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USO

United States Oil

$135.20 +0.49%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 3:00pm) 143,198

Calls: 109,069 (76%)

Puts: 34,129 (24%)

Prior (08/20) 99,996

Calls: 57,077 (57%)

Puts: 42,919 (43%)

Current vs Prior +43.20%

Calls: +91.09% (Calls)

Puts: -20.48% (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 +36.39%

Calls: +53.24%

Puts: +0.91%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/21 3:00pm) $30.98M

Calls: $27.48M (89%)

Puts: $3.50M (11%)

Prior (08/20) $43.71M

Calls: $37.94M (87%)

Puts: $5.77M (13%)

Current vs Prior -29.13%

Calls: -27.57%

Puts: -39.34%

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 -48.85%

Calls: -49.63%

Puts: -41.75%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 3:00pm) 0.31

Prior (08/20) 0.75

Current vs Prior -58.39%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -37.52%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/21 3:00pm) 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

ℹ

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

Current 0.78% | 4.50%0.78% | 5.67%0.78% | 10.49%

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

Current vs Prior -66.19% | -6.77%-66.19% | -2.02%-66.19% | +0.08%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -74.98% | -9.48%-73.45% | -9.78%-77.97% | -7.03%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -66.19% | -6.77%-66.19% | -2.02%-66.19% | +0.08%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 50.42% | 18.25%

Calls: 56.25% | 13.29%

Puts: 44.59% | 23.22%

Prior 13.94% | 20.00%

Calls: 12.74% | 24.62%

Puts: 15.13% | 15.38%

Current vs Prior +261.69% | -8.75%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.02% | 18.80%

Calls: 17.50% | 13.29%

Puts: 30.53% | 24.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +109.93% | -2.93%

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Strong bullish conviction with 89% of dollar volume in calls ($27.48M) vs puts ($3.50M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.31 - heavy call buying (109,069 calls vs 34,129 puts). P/C ratio dropping 58% - 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

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
15:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 385 of results (avg 5.9%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Sep 18	16.60	16.95	$16.77	2.1%	667	0.85	3.1K
$110.00	Sep 18	25.50	26.05	$25.78	2.1%	56	0.93	1.5K
$110.00	Aug 21	25.00	25.55	$25.28	2.2%	88	1.00	1.1K
$115.00	Aug 21	20.00	20.45	$20.23	2.2%	130	1.00	1.8K
$125.00	Sep 18	12.70	13.00	$12.85	2.3%	265	0.76	2.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 18	21.15	21.55	$21.35	1.9%	--	0.81	372
$160.00	Sep 18	25.60	26.10	$25.85	1.9%	--	0.86	266
$140.00	Sep 18	9.45	9.70	$9.57	2.6%	15	0.58	1.8K
$143.00	Oct 2	13.05	13.40	$13.23	2.6%	119	0.60	--
$156.00	Sep 18	21.95	22.60	$22.28	2.9%	--	0.82	41

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 34 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$145.00	Aug 26	0.50	0.57	$0.53	13.2%	403	0.13	287
$146.00	Aug 26	0.41	0.49	$0.45	17.8%	53	0.11	9
$160.00	Aug 26	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	2.0K	0.02	29
$150.00	Aug 28	0.42	0.50	$0.46	17.4%	4.4K	0.10	3.6K
$145.00	Aug 28	0.86	1.01	$0.94	16.0%	190	0.18	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$126.00	Aug 26	0.30	0.35	$0.32	15.6%	122	0.09	257
$115.00	Aug 26	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	18	0.01	1.6K
$125.00	Aug 28	0.46	0.52	$0.49	12.2%	524	0.11	1.6K
$120.00	Sep 2	0.41	0.47	$0.44	13.6%	32	0.08	10
$121.00	Sep 2	0.45	0.54	$0.50	18.0%	11	0.09	9

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 326 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$110.00	Aug 26	25.00	26.05	$25.53	4.1%	--	1.00	85
$115.00	Aug 26	20.15	20.70	$20.42	2.7%	41	1.00	83
$116.00	Aug 26	18.10	20.30	$19.20	11.5%	10	1.00	2
$117.00	Aug 26	17.75	19.00	$18.38	6.8%	26	1.00	3
$119.00	Aug 26	16.20	16.70	$16.45	3.0%	63	1.00	7

