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USO

United States Oil

$134.35 +2.63%

(8/20 13:02) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/20 2:00pm) 89,268

Calls: 49,110 (55%)

Puts: 40,158 (45%)

Prior (08/19) 62,025

Calls: 42,595 (69%)

Puts: 19,430 (31%)

Current vs Prior +43.92%

Calls: +15.30% (Calls)

Puts: +106.68% (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 -11.94%

Calls: -30.05%

Puts: +28.87%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/20 2:00pm) $31.92M

Calls: $26.12M (82%)

Puts: $5.80M (18%)

Prior (08/19) $32.80M

Calls: $28.47M (87%)

Puts: $4.33M (13%)

Current vs Prior -2.67%

Calls: -8.23%

Puts: +33.86%

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 -48.06%

Calls: -53.19%

Puts: +2.41%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/20 2:00pm) 0.82

Prior (08/19) 0.46

Current vs Prior +79.26%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.47

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +74.88%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/20 2:00pm) 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 2.34% | 4.88%2.34% | 5.78%2.34% | 10.54%

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

Current vs Prior -24.40% | -1.66%-24.40% | -2.18%+179.02% | +2.97%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -25.68% | -1.71%-28.50% | -11.97%-44.11% | -10.04%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -24.40% | -1.66%-24.40% | -2.18%+179.02% | +2.97%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.06% | 13.72%

Calls: 19.74% | 13.72%

Puts: 26.38% | 13.72%

Prior 33.50% | 15.79%

Calls: 40.91% | 11.59%

Puts: 26.09% | 20.00%

Current vs Prior -31.16% | -13.11%

Prior 7-Day Avg 25.53% | 19.79%

Calls: 17.89% | 11.86%

Puts: 33.16% | 27.72%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.66% | -30.67%

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Strong bullish conviction with 82% of dollar volume in calls ($26.12M) vs puts ($5.80M). P/C ratio rising 79% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	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 187 of results (avg 6.5%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$110.00	Sep 18	24.80	25.25	$25.03	1.8%	8	0.93	1.5K
$120.00	Aug 21	14.25	14.60	$14.43	2.4%	243	1.00	3.7K
$115.00	Aug 21	19.20	19.70	$19.45	2.6%	93	1.00	1.9K
$121.00	Aug 21	13.25	13.60	$13.43	2.6%	16	1.00	574
$130.00	Sep 18	9.00	9.25	$9.13	2.7%	753	0.63	4.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 18	22.00	22.40	$22.20	1.8%	--	0.82	372
$160.00	Sep 18	26.25	26.95	$26.60	2.6%	--	0.86	266
$140.00	Sep 18	10.05	10.35	$10.20	2.9%	46	0.59	1.7K
$150.00	Sep 18	17.50	18.05	$17.77	3.1%	7	0.76	635
$135.00	Sep 18	6.90	7.15	$7.03	3.6%	34	0.49	791

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 15 found (avg $0.63, cheapest $0.25)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$136.00	Aug 21	0.67	0.82	$0.75	20.0%	974	0.33	470
$160.00	Sep 11	0.87	1.00	$0.94	13.8%	65	0.11	110

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$131.00	Aug 21	0.23	0.27	$0.25	16.0%	941	0.15	175
$124.00	Aug 28	0.42	0.51	$0.47	19.1%	27	0.11	212
$123.00	Aug 28	0.36	0.43	$0.40	17.5%	13	0.09	268
$125.00	Aug 28	0.57	0.62	$0.60	8.3%	931	0.13	699
$126.00	Aug 28	0.64	0.76	$0.70	17.1%	48	0.15	69

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 302 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$108.00	Aug 21	25.95	26.70	$26.33	2.8%	48	1.00	207
$109.00	Aug 21	24.90	25.75	$25.33	3.4%	39	1.00	123
$110.00	Aug 21	24.05	24.90	$24.48	3.5%	690	1.00	1.1K
$111.00	Aug 21	23.15	24.00	$23.58	3.6%	711	1.00	9.5K
$112.00	Aug 21	22.20	23.05	$22.63	3.8%	117	1.00	313

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$146.00	Aug 21	11.10	12.75	$11.93	13.8%	4	0.98	4
$145.00	Aug 21	10.20	10.85	$10.52	6.2%	--	0.98	32
$143.00	Aug 21	8.15	9.90	$9.03	19.4%	35	0.97	--
$141.00	Aug 21	6.20	7.75	$6.98	22.2%	3	0.94	7
$155.00	Aug 28	20.15	22.05	$21.10	9.0%	--	0.94	25

