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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$814.29 +0.06%

(10/8 10:30) ◀

Thursday, October 8, 2026 (10:35am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:35am) 4,718

Calls: 2,697 (57%)

Puts: 2,021 (43%)

Prior (08/04) 29,872

Calls: 12,167 (41%)

Puts: 17,705 (59%)

Current vs Prior -84.21%

Calls: -77.83% (Calls)

Puts: -88.59% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 135,724

Calls: 69,215 (51%)

Puts: 66,509 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 19,389

Calls: 9,887 (51%)

Puts: 9,501 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -75.67%

Calls: -72.72%

Puts: -78.73%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:35am) $5.92M

Calls: $3.35M (57%)

Puts: $2.57M (43%)

Prior (08/04) $51.35M

Calls: $22.28M (43%)

Puts: $29.07M (57%)

Current vs Prior -88.47%

Calls: -84.98%

Puts: -91.15%

Prior 7-Day Total $284.19M

Calls: $196.62M (69%)

Puts: $87.56M (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average $40.60M

Calls: $28.09M (69%)

Puts: $12.51M (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -85.42%

Calls: -88.09%

Puts: -79.43%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:35am) 0.75

Prior (08/04) 1.46

Current vs Prior -48.50%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -27.24%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:35am) 245,262

Calls: 120,303 (49%)

Puts: 124,959 (51%)

Prior (08/04) 282,032

Calls: 138,631 (49%)

Puts: 143,401 (51%)

Current vs Prior -13.04%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,618,637

Calls: 800,780 (49%)

Puts: 817,857 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 231,233

Calls: 114,397 (49%)

Puts: 116,836 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.07%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 2.03% | 4.57%4.57% | 12.12%

Prior 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs Prior -17.78% | -1.28%-1.28% | +0.51%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.56% | 4.79%5.57% | 12.63%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -20.67% | -4.48%-17.91% | -4.08%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -17.78% | -1.28%-1.28% | +0.51%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 60.91% | 13.82%

Calls: 80.45% | 14.19%

Puts: 41.36% | 13.45%

Prior 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Current vs Prior +108.74% | -41.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.78% | 17.72%

Calls: 34.19% | 17.41%

Puts: 35.38% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +75.11% | -21.99%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 88% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 84% vs prior. P/C ratio dropping 48% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:55	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 50 of results (avg 8.0%, best 4.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Nov 20	39.85	41.70	$40.78	4.5%	6	0.47	217
$820.00	Nov 20	44.10	46.30	$45.20	4.9%	22	0.51	160
$660.00	Nov 20	157.00	166.05	$161.53	5.6%	--	0.92	23
$780.00	Nov 20	64.20	68.25	$66.22	6.1%	--	0.64	84
$840.00	Nov 20	35.25	37.55	$36.40	6.3%	7	0.44	251

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Nov 20	52.85	55.40	$54.13	4.7%	4	0.53	280
$920.00	Nov 20	113.75	120.45	$117.10	5.7%	--	0.78	137
$820.00	Nov 20	47.50	50.35	$48.93	5.8%	3	0.49	189
$850.00	Nov 20	63.85	67.95	$65.90	6.2%	1	0.59	153
$800.00	Nov 20	37.55	40.00	$38.78	6.3%	14	0.43	684

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 182 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 16	141.40	152.45	$146.93	7.5%	--	1.00	12
$700.00	Oct 16	110.25	122.55	$116.40	10.6%	--	1.00	14
$710.00	Oct 16	101.35	112.60	$106.98	10.5%	--	1.00	14
$720.00	Oct 16	91.35	101.35	$96.35	10.4%	--	1.00	63
$730.00	Oct 16	82.95	92.95	$87.95	11.4%	--	1.00	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$870.00	Oct 9	49.00	59.00	$54.00	18.5%	--	1.00	12
$975.00	Oct 9	153.50	165.60	$159.55	7.6%	2	1.00	--
$910.00	Oct 16	89.05	99.05	$94.05	10.6%	--	0.97	115
$860.00	Oct 9	38.65	48.60	$43.63	22.8%	1	0.96	38
$900.00	Oct 16	78.60	88.55	$83.57	11.9%	--	0.96	127

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 275 active (total vol 4.2K, top 298)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$865.00	Oct 9	0.11	0.29	$0.20	90.0%	298	0.02	395
$835.00	Oct 16	7.90	9.85	$8.88	22.0%	292	0.32	57
$835.00	Oct 9	0.69	2.00	$1.35	97.0%	167	0.14	75
$827.50	Oct 9	2.00	4.10	$3.05	68.9%	157	0.26	20
$825.00	Oct 16	12.35	14.50	$13.43	16.0%	122	0.41	122

