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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$463.63 +3.55%

(11/6 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/06 2:00pm) 334,093

Calls: 108,687 (33%)

Puts: 225,406 (67%)

Prior (11/05) 709,718

Calls: 167,505 (24%)

Puts: 542,213 (76%)

Current vs Prior -52.93%

Calls: -35.11% (Calls)

Puts: -58.43% (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 -19.82%

Calls: -14.37%

Puts: -22.21%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/06 2:00pm) $373.30M

Calls: $81.47M (22%)

Puts: $291.83M (78%)

Prior (11/05) $1.23B

Calls: $169.57M (14%)

Puts: $1.06B (86%)

Current vs Prior -69.53%

Calls: -51.96%

Puts: -72.35%

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 -31.67%

Calls: -28.28%

Puts: -32.56%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/06 2:00pm) 2.07

Prior (11/05) 3.24

Current vs Prior -35.93%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.08

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.25%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/06 2:00pm) 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 1.29% | 3.86%1.29% | 7.07%7.76% | 14.31%

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

Current vs Prior -74.90% | -40.56%-74.90% | -21.30%-18.26% | -8.83%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -62.72% | -15.34%-63.55% | +10.13%-4.16% | +12.28%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -74.90% | -40.56%-74.62% | -21.40%-17.33% | -9.22%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 18.12% | 14.50%

Calls: 17.69% | 16.06%

Puts: 18.54% | 12.95%

Prior 12.66% | 30.98%

Calls: 18.18% | 30.07%

Puts: 7.14% | 31.88%

Current vs Prior +43.13% | -53.20%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.65% | 27.09%

Calls: 35.74% | 27.93%

Puts: 29.56% | 26.26%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -44.50% | -46.47%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 78% of dollar volume in puts ($291.83M) vs calls ($81.47M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 70% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 53% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.07 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

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
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 563 of results (avg 6.0%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Nov 20	18.20	18.60	$18.40	2.2%	648	0.48	509
$495.00	Dec 4	13.25	13.55	$13.40	2.2%	--	0.34	42
$475.00	Dec 4	21.60	22.10	$21.85	2.3%	2	0.46	8
$475.00	Nov 13	10.25	10.50	$10.38	2.4%	565	0.40	444
$480.00	Dec 4	19.25	19.75	$19.50	2.6%	14	0.43	46

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Dec 18	33.50	34.15	$33.83	1.9%	126	0.50	3.8K
$465.00	Dec 18	31.10	31.80	$31.45	2.2%	154	0.47	470
$465.00	Dec 11	28.85	29.55	$29.20	2.4%	264	0.48	72
$465.00	Nov 20	21.40	21.95	$21.67	2.5%	319	0.48	8.3K
$530.00	Nov 20	67.05	68.90	$67.97	2.7%	18	0.90	9.5K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.75, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Nov 6	0.29	0.35	$0.32	18.8%	2.8K	0.12	744
$467.50	Nov 6	0.72	0.83	$0.77	14.3%	3.1K	0.24	470
$507.50	Nov 11	0.90	1.08	$0.99	18.2%	9	0.08	132
$550.00	Nov 20	0.86	0.99	$0.93	14.0%	210	0.05	2.6K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 388 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$405.00	Nov 6	57.55	60.45	$59.00	4.9%	--	1.00	23
$410.00	Nov 6	52.55	55.40	$53.97	5.3%	--	1.00	26
$425.00	Nov 6	37.55	40.40	$38.97	7.3%	2	1.00	8
$430.00	Nov 6	32.60	35.10	$33.85	7.4%	15	1.00	27
$400.00	Nov 6	62.55	65.40	$63.98	4.5%	3	1.00	31

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Nov 6	9.85	12.55	$11.20	24.1%	204	1.00	1.6K
$477.50	Nov 6	12.40	15.05	$13.73	19.3%	11	1.00	582
$480.00	Nov 6	15.15	17.55	$16.35	14.7%	85	1.00	2.1K
$482.50	Nov 6	17.80	20.00	$18.90	11.6%	4	1.00	5.0K
$485.00	Nov 6	20.40	22.55	$21.48	10.0%	19	1.00	555

