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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$478.04 +1.11%

(10/5 09:50) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 9:55am) 30,041

Calls: 17,111 (57%)

Puts: 12,930 (43%)

Prior (09/10) 14,510

Calls: 4,709 (32%)

Puts: 9,801 (68%)

Current vs Prior +107.04%

Calls: +263.37% (Calls)

Puts: +31.93% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 735,135

Calls: 418,724 (57%)

Puts: 316,411 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 105,019

Calls: 59,817 (57%)

Puts: 45,201 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -71.39%

Calls: -71.39%

Puts: -71.39%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 9:55am) $31.65M

Calls: $24.43M (77%)

Puts: $7.22M (23%)

Prior (09/10) $11.75M

Calls: $6.03M (51%)

Puts: $5.72M (49%)

Current vs Prior +169.40%

Calls: +305.53%

Puts: +26.08%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.03B

Calls: $762.68M (74%)

Puts: $264.67M (26%)

Prior 7-Day Average $146.76M

Calls: $108.95M (74%)

Puts: $37.81M (26%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -78.44%

Calls: -77.57%

Puts: -80.92%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05 9:55am) 0.76

Prior (09/10) 2.08

Current vs Prior -63.69%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -3.31%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 9:55am) 1,804,732

Calls: 892,605 (49%)

Puts: 912,127 (51%)

Prior (09/10) 1,932,976

Calls: 911,354 (47%)

Puts: 1,021,622 (53%)

Current vs Prior -6.63%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,448,467

Calls: 6,075,839 (49%)

Puts: 6,372,628 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,778,352

Calls: 867,977 (49%)

Puts: 910,375 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.48%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 3.10% | 5.54%5.54% | 10.64%

Prior 3.32% | 5.94%5.94% | 10.62%

Current vs Prior -6.71% | -6.77%-6.77% | +0.18%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.22% | 4.30%6.40% | 11.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +39.27% | +28.85%-13.48% | -6.28%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.32% | 5.94%5.94% | 10.62%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -6.71% | -6.77%-6.77% | +0.18%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 3.38% | 3.21%

Calls: 3.46% | 3.79%

Puts: 3.30% | 2.64%

Prior 11.46% | 3.62%

Calls: 14.01% | 4.14%

Puts: 8.92% | 3.11%

Current vs Prior -70.51% | -11.33%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.24% | 3.54%

Calls: 5.66% | 2.78%

Puts: 6.81% | 4.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -45.80% | -9.43%

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Strong bullish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in calls ($24.43M) vs puts ($7.22M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 169% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 107% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio dropping 64% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	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 324 of results (avg 4.4%, best 1.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Nov 6	30.10	30.45	$30.28	1.2%	20	0.68	11.8K
$460.00	Nov 13	32.10	32.55	$32.33	1.4%	1	0.66	15
$460.00	Oct 30	27.95	28.35	$28.15	1.4%	8	0.69	304
$465.00	Nov 6	26.90	27.30	$27.10	1.5%	20	0.63	67
$470.00	Oct 23	19.45	19.75	$19.60	1.5%	94	0.60	402

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Oct 16	22.50	22.80	$22.65	1.3%	6	0.68	1
$495.00	Oct 30	25.90	26.25	$26.08	1.3%	1	0.63	19
$500.00	Oct 30	29.25	29.65	$29.45	1.4%	17	0.67	48
$492.50	Oct 16	20.75	21.05	$20.90	1.4%	9	0.66	--
$495.00	Nov 6	27.60	28.00	$27.80	1.4%	4	0.61	16

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 43 found (avg $0.57, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Oct 9	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	40	0.02	553
$515.00	Oct 9	0.20	0.22	$0.21	9.5%	226	0.03	564
$510.00	Oct 9	0.34	0.38	$0.36	11.1%	84	0.05	1.5K
$505.00	Oct 9	0.57	0.63	$0.60	10.0%	180	0.07	942
$570.00	Oct 16	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	26	0.01	1.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$442.50	Oct 9	0.19	0.23	$0.21	19.0%	29	0.03	302
$445.00	Oct 9	0.25	0.28	$0.27	11.1%	277	0.04	759
$450.00	Oct 9	0.40	0.45	$0.43	11.6%	135	0.06	771
$452.50	Oct 9	0.52	0.57	$0.54	9.3%	34	0.07	151
$455.00	Oct 9	0.69	0.75	$0.72	8.3%	143	0.09	1.1K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 154 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$390.00	Oct 9	86.85	89.25	$88.05	2.7%	--	1.00	25
$395.00	Oct 9	81.70	84.25	$82.98	3.1%	--	1.00	17
$400.00	Oct 9	76.70	79.25	$77.97	3.3%	1	1.00	92
$397.50	Oct 9	79.30	81.75	$80.53	3.0%	2	0.99	--
$405.00	Oct 9	71.70	74.50	$73.10	3.8%	--	0.99	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Oct 9	26.40	28.90	$27.65	9.0%	--	0.92	20
$530.00	Oct 16	51.75	54.25	$53.00	4.7%	--	0.92	15
$540.00	Oct 23	61.55	64.20	$62.88	4.2%	--	0.92	15
$500.00	Oct 9	22.00	24.25	$23.13	9.7%	--	0.88	49
$520.00	Oct 16	42.55	44.70	$43.63	4.9%	--	0.88	15

