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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$646.59 -9.36%

(10/29 10:35) ◀

Thursday, October 29, 2026 (2:05pm)

▶ (10/29 18:00)

◀ 10/29 14:07 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 2:05pm) 46,153

Calls: 23,040 (50%)

Puts: 23,113 (50%)

Prior (10/28) 12,838

Calls: 8,277 (64%)

Puts: 4,561 (36%)

Current vs Prior +259.50%

Calls: +178.36% (Calls)

Puts: +406.75% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 132,637

Calls: 70,993 (54%)

Puts: 61,644 (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average 18,948

Calls: 10,141 (54%)

Puts: 8,806 (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +143.58%

Calls: +127.18%

Puts: +162.46%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 2:05pm) $102.42M

Calls: $32.09M (31%)

Puts: $70.32M (69%)

Prior (10/28) $28.54M

Calls: $15.64M (55%)

Puts: $12.90M (45%)

Current vs Prior +258.84%

Calls: +105.13%

Puts: +445.29%

Prior 7-Day Total $264.51M

Calls: $178.81M (68%)

Puts: $85.70M (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average $37.79M

Calls: $25.54M (68%)

Puts: $12.24M (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +171.03%

Calls: +25.63%

Puts: +474.42%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/29 2:05pm) 1.00

Prior (10/28) 0.55

Current vs Prior +82.05%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.85

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +17.49%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/29 2:05pm) 255,564

Calls: 132,535 (52%)

Puts: 123,029 (48%)

Prior (10/28) 241,348

Calls: 120,866 (50%)

Puts: 120,482 (50%)

Current vs Prior +5.89%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,651,873

Calls: 818,118 (50%)

Puts: 833,755 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 235,981

Calls: 116,874 (50%)

Puts: 119,107 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.30%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/06)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 2.62% | 5.51%8.49% | 12.01%

Prior 6.25% | 7.97%9.91% | 13.27%

Current vs Prior -58.17% | -30.87%-14.32% | -9.52%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.89% | 5.14%5.86% | 12.54%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.60% | +7.31%+44.91% | -4.25%

Prior 7-Day Eod 6.25% | 7.97%9.57% | 12.74%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -58.17% | -30.87%-11.28% | -5.73%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 37.62% | 23.61%

Calls: 34.46% | 24.87%

Puts: 40.78% | 22.35%

Prior 28.11% | 27.09%

Calls: 26.14% | 27.06%

Puts: 30.07% | 27.12%

Current vs Prior +33.83% | -12.85%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.21% | 18.35%

Calls: 43.32% | 18.96%

Puts: 33.11% | 17.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -1.55% | +28.67%

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Moderately bearish flow with 69% put dollar volume ($70.32M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 259% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (171% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 260% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:05	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	BEARISH
10:35	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:30	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:25	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:20	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:15	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:10	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:05	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:55	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 34 of results (avg 8.1%, best 3.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Nov 20	19.60	20.50	$20.05	4.5%	81	0.45	56
$630.00	Nov 20	33.75	36.60	$35.17	8.1%	27	0.63	19
$550.00	Nov 20	98.05	108.05	$103.05	9.7%	--	0.95	16
$550.00	Nov 13	96.95	106.95	$101.95	9.8%	23	0.98	--
$550.00	Oct 30	95.25	105.15	$100.20	9.9%	8	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$745.00	Nov 27	98.30	102.10	$100.20	3.8%	10	0.89	17
$765.00	Oct 30	114.80	120.35	$117.57	4.7%	15	1.00	97
$760.00	Oct 30	110.05	115.70	$112.88	5.0%	19	1.00	121
$770.00	Oct 30	119.25	125.40	$122.33	5.0%	21	1.00	111
$750.00	Nov 6	100.60	106.25	$103.43	5.5%	4	1.00	73

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 259 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 30	102.20	115.15	$108.68	11.9%	5	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 30	95.25	105.15	$100.20	9.9%	8	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 30	85.20	95.15	$90.18	11.0%	8	1.00	1
$592.50	Oct 30	52.75	62.75	$57.75	17.3%	1	1.00	--
$595.00	Oct 30	50.05	60.05	$55.05	18.2%	--	1.00	73

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$680.00	Oct 30	31.05	35.75	$33.40	14.1%	99	1.00	170
$682.50	Oct 30	27.75	37.75	$32.75	30.5%	9	1.00	34
$685.00	Oct 30	30.20	40.20	$35.20	28.4%	50	1.00	112
$687.50	Oct 30	32.60	42.60	$37.60	26.6%	8	1.00	28
$690.00	Oct 30	38.60	45.55	$42.08	16.5%	149	1.00	236

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 572 active (total vol 25.2K, top 1.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	2.69	4.10	$3.39	41.6%	1.0K	0.29	501
$662.50	Oct 30	2.12	4.00	$3.06	61.4%	943	0.26	506
$700.00	Oct 30	0.08	0.17	$0.13	69.2%	789	0.02	292
$720.00	Oct 30	0.01	0.09	$0.05	160.0%	471	0.01	938
$680.00	Oct 30	0.37	0.89	$0.63	82.5%	469	0.07	72