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 850 active (total vol 230.8K, top 13.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Nov 6	4.05	5.65	$4.85	33.0%	4.2K	0.72	1.5K
$465.00	Nov 6	1.50	1.73	$1.62	14.2%	3.8K	0.41	2.2K
$500.00	Nov 20	6.85	7.15	$7.00	4.3%	3.1K	0.25	2.2K
$467.50	Nov 6	0.72	0.83	$0.77	14.3%	3.1K	0.24	470
$500.00	Dec 18	16.40	17.05	$16.73	3.9%	2.9K	0.35	5.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	0.13	0.17	$0.15	26.7%	13.9K	0.04	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	0.82	$0.41	200.0%	7.1K	0.03	25.2K
$460.00	Nov 6	0.96	1.18	$1.07	20.6%	5.5K	0.28	2.2K
$400.00	Nov 20	4.75	5.00	$4.88	5.1%	5.0K	0.14	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. 10 strikes (avg 46.6%, max 71.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$460.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	84.5%	49.2%	71.8%	4.2K	2.7K
$465.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	75.8%	48.8%	55.3%	3.9K	2.4K
$457.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	88.2%	62.9%	40.3%	69	242
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	80.0%	60.8%	31.7%	682	824
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 18	73.8%	58.4%	26.4%	3.1K	470

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$460.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	84.5%	49.2%	71.8%	5.6K	5.2K
$465.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	75.8%	48.8%	55.3%	4.3K	13.0K
$457.50	Nov 6	Nov 18	88.2%	59.2%	49.0%	1.7K	733
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 18	80.0%	57.9%	38.1%	1.2K	329
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 18	73.8%	58.4%	26.4%	766	324

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 561 found (best R:R 0.68, avg 4.96)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$512.50	$520.00	Nov 18	$0.55	$6.95	$0.55	15%	12.64	$513.05
$470.00	$475.00	Dec 11	$2.05	$2.95	$2.05	50%	1.44	$472.05
$487.50	$490.00	Nov 18	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	31%	5.25	$487.90
$430.00	$435.00	Dec 18	$3.12	$1.88	$3.12	69%	0.60	$433.12
$470.00	$475.00	Dec 18	$2.22	$2.78	$2.22	50%	1.25	$472.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$490.00	$480.00	Nov 18	$5.95	$4.05	$5.95	70%	0.68	$484.05
$472.50	$470.00	Nov 6	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	95%	0.52	$470.85
$492.50	$490.00	Nov 11	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	83%	0.79	$491.10
$400.00	$390.00	Nov 16	$0.34	$9.66	$0.34	11%	28.41	$399.66
$460.00	$455.00	Nov 27	$1.58	$3.42	$1.58	45%	2.16	$458.42

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 450 found (best R:R 0.71, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$542.50	$545.00	Nov 16	$1.04	$1.04	$1.46	92%	0.71	$543.54
$470.00	$482.50	Nov 18	$5.97	$5.97	$6.53	54%	0.91	$475.97
$547.50	$550.00	Nov 9	$0.72	$0.72	$1.78	94%	0.40	$548.22
$547.50	$550.00	Nov 6	$0.64	$0.64	$1.86	96%	0.34	$548.14
$552.50	$555.00	Nov 11	$0.58	$0.58	$1.92	95%	0.30	$553.08

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$432.50	$430.00	Nov 16	$1.13	$1.13	$1.37	75%	0.82	$431.37
$397.50	$385.00	Nov 18	$1.68	$1.68	$10.82	87%	0.16	$395.82
$415.00	$410.00	Dec 11	$1.55	$1.55	$3.45	76%	0.45	$413.45
$422.50	$420.00	Nov 16	$0.85	$0.85	$1.65	81%	0.52	$421.65
$385.00	$380.00	Dec 4	$0.98	$0.98	$4.02	87%	0.24	$384.02

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $5.95, cheapest $5.91)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$6.09	80.0%	48.8%
$465.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.93	75.8%	48.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.91	80.0%	48.8%
$465.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.86	75.8%	48.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 219 found (cheapest 1.00% of stock, avg 8.78%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$465.00	Nov 6	$1.62	$3.02	$4.64	$460.36	$469.64	1.00%
$462.50	Nov 6	$2.94	$1.84	$4.78	$457.72	$467.28	1.03%
$467.50	Nov 6	$0.77	$4.60	$5.37	$462.13	$472.87	1.16%
$460.00	Nov 6	$4.85	$1.07	$5.92	$454.08	$465.92	1.28%
$470.00	Nov 6	$0.32	$6.88	$7.20	$462.80	$477.20	1.55%
$457.50	Nov 6	$6.80	$0.60	$7.40	$450.10	$464.90	1.60%
$472.50	Nov 6	$0.13	$8.53	$8.66	$463.84	$481.16	1.87%
$455.00	Nov 6	$9.05	$0.35	$9.40	$445.60	$464.40	2.03%
$475.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$11.20	$11.27	$463.73	$486.27	2.43%
$452.50	Nov 6	$11.52	$0.22	$11.74	$440.76	$464.24	2.53%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 270 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 6.53%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$472.50	$452.50	Nov 6	$0.13	$0.22	$0.35	$452.15	$472.85
$472.50	$455.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$0.35	$0.48	$454.52	$472.98
$470.00	$452.50	Nov 6	$0.32	$0.22	$0.54	$451.96	$470.54
$470.00	$455.00	Nov 6	$0.32	$0.35	$0.67	$454.33	$470.67
$472.50	$457.50	Nov 6	$0.13	$0.60	$0.73	$456.77	$473.23
$470.00	$457.50	Nov 6	$0.32	$0.60	$0.92	$456.58	$470.92
$467.50	$452.50	Nov 6	$0.77	$0.22	$0.99	$451.51	$468.49
$467.50	$455.00	Nov 6	$0.77	$0.35	$1.12	$453.88	$468.62
$467.50	$457.50	Nov 6	$0.77	$0.60	$1.37	$456.13	$468.87
$472.50	$460.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$1.07	$1.20	$458.80	$473.70

