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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$465.48 +3.96%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/06 3:00pm) 368,282

Calls: 127,448 (35%)

Puts: 240,834 (65%)

Prior (11/05) 763,764

Calls: 191,934 (25%)

Puts: 571,830 (75%)

Current vs Prior -51.78%

Calls: -33.60% (Calls)

Puts: -57.88% (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 -11.62%

Calls: +0.41%

Puts: -16.89%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/06 3:00pm) $407.84M

Calls: $100.75M (25%)

Puts: $307.09M (75%)

Prior (11/05) $1.24B

Calls: $217.67M (18%)

Puts: $1.02B (82%)

Current vs Prior -67.03%

Calls: -53.71%

Puts: -69.87%

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 -25.35%

Calls: -11.30%

Puts: -29.03%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/06 3:00pm) 1.89

Prior (11/05) 2.98

Current vs Prior -36.57%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.08

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.11%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/06 3:00pm) 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 1.22% | 3.92%1.22% | 7.13%7.65% | 14.11%

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

Current vs Prior -76.13% | -39.68%-76.13% | -20.64%-19.45% | -10.08%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -64.55% | -14.07%-65.34% | +11.06%-5.55% | +10.74%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -76.13% | -39.68%-75.87% | -20.74%-18.53% | -10.46%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.42% | 14.52%

Calls: 9.32% | 7.41%

Puts: 19.52% | 21.62%

Prior 12.66% | 30.98%

Calls: 18.18% | 30.07%

Puts: 7.14% | 31.88%

Current vs Prior +13.90% | -53.13%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.65% | 27.09%

Calls: 35.74% | 27.93%

Puts: 29.56% | 26.26%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -55.83% | -46.40%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 75% of dollar volume in puts ($307.09M) vs calls ($100.75M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 67% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 52% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.89 - 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

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
15:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 582 of results (avg 5.9%, best 0.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$385.00	Dec 18	89.35	91.30	$90.32	2.2%	--	0.84	24
$520.00	Dec 18	11.00	11.25	$11.13	2.2%	1.2K	0.27	1.8K
$485.00	Dec 18	22.95	23.50	$23.23	2.4%	118	0.43	404
$375.00	Dec 18	97.55	100.00	$98.78	2.5%	--	0.86	56
$505.00	Dec 18	15.25	15.65	$15.45	2.6%	2.1K	0.34	417

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Dec 18	87.60	88.25	$87.93	0.7%	156	0.85	5.9K
$545.00	Dec 18	82.50	84.15	$83.33	2.0%	251	0.83	639
$470.00	Dec 18	32.70	33.40	$33.05	2.1%	135	0.49	3.8K
$540.00	Dec 18	78.55	80.25	$79.40	2.1%	71	0.81	5.9K
$525.00	Nov 20	61.20	62.65	$61.93	2.3%	62	0.88	3.7K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.86, cheapest $0.61)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Nov 6	0.56	0.65	$0.61	14.8%	4.6K	0.20	744
$510.00	Nov 11	0.86	1.05	$0.96	19.8%	6	0.07	42
$522.50	Nov 13	0.87	1.05	$0.96	18.8%	84	0.07	360
$555.00	Nov 20	0.72	0.86	$0.79	17.7%	664	0.04	6.3K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$425.00	Nov 9	0.80	0.97	$0.89	19.1%	734	0.07	169
$372.50	Nov 13	0.92	0.98	$0.95	6.3%	5	0.04	--

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 395 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Nov 6	63.85	66.60	$65.22	4.2%	5	1.00	31
$405.00	Nov 6	58.85	61.45	$60.15	4.3%	--	1.00	23
$410.00	Nov 6	53.70	56.65	$55.18	5.3%	--	1.00	26
$420.00	Nov 6	43.75	46.60	$45.18	6.3%	--	1.00	12
$425.00	Nov 6	38.80	41.70	$40.25	7.2%	2	1.00	8

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$525.00	Nov 6	58.40	61.15	$59.78	4.6%	42	1.00	266
$530.00	Nov 6	62.95	65.55	$64.25	4.0%	10	1.00	153
$535.00	Nov 6	68.10	71.60	$69.85	5.0%	13	1.00	288
$537.50	Nov 6	70.20	74.00	$72.10	5.3%	5	1.00	12
$540.00	Nov 6	72.70	76.60	$74.65	5.2%	1	1.00	57

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 875 active (total vol 255.9K, top 14.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$465.00	Nov 6	2.25	2.47	$2.36	9.3%	5.1K	0.54	2.2K
$470.00	Nov 6	0.56	0.65	$0.61	14.8%	4.6K	0.20	744
$460.00	Nov 6	5.00	6.55	$5.78	26.8%	4.4K	0.84	1.5K
$500.00	Nov 9	0.27	0.37	$0.32	31.2%	4.0K	0.04	2.7K
$467.50	Nov 6	1.14	1.32	$1.23	14.6%	3.6K	0.35	470

