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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$554.42 -1.83%

(10/15 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 12:00pm) 412,163

Calls: 111,518 (27%)

Puts: 300,645 (73%)

Prior (10/14) 174,816

Calls: 47,255 (27%)

Puts: 127,561 (73%)

Current vs Prior +135.77%

Calls: +135.99% (Calls)

Puts: +135.69% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,975,900

Calls: 612,782 (31%)

Puts: 1,363,118 (69%)

Prior 7-Day Average 282,271

Calls: 87,540 (31%)

Puts: 194,731 (69%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +46.02%

Calls: +27.39%

Puts: +54.39%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 12:00pm) $478.95M

Calls: $73.15M (15%)

Puts: $405.80M (85%)

Prior (10/14) $152.58M

Calls: $44.40M (29%)

Puts: $108.18M (71%)

Current vs Prior +213.90%

Calls: +64.76%

Puts: +275.12%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.49B

Calls: $528.43M (36%)

Puts: $960.01M (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average $212.63M

Calls: $75.49M (36%)

Puts: $137.14M (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +125.25%

Calls: -3.09%

Puts: +195.89%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 12:00pm) 2.70

Prior (10/14) 2.70

Current vs Prior -0.13%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.29

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +17.69%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 12:00pm) 1,953,546

Calls: 695,775 (36%)

Puts: 1,257,771 (64%)

Prior (10/14) 1,897,269

Calls: 675,377 (36%)

Puts: 1,221,892 (64%)

Current vs Prior +2.97%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,016,043

Calls: 4,567,638 (35%)

Puts: 8,448,405 (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,859,434

Calls: 652,519 (35%)

Puts: 1,206,915 (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.06%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/15) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/19)Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/15) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.33% | 2.32%2.32% | 3.05%2.32% | 4.61%1.33% | 9.60%

Prior 2.56% | 3.22%0.87% | 3.22%3.22% | 5.09%2.56% | 9.84%

Current vs Prior -48.15% | -27.95%+167.32% | -5.14%-27.95% | -9.48%-48.15% | -2.41%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.72% | 2.35%1.02% | 2.37%2.26% | 4.23%3.14% | 9.49%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -22.73% | -1.23%+127.40% | +28.88%+2.71% | +8.92%-57.76% | +1.22%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.56% | 3.22%0.90% | 3.31%3.31% | 5.11%2.55% | 9.68%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -48.15% | -27.95%+157.35% | -7.68%-29.88% | -9.88%-47.94% | -0.77%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 40.02% | 18.03%

Calls: 14.95% | 14.22%

Puts: 65.08% | 21.84%

Prior 34.73% | 15.96%

Calls: 42.11% | 20.00%

Puts: 27.36% | 11.92%

Current vs Prior +15.23% | +12.97%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.08% | 30.12%

Calls: 34.28% | 33.20%

Puts: 31.90% | 27.05%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +20.96% | -40.15%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 85% of dollar volume in puts ($405.80M) vs calls ($73.15M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 214% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (125% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 136% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BEARISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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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 508 of results (avg 6.1%, best 1.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$565.00	Nov 20	20.85	21.45	$21.15	2.8%	130	0.46	955
$445.00	Oct 16	107.55	110.75	$109.15	2.9%	--	1.00	1.0K
$445.00	Nov 20	111.60	115.35	$113.48	3.3%	--	0.92	479
$580.00	Nov 20	14.80	15.30	$15.05	3.3%	483	0.37	388
$450.00	Oct 16	102.70	106.20	$104.45	3.4%	--	1.00	172

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Nov 20	38.20	38.85	$38.53	1.7%	3.4K	0.63	6.0K
$550.00	Nov 20	22.05	22.50	$22.28	2.0%	1.5K	0.45	7.4K
$530.00	Nov 20	14.75	15.10	$14.93	2.3%	287	0.33	8.9K
$665.00	Nov 20	109.85	112.75	$111.30	2.6%	--	0.94	63
$625.00	Nov 20	72.70	75.00	$73.85	3.1%	--	0.85	198

