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USO

United States Oil

$135.16 +0.46%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 1:00pm) 92,309

Calls: 70,443 (76%)

Puts: 21,866 (24%)

Prior (08/20) 76,739

Calls: 41,851 (55%)

Puts: 34,888 (45%)

Current vs Prior +20.29%

Calls: +68.32% (Calls)

Puts: -37.33% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 734,961

Calls: 498,215 (68%)

Puts: 236,746 (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average 104,994

Calls: 71,173 (68%)

Puts: 33,820 (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.08%

Calls: -1.03%

Puts: -35.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/21 1:00pm) $23.21M

Calls: $20.62M (89%)

Puts: $2.59M (11%)

Prior (08/20) $26.89M

Calls: $21.36M (79%)

Puts: $5.53M (21%)

Current vs Prior -13.68%

Calls: -3.47%

Puts: -53.11%

Prior 7-Day Total $423.90M

Calls: $381.86M (90%)

Puts: $42.05M (10%)

Prior 7-Day Average $60.56M

Calls: $54.55M (90%)

Puts: $6.01M (10%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.68%

Calls: -62.21%

Puts: -56.84%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 1:00pm) 0.31

Prior (08/20) 0.83

Current vs Prior -62.76%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -38.02%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 1:00pm) 574,951

Calls: 331,242 (58%)

Puts: 243,709 (42%)

Prior (08/20) 544,365

Calls: 320,143 (59%)

Puts: 224,222 (41%)

Current vs Prior +5.62%

Prior 7-Day Total 3,949,169

Calls: 2,313,035 (59%)

Puts: 1,636,134 (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average 564,167

Calls: 330,433 (59%)

Puts: 233,733 (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/26)Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 1.12% | 4.76%1.12% | 5.70%1.12% | 10.57%

Prior 2.30% | 4.83%2.30% | 5.78%2.30% | 10.48%

Current vs Prior -51.03% | -1.53%-51.03% | -1.48%-51.03% | +0.81%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.10% | 4.98%2.93% | 6.28%3.52% | 11.28%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -63.76% | -4.40%-61.56% | -9.28%-68.09% | -6.34%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.30% | 4.83%2.30% | 5.78%2.30% | 10.48%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -51.03% | -1.53%-51.03% | -1.48%-51.03% | +0.81%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 28.16% | 21.97%

Calls: 22.00% | 13.33%

Puts: 34.31% | 30.61%

Prior 13.94% | 20.00%

Calls: 12.74% | 24.62%

Puts: 15.13% | 15.38%

Current vs Prior +102.01% | +9.85%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.02% | 18.80%

Calls: 17.50% | 13.29%

Puts: 30.53% | 24.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +17.25% | +16.85%

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Strong bullish conviction with 89% of dollar volume in calls ($20.62M) vs puts ($2.59M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.31 - heavy call buying (70,443 calls vs 21,866 puts). P/C ratio dropping 63% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 275 of results (avg 6.6%, best 2.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$114.00	Aug 21	20.85	21.30	$21.08	2.1%	13	1.00	165
$110.00	Sep 18	25.35	26.00	$25.68	2.5%	48	0.93	1.5K
$113.00	Aug 21	21.85	22.45	$22.15	2.7%	39	1.00	102
$131.00	Sep 18	8.90	9.15	$9.03	2.8%	2	0.62	260
$114.00	Aug 28	20.85	21.45	$21.15	2.8%	1	1.00	134

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Sep 18	9.55	9.85	$9.70	3.1%	12	0.58	1.8K
$152.00	Sep 18	18.65	19.25	$18.95	3.2%	--	0.78	24
$155.00	Aug 21	19.50	20.15	$19.83	3.3%	2	1.00	--
$150.00	Sep 18	17.00	17.60	$17.30	3.5%	--	0.75	642
$135.00	Sep 11	5.65	5.85	$5.75	3.5%	2	0.48	59

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 21 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Aug 26	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	2.0K	0.01	29
$150.00	Aug 28	0.42	0.47	$0.44	11.4%	1.2K	0.10	3.6K
$155.00	Aug 28	0.22	0.23	$0.23	4.3%	619	0.05	693

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Aug 28	0.20	0.23	$0.22	13.6%	246	0.05	923
$123.00	Aug 28	0.33	0.40	$0.37	18.9%	25	0.08	279
$125.00	Aug 28	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	385	0.12	1.6K
$128.00	Aug 28	0.92	1.00	$0.96	8.3%	338	0.19	358
$121.00	Sep 2	0.50	0.61	$0.55	20.0%	11	0.10	9

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 308 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$109.00	Aug 21	25.60	26.40	$26.00	3.1%	131	1.00	136
$110.00	Aug 21	24.55	25.45	$25.00	3.6%	57	1.00	1.1K
$111.00	Aug 21	23.30	24.50	$23.90	5.0%	118	1.00	9.5K
$112.00	Aug 21	22.50	23.35	$22.93	3.7%	153	1.00	234
$113.00	Aug 21	21.85	22.45	$22.15	2.7%	39	1.00	102

