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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$188.28 -0.17%

(8/28 11:20) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 11:25am) 6,513

Calls: 1,789 (27%)

Puts: 4,724 (73%)

Prior (08/27) 19,101

Calls: 10,862 (57%)

Puts: 8,239 (43%)

Current vs Prior -65.90%

Calls: -83.53% (Calls)

Puts: -42.66% (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 -74.15%

Calls: -80.77%

Puts: -70.28%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 11:25am) $2.38M

Calls: $1.76M (74%)

Puts: $620.7K (26%)

Prior (08/27) $3.96M

Calls: $2.90M (73%)

Puts: $1.07M (27%)

Current vs Prior -40.01%

Calls: -39.37%

Puts: -41.72%

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 -83.15%

Calls: -80.09%

Puts: -88.25%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/28 11:25am) 2.64

Prior (08/27) 0.76

Current vs Prior +248.12%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +48.03%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 11:25am) 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

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

Current 1.13% | 3.10%4.96% | 7.62%

Prior 1.70% | 3.28%5.13% | 7.69%

Current vs Prior -33.53% | -5.49%-3.45% | -0.93%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -50.26% | -20.35%+32.13% | +0.91%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -33.53% | -5.49%-3.45% | -0.93%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 98.36% | 36.13%

Calls: 121.43% | 30.57%

Puts: 75.28% | 41.69%

Prior 69.97% | 29.52%

Calls: 48.23% | 25.49%

Puts: 91.72% | 33.55%

Current vs Prior +40.57% | +22.39%

Prior 7-Day Avg 56.82% | 38.14%

Calls: 56.34% | 38.61%

Puts: 57.30% | 37.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +73.11% | -5.26%

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Moderately bullish flow with 74% call dollar volume ($1.76M). Below-average activity with volume down 66% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.64 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 248% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
11:25	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:20	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:15	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:10	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:05	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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
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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 48 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 18	14.15	14.65	$14.40	3.5%	--	0.87	1.7K
$165.00	Sep 18	23.30	24.30	$23.80	4.2%	6	0.94	1.8K
$151.00	Sep 18	36.65	38.25	$37.45	4.3%	--	1.00	299
$156.00	Sep 18	31.70	33.25	$32.48	4.8%	--	1.00	149
$157.50	Sep 18	30.25	31.75	$31.00	4.8%	1	1.00	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$185.00	Sep 18	2.65	2.76	$2.71	4.1%	19	0.37	2.0K
$210.00	Sep 25	21.30	22.80	$22.05	6.8%	10	0.95	10
$187.50	Sep 18	3.50	3.75	$3.63	6.9%	20	0.46	675
$180.00	Sep 18	1.40	1.50	$1.45	6.9%	97	0.22	2.8K
$190.00	Sep 18	4.70	5.05	$4.88	7.2%	197	0.56	4.8K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.70, cheapest $0.59)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$172.50	Sep 18	0.54	0.64	$0.59	16.9%	1	0.10	1.2K
$170.00	Sep 18	0.44	0.50	$0.47	12.8%	49	0.07	4.3K
$175.00	Sep 18	0.73	0.84	$0.78	14.1%	1.7K	0.12	7.2K
$177.00	Sep 18	0.90	1.02	$0.96	12.5%	--	0.15	66

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 145 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$156.00	Sep 4	30.65	32.90	$31.78	7.1%	--	1.00	10
$160.00	Sep 4	26.65	28.90	$27.78	8.1%	--	1.00	22
$162.50	Sep 11	24.30	26.60	$25.45	9.0%	--	1.00	10
$165.00	Sep 11	21.80	24.10	$22.95	10.0%	--	1.00	14
$151.00	Sep 18	36.65	38.25	$37.45	4.3%	--	1.00	299

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 4	11.55	12.55	$12.05	8.3%	5	0.96	--
$210.00	Sep 25	21.30	22.80	$22.05	6.8%	10	0.95	10
$191.00	Aug 28	2.34	3.50	$2.92	39.7%	6	0.95	7
$197.50	Sep 4	9.10	10.15	$9.63	10.9%	3	0.94	--
$198.00	Sep 4	9.55	10.60	$10.07	10.4%	4	0.94	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 206 active (total vol 5.1K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Aug 28	0.15	0.35	$0.25	80.0%	130	0.30	482
$185.00	Aug 28	2.90	3.65	$3.28	22.9%	61	0.92	255
$192.50	Sep 4	0.68	1.02	$0.85	40.0%	52	0.24	53
$167.00	Aug 28	19.95	21.80	$20.88	8.9%	51	1.00	57
$167.50	Aug 28	19.25	21.30	$20.27	10.1%	51	1.00	56

