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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$465.01 +3.86%

(11/6 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/06 12:00pm) 241,894

Calls: 80,784 (33%)

Puts: 161,110 (67%)

Prior (11/05) 589,229

Calls: 127,286 (22%)

Puts: 461,943 (78%)

Current vs Prior -58.95%

Calls: -36.53% (Calls)

Puts: -65.12% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,916,889

Calls: 888,521 (30%)

Puts: 2,028,368 (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average 416,698

Calls: 126,931 (30%)

Puts: 289,766 (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -41.95%

Calls: -36.36%

Puts: -44.40%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/06 12:00pm) $318.80M

Calls: $64.28M (20%)

Puts: $254.52M (80%)

Prior (11/05) $946.78M

Calls: $133.30M (14%)

Puts: $813.47M (86%)

Current vs Prior -66.33%

Calls: -51.78%

Puts: -68.71%

Prior 7-Day Total $3.82B

Calls: $795.14M (21%)

Puts: $3.03B (79%)

Prior 7-Day Average $546.31M

Calls: $113.59M (21%)

Puts: $432.72M (79%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -41.64%

Calls: -43.41%

Puts: -41.18%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/06 12:00pm) 1.99

Prior (11/05) 3.63

Current vs Prior -45.05%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.08

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.08%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/06 12:00pm) 2,374,208

Calls: 947,652 (40%)

Puts: 1,426,556 (60%)

Prior (11/05) 2,126,518

Calls: 849,651 (40%)

Puts: 1,276,867 (60%)

Current vs Prior +11.65%

Prior 7-Day Total 14,492,365

Calls: 5,836,954 (40%)

Puts: 8,655,411 (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,070,337

Calls: 833,850 (40%)

Puts: 1,236,487 (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +14.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (11/06) | Next (11/09)Expiry (11/06) | Next (11/13)Expiry (11/16) | Next (12/18)

Current 1.78% | 4.06%1.78% | 7.11%7.63% | 14.28%

Prior 5.12% | 6.50%5.12% | 8.99%9.49% | 15.70%

Current vs Prior -65.15% | -37.53%-65.15% | -20.86%-19.59% | -9.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.45% | 4.56%3.53% | 6.42%8.10% | 12.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.24% | -11.01%-49.39% | +10.74%-5.72% | +12.04%

Prior 7-Day Eod 5.12% | 6.50%5.07% | 9.00%9.39% | 15.76%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -65.15% | -37.53%-64.76% | -20.96%-18.67% | -9.41%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.11% | 12.71%

Calls: 20.62% | 16.29%

Puts: 11.59% | 9.14%

Prior 12.66% | 30.98%

Calls: 18.18% | 30.07%

Puts: 7.14% | 31.88%

Current vs Prior +27.25% | -58.97%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.65% | 27.09%

Calls: 35.74% | 27.93%

Puts: 29.56% | 26.26%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -50.65% | -53.08%

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Strong bearish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in puts ($254.52M) vs calls ($64.28M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 66% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 59% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.99 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:00	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 561 of results (avg 6.2%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$430.00	Dec 18	53.35	54.90	$54.13	2.9%	12	0.70	364
$480.00	Dec 18	25.00	25.75	$25.38	3.0%	305	0.46	585
$485.00	Dec 18	22.80	23.50	$23.15	3.0%	14	0.43	404
$467.50	Nov 13	14.45	14.90	$14.68	3.1%	67	0.49	184
$505.00	Dec 18	15.10	15.60	$15.35	3.3%	338	0.33	417

