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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$591.35 -1.99%

(10/12 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12 11:00am) 82,271

Calls: 24,334 (30%)

Puts: 57,937 (70%)

Prior (10/09) 138,915

Calls: 29,513 (21%)

Puts: 109,402 (79%)

Current vs Prior -40.78%

Calls: -17.55% (Calls)

Puts: -47.04% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,907,175

Calls: 539,454 (28%)

Puts: 1,367,721 (72%)

Prior 7-Day Average 272,453

Calls: 77,064 (28%)

Puts: 195,388 (72%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -69.80%

Calls: -68.42%

Puts: -70.35%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/12 11:00am) $79.08M

Calls: $14.32M (18%)

Puts: $64.77M (82%)

Prior (10/09) $38.76M

Calls: $12.10M (31%)

Puts: $26.66M (69%)

Current vs Prior +104.03%

Calls: +18.34%

Puts: +142.91%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.17B

Calls: $595.70M (51%)

Puts: $578.95M (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average $167.81M

Calls: $85.10M (51%)

Puts: $82.71M (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -52.87%

Calls: -83.18%

Puts: -21.69%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/12 11:00am) 2.38

Prior (10/09) 3.71

Current vs Prior -35.77%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.57

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/12 11:00am) 1,831,436

Calls: 644,915 (35%)

Puts: 1,186,521 (65%)

Prior (10/09) 1,952,515

Calls: 662,174 (34%)

Puts: 1,290,341 (66%)

Current vs Prior -6.20%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,729,516

Calls: 4,514,879 (35%)

Puts: 8,214,637 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,818,502

Calls: 644,982 (35%)

Puts: 1,173,519 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.71%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/12) | Next (10/13)Expiry (10/12) | Next (10/14)Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.94% | 1.57%0.94% | 2.34%3.07% | 4.63%2.84% | 9.06%

Prior 1.52% | 2.02%0.46% | 1.52%0.46% | 3.62%3.17% | 9.30%

Current vs Prior -38.14% | -22.21%+104.79% | +53.65%+569.64% | +27.85%-10.41% | -2.56%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.46% | 2.02%0.91% | 1.91%1.54% | 3.69%3.89% | 9.98%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.45% | -21.96%+3.73% | +22.16%+99.67% | +25.53%-27.07% | -9.25%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.52% | 2.02%0.62% | 1.53%0.62% | 3.57%3.23% | 9.33%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -38.14% | -22.21%+52.23% | +52.47%+397.78% | +29.58%-12.11% | -2.86%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 29.53% | 43.08%

Calls: 36.84% | 26.15%

Puts: 22.22% | 60.00%

Prior 27.55% | 36.12%

Calls: 28.29% | 42.29%

Puts: 26.82% | 29.94%

Current vs Prior +7.19% | +19.27%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.83% | 38.79%

Calls: 43.90% | 40.05%

Puts: 45.76% | 37.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -34.13% | +11.06%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 82% of dollar volume in puts ($64.77M) vs calls ($14.32M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 104% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 41% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.38 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 460 of results (avg 6.5%, best 2.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Nov 20	6.40	6.55	$6.48	2.3%	268	0.20	4.6K
$600.00	Nov 20	21.95	22.50	$22.23	2.5%	337	0.47	2.6K
$480.00	Nov 20	114.15	117.25	$115.70	2.7%	--	0.94	138
$475.00	Oct 12	114.75	118.05	$116.40	2.8%	1	1.00	--
$480.00	Oct 16	110.15	113.40	$111.78	2.9%	--	0.99	115

