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USO

United States Oil

$133.91 +2.29%

(8/20 10:02) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/20 11:00am) 43,973

Calls: 23,275 (53%)

Puts: 20,698 (47%)

Prior (08/19) 21,476

Calls: 14,750 (69%)

Puts: 6,726 (31%)

Current vs Prior +104.75%

Calls: +57.80% (Calls)

Puts: +207.73% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 709,585

Calls: 491,460 (69%)

Puts: 218,125 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 101,369

Calls: 70,208 (69%)

Puts: 31,160 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -56.62%

Calls: -66.85%

Puts: -33.58%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/20 11:00am) $10.45M

Calls: $7.36M (70%)

Puts: $3.10M (30%)

Prior (08/19) $9.30M

Calls: $7.46M (80%)

Puts: $1.84M (20%)

Current vs Prior +12.41%

Calls: -1.42%

Puts: +68.47%

Prior 7-Day Total $430.26M

Calls: $390.60M (91%)

Puts: $39.66M (9%)

Prior 7-Day Average $61.47M

Calls: $55.80M (91%)

Puts: $5.67M (9%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -82.99%

Calls: -86.82%

Puts: -45.29%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/20 11:00am) 0.89

Prior (08/19) 0.46

Current vs Prior +95.02%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.47

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +90.20%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/20 11:00am) 544,365

Calls: 320,143 (59%)

Puts: 224,222 (41%)

Prior (08/19) 574,737

Calls: 337,205 (59%)

Puts: 237,532 (41%)

Current vs Prior -5.28%

Prior 7-Day Total 3,987,864

Calls: 2,329,067 (58%)

Puts: 1,658,797 (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average 569,694

Calls: 332,723 (58%)

Puts: 236,971 (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.45%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/26)Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 2.52% | 4.85%2.52% | 5.83%2.52% | 10.38%

Prior 3.10% | 4.97%3.10% | 5.90%0.84% | 10.24%

Current vs Prior -18.61% | -2.39%-18.61% | -1.23%+200.38% | +1.41%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.15% | 4.97%3.28% | 6.56%4.20% | 11.72%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -19.99% | -2.44%-23.02% | -11.12%-39.83% | -11.40%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.10% | 4.97%3.10% | 5.90%0.84% | 10.24%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -18.61% | -2.39%-18.61% | -1.23%+200.38% | +1.41%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 19.60% | 18.86%

Calls: 16.75% | 20.29%

Puts: 22.45% | 17.43%

Prior 33.50% | 15.79%

Calls: 40.91% | 11.59%

Puts: 26.09% | 20.00%

Current vs Prior -41.49% | +19.44%

Prior 7-Day Avg 25.53% | 19.79%

Calls: 17.89% | 11.86%

Puts: 33.16% | 27.72%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.21% | -4.69%

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Moderately bullish flow with 70% call dollar volume ($7.36M). Unusually high activity with volume up 105% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio rising 95% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 153 of results (avg 7.0%, best 2.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$109.00	Aug 21	24.55	25.05	$24.80	2.0%	5	1.00	123
$110.00	Aug 21	23.65	24.15	$23.90	2.1%	67	1.00	1.1K
$115.00	Sep 18	19.65	20.10	$19.88	2.3%	60	0.90	2.7K
$110.00	Sep 18	23.95	24.75	$24.35	3.3%	2	0.94	1.5K
$118.00	Sep 18	16.85	17.45	$17.15	3.5%	12	0.87	502

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Sep 18	26.95	27.70	$27.33	2.7%	--	0.86	266
$140.00	Sep 18	10.40	10.70	$10.55	2.8%	29	0.61	1.7K
$151.00	Sep 18	18.90	19.60	$19.25	3.6%	--	0.77	13
$149.00	Sep 18	17.20	17.90	$17.55	4.0%	--	0.75	73
$150.00	Sep 18	18.00	18.75	$18.38	4.1%	7	0.76	635

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 9 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.60)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Aug 21	0.89	1.06	$0.98	17.3%	1.0K	0.39	5.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$132.00	Aug 21	0.55	0.65	$0.60	16.7%	613	0.28	586
$133.00	Aug 21	0.89	1.05	$0.97	16.5%	295	0.39	340
$125.00	Aug 26	0.37	0.45	$0.41	19.5%	63	0.11	189
$126.00	Aug 28	0.74	0.88	$0.81	17.3%	27	0.17	69
$108.00	Sep 18	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	5	0.04	767

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 287 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$108.00	Aug 21	25.05	26.45	$25.75	5.4%	2	1.00	207
$109.00	Aug 21	24.55	25.05	$24.80	2.0%	5	1.00	123
$110.00	Aug 21	23.65	24.15	$23.90	2.1%	67	1.00	1.1K
$112.00	Aug 21	21.40	22.95	$22.17	7.0%	--	1.00	313
$113.00	Aug 21	20.00	22.30	$21.15	10.9%	--	1.00	108

