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USO

United States Oil

$132.27 +1.23%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/19 2:00pm) 62,025

Calls: 42,595 (69%)

Puts: 19,430 (31%)

Prior (08/18) 55,318

Calls: 35,275 (64%)

Puts: 20,043 (36%)

Current vs Prior +12.12%

Calls: +20.75% (Calls)

Puts: -3.06% (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 -45.92%

Calls: -45.84%

Puts: -46.10%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/19 2:00pm) $32.80M

Calls: $28.47M (87%)

Puts: $4.33M (13%)

Prior (08/18) $20.94M

Calls: $18.57M (89%)

Puts: $2.37M (11%)

Current vs Prior +56.68%

Calls: +53.30%

Puts: +83.19%

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 -49.03%

Calls: -51.54%

Puts: -22.63%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/19 2:00pm) 0.46

Prior (08/18) 0.57

Current vs Prior -19.72%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.47

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -3.33%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/19 2:00pm) 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 0.94% | 3.26%3.26% | 6.11%0.94% | 10.78%

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

Current vs Prior -55.11% | -6.45%-6.45% | -0.62%-55.11% | +3.86%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -71.25% | -35.00%-9.24% | -11.22%-81.61% | -12.10%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -55.11% | -6.45%-6.45% | -0.62%-55.11% | +3.86%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 31.03% | 18.54%

Calls: 26.53% | 17.96%

Puts: 35.53% | 19.11%

Prior 33.42% | 15.46%

Calls: 9.52% | 10.00%

Puts: 57.33% | 20.93%

Current vs Prior -7.15% | +19.92%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.33% | 19.15%

Calls: 13.14% | 11.20%

Puts: 31.52% | 27.11%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +38.95% | -3.20%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 87% of dollar volume in calls ($28.47M) vs puts ($4.33M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 57% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.46 - heavy call buying (42,595 calls vs 19,430 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 155 of results (avg 7.6%, best 3.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$109.00	Aug 19	22.95	23.65	$23.30	3.0%	361	1.00	52
$130.00	Sep 18	7.70	8.00	$7.85	3.8%	195	0.57	4.2K
$109.00	Aug 21	22.80	23.70	$23.25	3.9%	12	0.90	135
$135.00	Sep 18	5.65	5.90	$5.78	4.3%	88	0.46	7.7K
$115.00	Sep 18	17.75	18.60	$18.18	4.7%	86	0.89	2.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$138.00	Sep 18	10.00	10.45	$10.23	4.4%	1	0.60	29
$150.00	Aug 19	17.25	18.05	$17.65	4.5%	22	1.00	1
$130.00	Sep 18	5.20	5.45	$5.33	4.7%	324	0.42	1.7K
$140.00	Sep 18	11.40	12.00	$11.70	5.1%	89	0.64	1.7K
$141.00	Sep 18	12.00	12.65	$12.33	5.3%	--	0.66	182

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 9 found (avg $0.71, cheapest $0.72)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$136.00	Aug 21	0.66	0.78	$0.72	16.7%	327	0.24	261
$155.00	Sep 4	0.64	0.77	$0.71	18.3%	3	0.10	31

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$124.00	Aug 28	0.69	0.83	$0.76	18.4%	125	0.16	120
$125.00	Aug 28	0.85	1.03	$0.94	19.1%	230	0.19	524
$118.00	Sep 4	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	5	0.10	277
$119.00	Sep 4	0.62	0.74	$0.68	17.6%	6	0.11	70
$110.00	Sep 18	0.39	0.44	$0.42	11.9%	803	0.06	7.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 334 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$108.00	Aug 26	23.70	25.60	$24.65	7.7%	12	1.00	2
$110.00	Aug 26	21.45	23.55	$22.50	9.3%	30	1.00	1
$113.00	Aug 26	18.80	20.55	$19.68	8.9%	3	1.00	5
$115.00	Aug 26	16.70	18.10	$17.40	8.0%	26	1.00	42
$106.00	Sep 4	25.80	27.40	$26.60	6.0%	--	1.00	216

