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USO

United States Oil

$135.34 +0.59%

(8/21 13:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/21 2:00pm) 120,940

Calls: 91,293 (75%)

Puts: 29,647 (25%)

Prior (08/20) 89,268

Calls: 49,110 (55%)

Puts: 40,158 (45%)

Current vs Prior +35.48%

Calls: +85.89% (Calls)

Puts: -26.17% (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 +15.19%

Calls: +28.27%

Puts: -12.34%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/21 2:00pm) $28.02M

Calls: $24.95M (89%)

Puts: $3.08M (11%)

Prior (08/20) $31.92M

Calls: $26.12M (82%)

Puts: $5.80M (18%)

Current vs Prior -12.22%

Calls: -4.51%

Puts: -46.96%

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 -53.73%

Calls: -54.27%

Puts: -48.77%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/21 2:00pm) 0.32

Prior (08/20) 0.82

Current vs Prior -60.29%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.16%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 2:00pm) 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

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

Current 1.00% | 4.65%1.00% | 5.82%1.00% | 10.57%

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

Current vs Prior -56.25% | -3.80%-56.25% | +0.69%-56.25% | +0.82%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -67.62% | -6.60%-65.65% | -7.28%-71.49% | -6.34%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -56.25% | -3.80%-56.25% | +0.69%-56.25% | +0.82%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.70% | 24.30%

Calls: 28.07% | 22.19%

Puts: 25.32% | 26.42%

Prior 13.94% | 20.00%

Calls: 12.74% | 24.62%

Puts: 15.13% | 15.38%

Current vs Prior +91.54% | +21.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.02% | 18.80%

Calls: 17.50% | 13.29%

Puts: 30.53% | 24.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +11.17% | +29.25%

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Strong bullish conviction with 89% of dollar volume in calls ($24.95M) vs puts ($3.08M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.32 - heavy call buying (91,293 calls vs 29,647 puts). P/C ratio dropping 60% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Open Interest

Expected Move

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

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	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 279 of results (avg 6.8%, best 1.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$110.00	Aug 21	25.15	25.85	$25.50	2.7%	83	1.00	1.1K
$110.00	Sep 4	25.35	26.10	$25.73	2.9%	14	0.97	225
$109.00	Aug 21	26.10	27.00	$26.55	3.4%	135	1.00	136
$110.00	Sep 18	25.70	26.60	$26.15	3.4%	56	0.95	1.5K
$110.00	Sep 11	25.50	26.40	$25.95	3.5%	2	0.96	120

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Sep 18	25.70	26.05	$25.88	1.4%	--	0.84	266
$162.00	Aug 21	26.00	26.85	$26.43	3.2%	3	1.00	--
$150.00	Sep 18	16.70	17.30	$17.00	3.5%	--	0.74	642
$159.00	Aug 21	23.00	23.85	$23.43	3.6%	2	0.92	--
$161.00	Aug 21	25.00	26.05	$25.53	4.1%	3	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 30 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$146.00	Aug 26	0.46	0.54	$0.50	16.0%	43	0.12	9
$145.00	Aug 26	0.55	0.64	$0.60	15.0%	315	0.14	287
$150.00	Aug 28	0.45	0.51	$0.48	12.5%	4.0K	0.10	3.6K
$153.00	Sep 4	0.88	1.07	$0.98	19.4%	2	0.14	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$115.00	Aug 26	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	10	0.01	1.6K
$126.00	Aug 28	0.55	0.65	$0.60	16.7%	44	0.13	74
$127.00	Aug 28	0.68	0.81	$0.75	17.3%	243	0.15	311
$128.00	Aug 28	0.84	0.98	$0.91	15.4%	338	0.18	358
$121.00	Sep 2	0.48	0.55	$0.52	13.5%	11	0.09	9

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 317 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$109.00	Aug 21	26.10	27.00	$26.55	3.4%	135	1.00	136
$110.00	Aug 21	25.15	25.85	$25.50	2.7%	83	1.00	1.1K
$111.00	Aug 21	23.80	25.25	$24.53	5.9%	144	1.00	9.5K
$112.00	Aug 21	23.00	24.05	$23.53	4.5%	177	1.00	234
$113.00	Aug 21	22.10	23.00	$22.55	4.0%	63	1.00	102

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$137.00	Aug 21	1.22	1.81	$1.52	38.8%	61	1.00	111
$138.00	Aug 21	2.22	2.84	$2.53	24.5%	27	1.00	44
$139.00	Aug 21	3.00	3.90	$3.45	26.1%	12	1.00	15
$140.00	Aug 21	4.10	4.80	$4.45	15.7%	11	1.00	346
$141.00	Aug 21	4.45	6.70	$5.58	40.3%	6	1.00	7

