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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$458.59 +2.43%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/06 1:00pm) 287,646

Calls: 94,269 (33%)

Puts: 193,377 (67%)

Prior (11/05) 649,824

Calls: 149,273 (23%)

Puts: 500,551 (77%)

Current vs Prior -55.73%

Calls: -36.85% (Calls)

Puts: -61.37% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,916,889

Calls: 888,521 (30%)

Puts: 2,028,368 (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average 416,698

Calls: 126,931 (30%)

Puts: 289,766 (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -30.97%

Calls: -25.73%

Puts: -33.26%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/06 1:00pm) $375.38M

Calls: $68.24M (18%)

Puts: $307.14M (82%)

Prior (11/05) $1.20B

Calls: $146.19M (12%)

Puts: $1.06B (88%)

Current vs Prior -68.83%

Calls: -53.32%

Puts: -70.98%

Prior 7-Day Total $3.82B

Calls: $795.14M (21%)

Puts: $3.03B (79%)

Prior 7-Day Average $546.31M

Calls: $113.59M (21%)

Puts: $432.72M (79%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -31.29%

Calls: -39.92%

Puts: -29.02%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/06 1:00pm) 2.05

Prior (11/05) 3.35

Current vs Prior -38.83%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.08

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.34%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/06 1:00pm) 2,374,208

Calls: 947,652 (40%)

Puts: 1,426,556 (60%)

Prior (11/05) 2,126,518

Calls: 849,651 (40%)

Puts: 1,276,867 (60%)

Current vs Prior +11.65%

Prior 7-Day Total 14,492,365

Calls: 5,836,954 (40%)

Puts: 8,655,411 (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,070,337

Calls: 833,850 (40%)

Puts: 1,236,487 (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +14.68%

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 1.76% | 4.40%1.76% | 7.58%8.06% | 14.83%

Prior 5.12% | 6.50%5.12% | 8.99%9.49% | 15.70%

Current vs Prior -65.60% | -32.30%-65.60% | -15.66%-15.07% | -5.52%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.45% | 4.56%3.53% | 6.42%8.10% | 12.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.91% | -3.56%-50.04% | +18.02%-0.41% | +16.36%

Prior 7-Day Eod 5.12% | 6.50%5.07% | 9.00%9.39% | 15.76%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -65.60% | -32.30%-65.22% | -15.77%-14.10% | -5.92%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.24% | 13.07%

Calls: 16.13% | 14.86%

Puts: 12.35% | 11.28%

Prior 12.66% | 30.98%

Calls: 18.18% | 30.07%

Puts: 7.14% | 31.88%

Current vs Prior +12.48% | -57.81%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.65% | 27.09%

Calls: 35.74% | 27.93%

Puts: 29.56% | 26.26%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -56.38% | -51.75%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 82% of dollar volume in puts ($307.14M) vs calls ($68.24M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 69% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 56% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.05 - 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 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
13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	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 499 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$380.00	Dec 18	88.30	90.75	$89.53	2.7%	1	0.84	342
$395.00	Dec 18	76.20	78.50	$77.35	3.0%	--	0.80	140
$385.00	Dec 18	84.00	86.60	$85.30	3.0%	--	0.83	24
$390.00	Dec 18	79.85	82.55	$81.20	3.3%	--	0.82	379
$400.00	Dec 18	71.90	74.35	$73.13	3.4%	15	0.79	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 20	18.15	18.65	$18.40	2.7%	2.1K	0.41	8.9K
$460.00	Dec 18	31.55	32.50	$32.03	3.0%	128	0.47	3.1K
$440.00	Nov 20	14.60	15.05	$14.83	3.0%	515	0.35	4.9K
$550.00	Nov 13	89.90	92.80	$91.35	3.2%	3	1.00	466
$450.00	Dec 11	25.10	25.95	$25.53	3.3%	19	0.42	84

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.96, cheapest $0.98)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$547.50	Nov 20	0.88	1.00	$0.94	12.8%	7	0.05	962

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	0.93	1.03	$0.98	10.2%	13.7K	0.17	4.0K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 379 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$370.00	Nov 6	87.40	90.70	$89.05	3.7%	--	1.00	13
$405.00	Nov 6	51.90	55.40	$53.65	6.5%	--	1.00	23
$410.00	Nov 6	47.75	50.55	$49.15	5.7%	--	1.00	26
$420.00	Nov 6	37.75	40.40	$39.08	6.8%	--	0.99	12
$400.00	Nov 6	57.45	60.35	$58.90	4.9%	1	0.99	31

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Nov 6	14.80	17.40	$16.10	16.1%	204	1.00	1.6K
$477.50	Nov 6	17.10	19.75	$18.43	14.4%	11	1.00	582
$480.00	Nov 6	19.65	22.25	$20.95	12.4%	85	1.00	2.1K
$485.00	Nov 6	24.65	27.25	$25.95	10.0%	18	1.00	555
$487.50	Nov 6	27.25	29.80	$28.53	8.9%	5	1.00	734

