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USO

United States Oil

$131.54 +0.96%

(8/18 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/18 12:00pm) 37,923

Calls: 27,184 (72%)

Puts: 10,739 (28%)

Prior (08/14) 60,295

Calls: 43,645 (72%)

Puts: 16,650 (28%)

Current vs Prior -37.10%

Calls: -37.72% (Calls)

Puts: -35.50% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 896,867

Calls: 595,089 (66%)

Puts: 301,778 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 128,123

Calls: 85,012 (66%)

Puts: 43,111 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -70.40%

Calls: -68.02%

Puts: -75.09%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/18 12:00pm) $14.04M

Calls: $12.83M (91%)

Puts: $1.20M (9%)

Prior (08/14) $48.16M

Calls: $45.34M (94%)

Puts: $2.81M (6%)

Current vs Prior -70.85%

Calls: -71.69%

Puts: -57.31%

Prior 7-Day Total $512.31M

Calls: $456.25M (89%)

Puts: $56.06M (11%)

Prior 7-Day Average $73.19M

Calls: $65.18M (89%)

Puts: $8.01M (11%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -80.82%

Calls: -80.31%

Puts: -85.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/18 12:00pm) 0.40

Prior (08/14) 0.38

Current vs Prior +3.55%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.51

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/18 12:00pm) 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 3,984,400

Calls: 2,306,714 (58%)

Puts: 1,677,686 (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average 569,200

Calls: 329,530 (58%)

Puts: 239,669 (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.53%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.41% | 3.63%3.63% | 6.41%2.41% | 11.05%

Prior 3.55% | 4.67%4.67% | 7.28%3.55% | 11.88%

Current vs Prior -32.18% | -22.25%-22.25% | -11.91%-32.18% | -7.02%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.73% | 5.43%3.23% | 6.91%6.04% | 12.79%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.47% | -33.02%+12.43% | -7.28%-60.10% | -13.65%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -32.18% | -22.25%-22.25% | -11.91%-32.18% | -7.02%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.55% | 14.64%

Calls: 14.20% | 14.23%

Puts: 32.90% | 15.06%

Prior 24.02% | 9.02%

Calls: 12.32% | 5.54%

Puts: 35.71% | 12.50%

Current vs Prior -1.96% | +62.31%

Prior 7-Day Avg 20.92% | 19.04%

Calls: 16.94% | 11.76%

Puts: 24.89% | 26.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +12.59% | -23.10%

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Strong bullish conviction with 91% of dollar volume in calls ($12.83M) vs puts ($1.20M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 71% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.40 - heavy call buying (27,184 calls vs 10,739 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Open Interest

Expected Move

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 224 of results (avg 6.7%, best 2.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Sep 18	4.20	4.30	$4.25	2.4%	697	0.36	5.8K
$110.00	Sep 18	22.00	22.55	$22.28	2.5%	13	0.93	1.5K
$108.00	Sep 18	23.95	24.55	$24.25	2.5%	2	0.95	414
$107.00	Sep 18	24.80	25.60	$25.20	3.2%	2	0.95	690
$109.00	Sep 18	22.85	23.60	$23.23	3.2%	--	0.94	93

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$132.00	Sep 18	7.05	7.25	$7.15	2.8%	30	0.48	1.7K
$146.00	Sep 18	16.90	17.40	$17.15	2.9%	--	0.73	200
$131.00	Sep 18	6.45	6.65	$6.55	3.1%	36	0.46	49
$145.00	Sep 18	16.05	16.55	$16.30	3.1%	--	0.71	738
$150.00	Sep 18	20.50	21.15	$20.83	3.1%	--	0.77	634

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 16 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.21)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$141.00	Aug 26	0.89	1.08	$0.99	19.2%	4	0.19	19
$150.00	Aug 28	0.48	0.58	$0.53	18.9%	84	0.09	587
$145.00	Aug 28	0.89	1.00	$0.95	11.6%	75	0.15	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Aug 21	0.20	0.22	$0.21	9.5%	438	0.09	1.1K
$129.00	Aug 21	0.91	1.05	$0.98	14.3%	96	0.30	218
$115.00	Sep 4	0.37	0.45	$0.41	19.5%	50	0.07	639
$117.00	Sep 4	0.53	0.63	$0.58	17.2%	18	0.10	54
$108.00	Sep 18	0.37	0.43	$0.40	15.0%	10	0.05	675

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 310 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$108.00	Aug 28	22.10	24.40	$23.25	9.9%	--	1.00	14
$108.50	Aug 28	21.55	24.10	$22.83	11.2%	--	1.00	48
$109.00	Aug 28	21.05	23.65	$22.35	11.6%	--	1.00	17
$109.50	Aug 28	20.60	23.15	$21.88	11.7%	--	1.00	42
$110.00	Aug 28	20.25	22.45	$21.35	10.3%	--	1.00	78

