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USO

United States Oil

$129.61 -0.31%

(8/28 13:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 2:00pm) 57,026

Calls: 40,803 (72%)

Puts: 16,223 (28%)

Prior (08/27) 53,823

Calls: 35,714 (66%)

Puts: 18,109 (34%)

Current vs Prior +5.95%

Calls: +14.25% (Calls)

Puts: -10.41% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 764,985

Calls: 491,232 (64%)

Puts: 273,753 (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average 109,283

Calls: 70,176 (64%)

Puts: 39,107 (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -47.82%

Calls: -41.86%

Puts: -58.52%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 2:00pm) $12.47M

Calls: $10.47M (84%)

Puts: $2.01M (16%)

Prior (08/27) $24.27M

Calls: $21.95M (90%)

Puts: $2.33M (10%)

Current vs Prior -48.61%

Calls: -52.31%

Puts: -13.81%

Prior 7-Day Total $240.27M

Calls: $191.60M (80%)

Puts: $48.66M (20%)

Prior 7-Day Average $34.32M

Calls: $27.37M (80%)

Puts: $6.95M (20%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -63.66%

Calls: -61.76%

Puts: -71.12%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 2:00pm) 0.40

Prior (08/27) 0.51

Current vs Prior -21.59%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.61

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.08%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 2:00pm) 514,449

Calls: 303,650 (59%)

Puts: 210,799 (41%)

Prior (08/27) 477,446

Calls: 286,378 (60%)

Puts: 191,068 (40%)

Current vs Prior +7.75%

Prior 7-Day Total 4,282,615

Calls: 2,085,163 (49%)

Puts: 2,197,452 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 611,802

Calls: 297,880 (49%)

Puts: 313,921 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/02)Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.94% | 3.73%0.94% | 4.35%7.64% | 12.81%

Prior 2.08% | 4.39%2.08% | 4.96%8.14% | 13.45%

Current vs Prior -54.68% | -14.98%-54.68% | -12.30%-6.15% | -4.75%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.99% | 4.79%2.82% | 5.87%5.62% | 12.22%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -68.57% | -22.01%-66.59% | -25.91%+36.00% | +4.79%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.08% | 4.39%2.08% | 4.96%8.14% | 13.45%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -54.68% | -14.98%-54.68% | -12.30%-6.15% | -4.75%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 38.23% | 23.52%

Calls: 46.67% | 30.74%

Puts: 29.79% | 16.30%

Prior 27.76% | 18.57%

Calls: 25.00% | 13.18%

Puts: 30.52% | 23.96%

Current vs Prior +37.72% | +26.66%

Prior 7-Day Avg 31.31% | 16.71%

Calls: 36.38% | 18.29%

Puts: 26.23% | 15.12%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +22.12% | +40.79%

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Strong bullish conviction with 84% of dollar volume in calls ($10.47M) vs puts ($2.01M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.40 - heavy call buying (40,803 calls vs 16,223 puts). P/C ratio dropping 22% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 186 of results (avg 7.0%, best 1.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$110.00	Sep 18	19.90	20.20	$20.05	1.5%	10	0.94	1.4K
$105.00	Sep 11	24.60	25.15	$24.88	2.2%	1	1.00	92
$105.00	Aug 28	24.40	25.05	$24.73	2.6%	129	0.99	159
$106.00	Sep 18	23.70	24.40	$24.05	2.9%	1	1.00	63
$109.00	Aug 28	20.40	21.05	$20.73	3.1%	74	0.97	78

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$149.00	Sep 18	19.55	20.20	$19.88	3.3%	--	0.89	73
$150.00	Sep 18	20.45	21.15	$20.80	3.4%	--	0.90	680
$140.00	Sep 18	11.65	12.05	$11.85	3.4%	1	0.76	1.7K
$155.00	Sep 18	25.25	26.15	$25.70	3.5%	--	0.94	372
$138.00	Sep 25	10.75	11.20	$10.98	4.1%	1	0.68	1

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 21 found (avg $0.69, cheapest $0.13)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Sep 2	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	116	0.05	3.4K
$135.00	Sep 4	0.82	0.90	$0.86	9.3%	1.9K	0.23	2.4K
$140.00	Sep 9	0.60	0.72	$0.66	18.2%	22	0.15	11
$140.00	Sep 11	0.86	1.02	$0.94	17.0%	18	0.18	2.4K
$155.00	Sep 18	0.36	0.42	$0.39	15.4%	21	0.06	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$124.00	Sep 4	0.70	0.85	$0.77	19.5%	35	0.19	318
$125.00	Sep 4	0.91	1.00	$0.96	9.4%	136	0.23	596
$122.00	Sep 9	0.80	0.93	$0.87	14.9%	16	0.17	40
$120.00	Sep 11	0.76	0.89	$0.83	15.7%	424	0.15	851
$121.00	Sep 11	0.87	1.05	$0.96	18.8%	2	0.17	142

