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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$519.38 -0.60%

(11/2 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/02 1:00pm) 162,755

Calls: 47,529 (29%)

Puts: 115,226 (71%)

Prior (10/30) 331,824

Calls: 90,108 (27%)

Puts: 241,716 (73%)

Current vs Prior -50.95%

Calls: -47.25% (Calls)

Puts: -52.33% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,422,484

Calls: 759,403 (31%)

Puts: 1,663,081 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 346,069

Calls: 108,486 (31%)

Puts: 237,583 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -52.97%

Calls: -56.19%

Puts: -51.50%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/02 1:00pm) $171.81M

Calls: $41.49M (24%)

Puts: $130.32M (76%)

Prior (10/30) $239.63M

Calls: $59.39M (25%)

Puts: $180.24M (75%)

Current vs Prior -28.30%

Calls: -30.14%

Puts: -27.70%

Prior 7-Day Total $2.12B

Calls: $613.81M (29%)

Puts: $1.51B (71%)

Prior 7-Day Average $302.84M

Calls: $87.69M (29%)

Puts: $215.16M (71%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.27%

Calls: -52.68%

Puts: -39.43%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/02 1:00pm) 2.42

Prior (10/30) 2.68

Current vs Prior -9.62%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.10

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.25%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/02 1:00pm) 1,934,242

Calls: 798,850 (41%)

Puts: 1,135,392 (59%)

Prior (10/30) 2,141,372

Calls: 856,476 (40%)

Puts: 1,284,896 (60%)

Current vs Prior -9.67%

Prior 7-Day Total 14,181,979

Calls: 5,642,202 (40%)

Puts: 8,539,777 (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,025,997

Calls: 806,028 (40%)

Puts: 1,219,968 (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (11/02) | Next (11/04)Expiry (11/06) | Next (11/13)Expiry (11/16) | Next (12/18)

Current 1.16% | 3.77%5.03% | 6.93%7.62% | 12.51%

Prior 2.93% | 4.65%0.72% | 5.61%9.21% | 12.51%

Current vs Prior -60.55% | -19.06%+595.89% | +23.49%-17.24% | +0.01%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.31% | 3.49%2.37% | 5.47%8.77% | 12.15%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -49.93% | +7.86%+112.37% | +26.56%-13.11% | +2.94%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.93% | 4.65%0.73% | 5.54%9.23% | 12.61%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -60.55% | -19.06%+586.88% | +25.12%-17.44% | -0.78%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 24.02% | 8.54%

Calls: 37.71% | 11.13%

Puts: 10.33% | 5.96%

Prior 27.71% | 15.05%

Calls: 22.35% | 17.07%

Puts: 33.07% | 13.03%

Current vs Prior -13.32% | -43.26%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.51% | 22.47%

Calls: 31.44% | 20.36%

Puts: 35.59% | 24.57%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -28.32% | -61.99%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 76% of dollar volume in puts ($130.32M) vs calls ($41.49M). Below-average activity with volume down 51% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.42 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Expected Move

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	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 480 of results (avg 6.4%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$532.50	Nov 20	15.80	16.15	$15.98	2.2%	243	0.43	138
$525.00	Nov 27	21.45	21.95	$21.70	2.3%	--	0.49	73
$530.00	Nov 20	16.85	17.25	$17.05	2.3%	450	0.45	819
$530.00	Dec 11	24.30	24.95	$24.63	2.6%	14	0.47	1
$522.50	Nov 13	15.90	16.35	$16.13	2.8%	1	0.50	55

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Nov 20	21.15	21.65	$21.40	2.3%	647	0.48	8.8K
$610.00	Nov 20	90.60	93.30	$91.95	2.9%	--	0.93	1.3K
$485.00	Dec 4	12.60	13.05	$12.83	3.5%	1	0.28	45
$510.00	Nov 20	16.85	17.50	$17.18	3.8%	3.6K	0.41	4.2K
$507.50	Nov 6	7.40	7.70	$7.55	4.0%	234	0.34	148

