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USO

United States Oil

$127.61 +0.20%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/27 11:00am) 15,934

Calls: 10,509 (66%)

Puts: 5,425 (34%)

Prior (08/26) 44,202

Calls: 30,914 (70%)

Puts: 13,288 (30%)

Current vs Prior -63.95%

Calls: -66.01% (Calls)

Puts: -59.17% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 752,454

Calls: 487,221 (65%)

Puts: 265,233 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 107,493

Calls: 69,603 (65%)

Puts: 37,890 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -85.18%

Calls: -84.90%

Puts: -85.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/27 11:00am) $2.27M

Calls: $1.47M (65%)

Puts: $803.3K (35%)

Prior (08/26) $8.77M

Calls: $6.45M (74%)

Puts: $2.32M (26%)

Current vs Prior -74.08%

Calls: -77.20%

Puts: -65.44%

Prior 7-Day Total $238.98M

Calls: $189.93M (79%)

Puts: $49.06M (21%)

Prior 7-Day Average $34.14M

Calls: $27.13M (79%)

Puts: $7.01M (21%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -93.34%

Calls: -94.58%

Puts: -88.54%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/27 11:00am) 0.52

Prior (08/26) 0.43

Current vs Prior +20.10%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.59

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.16%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/27 11:00am) 477,446

Calls: 286,378 (60%)

Puts: 191,068 (40%)

Prior (08/26) 494,764

Calls: 289,244 (58%)

Puts: 205,520 (42%)

Current vs Prior -3.50%

Prior 7-Day Total 4,359,950

Calls: 2,125,586 (49%)

Puts: 2,234,364 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 622,850

Calls: 303,655 (49%)

Puts: 319,194 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -23.34%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/02)Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 2.37% | 4.56%2.37% | 5.50%8.42% | 13.62%

Prior 3.01% | 5.13%3.01% | 5.87%8.74% | 13.69%

Current vs Prior -21.05% | -11.05%-21.05% | -6.34%-3.61% | -0.49%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.00% | 4.66%3.02% | 6.04%4.75% | 11.78%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -20.82% | -2.09%-21.33% | -8.95%+77.20% | +15.58%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.01% | 5.13%3.01% | 5.87%8.74% | 13.69%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -21.05% | -11.05%-21.05% | -6.34%-3.61% | -0.49%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 31.07% | 31.88%

Calls: 30.49% | 40.00%

Puts: 31.65% | 23.76%

Prior 42.22% | 9.95%

Calls: 73.91% | 10.67%

Puts: 10.53% | 9.23%

Current vs Prior -26.41% | +220.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.11% | 16.26%

Calls: 34.17% | 17.84%

Puts: 30.06% | 14.69%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -3.25% | +96.05%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($1.47M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 74% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 64% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.52.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 71 of results (avg 7.5%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Sep 18	6.40	6.75	$6.58	5.3%	37	0.60	2.3K
$127.00	Sep 18	5.35	5.65	$5.50	5.5%	5	0.54	257
$115.00	Aug 28	12.45	13.15	$12.80	5.5%	--	0.99	247
$110.00	Sep 11	17.60	18.60	$18.10	5.5%	--	0.95	120
$110.00	Sep 18	17.95	19.10	$18.52	6.2%	6	0.93	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$140.00	Sep 18	13.65	14.00	$13.83	2.5%	--	0.78	1.7K
$133.00	Sep 18	8.25	8.55	$8.40	3.6%	--	0.63	376
$130.00	Sep 18	6.30	6.55	$6.43	3.9%	16	0.55	5.2K
$135.00	Sep 18	9.70	10.10	$9.90	4.0%	19	0.68	793
$138.00	Sep 18	12.00	12.50	$12.25	4.1%	--	0.74	32

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.72, cheapest $0.70)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$129.00	Aug 28	0.65	0.74	$0.70	12.9%	1.3K	0.34	1.5K
$140.00	Sep 11	0.89	1.00	$0.95	11.6%	12	0.17	2.4K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$121.00	Sep 4	0.84	1.00	$0.92	17.4%	7	0.19	195
$111.00	Sep 18	0.50	0.61	$0.55	20.0%	--	0.09	256
$110.00	Sep 18	0.45	0.52	$0.49	14.3%	28	0.08	6.8K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 269 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$108.00	Aug 28	19.40	21.25	$20.33	9.1%	9	1.00	28
$110.00	Aug 28	17.25	19.40	$18.33	11.7%	18	1.00	147
$112.00	Aug 28	15.35	17.05	$16.20	10.5%	6	1.00	99
$104.50	Aug 28	22.90	25.10	$24.00	9.2%	1	1.00	63
$109.00	Aug 28	18.15	20.35	$19.25	11.4%	--	0.99	23