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Dec 18	24.25	24.65	$24.45	1.6%	1.7K	0.39	21.3K
$470.00	Dec 18	32.75	33.55	$33.15	2.4%	108	0.49	3.8K
$462.50	Nov 13	14.35	14.75	$14.55	2.7%	364	0.46	118
$510.00	Dec 18	55.95	57.60	$56.78	2.9%	11	0.69	902
$450.00	Nov 13	9.85	10.15	$10.00	3.0%	510	0.34	3.7K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 12 found (avg $0.69, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Nov 9	0.61	0.73	$0.67	17.9%	55	0.08	91
$492.50	Nov 9	0.79	0.91	$0.85	14.1%	48	0.09	164
$530.00	Nov 13	0.59	0.71	$0.65	18.5%	2.7K	0.05	316
$525.00	Nov 13	0.78	0.95	$0.87	19.5%	143	0.06	271
$527.50	Nov 13	0.68	0.83	$0.76	19.7%	5	0.05	189

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	0.30	0.34	$0.32	12.5%	12.8K	0.07	4.0K
$455.00	Nov 6	0.71	0.78	$0.75	9.3%	3.1K	0.15	1.5K
$420.00	Nov 9	0.72	0.87	$0.80	18.8%	2.7K	0.06	319
$422.50	Nov 9	0.82	0.97	$0.90	16.7%	859	0.07	--
$400.00	Nov 9	0.36	0.42	$0.39	15.4%	491	0.03	451

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 378 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Nov 9	63.60	67.35	$65.47	5.7%	1	1.00	1
$405.00	Nov 6	58.20	61.95	$60.08	6.2%	--	1.00	23
$410.00	Nov 6	53.20	56.85	$55.03	6.6%	--	1.00	26
$400.00	Nov 6	63.20	66.95	$65.08	5.8%	1	1.00	31
$420.00	Nov 6	43.25	46.95	$45.10	8.2%	--	1.00	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$482.50	Nov 6	16.00	19.50	$17.75	19.7%	2	1.00	5.0K
$485.00	Nov 6	18.55	21.85	$20.20	16.3%	14	1.00	555
$487.50	Nov 6	21.00	24.35	$22.68	14.8%	5	1.00	734
$490.00	Nov 6	23.50	27.00	$25.25	13.9%	107	1.00	3.8K
$492.50	Nov 6	26.00	29.45	$27.73	12.4%	8	1.00	266

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 802 active (total vol 178.6K, top 12.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 20	7.25	7.70	$7.48	6.0%	3.1K	0.26	2.2K
$475.00	Nov 6	0.35	0.48	$0.42	31.0%	2.7K	0.11	1.9K
$530.00	Nov 13	0.59	0.71	$0.65	18.5%	2.7K	0.05	316
$465.00	Nov 6	3.15	3.65	$3.40	14.7%	2.6K	0.50	2.2K
$500.00	Nov 9	0.34	0.49	$0.42	35.7%	2.3K	0.05	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Nov 6	0.30	0.34	$0.32	12.5%	12.8K	0.07	4.0K
$410.00	Nov 6	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	8.3K	0.00	9.4K
$395.00	Nov 6	0.00	0.23	$0.12	191.7%	7.1K	0.01	25.2K
$400.00	Nov 20	4.50	4.90	$4.70	8.5%	4.9K	0.13	7.0K
$460.00	Nov 6	1.56	1.75	$1.66	11.4%	4.6K	0.29	2.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 14 strikes (avg 54.8%, max 80.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$460.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	88.8%	49.2%	80.3%	1.5K	2.7K
$465.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	84.1%	49.1%	71.5%	2.6K	2.4K
$470.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	79.5%	51.7%	53.9%	1.7K	1.0K
$457.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	91.8%	62.7%	46.5%	53	242
$472.50	Nov 6	Nov 16	79.6%	55.0%	44.6%	584	176

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$460.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	88.8%	49.2%	80.3%	4.7K	5.2K
$465.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	84.1%	49.1%	71.5%	3.9K	13.0K
$457.50	Nov 6	Nov 18	91.8%	58.4%	57.2%	527	733
$470.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	79.7%	51.7%	54.2%	4.7K	16.6K
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 18	87.0%	57.3%	51.7%	842	329