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$585.00	Nov 20	20.90	21.50	$21.20	2.8%	36	0.44	4.1K
$550.00	Nov 20	10.10	10.40	$10.25	2.9%	345	0.24	6.4K
$595.00	Nov 20	25.40	26.20	$25.80	3.1%	837	0.50	2.0K
$700.00	Oct 12	106.80	110.25	$108.53	3.2%	10	0.99	--
$590.00	Nov 20	23.05	23.80	$23.43	3.2%	51	0.47	1.8K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 50 found (avg $0.67, cheapest $0.22)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Oct 14	0.38	0.46	$0.42	19.0%	236	0.06	10
$612.50	Oct 14	0.52	0.61	$0.56	16.1%	127	0.08	--
$610.00	Oct 14	0.71	0.81	$0.76	13.2%	32	0.11	95
$640.00	Oct 16	0.21	0.25	$0.23	17.4%	49	0.03	3.6K
$645.00	Oct 16	0.16	0.19	$0.18	16.7%	94	0.02	2.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$582.50	Oct 12	0.20	0.23	$0.22	13.6%	266	0.08	199
$587.50	Oct 12	0.67	0.81	$0.74	18.9%	1.5K	0.23	756
$570.00	Oct 13	0.28	0.32	$0.30	13.3%	521	0.05	35
$580.00	Oct 13	0.82	0.97	$0.90	16.7%	66	0.15	80
$565.00	Oct 14	0.69	0.79	$0.74	13.5%	26	0.08	282

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 354 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Oct 12	114.75	118.05	$116.40	2.8%	1	1.00	--
$490.00	Oct 12	99.75	103.15	$101.45	3.4%	1	1.00	--
$495.00	Oct 12	94.75	98.05	$96.40	3.4%	1	1.00	--
$510.00	Oct 12	79.75	83.45	$81.60	4.5%	8	1.00	--
$512.50	Oct 12	77.25	80.80	$79.03	4.5%	8	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$637.50	Oct 16	44.75	47.85	$46.30	6.7%	--	1.00	27
$640.00	Oct 16	47.40	50.40	$48.90	6.1%	1	1.00	633
$645.00	Oct 16	51.55	55.30	$53.43	7.0%	--	1.00	28
$650.00	Oct 16	57.40	60.35	$58.88	5.0%	--	1.00	452
$655.00	Oct 16	62.35	65.35	$63.85	4.7%	--	1.00	35

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 758 active (total vol 67.7K, top 3.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$595.00	Oct 12	0.52	0.72	$0.62	32.3%	1.4K	0.23	39
$637.50	Oct 23	1.14	1.31	$1.23	13.8%	1.2K	0.09	82
$625.00	Oct 16	0.55	0.64	$0.60	15.0%	1.1K	0.07	10.0K
$600.00	Oct 16	4.60	4.95	$4.78	7.3%	1.1K	0.35	11.4K
$602.50	Oct 12	0.03	0.06	$0.05	60.0%	740	0.02	83

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Nov 20	18.90	19.70	$19.30	4.1%	3.5K	0.40	2.8K
$520.00	Oct 30	1.77	1.94	$1.86	9.1%	3.5K	0.07	1.2K
$585.00	Oct 30	13.10	13.65	$13.38	4.1%	3.5K	0.42	659
$620.00	Nov 20	39.40	40.95	$40.17	3.9%	3.2K	0.65	5.6K
$595.00	Oct 16	9.65	10.70	$10.18	10.3%	2.3K	0.56	5.1K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 10 strikes (avg 11.3%, max 21.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$587.50	Oct 12	Oct 30	37.5%	31.2%	20.2%	10	102
$575.00	Oct 14	Nov 20	36.3%	32.6%	11.4%	1	408
$590.00	Oct 12	Nov 20	34.9%	31.5%	10.8%	70	197
$577.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	35.4%	32.1%	10.2%	1	121
$582.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	34.3%	31.2%	9.9%	10	172

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$587.50	Oct 12	Nov 13	37.5%	30.9%	21.2%	1.5K	780
$590.00	Oct 12	Nov 20	34.9%	31.5%	10.8%	1.9K	2.8K
$592.50	Oct 12	Nov 13	33.4%	30.5%	9.4%	304	208

