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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$637.59 +0.58%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 10:00am) 16,716

Calls: 6,486 (39%)

Puts: 10,230 (61%)

Prior (10/02) 43,591

Calls: 23,373 (54%)

Puts: 20,218 (46%)

Current vs Prior -61.65%

Calls: -72.25% (Calls)

Puts: -49.40% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,583,653

Calls: 520,669 (33%)

Puts: 1,062,984 (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average 226,236

Calls: 74,381 (33%)

Puts: 151,854 (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -92.61%

Calls: -91.28%

Puts: -93.26%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06 10:00am) $10.86M

Calls: $8.66M (80%)

Puts: $2.20M (20%)

Prior (10/02) $55.53M

Calls: $36.07M (65%)

Puts: $19.46M (35%)

Current vs Prior -80.44%

Calls: -76.01%

Puts: -88.67%

Prior 7-Day Total $880.77M

Calls: $563.54M (64%)

Puts: $317.23M (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average $125.82M

Calls: $80.51M (64%)

Puts: $45.32M (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -91.37%

Calls: -89.25%

Puts: -95.14%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/06 10:00am) 1.58

Prior (10/02) 0.86

Current vs Prior +82.34%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.98

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/06 10:00am) 1,758,732

Calls: 634,828 (36%)

Puts: 1,123,904 (64%)

Prior (10/02) 1,796,247

Calls: 646,040 (36%)

Puts: 1,150,207 (64%)

Current vs Prior -2.09%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,341,640

Calls: 4,505,592 (37%)

Puts: 7,836,048 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,763,091

Calls: 643,656 (37%)

Puts: 1,119,435 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.25%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/06) | Next (10/07)Expiry (10/07) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.88% | 1.43%1.43% | 2.29%2.29% | 3.79%3.62% | 9.59%

Prior 1.41% | 1.95%0.48% | 1.41%0.48% | 2.87%4.42% | 10.75%

Current vs Prior -37.11% | -26.65%+201.03% | +63.13%+382.36% | +32.07%-18.17% | -10.87%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.49% | 2.15%1.05% | 2.15%1.78% | 3.88%5.72% | 11.39%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -40.67% | -33.46%+36.20% | +6.66%+29.18% | -2.35%-36.81% | -15.85%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.41% | 1.95%0.44% | 1.93%2.52% | 4.05%3.88% | 9.63%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -37.11% | -26.65%+223.03% | +18.93%-8.98% | -6.35%-6.73% | -0.47%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 37.59% | 20.08%

Calls: 25.60% | 18.38%

Puts: 49.58% | 21.78%

Prior 47.93% | 35.26%

Calls: 48.19% | 40.66%

Puts: 47.67% | 29.86%

Current vs Prior -21.57% | -43.05%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.30% | 34.79%

Calls: 40.36% | 36.64%

Puts: 40.24% | 32.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -6.73% | -42.29%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in calls ($8.66M) vs puts ($2.20M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 80% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 62% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.58 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
14:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 411 of results (avg 5.9%, best 0.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$675.00	Nov 20	15.15	15.25	$15.20	0.7%	208	0.33	2.7K
$660.00	Nov 20	20.40	20.95	$20.67	2.7%	4	0.41	1.6K
$515.00	Nov 20	126.15	129.60	$127.88	2.7%	--	0.94	92
$515.00	Oct 9	121.50	124.85	$123.18	2.7%	--	0.99	13
$515.00	Oct 30	123.20	126.60	$124.90	2.7%	--	0.97	25

