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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.38 -1.60%

(10/15 10:40) ◀

Thursday, October 15, 2026 (10:45am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 10:45am) 11,736

Calls: 5,177 (44%)

Puts: 6,559 (56%)

Prior (10/14) 2,999

Calls: 1,580 (53%)

Puts: 1,419 (47%)

Current vs Prior +291.33%

Calls: +227.66% (Calls)

Puts: +362.23% (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 -56.32%

Calls: -49.75%

Puts: -60.40%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:45am) $5.04M

Calls: $2.38M (47%)

Puts: $2.66M (53%)

Prior (10/14) $1.17M

Calls: $821.8K (70%)

Puts: $349.6K (30%)

Current vs Prior +330.34%

Calls: +189.67%

Puts: +661.08%

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 -78.99%

Calls: -85.98%

Puts: -62.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:45am) 1.27

Prior (10/14) 0.90

Current vs Prior +41.07%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -24.94%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:45am) 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 2.05% | 3.65%2.05% | 7.25%

Prior 2.30% | 3.86%2.30% | 6.49%

Current vs Prior -10.90% | -5.56%-10.90% | +11.66%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -2.51% | +6.92%-24.15% | +1.67%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -10.90% | -5.56%-10.90% | +11.66%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 49.91% | 42.54%

Calls: 21.89% | 35.48%

Puts: 77.93% | 49.60%

Prior 33.34% | 26.01%

Calls: 32.88% | 14.95%

Puts: 33.79% | 37.06%

Current vs Prior +49.70% | +63.55%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.85% | 25.66%

Calls: 51.71% | 23.99%

Puts: 37.98% | 27.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +11.29% | +65.78%

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 330% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 291% vs prior - elevated interest. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.27 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 41% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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
10:45	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:40	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	BEARISH
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 25 of results (avg 7.5%, best 5.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$180.00	Nov 20	11.25	11.95	$11.60	6.0%	103	0.68	260
$150.00	Nov 20	36.40	38.75	$37.58	6.3%	--	0.94	20
$150.00	Oct 30	35.60	37.90	$36.75	6.3%	1	1.00	1
$150.00	Oct 23	35.50	37.85	$36.67	6.4%	--	1.00	13
$150.00	Oct 16	35.25	37.70	$36.48	6.7%	1	1.00	73

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$181.00	Nov 20	3.80	4.00	$3.90	5.1%	31	0.34	662
$194.00	Oct 30	7.80	8.30	$8.05	6.2%	2	0.75	302
$195.00	Oct 30	8.45	9.00	$8.73	6.3%	6	0.77	178
$199.00	Nov 6	12.05	12.90	$12.48	6.8%	56	0.84	346
$200.00	Nov 13	13.15	14.10	$13.63	7.0%	55	0.84	58

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.69, cheapest $0.90)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Nov 20	0.81	0.99	$0.90	20.0%	315	0.09	453
$150.00	Nov 20	0.42	0.51	$0.47	19.1%	11	0.04	115

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 149 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Oct 16	35.25	37.70	$36.48	6.7%	1	1.00	73
$160.00	Oct 16	25.35	27.85	$26.60	9.4%	6	1.00	21
$170.00	Oct 16	15.30	17.60	$16.45	14.0%	--	1.00	60
$171.00	Oct 16	14.35	16.60	$15.48	14.5%	--	1.00	27
$172.00	Oct 16	13.35	15.60	$14.48	15.5%	--	1.00	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Oct 16	12.50	14.70	$13.60	16.2%	55	0.99	325
$199.00	Oct 16	11.45	13.30	$12.38	14.9%	2	0.99	596
$197.50	Oct 16	9.95	11.75	$10.85	16.6%	9	0.99	124
$198.00	Oct 16	10.50	12.25	$11.38	15.4%	7	0.99	92
$195.00	Oct 16	7.45	9.25	$8.35	21.6%	20	0.98	978