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$137.00	Aug 21	1.65	1.95	$1.80	16.7%	62	1.00	111
$138.00	Aug 21	2.62	2.90	$2.76	10.1%	27	1.00	44
$139.00	Aug 21	3.20	4.05	$3.63	23.4%	12	1.00	15
$140.00	Aug 21	4.55	4.95	$4.75	8.4%	16	1.00	346
$141.00	Aug 21	4.90	6.40	$5.65	26.5%	6	1.00	7

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 623 active (total vol 119.5K, top 20.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$136.00	Aug 21	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	20.6K	0.08	937
$135.00	Aug 21	0.22	0.40	$0.31	58.1%	13.7K	0.68	5.6K
$150.00	Aug 28	0.42	0.50	$0.46	17.4%	4.4K	0.10	3.6K
$130.00	Aug 21	5.00	5.35	$5.18	6.8%	2.2K	0.99	8.5K
$145.00	Aug 21	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.1K	0.00	8.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$134.00	Aug 21	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	4.7K	0.07	285
$120.00	Aug 28	0.17	0.24	$0.21	33.3%	3.0K	0.05	923
$135.00	Aug 21	0.08	0.14	$0.11	54.5%	1.9K	0.32	516
$133.00	Aug 21	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.4K	0.01	646
$127.00	Aug 21	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	956	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. 7 strikes (avg 2.9%, max 4.9%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	45.7%	44.0%	3.8%	--	180
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	45.5%	43.9%	3.6%	1	129
$129.50	Sep 4	Oct 2	44.5%	43.6%	2.0%	14	84
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	44.4%	43.9%	1.3%	3	176

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	45.2%	43.1%	4.9%	115	137
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	44.5%	43.2%	3.1%	63	11
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	44.4%	43.9%	1.3%	14	153

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 340 found (best R:R 1.00, avg 2.66)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$128.00	$129.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	68%	4.88	$128.17
$115.00	$116.00	Sep 4	$0.47	$0.53	$0.47	95%	1.13	$115.47
$150.00	$155.00	Oct 2	$0.85	$4.15	$0.85	30%	4.88	$150.85
$145.00	$150.00	Oct 2	$1.15	$3.85	$1.15	37%	3.35	$146.15
$155.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$0.67	$4.33	$0.67	25%	6.46	$155.67

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$144.00	$143.00	Aug 21	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	100%	1.00	$143.50
$147.00	$146.00	Sep 18	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	71%	2.12	$146.68
$133.00	$132.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	43%	4.56	$132.82
$144.00	$143.00	Sep 4	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	71%	1.00	$143.50
$149.00	$148.00	Sep 18	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	74%	0.82	$148.45

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 240 found (best R:R 1.38, avg 0.48)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$158.00	$159.00	Aug 21	$0.58	$0.58	$0.42	91%	1.38	$158.58
$153.00	$154.00	Aug 21	$0.25	$0.25	$0.75	94%	0.33	$153.25
$149.00	$150.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	94%	0.30	$149.23
$161.00	$162.00	Aug 26	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	95%	0.30	$161.23
$143.00	$144.00	Sep 2	$0.36	$0.36	$0.64	71%	0.56	$143.36

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$134.00	$133.00	Sep 25	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	55%	6.69	$133.13
$131.00	$130.00	Sep 18	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	62%	2.03	$130.33
$109.00	$108.50	Aug 28	$0.31	$0.31	$0.19	95%	1.63	$108.69
$134.00	$133.00	Aug 26	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	57%	1.22	$133.45
$130.00	$129.00	Sep 2	$0.42	$0.42	$0.58	70%	0.72	$129.58

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $1.40, cheapest $0.77)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.02	45.7%	44.0%
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.90	45.5%	43.9%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.95	44.4%	43.9%
$135.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$2.55	30.2%	43.5%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.77	45.2%	43.1%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.97	44.4%	43.9%
$135.00	Aug 21	Aug 26	$2.61	30.2%	43.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 192 found (cheapest 0.31% of stock, avg 8.62%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$135.00	Aug 21	$0.31	$0.11	$0.42	$134.58	$135.42	0.31%
$136.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$0.74	$0.76	$135.24	$136.76	0.56%
$134.00	Aug 21	$1.25	$0.03	$1.28	$132.72	$135.28	0.95%
$137.00	Aug 21	$0.01	$1.80	$1.81	$135.19	$138.81	1.34%
$133.00	Aug 21	$2.26	$0.01	$2.27	$130.73	$135.27	1.68%
$138.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$2.76	$2.78	$135.22	$140.78	2.06%
$132.00	Aug 21	$3.23	$0.03	$3.26	$128.74	$135.26	2.41%
$139.00	Aug 21	$0.01	$3.63	$3.64	$135.36	$142.64	2.69%
$131.00	Aug 21	$4.20	$0.01	$4.21	$126.79	$135.21	3.11%
$140.00	Aug 21	$0.01	$4.75	$4.76	$135.24	$144.76	3.52%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 210 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 6.29%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$136.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$0.03	$0.05	$133.95	$136.05
$136.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.02	$0.11	$0.13	$134.87	$136.13
$148.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$0.03	$0.26	$133.74	$148.26
$149.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.24	$0.03	$0.27	$133.73	$149.27
$153.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.29	$0.03	$0.32	$133.68	$153.32
$148.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$0.11	$0.34	$134.66	$148.34
$149.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.24	$0.11	$0.35	$134.65	$149.35
$153.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.29	$0.11	$0.40	$134.60	$153.40
$158.00	$134.00	Aug 21	$0.63	$0.03	$0.66	$133.34	$158.66
$158.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.63	$0.11	$0.74	$134.26	$158.74