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 567 found (best R:R 40.67, avg 5.15)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$430.00	$435.00	Dec 18	$2.83	$2.17	$2.83	70%	0.77	$432.83
$430.00	$460.00	Dec 4	$19.45	$10.55	$19.45	72%	0.54	$449.45
$475.00	$477.50	Nov 16	$0.62	$1.88	$0.62	42%	3.03	$475.62
$485.00	$487.50	Nov 16	$0.42	$2.08	$0.42	33%	4.95	$485.42
$500.00	$502.50	Nov 16	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	20%	13.71	$500.17

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$430.00	$425.00	Nov 18	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	24%	40.67	$429.88
$520.00	$515.00	Dec 18	$2.95	$2.05	$2.95	73%	0.69	$517.05
$475.00	$470.00	Dec 11	$2.00	$3.00	$2.00	52%	1.50	$473.00
$435.00	$430.00	Dec 4	$0.94	$4.06	$0.94	30%	4.32	$434.06
$495.00	$490.00	Dec 18	$2.53	$2.47	$2.53	62%	0.98	$492.47

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 454 found (best R:R 0.63, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$547.50	$550.00	Nov 6	$0.97	$0.97	$1.53	95%	0.63	$548.47
$542.50	$545.00	Nov 16	$0.91	$0.91	$1.59	92%	0.57	$543.41
$552.50	$555.00	Nov 6	$0.72	$0.72	$1.78	96%	0.40	$553.22
$552.50	$555.00	Nov 11	$0.59	$0.59	$1.91	96%	0.31	$553.09
$547.50	$550.00	Nov 9	$0.60	$0.60	$1.90	95%	0.32	$548.10

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$405.00	$385.00	Nov 18	$2.37	$2.37	$17.63	86%	0.13	$402.63
$432.50	$430.00	Nov 18	$1.06	$1.06	$1.44	74%	0.74	$431.44
$412.50	$410.00	Nov 16	$0.70	$0.70	$1.80	86%	0.39	$411.80
$420.00	$417.50	Nov 18	$0.80	$0.80	$1.70	80%	0.47	$419.20
$450.00	$445.00	Dec 4	$2.09	$2.09	$2.91	62%	0.72	$447.91

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $5.27, cheapest $5.28)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.28	87.0%	51.3%
$465.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.40	84.1%	51.5%
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.31	82.2%	51.0%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$462.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.32	87.0%	51.3%
$465.00	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.30	84.1%	51.5%
$467.50	Nov 6	Nov 9	$5.02	82.2%	51.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 220 found (cheapest 1.47% of stock, avg 8.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$465.00	Nov 6	$3.40	$3.45	$6.85	$458.15	$471.85	1.47%
$467.50	Nov 6	$2.24	$4.80	$7.04	$460.46	$474.54	1.51%
$462.50	Nov 6	$4.85	$2.43	$7.28	$455.22	$469.78	1.57%
$470.00	Nov 6	$1.34	$6.28	$7.62	$462.38	$477.62	1.64%
$460.00	Nov 6	$6.60	$1.66	$8.26	$451.74	$468.26	1.78%
$472.50	Nov 6	$0.78	$8.48	$9.26	$463.24	$481.76	1.99%
$457.50	Nov 6	$8.25	$1.12	$9.37	$448.13	$466.87	2.02%
$475.00	Nov 6	$0.42	$10.35	$10.77	$464.23	$485.77	2.32%
$455.00	Nov 6	$10.83	$0.75	$11.58	$443.42	$466.58	2.49%
$477.50	Nov 6	$0.23	$12.65	$12.88	$464.62	$490.38	2.77%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.25% of stock, avg 6.45%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$475.00	$455.00	Nov 6	$0.42	$0.75	$1.17	$453.83	$476.17
$472.50	$455.00	Nov 6	$0.78	$0.75	$1.53	$453.47	$474.03
$475.00	$457.50	Nov 6	$0.42	$1.12	$1.54	$455.96	$476.54
$472.50	$457.50	Nov 6	$0.78	$1.12	$1.90	$455.60	$474.40
$470.00	$455.00	Nov 6	$1.34	$0.75	$2.09	$452.91	$472.09
$475.00	$460.00	Nov 6	$0.42	$1.66	$2.08	$457.92	$477.08
$557.50	$455.00	Nov 6	$1.60	$0.75	$2.35	$452.65	$559.85
$470.00	$457.50	Nov 6	$1.34	$1.12	$2.46	$455.04	$472.46
$472.50	$460.00	Nov 6	$0.78	$1.66	$2.44	$457.56	$474.94
$470.00	$460.00	Nov 6	$1.34	$1.66	$3.00	$457.00	$473.00