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 25 found (avg $0.74, cheapest $0.96)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$522.50	Nov 2	0.87	1.04	$0.96	17.7%	180	0.29	183
$552.50	Nov 4	0.52	0.63	$0.57	19.3%	64	0.06	277
$550.00	Nov 4	0.70	0.80	$0.75	13.3%	353	0.08	1.6K
$547.50	Nov 4	0.88	1.03	$0.96	15.6%	332	0.10	51
$580.00	Nov 6	0.22	0.26	$0.24	16.7%	798	0.02	760

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$515.00	Nov 2	0.68	0.79	$0.74	14.9%	2.2K	0.22	497
$475.00	Nov 4	0.50	0.61	$0.55	20.0%	113	0.05	147
$482.50	Nov 4	0.85	1.03	$0.94	19.1%	340	0.07	48
$450.00	Nov 6	0.50	0.61	$0.55	20.0%	504	0.03	1.1K
$452.50	Nov 6	0.55	0.67	$0.61	19.7%	4	0.04	14

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 305 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 2	68.00	71.65	$69.83	5.2%	14	1.00	17
$460.00	Nov 2	58.00	61.65	$59.83	6.1%	2	1.00	--
$462.50	Nov 2	56.20	58.65	$57.43	4.3%	2	1.00	--
$475.00	Nov 2	43.65	46.20	$44.93	5.7%	--	1.00	10
$480.00	Nov 2	38.70	41.15	$39.92	6.1%	9	1.00	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$532.50	Nov 2	11.40	14.70	$13.05	25.3%	2	1.00	102
$535.00	Nov 2	13.95	16.95	$15.45	19.4%	5	1.00	356
$537.50	Nov 2	16.40	19.85	$18.13	19.0%	15	1.00	107
$540.00	Nov 2	18.85	21.75	$20.30	14.3%	13	1.00	37
$542.50	Nov 2	21.40	24.85	$23.13	14.9%	--	1.00	171

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 739 active (total vol 128.5K, top 10.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Nov 2	0.04	0.09	$0.07	71.4%	1.9K	0.03	1.0K
$540.00	Nov 2	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	1.6K	0.01	1.9K
$590.00	Nov 20	2.29	2.55	$2.42	10.7%	1.3K	0.10	1.7K
$520.00	Nov 2	1.81	2.03	$1.92	11.5%	1.2K	0.47	454
$550.00	Nov 6	2.20	2.39	$2.30	8.3%	1.0K	0.16	3.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Nov 20	25.25	27.55	$26.40	8.7%	10.7K	0.55	10.1K
$480.00	Nov 13	4.85	5.25	$5.05	7.9%	8.9K	0.18	236
$500.00	Nov 13	9.15	9.75	$9.45	6.3%	7.2K	0.31	1.7K
$500.00	Nov 6	5.25	5.55	$5.40	5.6%	6.7K	0.26	41.5K
$480.00	Nov 6	2.14	2.25	$2.20	5.0%	5.7K	0.12	6.7K

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 26.2%, max 42.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$515.00	Nov 2	Dec 11	58.6%	41.3%	42.0%	54	32
$505.00	Nov 4	Dec 4	60.3%	43.3%	39.1%	1	31
$520.00	Nov 2	Dec 4	54.8%	41.7%	31.4%	1.2K	475
$507.50	Nov 4	Nov 13	59.6%	48.6%	22.5%	--	32
$517.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	56.0%	47.2%	18.5%	47	407

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$515.00	Nov 2	Dec 11	58.6%	41.3%	42.0%	2.2K	500
$520.00	Nov 2	Dec 11	54.8%	40.8%	34.1%	5.2K	991
$517.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	56.0%	47.2%	18.5%	1.3K	2.0K
$522.50	Nov 2	Nov 13	53.8%	47.5%	13.3%	987	323

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 522 found (best R:R 0.77, avg 5.50)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$530.00	$532.50	Nov 11	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	40%	3.72	$530.53
$555.00	$557.50	Dec 4	$0.38	$2.12	$0.38	31%	5.58	$555.38
$500.00	$505.00	Nov 20	$2.88	$2.12	$2.88	66%	0.74	$502.88
$535.00	$537.50	Nov 27	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	42%	2.68	$535.68
$557.50	$560.00	Dec 11	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	32%	4.56	$557.95