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Aug 21	14.55	15.70	$15.13	7.6%	1	1.00	8
$151.00	Aug 21	15.55	16.35	$15.95	5.0%	4	1.00	--
$152.00	Aug 21	16.55	17.25	$16.90	4.1%	3	1.00	--
$154.00	Aug 21	18.15	19.25	$18.70	5.9%	2	1.00	--
$155.00	Aug 21	19.50	20.15	$19.83	3.3%	2	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 537 active (total vol 71.7K, top 11.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Aug 21	0.44	0.55	$0.50	22.0%	11.2K	0.56	5.6K
$136.00	Aug 21	0.10	0.14	$0.12	33.3%	4.2K	0.21	937
$145.00	Aug 21	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.1K	0.00	8.6K
$136.00	Aug 28	3.10	3.35	$3.23	7.7%	2.0K	0.47	567
$160.00	Aug 26	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	2.0K	0.01	29

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$134.00	Aug 21	0.07	0.11	$0.09	44.4%	4.0K	0.15	285
$132.00	Aug 21	0.01	0.07	$0.04	150.0%	825	0.05	972
$130.00	Sep 18	4.20	4.35	$4.28	3.5%	777	0.36	3.9K
$130.00	Aug 28	1.40	1.61	$1.51	13.9%	770	0.27	1.3K
$133.00	Aug 21	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	622	0.05	646

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 11 strikes (avg 3.5%, max 6.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	46.8%	43.8%	6.9%	3	176
$129.50	Sep 4	Oct 2	46.0%	44.0%	4.6%	12	84
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	46.6%	44.9%	3.7%	1	129
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	45.9%	45.1%	1.8%	--	180
$128.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	44.3%	43.8%	1.0%	4	64

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	46.8%	43.8%	6.9%	14	153
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	46.0%	43.3%	6.2%	63	11
$145.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	52.1%	50.2%	3.8%	4	71
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	46.0%	44.9%	2.3%	115	137
$128.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	44.3%	43.8%	1.0%	316	88

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 310 found (best R:R 1.63, avg 2.66)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$115.00	$116.00	Sep 25	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	89%	1.63	$115.38
$110.00	$111.00	Sep 25	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	94%	1.33	$110.43
$131.00	$134.00	Sep 2	$1.30	$1.70	$1.30	66%	1.31	$132.30
$145.00	$150.00	Oct 2	$1.10	$3.90	$1.10	36%	3.55	$146.10
$150.00	$155.00	Oct 2	$0.82	$4.18	$0.82	30%	5.10	$150.82

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$150.00	$149.00	Sep 18	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	75%	1.86	$149.65
$135.00	$134.00	Sep 2	$0.23	$0.77	$0.23	49%	3.35	$134.77
$152.00	$151.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	78%	0.67	$151.40
$141.00	$140.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	72%	0.82	$140.45
$140.00	$139.00	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	58%	1.38	$139.58

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 222 found (best R:R 3.35, avg 0.52)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$136.00	$137.00	Aug 26	$0.68	$0.68	$0.32	54%	2.13	$136.68
$148.00	$149.00	Sep 18	$0.46	$0.46	$0.54	72%	0.85	$148.46
$161.00	$162.00	Aug 21	$0.20	$0.20	$0.80	96%	0.25	$161.20
$142.00	$143.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$0.15	$0.85	91%	0.18	$142.15
$140.00	$141.00	Sep 11	$0.47	$0.47	$0.53	60%	0.89	$140.47

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$134.00	$133.00	Sep 2	$0.77	$0.77	$0.23	55%	3.35	$133.23
$127.00	$126.00	Sep 25	$0.62	$0.62	$0.38	69%	1.63	$126.38
$132.00	$131.00	Oct 2	$0.73	$0.73	$0.27	58%	2.70	$131.27
$130.00	$129.00	Oct 2	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	62%	1.86	$129.35
$131.00	$130.00	Sep 25	$0.62	$0.62	$0.38	61%	1.63	$130.38

