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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$523.97 -6.71%

(10/30 11:00) ◀

Friday, October 30, 2026 (12:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30 12:00pm) 209,466

Calls: 73,153 (35%)

Puts: 136,313 (65%)

Prior (10/29) 75,620

Calls: 31,553 (42%)

Puts: 44,067 (58%)

Current vs Prior +177.00%

Calls: +131.84% (Calls)

Puts: +209.33% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,017,916

Calls: 763,913 (38%)

Puts: 1,254,003 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 288,273

Calls: 109,130 (38%)

Puts: 179,143 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -27.34%

Calls: -32.97%

Puts: -23.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30 12:00pm) $165.26M

Calls: $46.81M (28%)

Puts: $118.45M (72%)

Prior (10/29) $48.57M

Calls: $27.72M (57%)

Puts: $20.85M (43%)

Current vs Prior +240.26%

Calls: +68.88%

Puts: +468.06%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.75B

Calls: $549.56M (31%)

Puts: $1.20B (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average $249.47M

Calls: $78.51M (31%)

Puts: $170.96M (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.76%

Calls: -40.38%

Puts: -30.72%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/30 12:00pm) 1.86

Prior (10/29) 1.40

Current vs Prior +33.42%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.79

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.13%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/30 12:00pm) 2,141,372

Calls: 856,476 (40%)

Puts: 1,284,896 (60%)

Prior (10/29) 2,084,545

Calls: 834,963 (40%)

Puts: 1,249,582 (60%)

Current vs Prior +2.73%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,857,476

Calls: 5,386,765 (39%)

Puts: 8,470,711 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,979,639

Calls: 769,537 (39%)

Puts: 1,210,101 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.17%

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 1.25% | 2.77%1.25% | 5.44%9.02% | 12.57%

Prior 1.91% | 2.72%1.91% | 4.83%7.73% | 11.45%

Current vs Prior -34.89% | +2.13%-34.88% | +12.61%+16.70% | +9.71%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.29% | 3.30%2.66% | 5.42%8.72% | 12.07%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -45.47% | -15.99%-53.22% | +0.37%+3.43% | +4.14%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.91% | 2.72%3.13% | 5.27%8.04% | 11.68%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -34.89% | +2.13%-60.23% | +3.21%+12.23% | +7.59%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 11.45% | 16.53%

Calls: 13.51% | 23.68%

Puts: 9.38% | 9.38%

Prior 74.85% | 41.06%

Calls: 70.91% | 36.48%

Puts: 78.79% | 45.65%

Current vs Prior -84.70% | -59.74%

Prior 7-Day Avg 31.72% | 25.14%

Calls: 31.63% | 21.12%

Puts: 31.82% | 29.17%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -63.91% | -34.26%

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Moderately bearish flow with 72% put dollar volume ($118.45M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 240% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 177% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.86 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 510 of results (avg 6.2%, best 2.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Nov 20	19.40	19.85	$19.63	2.3%	123	0.48	618
$525.00	Dec 4	26.75	27.40	$27.08	2.4%	--	0.52	13
$537.50	Nov 20	16.05	16.45	$16.25	2.5%	141	0.43	96
$540.00	Nov 20	15.00	15.40	$15.20	2.6%	143	0.41	897
$542.50	Dec 4	18.65	19.15	$18.90	2.6%	7	0.42	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$480.00	Nov 20	7.25	7.40	$7.33	2.0%	1.5K	0.20	14.3K
$520.00	Nov 20	19.50	20.00	$19.75	2.5%	453	0.45	7.0K
$525.00	Nov 20	21.80	22.40	$22.10	2.7%	332	0.49	14.5K
$510.00	Dec 4	19.70	20.25	$19.98	2.8%	24	0.39	18
$610.00	Nov 20	85.60	88.25	$86.93	3.0%	5	0.92	1.3K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 35 found (avg $0.59, cheapest $0.19)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$542.50	Nov 2	0.85	1.00	$0.93	16.1%	84	0.12	16
$582.50	Nov 4	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	10	0.02	28
$580.00	Nov 4	0.19	0.22	$0.21	14.3%	66	0.02	893
$605.00	Nov 6	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	25	0.01	548
$610.00	Nov 6	0.09	0.10	$0.10	10.0%	101	0.01	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$512.50	Oct 30	0.18	0.20	$0.19	10.5%	77	0.06	428
$515.00	Oct 30	0.32	0.37	$0.35	14.3%	2.3K	0.10	1.6K
$517.50	Oct 30	0.60	0.67	$0.64	10.9%	1.1K	0.18	291
$497.50	Nov 2	0.58	0.68	$0.63	15.9%	62	0.07	34
$500.00	Nov 2	0.76	0.86	$0.81	12.3%	202	0.09	139

