	49.85	52.30	$51.08	4.8%	322	1.00	1.6K
$512.50	Nov 6	51.45	55.20	$53.33	7.0%	16	1.00	255
$515.00	Nov 6	54.80	57.85	$56.33	5.4%	2.6K	1.00	3.8K
$517.50	Nov 6	57.30	59.75	$58.53	4.2%	406	1.00	873

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 894 active (total vol 546.0K, top 38.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Dec 18	4.75	5.40	$5.08	12.8%	7.5K	0.14	7.2K
$500.00	Nov 9	1.07	1.23	$1.15	13.9%	5.2K	0.09	343
$500.00	Dec 4	11.50	12.35	$11.93	7.1%	4.1K	0.30	25
$532.50	Nov 6	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	4.0K	0.00	4.8K
$480.00	Nov 6	2.12	2.43	$2.28	13.6%	3.8K	0.19	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$445.00	Nov 13	11.35	13.20	$12.27	15.1%	38.7K	0.36	418
$375.00	Nov 9	0.50	1.58	$1.04	103.8%	31.4K	0.04	29.0K
$475.00	Nov 13	25.35	27.20	$26.28	7.0%	30.6K	0.62	30.4K
$425.00	Nov 6	1.36	1.51	$1.44	10.4%	13.5K	0.10	14.0K
$465.00	Nov 6	11.70	13.10	$12.40	11.3%	13.2K	0.58	10.5K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 30 strikes (avg 76.4%, max 108.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$435.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	110.3%	52.9%	108.4%	14	93
$440.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	106.9%	52.0%	105.6%	177	109
$445.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	103.8%	51.7%	100.7%	184	30
$450.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	100.4%	51.5%	95.1%	428	661
$455.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	98.6%	50.6%	95.0%	600	89

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$435.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	110.3%	52.9%	108.4%	2.2K	2.1K
$440.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	106.9%	52.0%	105.6%	3.2K	3.4K
$445.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	103.8%	51.7%	100.7%	1.6K	653
$450.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	100.7%	51.4%	95.7%	9.1K	22.8K
$455.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	98.6%	50.5%	95.1%	2.8K	1.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 595 found (best R:R 0.58, avg 4.74)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$455.00	$457.50	Nov 13	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	56%	1.94	$455.85
$490.00	$495.00	Nov 18	$0.98	$4.02	$0.98	30%	4.10	$490.98
$460.00	$465.00	Dec 18	$2.25	$2.75	$2.25	53%	1.22	$462.25
$460.00	$465.00	Dec 4	$2.25	$2.75	$2.25	53%	1.22	$462.25
$455.00	$457.50	Nov 11	$1.07	$1.43	$1.07	56%	1.34	$456.07

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$547.50	Nov 20	$1.58	$0.92	$1.58	94%	0.58	$548.42
$440.00	$437.50	Nov 13	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	32%	13.71	$439.83
$415.00	$410.00	Nov 27	$0.57	$4.43	$0.57	23%	7.77	$414.43
$465.00	$462.50	Nov 11	$0.78	$1.72	$0.78	54%	2.21	$464.22
$425.00	$420.00	Nov 11	$0.42	$4.58	$0.42	21%	10.90	$424.58

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 467 found (best R:R 1.00, avg 0.37)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$480.00	$485.00	Nov 16	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	64%	1.00	$482.50
$485.00	$490.00	Nov 18	$2.22	$2.22	$2.78	66%	0.80	$487.22
$460.00	$462.50	Nov 9	$1.71	$1.71	$0.79	49%	2.16	$461.71
$465.00	$470.00	Dec 4	$2.90	$2.90	$2.10	50%	1.38	$467.90
$532.50	$535.00	Nov 9	$0.34	$0.34	$2.16	97%	0.16	$532.84

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$405.00	$400.00	Nov 16	$1.28	$1.28	$3.72	84%	0.34	$403.72
$437.50	$435.00	Nov 13	$1.28	$1.28	$1.22	69%	1.05	$436.22
$410.00	$405.00	Nov 27	$1.35	$1.35	$3.65	78%	0.37	$408.65
$375.00	$370.00	Nov 9	$0.45	$0.45	$4.55	96%	0.10	$374.55
$455.00	$452.50	Nov 16	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	56%	1.17	$453.65