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Sep 18	0.73	0.84	$0.78	14.1%	1.7K	0.12	7.2K
$170.00	Sep 25	0.55	0.82	$0.69	39.1%	758	0.10	97
$185.00	Sep 4	1.05	1.28	$1.17	19.7%	306	0.29	71
$178.00	Sep 18	1.06	1.20	$1.13	12.4%	284	0.17	8.5K
$190.00	Sep 18	4.70	5.05	$4.88	7.2%	197	0.56	4.8K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 10 strikes (avg 193.1%, max 1185.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$202.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	299.2%	23.3%	1185.8%	--	97
$187.50	Aug 28	Oct 2	62.9%	23.0%	174.0%	4	861
$187.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	46.8%	23.3%	100.7%	18	994
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	37.6%	22.3%	68.9%	25	487
$189.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	29.6%	26.2%	12.8%	131	495

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	62.9%	22.0%	186.5%	21	725
$187.00	Aug 28	Sep 11	46.8%	21.0%	122.5%	41	274
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	37.6%	24.9%	50.8%	18	235
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	29.6%	23.0%	28.9%	2	215
$192.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	22.6%	22.5%	0.2%	1	347

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 141 found (best R:R 0.90, avg 4.47)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$183.00	$184.00	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.64	$0.36	69%	1.78	$183.36
$184.00	$185.00	Sep 11	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	69%	1.63	$184.38
$182.00	$182.50	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	83%	2.85	$182.13
$189.00	$190.00	Sep 11	$0.24	$0.76	$0.24	46%	3.17	$189.24
$187.50	$189.00	Oct 2	$0.55	$0.95	$0.55	52%	1.73	$188.05

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$10.50	$9.50	$10.50	80%	0.90	$189.50
$191.00	$190.00	Aug 28	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	95%	1.33	$190.57
$187.50	$186.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$1.28	$0.22	46%	5.82	$187.28
$190.00	$189.00	Sep 11	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	58%	2.12	$189.68
$180.00	$175.00	Oct 9	$0.90	$4.10	$0.90	29%	4.56	$179.10

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 112 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
$196.00	$197.00	Sep 11	$0.43	$0.43	$0.57	82%	0.75	$196.43
$191.00	$192.50	Sep 18	$0.78	$0.78	$0.72	59%	1.08	$191.78
$195.00	$197.50	Sep 18	$0.72	$0.72	$1.78	73%	0.40	$195.72
$190.00	$191.00	Sep 11	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	58%	1.27	$190.56

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$186.00	$185.00	Sep 18	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	59%	2.33	$185.30
$186.00	$185.00	Sep 25	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	56%	2.03	$185.33
$181.00	$180.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$0.45	$0.55	74%	0.82	$180.55
$182.50	$182.00	Sep 11	$0.34	$0.34	$0.16	73%	2.13	$182.16
$181.00	$180.00	Sep 11	$0.40	$0.40	$0.60	78%	0.67	$180.60

