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USO

United States Oil

$126.82 -0.62%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/12 1:00pm) 50,887

Calls: 29,438 (58%)

Puts: 21,449 (42%)

Prior (08/11) 50,778

Calls: 36,684 (72%)

Puts: 14,094 (28%)

Current vs Prior +0.21%

Calls: -19.75% (Calls)

Puts: +52.19% (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 -64.22%

Calls: -64.28%

Puts: -64.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/12 1:00pm) $38.34M

Calls: $29.39M (77%)

Puts: $8.95M (23%)

Prior (08/11) $28.55M

Calls: $26.31M (92%)

Puts: $2.24M (8%)

Current vs Prior +34.29%

Calls: +11.71%

Puts: +299.95%

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 -33.37%

Calls: -27.60%

Puts: -47.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/12 1:00pm) 0.73

Prior (08/11) 0.38

Current vs Prior +89.64%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.73

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.31%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/12 1:00pm) 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 1.20% | 3.57%3.57% | 6.91%6.00% | 12.67%

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

Current vs Prior -54.87% | -25.29%-25.29% | -10.93%-14.23% | -6.34%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -68.89% | -36.66%-13.88% | -8.68%-29.06% | -9.76%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -54.87% | -25.29%-25.29% | -10.93%-14.23% | -6.34%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 27.07% | 20.09%

Calls: 33.00% | 23.36%

Puts: 21.15% | 16.83%

Prior 24.50% | 26.91%

Calls: 15.47% | 14.61%

Puts: 33.54% | 39.20%

Current vs Prior +10.49% | -25.34%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.60% | 21.97%

Calls: 26.92% | 21.96%

Puts: 22.29% | 21.98%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +10.04% | -8.55%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in calls ($29.39M) vs puts ($8.95M). P/C ratio rising 90% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 267 of results (avg 6.7%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$105.00	Aug 21	21.70	22.10	$21.90	1.8%	3	0.98	1.0K
$105.00	Aug 14	21.60	22.00	$21.80	1.8%	1	1.00	663
$110.00	Aug 21	16.90	17.30	$17.10	2.3%	246	0.95	1.2K
$130.00	Sep 11	5.85	6.00	$5.93	2.5%	5	0.46	114
$135.00	Sep 18	4.95	5.10	$5.03	3.0%	48	0.38	8.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Sep 18	12.75	13.05	$12.90	2.3%	11	0.62	760
$146.00	Sep 18	21.30	21.85	$21.58	2.5%	--	0.76	200
$148.00	Sep 18	23.05	23.65	$23.35	2.6%	--	0.78	464
$136.00	Sep 18	13.45	13.85	$13.65	2.9%	--	0.64	103
$140.00	Sep 18	16.40	16.90	$16.65	3.0%	9	0.69	1.7K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 27 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.11)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$132.00	Aug 14	0.46	0.53	$0.50	14.0%	95	0.17	364
$130.00	Aug 14	0.82	1.00	$0.91	19.8%	875	0.28	5.4K
$145.00	Aug 21	0.48	0.55	$0.52	13.5%	66	0.09	7.1K
$141.00	Aug 21	0.70	0.85	$0.77	19.5%	7	0.14	42
$140.00	Aug 21	0.80	0.92	$0.86	14.0%	2.4K	0.15	4.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$117.00	Aug 14	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	45	0.04	414
$118.00	Aug 14	0.13	0.15	$0.14	14.3%	377	0.06	581
$123.00	Aug 14	0.58	0.70	$0.64	18.8%	79	0.22	512
$124.00	Aug 14	0.83	0.91	$0.87	9.2%	96	0.28	155
$110.00	Aug 19	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	526	0.03	7.6K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 368 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$102.00	Aug 12	24.60	25.60	$25.10	4.0%	464	1.00	59
$103.00	Aug 12	23.45	24.45	$23.95	4.2%	157	1.00	8
$104.00	Aug 12	22.55	23.30	$22.93	3.3%	251	1.00	12
$105.00	Aug 12	21.50	22.30	$21.90	3.7%	195	1.00	19
$106.00	Aug 12	20.60	21.35	$20.98	3.6%	214	1.00	19

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$142.00	Aug 12	14.30	16.00	$15.15	11.2%	41	1.00	3
$137.00	Aug 12	9.65	10.65	$10.15	9.9%	69	1.00	8
$138.00	Aug 12	10.40	12.60	$11.50	19.1%	16	1.00	24
$140.00	Aug 12	12.40	14.20	$13.30	13.5%	22	1.00	28
$150.00	Aug 14	22.40	24.30	$23.35	8.1%	--	1.00	26

