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USO

United States Oil

$130.88 +0.45%

(8/18 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/18 1:00pm) 49,302

Calls: 30,678 (62%)

Puts: 18,624 (38%)

Prior (08/14) 83,879

Calls: 60,653 (72%)

Puts: 23,226 (28%)

Current vs Prior -41.22%

Calls: -49.42% (Calls)

Puts: -19.81% (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 -61.52%

Calls: -63.91%

Puts: -56.80%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/18 1:00pm) $16.14M

Calls: $14.02M (87%)

Puts: $2.13M (13%)

Prior (08/14) $57.66M

Calls: $53.75M (93%)

Puts: $3.92M (7%)

Current vs Prior -72.01%

Calls: -73.92%

Puts: -45.71%

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 -77.94%

Calls: -78.50%

Puts: -73.43%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/18 1:00pm) 0.61

Prior (08/14) 0.38

Current vs Prior +58.53%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.51

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +19.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/18 1:00pm) 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

ℹ

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

Current 2.28% | 3.41%3.41% | 6.21%2.28% | 10.81%

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

Current vs Prior -35.93% | -27.10%-27.10% | -14.63%-35.93% | -9.00%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.03% | -37.20%+5.42% | -10.14%-62.30% | -15.49%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -35.93% | -27.10%-27.10% | -14.63%-35.93% | -9.00%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 47.07% | 19.89%

Calls: 29.65% | 12.81%

Puts: 64.49% | 26.96%

Prior 24.02% | 9.02%

Calls: 12.32% | 5.54%

Puts: 35.71% | 12.50%

Current vs Prior +95.96% | +120.51%

Prior 7-Day Avg 20.92% | 19.04%

Calls: 16.94% | 11.76%

Puts: 24.89% | 26.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +125.03% | +4.47%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 87% of dollar volume in calls ($14.02M) vs puts ($2.13M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 72% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 41% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.61.

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 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
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 220 of results (avg 7.2%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$105.00	Sep 18	26.05	26.80	$26.43	2.8%	4	0.93	238
$120.00	Aug 28	11.20	11.55	$11.38	3.1%	82	0.90	463
$106.00	Sep 18	25.05	25.90	$25.48	3.3%	2	0.93	34
$111.00	Sep 18	20.25	20.95	$20.60	3.4%	--	0.91	41
$110.00	Aug 21	20.50	21.25	$20.88	3.6%	8	1.00	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$110.00	Sep 18	0.52	0.54	$0.53	3.8%	313	0.07	7.2K
$155.00	Sep 18	24.95	25.95	$25.45	3.9%	--	0.83	372
$125.00	Sep 18	3.70	3.85	$3.78	4.0%	102	0.33	1.7K
$145.00	Sep 18	16.45	17.15	$16.80	4.2%	--	0.73	738
$140.00	Sep 18	12.65	13.20	$12.93	4.3%	5	0.65	1.7K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 20 found (avg $0.68, cheapest $0.77)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$136.00	Aug 21	0.62	0.73	$0.68	16.2%	148	0.21	247
$135.00	Aug 21	0.76	0.89	$0.83	15.7%	720	0.25	5.3K
$144.00	Aug 28	0.81	0.97	$0.89	18.0%	20	0.15	136

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Aug 19	0.72	0.82	$0.77	13.0%	864	0.38	221
$127.00	Aug 21	0.49	0.59	$0.54	18.5%	3.4K	0.20	2.0K
$128.00	Aug 21	0.73	0.85	$0.79	15.2%	591	0.27	506
$122.00	Aug 28	0.64	0.76	$0.70	17.1%	52	0.15	197
$123.00	Aug 28	0.82	0.93	$0.88	12.5%	53	0.17	275

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 323 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$110.00	Aug 19	20.35	22.10	$21.23	8.2%	17	1.00	139
$111.00	Aug 19	19.25	21.10	$20.18	9.2%	42	1.00	34
$112.00	Aug 19	18.35	20.20	$19.27	9.6%	49	1.00	45
$114.00	Aug 19	15.95	18.10	$17.02	12.6%	1	1.00	45
$115.00	Aug 19	15.50	16.90	$16.20	8.6%	8	1.00	133

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Aug 19	18.05	19.75	$18.90	9.0%	1	1.00	--
$151.00	Aug 19	18.90	21.00	$19.95	10.5%	1	1.00	--
$155.00	Aug 21	22.80	24.95	$23.88	9.0%	--	0.99	102
$150.00	Aug 21	18.35	19.65	$19.00	6.8%	--	0.98	73
$145.00	Aug 21	13.10	14.75	$13.93	11.8%	--	0.96	32

