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USO

United States Oil

$141.36 +0.15%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/03 12:00pm) 78,439

Calls: 32,104 (41%)

Puts: 46,335 (59%)

Prior (09/02) 69,527

Calls: 43,593 (63%)

Puts: 25,934 (37%)

Current vs Prior +12.82%

Calls: -26.36% (Calls)

Puts: +78.67% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 829,763

Calls: 501,704 (60%)

Puts: 328,059 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 118,537

Calls: 71,672 (60%)

Puts: 46,865 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.83%

Calls: -55.21%

Puts: -1.13%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/03 12:00pm) $24.51M

Calls: $17.58M (72%)

Puts: $6.94M (28%)

Prior (09/02) $17.07M

Calls: $13.14M (77%)

Puts: $3.93M (23%)

Current vs Prior +43.57%

Calls: +33.76%

Puts: +76.33%

Prior 7-Day Total $235.86M

Calls: $180.60M (77%)

Puts: $55.25M (23%)

Prior 7-Day Average $33.69M

Calls: $25.80M (77%)

Puts: $7.89M (23%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -27.25%

Calls: -31.88%

Puts: -12.11%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/03 12:00pm) 1.44

Prior (09/02) 0.59

Current vs Prior +142.60%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.65

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +121.33%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/03 12:00pm) 845,591

Calls: 389,141 (46%)

Puts: 456,450 (54%)

Prior (09/02) 843,958

Calls: 390,354 (46%)

Puts: 453,604 (54%)

Current vs Prior +0.19%

Prior 7-Day Total 4,000,985

Calls: 2,147,650 (54%)

Puts: 1,853,335 (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average 571,569

Calls: 306,807 (54%)

Puts: 264,762 (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +47.94%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 2.35% | 4.47%2.35% | 5.16%6.66% | 12.44%

Prior 2.89% | 4.71%2.89% | 5.55%6.79% | 12.63%

Current vs Prior -18.76% | -5.12%-18.76% | -6.92%-1.93% | -1.56%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.75% | 4.22%2.84% | 5.50%7.83% | 13.05%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -14.49% | +5.86%-17.41% | -6.06%-15.03% | -4.72%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.89% | 4.71%2.89% | 5.55%6.79% | 12.63%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -18.76% | -5.12%-18.75% | -6.91%-1.92% | -1.55%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 18.14% | 20.12%

Calls: 20.00% | 23.25%

Puts: 16.28% | 16.98%

Prior 9.45% | 13.49%

Calls: 10.87% | 9.84%

Puts: 8.04% | 17.14%

Current vs Prior +91.96% | +49.15%

Prior 7-Day Avg 23.03% | 16.53%

Calls: 25.52% | 13.24%

Puts: 20.54% | 19.82%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.23% | +21.74%

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Moderately bullish flow with 72% call dollar volume ($17.58M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.44 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 143% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	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 174 of results (avg 7.0%, best 1.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$120.00	Oct 16	22.75	23.05	$22.90	1.3%	155	0.89	2.4K
$150.00	Oct 16	5.60	5.70	$5.65	1.8%	755	0.39	6.8K
$130.00	Oct 16	14.90	15.25	$15.08	2.3%	120	0.75	4.9K
$121.00	Oct 16	21.90	22.45	$22.17	2.5%	3	0.88	101
$130.00	Sep 4	11.30	11.60	$11.45	2.6%	46	0.99	2.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Oct 16	17.40	17.80	$17.60	2.3%	--	0.68	83
$120.00	Oct 16	1.25	1.28	$1.27	2.4%	1.6K	0.12	22.1K
$160.00	Oct 16	21.35	21.90	$21.63	2.5%	--	0.74	32
$140.00	Oct 16	7.50	7.70	$7.60	2.6%	258	0.44	1.8K
$160.00	Sep 18	18.90	19.50	$19.20	3.1%	33	0.89	268