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Nov 20	16.40	16.80	$16.60	2.4%	4	0.33	1.2K
$580.00	Nov 20	8.95	9.20	$9.07	2.8%	73	0.20	971
$660.00	Oct 16	25.15	25.90	$25.53	2.9%	2	0.77	8
$640.00	Nov 20	28.25	29.15	$28.70	3.1%	4	0.49	393
$640.00	Nov 13	25.50	26.35	$25.93	3.3%	1	0.49	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 54 found (avg $0.63, cheapest $0.72)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 9	0.29	0.31	$0.30	6.7%	11	0.04	670
$695.00	Oct 16	0.51	0.60	$0.55	16.4%	5	0.04	1.5K
$700.00	Oct 16	0.42	0.49	$0.45	15.6%	2	0.04	22.6K
$690.00	Oct 16	0.65	0.76	$0.71	15.5%	--	0.06	1.2K
$685.00	Oct 16	0.86	0.99	$0.93	14.0%	--	0.07	250

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 7	0.68	0.75	$0.72	9.7%	13	0.13	79
$627.50	Oct 7	0.88	1.05	$0.97	17.5%	92	0.17	161
$622.50	Oct 7	0.54	0.64	$0.59	16.9%	--	0.10	43
$620.00	Oct 7	0.44	0.51	$0.48	14.6%	59	0.08	38
$617.50	Oct 7	0.37	0.42	$0.40	12.5%	5	0.07	240

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 318 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$515.00	Oct 16	121.40	125.25	$123.33	3.1%	--	1.00	215
$520.00	Oct 16	116.85	120.30	$118.57	2.9%	--	1.00	161
$525.00	Oct 16	112.00	115.35	$113.68	2.9%	--	1.00	279
$530.00	Oct 16	107.00	110.50	$108.75	3.2%	--	1.00	847
$535.00	Oct 16	102.00	105.50	$103.75	3.4%	--	1.00	454

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$705.00	Oct 16	65.60	68.90	$67.25	4.9%	--	0.97	25
$715.00	Nov 13	78.55	81.35	$79.95	3.5%	--	0.86	24
$690.00	Oct 30	53.75	56.75	$55.25	5.4%	--	0.83	10
$715.00	Nov 20	79.70	82.70	$81.20	3.7%	--	0.82	28
$710.00	Nov 20	75.30	78.35	$76.82	4.0%	--	0.81	27

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 475 active (total vol 14.4K, top 2.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Oct 9	5.20	5.85	$5.53	11.8%	613	0.45	1.7K
$650.00	Oct 30	14.40	15.10	$14.75	4.7%	568	0.42	1.1K
$640.00	Oct 6	0.95	1.24	$1.10	26.4%	408	0.32	178
$670.00	Nov 20	16.70	17.35	$17.02	3.8%	259	0.36	1.1K
$642.50	Oct 9	4.10	4.85	$4.47	16.8%	246	0.39	365

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Oct 23	1.18	1.31	$1.25	10.4%	2.0K	0.06	146
$570.00	Oct 16	0.57	0.60	$0.59	5.1%	695	0.04	4.1K
$630.00	Oct 6	0.23	0.34	$0.29	37.9%	462	0.10	423
$570.00	Oct 9	0.13	0.17	$0.15	26.7%	323	0.01	1.9K
$577.50	Oct 9	0.14	0.54	$0.34	117.6%	261	0.03	485

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 10.1%, max 11.6%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$637.50	Oct 6	Oct 23	29.4%	26.3%	11.6%	161	260
$642.50	Oct 6	Oct 23	31.4%	28.6%	9.9%	228	307
$632.50	Oct 6	Nov 6	32.4%	29.6%	9.4%	5	156

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$632.50	Oct 6	Nov 6	32.4%	29.6%	9.4%	186	147

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 481 found (best R:R 399.00, avg 8.79)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$675.00	$715.00	Oct 13	$0.10	$39.90	$0.10	9%	399.00	$675.10
$665.00	$680.00	Oct 12	$0.28	$14.72	$0.28	10%	52.57	$665.28
$620.00	$622.50	Nov 6	$1.10	$1.40	$1.10	64%	1.27	$621.10
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 23	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	71%	0.92	$618.80
$635.00	$637.50	Oct 8	$0.90	$1.60	$0.90	59%	1.78	$635.90

