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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$514.14 -8.46%

(10/30 14:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30 3:00pm) 541,328

Calls: 144,872 (27%)

Puts: 396,456 (73%)

Prior (10/29) 132,898

Calls: 51,623 (39%)

Puts: 81,275 (61%)

Current vs Prior +307.33%

Calls: +180.63% (Calls)

Puts: +387.80% (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 +87.78%

Calls: +32.75%

Puts: +121.31%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30 3:00pm) $455.41M

Calls: $95.37M (21%)

Puts: $360.04M (79%)

Prior (10/29) $111.56M

Calls: $35.20M (32%)

Puts: $76.36M (68%)

Current vs Prior +308.22%

Calls: +170.93%

Puts: +371.51%

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 +82.55%

Calls: +21.48%

Puts: +110.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/30 3:00pm) 2.74

Prior (10/29) 1.57

Current vs Prior +73.82%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.79

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +52.93%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/30 3:00pm) 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 1.00% | 3.22%1.00% | 5.96%9.66% | 13.15%

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

Current vs Prior -47.56% | +18.77%-47.56% | +23.34%+25.05% | +14.85%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -56.08% | -2.31%-62.33% | +9.94%+10.82% | +9.01%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -47.56% | +18.77%-67.97% | +13.05%+20.26% | +12.62%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 22.73% | 16.52%

Calls: 28.93% | 25.20%

Puts: 16.53% | 7.84%

Prior 74.85% | 41.06%

Calls: 70.91% | 36.48%

Puts: 78.79% | 45.65%

Current vs Prior -69.63% | -59.77%

Prior 7-Day Avg 31.72% | 25.14%

Calls: 31.63% | 21.12%

Puts: 31.82% | 29.17%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -28.35% | -34.30%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 79% of dollar volume in puts ($360.04M) vs calls ($95.37M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 308% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (83% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 307% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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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 481 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$527.50	Nov 20	17.05	17.50	$17.27	2.6%	27	0.43	29
$520.00	Nov 13	16.40	16.85	$16.63	2.7%	88	0.47	108
$517.50	Nov 13	17.60	18.15	$17.88	3.1%	353	0.49	--
$535.00	Nov 20	13.90	14.35	$14.13	3.2%	297	0.38	1.1K
$532.50	Nov 27	16.95	17.50	$17.23	3.2%	20	0.41	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Dec 4	24.80	25.35	$25.08	2.2%	69	0.45	18
$475.00	Nov 20	9.60	9.90	$9.75	3.1%	268	0.24	1.3K
$475.00	Dec 4	13.00	13.45	$13.23	3.4%	56	0.27	28
$475.00	Nov 27	11.00	11.40	$11.20	3.6%	15	0.25	100
$495.00	Nov 20	15.10	15.65	$15.38	3.6%	1.1K	0.35	1.4K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 11 found (avg $0.81, cheapest $0.83)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$535.00	Nov 2	0.77	0.88	$0.83	13.3%	360	0.11	33
$557.50	Nov 4	0.47	0.56	$0.52	17.3%	430	0.05	10
$552.50	Nov 4	0.74	0.87	$0.81	16.0%	289	0.07	5
$570.00	Nov 6	0.56	0.68	$0.62	19.4%	314	0.05	1.9K
$567.50	Nov 6	0.67	0.81	$0.74	18.9%	629	0.06	393

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$485.00	Nov 2	0.91	1.07	$0.99	16.2%	360	0.09	23
$452.50	Nov 4	0.73	0.85	$0.79	15.2%	19	0.05	74
$430.00	Nov 6	0.75	0.90	$0.83	18.1%	663	0.04	892
$435.00	Nov 6	0.88	1.01	$0.95	13.7%	587	0.04	350

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 368 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 30	63.00	66.25	$64.63	5.0%	20	1.00	32
$465.00	Oct 30	48.30	50.90	$49.60	5.2%	--	1.00	33
$500.00	Oct 30	13.15	15.85	$14.50	18.6%	24	0.98	29
$475.00	Nov 2	37.95	42.00	$39.98	10.1%	--	0.94	10
$415.00	Nov 20	100.75	104.55	$102.65	3.7%	1	0.94	51

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$527.50	Oct 30	11.60	14.00	$12.80	18.8%	744	1.00	938
$530.00	Oct 30	14.10	16.75	$15.43	17.2%	3.9K	1.00	14.7K
$532.50	Oct 30	16.70	19.75	$18.23	16.7%	300	1.00	618
$535.00	Oct 30	19.20	22.15	$20.67	14.3%	775	1.00	788
$540.00	Oct 30	24.20	27.50	$25.85	12.8%	1.1K	1.00	2.4K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 928 active (total vol 312.5K, top 20.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Oct 30	0.36	0.49	$0.43	30.2%	4.4K	0.15	108
$540.00	Oct 30	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	4.0K	0.01	2.7K
$525.00	Oct 30	0.02	0.08	$0.05	120.0%	3.5K	0.03	1.3K
$535.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	3.5K	0.00	1.5K
$517.50	Oct 30	0.73	0.97	$0.85	28.2%	3.3K	0.27	7