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 554 active (total vol 44.3K, top 3.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Aug 21	2.27	2.58	$2.42	12.8%	2.4K	0.58	11.6K
$150.00	Aug 26	0.25	0.37	$0.31	38.7%	1.6K	0.07	2.8K
$132.00	Aug 19	0.66	0.85	$0.76	25.0%	1.6K	0.36	228
$135.00	Aug 26	1.78	2.11	$1.94	17.0%	1.2K	0.34	19
$133.00	Aug 21	1.19	1.38	$1.29	14.7%	1.2K	0.36	2.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$127.00	Aug 21	0.49	0.59	$0.54	18.5%	3.4K	0.20	2.0K
$120.00	Aug 21	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	1.1K	0.02	3.8K
$130.00	Aug 19	0.72	0.82	$0.77	13.0%	864	0.38	221
$128.00	Aug 21	0.73	0.85	$0.79	15.2%	591	0.27	506
$125.00	Aug 21	0.22	0.27	$0.25	20.0%	573	0.10	1.1K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 3.0%, max 6.0%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	48.6%	46.7%	4.0%	2	181
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	47.7%	46.1%	3.4%	88	87
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	47.8%	46.9%	2.0%	3	121

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$141.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	52.4%	49.5%	6.0%	--	193
$144.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	53.6%	51.3%	4.5%	--	133
$142.00	Aug 26	Sep 18	52.2%	51.8%	0.8%	3	179
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	44.6%	44.3%	0.6%	8	121

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 340 found (best R:R 0.55, avg 2.86)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$117.00	$125.00	Oct 2	$5.17	$2.83	$5.17	80%	0.55	$122.17
$125.00	$130.00	Sep 2	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	73%	1.00	$127.50
$140.00	$145.00	Sep 25	$0.85	$4.15	$0.85	36%	4.88	$140.85
$122.00	$123.00	Sep 11	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	76%	7.33	$122.12
$115.00	$116.00	Sep 11	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	90%	2.70	$115.27

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$136.00	$135.00	Aug 19	$0.49	$0.51	$0.49	90%	1.04	$135.51
$151.00	$150.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	80%	1.22	$150.55
$134.00	$132.00	Aug 26	$0.99	$1.01	$0.99	62%	1.02	$133.01
$141.00	$140.00	Aug 28	$0.62	$0.38	$0.62	79%	0.61	$140.38
$140.00	$139.00	Sep 11	$0.57	$0.43	$0.57	68%	0.75	$139.43

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 243 found (best R:R 0.22, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$154.00	$155.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	95%	0.30	$154.23
$149.00	$150.00	Aug 19	$0.18	$0.18	$0.82	94%	0.22	$149.18
$149.00	$150.00	Sep 18	$0.35	$0.35	$0.65	77%	0.54	$149.35
$131.50	$132.00	Sep 4	$0.36	$0.36	$0.14	50%	2.57	$131.86
$146.00	$147.00	Aug 19	$0.14	$0.14	$0.86	93%	0.16	$146.14

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$125.00	$115.00	Sep 2	$1.80	$1.80	$8.20	73%	0.22	$123.20
$109.00	$108.00	Aug 21	$0.41	$0.41	$0.59	94%	0.69	$108.59
$130.00	$128.00	Sep 25	$1.20	$1.20	$0.80	55%	1.50	$128.80
$111.00	$110.00	Aug 26	$0.32	$0.32	$0.68	94%	0.47	$110.68
$105.50	$105.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	96%	1.08	$105.24

