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USO

United States Oil

$127.10 -0.40%

(8/12 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/12 12:00pm) 40,726

Calls: 24,282 (60%)

Puts: 16,444 (40%)

Prior (08/11) 42,258

Calls: 30,179 (71%)

Puts: 12,079 (29%)

Current vs Prior -3.63%

Calls: -19.54% (Calls)

Puts: +36.14% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 995,619

Calls: 576,860 (58%)

Puts: 418,759 (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average 142,231

Calls: 82,408 (58%)

Puts: 59,822 (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -71.37%

Calls: -70.53%

Puts: -72.51%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/12 12:00pm) $24.21M

Calls: $18.66M (77%)

Puts: $5.55M (23%)

Prior (08/11) $18.96M

Calls: $17.11M (90%)

Puts: $1.85M (10%)

Current vs Prior +27.69%

Calls: +9.05%

Puts: +200.48%

Prior 7-Day Total $402.81M

Calls: $284.21M (71%)

Puts: $118.60M (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average $57.54M

Calls: $40.60M (71%)

Puts: $16.94M (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -57.93%

Calls: -54.04%

Puts: -67.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/12 12:00pm) 0.68

Prior (08/11) 0.40

Current vs Prior +69.20%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.73

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/12 12:00pm) 602,476

Calls: 353,228 (59%)

Puts: 249,248 (41%)

Prior (08/11) 583,060

Calls: 336,175 (58%)

Puts: 246,885 (42%)

Current vs Prior +3.33%

Prior 7-Day Total 3,836,265

Calls: 2,255,670 (59%)

Puts: 1,580,595 (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average 548,037

Calls: 322,238 (59%)

Puts: 225,799 (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.93%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (08/12) | Next (08/14)Expiry (08/14) | Next (08/21)Expiry (08/19) | Next (09/18)

Current 1.37% | 3.77%3.77% | 7.07%6.10% | 12.85%

Prior 2.66% | 4.77%4.77% | 7.76%6.99% | 13.53%

Current vs Prior -48.47% | -21.03%-21.03% | -8.93%-12.77% | -5.01%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.85% | 5.63%4.14% | 7.57%8.45% | 14.04%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -64.48% | -33.05%-8.97% | -6.63%-27.85% | -8.48%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.66% | 4.77%4.77% | 7.76%6.99% | 13.53%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -48.47% | -21.03%-21.03% | -8.93%-12.77% | -5.01%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 43.69% | 18.20%

Calls: 46.48% | 11.98%

Puts: 40.91% | 24.43%

Prior 24.50% | 26.91%

Calls: 15.47% | 14.61%

Puts: 33.54% | 39.20%

Current vs Prior +78.33% | -32.37%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.60% | 21.97%

Calls: 26.92% | 21.96%

Puts: 22.29% | 21.98%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +77.60% | -17.15%

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Strong bullish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in calls ($18.66M) vs puts ($5.55M). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.68. P/C ratio rising 69% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Option Volume

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Open Interest

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 193 of results (avg 6.6%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$105.00	Aug 21	22.05	22.45	$22.25	1.8%	3	0.98	1.0K
$110.00	Aug 21	17.30	17.65	$17.48	2.0%	135	0.95	1.2K
$111.00	Aug 21	16.25	16.70	$16.48	2.7%	2	0.94	20.5K
$108.00	Sep 18	20.35	21.00	$20.68	3.1%	--	0.88	447
$102.00	Aug 12	24.70	25.50	$25.10	3.2%	464	0.96	59

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Sep 18	16.40	16.70	$16.55	1.8%	4	0.69	1.7K
$145.00	Sep 18	20.35	20.80	$20.58	2.2%	1	0.74	736
$149.00	Sep 18	23.70	24.25	$23.98	2.3%	--	0.79	73
$150.00	Sep 18	24.55	25.30	$24.93	3.0%	12	0.79	622
$135.00	Sep 18	12.50	12.90	$12.70	3.1%	11	0.61	760

