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USO

United States Oil

$128.45 +0.86%

(8/27 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/27 12:00pm) 27,368

Calls: 19,225 (70%)

Puts: 8,143 (30%)

Prior (08/26) 73,161

Calls: 55,024 (75%)

Puts: 18,137 (25%)

Current vs Prior -62.59%

Calls: -65.06% (Calls)

Puts: -55.10% (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 -74.54%

Calls: -72.38%

Puts: -78.51%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/27 12:00pm) $9.65M

Calls: $8.13M (84%)

Puts: $1.52M (16%)

Prior (08/26) $15.81M

Calls: $12.79M (81%)

Puts: $3.02M (19%)

Current vs Prior -38.97%

Calls: -36.42%

Puts: -49.79%

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 -71.74%

Calls: -70.03%

Puts: -78.36%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/27 12:00pm) 0.42

Prior (08/26) 0.33

Current vs Prior +28.50%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.59

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.73%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/27 12:00pm) 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 2.23% | 4.55%2.23% | 5.41%8.52% | 13.31%

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

Current vs Prior -25.72% | -11.20%-25.73% | -7.90%-2.48% | -2.76%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -25.50% | -2.25%-25.98% | -10.47%+79.27% | +12.95%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -25.72% | -11.20%-25.73% | -7.90%-2.48% | -2.76%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 20.42% | 13.85%

Calls: 12.77% | 11.95%

Puts: 28.08% | 15.75%

Prior 42.22% | 9.95%

Calls: 73.91% | 10.67%

Puts: 10.53% | 9.23%

Current vs Prior -51.63% | +39.20%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.11% | 16.26%

Calls: 34.17% | 17.84%

Puts: 30.06% | 14.69%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -36.41% | -14.83%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 84% of dollar volume in calls ($8.13M) vs puts ($1.52M). Below-average activity with volume down 63% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.42 - heavy call buying (19,225 calls vs 8,143 puts). Call-heavy open interest (286,378 calls vs 191,068 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 182 of results (avg 6.5%, best 2.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$114.00	Sep 18	15.25	15.60	$15.43	2.3%	--	0.88	110
$120.00	Sep 18	10.35	10.65	$10.50	2.9%	1	0.76	2.9K
$129.00	Sep 18	4.95	5.10	$5.03	3.0%	1	0.50	187
$115.00	Sep 18	14.35	14.80	$14.58	3.1%	11	0.86	2.7K
$122.00	Sep 18	8.90	9.20	$9.05	3.3%	--	0.71	145

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$143.00	Aug 28	14.35	14.70	$14.52	2.4%	8	0.99	22
$143.00	Oct 2	16.75	17.20	$16.98	2.7%	--	0.74	117
$150.00	Sep 18	21.85	22.55	$22.20	3.2%	1	0.90	582
$144.00	Aug 28	15.35	15.85	$15.60	3.2%	12	0.99	1
$150.00	Aug 28	21.40	22.10	$21.75	3.2%	4	0.99	3

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 14 found (avg $0.57, cheapest $0.22)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$137.00	Sep 4	0.63	0.75	$0.69	17.4%	3	0.16	149
$150.00	Sep 18	0.63	0.70	$0.67	10.4%	202	0.10	10.0K
$147.00	Sep 18	0.84	0.98	$0.91	15.4%	1	0.13	585

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$118.00	Sep 2	0.21	0.22	$0.22	4.5%	204	0.07	241
$120.00	Sep 2	0.35	0.41	$0.38	15.8%	68	0.11	4.6K
$122.00	Sep 2	0.59	0.68	$0.64	14.1%	37	0.17	592
$115.00	Sep 4	0.21	0.25	$0.23	17.4%	20	0.06	651
$120.00	Sep 4	0.61	0.71	$0.66	15.2%	89	0.15	1.1K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 279 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$103.00	Aug 28	25.00	25.95	$25.48	3.7%	15	1.00	26
$103.50	Aug 28	24.20	25.55	$24.88	5.4%	19	1.00	19
$104.00	Aug 28	23.85	25.05	$24.45	4.9%	10	1.00	25
$104.50	Aug 28	23.40	24.45	$23.92	4.4%	4	1.00	63
$105.00	Aug 28	22.95	23.75	$23.35	3.4%	2	1.00	171

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Aug 28	21.40	22.10	$21.75	3.2%	4	0.99	3
$143.00	Aug 28	14.35	14.70	$14.52	2.4%	8	0.99	22
$144.00	Aug 28	15.35	15.85	$15.60	3.2%	12	0.99	1
$142.00	Aug 28	13.35	13.80	$13.58	3.3%	3	0.99	31
$140.00	Aug 28	11.35	11.90	$11.63	4.7%	2	0.99	130

