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XLK

State StreetTechSelSectSPDRETF

$187.37 -1.61%

(10/15 10:50) ◀

Thursday, October 15, 2026 (10:55am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/15 10:55am) 12,890

Calls: 5,876 (46%)

Puts: 7,014 (54%)

Prior (10/14) 3,429

Calls: 1,691 (49%)

Puts: 1,738 (51%)

Current vs Prior +275.91%

Calls: +247.49% (Calls)

Puts: +303.57% (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 -52.02%

Calls: -42.97%

Puts: -57.65%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:55am) $5.48M

Calls: $2.73M (50%)

Puts: $2.75M (50%)

Prior (10/14) $1.38M

Calls: $847.8K (62%)

Puts: $529.1K (38%)

Current vs Prior +297.90%

Calls: +222.24%

Puts: +419.13%

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 -77.16%

Calls: -83.91%

Puts: -60.81%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:55am) 1.19

Prior (10/14) 1.03

Current vs Prior +16.14%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -29.28%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/15 10:55am) 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

ℹ

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

Current 2.07% | 3.46%2.07% | 7.17%

Prior 2.30% | 3.86%2.30% | 6.49%

Current vs Prior -10.20% | -10.26%-10.20% | +10.43%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -1.75% | +1.59%-23.56% | +0.55%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -10.20% | -10.26%-10.20% | +10.43%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 52.63% | 34.26%

Calls: 27.33% | 35.48%

Puts: 77.93% | 33.04%

Prior 33.34% | 26.01%

Calls: 32.88% | 14.95%

Puts: 33.79% | 37.06%

Current vs Prior +57.86% | +31.72%

Prior 7-Day Avg 44.85% | 25.66%

Calls: 51.71% | 23.99%

Puts: 37.98% | 27.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +17.36% | +33.52%

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 298% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 276% vs prior - elevated interest. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.19. Put-heavy open interest (549,331 puts vs 275,998 calls) suggests hedging or 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 NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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
10:55	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:50	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 38 of results (avg 7.6%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$175.00	Oct 16	12.00	12.65	$12.33	5.3%	1	1.00	122
$180.00	Nov 20	11.35	12.05	$11.70	6.0%	103	0.68	260
$150.00	Nov 20	36.55	38.90	$37.72	6.2%	--	0.94	20
$150.00	Oct 23	35.60	37.90	$36.75	6.3%	--	1.00	13
$150.00	Oct 16	35.45	37.75	$36.60	6.3%	1	1.00	73

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$181.00	Nov 20	3.75	3.90	$3.83	3.9%	42	0.34	662
$180.00	Nov 20	3.50	3.70	$3.60	5.6%	46	0.32	2.1K
$188.00	Nov 20	6.25	6.70	$6.48	6.9%	754	0.50	1.3K
$182.00	Nov 20	4.05	4.35	$4.20	7.1%	28	0.36	292
$193.00	Nov 20	8.75	9.40	$9.07	7.2%	24	0.63	127

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.90, cheapest $0.90)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Nov 20	0.81	0.99	$0.90	20.0%	315	0.08	453

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 150 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Oct 16	35.45	37.75	$36.60	6.3%	1	1.00	73
$160.00	Oct 16	25.50	27.85	$26.68	8.8%	6	1.00	21
$170.00	Oct 16	15.55	17.65	$16.60	12.7%	--	1.00	60
$171.00	Oct 16	14.55	16.80	$15.68	14.3%	--	1.00	27
$172.00	Oct 16	13.45	15.80	$14.63	16.1%	--	1.00	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Oct 16	12.20	14.60	$13.40	17.9%	55	0.99	325
$197.50	Oct 16	9.80	11.75	$10.78	18.1%	9	0.99	124
$198.00	Oct 16	10.55	11.90	$11.23	12.0%	7	0.99	92
$199.00	Oct 16	11.30	13.30	$12.30	16.3%	2	0.99	596
$195.00	Oct 16	7.30	9.25	$8.28	23.6%	20	0.98	978

