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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$542.40 +2.88%

(10/26 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26 1:00pm) 179,051

Calls: 67,419 (38%)

Puts: 111,632 (62%)

Prior (10/23) 239,468

Calls: 62,900 (26%)

Puts: 176,568 (74%)

Current vs Prior -25.23%

Calls: +7.18% (Calls)

Puts: -36.78% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,398,771

Calls: 817,057 (34%)

Puts: 1,581,714 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 342,681

Calls: 116,722 (34%)

Puts: 225,959 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -47.75%

Calls: -42.24%

Puts: -50.60%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26 1:00pm) $129.09M

Calls: $66.18M (51%)

Puts: $62.92M (49%)

Prior (10/23) $135.52M

Calls: $42.17M (31%)

Puts: $93.35M (69%)

Current vs Prior -4.75%

Calls: +56.92%

Puts: -32.60%

Prior 7-Day Total $2.27B

Calls: $531.95M (23%)

Puts: $1.74B (77%)

Prior 7-Day Average $324.20M

Calls: $75.99M (23%)

Puts: $248.21M (77%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -60.18%

Calls: -12.92%

Puts: -74.65%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/26 1:00pm) 1.66

Prior (10/23) 2.81

Current vs Prior -41.01%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.07

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -19.96%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/26 1:00pm) 1,877,443

Calls: 774,446 (41%)

Puts: 1,102,997 (59%)

Prior (10/23) 2,078,894

Calls: 813,998 (39%)

Puts: 1,264,896 (61%)

Current vs Prior -9.69%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,162,271

Calls: 4,690,916 (36%)

Puts: 8,471,355 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,880,324

Calls: 670,130 (36%)

Puts: 1,210,193 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/26) | Next (10/28)Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/06)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 0.89% | 2.84%4.04% | 5.97%8.51% | 12.03%

Prior 0.78% | 2.47%0.78% | 5.27%9.50% | 12.80%

Current vs Prior +14.70% | +14.93%+419.73% | +13.20%-10.50% | -6.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.47% | 3.36%2.74% | 5.46%5.96% | 11.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -63.91% | -15.45%+47.70% | +9.38%+42.82% | +7.76%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.78% | 2.47%0.84% | 5.14%9.45% | 12.72%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +14.70% | +14.93%+379.09% | +16.12%-9.97% | -5.46%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.32% | 27.64%

Calls: 11.04% | 16.92%

Puts: 17.61% | 38.36%

Prior 23.15% | 11.42%

Calls: 20.35% | 7.00%

Puts: 25.94% | 15.84%

Current vs Prior -38.14% | +142.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.65% | 21.73%

Calls: 23.29% | 19.02%

Puts: 20.00% | 24.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -33.86% | +27.21%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.66 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 41% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

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Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 544 of results (avg 5.8%, best 1.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 30	11.65	11.80	$11.73	1.3%	1.4K	0.55	1.5K
$557.50	Nov 20	16.00	16.30	$16.15	1.9%	24	0.41	292
$530.00	Nov 20	29.95	30.60	$30.28	2.1%	72	0.61	640
$552.50	Nov 27	19.90	20.35	$20.13	2.2%	26	0.46	16
$547.50	Nov 27	22.25	22.80	$22.53	2.4%	--	0.49	37

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$547.50	Dec 4	28.30	28.80	$28.55	1.8%	1	0.51	--
$540.00	Nov 27	22.20	22.70	$22.45	2.2%	11	0.47	201
$542.50	Nov 20	21.60	22.10	$21.85	2.3%	4	0.48	173
$542.50	Dec 4	25.70	26.30	$26.00	2.3%	4	0.48	--
$542.50	Nov 27	23.30	23.85	$23.58	2.3%	33	0.48	43

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 44 found (avg $0.68, cheapest $0.55)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Oct 26	0.52	0.59	$0.55	12.7%	3.1K	0.24	692
$567.50	Oct 28	0.55	0.63	$0.59	13.6%	426	0.08	191
$565.00	Oct 28	0.76	0.83	$0.80	8.7%	116	0.10	135
$592.50	Oct 30	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	6	0.03	225
$590.00	Oct 30	0.35	0.41	$0.38	15.8%	95	0.04	940

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 26	0.74	0.90	$0.82	19.5%	2.4K	0.29	134
$505.00	Oct 28	0.44	0.52	$0.48	16.7%	121	0.05	921
$507.50	Oct 28	0.53	0.62	$0.57	15.8%	47	0.06	162
$510.00	Oct 28	0.61	0.71	$0.66	15.2%	349	0.07	9.4K
$512.50	Oct 28	0.77	0.84	$0.81	8.6%	239	0.08	1.0K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 321 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 26	90.00	93.90	$91.95	4.2%	20	1.00	--
$490.00	Oct 26	50.10	53.90	$52.00	7.3%	10	1.00	--
$500.00	Oct 26	40.90	44.10	$42.50	7.5%	27	1.00	18
$507.50	Oct 26	32.60	36.65	$34.63	11.7%	2	1.00	8
$520.00	Oct 26	20.45	23.50	$21.98	13.9%	13	1.00	70

