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USO

United States Oil

$133.10 +2.62%

(8/31 11:03) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/31 12:00pm) 44,861

Calls: 27,101 (60%)

Puts: 17,760 (40%)

Prior (08/28) 34,758

Calls: 22,549 (65%)

Puts: 12,209 (35%)

Current vs Prior +29.07%

Calls: +20.19% (Calls)

Puts: +45.47% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 741,788

Calls: 479,399 (65%)

Puts: 262,389 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 105,969

Calls: 68,485 (65%)

Puts: 37,484 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -57.67%

Calls: -60.43%

Puts: -52.62%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/31 12:00pm) $8.16M

Calls: $6.04M (74%)

Puts: $2.12M (26%)

Prior (08/28) $8.98M

Calls: $7.32M (81%)

Puts: $1.67M (19%)

Current vs Prior -9.13%

Calls: -17.40%

Puts: +27.11%

Prior 7-Day Total $212.98M

Calls: $169.10M (79%)

Puts: $43.88M (21%)

Prior 7-Day Average $30.43M

Calls: $24.16M (79%)

Puts: $6.27M (21%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -73.17%

Calls: -74.99%

Puts: -66.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/31 12:00pm) 0.66

Prior (08/28) 0.54

Current vs Prior +21.03%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.60

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.46%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/31 12:00pm) 425,165

Calls: 247,248 (58%)

Puts: 177,917 (42%)

Prior (08/28) 514,449

Calls: 303,650 (59%)

Puts: 210,799 (41%)

Current vs Prior -17.36%

Prior 7-Day Total 4,222,327

Calls: 2,051,608 (49%)

Puts: 2,170,719 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 603,189

Calls: 293,086 (49%)

Puts: 310,102 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -29.51%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/02) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/04) | Next (09/11)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 3.07% | 3.90%3.90% | 5.66%7.48% | 12.62%

Prior 3.59% | 4.20%0.80% | 4.20%7.46% | 12.72%

Current vs Prior -14.49% | -7.19%+386.33% | +34.66%+0.18% | -0.77%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.06% | 4.68%2.49% | 5.63%6.56% | 12.58%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.07% | -16.65%+56.70% | +0.51%+13.94% | +0.38%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.59% | 4.20%0.80% | 4.20%7.46% | 12.72%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -14.49% | -7.19%+386.33% | +34.66%+0.18% | -0.77%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 29.88% | 18.74%

Calls: 22.86% | 15.26%

Puts: 36.91% | 22.22%

Prior 21.79% | 12.45%

Calls: 24.49% | 9.63%

Puts: 19.09% | 15.27%

Current vs Prior +37.13% | +50.52%

Prior 7-Day Avg 29.63% | 16.23%

Calls: 34.04% | 18.01%

Puts: 25.23% | 14.45%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.83% | +15.48%

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Moderately bullish flow with 74% call dollar volume ($6.04M). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.66. Declining open interest (down 17%) indicates positions being closed.

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Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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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 184 of results (avg 6.6%, best 2.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$115.00	Sep 25	18.75	19.20	$18.98	2.4%	1	0.91	32
$120.00	Sep 18	13.80	14.15	$13.98	2.5%	23	0.88	2.9K
$110.00	Sep 18	22.85	23.60	$23.23	3.2%	15	1.00	1.4K
$114.00	Oct 2	19.90	20.60	$20.25	3.5%	--	0.90	439
$108.00	Sep 18	24.75	25.65	$25.20	3.6%	--	1.00	400

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$151.00	Sep 18	18.40	18.85	$18.63	2.4%	--	0.88	13
$150.00	Sep 18	17.35	17.85	$17.60	2.8%	--	0.86	570
$145.00	Sep 18	13.05	13.50	$13.28	3.4%	2	0.80	728
$139.00	Sep 18	8.35	8.65	$8.50	3.5%	20	0.66	95
$147.00	Sep 18	14.75	15.35	$15.05	4.0%	1	0.83	113