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 311 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$465.00	Oct 30	57.40	61.05	$59.22	6.2%	--	1.00	33
$470.00	Oct 30	52.40	56.05	$54.22	6.7%	--	1.00	22
$450.00	Oct 30	72.75	76.05	$74.40	4.4%	10	1.00	32
$500.00	Oct 30	22.90	26.15	$24.53	13.2%	14	0.99	29
$475.00	Nov 2	47.60	51.25	$49.43	7.4%	--	0.99	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 30	13.90	17.10	$15.50	20.6%	913	1.00	2.4K
$542.50	Oct 30	16.35	19.75	$18.05	18.8%	56	1.00	741
$545.00	Oct 30	20.10	22.25	$21.18	10.2%	494	1.00	3.1K
$547.50	Oct 30	21.30	24.85	$23.08	15.4%	778	1.00	2.6K
$550.00	Oct 30	25.10	27.25	$26.18	8.2%	243	1.00	4.2K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 770 active (total vol 132.3K, top 5.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 30	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	3.6K	0.02	2.7K
$560.00	Nov 20	8.35	8.75	$8.55	4.7%	2.5K	0.27	3.1K
$535.00	Oct 30	0.12	0.16	$0.14	28.6%	2.3K	0.05	1.5K
$575.00	Nov 20	5.15	5.50	$5.33	6.6%	2.2K	0.19	2.3K
$600.00	Nov 20	2.25	2.43	$2.34	7.7%	2.2K	0.10	11.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 6	5.10	5.30	$5.20	3.8%	5.2K	0.24	35.7K
$530.00	Oct 30	6.15	7.70	$6.93	22.4%	3.7K	0.83	14.7K
$520.00	Oct 30	1.07	1.26	$1.17	16.2%	3.6K	0.28	5.2K
$490.00	Nov 6	3.25	3.45	$3.35	6.0%	3.4K	0.16	330
$525.00	Oct 30	3.05	3.35	$3.20	9.4%	3.2K	0.57	2.4K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 11 strikes (avg 35.5%, max 45.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$520.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	58.8%	40.3%	45.7%	38	110
$525.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	56.2%	39.7%	41.5%	84	1.3K
$522.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	57.7%	42.9%	34.4%	557	602
$530.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	56.0%	42.7%	31.1%	1.9K	1.6K
$527.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	55.9%	45.3%	23.5%	300	480

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$520.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	58.8%	40.3%	45.7%	3.6K	5.2K
$525.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	56.2%	39.7%	41.5%	3.2K	2.4K
$517.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	60.4%	43.9%	37.5%	1.2K	392
$522.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	57.7%	42.9%	34.4%	535	737
$530.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	56.0%	42.4%	32.2%	3.8K	14.7K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 501 found (best R:R 0.76, avg 5.57)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$530.00	$532.50	Nov 27	$0.73	$1.77	$0.73	49%	2.42	$530.73
$600.00	$605.00	Dec 11	$0.42	$4.58	$0.42	18%	10.90	$600.42
$540.00	$542.50	Nov 13	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	38%	4.00	$540.50
$530.00	$532.50	Nov 9	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	46%	2.57	$530.70
$557.50	$560.00	Nov 11	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	22%	15.67	$557.65

