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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF · XNAS · ETF · 131 sessions on record
$609.00▲ +2.10 · +0.3%from $606.90 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$609.76
High
$611.95
Low
$606.01
Day's range
$5.90.98% of the previous close
VWAP
$609.03close −0.00% from it
Volume, shares
4.42M0.68× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$2.69B
Trades
152K29 shares per trade
Previous close
$606.90+2.10 to the close
Market cap
—
Day range50% of the way up
$606.01$611.95
52-week range80% of the way up
$359.86 Mar 30$671.83 Jun 22

−9.4% from the high · +69% from the low

The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
put-heavy
options read
calls 37% · puts 63% of OI
1.74
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 1.17
$580.00
max pain
−4.8% from the close
$700.00
most call OI
18.7K contracts · +15% from the close
▲ +1.4%
option OI on the day
+23.9K contracts · 1.76M open

Put-heavy into a 16-day expiry: 1.74 puts per call by open interest, option OI +1.4% on the day, the most call OI sits at $700.00, the most put OI at $500.00, max pain $580.00.

Options

Sep 30 open interest · 27 expiries listed

SMH options carry 1.76M contracts of open interest across 27 expiries, 22% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 1.74 puts per call.

Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 27 expiries · share of all open interest
Option open interest by expiry, the next 8 expiries
ExpiryCall OI · on the dayPut OI · on the dayPuts per callShare of OI %Strikes
Oct 11 day8.23K+3.61K9.04K+4.65K1.100.98101
Oct 22 days42.6K+1.4K271K−1.54K6.3518144
Oct 55 days2.21K+7142.5K−4419.282.5104
Oct 66 days1.05K+42K−621.890.17105
Oct 77 days512+2131.33K+2472.590.10104
Oct 88 days79+25157+361.990.01106
Oct 99 days19.8K+2.33K28.1K+3.2K1.422.7137
Oct 1212 days434+2193+590.440.04106

54% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 174 strikes listed for it · 1.76M contracts open in all

Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days

The Oct 16 contract holds 178K calls and 207K puts, the most call OI at $700.00 and the most put OI at $500.00; max pain $580.00, −4.8% from the close.

Call OI, contracts
178K−5.85K on the day
Put OI, contracts
207K−792 on the day
Puts per call, by OI
1.17all expiries 1.74
Max pain
$580.00−4.8% from the close
Strikes listed
174for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
18.7K
$700.00
13.8K
$615.00
11.9K
$600.00
$535.00
12.5K
$520.00
13.5K
$500.00
16.6K
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+213
$660.00
+131
$620.00
+63
$617.50
$607.50
+180
$602.50
+179
$560.00
+1.49K
Close $ · S&P 500 rebased to the first close126 sessions to Sep 30 · axis fixed at 4 × ATR-14 around the last close
131 sessions on file · from Mar 25
SMH close over the last 126 sessions, with S&P 500 rebased to the first close391.97531.18670.39axis spans 71%S&P 500SMHApr 1Jul 2Sep 30126 sessions from Apr 1 to Sep 30; the price axis spans 71 percent.

Shareholding

quarter to Jun 2026 · SEC Form 13F

No open-market insider buying or selling in the last 90 days.

Held by 13F managers
—
Shares held
112M+13% on Mar 2026 among managers filing both
Managers holding
1,4941,247 a quarter earlier
Largest holder
—BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/
Largest 10 holderspercent of shares outstanding · change in shares against the previous quarter
Largest 13F holders of SMH
ManagerSharesOf outstandingValueChange on quarter
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/19.1M—$12.54B−1.8M
MORGAN STANLEY8.15M—$5.34B−2.78M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC7.92M—$5.20B+6.63M
LPL Financial LLC5.78M—$3.79B+126K
BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS3.35M—$2.20B+1.09M
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP3.14M—$2.06B+2.22M
BARCLAYS PLC2.72M—$1.79B+2.34M
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO2.59M—$1.64B—
UBS Group AG2.59M—$1.70B−96.6K
Jasper Ridge Partners, L.P.2.24M—$1.47B—

Corporate actions

exchange records

No corporate action on record for SMH yet.

Price history

131 sessions on record · to Sep 30 · end of day

SMH is +11.7% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 9.4% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 31% annualised.

Returns against S&P 500longest window first · S&P 500 over the same sessions
Returns of the stock and S&P 500 over six windows, longest first
WindowFrom $SMH %S&P 500 %Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9$430.30▲ +42%▲ +12%+29
60 sessionssince Jul 7$581.44▲ +4.7%▲ +2.0%+2.7
20 sessionssince Sep 1$545.21▲ +12%▲ +0.11%+12
5 sessionssince Sep 23$601.42▲ +1.3%▼ −0.67%+1.9
1 sessionsince Sep 29$606.88▲ +0.35%▼ −0.21%+0.56
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$604.60close +0.73% from it
20-session average
$576.88close +5.6% from it
50-session average
$568.22close +7.2% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$152.5% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$121.9% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
0.68×4.42M vs 6.39M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
31%≈ ±1.9% a session · moved more than that on 6 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
39%≈ ±2.4% a session · moved more than that on 17 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
2.29moved with S&P 500 on 36 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
Last 20 sessions
15 up · 5 downof 20
Last 60 sessions
36 up · 24 downof 60
Best session, 250
▲ +6.9%Jul 30
Worst session, 250
▼ −9.2%Jun 5

3 headlines on SMH

latest Sep 30, 2026 · links go to the publisher

Short-sale volume

25 sessions · to Sep 30, 2026

Short sales were 53% of reported volume on Sep 30, 2026, against 56% over the last 25 sessions.

Last 10 sessionsshare of the day's reported volume
SMH daily short-sale volume
SessionShort volumeReported volumeShort share
Sep 30, 2026841K1.6M52.7%
Sep 29, 20261.56M2.46M63.4%
Sep 28, 20261.92M2.59M74.0%
Sep 25, 2026826K1.79M46.3%
Sep 24, 20261.08M2.17M49.4%
Sep 23, 20261.5M2.52M59.5%
Sep 22, 20261.65M2.95M56.1%
Sep 21, 20262.24M4.06M55.0%
Sep 18, 20261.16M2.17M53.3%
Sep 17, 20261.28M2.45M52.4%

Filings

SEC EDGAR · newest first
SMH SEC filings
FiledFormReport date
Sep 23, 20268-A12B—
Sep 23, 2026497—
Sep 23, 2026485BPOS—
Sep 22, 2026485BXT—
Sep 22, 2026485BXT—
Sep 21, 2026497K—
Sep 15, 2026497—
Sep 15, 2026485BPOS—
Sep 10, 2026497J—
Sep 10, 2026485BXT—
Sep 9, 2026CERT—
Sep 4, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A—
Sep 4, 2026485APOS—
Sep 4, 2026485APOS—
Sep 4, 2026485APOS—
Sep 4, 2026485APOS—
Sep 4, 2026485BXT—
Sep 4, 2026N-CSRSJun 30, 2026
Sep 3, 20268-A12B—
Sep 2, 2026497J—
Aug 28, 2026N-PXJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026N-PXJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026497K—
Aug 28, 2026497K—
Aug 28, 2026497K—

About VanEck Semiconductor ETF

SEC and exchange records
Company
VanEck Semiconductor ETF
Exchange
XNAS
SEC CIK
1137360
Sessions on record
131
Price source
End of day · delayed
Computed
1 Oct, 10:13 pm IST

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