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 16 found (avg $0.56, cheapest $0.31)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$134.00	Aug 14	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	60	0.12	153
$150.00	Aug 21	0.26	0.30	$0.28	14.3%	15	0.05	3.3K
$145.00	Aug 21	0.48	0.56	$0.52	15.4%	65	0.09	7.1K
$140.00	Aug 21	0.81	0.94	$0.88	14.8%	2.4K	0.15	4.2K
$150.00	Aug 28	0.75	0.87	$0.81	14.8%	41	0.11	753

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Aug 14	0.23	0.27	$0.25	16.0%	1.0K	0.09	653
$122.00	Aug 14	0.42	0.48	$0.45	13.3%	82	0.16	296
$124.00	Aug 14	0.81	0.92	$0.87	12.6%	90	0.27	155
$115.00	Aug 19	0.34	0.40	$0.37	16.2%	150	0.08	253
$118.00	Aug 19	0.66	0.80	$0.73	19.2%	12	0.15	39

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 364 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$103.00	Aug 12	23.65	24.55	$24.10	3.7%	140	1.00	8
$105.00	Aug 12	21.65	22.70	$22.17	4.7%	165	1.00	19
$106.00	Aug 12	20.70	21.65	$21.17	4.5%	68	1.00	19
$108.00	Aug 12	18.75	19.70	$19.23	4.9%	460	1.00	22
$110.00	Aug 12	16.80	17.65	$17.23	4.9%	279	1.00	211

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Aug 12	2.39	3.45	$2.92	36.3%	12	1.00	59
$134.00	Aug 12	5.70	8.70	$7.20	41.7%	--	1.00	29
$135.00	Aug 12	7.40	8.20	$7.80	10.3%	--	1.00	76
$136.00	Aug 12	8.25	9.85	$9.05	17.7%	59	1.00	72
$137.00	Aug 12	9.35	10.75	$10.05	13.9%	69	1.00	8

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 512 active (total vol 31.7K, top 2.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Aug 21	0.81	0.94	$0.88	14.8%	2.4K	0.15	4.2K
$126.00	Aug 12	1.09	1.71	$1.40	44.3%	2.0K	0.80	399
$127.00	Aug 12	0.54	0.87	$0.71	46.5%	1.3K	0.56	445
$130.00	Aug 14	0.94	1.17	$1.06	21.7%	703	0.31	5.4K
$128.00	Aug 12	0.18	0.31	$0.25	52.0%	607	0.29	450

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Aug 14	0.23	0.27	$0.25	16.0%	1.0K	0.09	653
$113.00	Aug 21	0.38	0.44	$0.41	14.6%	1.0K	0.08	195
$114.00	Aug 21	0.45	0.58	$0.52	25.0%	1.0K	0.10	416
$126.00	Aug 12	0.12	0.22	$0.17	58.8%	543	0.20	108
$110.00	Aug 19	0.09	0.30	$0.20	105.0%	520	0.04	7.6K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 16 strikes (avg 202.8%, max 795.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$142.00	Aug 12	Sep 18	472.2%	52.8%	795.0%	20	440
$141.00	Aug 12	Sep 18	456.5%	53.6%	752.1%	--	479
$126.00	Aug 12	Sep 25	52.9%	46.1%	14.8%	2.0K	629
$127.00	Aug 12	Sep 25	52.7%	46.2%	13.9%	1.3K	601
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	51.0%	46.2%	10.3%	--	273

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$142.00	Aug 12	Sep 18	472.2%	52.8%	795.0%	41	182
$141.00	Aug 12	Sep 18	456.5%	53.6%	752.1%	2	186
$113.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	57.5%	41.8%	37.5%	--	172
$126.00	Aug 12	Sep 25	52.9%	46.1%	14.8%	544	114
$127.00	Aug 12	Sep 25	52.7%	46.2%	13.9%	68	88

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 320 found (best R:R 9.00, avg 2.76)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$116.00	$118.00	Sep 11	$0.87	$1.13	$0.87	76%	1.30	$116.87
$145.00	$150.00	Sep 25	$0.58	$4.42	$0.58	27%	7.62	$145.58
$117.00	$118.00	Sep 4	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	77%	4.00	$117.20
$108.00	$110.00	Sep 4	$1.27	$0.73	$1.27	91%	0.57	$109.27
$135.00	$140.00	Sep 25	$1.23	$3.77	$1.23	40%	3.07	$136.23

