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USO

United States Oil

$134.98 +0.33%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21) 151,941

Calls: 115,834 (76%)

Puts: 36,107 (24%)

Prior (08/20) 113,747

Calls: 65,211 (57%)

Puts: 48,536 (43%)

Current vs Prior +33.58%

Calls: +77.63% (Calls)

Puts: -25.61% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 734,687

Calls: 498,089 (68%)

Puts: 236,598 (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average 104,955

Calls: 71,155 (68%)

Puts: 33,799 (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +44.77%

Calls: +62.79%

Puts: +6.83%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/21) $33.31M

Calls: $29.63M (89%)

Puts: $3.69M (11%)

Prior (08/20) $50.61M

Calls: $43.94M (87%)

Puts: $6.67M (13%)

Current vs Prior -34.17%

Calls: -32.58%

Puts: -44.72%

Prior 7-Day Total $423.83M

Calls: $381.79M (90%)

Puts: $42.04M (10%)

Prior 7-Day Average $60.55M

Calls: $54.54M (90%)

Puts: $6.01M (10%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.98%

Calls: -45.68%

Puts: -38.64%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21) 0.31

Prior (08/20) 0.74

Current vs Prior -58.12%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -37.74%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21) 574,951

Calls: 331,242 (58%)

Puts: 243,709 (42%)

Prior (08/20) 458,261

Calls: 264,982 (58%)

Puts: 193,279 (42%)

Current vs Prior +25.46%

Prior 7-Day Total 3,271,046

Calls: 1,954,060 (60%)

Puts: 1,316,986 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 467,292

Calls: 279,151 (60%)

Puts: 188,140 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +23.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/26)Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 0.81% | 4.42%0.81% | 5.50%0.81% | 10.32%

Prior 2.30% | 4.83%2.30% | 5.78%2.30% | 10.48%

Current vs Prior -64.52% | -8.45%-64.52% | -4.81%-64.52% | -1.53%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.10% | 4.98%2.93% | 6.28%3.52% | 11.28%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -73.74% | -11.12%-72.14% | -12.34%-76.88% | -8.52%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.30% | 4.83%2.30% | 5.78%2.30% | 10.48%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -64.52% | -8.45%-64.52% | -4.81%-64.52% | -1.53%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 36.11% | 13.96%

Calls: 22.22% | 18.18%

Puts: 50.00% | 9.74%

Prior 13.94% | 20.00%

Calls: 12.74% | 24.62%

Puts: 15.13% | 15.38%

Current vs Prior +159.04% | -30.20%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.02% | 18.80%

Calls: 17.50% | 13.29%

Puts: 30.53% | 24.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +50.35% | -25.75%

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Strong bullish conviction with 89% of dollar volume in calls ($29.63M) vs puts ($3.69M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.31 - heavy call buying (115,834 calls vs 36,107 puts). P/C ratio dropping 58% - sentiment shifting bullish. Rising open interest (up 25%) indicates new positions being established.

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Prior BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 390 of results (avg 6.2%, best 1.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Sep 18	16.30	16.50	$16.40	1.2%	667	0.85	3.1K
$111.00	Aug 21	23.70	24.10	$23.90	1.7%	146	1.00	9.5K
$115.00	Sep 18	20.65	21.05	$20.85	1.9%	95	0.91	2.7K
$120.00	Aug 26	14.95	15.25	$15.10	2.0%	75	0.97	99
$120.00	Aug 21	14.80	15.15	$14.98	2.3%	204	1.00	2.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$145.00	Sep 18	13.15	13.40	$13.28	1.9%	1	0.68	729
$141.00	Sep 4	8.60	8.80	$8.70	2.3%	2	0.66	2
$150.00	Sep 18	17.05	17.45	$17.25	2.3%	--	0.76	642
$160.00	Sep 18	25.70	26.40	$26.05	2.7%	--	0.86	266
$140.00	Sep 25	10.30	10.60	$10.45	2.9%	1	0.57	24

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 38 found (avg $0.60, cheapest $0.20)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Aug 26	0.19	0.21	$0.20	10.0%	2.1K	0.06	8.4K
$146.00	Aug 26	0.38	0.46	$0.42	19.0%	53	0.11	9
$145.00	Aug 26	0.45	0.50	$0.48	10.4%	403	0.12	287
$160.00	Aug 26	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	2.0K	0.02	29
$150.00	Aug 28	0.40	0.49	$0.45	20.0%	5.0K	0.09	3.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$115.00	Aug 26	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	18	0.01	1.6K
$125.00	Aug 28	0.45	0.53	$0.49	16.3%	541	0.11	1.6K
$127.00	Aug 28	0.67	0.79	$0.73	16.4%	245	0.16	311
$128.00	Aug 28	0.84	0.96	$0.90	13.3%	356	0.19	358
$120.00	Sep 2	0.41	0.47	$0.44	13.6%	32	0.08	10