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Oct 9	3.65	7.90	$5.78	73.5%	288	0.40	735
$780.00	Oct 16	4.30	5.70	$5.00	28.0%	272	0.20	634
$760.00	Oct 16	1.27	2.53	$1.90	66.3%	95	0.09	734
$785.00	Oct 9	0.22	0.71	$0.47	104.3%	86	0.06	222
$800.00	Oct 9	1.60	2.89	$2.25	57.3%	86	0.21	594

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 12.8%, max 21.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	41.3%	34.1%	21.1%	28	77
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	44.0%	37.1%	18.5%	4	97
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.4%	36.0%	14.7%	157	32
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	38.6%	36.5%	6.0%	8	86
$810.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	41.7%	39.9%	4.5%	28	350

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	41.3%	34.1%	21.1%	3	121
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	44.0%	37.1%	18.5%	3	115
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	40.6%	35.0%	16.2%	27	164
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	41.4%	37.8%	9.5%	--	56
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	38.6%	36.5%	6.0%	1	211

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 348 found (best R:R 0.61, avg 5.90)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$6.23	$3.77	$6.23	86%	0.61	$706.23
$780.00	$790.00	Nov 20	$4.09	$5.91	$4.09	64%	1.44	$784.09
$810.00	$840.00	Nov 13	$12.73	$17.27	$12.73	54%	1.36	$822.73
$775.00	$780.00	Oct 16	$2.45	$2.55	$2.45	83%	1.04	$777.45
$775.00	$785.00	Oct 30	$5.25	$4.75	$5.25	68%	0.90	$780.25

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$855.00	$850.00	Oct 16	$2.12	$2.88	$2.12	81%	1.36	$852.88
$850.00	$845.00	Oct 9	$2.90	$2.10	$2.90	95%	0.72	$847.10
$875.00	$870.00	Oct 23	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	84%	1.00	$872.50
$885.00	$880.00	Oct 30	$2.13	$2.87	$2.13	75%	1.35	$882.87
$810.00	$805.00	Nov 13	$0.65	$4.35	$0.65	46%	6.69	$809.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 280 found (best R:R 0.27, avg 0.45)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$955.00	$965.00	Oct 9	$2.12	$2.12	$7.88	94%	0.27	$957.12
$865.00	$870.00	Nov 6	$3.18	$3.18	$1.82	66%	1.75	$868.18
$945.00	$950.00	Oct 23	$1.46	$1.46	$3.54	94%	0.41	$946.46
$960.00	$965.00	Nov 13	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	87%	0.57	$961.82
$890.00	$895.00	Nov 6	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	73%	0.92	$892.40

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$685.00	$680.00	Oct 30	$2.22	$2.22	$2.78	91%	0.80	$682.78
$665.00	$660.00	Oct 23	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	95%	0.61	$663.10
$675.00	$670.00	Oct 23	$1.89	$1.89	$3.11	95%	0.61	$673.11
$695.00	$685.00	Nov 6	$2.46	$2.46	$7.54	90%	0.33	$692.54
$695.00	$690.00	Oct 23	$1.89	$1.89	$3.11	94%	0.61	$693.11

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 12 found (avg debit $9.95, cheapest $9.20)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.55	41.7%	34.3%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.06	41.3%	34.1%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.82	44.0%	38.2%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.27	40.2%	35.8%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.23	37.6%	36.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.20	41.7%	34.3%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.30	41.3%	34.1%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.74	44.0%	38.2%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.35	40.2%	35.8%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.65	37.6%	36.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 145 found (cheapest 1.73% of stock, avg 7.64%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$815.00	Oct 9	$6.90	$7.20	$14.10	$800.90	$829.10	1.73%
$820.00	Oct 9	$5.23	$10.13	$15.36	$804.64	$835.36	1.89%
$817.50	Oct 9	$6.95	$8.53	$15.48	$802.02	$832.98	1.90%
$822.50	Oct 9	$4.05	$11.65	$15.70	$806.80	$838.20	1.93%
$810.00	Oct 9	$10.10	$5.78	$15.88	$794.12	$825.88	1.95%
$812.50	Oct 9	$9.32	$6.80	$16.12	$796.38	$828.62	1.98%
$807.50	Oct 9	$12.25	$4.30	$16.55	$790.95	$824.05	2.03%
$805.00	Oct 9	$13.28	$3.59	$16.87	$788.13	$821.87	2.07%
$802.50	Oct 9	$14.60	$2.85	$17.45	$785.05	$819.95	2.14%
$825.00	Oct 9	$3.50	$14.88	$18.38	$806.62	$843.38	2.26%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.78% of stock, avg 6.21%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$825.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$3.50	$2.85	$6.35	$796.15	$831.35
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$3.50	$3.59	$7.09	$797.91	$832.09
$822.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$4.05	$2.85	$6.90	$795.60	$829.40
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.05	$3.59	$7.64	$797.36	$830.14
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$3.50	$4.30	$7.80	$799.70	$832.80
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$4.05	$4.30	$8.35	$799.15	$830.85
$820.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$5.23	$2.85	$8.08	$794.42	$828.08
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.23	$3.59	$8.82	$796.18	$828.82
$820.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.23	$4.30	$9.53	$797.97	$829.53
$825.00	$810.00	Oct 9	$3.50	$5.78	$9.28	$800.72	$834.28