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 20 found (avg debit $3.20, cheapest $3.04)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$3.04	96.4%	63.7%
$450.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.92	100.4%	68.3%
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.93	94.7%	62.8%
$457.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$3.08	97.6%	65.9%
$452.50	Nov 6	Nov 11	$6.30	100.4%	68.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$3.15	96.4%	63.9%
$450.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.89	100.7%	68.3%
$457.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.98	97.6%	65.9%
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$2.90	94.7%	62.9%
$452.50	Nov 6	Nov 11	$6.17	100.4%	68.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 220 found (cheapest 4.08% of stock, avg 10.07%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$462.50	Nov 6	$7.98	$10.75	$18.73	$443.77	$481.23	4.08%
$460.00	Nov 6	$9.15	$9.80	$18.95	$441.05	$478.95	4.13%
$465.00	Nov 6	$6.88	$12.40	$19.28	$445.72	$484.28	4.20%
$467.50	Nov 6	$5.82	$13.75	$19.57	$447.93	$487.07	4.27%
$457.50	Nov 6	$11.00	$8.65	$19.65	$437.85	$477.15	4.28%
$455.00	Nov 6	$12.40	$7.60	$20.00	$435.00	$475.00	4.36%
$470.00	Nov 6	$4.93	$15.65	$20.58	$449.42	$490.58	4.49%
$452.50	Nov 6	$14.05	$6.73	$20.78	$431.72	$473.28	4.53%
$472.50	Nov 6	$4.10	$17.08	$21.18	$451.32	$493.68	4.62%
$450.00	Nov 6	$15.48	$5.88	$21.36	$428.64	$471.36	4.66%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 1.86% of stock, avg 7.58%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$472.50	$445.00	Nov 6	$4.10	$4.43	$8.53	$436.47	$481.03
$470.00	$445.00	Nov 6	$4.93	$4.43	$9.36	$435.64	$479.36
$472.50	$450.00	Nov 6	$4.10	$5.88	$9.98	$440.02	$482.48
$470.00	$450.00	Nov 6	$4.93	$5.88	$10.81	$439.19	$480.81
$467.50	$445.00	Nov 6	$5.82	$4.43	$10.25	$434.75	$477.75
$472.50	$452.50	Nov 6	$4.10	$6.73	$10.83	$441.67	$483.33
$467.50	$450.00	Nov 6	$5.82	$5.88	$11.70	$438.30	$479.20
$470.00	$452.50	Nov 6	$4.93	$6.73	$11.66	$440.84	$481.66
$467.50	$452.50	Nov 6	$5.82	$6.73	$12.55	$439.95	$480.05
$465.00	$445.00	Nov 6	$6.88	$4.43	$11.31	$433.69	$476.31

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 310 found (best R:R 1.49, avg credit $1.58)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
405/410	485/490	Nov 18	$2.99	$2.01	47%	1.49	$407.01	$487.99
410/415	495/500	Dec 11	$3.29	$1.71	40%	1.92	$411.71	$498.29
400/405	495/500	Dec 11	$2.94	$2.06	43%	1.43	$402.06	$497.94
418/420	485/490	Nov 18	$2.95	$2.05	43%	1.44	$417.05	$487.95
380/385	495/500	Dec 11	$2.56	$2.44	50%	1.05	$382.44	$497.56
415/420	495/500	Dec 11	$3.15	$1.85	38%	1.70	$416.85	$498.15
405/410	495/500	Dec 11	$2.95	$2.05	42%	1.44	$407.05	$497.95
370/375	495/500	Dec 11	$2.42	$2.58	52%	0.94	$372.58	$497.42
385/390	495/500	Dec 11	$2.60	$2.40	48%	1.08	$387.40	$497.60
390/395	495/500	Dec 11	$2.65	$2.35	47%	1.13	$392.35	$497.65

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 405 found (best R:R 26.78, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$440.00	$445.00	$450.00	Nov 6	$0.18	$4.82	12%	26.78
$460.00	$465.00	$470.00	Nov 27	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$425.00	$430.00	$435.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Dec 18	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50
$467.50	$470.00	$472.50	Nov 6	$0.06	$2.44	8%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Nov 16	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$425.00	$430.00	$435.00	Nov 9	$0.08	$4.92	7%	61.50
$520.00	$527.50	$535.00	Nov 18	$0.09	$7.41	4%	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. 201 found (best net $-14.21, 199 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$400.00	$435.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$14.21	$20.79
$400.00	$430.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$13.01	$16.99
$432.50	$455.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$7.91	$14.59
$535.00	$545.00	1:2	Nov 18	-$0.62	$9.38
$522.50	$525.00	1:2	Nov 6	$0.00	$2.50

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$395.00	$375.00	1:2	Nov 18	-$1.59	$18.41
$375.00	$370.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.14	$4.86
$385.00	$380.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.17	$4.83
$400.00	$395.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.25	$4.75
$375.00	$370.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.20	$4.80

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 275 found (best yield 7.12%, avg 1.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$460.00	Dec 18	$32.65	0.53	0.2%	7.12%	7.37%	1.3K	137
$470.00	Dec 18	$27.65	0.48	2.4%	6.03%	8.46%	125	224
$465.00	Dec 18	$29.70	0.51	1.3%	6.47%	7.82%	58	71
$475.00	Dec 18	$25.30	0.46	3.5%	5.51%	9.04%	191	265
$480.00	Dec 18	$23.05	0.43	4.6%	5.02%	9.64%	385	336
$485.00	Dec 18	$20.90	0.41	5.7%	4.55%	10.26%	434	138
$490.00	Dec 18	$18.90	0.39	6.8%	4.12%	10.91%	172	153
$470.00	Dec 11	$25.45	0.48	2.4%	5.55%	7.98%	66	--
$465.00	Dec 11	$27.65	0.51	1.3%	6.03%	7.37%	24	--
$475.00	Dec 11	$23.20	0.45	3.5%	5.06%	8.58%	91	1

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 191,934

Total Puts 571,830

Put/Call Ratio 2.98

Net Difference -379,896

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 113,529

Total Puts 264,689

Put/Call Ratio 2.33

Net Difference -151,160

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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