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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$611.61 +0.43%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/01 1:00pm) 91,915

Calls: 41,513 (45%)

Puts: 50,402 (55%)

Prior (09/30) 84,022

Calls: 25,748 (31%)

Puts: 58,274 (69%)

Current vs Prior +9.39%

Calls: +61.23% (Calls)

Puts: -13.51% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,410,442

Calls: 547,201 (39%)

Puts: 863,241 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 201,491

Calls: 78,171 (39%)

Puts: 123,320 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -54.38%

Calls: -46.90%

Puts: -59.13%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01 1:00pm) $71.22M

Calls: $43.81M (62%)

Puts: $27.41M (38%)

Prior (09/30) $54.04M

Calls: $33.42M (62%)

Puts: $20.62M (38%)

Current vs Prior +31.80%

Calls: +31.07%

Puts: +32.97%

Prior 7-Day Total $921.29M

Calls: $605.18M (66%)

Puts: $316.11M (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average $131.61M

Calls: $86.45M (66%)

Puts: $45.16M (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -45.88%

Calls: -49.33%

Puts: -39.29%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/01 1:00pm) 1.21

Prior (09/30) 2.26

Current vs Prior -46.35%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.62

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.26%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/01 1:00pm) 1,757,115

Calls: 641,959 (37%)

Puts: 1,115,156 (63%)

Prior (09/30) 1,756,949

Calls: 648,052 (37%)

Puts: 1,108,897 (63%)

Current vs Prior +0.01%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,168,062

Calls: 4,497,064 (37%)

Puts: 7,670,998 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,738,294

Calls: 642,437 (37%)

Puts: 1,095,856 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.08%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/01) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/05)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.76% | 1.77%1.77% | 2.39%1.77% | 3.74%5.34% | 11.21%

Prior 1.99% | 2.43%1.03% | 2.43%2.43% | 4.05%5.58% | 11.43%

Current vs Prior -61.57% | -27.39%+72.05% | -1.77%-27.39% | -7.66%-4.29% | -1.91%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.48% | 2.13%1.03% | 2.27%2.12% | 4.19%6.41% | 11.72%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.37% | -16.91%+71.77% | +5.29%-16.83% | -10.76%-16.70% | -4.38%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.99% | 2.43%2.26% | 3.01%2.26% | 4.17%5.64% | 11.34%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -61.57% | -27.39%-21.96% | -20.55%-21.96% | -10.42%-5.18% | -1.12%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 20.08% | 25.42%

Calls: 24.14% | 31.73%

Puts: 16.02% | 19.11%

Prior 23.81% | 15.36%

Calls: 28.36% | 15.75%

Puts: 19.26% | 14.96%

Current vs Prior -15.67% | +65.49%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.26% | 28.31%

Calls: 34.33% | 29.12%

Puts: 34.19% | 27.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -41.39% | -10.21%

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Moderately bullish flow with 62% call dollar volume ($43.81M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.21 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 46% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (1,115,156 puts vs 641,959 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	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 427 of results (avg 6.2%, best 2.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$617.50	Oct 23	16.80	17.25	$17.02	2.6%	53	0.47	76
$490.00	Oct 2	119.80	123.05	$121.43	2.7%	--	1.00	13
$495.00	Oct 16	116.10	119.30	$117.70	2.7%	--	0.98	85
$490.00	Oct 16	121.10	124.45	$122.78	2.7%	--	0.99	49
$490.00	Oct 6	119.95	123.45	$121.70	2.9%	--	0.96	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$607.50	Nov 6	23.75	24.30	$24.03	2.3%	4	0.45	8
$612.50	Nov 6	25.90	26.65	$26.28	2.9%	2	0.48	19
$600.00	Oct 30	17.15	17.65	$17.40	2.9%	55	0.40	203
$590.00	Oct 30	13.55	13.95	$13.75	2.9%	32	0.34	350
$615.00	Nov 6	27.10	27.90	$27.50	2.9%	2	0.49	16

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 47 found (avg $0.63, cheapest $0.42)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 5	0.67	0.80	$0.74	17.6%	90	0.09	23
$632.50	Oct 5	0.85	1.03	$0.94	19.1%	209	0.11	7
$670.00	Oct 9	0.33	0.39	$0.36	16.7%	253	0.03	330
$662.50	Oct 9	0.49	0.58	$0.53	17.0%	17	0.05	30
$660.00	Oct 9	0.57	0.67	$0.62	16.1%	52	0.05	173

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$607.50	Oct 1	0.38	0.45	$0.42	16.7%	1.1K	0.17	296
$610.00	Oct 1	0.90	1.07	$0.99	17.2%	925	0.35	61
$590.00	Oct 2	0.27	0.32	$0.30	16.7%	787	0.05	3.6K
$592.50	Oct 2	0.38	0.45	$0.42	16.7%	257	0.07	637
$595.00	Oct 2	0.54	0.62	$0.58	13.8%	495	0.09	738

