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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$561.58 -1.07%

(10/29 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 11:00am) 54,366

Calls: 25,888 (48%)

Puts: 28,478 (52%)

Prior (10/28) 58,318

Calls: 27,538 (47%)

Puts: 30,780 (53%)

Current vs Prior -6.78%

Calls: -5.99% (Calls)

Puts: -7.48% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,983,131

Calls: 763,902 (39%)

Puts: 1,219,229 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 283,304

Calls: 109,128 (39%)

Puts: 174,175 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -80.81%

Calls: -76.28%

Puts: -83.65%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 11:00am) $37.70M

Calls: $18.62M (49%)

Puts: $19.08M (51%)

Prior (10/28) $49.07M

Calls: $26.02M (53%)

Puts: $23.06M (47%)

Current vs Prior -23.18%

Calls: -28.42%

Puts: -17.26%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.72B

Calls: $553.57M (32%)

Puts: $1.17B (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average $246.02M

Calls: $79.08M (32%)

Puts: $166.93M (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -84.68%

Calls: -76.45%

Puts: -88.57%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/29 11:00am) 1.10

Prior (10/28) 1.12

Current vs Prior -1.58%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.71

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.74%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/29 11:00am) 2,084,545

Calls: 834,963 (40%)

Puts: 1,249,582 (60%)

Prior (10/28) 2,074,105

Calls: 820,423 (40%)

Puts: 1,253,682 (60%)

Current vs Prior +0.50%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,544,827

Calls: 5,129,967 (38%)

Puts: 8,414,860 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,934,975

Calls: 732,852 (38%)

Puts: 1,202,122 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.73%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/02)Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/06)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 2.24% | 3.05%2.24% | 4.88%7.86% | 11.49%

Prior 2.96% | 3.38%2.96% | 5.12%7.93% | 11.51%

Current vs Prior -24.31% | -9.73%-24.31% | -4.76%-0.94% | -0.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.52% | 3.51%2.90% | 5.56%8.89% | 12.14%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -11.04% | -13.16%-22.67% | -12.17%-11.62% | -5.30%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.96% | 3.38%2.99% | 5.15%7.84% | 11.50%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -24.31% | -9.73%-25.11% | -5.18%+0.29% | -0.01%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 21.83% | 18.84%

Calls: 20.39% | 13.82%

Puts: 23.26% | 23.86%

Prior 39.25% | 38.34%

Calls: 38.51% | 38.46%

Puts: 40.00% | 38.23%

Current vs Prior -44.38% | -50.86%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.13% | 22.28%

Calls: 24.51% | 18.83%

Puts: 23.75% | 25.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.53% | -15.44%

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Smart Money BEARISH

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Open Interest

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
11:00	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 453 of results (avg 6.7%, best 2.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$572.50	Nov 27	18.90	19.40	$19.15	2.6%	38	0.45	96
$450.00	Oct 30	109.40	112.70	$111.05	3.0%	--	1.00	32
$567.50	Nov 13	14.80	15.25	$15.03	3.0%	29	0.46	102
$567.50	Nov 27	21.15	21.80	$21.48	3.0%	27	0.48	58
$577.50	Dec 4	19.40	20.00	$19.70	3.0%	20	0.43	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Dec 4	24.30	24.90	$24.60	2.4%	21	0.47	25
$565.00	Dec 4	26.65	27.35	$27.00	2.6%	--	0.50	17
$665.00	Nov 20	102.45	105.85	$104.15	3.3%	--	0.96	19
$562.50	Nov 20	21.00	21.70	$21.35	3.3%	17	0.49	42
$557.50	Dec 4	22.95	23.75	$23.35	3.4%	13	0.46	6

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 37 found (avg $0.75, cheapest $0.51)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Oct 30	0.46	0.55	$0.51	17.6%	262	0.08	5.5K
$577.50	Oct 30	0.71	0.83	$0.77	15.6%	420	0.12	827
$590.00	Nov 2	0.52	0.62	$0.57	17.5%	72	0.07	102
$587.50	Nov 2	0.71	0.80	$0.76	11.8%	60	0.09	197
$585.00	Nov 2	0.94	1.04	$0.99	10.1%	105	0.11	808