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 822 active (total vol 208.3K, top 13.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 20	6.15	6.95	$6.55	12.2%	3.1K	0.23	2.2K
$465.00	Nov 6	0.84	1.04	$0.94	21.3%	2.9K	0.23	2.2K
$475.00	Nov 6	0.03	0.08	$0.06	83.3%	2.8K	0.03	1.9K
$530.00	Nov 13	0.47	0.63	$0.55	29.1%	2.7K	0.04	316
$500.00	Dec 18	15.00	16.05	$15.53	6.8%	2.5K	0.34	5.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	0.93	1.03	$0.98	10.2%	13.7K	0.17	4.0K
$410.00	Nov 6	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	8.3K	0.00	9.4K
$395.00	Nov 6	0.00	1.65	$0.83	198.8%	7.1K	0.05	25.2K
$460.00	Nov 6	3.80	4.30	$4.05	12.3%	5.2K	0.54	2.2K
$400.00	Nov 20	5.90	6.25	$6.08	5.8%	5.0K	0.16	7.0K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 15 strikes (avg 71.8%, max 109.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	108.9%	52.0%	109.7%	178	1.9K
$455.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	101.2%	51.4%	96.8%	68	644
$460.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	94.5%	50.5%	87.1%	1.8K	2.7K
$465.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	87.8%	53.4%	64.4%	3.0K	2.4K
$452.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	105.3%	66.4%	58.4%	30	80

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	108.7%	52.0%	109.2%	15.6K	25.2K
$455.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	101.2%	51.4%	96.8%	3.6K	2.3K
$460.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	94.5%	50.5%	87.1%	5.3K	5.2K
$452.50	Nov 6	Nov 18	105.3%	62.2%	69.3%	1.8K	201
$465.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	87.8%	53.3%	64.8%	4.1K	13.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 575 found (best R:R 3.35, avg 5.12)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$467.50	$470.00	Nov 11	$0.46	$2.04	$0.46	42%	4.43	$467.96
$475.00	$480.00	Nov 27	$1.63	$3.37	$1.63	43%	2.07	$476.63
$450.00	$452.50	Nov 6	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	83%	0.52	$451.65
$500.00	$502.50	Dec 11	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	32%	5.25	$500.40
$430.00	$460.00	Dec 4	$18.55	$11.45	$18.55	69%	0.62	$448.55

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$445.00	$440.00	Dec 11	$1.15	$3.85	$1.15	39%	3.35	$443.85
$455.00	$450.00	Nov 27	$1.40	$3.60	$1.40	44%	2.57	$453.60
$495.00	$490.00	Nov 20	$2.90	$2.10	$2.90	73%	0.72	$492.10
$485.00	$480.00	Dec 18	$2.22	$2.78	$2.22	59%	1.25	$482.78
$400.00	$390.00	Nov 16	$0.34	$9.66	$0.34	11%	28.41	$399.66

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 461 found (best R:R 0.97, avg 0.35)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$547.50	$550.00	Nov 6	$1.23	$1.23	$1.27	94%	0.97	$548.73
$542.50	$545.00	Nov 16	$1.04	$1.04	$1.46	92%	0.71	$543.54
$547.50	$550.00	Nov 9	$0.78	$0.78	$1.72	94%	0.45	$548.28
$470.00	$472.50	Nov 16	$1.58	$1.58	$0.92	58%	1.72	$471.58
$465.00	$470.00	Dec 4	$2.93	$2.93	$2.07	50%	1.42	$467.93

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$395.00	$390.00	Nov 6	$0.82	$0.82	$4.18	95%	0.20	$394.18
$405.00	$400.00	Nov 16	$1.35	$1.35	$3.65	86%	0.37	$403.65
$397.50	$385.00	Nov 18	$1.89	$1.89	$10.61	86%	0.18	$395.61
$440.00	$435.00	Dec 11	$2.27	$2.27	$2.73	63%	0.83	$437.73
$425.00	$420.00	Dec 11	$1.91	$1.91	$3.09	70%	0.62	$423.09

