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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$186.44 -2.10%

(10/15 10:30) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 10:35am) 10,169

Calls: 5,007 (49%)

Puts: 5,162 (51%)

Prior (10/14) 2,392

Calls: 1,318 (55%)

Puts: 1,074 (45%)

Current vs Prior +325.13%

Calls: +279.89% (Calls)

Puts: +380.63% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 188,065

Calls: 72,122 (38%)

Puts: 115,943 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 26,866

Calls: 10,303 (38%)

Puts: 16,563 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -62.15%

Calls: -51.40%

Puts: -68.83%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:35am) $4.73M

Calls: $2.21M (47%)

Puts: $2.52M (53%)

Prior (10/14) $985.5K

Calls: $686.1K (70%)

Puts: $299.4K (30%)

Current vs Prior +380.23%

Calls: +222.17%

Puts: +742.38%

Prior 7-Day Total $167.94M

Calls: $118.88M (71%)

Puts: $49.06M (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average $23.99M

Calls: $16.98M (71%)

Puts: $7.01M (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -80.27%

Calls: -86.98%

Puts: -64.01%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:35am) 1.03

Prior (10/14) 0.81

Current vs Prior +26.52%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -38.92%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:35am) 825,329

Calls: 275,998 (33%)

Puts: 549,331 (67%)

Prior (10/14) 812,476

Calls: 272,944 (34%)

Puts: 539,532 (66%)

Current vs Prior +1.58%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,933,040

Calls: 1,919,259 (32%)

Puts: 4,013,781 (68%)

Prior 7-Day Average 847,577

Calls: 274,179 (32%)

Puts: 573,397 (68%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.62%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.98% | 3.79%1.98% | 7.25%

Prior 2.30% | 3.86%2.30% | 6.49%

Current vs Prior -13.71% | -1.88%-13.71% | +11.65%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.10% | 3.41%2.70% | 7.13%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.59% | +11.07%-26.54% | +1.66%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.30% | 3.86%2.30% | 6.49%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -13.71% | -1.88%-13.71% | +11.65%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 69.88% | 22.66%

Calls: 100.63% | 18.41%

Puts: 39.13% | 26.91%

Prior 33.34% | 26.01%

Calls: 32.88% | 14.95%

Puts: 33.79% | 37.06%

Current vs Prior +109.60% | -12.88%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.85% | 25.66%

Calls: 51.71% | 23.99%

Puts: 37.98% | 27.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +55.82% | -11.69%

Liquidity Expensive

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 380% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 325% vs prior - elevated interest. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.03. Put-heavy open interest (549,331 puts vs 275,998 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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
10:35	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	BEARISH
10:30	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	BEARISH
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:15	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
10:10	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
10:05	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:55	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:50	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 54 of results (avg 7.6%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Nov 20	18.40	19.25	$18.83	4.5%	--	0.83	47
$171.00	Nov 20	17.50	18.40	$17.95	5.0%	--	0.81	45
$150.00	Oct 30	35.30	37.40	$36.35	5.8%	1	1.00	1
$185.00	Nov 20	7.45	7.90	$7.68	5.9%	19	0.55	270
$155.00	Nov 20	31.45	33.35	$32.40	5.9%	--	0.92	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Nov 20	3.80	3.95	$3.88	3.9%	41	0.33	2.1K
$182.00	Nov 20	4.40	4.60	$4.50	4.4%	18	0.38	292
$200.00	Nov 20	14.30	15.00	$14.65	4.8%	14	0.80	1.1K
$200.00	Nov 6	13.70	14.45	$14.08	5.3%	40	0.87	79
$200.00	Nov 13	13.95	14.75	$14.35	5.6%	55	0.84	58

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.85, cheapest $0.78)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$205.00	Nov 20	0.71	0.85	$0.78	17.9%	510	0.12	1.1K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Nov 20	0.85	1.01	$0.93	17.2%	313	0.09	453

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 148 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Oct 23	34.95	37.40	$36.17	6.8%	--	1.00	13
$155.00	Oct 23	30.00	32.25	$31.13	7.2%	--	1.00	25
$150.00	Oct 30	35.30	37.40	$36.35	5.8%	1	1.00	1
$170.00	Oct 16	14.85	17.10	$15.98	14.1%	--	0.99	60
$174.00	Oct 16	10.85	13.15	$12.00	19.2%	--	0.99	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Oct 16	8.20	9.15	$8.68	10.9%	20	1.00	978
$197.50	Oct 16	10.80	11.65	$11.23	7.6%	8	1.00	124
$198.00	Oct 16	11.10	12.15	$11.63	9.0%	7	1.00	92
$199.00	Oct 16	12.20	13.20	$12.70	7.9%	2	1.00	596
$200.00	Oct 16	13.20	15.25	$14.23	14.4%	55	1.00	325