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$537.50	Oct 30	0.40	0.47	$0.44	15.9%	195	0.06	709
$540.00	Oct 30	0.53	0.61	$0.57	14.0%	503	0.08	1.0K
$542.50	Oct 30	0.68	0.80	$0.74	16.2%	312	0.10	491
$545.00	Oct 30	0.96	1.01	$0.99	5.1%	544	0.13	2.4K
$530.00	Nov 2	0.67	0.78	$0.73	15.1%	3	0.07	287

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 281 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 30	109.40	112.70	$111.05	3.0%	--	1.00	32
$465.00	Oct 30	94.45	97.95	$96.20	3.6%	--	1.00	33
$470.00	Oct 30	89.45	92.80	$91.13	3.7%	--	1.00	22
$500.00	Oct 30	59.50	63.00	$61.25	5.7%	2	1.00	31
$510.00	Oct 30	49.50	52.85	$51.18	6.5%	2	1.00	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 30	37.50	40.80	$39.15	8.4%	1	1.00	1.2K
$602.50	Oct 30	39.85	43.20	$41.53	8.1%	--	1.00	77
$605.00	Oct 30	42.25	45.70	$43.98	7.8%	1	1.00	262
$607.50	Oct 30	44.70	48.30	$46.50	7.7%	--	1.00	36
$597.50	Oct 30	34.75	38.20	$36.48	9.5%	--	0.99	131

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 636 active (total vol 42.2K, top 1.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Nov 6	9.20	9.65	$9.43	4.8%	1.6K	0.41	521
$572.50	Oct 30	1.53	1.72	$1.63	11.7%	1.4K	0.21	685
$575.00	Oct 30	1.06	1.20	$1.13	12.4%	1.2K	0.16	3.7K
$570.00	Oct 30	2.12	2.36	$2.24	10.7%	959	0.27	2.7K
$600.00	Nov 4	0.89	1.03	$0.96	14.6%	846	0.08	924

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Nov 6	2.01	2.17	$2.09	7.7%	1.2K	0.11	1.8K
$500.00	Nov 13	2.28	2.45	$2.37	7.2%	1.0K	0.10	460
$510.00	Nov 13	3.15	3.55	$3.35	11.9%	1.0K	0.13	187
$515.00	Oct 30	0.06	0.09	$0.08	37.5%	687	0.01	1.6K
$500.00	Nov 6	0.83	0.92	$0.88	10.2%	686	0.05	35.1K

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 15.9%, max 25.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$562.50	Oct 30	Nov 27	44.5%	35.5%	25.3%	256	427
$550.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	44.0%	36.2%	21.4%	52	3.4K
$547.50	Oct 30	Nov 27	44.6%	37.4%	19.2%	1	611
$560.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	41.7%	35.6%	17.0%	524	3.9K
$552.50	Oct 30	Nov 27	43.3%	37.1%	16.7%	13	638

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$562.50	Oct 30	Nov 27	44.5%	35.5%	25.3%	33	284
$547.50	Oct 30	Dec 4	44.6%	36.2%	23.1%	183	993
$550.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	44.0%	36.2%	21.4%	397	4.5K
$560.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	41.7%	35.6%	17.0%	480	2.3K
$552.50	Oct 30	Nov 27	43.3%	37.1%	16.7%	343	1.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 488 found (best R:R 4.95, avg 6.35)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$562.50	Nov 4	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	52%	2.57	$560.70
$552.50	$555.00	Nov 20	$0.95	$1.55	$0.95	58%	1.63	$553.45
$572.50	$575.00	Nov 27	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	45%	2.85	$573.15
$600.00	$612.50	Nov 4	$0.27	$12.23	$0.27	8%	45.30	$600.27
$560.00	$562.50	Nov 6	$0.87	$1.63	$0.87	53%	1.87	$560.87

