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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$557.98 +3.02%

$557.91 (-0.01%)🌙

as of 10/27 04:00 PM

(10/27 15:00) ◀

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 (4:00pm)

▶ (10/27 18:52)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/27 4:00pm) 249,459

Calls: 86,006 (34%)

Puts: 163,453 (66%)

Prior (10/26) 298,624

Calls: 100,520 (34%)

Puts: 198,104 (66%)

Current vs Prior -16.46%

Calls: -14.44% (Calls)

Puts: -17.49% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,254,898

Calls: 783,120 (35%)

Puts: 1,471,778 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 322,128

Calls: 111,874 (35%)

Puts: 210,254 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.56%

Calls: -23.12%

Puts: -22.26%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/27 4:00pm) $220.88M

Calls: $90.71M (41%)

Puts: $130.18M (59%)

Prior (10/26) $171.52M

Calls: $88.58M (52%)

Puts: $82.94M (48%)

Current vs Prior +28.78%

Calls: +2.40%

Puts: +56.95%

Prior 7-Day Total $2.06B

Calls: $519.14M (25%)

Puts: $1.54B (75%)

Prior 7-Day Average $294.61M

Calls: $74.16M (25%)

Puts: $220.45M (75%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.02%

Calls: +22.31%

Puts: -40.95%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/27 4:00pm) 1.90

Prior (10/26) 1.97

Current vs Prior -3.57%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.02

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -6.06%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/27 4:00pm) 1,952,731

Calls: 790,686 (40%)

Puts: 1,162,045 (60%)

Prior (10/26) 1,877,443

Calls: 774,446 (41%)

Puts: 1,102,997 (59%)

Current vs Prior +4.01%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,142,445

Calls: 4,789,985 (36%)

Puts: 8,352,460 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,877,492

Calls: 684,283 (36%)

Puts: 1,193,208 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.01%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.07% | 3.50%3.50% | 5.44%8.12% | 11.67%

Prior 2.82% | 4.04%4.04% | 5.98%8.70% | 12.14%

Current vs Prior -26.47% | -13.53%-13.53% | -9.08%-6.70% | -3.92%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.51% | 3.48%2.86% | 5.59%6.83% | 11.49%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -17.46% | +0.51%+22.44% | -2.69%+18.77% | +1.55%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.82% | 4.04%3.99% | 6.02%8.54% | 11.92%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -26.47% | -13.53%-12.37% | -9.69%-4.97% | -2.14%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 19.76% | 16.25%

Calls: 17.50% | 13.54%

Puts: 22.02% | 18.97%

Prior 23.63% | 10.96%

Calls: 27.22% | 10.05%

Puts: 20.05% | 11.87%

Current vs Prior -16.38% | +48.27%

Prior 7-Day Avg 20.06% | 21.01%

Calls: 21.17% | 17.60%

Puts: 18.96% | 24.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -1.52% | -22.67%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.90 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

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Overall BEARISH

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 359 of results (avg 6.9%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 30	106.60	109.95	$108.28	3.1%	10	1.00	2
$460.00	Oct 30	96.50	99.95	$98.23	3.5%	6	1.00	2
$480.00	Nov 27	82.00	85.00	$83.50	3.6%	2	0.89	1
$465.00	Oct 30	91.60	95.00	$93.30	3.6%	--	1.00	33
$450.00	Oct 28	105.85	110.00	$107.93	3.8%	20	1.00	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Oct 30	105.30	108.80	$107.05	3.3%	3	0.98	--
$660.00	Oct 30	100.00	103.80	$101.90	3.7%	3	0.99	3
$610.00	Nov 20	55.25	57.45	$56.35	3.9%	--	0.81	1.3K
$540.00	Nov 6	7.45	7.75	$7.60	3.9%	939	0.30	338
$580.00	Nov 20	33.05	34.40	$33.72	4.0%	104	0.63	1.7K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.63)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$515.00	Oct 30	0.57	0.68	$0.63	17.5%	1.2K	0.05	828
$522.50	Oct 30	0.91	1.05	$0.98	14.3%	306	0.08	858
$490.00	Oct 30	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	106	0.02	974
$480.00	Nov 6	0.64	0.78	$0.71	19.7%	1.6K	0.04	1.7K
$477.50	Nov 6	0.59	0.72	$0.66	19.7%	3	0.03	9

