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iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

$77.18 -0.37%

(10/1 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01 11:00am) 363,758

Calls: 276,596 (76%)

Puts: 87,162 (24%)

Prior (09/30) 199,889

Calls: 142,183 (71%)

Puts: 57,706 (29%)

Current vs Prior +81.98%

Calls: +94.54% (Calls)

Puts: +51.04% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 4,941,157

Calls: 3,283,378 (66%)

Puts: 1,657,779 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 705,879

Calls: 469,054 (66%)

Puts: 236,825 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -48.47%

Calls: -41.03%

Puts: -63.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01 11:00am) $23.97M

Calls: $15.12M (63%)

Puts: $8.85M (37%)

Prior (09/30) $10.33M

Calls: $5.54M (54%)

Puts: $4.79M (46%)

Current vs Prior +132.12%

Calls: +173.13%

Puts: +84.73%

Prior 7-Day Total $277.00M

Calls: $140.46M (51%)

Puts: $136.54M (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average $39.57M

Calls: $20.07M (51%)

Puts: $19.51M (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -39.43%

Calls: -24.66%

Puts: -54.63%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/01 11:00am) 0.32

Prior (09/30) 0.41

Current vs Prior -22.36%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -37.34%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/01 11:00am) 3,054,046

Calls: 2,103,688 (69%)

Puts: 950,358 (31%)

Prior (09/30) 3,488,324

Calls: 2,503,992 (72%)

Puts: 984,332 (28%)

Current vs Prior -12.45%

Prior 7-Day Total 20,874,047

Calls: 14,252,706 (68%)

Puts: 6,621,341 (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,982,006

Calls: 2,036,100 (68%)

Puts: 945,905 (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.42%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/05)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.43% | 1.74%1.43% | 2.53%3.21% | 5.82%

Prior 1.70% | 1.93%1.70% | 2.53%3.21% | 5.71%

Current vs Prior -16.02% | -9.97%-16.02% | -0.24%-0.03% | +1.91%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.26% | 1.72%1.43% | 2.32%3.05% | 5.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +12.98% | +1.17%-0.31% | +8.77%+5.24% | +12.67%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.70% | 1.93%1.70% | 2.52%3.21% | 5.73%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -16.02% | -9.97%-16.02% | +0.27%-0.03% | +1.46%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 4.58% | 2.99%

Calls: 5.66% | 3.08%

Puts: 3.51% | 2.90%

Prior 8.18% | 4.92%

Calls: 9.76% | 5.77%

Puts: 6.59% | 4.08%

Current vs Prior -44.01% | -39.23%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.17% | 3.11%

Calls: 5.47% | 2.76%

Puts: 4.87% | 3.45%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -11.36% | -3.73%

Liquidity Good

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Moderately bullish flow with 63% call dollar volume ($15.12M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 132% vs prior. Above-average activity with volume up 82% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.32 - heavy call buying (276,596 calls vs 87,162 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 377 of results (avg 3.4%, best 0.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$76.50	Oct 14	1.47	1.48	$1.48	0.7%	33	0.62	398
$76.00	Oct 16	1.92	1.94	$1.93	1.0%	1.0K	0.68	1.1K
$77.50	Oct 14	0.90	0.91	$0.91	1.1%	418	0.46	472
$77.00	Oct 30	1.75	1.77	$1.76	1.1%	5.8K	0.54	2.1K
$78.00	Oct 16	0.79	0.80	$0.80	1.3%	4.7K	0.40	10.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$77.00	Oct 16	0.95	0.96	$0.96	1.0%	2.1K	0.46	29.2K
$77.50	Oct 7	0.83	0.84	$0.84	1.2%	172	0.56	322
$79.00	Oct 30	2.37	2.40	$2.38	1.3%	104	0.67	43.4K
$78.50	Nov 6	2.37	2.40	$2.38	1.3%	729	0.62	1.2K
$92.00	Oct 16	14.70	14.90	$14.80	1.4%	--	1.00	481

