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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$411.30 -4.35%

(10/14 18:00) ◀

Thursday, October 15, 2026 (9:35am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:35am) 18,259

Calls: 8,751 (48%)

Puts: 9,508 (52%)

Prior (10/08) 4,105

Calls: 3,139 (76%)

Puts: 966 (24%)

Current vs Prior +344.80%

Calls: +178.78% (Calls)

Puts: +884.27% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 588,609

Calls: 340,122 (58%)

Puts: 248,487 (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average 84,087

Calls: 48,588 (58%)

Puts: 35,498 (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -78.29%

Calls: -81.99%

Puts: -73.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 9:35am) $14.64M

Calls: $5.09M (35%)

Puts: $9.55M (65%)

Prior (10/08) $3.13M

Calls: $2.55M (82%)

Puts: $570.6K (18%)

Current vs Prior +368.49%

Calls: +99.14%

Puts: +1574.37%

Prior 7-Day Total $810.26M

Calls: $611.44M (75%)

Puts: $198.82M (25%)

Prior 7-Day Average $115.75M

Calls: $87.35M (75%)

Puts: $28.40M (25%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -87.35%

Calls: -94.18%

Puts: -66.36%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:35am) 1.09

Prior (10/08) 0.31

Current vs Prior +253.06%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +40.02%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 9:35am) 1,932,229

Calls: 923,415 (48%)

Puts: 1,008,814 (52%)

Prior (10/08) 1,860,325

Calls: 897,407 (48%)

Puts: 962,918 (52%)

Current vs Prior +3.87%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,739,197

Calls: 6,218,036 (49%)

Puts: 6,521,161 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,819,885

Calls: 888,290 (49%)

Puts: 931,594 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 2.66% | 4.52%2.66% | 9.53%

Prior 1.55% | 4.79%4.79% | 10.01%

Current vs Prior +70.91% | -5.50%-44.50% | -4.77%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.40% | 4.76%5.68% | 10.70%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +10.71% | -5.01%-53.24% | -10.89%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.55% | 4.79%3.73% | 8.48%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +70.91% | -5.50%-28.72% | +12.37%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 5.94% | 3.76%

Calls: 6.27% | 3.63%

Puts: 5.61% | 3.90%

Prior 6.79% | 2.00%

Calls: 7.14% | 2.10%

Puts: 6.45% | 1.90%

Current vs Prior -12.52% | +88.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.36% | 2.84%

Calls: 5.43% | 2.31%

Puts: 5.29% | 3.38%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +10.79% | +32.19%

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Moderately bearish flow with 65% put dollar volume ($9.55M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 368% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 345% vs prior - elevated interest. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.09.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:05	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 269 of results (avg 6.2%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Nov 20	24.00	24.45	$24.23	1.9%	11	0.64	4.4K
$400.00	Oct 16	12.45	12.80	$12.63	2.8%	2	0.84	2.0K
$402.50	Oct 16	10.40	10.70	$10.55	2.8%	1	0.79	20
$410.00	Nov 20	18.35	18.90	$18.63	3.0%	3	0.54	1.4K
$400.00	Nov 13	22.10	22.80	$22.45	3.1%	50	0.65	53

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$420.00	Nov 20	20.35	20.80	$20.58	2.2%	17	0.55	5.0K
$420.00	Oct 23	13.20	13.50	$13.35	2.2%	13	0.63	1.2K
$410.00	Nov 20	15.10	15.45	$15.27	2.3%	21	0.46	5.7K
$430.00	Nov 13	25.25	25.90	$25.58	2.5%	1	0.66	245
$475.00	Oct 16	62.55	64.20	$63.38	2.6%	7	1.00	587