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 298 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$105.00	Sep 11	24.60	25.15	$24.88	2.2%	1	1.00	92
$104.00	Sep 18	25.00	26.60	$25.80	6.2%	--	1.00	65
$105.00	Sep 18	24.05	25.30	$24.68	5.1%	2	1.00	274
$106.00	Sep 18	23.70	24.40	$24.05	2.9%	1	1.00	63
$107.00	Sep 18	22.05	23.70	$22.88	7.2%	--	1.00	403

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$133.00	Aug 28	2.90	3.65	$3.28	22.9%	22	1.00	114
$134.00	Aug 28	3.85	4.60	$4.22	17.8%	47	1.00	103
$135.00	Aug 28	4.75	5.55	$5.15	15.5%	31	1.00	803
$137.00	Aug 28	6.80	7.80	$7.30	13.7%	12	1.00	582
$138.00	Aug 28	7.70	9.20	$8.45	17.8%	12	1.00	16

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 507 active (total vol 55.3K, top 6.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$138.00	Sep 4	0.35	0.49	$0.42	33.3%	6.3K	0.13	58
$145.00	Sep 4	0.13	0.20	$0.17	41.2%	4.4K	0.05	531
$150.00	Sep 4	0.05	0.11	$0.08	75.0%	4.3K	0.02	403
$130.00	Aug 28	0.09	0.14	$0.12	41.7%	2.4K	0.29	1.1K
$132.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	2.2K	0.03	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	1.6K	0.01	4.0K
$128.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	1.3K	0.03	514
$120.00	Sep 18	1.21	1.35	$1.28	10.9%	1.3K	0.19	4.5K
$120.00	Sep 4	0.25	0.33	$0.29	27.6%	920	0.08	1.1K
$130.00	Aug 28	0.40	0.54	$0.47	29.8%	746	0.71	2.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 2 strikes (avg 9.5%, max 17.6%)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	43.8%	37.3%	17.6%	16	188
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	38.7%	38.2%	1.3%	--	44

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 279 found (best R:R 1.20, avg 3.05)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$123.00	$133.00	Oct 9	$4.55	$5.45	$4.55	66%	1.20	$127.55
$107.00	$108.00	Sep 4	$0.23	$0.77	$0.23	96%	3.35	$107.23
$105.00	$107.00	Sep 25	$1.27	$0.73	$1.27	96%	0.57	$106.27
$104.00	$105.00	Sep 11	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	93%	1.70	$104.37
$124.00	$127.00	Sep 9	$1.50	$1.50	$1.50	76%	1.00	$125.50

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$149.00	$148.00	Aug 28	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	100%	1.00	$148.50
$144.00	$143.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	83%	1.50	$143.60
$148.00	$147.00	Sep 18	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	88%	1.08	$147.52
$146.00	$145.00	Sep 18	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	86%	1.08	$145.52
$140.00	$139.00	Sep 4	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	91%	0.82	$139.45

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 196 found (best R:R 0.28, avg 0.48)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$149.00	$150.00	Sep 4	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	93%	0.43	$149.30
$154.00	$155.00	Sep 4	$0.26	$0.26	$0.74	94%	0.35	$154.26
$152.00	$152.50	Sep 4	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	94%	1.00	$152.25
$145.00	$146.00	Sep 25	$0.37	$0.37	$0.63	80%	0.59	$145.37
$142.00	$143.00	Aug 28	$0.20	$0.20	$0.80	94%	0.25	$142.20

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$121.00	$110.00	Oct 9	$2.40	$2.40	$8.60	70%	0.28	$118.60
$122.00	$121.00	Sep 25	$0.52	$0.52	$0.48	72%	1.08	$121.48
$123.00	$122.00	Sep 11	$0.48	$0.48	$0.52	75%	0.92	$122.52
$128.00	$127.00	Sep 25	$0.63	$0.63	$0.37	57%	1.70	$127.37
$124.00	$121.00	Oct 9	$1.17	$1.17	$1.83	64%	0.64	$122.83

