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USO

United States Oil

$127.38 -0.18%

(8/12 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/12 2:00pm) 65,612

Calls: 41,065 (63%)

Puts: 24,547 (37%)

Prior (08/11) 59,409

Calls: 42,148 (71%)

Puts: 17,261 (29%)

Current vs Prior +10.44%

Calls: -2.57% (Calls)

Puts: +42.21% (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 -53.87%

Calls: -50.17%

Puts: -58.97%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/12 2:00pm) $51.36M

Calls: $41.85M (81%)

Puts: $9.52M (19%)

Prior (08/11) $39.56M

Calls: $36.74M (93%)

Puts: $2.83M (7%)

Current vs Prior +29.83%

Calls: +13.92%

Puts: +236.82%

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 -10.74%

Calls: +3.07%

Puts: -43.84%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/12 2:00pm) 0.60

Prior (08/11) 0.41

Current vs Prior +45.96%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.73

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -18.21%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/12 2:00pm) 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 1.10% | 3.62%3.62% | 6.97%5.99% | 12.73%

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

Current vs Prior -58.63% | -24.17%-24.17% | -10.14%-14.31% | -5.86%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -71.49% | -35.71%-12.58% | -7.87%-29.12% | -9.30%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -58.63% | -24.17%-24.17% | -10.14%-14.31% | -5.86%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 30.33% | 34.70%

Calls: 27.59% | 20.26%

Puts: 33.07% | 49.15%

Prior 24.50% | 26.91%

Calls: 15.47% | 14.61%

Puts: 33.54% | 39.20%

Current vs Prior +23.80% | +28.95%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.60% | 21.97%

Calls: 26.92% | 21.96%

Puts: 22.29% | 21.98%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +23.29% | +57.96%

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Strong bullish conviction with 81% of dollar volume in calls ($41.85M) vs puts ($9.52M). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.60. P/C ratio rising 46% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

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
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 288 of results (avg 7.0%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$105.00	Aug 21	22.30	22.70	$22.50	1.8%	3	1.00	1.0K
$130.00	Sep 18	6.85	7.00	$6.93	2.2%	263	0.48	5.8K
$110.00	Aug 21	17.40	17.85	$17.63	2.6%	251	0.95	1.2K
$111.00	Aug 21	16.55	17.00	$16.77	2.7%	2	0.94	20.5K
$110.00	Sep 18	18.60	19.20	$18.90	3.2%	13	0.86	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 18	24.50	25.25	$24.88	3.0%	24	0.80	622
$140.00	Sep 18	16.20	16.70	$16.45	3.0%	9	0.68	1.7K
$149.00	Sep 18	23.55	24.45	$24.00	3.7%	--	0.79	73
$139.00	Sep 18	15.30	15.90	$15.60	3.8%	--	0.67	75
$142.00	Sep 18	17.70	18.40	$18.05	3.9%	--	0.71	179

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 16 found (avg $0.67, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Aug 14	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	270	0.03	4.3K
$137.00	Aug 19	0.83	1.00	$0.92	18.5%	8	0.18	57
$145.00	Aug 21	0.49	0.56	$0.53	13.2%	2.6K	0.10	7.1K
$140.00	Aug 21	0.86	0.98	$0.92	13.0%	2.4K	0.16	4.2K
$150.00	Aug 28	0.74	0.88	$0.81	17.3%	41	0.11	753

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$113.00	Aug 21	0.36	0.41	$0.39	12.8%	1.5K	0.08	195
$114.00	Aug 21	0.45	0.51	$0.48	12.5%	1.5K	0.09	416
$115.00	Aug 21	0.51	0.61	$0.56	17.9%	371	0.11	3.4K
$117.00	Aug 21	0.77	0.85	$0.81	9.9%	13	0.14	296
$110.00	Aug 28	0.48	0.58	$0.53	18.9%	65	0.08	482

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
$103.00	Aug 12	23.45	24.80	$24.13	5.6%	160	1.00	8
$104.00	Aug 12	22.55	23.75	$23.15	5.2%	253	1.00	12
$105.00	Aug 12	21.55	22.70	$22.13	5.2%	768	1.00	19
$106.00	Aug 12	20.60	21.65	$21.13	5.0%	787	1.00	19
$107.00	Aug 12	19.55	20.75	$20.15	6.0%	29	1.00	11

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
$138.00	Aug 12	10.20	12.30	$11.25	18.7%	16	1.00	24
$140.00	Aug 12	12.20	14.20	$13.20	15.2%	23	1.00	28
$136.00	Aug 12	8.30	9.40	$8.85	12.4%	59	0.99	72
$137.00	Aug 12	9.20	10.65	$9.93	14.6%	69	0.99	8

