SMH
VanEck Semiconductor ETF
TECHSellZACKSStrong Buy
R500#451 today
$554.00
-1.90% today · -8.77% 1W
Oct 15 close or latest
ReadoutWhy it's moving
Reddit attention is surging
- SMH −1.90% on the last session vs SPY +0.08%: −2.0 pts of stock-specific move.
- Aftermath, volume spike (3.3× average volume on pace today so far): After its 3 volume spikes in the past 5 years, SMH was higher a day later 2 times out of 3. History, not a forecast.
- 11 Reddit mentions in the past 24 hours, 22% positive over the week · today's pace is 1.6× its recent daily average.
- Market backdrop (Today): Core PPI m/m 1.3% vs 0.3% expected (hotter); Core Retail Sales m/m 0.9% vs 0.6% expected (stronger); S&P futures -0.08%, 10-year yield -3bp in the 30 minutes after.
- Activity: volume on pace for 3.3× its 20-day average.
Assembled from Wallsti's own signals.
Activity & positioning
- Volume
- 3.3× its 20-day averagepace so far
- Short interest
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- Options volume
- 49,883 calls · 57,944 puts (put/call 1.16)so far today
- Implied volatility
- 39% (+1.4 pts) at the money, Oct 23 expiry
- Options-implied move
- ±4.6% by Oct 23
Headlines
- AI Bears March Down Wall Street Pre-Bell; Asia Down, Europe Off
- RBC Capital Markets Echoes Deutsche Bank In Asking Clients To Steer Clear Of Tech In Medium Term
- Michael Burry Says Stocks Could Peak Within 9 Months — and He’s Betting Against the Nasdaq and Chip Stocks
- Oil, ASML Earnings, Inflation Report Stall Wall Street Pre-Bell; Asia Mixed, Europe Up
- You Bought a Semiconductor Fund. On $500,000, $87,743 of It Is NVIDIA
- Jim Cramer Calls the Chip Trade Broken, but Semiconductors Are Still Up 62% in 2026
- Bank Bank Earnings, Chip Drama Roil Wall Street Pre-Bell; Asia Mixed, Europe Up
- S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 End Lower On Chipmaker Weakness, While Salesforce Gains Aid Dow — META, MSFT, BMBL, CRM, SNAP In Focus
- Someone Just Spent $21 Million Betting Nvidia Falls Below $180 by January
- Earnings Season, Oil, Bonds Pressure Wall Street Pre-Bell; Asia Mixed, Europe Up
Fetched hourly from Yahoo Finance (the stock) and Google News (its themes). ✦ marks the headline an AI-read catalyst cited.
Key facts
- Market cap
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- Held by institutions
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- 52-week range
- 315.05–671.83
- Analyst mean target
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- Next earnings
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- Forward P/E
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Recent events
News (AI read) ▼
RBC Capital Markets and Deutsche Bank advised clients to reduce tech exposure citing cooling earnings momentum.Fund ▼
Third Point (Dan Loeb) sold its whole stake: 40,000 shares ($15.3M, 0.7% of the portfolio), Q2 2026 · sourceFund ▲
Third Point (Dan Loeb) opened a stake: 40,000 shares ($15.3M, 0.7% of the portfolio), Q1 2026 · sourceFund ▼
Soros Fund Management (George Soros) sold its whole stake: 37,500 shares ($12.2M, 0.3% of the portfolio), Q4 2025 · sourceFund ▲
Soros Fund Management (George Soros) opened a stake: 37,500 shares ($12.2M, 0.3% of the portfolio), Q3 2025 · source