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	0.05	0.12	$0.09	77.8%	14.2K	0.03	4.0K
$410.00	Nov 6	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	8.3K	0.00	9.4K
$395.00	Nov 6	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	7.1K	0.00	25.2K
$460.00	Nov 6	0.42	0.59	$0.51	33.3%	5.9K	0.16	2.2K
$400.00	Nov 20	4.50	4.85	$4.68	7.5%	5.0K	0.13	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 83.5%, max 110.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$460.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	103.5%	49.2%	110.3%	4.4K	2.7K
$465.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	94.4%	48.7%	93.9%	5.2K	2.4K
$470.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	97.0%	51.5%	88.5%	4.7K	1.0K
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 18	94.8%	58.8%	61.4%	3.6K	470
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	97.7%	61.3%	59.4%	696	824

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$460.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	103.5%	49.2%	110.3%	6.1K	5.2K
$465.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	94.4%	48.7%	93.9%	4.9K	13.0K
$470.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	97.0%	51.5%	88.5%	5.0K	16.6K
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 18	97.7%	58.2%	67.8%	1.3K	329
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 18	94.8%	58.8%	61.4%	768	324

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 567 found (best R:R 2.12, avg 5.04)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$470.00	$475.00	Dec 11	$1.87	$3.13	$1.87	50%	1.67	$471.87
$490.00	$495.00	Nov 16	$0.87	$4.13	$0.87	27%	4.75	$490.87
$470.00	$475.00	Dec 18	$2.15	$2.85	$2.15	51%	1.33	$472.15
$505.00	$507.50	Nov 18	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	20%	13.71	$505.17
$435.00	$440.00	Dec 18	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	68%	0.64	$438.05

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$480.00	$477.50	Nov 18	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	61%	2.12	$479.20
$440.00	$435.00	Dec 4	$0.92	$4.08	$0.92	33%	4.43	$439.08
$475.00	$470.00	Nov 18	$2.10	$2.90	$2.10	57%	1.38	$472.90
$490.00	$480.00	Nov 18	$5.97	$4.03	$5.97	69%	0.68	$484.03
$480.00	$475.00	Nov 11	$2.68	$2.32	$2.68	67%	0.87	$477.32

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 458 found (best R:R 0.85, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$555.00	$557.50	Nov 9	$1.15	$1.15	$1.35	94%	0.85	$556.15
$547.50	$550.00	Nov 9	$0.82	$0.82	$1.68	94%	0.49	$548.32
$542.50	$545.00	Nov 16	$0.85	$0.85	$1.65	93%	0.52	$543.35
$495.00	$497.50	Nov 16	$1.06	$1.06	$1.44	76%	0.74	$496.06
$552.50	$555.00	Nov 11	$0.59	$0.59	$1.91	95%	0.31	$553.09

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$417.50	$415.00	Nov 16	$1.02	$1.02	$1.48	83%	0.69	$416.48
$422.50	$420.00	Nov 16	$0.98	$0.98	$1.52	81%	0.64	$421.52
$397.50	$385.00	Nov 18	$1.56	$1.56	$10.94	88%	0.14	$395.94
$385.00	$380.00	Dec 4	$1.00	$1.00	$4.00	87%	0.25	$384.00
$440.00	$435.00	Nov 27	$1.85	$1.85	$3.15	68%	0.59	$438.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $6.37, cheapest $6.41)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$465.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$6.41	94.4%	50.3%
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$6.30	94.8%	50.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$465.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$6.60	94.4%	50.3%
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$6.15	94.8%	50.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 233 found (cheapest 0.90% of stock, avg 8.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$465.00	Nov 6	$2.36	$1.85	$4.21	$460.79	$469.21	0.90%
$467.50	Nov 6	$1.23	$3.33	$4.56	$462.94	$472.06	0.98%
$462.50	Nov 6	$3.93	$0.98	$4.91	$457.59	$467.41	1.05%
$470.00	Nov 6	$0.61	$5.20	$5.81	$464.19	$475.81	1.25%
$460.00	Nov 6	$5.78	$0.51	$6.29	$453.71	$466.29	1.35%
$472.50	Nov 6	$0.27	$7.48	$7.75	$464.75	$480.25	1.66%
$457.50	Nov 6	$8.35	$0.27	$8.62	$448.88	$466.12	1.85%
$475.00	Nov 6	$0.11	$10.23	$10.34	$464.66	$485.34	2.22%
$455.00	Nov 6	$10.25	$0.17	$10.42	$444.58	$465.42	2.24%
$477.50	Nov 6	$0.03	$12.43	$12.46	$465.04	$489.96	2.68%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 265 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 6.71%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$472.50	$455.00	Nov 6	$0.27	$0.17	$0.44	$454.56	$472.94
$472.50	$457.50	Nov 6	$0.27	$0.27	$0.54	$456.96	$473.04
$472.50	$460.00	Nov 6	$0.27	$0.51	$0.78	$459.22	$473.28
$470.00	$455.00	Nov 6	$0.61	$0.17	$0.78	$454.22	$470.78
$470.00	$457.50	Nov 6	$0.61	$0.27	$0.88	$456.62	$470.88
$470.00	$460.00	Nov 6	$0.61	$0.51	$1.12	$458.88	$471.12
$472.50	$462.50	Nov 6	$0.27	$0.98	$1.25	$461.25	$473.75
$470.00	$462.50	Nov 6	$0.61	$0.98	$1.59	$460.91	$471.59
$467.50	$455.00	Nov 6	$1.23	$0.17	$1.40	$453.60	$468.90
$467.50	$457.50	Nov 6	$1.23	$0.27	$1.50	$456.00	$469.00