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 16 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.34)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$432.50	Oct 16	0.32	0.35	$0.34	8.8%	19	0.06	445
$430.00	Oct 16	0.48	0.52	$0.50	8.0%	155	0.09	8.1K
$427.50	Oct 16	0.65	0.74	$0.70	12.9%	26	0.12	128
$460.00	Oct 23	0.24	0.28	$0.26	15.4%	36	0.03	1.2K
$450.00	Oct 23	0.50	0.54	$0.52	7.7%	133	0.06	1.7K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$390.00	Oct 16	0.25	0.29	$0.27	14.8%	306	0.05	5.3K
$395.00	Oct 16	0.46	0.52	$0.49	12.2%	77	0.08	1.7K
$375.00	Oct 23	0.55	0.66	$0.61	18.0%	5	0.05	3.5K
$380.00	Oct 23	0.81	0.90	$0.86	10.5%	22	0.08	416

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 194 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$330.00	Oct 16	80.60	83.75	$82.18	3.8%	--	1.00	448
$340.00	Oct 16	70.45	73.75	$72.10	4.6%	--	1.00	847
$350.00	Oct 16	60.70	63.75	$62.23	4.9%	--	0.99	459
$360.00	Oct 16	50.45	53.80	$52.13	6.4%	--	0.99	440
$370.00	Oct 16	40.70	43.80	$42.25	7.3%	--	0.99	558

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$440.00	Oct 16	26.85	29.45	$28.15	9.2%	24	1.00	5.6K
$442.50	Oct 16	29.00	32.00	$30.50	9.8%	28	1.00	514
$445.00	Oct 16	32.45	34.80	$33.63	7.0%	694	1.00	1.6K
$447.50	Oct 16	34.00	37.25	$35.63	9.1%	1	1.00	610
$450.00	Oct 16	37.60	39.80	$38.70	5.7%	12	1.00	4.4K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 289 active (total vol 14.2K, top 1.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Oct 16	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	446	0.01	6.1K
$480.00	Oct 23	0.05	0.08	$0.07	42.9%	416	0.01	2.7K
$470.00	Oct 23	0.10	0.15	$0.13	38.5%	415	0.01	1.4K
$440.00	Oct 23	1.12	1.21	$1.17	7.7%	330	0.11	537
$450.00	Oct 16	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	286	0.01	11.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Oct 16	0.99	1.08	$1.04	8.7%	1.3K	0.16	7.5K
$350.00	Nov 20	1.42	1.61	$1.52	12.5%	1.1K	0.07	7.3K
$445.00	Oct 16	32.45	34.80	$33.63	7.0%	694	1.00	1.6K
$405.00	Oct 16	2.02	2.16	$2.09	6.7%	474	0.28	2.0K
$410.00	Oct 16	3.95	4.30	$4.13	8.5%	441	0.44	3.8K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 22 strikes (avg 51.7%, max 63.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$410.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	49.5%	30.2%	63.8%	141	1.9K
$425.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	51.9%	32.6%	59.2%	123	75
$420.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	51.5%	32.8%	57.1%	253	2.7K
$400.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	49.4%	31.6%	56.1%	13	6.4K
$412.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	50.3%	33.1%	52.1%	66	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$410.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	49.1%	30.1%	62.8%	443	3.9K
$400.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	49.1%	30.8%	59.6%	1.3K	7.6K
$425.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	52.2%	32.7%	59.6%	27	1.7K
$405.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	48.8%	30.8%	58.3%	474	2.1K
$420.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	51.8%	32.8%	58.0%	124	9.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 222 found (best R:R 4.15, avg 7.44)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$435.00	$440.00	Nov 27	$0.97	$4.03	$0.97	34%	4.15	$435.97
$400.00	$410.00	Nov 20	$5.60	$4.40	$5.60	64%	0.79	$405.60
$455.00	$460.00	Nov 27	$0.62	$4.38	$0.62	21%	7.06	$455.62
$470.00	$475.00	Nov 27	$0.30	$4.70	$0.30	13%	15.67	$470.30
$400.00	$410.00	Nov 13	$5.75	$4.25	$5.75	65%	0.74	$405.75