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$146.00	Aug 21	11.85	13.20	$12.52	10.8%	4	0.98	4
$145.00	Aug 21	10.80	11.75	$11.28	8.4%	--	0.98	32
$151.00	Aug 26	16.90	18.20	$17.55	7.4%	2	0.95	1
$141.00	Aug 21	6.90	7.70	$7.30	11.0%	3	0.94	7
$155.00	Aug 28	20.30	21.90	$21.10	7.6%	--	0.94	25

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 458 active (total vol 39.1K, top 2.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 18	2.43	2.59	$2.51	6.4%	1.7K	0.23	10.5K
$145.00	Sep 18	3.20	3.60	$3.40	11.8%	1.3K	0.30	4.9K
$142.00	Aug 28	1.05	1.44	$1.25	31.2%	1.3K	0.22	236
$130.00	Aug 21	3.90	4.45	$4.18	13.2%	1.3K	0.86	9.8K
$137.00	Aug 28	2.15	2.94	$2.55	31.0%	1.3K	0.39	757

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Sep 18	1.43	1.58	$1.51	9.9%	2.9K	0.17	5.3K
$125.00	Sep 18	2.64	2.88	$2.76	8.7%	2.4K	0.27	1.7K
$130.00	Sep 18	4.50	4.85	$4.68	7.5%	1.1K	0.39	1.8K
$110.00	Sep 18	0.39	0.44	$0.42	11.9%	1.1K	0.06	7.2K
$117.00	Sep 18	0.82	1.13	$0.97	32.0%	1.0K	0.12	1.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 19 strikes (avg 3.7%, max 9.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	45.6%	41.5%	9.8%	2	182
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	44.5%	40.6%	9.5%	--	296
$134.00	Aug 21	Sep 25	45.9%	42.7%	7.5%	334	2.2K
$131.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	45.8%	44.3%	3.4%	71	2.4K
$135.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	47.6%	46.8%	1.6%	1.0K	5.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$143.00	Aug 26	Sep 18	51.5%	48.7%	5.7%	1	77
$144.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	52.0%	49.3%	5.7%	1	133
$150.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	53.8%	51.0%	5.5%	--	64
$129.50	Sep 4	Oct 2	44.5%	42.5%	4.6%	24	10
$142.00	Aug 26	Sep 18	50.1%	48.4%	3.6%	1	181

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 318 found (best R:R 4.68, avg 3.15)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$145.00	$150.00	Oct 2	$0.88	$4.12	$0.88	35%	4.68	$145.88
$140.00	$143.00	Oct 2	$0.55	$2.45	$0.55	42%	4.45	$140.55
$140.00	$145.00	Sep 25	$1.18	$3.82	$1.18	42%	3.24	$141.18
$115.00	$116.00	Sep 4	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	93%	1.38	$115.42
$132.00	$135.00	Oct 2	$1.12	$1.88	$1.12	56%	1.68	$133.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$148.00	$147.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	73%	2.70	$147.73
$138.00	$137.00	Aug 28	$0.21	$0.79	$0.21	65%	3.76	$137.79
$143.00	$142.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	66%	2.33	$142.70
$144.00	$143.00	Aug 28	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	82%	1.08	$143.52
$137.00	$136.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	55%	3.00	$136.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 242 found (best R:R 0.69, avg 0.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$159.00	$160.00	Aug 21	$0.41	$0.41	$0.59	93%	0.69	$159.41
$141.00	$142.00	Sep 4	$0.52	$0.52	$0.48	67%	1.08	$141.52
$138.00	$139.00	Oct 2	$0.63	$0.63	$0.37	54%	1.70	$138.63
$138.00	$140.00	Sep 4	$0.90	$0.90	$1.10	60%	0.82	$138.90
$134.50	$135.00	Sep 4	$0.40	$0.40	$0.10	50%	4.00	$134.90

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$130.00	$128.00	Sep 11	$1.02	$1.02	$0.98	63%	1.04	$128.98
$111.00	$110.00	Aug 26	$0.35	$0.35	$0.65	95%	0.54	$110.65
$108.50	$108.00	Aug 28	$0.34	$0.34	$0.16	95%	2.13	$108.16
$124.00	$123.00	Oct 2	$0.58	$0.58	$0.42	72%	1.38	$123.42
$113.50	$113.00	Aug 28	$0.32	$0.32	$0.18	94%	1.78	$113.18