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 252 active (total vol 8.6K, top 769)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$189.00	Nov 13	4.85	5.45	$5.15	11.7%	769	0.47	--
$194.00	Nov 20	3.05	3.80	$3.43	21.9%	652	0.34	230
$205.00	Nov 20	0.71	0.96	$0.84	29.8%	510	0.12	1.1K
$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%	162	0.21	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$185.00	Nov 20	5.00	5.85	$5.43	15.7%	769	0.43	1.9K
$188.00	Nov 20	6.25	6.70	$6.48	6.9%	754	0.50	1.3K
$160.00	Nov 20	0.81	0.99	$0.90	20.0%	315	0.08	453
$183.00	Oct 16	0.22	0.60	$0.41	92.7%	261	0.18	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. 17 strikes (avg 33.0%, max 62.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	42.6%	26.3%	62.3%	67	1.3K
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	39.8%	28.9%	37.6%	36	168
$186.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	35.6%	26.9%	32.2%	3	556
$189.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	34.0%	27.1%	25.5%	9	142
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 30	35.1%	28.0%	25.4%	--	603

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$187.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	42.6%	26.3%	62.3%	95	1.6K
$187.50	Oct 16	Nov 27	39.8%	28.9%	37.6%	5	59
$183.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	38.3%	28.1%	36.4%	266	1.6K
$182.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	43.0%	31.6%	36.1%	--	83
$186.00	Oct 16	Nov 20	35.6%	26.9%	32.2%	110	1.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 193 found (best R:R 5.67, avg 5.10)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$181.00	$182.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	100%	5.67	$181.15
$174.00	$175.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	100%	2.12	$174.32
$184.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$0.81	$0.19	87%	4.26	$184.19
$189.00	$190.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$0.89	$0.11	43%	8.09	$189.11
$189.00	$190.00	Nov 20	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	47%	4.00	$189.20

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$198.00	Nov 20	$0.93	$1.07	$0.93	78%	1.15	$199.07
$200.00	$199.00	Nov 13	$0.22	$0.78	$0.22	83%	3.55	$199.78
$197.50	$193.00	Nov 27	$2.50	$2.00	$2.50	73%	0.80	$195.00
$199.00	$198.00	Nov 6	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	84%	2.12	$198.68
$180.00	$177.50	Nov 6	$0.22	$2.28	$0.22	30%	10.36	$179.78

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 144 found (best R:R 1.22, avg 0.45)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$190.00	$193.00	Nov 6	$1.65	$1.65	$1.35	59%	1.22	$191.65
$190.00	$192.00	Nov 13	$1.30	$1.30	$0.70	56%	1.86	$191.30
$190.00	$191.00	Nov 20	$0.83	$0.83	$0.17	55%	4.88	$190.83
$195.00	$196.00	Nov 27	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	67%	1.86	$195.65
$187.50	$195.00	Nov 27	$3.33	$3.33	$4.17	50%	0.80	$190.83

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$181.00	$180.00	Nov 6	$0.60	$0.60	$0.40	67%	1.50	$180.40
$182.00	$181.00	Oct 23	$0.47	$0.47	$0.53	71%	0.89	$181.53
$184.00	$183.00	Oct 30	$0.57	$0.57	$0.43	61%	1.33	$183.43
$182.50	$182.00	Oct 30	$0.36	$0.36	$0.14	66%	2.57	$182.14
$170.00	$150.00	Nov 27	$1.40	$1.40	$18.60	82%	0.08	$168.60

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 9 found (avg debit $1.69, cheapest $1.38)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.38	42.6%	29.0%
$187.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	$2.61	39.8%	28.0%
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.70	35.6%	27.5%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.67	35.1%	28.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$187.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.68	42.6%	29.0%
$187.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.24	39.8%	27.8%
$186.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.53	35.6%	27.5%
$185.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.46	33.8%	26.7%
$188.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$1.91	35.1%	28.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 122 found (cheapest 1.46% of stock, avg 5.69%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$188.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$1.77	$2.74	$185.26	$190.74	1.46%
$187.00	Oct 16	$1.72	$1.46	$3.18	$183.82	$190.18	1.70%
$186.00	Oct 16	$2.00	$1.21	$3.21	$182.79	$189.21	1.71%
$187.50	Oct 16	$1.37	$2.15	$3.52	$183.98	$191.02	1.88%
$189.00	Oct 16	$0.61	$2.95	$3.56	$185.44	$192.56	1.90%
$184.00	Oct 16	$3.13	$0.48	$3.61	$180.39	$187.61	1.93%
$185.00	Oct 16	$2.94	$0.76	$3.70	$181.30	$188.70	1.97%
$190.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$3.51	$3.92	$186.08	$193.92	2.09%
$183.00	Oct 16	$3.95	$0.41	$4.36	$178.64	$187.36	2.33%
$191.00	Oct 16	$0.24	$4.68	$4.92	$186.08	$195.92	2.63%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.44% of stock, avg 3.35%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$190.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.41	$0.82	$182.18	$190.82
$190.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.45	$0.86	$181.64	$190.86
$190.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.48	$0.89	$183.11	$190.89
$189.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.61	$0.41	$1.02	$181.98	$190.02
$189.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.61	$0.48	$1.09	$182.91	$190.09
$189.00	$182.50	Oct 16	$0.61	$0.45	$1.06	$181.44	$190.06
$190.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.76	$1.17	$183.83	$191.17
$189.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.61	$0.76	$1.37	$183.63	$190.37
$188.00	$184.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.48	$1.45	$182.55	$189.45
$188.00	$183.00	Oct 16	$0.97	$0.41	$1.38	$181.62	$189.38