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 330 active (total vol 22.5K, top 2.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 23	4.35	4.70	$4.53	7.7%	2.3K	0.22	182
$490.00	Oct 9	2.54	2.63	$2.59	3.5%	2.1K	0.26	2.8K
$500.00	Oct 9	0.97	1.02	$1.00	5.0%	1.3K	0.12	1.3K
$480.00	Oct 9	5.90	6.15	$6.03	4.1%	1.0K	0.47	4.9K
$497.50	Oct 9	1.25	1.30	$1.27	3.9%	461	0.14	71

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Oct 23	10.30	10.60	$10.45	2.9%	2.3K	0.40	84
$420.00	Oct 16	0.54	0.58	$0.56	7.1%	690	0.04	14.8K
$467.50	Oct 9	2.56	2.73	$2.65	6.4%	368	0.25	342
$460.00	Oct 9	1.19	1.27	$1.23	6.5%	337	0.14	994
$400.00	Oct 16	0.21	0.26	$0.24	20.8%	323	0.02	5.2K

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 2.4%, max 4.6%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$480.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	33.3%	31.8%	4.6%	1.0K	4.9K
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	32.9%	32.2%	2.2%	52	2.5K
$470.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.6%	32.0%	1.6%	106	1.1K
$475.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.3%	31.9%	1.3%	271	4.6K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$480.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	33.3%	31.8%	4.6%	318	87
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.9%	32.2%	2.2%	166	1.4K
$470.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	32.6%	32.1%	1.4%	173	366
$475.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.3%	31.9%	1.3%	206	104

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 240 found (best R:R 0.61, avg 7.46)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$450.00	$455.00	Nov 6	$3.11	$1.89	$3.11	75%	0.61	$453.11
$460.00	$470.00	Nov 13	$6.00	$4.00	$6.00	66%	0.67	$466.00
$495.00	$500.00	Oct 23	$1.35	$3.65	$1.35	34%	2.70	$496.35
$475.00	$480.00	Nov 6	$2.43	$2.57	$2.43	55%	1.06	$477.43
$510.00	$515.00	Nov 13	$1.23	$3.77	$1.23	30%	3.07	$511.23

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$490.00	$487.50	Oct 16	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	63%	0.89	$488.68
$485.00	$482.50	Oct 16	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	57%	0.89	$483.68
$395.00	$390.00	Nov 6	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	4%	44.45	$394.89
$410.00	$405.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	3%	49.00	$409.90
$390.00	$385.00	Nov 13	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	4%	37.46	$389.87

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 187 found (best R:R 0.79, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$570.00	Oct 9	$0.23	$0.23	$9.77	98%	0.02	$560.23
$540.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$2.48	$2.48	$27.52	84%	0.09	$542.48
$492.50	$495.00	Oct 23	$0.95	$0.95	$1.55	63%	0.61	$493.45
$480.00	$482.50	Oct 9	$1.10	$1.10	$1.40	54%	0.79	$481.10
$480.00	$482.50	Oct 16	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	51%	0.92	$481.20

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$475.00	$465.00	Nov 13	$4.40	$4.40	$5.60	55%	0.79	$470.60
$465.00	$460.00	Nov 13	$1.95	$1.95	$3.05	62%	0.64	$463.05
$470.00	$465.00	Oct 30	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	60%	0.69	$467.95
$470.00	$465.00	Nov 6	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	59%	0.72	$467.90
$450.00	$445.00	Nov 13	$1.37	$1.37	$3.63	73%	0.38	$448.63