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 175 found (avg $0.38, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$78.50	Oct 2	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	3.7K	0.12	17.6K
$78.00	Oct 2	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	25.7K	0.23	30.7K
$79.00	Oct 5	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	403	0.10	4.7K
$77.50	Oct 2	0.28	0.29	$0.29	3.4%	16.2K	0.40	5.1K
$78.50	Oct 5	0.12	0.13	$0.13	7.7%	2.2K	0.17	2.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$76.00	Oct 2	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	8.4K	0.12	9.3K
$76.50	Oct 2	0.15	0.16	$0.16	6.3%	3.9K	0.24	3.9K
$77.00	Oct 2	0.30	0.32	$0.31	6.5%	3.4K	0.41	13.4K
$75.50	Oct 5	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	213	0.12	2.7K
$76.00	Oct 5	0.14	0.15	$0.15	6.7%	465	0.19	2.6K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 239 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$70.00	Oct 2	7.10	7.30	$7.20	2.8%	16	0.99	--
$71.00	Oct 2	6.10	6.30	$6.20	3.2%	16	0.99	--
$72.00	Oct 2	5.10	5.30	$5.20	3.8%	1	0.99	--
$72.00	Oct 5	5.15	5.30	$5.23	2.9%	1.2K	0.99	--
$73.00	Oct 2	4.15	4.30	$4.22	3.6%	1	0.99	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$80.00	Oct 2	2.74	2.88	$2.81	5.0%	1.4K	1.00	4.5K
$80.50	Oct 2	3.20	3.40	$3.30	6.1%	63	1.00	1.7K
$81.00	Oct 2	3.70	3.90	$3.80	5.3%	35	1.00	4.3K
$81.50	Oct 2	4.25	4.40	$4.33	3.5%	72	1.00	2.2K
$82.00	Oct 2	4.70	4.90	$4.80	4.2%	38	1.00	2.4K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 456 active (total vol 363.6K, top 25.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$78.00	Oct 2	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	25.7K	0.23	30.7K
$77.50	Oct 2	0.28	0.29	$0.29	3.4%	16.2K	0.40	5.1K
$79.00	Oct 16	0.44	0.46	$0.45	4.4%	15.5K	0.27	16.3K
$78.00	Oct 5	0.23	0.24	$0.24	4.2%	15.1K	0.28	3.6K
$81.00	Oct 16	0.13	0.14	$0.14	7.1%	12.2K	0.10	60.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$76.00	Oct 2	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	8.4K	0.12	9.3K
$76.00	Oct 16	0.59	0.61	$0.60	3.3%	5.4K	0.32	13.5K
$80.00	Oct 16	2.90	2.99	$2.95	3.1%	4.2K	0.83	40.5K
$76.50	Oct 2	0.15	0.16	$0.16	6.3%	3.9K	0.24	3.9K
$77.00	Oct 2	0.30	0.32	$0.31	6.5%	3.4K	0.41	13.4K

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 32.7%, max 43.5%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$76.50	Oct 2	Nov 13	23.4%	16.3%	43.5%	552	246
$77.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	22.8%	16.0%	42.7%	11.3K	4.1K
$78.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	23.1%	18.7%	23.3%	25.7K	30.7K
$77.50	Oct 2	Nov 13	23.0%	19.0%	21.2%	16.2K	5.1K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$76.50	Oct 2	Nov 13	23.4%	16.3%	43.5%	3.9K	3.9K
$77.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	22.8%	16.0%	42.7%	3.5K	13.4K
$78.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	23.1%	18.7%	23.3%	928	8.5K
$77.50	Oct 2	Nov 13	23.0%	19.0%	21.2%	1.4K	6.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 137 found (best R:R 1.33, avg 2.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$77.00	$77.50	Oct 2	$0.24	$0.26	$0.24	59%	1.08	$77.24
$77.00	$77.50	Oct 5	$0.24	$0.26	$0.24	56%	1.08	$77.24
$79.00	$79.50	Oct 16	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	27%	3.55	$79.11
$76.50	$77.00	Oct 7	$0.31	$0.19	$0.31	66%	0.61	$76.81
$78.50	$79.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	28%	3.55	$78.61

