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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$528.19 +0.92%

(10/23 14:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/23 3:00pm) 308,312

Calls: 79,168 (26%)

Puts: 229,144 (74%)

Prior (10/22) 386,222

Calls: 126,437 (33%)

Puts: 259,785 (67%)

Current vs Prior -20.17%

Calls: -37.39% (Calls)

Puts: -11.79% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,334,628

Calls: 836,515 (36%)

Puts: 1,498,113 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 333,518

Calls: 119,502 (36%)

Puts: 214,016 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.56%

Calls: -33.75%

Puts: +7.07%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/23 3:00pm) $168.63M

Calls: $52.50M (31%)

Puts: $116.13M (69%)

Prior (10/22) $512.39M

Calls: $80.21M (16%)

Puts: $432.18M (84%)

Current vs Prior -67.09%

Calls: -34.54%

Puts: -73.13%

Prior 7-Day Total $2.29B

Calls: $554.65M (24%)

Puts: $1.74B (76%)

Prior 7-Day Average $327.15M

Calls: $79.24M (24%)

Puts: $247.91M (76%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -48.45%

Calls: -33.74%

Puts: -53.16%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/23 3:00pm) 2.89

Prior (10/22) 2.05

Current vs Prior +40.87%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +55.11%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/23 3:00pm) 2,078,894

Calls: 813,998 (39%)

Puts: 1,264,896 (61%)

Prior (10/22) 1,972,889

Calls: 751,210 (38%)

Puts: 1,221,679 (62%)

Current vs Prior +5.37%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,937,134

Calls: 4,527,174 (35%)

Puts: 8,409,960 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,848,162

Calls: 646,739 (35%)

Puts: 1,201,422 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.48%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/26)Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/30)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 0.78% | 2.47%0.78% | 5.27%9.50% | 12.80%

Prior 2.68% | 3.68%2.68% | 6.06%10.21% | 13.00%

Current vs Prior -70.97% | -32.88%-70.98% | -13.00%-6.91% | -1.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.66% | 3.42%3.09% | 5.38%5.01% | 10.64%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -70.78% | -27.78%-74.83% | -1.98%+89.54% | +20.28%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.68% | 3.68%2.68% | 6.03%10.21% | 13.04%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -70.97% | -32.88%-70.98% | -12.59%-6.91% | -1.82%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.15% | 11.42%

Calls: 20.35% | 7.00%

Puts: 25.94% | 15.84%

Prior 26.23% | 24.18%

Calls: 23.24% | 19.94%

Puts: 29.23% | 28.42%

Current vs Prior -11.74% | -52.77%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.32% | 22.89%

Calls: 23.12% | 19.63%

Puts: 19.52% | 26.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +8.58% | -50.12%

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Moderately bearish flow with 69% put dollar volume ($116.13M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 67% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.89 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 41% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
15:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
14:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 604 of results (avg 5.7%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$537.50	Nov 13	17.20	17.55	$17.38	2.0%	72	0.45	103
$532.50	Nov 13	19.65	20.05	$19.85	2.0%	11	0.49	89
$545.00	Nov 20	17.00	17.35	$17.18	2.0%	93	0.42	686
$542.50	Nov 13	15.10	15.45	$15.27	2.3%	23	0.42	11
$545.00	Nov 27	18.90	19.35	$19.13	2.4%	87	0.42	35

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	13.80	14.05	$13.93	1.8%	559	0.51	21.7K
$532.50	Nov 27	26.90	27.40	$27.15	1.8%	12	0.50	24
$522.50	Oct 30	10.50	10.70	$10.60	1.9%	524	0.42	590
$532.50	Nov 20	25.35	25.85	$25.60	2.0%	64	0.50	113
$530.00	Nov 27	25.65	26.20	$25.92	2.1%	149	0.49	328

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 43 found (avg $0.67, cheapest $0.97)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$555.00	Oct 26	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	346	0.04	122
$552.50	Oct 26	0.32	0.39	$0.36	19.4%	674	0.06	142
$547.50	Oct 26	0.64	0.72	$0.68	11.8%	860	0.10	103
$550.00	Oct 26	0.48	0.51	$0.50	6.0%	932	0.07	590
$545.00	Oct 26	0.88	0.98	$0.93	10.8%	219	0.13	595

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$527.50	Oct 23	0.92	1.02	$0.97	10.3%	474	0.40	795
$500.00	Oct 26	0.45	0.52	$0.49	14.3%	479	0.06	132
$502.50	Oct 26	0.59	0.67	$0.63	12.7%	54	0.07	24
$505.00	Oct 26	0.75	0.84	$0.80	11.2%	589	0.09	371
$475.00	Oct 28	0.53	0.63	$0.58	17.2%	10	0.04	67

