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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$599.92 +0.65%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/22 10:00am) 36,305

Calls: 22,007 (61%)

Puts: 14,298 (39%)

Prior (09/18) 73,437

Calls: 9,719 (13%)

Puts: 63,718 (87%)

Current vs Prior -50.56%

Calls: +126.43% (Calls)

Puts: -77.56% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,633,405

Calls: 583,483 (36%)

Puts: 1,049,922 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 233,343

Calls: 83,354 (36%)

Puts: 149,988 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -84.44%

Calls: -73.60%

Puts: -90.47%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/22 10:00am) $36.97M

Calls: $26.40M (71%)

Puts: $10.57M (29%)

Prior (09/18) $13.51M

Calls: $5.51M (41%)

Puts: $8.00M (59%)

Current vs Prior +173.70%

Calls: +379.22%

Puts: +32.14%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.36B

Calls: $481.03M (35%)

Puts: $881.74M (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average $194.68M

Calls: $68.72M (35%)

Puts: $125.96M (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -81.01%

Calls: -61.59%

Puts: -91.61%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/22 10:00am) 0.65

Prior (09/18) 6.56

Current vs Prior -90.09%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -65.27%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/22 10:00am) 1,639,613

Calls: 627,942 (38%)

Puts: 1,011,671 (62%)

Prior (09/18) 2,177,498

Calls: 820,914 (38%)

Puts: 1,356,584 (62%)

Current vs Prior -24.70%

Prior 7-Day Total 14,131,941

Calls: 5,428,721 (38%)

Puts: 8,703,220 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,018,848

Calls: 775,531 (38%)

Puts: 1,243,317 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -18.78%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/22) | Next (09/23)Expiry (09/23) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.08% | 1.72%1.72% | 2.74%2.74% | 4.53%7.40% | 12.12%

Prior 1.55% | 2.02%0.71% | 1.55%0.71% | 2.99%0.71% | 7.39%

Current vs Prior -30.35% | -14.72%+144.22% | +76.55%+288.91% | +51.21%+950.16% | +64.05%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.73% | 2.31%1.11% | 2.22%1.95% | 4.03%1.29% | 8.17%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -37.40% | -25.60%+55.25% | +23.33%+40.54% | +12.21%+475.03% | +48.41%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.55% | 2.02%0.46% | 1.93%2.87% | 4.88%0.46% | 7.55%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -30.35% | -14.72%+270.56% | +42.00%-4.59% | -7.30%+1493.44% | +60.41%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 12.31% | 18.62%

Calls: 11.60% | 20.87%

Puts: 13.03% | 16.38%

Prior 69.44% | 90.66%

Calls: 96.88% | 159.73%

Puts: 41.99% | 21.60%

Current vs Prior -82.27% | -79.46%

Prior 7-Day Avg 46.71% | 32.14%

Calls: 51.83% | 43.76%

Puts: 41.58% | 20.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -73.64% | -42.06%

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Moderately bullish flow with 71% call dollar volume ($26.40M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 174% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 51% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.65.

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 481 of results (avg 6.2%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Oct 30	23.55	24.15	$23.85	2.5%	14	0.47	97
$490.00	Sep 22	107.90	110.85	$109.38	2.7%	5	1.00	10
$620.00	Oct 30	19.50	20.05	$19.77	2.8%	5	0.41	138
$490.00	Sep 23	107.95	111.05	$109.50	2.8%	--	0.93	10
$525.00	Oct 30	80.95	83.30	$82.13	2.9%	--	0.86	59

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 30	21.35	21.95	$21.65	2.8%	--	0.42	10
$585.00	Oct 30	19.35	19.90	$19.63	2.8%	5	0.39	89
$595.00	Oct 30	23.55	24.25	$23.90	2.9%	1	0.45	4
$577.50	Oct 30	16.60	17.10	$16.85	3.0%	1	0.35	10
$575.00	Oct 30	15.75	16.25	$16.00	3.1%	10	0.34	9

