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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$584.27 -1.14%

(10/13 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/13 1:00pm) 163,631

Calls: 63,705 (39%)

Puts: 99,926 (61%)

Prior (10/12) 125,703

Calls: 39,686 (32%)

Puts: 86,017 (68%)

Current vs Prior +30.17%

Calls: +60.52% (Calls)

Puts: +16.17% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,858,597

Calls: 519,964 (28%)

Puts: 1,338,633 (72%)

Prior 7-Day Average 265,513

Calls: 74,280 (28%)

Puts: 191,233 (72%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -38.37%

Calls: -14.24%

Puts: -47.75%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/13 1:00pm) $131.42M

Calls: $44.45M (34%)

Puts: $86.97M (66%)

Prior (10/12) $123.15M

Calls: $25.38M (21%)

Puts: $97.77M (79%)

Current vs Prior +6.72%

Calls: +75.13%

Puts: -11.04%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.24B

Calls: $549.15M (44%)

Puts: $691.34M (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average $177.21M

Calls: $78.45M (44%)

Puts: $98.76M (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.84%

Calls: -43.34%

Puts: -11.94%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/13 1:00pm) 1.57

Prior (10/12) 2.17

Current vs Prior -27.63%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.60

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -39.65%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/13 1:00pm) 1,853,757

Calls: 650,256 (35%)

Puts: 1,203,501 (65%)

Prior (10/12) 1,831,436

Calls: 644,915 (35%)

Puts: 1,186,521 (65%)

Current vs Prior +1.22%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,803,837

Calls: 4,517,835 (35%)

Puts: 8,286,002 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,829,119

Calls: 645,405 (35%)

Puts: 1,183,714 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.78% | 2.20%2.20% | 3.21%3.21% | 4.88%2.82% | 9.22%

Prior 1.57% | 2.28%0.46% | 2.28%3.21% | 4.58%2.80% | 9.13%

Current vs Prior -50.73% | -3.50%+379.03% | +40.34%-0.08% | +6.46%+0.66% | +1.06%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.45% | 2.01%0.74% | 1.91%1.76% | 3.81%3.55% | 9.69%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -46.36% | +9.61%+199.52% | +68.23%+81.94% | +27.89%-20.58% | -4.85%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.57% | 2.28%0.63% | 2.40%3.01% | 4.52%2.79% | 9.05%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -50.73% | -3.50%+248.37% | +33.42%+6.55% | +7.85%+0.97% | +1.95%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 15.52% | 20.14%

Calls: 19.28% | 24.89%

Puts: 11.76% | 15.38%

Prior 21.55% | 30.37%

Calls: 22.47% | 41.48%

Puts: 20.62% | 19.26%

Current vs Prior -27.98% | -33.68%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.14% | 36.25%

Calls: 36.87% | 38.80%

Puts: 39.42% | 33.70%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -59.31% | -44.44%

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Moderately bearish flow with 66% put dollar volume ($86.97M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.57 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 28% - sentiment shifting bullish. Put-heavy open interest (1,203,501 puts vs 650,256 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	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 465 of results (avg 6.5%, best 2.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Nov 20	112.50	115.55	$114.03	2.7%	--	0.94	175
$490.00	Nov 20	98.45	101.40	$99.93	3.0%	--	0.92	76
$480.00	Nov 20	107.45	110.75	$109.10	3.0%	--	0.93	138
$480.00	Nov 13	106.35	109.65	$108.00	3.1%	1	0.94	4
$470.00	Oct 13	112.65	116.15	$114.40	3.1%	11	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$695.00	Nov 20	109.20	112.10	$110.65	2.6%	--	0.92	11
$700.00	Oct 13	113.85	117.15	$115.50	2.9%	40	0.97	--
$697.50	Oct 13	111.35	114.60	$112.98	2.9%	5	0.97	--
$700.00	Nov 20	114.05	117.40	$115.73	2.9%	2	0.92	16
$690.00	Nov 20	104.25	107.35	$105.80	2.9%	--	0.91	13