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Aug 19	2.43	2.95	$2.69	19.3%	281	1.00	17
$136.00	Aug 19	3.40	4.00	$3.70	16.2%	2	1.00	8
$144.00	Aug 19	10.50	12.35	$11.43	16.2%	8	1.00	--
$145.00	Aug 19	11.45	13.55	$12.50	16.8%	19	1.00	--
$147.00	Aug 19	13.50	15.35	$14.43	12.8%	108	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 558 active (total vol 48.5K, top 2.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$133.00	Aug 21	1.46	1.70	$1.58	15.2%	2.8K	0.45	2.9K
$134.00	Aug 19	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	1.8K	0.05	806
$140.00	Aug 21	0.22	0.33	$0.28	39.3%	1.6K	0.10	5.6K
$132.00	Aug 19	0.42	0.55	$0.49	26.5%	1.4K	0.65	532
$135.00	Aug 21	0.82	1.06	$0.94	25.5%	1.3K	0.30	5.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$129.00	Aug 21	0.47	0.71	$0.59	40.7%	2.1K	0.22	255
$128.00	Aug 21	0.30	0.45	$0.38	39.5%	803	0.16	963
$110.00	Sep 18	0.39	0.44	$0.42	11.9%	803	0.06	7.2K
$131.00	Aug 19	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	686	0.07	229
$120.00	Aug 21	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	568	0.01	3.4K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 10 strikes (avg 249.4%, max 1223.1%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$149.00	Aug 19	Sep 18	684.9%	51.8%	1223.1%	1	850
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	47.2%	43.0%	9.8%	20	125
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	45.1%	43.3%	4.1%	2	177

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$149.00	Aug 19	Sep 18	684.9%	51.8%	1223.1%	110	73
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	48.0%	42.9%	12.0%	324	35
$137.00	Aug 21	Sep 18	51.9%	48.2%	7.6%	2	175
$141.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	51.2%	48.3%	5.9%	2	11
$142.00	Aug 26	Sep 18	51.0%	48.8%	4.5%	3	181

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 324 found (best R:R 1.33, avg 2.84)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$111.00	$112.00	Aug 21	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	98%	1.33	$111.43
$122.00	$123.00	Aug 21	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	98%	1.22	$122.45
$140.00	$145.00	Oct 2	$1.23	$3.77	$1.23	40%	3.07	$141.23
$119.00	$120.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	81%	2.12	$119.32
$117.00	$118.00	Oct 2	$0.34	$0.66	$0.34	82%	1.94	$117.34

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$132.50	$131.00	Sep 11	$0.17	$1.33	$0.17	48%	7.82	$132.33
$144.00	$143.00	Sep 4	$0.34	$0.66	$0.34	77%	1.94	$143.66
$143.00	$142.00	Aug 28	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	82%	1.50	$142.60
$135.00	$134.00	Sep 11	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	54%	5.67	$134.85
$146.00	$145.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	86%	0.82	$145.45

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 229 found (best R:R 3.55, avg 0.54)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$146.00	$147.00	Aug 19	$0.78	$0.78	$0.22	86%	3.55	$146.78
$154.00	$155.00	Aug 26	$0.61	$0.61	$0.39	88%	1.56	$154.61
$154.00	$155.00	Aug 21	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	91%	1.22	$154.55
$133.00	$134.00	Sep 25	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	48%	2.33	$133.70
$135.00	$136.00	Sep 11	$0.62	$0.62	$0.38	54%	1.63	$135.62

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$107.00	$106.00	Aug 19	$0.66	$0.66	$0.34	93%	1.94	$106.34
$109.00	$108.00	Aug 26	$0.59	$0.59	$0.41	93%	1.44	$108.41
$124.00	$123.00	Sep 11	$0.66	$0.66	$0.34	74%	1.94	$123.34
$131.00	$130.00	Sep 18	$0.80	$0.80	$0.20	55%	4.00	$130.20
$109.50	$109.00	Aug 28	$0.39	$0.39	$0.11	92%	3.55	$109.11