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$595.00	Oct 30	51.40	55.05	$53.22	6.9%	5	1.00	214
$597.50	Oct 30	54.25	57.45	$55.85	5.7%	6	1.00	219
$600.00	Oct 30	56.50	60.00	$58.25	6.0%	9	1.00	1.7K
$602.50	Oct 30	58.75	62.40	$60.58	6.0%	--	1.00	112
$605.00	Oct 30	61.30	64.85	$63.08	5.6%	--	1.00	289

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 800 active (total vol 145.5K, top 23.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 26	2.91	3.25	$3.08	11.0%	5.0K	0.70	1.2K
$560.00	Oct 30	3.50	3.80	$3.65	8.2%	4.3K	0.25	4.8K
$532.50	Nov 13	24.35	25.75	$25.05	5.6%	4.0K	0.60	105
$532.50	Nov 6	20.30	22.40	$21.35	9.8%	4.0K	0.61	160
$545.00	Oct 26	0.52	0.59	$0.55	12.7%	3.1K	0.24	692

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	5.40	5.65	$5.53	4.5%	23.7K	0.31	21.4K
$500.00	Nov 6	3.40	3.70	$3.55	8.5%	20.2K	0.15	15.1K
$500.00	Nov 20	7.90	8.15	$8.03	3.1%	7.0K	0.22	13.9K
$540.00	Oct 26	0.74	0.90	$0.82	19.5%	2.4K	0.29	134
$480.00	Nov 6	1.67	1.79	$1.73	6.9%	1.6K	0.08	323

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 12.5%, max 23.3%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$515.00	Oct 30	Nov 20	50.2%	41.1%	22.1%	5	138
$540.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	42.5%	36.6%	16.2%	5.0K	1.3K
$542.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	38.8%	36.2%	7.2%	1.9K	370
$495.00	Nov 20	Dec 4	43.4%	41.2%	5.3%	4	161

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$537.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	45.4%	36.8%	23.3%	1.6K	387
$540.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	41.9%	36.6%	14.2%	2.4K	150
$567.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	42.6%	39.3%	8.5%	10	126
$542.50	Oct 26	Dec 4	37.3%	36.2%	3.2%	571	1.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 532 found (best R:R 2.07, avg 6.13)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$545.00	$550.00	Dec 4	$1.63	$3.37	$1.63	51%	2.07	$546.63
$535.00	$545.00	Nov 9	$4.67	$5.33	$4.67	58%	1.14	$539.67
$542.50	$545.00	Nov 27	$0.67	$1.83	$0.67	52%	2.73	$543.17
$537.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$1.52	$0.98	$1.52	85%	0.64	$539.02
$532.50	$535.00	Nov 27	$0.98	$1.52	$0.98	58%	1.55	$533.48

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$545.00	$542.50	Nov 13	$0.67	$1.83	$0.67	51%	2.73	$544.33
$535.00	$532.50	Dec 4	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	43%	4.00	$534.50
$525.00	$520.00	Dec 4	$1.32	$3.68	$1.32	38%	2.79	$523.68
$540.00	$537.50	Nov 20	$0.67	$1.83	$0.67	46%	2.73	$539.33
$547.50	$545.00	Dec 4	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	51%	2.12	$546.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 423 found (best R:R 0.64, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$545.00	$570.00	Nov 9	$9.72	$9.72	$15.28	52%	0.64	$554.72
$570.00	$595.00	Nov 9	$3.97	$3.97	$21.03	74%	0.19	$573.97
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 26	$0.64	$0.64	$1.86	94%	0.34	$590.64
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 28	$0.41	$0.41	$2.09	97%	0.20	$612.91
$545.00	$547.50	Nov 27	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	50%	1.78	$546.60

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$537.50	$535.00	Nov 20	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	56%	1.94	$535.85
$537.50	$535.00	Dec 4	$1.55	$1.55	$0.95	55%	1.63	$535.95
$485.00	$460.00	Nov 4	$1.15	$1.15	$23.85	92%	0.05	$483.85
$530.00	$525.00	Dec 4	$2.33	$2.33	$2.67	60%	0.87	$527.67
$525.00	$520.00	Nov 27	$2.07	$2.07	$2.93	63%	0.71	$522.93

