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USO

United States Oil

$132.62 -1.50%

(8/21 19:16) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/24 10:00am) 18,618

Calls: 15,684 (84%)

Puts: 2,934 (16%)

Prior (08/21) 25,507

Calls: 21,470 (84%)

Puts: 4,037 (16%)

Current vs Prior -27.01%

Calls: -26.95% (Calls)

Puts: -27.32% (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 -82.27%

Calls: -77.96%

Puts: -91.32%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/24 10:00am) $1.57M

Calls: $1.20M (77%)

Puts: $366.1K (23%)

Prior (08/21) $3.82M

Calls: $3.43M (90%)

Puts: $384.5K (10%)

Current vs Prior -58.92%

Calls: -64.98%

Puts: -4.78%

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 -97.41%

Calls: -97.80%

Puts: -93.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/24 10:00am) 0.19

Prior (08/21) 0.19

Current vs Prior -0.51%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -62.64%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/24 10:00am) 1,148,453

Calls: 250,483 (22%)

Puts: 897,970 (78%)

Prior (08/21) 574,951

Calls: 331,242 (58%)

Puts: 243,709 (42%)

Current vs Prior +99.75%

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 +103.57%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (08/26) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 3.27% | 4.45%4.45% | 6.58%9.73% | 14.00%

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

Current vs Prior +42.16% | -7.92%+93.70% | +13.83%+323.52% | +33.61%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +5.21% | -10.60%+52.07% | +4.83%+175.97% | +24.12%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.30% | 4.83%0.78% | 5.74%0.78% | 10.40%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +42.16% | -7.92%+470.43% | +14.66%+1147.21% | +34.66%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 12.93% | 22.14%

Calls: 13.12% | 25.17%

Puts: 12.74% | 19.10%

Prior 13.94% | 20.00%

Calls: 12.74% | 24.62%

Puts: 15.13% | 15.38%

Current vs Prior -7.25% | +10.70%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.02% | 18.80%

Calls: 17.50% | 13.29%

Puts: 30.53% | 24.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -46.16% | +17.76%

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Strong bullish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in calls ($1.20M) vs puts ($366.1K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 59% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.19 - heavy call buying (15,684 calls vs 2,934 puts). Put-heavy open interest (897,970 puts vs 250,483 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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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
16:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 95 of results (avg 7.5%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Sep 18	14.10	14.55	$14.33	3.1%	6	0.84	2.8K
$110.00	Sep 18	22.90	23.70	$23.30	3.4%	1	0.95	1.5K
$115.00	Sep 18	18.35	19.10	$18.73	4.0%	1	0.91	2.7K
$123.00	Sep 18	11.75	12.30	$12.03	4.6%	21	0.78	199
$130.00	Sep 18	7.35	7.70	$7.53	4.6%	46	0.61	4.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 18	22.80	23.65	$23.23	3.7%	--	0.87	372
$142.00	Sep 18	12.10	12.60	$12.35	4.0%	--	0.69	178
$140.00	Sep 18	10.50	10.95	$10.73	4.2%	--	0.65	1.8K
$144.00	Sep 18	13.35	14.00	$13.68	4.8%	6	0.71	111
$136.00	Sep 4	6.15	6.45	$6.30	4.8%	2	0.59	49

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.72, cheapest $0.62)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$129.00	Aug 26	0.57	0.66	$0.62	14.5%	56	0.22	252
$130.00	Aug 26	0.83	0.93	$0.88	11.4%	354	0.29	833
$128.00	Aug 28	0.84	1.00	$0.92	17.4%	40	0.23	359
$110.00	Sep 18	0.38	0.43	$0.41	12.2%	1	0.06	6.4K
$115.00	Sep 18	0.69	0.81	$0.75	16.0%	7	0.10	9.5K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 256 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$110.00	Aug 28	22.40	24.05	$23.23	7.1%	--	0.99	82
$112.00	Aug 28	20.35	22.10	$21.23	8.2%	--	0.99	100
$115.00	Aug 26	17.25	18.90	$18.08	9.1%	1	0.99	108
$115.00	Aug 28	17.45	19.00	$18.23	8.5%	--	0.99	234
$120.00	Aug 26	12.45	14.10	$13.27	12.4%	1	0.98	170

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Aug 28	21.15	22.70	$21.92	7.1%	--	1.00	25
$150.00	Sep 2	16.25	18.25	$17.25	11.6%	3	0.93	3
$145.00	Aug 28	11.90	13.05	$12.48	9.2%	--	0.92	71
$146.00	Aug 28	12.15	14.30	$13.23	16.3%	--	0.91	56
$144.00	Aug 28	11.25	12.05	$11.65	6.9%	--	0.91	23