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.74, cheapest $1.24)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.75	62.9%	22.2%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.81	37.6%	22.7%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.99	29.6%	24.6%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.24	62.9%	22.2%
$188.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.76	37.6%	22.7%
$189.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.90	29.6%	24.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 104 found (cheapest 0.72% of stock, avg 5.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Aug 28	$0.84	$0.52	$1.36	$186.64	$189.36	0.72%
$189.00	Aug 28	$0.25	$1.29	$1.54	$187.46	$190.54	0.82%
$187.50	Aug 28	$1.05	$0.75	$1.80	$185.70	$189.30	0.96%
$187.00	Aug 28	$1.55	$0.33	$1.88	$185.12	$188.88	1.00%
$186.00	Aug 28	$2.33	$0.12	$2.45	$183.55	$188.45	1.30%
$190.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$2.49	$2.60	$187.40	$192.60	1.38%
$191.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$2.92	$2.95	$188.05	$193.95	1.57%
$185.00	Aug 28	$3.28	$0.09	$3.37	$181.63	$188.37	1.79%
$184.00	Aug 28	$4.30	$0.03	$4.33	$179.67	$188.33	2.30%
$187.00	Sep 4	$2.88	$1.84	$4.72	$182.28	$191.72	2.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 140 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 2.64%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.12	$0.23	$185.77	$190.23
$190.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.28	$0.39	$182.11	$190.39
$189.00	$186.00	Aug 28	$0.25	$0.12	$0.37	$185.63	$189.37
$190.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.33	$0.44	$186.56	$190.44
$189.00	$187.00	Aug 28	$0.25	$0.33	$0.58	$186.42	$189.58
$189.00	$182.50	Aug 28	$0.25	$0.28	$0.53	$181.97	$189.53
$190.00	$188.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.52	$0.63	$187.37	$190.63
$189.00	$188.00	Aug 28	$0.25	$0.52	$0.77	$187.23	$189.77
$189.00	$187.50	Aug 28	$0.25	$0.75	$1.00	$186.50	$190.00
$190.00	$187.50	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.75	$0.86	$186.64	$190.86

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 203 found (best R:R 1.07, 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	$1.29	$1.21	73%	1.07	$181.21	$203.79
180/181	196/197	Sep 11	$0.83	$0.17	60%	4.88	$180.17	$196.83
182/182	196/197	Sep 11	$0.77	$0.23	55%	3.35	$181.73	$196.77
176/177	194/195	Oct 2	$0.89	$0.11	42%	8.09	$176.11	$194.89
175/176	196/197	Sep 11	$0.57	$0.43	71%	1.33	$175.43	$196.57
177/178	196/197	Sep 11	$0.60	$0.40	67%	1.50	$177.40	$196.60
176/177	197/198	Oct 2	$0.74	$0.26	50%	2.85	$176.26	$197.74
180/181	194/195	Sep 18	$0.80	$0.20	44%	4.00	$180.20	$194.80
176/177	196/197	Sep 11	$0.54	$0.46	69%	1.17	$176.46	$196.54
186/187	202/205	Aug 28	$1.27	$1.23	58%	1.03	$185.73	$203.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 91 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$189.00	$190.00	$191.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	26%	15.67
$197.50	$200.00	$202.50	Sep 18	$0.06	$2.44	8%	40.67
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$4.70	12%	15.67
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	12%	15.67
$195.00	$196.00	$197.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.95	6%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$195.00	$197.50	$200.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$2.45	13%	49.00
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 2	$0.14	$4.86	7%	34.71
$186.00	$188.00	$190.00	Sep 25	$0.11	$1.89	12%	17.18
$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

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 141 found (best net $-5.88, 126 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$171.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$5.88	$5.12
$172.50	$179.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$3.76	$2.74
$195.00	$197.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.20	$2.30
$202.50	$205.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.04	$2.46
$215.00	$225.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.08	$9.92

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$197.00	$192.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.60	$2.90
$190.00	$189.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.09	$0.91
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.41	$4.59
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.20	$4.80
$186.00	$185.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.06	$0.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 61 found (best yield 2.71%, avg 0.78%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$189.00	Oct 2	$5.10	0.48	0.4%	2.71%	3.09%	1	13
$191.00	Oct 2	$4.10	0.42	1.4%	2.18%	3.62%	2	42
$190.00	Oct 2	$4.25	0.45	0.9%	2.26%	3.17%	1	18
$194.00	Oct 2	$2.97	0.34	3.0%	1.58%	4.62%	5	4
$190.00	Sep 25	$3.65	0.44	0.9%	1.94%	2.85%	2	100
$189.00	Sep 25	$4.00	0.47	0.4%	2.12%	2.51%	1	37
$195.00	Oct 2	$2.14	0.31	3.6%	1.14%	4.71%	--	12
$192.50	Sep 25	$2.60	0.36	2.2%	1.38%	3.62%	--	20
$191.00	Sep 25	$3.00	0.40	1.4%	1.59%	3.04%	--	55
$197.00	Oct 2	$1.74	0.27	4.6%	0.92%	5.56%	--	14

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 1,789

Total Puts 4,724

Put/Call Ratio 2.64

Net Difference -2,935

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,862

Total Puts 8,239

Put/Call Ratio 0.76

Net Difference 2,623

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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