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USA RARE EARTH INC A

$18.40 +7.54%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 10:20am) 15,032

Calls: 13,254 (88%)

Puts: 1,778 (12%)

Prior (08/07) 13,726

Calls: 11,735 (85%)

Puts: 1,991 (15%)

Current vs Prior +9.51%

Calls: +12.94% (Calls)

Puts: -10.70% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 220,545

Calls: 166,073 (75%)

Puts: 54,472 (25%)

Prior 7-Day Average 31,506

Calls: 23,724 (75%)

Puts: 7,781 (25%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -52.29%

Calls: -44.13%

Puts: -77.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/21 10:20am) $1.51M

Calls: $1.34M (88%)

Puts: $174.0K (12%)

Prior (08/07) $2.11M

Calls: $1.78M (85%)

Puts: $323.2K (15%)

Current vs Prior -28.23%

Calls: -24.98%

Puts: -46.15%

Prior 7-Day Total $31.48M

Calls: $24.31M (77%)

Puts: $7.17M (23%)

Prior 7-Day Average $4.50M

Calls: $3.47M (77%)

Puts: $1.02M (23%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -66.41%

Calls: -61.51%

Puts: -83.01%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 10:20am) 0.13

Prior (08/07) 0.17

Current vs Prior -20.93%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.34

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -60.79%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 10:20am) 515,250

Calls: 324,414 (63%)

Puts: 190,836 (37%)

Prior (08/07) 504,979

Calls: 319,011 (63%)

Puts: 185,968 (37%)

Current vs Prior +2.03%

Prior 7-Day Total 3,377,283

Calls: 2,232,047 (66%)

Puts: 1,145,236 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 482,469

Calls: 318,863 (66%)

Puts: 163,605 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.79%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 4.57% | 10.87%4.57% | 18.37%

Prior 12.21% | 16.62%16.62% | 25.97%

Current vs Prior -62.60% | -34.61%-72.54% | -29.28%

Prior 7-Day Avg 8.13% | 14.58%17.29% | 26.39%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -43.87% | -25.44%-73.60% | -30.40%

Prior 7-Day Eod 12.21% | 16.62%5.73% | 18.99%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -62.60% | -34.61%-20.29% | -3.29%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 32.29% | 14.32%

Calls: 22.64% | 16.67%

Puts: 41.94% | 11.96%

Prior 10.21% | 8.12%

Calls: 8.55% | 8.23%

Puts: 11.86% | 8.02%

Current vs Prior +216.26% | +76.35%

Prior 7-Day Avg 23.08% | 8.85%

Calls: 21.17% | 8.64%

Puts: 24.99% | 9.06%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +39.88% | +61.81%

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Strong bullish conviction with 88% of dollar volume in calls ($1.34M) vs puts ($174.0K). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.13 - heavy call buying (13,254 calls vs 1,778 puts). P/C ratio dropping 21% - sentiment shifting bullish. Call-heavy open interest (324,414 calls vs 190,836 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 27 of results (avg 7.3%, best 3.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$17.00	Sep 18	2.40	2.53	$2.47	5.3%	58	0.68	1.1K
$17.00	Sep 25	2.57	2.73	$2.65	6.0%	--	0.67	38
$15.00	Sep 18	3.75	4.00	$3.88	6.4%	40	0.84	1.9K
$16.00	Sep 18	3.00	3.20	$3.10	6.5%	12	0.77	934
$18.00	Sep 18	1.84	1.97	$1.91	6.8%	35	0.58	2.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.00	Sep 18	2.64	2.73	$2.69	3.3%	12	0.59	6.7K
$19.00	Sep 18	1.99	2.08	$2.04	4.4%	38	0.51	3.1K
$19.50	Sep 4	1.83	1.93	$1.88	5.3%	--	0.60	62
$18.00	Sep 18	1.43	1.51	$1.47	5.4%	21	0.42	5.1K
$22.00	Aug 21	3.50	3.70	$3.60	5.6%	--	1.00	11

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 16 found (avg $0.68, cheapest $0.26)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.50	Aug 28	0.24	0.28	$0.26	15.4%	92	0.21	1.2K
$19.00	Aug 28	0.60	0.68	$0.64	12.5%	248	0.42	557
$18.50	Aug 28	0.80	0.87	$0.84	8.3%	1.2K	0.51	268
$21.50	Sep 4	0.35	0.41	$0.38	15.8%	14	0.22	20
$20.50	Sep 4	0.48	0.55	$0.52	13.5%	1	0.29	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Aug 28	0.59	0.70	$0.65	16.9%	122	0.40	281
$18.50	Aug 28	0.86	0.97	$0.92	12.0%	85	0.49	265
$16.50	Sep 4	0.40	0.47	$0.44	15.9%	6	0.23	80
$17.00	Sep 4	0.55	0.64	$0.60	15.0%	7	0.29	153
$17.50	Sep 4	0.73	0.82	$0.77	11.7%	1	0.35	108