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Aug 19	18.05	18.90	$18.48	4.6%	1	1.00	--
$151.00	Aug 19	18.80	21.10	$19.95	11.5%	1	1.00	--
$150.00	Aug 21	17.75	20.05	$18.90	12.2%	--	1.00	73
$155.00	Aug 21	22.80	24.95	$23.88	9.0%	--	1.00	102
$155.00	Aug 28	22.90	25.30	$24.10	10.0%	--	0.95	25

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 495 active (total vol 33.8K, top 2.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Aug 21	2.85	3.15	$3.00	10.0%	2.3K	0.63	11.6K
$150.00	Aug 26	0.25	0.38	$0.32	40.6%	1.6K	0.07	2.8K
$132.00	Aug 19	1.00	1.22	$1.11	19.8%	1.4K	0.45	228
$135.00	Aug 26	1.97	2.44	$2.21	21.3%	1.2K	0.37	19
$133.00	Aug 21	1.46	1.79	$1.63	20.2%	1.1K	0.41	2.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Aug 19	0.56	0.72	$0.64	25.0%	815	0.31	221
$120.00	Aug 21	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	663	0.02	3.8K
$125.00	Aug 21	0.20	0.22	$0.21	9.5%	438	0.09	1.1K
$117.00	Sep 18	1.35	1.44	$1.40	6.4%	342	0.16	1.5K
$126.00	Aug 19	0.03	0.07	$0.05	80.0%	267	0.04	211

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 13 strikes (avg 4.7%, max 8.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$129.50	Sep 4	Oct 2	46.9%	44.4%	5.7%	1	78
$135.00	Aug 19	Oct 2	51.2%	48.8%	4.8%	659	1.6K
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	47.3%	45.1%	4.8%	82	87
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	49.4%	47.4%	4.1%	--	181
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	48.8%	47.8%	2.2%	2	121

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$144.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	54.9%	50.5%	8.6%	--	133
$138.00	Aug 21	Sep 18	52.6%	48.9%	7.5%	--	76
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	47.0%	44.1%	6.7%	--	33
$141.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	52.8%	49.8%	6.0%	--	193
$135.00	Aug 19	Oct 2	51.2%	48.8%	4.8%	2	18

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 329 found (best R:R 0.52, avg 2.68)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$117.00	$125.00	Oct 2	$5.25	$2.75	$5.25	80%	0.52	$122.25
$109.00	$110.00	Sep 11	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	96%	2.57	$109.28
$119.00	$120.00	Sep 11	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	83%	4.00	$119.20
$123.00	$124.00	Sep 4	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	77%	5.67	$123.15
$140.00	$145.00	Oct 2	$1.18	$3.82	$1.18	39%	3.24	$141.18

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$145.00	$144.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	84%	1.63	$144.62
$151.00	$150.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	78%	1.50	$150.60
$128.00	$127.00	Sep 25	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	40%	6.69	$127.87
$135.00	$134.00	Sep 11	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	56%	2.33	$134.70
$134.00	$133.00	Aug 19	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	74%	1.08	$133.52

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 227 found (best R:R 1.94, avg 0.52)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$154.00	$155.00	Aug 26	$0.27	$0.27	$0.73	93%	0.37	$154.27
$154.00	$155.00	Aug 21	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	95%	0.28	$154.22
$138.00	$139.00	Sep 4	$0.44	$0.44	$0.56	65%	0.79	$138.44
$132.50	$133.00	Sep 4	$0.35	$0.35	$0.15	51%	2.33	$132.85
$133.50	$134.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.33	$0.17	54%	1.94	$133.83

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$109.00	$108.00	Aug 21	$0.66	$0.66	$0.34	92%	1.94	$108.34
$126.50	$125.00	Sep 11	$0.94	$0.94	$0.56	65%	1.68	$125.56
$127.00	$126.00	Sep 25	$0.72	$0.72	$0.28	62%	2.57	$126.28
$130.00	$128.00	Sep 25	$1.17	$1.17	$0.83	56%	1.41	$128.83
$125.00	$123.00	Sep 25	$0.95	$0.95	$1.05	66%	0.90	$124.05

