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USO

United States Oil

$134.41 -0.10%

(8/21 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 11:00am) 51,564

Calls: 43,259 (84%)

Puts: 8,305 (16%)

Prior (08/20) 43,973

Calls: 23,275 (53%)

Puts: 20,698 (47%)

Current vs Prior +17.26%

Calls: +85.86% (Calls)

Puts: -59.88% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 734,961

Calls: 498,215 (68%)

Puts: 236,746 (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average 104,994

Calls: 71,173 (68%)

Puts: 33,820 (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -50.89%

Calls: -39.22%

Puts: -75.44%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 11:00am) $10.10M

Calls: $9.23M (91%)

Puts: $872.0K (9%)

Prior (08/20) $10.45M

Calls: $7.36M (70%)

Puts: $3.10M (30%)

Current vs Prior -3.37%

Calls: +25.49%

Puts: -71.87%

Prior 7-Day Total $423.90M

Calls: $381.86M (90%)

Puts: $42.05M (10%)

Prior 7-Day Average $60.56M

Calls: $54.55M (90%)

Puts: $6.01M (10%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -83.32%

Calls: -83.08%

Puts: -85.48%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 11:00am) 0.19

Prior (08/20) 0.89

Current vs Prior -78.41%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.66%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 11:00am) 574,951

Calls: 331,242 (58%)

Puts: 243,709 (42%)

Prior (08/20) 544,365

Calls: 320,143 (59%)

Puts: 224,222 (41%)

Current vs Prior +5.62%

Prior 7-Day Total 3,949,169

Calls: 2,313,035 (59%)

Puts: 1,636,134 (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average 564,167

Calls: 330,433 (59%)

Puts: 233,733 (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.91%

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 1.28% | 4.63%1.28% | 5.62%1.28% | 10.44%

Prior 2.30% | 4.83%2.30% | 5.78%2.30% | 10.48%

Current vs Prior -44.29% | -4.22%-44.29% | -2.74%-44.29% | -0.41%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.10% | 4.98%2.93% | 6.28%3.52% | 11.28%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -58.77% | -7.01%-56.26% | -10.44%-63.70% | -7.48%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.30% | 4.83%2.30% | 5.78%2.30% | 10.48%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -44.29% | -4.22%-44.29% | -2.74%-44.29% | -0.41%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 15.13% | 26.76%

Calls: 15.66% | 19.75%

Puts: 14.61% | 33.77%

Prior 13.94% | 20.00%

Calls: 12.74% | 24.62%

Puts: 15.13% | 15.38%

Current vs Prior +8.54% | +33.80%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.02% | 18.80%

Calls: 17.50% | 13.29%

Puts: 30.53% | 24.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -37.00% | +42.33%

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Strong bullish conviction with 91% of dollar volume in calls ($9.23M) vs puts ($872.0K). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.19 - heavy call buying (43,259 calls vs 8,305 puts). P/C ratio dropping 78% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

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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 232 of results (avg 6.4%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$110.00	Sep 11	24.70	25.10	$24.90	1.6%	--	0.95	120
$112.00	Sep 18	23.00	23.50	$23.25	2.2%	--	0.92	78
$110.00	Sep 18	24.80	25.35	$25.08	2.2%	46	0.92	1.5K
$113.00	Aug 21	21.20	21.70	$21.45	2.3%	14	1.00	102
$109.00	Aug 21	25.25	25.85	$25.55	2.3%	128	1.00	136

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Sep 18	10.05	10.25	$10.15	2.0%	1	0.59	1.8K
$155.00	Sep 18	21.80	22.35	$22.08	2.5%	--	0.82	372
$150.00	Sep 18	17.60	18.05	$17.83	2.5%	--	0.76	642
$160.00	Sep 18	26.25	27.00	$26.63	2.8%	--	0.86	266
$145.00	Sep 18	13.60	14.00	$13.80	2.9%	--	0.69	729

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 17 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.89)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$134.00	Aug 21	0.76	0.89	$0.83	15.7%	644	0.61	2.1K
$155.00	Sep 4	0.66	0.80	$0.73	19.2%	13	0.11	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Aug 21	0.82	0.95	$0.89	14.6%	214	0.66	516
$122.00	Aug 28	0.32	0.39	$0.36	19.4%	67	0.08	285
$124.00	Aug 28	0.45	0.54	$0.50	18.0%	12	0.11	197
$120.00	Sep 2	0.46	0.52	$0.49	12.2%	11	0.09	10
$120.00	Sep 4	0.60	0.69	$0.65	13.8%	5	0.10	301

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 289 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$108.00	Aug 21	26.10	26.80	$26.45	2.6%	130	1.00	197
$109.00	Aug 21	25.25	25.85	$25.55	2.3%	128	1.00	136
$110.00	Aug 21	24.25	24.85	$24.55	2.4%	41	1.00	1.1K
$111.00	Aug 21	22.95	24.00	$23.48	4.5%	116	1.00	9.5K
$112.00	Aug 21	22.15	22.85	$22.50	3.1%	132	1.00	234