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Oct 30	0.05	0.07	$0.06	33.3%	20.9K	0.03	33.8K
$500.00	Nov 6	8.55	9.65	$9.10	12.1%	12.8K	0.34	35.7K
$510.00	Oct 30	0.34	0.42	$0.38	21.1%	12.2K	0.16	4.1K
$500.00	Oct 30	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	9.3K	0.01	2.9K
$515.00	Oct 30	2.16	2.55	$2.36	16.5%	9.1K	0.56	1.6K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 58.8%, max 87.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$515.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	78.5%	41.8%	87.8%	758	28
$510.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	72.2%	42.3%	70.9%	63	22
$512.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	74.4%	47.8%	55.8%	95	28
$480.00	Nov 6	Nov 20	58.0%	51.2%	13.4%	3	139
$495.00	Nov 6	Nov 20	54.3%	49.3%	10.2%	8	161

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$515.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	78.5%	41.8%	87.8%	9.1K	1.6K
$517.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	84.5%	47.9%	76.3%	3.6K	392
$510.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	72.5%	42.3%	71.5%	12.2K	4.1K
$512.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	74.4%	47.8%	55.8%	2.2K	429

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 573 found (best R:R 9.00, avg 5.31)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$515.00	$520.00	Dec 4	$1.88	$3.12	$1.88	52%	1.66	$516.88
$560.00	$570.00	Dec 11	$2.13	$7.87	$2.13	30%	3.69	$562.13
$500.00	$507.50	Nov 2	$4.95	$2.55	$4.95	76%	0.52	$504.95
$605.00	$615.00	Dec 11	$0.74	$9.26	$0.74	14%	12.51	$605.74
$600.00	$605.00	Dec 11	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	15%	19.00	$600.25

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$485.00	$480.00	Dec 4	$0.50	$4.50	$0.50	31%	9.00	$484.50
$520.00	$517.50	Nov 13	$0.42	$2.08	$0.42	53%	4.95	$519.58
$522.50	$520.00	Oct 30	$1.52	$0.98	$1.52	92%	0.64	$520.98
$525.00	$520.00	Dec 4	$1.87	$3.13	$1.87	53%	1.67	$523.13
$500.00	$497.50	Nov 11	$0.28	$2.22	$0.28	36%	7.93	$499.72

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 465 found (best R:R 3.10, avg 0.35)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$597.50	$600.00	Nov 2	$1.89	$1.89	$0.61	92%	3.10	$599.39
$602.50	$605.00	Nov 2	$1.87	$1.87	$0.63	92%	2.97	$604.37
$557.50	$560.00	Oct 30	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	91%	0.92	$558.70
$585.00	$590.00	Nov 9	$0.80	$0.80	$4.20	93%	0.19	$585.80
$515.00	$520.00	Nov 27	$3.12	$3.12	$1.88	48%	1.66	$518.12

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$417.50	$415.00	Oct 30	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	95%	1.08	$416.20
$467.50	$465.00	Oct 30	$0.89	$0.89	$1.61	94%	0.55	$466.61
$427.50	$425.00	Oct 30	$0.89	$0.89	$1.61	95%	0.55	$426.61
$480.00	$475.00	Dec 4	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	70%	0.61	$478.10
$500.00	$497.50	Nov 9	$1.33	$1.33	$1.17	65%	1.14	$498.67