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 21 found (avg $0.71, cheapest $0.93)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Sep 2	0.85	1.01	$0.93	17.2%	626	0.33	1.0K
$143.00	Sep 4	0.24	0.29	$0.27	18.5%	72	0.09	117
$140.00	Sep 9	0.92	1.05	$0.99	13.1%	84	0.21	24
$153.00	Sep 18	0.60	0.70	$0.65	15.4%	9	0.10	44
$151.00	Sep 18	0.75	0.84	$0.80	11.2%	2	0.12	330

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$128.00	Sep 4	0.63	0.75	$0.69	17.4%	101	0.20	401
$120.00	Sep 11	0.36	0.43	$0.40	17.5%	308	0.08	782
$123.00	Sep 11	0.63	0.76	$0.70	18.6%	45	0.14	147
$119.00	Sep 18	0.64	0.74	$0.69	14.5%	9	0.11	208
$120.00	Sep 18	0.75	0.84	$0.80	11.2%	713	0.12	5.4K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 248 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$112.00	Sep 2	20.35	21.45	$20.90	5.3%	39	1.00	6
$113.00	Sep 2	19.20	20.35	$19.77	5.8%	41	1.00	1
$115.00	Sep 2	17.15	18.60	$17.88	8.1%	140	1.00	86
$116.00	Sep 2	16.25	17.70	$16.98	8.5%	93	1.00	4
$117.00	Sep 2	15.45	16.70	$16.08	7.8%	2	1.00	31

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 4	16.45	18.30	$17.38	10.6%	--	1.00	44
$141.00	Sep 2	7.80	8.50	$8.15	8.6%	--	0.95	24
$157.00	Sep 2	23.45	24.80	$24.13	5.6%	3	0.94	--
$158.00	Sep 18	23.75	26.25	$25.00	10.0%	--	0.93	23
$145.00	Sep 4	11.80	12.55	$12.18	6.2%	--	0.93	18

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 485 active (total vol 39.5K, top 2.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 4	0.04	0.10	$0.07	85.7%	2.2K	0.02	4.5K
$138.00	Sep 9	1.35	1.54	$1.45	13.1%	1.8K	0.29	132
$140.00	Sep 25	3.20	3.40	$3.30	6.1%	1.6K	0.34	891
$140.00	Sep 18	2.35	2.58	$2.47	9.3%	1.4K	0.31	5.3K
$135.00	Sep 9	2.17	2.64	$2.41	19.5%	945	0.41	38

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$121.00	Sep 18	0.81	0.98	$0.90	18.9%	2.0K	0.14	317
$130.00	Sep 2	0.55	0.75	$0.65	30.8%	1.6K	0.24	267
$128.00	Sep 18	2.35	2.80	$2.58	17.4%	1.1K	0.32	310
$114.00	Sep 18	0.30	0.37	$0.34	20.6%	1.0K	0.06	437
$120.00	Sep 18	0.75	0.84	$0.80	11.2%	713	0.12	5.4K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 20 strikes (avg 7.1%, max 17.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	46.2%	39.4%	17.2%	31	86
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	44.2%	39.3%	12.4%	27	153
$129.00	Sep 2	Oct 2	44.8%	41.4%	8.0%	321	370
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	42.4%	39.5%	7.6%	4	204
$132.00	Sep 2	Oct 2	44.6%	41.7%	6.9%	74	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	46.2%	39.4%	17.2%	21	70
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	44.2%	39.3%	12.4%	9	135
$129.00	Sep 2	Oct 9	44.8%	41.7%	7.4%	270	142
$132.00	Sep 2	Oct 9	44.6%	41.6%	7.3%	135	167
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	43.7%	41.1%	6.3%	29	38

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 287 found (best R:R 4.00, avg 2.83)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$110.00	$111.00	Sep 11	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	100%	1.50	$110.40
$121.00	$122.00	Oct 2	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	80%	2.33	$121.30
$115.00	$116.00	Sep 11	$0.48	$0.52	$0.48	94%	1.08	$115.48
$116.00	$117.00	Sep 4	$0.52	$0.48	$0.52	99%	0.92	$116.52
$140.00	$145.00	Oct 9	$1.27	$3.73	$1.27	39%	2.94	$141.27