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 11 found (avg debit $1.42, cheapest $0.68)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.68	46.8%	43.8%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.82	46.0%	43.3%
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.00	46.6%	44.9%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.95	45.9%	45.1%
$128.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$2.63	44.3%	43.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.73	46.8%	43.8%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.69	46.0%	43.3%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.92	46.0%	44.9%
$128.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$2.15	44.3%	43.8%
$135.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$2.57	40.2%	45.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 178 found (cheapest 0.63% of stock, avg 8.51%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$135.00	Aug 21	$0.50	$0.35	$0.85	$134.15	$135.85	0.63%
$136.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$1.02	$1.14	$134.86	$137.14	0.84%
$134.00	Aug 21	$1.20	$0.09	$1.29	$132.71	$135.29	0.95%
$137.00	Aug 21	$0.03	$1.90	$1.93	$135.07	$138.93	1.43%
$133.00	Aug 21	$2.03	$0.03	$2.06	$130.94	$135.06	1.52%
$138.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$2.98	$3.00	$135.00	$141.00	2.22%
$132.00	Aug 21	$3.13	$0.04	$3.17	$128.83	$135.17	2.35%
$139.00	Aug 21	$0.01	$3.83	$3.84	$135.16	$142.84	2.84%
$131.00	Aug 21	$4.22	$0.02	$4.24	$126.76	$135.24	3.14%
$140.00	Aug 21	$0.01	$4.88	$4.89	$135.11	$144.89	3.62%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 206 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 6.32%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$137.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.03	$0.09	$0.12	$133.88	$137.12
$136.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$0.09	$0.21	$133.79	$136.21
$142.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.21	$0.09	$0.30	$133.70	$142.30
$137.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.03	$0.35	$0.38	$134.62	$137.38
$136.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$0.35	$0.47	$134.53	$136.47
$142.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.21	$0.35	$0.56	$134.44	$142.56
$140.00	$131.00	Aug 26	$1.30	$1.27	$2.57	$128.43	$142.57
$139.00	$131.00	Aug 26	$1.61	$1.27	$2.88	$128.12	$141.88
$140.00	$132.00	Aug 26	$1.30	$1.61	$2.91	$129.09	$142.91
$139.00	$132.00	Aug 26	$1.61	$1.61	$3.22	$128.78	$142.22

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 266 found (best R:R 1.50, avg credit $0.61)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
128/129	149/150	Sep 2	$0.60	$0.40	56%	1.50	$128.40	$149.60
128/129	144/145	Sep 4	$0.70	$0.30	43%	2.33	$128.30	$144.70
110/111	144/145	Sep 4	$0.42	$0.58	68%	0.72	$110.58	$144.42
119/120	144/145	Sep 4	$0.47	$0.53	62%	0.89	$119.53	$144.47
127/128	144/145	Sep 4	$0.62	$0.38	46%	1.63	$127.38	$144.62
128/129	144/145	Aug 26	$0.44	$0.56	64%	0.79	$128.56	$144.44
128/129	147/148	Sep 2	$0.54	$0.46	53%	1.17	$128.46	$147.54
131/132	144/145	Aug 26	$0.56	$0.44	51%	1.27	$131.44	$144.56
123/124	144/145	Sep 4	$0.51	$0.49	56%	1.04	$123.49	$144.51
129/130	144/145	Aug 26	$0.47	$0.53	60%	0.89	$129.53	$144.47

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 240 found (best R:R 37.46, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$4.87	10%	37.46
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.32	$0.68	64%	2.13
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 25	$0.16	$4.84	10%	30.25
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.87	39%	6.69
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 11	$0.19	$4.81	10%	25.32

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$135.00	$136.00	$137.00	Aug 21	$0.21	$0.79	50%	3.76
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.41	$0.59	64%	1.44
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.20	$0.80	40%	4.00
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	10%	13.29
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Sep 2	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 186 found (best net $-1.37, 178 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$133.00	$134.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.37	$0.63
$141.00	$145.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.69	$3.31
$150.00	$154.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.25	$3.75
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.71	$4.29
$155.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.49	$4.51

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$143.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.37	$5.63
$150.00	$141.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.90	$8.10
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.92	$6.08
$146.00	$140.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.60	$5.40
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$3.16	$6.84

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 130 found (best yield 5.33%, avg 1.75%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$138.00	Oct 2	$7.20	0.47	2.1%	5.33%	7.43%	3	39
$145.00	Oct 2	$5.00	0.36	7.3%	3.70%	10.98%	346	10
$143.00	Oct 2	$5.40	0.39	5.8%	4.00%	9.80%	7	3
$140.00	Oct 2	$6.25	0.44	3.6%	4.62%	8.21%	1.1K	2.6K
$137.00	Oct 2	$7.45	0.49	1.4%	5.51%	6.87%	1	11
$139.00	Oct 2	$6.55	0.45	2.8%	4.85%	7.69%	2	2
$150.00	Oct 2	$3.80	0.30	11.0%	2.81%	13.79%	4	10
$136.00	Oct 2	$7.80	0.51	0.6%	5.77%	6.39%	--	34
$155.00	Oct 2	$3.05	0.24	14.7%	2.26%	16.94%	1	1
$145.00	Sep 25	$4.20	0.35	7.3%	3.11%	10.39%	11	166

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 70,443

Total Puts 21,866

Put/Call Ratio 0.31

Net Difference 48,577

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 41,851

Total Puts 34,888

Put/Call Ratio 0.83

Net Difference 6,963

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 498,215

Total Puts 236,746

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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