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 391 active (total vol 19.9K, top 2.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$136.00	Sep 4	0.76	0.97	$0.87	24.1%	2.6K	0.19	3.0K
$129.00	Aug 28	0.80	1.06	$0.93	28.0%	1.3K	0.43	1.5K
$135.00	Aug 28	0.03	0.06	$0.05	60.0%	971	0.03	4.1K
$127.00	Aug 28	1.98	2.31	$2.15	15.3%	547	0.68	620
$130.00	Aug 28	0.48	0.63	$0.55	27.3%	391	0.30	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$127.00	Sep 18	4.25	4.55	$4.40	6.8%	432	0.44	298
$126.00	Aug 28	0.31	0.43	$0.37	32.4%	388	0.21	617
$123.00	Aug 28	0.06	0.11	$0.09	55.6%	374	0.06	603
$127.00	Aug 28	0.49	0.77	$0.63	44.4%	353	0.32	395
$120.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	327	0.02	4.3K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 5 strikes (avg 2.2%, max 3.9%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$127.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	43.1%	41.8%	3.1%	549	899
$126.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	42.3%	41.3%	2.4%	4	589

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$127.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	43.1%	41.4%	3.9%	360	420
$126.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	42.3%	41.6%	1.5%	400	748
$125.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	41.5%	41.5%	0.1%	16	84

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 276 found (best R:R 2.57, avg 2.91)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$123.00	$124.00	Sep 2	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	79%	2.57	$123.28
$145.00	$150.00	Oct 2	$0.44	$4.56	$0.44	22%	10.36	$145.44
$123.00	$124.00	Sep 25	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	66%	4.00	$123.20
$120.00	$121.00	Sep 25	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	73%	2.57	$120.28
$124.00	$126.00	Sep 9	$0.90	$1.10	$0.90	68%	1.22	$124.90

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$138.00	$137.00	Sep 2	$0.46	$0.54	$0.46	90%	1.17	$137.54
$139.00	$138.00	Aug 28	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	99%	0.67	$138.40
$137.00	$136.00	Sep 11	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	75%	1.63	$136.62
$134.00	$133.00	Sep 2	$0.52	$0.48	$0.52	78%	0.92	$133.48
$135.00	$134.50	Sep 4	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	77%	2.33	$134.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 203 found (best R:R 3.35, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$129.00	$130.00	Sep 9	$0.77	$0.77	$0.23	51%	3.35	$129.77
$152.50	$153.00	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.22	$0.28	94%	0.79	$152.72
$137.00	$138.00	Sep 11	$0.38	$0.38	$0.62	76%	0.61	$137.38
$129.00	$130.00	Sep 25	$0.62	$0.62	$0.38	50%	1.63	$129.62
$134.50	$135.00	Sep 11	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	70%	1.17	$134.77

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$109.50	$109.00	Aug 28	$0.29	$0.29	$0.21	95%	1.38	$109.21
$114.50	$114.00	Sep 25	$0.29	$0.29	$0.21	84%	1.38	$114.21
$113.00	$112.00	Sep 2	$0.24	$0.24	$0.76	94%	0.32	$112.76
$108.00	$107.00	Sep 4	$0.20	$0.20	$0.80	95%	0.25	$107.80
$106.00	$105.00	Sep 4	$0.19	$0.19	$0.81	96%	0.23	$105.81

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 19 found (avg debit $1.49, cheapest $1.39)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$127.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$1.43	43.1%	40.1%
$129.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$1.37	41.0%	38.8%
$128.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$1.52	40.3%	39.7%
$130.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$1.45	40.3%	40.5%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	$2.23	41.4%	43.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$127.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$1.39	43.1%	40.1%
$129.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$1.46	41.0%	38.8%
$128.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$1.47	40.3%	39.7%
$125.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$0.65	41.5%	41.5%
$130.00	Aug 28	Sep 2	$1.35	40.3%	40.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 175 found (cheapest 1.85% of stock, avg 7.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$128.00	Aug 28	$1.41	$0.97	$2.38	$125.62	$130.38	1.85%
$129.00	Aug 28	$0.93	$1.46	$2.39	$126.61	$131.39	1.86%
$130.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$2.12	$2.67	$127.33	$132.67	2.08%
$127.00	Aug 28	$2.15	$0.63	$2.78	$124.22	$129.78	2.16%
$131.00	Aug 28	$0.33	$2.93	$3.26	$127.74	$134.26	2.54%
$126.00	Aug 28	$2.93	$0.37	$3.30	$122.70	$129.30	2.57%
$132.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$3.72	$3.89	$128.11	$135.89	3.03%
$125.00	Aug 28	$3.72	$0.24	$3.96	$121.04	$128.96	3.08%
$124.00	Aug 28	$4.58	$0.16	$4.74	$119.26	$128.74	3.69%
$133.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$4.65	$4.75	$128.25	$137.75	3.70%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 200 found (cheapest 0.26% of stock, avg 5.10%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$132.00	$124.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.16	$0.33	$123.67	$132.33
$132.00	$125.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.24	$0.41	$124.59	$132.41
$131.00	$124.00	Aug 28	$0.33	$0.16	$0.49	$123.51	$131.49
$132.00	$126.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.37	$0.54	$125.46	$132.54
$131.00	$125.00	Aug 28	$0.33	$0.24	$0.57	$124.43	$131.57
$131.00	$126.00	Aug 28	$0.33	$0.37	$0.70	$125.30	$131.70
$154.00	$124.00	Aug 28	$0.64	$0.16	$0.80	$123.20	$154.80
$130.00	$124.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.16	$0.71	$123.29	$130.71
$154.00	$125.00	Aug 28	$0.64	$0.24	$0.88	$124.12	$154.88
$130.00	$125.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.24	$0.79	$124.21	$130.79