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$138.00	Aug 21	3.10	3.95	$3.53	24.1%	--	1.00	44
$139.00	Aug 21	3.95	4.80	$4.38	19.4%	--	1.00	15
$140.00	Aug 21	5.10	6.00	$5.55	16.2%	3	1.00	346
$143.00	Aug 21	7.50	9.10	$8.30	19.3%	35	1.00	35
$156.00	Aug 21	20.80	22.15	$21.48	6.3%	1	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 400 active (total vol 35.5K, top 3.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Aug 21	0.30	0.38	$0.34	23.5%	3.6K	0.35	5.6K
$145.00	Aug 21	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.1K	0.00	8.6K
$143.00	Aug 28	1.06	1.30	$1.18	20.3%	1.7K	0.21	142
$150.00	Aug 26	0.17	0.22	$0.20	25.0%	1.3K	0.05	8.4K
$136.00	Aug 28	2.71	3.15	$2.93	15.0%	1.3K	0.45	567

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$134.00	Aug 21	0.37	0.46	$0.42	21.4%	1.1K	0.39	285
$132.00	Aug 21	0.04	0.08	$0.06	66.7%	540	0.08	972
$130.00	Aug 26	1.00	1.20	$1.10	18.2%	311	0.25	296
$130.00	Aug 21	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	301	0.02	1.1K
$120.00	Sep 11	0.92	1.09	$1.01	16.8%	300	0.13	530

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 17 strikes (avg 5.5%, max 10.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$133.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	47.9%	45.1%	6.2%	44	3.3K
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	44.3%	41.7%	6.2%	--	180
$134.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	46.8%	44.4%	5.5%	645	2.1K
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	45.8%	43.8%	4.4%	--	129
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	45.4%	43.9%	3.3%	--	176

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$146.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	55.7%	50.5%	10.4%	--	255
$133.00	Aug 21	Sep 18	47.9%	44.1%	8.8%	262	1.1K
$145.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	53.6%	49.5%	8.4%	--	800
$141.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	52.5%	48.6%	8.1%	--	196
$142.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	52.2%	48.6%	7.5%	--	204

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 312 found (best R:R 1.07, avg 2.84)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$125.00	$129.00	Oct 2	$1.93	$2.07	$1.93	72%	1.07	$126.93
$119.00	$120.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	83%	4.88	$119.17
$120.00	$121.00	Aug 26	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	96%	1.86	$120.35
$145.00	$150.00	Oct 2	$0.98	$4.02	$0.98	36%	4.10	$145.98
$140.00	$143.00	Oct 2	$0.65	$2.35	$0.65	44%	3.62	$140.65

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$151.00	$150.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	77%	2.70	$150.73
$149.00	$148.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	75%	1.50	$148.60
$146.00	$145.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	84%	0.82	$145.45
$143.00	$142.00	Aug 28	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	79%	1.00	$142.50
$139.00	$138.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	61%	2.03	$138.67

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 224 found (best R:R 1.00, avg 0.48)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$151.00	$153.00	Aug 21	$0.26	$0.26	$1.74	94%	0.15	$151.26
$140.00	$141.00	Sep 11	$0.60	$0.60	$0.40	61%	1.50	$140.60
$157.00	$158.00	Aug 26	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	95%	0.28	$157.22
$136.00	$137.00	Sep 2	$0.62	$0.62	$0.38	54%	1.63	$136.62
$148.00	$149.00	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.42	$0.58	73%	0.72	$148.42

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$130.00	$128.00	Sep 25	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00	62%	1.00	$129.00
$130.00	$129.00	Oct 2	$0.63	$0.63	$0.37	62%	1.70	$129.37
$116.00	$115.00	Aug 26	$0.28	$0.28	$0.72	94%	0.39	$115.72
$112.50	$112.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.24	$0.26	94%	0.92	$112.26
$111.00	$110.00	Aug 26	$0.24	$0.24	$0.76	95%	0.32	$110.76