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 76 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$16.50	Aug 21	1.80	2.06	$1.93	13.5%	7	0.99	314
$15.00	Aug 21	3.15	3.60	$3.38	13.3%	24	0.96	585
$15.00	Aug 28	3.25	3.65	$3.45	11.6%	5	0.96	101
$17.00	Aug 21	1.32	1.54	$1.43	15.4%	137	0.95	613
$15.50	Aug 28	2.72	3.15	$2.94	14.6%	2	0.94	89

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$19.50	Aug 21	0.97	1.20	$1.09	21.1%	18	1.00	174
$20.00	Aug 21	1.45	1.92	$1.69	27.8%	2	1.00	706
$21.00	Aug 21	2.44	2.82	$2.63	14.4%	--	1.00	96
$22.00	Aug 21	3.50	3.70	$3.60	5.6%	--	1.00	11
$20.50	Aug 21	1.90	2.93	$2.42	42.6%	--	0.93	94

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 111 active (total vol 11.8K, top 2.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$20.00	Sep 18	1.10	1.20	$1.15	8.7%	2.1K	0.41	10.0K
$20.00	Aug 28	0.28	0.39	$0.34	32.4%	1.6K	0.26	1.2K
$18.50	Aug 21	0.20	0.31	$0.26	42.3%	1.3K	0.48	845
$18.50	Aug 28	0.80	0.87	$0.84	8.3%	1.2K	0.51	268
$19.00	Aug 21	0.07	0.10	$0.09	33.3%	812	0.22	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Aug 21	0.08	0.12	$0.10	40.0%	237	0.24	1.5K
$17.00	Aug 21	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	151	0.05	1.3K
$18.50	Aug 21	0.24	0.37	$0.31	41.9%	133	0.53	714
$18.00	Aug 28	0.59	0.70	$0.65	16.9%	122	0.40	281
$16.50	Aug 28	0.15	0.22	$0.19	36.8%	113	0.16	502

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 6 strikes (avg 70.0%, max 78.2%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$18.50	Aug 21	Oct 2	147.5%	82.7%	78.2%	1.3K	879
$19.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	144.3%	84.7%	70.3%	816	1.8K
$18.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	140.5%	85.4%	64.5%	481	956

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$18.50	Aug 21	Oct 2	143.7%	82.7%	73.6%	133	730
$18.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	143.0%	85.4%	67.4%	238	1.6K
$19.00	Aug 21	Sep 25	141.7%	85.4%	66.0%	19	1.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 94 found (best R:R 0.69, avg 1.70)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$15.00	$16.50	Sep 25	$0.89	$0.61	$0.89	82%	0.69	$15.89
$16.00	$17.00	Sep 11	$0.53	$0.47	$0.53	79%	0.89	$16.53
$17.50	$18.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$0.33	$0.17	63%	1.94	$17.67
$19.00	$20.00	Sep 18	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	49%	2.12	$19.32
$16.50	$17.00	Sep 4	$0.26	$0.24	$0.26	77%	0.92	$16.76

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$21.00	$20.50	Aug 21	$0.21	$0.29	$0.21	100%	1.38	$20.79
$20.00	$19.50	Sep 25	$0.27	$0.23	$0.27	57%	0.85	$19.73
$16.50	$16.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	30%	2.85	$16.37
$18.50	$18.00	Oct 2	$0.21	$0.29	$0.21	45%	1.38	$18.29
$16.50	$16.00	Sep 11	$0.12	$0.38	$0.12	26%	3.17	$16.38

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 55 found (best R:R 0.96, avg 0.53)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$21.50	$22.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.10	$0.40	89%	0.25	$21.60
$18.50	$19.00	Aug 21	$0.17	$0.17	$0.33	52%	0.52	$18.67
$19.50	$20.00	Aug 28	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	65%	0.47	$19.66
$18.50	$19.00	Sep 11	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	47%	1.08	$18.76
$20.00	$20.50	Sep 4	$0.16	$0.16	$0.34	65%	0.47	$20.16

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$18.00	$17.00	Oct 2	$0.49	$0.49	$0.51	59%	0.96	$17.51
$17.00	$16.50	Oct 2	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	66%	1.17	$16.73
$17.00	$16.00	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.36	$0.64	68%	0.56	$16.64
$18.00	$17.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$0.45	$0.55	58%	0.82	$17.55
$16.00	$15.00	Oct 2	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	74%	0.43	$15.70