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$637.50	Oct 14	$14.48	$8.02	$14.48	81%	0.55	$645.52
$620.00	$615.00	Oct 13	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	22%	24.00	$619.80
$615.00	$610.00	Oct 19	$0.58	$4.42	$0.58	24%	7.62	$614.42
$580.00	$565.00	Oct 14	$0.16	$14.84	$0.16	5%	92.75	$579.84
$602.50	$600.00	Nov 6	$0.22	$2.28	$0.22	26%	10.36	$602.28

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 402 found (best R:R 0.55, avg 0.28)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$650.00	$717.50	Oct 19	$6.45	$6.45	$61.05	65%	0.11	$656.45
$645.00	$650.00	Oct 12	$2.00	$2.00	$3.00	65%	0.67	$647.00
$640.00	$650.00	Oct 19	$4.55	$4.55	$5.45	53%	0.83	$644.55
$647.50	$665.00	Oct 13	$3.15	$3.15	$14.35	68%	0.22	$650.65
$660.00	$662.50	Oct 7	$0.31	$0.31	$2.19	94%	0.14	$660.31

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$525.00	$520.00	Oct 7	$1.78	$1.78	$3.22	95%	0.55	$523.22
$552.50	$550.00	Oct 8	$0.77	$0.77	$1.73	96%	0.45	$551.73
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 8	$0.70	$0.70	$1.80	97%	0.39	$526.80
$582.50	$580.00	Oct 6	$0.67	$0.67	$1.83	95%	0.37	$581.83
$625.00	$600.00	Nov 13	$8.15	$8.15	$16.85	60%	0.48	$616.85

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $1.95, cheapest $1.48)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$640.00	Oct 6	Oct 7	$1.63	30.5%	25.0%
$635.00	Oct 6	Oct 7	$1.25	30.4%	26.1%
$637.50	Oct 6	Oct 7	$2.01	29.4%	25.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$640.00	Oct 6	Oct 7	$1.48	30.5%	25.0%
$635.00	Oct 6	Oct 7	$1.66	30.4%	26.1%
$637.50	Oct 6	Oct 7	$1.81	29.4%	25.9%
$650.00	Oct 16	Oct 19	$1.10	27.1%	26.5%
$670.00	Nov 6	Nov 20	$4.69	31.5%	33.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 220 found (cheapest 0.63% of stock, avg 6.23%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$637.50	Oct 6	$2.07	$1.94	$4.01	$633.49	$641.51	0.63%
$640.00	Oct 6	$1.10	$3.57	$4.67	$635.33	$644.67	0.73%
$635.00	Oct 6	$4.03	$1.01	$5.04	$629.96	$640.04	0.79%
$632.50	Oct 6	$5.58	$0.52	$6.10	$626.40	$638.60	0.96%
$640.00	Oct 7	$2.73	$5.05	$7.78	$632.22	$647.78	1.22%
$637.50	Oct 7	$4.08	$3.75	$7.83	$629.67	$645.33	1.23%
$635.00	Oct 7	$5.28	$2.67	$7.95	$627.05	$642.95	1.25%
$630.00	Oct 6	$8.15	$0.29	$8.44	$621.56	$638.44	1.32%
$632.50	Oct 7	$7.03	$1.86	$8.89	$623.61	$641.39	1.39%
$645.00	Oct 7	$1.27	$8.43	$9.70	$635.30	$654.70	1.52%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 340 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 2.83%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$645.00	$627.50	Oct 6	$0.23	$0.15	$0.38	$627.12	$645.38
$645.00	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.23	$0.29	$0.52	$629.48	$645.52
$642.50	$627.50	Oct 6	$0.53	$0.15	$0.68	$626.82	$643.18
$690.00	$627.50	Oct 6	$0.68	$0.15	$0.83	$626.67	$690.83
$645.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.23	$0.52	$0.75	$631.75	$645.75
$642.50	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.53	$0.29	$0.82	$629.18	$643.32
$690.00	$630.00	Oct 6	$0.68	$0.29	$0.97	$629.03	$690.97
$642.50	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.53	$0.52	$1.05	$631.45	$643.55
$690.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.68	$0.52	$1.20	$631.30	$691.20
$645.00	$635.00	Oct 6	$0.23	$1.01	$1.24	$633.76	$646.24

