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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$169.06 -1.19%

(7/29 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/29 11:05am) 2,954

Calls: 1,417 (48%)

Puts: 1,537 (52%)

Prior (07/28) 10,318

Calls: 4,517 (44%)

Puts: 5,801 (56%)

Current vs Prior -71.37%

Calls: -68.63% (Calls)

Puts: -73.50% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 69,416

Calls: 31,182 (45%)

Puts: 38,234 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 9,916

Calls: 4,454 (45%)

Puts: 5,462 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -70.21%

Calls: -68.19%

Puts: -71.86%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/29 11:05am) $2.23M

Calls: $1.42M (64%)

Puts: $807.6K (36%)

Prior (07/28) $6.49M

Calls: $2.29M (35%)

Puts: $4.19M (65%)

Current vs Prior -65.69%

Calls: -38.15%

Puts: -80.75%

Prior 7-Day Total $49.75M

Calls: $27.27M (55%)

Puts: $22.49M (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average $7.11M

Calls: $3.90M (55%)

Puts: $3.21M (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -68.68%

Calls: -63.59%

Puts: -74.86%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/29 11:05am) 1.08

Prior (07/28) 1.28

Current vs Prior -15.54%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.13

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.08%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/29 11:05am) 693,284

Calls: 256,667 (37%)

Puts: 436,617 (63%)

Prior (07/28) 681,107

Calls: 251,688 (37%)

Puts: 429,419 (63%)

Current vs Prior +1.79%

Prior 7-Day Total 4,841,857

Calls: 1,786,994 (37%)

Puts: 3,054,863 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 691,693

Calls: 255,284 (37%)

Puts: 436,409 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (07/31) | Next (08/07)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 3.34% | 5.19%7.83% | 10.90%

Prior 3.57% | 5.31%7.44% | 11.21%

Current vs Prior -6.24% | -2.23%+5.21% | -2.73%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.92% | 5.53%7.75% | 11.19%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -14.75% | -6.08%+1.07% | -2.51%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.57% | 5.31%7.44% | 11.21%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -6.24% | -2.23%+5.21% | -2.73%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 20.21% | 14.24%

Calls: 27.31% | 13.95%

Puts: 13.11% | 14.54%

Prior 83.42% | 70.98%

Calls: 57.78% | 72.84%

Puts: 109.06% | 69.12%

Current vs Prior -75.77% | -79.94%

Prior 7-Day Avg 46.24% | 42.87%

Calls: 39.21% | 39.70%

Puts: 53.27% | 46.03%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -56.30% | -66.78%

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Moderately bullish flow with 64% call dollar volume ($1.42M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 66% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 71% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.08.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall MIXED

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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
11:05	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
11:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:55	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
10:50	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:45	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:40	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:30	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	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 41 of results (avg 8.2%, best 5.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$138.00	Aug 21	30.65	32.50	$31.58	5.9%	--	0.93	21
$136.00	Aug 21	32.45	34.45	$33.45	6.0%	--	0.94	14
$139.00	Aug 21	29.60	31.55	$30.58	6.4%	--	0.93	200
$140.00	Jul 31	27.80	29.65	$28.73	6.4%	--	1.00	42
$140.00	Aug 21	28.65	30.60	$29.63	6.6%	--	0.93	112

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Aug 7	7.35	7.75	$7.55	5.3%	5	0.71	374
$181.00	Aug 21	13.15	13.95	$13.55	5.9%	4	0.78	241
$200.00	Aug 21	30.30	32.55	$31.42	7.2%	--	0.97	28
$186.00	Aug 21	16.90	18.20	$17.55	7.4%	--	0.85	787
$195.00	Aug 21	25.40	27.55	$26.48	8.1%	--	0.96	1.1K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.98, cheapest $0.98)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$164.00	Jul 31	0.89	1.07	$0.98	18.4%	2	0.23	175

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 141 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Jul 31	27.80	29.65	$28.73	6.4%	--	1.00	42
$145.00	Jul 31	22.80	24.65	$23.73	7.8%	--	1.00	19
$155.00	Jul 31	13.00	14.65	$13.83	11.9%	1	0.96	9
$152.00	Jul 31	15.90	17.75	$16.83	11.0%	55	0.96	263
$154.00	Jul 31	14.00	15.75	$14.88	11.8%	3	0.96	6

