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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$188.34 -0.15%

(8/28 10:50) ◀

Friday, August 28, 2026 (10:55am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:55am) 5,186

Calls: 1,400 (27%)

Puts: 3,786 (73%)

Prior (08/27) 10,802

Calls: 7,235 (67%)

Puts: 3,567 (33%)

Current vs Prior -51.99%

Calls: -80.65% (Calls)

Puts: +6.14% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 176,381

Calls: 65,123 (37%)

Puts: 111,258 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 25,197

Calls: 9,303 (37%)

Puts: 15,894 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -79.42%

Calls: -84.95%

Puts: -76.18%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:55am) $1.75M

Calls: $1.34M (76%)

Puts: $418.8K (24%)

Prior (08/27) $2.76M

Calls: $2.21M (80%)

Puts: $552.9K (20%)

Current vs Prior -36.53%

Calls: -39.60%

Puts: -24.25%

Prior 7-Day Total $98.77M

Calls: $61.78M (63%)

Puts: $36.99M (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average $14.11M

Calls: $8.83M (63%)

Puts: $5.28M (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -87.57%

Calls: -84.87%

Puts: -92.08%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:55am) 2.70

Prior (08/27) 0.49

Current vs Prior +448.51%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +51.60%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:55am) 750,236

Calls: 279,434 (37%)

Puts: 470,802 (63%)

Prior (08/27) 721,316

Calls: 268,723 (37%)

Puts: 452,593 (63%)

Current vs Prior +4.01%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,314,467

Calls: 1,982,130 (37%)

Puts: 3,332,337 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 759,209

Calls: 283,161 (37%)

Puts: 476,048 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.18%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 1.04% | 3.04%4.93% | 7.68%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -39.17% | -7.47%-4.01% | -0.21%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.27% | 3.89%3.75% | 7.55%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -54.48% | -22.02%+31.37% | +1.64%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -39.17% | -7.47%-4.01% | -0.21%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 94.78% | 46.75%

Calls: 114.29% | 49.59%

Puts: 75.28% | 43.90%

Prior 69.97% | 29.52%

Calls: 48.23% | 25.49%

Puts: 91.72% | 33.55%

Current vs Prior +35.46% | +58.37%

Prior 7-Day Avg 56.82% | 38.14%

Calls: 56.34% | 38.61%

Puts: 57.30% | 37.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +66.81% | +22.59%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 76% of dollar volume in calls ($1.34M) vs puts ($418.8K). Below-average activity with volume down 52% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.70 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 449% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:55	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:50	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:45	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:40	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:35	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:30	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:25	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:20	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:15	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:10	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:05	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:55	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:50	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:35	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 41 of results (avg 7.2%, best 0.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 18	32.50	33.90	$33.20	4.2%	--	1.00	2.8K
$157.50	Sep 18	30.00	31.45	$30.73	4.7%	1	1.00	1.3K
$151.00	Sep 18	36.45	38.25	$37.35	4.8%	--	1.00	299
$159.00	Sep 18	28.55	30.00	$29.28	5.0%	--	1.00	48
$152.50	Sep 18	34.95	36.75	$35.85	5.0%	--	1.00	600

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$178.00	Sep 18	1.12	1.13	$1.13	0.9%	261	0.18	8.5K
$186.00	Sep 4	1.42	1.51	$1.47	6.1%	4	0.37	118
$210.00	Sep 25	21.55	23.05	$22.30	6.7%	10	0.95	10
$187.50	Sep 11	2.69	2.95	$2.82	9.2%	4	0.47	8
$195.00	Sep 18	7.85	8.65	$8.25	9.7%	--	0.74	447

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.59)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$172.50	Sep 18	0.54	0.64	$0.59	16.9%	--	0.10	1.2K
$175.00	Sep 18	0.75	0.84	$0.80	11.2%	1.7K	0.13	7.2K
$170.00	Sep 18	0.44	0.52	$0.48	16.7%	8	0.08	4.3K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 139 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$156.00	Aug 28	30.35	32.50	$31.43	6.8%	2	1.00	403
$157.00	Aug 28	29.55	31.50	$30.53	6.4%	--	1.00	210
$157.50	Aug 28	28.90	31.00	$29.95	7.0%	--	1.00	207
$158.00	Aug 28	28.65	30.45	$29.55	6.1%	13	1.00	101
$159.00	Aug 28	27.75	29.45	$28.60	5.9%	13	1.00	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 4	11.40	13.65	$12.53	18.0%	3	0.96	--
$191.00	Aug 28	2.39	3.50	$2.95	37.6%	6	0.95	7
$210.00	Sep 25	21.55	23.05	$22.30	6.7%	10	0.95	10
$190.00	Aug 28	1.59	3.70	$2.65	79.6%	4	0.88	26
$200.00	Sep 18	11.90	13.35	$12.63	11.5%	--	0.87	136