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 231 active (total vol 7.5K, top 769)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$194.00	Nov 20	3.05	3.45	$3.25	12.3%	652	0.33	230
$205.00	Nov 20	0.71	0.85	$0.78	17.9%	510	0.12	1.1K
$189.00	Nov 13	4.45	4.95	$4.70	10.6%	367	0.44	--
$193.00	Oct 16	0.04	0.12	$0.08	100.0%	294	0.05	932
$200.00	Nov 20	1.50	1.69	$1.60	11.9%	147	0.20	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$185.00	Nov 20	5.25	5.80	$5.53	9.9%	769	0.45	1.9K
$188.00	Nov 20	6.50	7.15	$6.83	9.5%	753	0.52	1.3K
$160.00	Nov 20	0.85	1.01	$0.93	17.2%	313	0.09	453
$183.00	Oct 16	0.37	0.85	$0.61	78.7%	253	0.22	1.0K
$180.00	Oct 16	0.06	0.16	$0.11	90.9%	232	0.06	1.2K

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 34.4%, max 57.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	43.8%	27.8%	57.9%	5	237
$183.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	43.1%	30.6%	41.0%	2	278
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	38.2%	27.1%	40.7%	--	908
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	37.0%	26.4%	40.3%	33	4.2K
$186.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	36.8%	26.4%	39.3%	3	556

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$182.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	43.8%	27.8%	57.9%	22	1.6K
$183.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	43.1%	27.4%	57.1%	258	1.6K
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	38.2%	27.1%	40.7%	114	1.8K
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	37.0%	26.4%	40.0%	60	4.4K
$186.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	36.8%	26.4%	39.3%	109	1.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 196 found (best R:R 1.22, avg 4.56)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$179.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	92%	1.22	$179.45
$181.00	$182.00	Oct 16	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	88%	0.59	$181.63
$184.00	$185.00	Nov 20	$0.39	$0.61	$0.39	58%	1.56	$184.39
$185.00	$186.00	Oct 23	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	58%	1.50	$185.40
$195.00	$196.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	30%	4.88	$195.17

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$197.50	Nov 27	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	78%	0.72	$198.55
$195.00	$191.00	Nov 13	$2.30	$1.70	$2.30	73%	0.74	$192.70
$199.00	$198.00	Oct 30	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	90%	1.00	$198.50
$197.50	$197.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	93%	2.85	$197.37
$197.50	$197.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	100%	2.33	$197.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 143 found (best R:R 1.00, avg 0.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$190.00	$193.00	Nov 6	$1.50	$1.50	$1.50	60%	1.00	$191.50
$187.50	$195.00	Nov 27	$3.40	$3.40	$4.10	51%	0.83	$190.90
$195.00	$196.00	Nov 27	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	68%	1.86	$195.65
$189.00	$192.00	Nov 13	$1.52	$1.52	$1.48	56%	1.03	$190.52
$190.00	$191.00	Nov 20	$0.68	$0.68	$0.32	57%	2.12	$190.68

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$182.00	$181.00	Oct 23	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	70%	1.22	$181.45
$170.00	$155.00	Nov 13	$1.03	$1.03	$13.97	85%	0.07	$168.97
$170.00	$150.00	Nov 27	$1.48	$1.48	$18.52	82%	0.08	$168.52
$184.00	$182.00	Nov 13	$0.90	$0.90	$1.10	58%	0.82	$183.10
$181.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.17	$0.17	$0.83	88%	0.20	$180.83

