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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$551.11 -2.41%

(10/15 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 1:00pm) 441,377

Calls: 124,994 (28%)

Puts: 316,383 (72%)

Prior (10/14) 235,180

Calls: 64,609 (27%)

Puts: 170,571 (73%)

Current vs Prior +87.68%

Calls: +93.46% (Calls)

Puts: +85.48% (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 +56.37%

Calls: +42.78%

Puts: +62.47%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 1:00pm) $534.89M

Calls: $81.44M (15%)

Puts: $453.45M (85%)

Prior (10/14) $259.57M

Calls: $71.30M (27%)

Puts: $188.27M (73%)

Current vs Prior +106.06%

Calls: +14.22%

Puts: +140.85%

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 +151.55%

Calls: +7.88%

Puts: +230.63%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 1:00pm) 2.53

Prior (10/14) 2.64

Current vs Prior -4.12%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.29

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +10.50%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 1:00pm) 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

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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 1.03% | 2.22%2.22% | 3.00%2.22% | 4.77%1.03% | 9.66%

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

Current vs Prior -59.75% | -30.90%+156.38% | -6.83%-30.90% | -6.33%-59.75% | -1.82%

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 -40.01% | -5.27%+118.10% | +26.59%-1.50% | +12.71%-67.21% | +1.83%

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 -59.75% | -30.90%+146.82% | -9.32%-32.74% | -6.75%-59.58% | -0.17%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 18.30% | 22.86%

Calls: 20.28% | 21.67%

Puts: 16.31% | 24.05%

Prior 34.73% | 15.96%

Calls: 42.11% | 20.00%

Puts: 27.36% | 11.92%

Current vs Prior -47.31% | +43.23%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.08% | 30.12%

Calls: 34.28% | 33.20%

Puts: 31.90% | 27.05%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -44.69% | -24.11%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 85% of dollar volume in puts ($453.45M) vs calls ($81.44M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 106% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (152% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 88% vs prior.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 565 of results (avg 6.5%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 16	2.07	2.11	$2.09	1.9%	2.3K	0.26	4.7K
$560.00	Nov 13	19.25	19.65	$19.45	2.1%	22	0.46	5
$650.00	Oct 30	0.37	0.38	$0.38	2.6%	73	0.02	3.2K
$557.50	Nov 13	20.45	21.05	$20.75	2.9%	3	0.48	--
$565.00	Nov 13	16.95	17.50	$17.23	3.2%	387	0.43	13

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Oct 23	9.45	9.70	$9.57	2.6%	462	0.41	314
$530.00	Nov 20	15.60	16.10	$15.85	3.2%	312	0.34	8.9K
$650.00	Nov 20	97.95	101.15	$99.55	3.2%	--	0.91	285
$545.00	Nov 6	16.45	17.00	$16.73	3.3%	78	0.43	182
$660.00	Nov 20	107.50	111.10	$109.30	3.3%	--	0.92	56

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 50 found (avg $0.63, cheapest $0.40)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$575.00	Oct 16	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	162	0.05	4.5K
$572.50	Oct 16	0.38	0.46	$0.42	19.0%	247	0.07	397
$570.00	Oct 16	0.56	0.61	$0.59	8.5%	1.8K	0.09	1.5K
$567.50	Oct 16	0.77	0.90	$0.84	15.5%	587	0.12	211
$587.50	Oct 19	0.31	0.36	$0.34	14.7%	19	0.04	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$545.00	Oct 15	0.37	0.43	$0.40	15.0%	4.5K	0.14	2.3K
$547.50	Oct 15	0.77	0.86	$0.82	11.0%	1.4K	0.25	446
$530.00	Oct 16	0.57	0.66	$0.62	14.5%	1.6K	0.08	7.7K
$532.50	Oct 16	0.74	0.84	$0.79	12.7%	402	0.10	1.1K
$475.00	Oct 23	0.49	0.58	$0.53	17.0%	115	0.03	3.8K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 429 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Oct 15	44.60	48.50	$46.55	8.4%	4	1.00	--
$445.00	Oct 16	104.70	108.45	$106.58	3.5%	--	1.00	1.0K
$500.00	Oct 15	49.60	53.45	$51.53	7.5%	4	1.00	--
$510.00	Oct 15	39.60	43.50	$41.55	9.4%	--	1.00	10
$450.00	Oct 16	99.80	103.45	$101.63	3.6%	--	1.00	172

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$565.00	Oct 15	12.55	15.15	$13.85	18.8%	35	1.00	758
$567.50	Oct 15	14.60	17.60	$16.10	18.6%	9	1.00	109
$570.00	Oct 15	17.15	20.20	$18.67	16.3%	106	1.00	542
$572.50	Oct 15	19.60	22.60	$21.10	14.2%	2	1.00	36
$575.00	Oct 15	22.50	25.15	$23.83	11.1%	47	1.00	110