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$84.00	$83.00	Nov 6	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	94%	1.33	$83.57
$80.50	$80.00	Nov 6	$0.33	$0.17	$0.33	78%	0.52	$80.17
$79.00	$78.00	Oct 30	$0.59	$0.41	$0.59	67%	0.69	$78.41
$77.00	$76.00	Oct 30	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	46%	1.70	$76.63
$78.00	$77.00	Oct 30	$0.49	$0.51	$0.49	57%	1.04	$77.51

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 83 found (best R:R 0.69, avg 0.47)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$78.00	$79.00	Oct 30	$0.41	$0.41	$0.59	57%	0.69	$78.41
$79.00	$80.00	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	67%	0.43	$79.30
$78.00	$78.50	Nov 6	$0.23	$0.23	$0.27	57%	0.85	$78.23
$77.50	$78.00	Nov 6	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	53%	1.00	$77.75
$79.00	$79.50	Nov 6	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	66%	0.56	$79.18

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$72.00	$70.00	Nov 6	$0.16	$0.16	$1.84	87%	0.09	$71.84
$76.00	$75.00	Oct 9	$0.19	$0.19	$0.81	72%	0.23	$75.81
$70.00	$65.00	Nov 6	$0.11	$0.11	$4.89	93%	0.02	$69.89
$77.00	$76.50	Oct 5	$0.18	$0.18	$0.32	56%	0.56	$76.82
$76.50	$76.00	Oct 5	$0.11	$0.11	$0.39	70%	0.28	$76.39

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $0.12, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$77.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$0.12	22.8%	15.9%
$77.50	Oct 2	Oct 5	$0.12	23.0%	16.7%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$77.00	Oct 2	Oct 5	$0.13	22.8%	15.9%
$77.50	Oct 2	Oct 5	$0.12	23.0%	16.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 197 found (cheapest 1.09% of stock, avg 4.81%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$77.00	Oct 2	$0.53	$0.31	$0.84	$76.16	$77.84	1.09%
$77.50	Oct 2	$0.29	$0.57	$0.86	$76.64	$78.36	1.11%
$76.50	Oct 2	$0.88	$0.16	$1.04	$75.46	$77.54	1.35%
$78.00	Oct 2	$0.14	$0.92	$1.06	$76.94	$79.06	1.37%
$77.00	Oct 5	$0.65	$0.44	$1.09	$75.91	$78.09	1.41%
$77.50	Oct 5	$0.41	$0.69	$1.10	$76.40	$78.60	1.43%
$76.50	Oct 5	$0.98	$0.26	$1.24	$75.26	$77.74	1.61%
$78.00	Oct 5	$0.24	$1.02	$1.26	$76.74	$79.26	1.63%
$76.00	Oct 2	$1.28	$0.07	$1.35	$74.65	$77.35	1.75%
$77.00	Oct 7	$0.82	$0.59	$1.41	$75.59	$78.41	1.83%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 266 found (cheapest 0.10% of stock, avg 1.59%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$79.00	$75.50	Oct 2	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$75.42	$79.08
$79.50	$75.00	Oct 5	$0.04	$0.05	$0.09	$74.91	$79.59
$78.50	$75.50	Oct 2	$0.07	$0.04	$0.11	$75.39	$78.61
$79.00	$76.00	Oct 2	$0.04	$0.07	$0.11	$75.89	$79.11
$79.00	$75.00	Oct 5	$0.07	$0.05	$0.12	$74.88	$79.12
$78.50	$76.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$0.07	$0.14	$75.86	$78.64
$79.50	$75.50	Oct 5	$0.04	$0.09	$0.13	$75.37	$79.63
$79.00	$75.50	Oct 5	$0.07	$0.09	$0.16	$75.34	$79.16
$78.50	$75.00	Oct 5	$0.13	$0.05	$0.18	$74.82	$78.68
$78.00	$75.50	Oct 2	$0.14	$0.04	$0.18	$75.32	$78.18