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $5.59, cheapest $5.51)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$542.50	Oct 26	Oct 28	$5.51	38.8%	44.0%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$542.50	Oct 26	Oct 28	$5.67	37.3%	44.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 236 found (cheapest 0.60% of stock, avg 6.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$542.50	Oct 26	$1.47	$1.76	$3.23	$539.27	$545.73	0.60%
$540.00	Oct 26	$3.08	$0.82	$3.90	$536.10	$543.90	0.72%
$545.00	Oct 26	$0.55	$3.93	$4.48	$540.52	$549.48	0.83%
$537.50	Oct 26	$4.60	$0.36	$4.96	$532.54	$542.46	0.91%
$547.50	Oct 26	$0.17	$5.95	$6.12	$541.38	$553.62	1.13%
$535.00	Oct 26	$7.23	$0.18	$7.41	$527.59	$542.41	1.37%
$550.00	Oct 26	$0.06	$8.65	$8.71	$541.29	$558.71	1.61%
$532.50	Oct 26	$9.25	$0.11	$9.36	$523.14	$541.86	1.73%
$552.50	Oct 26	$0.03	$10.68	$10.71	$541.79	$563.21	1.97%
$530.00	Oct 26	$11.68	$0.07	$11.75	$518.25	$541.75	2.17%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 265 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 4.53%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$547.50	$535.00	Oct 26	$0.17	$0.18	$0.35	$534.65	$547.85
$547.50	$537.50	Oct 26	$0.17	$0.36	$0.53	$536.97	$548.03
$590.00	$535.00	Oct 26	$0.65	$0.18	$0.83	$534.17	$590.83
$545.00	$535.00	Oct 26	$0.55	$0.18	$0.73	$534.27	$545.73
$587.50	$535.00	Oct 26	$0.68	$0.18	$0.86	$534.14	$588.36
$545.00	$537.50	Oct 26	$0.55	$0.36	$0.91	$536.59	$545.91
$587.50	$537.50	Oct 26	$0.68	$0.36	$1.04	$536.46	$588.54
$590.00	$537.50	Oct 26	$0.65	$0.36	$1.01	$536.49	$591.01
$547.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.17	$0.82	$0.99	$539.01	$548.49
$545.00	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.55	$0.82	$1.37	$538.63	$546.37

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 317 found (best R:R 0.49, avg credit $1.17)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
535/538	590/592	Oct 26	$0.82	$1.68	79%	0.49	$536.68	$590.82
538/540	590/592	Oct 26	$1.10	$1.40	65%	0.79	$538.90	$591.10
482/485	560/562	Nov 2	$0.94	$1.56	67%	0.60	$484.06	$560.94
480/482	560/562	Nov 6	$1.18	$1.32	58%	0.89	$481.32	$561.18
505/508	560/562	Nov 2	$1.15	$1.35	59%	0.85	$506.35	$561.15
530/532	565/568	Oct 28	$1.10	$1.40	60%	0.79	$531.40	$566.10
530/532	552/555	Oct 28	$1.55	$0.95	42%	1.63	$530.95	$554.05
530/532	560/562	Oct 28	$1.24	$1.26	54%	0.98	$531.26	$561.24
530/532	558/560	Oct 28	$1.32	$1.18	51%	1.12	$531.18	$558.82
530/532	562/565	Oct 28	$1.14	$1.36	58%	0.84	$531.36	$563.64

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 336 found (best R:R 5.49, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$545.00	$570.00	$595.00	Nov 9	$5.75	$19.25	38%	3.35
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$542.50	$545.00	$547.50	Oct 26	$0.54	$1.96	39%	3.63
$542.50	$545.00	$547.50	Oct 30	$0.05	$2.45	8%	49.00
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Oct 26	$0.69	$1.81	46%	2.62

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$540.00	$560.00	$580.00	Nov 9	$3.08	$16.92	35%	5.49
$560.00	$575.00	$590.00	Nov 2	$1.34	$13.66	21%	10.19
$525.00	$530.00	$535.00	Nov 9	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43
$485.00	$500.00	$515.00	Nov 9	$1.13	$13.87	15%	12.27
$520.00	$525.00	$530.00	Nov 2	$0.20	$4.80	10%	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 438 found (best net $-12.05, 414 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$490.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$12.05	$27.95
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$13.19	$21.81
$475.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$18.91	$6.09
$495.00	$525.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$17.01	$12.99
$507.50	$520.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$9.33	$3.17

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$612.50	$582.50	1:2	Nov 4	-$14.28	$15.72
$560.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$3.80	$16.20
$580.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$12.27	$7.73
$575.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$9.82	$5.18
$512.50	$495.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.19	$17.31

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 223 found (best yield 4.39%, avg 1.29%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$550.00	Dec 4	$23.80	0.48	1.4%	4.39%	5.79%	2	17
$555.00	Dec 4	$21.50	0.45	2.3%	3.96%	6.29%	1	--
$560.00	Dec 4	$19.35	0.42	3.2%	3.57%	6.81%	11	14
$542.50	Dec 4	$26.35	0.52	0.0%	4.86%	4.88%	17	--
$545.00	Dec 4	$25.00	0.51	0.5%	4.61%	5.09%	2	22
$567.50	Dec 4	$16.40	0.38	4.6%	3.02%	7.65%	2	1
$570.00	Dec 4	$15.50	0.37	5.1%	2.86%	7.95%	1	27
$572.50	Dec 4	$14.65	0.35	5.5%	2.70%	8.25%	1	1
$575.00	Dec 4	$13.80	0.34	6.0%	2.54%	8.55%	19	3
$547.50	Nov 27	$22.25	0.49	0.9%	4.10%	5.04%	--	37

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 67,419

Total Puts 111,632

Put/Call Ratio 1.66

Net Difference -44,213

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 62,900

Total Puts 176,568

Put/Call Ratio 2.81

Net Difference -113,668

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 817,057

Total Puts 1,581,714

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.07

Ratio Trend Falling

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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Option Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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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