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 424 found (best R:R 0.26, avg credit $1.30)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
390/395	548/550	Nov 6	$1.03	$3.97	93%	0.26	$393.97	$548.53
420/422	482/485	Nov 16	$1.92	$0.58	47%	3.31	$420.58	$484.42
390/395	552/555	Nov 6	$0.72	$4.28	95%	0.17	$394.28	$553.22
390/395	542/545	Nov 6	$0.66	$4.34	95%	0.15	$394.34	$543.16
452/455	548/550	Nov 6	$0.77	$1.73	86%	0.45	$454.23	$548.27
380/382	500/502	Nov 18	$1.17	$1.33	68%	0.88	$381.33	$501.17
420/422	495/498	Nov 16	$1.41	$1.09	58%	1.29	$421.09	$496.41
395/400	495/500	Nov 27	$2.73	$2.27	53%	1.20	$397.27	$497.73
455/458	548/550	Nov 6	$0.89	$1.61	79%	0.55	$456.61	$548.39
410/415	495/500	Nov 27	$3.00	$2.00	47%	1.50	$412.00	$498.00

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 394 found (best R:R 6.14, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$400.00	$430.00	$460.00	Dec 4	$4.20	$25.80	27%	6.14
$450.00	$460.00	$470.00	Nov 16	$0.78	$9.22	18%	11.82
$445.00	$450.00	$455.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$4.89	7%	44.45
$465.00	$467.50	$470.00	Nov 9	$0.08	$2.42	10%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$462.50	$465.00	$467.50	Nov 6	$0.40	$2.10	34%	5.25
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Nov 27	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Nov 27	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56
$435.00	$440.00	$445.00	Dec 4	$0.07	$4.93	5%	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. 276 found (best net $-5.71, 254 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$400.00	$430.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$5.71	$24.29
$430.00	$460.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$9.98	$20.02
$462.50	$465.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.30	$2.20
$460.00	$462.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.03	$1.47
$470.00	$482.50	1:2	Nov 18	-$4.51	$7.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$465.00	$462.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.66	$1.84
$462.50	$460.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.30	$2.20
$460.00	$457.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.13	$2.37
$467.50	$465.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.44	$1.06
$457.50	$455.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.10	$2.40

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 244 found (best yield 5.75%, avg 1.58%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$475.00	Dec 18	$26.65	0.48	2.5%	5.75%	8.20%	167	348
$480.00	Dec 18	$24.25	0.45	3.5%	5.23%	8.76%	320	585
$465.00	Dec 18	$30.85	0.52	0.3%	6.65%	6.95%	69	217
$470.00	Dec 18	$28.20	0.50	1.4%	6.08%	7.46%	73	257
$485.00	Dec 18	$22.05	0.43	4.6%	4.76%	9.37%	118	404
$490.00	Dec 18	$19.90	0.40	5.7%	4.29%	9.98%	276	219
$495.00	Dec 18	$17.90	0.38	6.8%	3.86%	10.63%	276	479
$475.00	Dec 11	$24.20	0.47	2.5%	5.22%	7.67%	55	85
$500.00	Dec 18	$16.40	0.35	7.8%	3.54%	11.38%	2.9K	5.2K
$480.00	Dec 11	$21.85	0.44	3.5%	4.71%	8.24%	41	12

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 108,687

Total Puts 225,406

Put/Call Ratio 2.07

Net Difference -116,719

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 167,505

Total Puts 542,213

Put/Call Ratio 3.24

Net Difference -374,708

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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Earnings This Week

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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