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USO

United States Oil

$131.12 +0.63%

(8/17 19:12) ◀

Tuesday, August 18, 2026 (10:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/18 10:00am) 15,054

Calls: 11,281 (75%)

Puts: 3,773 (25%)

Prior (08/14) 17,057

Calls: 12,218 (72%)

Puts: 4,839 (28%)

Current vs Prior -11.74%

Calls: -7.67% (Calls)

Puts: -22.03% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 922,424

Calls: 590,618 (64%)

Puts: 331,806 (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average 131,774

Calls: 84,374 (64%)

Puts: 47,400 (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -88.58%

Calls: -86.63%

Puts: -92.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/18 10:00am) $3.59M

Calls: $3.31M (92%)

Puts: $281.6K (8%)

Prior (08/14) $15.31M

Calls: $14.90M (97%)

Puts: $415.9K (3%)

Current vs Prior -76.56%

Calls: -77.80%

Puts: -32.30%

Prior 7-Day Total $514.92M

Calls: $452.07M (88%)

Puts: $62.84M (12%)

Prior 7-Day Average $73.56M

Calls: $64.58M (88%)

Puts: $8.98M (12%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -95.12%

Calls: -94.88%

Puts: -96.86%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/18 10:00am) 0.33

Prior (08/14) 0.40

Current vs Prior -15.55%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.57

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -41.32%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/18 10:00am) 554,781

Calls: 326,801 (59%)

Puts: 227,980 (41%)

Prior (08/14) 583,222

Calls: 338,229 (58%)

Puts: 244,993 (42%)

Current vs Prior -4.88%

Prior 7-Day Total 4,032,281

Calls: 2,331,009 (58%)

Puts: 1,701,272 (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average 576,040

Calls: 333,001 (58%)

Puts: 243,038 (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -3.69%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (08/19) | Next (08/21)Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/19) | Next (09/18)

Current 2.39% | 3.71%3.71% | 6.86%2.39% | 11.20%

Prior 4.57% | 5.57%0.82% | 5.57%4.57% | 11.65%

Current vs Prior -47.71% | -33.44%+351.19% | +23.26%-47.72% | -3.91%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.69% | 5.64%3.02% | 6.96%6.82% | 13.21%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.26% | -34.33%+22.53% | -1.36%-65.02% | -15.26%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.57% | 5.57%4.67% | 7.28%3.55% | 11.88%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -47.71% | -33.44%-20.70% | -5.67%-32.83% | -5.77%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.02% | 18.27%

Calls: 27.34% | 14.54%

Puts: 24.71% | 22.01%

Prior 18.45% | 11.41%

Calls: 15.10% | 8.33%

Puts: 21.79% | 14.49%

Current vs Prior +41.03% | +60.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 20.81% | 24.67%

Calls: 19.69% | 17.87%

Puts: 21.92% | 31.47%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +25.05% | -25.95%

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Strong bullish conviction with 92% of dollar volume in calls ($3.31M) vs puts ($281.6K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 77% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.33 - heavy call buying (11,281 calls vs 3,773 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Expected Move

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	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 89 of results (avg 7.3%, best 3.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$105.00	Sep 18	25.95	27.10	$26.53	4.3%	1	0.96	238
$112.00	Sep 18	19.80	20.70	$20.25	4.4%	--	0.91	83
$125.00	Sep 18	10.20	10.70	$10.45	4.8%	5	0.67	2.5K
$105.00	Aug 21	25.45	26.70	$26.08	4.8%	--	1.00	1.0K
$120.00	Sep 18	13.45	14.15	$13.80	5.1%	58	0.78	3.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Aug 21	18.40	19.10	$18.75	3.7%	--	1.00	73
$155.00	Sep 18	24.85	25.90	$25.38	4.1%	--	0.82	372
$150.00	Sep 18	20.45	21.55	$21.00	5.2%	--	0.78	634
$152.00	Sep 18	22.30	23.50	$22.90	5.2%	--	0.79	24
$147.00	Sep 18	17.90	18.90	$18.40	5.4%	--	0.74	113

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.28)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Aug 21	0.90	1.02	$0.96	12.5%	381	0.27	5.3K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Aug 21	0.26	0.30	$0.28	14.3%	43	0.11	1.1K
$110.00	Sep 18	0.54	0.64	$0.59	16.9%	158	0.07	7.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 300 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$105.00	Aug 19	25.45	27.80	$26.63	8.8%	1	1.00	11
$109.00	Aug 19	21.35	23.80	$22.58	10.9%	--	1.00	46
$105.00	Aug 21	25.45	26.70	$26.08	4.8%	--	1.00	1.0K
$107.00	Aug 21	23.40	24.80	$24.10	5.8%	--	1.00	123
$110.00	Aug 21	20.15	21.75	$20.95	7.6%	2	1.00	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$151.00	Aug 19	18.20	20.65	$19.42	12.6%	1	1.00	--
$150.00	Aug 21	18.40	19.10	$18.75	3.7%	--	1.00	73
$155.00	Aug 21	23.25	24.85	$24.05	6.7%	--	1.00	102
$150.00	Aug 19	17.25	19.85	$18.55	14.0%	1	0.95	--
$145.00	Aug 21	13.25	14.80	$14.03	11.0%	--	0.93	32