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 579 found (best R:R 0.72, avg credit $1.24)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
520/525	660/662	Oct 7	$2.09	$2.91	88%	0.72	$522.91	$662.09
520/525	652/655	Oct 7	$1.89	$3.11	87%	0.61	$523.11	$654.39
520/525	685/695	Oct 7	$2.03	$7.97	91%	0.25	$522.97	$687.03
520/525	650/652	Oct 7	$1.95	$3.05	83%	0.64	$523.05	$651.95
520/525	648/650	Oct 7	$2.06	$2.94	79%	0.70	$522.94	$649.56
520/525	645/648	Oct 7	$2.24	$2.76	72%	0.81	$522.76	$647.24
550/552	648/650	Oct 8	$1.24	$1.26	73%	0.98	$551.26	$648.74
580/582	675/678	Oct 6	$0.79	$1.71	91%	0.46	$581.71	$675.79
550/552	652/655	Oct 8	$1.01	$1.49	82%	0.68	$551.49	$653.51
520/525	642/645	Oct 7	$2.37	$2.63	64%	0.90	$522.63	$644.87

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 353 found (best R:R 32.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$637.50	$640.00	$642.50	Oct 6	$0.40	$2.10	33%	5.25
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$4.87	8%	37.46
$675.00	$680.00	$685.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$642.50	$645.00	$647.50	Oct 7	$0.13	$2.37	15%	18.23

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$640.00	$645.00	$650.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$4.85	13%	32.33
$630.00	$640.00	$650.00	Oct 19	$1.22	$8.78	24%	7.20
$650.00	$655.00	$660.00	Oct 16	$0.16	$4.84	11%	30.25
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$627.50	$630.00	$632.50	Oct 6	$0.09	$2.41	12%	26.78

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 516 found (best net $-19.90, 481 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$565.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$19.90	$15.10
$550.00	$582.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$23.40	$9.10
$567.50	$592.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$20.38	$4.62
$665.00	$690.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$1.91	$23.09
$640.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$1.05	$8.95

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$625.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$2.83	$22.17
$645.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$2.03	$10.47
$645.00	$637.50	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.37	$7.13
$635.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.91	$9.09
$645.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$1.67	$3.33

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 155 found (best yield 4.59%, avg 1.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Nov 20	$29.25	0.51	0.4%	4.59%	4.97%	5	1.8K
$645.00	Nov 20	$26.50	0.49	1.2%	4.16%	5.32%	--	276
$650.00	Nov 20	$24.20	0.46	1.9%	3.80%	5.74%	8	4.9K
$655.00	Nov 20	$22.40	0.43	2.7%	3.51%	6.24%	13	501
$660.00	Nov 20	$20.40	0.41	3.5%	3.20%	6.71%	4	1.6K
$665.00	Nov 20	$18.45	0.38	4.3%	2.89%	7.19%	17	705
$670.00	Nov 20	$16.70	0.36	5.1%	2.62%	7.70%	259	1.1K
$675.00	Nov 20	$15.15	0.33	5.9%	2.38%	8.24%	208	2.7K
$645.00	Nov 13	$23.40	0.48	1.2%	3.67%	4.83%	--	50
$650.00	Nov 13	$21.35	0.45	1.9%	3.35%	5.29%	3	7

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 6,486

Total Puts 10,230

Put/Call Ratio 1.58

Net Difference -3,744

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 23,373

Total Puts 20,218

Put/Call Ratio 0.86

Net Difference 3,155

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 520,669

Total Puts 1,062,984

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.98

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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