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 371 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 23	77.10	80.30	$78.70	4.1%	3	1.00	13
$475.00	Oct 23	52.00	55.30	$53.65	6.2%	12	1.00	31
$480.00	Oct 23	47.10	50.30	$48.70	6.6%	--	1.00	14
$500.00	Oct 23	27.40	30.15	$28.78	9.6%	28	1.00	16
$507.50	Oct 23	19.40	22.60	$21.00	15.2%	1	1.00	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$595.00	Oct 30	64.80	68.05	$66.43	4.9%	28	1.00	216
$597.50	Oct 30	67.30	70.50	$68.90	4.6%	--	1.00	219
$600.00	Oct 30	69.60	73.10	$71.35	4.9%	22	1.00	1.7K
$602.50	Oct 30	72.30	75.45	$73.88	4.3%	--	1.00	112
$605.00	Oct 30	74.60	78.05	$76.32	4.5%	5	1.00	289

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 870 active (total vol 177.5K, top 15.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$535.00	Oct 23	0.03	0.09	$0.06	100.0%	3.5K	0.04	995
$560.00	Oct 26	0.11	0.17	$0.14	42.9%	3.2K	0.02	799
$537.50	Oct 23	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	2.5K	0.01	436
$570.00	Oct 30	1.47	1.60	$1.54	8.4%	2.4K	0.10	1.3K
$540.00	Oct 23	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	2.3K	0.01	943

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$440.00	Oct 26	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	15.2K	0.00	170
$510.00	Oct 28	4.10	4.25	$4.18	3.6%	9.7K	0.24	685
$485.00	Oct 28	0.92	1.15	$1.03	22.3%	8.9K	0.07	9.2K
$515.00	Nov 20	17.70	18.20	$17.95	2.8%	5.7K	0.39	3.4K
$550.00	Oct 30	25.80	26.55	$26.18	2.9%	5.4K	0.74	7.6K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 33.4%, max 47.7%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$525.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	56.4%	38.2%	47.7%	359	186
$530.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	51.0%	37.8%	34.9%	1.6K	1.5K
$527.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	51.6%	40.5%	27.6%	535	450
$505.00	Oct 30	Nov 20	48.4%	42.7%	13.5%	6	121

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$525.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	56.4%	38.2%	47.7%	1.5K	2.3K
$530.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	51.0%	37.8%	34.9%	1.6K	15.7K
$527.50	Oct 23	Nov 20	51.6%	40.5%	27.6%	669	1.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 540 found (best R:R 5.58, avg 5.92)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$580.00	$600.00	Nov 4	$0.88	$19.12	$0.88	11%	21.73	$580.88
$525.00	$527.50	Nov 4	$0.92	$1.58	$0.92	55%	1.72	$525.92
$525.00	$530.00	Nov 13	$2.22	$2.78	$2.22	54%	1.25	$527.22
$587.50	$600.00	Nov 2	$0.19	$12.31	$0.19	6%	64.79	$587.69
$560.00	$570.00	Dec 4	$2.83	$7.17	$2.83	36%	2.53	$562.83

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$522.50	$520.00	Nov 6	$0.38	$2.12	$0.38	43%	5.58	$522.12
$535.00	$532.50	Nov 27	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	52%	2.33	$534.25
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 30	$0.82	$1.68	$0.82	54%	2.05	$531.68
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$1.62	$0.88	$1.62	83%	0.54	$540.88
$540.00	$537.50	Oct 26	$1.53	$0.97	$1.53	79%	0.63	$538.47

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 431 found (best R:R 0.28, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$625.00	$630.00	Oct 26	$1.09	$1.09	$3.91	92%	0.28	$626.09
$602.50	$605.00	Nov 2	$0.77	$0.77	$1.73	94%	0.45	$603.27
$615.00	$620.00	Nov 4	$0.74	$0.74	$4.26	94%	0.17	$615.74
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 26	$0.53	$0.53	$1.97	96%	0.27	$608.03
$532.50	$535.00	Nov 13	$1.58	$1.58	$0.92	51%	1.72	$534.08

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$525.00	$505.00	Dec 4	$8.33	$8.33	$11.67	55%	0.71	$516.67
$460.00	$455.00	Oct 28	$0.54	$0.54	$4.46	96%	0.12	$459.46
$485.00	$482.50	Nov 2	$0.67	$0.67	$1.83	86%	0.37	$484.33
$452.50	$450.00	Oct 23	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	98%	0.15	$452.18
$462.50	$460.00	Oct 23	$0.26	$0.26	$2.24	98%	0.12	$462.24