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 43 found (avg $0.69, cheapest $0.15)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$587.50	Oct 13	0.46	0.50	$0.48	8.3%	2.6K	0.21	10
$602.50	Oct 14	0.63	0.74	$0.69	15.9%	33	0.10	20
$600.00	Oct 14	0.89	1.00	$0.95	11.6%	424	0.14	151
$620.00	Oct 16	0.51	0.62	$0.56	19.6%	87	0.06	9.8K
$622.50	Oct 16	0.44	0.51	$0.48	14.6%	15	0.05	400

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$577.50	Oct 13	0.14	0.15	$0.15	6.7%	1.3K	0.07	220
$580.00	Oct 13	0.35	0.40	$0.38	13.2%	2.1K	0.16	128
$582.50	Oct 13	0.90	0.97	$0.94	7.4%	4.3K	0.34	469
$560.00	Oct 14	0.46	0.56	$0.51	19.6%	286	0.07	670
$562.50	Oct 14	0.59	0.70	$0.65	16.9%	103	0.09	261

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 392 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Oct 13	112.65	116.15	$114.40	3.1%	11	1.00	--
$475.00	Oct 13	107.65	111.15	$109.40	3.2%	2	1.00	--
$480.00	Oct 13	102.85	106.15	$104.50	3.2%	1	1.00	--
$490.00	Oct 13	92.55	96.15	$94.35	3.8%	1	1.00	--
$500.00	Oct 13	82.65	86.30	$84.48	4.3%	14	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$615.00	Oct 14	28.95	32.40	$30.67	11.2%	2	1.00	28
$617.50	Oct 14	31.25	34.70	$32.98	10.5%	--	1.00	152
$620.00	Oct 14	33.70	37.15	$35.42	9.7%	2	1.00	68
$622.50	Oct 14	36.40	39.70	$38.05	8.7%	2	1.00	157
$625.00	Oct 14	38.70	42.00	$40.35	8.2%	1	1.00	65

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 927 active (total vol 143.1K, top 7.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	2.90	3.10	$3.00	6.7%	6.1K	0.24	11.5K
$630.00	Oct 30	3.15	3.25	$3.20	3.1%	3.9K	0.15	2.2K
$615.00	Nov 20	13.25	13.90	$13.58	4.8%	3.2K	0.34	532
$585.00	Oct 13	1.14	1.32	$1.23	14.6%	3.2K	0.42	1
$587.50	Oct 13	0.46	0.50	$0.48	8.3%	2.6K	0.21	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 16	0.99	1.11	$1.05	11.4%	7.6K	0.09	17.4K
$560.00	Nov 20	14.85	15.35	$15.10	3.3%	4.5K	0.33	5.9K
$582.50	Oct 13	0.90	0.97	$0.94	7.4%	4.3K	0.34	469
$560.00	Nov 13	12.20	13.10	$12.65	7.1%	3.5K	0.32	85
$585.00	Oct 16	8.65	9.40	$9.03	8.3%	3.0K	0.51	5.8K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 12.2%, max 31.1%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$560.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	45.3%	34.5%	31.1%	21	5.8K
$547.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	39.1%	38.2%	2.4%	1	21
$587.50	Oct 13	Nov 6	36.3%	36.1%	0.6%	2.6K	12

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$580.00	Oct 13	Nov 27	38.4%	31.6%	21.6%	2.1K	130
$585.00	Oct 13	Nov 27	35.8%	31.2%	14.9%	550	387
$582.50	Oct 13	Nov 6	36.7%	32.6%	12.5%	4.3K	534
$587.50	Oct 13	Nov 13	36.3%	35.6%	2.0%	249	276