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 233 active (total vol 11.4K, top 2.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Aug 28	0.07	0.12	$0.10	50.0%	2.5K	0.03	1.8K
$150.00	Aug 28	0.14	0.22	$0.18	44.4%	1.0K	0.05	6.7K
$135.00	Aug 26	1.02	1.23	$1.13	18.6%	966	0.33	1.4K
$138.00	Aug 26	0.42	0.64	$0.53	41.5%	747	0.18	1.4K
$135.00	Aug 28	1.66	2.11	$1.88	23.9%	612	0.39	2.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Aug 26	0.83	0.93	$0.88	11.4%	354	0.29	833
$119.00	Sep 4	0.43	0.65	$0.54	40.7%	299	0.10	72
$115.00	Sep 2	0.15	0.28	$0.22	59.1%	205	0.04	96
$121.00	Sep 4	0.62	0.90	$0.76	36.8%	175	0.13	53
$130.00	Aug 28	1.41	1.55	$1.48	9.5%	121	0.33	2.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 33 strikes (avg 10.2%, max 25.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$139.00	Aug 26	Sep 18	57.5%	45.8%	25.6%	10	518
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	50.6%	43.6%	15.9%	10	118
$128.00	Aug 26	Sep 25	47.9%	42.7%	12.2%	3	227
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	48.3%	43.5%	11.1%	--	296
$138.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	53.6%	48.6%	10.3%	747	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$139.00	Aug 26	Sep 18	57.5%	45.8%	25.6%	1	100
$138.00	Aug 26	Sep 18	53.6%	44.3%	21.1%	5	44
$141.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	54.9%	45.9%	19.7%	--	197
$137.00	Aug 26	Sep 18	52.8%	44.9%	17.7%	--	80
$140.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	53.8%	46.8%	15.1%	--	178

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 294 found (best R:R 2.90, avg 3.00)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$135.00	$138.00	Sep 25	$0.77	$2.23	$0.77	49%	2.90	$135.77
$121.00	$122.00	Aug 26	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	97%	1.50	$121.40
$140.00	$143.00	Oct 2	$0.58	$2.42	$0.58	40%	4.17	$140.58
$143.00	$145.00	Oct 2	$0.20	$1.80	$0.20	35%	9.00	$143.20
$120.00	$121.00	Sep 18	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	84%	1.63	$120.38

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$139.00	$138.00	Aug 28	$0.47	$0.53	$0.47	79%	1.13	$138.53
$140.00	$139.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	82%	0.82	$139.45
$126.00	$125.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.90	$0.10	31%	9.00	$125.90
$140.00	$136.00	Sep 11	$2.34	$1.66	$2.34	68%	0.71	$137.66
$147.00	$146.00	Sep 18	$0.58	$0.42	$0.58	78%	0.72	$146.42

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 207 found (best R:R 0.69, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$148.00	$149.00	Aug 26	$0.41	$0.41	$0.59	90%	0.69	$148.41
$138.00	$140.00	Oct 2	$1.15	$1.15	$0.85	56%	1.35	$139.15
$138.00	$139.00	Sep 4	$0.57	$0.57	$0.43	64%	1.33	$138.57
$156.00	$157.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.26	$0.74	94%	0.35	$156.26
$154.00	$155.00	Aug 28	$0.24	$0.24	$0.76	94%	0.32	$154.24

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$130.00	$128.00	Sep 25	$1.03	$1.03	$0.97	60%	1.06	$128.97
$127.00	$126.00	Sep 25	$0.58	$0.58	$0.42	66%	1.38	$126.42
$110.50	$110.00	Aug 28	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	95%	1.17	$110.23
$132.00	$131.00	Oct 2	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	55%	2.33	$131.30
$127.00	$126.50	Sep 11	$0.39	$0.39	$0.11	70%	3.55	$126.61

