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USO

United States Oil

$133.03 +1.81%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/19 1:00pm) 51,928

Calls: 35,901 (69%)

Puts: 16,027 (31%)

Prior (08/18) 49,302

Calls: 30,678 (62%)

Puts: 18,624 (38%)

Current vs Prior +5.33%

Calls: +17.03% (Calls)

Puts: -13.94% (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 -54.72%

Calls: -54.35%

Puts: -55.54%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/19 1:00pm) $30.77M

Calls: $27.06M (88%)

Puts: $3.72M (12%)

Prior (08/18) $16.14M

Calls: $14.02M (87%)

Puts: $2.13M (13%)

Current vs Prior +90.63%

Calls: +93.05%

Puts: +74.64%

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 -52.18%

Calls: -53.94%

Puts: -33.67%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/19 1:00pm) 0.45

Prior (08/18) 0.61

Current vs Prior -26.46%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.47

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -5.40%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/19 1:00pm) 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

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

Current 1.16% | 3.32%3.32% | 6.21%1.16% | 10.76%

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

Current vs Prior -45.00% | -4.59%-4.59% | +1.03%-45.00% | +3.72%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -64.77% | -33.70%-7.43% | -9.74%-77.47% | -12.21%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -45.00% | -4.59%-4.59% | +1.03%-45.00% | +3.72%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 20.59% | 14.11%

Calls: 14.63% | 13.02%

Puts: 26.55% | 15.20%

Prior 33.42% | 15.46%

Calls: 9.52% | 10.00%

Puts: 57.33% | 20.93%

Current vs Prior -38.39% | -8.73%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.33% | 19.15%

Calls: 13.14% | 11.20%

Puts: 31.52% | 27.11%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -7.80% | -26.33%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 88% of dollar volume in calls ($27.06M) vs puts ($3.72M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 91% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.45 - heavy call buying (35,901 calls vs 16,027 puts). P/C ratio dropping 26% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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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
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 240 of results (avg 6.6%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Aug 21	8.05	8.20	$8.13	1.8%	88	0.94	3.2K
$116.00	Sep 18	17.90	18.35	$18.13	2.5%	--	0.88	190
$118.00	Aug 21	14.70	15.20	$14.95	3.3%	4	1.00	235
$150.00	Sep 18	2.27	2.35	$2.31	3.5%	231	0.22	10.4K
$107.00	Aug 19	25.35	26.25	$25.80	3.5%	154	0.93	116

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 18	23.25	23.90	$23.58	2.8%	--	0.83	372
$156.00	Sep 18	24.10	24.85	$24.48	3.1%	--	0.84	35
$155.00	Aug 21	21.75	22.45	$22.10	3.2%	--	0.99	102
$150.00	Sep 18	18.85	19.55	$19.20	3.6%	1	0.78	634
$145.00	Sep 18	14.75	15.30	$15.03	3.7%	--	0.71	739

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 17 found (avg $0.56, cheapest $0.41)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$133.00	Aug 19	0.38	0.44	$0.41	14.6%	747	0.50	488
$140.00	Aug 21	0.31	0.35	$0.33	12.1%	1.5K	0.12	5.6K
$141.00	Aug 26	0.85	1.02	$0.94	18.1%	51	0.20	20
$145.00	Aug 28	0.79	0.96	$0.88	19.3%	49	0.16	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Aug 21	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	176	0.05	2.2K
$129.00	Aug 21	0.42	0.51	$0.47	19.1%	1.7K	0.19	255
$118.00	Aug 26	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	119	0.03	355
$126.00	Aug 26	0.68	0.81	$0.75	17.3%	100	0.17	36
$120.00	Aug 28	0.29	0.34	$0.32	15.6%	180	0.07	817

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 325 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$108.00	Aug 19	24.35	25.30	$24.83	3.8%	78	1.00	33
$109.00	Aug 19	23.30	24.20	$23.75	3.8%	340	1.00	52
$110.00	Aug 19	22.40	23.20	$22.80	3.5%	290	1.00	141
$111.00	Aug 19	21.45	22.30	$21.88	3.9%	329	1.00	124
$112.00	Aug 19	20.35	21.25	$20.80	4.3%	190	1.00	137

