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USO

United States Oil

$132.22 -1.80%

(8/24 10:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/24 11:00am) 32,867

Calls: 21,845 (66%)

Puts: 11,022 (34%)

Prior (08/21) 51,564

Calls: 43,259 (84%)

Puts: 8,305 (16%)

Current vs Prior -36.26%

Calls: -49.50% (Calls)

Puts: +32.72% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 810,481

Calls: 561,465 (69%)

Puts: 249,016 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 115,783

Calls: 80,209 (69%)

Puts: 35,573 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -71.61%

Calls: -72.76%

Puts: -69.02%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/24 11:00am) $4.86M

Calls: $2.38M (49%)

Puts: $2.48M (51%)

Prior (08/21) $10.10M

Calls: $9.23M (91%)

Puts: $872.0K (9%)

Current vs Prior -51.87%

Calls: -74.17%

Puts: +184.19%

Prior 7-Day Total $382.62M

Calls: $346.88M (91%)

Puts: $35.74M (9%)

Prior 7-Day Average $54.66M

Calls: $49.55M (91%)

Puts: $5.11M (9%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -91.10%

Calls: -95.19%

Puts: -51.47%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/24 11:00am) 0.50

Prior (08/21) 0.19

Current vs Prior +162.81%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.48

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.99%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/24 11:00am) 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 3,921,644

Calls: 2,291,049 (58%)

Puts: 1,630,595 (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average 560,234

Calls: 327,292 (58%)

Puts: 232,942 (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +104.99%

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 3.44% | 4.37%4.37% | 6.33%9.31% | 13.90%

Prior 4.49% | 5.74%0.78% | 5.74%0.78% | 10.40%

Current vs Prior -23.28% | -23.85%+460.61% | +10.28%+1093.95% | +33.71%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.24% | 4.93%2.53% | 6.11%2.77% | 10.96%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +6.32% | -11.36%+72.84% | +3.64%+235.93% | +26.91%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.49% | 5.74%0.78% | 5.74%0.78% | 10.40%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -23.28% | -23.85%+460.61% | +10.28%+1093.95% | +33.71%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 12.78% | 14.58%

Calls: 9.86% | 15.83%

Puts: 15.70% | 13.33%

Prior 50.42% | 20.20%

Calls: 56.25% | 33.33%

Puts: 44.59% | 7.08%

Current vs Prior -74.65% | -27.82%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.74% | 20.19%

Calls: 23.64% | 16.14%

Puts: 33.84% | 24.25%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -55.53% | -27.80%

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 52% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.50. P/C ratio rising 163% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (897,970 puts vs 250,483 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg 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
11:00	BEARISH	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 143 of results (avg 6.7%, best 2.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$128.00	Sep 18	8.15	8.35	$8.25	2.4%	47	0.63	303
$110.00	Sep 18	22.40	23.00	$22.70	2.6%	5	0.93	1.5K
$120.00	Sep 18	13.75	14.15	$13.95	2.9%	55	0.82	2.8K
$140.00	Sep 18	3.40	3.50	$3.45	2.9%	170	0.34	5.7K
$113.00	Sep 18	19.50	20.10	$19.80	3.0%	--	0.91	123

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 18	19.00	19.50	$19.25	2.6%	--	0.82	642
$142.00	Sep 18	12.35	12.70	$12.52	2.8%	--	0.70	178
$144.00	Sep 18	13.90	14.30	$14.10	2.8%	6	0.73	111
$155.00	Sep 18	23.50	24.20	$23.85	2.9%	--	0.87	372
$156.00	Sep 18	24.30	25.15	$24.73	3.4%	--	0.87	41

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 18 found (avg $0.60, cheapest $0.20)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 4	0.60	0.69	$0.65	13.8%	3	0.11	398

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$121.00	Aug 28	0.18	0.21	$0.20	15.0%	58	0.06	281
$125.00	Aug 28	0.46	0.55	$0.51	17.6%	134	0.14	1.9K
$121.00	Sep 2	0.47	0.57	$0.52	19.2%	31	0.11	14
$123.00	Sep 2	0.71	0.80	$0.76	11.8%	4	0.15	19
$124.00	Sep 2	0.84	0.98	$0.91	15.4%	2	0.17	227

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 272 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$110.00	Aug 28	21.55	23.45	$22.50	8.4%	--	1.00	82
$112.00	Aug 28	19.60	21.90	$20.75	11.1%	--	1.00	100
$113.00	Aug 28	18.45	21.00	$19.73	12.9%	--	1.00	45
$114.00	Aug 28	17.65	19.90	$18.77	12.0%	2	1.00	134
$115.00	Aug 28	16.65	18.90	$17.77	12.7%	2	1.00	234

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Aug 28	21.15	24.05	$22.60	12.8%	--	0.98	25
$146.00	Aug 28	12.30	14.95	$13.63	19.4%	--	0.93	56
$145.00	Aug 28	12.75	13.65	$13.20	6.8%	--	0.92	71
$150.00	Sep 2	16.35	18.90	$17.63	14.5%	3	0.92	3
$144.00	Aug 28	11.70	13.10	$12.40	11.3%	--	0.91	23