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $0.59, cheapest $0.58)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.58	147.5%	85.5%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$18.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.61	143.7%	84.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 42 found (cheapest 3.10% of stock, avg 14.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$18.50	Aug 21	$0.26	$0.31	$0.57	$17.93	$19.07	3.10%
$18.00	Aug 21	$0.53	$0.10	$0.63	$17.37	$18.63	3.42%
$19.00	Aug 21	$0.09	$0.67	$0.76	$18.24	$19.76	4.13%
$17.50	Aug 21	$0.93	$0.03	$0.96	$16.54	$18.46	5.22%
$19.50	Aug 21	$0.02	$1.09	$1.11	$18.39	$20.61	6.03%
$17.00	Aug 21	$1.43	$0.02	$1.45	$15.55	$18.45	7.88%
$20.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$1.69	$1.71	$18.29	$21.71	9.29%
$18.00	Aug 28	$1.08	$0.65	$1.73	$16.27	$19.73	9.40%
$18.50	Aug 28	$0.84	$0.92	$1.76	$16.74	$20.26	9.57%
$17.50	Aug 28	$1.39	$0.45	$1.84	$15.66	$19.34	10.00%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 166 found (cheapest 0.22% of stock, avg 9.27%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$19.50	$17.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$0.02	$0.04	$16.96	$19.54
$19.50	$17.50	Aug 21	$0.02	$0.03	$0.05	$17.45	$19.55
$20.50	$17.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.02	$0.08	$16.92	$20.58
$19.50	$15.50	Aug 21	$0.02	$0.07	$0.09	$15.41	$19.59
$20.50	$17.50	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.03	$0.09	$17.41	$20.59
$19.50	$16.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$0.07	$0.09	$15.91	$19.59
$19.00	$17.00	Aug 21	$0.09	$0.02	$0.11	$16.89	$19.11
$20.50	$16.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.07	$0.13	$15.87	$20.63
$20.50	$15.50	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.07	$0.13	$15.37	$20.63
$19.00	$17.50	Aug 21	$0.09	$0.03	$0.12	$17.38	$19.12

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 15 found (best R:R 1.94, avg credit $0.35)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
16/16	22/22	Sep 25	$0.33	$0.17	38%	1.94	$16.17	$21.83
16/17	22/22	Sep 25	$0.34	$0.16	33%	2.12	$16.66	$21.84
16/17	20/20	Sep 4	$0.32	$0.18	37%	1.78	$16.68	$20.32
16/16	20/20	Sep 4	$0.26	$0.24	48%	1.08	$15.74	$20.26
16/16	20/20	Sep 4	$0.28	$0.22	42%	1.27	$16.22	$20.28
15/16	22/22	Sep 25	$0.26	$0.24	45%	1.08	$15.24	$21.76
16/17	20/20	Aug 28	$0.27	$0.23	43%	1.17	$16.73	$19.77
17/18	20/20	Aug 28	$0.31	$0.19	34%	1.63	$17.19	$19.81
17/18	20/20	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.17	30%	1.94	$17.17	$20.33
15/16	21/22	Sep 11	$0.38	$0.62	53%	0.61	$15.12	$21.38

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 55 found (best R:R 7.33, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$18.00	$18.50	$19.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.40	54%	4.00
$16.00	$17.00	$18.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.93	18%	13.29
$18.50	$19.00	$19.50	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.40	41%	4.00
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.37	44%	2.85
$20.00	$21.00	$22.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.93	14%	13.29

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$18.50	$19.00	$19.50	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.44	47%	7.33
$18.00	$18.50	$19.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$0.35	57%	2.33
$18.00	$19.00	$20.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.92	17%	11.50
$16.00	$17.00	$18.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$0.91	18%	10.11
$17.50	$18.00	$18.50	Aug 21	$0.14	$0.36	44%	2.57

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 49 found (best net $-0.13, 45 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$17.50	$18.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.13	$0.37
$21.00	$22.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.17	$0.83
$17.00	$17.50	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.43	$0.07
$21.50	$22.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.06	$0.44
$19.50	$20.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.18	$0.32

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$19.50	$19.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.25	$0.25
$16.00	$15.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.14	$0.86
$20.00	$19.50	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.49	$0.01
$17.00	$16.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.08	$0.42
$17.50	$17.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.15	$0.35

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 43 found (best yield 9.67%, avg 4.49%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$19.00	Oct 2	$1.78	0.52	3.3%	9.67%	12.93%	4	17
$20.00	Oct 2	$1.34	0.45	8.7%	7.28%	15.98%	--	114
$19.50	Oct 2	$1.52	0.48	6.0%	8.26%	14.24%	--	14
$21.00	Oct 2	$1.04	0.38	14.1%	5.65%	19.78%	1	45
$18.50	Oct 2	$1.96	0.55	0.5%	10.65%	11.20%	21	34
$21.50	Oct 2	$0.90	0.35	16.9%	4.89%	21.74%	--	18
$22.00	Oct 2	$0.81	0.32	19.6%	4.40%	23.97%	7	117
$20.00	Sep 25	$1.27	0.43	8.7%	6.90%	15.60%	1	86
$21.00	Sep 25	$1.02	0.36	14.1%	5.54%	19.67%	5	119
$20.50	Sep 25	$1.10	0.40	11.4%	5.98%	17.39%	19	30

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 13,254

Total Puts 1,778

Put/Call Ratio 0.13

Net Difference 11,476

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,735

Total Puts 1,991

Put/Call Ratio 0.17

Net Difference 9,744

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 166,073

Total Puts 54,472

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.34

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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