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USO

United States Oil

$127.80 -3.33%

(8/25 11:01) ◀

Tuesday, August 25, 2026 (12:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/25 12:00pm) 43,443

Calls: 22,402 (52%)

Puts: 21,041 (48%)

Prior (08/24) 44,830

Calls: 26,180 (58%)

Puts: 18,650 (42%)

Current vs Prior -3.09%

Calls: -14.43% (Calls)

Puts: +12.82% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 782,673

Calls: 537,142 (69%)

Puts: 245,531 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 111,810

Calls: 76,734 (69%)

Puts: 35,075 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.15%

Calls: -70.81%

Puts: -40.01%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/25 12:00pm) $11.04M

Calls: $6.03M (55%)

Puts: $5.00M (45%)

Prior (08/24) $7.07M

Calls: $3.38M (48%)

Puts: $3.69M (52%)

Current vs Prior +56.14%

Calls: +78.53%

Puts: +35.63%

Prior 7-Day Total $311.66M

Calls: $276.77M (89%)

Puts: $34.89M (11%)

Prior 7-Day Average $44.52M

Calls: $39.54M (89%)

Puts: $4.98M (11%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -75.21%

Calls: -84.74%

Puts: +0.39%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/25 12:00pm) 0.94

Prior (08/24) 0.71

Current vs Prior +31.85%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.51

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +83.14%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/25 12:00pm) 467,899

Calls: 270,468 (58%)

Puts: 197,431 (42%)

Prior (08/24) 1,148,453

Calls: 250,483 (22%)

Puts: 897,970 (78%)

Current vs Prior -59.26%

Prior 7-Day Total 4,502,931

Calls: 2,211,757 (49%)

Puts: 2,291,174 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 643,275

Calls: 315,965 (49%)

Puts: 327,310 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -27.26%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 2.66% | 3.98%3.98% | 6.06%9.00% | 13.09%

Prior 3.17% | 4.47%4.47% | 6.48%9.27% | 13.83%

Current vs Prior -16.12% | -10.91%-10.91% | -6.41%-2.97% | -5.33%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.33% | 4.82%2.80% | 6.13%3.34% | 11.26%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -20.00% | -17.35%+42.05% | -1.05%+169.02% | +16.21%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.17% | 4.47%0.78% | 5.74%0.78% | 10.40%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -16.12% | -10.91%+410.68% | +5.63%+1053.79% | +25.90%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 22.34% | 17.49%

Calls: 22.53% | 17.36%

Puts: 22.15% | 17.62%

Prior 26.03% | 14.36%

Calls: 21.78% | 16.95%

Puts: 30.28% | 11.78%

Current vs Prior -14.18% | +21.80%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.54% | 15.18%

Calls: 24.09% | 15.77%

Puts: 32.99% | 14.59%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.72% | +15.24%

Liquidity Expensive

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Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 56% vs prior. P/C ratio rising 32% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Declining open interest (down 59%) indicates positions being closed.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 119 of results (avg 7.2%, best 1.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$105.00	Aug 28	22.35	23.00	$22.68	2.9%	--	1.00	172
$105.00	Sep 18	22.80	23.50	$23.15	3.0%	52	0.94	271
$127.00	Sep 18	5.85	6.05	$5.95	3.4%	28	0.54	256
$120.00	Sep 18	9.95	10.30	$10.13	3.5%	288	0.74	2.8K
$110.00	Sep 18	18.00	18.80	$18.40	4.3%	3	0.91	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 18	22.70	23.00	$22.85	1.3%	105	0.89	642
$140.00	Sep 18	13.70	14.15	$13.93	3.2%	--	0.77	1.8K
$127.00	Sep 18	4.85	5.05	$4.95	4.0%	3	0.46	210
$145.00	Sep 18	18.10	18.85	$18.48	4.1%	--	0.83	729
$134.00	Sep 18	9.10	9.50	$9.30	4.3%	7	0.65	87