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 464 found (best R:R 2.85, avg credit $1.26)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
410/412	488/490	Nov 16	$1.85	$0.65	55%	2.85	$410.65	$489.35
418/420	488/490	Nov 18	$1.95	$0.55	47%	3.55	$418.05	$489.45
420/422	488/490	Nov 16	$1.77	$0.73	51%	2.42	$420.73	$489.27
418/420	488/490	Nov 16	$1.73	$0.77	52%	2.25	$418.27	$489.23
418/420	502/505	Nov 18	$1.58	$0.92	58%	1.72	$418.42	$504.08
410/412	488/490	Nov 18	$1.73	$0.77	50%	2.25	$410.77	$489.23
378/380	488/490	Nov 18	$1.42	$1.08	59%	1.31	$378.58	$488.92
410/412	502/505	Nov 18	$1.36	$1.14	61%	1.19	$411.14	$503.86
418/420	508/510	Nov 18	$1.35	$1.15	61%	1.17	$418.65	$508.85
418/420	500/502	Nov 18	$1.45	$1.05	56%	1.38	$418.55	$501.45

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 396 found (best R:R 5.59, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$400.00	$430.00	$460.00	Dec 4	$4.55	$25.45	27%	5.59
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56
$450.00	$455.00	$460.00	Dec 11	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Dec 18	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$435.00	$440.00	$445.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Nov 11	$0.12	$4.88	12%	40.67
$465.00	$467.50	$470.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$2.37	23%	18.23
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	8%	99.00
$450.00	$455.00	$460.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Nov 27	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 270 found (best net $-8.35, 250 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$400.00	$440.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$8.35	$31.65
$430.00	$460.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$10.95	$19.05
$435.00	$450.00	1:2	Nov 11	-$10.55	$4.45
$467.50	$470.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.44	$2.06
$470.00	$472.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.22	$2.28

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$405.00	$385.00	1:2	Nov 18	-$0.01	$19.99
$455.00	$452.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.19	$2.31
$440.00	$435.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.01	$4.99
$435.00	$430.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.02	$4.98
$457.50	$455.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.38	$2.12

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 241 found (best yield 6.31%, avg 1.54%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$470.00	Dec 18	$29.35	0.51	1.1%	6.31%	7.38%	31	257
$480.00	Dec 18	$25.00	0.46	3.2%	5.38%	8.60%	305	585
$475.00	Dec 18	$27.05	0.48	2.1%	5.82%	7.97%	121	348
$485.00	Dec 18	$22.80	0.43	4.3%	4.90%	9.20%	14	404
$490.00	Dec 18	$20.20	0.41	5.4%	4.34%	9.72%	270	219
$495.00	Dec 18	$18.65	0.38	6.5%	4.01%	10.46%	235	479
$500.00	Dec 18	$16.80	0.36	7.5%	3.61%	11.14%	1.5K	5.2K
$475.00	Dec 11	$24.45	0.48	2.1%	5.26%	7.41%	55	85
$470.00	Dec 11	$26.70	0.50	1.1%	5.74%	6.81%	16	64
$480.00	Dec 11	$22.30	0.45	3.2%	4.80%	8.02%	41	12

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 80,784

Total Puts 161,110

Put/Call Ratio 1.99

Net Difference -80,326

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 127,286

Total Puts 461,943

Put/Call Ratio 3.63

Net Difference -334,657

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 888,521

Total Puts 2,028,368

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.08

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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