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 30	3.70	5.00	$4.35	29.9%	1.0K	0.33	861
$650.00	Oct 30	8.35	10.30	$9.32	20.9%	563	0.53	376
$660.00	Oct 30	13.45	17.25	$15.35	24.8%	482	0.75	506
$600.00	Nov 20	6.50	8.55	$7.53	27.2%	366	0.20	943
$630.00	Oct 30	1.33	2.07	$1.70	43.5%	354	0.16	178

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 25 strikes (avg 36.6%, max 83.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$665.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	55.9%	37.2%	50.2%	203	10
$635.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	55.8%	37.7%	47.9%	7	14
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	55.8%	38.3%	45.9%	115	20
$660.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	54.6%	37.8%	44.3%	1.0K	501
$637.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	54.2%	41.3%	31.4%	7	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$650.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	60.7%	33.1%	83.5%	584	376
$645.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	57.8%	37.9%	52.3%	223	104
$665.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	55.9%	37.2%	50.2%	47	161
$635.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	56.3%	37.7%	49.5%	129	197
$630.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	55.2%	37.7%	46.3%	365	198

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 307 found (best R:R 4.26, avg 5.91)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$635.00	Dec 4	$22.90	$12.10	$22.90	78%	0.53	$622.90
$640.00	$650.00	Nov 20	$3.60	$6.40	$3.60	57%	1.78	$643.60
$650.00	$655.00	Dec 11	$1.10	$3.90	$1.10	52%	3.55	$651.10
$680.00	$690.00	Dec 4	$2.10	$7.90	$2.10	38%	3.76	$682.10
$660.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$2.75	$7.25	$2.75	44%	2.64	$662.75

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$730.00	$725.00	Nov 27	$0.95	$4.05	$0.95	85%	4.26	$729.05
$675.00	$670.00	Nov 13	$0.68	$4.32	$0.68	67%	6.35	$674.32
$747.50	$745.00	Oct 30	$0.37	$2.13	$0.37	100%	5.76	$747.13
$692.50	$690.00	Oct 30	$0.52	$1.98	$0.52	100%	3.81	$691.98
$705.00	$700.00	Oct 30	$3.07	$1.93	$3.07	100%	0.63	$701.93

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 237 found (best R:R 4.15, avg 0.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$705.00	$710.00	Nov 13	$2.53	$2.53	$2.47	80%	1.02	$707.53
$650.00	$655.00	Dec 4	$4.27	$4.27	$0.73	47%	5.85	$654.27
$765.00	$770.00	Dec 11	$1.79	$1.79	$3.21	86%	0.56	$766.79
$685.00	$690.00	Nov 27	$2.77	$2.77	$2.23	66%	1.24	$687.77
$695.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	76%	0.75	$697.14

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$635.00	$630.00	Nov 13	$4.03	$4.03	$0.97	61%	4.15	$630.97
$645.00	$642.50	Oct 30	$2.24	$2.24	$0.26	57%	8.62	$642.76
$617.50	$615.00	Nov 6	$1.71	$1.71	$0.79	77%	2.16	$615.79
$630.00	$625.00	Dec 4	$2.90	$2.90	$2.10	63%	1.38	$627.10
$620.00	$615.00	Nov 27	$2.60	$2.60	$2.40	68%	1.08	$617.40

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 16 found (avg debit $9.10, cheapest $8.93)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$650.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.53	60.4%	45.8%
$647.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.20	55.8%	42.1%
$645.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$9.87	57.8%	44.4%
$640.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$10.30	55.8%	44.0%
$657.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$9.31	59.2%	47.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$650.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.93	60.7%	45.8%
$647.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.85	55.8%	42.1%
$645.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$9.40	57.8%	44.4%
$640.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$9.13	55.8%	44.0%
$657.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.83	59.4%	48.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 149 found (cheapest 2.38% of stock, avg 7.54%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$642.50	Oct 30	$11.05	$4.34	$15.39	$627.11	$657.89	2.38%
$645.00	Oct 30	$9.43	$6.58	$16.01	$628.99	$661.01	2.48%
$640.00	Oct 30	$11.73	$4.35	$16.08	$623.92	$656.08	2.49%
$647.50	Oct 30	$8.65	$7.48	$16.13	$631.37	$663.63	2.49%
$652.50	Oct 30	$5.70	$10.63	$16.33	$636.17	$668.83	2.53%
$655.00	Oct 30	$4.60	$12.48	$17.08	$637.92	$672.08	2.64%
$650.00	Oct 30	$7.90	$9.32	$17.22	$632.78	$667.22	2.66%
$637.50	Oct 30	$13.98	$3.36	$17.34	$620.16	$654.84	2.68%
$657.50	Oct 30	$4.74	$13.45	$18.19	$639.31	$675.69	2.81%
$660.00	Oct 30	$3.39	$15.35	$18.74	$641.26	$678.74	2.90%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 160 found (cheapest 1.04% of stock, avg 5.43%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$660.00	$637.50	Oct 30	$3.39	$3.36	$6.75	$630.75	$666.75
$660.00	$640.00	Oct 30	$3.39	$4.35	$7.74	$632.26	$667.74
$660.00	$642.50	Oct 30	$3.39	$4.34	$7.73	$634.77	$667.73
$657.50	$637.50	Oct 30	$4.74	$3.36	$8.10	$629.40	$665.60
$655.00	$637.50	Oct 30	$4.60	$3.36	$7.96	$629.54	$662.96
$655.00	$642.50	Oct 30	$4.60	$4.34	$8.94	$633.56	$663.94
$657.50	$640.00	Oct 30	$4.74	$4.35	$9.09	$630.91	$666.59
$657.50	$642.50	Oct 30	$4.74	$4.34	$9.08	$633.42	$666.58
$655.00	$640.00	Oct 30	$4.60	$4.35	$8.95	$631.05	$663.95
$652.50	$637.50	Oct 30	$5.70	$3.36	$9.06	$628.44	$661.56