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Jul 31	20.25	22.45	$21.35	10.3%	2	0.99	--
$186.00	Jul 31	16.50	18.30	$17.40	10.3%	--	0.98	42
$185.00	Jul 31	15.50	17.10	$16.30	9.8%	105	0.98	219
$183.00	Jul 31	13.45	15.20	$14.33	12.2%	2	0.97	223
$200.00	Aug 21	30.30	32.55	$31.42	7.2%	--	0.97	28

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 166 active (total vol 2.0K, top 273)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$168.00	Jul 31	2.91	3.50	$3.21	18.4%	129	0.56	16
$152.50	Jul 31	15.40	17.25	$16.33	11.3%	70	0.96	270
$152.00	Jul 31	15.90	17.75	$16.83	11.0%	55	0.96	263
$177.50	Aug 28	3.05	4.10	$3.58	29.3%	40	0.34	4
$181.00	Jul 31	0.05	0.18	$0.12	108.3%	39	0.04	408

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$165.00	Jul 31	1.05	1.30	$1.18	21.2%	273	0.27	1.1K
$163.00	Jul 31	0.36	1.11	$0.74	101.4%	109	0.19	95
$184.00	Jul 31	14.55	16.15	$15.35	10.4%	106	0.96	98
$185.00	Jul 31	15.50	17.10	$16.30	9.8%	105	0.98	219
$150.00	Jul 31	0.01	0.33	$0.17	188.2%	63	0.04	163

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 90 strikes (avg 60.3%, max 164.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Jul 31	Aug 14	108.8%	41.1%	164.7%	--	96
$140.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	117.7%	48.9%	140.8%	--	154
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	73.8%	32.6%	126.3%	2	450
$196.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	70.5%	31.5%	123.8%	--	107
$198.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	74.4%	33.3%	123.7%	--	195

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$150.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	86.7%	41.6%	108.3%	64	250
$187.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	70.9%	34.7%	104.2%	--	79
$190.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	59.8%	31.5%	89.7%	2	2.7K
$184.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	61.1%	34.8%	75.7%	106	111
$155.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	65.0%	37.7%	72.3%	8	121

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 142 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 4.56)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$190.00	$192.50	Aug 14	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$190.12
$188.00	$190.00	Aug 14	$0.14	$1.86	$0.14	13.29	$188.14
$191.00	$195.00	Sep 4	$0.39	$3.61	$0.39	9.26	$191.39
$183.00	$184.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$183.11
$184.00	$185.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$184.11

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$145.00	$140.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$144.90
$150.00	$145.00	Jul 31	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$149.84
$150.00	$145.00	Aug 7	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$149.81
$145.00	$140.00	Aug 14	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$144.80
$155.00	$150.00	Aug 7	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$154.72

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 198 found (best R:R 19.00, avg 1.70)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$147.00	$150.00	Aug 21	$2.85	$2.85	$0.15	19.00	$149.85
$136.00	$138.00	Aug 21	$1.87	$1.87	$0.13	14.38	$137.87
$142.00	$143.00	Aug 21	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$142.90
$155.00	$156.00	Jul 31	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$155.88
$152.00	$153.00	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$152.88

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$185.00	$183.00	Aug 7	$1.88	$1.88	$0.12	15.67	$183.12
$186.00	$182.50	Aug 14	$3.18	$3.18	$0.32	9.94	$182.82
$180.00	$179.00	Jul 31	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$179.13
$183.00	$182.00	Aug 21	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$182.13
$177.00	$176.00	Jul 31	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$176.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 83 found (avg debit $0.94, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$188.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.06	71.7%	38.0%
$187.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.07	70.9%	37.4%
$192.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.07	41.8%	34.4%
$195.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	71.2%	44.6%
$197.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.09	72.5%	46.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$185.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.10	55.7%	36.4%
$188.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.13	38.0%	33.0%
$182.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.17	52.4%	38.0%
$183.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.19	51.4%	38.2%
$190.00	Jul 31	Aug 14	$0.23	59.8%	34.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 116 found (cheapest 3.05% of stock, avg 9.48%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$170.00	Jul 31	$2.10	$3.05	$5.15	$164.85	$175.15	3.05%
$169.00	Jul 31	$2.60	$2.65	$5.25	$163.75	$174.25	3.11%
$171.00	Jul 31	$1.84	$3.60	$5.44	$165.56	$176.44	3.22%
$172.00	Jul 31	$1.39	$4.22	$5.61	$166.39	$177.61	3.32%
$168.00	Jul 31	$3.21	$2.45	$5.66	$162.34	$173.66	3.35%
$173.00	Jul 31	$1.05	$4.97	$6.02	$166.98	$179.02	3.56%
$172.50	Jul 31	$1.26	$4.95	$6.21	$166.29	$178.71	3.67%
$165.00	Jul 31	$5.38	$1.18	$6.56	$158.44	$171.56	3.88%
$174.00	Jul 31	$0.87	$6.15	$7.02	$166.98	$181.02	4.15%
$175.00	Jul 31	$0.60	$6.88	$7.48	$167.52	$182.48	4.42%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.50% of stock, avg 4.63%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$173.00	$166.00	Jul 31	$1.05	$1.48	$2.53	$163.47	$175.53
$172.50	$166.00	Jul 31	$1.26	$1.48	$2.74	$163.26	$175.24
$172.00	$166.00	Jul 31	$1.39	$1.48	$2.87	$163.13	$174.87
$173.00	$167.00	Jul 31	$1.05	$1.93	$2.98	$164.02	$175.98
$173.00	$167.50	Jul 31	$1.05	$1.98	$3.03	$164.47	$176.03
$172.50	$167.00	Jul 31	$1.26	$1.93	$3.19	$163.81	$175.69
$172.50	$167.50	Jul 31	$1.26	$1.98	$3.24	$164.26	$175.74
$171.00	$166.00	Jul 31	$1.84	$1.48	$3.32	$162.68	$174.32
$172.00	$167.00	Jul 31	$1.39	$1.93	$3.32	$163.68	$175.32
$172.00	$167.50	Jul 31	$1.39	$1.98	$3.37	$164.13	$175.37