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 926 active (total vol 386.1K, top 32.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$562.50	Oct 16	1.45	1.71	$1.58	16.5%	11.0K	0.21	22
$600.00	Oct 19	0.11	0.16	$0.14	35.7%	6.6K	0.02	44
$550.00	Oct 15	2.57	3.15	$2.86	20.3%	4.7K	0.60	13
$620.00	Nov 20	4.75	5.00	$4.88	5.1%	4.6K	0.16	3.6K
$555.00	Oct 15	0.72	0.93	$0.83	25.3%	4.3K	0.25	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	8.55	9.10	$8.82	6.2%	32.3K	0.30	1.9K
$530.00	Oct 23	4.75	5.10	$4.93	7.1%	31.8K	0.25	3.2K
$555.00	Oct 30	17.65	18.85	$18.25	6.6%	29.5K	0.52	29.3K
$560.00	Oct 23	16.10	17.10	$16.60	6.0%	18.0K	0.60	21.1K
$550.00	Oct 30	15.20	16.20	$15.70	6.4%	8.5K	0.47	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 35.1%, max 48.4%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$550.00	Oct 15	Nov 20	51.4%	35.0%	47.0%	5.0K	257
$555.00	Oct 15	Nov 27	52.0%	37.5%	38.8%	4.3K	23
$517.50	Oct 23	Oct 28	42.8%	39.5%	8.5%	5	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$547.50	Oct 15	Nov 27	51.0%	34.3%	48.4%	1.4K	446
$550.00	Oct 15	Nov 27	49.2%	33.7%	45.9%	530	1.2K
$552.50	Oct 15	Nov 6	52.0%	35.8%	45.5%	220	95
$555.00	Oct 15	Nov 27	52.0%	37.4%	39.3%	843	1.4K
$517.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	42.6%	39.5%	7.8%	129	97

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 522 found (best R:R 3.81, avg 6.34)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$552.50	Nov 13	$0.52	$1.98	$0.52	53%	3.81	$550.52
$565.00	$567.50	Oct 26	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	35%	9.87	$565.23
$552.50	$555.00	Nov 6	$0.67	$1.83	$0.67	51%	2.73	$553.17
$560.00	$565.00	Nov 27	$1.75	$3.25	$1.75	48%	1.86	$561.75
$545.00	$547.50	Oct 19	$1.13	$1.37	$1.13	64%	1.21	$546.13

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$547.50	Nov 13	$0.47	$2.03	$0.47	47%	4.32	$549.53
$505.00	$490.00	Oct 26	$0.67	$14.33	$0.67	12%	21.39	$504.33
$555.00	$552.50	Oct 30	$0.73	$1.77	$0.73	52%	2.42	$554.27
$532.50	$530.00	Oct 26	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	28%	11.50	$532.30
$570.00	$567.50	Oct 19	$1.63	$0.87	$1.63	84%	0.53	$568.37

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 423 found (best R:R 4.32, avg 0.32)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$552.50	$555.00	Nov 13	$2.03	$2.03	$0.47	49%	4.32	$554.53
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 26	$0.86	$0.86	$1.64	91%	0.52	$605.86
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 19	$0.64	$0.64	$1.86	96%	0.34	$623.14
$557.50	$575.00	Oct 28	$6.50	$6.50	$11.00	55%	0.59	$564.00
$617.50	$620.00	Oct 19	$0.62	$0.62	$1.88	95%	0.33	$618.12

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$545.00	$542.50	Nov 13	$1.53	$1.53	$0.97	56%	1.58	$543.47
$530.00	$527.50	Oct 26	$0.90	$0.90	$1.60	73%	0.56	$529.10
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 28	$1.05	$1.05	$1.45	65%	0.72	$536.45
$545.00	$542.50	Nov 6	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	57%	1.00	$543.75
$450.00	$445.00	Oct 15	$0.25	$0.25	$4.75	98%	0.05	$449.75

