PPH / VanEck ETF Trust - VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF - Stock Options Flow
The options market is considered smart money, and by monitoring options trades made we can identify bullish or bearish signals. The Fintel options flow product gets trade data in near real-time and filters it to show large block trades that are most likely made by institutions. By watching for the OPENING of large CALL or PUT positions, we can get a near real-time sentiment indicator.
See also: our Stock Leaderboard and our ETF Leaderboard.
The following symbols provide the background for understanding the "side" column in the table. This column
shows where in the bid/offer spread the trade was priced. This positioning can be a clue to how aggressive the
trader was.
- O--|---
- Traded below bid (sold)
- -O-|---
- Traded on the bid (sold)
- --O|---
- Traded between mid and bid (sold)
- ---O---
- Traded at mid market
- ---|O--
- Traded between mid and ask/offer (bought)
- ---|-O-
- Traded on the ask/offer (bought)
- ---|--O
- Traded above ask/offer (bought)
- Premium Sigmas
- Premium Sigmas is the number of standard deviations of the premium from the mean. Any standard deviation above 2 (two) indicates a premium size that is a significant deviation from the norm (ie, extraordinary large), and we highlight it in bold.
| Date | Time | Symbol | Trade Side |
Side | Contract | Expiry | DTX | Strike Price |
Spot Price |
Strike / Spot % |
Cond | Event | Trade | Open Int | IVOL | Premium Paid ($) |
Premium Sigmas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-28 | 13:17:16 | PPH | SELL |
|
PUT | 2025-09-19 | 22 | 88 | 88.295 | -0.33 | SIZE > PRIOR OI | MULTI-SWEEP | 215 | 0.16 | 32,085 | -5.13 | |
| 2025-08-19 | 15:20:41 | PPH | 2025-09-19 | 31 | 87.9343 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-08-05 | 13:51:20 | PPH | 2025-08-15 | 10 | 85.34 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-08-05 | 13:51:20 | PPH | 2025-08-15 | 10 | 85.34 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-07-31 | 14:09:46 | PPH | 2025-08-15 | 15 | 83.3977 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-07-31 | 13:58:22 | PPH | 2025-08-15 | 15 | 83.6394 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-07-31 | 13:52:04 | PPH | 2025-08-15 | 15 | 83.98 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-07-31 | 13:52:04 | PPH | 2025-08-15 | 15 | 83.98 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-06-12 | 09:50:43 | PPH | 2025-07-18 | 36 | 90.935 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-05-09 | 15:56:57 | PPH | 2025-05-16 | 7 | 84.8053 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-05-09 | 15:56:57 | PPH | 2025-05-16 | 7 | 84.805 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-05-09 | 15:56:57 | PPH | 2025-05-16 | 7 | 84.805 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-05-09 | 15:55:58 | PPH | 2025-05-16 | 7 | 84.82 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-05-09 | 15:42:54 | PPH | 2025-05-16 | 7 | 85.09 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-05-09 | 15:42:12 | PPH | 2025-05-16 | 7 | 85.0906 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-05-09 | 14:51:35 | PPH | 2025-05-16 | 7 | 85.425 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-05-02 | 13:05:30 | PPH | 2025-05-16 | 14 | 88.81 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-04-29 | 10:09:59 | PPH | 2025-05-16 | 17 | 88.16 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-04-17 | 11:03:38 | PPH | 2025-05-16 | 29 | 83.855 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-04-17 | 11:03:39 | PPH | 2025-05-16 | 29 | 83.845 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-04-17 | 11:03:38 | PPH | 2025-05-16 | 29 | 83.855 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-04-04 | 15:44:18 | PPH | 2025-07-18 | 105 | 84.4194 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-03-27 | 11:26:07 | PPH | 2025-07-18 | 113 | 90.475 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-03-17 | 10:12:45 | PPH | 2025-04-17 | 31 | 92.795 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-03-13 | 12:51:25 | PPH | 2025-04-17 | 35 | 91.575 | ||||||||||||
| 2025-01-30 | 10:39:08 | PPH | 2025-02-21 | 22 | 88.95 | ||||||||||||
| 2024-11-15 | 10:55:57 | PPH | 2025-04-17 | 153 | 86.575 | ||||||||||||
| 2024-11-15 | 10:55:58 | PPH | 2025-04-17 | 153 | 86.575 | ||||||||||||
| 2024-11-15 | 10:55:57 | PPH | 2025-04-17 | 153 | 86.575 | ||||||||||||
| 2024-11-13 | 11:45:47 | PPH | 2024-11-15 | 2 | 89.695 | ||||||||||||
| 2024-10-31 | 10:47:31 | PPH | 2024-11-15 | 15 | 91.1894 | ||||||||||||
| 2024-07-22 | 10:08:35 | PPH | 2024-08-16 | 25 | 92.015 | ||||||||||||
| 2024-04-23 | 12:03:01 | PPH | 2024-05-17 | 24 | 86.7 | ||||||||||||
| 2024-04-23 | 12:03:01 | PPH | 2024-05-17 | 24 | 86.7 | ||||||||||||
| 2024-04-02 | 12:10:04 | PPH | 2024-05-17 | 45 | 88.52 | ExDiv | |||||||||||
| 2023-07-21 | 13:46:32 | PPH | 2023-08-18 | 28 | 81.045 | ||||||||||||
| 2023-07-21 | 13:44:03 | PPH | 2023-08-18 | 28 | 81.065 | ||||||||||||
| 2023-07-21 | 13:39:43 | PPH | 2023-08-18 | 28 | 81.035 | ||||||||||||
| 2023-06-16 | 15:03:03 | PPH | 2023-07-21 | 35 | 78.795 | ||||||||||||
| 2023-06-16 | 15:02:20 | PPH | 2023-07-21 | 35 | 78.765 | ||||||||||||
| 2022-07-28 | 15:30:23 | PPH | 2022-08-19 | 22 | 77.695 | ||||||||||||
| 2022-07-28 | 14:31:50 | PPH | 2022-08-19 | 22 | 77.755 | ||||||||||||
| 2022-07-28 | 14:31:50 | PPH | 2022-08-19 | 22 | 77.755 |