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 520 found (best R:R 2.47, avg 8.49)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$587.50	$590.00	Oct 19	$0.88	$1.62	$0.88	57%	1.84	$588.38
$607.50	$610.00	Nov 6	$0.55	$1.95	$0.55	39%	3.55	$608.05
$617.50	$620.00	Nov 6	$0.37	$2.13	$0.37	32%	5.76	$617.87
$567.50	$570.00	Oct 30	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	72%	0.79	$568.90
$595.00	$597.50	Oct 19	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	44%	2.68	$595.68

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$597.50	Oct 19	$0.72	$1.78	$0.72	64%	2.47	$599.28
$590.00	$580.00	Oct 26	$3.33	$6.67	$3.33	47%	2.00	$586.67
$520.00	$480.00	Oct 19	$0.13	$39.87	$0.13	3%	306.69	$519.87
$610.00	$607.50	Oct 16	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	81%	0.89	$608.68
$600.00	$597.50	Oct 16	$0.90	$1.60	$0.90	65%	1.78	$599.10

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 423 found (best R:R 0.50, avg 0.28)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$697.50	$700.00	Oct 13	$0.70	$0.70	$1.80	94%	0.39	$698.20
$637.50	$640.00	Oct 14	$0.61	$0.61	$1.89	94%	0.32	$638.11
$630.00	$632.50	Oct 14	$0.60	$0.60	$1.90	93%	0.32	$630.60
$597.50	$600.00	Oct 19	$1.47	$1.47	$1.03	59%	1.43	$598.97
$622.50	$625.00	Nov 6	$1.08	$1.08	$1.42	71%	0.76	$623.58

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$500.00	Oct 13	$1.67	$1.67	$3.33	94%	0.50	$503.33
$585.00	$582.50	Nov 6	$1.57	$1.57	$0.93	57%	1.69	$583.43
$580.00	$570.00	Oct 26	$3.47	$3.47	$6.53	63%	0.53	$576.53
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 12	$0.43	$0.43	$2.07	95%	0.21	$527.07
$565.00	$560.00	Nov 6	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	71%	0.49	$563.35

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $2.43, cheapest $1.74)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$590.00	Oct 12	Oct 13	$1.74	34.9%	29.0%
$592.50	Oct 12	Oct 13	$2.06	33.4%	29.4%
$582.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$4.42	34.3%	31.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$590.00	Oct 12	Oct 13	$1.92	34.9%	29.0%
$592.50	Oct 12	Oct 13	$2.01	33.4%	29.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 273 found (cheapest 0.67% of stock, avg 6.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$592.50	Oct 12	$1.42	$2.52	$3.94	$588.56	$596.44	0.67%
$590.00	Oct 12	$3.04	$1.38	$4.42	$585.58	$594.42	0.75%
$595.00	Oct 12	$0.62	$3.83	$4.45	$590.55	$599.45	0.75%
$587.50	Oct 12	$4.78	$0.74	$5.52	$581.98	$593.02	0.93%
$597.50	Oct 12	$0.23	$6.43	$6.66	$590.84	$604.16	1.13%
$585.00	Oct 12	$6.88	$0.40	$7.28	$577.72	$592.28	1.23%
$592.50	Oct 13	$3.48	$4.53	$8.01	$584.49	$600.51	1.35%
$590.00	Oct 13	$4.78	$3.30	$8.08	$581.92	$598.08	1.37%
$595.00	Oct 13	$2.42	$5.80	$8.22	$586.78	$603.22	1.39%
$587.50	Oct 13	$6.40	$2.38	$8.78	$578.72	$596.28	1.48%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 285 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 3.23%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$597.50	$580.00	Oct 12	$0.23	$0.16	$0.39	$579.61	$597.89
$597.50	$582.50	Oct 12	$0.23	$0.22	$0.45	$582.05	$597.95
$597.50	$585.00	Oct 12	$0.23	$0.40	$0.63	$584.37	$598.13
$595.00	$580.00	Oct 12	$0.62	$0.16	$0.78	$579.22	$595.78
$595.00	$582.50	Oct 12	$0.62	$0.22	$0.84	$581.66	$595.84
$597.50	$587.50	Oct 12	$0.23	$0.74	$0.97	$586.53	$598.47
$595.00	$585.00	Oct 12	$0.62	$0.40	$1.02	$583.98	$596.02
$595.00	$587.50	Oct 12	$0.62	$0.74	$1.36	$586.14	$596.36
$602.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.69	$0.90	$1.59	$578.41	$604.09
$600.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$1.08	$0.90	$1.98	$578.02	$601.98