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 16 found (avg debit $5.70, cheapest $5.30)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$470.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.72	32.6%	37.1%
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.81	32.5%	37.1%
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.01	32.3%	37.0%
$477.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.97	32.2%	36.9%
$485.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.85	33.3%	38.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$470.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.30	32.6%	37.1%
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.48	32.5%	37.1%
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.68	32.3%	37.0%
$477.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.75	32.2%	36.9%
$485.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.37	33.3%	38.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 105 found (cheapest 2.83% of stock, avg 6.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$477.50	Oct 9	$7.23	$6.28	$13.51	$463.99	$491.01	2.83%
$480.00	Oct 9	$6.03	$7.58	$13.61	$466.39	$493.61	2.85%
$475.00	Oct 9	$8.57	$5.15	$13.72	$461.28	$488.72	2.87%
$482.50	Oct 9	$4.93	$9.00	$13.93	$468.57	$496.43	2.91%
$472.50	Oct 9	$10.07	$4.20	$14.27	$458.23	$486.77	2.99%
$485.00	Oct 9	$4.03	$10.63	$14.66	$470.34	$499.66	3.07%
$470.00	Oct 9	$11.73	$3.33	$15.06	$454.94	$485.06	3.15%
$487.50	Oct 9	$3.25	$12.35	$15.60	$471.90	$503.10	3.26%
$467.50	Oct 9	$13.52	$2.65	$16.17	$451.33	$483.67	3.38%
$490.00	Oct 9	$2.59	$14.18	$16.77	$473.23	$506.77	3.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.10% of stock, avg 4.56%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$490.00	$467.50	Oct 9	$2.59	$2.65	$5.24	$462.26	$495.24
$487.50	$467.50	Oct 9	$3.25	$2.65	$5.90	$461.60	$493.40
$490.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$2.59	$3.33	$5.92	$464.08	$495.92
$487.50	$470.00	Oct 9	$3.25	$3.33	$6.58	$463.42	$494.08
$485.00	$467.50	Oct 9	$4.03	$2.65	$6.68	$460.82	$491.68
$490.00	$472.50	Oct 9	$2.59	$4.20	$6.79	$465.71	$496.79
$485.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$4.03	$3.33	$7.36	$462.64	$492.36
$487.50	$472.50	Oct 9	$3.25	$4.20	$7.45	$465.05	$494.95
$485.00	$472.50	Oct 9	$4.03	$4.20	$8.23	$464.27	$493.23
$482.50	$467.50	Oct 9	$4.93	$2.65	$7.58	$459.92	$490.08

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 313 found (best R:R 0.63, avg credit $1.28)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
432/435	492/495	Oct 16	$0.97	$1.53	57%	0.63	$434.03	$493.47
425/428	492/495	Oct 16	$0.90	$1.60	60%	0.56	$426.60	$493.40
440/442	492/495	Oct 16	$1.06	$1.44	54%	0.74	$441.44	$493.56
448/450	495/498	Oct 9	$0.47	$2.03	77%	0.23	$449.53	$495.47
430/432	492/495	Oct 16	$0.93	$1.57	58%	0.59	$431.57	$493.43
442/445	492/495	Oct 16	$1.09	$1.41	52%	0.77	$443.91	$493.59
448/450	490/492	Oct 9	$0.66	$1.84	69%	0.36	$449.34	$490.66
465/468	495/498	Oct 9	$0.96	$1.54	57%	0.62	$466.54	$495.96
438/440	492/495	Oct 16	$1.01	$1.49	55%	0.68	$438.99	$493.51
445/448	492/495	Oct 16	$1.13	$1.37	50%	0.82	$446.37	$493.63

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 233 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	9%	99.00
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$4.92	9%	61.50
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Nov 6	$0.21	$9.79	6%	46.62
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$9.85	4%	65.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$4.85	9%	32.33
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$4.83	10%	28.41
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Nov 6	$0.15	$4.85	9%	32.33
$470.00	$472.50	$475.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$2.42	11%	30.25
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Oct 30	$0.16	$4.84	9%	30.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 163 found (best net $-0.83, 161 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.26	$9.74
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.55	$9.45
$500.00	$505.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.20	$4.80
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.13	$9.87
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.35	$9.65

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$520.00	$492.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.83	$26.67
$530.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$4.77	$25.23
$397.50	$395.00	1:2	Oct 9	$0.00	$2.50
$407.50	$405.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.02	$2.48
$412.50	$410.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.02	$2.48

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 81 found (best yield 4.38%, avg 1.46%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$480.00	Nov 13	$20.95	0.51	0.4%	4.38%	4.79%	1	26
$485.00	Nov 13	$18.65	0.47	1.5%	3.90%	5.36%	2	7
$490.00	Nov 13	$16.50	0.44	2.5%	3.45%	5.95%	3	15
$495.00	Nov 13	$14.55	0.40	3.5%	3.04%	6.59%	1	2
$500.00	Nov 13	$12.85	0.37	4.6%	2.69%	7.28%	8	32
$505.00	Nov 13	$11.20	0.34	5.6%	2.34%	7.98%	6	5
$480.00	Nov 6	$18.75	0.51	0.4%	3.92%	4.33%	43	263
$485.00	Nov 6	$16.45	0.47	1.5%	3.44%	4.90%	40	42
$490.00	Nov 6	$14.40	0.43	2.5%	3.01%	5.51%	30	115
$510.00	Nov 13	$9.80	0.30	6.7%	2.05%	8.74%	10	6

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 17,111

Total Puts 12,930

Put/Call Ratio 0.76

Net Difference 4,181

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,709

Total Puts 9,801

Put/Call Ratio 2.08

Net Difference -5,092

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 418,724

Total Puts 316,411

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.78

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 Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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