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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$608.72 +0.30%

(9/30 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/30 11:00am) 34,024

Calls: 13,289 (39%)

Puts: 20,735 (61%)

Prior (09/29) 61,325

Calls: 28,786 (47%)

Puts: 32,539 (53%)

Current vs Prior -44.52%

Calls: -53.84% (Calls)

Puts: -36.28% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,645,022

Calls: 677,940 (41%)

Puts: 967,082 (59%)

Prior 7-Day Average 235,003

Calls: 96,848 (41%)

Puts: 138,154 (59%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -85.52%

Calls: -86.28%

Puts: -84.99%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/30 11:00am) $21.77M

Calls: $14.06M (65%)

Puts: $7.71M (35%)

Prior (09/29) $30.31M

Calls: $22.11M (73%)

Puts: $8.20M (27%)

Current vs Prior -28.19%

Calls: -36.40%

Puts: -6.06%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.19B

Calls: $797.60M (67%)

Puts: $391.55M (33%)

Prior 7-Day Average $169.88M

Calls: $113.94M (67%)

Puts: $55.94M (33%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -87.19%

Calls: -87.66%

Puts: -86.22%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/30 11:00am) 1.56

Prior (09/29) 1.13

Current vs Prior +38.03%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/30 11:00am) 1,756,949

Calls: 648,052 (37%)

Puts: 1,108,897 (63%)

Prior (09/29) 1,753,254

Calls: 639,319 (36%)

Puts: 1,113,935 (64%)

Current vs Prior +0.21%

Prior 7-Day Total 11,906,341

Calls: 4,430,873 (37%)

Puts: 7,475,468 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,700,905

Calls: 632,981 (37%)

Puts: 1,067,924 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.29%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/30) | Next (10/01)Expiry (09/30) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.08% | 2.00%1.08% | 2.46%2.46% | 4.12%5.45% | 11.24%

Prior 1.64% | 2.29%1.64% | 2.74%2.74% | 4.38%5.83% | 11.27%

Current vs Prior -33.93% | -12.49%-33.93% | -10.26%-10.26% | -5.93%-6.47% | -0.20%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.41% | 2.07%0.94% | 2.21%2.19% | 4.30%5.68% | 11.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.45% | -3.00%+14.49% | +11.21%+12.35% | -4.19%-4.03% | +0.73%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.64% | 2.29%1.61% | 2.71%2.71% | 4.37%5.73% | 11.27%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -33.93% | -12.49%-33.06% | -9.44%-9.44% | -5.68%-4.83% | -0.20%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.48% | 23.77%

Calls: 17.03% | 23.93%

Puts: 11.94% | 23.62%

Prior 31.88% | 34.81%

Calls: 30.81% | 32.61%

Puts: 32.94% | 37.01%

Current vs Prior -54.58% | -31.72%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.65% | 28.91%

Calls: 34.13% | 29.86%

Puts: 35.17% | 27.96%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -58.21% | -17.77%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($14.06M). Below-average activity with volume down 45% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.56 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 38% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 408 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	109.20	111.90	$110.55	2.4%	9	1.00	272
$490.00	Oct 5	117.20	120.45	$118.83	2.7%	--	1.00	10
$490.00	Sep 30	116.90	120.15	$118.53	2.7%	3	1.00	--
$487.50	Sep 30	119.40	122.90	$121.15	2.9%	3	1.00	--
$492.50	Sep 30	114.40	117.80	$116.10	2.9%	3	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$612.50	Oct 30	24.35	24.95	$24.65	2.4%	--	0.50	37
$607.50	Oct 30	21.90	22.45	$22.17	2.5%	10	0.47	41
$610.00	Oct 30	23.10	23.70	$23.40	2.6%	4	0.49	79
$602.50	Nov 6	22.75	23.40	$23.08	2.8%	--	0.44	13
$610.00	Nov 6	26.15	26.90	$26.53	2.8%	--	0.49	12