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$525.00	Nov 16	$8.48	$6.52	$8.48	66%	0.77	$531.52
$510.00	$505.00	Dec 11	$1.45	$3.55	$1.45	42%	2.45	$508.55
$510.00	$505.00	Dec 4	$1.48	$3.52	$1.48	42%	2.38	$508.52
$520.00	$517.50	Nov 9	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	49%	2.57	$519.30
$570.00	$567.50	Nov 27	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	79%	0.67	$568.50

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 417 found (best R:R 0.30, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$582.50	$585.00	Nov 2	$1.14	$1.14	$1.36	93%	0.84	$583.64
$612.50	$615.00	Nov 4	$0.98	$0.98	$1.52	93%	0.64	$613.48
$567.50	$570.00	Nov 2	$0.85	$0.85	$1.65	93%	0.52	$568.35
$525.00	$530.00	Nov 16	$2.95	$2.95	$2.05	53%	1.44	$527.95
$525.00	$530.00	Dec 4	$2.88	$2.88	$2.12	51%	1.36	$527.88

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$500.00	$470.00	Nov 16	$6.92	$6.92	$23.08	67%	0.30	$493.08
$485.00	$462.50	Nov 11	$2.87	$2.87	$19.63	81%	0.15	$482.13
$505.00	$500.00	Dec 4	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	61%	0.92	$502.60
$515.00	$510.00	Dec 11	$2.55	$2.55	$2.45	55%	1.04	$512.45
$470.00	$465.00	Dec 4	$1.35	$1.35	$3.65	78%	0.37	$468.65

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $6.84, cheapest $7.23)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$495.00	Nov 20	Dec 11	$7.23	49.3%	43.2%
$517.50	Nov 2	Nov 4	$6.75	56.0%	55.6%
$520.00	Nov 2	Nov 4	$6.78	54.8%	56.9%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$517.50	Nov 2	Nov 4	$6.61	56.0%	55.6%
$520.00	Nov 2	Nov 4	$6.81	54.8%	56.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 211 found (cheapest 0.84% of stock, avg 7.65%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$520.00	Nov 2	$1.92	$2.42	$4.34	$515.66	$524.34	0.84%
$522.50	Nov 2	$0.96	$3.80	$4.76	$517.74	$527.26	0.92%
$517.50	Nov 2	$3.58	$1.42	$5.00	$512.50	$522.50	0.96%
$525.00	Nov 2	$0.40	$5.70	$6.10	$518.90	$531.10	1.17%
$515.00	Nov 2	$5.48	$0.74	$6.22	$508.78	$521.22	1.20%
$527.50	Nov 2	$0.16	$7.98	$8.14	$519.36	$535.64	1.57%
$510.00	Nov 2	$9.93	$0.20	$10.13	$499.87	$520.13	1.95%
$530.00	Nov 2	$0.07	$10.05	$10.12	$519.88	$540.12	1.95%
$532.50	Nov 2	$0.04	$13.05	$13.09	$519.41	$545.59	2.52%
$535.00	Nov 2	$0.03	$15.45	$15.48	$519.52	$550.48	2.98%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 270 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 5.22%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$525.00	$510.00	Nov 2	$0.40	$0.20	$0.60	$509.40	$525.60
$525.00	$512.50	Nov 2	$0.40	$0.38	$0.78	$511.72	$525.78
$567.50	$510.00	Nov 2	$0.90	$0.20	$1.10	$508.90	$568.60
$525.00	$515.00	Nov 2	$0.40	$0.74	$1.14	$513.86	$526.14
$567.50	$512.50	Nov 2	$0.90	$0.38	$1.28	$511.22	$568.78
$582.50	$510.00	Nov 2	$1.19	$0.20	$1.39	$508.61	$583.89
$522.50	$510.00	Nov 2	$0.96	$0.20	$1.16	$508.84	$523.66
$522.50	$512.50	Nov 2	$0.96	$0.38	$1.34	$511.16	$523.84
$582.50	$512.50	Nov 2	$1.19	$0.38	$1.57	$510.93	$584.07
$522.50	$515.00	Nov 2	$0.96	$0.74	$1.70	$513.30	$524.20