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 332 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$108.00	Aug 28	26.70	28.40	$27.55	6.2%	13	1.00	18
$108.50	Aug 28	26.15	27.70	$26.92	5.8%	--	1.00	48
$109.50	Aug 28	24.70	27.15	$25.92	9.5%	--	1.00	42
$110.00	Aug 28	24.75	25.65	$25.20	3.6%	16	1.00	83
$110.50	Aug 28	24.00	25.70	$24.85	6.8%	--	1.00	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$137.00	Aug 21	1.77	2.25	$2.01	23.9%	62	1.00	111
$138.00	Aug 21	2.72	3.25	$2.99	17.7%	27	1.00	44
$139.00	Aug 21	3.20	4.25	$3.73	28.2%	12	1.00	15
$140.00	Aug 21	4.75	5.20	$4.97	9.1%	16	1.00	346
$141.00	Aug 21	5.20	6.40	$5.80	20.7%	6	1.00	7

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 638 active (total vol 127.9K, top 20.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$136.00	Aug 21	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	20.7K	0.06	937
$135.00	Aug 21	0.11	0.24	$0.18	72.2%	14.0K	0.47	5.6K
$150.00	Aug 28	0.40	0.49	$0.45	20.0%	5.0K	0.09	3.6K
$130.00	Aug 21	4.80	5.25	$5.03	8.9%	2.2K	0.98	8.5K
$145.00	Aug 21	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.1K	0.00	8.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$134.00	Aug 21	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	4.9K	0.06	285
$120.00	Aug 28	0.17	0.23	$0.20	30.0%	3.3K	0.05	923
$135.00	Aug 21	0.15	0.25	$0.20	50.0%	2.5K	0.53	516
$133.00	Aug 21	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	1.4K	0.04	646
$127.00	Aug 21	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	959	0.01	5.5K

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 2.7%, max 4.8%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	45.2%	43.2%	4.8%	1	129
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	44.5%	43.3%	2.9%	--	180
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	43.6%	43.2%	1.0%	3	176

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	44.2%	42.4%	4.1%	115	137
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	43.8%	42.8%	2.3%	63	11
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	43.6%	43.2%	1.0%	14	153

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 335 found (best R:R 3.42, avg 2.71)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$145.00	$150.00	Oct 2	$1.13	$3.87	$1.13	36%	3.42	$146.13
$128.00	$129.00	Sep 25	$0.24	$0.76	$0.24	68%	3.17	$128.24
$150.00	$155.00	Oct 2	$0.85	$4.15	$0.85	30%	4.88	$150.85
$155.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$0.64	$4.36	$0.64	24%	6.81	$155.64
$150.00	$155.00	Sep 25	$0.80	$4.20	$0.80	28%	5.25	$150.80

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$144.00	$143.00	Aug 21	$0.58	$0.42	$0.58	100%	0.72	$143.42
$146.00	$145.00	Aug 28	$0.52	$0.48	$0.52	84%	0.92	$145.48
$147.00	$146.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	71%	1.22	$146.55
$149.00	$148.00	Sep 18	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	74%	1.00	$148.50
$133.00	$132.00	Sep 25	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	43%	4.00	$132.80

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 242 found (best R:R 0.92, avg 0.45)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$158.00	$159.00	Aug 21	$0.48	$0.48	$0.52	92%	0.92	$158.48
$153.00	$154.00	Aug 21	$0.33	$0.33	$0.67	93%	0.49	$153.33
$148.00	$149.00	Aug 21	$0.16	$0.16	$0.84	94%	0.19	$148.16
$139.00	$140.00	Sep 18	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	56%	1.22	$139.55
$149.00	$150.00	Sep 2	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	83%	0.28	$149.22

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$134.00	$133.00	Sep 25	$0.80	$0.80	$0.20	55%	4.00	$133.20
$131.00	$130.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$0.60	$0.40	62%	1.50	$130.40
$134.00	$133.00	Aug 26	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	57%	1.27	$133.44
$133.50	$132.00	Sep 11	$0.75	$0.75	$0.75	56%	1.00	$132.75
$122.00	$121.00	Oct 2	$0.33	$0.33	$0.67	78%	0.49	$121.67