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 314 found (best R:R 14.38, avg credit $1.33)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
168/169	173/175	Aug 28	$1.87	$0.13	14.38	$167.13	$174.87
168/169	170/172	Aug 28	$2.29	$0.21	10.90	$166.71	$172.29
168/169	178/178	Aug 28	$1.37	$0.13	10.54	$167.63	$178.87
168/169	184/185	Aug 28	$1.35	$0.15	9.00	$167.65	$185.35
169/170	172/173	Aug 28	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$169.10	$173.40
170/171	172/173	Aug 28	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$170.10	$173.40
171/172	182/184	Aug 14	$1.34	$0.16	8.37	$170.66	$183.84
169/170	173/174	Aug 14	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$169.11	$173.89
165/166	170/171	Aug 7	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$165.12	$170.88
168/169	178/180	Aug 28	$1.74	$0.26	6.69	$167.26	$179.74

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 94 found (best R:R 54.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$185.00	$186.00	$187.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$141.00	$142.00	$143.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	19.00
$151.00	$152.00	$153.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$184.00	$185.00	$186.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$0.93	13.29

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Aug 7	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Aug 7	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Aug 14	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Aug 14	$0.19	$4.81	25.32
$145.00	$146.00	$147.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	19.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 134 found (best net $-1.06, 126 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$185.00	$190.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.46	$4.54
$196.00	$200.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.16	$3.84
$191.00	$195.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.32	$3.68
$177.00	$180.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.08	$2.92
$190.00	$192.50	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.07	$2.43

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$168.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.06	$6.94
$145.00	$140.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.01	$4.99
$150.00	$145.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.02	$4.98
$145.00	$140.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.06	$4.94
$150.00	$145.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.07	$4.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 97 found (best yield 4.08%, avg 0.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$170.00	Sep 4	$6.90	0.51	0.6%	4.08%	4.64%	--	13
$171.00	Sep 4	$6.30	0.49	1.1%	3.73%	4.87%	1	11
$170.00	Aug 28	$6.05	0.50	0.6%	3.58%	4.13%	4	14
$170.00	Aug 21	$5.75	0.49	0.6%	3.40%	3.96%	27	493
$173.00	Aug 28	$4.85	0.43	2.3%	2.87%	5.20%	4	7
$171.00	Aug 21	$4.75	0.47	1.1%	2.81%	3.96%	8	17
$172.50	Aug 28	$4.70	0.45	2.0%	2.78%	4.81%	--	35
$175.00	Sep 4	$4.40	0.40	3.5%	2.60%	6.12%	--	10
$172.00	Aug 21	$4.35	0.45	1.7%	2.57%	4.31%	--	20
$170.00	Aug 14	$4.20	0.48	0.6%	2.48%	3.04%	--	21

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

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,417

Total Puts 1,537

Put/Call Ratio 1.08

Net Difference -120

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,517

Total Puts 5,801

Put/Call Ratio 1.28

Net Difference -1,284

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 31,182

Total Puts 38,234

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.13

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

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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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Price — Past 7 Days

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