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $2.10, cheapest $1.53)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.53	37.0%	28.3%
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.67	36.8%	28.3%
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	$5.57	36.8%	28.4%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.56	37.4%	29.2%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.83	34.4%	30.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.53	37.0%	28.3%
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.64	36.8%	28.3%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.42	37.4%	29.2%
$187.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.59	36.8%	29.2%
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.69	34.4%	30.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 119 found (cheapest 1.65% of stock, avg 5.78%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$187.00	Oct 16	$1.23	$1.84	$3.07	$183.93	$190.07	1.65%
$186.00	Oct 16	$1.86	$1.33	$3.19	$182.81	$189.19	1.71%
$187.50	Oct 16	$1.13	$2.19	$3.32	$184.18	$190.82	1.78%
$185.00	Oct 16	$2.40	$0.97	$3.37	$181.63	$188.37	1.81%
$188.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$2.43	$3.40	$184.60	$191.40	1.82%
$184.00	Oct 16	$3.08	$0.70	$3.78	$180.22	$187.78	2.03%
$189.00	Oct 16	$0.44	$3.36	$3.80	$185.20	$192.80	2.04%
$190.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$3.95	$4.26	$185.74	$194.26	2.28%
$183.00	Oct 16	$3.81	$0.61	$4.42	$178.58	$187.42	2.37%
$182.50	Oct 16	$4.28	$0.45	$4.73	$177.77	$187.23	2.54%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.41% of stock, avg 3.31%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.45	$0.76	$181.74	$190.76
$189.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.44	$0.45	$0.89	$181.61	$189.89
$190.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.61	$0.92	$182.08	$190.92
$189.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.44	$0.61	$1.05	$181.95	$190.05
$190.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.70	$1.01	$182.99	$191.01
$189.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.44	$0.70	$1.14	$182.86	$190.14
$190.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.97	$1.28	$183.72	$191.28
$189.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.44	$0.97	$1.41	$183.59	$190.41
$188.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.45	$1.42	$181.08	$189.42
$188.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.61	$1.58	$181.42	$189.58

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 243 found (best R:R 8.09, avg credit $0.69)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
181/182	191/192	Oct 23	$0.89	$0.11	42%	8.09	$181.11	$191.89
181/182	194/195	Oct 23	$0.71	$0.29	54%	2.45	$181.29	$194.71
181/182	190/191	Oct 23	$0.86	$0.14	37%	6.14	$181.14	$190.86
181/182	193/194	Oct 23	$0.72	$0.28	51%	2.57	$181.28	$193.72
171/172	194/195	Nov 20	$0.72	$0.28	47%	2.57	$171.28	$194.72
173/174	194/195	Nov 20	$0.71	$0.29	44%	2.45	$173.29	$194.71
181/182	192/193	Oct 23	$0.66	$0.34	49%	1.94	$181.34	$193.16
181/182	192/192	Oct 23	$0.67	$0.33	46%	2.03	$181.33	$192.67
171/172	197/198	Nov 20	$0.59	$0.41	54%	1.44	$171.41	$197.59
176/177	194/195	Oct 30	$0.56	$0.44	54%	1.27	$176.44	$194.56

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 106 found (best R:R 20.74, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$180.00	$185.00	$190.00	Nov 6	$0.74	$4.26	29%	5.76
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Nov 20	$0.15	$4.85	8%	32.33
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$4.83	8%	28.41
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$2.45	6%	49.00
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$4.88	5%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Nov 27	$0.23	$4.77	20%	20.74
$200.00	$205.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$0.21	$4.79	13%	22.81
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$165.00	$170.00	$175.00	Nov 6	$0.22	$4.78	12%	21.73

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 144 found (best net $-4.58, 125 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$170.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$5.98	$4.02
$185.00	$190.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.02	$3.98
$179.00	$185.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$3.05	$2.95
$190.00	$193.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.65	$2.35
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.02	$4.98

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$4.58	$5.42
$180.00	$175.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.89	$4.11
$175.00	$170.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.43	$4.57
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.25	$4.75
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.17	$4.83

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 85 found (best yield 3.33%, avg 0.84%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$187.00	Nov 20	$6.20	0.50	0.3%	3.33%	3.63%	25	26
$190.00	Nov 20	$4.85	0.43	1.9%	2.60%	4.51%	15	519
$187.50	Nov 27	$5.85	0.49	0.6%	3.14%	3.71%	--	16
$189.00	Nov 20	$4.70	0.45	1.4%	2.52%	3.89%	--	46
$195.00	Nov 27	$3.05	0.32	4.6%	1.64%	6.23%	1	5
$187.00	Nov 13	$5.45	0.50	0.3%	2.92%	3.22%	82	2
$191.00	Nov 20	$3.80	0.40	2.5%	2.04%	4.48%	--	12
$193.00	Nov 20	$3.30	0.35	3.5%	1.77%	5.29%	6	446
$189.00	Nov 13	$4.45	0.44	1.4%	2.39%	3.76%	367	--
$194.00	Nov 20	$3.05	0.33	4.0%	1.64%	5.69%	652	230

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 5,007

Total Puts 5,162

Put/Call Ratio 1.03

Net Difference -155

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,318

Total Puts 1,074

Put/Call Ratio 0.81

Net Difference 244

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 72,122

Total Puts 115,943

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.69

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

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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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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