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 541 active (total vol 39.5K, top 2.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Aug 21	0.80	0.92	$0.86	14.0%	2.4K	0.15	4.2K
$126.00	Aug 12	0.84	1.17	$1.00	33.0%	2.0K	0.77	399
$127.00	Aug 12	0.27	0.39	$0.33	36.4%	1.3K	0.43	445
$130.00	Aug 14	0.82	1.00	$0.91	19.8%	875	0.28	5.4K
$128.00	Aug 12	0.06	0.10	$0.08	50.0%	858	0.14	450

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Aug 14	0.22	0.28	$0.25	24.0%	1.6K	0.10	653
$113.00	Aug 21	0.38	0.45	$0.42	16.7%	1.3K	0.08	195
$114.00	Aug 21	0.47	0.55	$0.51	15.7%	1.3K	0.10	416
$126.00	Aug 12	0.12	0.18	$0.15	40.0%	733	0.23	108
$110.00	Sep 18	1.41	1.53	$1.47	8.2%	702	0.15	6.6K

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 11.2%, max 33.9%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	51.5%	47.5%	8.3%	--	273
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	56.5%	55.6%	1.7%	5	90

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$113.50	Aug 28	Sep 25	56.7%	42.4%	33.9%	--	172
$131.00	Aug 14	Sep 18	56.6%	51.2%	10.7%	--	64
$132.00	Aug 14	Sep 18	55.2%	50.7%	8.9%	5	1.8K
$129.00	Aug 14	Sep 18	52.4%	50.5%	3.9%	6	203

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 336 found (best R:R 3.35, avg 2.81)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$114.00	$115.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$0.77	$0.23	86%	3.35	$114.23
$114.00	$115.00	Sep 25	$0.19	$0.81	$0.19	79%	4.26	$114.19
$116.00	$117.00	Sep 4	$0.23	$0.77	$0.23	79%	3.35	$116.23
$135.00	$140.00	Sep 25	$1.20	$3.80	$1.20	40%	3.17	$136.20
$120.00	$121.00	Aug 26	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	73%	4.56	$120.18

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$135.00	$134.00	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	65%	6.69	$134.87
$133.00	$132.00	Aug 28	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	64%	4.56	$132.82
$145.00	$144.00	Aug 28	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	84%	1.08	$144.52
$134.00	$133.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	61%	2.70	$133.73
$125.00	$122.00	Sep 25	$0.85	$2.15	$0.85	43%	2.53	$124.15

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 230 found (best R:R 3.48, avg 0.60)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$148.00	$149.00	Aug 21	$0.86	$0.86	$0.14	85%	6.14	$148.86
$149.00	$150.00	Aug 19	$0.76	$0.76	$0.24	88%	3.17	$149.76
$143.00	$145.00	Sep 4	$0.84	$0.84	$1.16	76%	0.72	$143.84
$128.00	$129.00	Sep 4	$0.82	$0.82	$0.18	49%	4.56	$128.82
$148.00	$149.00	Aug 14	$0.36	$0.36	$0.64	92%	0.56	$148.36

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$126.00	$123.00	Aug 26	$2.33	$2.33	$0.67	55%	3.48	$123.67
$112.50	$110.00	Sep 25	$1.11	$1.11	$1.39	79%	0.80	$111.39
$119.00	$118.00	Sep 4	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	71%	9.00	$118.10
$119.00	$118.00	Sep 25	$0.77	$0.77	$0.23	69%	3.35	$118.23
$120.00	$117.00	Aug 26	$1.05	$1.05	$1.95	72%	0.54	$118.95

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $1.19, cheapest $0.25)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.25	51.5%	47.5%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.78	56.5%	55.6%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.07	49.1%	51.2%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.70	48.6%	55.2%
$127.00	Aug 12	Aug 14	$1.56	43.3%	51.5%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$129.00	Aug 14	Aug 19	$1.42	52.4%	50.6%
$127.00	Aug 12	Aug 14	$1.56	43.3%	51.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 192 found (cheapest 0.67% of stock, avg 9.43%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$127.00	Aug 12	$0.33	$0.52	$0.85	$126.15	$127.85	0.67%
$126.00	Aug 12	$1.00	$0.15	$1.15	$124.85	$127.15	0.91%
$128.00	Aug 12	$0.08	$1.18	$1.26	$126.74	$129.26	0.99%
$125.00	Aug 12	$1.93	$0.04	$1.97	$123.03	$126.97	1.55%
$124.00	Aug 12	$2.95	$0.02	$2.97	$121.03	$126.97	2.34%
$130.00	Aug 12	$0.01	$3.23	$3.24	$126.76	$133.24	2.55%
$123.00	Aug 12	$3.90	$0.01	$3.91	$119.09	$126.91	3.08%
$127.00	Aug 14	$1.89	$2.08	$3.97	$123.03	$130.97	3.13%
$126.00	Aug 14	$2.44	$1.54	$3.98	$122.02	$129.98	3.14%
$128.00	Aug 14	$1.51	$2.59	$4.10	$123.90	$132.10	3.23%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 235 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 6.59%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$128.00	$125.00	Aug 12	$0.08	$0.04	$0.12	$124.88	$128.12
$128.00	$126.00	Aug 12	$0.08	$0.15	$0.23	$125.77	$128.23
$127.00	$125.00	Aug 12	$0.33	$0.04	$0.37	$124.63	$127.37
$127.00	$126.00	Aug 12	$0.33	$0.15	$0.48	$125.52	$127.48
$147.00	$125.00	Aug 12	$0.68	$0.04	$0.72	$124.28	$147.72
$147.00	$126.00	Aug 12	$0.68	$0.15	$0.83	$125.17	$147.83
$152.00	$125.00	Aug 12	$1.07	$0.04	$1.11	$123.89	$153.11
$150.00	$125.00	Aug 12	$1.07	$0.04	$1.11	$123.89	$151.11
$131.00	$122.00	Aug 14	$0.73	$0.48	$1.21	$120.79	$132.21
$150.00	$126.00	Aug 12	$1.07	$0.15	$1.22	$124.78	$151.22