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 299 active (total vol 14.2K, top 1.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Aug 21	2.64	2.98	$2.81	12.1%	1.2K	0.59	11.6K
$150.00	Aug 26	0.26	0.47	$0.37	56.8%	1.0K	0.07	2.8K
$129.00	Aug 21	3.15	3.70	$3.43	16.0%	859	0.67	3.5K
$133.00	Aug 21	1.36	1.71	$1.54	22.7%	842	0.39	2.0K
$132.00	Aug 19	0.81	1.12	$0.97	32.0%	774	0.41	228

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Aug 21	0.05	0.08	$0.07	42.9%	590	0.03	3.8K
$110.00	Sep 11	0.29	0.78	$0.54	90.7%	250	0.07	545
$117.00	Aug 26	0.00	0.75	$0.38	197.4%	225	0.08	9
$110.00	Sep 18	0.54	0.64	$0.59	16.9%	158	0.07	7.2K
$125.00	Aug 28	1.34	1.88	$1.61	33.5%	115	0.25	324

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 8.2%, max 15.3%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	51.8%	47.1%	10.1%	5	87
$129.50	Sep 4	Oct 2	46.1%	44.3%	4.0%	1	78
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	51.4%	50.3%	2.2%	--	181

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$143.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	59.1%	51.3%	15.3%	--	100
$141.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	55.4%	49.2%	12.6%	--	193
$144.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	57.6%	52.2%	10.3%	--	133
$142.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	58.3%	53.5%	9.0%	--	205
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	46.9%	44.3%	5.8%	--	33

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 306 found (best R:R 0.59, avg 2.94)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$117.00	$125.00	Oct 2	$5.03	$2.97	$5.03	79%	0.59	$122.03
$140.00	$145.00	Sep 25	$0.83	$4.17	$0.83	38%	5.02	$140.83
$132.00	$137.00	Oct 2	$1.67	$3.33	$1.67	52%	1.99	$133.67
$130.00	$135.00	Sep 2	$1.58	$3.42	$1.58	55%	2.16	$131.58
$135.00	$138.00	Sep 25	$0.63	$2.37	$0.63	46%	3.76	$135.63

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$135.00	$134.00	Aug 19	$0.34	$0.66	$0.34	85%	1.94	$134.66
$137.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	82%	1.86	$136.65
$143.00	$142.00	Aug 28	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	79%	1.86	$142.65
$142.00	$141.00	Sep 18	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	66%	1.63	$141.62
$139.00	$138.00	Sep 18	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	62%	1.86	$138.65

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 209 found (best R:R 0.20, avg 0.52)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$139.00	$140.00	Sep 18	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	62%	2.03	$139.67
$142.00	$143.00	Sep 18	$0.58	$0.58	$0.42	67%	1.38	$142.58
$154.00	$155.00	Sep 18	$0.44	$0.44	$0.56	80%	0.79	$154.44
$134.00	$135.00	Sep 25	$0.72	$0.72	$0.28	52%	2.57	$134.72
$149.00	$150.00	Sep 18	$0.43	$0.43	$0.57	76%	0.75	$149.43

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$116.00	$105.00	Oct 2	$1.86	$1.86	$9.14	80%	0.20	$114.14
$107.00	$106.00	Aug 19	$0.82	$0.82	$0.18	90%	4.56	$106.18
$130.00	$127.00	Oct 2	$1.85	$1.85	$1.15	56%	1.61	$128.15
$109.00	$108.00	Aug 21	$0.61	$0.61	$0.39	92%	1.56	$108.39
$119.00	$118.00	Oct 2	$0.71	$0.71	$0.29	75%	2.45	$118.29