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$147.00	Aug 19	13.70	14.65	$14.18	6.7%	108	1.00	--
$148.00	Aug 19	14.70	15.55	$15.13	5.6%	200	1.00	--
$155.00	Aug 19	21.80	23.50	$22.65	7.5%	34	1.00	--
$150.00	Aug 19	16.70	17.40	$17.05	4.1%	18	0.99	1
$152.00	Aug 19	18.65	19.55	$19.10	4.7%	10	0.99	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 522 active (total vol 39.0K, top 2.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$133.00	Aug 21	1.80	2.05	$1.92	13.0%	2.6K	0.51	2.9K
$140.00	Aug 21	0.31	0.35	$0.33	12.1%	1.5K	0.12	5.6K
$132.00	Aug 19	0.88	1.20	$1.04	30.8%	1.3K	0.84	532
$135.00	Aug 21	1.12	1.20	$1.16	6.9%	1.2K	0.35	5.5K
$134.00	Aug 19	0.09	0.15	$0.12	50.0%	1.0K	0.19	806

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$129.00	Aug 21	0.42	0.51	$0.47	19.1%	1.7K	0.19	255
$128.00	Aug 21	0.28	0.38	$0.33	30.3%	751	0.14	963
$110.00	Sep 18	0.37	0.43	$0.40	15.0%	742	0.06	7.2K
$120.00	Aug 21	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	542	0.01	3.4K
$130.00	Aug 21	0.62	0.79	$0.71	23.9%	427	0.25	756

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 11 strikes (avg 8.3%, max 18.8%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	46.3%	42.1%	10.0%	20	125
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	43.8%	41.4%	5.8%	2	177
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	44.0%	42.8%	2.9%	68	165
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	46.3%	46.1%	0.5%	3	294

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	47.4%	39.9%	18.8%	324	35
$138.00	Aug 21	Sep 18	54.1%	47.3%	14.5%	5	76
$127.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	46.1%	40.8%	12.9%	14	302
$137.00	Aug 21	Sep 18	51.2%	45.4%	12.8%	2	175
$136.00	Aug 21	Sep 18	49.4%	45.8%	7.9%	17	138

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 297 found (best R:R 0.56, avg 2.87)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$118.00	$125.00	Oct 2	$4.50	$2.50	$4.50	83%	0.56	$122.50
$117.00	$118.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	100%	6.69	$117.13
$145.00	$150.00	Sep 25	$0.48	$4.52	$0.48	30%	9.42	$145.48
$123.00	$125.00	Sep 2	$0.85	$1.15	$0.85	84%	1.35	$123.85
$114.00	$115.00	Sep 4	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	94%	4.00	$114.20

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$135.00	$131.00	Oct 2	$1.35	$2.65	$1.35	52%	1.96	$133.65
$143.00	$142.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$0.77	$0.23	81%	3.35	$142.77
$140.00	$139.00	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	68%	2.70	$139.73
$155.00	$153.00	Sep 18	$1.25	$0.75	$1.25	83%	0.60	$153.75
$144.00	$143.00	Sep 4	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	77%	1.50	$143.60

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 216 found (best R:R 5.67, avg 0.61)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$158.00	$159.00	Aug 21	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	89%	5.67	$158.85
$157.00	$158.00	Sep 18	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	85%	3.00	$157.75
$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
$154.00	$155.00	Aug 26	$0.38	$0.38	$0.62	88%	0.61	$154.38

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	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
$126.00	$125.00	Sep 11	$0.83	$0.83	$0.17	69%	4.88	$125.17
$111.00	$110.00	Aug 26	$0.52	$0.52	$0.48	92%	1.08	$110.48

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $1.05, cheapest $1.37)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.42	46.3%	42.1%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.00	43.8%	41.4%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.85	44.0%	42.8%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.15	46.3%	46.1%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.27	42.5%	44.5%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$1.37	47.4%	39.9%
$127.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$1.75	46.1%	40.8%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.67	43.8%	41.4%
$133.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$1.47	42.2%	46.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 181 found (cheapest 0.63% of stock, avg 8.41%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$133.00	Aug 19	$0.41	$0.43	$0.84	$132.16	$133.84	0.63%
$132.00	Aug 19	$1.04	$0.09	$1.13	$130.87	$133.13	0.85%
$134.00	Aug 19	$0.12	$1.13	$1.25	$132.75	$135.25	0.94%
$131.00	Aug 19	$1.96	$0.03	$1.99	$129.01	$132.99	1.50%
$135.00	Aug 19	$0.04	$2.10	$2.14	$132.86	$137.14	1.61%
$130.00	Aug 19	$2.94	$0.02	$2.96	$127.04	$132.96	2.23%
$132.00	Aug 21	$2.33	$1.44	$3.77	$128.23	$135.77	2.83%
$133.00	Aug 21	$1.92	$1.90	$3.82	$129.18	$136.82	2.87%
$129.00	Aug 19	$3.90	$0.02	$3.92	$125.08	$132.92	2.95%
$131.00	Aug 21	$2.94	$1.06	$4.00	$127.00	$135.00	3.01%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 240 found (cheapest 0.10% of stock, avg 5.76%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$135.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.04	$0.09	$0.13	$131.87	$135.13
$134.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.12	$0.09	$0.21	$131.79	$134.21
$135.00	$117.00	Aug 19	$0.04	$0.27	$0.31	$116.69	$135.31
$134.00	$117.00	Aug 19	$0.12	$0.27	$0.39	$116.61	$134.39
$146.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.52	$0.09	$0.61	$131.39	$146.61
$134.00	$133.00	Aug 19	$0.12	$0.43	$0.55	$132.45	$134.55
$135.00	$133.00	Aug 19	$0.04	$0.43	$0.47	$132.53	$135.47
$146.00	$117.00	Aug 19	$0.52	$0.27	$0.79	$116.21	$146.79
$138.00	$129.00	Aug 21	$0.57	$0.47	$1.04	$127.96	$139.04
$149.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$1.01	$0.09	$1.10	$130.90	$150.10