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 317 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 30	106.60	109.95	$108.28	3.1%	10	1.00	2
$460.00	Oct 30	96.50	99.95	$98.23	3.5%	6	1.00	2
$465.00	Oct 30	91.60	95.00	$93.30	3.6%	--	1.00	33
$470.00	Oct 30	86.60	90.00	$88.30	3.9%	10	1.00	12
$490.00	Oct 30	66.70	70.35	$68.53	5.3%	1	1.00	2

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Oct 28	25.10	29.80	$27.45	17.1%	1	1.00	3
$665.00	Nov 20	105.00	109.90	$107.45	4.6%	--	1.00	19
$620.00	Oct 30	60.15	63.85	$62.00	6.0%	--	1.00	35
$622.50	Oct 30	62.80	66.25	$64.53	5.3%	40	1.00	40
$625.00	Oct 30	65.30	68.70	$67.00	5.1%	--	1.00	119

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 832 active (total vol 151.1K, top 13.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Nov 20	12.75	13.65	$13.20	6.8%	7.7K	0.37	2.5K
$600.00	Nov 20	7.10	7.65	$7.38	7.5%	5.5K	0.24	7.2K
$600.00	Nov 13	4.15	4.75	$4.45	13.5%	2.7K	0.19	666
$580.00	Oct 30	1.41	2.02	$1.72	35.5%	2.6K	0.16	5.8K
$575.00	Nov 6	7.35	7.95	$7.65	7.8%	2.6K	0.33	211

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$480.00	Nov 20	2.70	3.10	$2.90	13.8%	13.3K	0.09	2.3K
$525.00	Nov 20	9.10	10.05	$9.57	9.9%	13.0K	0.26	2.9K
$550.00	Oct 30	5.50	6.00	$5.75	8.7%	1.9K	0.36	5.6K
$550.00	Nov 20	17.15	18.95	$18.05	10.0%	1.7K	0.42	6.0K
$480.00	Nov 6	0.64	0.78	$0.71	19.7%	1.6K	0.04	1.7K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 22 strikes (avg 17.8%, max 28.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$545.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	46.6%	36.5%	27.7%	85	307
$550.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	45.3%	35.9%	26.2%	294	755
$547.50	Oct 28	Nov 27	46.8%	37.2%	25.9%	83	249
$555.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	44.3%	35.4%	24.9%	756	283
$552.50	Oct 28	Dec 4	44.3%	36.2%	22.5%	247	269

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$547.50	Oct 28	Dec 4	46.8%	36.5%	28.1%	1.6K	233
$545.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	46.6%	36.5%	27.7%	340	185
$550.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	45.3%	35.9%	26.2%	1.4K	76
$555.00	Oct 28	Dec 4	44.3%	35.4%	24.9%	433	37
$552.50	Oct 28	Dec 4	44.3%	36.2%	22.5%	1.1K	47

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 566 found (best R:R 6.81, avg 5.76)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$570.00	$572.50	Dec 4	$0.32	$2.18	$0.32	45%	6.81	$570.32
$592.50	$595.00	Dec 4	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	33%	9.00	$592.75
$590.00	$600.00	Nov 9	$1.09	$8.91	$1.09	20%	8.17	$591.09
$562.50	$565.00	Nov 20	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	49%	2.57	$563.20
$532.50	$535.00	Nov 6	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	76%	0.79	$533.90