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 565 active (total vol 50.4K, top 2.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$145.00	Aug 21	0.49	0.56	$0.53	13.2%	2.6K	0.10	7.1K
$140.00	Aug 21	0.86	0.98	$0.92	13.0%	2.4K	0.16	4.2K
$126.00	Aug 12	0.89	1.57	$1.23	55.3%	2.1K	0.91	399
$127.00	Aug 12	0.50	0.66	$0.58	27.6%	1.5K	0.66	445
$130.00	Aug 14	0.97	1.10	$1.04	12.5%	1.5K	0.31	5.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Aug 14	0.18	0.26	$0.22	36.4%	1.6K	0.09	653
$113.00	Aug 21	0.36	0.41	$0.39	12.8%	1.5K	0.08	195
$114.00	Aug 21	0.45	0.51	$0.48	12.5%	1.5K	0.09	416
$126.00	Aug 12	0.03	0.06	$0.05	60.0%	785	0.09	108
$110.00	Sep 18	1.40	1.49	$1.44	6.3%	715	0.14	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. 5 strikes (avg 8.2%, max 13.6%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	51.2%	46.9%	9.3%	--	273
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	56.3%	55.0%	2.4%	5	90

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$133.00	Aug 14	Sep 18	57.7%	50.8%	13.6%	11	283
$132.00	Aug 14	Sep 18	56.0%	51.3%	9.1%	5	1.8K
$129.00	Aug 14	Sep 18	54.0%	50.6%	6.7%	6	203

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 350 found (best R:R 4.88, avg 2.80)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$136.00	$140.00	Sep 11	$0.68	$3.32	$0.68	35%	4.88	$136.68
$114.00	$115.00	Aug 28	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	86%	2.03	$114.33
$120.00	$121.00	Aug 26	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	71%	4.00	$120.20
$107.00	$108.00	Aug 19	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	100%	1.00	$107.50
$106.00	$107.00	Sep 4	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	92%	1.33	$106.43

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$135.00	$134.00	Sep 4	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	65%	4.00	$134.80
$132.00	$131.00	Aug 14	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	80%	1.50	$131.60
$144.00	$143.00	Aug 28	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	82%	1.08	$143.52
$133.00	$132.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	58%	2.33	$132.70
$133.00	$132.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	63%	1.63	$132.62

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 246 found (best R:R 1.07, avg 0.55)

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	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	88%	3.00	$149.75
$141.00	$142.00	Sep 11	$0.72	$0.72	$0.28	71%	2.57	$141.72
$143.00	$144.00	Aug 28	$0.62	$0.62	$0.38	78%	1.63	$143.62
$143.00	$145.00	Sep 4	$0.84	$0.84	$1.16	76%	0.72	$143.84

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$120.00	$117.00	Aug 26	$1.55	$1.55	$1.45	71%	1.07	$118.45
$112.50	$110.00	Sep 25	$0.97	$0.97	$1.53	79%	0.63	$111.53
$122.00	$121.00	Sep 4	$0.80	$0.80	$0.20	65%	4.00	$121.20
$112.00	$110.00	Sep 11	$0.69	$0.69	$1.31	83%	0.53	$111.31
$126.00	$123.00	Aug 26	$1.61	$1.61	$1.39	55%	1.16	$124.39

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $1.24, cheapest $0.25)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.25	51.2%	46.9%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.78	56.3%	55.0%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.07	48.9%	50.5%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.70	48.3%	54.6%
$127.00	Aug 12	Aug 14	$1.69	43.7%	53.7%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$129.00	Aug 14	Aug 19	$1.44	54.0%	50.8%
$127.00	Aug 12	Aug 14	$1.73	43.7%	53.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 201 found (cheapest 0.62% of stock, avg 9.52%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$127.00	Aug 12	$0.58	$0.21	$0.79	$126.21	$127.79	0.62%
$128.00	Aug 12	$0.10	$0.82	$0.92	$127.08	$128.92	0.72%
$126.00	Aug 12	$1.23	$0.05	$1.28	$124.72	$127.28	1.00%
$125.00	Aug 12	$2.33	$0.02	$2.35	$122.65	$127.35	1.84%
$130.00	Aug 12	$0.01	$2.75	$2.76	$127.24	$132.76	2.17%
$124.00	Aug 12	$3.30	$0.02	$3.32	$120.68	$127.32	2.61%
$131.00	Aug 12	$0.01	$3.88	$3.89	$127.11	$134.89	3.05%
$128.00	Aug 14	$1.74	$2.34	$4.08	$123.92	$132.08	3.20%
$126.00	Aug 14	$2.73	$1.42	$4.15	$121.85	$130.15	3.26%
$127.00	Aug 14	$2.27	$1.94	$4.21	$122.79	$131.21	3.31%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 240 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 6.55%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$128.00	$126.00	Aug 12	$0.10	$0.05	$0.15	$125.85	$128.15
$128.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$0.10	$0.21	$0.31	$126.69	$128.31
$128.00	$112.00	Aug 12	$0.10	$0.31	$0.41	$111.59	$128.41
$147.00	$126.00	Aug 12	$0.92	$0.05	$0.97	$125.03	$147.97
$149.00	$126.00	Aug 12	$0.99	$0.05	$1.04	$124.96	$150.04
$150.00	$126.00	Aug 12	$1.06	$0.05	$1.11	$124.89	$151.11
$152.00	$126.00	Aug 12	$1.07	$0.05	$1.12	$124.88	$153.12
$132.00	$123.00	Aug 14	$0.59	$0.60	$1.19	$121.81	$133.19
$147.00	$112.00	Aug 12	$0.92	$0.31	$1.23	$110.77	$148.23
$149.00	$112.00	Aug 12	$0.99	$0.31	$1.30	$110.70	$150.30