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 37 found (avg $0.73, cheapest $0.47)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$567.50	Oct 15	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	453	0.03	41
$562.50	Oct 15	0.38	0.45	$0.42	16.7%	997	0.12	12
$560.00	Oct 15	0.72	0.80	$0.76	10.5%	3.0K	0.19	3
$575.00	Oct 16	0.44	0.52	$0.48	16.7%	146	0.08	4.5K
$572.50	Oct 16	0.62	0.74	$0.68	17.6%	187	0.10	397

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$547.50	Oct 15	0.42	0.51	$0.47	19.1%	1.1K	0.15	446
$550.00	Oct 15	0.83	0.98	$0.91	16.5%	439	0.26	1.1K
$530.00	Oct 16	0.49	0.59	$0.54	18.5%	1.6K	0.07	7.7K
$532.50	Oct 16	0.60	0.73	$0.67	19.4%	395	0.09	1.1K
$535.00	Oct 16	0.81	0.89	$0.85	9.4%	3.5K	0.11	12.7K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 416 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$465.00	Oct 15	87.50	91.10	$89.30	4.0%	1	1.00	--
$470.00	Oct 15	82.50	86.30	$84.40	4.5%	1	1.00	--
$475.00	Oct 15	77.50	81.10	$79.30	4.5%	1	1.00	--
$480.00	Oct 15	72.50	76.45	$74.47	5.3%	6	1.00	--
$485.00	Oct 15	67.50	71.20	$69.35	5.3%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 16	93.85	97.60	$95.73	3.9%	42	1.00	425
$605.00	Oct 15	49.15	52.50	$50.83	6.6%	--	1.00	23
$612.50	Oct 15	56.25	60.10	$58.18	6.6%	--	1.00	151
$620.00	Oct 15	63.85	67.50	$65.68	5.6%	1	1.00	6
$610.00	Oct 16	54.55	56.60	$55.58	3.7%	63	1.00	1.9K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 873 active (total vol 365.2K, top 32.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$562.50	Oct 16	2.34	2.62	$2.48	11.3%	10.9K	0.28	22
$600.00	Oct 19	0.10	0.16	$0.13	46.2%	6.6K	0.02	44
$550.00	Oct 15	4.80	5.80	$5.30	18.9%	4.6K	0.80	13
$555.00	Oct 15	2.14	2.46	$2.30	13.9%	4.2K	0.43	21
$580.00	Oct 19	0.76	0.91	$0.84	17.9%	3.4K	0.09	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	7.70	8.30	$8.00	7.5%	32.2K	0.28	1.9K
$530.00	Oct 23	4.10	4.35	$4.22	5.9%	31.8K	0.22	3.2K
$555.00	Oct 30	16.50	17.20	$16.85	4.2%	29.5K	0.49	29.3K
$560.00	Oct 23	14.25	15.80	$15.03	10.3%	17.7K	0.56	21.1K
$550.00	Oct 30	14.25	14.95	$14.60	4.8%	8.4K	0.45	9.7K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 51.0%, max 76.1%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$555.00	Oct 15	Nov 27	60.1%	34.1%	76.1%	4.2K	23
$550.00	Oct 15	Nov 20	46.9%	35.0%	33.9%	4.9K	257

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$555.00	Oct 15	Nov 27	60.1%	34.1%	76.1%	823	1.4K
$560.00	Oct 15	Nov 27	59.4%	37.3%	59.0%	168	715
$557.50	Oct 15	Nov 13	59.2%	38.2%	55.0%	80	235
$547.50	Oct 15	Nov 27	49.0%	34.6%	41.4%	1.1K	446
$550.00	Oct 15	Nov 27	46.9%	33.6%	39.5%	443	1.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 535 found (best R:R 0.88, avg 7.23)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$547.50	$550.00	Oct 15	$1.33	$1.17	$1.33	94%	0.88	$548.83
$630.00	$645.00	Oct 26	$0.14	$14.86	$0.14	7%	106.14	$630.14
$555.00	$557.50	Nov 6	$0.63	$1.87	$0.63	51%	2.97	$555.63
$540.00	$542.50	Oct 16	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	83%	0.67	$541.50
$527.50	$530.00	Oct 23	$1.57	$0.93	$1.57	80%	0.59	$529.07