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$147.00	$146.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$0.90	$0.10	78%	9.00	$146.90
$138.00	$136.00	Aug 14	$1.25	$0.75	$1.25	96%	0.60	$136.75
$135.00	$134.00	Aug 12	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	100%	0.67	$134.40
$145.00	$144.00	Aug 28	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	84%	1.38	$144.58
$135.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	74%	2.03	$134.67

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 225 found (best R:R 1.53, avg 0.66)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$149.00	$150.00	Aug 19	$0.76	$0.76	$0.24	88%	3.17	$149.76
$147.00	$149.00	Aug 12	$0.79	$0.79	$1.21	86%	0.65	$147.79
$140.00	$141.00	Aug 28	$0.79	$0.79	$0.21	77%	3.76	$140.79
$146.00	$150.00	Sep 4	$1.12	$1.12	$2.88	80%	0.39	$147.12
$135.00	$136.00	Sep 18	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	61%	7.33	$135.88

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$112.50	$110.00	Sep 25	$1.51	$1.51	$0.99	79%	1.53	$110.99
$126.00	$123.00	Aug 26	$2.31	$2.31	$0.69	56%	3.35	$123.69
$121.00	$120.00	Aug 28	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	69%	7.33	$120.12
$120.00	$115.00	Aug 26	$1.40	$1.40	$3.60	73%	0.39	$118.60
$106.50	$106.00	Aug 14	$0.36	$0.36	$0.14	94%	2.57	$106.14

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $1.03, cheapest $1.43)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.25	51.0%	46.2%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.65	52.1%	50.0%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.75	51.2%	49.9%
$127.00	Aug 12	Aug 14	$1.46	52.7%	53.0%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.18	48.1%	50.3%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$129.00	Aug 14	Aug 19	$1.43	55.3%	50.1%
$127.00	Aug 12	Aug 14	$1.52	52.7%	53.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 191 found (cheapest 0.94% of stock, avg 9.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$127.00	Aug 12	$0.71	$0.49	$1.20	$125.80	$128.20	0.94%
$128.00	Aug 12	$0.25	$1.03	$1.28	$126.72	$129.28	1.01%
$126.00	Aug 12	$1.40	$0.17	$1.57	$124.43	$127.57	1.24%
$125.00	Aug 12	$2.20	$0.08	$2.28	$122.72	$127.28	1.79%
$130.00	Aug 12	$0.01	$2.92	$2.93	$127.07	$132.93	2.31%
$124.00	Aug 12	$3.28	$0.03	$3.31	$120.69	$127.31	2.60%
$127.00	Aug 14	$2.17	$2.01	$4.18	$122.82	$131.18	3.29%
$123.00	Aug 12	$4.22	$0.02	$4.24	$118.76	$127.24	3.34%
$126.00	Aug 14	$2.77	$1.54	$4.31	$121.69	$130.31	3.39%
$128.00	Aug 14	$1.79	$2.62	$4.41	$123.59	$132.41	3.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 240 found (cheapest 0.26% of stock, avg 6.52%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$128.00	$125.00	Aug 12	$0.25	$0.08	$0.33	$124.67	$128.33
$128.00	$126.00	Aug 12	$0.25	$0.17	$0.42	$125.58	$128.42
$128.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$0.25	$0.49	$0.74	$126.26	$128.74
$142.00	$125.00	Aug 12	$1.03	$0.08	$1.11	$123.89	$143.11
$150.00	$125.00	Aug 12	$1.07	$0.08	$1.15	$123.85	$151.15
$147.00	$125.00	Aug 12	$1.07	$0.08	$1.15	$123.85	$148.15
$141.00	$125.00	Aug 12	$1.07	$0.08	$1.15	$123.85	$142.15
$132.00	$123.00	Aug 14	$0.62	$0.62	$1.24	$121.76	$133.24
$142.00	$126.00	Aug 12	$1.03	$0.17	$1.20	$124.80	$143.20
$141.00	$126.00	Aug 12	$1.07	$0.17	$1.24	$124.76	$142.24