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 242 active (total vol 7.7K, top 769)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$194.00	Nov 20	3.05	3.75	$3.40	20.6%	652	0.34	230
$205.00	Nov 20	0.71	0.95	$0.83	28.9%	510	0.12	1.1K
$189.00	Nov 13	4.35	5.55	$4.95	24.2%	367	0.45	--
$193.00	Oct 16	0.06	0.12	$0.09	66.7%	294	0.06	932
$200.00	Nov 20	1.63	1.89	$1.76	14.8%	149	0.21	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$185.00	Nov 20	5.05	5.85	$5.45	14.7%	769	0.43	1.9K
$188.00	Nov 20	6.20	7.20	$6.70	14.9%	753	0.51	1.3K
$160.00	Nov 20	0.81	0.99	$0.90	20.0%	315	0.09	453
$183.00	Oct 16	0.28	0.60	$0.44	72.7%	261	0.19	1.0K
$180.00	Oct 16	0.06	0.17	$0.12	91.7%	234	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. 19 strikes (avg 35.9%, max 59.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	42.0%	26.4%	59.3%	38	1.3K
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	37.3%	27.2%	37.0%	--	908
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	38.9%	28.5%	36.4%	36	168
$186.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	36.4%	26.7%	36.3%	3	556
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	36.0%	27.2%	32.5%	33	4.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	41.9%	26.4%	58.9%	95	1.6K
$182.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	42.9%	27.7%	54.9%	26	1.6K
$183.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	39.0%	27.9%	40.0%	266	1.6K
$185.00	Oct 16	Nov 27	36.1%	26.2%	37.8%	63	4.4K
$184.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	37.3%	27.2%	37.2%	125	1.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 185 found (best R:R 3.00, avg 5.21)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$181.00	$182.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	100%	3.00	$181.25
$184.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$0.78	$0.22	84%	3.55	$184.22
$189.00	$190.00	Oct 30	$0.14	$0.86	$0.14	43%	6.14	$189.14
$186.00	$187.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$0.69	$0.31	61%	2.23	$186.31
$185.00	$186.00	Oct 23	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	61%	1.86	$185.35

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$198.00	Nov 20	$0.87	$1.13	$0.87	78%	1.30	$199.13
$197.00	$196.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	80%	6.69	$196.87
$199.00	$198.00	Nov 6	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	84%	4.56	$198.82
$200.00	$199.00	Nov 13	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	84%	4.56	$199.82
$197.50	$193.00	Nov 27	$2.52	$1.98	$2.52	73%	0.79	$194.98

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 142 found (best R:R 1.26, avg 0.44)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$189.00	$192.00	Nov 13	$1.67	$1.67	$1.33	55%	1.26	$190.67
$195.00	$196.00	Nov 27	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	67%	3.00	$195.75
$190.00	$193.00	Nov 6	$1.40	$1.40	$1.60	59%	0.87	$191.40
$190.00	$191.00	Nov 20	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	56%	2.33	$190.70
$200.00	$202.50	Nov 27	$0.72	$0.72	$1.78	78%	0.40	$200.72

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$170.00	$155.00	Nov 13	$1.06	$1.06	$13.94	85%	0.08	$168.94
$187.00	$186.00	Oct 30	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	50%	3.00	$186.25
$182.00	$181.00	Oct 23	$0.47	$0.47	$0.53	70%	0.89	$181.53
$170.00	$150.00	Nov 27	$1.45	$1.45	$18.55	82%	0.08	$168.55
$181.00	$180.00	Nov 6	$0.45	$0.45	$0.55	67%	0.82	$180.55

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 9 found (avg debit $1.73, cheapest $1.41)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.41	42.0%	30.4%
$187.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.65	38.9%	28.5%
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.68	36.4%	26.6%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.62	35.2%	29.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.56	41.9%	30.4%
$187.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.30	38.8%	28.5%
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.40	36.1%	25.7%
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.57	36.5%	26.6%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.42	35.1%	29.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 120 found (cheapest 1.72% of stock, avg 5.70%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$2.26	$3.23	$184.77	$191.23	1.72%
$186.00	Oct 16	$2.00	$1.26	$3.26	$182.74	$189.26	1.74%
$187.00	Oct 16	$1.69	$1.67	$3.36	$183.64	$190.36	1.79%
$187.50	Oct 16	$1.33	$2.15	$3.48	$184.02	$190.98	1.86%
$189.00	Oct 16	$0.56	$3.00	$3.56	$185.44	$192.56	1.90%
$184.00	Oct 16	$3.08	$0.61	$3.69	$180.31	$187.69	1.97%
$185.00	Oct 16	$2.86	$0.86	$3.72	$181.28	$188.72	1.99%
$190.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$3.59	$4.00	$186.00	$194.00	2.13%
$183.00	Oct 16	$3.83	$0.44	$4.27	$178.73	$187.27	2.28%
$182.50	Oct 16	$4.55	$0.45	$5.00	$177.50	$187.50	2.67%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.45% of stock, avg 3.27%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.44	$0.85	$182.15	$190.85
$190.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.45	$0.86	$181.64	$190.86
$190.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.61	$1.02	$182.98	$191.02
$189.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.56	$0.44	$1.00	$182.00	$190.00
$189.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.56	$0.45	$1.01	$181.49	$190.01
$189.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.56	$0.61	$1.17	$182.83	$190.17
$190.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.86	$1.27	$183.73	$191.27
$189.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.56	$0.86	$1.42	$183.58	$190.42
$188.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.44	$1.41	$181.59	$189.41
$188.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.45	$1.42	$181.08	$189.42