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 563 active (total vol 80.5K, top 4.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Aug 26	0.20	0.27	$0.24	29.2%	4.4K	0.06	6.2K
$145.00	Sep 18	3.45	3.60	$3.53	4.2%	3.7K	0.32	4.9K
$135.00	Aug 21	0.95	1.18	$1.07	21.5%	2.1K	0.43	5.6K
$137.00	Aug 28	2.47	2.71	$2.59	9.3%	2.0K	0.41	757
$130.00	Aug 21	4.40	4.70	$4.55	6.6%	1.9K	0.90	9.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Sep 18	1.35	1.48	$1.42	9.2%	3.7K	0.16	5.3K
$130.00	Sep 18	4.35	4.60	$4.47	5.6%	2.9K	0.37	1.8K
$122.00	Aug 26	0.16	0.22	$0.19	31.6%	2.8K	0.05	34
$125.00	Sep 18	2.54	2.81	$2.68	10.1%	2.7K	0.26	1.7K
$110.00	Sep 18	0.36	0.43	$0.40	17.5%	1.8K	0.05	7.2K

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 2.8%, max 6.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$138.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	50.7%	47.6%	6.5%	735	2.9K
$137.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	50.3%	47.7%	5.3%	375	1.0K
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	42.5%	40.7%	4.6%	3	296
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	45.1%	43.5%	3.5%	5	179
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	43.6%	42.8%	1.8%	7	133

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$138.00	Aug 21	Sep 18	50.7%	47.5%	6.9%	2	76
$137.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	50.3%	47.7%	5.3%	8	111
$150.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	54.0%	51.4%	5.1%	--	64
$144.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	50.4%	48.8%	3.4%	1	133
$142.00	Aug 26	Sep 18	48.6%	47.4%	2.4%	3	181

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 335 found (best R:R 1.70, avg 2.88)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$116.00	$117.00	Sep 11	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	92%	1.70	$116.37
$109.00	$110.00	Sep 11	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	100%	1.22	$109.45
$145.00	$150.00	Oct 2	$1.02	$3.98	$1.02	36%	3.90	$146.02
$150.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$1.59	$8.41	$1.59	29%	5.29	$151.59
$114.00	$115.00	Sep 18	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	91%	1.33	$114.43

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$155.00	$153.00	Sep 18	$1.28	$0.72	$1.28	82%	0.56	$153.72
$150.00	$149.00	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	76%	1.38	$149.58
$140.00	$139.00	Sep 4	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	65%	1.86	$139.65
$140.00	$139.00	Aug 21	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	92%	0.59	$139.37
$152.00	$151.00	Sep 18	$0.52	$0.48	$0.52	78%	0.92	$151.48

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 239 found (best R:R 1.94, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$158.00	$159.00	Aug 21	$0.66	$0.66	$0.34	90%	1.94	$158.66
$135.00	$136.00	Oct 2	$0.72	$0.72	$0.28	48%	2.57	$135.72
$144.00	$145.00	Aug 26	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	84%	0.28	$144.22
$156.00	$160.00	Aug 28	$0.18	$0.18	$3.82	94%	0.05	$156.18
$157.00	$158.00	Aug 26	$0.10	$0.10	$0.90	96%	0.11	$157.10

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$108.50	$108.00	Aug 28	$0.35	$0.35	$0.15	95%	2.33	$108.15
$111.50	$111.00	Aug 28	$0.31	$0.31	$0.19	95%	1.63	$111.19
$132.00	$131.00	Sep 25	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	57%	2.33	$131.30
$128.00	$127.50	Sep 11	$0.38	$0.38	$0.12	69%	3.17	$127.62
$115.00	$114.50	Sep 25	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	88%	1.17	$114.73