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 14 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.51)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Sep 18	0.64	0.72	$0.68	11.8%	839	0.11	5.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$139.00	Sep 4	0.47	0.54	$0.51	13.7%	848	0.24	934
$140.00	Sep 4	0.76	0.84	$0.80	10.0%	2.4K	0.34	4.6K
$132.00	Sep 9	0.30	0.35	$0.32	15.6%	115	0.09	67
$130.00	Sep 9	0.20	0.21	$0.21	4.8%	2.6K	0.06	4.7K
$133.00	Sep 9	0.40	0.45	$0.43	11.6%	339	0.12	100

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 313 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$115.00	Sep 4	26.20	28.50	$27.35	8.4%	8	1.00	150
$116.00	Sep 4	25.25	27.45	$26.35	8.3%	3	1.00	140
$117.00	Sep 4	24.15	26.45	$25.30	9.1%	118	1.00	122
$118.00	Sep 4	23.25	25.45	$24.35	9.0%	5	1.00	23
$120.00	Sep 4	21.25	23.05	$22.15	8.1%	19	1.00	376

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$151.00	Sep 4	8.70	9.80	$9.25	11.9%	20	1.00	--
$152.00	Sep 4	9.70	10.80	$10.25	10.7%	20	1.00	--
$167.50	Sep 4	24.10	26.70	$25.40	10.2%	25	1.00	2
$150.00	Sep 4	8.25	8.80	$8.53	6.4%	100	0.96	44
$157.00	Sep 4	13.60	15.80	$14.70	15.0%	2	0.93	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 553 active (total vol 68.7K, top 4.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$143.00	Sep 4	0.64	0.89	$0.77	32.5%	2.4K	0.33	680
$145.00	Sep 4	0.28	0.38	$0.33	30.3%	2.1K	0.17	7.9K
$148.00	Sep 11	1.10	1.43	$1.27	26.0%	1.8K	0.25	35
$144.00	Sep 11	2.22	2.45	$2.34	9.8%	1.8K	0.40	168
$140.00	Sep 18	5.30	5.50	$5.40	3.7%	1.2K	0.57	7.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Sep 18	0.91	1.00	$0.96	9.4%	4.5K	0.15	5.7K
$120.00	Sep 18	0.21	0.26	$0.24	20.8%	4.2K	0.04	4.7K
$130.00	Sep 9	0.20	0.21	$0.21	4.8%	2.6K	0.06	4.7K
$140.00	Sep 4	0.76	0.84	$0.80	10.0%	2.4K	0.34	4.6K
$136.00	Sep 4	0.09	0.16	$0.13	53.8%	2.3K	0.07	986

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 12 strikes (avg 2.3%, max 6.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$138.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	44.1%	41.4%	6.4%	774	4.2K
$141.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	42.8%	41.9%	2.3%	161	1.0K
$142.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	43.8%	42.9%	2.2%	738	1.1K
$139.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	43.8%	43.2%	1.4%	25	719
$140.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	43.7%	43.4%	0.8%	728	8.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$138.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	44.1%	41.4%	6.4%	796	465
$141.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	42.8%	41.9%	2.3%	889	326
$142.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	43.8%	42.9%	2.2%	1.8K	97
$139.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	43.8%	43.2%	1.4%	862	2.2K
$140.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	43.7%	43.4%	0.8%	2.7K	6.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 314 found (best R:R 0.57, avg 2.84)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$130.00	$135.00	Sep 16	$3.18	$1.82	$3.18	87%	0.57	$133.18
$134.00	$136.00	Oct 9	$0.50	$1.50	$0.50	68%	3.00	$134.50
$150.00	$153.00	Oct 2	$0.25	$2.75	$0.25	36%	11.00	$150.25
$130.00	$131.00	Oct 2	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	79%	5.67	$130.15
$150.00	$155.00	Oct 9	$1.02	$3.98	$1.02	38%	3.90	$151.02