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $4.75, cheapest $4.71)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$527.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$4.71	51.6%	31.0%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$527.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$4.78	51.6%	31.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 242 found (cheapest 0.51% of stock, avg 7.36%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$527.50	Oct 23	$1.72	$0.97	$2.69	$524.81	$530.19	0.51%
$530.00	Oct 23	$0.60	$2.39	$2.99	$527.01	$532.99	0.57%
$525.00	Oct 23	$4.10	$0.35	$4.45	$520.55	$529.45	0.84%
$532.50	Oct 23	$0.17	$4.25	$4.42	$528.08	$536.92	0.84%
$522.50	Oct 23	$6.13	$0.13	$6.26	$516.24	$528.76	1.19%
$535.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$6.45	$6.51	$528.49	$541.51	1.23%
$520.00	Oct 23	$9.05	$0.06	$9.11	$510.89	$529.11	1.72%
$537.50	Oct 23	$0.02	$9.20	$9.22	$528.28	$546.72	1.75%
$517.50	Oct 23	$11.13	$0.03	$11.16	$506.34	$528.66	2.11%
$540.00	Oct 23	$0.02	$11.83	$11.85	$528.15	$551.85	2.24%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 256 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 5.12%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$532.50	$522.50	Oct 23	$0.17	$0.13	$0.30	$522.20	$532.80
$532.50	$525.00	Oct 23	$0.17	$0.35	$0.52	$524.48	$533.02
$530.00	$522.50	Oct 23	$0.60	$0.13	$0.73	$521.77	$530.73
$530.00	$525.00	Oct 23	$0.60	$0.35	$0.95	$524.05	$530.95
$532.50	$527.50	Oct 23	$0.17	$0.97	$1.14	$526.36	$533.64
$530.00	$527.50	Oct 23	$0.60	$0.97	$1.57	$525.93	$531.57
$540.00	$517.50	Oct 26	$1.75	$2.52	$4.27	$513.23	$544.27
$537.50	$517.50	Oct 26	$2.36	$2.52	$4.88	$512.62	$542.38
$540.00	$520.00	Oct 26	$1.75	$3.13	$4.88	$515.12	$544.88
$537.50	$520.00	Oct 26	$2.36	$3.13	$5.49	$514.51	$542.99

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 416 found (best R:R 0.39, avg credit $1.20)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
470/475	615/620	Nov 4	$1.40	$3.60	83%	0.39	$473.60	$616.40
482/485	548/550	Nov 2	$1.64	$0.86	56%	1.91	$483.36	$549.14
450/452	615/618	Oct 23	$0.63	$1.87	96%	0.34	$451.87	$615.63
440/442	615/618	Oct 23	$0.57	$1.93	96%	0.30	$441.93	$615.57
450/452	622/625	Oct 23	$0.57	$1.93	96%	0.30	$451.93	$623.07
450/452	628/630	Oct 23	$0.56	$1.94	96%	0.29	$451.94	$628.06
460/462	615/618	Oct 23	$0.57	$1.93	96%	0.30	$461.93	$615.57
450/452	602/605	Oct 23	$0.56	$1.94	96%	0.29	$451.94	$603.06
440/442	622/625	Oct 23	$0.51	$1.99	96%	0.26	$441.99	$623.01
450/452	588/590	Oct 23	$0.53	$1.97	96%	0.27	$451.97	$588.03

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 346 found (best R:R 4.68, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$530.00	$535.00	$540.00	Nov 2	$0.08	$4.92	11%	61.50
$527.50	$530.00	$532.50	Oct 23	$0.69	$1.81	49%	2.62
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$527.50	$530.00	$532.50	Oct 23	$0.44	$2.06	49%	4.68
$525.00	$530.00	$535.00	Dec 4	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$522.50	$525.00	$527.50	Oct 23	$0.40	$2.10	33%	5.25
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$525.00	$527.50	$530.00	Oct 23	$0.80	$1.70	53%	2.12

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 433 found (best net $-5.56, 384 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$495.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$5.56	$39.44
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$7.47	$27.53
$480.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$8.86	$11.14
$480.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$9.65	$10.35
$477.50	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$12.73	$9.77

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$10.85	$9.15
$500.00	$475.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$3.75	$21.25
$532.50	$530.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.53	$1.97
$500.00	$485.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$1.11	$13.89
$455.00	$430.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$1.67	$23.33

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 236 found (best yield 4.35%, avg 1.37%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$540.00	Dec 4	$23.00	0.47	2.2%	4.35%	6.59%	100	10
$530.00	Dec 4	$27.40	0.52	0.3%	5.19%	5.53%	5	1
$532.50	Dec 4	$26.15	0.51	0.8%	4.95%	5.77%	1	11
$535.00	Dec 4	$24.85	0.49	1.3%	4.70%	5.99%	1	4
$545.00	Dec 4	$20.65	0.44	3.2%	3.91%	7.09%	19	3
$550.00	Dec 4	$18.50	0.41	4.1%	3.50%	7.63%	4	13
$530.00	Nov 27	$25.65	0.51	0.3%	4.86%	5.20%	106	107
$535.00	Nov 27	$23.30	0.48	1.3%	4.41%	5.70%	103	7
$537.50	Nov 27	$22.10	0.47	1.8%	4.18%	5.95%	13	7
$540.00	Nov 27	$21.00	0.46	2.2%	3.98%	6.21%	40	19

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 79,168

Total Puts 229,144

Put/Call Ratio 2.89

Net Difference -149,976

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 126,437

Total Puts 259,785

Put/Call Ratio 2.05

Net Difference -133,348

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 836,515

Total Puts 1,498,113

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.87

Ratio Trend Rising

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 Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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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

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