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 30	$1.42	$1.08	$1.42	90%	0.76	$531.08
$530.00	$527.50	Nov 20	$0.67	$1.83	$0.67	52%	2.73	$529.33
$510.00	$505.00	Nov 27	$1.33	$3.67	$1.33	38%	2.76	$508.67
$535.00	$532.50	Nov 2	$1.37	$1.13	$1.37	75%	0.82	$533.63
$515.00	$510.00	Dec 4	$1.57	$3.43	$1.57	42%	2.18	$513.43

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 409 found (best R:R 2.85, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$602.50	$605.00	Nov 2	$1.85	$1.85	$0.65	92%	2.85	$604.35
$607.50	$610.00	Nov 2	$1.37	$1.37	$1.13	92%	1.21	$608.87
$615.00	$620.00	Nov 2	$1.43	$1.43	$3.57	92%	0.40	$616.43
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 30	$0.70	$0.70	$1.80	96%	0.39	$623.20
$615.00	$620.00	Dec 11	$1.21	$1.21	$3.79	86%	0.32	$616.21

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$435.00	$425.00	Dec 11	$1.60	$1.60	$8.40	89%	0.19	$433.40
$520.00	$515.00	Dec 4	$2.75	$2.75	$2.25	55%	1.22	$517.25
$427.50	$425.00	Oct 30	$0.52	$0.52	$1.98	97%	0.26	$426.98
$470.00	$460.00	Dec 11	$2.28	$2.28	$7.72	79%	0.30	$467.72
$507.50	$485.00	Nov 11	$5.05	$5.05	$17.45	67%	0.29	$502.45

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $3.97, cheapest $3.92)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$522.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$4.27	57.7%	33.6%
$525.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$3.97	56.2%	33.4%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$522.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$3.92	57.7%	33.6%
$525.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$3.73	56.2%	33.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 205 found (cheapest 1.00% of stock, avg 7.40%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$525.00	Oct 30	$2.06	$3.20	$5.26	$519.74	$530.26	1.00%
$522.50	Oct 30	$3.33	$1.98	$5.31	$517.19	$527.81	1.01%
$527.50	Oct 30	$1.16	$4.50	$5.66	$521.84	$533.16	1.08%
$520.00	Oct 30	$5.45	$1.17	$6.62	$513.38	$526.62	1.26%
$530.00	Oct 30	$0.60	$6.93	$7.53	$522.47	$537.53	1.44%
$532.50	Oct 30	$0.29	$8.35	$8.64	$523.86	$541.14	1.65%
$515.00	Oct 30	$9.80	$0.35	$10.15	$504.85	$525.15	1.94%
$535.00	Oct 30	$0.14	$11.48	$11.62	$523.38	$546.62	2.22%
$512.50	Oct 30	$12.18	$0.19	$12.37	$500.13	$524.87	2.36%
$525.00	Nov 2	$6.03	$6.93	$12.96	$512.04	$537.96	2.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 265 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 4.80%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$532.50	$512.50	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.19	$0.48	$512.02	$532.98
$532.50	$515.00	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.35	$0.64	$514.36	$533.14
$530.00	$512.50	Oct 30	$0.60	$0.19	$0.79	$511.71	$530.79
$530.00	$515.00	Oct 30	$0.60	$0.35	$0.95	$514.05	$530.95
$532.50	$517.50	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.64	$0.93	$516.57	$533.43
$530.00	$517.50	Oct 30	$0.60	$0.64	$1.24	$516.26	$531.24
$527.50	$512.50	Oct 30	$1.16	$0.19	$1.35	$511.15	$528.85
$532.50	$520.00	Oct 30	$0.29	$1.17	$1.46	$518.54	$533.96
$527.50	$515.00	Oct 30	$1.16	$0.35	$1.51	$513.49	$529.01
$530.00	$520.00	Oct 30	$0.60	$1.17	$1.77	$518.23	$531.77