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 349 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Oct 1	119.70	123.20	$121.45	2.9%	5	1.00	--
$495.00	Oct 1	114.70	118.20	$116.45	3.0%	6	1.00	--
$500.00	Oct 1	109.75	113.20	$111.48	3.1%	13	1.00	--
$505.00	Oct 1	104.80	108.20	$106.50	3.2%	11	1.00	--
$510.00	Oct 1	99.80	103.20	$101.50	3.3%	2	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 2	21.85	25.35	$23.60	14.8%	2	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 2	36.80	40.30	$38.55	9.1%	1	1.00	1
$700.00	Oct 9	86.80	90.35	$88.57	4.0%	1	1.00	1
$705.00	Oct 16	91.80	95.30	$93.55	3.7%	--	1.00	25
$650.00	Oct 1	36.80	40.25	$38.53	9.0%	1	0.99	2

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 848 active (total vol 68.5K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$630.00	Oct 16	7.65	8.60	$8.13	11.7%	2.7K	0.34	8.6K
$622.50	Oct 2	0.83	1.02	$0.93	20.4%	1.4K	0.17	1.1K
$615.00	Oct 2	2.77	3.15	$2.96	12.8%	985	0.40	2.1K
$640.00	Oct 16	5.25	5.65	$5.45	7.3%	968	0.25	4.4K
$620.00	Oct 1	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	947	0.03	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 1	0.03	0.04	$0.04	25.0%	1.5K	0.02	1.6K
$602.50	Oct 1	0.05	0.09	$0.07	57.1%	1.2K	0.04	1.2K
$607.50	Oct 1	0.38	0.45	$0.42	16.7%	1.1K	0.17	296
$605.00	Oct 2	1.92	2.19	$2.05	13.2%	1.0K	0.27	381
$605.00	Oct 1	0.15	0.21	$0.18	33.3%	1.0K	0.08	478

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 5.6%, max 10.5%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$607.50	Oct 1	Oct 30	37.2%	33.6%	10.5%	20	96
$610.00	Oct 1	Nov 13	34.8%	34.0%	2.4%	483	286

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$607.50	Oct 1	Nov 6	37.2%	34.3%	8.4%	1.1K	304
$610.00	Oct 1	Nov 6	34.8%	34.4%	1.2%	943	73

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 566 found (best R:R 32.54, avg 7.58)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$635.00	$662.50	Oct 6	$0.82	$26.68	$0.82	15%	32.54	$635.82
$645.00	$680.00	Oct 12	$1.24	$33.76	$1.24	15%	27.23	$646.24
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 1	$1.38	$1.12	$1.38	92%	0.81	$606.38
$650.00	$680.00	Oct 7	$0.24	$29.76	$0.24	7%	124.00	$650.24
$650.00	$665.00	Oct 13	$0.63	$14.37	$0.63	13%	22.81	$650.63

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$552.50	$530.00	Oct 6	$0.17	$22.33	$0.17	6%	131.35	$552.33
$622.50	$615.00	Oct 9	$3.85	$3.65	$3.85	65%	0.95	$618.65
$580.00	$560.00	Oct 13	$1.52	$18.48	$1.52	18%	12.16	$578.48
$617.50	$615.00	Oct 23	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	53%	2.33	$616.75
$597.50	$595.00	Oct 23	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	36%	5.25	$597.10

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 475 found (best R:R 5.94, avg 0.35)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 2	$1.96	$1.96	$3.04	92%	0.64	$706.96
$715.00	$720.00	Oct 2	$1.92	$1.92	$3.08	93%	0.62	$716.92
$690.00	$695.00	Oct 2	$1.40	$1.40	$3.60	93%	0.39	$691.40
$725.00	$730.00	Oct 2	$1.07	$1.07	$3.93	93%	0.27	$726.07
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 2	$1.82	$1.82	$0.68	50%	2.68	$614.32

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$502.50	$500.00	Oct 2	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	94%	5.94	$500.36
$497.50	$495.00	Oct 2	$1.97	$1.97	$0.53	95%	3.72	$495.53
$517.50	$515.00	Oct 2	$1.93	$1.93	$0.57	94%	3.39	$515.57
$557.50	$555.00	Oct 6	$0.90	$0.90	$1.60	94%	0.56	$556.60
$547.50	$545.00	Oct 5	$0.55	$0.55	$1.95	96%	0.28	$546.95