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 581 active (total vol 99.2K, top 13.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$136.00	Aug 21	0.11	0.20	$0.16	56.2%	13.2K	0.27	937
$135.00	Aug 21	0.49	0.65	$0.57	28.1%	13.1K	0.67	5.6K
$150.00	Aug 28	0.45	0.51	$0.48	12.5%	4.0K	0.10	3.6K
$145.00	Aug 21	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.1K	0.01	8.6K
$136.00	Aug 28	3.20	3.70	$3.45	14.5%	2.1K	0.49	567

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$134.00	Aug 21	0.02	0.05	$0.04	75.0%	4.5K	0.08	285
$120.00	Aug 28	0.14	0.26	$0.20	60.0%	3.0K	0.05	923
$133.00	Aug 21	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	1.3K	0.04	646
$135.00	Aug 21	0.17	0.27	$0.22	45.5%	1.1K	0.33	516
$127.00	Aug 21	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	945	0.01	5.5K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 13 strikes (avg 3.6%, max 8.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	46.6%	44.5%	4.8%	3	176
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	46.2%	44.6%	3.5%	1	129
$135.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	46.5%	45.1%	3.1%	13.4K	5.6K
$129.50	Sep 4	Oct 2	45.4%	44.3%	2.4%	12	84
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	46.8%	45.9%	2.0%	--	180

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$145.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	53.8%	49.6%	8.6%	4	71
$144.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	52.2%	49.8%	4.9%	2	23
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	46.6%	44.5%	4.8%	14	153
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	45.3%	43.5%	4.2%	115	137
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	45.4%	43.8%	3.5%	63	11

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 332 found (best R:R 5.41, avg 2.72)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$150.00	$155.00	Oct 2	$0.78	$4.22	$0.78	31%	5.41	$150.78
$109.00	$110.00	Sep 25	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	93%	1.33	$109.43
$145.00	$150.00	Oct 2	$1.17	$3.83	$1.17	37%	3.27	$146.17
$128.00	$129.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	68%	3.00	$128.25
$114.00	$115.00	Sep 4	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	95%	0.82	$114.55

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$148.00	$147.00	Aug 26	$0.47	$0.53	$0.47	91%	1.13	$147.53
$140.00	$139.00	Sep 4	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	62%	2.33	$139.70
$135.00	$134.00	Sep 2	$0.22	$0.78	$0.22	47%	3.55	$134.78
$145.00	$144.00	Aug 28	$0.61	$0.39	$0.61	81%	0.64	$144.39
$149.00	$148.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	73%	0.67	$148.40

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 234 found (best R:R 2.45, avg 0.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$158.00	$159.00	Aug 21	$0.71	$0.71	$0.29	87%	2.45	$158.71
$159.00	$160.00	Aug 21	$0.35	$0.35	$0.65	94%	0.54	$159.35
$137.00	$138.00	Sep 11	$0.68	$0.68	$0.32	52%	2.12	$137.68
$138.00	$139.00	Oct 2	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	51%	1.86	$138.65
$140.00	$141.00	Sep 11	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	59%	1.22	$140.55

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$125.50	$125.00	Oct 2	$0.38	$0.38	$0.12	72%	3.17	$125.12
$134.00	$133.00	Sep 2	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	57%	1.86	$133.35
$134.00	$133.00	Sep 4	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	56%	1.86	$133.35
$113.50	$113.00	Sep 11	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	92%	1.00	$113.25
$133.00	$132.00	Oct 2	$0.59	$0.59	$0.41	58%	1.44	$132.41