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$535.00	$530.00	Nov 9	$0.58	$4.42	$0.58	27%	7.62	$534.42
$572.50	$570.00	Oct 30	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	74%	1.17	$571.35
$510.00	$500.00	Nov 9	$0.36	$9.64	$0.36	12%	26.78	$509.64
$547.50	$545.00	Nov 13	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	40%	6.14	$547.15
$557.50	$555.00	Nov 2	$0.57	$1.93	$0.57	48%	3.39	$556.93

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 450 found (best R:R 0.32, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$635.00	$637.50	Oct 28	$0.61	$0.61	$1.89	96%	0.32	$635.61
$570.00	$575.00	Nov 9	$2.32	$2.32	$2.68	61%	0.87	$572.32
$565.00	$567.50	Nov 27	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	52%	1.94	$566.65
$582.50	$585.00	Dec 4	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	62%	1.27	$583.90
$570.00	$575.00	Nov 11	$2.33	$2.33	$2.67	60%	0.87	$572.33

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$557.50	$555.00	Nov 6	$1.73	$1.73	$0.77	52%	2.25	$555.77
$550.00	$545.00	Nov 9	$2.35	$2.35	$2.65	59%	0.89	$547.65
$537.50	$535.00	Nov 13	$1.18	$1.18	$1.32	68%	0.89	$536.32
$537.50	$535.00	Dec 4	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	64%	1.03	$536.23
$542.50	$540.00	Nov 4	$1.13	$1.13	$1.37	69%	0.82	$541.37

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $3.94, cheapest $3.98)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$555.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.18	44.3%	44.5%
$552.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.52	44.3%	44.8%
$557.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.80	43.0%	43.7%
$562.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.00	41.4%	44.9%
$560.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.17	42.2%	45.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$555.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.98	44.3%	44.5%
$552.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.80	44.3%	44.8%
$557.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.08	43.0%	43.7%
$562.50	Oct 28	Oct 30	$3.73	41.4%	44.9%
$560.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$4.15	42.2%	45.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 249 found (cheapest 1.82% of stock, avg 7.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$557.50	Oct 28	$5.43	$4.72	$10.15	$547.35	$567.65	1.82%
$560.00	Oct 28	$4.08	$6.13	$10.21	$549.79	$570.21	1.83%
$555.00	Oct 28	$6.65	$3.75	$10.40	$544.60	$565.40	1.86%
$562.50	Oct 28	$3.00	$7.60	$10.60	$551.90	$573.10	1.90%
$565.00	Oct 28	$2.26	$8.95	$11.21	$553.79	$576.21	2.01%
$552.50	Oct 28	$8.73	$2.83	$11.56	$540.94	$564.06	2.07%
$550.00	Oct 28	$10.20	$2.17	$12.37	$537.63	$562.37	2.22%
$567.50	Oct 28	$1.51	$11.02	$12.53	$554.97	$580.03	2.25%
$570.00	Oct 28	$1.02	$12.90	$13.92	$556.08	$583.92	2.49%
$547.50	Oct 28	$12.28	$1.69	$13.97	$533.53	$561.47	2.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.49% of stock, avg 4.45%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$570.00	$547.50	Oct 28	$1.02	$1.69	$2.71	$544.79	$572.71
$567.50	$547.50	Oct 28	$1.51	$1.69	$3.20	$544.30	$570.70
$570.00	$550.00	Oct 28	$1.02	$2.17	$3.19	$546.81	$573.19
$567.50	$550.00	Oct 28	$1.51	$2.17	$3.68	$546.32	$571.18
$565.00	$547.50	Oct 28	$2.26	$1.69	$3.95	$543.55	$568.95
$565.00	$550.00	Oct 28	$2.26	$2.17	$4.43	$545.57	$569.43
$570.00	$552.50	Oct 28	$1.02	$2.83	$3.85	$548.65	$573.85
$567.50	$552.50	Oct 28	$1.51	$2.83	$4.34	$548.16	$571.84
$565.00	$552.50	Oct 28	$2.26	$2.83	$5.09	$547.41	$570.09
$562.50	$547.50	Oct 28	$3.00	$1.69	$4.69	$542.81	$567.19