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 212 found (best R:R 7.33, avg credit $2.08)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
615/620	695/700	Nov 27	$4.40	$0.60	40%	7.33	$615.60	$699.40
600/605	690/695	Dec 4	$4.14	$0.86	40%	4.81	$600.86	$694.14
600/605	685/690	Nov 27	$3.97	$1.03	42%	3.85	$601.03	$688.97
605/610	685/690	Nov 27	$4.04	$0.96	40%	4.21	$605.96	$689.04
600/605	695/700	Dec 4	$3.70	$1.30	43%	2.85	$601.30	$698.70
602/605	670/672	Nov 6	$1.88	$0.62	54%	3.03	$603.12	$671.88
632/635	658/660	Oct 30	$2.12	$0.38	41%	5.58	$632.88	$659.62
628/630	658/660	Oct 30	$1.90	$0.60	49%	3.17	$628.10	$659.40
610/615	685/690	Nov 27	$3.72	$1.28	38%	2.91	$611.28	$688.72
602/605	672/675	Nov 6	$1.71	$0.79	56%	2.16	$603.29	$674.21

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 228 found (best R:R 75.92, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$700.00	$710.00	$720.00	Dec 11	$0.21	$9.79	7%	46.62
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Nov 6	$0.16	$4.84	10%	30.25
$655.00	$660.00	$665.00	Nov 27	$0.09	$4.91	5%	54.56
$662.50	$665.00	$667.50	Oct 30	$0.08	$2.42	9%	30.25
$685.00	$690.00	$695.00	Nov 20	$0.13	$4.87	5%	37.46

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$580.00	$590.00	$600.00	Nov 20	$0.13	$9.87	8%	75.92
$640.00	$650.00	$660.00	Nov 20	$0.39	$9.61	13%	24.64
$620.00	$630.00	$640.00	Nov 20	$0.40	$9.60	12%	24.00
$560.00	$570.00	$580.00	Nov 20	$0.14	$9.86	6%	70.43
$560.00	$570.00	$580.00	Nov 27	$0.12	$9.88	5%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 191 found (best net $-6.76, 183 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$550.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$6.76	$43.24
$610.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$7.21	$7.79
$600.00	$635.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$18.75	$16.25
$740.00	$760.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$1.32	$18.68
$677.50	$680.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.01	$2.49

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$690.00	$660.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$15.62	$14.38
$740.00	$700.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$31.56	$8.44
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.30	$9.70
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.01	$9.99
$540.00	$530.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.03	$9.97

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 167 found (best yield 4.49%, avg 1.19%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Dec 11	$29.00	0.51	1.3%	4.49%	5.79%	9	--
$650.00	Dec 11	$30.10	0.52	0.5%	4.66%	5.18%	2	--
$685.00	Dec 11	$16.85	0.37	5.9%	2.61%	8.55%	6	--
$660.00	Dec 11	$24.55	0.48	2.1%	3.80%	5.87%	3	--
$655.00	Dec 4	$26.60	0.51	1.3%	4.11%	5.41%	4	10
$650.00	Dec 4	$28.95	0.53	0.5%	4.48%	5.00%	16	--
$670.00	Dec 4	$20.65	0.43	3.6%	3.19%	6.81%	2	--
$665.00	Dec 4	$22.35	0.45	2.9%	3.46%	6.30%	3	--
$675.00	Dec 4	$18.80	0.41	4.4%	2.91%	7.30%	1	2
$680.00	Dec 11	$17.40	0.39	5.2%	2.69%	7.86%	3	--

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 23,040

Total Puts 23,113

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference -73

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,277

Total Puts 4,561

Put/Call Ratio 0.55

Net Difference 3,716

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 70,993

Total Puts 61,644

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.85

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

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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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Price — Past 7 Days

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