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.16)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Aug 28	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	275	0.05	3.4K
$135.00	Aug 28	0.40	0.47	$0.44	15.9%	1.9K	0.14	3.7K
$150.00	Sep 18	0.80	0.88	$0.84	9.5%	333	0.11	10.0K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$124.00	Aug 28	0.88	1.06	$0.97	18.6%	234	0.26	319
$110.00	Sep 18	0.56	0.67	$0.62	17.7%	114	0.09	6.5K
$113.00	Sep 18	0.85	0.99	$0.92	15.2%	60	0.12	1.4K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 321 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$109.00	Aug 26	17.75	19.95	$18.85	11.7%	18	1.00	1
$110.00	Aug 26	16.80	18.95	$17.88	12.0%	47	1.00	85
$112.00	Aug 26	14.15	16.85	$15.50	17.4%	2	1.00	6
$113.00	Aug 26	13.60	15.65	$14.63	14.0%	17	1.00	7
$115.00	Aug 26	11.85	13.70	$12.77	14.5%	4	1.00	90

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$141.00	Aug 26	12.20	14.90	$13.55	19.9%	1	0.99	2
$145.00	Aug 26	16.90	18.05	$17.48	6.6%	1	0.99	3
$146.00	Aug 26	17.95	18.90	$18.42	5.2%	1	0.99	4
$150.00	Aug 28	22.05	23.10	$22.58	4.7%	4	0.99	7
$147.00	Aug 28	18.95	20.00	$19.48	5.4%	34	0.98	2

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 533 active (total vol 37.8K, top 2.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Aug 28	0.40	0.47	$0.44	15.9%	1.9K	0.14	3.7K
$135.00	Aug 26	0.08	0.10	$0.09	22.2%	766	0.05	1.8K
$138.00	Aug 28	0.18	0.26	$0.22	36.4%	630	0.07	1.0K
$130.00	Sep 18	4.30	4.70	$4.50	8.9%	620	0.45	4.2K
$129.00	Aug 26	0.69	1.02	$0.86	38.4%	577	0.36	49

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Aug 28	1.04	1.31	$1.18	22.9%	2.3K	0.31	1.9K
$120.00	Sep 18	2.17	2.30	$2.24	5.8%	1.2K	0.26	4.3K
$124.00	Aug 26	0.29	0.36	$0.32	21.9%	1.1K	0.16	1.7K
$121.00	Aug 26	0.04	0.12	$0.08	100.0%	740	0.05	1.1K
$128.00	Aug 26	1.40	1.75	$1.58	22.2%	701	0.53	1.1K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 27 strikes (avg 41.2%, max 376.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$116.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	174.4%	36.6%	376.4%	4	24
$126.00	Aug 26	Sep 25	49.9%	39.5%	26.3%	25	213
$125.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	50.0%	40.7%	22.7%	22	92
$128.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	48.9%	40.3%	21.4%	184	131
$131.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	51.4%	42.9%	19.9%	133	130

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$116.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	174.4%	36.6%	376.4%	--	84
$124.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	52.5%	39.9%	31.5%	1.1K	1.8K
$125.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	50.0%	40.7%	22.7%	286	1.5K
$128.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	48.9%	40.3%	21.4%	701	1.1K
$131.00	Aug 26	Oct 2	51.4%	42.9%	19.9%	118	208

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 260 found (best R:R 2.85, avg 2.73)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$125.00	$127.50	Oct 2	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	60%	2.85	$125.65
$128.50	$130.00	Oct 2	$0.10	$1.40	$0.10	52%	14.00	$128.60
$127.00	$130.00	Sep 9	$0.75	$2.25	$0.75	52%	3.00	$127.75
$124.00	$125.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	61%	5.67	$124.15
$126.00	$127.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.90	$0.10	56%	9.00	$126.10