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 285 found (best R:R 0.39, avg credit $1.32)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
420/425	582/585	Nov 2	$1.39	$3.61	92%	0.39	$423.61	$583.89
430/435	582/585	Nov 2	$1.38	$3.62	91%	0.38	$433.62	$583.88
508/510	582/585	Nov 2	$1.24	$1.26	86%	0.98	$508.76	$583.74
510/512	582/585	Nov 2	$1.32	$1.18	81%	1.12	$511.18	$583.82
512/515	582/585	Nov 2	$1.50	$1.00	71%	1.50	$513.50	$584.00
420/425	568/570	Nov 2	$1.10	$3.90	92%	0.28	$423.90	$568.60
430/435	568/570	Nov 2	$1.09	$3.91	92%	0.28	$433.91	$568.59
508/510	568/570	Nov 2	$0.95	$1.55	86%	0.61	$509.05	$568.45
510/512	568/570	Nov 2	$1.03	$1.47	81%	0.70	$511.47	$568.53
512/515	568/570	Nov 2	$1.21	$1.29	72%	0.94	$513.79	$568.71

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 320 found (best R:R 16.24, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$500.00	$515.00	$530.00	Dec 11	$0.87	$14.13	16%	16.24
$515.00	$517.50	$520.00	Nov 2	$0.24	$2.26	32%	9.42
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Nov 9	$0.09	$4.91	9%	54.56
$480.00	$490.00	$500.00	Nov 4	$0.57	$9.43	13%	16.54
$520.00	$522.50	$525.00	Nov 2	$0.40	$2.10	32%	5.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 16	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$517.50	$520.00	$522.50	Nov 2	$0.38	$2.12	35%	5.58
$515.00	$517.50	$520.00	Nov 2	$0.32	$2.18	32%	6.81
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Nov 16	$0.17	$4.83	8%	28.41
$485.00	$492.50	$500.00	Nov 11	$0.40	$7.10	11%	17.75

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 336 found (best net $-0.46, 307 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$510.00	$515.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$1.03	$3.97
$517.50	$520.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.26	$2.24
$520.00	$522.50	1:2	Nov 2	$0.00	$2.50
$585.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$0.30	$14.70
$575.00	$585.00	1:2	Nov 16	-$0.36	$9.64

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$605.00	$562.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.46	$42.04
$580.00	$535.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$3.75	$41.25
$520.00	$517.50	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.42	$2.08
$517.50	$515.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$0.06	$2.44
$522.50	$520.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$1.04	$1.46

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 245 found (best yield 4.68%, avg 1.37%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$530.00	Dec 11	$24.30	0.47	2.0%	4.68%	6.72%	14	1
$535.00	Dec 11	$21.45	0.44	3.0%	4.13%	7.14%	9	1
$532.50	Dec 11	$22.20	0.46	2.5%	4.27%	6.80%	1	--
$537.50	Dec 11	$20.40	0.43	3.5%	3.93%	7.42%	6	--
$542.50	Dec 11	$18.75	0.40	4.5%	3.61%	8.06%	28	--
$540.00	Dec 11	$19.45	0.41	4.0%	3.74%	7.71%	47	--
$545.00	Dec 11	$17.80	0.39	4.9%	3.43%	8.36%	6	--
$550.00	Dec 11	$15.70	0.36	5.9%	3.02%	8.92%	16	21
$525.00	Dec 4	$23.60	0.49	1.1%	4.54%	5.63%	202	36
$555.00	Dec 11	$14.20	0.34	6.9%	2.73%	9.59%	1	1

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 47,529

Total Puts 115,226

Put/Call Ratio 2.42

Net Difference -67,697

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 90,108

Total Puts 241,716

Put/Call Ratio 2.68

Net Difference -151,608

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 759,403

Total Puts 1,663,081

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.10

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

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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