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 175 active (total vol 4.2K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Aug 28	0.01	1.25	$0.63	196.8%	128	0.37	482
$185.00	Aug 28	2.76	3.50	$3.13	23.6%	60	0.91	255
$167.00	Aug 28	19.95	21.80	$20.88	8.9%	51	1.00	57
$167.50	Aug 28	19.25	20.95	$20.10	8.5%	51	1.00	56
$192.50	Sep 4	0.51	0.96	$0.74	60.8%	40	0.22	53

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 18	0.75	0.84	$0.80	11.2%	1.7K	0.13	7.2K
$170.00	Sep 25	0.54	0.82	$0.68	41.2%	758	0.10	97
$178.00	Sep 18	1.12	1.13	$1.13	0.9%	261	0.18	8.5K
$184.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	53	0.04	188
$178.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	50	0.01	129

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 12 strikes (avg 258.9%, max 1126.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	286.5%	23.4%	1126.3%	--	97
$182.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	145.5%	23.1%	531.0%	8	258
$187.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	64.3%	22.8%	181.6%	2	861
$189.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	53.5%	26.6%	101.1%	129	495
$187.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	45.5%	23.0%	97.9%	18	994

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.50	Aug 28	Oct 9	145.5%	24.3%	497.6%	10	48
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	64.3%	23.4%	174.9%	3	725
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	53.5%	24.2%	121.4%	2	215
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 11	45.5%	21.4%	112.5%	40	274
$186.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	46.3%	22.8%	103.0%	25	136

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 145 found (best R:R 2.70, avg 4.59)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$183.00	$184.00	Aug 28	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	95%	2.70	$183.27
$182.00	$182.50	Sep 4	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	86%	3.17	$182.12
$185.00	$186.00	Sep 4	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	69%	1.63	$185.38
$162.00	$162.50	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.28	$0.22	100%	1.27	$162.22
$187.50	$189.00	Oct 2	$0.50	$1.00	$0.50	51%	2.00	$188.00

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$10.52	$9.48	$10.52	80%	0.90	$189.48
$191.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	95%	2.33	$190.70
$190.00	$189.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	56%	3.00	$189.75
$190.00	$189.00	Sep 4	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	63%	2.12	$189.68
$195.00	$192.50	Sep 18	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	74%	0.67	$193.50

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 115 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.48)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$202.50	$205.00	Aug 28	$1.06	$1.06	$1.44	84%	0.74	$203.56
$189.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.53	$0.53	$0.47	63%	1.13	$189.53
$189.00	$190.00	Oct 2	$0.73	$0.73	$0.27	52%	2.70	$189.73
$191.00	$192.50	Sep 18	$0.77	$0.77	$0.73	60%	1.05	$191.77
$193.00	$194.00	Sep 18	$0.51	$0.51	$0.49	67%	1.04	$193.51

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$186.00	$185.00	Sep 11	$0.63	$0.63	$0.37	60%	1.70	$185.37
$186.00	$185.00	Sep 25	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	56%	2.03	$185.33
$183.00	$182.50	Sep 25	$0.40	$0.40	$0.10	65%	4.00	$182.60
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 11	$0.35	$0.35	$0.15	73%	2.33	$182.15
$186.00	$185.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$0.60	$0.40	58%	1.50	$185.40