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$150.00	$149.00	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	89%	1.38	$149.58
$134.00	$133.00	Aug 26	$0.49	$0.51	$0.49	93%	1.04	$133.51
$137.00	$136.00	Aug 28	$0.52	$0.48	$0.52	91%	0.92	$136.48
$138.00	$136.00	Sep 2	$1.30	$0.70	$1.30	86%	0.54	$136.70
$133.00	$132.00	Sep 2	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	74%	2.03	$132.67

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 190 found (best R:R 3.76, avg 0.76)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$152.00	$153.00	Aug 26	$0.79	$0.79	$0.21	88%	3.76	$152.79
$149.00	$150.00	Sep 2	$0.76	$0.76	$0.24	88%	3.17	$149.76
$134.00	$135.00	Sep 2	$0.69	$0.69	$0.31	72%	2.23	$134.69
$130.00	$131.00	Oct 2	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	51%	9.00	$130.90
$142.00	$143.00	Sep 11	$0.58	$0.58	$0.42	80%	1.38	$142.58

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$114.00	$113.00	Oct 2	$0.86	$0.86	$0.14	80%	6.14	$113.14
$117.00	$116.00	Oct 2	$0.89	$0.89	$0.11	77%	8.09	$116.11
$112.00	$111.00	Sep 25	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	84%	1.22	$111.45
$107.00	$106.00	Sep 25	$0.43	$0.43	$0.57	89%	0.75	$106.57
$106.00	$105.00	Aug 26	$0.41	$0.41	$0.59	90%	0.69	$105.59

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 21 found (avg debit $1.21, cheapest $0.35)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.73	45.9%	42.7%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.72	44.0%	40.8%
$127.00	Aug 26	Aug 28	$0.83	49.0%	48.2%
$128.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$2.48	42.8%	42.4%
$128.00	Aug 26	Aug 28	$0.95	48.9%	49.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.35	45.9%	42.7%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$0.82	44.0%	40.8%
$126.50	Sep 11	Oct 2	$1.55	41.9%	38.8%
$133.50	Sep 11	Sep 18	$1.02	46.2%	43.3%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.03	44.2%	43.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 190 found (cheapest 2.21% of stock, avg 8.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$128.00	Aug 26	$1.25	$1.58	$2.83	$125.17	$130.83	2.21%
$127.00	Aug 26	$1.82	$1.11	$2.93	$124.07	$129.93	2.29%
$126.00	Aug 26	$2.25	$0.75	$3.00	$123.00	$129.00	2.35%
$129.00	Aug 26	$0.86	$2.30	$3.16	$125.84	$132.16	2.47%
$125.00	Aug 26	$2.90	$0.48	$3.38	$121.62	$128.38	2.64%
$130.00	Aug 26	$0.60	$2.92	$3.52	$126.48	$133.52	2.75%
$131.00	Aug 26	$0.39	$3.80	$4.19	$126.81	$135.19	3.28%
$124.00	Aug 26	$4.05	$0.32	$4.37	$119.63	$128.37	3.42%
$127.00	Aug 28	$2.65	$1.94	$4.59	$122.41	$131.59	3.59%
$128.00	Aug 28	$2.20	$2.44	$4.64	$123.36	$132.64	3.63%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 200 found (cheapest 0.45% of stock, avg 5.23%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$132.00	$124.00	Aug 26	$0.26	$0.32	$0.58	$123.42	$132.58
$131.00	$124.00	Aug 26	$0.39	$0.32	$0.71	$123.29	$131.71
$132.00	$125.00	Aug 26	$0.26	$0.48	$0.74	$124.26	$132.74
$131.00	$125.00	Aug 26	$0.39	$0.48	$0.87	$124.13	$131.87
$130.00	$124.00	Aug 26	$0.60	$0.32	$0.92	$123.08	$130.92
$130.00	$125.00	Aug 26	$0.60	$0.48	$1.08	$123.92	$131.08
$132.00	$126.00	Aug 26	$0.26	$0.75	$1.01	$124.99	$133.01
$131.00	$126.00	Aug 26	$0.39	$0.75	$1.14	$124.86	$132.14
$132.00	$116.00	Aug 26	$0.26	$1.07	$1.33	$114.67	$133.33
$130.00	$126.00	Aug 26	$0.60	$0.75	$1.35	$124.65	$131.35