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 266 found (best R:R 1.63, avg credit $0.44)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
110/110	131/132	Aug 28	$0.62	$0.38	73%	1.63	$109.88	$131.62
107/108	152/153	Aug 28	$0.37	$0.13	90%	2.85	$107.13	$152.87
106/106	152/153	Aug 28	$0.36	$0.14	90%	2.57	$105.64	$152.86
111/112	131/132	Aug 28	$0.58	$0.42	73%	1.38	$110.92	$131.58
110/110	130/131	Aug 28	$0.68	$0.32	63%	2.12	$109.82	$130.68
108/108	152/153	Aug 28	$0.35	$0.15	91%	2.33	$108.15	$152.85
112/113	152/153	Aug 28	$0.34	$0.16	90%	2.13	$112.66	$152.84
111/112	130/131	Aug 28	$0.64	$0.36	63%	1.78	$110.86	$130.64
112/113	146/147	Sep 2	$0.34	$0.66	89%	0.52	$112.66	$146.34
112/113	132/133	Sep 2	$0.58	$0.42	63%	1.38	$112.42	$132.58

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 216 found (best R:R 9.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.90	26%	9.00
$130.00	$131.00	$132.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$0.94	18%	15.67
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Sep 2	$0.06	$0.94	12%	15.67
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	10%	15.67
$124.00	$125.00	$126.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.93	11%	13.29

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.92	23%	11.50
$124.00	$125.00	$126.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$0.95	12%	19.00
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Sep 2	$0.06	$0.94	12%	15.67
$127.00	$128.00	$129.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.85	25%	5.67
$123.00	$124.00	$125.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$0.95	8%	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. 193 found (best net $-5.68, 181 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$129.00	$130.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.17	$0.83
$146.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.16	$3.84
$130.00	$131.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.11	$0.89
$145.00	$150.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.67	$4.33
$128.00	$129.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.45	$0.55

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$140.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$5.68	$4.32
$135.00	$131.00	1:2	Sep 9	-$2.53	$1.47
$110.00	$105.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.22	$4.78
$127.00	$126.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.11	$0.89
$128.00	$127.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.29	$0.71

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 143 found (best yield 3.31%, avg 1.43%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$135.00	Oct 2	$4.25	0.38	5.1%	3.31%	8.41%	1	339
$130.00	Oct 2	$5.95	0.49	1.2%	4.63%	5.84%	1	82
$132.00	Oct 2	$5.00	0.45	2.8%	3.89%	6.66%	1	9
$140.00	Oct 2	$3.10	0.30	9.0%	2.41%	11.41%	6	812
$138.00	Oct 2	$3.40	0.33	7.4%	2.65%	10.08%	--	65
$137.00	Oct 2	$3.55	0.35	6.7%	2.76%	9.42%	--	37
$136.00	Oct 2	$3.80	0.36	5.9%	2.96%	8.84%	--	36
$131.00	Oct 2	$5.30	0.47	2.0%	4.13%	6.11%	--	32
$129.50	Oct 2	$5.95	0.50	0.8%	4.63%	5.45%	--	94
$139.00	Oct 2	$3.20	0.31	8.2%	2.49%	10.70%	--	69

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 19,225

Total Puts 8,143

Put/Call Ratio 0.42

Net Difference 11,082

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 55,024

Total Puts 18,137

Put/Call Ratio 0.33

Net Difference 36,887

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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Put/Call Ratio

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Expected Move

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

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

Options Activity Around Earnings

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