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 15 found (avg debit $1.51, cheapest $1.71)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$136.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$1.71	47.9%	45.8%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.73	42.5%	40.7%
$134.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$1.76	44.7%	43.1%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.68	45.1%	43.5%
$135.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$1.74	46.1%	44.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$136.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$1.72	47.9%	45.8%
$134.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$1.65	44.7%	43.1%
$135.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$1.65	46.1%	44.6%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.88	43.9%	43.2%
$133.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$1.60	43.4%	43.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 179 found (cheapest 1.97% of stock, avg 8.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$134.00	Aug 21	$1.52	$1.13	$2.65	$131.35	$136.65	1.97%
$135.00	Aug 21	$1.07	$1.63	$2.70	$132.30	$137.70	2.01%
$133.00	Aug 21	$2.24	$0.70	$2.94	$130.06	$135.94	2.19%
$136.00	Aug 21	$0.75	$2.28	$3.03	$132.97	$139.03	2.26%
$132.00	Aug 21	$2.89	$0.43	$3.32	$128.68	$135.32	2.47%
$137.00	Aug 21	$0.53	$2.92	$3.45	$133.55	$140.45	2.57%
$131.00	Aug 21	$3.68	$0.25	$3.93	$127.07	$134.93	2.93%
$138.00	Aug 21	$0.34	$4.13	$4.47	$133.53	$142.47	3.33%
$130.00	Aug 21	$4.55	$0.17	$4.72	$125.28	$134.72	3.51%
$139.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$4.90	$5.13	$133.87	$144.13	3.82%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 225 found (cheapest 0.30% of stock, avg 5.97%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$139.00	$130.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$0.17	$0.40	$129.60	$139.40
$139.00	$131.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$0.25	$0.48	$130.52	$139.48
$138.00	$130.00	Aug 21	$0.34	$0.17	$0.51	$129.49	$138.51
$138.00	$131.00	Aug 21	$0.34	$0.25	$0.59	$130.41	$138.59
$139.00	$132.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$0.43	$0.66	$131.34	$139.66
$138.00	$132.00	Aug 21	$0.34	$0.43	$0.77	$131.23	$138.77
$137.00	$130.00	Aug 21	$0.53	$0.17	$0.70	$129.30	$137.70
$137.00	$131.00	Aug 21	$0.53	$0.25	$0.78	$130.22	$137.78
$137.00	$132.00	Aug 21	$0.53	$0.43	$0.96	$131.04	$137.96
$139.00	$133.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$0.70	$0.93	$132.07	$139.93

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 277 found (best R:R 5.25, avg credit $0.53)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
131/132	158/159	Aug 21	$0.84	$0.16	68%	5.25	$131.16	$158.84
108/108	140/141	Aug 28	$0.64	$0.36	65%	1.78	$107.86	$140.64
108/108	143/144	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.45	73%	1.22	$107.95	$143.55
108/108	145/146	Aug 28	$0.49	$0.51	78%	0.96	$108.01	$145.49
111/112	140/141	Aug 28	$0.60	$0.40	65%	1.50	$110.90	$140.60
108/108	144/145	Aug 28	$0.48	$0.52	76%	0.92	$108.02	$144.48
111/112	143/144	Aug 28	$0.51	$0.49	73%	1.04	$110.99	$143.51
111/112	145/146	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.55	78%	0.82	$111.05	$145.45
108/108	141/142	Aug 28	$0.54	$0.46	69%	1.17	$107.96	$141.54
111/112	144/145	Aug 28	$0.44	$0.56	76%	0.79	$111.06	$144.44

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 239 found (best R:R 32.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 11	$0.15	$4.85	9%	32.33
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 25	$0.21	$4.79	10%	22.81
$135.00	$136.00	$137.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.90	19%	9.00
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.87	22%	6.69
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.92	12%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	24%	13.29
$121.00	$123.00	$125.00	Sep 2	$0.07	$1.93	9%	27.57
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 21	$0.09	$0.91	18%	10.11
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$0.85	22%	5.67
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 26	$0.05	$0.95	5%	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. 182 found (best net $-4.10, 176 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$160.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.85	$9.15
$146.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.44	$3.56
$137.00	$138.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.15	$0.85
$155.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.56	$4.44
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.79	$4.21

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$4.10	$4.90
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$3.24	$6.76
$138.00	$134.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$1.49	$2.51
$134.00	$133.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.27	$0.73
$132.00	$131.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.07	$0.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 138 found (best yield 6.10%, avg 1.75%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$135.00	Oct 2	$8.20	0.52	0.5%	6.10%	6.59%	13	23
$140.00	Oct 2	$6.05	0.43	4.2%	4.50%	8.71%	581	2.5K
$145.00	Oct 2	$4.65	0.35	7.9%	3.46%	11.39%	1	10
$139.00	Oct 2	$6.20	0.45	3.5%	4.61%	8.08%	2	--
$143.00	Oct 2	$5.00	0.38	6.4%	3.72%	10.16%	3	--
$150.00	Oct 2	$3.65	0.29	11.7%	2.72%	14.37%	1	8
$137.00	Oct 2	$6.85	0.48	2.0%	5.10%	7.07%	--	10
$138.00	Oct 2	$6.45	0.46	2.7%	4.80%	7.52%	3	34
$136.00	Oct 2	$7.25	0.50	1.2%	5.40%	6.62%	1	33
$140.00	Sep 25	$5.20	0.41	4.2%	3.87%	8.08%	5	362

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 49,110

Total Puts 40,158

Put/Call Ratio 0.82

Net Difference 8,952

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 42,595

Total Puts 19,430

Put/Call Ratio 0.46

Net Difference 23,165

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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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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