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 296 found (best R:R 8.09, avg credit $0.56)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
117/118	149/150	Sep 2	$0.89	$0.11	76%	8.09	$117.11	$149.89
123/124	152/153	Aug 26	$0.89	$0.11	72%	8.09	$123.11	$152.89
108/108	135/136	Aug 28	$0.78	$0.22	78%	3.55	$107.72	$135.78
114/115	134/135	Sep 2	$0.90	$0.10	64%	9.00	$114.10	$134.90
108/108	133/134	Aug 28	$0.83	$0.17	71%	4.88	$107.67	$133.83
108/108	131/132	Aug 28	$0.87	$0.13	62%	6.69	$107.63	$131.87
103/104	142/143	Sep 25	$0.80	$0.20	68%	4.00	$103.20	$142.80
113/114	138/140	Oct 2	$1.53	$0.47	46%	3.26	$112.47	$139.53
103/104	138/139	Sep 25	$0.82	$0.18	62%	4.56	$103.18	$138.82
106/106	135/136	Aug 28	$0.67	$0.33	77%	2.03	$105.83	$135.67

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 235 found (best R:R 19.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 26	$0.05	$0.95	17%	19.00
$121.00	$122.00	$123.00	Sep 2	$0.05	$0.95	8%	19.00
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 26	$0.08	$0.92	14%	11.50
$120.00	$121.00	$122.00	Sep 2	$0.05	$0.95	8%	19.00
$124.00	$125.00	$126.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	8%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$125.00	$126.00	$127.00	Aug 26	$0.09	$0.91	20%	10.11
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 26	$0.11	$0.89	22%	8.09
$123.00	$124.00	$125.00	Aug 26	$0.06	$0.94	11%	15.67
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Sep 2	$0.07	$0.93	10%	13.29
$124.00	$125.00	$126.00	Aug 26	$0.11	$0.89	16%	8.09

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 $-3.78, 176 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$118.00	$125.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$3.78	$3.22
$136.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 9	-$0.29	$3.71
$146.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.28	$3.72
$145.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.09	$4.91
$149.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 4	$0.00	$1.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$110.00	$105.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.17	$4.83
$115.00	$114.00	1:2	Sep 4	$0.00	$1.00
$150.00	$141.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$7.46	$1.54
$126.00	$125.00	1:2	Aug 26	-$0.21	$0.79
$119.00	$118.00	1:2	Aug 26	$0.00	$1.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 149 found (best yield 3.33%, avg 1.36%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$135.00	Oct 2	$4.25	0.38	5.6%	3.33%	8.96%	276	341
$130.00	Oct 2	$5.60	0.49	1.7%	4.38%	6.10%	3	62
$140.00	Oct 2	$3.00	0.30	9.6%	2.35%	11.89%	79	1.4K
$131.00	Oct 2	$5.00	0.46	2.5%	3.91%	6.42%	--	31
$128.50	Oct 2	$6.05	0.52	0.6%	4.73%	5.28%	5	4
$128.00	Oct 2	$6.10	0.53	0.2%	4.77%	4.93%	--	10
$138.00	Oct 2	$2.55	0.34	8.0%	2.00%	9.98%	--	40
$132.00	Sep 25	$4.20	0.43	3.3%	3.29%	6.57%	3	35
$135.00	Sep 25	$3.30	0.37	5.6%	2.58%	8.22%	162	522
$136.00	Sep 25	$2.95	0.35	6.4%	2.31%	8.72%	2	7

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 22,402

Total Puts 21,041

Put/Call Ratio 0.94

Net Difference 1,361

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 26,180

Total Puts 18,650

Put/Call Ratio 0.71

Net Difference 7,530

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 537,142

Total Puts 245,531

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.51

Ratio Trend Rising

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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