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 255 found (best R:R 3.00, avg credit $0.68)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
180/181	199/200	Nov 6	$0.75	$0.25	51%	3.00	$180.25	$199.75
181/182	191/192	Oct 23	$0.83	$0.17	42%	4.88	$181.17	$191.83
180/181	198/198	Nov 6	$0.75	$0.25	48%	3.00	$180.25	$198.25
180/181	198/199	Nov 6	$0.72	$0.28	50%	2.57	$180.28	$198.72
181/182	193/194	Oct 23	$0.71	$0.29	50%	2.45	$181.29	$193.71
173/174	194/195	Nov 20	$0.78	$0.22	43%	3.55	$173.22	$194.78
181/182	196/197	Oct 23	$0.60	$0.40	60%	1.50	$181.40	$196.60
170/171	194/195	Nov 20	$0.71	$0.29	48%	2.45	$170.29	$194.71
181/182	195/196	Oct 23	$0.58	$0.42	57%	1.38	$181.42	$195.58
175/176	194/195	Nov 20	$0.75	$0.25	40%	3.00	$175.25	$194.75

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 99 found (best R:R 22.81, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$180.00	$185.00	$190.00	Nov 6	$0.83	$4.17	31%	5.02
$200.00	$202.50	$205.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$2.45	6%	49.00
$190.00	$191.00	$192.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$0.93	11%	13.29
$202.50	$205.00	$207.50	Nov 13	$0.10	$2.40	6%	24.00
$205.00	$207.50	$210.00	Nov 13	$0.08	$2.42	4%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Nov 27	$0.21	$4.79	20%	22.81
$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
$160.00	$165.00	$170.00	Nov 20	$0.14	$4.86	8%	34.71
$181.00	$183.00	$185.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$1.93	11%	27.57

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 142 found (best net $-3.37, 126 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$170.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$6.52	$3.48
$187.50	$195.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.22	$7.28
$185.00	$190.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.45	$3.55
$179.00	$185.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$3.22	$2.78
$190.00	$193.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.70	$2.30

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$3.37	$6.63
$180.00	$175.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.72	$4.28
$175.00	$170.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.43	$4.57
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.25	$4.75
$175.00	$170.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.58	$4.42

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 84 found (best yield 2.67%, avg 0.84%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$190.00	Nov 20	$5.00	0.45	1.4%	2.67%	4.07%	20	519
$187.50	Nov 27	$6.00	0.50	0.1%	3.20%	3.27%	--	16
$187.50	Nov 13	$5.70	0.50	0.1%	3.04%	3.11%	1	--
$195.00	Nov 27	$3.20	0.33	4.1%	1.71%	5.78%	1	5
$189.00	Nov 13	$4.85	0.47	0.9%	2.59%	3.46%	769	--
$190.00	Nov 13	$4.35	0.44	1.4%	2.32%	3.73%	12	8
$189.00	Nov 20	$4.70	0.47	0.9%	2.51%	3.38%	--	46
$193.00	Nov 20	$3.30	0.37	3.0%	1.76%	4.77%	6	446
$191.00	Nov 20	$3.80	0.42	1.9%	2.03%	3.97%	--	12
$194.00	Nov 20	$3.05	0.34	3.5%	1.63%	5.17%	652	230

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

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,876

Total Puts 7,014

Put/Call Ratio 1.19

Net Difference -1,138

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,691

Total Puts 1,738

Put/Call Ratio 1.03

Net Difference -47

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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