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 11 found (avg debit $1.47, cheapest $0.95)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.95	45.2%	43.2%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.12	44.5%	43.3%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.13	43.8%	42.8%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.95	43.6%	43.2%
$128.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$2.17	43.0%	44.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.77	44.2%	42.4%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.81	43.8%	42.8%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.93	43.6%	43.2%
$128.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$2.22	43.0%	44.0%
$135.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$2.47	35.5%	42.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 193 found (cheapest 0.28% of stock, avg 8.54%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$135.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$0.20	$0.38	$134.62	$135.38	0.28%
$134.00	Aug 21	$0.90	$0.02	$0.92	$133.08	$134.92	0.68%
$136.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$0.91	$0.93	$135.07	$136.93	0.69%
$137.00	Aug 21	$0.01	$2.01	$2.02	$134.98	$139.02	1.50%
$133.00	Aug 21	$2.05	$0.02	$2.07	$130.93	$135.07	1.53%
$138.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$2.99	$3.01	$134.99	$141.01	2.23%
$132.00	Aug 21	$3.00	$0.03	$3.03	$128.97	$135.03	2.24%
$139.00	Aug 21	$0.01	$3.73	$3.74	$135.26	$142.74	2.77%
$131.00	Aug 21	$4.03	$0.01	$4.04	$126.96	$135.04	2.99%
$140.00	Aug 21	$0.01	$4.97	$4.98	$135.02	$144.98	3.69%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 205 found (cheapest 0.03% of stock, avg 6.36%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$136.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$0.02	$0.04	$133.96	$136.04
$148.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$0.02	$0.25	$133.75	$148.25
$135.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$0.02	$0.20	$133.80	$135.20
$153.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.37	$0.02	$0.39	$133.61	$153.39
$158.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.53	$0.02	$0.55	$133.45	$158.55
$140.00	$131.00	Aug 26	$1.17	$1.23	$2.40	$128.60	$142.40
$139.00	$131.00	Aug 26	$1.35	$1.23	$2.58	$128.42	$141.58
$140.00	$132.00	Aug 26	$1.17	$1.52	$2.69	$129.31	$142.69
$139.00	$132.00	Aug 26	$1.35	$1.52	$2.87	$129.13	$141.87
$138.00	$131.00	Aug 26	$1.68	$1.23	$2.91	$128.09	$140.91

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 207 found (best R:R 0.85, avg credit $0.52)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
111/112	144/145	Sep 11	$0.46	$0.54	63%	0.85	$111.54	$144.46
130/131	148/149	Aug 26	$0.41	$0.59	64%	0.69	$130.59	$148.41
124/125	144/145	Sep 11	$0.58	$0.42	47%	1.38	$124.42	$144.58
130/131	144/145	Aug 26	$0.45	$0.55	58%	0.82	$130.55	$144.45
127/128	142/143	Sep 2	$0.57	$0.43	46%	1.33	$127.43	$142.57
127/128	148/149	Aug 26	$0.26	$0.74	76%	0.35	$127.74	$148.26
125/126	144/145	Sep 11	$0.57	$0.43	45%	1.33	$125.43	$144.57
117/118	144/145	Sep 11	$0.43	$0.57	59%	0.75	$117.57	$144.43
122/123	144/145	Sep 11	$0.50	$0.50	51%	1.00	$122.50	$144.50
131/132	141/142	Aug 28	$0.64	$0.36	37%	1.78	$131.36	$141.64

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 220 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 11	$0.08	$4.92	10%	61.50
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.56	$0.44	89%	0.79
$135.00	$136.00	$137.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$0.85	46%	5.67
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 25	$0.20	$4.80	10%	24.00
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$0.21	$4.79	10%	22.81

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.53	$0.47	91%	0.89
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$0.82	49%	4.56
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Sep 2	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.95	6%	19.00
$141.00	$142.00	$143.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.95	6%	19.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 186 found (best net $-0.93, 176 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$155.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.48	$4.52
$136.00	$137.00	1:2	Aug 21	$0.00	$1.00
$138.00	$139.00	1:2	Aug 21	$0.00	$1.00
$150.00	$152.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.08	$1.92
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.83	$4.17

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$141.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.93	$8.07
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$2.88	$7.12
$160.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$6.87	$3.13
$115.00	$112.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.10	$2.90
$109.50	$109.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.05	$0.45

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 150 found (best yield 4.37%, avg 1.89%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$142.00	Oct 2	$5.90	0.41	5.2%	4.37%	9.57%	1	--
$143.00	Oct 2	$5.60	0.39	5.9%	4.15%	10.09%	7	3
$140.00	Oct 2	$6.50	0.44	3.7%	4.82%	8.53%	1.6K	2.6K
$139.00	Oct 2	$6.85	0.46	3.0%	5.07%	8.05%	2	2
$137.00	Oct 2	$7.60	0.49	1.5%	5.63%	7.13%	3	11
$138.00	Oct 2	$7.15	0.48	2.2%	5.30%	7.53%	3	39
$145.00	Oct 2	$5.00	0.36	7.4%	3.70%	11.13%	346	10
$150.00	Oct 2	$3.95	0.30	11.1%	2.93%	14.05%	11	10
$135.00	Oct 2	$8.35	0.53	0.0%	6.19%	6.20%	325	25
$136.00	Oct 2	$7.85	0.51	0.8%	5.82%	6.57%	--	34

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 115,834

Total Puts 36,107

Put/Call Ratio 0.31

Net Difference 79,727

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 65,211

Total Puts 48,536

Put/Call Ratio 0.74

Net Difference 16,675

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 498,089

Total Puts 236,598

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.50

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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