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$140.00	$139.00	Sep 4	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	85%	4.00	$139.80
$150.00	$149.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	86%	0.67	$149.40
$137.00	$136.00	Sep 11	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	65%	1.33	$136.57
$137.00	$136.00	Sep 2	$0.61	$0.39	$0.61	81%	0.64	$136.39
$140.00	$139.00	Sep 25	$0.47	$0.53	$0.47	66%	1.13	$139.53

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 207 found (best R:R 2.33, avg 0.49)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$153.00	$155.00	Sep 2	$0.22	$0.22	$1.78	95%	0.12	$153.22
$149.00	$150.00	Sep 2	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	94%	0.28	$149.22
$152.50	$154.00	Sep 4	$0.22	$0.22	$1.28	94%	0.17	$152.72
$149.00	$150.00	Sep 9	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	91%	0.30	$149.23
$134.00	$135.00	Oct 2	$0.65	$0.65	$0.35	49%	1.86	$134.65

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$133.00	$132.00	Oct 2	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	53%	2.33	$132.30
$126.00	$125.00	Sep 25	$0.46	$0.46	$0.54	71%	0.85	$125.54
$131.50	$131.00	Sep 4	$0.35	$0.35	$0.15	61%	2.33	$131.15
$122.00	$121.00	Sep 25	$0.34	$0.34	$0.66	80%	0.52	$121.66
$119.00	$116.00	Oct 9	$0.60	$0.60	$2.40	81%	0.25	$118.40

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 21 found (avg debit $1.11, cheapest $1.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.24	46.2%	40.0%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.07	44.2%	40.0%
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.15	43.7%	39.6%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.28	42.4%	40.2%
$134.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	$2.33	42.9%	41.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$131.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.10	46.2%	40.0%
$132.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	$2.26	44.2%	39.3%
$133.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.08	43.7%	39.6%
$134.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.30	42.9%	39.5%
$130.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.26	42.4%	40.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 163 found (cheapest 2.55% of stock, avg 7.48%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$133.00	Sep 2	$1.75	$1.65	$3.40	$129.60	$136.40	2.55%
$132.00	Sep 2	$2.24	$1.34	$3.58	$128.42	$135.58	2.69%
$134.00	Sep 2	$1.29	$2.33	$3.62	$130.38	$137.62	2.72%
$131.00	Sep 2	$2.86	$0.91	$3.77	$127.23	$134.77	2.83%
$135.00	Sep 2	$0.93	$2.88	$3.81	$131.19	$138.81	2.86%
$130.00	Sep 2	$3.60	$0.65	$4.25	$125.75	$134.25	3.19%
$136.00	Sep 2	$0.65	$3.73	$4.38	$131.62	$140.38	3.29%
$137.00	Sep 2	$0.44	$4.34	$4.78	$132.22	$141.78	3.59%
$132.00	Sep 4	$2.86	$1.96	$4.82	$127.18	$136.82	3.62%
$133.00	Sep 4	$2.49	$2.33	$4.82	$128.18	$137.82	3.62%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 200 found (cheapest 0.60% of stock, avg 5.19%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$138.00	$129.00	Sep 2	$0.34	$0.46	$0.80	$128.20	$138.80
$137.00	$129.00	Sep 2	$0.44	$0.46	$0.90	$128.10	$137.90
$138.00	$130.00	Sep 2	$0.34	$0.65	$0.99	$129.01	$138.99
$137.00	$130.00	Sep 2	$0.44	$0.65	$1.09	$128.91	$138.09
$136.00	$129.00	Sep 2	$0.65	$0.46	$1.11	$127.89	$137.11
$136.00	$130.00	Sep 2	$0.65	$0.65	$1.30	$128.70	$137.30
$138.00	$131.00	Sep 2	$0.34	$0.91	$1.25	$129.75	$139.25
$137.00	$131.00	Sep 2	$0.44	$0.91	$1.35	$129.65	$138.35
$135.00	$129.00	Sep 2	$0.93	$0.46	$1.39	$127.61	$136.39
$136.00	$131.00	Sep 2	$0.65	$0.91	$1.56	$129.44	$137.56