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 15 found (avg debit $1.02, cheapest $1.82)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.92	47.3%	45.1%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.90	49.4%	47.4%
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.00	48.8%	47.8%
$130.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.81	42.8%	42.2%
$131.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.77	42.6%	42.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$1.82	47.0%	44.1%
$130.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.73	42.8%	42.2%
$131.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.78	42.6%	42.0%
$127.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$2.23	45.2%	44.8%
$133.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.75	46.7%	46.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 169 found (cheapest 2.00% of stock, avg 8.60%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$131.00	Aug 19	$1.62	$1.01	$2.63	$128.37	$133.63	2.00%
$132.00	Aug 19	$1.11	$1.55	$2.66	$129.34	$134.66	2.02%
$130.00	Aug 19	$2.19	$0.64	$2.83	$127.17	$132.83	2.15%
$133.00	Aug 19	$0.79	$2.20	$2.99	$130.01	$135.99	2.27%
$129.00	Aug 19	$2.90	$0.34	$3.24	$125.76	$132.24	2.46%
$134.00	Aug 19	$0.56	$2.68	$3.24	$130.76	$137.24	2.46%
$128.00	Aug 19	$3.80	$0.18	$3.98	$124.02	$131.98	3.03%
$135.00	Aug 19	$0.40	$3.75	$4.15	$130.85	$139.15	3.15%
$131.00	Aug 21	$2.39	$1.79	$4.18	$126.82	$135.18	3.18%
$130.00	Aug 21	$3.00	$1.37	$4.37	$125.63	$134.37	3.32%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 245 found (cheapest 0.32% of stock, avg 5.93%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$136.00	$127.00	Aug 19	$0.30	$0.12	$0.42	$126.58	$136.42
$136.00	$128.00	Aug 19	$0.30	$0.18	$0.48	$127.52	$136.48
$135.00	$127.00	Aug 19	$0.40	$0.12	$0.52	$126.48	$135.52
$135.00	$128.00	Aug 19	$0.40	$0.18	$0.58	$127.42	$135.58
$136.00	$129.00	Aug 19	$0.30	$0.34	$0.64	$128.36	$136.64
$135.00	$129.00	Aug 19	$0.40	$0.34	$0.74	$128.26	$135.74
$134.00	$127.00	Aug 19	$0.56	$0.12	$0.68	$126.32	$134.68
$134.00	$128.00	Aug 19	$0.56	$0.18	$0.74	$127.26	$134.74
$134.00	$129.00	Aug 19	$0.56	$0.34	$0.90	$128.10	$134.90
$136.00	$130.00	Aug 19	$0.30	$0.64	$0.94	$129.06	$136.94

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 197 found (best R:R 7.33, avg credit $0.57)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
108/109	154/155	Aug 21	$0.88	$0.12	87%	7.33	$108.12	$154.88
108/109	140/141	Aug 21	$0.78	$0.22	80%	3.55	$108.22	$140.78
108/109	137/138	Aug 21	$0.83	$0.17	71%	4.88	$108.17	$137.83
108/109	138/139	Aug 21	$0.77	$0.23	75%	3.35	$108.23	$138.77
108/109	136/137	Aug 21	$0.80	$0.20	68%	4.00	$108.20	$136.80
125/126	154/155	Aug 26	$0.79	$0.21	68%	3.76	$125.21	$154.79
108/109	135/136	Aug 21	$0.83	$0.17	63%	4.88	$108.17	$135.83
110/111	154/155	Aug 26	$0.59	$0.41	87%	1.44	$110.41	$154.59
115/116	154/155	Aug 26	$0.59	$0.41	86%	1.44	$115.41	$154.59
125/126	136/137	Aug 26	$0.88	$0.12	42%	7.33	$125.12	$136.88

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 225 found (best R:R 22.81, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Oct 2	$0.21	$4.79	12%	22.81
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Sep 25	$0.26	$4.74	13%	18.23
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.06	$0.94	24%	15.67
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Sep 11	$0.23	$4.77	11%	20.74
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 19	$0.09	$0.91	19%	10.11

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 19	$0.07	$0.93	23%	13.29
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 19	$0.11	$0.89	23%	8.09
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	11%	19.00
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.92	13%	11.50
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	8%	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 183 found (best net $-3.86, 175 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$115.00	$123.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$3.86	$4.14
$125.00	$130.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$2.36	$2.64
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.01	$4.99
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.48	$4.52
$146.00	$150.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.32	$3.68

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$140.00	$131.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.62	$7.38
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$5.38	$4.62
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$7.26	$1.74
$145.00	$140.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.86	$1.14
$124.00	$122.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.14	$1.86

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 135 found (best yield 5.25%, avg 2.07%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$135.00	Oct 2	$6.90	0.47	2.6%	5.25%	7.88%	7	5
$136.00	Oct 2	$6.50	0.45	3.4%	4.94%	8.33%	33	9
$140.00	Oct 2	$5.15	0.39	6.4%	3.92%	10.35%	2	2.5K
$145.00	Oct 2	$4.05	0.32	10.2%	3.08%	13.31%	2	7
$138.00	Oct 2	$5.60	0.42	4.9%	4.26%	9.17%	33	1
$137.00	Oct 2	$5.95	0.43	4.2%	4.52%	8.67%	--	10
$132.00	Oct 2	$8.00	0.52	0.3%	6.08%	6.43%	3	--
$150.00	Oct 2	$3.20	0.27	14.0%	2.43%	16.47%	3	4
$135.00	Sep 25	$6.50	0.47	2.6%	4.94%	7.57%	13	373
$140.00	Sep 25	$4.90	0.38	6.4%	3.73%	10.16%	4	380

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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

Total Calls 27,184

Total Puts 10,739

Put/Call Ratio 0.40

Net Difference 16,445

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 43,645

Total Puts 16,650

Put/Call Ratio 0.38

Net Difference 26,995

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 595,089

Total Puts 301,778

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.51

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 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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