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Aug 28	6.90	7.75	$7.33	11.6%	--	1.00	814
$136.00	Aug 28	6.80	8.75	$7.78	25.1%	--	1.00	75
$137.00	Aug 28	8.05	9.80	$8.93	19.6%	--	1.00	590
$138.00	Aug 28	9.90	10.75	$10.33	8.2%	--	1.00	80
$139.00	Aug 28	10.20	11.75	$10.98	14.1%	1	1.00	283

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 324 active (total vol 12.7K, top 1.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$129.00	Aug 28	0.65	0.74	$0.70	12.9%	1.3K	0.34	1.5K
$136.00	Sep 4	0.65	0.94	$0.80	36.2%	1.2K	0.18	3.0K
$135.00	Aug 28	0.02	0.05	$0.04	75.0%	607	0.03	4.1K
$145.00	Sep 25	1.44	1.70	$1.57	16.6%	350	0.18	299
$130.00	Aug 28	0.35	0.54	$0.45	42.2%	322	0.24	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$127.00	Sep 18	4.45	4.85	$4.65	8.6%	432	0.46	298
$126.00	Aug 28	0.54	0.77	$0.66	34.8%	345	0.30	617
$120.00	Aug 28	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	313	0.03	4.3K
$123.00	Aug 28	0.10	0.19	$0.15	60.0%	309	0.09	603
$127.00	Aug 28	0.86	1.08	$0.97	22.7%	287	0.41	395

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 6.1%, max 16.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$126.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	45.8%	39.4%	16.2%	2	589
$125.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	46.7%	42.3%	10.4%	3	669
$131.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	45.8%	42.5%	7.6%	81	482
$127.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	44.0%	40.9%	7.5%	40	899
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	45.1%	43.7%	3.3%	5	308

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$125.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	46.7%	42.3%	10.4%	270	4.1K
$126.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	45.8%	41.6%	10.0%	351	748
$131.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	45.8%	42.5%	7.6%	12	133
$127.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	44.0%	42.7%	3.2%	288	420
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	43.8%	43.3%	1.3%	--	151

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 283 found (best R:R 3.55, avg 3.02)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$117.00	$118.00	Sep 4	$0.22	$0.78	$0.22	92%	3.55	$117.22
$120.00	$123.00	Oct 2	$1.45	$1.55	$1.45	72%	1.07	$121.45
$115.00	$116.00	Aug 28	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	99%	1.38	$115.42
$110.00	$111.00	Sep 11	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	95%	1.22	$110.45
$122.00	$123.00	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.73	$0.27	78%	2.70	$122.27

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$136.00	$135.00	Sep 2	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	86%	2.57	$135.72
$136.00	$135.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.55	$0.45	100%	1.22	$135.55
$142.00	$141.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	80%	2.33	$141.70
$136.00	$135.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	70%	3.00	$135.75
$137.00	$136.00	Sep 11	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	78%	2.03	$136.67

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 201 found (best R:R 4.56, avg 0.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$129.00	$130.00	Sep 9	$0.82	$0.82	$0.18	52%	4.56	$129.82
$148.00	$149.00	Sep 4	$0.29	$0.29	$0.71	91%	0.41	$148.29
$130.00	$131.00	Oct 2	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	51%	2.33	$130.70
$129.00	$130.00	Sep 2	$0.58	$0.58	$0.42	56%	1.38	$129.58
$139.00	$140.00	Sep 11	$0.35	$0.35	$0.65	80%	0.54	$139.35

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$127.00	$126.00	Sep 25	$0.71	$0.71	$0.29	55%	2.45	$126.29
$109.50	$109.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	95%	1.08	$109.24
$113.00	$112.00	Sep 2	$0.25	$0.25	$0.75	93%	0.33	$112.75
$104.00	$103.50	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.22	$0.28	96%	0.79	$103.78
$125.00	$124.00	Sep 9	$0.53	$0.53	$0.47	63%	1.13	$124.47