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 431 found (best R:R 4.95, avg credit $1.34)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
415/418	495/498	Nov 16	$2.08	$0.42	59%	4.95	$415.42	$497.08
420/422	495/498	Nov 16	$2.04	$0.46	57%	4.43	$420.46	$497.04
415/418	488/490	Nov 16	$1.87	$0.63	53%	2.97	$415.63	$489.37
415/418	485/488	Nov 16	$1.90	$0.60	51%	3.17	$415.60	$486.90
420/422	488/490	Nov 16	$1.83	$0.67	51%	2.73	$420.67	$489.33
420/422	485/488	Nov 16	$1.86	$0.64	49%	2.91	$420.64	$486.86
415/418	482/485	Nov 16	$1.82	$0.68	49%	2.68	$415.68	$484.32
428/430	495/498	Nov 16	$1.66	$0.84	54%	1.98	$428.34	$496.66
430/432	495/498	Nov 16	$1.69	$0.81	52%	2.09	$430.81	$496.69
420/422	482/485	Nov 16	$1.78	$0.72	47%	2.47	$420.72	$484.28

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 418 found (best R:R 5.82, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$400.00	$430.00	$460.00	Dec 4	$4.40	$25.60	27%	5.82
$460.00	$462.50	$465.00	Nov 6	$0.28	$2.22	30%	7.93
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$462.50	$465.00	$467.50	Nov 6	$0.44	$2.06	36%	4.68
$430.00	$435.00	$440.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$465.00	$467.50	$470.00	Nov 6	$0.39	$2.11	34%	5.41
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56
$440.00	$445.00	$450.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$430.00	$435.00	$440.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Dec 11	$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. 285 found (best net $-6.88, 263 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$400.00	$430.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$6.88	$23.12
$430.00	$460.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$10.10	$19.90
$465.00	$467.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.10	$2.40
$462.50	$465.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.79	$1.71
$480.00	$482.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.01	$2.49

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$467.50	$465.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.37	$2.13
$465.00	$462.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.11	$2.39
$462.50	$460.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.04	$2.46
$470.00	$467.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.46	$1.04
$460.00	$457.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.03	$2.47

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 242 found (best yield 5.88%, avg 1.54%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$475.00	Dec 18	$27.35	0.48	2.0%	5.88%	7.92%	185	348
$480.00	Dec 18	$25.15	0.46	3.1%	5.40%	8.52%	321	585
$470.00	Dec 18	$29.05	0.51	1.0%	6.24%	7.21%	98	257
$485.00	Dec 18	$22.95	0.43	4.2%	4.93%	9.12%	118	404
$490.00	Dec 18	$20.65	0.41	5.3%	4.44%	9.70%	279	219
$495.00	Dec 18	$18.85	0.39	6.3%	4.05%	10.39%	290	479
$475.00	Dec 11	$24.90	0.48	2.0%	5.35%	7.39%	65	85
$500.00	Dec 18	$16.85	0.36	7.4%	3.62%	11.04%	3.3K	5.2K
$480.00	Dec 11	$22.55	0.45	3.1%	4.84%	7.96%	41	12
$482.50	Dec 11	$21.40	0.44	3.7%	4.60%	8.25%	22	70

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 127,448

Total Puts 240,834

Put/Call Ratio 1.89

Net Difference -113,386

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 191,934

Total Puts 571,830

Put/Call Ratio 2.98

Net Difference -379,896

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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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)

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