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 11 found (avg debit $1.50, cheapest $0.87)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.87	45.6%	41.5%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.27	44.5%	40.6%
$133.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$1.54	44.3%	41.7%
$134.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$1.60	45.9%	43.6%
$135.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$1.68	47.6%	45.8%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$133.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$1.52	44.3%	41.7%
$134.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$1.57	45.9%	43.6%
$129.50	Sep 4	Oct 2	$2.83	44.5%	42.5%
$135.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$1.78	47.6%	45.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 162 found (cheapest 2.11% of stock, avg 8.56%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$134.00	Aug 21	$1.36	$1.47	$2.83	$131.17	$136.83	2.11%
$133.00	Aug 21	$1.91	$0.97	$2.88	$130.12	$135.88	2.15%
$135.00	Aug 21	$0.98	$2.05	$3.03	$131.97	$138.03	2.26%
$132.00	Aug 21	$2.54	$0.60	$3.14	$128.86	$135.14	2.34%
$136.00	Aug 21	$0.65	$2.73	$3.38	$132.62	$139.38	2.52%
$131.00	Aug 21	$3.38	$0.41	$3.79	$127.21	$134.79	2.83%
$137.00	Aug 21	$0.45	$3.63	$4.08	$132.92	$141.08	3.05%
$130.00	Aug 21	$4.18	$0.27	$4.45	$125.55	$134.45	3.32%
$138.00	Aug 21	$0.28	$4.45	$4.73	$133.27	$142.73	3.53%
$129.00	Aug 21	$4.97	$0.17	$5.14	$123.86	$134.14	3.84%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 225 found (cheapest 0.34% of stock, avg 5.81%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$138.00	$129.00	Aug 21	$0.28	$0.17	$0.45	$128.55	$138.45
$138.00	$130.00	Aug 21	$0.28	$0.27	$0.55	$129.45	$138.55
$137.00	$129.00	Aug 21	$0.45	$0.17	$0.62	$128.38	$137.62
$138.00	$131.00	Aug 21	$0.28	$0.41	$0.69	$130.31	$138.69
$137.00	$130.00	Aug 21	$0.45	$0.27	$0.72	$129.28	$137.72
$137.00	$131.00	Aug 21	$0.45	$0.41	$0.86	$130.14	$137.86
$136.00	$129.00	Aug 21	$0.65	$0.17	$0.82	$128.18	$136.82
$138.00	$132.00	Aug 21	$0.28	$0.60	$0.88	$131.12	$138.88
$136.00	$130.00	Aug 21	$0.65	$0.27	$0.92	$129.08	$136.92
$137.00	$132.00	Aug 21	$0.45	$0.60	$1.05	$130.95	$138.05

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 262 found (best R:R 1.94, avg credit $0.57)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
110/111	159/160	Aug 21	$0.66	$0.34	88%	1.94	$110.34	$159.66
118/119	159/160	Aug 21	$0.66	$0.34	87%	1.94	$118.34	$159.66
110/111	141/142	Sep 4	$0.75	$0.25	61%	3.00	$110.25	$141.75
110/111	139/140	Aug 26	$0.64	$0.36	66%	1.78	$110.36	$139.64
129/130	159/160	Aug 21	$0.51	$0.49	78%	1.04	$129.49	$159.51
122/123	141/142	Sep 4	$0.78	$0.22	51%	3.55	$122.22	$141.78
110/111	148/149	Aug 21	$0.38	$0.62	90%	0.61	$110.62	$148.38
130/131	159/160	Aug 21	$0.55	$0.45	72%	1.22	$130.45	$159.55
123/124	141/142	Sep 4	$0.79	$0.21	48%	3.76	$123.21	$141.79
118/119	148/149	Aug 21	$0.38	$0.62	88%	0.61	$118.62	$148.38

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 219 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	20%	19.00
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.92	23%	11.50
$140.00	$141.00	$142.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.95	6%	19.00
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.93	9%	13.29
$135.00	$136.00	$137.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.87	17%	6.69

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.92	22%	11.50
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$0.95	14%	19.00
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.90	20%	9.00
$121.00	$123.00	$125.00	Sep 2	$0.10	$1.90	10%	19.00
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.87	23%	6.69

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 181 found (best net $-4.20, 171 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$160.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.73	$9.27
$145.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.43	$4.57
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.64	$4.36
$155.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.34	$4.66
$137.00	$138.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.11	$0.89

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$4.20	$4.80
$141.00	$134.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.15	$6.85
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$3.43	$6.57
$140.00	$133.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$2.23	$4.77
$145.00	$141.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.32	$0.68

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 140 found (best yield 4.37%, avg 1.83%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$140.00	Oct 2	$5.85	0.42	4.5%	4.37%	8.92%	79	2.5K
$139.00	Oct 2	$6.15	0.44	3.8%	4.59%	8.39%	2	--
$145.00	Oct 2	$4.50	0.35	8.3%	3.36%	11.64%	1	10
$137.00	Oct 2	$6.85	0.48	2.3%	5.12%	7.42%	--	10
$138.00	Oct 2	$6.45	0.46	3.0%	4.82%	7.87%	3	34
$143.00	Oct 2	$4.85	0.38	6.8%	3.62%	10.41%	3	--
$135.00	Oct 2	$7.70	0.51	0.8%	5.75%	6.56%	12	23
$136.00	Oct 2	$7.15	0.49	1.6%	5.34%	6.90%	1	33
$150.00	Oct 2	$3.35	0.29	12.0%	2.50%	14.52%	1	8
$140.00	Sep 25	$5.05	0.42	4.5%	3.77%	8.32%	5	362

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 23,275

Total Puts 20,698

Put/Call Ratio 0.89

Net Difference 2,577

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,750

Total Puts 6,726

Put/Call Ratio 0.46

Net Difference 8,024

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 491,460

Total Puts 218,125

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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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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