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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$619.86 -0.83%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 11:00am) 67,688

Calls: 31,889 (47%)

Puts: 35,799 (53%)

Prior (10/07) 93,763

Calls: 35,113 (37%)

Puts: 58,650 (63%)

Current vs Prior -27.81%

Calls: -9.18% (Calls)

Puts: -38.96% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,596,638

Calls: 476,659 (30%)

Puts: 1,119,979 (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average 228,091

Calls: 68,094 (30%)

Puts: 159,997 (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -70.32%

Calls: -53.17%

Puts: -77.63%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 11:00am) $42.36M

Calls: $24.67M (58%)

Puts: $17.69M (42%)

Prior (10/07) $62.07M

Calls: $17.46M (28%)

Puts: $44.60M (72%)

Current vs Prior -31.75%

Calls: +41.28%

Puts: -60.34%

Prior 7-Day Total $985.46M

Calls: $566.23M (57%)

Puts: $419.23M (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average $140.78M

Calls: $80.89M (57%)

Puts: $59.89M (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -69.91%

Calls: -69.50%

Puts: -70.46%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 11:00am) 1.12

Prior (10/07) 1.67

Current vs Prior -32.79%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.32

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -51.67%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08 11:00am) 1,893,992

Calls: 649,448 (34%)

Puts: 1,244,544 (66%)

Prior (10/07) 1,828,342

Calls: 650,640 (36%)

Puts: 1,177,702 (64%)

Current vs Prior +3.59%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,393,212

Calls: 4,490,628 (36%)

Puts: 7,902,584 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,770,458

Calls: 641,518 (36%)

Puts: 1,128,940 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.98%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/08) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/12)Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.81% | 1.48%1.48% | 2.08%1.48% | 3.51%3.09% | 9.33%

Prior 1.52% | 1.98%0.50% | 1.98%1.98% | 3.84%3.51% | 9.67%

Current vs Prior -46.39% | -25.16%+197.65% | +5.16%-25.16% | -8.49%-11.80% | -3.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.51% | 2.07%0.98% | 2.10%1.97% | 3.79%4.54% | 10.49%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -46.19% | -28.30%+51.86% | -0.71%-24.70% | -7.28%-31.80% | -11.07%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.52% | 1.98%0.49% | 1.94%1.94% | 3.79%3.51% | 9.55%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -46.39% | -25.16%+200.55% | +7.42%-23.56% | -7.33%-11.80% | -2.32%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 19.58% | 19.45%

Calls: 20.78% | 25.24%

Puts: 18.37% | 13.65%

Prior 44.48% | 32.40%

Calls: 39.95% | 26.63%

Puts: 49.02% | 38.17%

Current vs Prior -55.98% | -39.97%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.04% | 38.02%

Calls: 43.94% | 37.37%

Puts: 44.14% | 38.66%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -55.54% | -48.84%

Liquidity Expensive

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Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.12. P/C ratio dropping 33% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (1,244,544 puts vs 649,448 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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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 NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	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 412 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$525.00	Nov 20	99.40	101.90	$100.65	2.5%	6	0.90	159
$610.00	Oct 14	14.50	14.90	$14.70	2.7%	102	0.69	17
$510.00	Nov 20	113.00	116.15	$114.58	2.7%	--	0.92	121
$500.00	Oct 16	118.20	121.50	$119.85	2.8%	--	1.00	282
$505.00	Nov 20	117.50	120.80	$119.15	2.8%	--	0.92	105

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$622.50	Nov 13	24.20	24.95	$24.58	3.1%	--	0.50	13
$600.00	Nov 20	17.60	18.15	$17.88	3.1%	53	0.36	2.8K
$615.00	Nov 20	23.60	24.35	$23.98	3.1%	22	0.45	895
$610.00	Oct 16	6.05	6.25	$6.15	3.3%	130	0.35	1.2K
$590.00	Oct 30	7.40	7.65	$7.53	3.3%	19	0.25	573

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 37 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.26)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 8	0.23	0.28	$0.26	19.2%	5.9K	0.11	247
$622.50	Oct 8	0.63	0.76	$0.70	18.6%	1.4K	0.26	138
$632.50	Oct 9	0.44	0.53	$0.49	18.4%	102	0.10	626
$630.00	Oct 9	0.72	0.85	$0.78	16.7%	931	0.15	1.1K
$642.50	Oct 12	0.42	0.51	$0.47	19.1%	3	0.07	46

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$617.50	Oct 8	0.85	0.93	$0.89	9.0%	583	0.33	811
$592.50	Oct 12	0.42	0.50	$0.46	17.4%	28	0.06	12
$595.00	Oct 12	0.52	0.61	$0.56	16.1%	15	0.07	49
$600.00	Oct 12	0.76	0.92	$0.84	19.0%	143	0.11	138
$597.50	Oct 12	0.63	0.76	$0.70	18.6%	12	0.09	10