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 56 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.30)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$617.50	Sep 30	0.27	0.32	$0.30	16.7%	306	0.09	113
$615.00	Sep 30	0.54	0.63	$0.59	15.3%	307	0.17	338
$635.00	Oct 1	0.24	0.28	$0.26	15.4%	32	0.04	132
$630.00	Oct 1	0.40	0.48	$0.44	18.2%	40	0.07	209
$627.50	Oct 1	0.55	0.66	$0.61	18.0%	17	0.09	94

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$602.50	Sep 30	0.70	0.79	$0.75	12.0%	296	0.19	122
$585.00	Oct 1	0.44	0.51	$0.48	14.6%	26	0.07	39
$580.00	Oct 1	0.29	0.32	$0.31	9.7%	53	0.04	62
$587.50	Oct 1	0.55	0.64	$0.60	15.0%	54	0.08	27
$590.00	Oct 1	0.72	0.82	$0.77	13.0%	107	0.10	58

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 283 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$487.50	Sep 30	119.40	122.90	$121.15	2.9%	3	1.00	--
$490.00	Sep 30	116.90	120.15	$118.53	2.7%	3	1.00	--
$492.50	Sep 30	114.40	117.80	$116.10	2.9%	3	1.00	--
$495.00	Sep 30	111.90	115.35	$113.63	3.0%	13	1.00	--
$497.50	Sep 30	109.40	112.80	$111.10	3.1%	13	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 9	89.85	93.10	$91.48	3.6%	1	0.99	--
$705.00	Oct 16	94.15	98.15	$96.15	4.2%	--	0.97	25
$620.00	Sep 30	9.85	12.75	$11.30	25.7%	22	0.95	3
$675.00	Oct 16	65.10	68.65	$66.88	5.3%	--	0.93	11
$645.00	Oct 9	36.30	39.45	$37.88	8.3%	--	0.87	158

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 600 active (total vol 27.4K, top 1.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 16	5.35	5.70	$5.53	6.3%	594	0.23	4.4K
$620.00	Sep 30	0.13	0.17	$0.15	26.7%	575	0.05	801
$610.00	Sep 30	1.84	2.13	$1.99	14.6%	574	0.41	190
$642.50	Oct 2	0.28	0.36	$0.32	25.0%	495	0.04	593
$640.00	Oct 2	0.36	0.42	$0.39	15.4%	436	0.05	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 16	2.71	3.05	$2.88	11.8%	1.0K	0.12	5.6K
$600.00	Sep 30	0.38	0.47	$0.43	20.9%	850	0.12	304
$605.00	Sep 30	1.19	1.35	$1.27	12.6%	834	0.30	132
$600.00	Oct 2	3.35	3.60	$3.48	7.2%	601	0.30	561
$557.50	Oct 1	0.06	0.14	$0.10	80.0%	395	0.01	31

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 28.0%, max 41.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$602.50	Sep 30	Oct 30	47.4%	33.6%	41.3%	5	180
$605.00	Sep 30	Nov 6	45.7%	33.7%	35.7%	271	1.5K
$607.50	Sep 30	Nov 6	44.5%	33.6%	32.6%	74	159
$610.00	Sep 30	Nov 6	43.5%	33.4%	30.2%	576	194
$612.50	Sep 30	Oct 30	44.8%	35.5%	26.2%	161	354

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$602.50	Sep 30	Nov 6	47.4%	33.9%	40.1%	296	135
$607.50	Sep 30	Oct 30	44.5%	32.6%	36.5%	168	90
$605.00	Sep 30	Nov 6	45.7%	33.7%	35.7%	834	156
$610.00	Sep 30	Nov 6	43.5%	33.4%	30.2%	56	67
$615.00	Sep 30	Oct 30	44.1%	35.3%	24.8%	6	29

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 536 found (best R:R 69.51, avg 8.11)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$672.50	Oct 5	$0.39	$27.11	$0.39	8%	69.51	$645.39
$652.50	$680.00	Oct 7	$0.48	$27.02	$0.48	8%	56.29	$652.98
$600.00	$605.00	Nov 6	$2.20	$2.80	$2.20	58%	1.27	$602.20
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 16	$0.67	$1.83	$0.67	52%	2.73	$608.17
$630.00	$640.00	Oct 12	$1.50	$8.50	$1.50	26%	5.67	$631.50