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$572.50	$570.00	Oct 30	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	65%	2.33	$571.75
$595.00	$592.50	Oct 16	$1.67	$0.83	$1.67	99%	0.50	$593.33
$572.50	$570.00	Nov 6	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	62%	2.33	$571.75
$570.00	$562.50	Oct 28	$3.98	$3.52	$3.98	66%	0.88	$566.02
$505.00	$490.00	Oct 26	$0.54	$14.46	$0.54	11%	26.78	$504.46

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 431 found (best R:R 0.70, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 19	$1.03	$1.03	$1.47	94%	0.70	$623.53
$632.50	$635.00	Oct 19	$0.91	$0.91	$1.59	94%	0.57	$633.41
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 19	$0.88	$0.88	$1.62	94%	0.54	$618.38
$557.50	$575.00	Oct 28	$7.00	$7.00	$10.50	53%	0.67	$564.50
$575.00	$585.00	Oct 28	$2.74	$2.74	$7.26	71%	0.38	$577.74

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$547.50	$545.00	Nov 13	$1.55	$1.55	$0.95	56%	1.63	$545.95
$460.00	$455.00	Oct 19	$0.40	$0.40	$4.60	97%	0.09	$459.60
$547.50	$545.00	Nov 27	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	56%	1.17	$546.15
$525.00	$520.00	Nov 27	$1.75	$1.75	$3.25	68%	0.54	$523.25
$550.00	$547.50	Oct 26	$1.33	$1.33	$1.17	55%	1.14	$548.67

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $2.91, cheapest $2.50)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$555.00	Oct 15	Oct 16	$3.10	60.1%	46.3%
$557.50	Oct 15	Oct 16	$2.92	59.2%	46.0%
$552.50	Oct 15	Oct 16	$3.00	45.5%	44.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$555.00	Oct 15	Oct 16	$2.50	60.1%	46.3%
$552.50	Oct 15	Oct 16	$3.05	45.5%	44.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 273 found (cheapest 0.97% of stock, avg 6.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$552.50	Oct 15	$3.68	$1.70	$5.38	$547.12	$557.88	0.97%
$555.00	Oct 15	$2.30	$3.68	$5.98	$549.02	$560.98	1.08%
$550.00	Oct 15	$5.30	$0.91	$6.21	$543.79	$556.21	1.12%
$557.50	Oct 15	$1.36	$5.00	$6.36	$551.14	$563.86	1.15%
$547.50	Oct 15	$6.63	$0.47	$7.10	$540.40	$554.60	1.28%
$560.00	Oct 15	$0.76	$6.80	$7.56	$552.44	$567.56	1.36%
$545.00	Oct 15	$8.80	$0.25	$9.05	$535.95	$554.05	1.63%
$562.50	Oct 15	$0.42	$8.70	$9.12	$553.38	$571.62	1.64%
$552.50	Oct 16	$6.68	$4.75	$11.43	$541.07	$563.93	2.06%
$555.00	Oct 16	$5.40	$6.18	$11.58	$543.42	$566.58	2.09%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 4.25%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$565.00	$542.50	Oct 15	$0.23	$0.16	$0.39	$542.11	$565.39
$565.00	$545.00	Oct 15	$0.23	$0.25	$0.48	$544.52	$565.48
$562.50	$542.50	Oct 15	$0.42	$0.16	$0.58	$541.92	$563.08
$562.50	$545.00	Oct 15	$0.42	$0.25	$0.67	$544.33	$563.17
$565.00	$547.50	Oct 15	$0.23	$0.47	$0.70	$546.80	$565.70
$562.50	$547.50	Oct 15	$0.42	$0.47	$0.89	$546.61	$563.39
$560.00	$542.50	Oct 15	$0.76	$0.16	$0.92	$541.58	$560.92
$560.00	$545.00	Oct 15	$0.76	$0.25	$1.01	$543.99	$561.01
$560.00	$547.50	Oct 15	$0.76	$0.47	$1.23	$546.27	$561.23
$565.00	$550.00	Oct 15	$0.23	$0.91	$1.14	$548.86	$566.14

