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USO

United States Oil

$132.60 +1.48%

(8/19 11:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/19 12:00pm) 40,312

Calls: 27,047 (67%)

Puts: 13,265 (33%)

Prior (08/18) 37,923

Calls: 27,184 (72%)

Puts: 10,739 (28%)

Current vs Prior +6.30%

Calls: -0.50% (Calls)

Puts: +23.52% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 802,852

Calls: 550,499 (69%)

Puts: 252,353 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 114,693

Calls: 78,642 (69%)

Puts: 36,050 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -64.85%

Calls: -65.61%

Puts: -63.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/19 12:00pm) $18.70M

Calls: $15.34M (82%)

Puts: $3.36M (18%)

Prior (08/18) $14.04M

Calls: $12.83M (91%)

Puts: $1.20M (9%)

Current vs Prior +33.24%

Calls: +19.54%

Puts: +179.62%

Prior 7-Day Total $450.44M

Calls: $411.22M (91%)

Puts: $39.21M (9%)

Prior 7-Day Average $64.35M

Calls: $58.75M (91%)

Puts: $5.60M (9%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -70.94%

Calls: -73.88%

Puts: -40.03%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/19 12:00pm) 0.49

Prior (08/18) 0.40

Current vs Prior +24.15%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.47

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.92%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/19 12:00pm) 574,737

Calls: 337,205 (59%)

Puts: 237,532 (41%)

Prior (08/18) 554,781

Calls: 326,801 (59%)

Puts: 227,980 (41%)

Current vs Prior +3.60%

Prior 7-Day Total 3,926,384

Calls: 2,282,476 (58%)

Puts: 1,643,908 (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average 560,912

Calls: 326,068 (58%)

Puts: 234,844 (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.46%

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 1.22% | 3.29%3.29% | 6.24%1.22% | 10.54%

Prior 2.10% | 3.48%3.48% | 6.15%2.10% | 10.38%

Current vs Prior -41.95% | -5.58%-5.58% | +1.60%-41.95% | +1.59%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.29% | 5.01%3.59% | 6.88%5.14% | 12.26%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -62.82% | -34.39%-8.39% | -9.22%-76.22% | -14.02%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.10% | 3.48%3.48% | 6.15%2.10% | 10.38%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -41.95% | -5.58%-5.58% | +1.60%-41.95% | +1.59%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 23.28% | 12.18%

Calls: 17.24% | 16.13%

Puts: 29.33% | 8.22%

Prior 33.42% | 15.46%

Calls: 9.52% | 10.00%

Puts: 57.33% | 20.93%

Current vs Prior -30.34% | -21.22%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.33% | 19.15%

Calls: 13.14% | 11.20%

Puts: 31.52% | 27.11%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +4.25% | -36.41%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 82% of dollar volume in calls ($15.34M) vs puts ($3.36M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.49 - heavy call buying (27,047 calls vs 13,265 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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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
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 207 of results (avg 6.7%, best 2.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$107.00	Sep 18	25.60	26.20	$25.90	2.3%	--	0.94	691
$109.00	Aug 19	23.15	23.75	$23.45	2.6%	295	1.00	52
$110.00	Aug 19	22.15	22.75	$22.45	2.7%	246	1.00	141
$107.00	Aug 19	25.15	25.85	$25.50	2.7%	134	0.93	116
$111.00	Aug 19	21.10	21.75	$21.43	3.0%	33	1.00	124

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 18	19.25	19.80	$19.52	2.8%	1	0.78	634
$151.00	Aug 26	18.40	19.00	$18.70	3.2%	1	0.92	--
$145.00	Sep 18	15.10	15.60	$15.35	3.3%	--	0.72	739
$150.00	Aug 21	17.20	17.80	$17.50	3.4%	1	0.99	73
$155.00	Sep 18	23.60	24.45	$24.03	3.5%	--	0.83	372

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 12 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$133.00	Aug 19	0.29	0.35	$0.32	18.8%	560	0.37	488
$132.00	Aug 19	0.79	0.94	$0.87	17.2%	1.2K	0.68	532
$140.00	Aug 21	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	1.2K	0.10	5.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Aug 21	0.80	0.88	$0.84	9.5%	388	0.28	756
$120.00	Aug 28	0.32	0.39	$0.36	19.4%	127	0.08	817
$122.00	Aug 28	0.45	0.52	$0.49	14.3%	4	0.11	239
$124.00	Aug 28	0.73	0.85	$0.79	15.2%	118	0.16	120
$125.00	Aug 28	0.91	1.02	$0.97	11.3%	202	0.19	524

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 316 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$108.00	Aug 19	24.05	24.80	$24.43	3.1%	78	1.00	33
$109.00	Aug 19	23.15	23.75	$23.45	2.6%	295	1.00	52
$110.00	Aug 19	22.15	22.75	$22.45	2.7%	246	1.00	141
$111.00	Aug 19	21.10	21.75	$21.43	3.0%	33	1.00	124
$112.00	Aug 19	20.15	20.85	$20.50	3.4%	121	1.00	137