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $1.34, cheapest $0.65)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.65	46.6%	44.5%
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.25	46.2%	44.6%
$135.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$2.54	46.5%	45.3%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.82	46.8%	45.9%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.83	46.6%	44.5%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.80	45.3%	43.5%
$135.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$2.48	46.5%	45.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 184 found (cheapest 0.58% of stock, avg 8.65%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$135.00	Aug 21	$0.57	$0.22	$0.79	$134.21	$135.79	0.58%
$136.00	Aug 21	$0.16	$0.79	$0.95	$135.05	$136.95	0.70%
$137.00	Aug 21	$0.04	$1.52	$1.56	$135.44	$138.56	1.15%
$134.00	Aug 21	$1.58	$0.04	$1.62	$132.38	$135.62	1.20%
$138.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$2.53	$2.55	$135.45	$140.55	1.88%
$133.00	Aug 21	$2.55	$0.02	$2.57	$130.43	$135.57	1.90%
$132.00	Aug 21	$3.40	$0.02	$3.42	$128.58	$135.42	2.53%
$139.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$3.45	$3.47	$135.53	$142.47	2.56%
$140.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$4.45	$4.47	$135.53	$144.47	3.30%
$131.00	Aug 21	$4.60	$0.02	$4.62	$126.38	$135.62	3.41%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 210 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 6.30%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$137.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$133.92	$137.08
$142.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$0.04	$0.22	$133.78	$142.22
$136.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.16	$0.04	$0.20	$133.80	$136.20
$137.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.04	$0.22	$0.26	$134.74	$137.26
$136.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.16	$0.22	$0.38	$134.62	$136.38
$159.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.36	$0.04	$0.40	$133.60	$159.40
$142.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$0.22	$0.40	$134.60	$142.40
$159.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.36	$0.22	$0.58	$134.42	$159.58
$158.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$1.07	$0.04	$1.11	$132.89	$159.11
$158.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$1.07	$0.22	$1.29	$133.71	$159.29

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 264 found (best R:R 8.09, avg credit $0.57)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
134/135	158/159	Aug 21	$0.89	$0.11	54%	8.09	$134.11	$158.89
134/135	159/160	Aug 21	$0.53	$0.47	60%	1.13	$134.47	$159.53
110/111	141/142	Aug 26	$0.42	$0.58	71%	0.72	$110.58	$141.42
115/116	143/144	Sep 4	$0.51	$0.49	62%	1.04	$115.49	$143.51
128/129	143/144	Sep 4	$0.71	$0.29	41%	2.45	$128.29	$143.71
124/125	143/144	Sep 4	$0.57	$0.43	51%	1.33	$124.43	$143.57
110/111	142/143	Aug 26	$0.33	$0.67	75%	0.49	$110.67	$142.33
129/130	147/148	Aug 28	$0.47	$0.53	60%	0.89	$129.53	$147.47
128/129	147/148	Aug 28	$0.43	$0.57	64%	0.75	$128.57	$147.43
126/127	147/148	Aug 28	$0.36	$0.64	70%	0.56	$126.64	$147.36

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 222 found (best R:R 5.25, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$0.09	$4.91	10%	54.56
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Sep 25	$0.19	$4.81	13%	25.32
$135.00	$136.00	$137.00	Aug 21	$0.29	$0.71	59%	2.45
$136.00	$137.00	$138.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.90	24%	9.00
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 11	$0.25	$4.75	10%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$135.00	$136.00	$137.00	Aug 21	$0.16	$0.84	67%	5.25
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.39	$0.61	69%	1.56
$136.00	$138.00	$140.00	Sep 2	$0.09	$1.91	13%	21.22
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.16	$0.84	30%	5.25
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	8%	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. 180 found (best net $-2.40, 171 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$133.00	$134.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.61	$0.39
$150.00	$154.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.07	$3.93
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.71	$4.29
$156.00	$160.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.07	$3.93
$155.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.56	$4.44

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.40	$6.60
$150.00	$141.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.85	$8.15
$149.00	$143.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.38	$3.62
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$2.70	$7.30
$160.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$6.26	$3.74

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 134 found (best yield 4.95%, avg 1.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$140.00	Oct 2	$6.70	0.45	3.4%	4.95%	8.39%	1.6K	2.6K
$145.00	Oct 2	$5.05	0.37	7.1%	3.73%	10.87%	346	10
$138.00	Oct 2	$7.30	0.49	2.0%	5.39%	7.36%	3	39
$143.00	Oct 2	$5.50	0.40	5.7%	4.06%	9.72%	7	3
$136.00	Oct 2	$8.15	0.52	0.5%	6.02%	6.51%	--	34
$150.00	Oct 2	$3.90	0.31	10.8%	2.88%	13.71%	4	10
$137.00	Oct 2	$7.45	0.50	1.2%	5.50%	6.73%	1	11
$139.00	Oct 2	$6.55	0.47	2.7%	4.84%	7.54%	2	2
$155.00	Oct 2	$3.20	0.25	14.5%	2.36%	16.89%	1	1
$142.00	Sep 25	$5.30	0.40	4.9%	3.92%	8.84%	2	--

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 91,293

Total Puts 29,647

Put/Call Ratio 0.32

Net Difference 61,646

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 49,110

Total Puts 40,158

Put/Call Ratio 0.82

Net Difference 8,952

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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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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