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $5.81, cheapest $5.63)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$455.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.63	101.2%	56.2%
$457.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$6.40	96.7%	54.3%
$460.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.93	94.5%	54.6%
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.68	90.4%	53.3%
$447.50	Nov 9	Nov 13	$7.23	57.6%	68.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$455.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.78	101.2%	56.2%
$457.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.87	96.7%	54.3%
$460.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.70	94.5%	54.6%
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.60	90.4%	53.3%
$447.50	Nov 9	Nov 11	$4.27	57.6%	67.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 203 found (cheapest 1.48% of stock, avg 9.15%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$460.00	Nov 6	$2.72	$4.05	$6.77	$453.23	$466.77	1.48%
$462.50	Nov 6	$1.67	$5.13	$6.80	$455.70	$469.30	1.48%
$457.50	Nov 6	$4.03	$2.95	$6.98	$450.52	$464.48	1.52%
$455.00	Nov 6	$6.20	$2.04	$8.24	$446.76	$463.24	1.80%
$465.00	Nov 6	$0.94	$7.30	$8.24	$456.76	$473.24	1.80%
$452.50	Nov 6	$8.28	$1.41	$9.69	$442.81	$462.19	2.11%
$467.50	Nov 6	$0.45	$9.32	$9.77	$457.73	$477.27	2.13%
$450.00	Nov 6	$9.93	$0.98	$10.91	$439.09	$460.91	2.38%
$470.00	Nov 6	$0.26	$11.18	$11.44	$458.56	$481.44	2.49%
$472.50	Nov 6	$0.14	$13.58	$13.72	$458.78	$486.22	2.99%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.15% of stock, avg 6.71%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$470.00	$445.00	Nov 6	$0.26	$0.45	$0.71	$444.29	$470.71
$467.50	$445.00	Nov 6	$0.45	$0.45	$0.90	$444.10	$468.40
$470.00	$450.00	Nov 6	$0.26	$0.98	$1.24	$448.76	$471.24
$467.50	$450.00	Nov 6	$0.45	$0.98	$1.43	$448.57	$468.93
$465.00	$445.00	Nov 6	$0.94	$0.45	$1.39	$443.61	$466.39
$470.00	$452.50	Nov 6	$0.26	$1.41	$1.67	$450.83	$471.67
$465.00	$450.00	Nov 6	$0.94	$0.98	$1.92	$448.08	$466.92
$467.50	$452.50	Nov 6	$0.45	$1.41	$1.86	$450.64	$469.36
$465.00	$452.50	Nov 6	$0.94	$1.41	$2.35	$450.15	$467.35
$462.50	$445.00	Nov 6	$1.67	$0.45	$2.12	$442.88	$464.62

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 453 found (best R:R 0.35, avg credit $1.32)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
390/395	518/520	Nov 6	$1.29	$3.71	91%	0.35	$393.71	$518.79
390/395	512/515	Nov 6	$1.15	$3.85	92%	0.30	$393.85	$513.65
390/395	532/535	Nov 6	$1.08	$3.92	93%	0.28	$393.92	$533.58
390/395	522/525	Nov 6	$1.04	$3.96	93%	0.26	$393.96	$523.54
390/395	482/485	Nov 6	$0.96	$4.04	92%	0.24	$394.04	$483.46
410/415	518/520	Nov 6	$0.92	$4.08	92%	0.23	$414.08	$518.42
370/375	518/520	Nov 6	$0.73	$4.27	94%	0.17	$374.27	$518.23
400/405	490/495	Nov 16	$2.37	$2.63	61%	0.90	$402.63	$492.37
410/415	512/515	Nov 6	$0.78	$4.22	93%	0.18	$414.22	$513.28
410/415	532/535	Nov 6	$0.71	$4.29	94%	0.17	$414.29	$533.21

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 397 found (best R:R 5.98, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$400.00	$430.00	$460.00	Dec 4	$4.30	$25.70	28%	5.98
$430.00	$440.00	$450.00	Nov 18	$0.60	$9.40	13%	15.67
$457.50	$460.00	$462.50	Nov 6	$0.26	$2.24	24%	8.62
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00
$467.50	$470.00	$472.50	Nov 6	$0.07	$2.43	9%	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$455.00	$457.50	$460.00	Nov 6	$0.19	$2.31	22%	12.16
$480.00	$485.00	$490.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$4.88	7%	40.67
$457.50	$460.00	$462.50	Nov 9	$0.05	$2.45	9%	49.00
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 27	$0.11	$4.89	6%	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. 252 found (best net $-9.43, 226 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$430.00	$460.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$9.43	$20.57
$370.00	$400.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$28.75	$1.25
$462.50	$465.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.21	$2.29
$460.00	$462.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.62	$1.88
$467.50	$470.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.07	$2.43

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$397.50	$385.00	1:2	Nov 18	-$1.10	$11.40
$440.00	$435.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.01	$4.99
$430.00	$425.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.05	$4.95
$410.00	$405.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.01	$4.99
$435.00	$430.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.11	$4.89

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 244 found (best yield 7.05%, avg 1.65%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$460.00	Dec 18	$32.35	0.53	0.3%	7.05%	7.36%	52	1.2K
$465.00	Dec 18	$29.70	0.51	1.4%	6.48%	7.87%	64	217
$470.00	Dec 18	$27.10	0.48	2.5%	5.91%	8.40%	72	257
$475.00	Dec 18	$24.95	0.46	3.6%	5.44%	9.02%	146	348
$480.00	Dec 18	$22.75	0.44	4.7%	4.96%	9.63%	315	585
$485.00	Dec 18	$20.60	0.41	5.8%	4.49%	10.25%	99	404
$490.00	Dec 18	$18.45	0.39	6.8%	4.02%	10.87%	270	219
$470.00	Dec 11	$24.85	0.48	2.5%	5.42%	7.91%	21	64
$460.00	Dec 11	$29.60	0.53	0.3%	6.45%	6.76%	3	60
$465.00	Dec 11	$26.95	0.50	1.4%	5.88%	7.27%	1	34

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 94,269

Total Puts 193,377

Put/Call Ratio 2.05

Net Difference -99,108

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 149,273

Total Puts 500,551

Put/Call Ratio 3.35

Net Difference -351,278

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 888,521

Total Puts 2,028,368

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.08

Ratio Trend Falling

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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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week 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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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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