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 47 found (best R:R 1.63, avg credit $0.29)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
74/75	79/80	Nov 6	$0.31	$0.19	36%	1.63	$74.69	$79.31
75/76	79/80	Nov 6	$0.33	$0.17	32%	1.94	$75.17	$79.33
74/75	79/80	Nov 13	$0.32	$0.18	33%	1.78	$74.68	$79.32
74/75	80/80	Nov 13	$0.30	$0.20	37%	1.50	$74.70	$79.80
74/74	79/80	Nov 13	$0.30	$0.20	37%	1.50	$74.20	$79.30
74/74	80/80	Nov 13	$0.28	$0.22	41%	1.27	$74.22	$79.78
74/75	80/80	Nov 6	$0.26	$0.24	44%	1.08	$74.74	$80.26
75/76	80/80	Nov 6	$0.28	$0.22	40%	1.27	$75.22	$80.28
74/75	81/82	Nov 13	$0.24	$0.26	48%	0.92	$74.76	$81.24
74/74	81/82	Nov 13	$0.22	$0.28	51%	0.79	$74.28	$81.22

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 69 found (best R:R 9.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$76.00	$76.50	$77.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$0.45	29%	9.00
$76.00	$77.00	$78.00	Oct 30	$0.09	$0.91	21%	10.11
$77.00	$77.50	$78.00	Oct 2	$0.09	$0.41	36%	4.56
$74.00	$75.00	$76.00	Oct 9	$0.09	$0.91	19%	10.11
$74.00	$75.00	$76.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$0.92	18%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$75.00	$76.00	$77.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$0.92	20%	11.50
$76.00	$76.50	$77.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$0.44	29%	7.33
$77.00	$77.50	$78.00	Oct 2	$0.09	$0.41	36%	4.56
$74.00	$75.00	$76.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$0.92	18%	11.50
$76.50	$77.00	$77.50	Oct 5	$0.07	$0.43	28%	6.14

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 151 found (best net $-0.36, 149 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$72.00	$75.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.52	$2.48
$70.00	$73.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.87	$1.13
$72.00	$74.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.43	$0.57
$75.00	$76.00	1:2	Oct 7	-$0.67	$0.33
$76.50	$77.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.18	$0.32

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$84.50	$81.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$0.36	$3.14
$77.50	$77.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.05	$0.45
$76.00	$75.00	1:2	Oct 9	$0.00	$1.00
$72.00	$70.00	1:2	Nov 6	$0.00	$2.00
$78.00	$77.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.22	$0.28

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 89 found (best yield 2.25%, avg 0.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$77.50	Nov 13	$1.74	0.47	0.4%	2.25%	2.67%	30	--
$78.00	Nov 13	$1.49	0.43	1.1%	1.93%	2.99%	64	--
$78.50	Nov 13	$1.27	0.39	1.7%	1.65%	3.36%	2	--
$77.50	Nov 6	$1.60	0.47	0.4%	2.07%	2.49%	37	1.1K
$78.00	Nov 6	$1.36	0.43	1.1%	1.76%	2.82%	4.6K	1.5K
$79.00	Nov 13	$1.07	0.35	2.4%	1.39%	3.74%	17	--
$78.50	Nov 6	$1.13	0.38	1.7%	1.46%	3.17%	430	1.6K
$79.50	Nov 13	$0.89	0.31	3.0%	1.15%	4.16%	14	--
$78.00	Oct 30	$1.22	0.43	1.1%	1.58%	2.64%	1.9K	5.4K
$79.00	Nov 6	$0.94	0.34	2.4%	1.22%	3.58%	854	1.3K

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 276,596

Total Puts 87,162

Put/Call Ratio 0.32

Net Difference 189,434

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 142,183

Total Puts 57,706

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 84,477

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 3,283,378

Total Puts 1,657,779

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.50

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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