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 338 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 8	107.55	111.45	$109.50	3.6%	15	1.00	--
$555.00	Oct 8	62.50	66.45	$64.47	6.1%	15	1.00	5
$557.50	Oct 8	60.00	64.10	$62.05	6.6%	11	1.00	--
$565.00	Oct 8	52.70	56.60	$54.65	7.1%	21	1.00	1
$567.50	Oct 8	50.10	54.15	$52.13	7.8%	4	1.00	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$645.00	Oct 9	24.00	27.45	$25.73	13.4%	--	1.00	158
$650.00	Oct 9	29.00	32.40	$30.70	11.1%	1	1.00	--
$650.00	Oct 8	29.00	32.40	$30.70	11.1%	1	1.00	1
$645.00	Oct 8	24.00	27.40	$25.70	13.2%	--	1.00	13
$637.50	Oct 8	16.50	19.90	$18.20	18.7%	--	0.99	23

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 688 active (total vol 57.2K, top 5.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$625.00	Oct 8	0.23	0.28	$0.26	19.2%	5.9K	0.11	247
$622.50	Oct 8	0.63	0.76	$0.70	18.6%	1.4K	0.26	138
$625.00	Oct 9	1.76	1.93	$1.85	9.2%	1.3K	0.30	891
$620.00	Oct 9	3.50	4.10	$3.80	15.8%	1.1K	0.49	1.6K
$610.00	Oct 9	9.90	12.05	$10.98	19.6%	1.1K	0.82	719

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$570.00	Nov 20	9.25	9.90	$9.57	6.8%	2.1K	0.22	3.2K
$540.00	Nov 20	4.90	5.15	$5.03	5.0%	2.0K	0.12	2.9K
$605.00	Oct 16	4.50	4.95	$4.72	9.5%	1.8K	0.28	6.7K
$590.00	Oct 23	4.45	4.70	$4.58	5.5%	1.6K	0.21	12.0K
$600.00	Oct 30	9.95	10.50	$10.23	5.4%	1.3K	0.32	4.2K

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 6.0%, max 6.6%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$617.50	Oct 8	Nov 6	31.8%	29.9%	6.5%	224	29
$615.00	Oct 8	Nov 20	32.5%	30.8%	5.4%	919	472

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$617.50	Oct 8	Nov 13	31.8%	29.8%	6.6%	586	823
$615.00	Oct 8	Nov 20	32.5%	30.8%	5.4%	226	1.6K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 527 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 7.16)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$680.00	Oct 15	$0.44	$19.56	$0.44	9%	44.45	$660.44
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 30	$0.98	$1.52	$0.98	62%	1.55	$608.48
$612.50	$615.00	Oct 30	$0.92	$1.58	$0.92	58%	1.72	$613.42
$590.00	$592.50	Oct 23	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	79%	0.67	$591.50
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 14	$0.83	$1.67	$0.83	55%	2.01	$618.33

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$627.50	Oct 23	$0.90	$1.60	$0.90	60%	1.78	$629.10
$575.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$0.47	$4.53	$0.47	21%	9.64	$574.53
$565.00	$545.00	Oct 14	$0.11	$19.89	$0.11	4%	180.82	$564.89
$640.00	$635.00	Nov 6	$2.55	$2.45	$2.55	62%	0.96	$637.45
$610.00	$607.50	Oct 19	$0.35	$2.15	$0.35	35%	6.14	$609.65

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 430 found (best R:R 0.48, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$652.50	$655.00	Oct 8	$0.81	$0.81	$1.69	92%	0.48	$653.31
$635.00	$637.50	Oct 19	$1.33	$1.33	$1.17	69%	1.14	$636.33
$662.50	$665.00	Oct 12	$0.40	$0.40	$2.10	94%	0.19	$662.90
$705.00	$710.00	Oct 23	$0.38	$0.38	$4.62	97%	0.08	$705.38
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 13	$1.38	$1.38	$1.12	54%	1.23	$623.88

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$512.50	$505.00	Oct 12	$0.78	$0.78	$6.72	97%	0.12	$511.72
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 12	$0.70	$0.70	$1.80	96%	0.39	$536.80
$590.00	$540.00	Oct 15	$1.79	$1.79	$48.21	86%	0.04	$588.21
$547.50	$540.00	Oct 12	$0.55	$0.55	$6.95	96%	0.08	$546.95
$602.50	$600.00	Nov 6	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	64%	1.03	$601.23