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 58 found (avg $0.58, cheapest $0.11)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Sep 22	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	178	0.03	160
$610.00	Sep 22	0.28	0.33	$0.31	16.1%	184	0.09	235
$607.50	Sep 22	0.47	0.57	$0.52	19.2%	71	0.14	319
$605.00	Sep 22	0.80	0.89	$0.85	10.6%	336	0.22	500
$620.00	Sep 23	0.39	0.47	$0.43	18.6%	58	0.07	298

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Sep 22	0.11	0.12	$0.12	8.3%	154	0.04	360
$595.00	Sep 22	0.76	0.91	$0.84	17.9%	253	0.22	155
$582.50	Sep 23	0.49	0.58	$0.53	17.0%	197	0.09	82
$580.00	Sep 23	0.39	0.45	$0.42	14.3%	63	0.07	882
$577.50	Sep 23	0.31	0.36	$0.34	14.7%	5	0.06	122

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 328 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Sep 22	107.90	110.85	$109.38	2.7%	5	1.00	10
$492.50	Sep 22	105.40	108.85	$107.13	3.2%	5	1.00	--
$497.50	Sep 22	100.40	103.50	$101.95	3.0%	1	1.00	--
$500.00	Sep 22	97.90	101.10	$99.50	3.2%	21	1.00	--
$502.50	Sep 22	95.40	99.00	$97.20	3.7%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Sep 22	24.20	27.10	$25.65	11.3%	1	0.99	1
$615.00	Sep 22	14.15	17.20	$15.68	19.5%	1	0.97	1
$705.00	Oct 16	103.20	107.40	$105.30	4.0%	--	0.95	25
$610.00	Sep 22	9.30	12.40	$10.85	28.6%	1	0.91	3
$675.00	Oct 16	74.50	78.50	$76.50	5.2%	--	0.90	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 572 active (total vol 23.7K, top 638)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Sep 25	1.70	1.86	$1.78	9.0%	638	0.17	814
$620.00	Oct 16	12.75	13.30	$13.03	4.2%	632	0.37	7.5K
$615.00	Oct 16	14.55	15.15	$14.85	4.0%	583	0.41	15.6K
$607.50	Sep 25	4.40	4.90	$4.65	10.8%	462	0.36	384
$600.00	Sep 22	2.27	2.58	$2.42	12.8%	420	0.49	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$572.50	Sep 22	0.02	0.07	$0.05	100.0%	542	0.01	27
$570.00	Sep 22	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	429	0.01	2.1K
$565.00	Oct 16	7.45	7.85	$7.65	5.2%	323	0.24	1.4K
$590.00	Oct 16	15.20	15.85	$15.52	4.2%	322	0.41	1.4K
$592.50	Sep 22	0.41	0.51	$0.46	21.7%	319	0.14	125

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 19.2%, max 24.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$602.50	Sep 22	Oct 2	40.7%	33.9%	20.2%	432	888
$595.00	Sep 22	Oct 30	40.2%	33.9%	18.7%	74	315
$600.00	Sep 22	Oct 30	39.8%	33.7%	18.1%	421	2.2K
$597.50	Sep 22	Oct 30	39.2%	33.7%	16.2%	260	648
$605.00	Sep 22	Oct 30	41.9%	36.8%	13.7%	359	581

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$597.50	Sep 22	Oct 2	39.2%	31.4%	24.6%	99	72
$600.00	Sep 22	Oct 16	39.8%	32.6%	22.0%	43	2.7K
$602.50	Sep 22	Oct 2	40.7%	33.9%	20.2%	1	32
$595.00	Sep 22	Oct 30	40.2%	33.9%	18.7%	254	159

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 519 found (best R:R 68.44, avg 8.72)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$665.00	Sep 29	$0.36	$24.64	$0.36	9%	68.44	$640.36
$592.50	$595.00	Sep 22	$1.23	$1.27	$1.23	87%	1.03	$593.73
$600.00	$605.00	Oct 23	$1.72	$3.28	$1.72	51%	1.91	$601.72
$597.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.55	$1.95	$0.55	54%	3.55	$598.05
$570.00	$572.50	Oct 30	$1.10	$1.40	$1.10	69%	1.27	$571.10