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 396 found (best R:R 3.03, avg credit $1.06)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
525/528	572/575	Nov 4	$1.88	$0.62	49%	3.03	$525.62	$574.38
452/455	608/612	Oct 28	$0.86	$4.14	93%	0.21	$454.14	$608.36
465/468	608/612	Oct 28	$0.83	$4.17	93%	0.20	$466.67	$608.33
460/462	608/612	Oct 28	$0.76	$4.24	93%	0.18	$461.74	$608.26
528/530	572/575	Nov 4	$1.75	$0.75	46%	2.33	$528.25	$574.25
495/498	572/575	Nov 4	$1.36	$1.14	61%	1.19	$496.14	$573.86
452/455	625/628	Oct 28	$0.46	$2.04	97%	0.23	$454.54	$625.46
525/528	580/582	Nov 4	$1.45	$1.05	57%	1.38	$526.05	$581.45
465/468	625/628	Oct 28	$0.43	$2.07	97%	0.21	$467.07	$625.43
452/455	572/575	Oct 28	$0.70	$1.80	86%	0.39	$454.30	$573.20

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 366 found (best R:R 18.23, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$565.00	$570.00	$575.00	Nov 11	$0.12	$4.88	10%	40.67
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 9	$0.15	$4.85	10%	32.33
$525.00	$532.50	$540.00	Dec 4	$0.27	$7.23	8%	26.78
$562.50	$565.00	$567.50	Nov 2	$0.07	$2.43	8%	34.71
$562.50	$565.00	$567.50	Oct 30	$0.09	$2.41	9%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Nov 11	$0.52	$9.48	18%	18.23
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Nov 11	$0.66	$9.34	18%	14.15
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Oct 28	$0.06	$2.44	16%	40.67
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Dec 4	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00
$520.00	$525.00	$530.00	Nov 9	$0.15	$4.85	7%	32.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 384 found (best net $-6.06, 360 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$505.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$6.06	$48.94
$450.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$7.67	$42.33
$575.00	$590.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$1.15	$13.85
$590.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$1.55	$8.45
$572.50	$575.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$0.08	$2.42

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$612.50	$582.50	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.57	$29.43
$572.50	$560.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$3.58	$8.92
$512.50	$500.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.23	$12.27
$515.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$1.14	$13.86
$485.00	$465.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$0.13	$19.87

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 215 found (best yield 4.27%, avg 1.20%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$565.00	Dec 4	$23.85	0.48	1.3%	4.27%	5.53%	1	--
$572.50	Dec 4	$20.45	0.44	2.6%	3.67%	6.27%	5	2
$575.00	Dec 4	$19.45	0.42	3.0%	3.49%	6.54%	1	20
$560.00	Dec 4	$25.45	0.51	0.4%	4.56%	4.92%	3	24
$580.00	Dec 4	$17.45	0.40	4.0%	3.13%	7.07%	32	129
$570.00	Dec 4	$20.65	0.45	2.1%	3.70%	5.86%	2	28
$582.50	Dec 4	$16.50	0.38	4.4%	2.96%	7.35%	--	16
$577.50	Dec 4	$17.50	0.41	3.5%	3.14%	6.63%	17	17
$587.50	Dec 4	$14.70	0.36	5.3%	2.63%	7.93%	13	21
$590.00	Dec 4	$13.85	0.34	5.7%	2.48%	8.22%	52	206

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 86,006

Total Puts 163,453

Put/Call Ratio 1.90

Net Difference -77,447

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 100,520

Total Puts 198,104

Put/Call Ratio 1.97

Net Difference -97,584

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 783,120

Total Puts 1,471,778

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.02

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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Current 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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