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$146.00	$145.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	88%	2.03	$145.67
$148.00	$147.00	Sep 9	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	80%	2.33	$147.70
$151.00	$150.00	Sep 25	$0.23	$0.77	$0.23	69%	3.35	$150.77
$148.00	$147.00	Sep 18	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	68%	2.57	$147.72
$151.00	$150.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	61%	3.00	$150.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 226 found (best R:R 0.77, avg 0.69)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$149.00	$150.00	Oct 2	$0.80	$0.80	$0.20	62%	4.00	$149.80
$163.00	$164.00	Oct 16	$0.59	$0.59	$0.41	76%	1.44	$163.59
$162.00	$162.50	Sep 4	$0.37	$0.37	$0.13	93%	2.85	$162.37
$159.00	$160.00	Oct 16	$0.62	$0.62	$0.38	71%	1.63	$159.62
$158.00	$160.00	Sep 9	$0.40	$0.40	$1.60	90%	0.25	$158.40

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$122.00	$120.00	Sep 16	$0.87	$0.87	$1.13	89%	0.77	$121.13
$121.00	$120.00	Sep 25	$0.84	$0.84	$0.16	88%	5.25	$120.16
$119.00	$118.00	Sep 25	$0.82	$0.82	$0.18	89%	4.56	$118.18
$116.00	$115.00	Oct 2	$0.80	$0.80	$0.20	90%	4.00	$115.20
$116.00	$115.00	Sep 11	$0.76	$0.76	$0.24	92%	3.17	$115.24

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $1.46, cheapest $1.40)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$140.00	Sep 4	Sep 9	$1.52	43.7%	38.8%
$142.00	Sep 4	Sep 9	$1.47	43.8%	39.5%
$143.00	Sep 4	Sep 9	$1.46	44.2%	40.3%
$141.00	Sep 4	Sep 9	$1.54	42.8%	39.0%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$140.00	Sep 4	Sep 9	$1.40	43.7%	38.8%
$142.00	Sep 4	Sep 9	$1.46	43.8%	39.5%
$143.00	Sep 4	Sep 9	$1.34	44.2%	40.3%
$141.00	Sep 4	Sep 9	$1.52	42.8%	39.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 198 found (cheapest 1.95% of stock, avg 8.53%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$141.00	Sep 4	$1.60	$1.16	$2.76	$138.24	$143.76	1.95%
$142.00	Sep 4	$1.13	$1.72	$2.85	$139.15	$144.85	2.02%
$140.00	Sep 4	$2.26	$0.80	$3.06	$136.94	$143.06	2.16%
$143.00	Sep 4	$0.77	$2.44	$3.21	$139.79	$146.21	2.27%
$144.00	Sep 4	$0.48	$3.04	$3.52	$140.48	$147.52	2.49%
$139.00	Sep 4	$3.09	$0.51	$3.60	$135.40	$142.60	2.55%
$138.00	Sep 4	$4.05	$0.31	$4.36	$133.64	$142.36	3.08%
$145.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$4.10	$4.43	$140.57	$149.43	3.13%
$146.00	Sep 4	$0.24	$4.43	$4.67	$141.33	$150.67	3.30%
$137.00	Sep 4	$5.03	$0.19	$5.22	$131.78	$142.22	3.69%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 225 found (cheapest 0.37% of stock, avg 5.75%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$145.00	$137.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.19	$0.52	$136.48	$145.52
$145.00	$138.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.31	$0.64	$137.36	$145.64
$144.00	$137.00	Sep 4	$0.48	$0.19	$0.67	$136.33	$144.67
$144.00	$138.00	Sep 4	$0.48	$0.31	$0.79	$137.21	$144.79
$145.00	$139.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.51	$0.84	$138.16	$145.84
$144.00	$139.00	Sep 4	$0.48	$0.51	$0.99	$138.01	$144.99
$143.00	$137.00	Sep 4	$0.77	$0.19	$0.96	$136.04	$143.96
$143.00	$138.00	Sep 4	$0.77	$0.31	$1.08	$136.92	$144.08
$159.00	$137.00	Sep 4	$1.07	$0.19	$1.26	$135.74	$160.26
$145.00	$140.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.80	$1.13	$138.87	$146.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 284 found (best R:R 4.00, avg credit $0.60)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
115/116	153/155	Oct 2	$1.60	$0.40	58%	4.00	$114.40	$154.60
115/116	151/152	Sep 11	$0.88	$0.12	74%	7.33	$115.12	$151.88
120/121	153/155	Oct 2	$1.52	$0.48	55%	3.17	$119.48	$154.52
114/114	151/153	Sep 25	$1.42	$0.58	60%	2.45	$113.08	$152.42
120/121	151/153	Sep 25	$1.47	$0.53	57%	2.77	$119.53	$152.47
118/119	151/153	Sep 25	$1.45	$0.55	58%	2.64	$117.55	$152.45
115/116	150/151	Sep 11	$0.86	$0.14	72%	6.14	$115.14	$150.86
118/119	153/155	Oct 2	$1.45	$0.55	56%	2.64	$117.55	$154.45
117/118	150/151	Sep 9	$0.82	$0.18	75%	4.56	$117.18	$150.82
117/118	151/152	Sep 9	$0.79	$0.21	78%	3.76	$117.21	$151.79