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 225 found (best R:R 1.70, avg credit $0.51)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
104/104	148/149	Aug 14	$0.63	$0.37	87%	1.70	$103.37	$148.63
105/106	136/137	Aug 28	$0.84	$0.16	61%	5.25	$104.66	$136.84
105/106	137/138	Aug 28	$0.80	$0.20	63%	4.00	$104.70	$137.80
108/109	144/145	Aug 12	$0.52	$0.48	89%	1.08	$108.48	$144.52
106/106	148/149	Aug 14	$0.50	$0.50	89%	1.00	$106.00	$148.50
111/112	144/145	Aug 12	$0.51	$0.49	87%	1.04	$111.49	$144.51
105/106	135/136	Aug 28	$0.79	$0.21	59%	3.76	$104.71	$135.79
117/120	138/140	Aug 26	$1.96	$1.04	47%	1.88	$118.04	$139.96
105/106	134/135	Aug 28	$0.79	$0.21	57%	3.76	$104.71	$134.79
108/109	143/144	Aug 12	$0.49	$0.51	85%	0.96	$108.51	$143.49

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 268 found (best R:R 8.26, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 12	$0.17	$0.83	70%	4.88
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 12	$0.07	$0.93	20%	13.29
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Aug 12	$0.40	$0.60	61%	1.50
$130.00	$135.00	$140.00	Sep 25	$0.40	$4.60	15%	11.50
$135.00	$140.00	$145.00	Sep 25	$0.34	$4.66	13%	13.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$130.00	$140.00	$150.00	Sep 25	$1.08	$8.92	26%	8.26
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 12	$0.45	$0.55	69%	1.22
$125.00	$126.00	$127.00	Aug 12	$0.13	$0.87	31%	6.69
$125.00	$126.00	$127.00	Aug 14	$0.09	$0.91	16%	10.11
$136.00	$138.00	$140.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$1.95	4%	39.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 197 found (best net $-2.65, 174 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$121.00	$126.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$1.92	$3.08
$125.00	$126.00	1:2	Aug 12	-$0.13	$0.87
$146.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.60	$3.40
$143.00	$144.00	1:2	Aug 12	-$0.05	$0.95
$144.00	$145.00	1:2	Aug 14	$0.00	$1.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$140.00	$130.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$2.65	$7.35
$134.00	$131.00	1:2	Aug 12	-$1.26	$1.74
$109.00	$105.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.02	$3.98
$126.00	$123.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$1.11	$1.89
$107.00	$105.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.10	$1.90

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 152 found (best yield 4.40%, avg 2.16%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$135.00	Sep 25	$5.60	0.40	6.0%	4.40%	10.38%	94	328
$130.00	Sep 25	$7.30	0.48	2.1%	5.73%	7.79%	17	117
$140.00	Sep 25	$4.25	0.33	9.9%	3.34%	13.24%	203	101
$129.00	Sep 25	$7.55	0.50	1.3%	5.93%	7.20%	530	129
$128.00	Sep 25	$7.95	0.52	0.5%	6.24%	6.73%	551	78
$132.00	Sep 18	$6.10	0.44	3.6%	4.79%	8.42%	25	762
$131.00	Sep 18	$6.45	0.46	2.8%	5.06%	7.91%	11	115
$130.00	Sep 18	$6.85	0.48	2.1%	5.38%	7.43%	263	5.8K
$135.00	Sep 18	$5.10	0.39	6.0%	4.00%	9.99%	119	8.5K
$134.00	Sep 18	$5.35	0.41	5.2%	4.20%	9.40%	41	386

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 41,065

Total Puts 24,547

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 16,518

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 42,148

Total Puts 17,261

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 24,887

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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Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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