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$425.00	$422.50	Oct 23	$1.20	$1.30	$1.20	72%	1.08	$423.80
$440.00	$430.00	Nov 20	$6.47	$3.53	$6.47	72%	0.55	$433.53
$432.50	$430.00	Oct 30	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	74%	0.72	$431.05
$430.00	$427.50	Oct 23	$1.56	$0.94	$1.56	79%	0.60	$428.44
$430.00	$425.00	Nov 6	$2.95	$2.05	$2.95	68%	0.69	$427.05

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 175 found (best R:R 0.52, avg 0.27)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$460.00	$470.00	Nov 27	$1.68	$1.68	$8.32	82%	0.20	$461.68
$482.50	$485.00	Oct 23	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	97%	0.15	$482.82
$487.50	$490.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$0.13	$2.37	98%	0.05	$487.63
$472.50	$475.00	Oct 30	$0.18	$0.18	$2.32	95%	0.08	$472.68
$440.00	$445.00	Nov 27	$1.47	$1.47	$3.53	70%	0.42	$441.47

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$385.00	$380.00	Nov 27	$1.70	$1.70	$3.30	75%	0.52	$383.30
$365.00	$360.00	Nov 13	$0.80	$0.80	$4.20	90%	0.19	$364.20
$350.00	$330.00	Nov 27	$1.17	$1.17	$18.83	92%	0.06	$348.83
$390.00	$380.00	Nov 20	$2.52	$2.52	$7.48	72%	0.34	$387.48
$410.00	$400.00	Nov 20	$4.37	$4.37	$5.63	54%	0.78	$405.63

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $3.68, cheapest $4.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$407.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$4.00	49.7%	33.8%
$417.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.52	50.8%	35.4%
$410.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$4.05	49.5%	34.3%
$412.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.94	50.3%	35.7%
$415.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.80	50.1%	35.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$417.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.25	51.1%	35.3%
$407.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.57	49.7%	33.9%
$412.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.63	50.7%	35.5%
$415.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.47	50.5%	35.4%
$410.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$3.57	49.1%	34.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 106 found (cheapest 2.36% of stock, avg 6.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$410.00	Oct 16	$5.58	$4.13	$9.71	$400.29	$419.71	2.36%
$412.50	Oct 16	$4.38	$5.35	$9.73	$402.77	$422.23	2.37%
$407.50	Oct 16	$7.03	$3.01	$10.04	$397.46	$417.54	2.44%
$415.00	Oct 16	$3.40	$6.88	$10.28	$404.72	$425.28	2.50%
$405.00	Oct 16	$8.65	$2.09	$10.74	$394.26	$415.74	2.61%
$417.50	Oct 16	$2.63	$8.55	$11.18	$406.32	$428.68	2.72%
$402.50	Oct 16	$10.55	$1.48	$12.03	$390.47	$414.53	2.92%
$420.00	Oct 16	$1.96	$10.43	$12.39	$407.61	$432.39	3.01%
$400.00	Oct 16	$12.63	$1.04	$13.67	$386.33	$413.67	3.32%
$422.50	Oct 16	$1.40	$12.35	$13.75	$408.75	$436.25	3.34%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.59% of stock, avg 3.76%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$422.50	$400.00	Oct 16	$1.40	$1.04	$2.44	$397.56	$424.94
$422.50	$402.50	Oct 16	$1.40	$1.48	$2.88	$399.62	$425.38
$420.00	$400.00	Oct 16	$1.96	$1.04	$3.00	$397.00	$423.00
$420.00	$402.50	Oct 16	$1.96	$1.48	$3.44	$399.06	$423.44
$422.50	$405.00	Oct 16	$1.40	$2.09	$3.49	$401.51	$425.99
$420.00	$405.00	Oct 16	$1.96	$2.09	$4.05	$400.95	$424.05
$417.50	$400.00	Oct 16	$2.63	$1.04	$3.67	$396.33	$421.17
$417.50	$402.50	Oct 16	$2.63	$1.48	$4.11	$398.39	$421.61
$417.50	$405.00	Oct 16	$2.63	$2.09	$4.72	$400.28	$422.22
$422.50	$407.50	Oct 16	$1.40	$3.01	$4.41	$403.09	$426.91