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 11 found (avg debit $0.90, cheapest $0.55)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.55	51.8%	47.1%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.05	51.4%	50.3%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.47	46.1%	46.4%
$132.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.83	42.6%	44.3%
$130.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.83	39.9%	42.5%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$1.72	46.9%	44.3%
$132.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.85	42.6%	44.3%
$130.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.86	39.9%	42.5%
$131.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.93	40.8%	43.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 153 found (cheapest 1.94% of stock, avg 8.68%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$131.00	Aug 19	$1.39	$1.15	$2.54	$128.46	$133.54	1.94%
$130.00	Aug 19	$1.98	$0.71	$2.69	$127.31	$132.69	2.05%
$132.00	Aug 19	$0.97	$1.74	$2.71	$129.29	$134.71	2.07%
$129.00	Aug 19	$2.70	$0.45	$3.15	$125.85	$132.15	2.40%
$133.00	Aug 19	$0.66	$2.59	$3.25	$129.75	$136.25	2.48%
$134.00	Aug 19	$0.44	$3.29	$3.73	$130.27	$137.73	2.84%
$128.00	Aug 19	$3.58	$0.28	$3.86	$124.14	$131.86	2.94%
$135.00	Aug 19	$0.32	$3.63	$3.95	$131.05	$138.95	3.01%
$131.00	Aug 21	$2.27	$2.08	$4.35	$126.65	$135.35	3.32%
$130.00	Aug 21	$2.81	$1.57	$4.38	$125.62	$134.38	3.34%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 218 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 5.76%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$136.00	$127.00	Aug 19	$0.19	$0.17	$0.36	$126.64	$136.36
$136.00	$128.00	Aug 19	$0.19	$0.28	$0.47	$127.53	$136.47
$135.00	$127.00	Aug 19	$0.32	$0.17	$0.49	$126.51	$135.49
$135.00	$128.00	Aug 19	$0.32	$0.28	$0.60	$127.40	$135.60
$134.00	$127.00	Aug 19	$0.44	$0.17	$0.61	$126.39	$134.61
$136.00	$129.00	Aug 19	$0.19	$0.45	$0.64	$128.36	$136.64
$134.00	$128.00	Aug 19	$0.44	$0.28	$0.72	$127.28	$134.72
$135.00	$129.00	Aug 19	$0.32	$0.45	$0.77	$128.23	$135.77
$134.00	$129.00	Aug 19	$0.44	$0.45	$0.89	$128.11	$134.89
$133.00	$127.00	Aug 19	$0.66	$0.17	$0.83	$126.17	$133.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 269 found (best R:R 4.26, avg credit $0.54)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
108/109	154/155	Aug 21	$0.81	$0.19	87%	4.26	$108.19	$154.81
108/109	141/142	Aug 21	$0.71	$0.29	82%	2.45	$108.29	$141.71
108/109	136/137	Aug 21	$0.80	$0.20	70%	4.00	$108.20	$136.80
105/106	154/155	Aug 21	$0.57	$0.43	90%	1.33	$105.43	$154.57
113/114	149/150	Aug 19	$0.63	$0.37	84%	1.70	$113.37	$149.63
113/114	150/151	Aug 19	$0.60	$0.40	87%	1.50	$113.40	$150.60
108/109	134/135	Aug 21	$0.84	$0.16	60%	5.25	$108.16	$134.84
113/114	146/147	Aug 19	$0.58	$0.42	85%	1.38	$113.42	$146.58
108/109	135/136	Aug 21	$0.76	$0.24	65%	3.17	$108.24	$135.76
110/111	154/155	Aug 21	$0.51	$0.49	90%	1.04	$110.49	$154.51

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 217 found (best R:R 8.09, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 19	$0.11	$0.89	23%	8.09
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 19	$0.09	$0.91	19%	10.11
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	15%	13.29
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.92	15%	11.50
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 19	$0.13	$0.87	23%	6.69

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Aug 19	$0.06	$0.94	14%	15.67
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	15%	13.29
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	14%	15.67
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 19	$0.09	$0.91	18%	10.11
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.15	$0.85	25%	5.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 188 found (best net $-1.90, 173 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$125.00	$130.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$2.24	$2.76
$130.00	$135.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$2.12	$2.88
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.10	$4.90
$143.00	$145.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.13	$1.87
$146.00	$150.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.31	$3.69

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$140.00	$131.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.90	$7.10
$137.00	$132.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.71	$4.29
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$6.42	$2.58
$134.00	$128.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.96	$5.04
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$5.92	$4.08

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 130 found (best yield 4.08%, avg 1.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$140.00	Oct 2	$5.35	0.40	6.8%	4.08%	10.85%	--	2.5K
$145.00	Oct 2	$4.25	0.33	10.6%	3.24%	13.83%	1	7
$137.00	Oct 2	$6.20	0.44	4.5%	4.73%	9.21%	--	10
$132.00	Oct 2	$8.10	0.52	0.7%	6.18%	6.85%	2	--
$138.00	Sep 25	$5.30	0.42	5.2%	4.04%	9.29%	--	98
$145.00	Sep 25	$3.70	0.32	10.6%	2.82%	13.41%	--	163
$140.00	Sep 25	$4.65	0.38	6.8%	3.55%	10.32%	--	380
$134.00	Sep 25	$6.60	0.48	2.2%	5.03%	7.23%	--	108
$135.00	Sep 25	$6.20	0.46	3.0%	4.73%	7.69%	1	373
$132.00	Sep 25	$7.45	0.52	0.7%	5.68%	6.35%	--	24

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 11,281

Total Puts 3,773

Put/Call Ratio 0.33

Net Difference 7,508

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,218

Total Puts 4,839

Put/Call Ratio 0.40

Net Difference 7,379

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 590,618

Total Puts 331,806

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.57

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Put/Call Ratio

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

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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Price — Past 7 Days

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