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 255 found (best R:R 6.14, avg credit $0.72)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
181/182	191/192	Oct 23	$0.86	$0.14	41%	6.14	$181.14	$191.86
180/181	195/196	Nov 6	$0.83	$0.17	41%	4.88	$180.17	$195.83
173/174	194/195	Nov 20	$0.76	$0.24	43%	3.17	$173.24	$194.76
181/182	193/194	Oct 23	$0.68	$0.32	50%	2.13	$181.32	$193.68
171/172	194/195	Nov 20	$0.72	$0.28	46%	2.57	$171.28	$194.72
181/182	194/195	Oct 23	$0.63	$0.37	54%	1.70	$181.37	$194.63
175/176	194/195	Nov 20	$0.74	$0.26	40%	2.85	$175.26	$194.74
176/177	191/192	Oct 23	$0.57	$0.43	56%	1.33	$176.43	$191.57
176/177	190/191	Oct 23	$0.62	$0.38	51%	1.63	$176.38	$190.62
180/181	198/199	Nov 6	$0.63	$0.37	50%	1.70	$180.37	$198.63

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 107 found (best R:R 16.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$180.00	$185.00	$190.00	Nov 6	$0.73	$4.27	31%	5.85
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$0.95	11%	19.00
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$2.43	6%	34.71
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$0.94	12%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Nov 27	$0.28	$4.72	20%	16.86
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$165.00	$170.00	$175.00	Nov 6	$0.22	$4.78	12%	21.73
$205.00	$210.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$4.83	8%	28.41
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Nov 20	$0.14	$4.86	6%	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 143 found (best net $-3.67, 126 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$170.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$6.30	$3.70
$187.50	$195.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.50	$7.00
$185.00	$190.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.05	$3.95
$179.00	$185.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$3.17	$2.83
$205.00	$210.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.01	$4.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$3.67	$6.33
$180.00	$175.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.82	$4.18
$175.00	$170.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.43	$4.57
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.25	$4.75
$165.00	$160.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.03	$4.97

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 82 found (best yield 2.53%, avg 0.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$190.00	Nov 20	$4.75	0.44	1.4%	2.53%	3.93%	18	519
$187.50	Nov 27	$5.85	0.49	0.1%	3.12%	3.19%	--	16
$195.00	Nov 27	$3.40	0.33	4.1%	1.81%	5.88%	1	5
$189.00	Nov 20	$4.70	0.47	0.9%	2.51%	3.37%	--	46
$193.00	Nov 20	$3.30	0.37	3.0%	1.76%	4.76%	6	446
$194.00	Nov 20	$3.05	0.34	3.5%	1.63%	5.16%	652	230
$191.00	Nov 20	$3.80	0.41	1.9%	2.03%	3.96%	--	12
$192.00	Nov 20	$3.40	0.39	2.5%	1.81%	4.28%	--	59
$189.00	Nov 13	$4.35	0.45	0.9%	2.32%	3.19%	367	--
$196.00	Nov 20	$2.42	0.29	4.6%	1.29%	5.89%	7	612

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 5,177

Total Puts 6,559

Put/Call Ratio 1.27

Net Difference -1,382

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,580

Total Puts 1,419

Put/Call Ratio 0.90

Net Difference 161

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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Put/Call Ratio

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Expected Move

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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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