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 13 found (avg debit $1.37, cheapest $1.74)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.95	38.7%	38.2%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.06	38.0%	38.3%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.04	37.5%	38.0%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.11	37.1%	38.0%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.20	36.6%	37.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$1.74	43.8%	37.3%
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.33	38.7%	38.2%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.94	38.0%	38.3%
$125.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$0.65	38.7%	39.3%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.97	37.1%	38.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 184 found (cheapest 0.46% of stock, avg 7.36%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$130.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.47	$0.59	$129.41	$130.59	0.46%
$129.00	Aug 28	$0.75	$0.05	$0.80	$128.20	$129.80	0.62%
$131.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$1.24	$1.27	$129.73	$132.27	0.98%
$128.00	Aug 28	$1.71	$0.01	$1.72	$126.28	$129.72	1.33%
$132.00	Aug 28	$0.02	$2.30	$2.32	$129.68	$134.32	1.79%
$127.00	Aug 28	$2.69	$0.01	$2.70	$124.30	$129.70	2.08%
$133.00	Aug 28	$0.02	$3.28	$3.30	$129.70	$136.30	2.55%
$126.00	Aug 28	$3.90	$0.01	$3.91	$122.09	$129.91	3.02%
$134.00	Aug 28	$0.02	$4.22	$4.24	$129.76	$138.24	3.27%
$130.00	Sep 2	$2.04	$2.27	$4.31	$125.69	$134.31	3.33%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 225 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 4.91%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$131.00	$129.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$0.05	$0.08	$128.92	$131.08
$130.00	$129.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.05	$0.17	$128.83	$130.17
$142.00	$129.00	Aug 28	$0.21	$0.05	$0.26	$128.74	$142.26
$131.00	$105.50	Aug 28	$0.03	$0.60	$0.63	$104.87	$131.63
$142.00	$105.50	Aug 28	$0.21	$0.60	$0.81	$104.69	$142.81
$130.00	$105.50	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.60	$0.72	$104.78	$130.72
$153.00	$129.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.05	$1.12	$127.88	$154.12
$154.00	$129.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.05	$1.12	$127.88	$155.12
$131.00	$106.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$1.07	$1.10	$104.90	$132.10
$131.00	$106.50	Aug 28	$0.03	$1.07	$1.10	$105.40	$132.10

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 178 found (best R:R 3.35, avg credit $0.49)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
105/106	142/143	Aug 28	$0.77	$0.23	87%	3.35	$104.73	$142.77
105/106	148/149	Aug 28	$0.73	$0.27	89%	2.70	$104.77	$148.73
106/106	142/143	Aug 28	$0.67	$0.33	84%	2.03	$105.33	$142.67
106/106	148/149	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.37	86%	1.70	$105.37	$148.63
122/123	136/137	Sep 11	$0.78	$0.22	47%	3.55	$122.22	$136.78
122/123	134/135	Sep 9	$0.78	$0.22	46%	3.55	$122.22	$134.78
108/108	142/143	Aug 28	$0.32	$0.68	91%	0.47	$108.18	$142.32
110/110	142/143	Aug 28	$0.32	$0.68	91%	0.47	$110.18	$142.32
109/110	138/139	Sep 25	$0.62	$0.38	60%	1.63	$109.38	$138.62
111/112	138/139	Sep 25	$0.64	$0.36	58%	1.78	$111.36	$138.64

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 229 found (best R:R 1.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 28	$0.33	$0.67	68%	2.03
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Oct 2	$0.14	$4.86	10%	34.71
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 28	$0.54	$0.46	79%	0.85
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.92	26%	11.50
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Sep 2	$0.07	$0.93	9%	13.29

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 28	$0.35	$0.65	79%	1.86
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.62	68%	1.63
$124.00	$125.00	$126.00	Sep 2	$0.05	$0.95	9%	19.00
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67
$142.00	$143.00	$144.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.95	8%	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. 203 found (best net $-3.95, 185 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$123.00	$133.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.70	$8.30
$134.00	$142.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.46	$6.54
$145.00	$155.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.59	$9.41
$127.00	$128.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.73	$0.27
$146.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.09	$3.91

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$3.95	$6.05
$135.00	$131.00	1:2	Sep 9	-$1.42	$2.58
$132.00	$131.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.18	$0.82
$110.00	$105.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.03	$4.97
$143.00	$136.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$4.70	$2.30

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 138 found (best yield 4.36%, avg 1.52%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$134.00	Oct 9	$5.65	0.43	3.4%	4.36%	7.75%	--	23
$133.00	Oct 9	$6.00	0.45	2.6%	4.63%	7.24%	7	--
$142.00	Oct 9	$3.40	0.30	9.6%	2.62%	12.18%	2	1
$145.00	Oct 9	$2.65	0.26	11.9%	2.04%	13.92%	1	--
$135.00	Oct 2	$4.45	0.40	4.2%	3.43%	7.59%	200	340
$133.00	Oct 2	$5.10	0.44	2.6%	3.93%	6.55%	--	17
$134.00	Oct 2	$4.75	0.42	3.4%	3.66%	7.05%	--	21
$131.00	Oct 2	$5.90	0.48	1.1%	4.55%	5.62%	4	54
$130.00	Oct 2	$6.35	0.50	0.3%	4.90%	5.20%	1	91
$132.00	Oct 2	$5.45	0.46	1.8%	4.20%	6.05%	4	10

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

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 40,803

Total Puts 16,223

Put/Call Ratio 0.40

Net Difference 24,580

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 35,714

Total Puts 18,109

Put/Call Ratio 0.51

Net Difference 17,605

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 491,232

Total Puts 273,753

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.61

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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Option Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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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