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 376 found (best R:R 1.73, avg credit $1.48)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
380/385	440/445	Nov 27	$3.17	$1.83	45%	1.73	$381.83	$443.17
380/385	450/455	Nov 27	$2.75	$2.25	51%	1.22	$382.25	$452.75
380/385	445/450	Nov 27	$2.73	$2.27	48%	1.20	$382.27	$447.73
360/365	460/465	Nov 13	$1.30	$3.70	77%	0.35	$363.70	$461.30
380/385	470/475	Nov 27	$2.00	$3.00	62%	0.67	$383.00	$472.00
360/365	450/455	Nov 13	$1.56	$3.44	71%	0.45	$363.44	$451.56
360/365	455/460	Nov 13	$1.40	$3.60	74%	0.39	$363.60	$456.40
360/365	440/445	Nov 13	$1.88	$3.12	64%	0.60	$363.12	$441.88
360/365	445/450	Nov 13	$1.69	$3.31	68%	0.51	$363.31	$446.69
380/385	455/460	Nov 27	$2.32	$2.68	54%	0.87	$382.68	$457.32

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 242 found (best R:R 22.81, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$370.00	$380.00	$390.00	Nov 20	$0.42	$9.58	13%	22.81
$375.00	$385.00	$395.00	Oct 30	$0.69	$9.31	16%	13.49
$440.00	$450.00	$460.00	Nov 20	$0.49	$9.51	12%	19.41
$400.00	$410.00	$420.00	Nov 20	$0.90	$9.10	19%	10.11
$425.00	$430.00	$435.00	Nov 27	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$407.50	$410.00	$412.50	Oct 16	$0.10	$2.40	17%	24.00
$370.00	$375.00	$380.00	Nov 27	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$400.00	$410.00	$420.00	Nov 20	$0.94	$9.06	18%	9.64
$405.00	$410.00	$415.00	Oct 30	$0.30	$4.70	14%	15.67
$410.00	$415.00	$420.00	Nov 6	$0.23	$4.77	11%	20.74

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 200 found (best net $-0.06, 195 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$460.00	$470.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$1.07	$8.93
$480.00	$490.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.49	$9.51
$470.00	$480.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.78	$9.22
$472.50	$475.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.01	$2.49
$442.50	$445.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.02	$2.48

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$350.00	$330.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.06	$19.94
$395.00	$390.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.05	$4.95
$340.00	$330.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.23	$9.77
$390.00	$385.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.05	$4.95
$345.00	$340.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.07	$4.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 98 found (best yield 3.43%, avg 0.99%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$420.00	Nov 27	$14.10	0.46	2.1%	3.43%	5.54%	--	12
$425.00	Nov 27	$11.85	0.42	3.3%	2.88%	6.21%	2	7
$420.00	Nov 20	$13.65	0.45	2.1%	3.32%	5.43%	4	2.2K
$430.00	Nov 27	$10.05	0.38	4.5%	2.44%	6.99%	1	19
$430.00	Nov 20	$9.95	0.36	4.5%	2.42%	6.97%	84	6.9K
$440.00	Nov 27	$8.00	0.30	7.0%	1.95%	8.92%	19	12
$435.00	Nov 27	$8.40	0.34	5.8%	2.04%	7.80%	--	16
$415.00	Nov 13	$13.90	0.49	0.9%	3.38%	4.28%	1	27
$420.00	Nov 13	$11.65	0.44	2.1%	2.83%	4.95%	--	36
$425.00	Nov 13	$9.90	0.39	3.3%	2.41%	5.74%	1	13

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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 8,751

Total Puts 9,508

Put/Call Ratio 1.09

Net Difference -757

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,139

Total Puts 966

Put/Call Ratio 0.31

Net Difference 2,173

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 340,122

Total Puts 248,487

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.78

Ratio Trend Rising

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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