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 237 found (best R:R 25.32, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$155.00	$160.00	$165.00	Oct 9	$0.19	$4.81	12%	25.32
$142.00	$143.00	$144.00	Sep 4	$0.07	$0.93	20%	13.29
$141.00	$142.00	$143.00	Sep 4	$0.11	$0.89	22%	8.09
$144.00	$145.00	$146.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	11%	15.67
$146.00	$147.00	$148.00	Sep 11	$0.05	$0.95	7%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$139.00	$140.00	$141.00	Sep 4	$0.07	$0.93	21%	13.29
$138.00	$139.00	$140.00	Sep 4	$0.09	$0.91	18%	10.11
$137.00	$138.00	$139.00	Sep 4	$0.08	$0.92	14%	11.50
$136.00	$137.00	$138.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.94	9%	15.67
$137.00	$138.00	$139.00	Sep 11	$0.06	$0.94	9%	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. 171 found (best net $-1.38, 150 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$160.00	$165.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.45	$4.55
$160.00	$165.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.10	$4.90
$146.00	$147.00	1:2	Sep 4	$0.00	$1.00
$143.00	$144.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.19	$0.81
$160.00	$165.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.36	$4.64

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$152.00	$143.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.38	$7.62
$166.00	$157.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$5.62	$3.38
$139.00	$138.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.11	$0.89
$127.00	$126.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.06	$0.94
$140.00	$139.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.22	$0.78

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 128 found (best yield 3.71%, avg 1.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$151.00	Oct 16	$5.25	0.39	6.8%	3.71%	10.53%	6	195
$149.00	Oct 16	$5.85	0.41	5.4%	4.14%	9.54%	3	689
$150.00	Oct 16	$5.60	0.39	6.1%	3.96%	10.07%	755	6.8K
$146.00	Oct 16	$6.80	0.46	3.3%	4.81%	8.09%	2	284
$147.00	Oct 16	$6.45	0.44	4.0%	4.56%	8.55%	2	75
$148.00	Oct 16	$6.15	0.42	4.7%	4.35%	9.05%	22	666
$145.00	Oct 16	$7.20	0.47	2.6%	5.09%	7.67%	225	9.3K
$144.00	Oct 16	$7.55	0.49	1.9%	5.34%	7.21%	1	433
$152.00	Oct 16	$5.00	0.36	7.5%	3.54%	11.06%	3	224
$154.00	Oct 16	$4.50	0.34	8.9%	3.18%	12.13%	1	283

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 32,104

Total Puts 46,335

Put/Call Ratio 1.44

Net Difference -14,231

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 43,593

Total Puts 25,934

Put/Call Ratio 0.59

Net Difference 17,659

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 501,704

Total Puts 328,059

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.65

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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