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 240 found (best R:R 9.00, avg credit $2.35)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
730/735	865/870	Nov 6	$4.50	$0.50	46%	9.00	$730.50	$869.50
720/725	865/870	Nov 6	$4.35	$0.65	49%	6.69	$720.65	$869.35
680/685	860/865	Oct 30	$3.87	$1.13	58%	3.42	$681.13	$863.87
655/660	865/870	Nov 6	$3.71	$1.29	59%	2.88	$656.29	$868.71
735/740	865/870	Nov 6	$4.41	$0.59	45%	7.47	$735.59	$869.41
675/680	865/870	Nov 6	$3.51	$1.49	58%	2.36	$676.49	$868.51
660/665	845/850	Oct 23	$3.22	$1.78	63%	1.81	$661.78	$848.22
670/675	845/850	Oct 23	$3.21	$1.79	63%	1.79	$671.79	$848.21
665/670	865/870	Nov 6	$3.40	$1.60	59%	2.12	$666.60	$868.40
690/695	845/850	Oct 23	$3.21	$1.79	62%	1.79	$691.79	$848.21

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 231 found (best R:R 89.91, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$810.00	$820.00	$830.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$9.89	6%	89.91
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$4.88	11%	40.67
$920.00	$930.00	$940.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$9.89	4%	89.91
$845.00	$850.00	$855.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$4.88	5%	40.67
$880.00	$885.00	$890.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	3%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$720.00	$730.00	$740.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$9.89	5%	89.91
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$0.22	$9.78	7%	44.45
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$9.92	4%	124.00
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Oct 16	$0.16	$4.84	9%	30.25
$700.00	$710.00	$720.00	Nov 20	$0.18	$9.82	4%	54.56

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 187 found (best net $-26.35, 170 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$740.00	$795.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$18.90	$36.10
$835.00	$840.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.21	$4.79
$895.00	$900.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.03	$4.97
$840.00	$845.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.20	$4.80
$830.00	$835.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.66	$4.34

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$935.00	$875.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$26.35	$33.65
$695.00	$685.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.32	$9.68
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.27	$4.73
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.10	$4.90
$660.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$4.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 147 found (best yield 4.89%, avg 1.53%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$830.00	Nov 20	$39.85	0.47	1.9%	4.89%	6.82%	6	217
$820.00	Nov 20	$44.10	0.51	0.7%	5.42%	6.12%	22	160
$850.00	Nov 20	$32.00	0.41	4.4%	3.93%	8.32%	9	446
$840.00	Nov 20	$35.25	0.44	3.2%	4.33%	7.49%	7	251
$860.00	Nov 20	$28.05	0.38	5.6%	3.44%	9.06%	5	116
$870.00	Nov 20	$24.60	0.35	6.8%	3.02%	9.86%	2	303
$880.00	Nov 20	$21.70	0.32	8.1%	2.66%	10.73%	11	679
$840.00	Nov 13	$31.00	0.44	3.2%	3.81%	6.96%	10	12
$850.00	Nov 13	$27.45	0.41	4.4%	3.37%	7.76%	30	52
$855.00	Nov 13	$26.00	0.39	5.0%	3.19%	8.19%	40	34

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 2,697

Total Puts 2,021

Put/Call Ratio 0.75

Net Difference 676

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,167

Total Puts 17,705

Put/Call Ratio 1.46

Net Difference -5,538

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 69,215

Total Puts 66,509

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.03

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

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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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