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$148.00	Aug 19	15.05	15.95	$15.50	5.8%	198	1.00	--
$151.00	Aug 19	18.25	19.00	$18.63	4.0%	21	1.00	1
$147.00	Aug 19	14.05	14.95	$14.50	6.2%	106	1.00	--
$152.00	Aug 19	19.05	21.35	$20.20	11.4%	7	0.99	--
$153.00	Aug 19	20.10	22.35	$21.23	10.6%	39	0.99	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 477 active (total vol 30.8K, top 2.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$133.00	Aug 21	1.63	1.91	$1.77	15.8%	2.6K	0.47	2.9K
$132.00	Aug 19	0.79	0.94	$0.87	17.2%	1.2K	0.68	532
$140.00	Aug 21	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	1.2K	0.10	5.6K
$150.00	Aug 26	0.19	0.27	$0.23	34.8%	954	0.06	5.2K
$135.00	Aug 26	2.08	2.35	$2.22	12.2%	756	0.39	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$129.00	Aug 21	0.50	0.65	$0.57	26.3%	1.7K	0.21	255
$110.00	Sep 18	0.38	0.43	$0.41	12.2%	727	0.06	7.2K
$128.00	Aug 21	0.35	0.45	$0.40	25.0%	725	0.16	963
$130.00	Aug 21	0.80	0.88	$0.84	9.5%	388	0.28	756
$132.00	Aug 21	1.44	1.78	$1.61	21.1%	345	0.45	381

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 12 strikes (avg 6.4%, max 14.7%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	44.9%	40.1%	12.0%	1	210
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	46.7%	44.6%	4.7%	3	294
$132.00	Aug 19	Sep 25	43.1%	41.3%	4.3%	1.2K	556
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	44.5%	43.6%	2.1%	33	165

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$138.00	Aug 21	Sep 18	52.6%	45.9%	14.7%	3	76
$137.00	Aug 21	Sep 18	51.0%	46.0%	10.9%	2	175
$136.00	Aug 21	Sep 18	49.6%	46.3%	7.1%	16	138
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	43.7%	41.1%	6.3%	316	35
$141.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	50.0%	47.8%	4.5%	--	193

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 305 found (best R:R 0.62, avg 2.76)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$125.00	$133.00	Sep 2	$4.47	$3.53	$4.47	79%	0.79	$129.47
$122.00	$123.00	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	83%	6.69	$122.13
$135.00	$138.00	Sep 25	$0.60	$2.40	$0.60	47%	4.00	$135.60
$115.00	$116.00	Aug 28	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	100%	2.12	$115.32
$145.00	$150.00	Sep 25	$0.59	$4.41	$0.59	29%	7.47	$145.59

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$148.00	$145.00	Aug 21	$1.85	$1.15	$1.85	94%	0.62	$146.15
$145.00	$144.00	Aug 28	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	85%	1.50	$144.60
$144.00	$143.00	Sep 4	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	77%	1.70	$143.63
$143.00	$142.00	Sep 18	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	68%	1.86	$142.65
$144.00	$143.00	Aug 28	$0.58	$0.42	$0.58	84%	0.72	$143.42

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 220 found (best R:R 3.76, avg 0.61)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$149.00	$150.00	Aug 19	$0.63	$0.63	$0.37	89%	1.70	$149.63
$154.00	$155.00	Aug 21	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	91%	1.22	$154.55
$146.00	$147.00	Aug 19	$0.51	$0.51	$0.49	89%	1.04	$146.51
$135.00	$136.00	Sep 4	$0.84	$0.84	$0.16	55%	5.25	$135.84
$141.00	$142.00	Sep 11	$0.64	$0.64	$0.36	68%	1.78	$141.64

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$111.00	$110.00	Aug 21	$0.79	$0.79	$0.21	91%	3.76	$110.21
$117.00	$116.00	Sep 11	$0.69	$0.69	$0.31	84%	2.23	$116.31
$117.00	$116.00	Aug 26	$0.62	$0.62	$0.38	90%	1.63	$116.38
$109.00	$108.00	Aug 26	$0.59	$0.59	$0.41	93%	1.44	$108.41
$124.00	$123.00	Sep 11	$0.77	$0.77	$0.23	72%	3.35	$123.23