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.10, cheapest $2.07)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$617.50	Oct 8	Oct 9	$2.07	31.8%	28.2%
$620.00	Oct 8	Oct 9	$2.15	30.0%	27.7%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$617.50	Oct 8	Oct 9	$2.10	31.8%	28.2%
$620.00	Oct 8	Oct 9	$2.07	30.0%	27.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 250 found (cheapest 0.58% of stock, avg 5.70%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$620.00	Oct 8	$1.65	$1.96	$3.61	$616.39	$623.61	0.58%
$617.50	Oct 8	$3.08	$0.89	$3.97	$613.53	$621.47	0.64%
$622.50	Oct 8	$0.70	$3.58	$4.28	$618.22	$626.78	0.69%
$615.00	Oct 8	$4.88	$0.45	$5.33	$609.67	$620.33	0.86%
$625.00	Oct 8	$0.26	$6.08	$6.34	$618.66	$631.34	1.02%
$612.50	Oct 8	$7.15	$0.21	$7.36	$605.14	$619.86	1.19%
$620.00	Oct 9	$3.80	$4.03	$7.83	$612.17	$627.83	1.26%
$617.50	Oct 9	$5.15	$2.99	$8.14	$609.36	$625.64	1.31%
$622.50	Oct 9	$2.69	$5.70	$8.39	$614.11	$630.89	1.35%
$627.50	Oct 8	$0.09	$8.32	$8.41	$619.09	$635.91	1.36%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 315 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 3.14%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$625.00	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.26	$0.21	$0.47	$612.03	$625.47
$625.00	$615.00	Oct 8	$0.26	$0.45	$0.71	$614.29	$625.71
$652.50	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.83	$0.21	$1.04	$611.46	$653.54
$657.50	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.83	$0.21	$1.04	$611.46	$658.54
$622.50	$612.50	Oct 8	$0.70	$0.21	$0.91	$611.59	$623.41
$622.50	$615.00	Oct 8	$0.70	$0.45	$1.15	$613.85	$623.65
$652.50	$615.00	Oct 8	$0.83	$0.45	$1.28	$613.72	$653.78
$657.50	$615.00	Oct 8	$0.83	$0.45	$1.28	$613.72	$658.78
$625.00	$617.50	Oct 8	$0.26	$0.89	$1.15	$616.35	$626.15
$630.00	$607.50	Oct 9	$0.78	$0.71	$1.49	$606.01	$631.49

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 495 found (best R:R 0.75, avg credit $1.18)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
550/552	652/655	Oct 8	$1.07	$1.43	90%	0.75	$551.43	$653.57
558/560	652/655	Oct 8	$1.02	$1.48	90%	0.69	$558.98	$653.52
545/548	652/655	Oct 8	$0.94	$1.56	91%	0.60	$546.56	$653.44
560/562	652/655	Oct 8	$0.93	$1.57	89%	0.59	$561.57	$653.43
535/538	625/628	Oct 12	$1.53	$0.97	62%	1.58	$535.97	$626.53
535/538	630/632	Oct 12	$1.21	$1.29	73%	0.94	$536.29	$631.21
535/538	640/642	Oct 12	$0.83	$1.67	88%	0.50	$536.67	$640.83
535/538	635/638	Oct 12	$0.95	$1.55	82%	0.61	$536.55	$635.95
535/538	632/635	Oct 12	$1.04	$1.46	78%	0.71	$536.46	$633.54
535/538	638/640	Oct 12	$0.86	$1.64	85%	0.52	$536.64	$638.36

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 374 found (best R:R 5.76, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 8	$0.37	$2.13	36%	5.76
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 8	$0.48	$2.02	42%	4.21
$640.00	$647.50	$655.00	Oct 15	$0.38	$7.12	12%	18.74
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 12	$0.13	$2.37	14%	18.23
$660.00	$665.00	$670.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$612.50	$615.00	$617.50	Oct 8	$0.20	$2.30	24%	11.50
$615.00	$617.50	$620.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$2.36	19%	16.86
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 8	$0.55	$1.95	42%	3.55
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 13	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 9	$0.08	$2.42	11%	30.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 507 found (best net $-3.53, 474 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$595.00	$607.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$3.06	$9.44
$650.00	$665.00	1:2	Oct 19	$0.00	$15.00
$617.50	$620.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$0.22	$2.28
$675.00	$715.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.94	$39.06
$660.00	$680.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.32	$19.68

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$3.53	$16.47
$680.00	$652.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$10.71	$16.79
$700.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$20.95	$9.05
$645.00	$632.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$6.22	$6.28
$625.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$2.27	$7.73

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 197 found (best yield 4.11%, avg 0.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$625.00	Nov 20	$25.50	0.49	0.8%	4.11%	4.94%	39	889
$630.00	Nov 20	$23.30	0.46	1.6%	3.76%	5.39%	17	753
$635.00	Nov 20	$21.05	0.44	2.4%	3.40%	5.84%	10	1.6K
$620.00	Nov 20	$27.35	0.52	0.0%	4.41%	4.43%	12	1.2K
$640.00	Nov 20	$18.95	0.41	3.2%	3.06%	6.31%	41	1.8K
$645.00	Nov 20	$17.05	0.38	4.1%	2.75%	6.81%	3	273
$650.00	Nov 20	$15.25	0.35	4.9%	2.46%	7.32%	25	4.6K
$655.00	Nov 20	$13.70	0.33	5.7%	2.21%	7.88%	3	502
$630.00	Nov 13	$20.05	0.46	1.6%	3.23%	4.87%	6	70
$632.50	Nov 13	$18.95	0.44	2.0%	3.06%	5.10%	2	--

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 31,889

Total Puts 35,799

Put/Call Ratio 1.12

Net Difference -3,910

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 35,113

Total Puts 58,650

Put/Call Ratio 1.67

Net Difference -23,537

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 476,659

Total Puts 1,119,979

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.32

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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