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $3.30, cheapest $3.37)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$550.00	Oct 15	Oct 16	$3.37	51.4%	43.6%
$552.50	Oct 15	Oct 16	$3.42	49.9%	45.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$552.50	Oct 15	Oct 16	$3.21	52.0%	45.0%
$550.00	Oct 15	Oct 16	$3.21	49.2%	44.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 275 found (cheapest 0.79% of stock, avg 7.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$552.50	Oct 15	$1.55	$2.82	$4.37	$548.13	$556.87	0.79%
$550.00	Oct 15	$2.86	$1.59	$4.45	$545.55	$554.45	0.81%
$555.00	Oct 15	$0.83	$4.43	$5.26	$549.74	$560.26	0.95%
$547.50	Oct 15	$4.82	$0.82	$5.64	$541.86	$553.14	1.02%
$557.50	Oct 15	$0.40	$6.53	$6.93	$550.57	$564.43	1.26%
$545.00	Oct 15	$6.60	$0.40	$7.00	$538.00	$552.00	1.27%
$542.50	Oct 15	$8.95	$0.20	$9.15	$533.35	$551.65	1.66%
$560.00	Oct 15	$0.19	$9.03	$9.22	$550.78	$569.22	1.67%
$550.00	Oct 16	$6.23	$4.80	$11.03	$538.97	$561.03	2.00%
$552.50	Oct 16	$4.97	$6.03	$11.00	$541.50	$563.50	2.00%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 266 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 4.44%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$560.00	$542.50	Oct 15	$0.19	$0.20	$0.39	$542.11	$560.39
$557.50	$542.50	Oct 15	$0.40	$0.20	$0.60	$541.90	$558.10
$560.00	$545.00	Oct 15	$0.19	$0.40	$0.59	$544.41	$560.59
$557.50	$545.00	Oct 15	$0.40	$0.40	$0.80	$544.20	$558.30
$560.00	$547.50	Oct 15	$0.19	$0.82	$1.01	$546.49	$561.01
$555.00	$542.50	Oct 15	$0.83	$0.20	$1.03	$541.47	$556.03
$557.50	$547.50	Oct 15	$0.40	$0.82	$1.22	$546.28	$558.72
$555.00	$545.00	Oct 15	$0.83	$0.40	$1.23	$543.77	$556.23
$555.00	$547.50	Oct 15	$0.83	$0.82	$1.65	$545.85	$556.65
$552.50	$545.00	Oct 15	$1.55	$0.40	$1.95	$543.05	$554.45

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 446 found (best R:R 3.55, avg credit $1.06)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
528/530	568/570	Oct 26	$1.95	$0.55	40%	3.55	$528.05	$569.45
528/530	578/580	Oct 26	$1.64	$0.86	50%	1.91	$528.36	$579.14
445/450	622/625	Oct 15	$0.60	$4.40	95%	0.14	$449.40	$623.10
535/538	575/578	Oct 28	$1.87	$0.63	38%	2.97	$535.63	$576.87
505/508	568/570	Oct 26	$1.39	$1.11	54%	1.25	$506.11	$568.89
475/480	622/625	Oct 15	$0.47	$4.53	95%	0.10	$479.53	$622.97
445/450	610/612	Oct 15	$0.35	$4.65	97%	0.08	$449.65	$610.35
505/508	578/580	Oct 26	$1.08	$1.42	64%	0.76	$506.42	$578.58
445/450	602/605	Oct 15	$0.35	$4.65	97%	0.08	$449.65	$602.85
530/532	575/578	Oct 28	$1.62	$0.88	42%	1.84	$530.88	$576.62

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 387 found (best R:R 6.89, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$490.00	$515.00	$540.00	Nov 6	$3.17	$21.83	27%	6.89
$495.00	$505.00	$515.00	Nov 13	$0.11	$9.89	8%	89.91
$550.00	$552.50	$555.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$2.43	14%	34.71
$465.00	$490.00	$515.00	Nov 6	$2.08	$22.92	16%	11.02
$552.50	$555.00	$557.50	Oct 15	$0.29	$2.21	27%	7.62

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$552.50	$555.00	$557.50	Oct 16	$0.05	$2.45	14%	49.00
$560.00	$565.00	$570.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$550.00	$552.50	$555.00	Oct 15	$0.38	$2.12	33%	5.58
$535.00	$540.00	$545.00	Nov 27	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Nov 13	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 406 found (best net $-8.42, 381 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$455.00	$510.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$8.42	$46.58
$510.00	$545.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$8.51	$26.49
$515.00	$530.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$6.50	$8.50
$515.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$9.73	$15.27
$470.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$27.00	$3.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$610.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$19.51	$20.49
$600.00	$575.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$7.43	$17.57
$552.50	$550.00	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.36	$2.14
$550.00	$547.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$0.05	$2.45
$555.00	$552.50	1:2	Oct 15	-$1.21	$1.29

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 237 found (best yield 4.62%, avg 1.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$555.00	Nov 27	$25.45	0.51	0.7%	4.62%	5.32%	5	2
$557.50	Nov 27	$24.20	0.49	1.2%	4.39%	5.55%	1	--
$560.00	Nov 27	$23.00	0.48	1.6%	4.17%	5.79%	5	1
$565.00	Nov 27	$20.80	0.45	2.5%	3.77%	6.29%	1	33
$570.00	Nov 27	$18.70	0.42	3.4%	3.39%	6.82%	9	19
$575.00	Nov 27	$16.75	0.39	4.3%	3.04%	7.37%	3	6
$565.00	Nov 20	$19.60	0.44	2.5%	3.56%	6.08%	183	955
$555.00	Nov 20	$23.75	0.50	0.7%	4.31%	5.02%	11	188
$560.00	Nov 20	$21.50	0.47	1.6%	3.90%	5.51%	470	1.1K
$580.00	Nov 27	$15.00	0.36	5.2%	2.72%	7.96%	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 124,994

Total Puts 316,383

Put/Call Ratio 2.53

Net Difference -191,389

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 64,609

Total Puts 170,571

Put/Call Ratio 2.64

Net Difference -105,962

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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