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$557.50	$555.00	Dec 4	$0.42	$2.08	$0.42	46%	4.95	$557.08
$560.00	$557.50	Nov 27	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	47%	2.85	$559.35
$580.00	$545.00	Nov 11	$17.10	$17.90	$17.10	67%	1.05	$562.90
$530.00	$525.00	Dec 4	$0.93	$4.07	$0.93	30%	4.38	$529.07
$542.50	$540.00	Nov 20	$0.43	$2.07	$0.43	34%	4.81	$542.07

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 396 found (best R:R 0.19, avg 0.32)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 30	$0.44	$0.44	$2.06	96%	0.21	$612.94
$580.00	$582.50	Nov 27	$1.37	$1.37	$1.13	60%	1.21	$581.37
$575.00	$590.00	Nov 11	$4.57	$4.57	$10.43	63%	0.44	$579.57
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 30	$0.37	$0.37	$2.13	96%	0.17	$617.87
$585.00	$595.00	Nov 9	$2.18	$2.18	$7.82	74%	0.28	$587.18

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$500.00	Nov 11	$6.39	$6.39	$33.61	70%	0.19	$533.61
$555.00	$550.00	Dec 4	$2.75	$2.75	$2.25	56%	1.22	$552.25
$560.00	$530.00	Nov 9	$9.30	$9.30	$20.70	52%	0.45	$550.70
$470.00	$462.50	Nov 4	$0.52	$0.52	$6.98	97%	0.07	$469.48
$537.50	$535.00	Nov 20	$1.13	$1.13	$1.37	69%	0.82	$536.37

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 12 found (avg debit $2.11, cheapest $2.05)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$560.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.19	41.7%	29.7%
$555.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.07	42.2%	30.4%
$562.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.00	44.5%	33.1%
$557.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$1.75	41.6%	30.9%
$567.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$1.99	43.6%	32.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$560.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.05	41.7%	29.7%
$555.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$1.95	42.2%	30.4%
$562.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.35	44.5%	33.1%
$557.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.25	41.6%	30.9%
$567.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$2.03	43.6%	32.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 228 found (cheapest 1.96% of stock, avg 6.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$560.00	Oct 30	$6.13	$4.88	$11.01	$548.99	$571.01	1.96%
$565.00	Oct 30	$3.93	$7.55	$11.48	$553.52	$576.48	2.04%
$557.50	Oct 30	$7.73	$3.78	$11.51	$545.99	$569.01	2.05%
$562.50	Oct 30	$5.07	$6.45	$11.52	$550.98	$574.02	2.05%
$555.00	Oct 30	$9.20	$2.93	$12.13	$542.87	$567.13	2.16%
$567.50	Oct 30	$3.01	$9.27	$12.28	$555.22	$579.78	2.19%
$570.00	Oct 30	$2.24	$11.03	$13.27	$556.73	$583.27	2.36%
$552.50	Oct 30	$11.08	$2.29	$13.37	$539.13	$565.87	2.38%
$572.50	Oct 30	$1.63	$12.83	$14.46	$558.04	$586.96	2.57%
$550.00	Oct 30	$12.88	$1.75	$14.63	$535.37	$564.63	2.61%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 244 found (cheapest 0.60% of stock, avg 4.27%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$572.50	$550.00	Oct 30	$1.63	$1.75	$3.38	$546.62	$575.88
$572.50	$552.50	Oct 30	$1.63	$2.29	$3.92	$548.58	$576.42
$570.00	$550.00	Oct 30	$2.24	$1.75	$3.99	$546.01	$573.99
$570.00	$552.50	Oct 30	$2.24	$2.29	$4.53	$547.97	$574.53
$572.50	$555.00	Oct 30	$1.63	$2.93	$4.56	$550.44	$577.06
$595.00	$500.00	Nov 9	$3.15	$1.51	$4.66	$495.34	$599.66
$567.50	$550.00	Oct 30	$3.01	$1.75	$4.76	$545.24	$572.26
$570.00	$555.00	Oct 30	$2.24	$2.93	$5.17	$549.83	$575.17
$567.50	$552.50	Oct 30	$3.01	$2.29	$5.30	$547.20	$572.80
$595.00	$510.00	Nov 9	$3.15	$2.11	$5.26	$504.74	$600.26