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $3.12, cheapest $2.71)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$610.00	Oct 1	Oct 2	$3.22	34.8%	34.7%
$612.50	Oct 1	Oct 2	$3.66	32.8%	36.1%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$610.00	Oct 1	Oct 2	$2.71	34.8%	34.7%
$612.50	Oct 1	Oct 2	$2.91	32.8%	36.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 242 found (cheapest 0.52% of stock, avg 5.83%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$612.50	Oct 1	$1.12	$2.06	$3.18	$609.32	$615.68	0.52%
$610.00	Oct 1	$2.61	$0.99	$3.60	$606.40	$613.60	0.59%
$615.00	Oct 1	$0.37	$3.74	$4.11	$610.89	$619.11	0.67%
$607.50	Oct 1	$4.55	$0.42	$4.97	$602.53	$612.47	0.81%
$617.50	Oct 1	$0.11	$5.95	$6.06	$611.44	$623.56	0.99%
$605.00	Oct 1	$5.93	$0.18	$6.11	$598.89	$611.11	1.00%
$620.00	Oct 1	$0.04	$8.43	$8.47	$611.53	$628.47	1.38%
$602.50	Oct 1	$9.10	$0.07	$9.17	$593.33	$611.67	1.50%
$615.00	Oct 2	$2.96	$6.38	$9.34	$605.66	$624.34	1.53%
$610.00	Oct 2	$5.83	$3.70	$9.53	$600.47	$619.53	1.56%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 374 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.12%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$617.50	$605.00	Oct 1	$0.11	$0.18	$0.29	$604.71	$617.79
$615.00	$605.00	Oct 1	$0.37	$0.18	$0.55	$604.45	$615.55
$617.50	$607.50	Oct 1	$0.11	$0.42	$0.53	$606.97	$618.03
$615.00	$607.50	Oct 1	$0.37	$0.42	$0.79	$606.71	$615.79
$652.50	$605.00	Oct 1	$0.59	$0.18	$0.77	$604.23	$653.27
$652.50	$607.50	Oct 1	$0.59	$0.42	$1.01	$606.49	$653.51
$617.50	$610.00	Oct 1	$0.11	$0.99	$1.10	$608.90	$618.60
$615.00	$610.00	Oct 1	$0.37	$0.99	$1.36	$608.64	$616.36
$612.50	$605.00	Oct 1	$1.12	$0.18	$1.30	$603.70	$613.80
$612.50	$607.50	Oct 1	$1.12	$0.42	$1.54	$605.96	$614.04

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 567 found (best R:R 4.56, avg credit $1.19)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/502	705/710	Oct 2	$4.10	$0.90	86%	4.56	$498.40	$709.10
495/498	705/710	Oct 2	$3.93	$1.07	87%	3.67	$493.57	$708.93
515/518	705/710	Oct 2	$3.89	$1.11	86%	3.50	$513.61	$708.89
500/502	690/695	Oct 2	$3.54	$1.46	87%	2.42	$498.96	$693.54
495/498	690/695	Oct 2	$3.37	$1.63	88%	2.07	$494.13	$693.37
515/518	690/695	Oct 2	$3.33	$1.67	87%	1.99	$514.17	$693.33
500/502	628/630	Oct 2	$2.26	$0.24	86%	9.42	$500.24	$629.76
500/502	625/628	Oct 2	$2.34	$0.16	82%	14.63	$500.16	$627.34
520/522	705/710	Oct 2	$2.36	$2.64	90%	0.89	$520.14	$707.36
500/502	685/690	Oct 2	$2.58	$2.42	85%	1.07	$499.92	$687.58

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 358 found (best R:R 22.81, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$625.00	$635.00	$645.00	Oct 15	$0.42	$9.58	18%	22.81
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 1	$0.45	$2.05	42%	4.56
$635.00	$640.00	$645.00	Oct 8	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 5	$0.13	$4.87	9%	37.46
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Oct 8	$0.31	$4.69	15%	15.13

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 6	$0.15	$4.85	18%	32.33
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 1	$0.50	$2.00	42%	4.00
$610.00	$612.50	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.61	$1.89	47%	3.10
$607.50	$615.00	$622.50	Oct 12	$0.71	$6.79	20%	9.56
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 13	$0.13	$4.87	9%	37.46

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 519 found (best net $-1.92, 469 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$510.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$1.92	$48.08
$490.00	$542.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$16.74	$35.76
$560.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$7.80	$32.20
$605.00	$620.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$3.99	$11.01
$635.00	$662.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$0.04	$27.46

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$635.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$8.65	$6.35
$590.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.12	$19.88
$580.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.47	$19.53
$575.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.15	$14.85
$615.00	$612.50	1:2	Oct 1	-$0.38	$2.12

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 198 found (best yield 4.66%, avg 1.12%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$615.00	Nov 13	$28.50	0.51	0.6%	4.66%	5.21%	1	--
$625.00	Nov 13	$24.05	0.46	2.2%	3.93%	6.12%	2	--
$630.00	Nov 13	$22.30	0.43	3.0%	3.65%	6.65%	2	--
$640.00	Nov 13	$17.95	0.38	4.6%	2.93%	7.58%	2	--
$615.00	Nov 6	$26.35	0.51	0.6%	4.31%	4.86%	--	30
$617.50	Nov 6	$25.00	0.49	1.0%	4.09%	5.05%	--	18
$622.50	Nov 6	$22.70	0.46	1.8%	3.71%	5.49%	26	19
$625.00	Nov 6	$21.45	0.45	2.2%	3.51%	5.70%	8	35
$627.50	Nov 6	$20.50	0.43	2.6%	3.35%	5.95%	3	--
$630.00	Nov 6	$19.50	0.42	3.0%	3.19%	6.20%	--	14

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 41,513

Total Puts 50,402

Put/Call Ratio 1.21

Net Difference -8,889

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 25,748

Total Puts 58,274

Put/Call Ratio 2.26

Net Difference -32,526

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 547,201

Total Puts 863,241

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.62

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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Option Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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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