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.71, cheapest $1.22)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.73	64.3%	21.2%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.44	53.5%	24.9%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.78	31.1%	24.2%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.22	64.3%	21.2%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.99	53.5%	24.9%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$2.07	31.1%	24.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 98 found (cheapest 0.61% of stock, avg 5.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Aug 28	$0.66	$0.49	$1.15	$186.85	$189.15	0.61%
$187.00	Aug 28	$1.40	$0.39	$1.79	$185.21	$188.79	0.95%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$1.29	$1.92	$187.08	$190.92	1.02%
$187.50	Aug 28	$1.05	$0.89	$1.94	$185.56	$189.44	1.03%
$186.00	Aug 28	$2.42	$0.18	$2.60	$183.40	$188.60	1.38%
$190.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$2.65	$2.75	$187.25	$192.75	1.46%
$191.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$2.95	$2.98	$188.02	$193.98	1.58%
$185.00	Aug 28	$3.13	$0.18	$3.31	$181.69	$188.31	1.76%
$184.00	Aug 28	$4.20	$0.03	$4.23	$179.77	$188.23	2.25%
$183.00	Aug 28	$4.47	$0.13	$4.60	$178.40	$187.60	2.44%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 140 found (cheapest 0.15% of stock, avg 2.70%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.18	$0.28	$185.72	$190.28
$190.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.39	$0.49	$186.51	$190.49
$190.00	$188.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.49	$0.59	$187.41	$190.59
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.73	$0.83	$181.67	$190.83
$189.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.18	$0.81	$185.19	$189.81
$189.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.39	$1.02	$185.98	$190.02
$189.00	$188.00	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.49	$1.12	$186.88	$190.12
$202.50	$186.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.18	$1.25	$184.75	$203.75
$190.00	$187.50	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.89	$0.99	$186.51	$190.99
$189.00	$187.50	Aug 28	$0.63	$0.89	$1.52	$185.98	$190.52

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 213 found (best R:R 2.29, avg credit $0.53)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
182/182	202/205	Aug 28	$1.74	$0.76	65%	2.29	$180.76	$204.24
184/185	202/205	Aug 28	$1.21	$1.29	71%	0.94	$183.79	$203.71
175/176	194/195	Oct 2	$0.86	$0.14	44%	6.14	$175.14	$194.86
179/180	193/194	Sep 18	$0.83	$0.17	44%	4.88	$179.17	$193.83
176/177	194/195	Oct 2	$0.79	$0.21	42%	3.76	$176.21	$194.79
180/181	193/194	Sep 18	$0.80	$0.20	41%	4.00	$180.20	$193.80
175/176	197/198	Oct 2	$0.67	$0.33	52%	2.03	$175.33	$197.67
175/176	196/197	Sep 25	$0.60	$0.40	55%	1.50	$175.40	$196.60
175/176	199/200	Oct 2	$0.58	$0.42	57%	1.38	$175.42	$199.58
186/187	202/205	Aug 28	$1.27	$1.23	55%	1.03	$185.73	$203.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 88 found (best R:R 16.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.28	$4.72	12%	16.86
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.95	11%	19.00
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$4.82	6%	26.78
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Sep 11	$0.08	$2.42	4%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 2	$0.15	$4.85	6%	32.33
$170.00	$172.00	$174.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$1.95	5%	39.00
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$4.90	3%	49.00
$186.00	$188.00	$190.00	Sep 25	$0.16	$1.84	12%	11.50
$176.00	$177.00	$178.00	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.94	4%	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 137 found (best net $-5.78, 123 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$171.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$5.78	$5.22
$172.50	$179.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$3.91	$2.59
$186.00	$187.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.38	$0.62
$195.00	$197.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.33	$2.17
$202.50	$205.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.04	$2.46

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$180.00	$175.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.08	$3.92
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.41	$4.59
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.20	$4.80
$173.00	$170.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.28	$2.72
$180.00	$179.00	1:2	Aug 28	$0.00	$1.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 60 found (best yield 2.71%, avg 0.78%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$189.00	Oct 2	$5.10	0.47	0.3%	2.71%	3.06%	1	13
$191.00	Oct 2	$4.05	0.42	1.4%	2.15%	3.56%	2	42
$194.00	Oct 2	$3.10	0.34	3.0%	1.65%	4.65%	4	4
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.25	0.45	0.9%	2.26%	3.14%	1	18
$190.00	Sep 25	$3.65	0.44	0.9%	1.94%	2.82%	2	100
$189.00	Sep 25	$4.00	0.47	0.3%	2.12%	2.47%	1	37
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.14	0.31	3.5%	1.14%	4.67%	--	12
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.00	0.40	1.4%	1.59%	3.01%	--	55
$197.00	Oct 2	$1.74	0.27	4.6%	0.92%	5.52%	--	14
$194.00	Sep 25	$2.22	0.32	3.0%	1.18%	4.18%	2	9

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 1,400

Total Puts 3,786

Put/Call Ratio 2.70

Net Difference -2,386

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,235

Total Puts 3,567

Put/Call Ratio 0.49

Net Difference 3,668

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 65,123

Total Puts 111,258

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.78

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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Option Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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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