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$570.00	$560.00	Oct 7	$0.17	$9.83	$0.17	9%	57.82	$569.83
$607.50	$605.00	Oct 30	$0.62	$1.88	$0.62	47%	3.03	$606.88
$575.00	$560.00	Oct 8	$0.72	$14.28	$0.72	13%	19.83	$574.28
$610.00	$607.50	Oct 23	$0.73	$1.77	$0.73	50%	2.42	$609.27
$605.00	$602.50	Oct 13	$0.62	$1.88	$0.62	45%	3.03	$604.38

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 450 found (best R:R 1.55, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$610.00	$630.00	Oct 12	$7.28	$7.28	$12.72	52%	0.57	$617.28
$640.00	$680.00	Oct 12	$2.71	$2.71	$37.29	81%	0.07	$642.71
$705.00	$715.00	Oct 1	$0.49	$0.49	$9.51	97%	0.05	$705.49
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 5	$1.43	$1.43	$1.07	58%	1.34	$613.93
$615.00	$617.50	Oct 6	$1.28	$1.28	$1.22	61%	1.05	$616.28

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$597.50	Oct 7	$1.52	$1.52	$0.98	63%	1.55	$598.48
$590.00	$585.00	Oct 7	$1.59	$1.59	$3.41	76%	0.47	$588.41
$537.50	$535.00	Sep 30	$0.56	$0.56	$1.94	97%	0.29	$536.94
$510.00	$505.00	Oct 7	$0.55	$0.55	$4.45	96%	0.12	$509.45
$530.00	$520.00	Oct 5	$0.54	$0.54	$9.46	96%	0.06	$529.46

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $3.39, cheapest $2.62)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Sep 30	Oct 1	$2.62	44.5%	37.6%
$610.00	Sep 30	Oct 1	$2.94	43.5%	40.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$607.50	Sep 30	Oct 1	$2.70	44.5%	37.6%
$617.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	$8.38	36.5%	33.2%
$610.00	Sep 30	Oct 1	$3.00	43.5%	40.3%
$622.50	Oct 7	Oct 9	$1.15	31.3%	31.3%
$630.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$2.93	32.7%	33.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 213 found (cheapest 0.88% of stock, avg 5.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$607.50	Sep 30	$3.23	$2.10	$5.33	$602.17	$612.83	0.88%
$610.00	Sep 30	$1.99	$3.35	$5.34	$604.66	$615.34	0.88%
$605.00	Sep 30	$4.88	$1.27	$6.15	$598.85	$611.15	1.01%
$612.50	Sep 30	$1.15	$4.97	$6.12	$606.38	$618.62	1.01%
$602.50	Sep 30	$6.35	$0.75	$7.10	$595.40	$609.60	1.17%
$615.00	Sep 30	$0.59	$7.08	$7.67	$607.33	$622.67	1.26%
$600.00	Sep 30	$9.30	$0.43	$9.73	$590.27	$609.73	1.60%
$607.50	Oct 1	$5.85	$4.80	$10.65	$596.85	$618.15	1.75%
$605.00	Oct 1	$7.13	$3.73	$10.86	$594.14	$615.86	1.78%
$610.00	Oct 1	$4.93	$6.35	$11.28	$598.72	$621.28	1.85%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 312 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 3.22%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$620.00	$597.50	Sep 30	$0.15	$0.25	$0.40	$597.10	$620.40
$617.50	$597.50	Sep 30	$0.30	$0.25	$0.55	$596.95	$618.05
$620.00	$600.00	Sep 30	$0.15	$0.43	$0.58	$599.42	$620.58
$617.50	$600.00	Sep 30	$0.30	$0.43	$0.73	$599.27	$618.23
$615.00	$597.50	Sep 30	$0.59	$0.25	$0.84	$596.66	$615.84
$620.00	$602.50	Sep 30	$0.15	$0.75	$0.90	$601.60	$620.90
$615.00	$600.00	Sep 30	$0.59	$0.43	$1.02	$598.98	$616.02
$617.50	$602.50	Sep 30	$0.30	$0.75	$1.05	$601.45	$618.55
$615.00	$602.50	Sep 30	$0.59	$0.75	$1.34	$601.16	$616.34
$612.50	$597.50	Sep 30	$1.15	$0.25	$1.40	$596.10	$613.90