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$565.00	$550.00	Oct 5	$1.31	$13.69	$1.31	19%	10.45	$563.69
$615.00	$610.00	Oct 9	$2.43	$2.57	$2.43	62%	1.06	$612.57
$580.00	$575.00	Oct 5	$0.72	$4.28	$0.72	28%	5.94	$579.28
$550.00	$535.00	Oct 1	$0.36	$14.64	$0.36	8%	40.67	$549.64
$515.00	$495.00	Oct 5	$0.17	$19.83	$0.17	4%	116.65	$514.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 443 found (best R:R 0.20, avg 0.27)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$610.00	$645.00	Oct 1	$5.95	$5.95	$29.05	64%	0.20	$615.95
$615.00	$630.00	Sep 29	$2.38	$2.38	$12.62	75%	0.19	$617.38
$620.00	$640.00	Oct 5	$3.79	$3.79	$16.21	72%	0.23	$623.79
$600.00	$602.50	Sep 28	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	50%	2.33	$601.75
$600.00	$602.50	Sep 30	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	50%	2.33	$601.75

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$562.50	$560.00	Oct 1	$1.00	$1.00	$1.50	84%	0.67	$561.50
$587.50	$585.00	Sep 29	$1.38	$1.38	$1.12	68%	1.23	$586.12
$557.50	$550.00	Oct 1	$1.22	$1.22	$6.28	87%	0.19	$556.28
$577.50	$575.00	Oct 23	$1.15	$1.15	$1.35	67%	0.85	$576.35
$585.00	$582.50	Sep 30	$1.02	$1.02	$1.48	70%	0.69	$583.98

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $3.06, cheapest $1.98)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$602.50	Sep 22	Sep 23	$1.98	40.7%	33.0%
$600.00	Sep 22	Sep 23	$2.11	39.8%	32.7%
$597.50	Sep 22	Sep 23	$1.87	39.2%	32.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$600.00	Sep 22	Sep 23	$1.97	39.8%	32.7%
$602.50	Sep 22	Oct 2	$9.72	40.7%	33.9%
$597.50	Sep 22	Sep 23	$1.98	39.2%	32.5%
$605.00	Sep 25	Sep 29	$2.15	34.1%	28.7%
$620.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$2.67	34.6%	35.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 240 found (cheapest 0.84% of stock, avg 6.44%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$600.00	Sep 22	$2.42	$2.61	$5.03	$594.97	$605.03	0.84%
$597.50	Sep 22	$3.88	$1.50	$5.38	$592.12	$602.88	0.90%
$602.50	Sep 22	$1.47	$4.58	$6.05	$596.45	$608.55	1.01%
$595.00	Sep 22	$5.90	$0.84	$6.74	$588.26	$601.74	1.12%
$592.50	Sep 22	$7.13	$0.46	$7.59	$584.91	$600.09	1.27%
$600.00	Sep 23	$4.53	$4.58	$9.11	$590.89	$609.11	1.52%
$597.50	Sep 23	$5.75	$3.48	$9.23	$588.27	$606.73	1.54%
$595.00	Sep 23	$7.05	$2.51	$9.56	$585.44	$604.56	1.59%
$592.50	Sep 23	$8.53	$1.80	$10.33	$582.17	$602.83	1.72%
$590.00	Sep 22	$10.45	$0.28	$10.73	$579.27	$600.73	1.79%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 345 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 2.89%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$610.00	$587.50	Sep 22	$0.31	$0.18	$0.49	$587.01	$610.49
$610.00	$590.00	Sep 22	$0.31	$0.28	$0.59	$589.41	$610.59
$607.50	$587.50	Sep 22	$0.52	$0.18	$0.70	$586.80	$608.20
$610.00	$592.50	Sep 22	$0.31	$0.46	$0.77	$591.73	$610.77
$607.50	$590.00	Sep 22	$0.52	$0.28	$0.80	$589.20	$608.30
$607.50	$592.50	Sep 22	$0.52	$0.46	$0.98	$591.52	$608.48
$605.00	$587.50	Sep 22	$0.85	$0.18	$1.03	$586.47	$606.03
$610.00	$595.00	Sep 22	$0.31	$0.84	$1.15	$593.85	$611.15
$605.00	$590.00	Sep 22	$0.85	$0.28	$1.13	$588.87	$606.13
$605.00	$592.50	Sep 22	$0.85	$0.46	$1.31	$591.19	$606.31