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 20 found (avg debit $0.94, cheapest $0.60)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.82	48.3%	43.5%
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.78	50.6%	46.1%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.95	45.6%	42.5%
$134.00	Aug 26	Aug 28	$0.75	49.1%	47.8%
$135.00	Aug 26	Aug 28	$0.75	50.1%	49.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.60	48.3%	43.5%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.65	47.4%	43.0%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.78	45.6%	42.5%
$136.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$0.75	50.3%	48.9%
$134.00	Aug 26	Aug 28	$0.83	49.1%	47.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 153 found (cheapest 2.87% of stock, avg 8.41%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$132.00	Aug 26	$2.21	$1.59	$3.80	$128.20	$135.80	2.87%
$133.00	Aug 26	$1.77	$2.12	$3.89	$129.11	$136.89	2.93%
$134.00	Aug 26	$1.44	$2.70	$4.14	$129.86	$138.14	3.12%
$131.00	Aug 26	$2.97	$1.19	$4.16	$126.84	$135.16	3.14%
$130.00	Aug 26	$3.53	$0.88	$4.41	$125.59	$134.41	3.33%
$135.00	Aug 26	$1.13	$3.35	$4.48	$130.52	$139.48	3.38%
$129.00	Aug 26	$4.65	$0.62	$5.27	$123.73	$134.27	3.97%
$132.00	Aug 28	$3.02	$2.32	$5.34	$126.66	$137.34	4.03%
$131.00	Aug 28	$3.65	$1.94	$5.59	$125.41	$136.59	4.22%
$133.00	Aug 28	$2.72	$2.88	$5.60	$127.40	$138.60	4.22%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 200 found (cheapest 0.87% of stock, avg 5.75%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$137.00	$128.00	Aug 26	$0.70	$0.46	$1.16	$126.84	$138.16
$137.00	$129.00	Aug 26	$0.70	$0.62	$1.32	$127.68	$138.32
$136.00	$128.00	Aug 26	$0.91	$0.46	$1.37	$126.63	$137.37
$136.00	$129.00	Aug 26	$0.91	$0.62	$1.53	$127.47	$137.53
$137.00	$130.00	Aug 26	$0.70	$0.88	$1.58	$128.42	$138.58
$136.00	$130.00	Aug 26	$0.91	$0.88	$1.79	$128.21	$137.79
$135.00	$128.00	Aug 26	$1.13	$0.46	$1.59	$126.41	$136.59
$135.00	$129.00	Aug 26	$1.13	$0.62	$1.75	$127.25	$136.75
$138.00	$128.00	Aug 28	$1.07	$0.92	$1.99	$126.01	$139.99
$135.00	$130.00	Aug 26	$1.13	$0.88	$2.01	$127.99	$137.01

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 249 found (best R:R 1.86, avg credit $0.53)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
115/116	148/149	Aug 26	$0.65	$0.35	85%	1.86	$115.35	$148.65
109/110	148/149	Aug 26	$0.64	$0.36	86%	1.78	$109.36	$148.64
112/112	149/150	Aug 28	$0.64	$0.36	85%	1.78	$111.86	$149.64
112/112	143/144	Aug 28	$0.65	$0.35	79%	1.86	$111.85	$143.65
110/111	148/149	Aug 26	$0.55	$0.45	84%	1.22	$110.45	$148.55
112/112	137/138	Aug 28	$0.74	$0.26	63%	2.85	$111.76	$137.74
110/111	144/145	Sep 4	$0.65	$0.35	72%	1.86	$110.35	$144.65
110/110	149/150	Aug 28	$0.47	$0.53	87%	0.89	$110.03	$149.47
125/126	148/149	Aug 26	$0.54	$0.46	79%	1.17	$125.46	$148.54
112/112	139/140	Aug 28	$0.60	$0.40	71%	1.50	$111.90	$139.60

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 203 found (best R:R 21.22, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$145.00	$150.00	$155.00	Sep 25	$0.26	$4.74	12%	18.23
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Sep 2	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Aug 26	$0.09	$0.91	13%	10.11
$135.00	$136.00	$137.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.93	9%	13.29
$132.00	$133.00	$134.00	Aug 26	$0.11	$0.89	16%	8.09

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$136.00	$138.00	$140.00	Sep 2	$0.09	$1.91	14%	21.22
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 26	$0.05	$0.95	14%	19.00
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Aug 26	$0.07	$0.93	14%	13.29
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 26	$0.09	$0.91	16%	10.11
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	10%	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 $-1.35, 171 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$145.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.02	$4.98
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.39	$4.61
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.26	$4.74
$142.00	$143.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.10	$0.90
$146.00	$149.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.47	$2.53

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$141.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$1.35	$7.65
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$4.54	$4.46
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$4.06	$5.94
$143.00	$135.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$3.35	$4.65
$126.00	$125.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.06	$0.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 123 found (best yield 4.56%, avg 1.72%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$137.00	Oct 2	$6.05	0.46	3.3%	4.56%	7.86%	--	13
$138.00	Oct 2	$5.65	0.44	4.1%	4.26%	8.32%	--	40
$145.00	Oct 2	$3.90	0.33	9.3%	2.94%	12.28%	--	346
$143.00	Oct 2	$4.30	0.35	7.8%	3.24%	11.07%	--	10
$134.00	Oct 2	$7.20	0.51	1.0%	5.43%	6.47%	1	4
$135.00	Oct 2	$6.70	0.49	1.8%	5.05%	6.85%	--	341
$136.00	Oct 2	$6.15	0.47	2.5%	4.64%	7.19%	--	34
$140.00	Oct 2	$4.60	0.40	5.6%	3.47%	9.03%	7	1.4K
$150.00	Oct 2	$2.90	0.26	13.1%	2.19%	15.29%	--	22
$140.00	Sep 25	$4.35	0.39	5.6%	3.28%	8.84%	1	384

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 15,684

Total Puts 2,934

Put/Call Ratio 0.19

Net Difference 12,750

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 21,470

Total Puts 4,037

Put/Call Ratio 0.19

Net Difference 17,433

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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