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 532 found (best R:R 0.50, avg credit $1.03)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
535/538	660/662	Sep 30	$0.83	$1.67	94%	0.50	$536.67	$660.83
535/538	658/660	Sep 30	$0.85	$1.65	92%	0.52	$536.65	$658.35
535/538	680/685	Sep 30	$0.80	$4.20	94%	0.19	$536.70	$680.80
525/528	660/662	Sep 30	$0.63	$1.87	94%	0.34	$526.87	$660.63
525/528	658/660	Sep 30	$0.65	$1.85	92%	0.35	$526.85	$658.15
535/538	618/620	Sep 30	$0.71	$1.79	87%	0.40	$536.79	$618.21
512/515	660/662	Sep 30	$0.50	$2.00	94%	0.25	$514.50	$660.50
525/528	680/685	Sep 30	$0.60	$4.40	95%	0.14	$526.90	$680.60
535/538	615/618	Sep 30	$0.85	$1.65	80%	0.52	$536.65	$615.85
535/538	612/615	Sep 30	$1.12	$1.38	69%	0.81	$536.38	$613.62

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 356 found (best R:R 51.08, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$560.00	$572.50	$585.00	Oct 5	$0.24	$12.26	10%	51.08
$585.00	$592.50	$600.00	Oct 6	$0.39	$7.11	20%	18.23
$605.00	$610.00	$615.00	Oct 7	$0.23	$4.77	15%	20.74
$660.00	$670.00	$680.00	Nov 6	$0.32	$9.68	8%	30.25
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 5	$0.20	$4.80	10%	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 1	$0.06	$2.44	11%	40.67
$612.50	$615.00	$617.50	Oct 2	$0.07	$2.43	11%	34.71
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 2	$0.07	$2.43	10%	34.71
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Sep 30	$0.20	$2.30	18%	11.50
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Sep 30	$0.37	$2.13	29%	5.76

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 502 found (best net $-6.40, 461 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$595.00	$610.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$2.60	$12.40
$585.00	$595.00	1:2	Oct 1	-$5.48	$4.52
$652.50	$680.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$0.17	$27.33
$645.00	$672.50	1:2	Oct 5	-$0.17	$27.33
$680.00	$705.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$0.07	$24.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$640.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$6.40	$11.10
$620.00	$615.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$2.86	$2.14
$575.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.63	$14.37
$607.50	$605.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.44	$2.06
$610.00	$607.50	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.85	$1.65

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 172 found (best yield 4.07%, avg 1.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$615.00	Nov 6	$24.80	0.49	1.0%	4.07%	5.11%	1	30
$617.50	Nov 6	$23.75	0.47	1.4%	3.90%	5.34%	--	18
$620.00	Nov 6	$22.65	0.46	1.9%	3.72%	5.57%	1	46
$622.50	Nov 6	$21.55	0.45	2.3%	3.54%	5.80%	--	14
$625.00	Nov 6	$20.50	0.43	2.7%	3.37%	6.04%	--	43
$630.00	Nov 6	$18.50	0.41	3.5%	3.04%	6.54%	3	13
$610.00	Nov 6	$26.30	0.51	0.2%	4.32%	4.53%	2	4
$635.00	Nov 6	$16.55	0.38	4.3%	2.72%	7.04%	3	17
$640.00	Nov 6	$14.45	0.35	5.1%	2.37%	7.51%	2	27
$645.00	Nov 6	$13.30	0.32	6.0%	2.18%	8.14%	1	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 13,289

Total Puts 20,735

Put/Call Ratio 1.56

Net Difference -7,446

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 28,786

Total Puts 32,539

Put/Call Ratio 1.13

Net Difference -3,753

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 677,940

Total Puts 967,082

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.50

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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