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 374 active (total vol 22.8K, top 2.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Aug 28	0.05	0.12	$0.09	77.8%	2.5K	0.02	1.8K
$135.00	Aug 26	0.77	1.06	$0.92	31.5%	1.1K	0.30	1.4K
$150.00	Aug 28	0.10	0.16	$0.13	46.2%	1.1K	0.04	6.7K
$138.00	Sep 11	2.90	3.20	$3.05	9.8%	993	0.37	44
$135.00	Aug 28	1.50	1.75	$1.63	15.3%	816	0.35	2.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Sep 18	4.65	4.95	$4.80	6.2%	2.1K	0.42	4.1K
$125.00	Sep 18	2.70	2.93	$2.82	8.2%	1.6K	0.29	4.1K
$128.00	Aug 26	0.47	0.62	$0.54	27.8%	1.1K	0.19	381
$130.00	Aug 26	0.92	1.14	$1.03	21.4%	502	0.31	833
$119.00	Sep 4	0.47	0.56	$0.52	17.3%	299	0.10	72

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 25 strikes (avg 9.0%, max 18.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$128.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	49.6%	42.3%	17.0%	10	122
$131.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	47.7%	42.1%	13.3%	35	84
$130.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	48.4%	42.9%	12.9%	53	452
$129.00	Aug 26	Sep 25	48.3%	43.9%	9.9%	2	242
$138.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	53.9%	49.2%	9.6%	777	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$128.00	Aug 26	Sep 25	49.6%	41.9%	18.2%	1.1K	403
$138.00	Aug 26	Sep 18	53.9%	45.8%	17.7%	6	44
$137.00	Aug 26	Sep 18	53.4%	45.5%	17.5%	--	80
$129.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	48.3%	41.9%	15.2%	296	316
$131.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	47.7%	42.1%	13.3%	90	77

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 276 found (best R:R 2.12, avg 2.78)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$110.00	$111.00	Sep 18	$0.32	$0.68	$0.32	93%	2.12	$110.32
$125.00	$126.00	Sep 2	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	80%	4.88	$125.17
$108.00	$109.00	Sep 11	$0.39	$0.61	$0.39	98%	1.56	$108.39
$121.00	$122.00	Sep 25	$0.22	$0.78	$0.22	79%	3.55	$121.22
$108.00	$109.00	Sep 4	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	100%	1.00	$108.50

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$146.00	$145.00	Aug 28	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	93%	1.33	$145.57
$144.00	$143.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	79%	2.03	$143.67
$138.00	$137.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	77%	2.33	$137.70
$132.00	$131.00	Sep 25	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	46%	7.33	$131.88
$141.00	$140.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	86%	0.82	$140.45

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 198 found (best R:R 1.67, avg 0.55)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$144.00	$145.00	Sep 4	$0.46	$0.46	$0.54	79%	0.85	$144.46
$133.00	$134.00	Sep 2	$0.74	$0.74	$0.26	51%	2.85	$133.74
$143.00	$145.00	Sep 11	$0.72	$0.72	$1.28	72%	0.56	$143.72
$134.00	$135.00	Sep 11	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	51%	2.03	$134.67
$142.00	$145.00	Sep 2	$0.63	$0.63	$2.37	79%	0.27	$142.63

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$130.00	$128.00	Sep 25	$1.25	$1.25	$0.75	59%	1.67	$128.75
$111.00	$110.00	Sep 4	$0.37	$0.37	$0.63	94%	0.59	$110.63
$132.00	$131.00	Oct 2	$0.73	$0.73	$0.27	54%	2.70	$131.27
$128.50	$127.50	Oct 2	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	61%	1.86	$127.85
$110.50	$110.00	Aug 28	$0.28	$0.28	$0.22	95%	1.27	$110.22