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 279 found (best R:R 3.35, avg credit $0.55)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
116/117	146/147	Aug 19	$0.77	$0.23	83%	3.35	$116.23	$146.77
108/109	143/144	Aug 26	$0.75	$0.25	78%	3.00	$108.25	$143.75
116/117	143/144	Aug 26	$0.78	$0.22	75%	3.55	$116.22	$143.78
108/108	142/143	Aug 28	$0.80	$0.20	71%	4.00	$107.70	$142.80
112/113	146/147	Aug 19	$0.62	$0.38	86%	1.63	$112.38	$146.62
108/108	138/139	Aug 28	$0.87	$0.13	60%	6.69	$107.63	$138.87
108/109	140/141	Aug 26	$0.77	$0.23	70%	3.35	$108.23	$140.77
116/117	140/141	Aug 26	$0.80	$0.20	67%	4.00	$116.20	$140.80
108/109	142/143	Aug 26	$0.71	$0.29	76%	2.45	$108.29	$142.71
116/117	142/143	Aug 26	$0.74	$0.26	72%	2.85	$116.26	$142.74

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 225 found (best R:R 1.94, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 19	$0.34	$0.66	65%	1.94
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 19	$0.21	$0.79	44%	3.76
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.06	$0.94	16%	15.67
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	14%	19.00
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 19	$0.06	$0.94	16%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 19	$0.36	$0.64	65%	1.78
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.05	$0.95	14%	19.00
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 19	$0.28	$0.72	45%	2.57
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 19	$0.27	$0.73	44%	2.70
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.92	16%	11.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 189 found (best net $-2.20, 169 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$114.00	$123.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$2.20	$6.80
$125.00	$130.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$2.40	$2.60
$131.00	$132.00	1:2	Aug 19	-$0.12	$0.88
$146.00	$150.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.15	$3.85
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.09	$4.91

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$5.00	$4.00
$151.00	$143.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$3.95	$4.05
$145.00	$140.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.69	$3.31
$140.00	$132.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$2.45	$5.55
$142.00	$137.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$2.75	$2.25

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 113 found (best yield 4.59%, avg 1.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$138.00	Oct 2	$6.10	0.42	3.7%	4.59%	8.32%	--	34
$140.00	Oct 2	$5.45	0.39	5.2%	4.10%	9.34%	4	2.5K
$145.00	Oct 2	$4.20	0.32	9.0%	3.16%	12.16%	2	8
$135.00	Oct 2	$7.05	0.47	1.5%	5.30%	6.78%	3	12
$136.00	Oct 2	$6.35	0.46	2.2%	4.77%	7.01%	--	33
$140.00	Sep 25	$4.80	0.39	5.2%	3.61%	8.85%	33	384
$135.00	Sep 25	$6.45	0.48	1.5%	4.85%	6.33%	18	374
$141.00	Sep 25	$4.35	0.37	6.0%	3.27%	9.26%	7	--
$150.00	Sep 25	$2.83	0.25	12.8%	2.13%	14.88%	10	169
$138.00	Sep 25	$4.80	0.43	3.7%	3.61%	7.34%	--	98

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 35,901

Total Puts 16,027

Put/Call Ratio 0.45

Net Difference 19,874

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 30,678

Total Puts 18,624

Put/Call Ratio 0.61

Net Difference 12,054

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 550,499

Total Puts 252,353

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.47

Ratio Trend Falling

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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