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 306 found (best R:R 0.52, avg credit $0.46)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
113/114	149/150	Sep 2	$0.34	$0.66	91%	0.52	$113.66	$149.34
125/126	143/144	Sep 25	$0.81	$0.19	42%	4.26	$125.19	$143.81
117/118	149/150	Sep 9	$0.36	$0.64	84%	0.56	$117.64	$149.36
121/122	143/144	Sep 25	$0.69	$0.31	51%	2.23	$121.31	$143.69
110/111	152/154	Sep 4	$0.32	$1.18	92%	0.27	$110.68	$152.82
116/117	144/145	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.36	55%	1.78	$116.36	$144.64
120/121	144/145	Oct 2	$0.70	$0.30	49%	2.33	$120.30	$144.70
118/119	149/150	Sep 9	$0.36	$0.64	82%	0.56	$118.64	$149.36
113/114	153/155	Sep 2	$0.34	$1.66	92%	0.20	$113.66	$153.34
121/122	144/145	Oct 2	$0.71	$0.29	46%	2.45	$121.29	$144.71

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 201 found (best R:R 14.63, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$140.00	$145.00	$150.00	Oct 9	$0.32	$4.68	15%	14.63
$134.00	$135.00	$136.00	Sep 2	$0.08	$0.92	16%	11.50
$135.00	$136.00	$137.00	Sep 2	$0.07	$0.93	14%	13.29
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Sep 2	$0.10	$0.90	18%	9.00
$126.00	$127.00	$128.00	Sep 2	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Sep 2	$0.07	$0.93	13%	13.29
$128.00	$129.00	$130.00	Sep 2	$0.07	$0.93	10%	13.29
$129.00	$130.00	$131.00	Sep 9	$0.07	$0.93	9%	13.29
$133.00	$134.00	$135.00	Sep 25	$0.05	$0.95	5%	19.00
$131.00	$132.00	$133.00	Sep 9	$0.08	$0.92	10%	11.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 187 found (best net $-4.60, 180 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$119.00	$127.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$4.87	$3.13
$150.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.54	$4.46
$151.00	$157.00	1:2	Sep 9	-$0.20	$5.80
$138.00	$139.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.10	$0.90
$140.00	$141.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.06	$0.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$150.00	$142.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$4.60	$3.40
$114.00	$110.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.25	$3.75
$122.00	$120.00	1:2	Sep 9	-$0.07	$1.93
$127.00	$126.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.06	$0.94
$128.00	$127.00	1:2	Sep 2	-$0.10	$0.90

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 122 found (best yield 4.02%, avg 1.38%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$138.00	Oct 9	$5.35	0.43	3.7%	4.02%	7.70%	20	--
$140.00	Oct 9	$4.70	0.39	5.2%	3.53%	8.72%	4	--
$134.00	Oct 9	$6.85	0.51	0.7%	5.15%	5.82%	20	23
$145.00	Oct 9	$3.50	0.31	8.9%	2.63%	11.57%	4	7
$140.00	Oct 2	$4.10	0.38	5.2%	3.08%	8.26%	17	834
$150.00	Oct 9	$2.64	0.24	12.7%	1.98%	14.68%	40	6
$139.00	Oct 2	$4.25	0.40	4.4%	3.19%	7.63%	--	74
$136.00	Oct 2	$5.25	0.46	2.2%	3.94%	6.12%	7	36
$142.00	Oct 2	$3.55	0.34	6.7%	2.67%	9.35%	2	11
$138.00	Oct 2	$4.50	0.42	3.7%	3.38%	7.06%	--	64

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

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 27,101

Total Puts 17,760

Put/Call Ratio 0.66

Net Difference 9,341

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 22,549

Total Puts 12,209

Put/Call Ratio 0.54

Net Difference 10,340

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 479,399

Total Puts 262,389

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.60

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 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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