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 11 found (avg debit $1.28, cheapest $1.43)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.65	47.2%	43.0%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.25	45.1%	43.3%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.05	42.3%	43.3%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.02	42.9%	47.2%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.88	42.3%	46.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$1.43	48.0%	42.9%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.80	45.1%	43.3%
$128.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$2.02	43.5%	42.7%
$127.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$2.00	43.1%	42.5%
$132.00	Aug 19	Aug 21	$1.46	37.6%	46.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 182 found (cheapest 0.52% of stock, avg 8.27%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$132.00	Aug 19	$0.49	$0.20	$0.69	$131.31	$132.69	0.52%
$133.00	Aug 19	$0.09	$0.76	$0.85	$132.15	$133.85	0.64%
$131.00	Aug 19	$1.54	$0.03	$1.57	$129.43	$132.57	1.19%
$134.00	Aug 19	$0.02	$1.59	$1.61	$132.39	$135.61	1.22%
$130.00	Aug 19	$2.40	$0.02	$2.42	$127.58	$132.42	1.83%
$135.00	Aug 19	$0.01	$2.69	$2.70	$132.30	$137.70	2.04%
$129.00	Aug 19	$3.36	$0.03	$3.39	$125.61	$132.39	2.56%
$136.00	Aug 19	$0.01	$3.70	$3.71	$132.29	$139.71	2.80%
$132.00	Aug 21	$2.06	$1.66	$3.72	$128.28	$135.72	2.81%
$131.00	Aug 21	$2.54	$1.23	$3.77	$127.23	$134.77	2.85%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 240 found (cheapest 0.09% of stock, avg 5.81%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$133.00	$131.00	Aug 19	$0.09	$0.03	$0.12	$130.88	$133.12
$143.00	$131.00	Aug 19	$0.15	$0.03	$0.18	$130.82	$143.18
$133.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.09	$0.20	$0.29	$131.71	$133.29
$143.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.15	$0.20	$0.35	$131.65	$143.35
$143.00	$107.00	Aug 19	$0.15	$0.67	$0.82	$106.18	$143.82
$133.00	$107.00	Aug 19	$0.09	$0.67	$0.76	$106.24	$133.76
$146.00	$131.00	Aug 19	$0.79	$0.03	$0.82	$130.18	$146.82
$137.00	$128.00	Aug 21	$0.55	$0.38	$0.93	$127.07	$137.93
$158.00	$131.00	Aug 19	$1.07	$0.03	$1.10	$129.90	$159.10
$137.00	$129.00	Aug 21	$0.55	$0.59	$1.14	$127.86	$138.14

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 247 found (best R:R 3.55, avg credit $0.54)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
106/107	143/144	Aug 19	$0.78	$0.22	87%	3.55	$106.22	$143.78
106/107	154/155	Aug 21	$0.74	$0.26	88%	2.85	$106.26	$154.74
110/111	154/155	Aug 21	$0.67	$0.33	88%	2.03	$110.33	$154.67
108/109	139/140	Aug 26	$0.86	$0.14	68%	6.14	$108.14	$139.86
108/109	143/144	Aug 26	$0.74	$0.26	78%	2.85	$108.26	$143.74
108/108	139/140	Aug 28	$0.85	$0.15	65%	5.67	$107.65	$139.85
108/109	141/142	Aug 26	$0.76	$0.24	73%	3.17	$108.24	$141.76
108/109	142/143	Aug 26	$0.72	$0.28	76%	2.57	$108.28	$142.72
108/109	138/139	Aug 26	$0.83	$0.17	65%	4.88	$108.17	$138.83
108/108	142/143	Aug 28	$0.74	$0.26	72%	2.85	$107.76	$142.74

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 247 found (best R:R 1.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 19	$0.33	$0.67	60%	2.03
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 19	$0.06	$0.94	18%	15.67
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Sep 11	$0.30	$4.70	12%	15.67
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	13%	15.67
$135.00	$136.00	$137.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	11%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 19	$0.39	$0.61	75%	1.56
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 19	$0.27	$0.73	61%	2.70
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 19	$0.16	$0.84	32%	5.25
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	12%	15.67
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 26	$0.06	$0.94	10%	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. 197 found (best net $-2.12, 176 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$114.00	$123.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$2.12	$6.88
$125.00	$130.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$2.67	$2.33
$130.00	$131.00	1:2	Aug 19	-$0.68	$0.32
$146.00	$150.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.06	$3.94
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.30	$4.70

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$151.00	$143.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$3.60	$4.40
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$5.47	$3.53
$140.00	$134.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$1.17	$4.83
$145.00	$140.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.50	$2.50
$140.00	$132.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.91	$6.09

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 122 found (best yield 4.12%, avg 1.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$140.00	Oct 2	$5.45	0.40	5.8%	4.12%	9.96%	5	2.5K
$138.00	Oct 2	$6.05	0.43	4.3%	4.57%	8.91%	--	34
$135.00	Oct 2	$7.05	0.49	2.1%	5.33%	7.39%	3	12
$145.00	Oct 2	$4.15	0.33	9.6%	3.14%	12.76%	2	8
$136.00	Oct 2	$6.35	0.47	2.8%	4.80%	7.62%	--	33
$141.00	Sep 25	$4.40	0.37	6.6%	3.33%	9.93%	7	--
$140.00	Sep 25	$4.60	0.38	5.8%	3.48%	9.32%	36	384
$145.00	Sep 25	$3.50	0.31	9.6%	2.65%	12.27%	11	164
$135.00	Sep 25	$6.10	0.48	2.1%	4.61%	6.68%	21	374
$133.00	Sep 25	$7.00	0.52	0.6%	5.29%	5.84%	1	26

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 42,595

Total Puts 19,430

Put/Call Ratio 0.46

Net Difference 23,165

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 35,275

Total Puts 20,043

Put/Call Ratio 0.57

Net Difference 15,232

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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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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