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 583 found (best R:R 3.55, avg 7.13)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$562.50	Oct 30	$1.12	$1.38	$1.12	73%	1.23	$561.12
$585.00	$587.50	Nov 6	$0.58	$1.92	$0.58	51%	3.31	$585.58
$577.50	$580.00	Oct 14	$1.03	$1.47	$1.03	69%	1.43	$578.53
$570.00	$572.50	Oct 14	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	83%	0.72	$571.45
$597.50	$600.00	Nov 13	$0.47	$2.03	$0.47	43%	4.32	$597.97

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$587.50	Oct 30	$0.55	$1.95	$0.55	53%	3.55	$589.45
$592.50	$590.00	Oct 13	$1.67	$0.83	$1.67	97%	0.50	$590.83
$590.00	$587.50	Nov 6	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	53%	3.17	$589.40
$595.00	$590.00	Oct 26	$2.20	$2.80	$2.20	60%	1.27	$592.80
$615.00	$612.50	Oct 16	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	91%	0.52	$613.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 473 found (best R:R 0.18, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$605.00	Oct 28	$2.28	$2.28	$2.72	64%	0.84	$602.28
$600.00	$602.50	Nov 13	$1.63	$1.63	$0.87	58%	1.87	$601.63
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 26	$1.23	$1.23	$1.27	70%	0.97	$606.23
$587.50	$590.00	Oct 30	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	50%	2.33	$589.25
$600.00	$610.00	Nov 27	$4.56	$4.56	$5.44	56%	0.84	$604.56

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$530.00	Oct 28	$4.65	$4.65	$25.35	74%	0.18	$555.35
$570.00	$567.50	Nov 6	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	63%	1.27	$568.60
$577.50	$575.00	Oct 23	$1.28	$1.28	$1.22	59%	1.05	$576.22
$557.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$2.85	$2.85	$14.65	77%	0.19	$554.65
$580.00	$577.50	Nov 6	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	55%	1.03	$578.73

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $4.06, cheapest $3.84)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.54	36.7%	43.6%
$585.00	Oct 13	Oct 14	$4.05	35.8%	43.0%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$582.50	Oct 13	Oct 14	$3.84	36.7%	43.6%
$585.00	Oct 13	Oct 14	$3.81	35.8%	43.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 306 found (cheapest 0.56% of stock, avg 6.28%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$585.00	Oct 13	$1.23	$2.04	$3.27	$581.73	$588.27	0.56%
$582.50	Oct 13	$2.49	$0.94	$3.43	$579.07	$585.93	0.59%
$587.50	Oct 13	$0.48	$3.75	$4.23	$583.27	$591.73	0.72%
$580.00	Oct 13	$4.83	$0.38	$5.21	$574.79	$585.21	0.89%
$590.00	Oct 13	$0.15	$5.88	$6.03	$583.97	$596.03	1.03%
$577.50	Oct 13	$7.15	$0.15	$7.30	$570.20	$584.80	1.25%
$592.50	Oct 13	$0.05	$7.55	$7.60	$584.90	$600.10	1.30%
$575.00	Oct 13	$9.65	$0.04	$9.69	$565.31	$584.69	1.66%
$595.00	Oct 13	$0.03	$10.02	$10.05	$584.95	$605.05	1.72%
$587.50	Oct 14	$4.15	$6.73	$10.88	$576.62	$598.38	1.86%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 307 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 3.81%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$590.00	$577.50	Oct 13	$0.15	$0.15	$0.30	$577.20	$590.30
$590.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.15	$0.38	$0.53	$579.47	$590.53
$587.50	$577.50	Oct 13	$0.48	$0.15	$0.63	$576.87	$588.13
$587.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.48	$0.38	$0.86	$579.14	$588.36
$647.50	$577.50	Oct 13	$0.80	$0.15	$0.95	$576.55	$648.45
$647.50	$580.00	Oct 13	$0.80	$0.38	$1.18	$578.82	$648.68
$590.00	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.15	$0.94	$1.09	$581.41	$591.09
$587.50	$582.50	Oct 13	$0.48	$0.94	$1.42	$581.08	$588.92
$585.00	$577.50	Oct 13	$1.23	$0.15	$1.38	$576.12	$586.38
$585.00	$580.00	Oct 13	$1.23	$0.38	$1.61	$578.39	$586.61