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 11 found (avg debit $1.11, cheapest $0.39)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.39	44.9%	40.1%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.67	46.7%	44.6%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.95	44.5%	43.6%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.40	43.4%	45.5%
$132.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$1.30	43.1%	46.0%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$1.70	43.7%	41.1%
$127.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$1.85	42.3%	40.8%
$132.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$1.34	43.1%	46.0%
$133.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$1.44	43.7%	48.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 170 found (cheapest 0.81% of stock, avg 8.29%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$133.00	Aug 19	$0.32	$0.75	$1.07	$131.93	$134.07	0.81%
$132.00	Aug 19	$0.87	$0.27	$1.14	$130.86	$133.14	0.86%
$134.00	Aug 19	$0.11	$1.60	$1.71	$132.29	$135.71	1.29%
$131.00	Aug 19	$1.65	$0.08	$1.73	$129.27	$132.73	1.30%
$135.00	Aug 19	$0.04	$2.53	$2.57	$132.43	$137.57	1.94%
$130.00	Aug 19	$2.58	$0.03	$2.61	$127.39	$132.61	1.97%
$129.00	Aug 19	$3.53	$0.02	$3.55	$125.45	$132.55	2.68%
$132.00	Aug 21	$2.17	$1.61	$3.78	$128.22	$135.78	2.85%
$131.00	Aug 21	$2.76	$1.17	$3.93	$127.07	$134.93	2.96%
$133.00	Aug 21	$1.77	$2.19	$3.96	$129.04	$136.96	2.99%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 250 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 5.57%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$134.00	$131.00	Aug 19	$0.11	$0.08	$0.19	$130.81	$134.19
$134.00	$117.00	Aug 19	$0.11	$0.26	$0.37	$116.63	$134.37
$134.00	$114.00	Aug 19	$0.11	$0.27	$0.38	$113.62	$134.38
$134.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.11	$0.27	$0.38	$131.62	$134.38
$133.00	$131.00	Aug 19	$0.32	$0.08	$0.40	$130.60	$133.40
$134.00	$107.00	Aug 19	$0.11	$0.44	$0.55	$106.45	$134.55
$146.00	$131.00	Aug 19	$0.52	$0.08	$0.60	$130.40	$146.60
$133.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.32	$0.27	$0.59	$131.41	$133.59
$149.00	$131.00	Aug 19	$0.66	$0.08	$0.74	$130.26	$149.74
$146.00	$117.00	Aug 19	$0.52	$0.26	$0.78	$116.22	$146.78

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 284 found (best R:R 7.33, avg credit $0.58)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
116/117	149/150	Aug 19	$0.88	$0.12	83%	7.33	$116.12	$149.88
113/114	149/150	Aug 19	$0.87	$0.13	84%	6.69	$113.13	$149.87
115/116	154/155	Aug 21	$0.76	$0.24	86%	3.17	$115.24	$154.76
116/117	146/147	Aug 19	$0.76	$0.24	84%	3.17	$116.24	$146.76
113/114	146/147	Aug 19	$0.75	$0.25	84%	3.00	$113.25	$146.75
108/109	141/142	Aug 26	$0.79	$0.21	75%	3.76	$108.21	$141.79
116/117	141/142	Aug 26	$0.82	$0.18	72%	4.56	$116.18	$141.82
108/109	140/141	Aug 26	$0.81	$0.19	71%	4.26	$108.19	$140.81
116/117	140/141	Aug 26	$0.84	$0.16	68%	5.25	$116.16	$140.84
108/108	139/140	Aug 28	$0.85	$0.15	64%	5.67	$107.65	$139.85

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 225 found (best R:R 11.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 19	$0.23	$0.77	52%	3.35
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 19	$0.14	$0.86	31%	6.14
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 19	$0.34	$0.66	53%	1.94
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 19	$0.05	$0.95	12%	19.00
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.15	$0.85	28%	5.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 19	$0.08	$0.92	31%	11.50
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 19	$0.29	$0.71	51%	2.45
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15%	15.67
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.14	$0.86	28%	6.14
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 26	$0.05	$0.95	9%	19.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 184 found (best net $-2.36, 162 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$114.00	$123.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$2.36	$6.64
$125.00	$133.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.06	$7.94
$131.00	$132.00	1:2	Aug 19	-$0.09	$0.91
$130.00	$131.00	1:2	Aug 19	-$0.72	$0.28
$135.00	$139.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$1.13	$2.87

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$5.12	$3.88
$151.00	$143.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$4.16	$3.84
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$4.33	$5.67
$145.00	$140.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.29	$2.71
$140.00	$132.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.76	$6.24

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 119 found (best yield 4.07%, avg 1.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$140.00	Oct 2	$5.40	0.39	5.6%	4.07%	9.65%	4	2.5K
$138.00	Oct 2	$6.00	0.42	4.1%	4.52%	8.60%	--	34
$145.00	Oct 2	$4.15	0.32	9.3%	3.13%	12.48%	2	8
$136.00	Oct 2	$6.35	0.45	2.6%	4.79%	7.35%	--	33
$140.00	Sep 25	$4.80	0.38	5.6%	3.62%	9.20%	33	384
$141.00	Sep 25	$4.35	0.36	6.3%	3.28%	9.62%	7	--
$135.00	Sep 25	$6.10	0.47	1.8%	4.60%	6.41%	18	374
$138.00	Sep 25	$4.80	0.42	4.1%	3.62%	7.69%	--	98
$135.00	Sep 18	$5.70	0.47	1.8%	4.30%	6.11%	42	7.7K
$136.00	Sep 18	$5.30	0.45	2.6%	4.00%	6.56%	14	886

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 27,047

Total Puts 13,265

Put/Call Ratio 0.49

Net Difference 13,782

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 27,184

Total Puts 10,739

Put/Call Ratio 0.40

Net Difference 16,445

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 550,499

Total Puts 252,353

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.47

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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