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 18 found (avg debit $1.46, cheapest $0.98)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$126.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$0.98	45.8%	40.5%
$127.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$1.36	44.0%	39.9%
$128.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$1.41	42.5%	40.6%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.21	43.2%	42.4%
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.20	43.8%	43.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$126.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$1.28	45.8%	40.5%
$127.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$1.37	44.0%	39.9%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.01	43.8%	41.1%
$128.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$1.43	42.5%	40.6%
$129.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.05	43.2%	42.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 175 found (cheapest 1.96% of stock, avg 8.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$128.00	Aug 28	$1.11	$1.39	$2.50	$125.50	$130.50	1.96%
$129.00	Aug 28	$0.70	$1.89	$2.59	$126.41	$131.59	2.03%
$127.00	Aug 28	$1.64	$0.97	$2.61	$124.39	$129.61	2.05%
$130.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$2.55	$3.00	$127.00	$133.00	2.35%
$126.00	Aug 28	$2.72	$0.66	$3.38	$122.62	$129.38	2.65%
$125.00	Aug 28	$3.15	$0.42	$3.57	$121.43	$128.57	2.80%
$131.00	Aug 28	$0.31	$3.63	$3.94	$127.06	$134.94	3.09%
$124.00	Aug 28	$3.97	$0.28	$4.25	$119.75	$128.25	3.33%
$132.00	Aug 28	$0.16	$4.55	$4.71	$127.29	$136.71	3.69%
$123.00	Aug 28	$4.93	$0.15	$5.08	$117.92	$128.08	3.98%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 200 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 5.10%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$132.00	$123.00	Aug 28	$0.16	$0.15	$0.31	$122.69	$132.31
$132.00	$124.00	Aug 28	$0.16	$0.28	$0.44	$123.56	$132.44
$131.00	$123.00	Aug 28	$0.31	$0.15	$0.46	$122.54	$131.46
$131.00	$124.00	Aug 28	$0.31	$0.28	$0.59	$123.41	$131.59
$132.00	$125.00	Aug 28	$0.16	$0.42	$0.58	$124.42	$132.58
$130.00	$123.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.15	$0.60	$122.40	$130.60
$131.00	$125.00	Aug 28	$0.31	$0.42	$0.73	$124.27	$131.73
$130.00	$124.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.28	$0.73	$123.27	$130.73
$130.00	$125.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.42	$0.87	$124.13	$130.87
$132.00	$126.00	Aug 28	$0.16	$0.66	$0.82	$125.18	$132.82

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 298 found (best R:R 1.44, avg credit $0.46)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
110/110	131/132	Aug 28	$0.59	$0.41	76%	1.44	$109.91	$131.59
109/110	152/153	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.12	90%	3.17	$109.12	$152.88
112/113	131/132	Sep 2	$0.71	$0.29	60%	2.45	$112.29	$131.71
104/104	152/153	Aug 28	$0.34	$0.16	90%	2.13	$103.66	$152.84
110/110	129/130	Aug 28	$0.69	$0.31	58%	2.23	$109.81	$129.69
110/110	130/131	Aug 28	$0.58	$0.42	69%	1.38	$109.92	$130.58
111/112	152/153	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.20	90%	1.50	$111.20	$152.80
112/112	152/153	Aug 28	$0.25	$0.25	91%	1.00	$112.25	$152.75
112/113	134/135	Sep 2	$0.47	$0.53	73%	0.89	$112.53	$134.47
109/110	131/132	Aug 28	$0.41	$0.59	78%	0.69	$109.09	$131.41

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 200 found (best R:R 11.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.88	25%	7.33
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.89	17%	8.09
$120.00	$121.00	$122.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	7%	15.67
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 28	$0.16	$0.84	23%	5.25
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$0.91	11%	10.11

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.92	25%	11.50
$125.00	$126.00	$127.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.93	20%	13.29
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.89	23%	8.09
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Sep 2	$0.07	$0.93	11%	13.29
$120.00	$121.00	$122.00	Sep 2	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 188 found (best net $-5.43, 179 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$146.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.16	$3.84
$126.00	$127.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.56	$0.44
$128.00	$129.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.29	$0.71
$129.00	$130.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.20	$0.80
$135.00	$136.00	1:2	Aug 28	$0.00	$1.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$5.43	$4.57
$110.00	$105.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.13	$4.87
$135.00	$131.00	1:2	Sep 9	-$2.63	$1.37
$126.00	$125.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.18	$0.82
$113.00	$112.00	1:2	Sep 4	$0.00	$1.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 146 found (best yield 3.92%, avg 1.45%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$132.00	Oct 2	$5.00	0.45	3.4%	3.92%	7.36%	1	9
$130.00	Oct 2	$5.75	0.49	1.9%	4.51%	6.38%	1	82
$129.50	Oct 2	$5.95	0.51	1.5%	4.66%	6.14%	--	94
$131.00	Oct 2	$5.30	0.47	2.7%	4.15%	6.81%	--	32
$135.00	Oct 2	$4.05	0.38	5.8%	3.17%	8.96%	--	339
$128.00	Oct 2	$6.60	0.54	0.3%	5.17%	5.48%	--	10
$136.00	Oct 2	$3.70	0.37	6.6%	2.90%	9.47%	--	36
$137.00	Oct 2	$3.45	0.35	7.4%	2.70%	10.06%	--	37
$139.00	Oct 2	$3.05	0.32	8.9%	2.39%	11.32%	--	69
$138.00	Oct 2	$3.15	0.33	8.1%	2.47%	10.61%	--	65

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 10,509

Total Puts 5,425

Put/Call Ratio 0.52

Net Difference 5,084

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 30,914

Total Puts 13,288

Put/Call Ratio 0.43

Net Difference 17,626

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 487,221

Total Puts 265,233

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.59

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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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 Put/Call Breakdown

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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

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