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PLABSemiconductors

Photronics Inc
$27.841d -7.5%5d -8.8%settled close · 2026-08-28
Mkt cap $2.5B (8/29)β 2.8652w $20–55Shares 59.0MInd. Semiconductors & Related DevicesNasdaq since 1987Emp. 1,908HQ Brookfield, CTphotronics.com
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Who’s talking about PLAB

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The options tape

Notable options days

Sessions in the last 120 where PLAB’s settled options volume ran ≥ 2× its trailing 20-session baseline, or delta-dollar flow ran ≥ 2.5× — 15 of 120 sessions qualified.

The qualifying dates are the free record. Close, flow, call/LEAPS mix and the 20-session outcome — for every session below — are Brief subscriber content.
DateCloseRVOL Δ$ flow ($M)Call % LEAPS %+20 sess.
2026-08-27
2026-08-26
2026-08-25
2026-08-04
2026-06-01
2026-05-29
2026-05-28
2026-05-27
2026-05-11
2026-04-28
2026-04-27
2026-04-22
2026-04-21
2026-04-17
2026-04-09
+20 sess. = raw price change over the following 20 sessions — not market-adjusted; the tape tells you where to look, not what happens next.
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Has a validated strategy ever fired on PLAB?

Has a validated strategy ever fired on PLAB — and how did the trades resolve? Even “never fired” is information.

Fire-by-fire history — play, entry, exit, result — is Playbook member content (coming).
FiredPlayEntry ExitResult
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