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 252 found (best R:R 1.27, avg credit $0.51)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
108/109	144/145	Aug 28	$0.56	$0.44	74%	1.27	$108.44	$144.56
108/109	147/148	Aug 28	$0.47	$0.53	82%	0.89	$108.53	$147.47
108/109	142/143	Aug 28	$0.57	$0.43	69%	1.33	$108.43	$142.57
108/109	146/147	Aug 28	$0.47	$0.53	79%	0.89	$108.53	$146.47
108/109	141/142	Aug 28	$0.57	$0.43	66%	1.33	$108.43	$141.57
126/127	161/162	Aug 26	$0.39	$0.61	82%	0.64	$126.61	$161.39
129/130	143/144	Sep 2	$0.78	$0.22	41%	3.55	$129.22	$143.78
130/131	161/162	Aug 26	$0.49	$0.51	69%	0.96	$130.51	$161.49
131/132	161/162	Aug 26	$0.53	$0.47	64%	1.13	$131.47	$161.53
128/129	161/162	Aug 26	$0.39	$0.61	77%	0.64	$128.61	$161.39

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 230 found (best R:R 2.57, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$135.00	$136.00	$137.00	Aug 21	$0.28	$0.72	66%	2.57
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 25	$0.16	$4.84	10%	30.25
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Sep 11	$0.16	$4.84	10%	30.25
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.93	30%	13.29
$150.00	$155.00	$160.00	Oct 2	$0.18	$4.82	10%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 21	$0.55	$0.45	88%	0.82
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	31%	15.67
$136.00	$138.00	$140.00	Sep 2	$0.07	$1.93	13%	27.57
$135.00	$136.00	$137.00	Aug 21	$0.43	$0.57	68%	1.33
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	9%	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. 181 found (best net $-0.93, 171 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$133.00	$134.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.24	$0.76
$155.00	$160.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.52	$4.48
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.77	$4.23
$148.00	$150.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.09	$1.91
$136.00	$137.00	1:2	Aug 21	$0.00	$1.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$141.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.93	$8.07
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$2.96	$7.04
$160.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$6.88	$3.12
$138.00	$137.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.84	$0.16
$117.00	$116.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.06	$0.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 139 found (best yield 4.22%, avg 1.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$143.00	Oct 2	$5.70	0.40	5.8%	4.22%	9.99%	7	3
$140.00	Oct 2	$6.65	0.45	3.5%	4.92%	8.47%	1.6K	2.6K
$145.00	Oct 2	$5.15	0.37	7.2%	3.81%	11.06%	346	10
$138.00	Oct 2	$7.35	0.48	2.1%	5.44%	7.51%	3	39
$139.00	Oct 2	$6.95	0.46	2.8%	5.14%	7.95%	2	2
$142.00	Oct 2	$5.90	0.41	5.0%	4.36%	9.39%	1	--
$137.00	Oct 2	$7.75	0.50	1.3%	5.73%	7.06%	1	11
$136.00	Oct 2	$8.15	0.52	0.6%	6.03%	6.62%	--	34
$150.00	Oct 2	$4.00	0.30	10.9%	2.96%	13.91%	10	10
$155.00	Oct 2	$3.15	0.25	14.6%	2.33%	16.97%	2	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 109,069

Total Puts 34,129

Put/Call Ratio 0.31

Net Difference 74,940

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 57,077

Total Puts 42,919

Put/Call Ratio 0.75

Net Difference 14,158

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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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)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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