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 527 found (best R:R 0.90, avg credit $0.92)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
500/505	698/700	Oct 13	$2.37	$2.63	87%	0.90	$502.63	$699.87
500/505	605/608	Oct 13	$1.82	$3.18	84%	0.57	$503.18	$606.82
500/505	602/605	Oct 13	$1.92	$3.08	80%	0.62	$503.08	$604.42
500/505	600/602	Oct 13	$2.06	$2.94	74%	0.70	$502.94	$602.06
525/528	658/660	Oct 12	$0.68	$1.82	93%	0.37	$526.82	$658.18
525/528	638/640	Oct 12	$0.68	$1.82	92%	0.37	$526.82	$638.18
500/505	598/600	Oct 13	$2.12	$2.88	67%	0.74	$502.88	$599.62
572/575	698/700	Oct 13	$0.83	$1.67	85%	0.50	$574.17	$698.33
575/578	698/700	Oct 13	$0.85	$1.65	82%	0.52	$576.65	$698.35
525/528	665/668	Oct 12	$0.59	$1.91	92%	0.31	$526.91	$665.59

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 385 found (best R:R 19.83, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$587.50	$590.00	$592.50	Oct 12	$0.12	$2.38	36%	19.83
$595.00	$600.00	$605.00	Oct 26	$0.07	$4.93	11%	70.43
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Oct 26	$0.16	$4.84	11%	30.25
$597.50	$600.00	$602.50	Oct 13	$0.06	$2.44	13%	40.67
$592.50	$595.00	$597.50	Oct 13	$0.17	$2.33	19%	13.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$590.00	$592.50	$595.00	Oct 12	$0.17	$2.33	38%	13.71
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Oct 15	$0.29	$9.71	9%	33.48
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Oct 15	$0.12	$9.88	5%	82.33
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Oct 19	$0.10	$9.90	4%	99.00
$570.00	$575.00	$580.00	Nov 13	$0.09	$4.91	7%	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. 493 found (best net $-17.17, 462 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$565.00	$590.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$8.43	$16.57
$580.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$2.13	$2.87
$640.00	$657.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.03	$17.47
$670.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.18	$19.82
$587.50	$590.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$1.30	$1.20

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$17.17	$22.83
$597.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$1.23	$1.27
$592.50	$590.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.24	$2.26
$570.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.45	$9.55
$590.00	$587.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.10	$2.40

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 204 found (best yield 4.12%, avg 0.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$595.00	Nov 20	$24.35	0.50	0.6%	4.12%	4.73%	5	292
$600.00	Nov 20	$21.95	0.47	1.5%	3.71%	5.17%	337	2.6K
$605.00	Nov 20	$19.45	0.44	2.3%	3.29%	5.60%	31	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 20	$17.50	0.41	3.1%	2.96%	6.11%	34	1.1K
$615.00	Nov 20	$15.60	0.38	4.0%	2.64%	6.64%	4	532
$620.00	Nov 20	$13.75	0.35	4.8%	2.33%	7.17%	85	1.4K
$625.00	Nov 20	$12.20	0.32	5.7%	2.06%	7.75%	121	996
$595.00	Nov 13	$20.95	0.49	0.6%	3.54%	4.16%	1	3
$600.00	Nov 13	$18.75	0.46	1.5%	3.17%	4.63%	5	19
$605.00	Nov 13	$16.70	0.42	2.3%	2.82%	5.13%	3	8

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 24,334

Total Puts 57,937

Put/Call Ratio 2.38

Net Difference -33,603

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 29,513

Total Puts 109,402

Put/Call Ratio 3.71

Net Difference -79,889

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 539,454

Total Puts 1,367,721

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.57

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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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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