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 22 found (avg debit $0.99, cheapest $0.73)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$131.00	Aug 26	Aug 28	$0.70	47.7%	44.9%
$130.00	Aug 26	Aug 28	$0.81	48.4%	46.6%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.19	43.9%	42.9%
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.45	46.2%	45.5%
$132.00	Aug 26	Aug 28	$0.65	47.4%	47.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$136.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$0.73	50.2%	46.7%
$131.00	Aug 26	Aug 28	$0.64	47.7%	44.9%
$130.00	Aug 26	Aug 28	$0.66	48.4%	46.6%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.68	43.9%	42.9%
$127.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$2.22	42.1%	41.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 169 found (cheapest 2.97% of stock, avg 8.37%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$132.00	Aug 26	$2.13	$1.80	$3.93	$128.07	$135.93	2.97%
$131.00	Aug 26	$2.60	$1.37	$3.97	$127.03	$134.97	3.00%
$133.00	Aug 26	$1.58	$2.42	$4.00	$129.00	$137.00	3.03%
$130.00	Aug 26	$3.02	$1.03	$4.05	$125.95	$134.05	3.06%
$134.00	Aug 26	$1.23	$3.06	$4.29	$129.71	$138.29	3.24%
$129.00	Aug 26	$3.70	$0.74	$4.44	$124.56	$133.44	3.36%
$135.00	Aug 26	$0.92	$3.90	$4.82	$130.18	$139.82	3.65%
$128.00	Aug 26	$4.45	$0.54	$4.99	$123.01	$132.99	3.77%
$131.00	Aug 28	$3.30	$2.01	$5.31	$125.69	$136.31	4.02%
$133.00	Aug 28	$2.33	$3.00	$5.33	$127.67	$138.33	4.03%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 200 found (cheapest 0.88% of stock, avg 5.76%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$137.00	$128.00	Aug 26	$0.63	$0.54	$1.17	$126.83	$138.17
$136.00	$128.00	Aug 26	$0.77	$0.54	$1.31	$126.69	$137.31
$137.00	$129.00	Aug 26	$0.63	$0.74	$1.37	$127.63	$138.37
$136.00	$129.00	Aug 26	$0.77	$0.74	$1.51	$127.49	$137.51
$135.00	$128.00	Aug 26	$0.92	$0.54	$1.46	$126.54	$136.46
$135.00	$129.00	Aug 26	$0.92	$0.74	$1.66	$127.34	$136.66
$137.00	$130.00	Aug 26	$0.63	$1.03	$1.66	$128.34	$138.66
$136.00	$130.00	Aug 26	$0.77	$1.03	$1.80	$128.20	$137.80
$135.00	$130.00	Aug 26	$0.92	$1.03	$1.95	$128.05	$136.95
$137.00	$128.00	Aug 28	$1.09	$1.06	$2.15	$125.85	$139.15

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 232 found (best R:R 1.56, avg credit $0.58)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
110/111	139/140	Sep 4	$0.61	$0.39	64%	1.56	$110.39	$139.61
110/111	137/138	Sep 4	$0.63	$0.37	59%	1.70	$110.37	$137.63
110/110	141/142	Aug 28	$0.39	$0.61	81%	0.64	$110.11	$141.39
110/110	136/137	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.45	64%	1.22	$109.95	$136.55
110/110	139/140	Aug 28	$0.41	$0.59	76%	0.69	$110.09	$139.41
110/110	138/139	Aug 28	$0.44	$0.56	72%	0.79	$110.06	$138.44
112/112	141/142	Aug 28	$0.35	$0.65	81%	0.54	$112.15	$141.35
112/112	136/137	Aug 28	$0.51	$0.49	64%	1.04	$111.99	$136.51
113/114	143/145	Sep 11	$0.84	$1.16	65%	0.72	$112.66	$143.84
110/111	138/139	Sep 4	$0.52	$0.48	62%	1.08	$110.48	$138.52

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 187 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 26	$0.07	$0.93	12%	13.29
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.93	12%	13.29
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	5%	19.00
$136.00	$137.00	$138.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	4%	19.00
$142.00	$143.00	$144.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.95	3%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 26	$0.05	$0.95	14%	19.00
$136.00	$138.00	$140.00	Sep 2	$0.10	$1.90	11%	19.00
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 26	$0.09	$0.91	15%	10.11
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 26	$0.09	$0.91	12%	10.11
$137.00	$138.00	$139.00	Aug 26	$0.06	$0.94	7%	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. 191 found (best net $-1.73, 188 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$142.00	$145.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.05	$2.95
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.45	$4.55
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.86	$4.14
$147.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.47	$2.53
$147.00	$148.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.05	$0.95

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$141.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$1.73	$7.27
$155.00	$146.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$4.66	$4.34
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$3.98	$6.02
$143.00	$135.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$3.56	$4.44
$126.00	$125.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.07	$0.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 131 found (best yield 3.74%, avg 1.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$140.00	Oct 2	$4.95	0.39	5.9%	3.74%	9.63%	8	1.4K
$137.00	Oct 2	$5.65	0.45	3.6%	4.27%	7.89%	--	13
$135.00	Oct 2	$6.40	0.48	2.1%	4.84%	6.94%	--	341
$138.00	Oct 2	$5.25	0.43	4.4%	3.97%	8.34%	--	40
$143.00	Oct 2	$4.05	0.34	8.2%	3.06%	11.22%	--	10
$145.00	Oct 2	$3.55	0.32	9.7%	2.68%	12.35%	--	346
$134.00	Oct 2	$6.60	0.50	1.4%	4.99%	6.34%	1	4
$136.00	Oct 2	$5.75	0.46	2.9%	4.35%	7.21%	--	34
$150.00	Oct 2	$2.70	0.25	13.4%	2.04%	15.49%	2	22
$135.00	Sep 25	$5.55	0.48	2.1%	4.20%	6.30%	12	367

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 21,845

Total Puts 11,022

Put/Call Ratio 0.50

Net Difference 10,823

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 43,259

Total Puts 8,305

Put/Call Ratio 0.19

Net Difference 34,954

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 561,465

Total Puts 249,016

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.48

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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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)

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