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 15 found (avg debit $1.21, cheapest $0.81)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.81	48.6%	46.7%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.82	47.7%	46.1%
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.91	47.8%	46.9%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.75	43.7%	43.0%
$131.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.78	41.6%	41.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.87	44.6%	44.3%
$131.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.78	41.6%	41.5%
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$2.00	44.0%	44.3%
$132.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.75	42.2%	42.8%
$130.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$0.79	40.0%	40.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 183 found (cheapest 1.85% of stock, avg 8.55%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$131.00	Aug 19	$1.16	$1.26	$2.42	$128.58	$133.42	1.85%
$130.00	Aug 19	$1.72	$0.77	$2.49	$127.51	$132.49	1.90%
$132.00	Aug 19	$0.76	$1.90	$2.66	$129.34	$134.66	2.03%
$129.00	Aug 19	$2.35	$0.46	$2.81	$126.19	$131.81	2.15%
$133.00	Aug 19	$0.55	$2.63	$3.18	$129.82	$136.18	2.43%
$128.00	Aug 19	$3.04	$0.22	$3.26	$124.74	$131.26	2.49%
$134.00	Aug 19	$0.35	$3.45	$3.80	$130.20	$137.80	2.90%
$130.00	Aug 21	$2.42	$1.56	$3.98	$126.02	$133.98	3.04%
$131.00	Aug 21	$1.94	$2.04	$3.98	$127.02	$134.98	3.04%
$129.00	Aug 21	$2.95	$1.11	$4.06	$124.94	$133.06	3.10%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 240 found (cheapest 0.29% of stock, avg 6.08%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$135.00	$127.00	Aug 19	$0.25	$0.13	$0.38	$126.62	$135.38
$135.00	$128.00	Aug 19	$0.25	$0.22	$0.47	$127.53	$135.47
$134.00	$127.00	Aug 19	$0.35	$0.13	$0.48	$126.52	$134.48
$134.00	$128.00	Aug 19	$0.35	$0.22	$0.57	$127.43	$134.57
$135.00	$129.00	Aug 19	$0.25	$0.46	$0.71	$128.29	$135.71
$133.00	$127.00	Aug 19	$0.55	$0.13	$0.68	$126.32	$133.68
$134.00	$129.00	Aug 19	$0.35	$0.46	$0.81	$128.19	$134.81
$133.00	$128.00	Aug 19	$0.55	$0.22	$0.77	$127.23	$133.77
$133.00	$129.00	Aug 19	$0.55	$0.46	$1.01	$127.99	$134.01
$132.00	$127.00	Aug 19	$0.76	$0.13	$0.89	$126.11	$132.89

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 175 found (best R:R 1.78, avg credit $0.52)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
108/109	154/155	Aug 21	$0.64	$0.36	89%	1.78	$108.36	$154.64
108/109	136/137	Aug 21	$0.55	$0.45	74%	1.22	$108.45	$136.55
110/111	137/138	Aug 26	$0.62	$0.38	66%	1.63	$110.38	$137.62
106/107	149/150	Aug 19	$0.34	$0.66	92%	0.52	$106.66	$149.34
108/109	135/136	Aug 21	$0.56	$0.44	69%	1.27	$108.44	$135.56
108/109	134/135	Aug 21	$0.60	$0.40	64%	1.50	$108.40	$134.60
105/106	136/137	Aug 28	$0.59	$0.41	62%	1.44	$104.91	$136.59
106/107	146/147	Aug 19	$0.30	$0.70	90%	0.43	$106.70	$146.30
112/113	149/150	Aug 19	$0.28	$0.72	91%	0.39	$112.72	$149.28
110/111	138/139	Aug 26	$0.49	$0.51	70%	0.96	$110.51	$138.49

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 250 found (best R:R 30.25, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Sep 11	$0.16	$4.84	10%	30.25
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 19	$0.07	$0.93	26%	13.29
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 19	$0.06	$0.94	23%	15.67
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	16%	19.00
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.92	14%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 19	$0.07	$0.93	23%	13.29
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 19	$0.09	$0.91	22%	10.11
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 19	$0.09	$0.91	18%	10.11
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	14%	13.29
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	14%	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. 192 found (best net $-3.21, 183 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$115.00	$123.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$3.21	$4.79
$130.00	$134.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$1.55	$2.45
$125.00	$130.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$3.15	$1.85
$146.00	$150.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.15	$3.85
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.36	$4.64

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$140.00	$131.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.67	$7.33
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$5.26	$4.74
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$7.06	$1.94
$110.00	$105.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.06	$4.94
$131.00	$130.00	1:2	Aug 19	-$0.28	$0.72

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 143 found (best yield 4.01%, avg 2.16%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$140.00	Oct 2	$5.25	0.39	7.0%	4.01%	10.98%	2	2.5K
$141.00	Oct 2	$5.05	0.37	7.7%	3.86%	11.59%	1	--
$137.00	Oct 2	$6.10	0.43	4.7%	4.66%	9.34%	--	10
$136.00	Oct 2	$6.35	0.45	3.9%	4.85%	8.76%	33	9
$135.00	Oct 2	$6.70	0.47	3.1%	5.12%	8.27%	7	5
$138.00	Oct 2	$5.65	0.42	5.4%	4.32%	9.76%	33	1
$145.00	Oct 2	$4.10	0.32	10.8%	3.13%	13.92%	2	7
$150.00	Oct 2	$3.25	0.27	14.6%	2.48%	17.09%	4	4
$132.00	Oct 2	$7.75	0.52	0.9%	5.92%	6.78%	3	--
$131.00	Oct 2	$8.15	0.54	0.1%	6.23%	6.32%	--	29

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

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

Total Calls 30,678

Total Puts 18,624

Put/Call Ratio 0.61

Net Difference 12,054

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 60,653

Total Puts 23,226

Put/Call Ratio 0.38

Net Difference 37,427

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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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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