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 346 found (best R:R 0.95, avg credit $1.53)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
425/428	622/625	Oct 30	$1.22	$1.28	94%	0.95	$426.28	$623.72
425/428	618/620	Oct 30	$1.14	$1.36	93%	0.84	$426.36	$618.64
420/422	622/625	Oct 30	$1.04	$1.46	94%	0.71	$421.46	$623.54
430/432	622/625	Oct 30	$0.96	$1.54	94%	0.62	$431.54	$623.46
420/422	618/620	Oct 30	$0.96	$1.54	94%	0.62	$421.54	$618.46
425/428	582/585	Oct 30	$0.94	$1.56	94%	0.60	$426.56	$583.44
450/452	622/625	Oct 30	$0.92	$1.58	94%	0.58	$451.58	$623.42
430/432	618/620	Oct 30	$0.88	$1.62	94%	0.54	$431.62	$618.38
445/448	622/625	Oct 30	$0.85	$1.65	94%	0.52	$446.65	$623.35
450/455	615/620	Dec 11	$2.18	$2.82	70%	0.77	$452.82	$617.18

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 319 found (best R:R 13.08, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$560.00	$580.00	$600.00	Dec 11	$1.42	$18.58	16%	13.08
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Nov 13	$0.12	$4.88	8%	40.67
$545.00	$550.00	$555.00	Nov 9	$0.17	$4.83	10%	28.41
$450.00	$465.00	$480.00	Nov 6	$0.53	$14.47	8%	27.30

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$565.00	$580.00	$595.00	Nov 11	$0.55	$14.45	11%	26.27
$522.50	$525.00	$527.50	Oct 30	$0.08	$2.42	30%	30.25
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Nov 27	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$525.00	$527.50	$530.00	Nov 2	$0.06	$2.44	12%	40.67
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	6%	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. 385 found (best net $-4.67, 356 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$500.00	$510.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$4.67	$5.33
$480.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$12.56	$7.44
$507.50	$520.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$5.13	$7.37
$515.00	$520.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.10	$3.90
$512.50	$520.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$3.65	$3.85

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$530.00	$515.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$5.12	$9.88
$535.00	$510.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$9.85	$15.15
$575.00	$545.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$18.91	$11.09
$485.00	$470.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$0.59	$14.41
$525.00	$522.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.76	$1.74

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 231 found (best yield 5.10%, avg 1.36%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$530.00	Dec 11	$26.70	0.50	1.1%	5.10%	6.25%	2	--
$535.00	Dec 11	$24.35	0.48	2.1%	4.65%	6.75%	1	--
$550.00	Dec 11	$17.75	0.40	5.0%	3.39%	8.36%	19	1
$525.00	Dec 4	$26.75	0.52	0.2%	5.11%	5.30%	--	13
$555.00	Dec 11	$15.75	0.37	5.9%	3.01%	8.93%	1	--
$530.00	Dec 4	$24.20	0.49	1.1%	4.62%	5.77%	5	6
$532.50	Dec 4	$23.05	0.47	1.6%	4.40%	6.03%	2	12
$535.00	Dec 4	$21.85	0.46	2.1%	4.17%	6.28%	4	4
$560.00	Dec 11	$14.65	0.34	6.9%	2.80%	9.67%	51	--
$537.50	Dec 4	$20.70	0.45	2.6%	3.95%	6.53%	4	2

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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 73,153

Total Puts 136,313

Put/Call Ratio 1.86

Net Difference -63,160

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 31,553

Total Puts 44,067

Put/Call Ratio 1.40

Net Difference -12,514

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 763,913

Total Puts 1,254,003

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.79

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 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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