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 288 found (best R:R 0.28, avg credit $1.05)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
535/538	612/615	Oct 30	$0.55	$1.95	89%	0.28	$536.95	$613.05
538/540	612/615	Oct 30	$0.57	$1.93	88%	0.30	$539.43	$613.07
542/545	570/572	Nov 2	$1.62	$0.88	46%	1.84	$543.38	$571.62
542/545	612/615	Oct 30	$0.69	$1.81	83%	0.38	$544.31	$613.19
540/542	612/615	Oct 30	$0.61	$1.89	86%	0.32	$541.89	$613.11
548/550	612/615	Oct 30	$0.88	$1.62	74%	0.54	$549.12	$613.38
545/548	612/615	Oct 30	$0.76	$1.74	79%	0.44	$546.74	$613.26
542/545	575/578	Nov 2	$1.36	$1.14	54%	1.19	$543.64	$576.36
542/545	580/582	Nov 2	$1.18	$1.32	62%	0.89	$543.82	$581.18
542/545	582/585	Nov 2	$1.10	$1.40	64%	0.79	$543.90	$583.60

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 297 found (best R:R 89.91, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$525.00	$532.50	$540.00	Dec 4	$0.20	$7.30	8%	36.50
$560.00	$565.00	$570.00	Nov 9	$0.21	$4.79	11%	22.81
$552.50	$555.00	$557.50	Nov 2	$0.07	$2.43	10%	34.71
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43
$570.00	$572.50	$575.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$2.39	11%	21.73

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$500.00	$510.00	$520.00	Nov 9	$0.11	$9.89	6%	89.91
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$550.00	$552.50	$555.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$2.40	11%	24.00
$572.50	$575.00	$577.50	Oct 30	$0.08	$2.42	9%	30.25
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	4%	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. 362 found (best net $-16.35, 347 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$16.35	$33.65
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$28.21	$6.79
$575.00	$590.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$0.96	$14.04
$585.00	$595.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.97	$9.03
$590.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$1.33	$8.67

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$625.00	$590.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$15.31	$19.69
$610.00	$590.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$9.68	$10.32
$590.00	$575.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$3.22	$11.78
$582.50	$570.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$6.67	$5.83
$500.00	$480.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$0.22	$19.78

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 200 found (best yield 4.04%, avg 1.24%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$570.00	Dec 4	$22.70	0.47	1.5%	4.04%	5.54%	18	29
$572.50	Dec 4	$21.55	0.46	1.9%	3.84%	5.78%	3	13
$590.00	Dec 11	$15.95	0.37	5.1%	2.84%	7.90%	2	--
$575.00	Dec 4	$20.45	0.44	2.4%	3.64%	6.03%	10	22
$577.50	Dec 4	$19.40	0.43	2.8%	3.45%	6.29%	20	12
$565.00	Dec 4	$24.15	0.50	0.6%	4.30%	4.91%	4	2
$580.00	Dec 4	$18.35	0.41	3.3%	3.27%	6.55%	11	143
$582.50	Dec 4	$17.40	0.40	3.7%	3.10%	6.82%	--	16
$585.00	Dec 4	$16.45	0.38	4.2%	2.93%	7.10%	7	27
$587.50	Dec 4	$15.55	0.37	4.6%	2.77%	7.38%	7	34

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

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 25,888

Total Puts 28,478

Put/Call Ratio 1.10

Net Difference -2,590

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 27,538

Total Puts 30,780

Put/Call Ratio 1.12

Net Difference -3,242

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 763,902

Total Puts 1,219,229

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.71

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 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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