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 12 found (avg debit $1.46, cheapest $0.73)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.73	44.3%	41.7%
$134.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$2.31	46.8%	44.6%
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.15	45.8%	43.8%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.82	45.4%	43.9%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.07	44.4%	43.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$134.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$2.19	46.8%	44.6%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.85	45.4%	43.9%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.84	44.4%	43.5%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.89	44.5%	43.7%
$128.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$2.16	43.3%	44.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 167 found (cheapest 0.92% of stock, avg 8.51%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$135.00	Aug 21	$0.34	$0.89	$1.23	$133.77	$136.23	0.92%
$134.00	Aug 21	$0.83	$0.42	$1.25	$132.75	$135.25	0.93%
$136.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$1.69	$1.80	$134.20	$137.80	1.34%
$133.00	Aug 21	$1.66	$0.16	$1.82	$131.18	$134.82	1.35%
$137.00	Aug 21	$0.03	$2.50	$2.53	$134.47	$139.53	1.88%
$132.00	Aug 21	$2.55	$0.06	$2.61	$129.39	$134.61	1.94%
$138.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$3.53	$3.55	$134.45	$141.55	2.64%
$131.00	Aug 21	$3.55	$0.04	$3.59	$127.41	$134.59	2.67%
$139.00	Aug 21	$0.01	$4.38	$4.39	$134.61	$143.39	3.27%
$130.00	Aug 21	$4.45	$0.02	$4.47	$125.53	$134.47	3.33%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 215 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 5.91%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$136.00	$132.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$0.06	$0.17	$131.83	$136.17
$136.00	$133.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$0.16	$0.27	$132.73	$136.27
$147.00	$132.00	Aug 21	$0.24	$0.06	$0.30	$131.70	$147.30
$148.00	$132.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$0.06	$0.29	$131.71	$148.29
$151.00	$132.00	Aug 21	$0.27	$0.06	$0.33	$131.67	$151.33
$148.00	$133.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$0.16	$0.39	$132.61	$148.39
$147.00	$133.00	Aug 21	$0.24	$0.16	$0.40	$132.60	$147.40
$151.00	$133.00	Aug 21	$0.27	$0.16	$0.43	$132.57	$151.43
$135.00	$132.00	Aug 21	$0.34	$0.06	$0.40	$131.60	$135.40
$135.00	$133.00	Aug 21	$0.34	$0.16	$0.50	$132.50	$135.50

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 306 found (best R:R 1.00, avg credit $0.58)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
112/112	143/144	Aug 28	$0.50	$0.50	73%	1.00	$112.00	$143.50
115/116	145/146	Aug 26	$0.40	$0.60	82%	0.67	$115.60	$145.40
113/114	143/144	Aug 28	$0.48	$0.52	74%	0.92	$113.02	$143.48
110/110	143/144	Aug 28	$0.47	$0.53	74%	0.89	$110.03	$143.47
127/128	142/143	Sep 4	$0.79	$0.21	40%	3.76	$127.21	$142.79
123/124	142/143	Sep 4	$0.68	$0.32	51%	2.12	$123.32	$142.68
110/111	145/146	Aug 26	$0.36	$0.64	83%	0.56	$110.64	$145.36
115/116	144/145	Aug 26	$0.39	$0.61	80%	0.64	$115.61	$144.39
115/116	141/142	Aug 26	$0.46	$0.54	72%	0.85	$115.54	$141.46
112/113	145/146	Aug 26	$0.35	$0.65	82%	0.54	$112.65	$145.35

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 212 found (best R:R 37.46, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$4.87	12%	37.46
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$4.83	12%	28.41
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	31%	15.67
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$4.82	10%	26.78
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 11	$0.17	$4.83	10%	28.41

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.21	$0.79	48%	3.76
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.16	$0.84	31%	5.25
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$0.92	13%	11.50
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.33	$0.67	48%	2.03
$124.00	$125.00	$126.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.95	4%	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. 183 found (best net $-0.02, 169 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$133.00	$134.00	1:2	Aug 21	$0.00	$1.00
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.31	$4.69
$141.00	$145.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.84	$3.16
$132.00	$133.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.77	$0.23
$155.00	$160.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.01	$4.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$151.00	$143.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.02	$7.98
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$3.03	$5.97
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$3.26	$6.74
$160.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$7.33	$2.67
$136.00	$135.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.09	$0.91

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 126 found (best yield 4.72%, avg 1.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$140.00	Oct 2	$6.35	0.44	4.2%	4.72%	8.88%	281	2.6K
$143.00	Oct 2	$5.35	0.40	6.4%	3.98%	10.37%	6	3
$138.00	Oct 2	$7.00	0.48	2.7%	5.21%	7.88%	--	39
$145.00	Oct 2	$4.85	0.36	7.9%	3.61%	11.49%	194	10
$137.00	Oct 2	$7.30	0.49	1.9%	5.43%	7.36%	--	11
$135.00	Oct 2	$8.10	0.53	0.4%	6.03%	6.47%	175	25
$136.00	Oct 2	$7.50	0.51	1.2%	5.58%	6.76%	--	34
$150.00	Oct 2	$3.45	0.30	11.6%	2.57%	14.17%	1	10
$140.00	Sep 25	$5.55	0.42	4.2%	4.13%	8.29%	1	365
$155.00	Oct 2	$2.95	0.24	15.3%	2.19%	17.51%	1	1

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 43,259

Total Puts 8,305

Put/Call Ratio 0.19

Net Difference 34,954

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 23,275

Total Puts 20,698

Put/Call Ratio 0.89

Net Difference 2,577

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 498,215

Total Puts 236,746

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.50

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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