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 438 found (best R:R 0.14, avg credit $1.07)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
475/480	628/630	Oct 15	$0.63	$4.37	95%	0.14	$479.37	$628.13
465/470	628/630	Oct 15	$0.62	$4.38	94%	0.14	$469.38	$628.12
545/548	628/630	Oct 15	$0.73	$1.77	81%	0.41	$546.77	$628.23
530/532	578/580	Oct 26	$1.52	$0.98	48%	1.55	$530.98	$579.02
548/550	628/630	Oct 15	$0.95	$1.55	70%	0.61	$549.05	$628.45
475/480	662/665	Oct 15	$0.38	$4.62	96%	0.08	$479.62	$662.88
505/508	578/580	Oct 26	$1.13	$1.37	62%	0.82	$506.37	$578.63
465/470	662/665	Oct 15	$0.37	$4.63	96%	0.08	$469.63	$662.87
475/480	660/662	Oct 15	$0.37	$4.63	95%	0.08	$479.63	$660.37
475/480	608/610	Oct 15	$0.34	$4.66	96%	0.07	$479.66	$607.84

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 402 found (best R:R 7.62, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$490.00	$515.00	$540.00	Nov 6	$2.90	$22.10	25%	7.62
$550.00	$552.50	$555.00	Oct 15	$0.24	$2.26	36%	9.42
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Oct 16	$0.06	$2.44	13%	40.67
$550.00	$552.50	$555.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$2.41	14%	26.78
$565.00	$570.00	$575.00	Nov 27	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$542.50	$547.50	$552.50	Oct 28	$0.12	$4.88	10%	40.67
$557.50	$560.00	$562.50	Oct 15	$0.10	$2.40	18%	24.00
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$555.00	$560.00	$565.00	Oct 26	$0.23	$4.77	12%	20.74
$530.00	$535.00	$540.00	Nov 13	$0.09	$4.91	6%	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. 399 found (best net $-9.36, 382 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$455.00	$510.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$9.36	$45.64
$510.00	$545.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$8.92	$26.08
$515.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$10.78	$14.22
$515.00	$530.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$9.36	$5.64
$585.00	$595.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$0.15	$9.85

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$600.00	$575.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$5.90	$19.10
$552.50	$550.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.12	$2.38
$550.00	$547.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.03	$2.47
$500.00	$480.00	1:2	Oct 19	-$0.02	$19.98
$547.50	$545.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.03	$2.47

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 228 found (best yield 4.86%, avg 1.16%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$555.00	Nov 27	$26.95	0.51	0.1%	4.86%	4.97%	4	2
$560.00	Nov 27	$24.55	0.49	1.0%	4.43%	5.43%	2	1
$565.00	Nov 27	$21.65	0.46	1.9%	3.90%	5.81%	1	33
$570.00	Nov 27	$19.50	0.43	2.8%	3.52%	6.33%	9	19
$560.00	Nov 20	$23.00	0.49	1.0%	4.15%	5.15%	411	1.1K
$565.00	Nov 20	$20.85	0.46	1.9%	3.76%	5.67%	130	955
$575.00	Nov 27	$17.50	0.40	3.7%	3.16%	6.87%	2	6
$555.00	Nov 20	$25.05	0.52	0.1%	4.52%	4.62%	11	188
$570.00	Nov 20	$18.65	0.43	2.8%	3.36%	6.17%	99	672
$580.00	Nov 27	$15.60	0.38	4.6%	2.81%	7.43%	4	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

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 111,518

Total Puts 300,645

Put/Call Ratio 2.70

Net Difference -189,127

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 47,255

Total Puts 127,561

Put/Call Ratio 2.70

Net Difference -80,306

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 612,782

Total Puts 1,363,118

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.29

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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