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 247 found (best R:R 2.23, avg credit $0.52)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
107/108	148/149	Aug 14	$0.69	$0.31	86%	2.23	$106.81	$148.69
105/106	136/137	Aug 28	$0.88	$0.12	61%	7.33	$104.62	$136.88
105/106	148/149	Aug 14	$0.59	$0.41	88%	1.44	$104.91	$148.59
113/114	134/135	Aug 28	$0.88	$0.12	50%	7.33	$112.62	$134.88
105/106	137/138	Aug 28	$0.74	$0.26	63%	2.85	$104.76	$137.74
107/108	151/152	Aug 14	$0.46	$0.54	90%	0.85	$107.04	$151.46
106/107	144/145	Aug 12	$0.46	$0.54	90%	0.85	$106.54	$144.46
113/114	136/137	Aug 28	$0.78	$0.22	54%	3.55	$112.72	$136.78
105/106	135/136	Aug 28	$0.73	$0.27	59%	2.70	$104.77	$135.73
111/112	134/135	Aug 28	$0.81	$0.19	51%	4.26	$110.69	$134.81

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 270 found (best R:R 9.87, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Sep 25	$0.16	$4.84	11%	30.25
$135.00	$140.00	$145.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$4.75	13%	19.00
$125.00	$126.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$0.26	$0.74	50%	2.85
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Aug 12	$0.19	$0.81	39%	4.26
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 12	$0.42	$0.58	63%	1.38

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$130.00	$140.00	$150.00	Sep 25	$0.92	$9.08	26%	9.87
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 12	$0.29	$0.71	63%	2.45
$125.00	$126.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$0.26	$0.74	50%	2.85
$124.00	$125.00	$126.00	Aug 12	$0.09	$0.91	21%	10.11
$122.00	$123.00	$124.00	Aug 14	$0.07	$0.93	11%	13.29

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 196 found (best net $-2.69, 174 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$121.00	$126.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$1.56	$3.44
$125.00	$126.00	1:2	Aug 12	-$0.07	$0.93
$146.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.34	$3.66
$143.00	$144.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.05	$0.95
$147.00	$149.00	1:2	Aug 12	-$0.04	$1.96

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$140.00	$130.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$2.69	$7.31
$126.00	$123.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.39	$2.61
$120.00	$117.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.25	$2.75
$109.00	$105.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.03	$3.97
$125.00	$124.00	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. 158 found (best yield 4.42%, avg 2.23%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$135.00	Sep 25	$5.60	0.40	6.5%	4.42%	10.87%	89	328
$140.00	Sep 25	$4.40	0.33	10.4%	3.47%	13.86%	53	101
$130.00	Sep 25	$7.20	0.48	2.5%	5.68%	8.18%	16	117
$129.00	Sep 25	$7.55	0.50	1.7%	5.95%	7.67%	530	129
$128.00	Sep 25	$7.95	0.52	0.9%	6.27%	7.20%	550	78
$127.00	Sep 25	$8.30	0.54	0.1%	6.54%	6.69%	31	156
$145.00	Sep 25	$3.45	0.27	14.3%	2.72%	17.06%	--	23
$133.00	Sep 18	$5.55	0.42	4.9%	4.38%	9.25%	1	255
$131.00	Sep 18	$6.20	0.45	3.3%	4.89%	8.18%	8	115
$132.00	Sep 18	$5.85	0.43	4.1%	4.61%	8.70%	25	762

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 29,438

Total Puts 21,449

Put/Call Ratio 0.73

Net Difference 7,989

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 36,684

Total Puts 14,094

Put/Call Ratio 0.38

Net Difference 22,590

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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