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 252 found (best R:R 0.96, avg credit $0.52)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
106/107	147/149	Aug 12	$0.98	$1.02	82%	0.96	$106.02	$147.98
106/106	148/149	Aug 14	$0.76	$0.24	86%	3.17	$105.74	$148.76
107/108	148/149	Aug 14	$0.73	$0.27	86%	2.70	$106.77	$148.73
113/114	147/149	Aug 12	$0.90	$1.10	82%	0.82	$113.10	$147.90
105/106	148/149	Aug 14	$0.65	$0.35	87%	1.86	$104.85	$148.65
108/109	139/140	Aug 28	$0.89	$0.11	61%	8.09	$108.11	$139.89
115/116	133/134	Aug 19	$0.87	$0.13	60%	6.69	$115.13	$133.87
116/117	133/134	Aug 19	$0.88	$0.12	58%	7.33	$116.12	$133.88
106/106	151/152	Aug 14	$0.52	$0.48	90%	1.08	$105.98	$151.52
117/118	133/134	Aug 19	$0.86	$0.14	56%	6.14	$117.14	$133.86

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 274 found (best R:R 13.93, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$135.00	$140.00	$145.00	Sep 25	$0.19	$4.81	13%	25.32
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 12	$0.23	$0.77	51%	3.35
$125.00	$126.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$0.11	$0.89	35%	8.09
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Aug 12	$0.27	$0.73	47%	2.70
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 12	$0.14	$0.86	28%	6.14

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$130.00	$140.00	$150.00	Sep 25	$0.67	$9.33	25%	13.93
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 12	$0.22	$0.78	54%	3.55
$125.00	$126.00	$127.00	Aug 14	$0.08	$0.92	15%	11.50
$125.00	$126.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$0.23	$0.77	35%	3.35
$120.00	$121.00	$122.00	Aug 21	$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. 193 found (best net $-2.19, 166 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$121.00	$126.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$1.16	$3.84
$125.00	$126.00	1:2	Aug 12	-$0.60	$0.40
$132.00	$136.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$1.24	$2.76
$135.00	$136.00	1:2	Aug 12	$0.00	$1.00
$136.00	$137.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.06	$0.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$140.00	$130.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$2.19	$7.81
$126.00	$123.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.41	$2.59
$106.00	$105.00	1:2	Aug 19	$0.00	$1.00
$123.00	$122.00	1:2	Aug 12	$0.00	$1.00
$120.00	$119.00	1:2	Aug 12	$0.00	$1.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 146 found (best yield 4.52%, avg 2.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$135.00	Sep 25	$5.75	0.40	6.2%	4.52%	10.74%	89	328
$130.00	Sep 25	$7.40	0.48	2.3%	5.82%	8.10%	16	117
$140.00	Sep 25	$4.35	0.34	10.2%	3.42%	13.57%	53	101
$128.00	Sep 25	$8.15	0.52	0.7%	6.41%	7.12%	503	78
$129.00	Sep 25	$7.65	0.50	1.5%	6.02%	7.51%	507	129
$145.00	Sep 25	$3.40	0.27	14.1%	2.68%	16.76%	--	23
$132.00	Sep 18	$6.05	0.44	3.9%	4.76%	8.62%	25	762
$135.00	Sep 18	$5.10	0.39	6.2%	4.01%	10.23%	42	8.5K
$133.00	Sep 18	$5.70	0.42	4.6%	4.48%	9.13%	1	255
$131.00	Sep 18	$6.35	0.46	3.1%	5.00%	8.06%	8	115

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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

Total Calls 24,282

Total Puts 16,444

Put/Call Ratio 0.68

Net Difference 7,838

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 30,179

Total Puts 12,079

Put/Call Ratio 0.40

Net Difference 18,100

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 576,860

Total Puts 418,759

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.73

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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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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