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $4.76, cheapest $5.19)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$515.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$5.19	78.5%	38.9%
$512.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$6.13	74.4%	38.1%
$505.00	Nov 4	Nov 6	$2.66	49.3%	52.4%
$507.50	Nov 2	Nov 4	$3.98	41.7%	48.9%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$515.00	Oct 30	Nov 2	$5.29	78.5%	38.9%
$512.50	Oct 30	Nov 2	$5.34	74.4%	38.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 234 found (cheapest 0.75% of stock, avg 7.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$512.50	Oct 30	$2.80	$1.06	$3.86	$508.64	$516.36	0.75%
$515.00	Oct 30	$1.56	$2.36	$3.92	$511.08	$518.92	0.76%
$517.50	Oct 30	$0.85	$4.05	$4.90	$512.60	$522.40	0.95%
$510.00	Oct 30	$4.93	$0.38	$5.31	$504.69	$515.31	1.03%
$520.00	Oct 30	$0.43	$6.55	$6.98	$513.02	$526.98	1.36%
$522.50	Oct 30	$0.20	$8.07	$8.27	$514.23	$530.77	1.61%
$525.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$10.58	$10.63	$514.37	$535.63	2.07%
$527.50	Oct 30	$0.03	$12.80	$12.83	$514.67	$540.33	2.50%
$517.50	Nov 2	$5.60	$8.60	$14.20	$503.30	$531.70	2.76%
$515.00	Nov 2	$6.75	$7.65	$14.40	$500.60	$529.40	2.80%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 5.40%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$522.50	$507.50	Oct 30	$0.20	$0.16	$0.36	$507.14	$522.86
$520.00	$507.50	Oct 30	$0.43	$0.16	$0.59	$506.91	$520.59
$522.50	$510.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$0.38	$0.58	$509.42	$523.08
$520.00	$510.00	Oct 30	$0.43	$0.38	$0.81	$509.19	$520.81
$522.50	$467.50	Oct 30	$0.20	$0.90	$1.10	$466.40	$523.60
$517.50	$507.50	Oct 30	$0.85	$0.16	$1.01	$506.49	$518.51
$517.50	$510.00	Oct 30	$0.85	$0.38	$1.23	$508.77	$518.73
$557.50	$507.50	Oct 30	$1.25	$0.16	$1.41	$506.09	$558.91
$520.00	$467.50	Oct 30	$0.43	$0.90	$1.33	$466.17	$521.33
$522.50	$470.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$1.35	$1.55	$468.45	$524.05

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 418 found (best R:R 5.10, avg credit $1.33)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
425/428	558/560	Oct 30	$2.09	$0.41	86%	5.10	$425.41	$559.59
415/418	548/550	Oct 30	$1.85	$0.65	89%	2.85	$415.65	$549.35
415/418	572/575	Oct 30	$1.60	$0.90	92%	1.78	$415.90	$574.10
415/418	542/545	Oct 30	$1.56	$0.94	91%	1.66	$415.94	$544.06
415/418	538/540	Oct 30	$1.55	$0.95	91%	1.63	$415.95	$539.05
415/418	562/565	Oct 30	$1.40	$1.10	94%	1.27	$416.10	$563.90
432/435	558/560	Oct 30	$1.56	$0.94	88%	1.66	$433.44	$559.06
450/452	558/560	Oct 30	$1.51	$0.99	88%	1.53	$450.99	$559.01
430/432	558/560	Oct 30	$1.47	$1.03	89%	1.43	$431.03	$558.97
420/422	558/560	Oct 30	$1.47	$1.03	89%	1.43	$421.03	$558.97

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 374 found (best R:R 5.41, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$515.00	$517.50	$520.00	Oct 30	$0.29	$2.21	30%	7.62
$515.00	$517.50	$520.00	Nov 2	$0.05	$2.45	11%	49.00
$520.00	$522.50	$525.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$2.42	12%	30.25
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33
$517.50	$520.00	$522.50	Oct 30	$0.19	$2.31	19%	12.16

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$512.50	$515.00	$517.50	Oct 30	$0.39	$2.11	39%	5.41
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33
$507.50	$510.00	$512.50	Nov 2	$0.07	$2.43	10%	34.71
$505.00	$507.50	$510.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$2.38	13%	19.83
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Dec 11	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 350 found (best net $-6.57, 306 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$445.00	$490.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$6.57	$38.43
$475.00	$490.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$12.22	$2.78
$500.00	$515.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$6.95	$8.05
$510.00	$512.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.67	$1.83
$512.50	$515.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.32	$2.18

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$600.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$27.38	$2.62
$480.00	$460.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$0.04	$19.96
$517.50	$515.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.67	$1.83
$520.00	$517.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.55	$0.95
$485.00	$472.50	1:2	Nov 11	-$2.21	$10.29

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 247 found (best yield 5.79%, avg 1.40%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$515.00	Dec 11	$29.75	0.52	0.2%	5.79%	5.95%	2	--
$530.00	Dec 11	$22.45	0.45	3.1%	4.37%	7.45%	2	--
$535.00	Dec 11	$20.30	0.42	4.1%	3.95%	8.01%	1	--
$520.00	Dec 4	$25.20	0.49	1.1%	4.90%	6.04%	37	2
$525.00	Dec 4	$22.90	0.47	2.1%	4.45%	6.57%	28	13
$515.00	Dec 4	$27.20	0.52	0.2%	5.29%	5.46%	2	--
$550.00	Dec 11	$15.00	0.35	7.0%	2.92%	9.89%	29	1
$530.00	Dec 4	$20.50	0.44	3.1%	3.99%	7.07%	83	6
$532.50	Dec 4	$19.50	0.42	3.6%	3.79%	7.36%	13	12
$535.00	Dec 4	$18.45	0.41	4.1%	3.59%	7.65%	64	4

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 144,872

Total Puts 396,456

Put/Call Ratio 2.74

Net Difference -251,584

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 51,623

Total Puts 81,275

Put/Call Ratio 1.57

Net Difference -29,652

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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