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 614 found (best R:R 0.22, avg credit $1.09)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/532	635/638	Sep 23	$0.45	$2.05	94%	0.22	$532.05	$635.45
515/520	635/640	Sep 24	$0.72	$4.28	91%	0.17	$519.28	$635.72
550/552	635/638	Sep 23	$0.42	$2.08	93%	0.20	$552.08	$635.42
530/535	635/640	Sep 24	$0.75	$4.25	90%	0.18	$534.25	$635.75
580/585	615/620	Oct 5	$3.60	$1.40	32%	2.57	$581.40	$618.60
510/512	635/638	Sep 23	$0.33	$2.17	94%	0.15	$512.17	$635.33
520/522	615/618	Oct 2	$1.11	$1.39	63%	0.80	$521.39	$616.11
520/522	628/630	Sep 22	$0.27	$2.23	96%	0.12	$522.23	$627.77
545/548	635/638	Sep 23	$0.33	$2.17	93%	0.15	$547.17	$635.33
552/555	635/640	Sep 24	$0.76	$4.24	88%	0.18	$554.24	$635.76

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 376 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$4.92	9%	61.50
$595.00	$597.50	$600.00	Sep 23	$0.08	$2.42	17%	30.25
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Sep 23	$0.14	$2.36	17%	16.86
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$595.00	$597.50	$600.00	Sep 23	$0.13	$2.37	17%	18.23
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Sep 29	$0.38	$4.62	16%	12.16
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$2.40	10%	24.00
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Sep 22	$0.08	$2.42	8%	30.25
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Sep 22	$0.28	$2.22	22%	7.93

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 499 found (best net $-0.73, 467 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$582.50	$597.50	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.73	$14.27
$585.00	$592.50	1:2	Sep 24	-$4.28	$3.22
$640.00	$665.00	1:2	Sep 29	-$0.40	$24.60
$630.00	$640.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.49	$9.51
$597.50	$600.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$0.96	$1.54

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$620.00	$595.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$6.56	$18.44
$625.00	$615.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$5.71	$4.29
$602.50	$600.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$0.64	$1.86
$600.00	$597.50	1:2	Sep 22	-$0.39	$2.11
$597.50	$595.00	1:2	Sep 22	-$0.18	$2.32

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 179 found (best yield 3.93%, avg 1.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$610.00	Oct 30	$23.55	0.47	1.7%	3.93%	5.61%	14	97
$615.00	Oct 30	$21.40	0.44	2.5%	3.57%	6.08%	3	131
$620.00	Oct 30	$19.50	0.41	3.4%	3.25%	6.60%	5	138
$600.00	Oct 30	$27.55	0.52	0.0%	4.59%	4.61%	1	257
$605.00	Oct 30	$24.95	0.49	0.8%	4.16%	5.01%	23	81
$625.00	Oct 30	$17.60	0.39	4.2%	2.93%	7.11%	8	128
$630.00	Oct 30	$15.95	0.36	5.0%	2.66%	7.67%	3	83
$635.00	Oct 30	$14.35	0.33	5.8%	2.39%	8.24%	7	60
$640.00	Oct 30	$12.85	0.31	6.7%	2.14%	8.82%	--	44
$645.00	Oct 30	$11.50	0.28	7.5%	1.92%	9.43%	3	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 22,007

Total Puts 14,298

Put/Call Ratio 0.65

Net Difference 7,709

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,719

Total Puts 63,718

Put/Call Ratio 6.56

Net Difference -53,999

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 583,483

Total Puts 1,049,922

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.87

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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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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