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 515 found (best R:R 3.03, avg credit $1.01)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
565/568	605/608	Oct 26	$1.88	$0.62	40%	3.03	$565.62	$606.88
558/560	605/608	Oct 26	$1.58	$0.92	46%	1.72	$558.42	$606.58
575/578	678/680	Oct 13	$0.45	$2.05	89%	0.22	$577.05	$677.95
575/578	658/660	Oct 13	$0.44	$2.06	88%	0.21	$577.06	$657.94
575/578	618/620	Oct 13	$0.36	$2.14	90%	0.17	$577.14	$617.86
575/578	668/670	Oct 13	$0.34	$2.16	90%	0.16	$577.16	$667.84
575/578	628/630	Oct 13	$0.31	$2.19	90%	0.14	$577.19	$627.81
578/580	678/680	Oct 13	$0.57	$1.93	80%	0.30	$579.43	$678.07
565/568	615/618	Oct 26	$1.35	$1.15	48%	1.17	$566.15	$616.35
568/570	692/695	Oct 14	$0.48	$2.02	82%	0.24	$569.52	$692.98

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 411 found (best R:R 3.90, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$582.50	$585.00	$587.50	Oct 13	$0.51	$1.99	45%	3.90
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 13	$0.42	$2.08	34%	4.95
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$580.00	$582.50	$585.00	Oct 13	$0.54	$1.96	42%	3.63
$582.50	$585.00	$587.50	Oct 13	$0.61	$1.89	45%	3.10
$580.00	$582.50	$585.00	Oct 14	$0.09	$2.41	14%	26.78
$585.00	$587.50	$590.00	Oct 13	$0.42	$2.08	34%	4.95
$575.00	$577.50	$580.00	Oct 15	$0.05	$2.45	10%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 479 found (best net $-16.83, 453 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$470.00	$515.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$29.25	$15.75
$530.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$14.43	$5.57
$580.00	$582.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.15	$2.35
$550.00	$562.50	1:2	Oct 14	-$10.73	$1.77
$610.00	$615.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.10	$4.90

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$685.00	$640.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$16.83	$28.17
$642.50	$617.50	1:2	Oct 13	-$8.17	$16.83
$617.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$1.87	$20.63
$685.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$30.50	$4.50
$557.50	$540.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$0.03	$17.47

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 243 found (best yield 4.65%, avg 1.06%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$585.00	Nov 27	$27.15	0.52	0.1%	4.65%	4.77%	4	2
$600.00	Nov 27	$20.30	0.44	2.7%	3.47%	6.17%	6	2
$585.00	Nov 20	$25.85	0.52	0.1%	4.42%	4.55%	23	285
$595.00	Nov 20	$21.00	0.46	1.8%	3.59%	5.43%	35	348
$590.00	Nov 20	$23.10	0.49	1.0%	3.95%	4.93%	82	233
$600.00	Nov 20	$18.80	0.43	2.7%	3.22%	5.91%	367	3.0K
$610.00	Nov 27	$15.45	0.38	4.4%	2.64%	7.05%	18	3
$605.00	Nov 20	$16.75	0.40	3.5%	2.87%	6.41%	28	1.0K
$610.00	Nov 20	$14.85	0.37	4.4%	2.54%	6.95%	44	948
$615.00	Nov 27	$13.60	0.35	5.3%	2.33%	7.59%	10	6

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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 63,705

Total Puts 99,926

Put/Call Ratio 1.57

Net Difference -36,221

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 39,686

Total Puts 86,017

Put/Call Ratio 2.17

Net Difference -46,331

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 519,964

Total Puts 1,338,633

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.60

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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