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USO

United States Oil

$156.82 -3.11%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16) 219,561

Calls: 114,101 (52%)

Puts: 105,460 (48%)

Prior (09/15) 217,524

Calls: 109,328 (50%)

Puts: 108,196 (50%)

Current vs Prior +0.94%

Calls: +4.37% (Calls)

Puts: -2.53% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,654,359

Calls: 907,399 (55%)

Puts: 746,960 (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average 236,337

Calls: 129,628 (55%)

Puts: 106,708 (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.10%

Calls: -11.98%

Puts: -1.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16) $51.88M

Calls: $33.18M (64%)

Puts: $18.70M (36%)

Prior (09/15) $101.43M

Calls: $77.91M (77%)

Puts: $23.52M (23%)

Current vs Prior -48.85%

Calls: -57.42%

Puts: -20.49%

Prior 7-Day Total $598.04M

Calls: $474.84M (79%)

Puts: $123.20M (21%)

Prior 7-Day Average $85.43M

Calls: $67.83M (79%)

Puts: $17.60M (21%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -39.28%

Calls: -51.09%

Puts: +6.25%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16) 0.92

Prior (09/15) 0.99

Current vs Prior -6.61%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.84

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +10.36%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16) 1,042,056

Calls: 415,556 (40%)

Puts: 626,500 (60%)

Prior (09/15) 820,223

Calls: 362,002 (44%)

Puts: 458,221 (56%)

Current vs Prior +27.05%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,336,849

Calls: 2,402,539 (45%)

Puts: 2,934,310 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 762,407

Calls: 343,219 (45%)

Puts: 419,187 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +36.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/16) | Next (09/18)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/16) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.75% | 3.58%3.58% | 6.98%0.75% | 12.42%

Prior 4.47% | 4.62%4.62% | 7.83%4.47% | 13.33%

Current vs Prior -83.15% | -22.59%-22.59% | -10.87%-83.15% | -6.83%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.64% | 5.06%2.71% | 6.31%5.52% | 12.89%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -79.34% | -29.33%+32.09% | +10.63%-86.36% | -3.63%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.47% | 4.62%4.62% | 7.83%4.47% | 13.33%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -83.15% | -22.59%-22.59% | -10.87%-83.15% | -6.83%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 37.16% | 16.39%

Calls: 29.89% | 20.72%

Puts: 44.44% | 12.06%

Prior 11.22% | 4.65%

Calls: 14.15% | 5.06%

Puts: 8.29% | 4.25%

Current vs Prior +231.19% | +252.47%

Prior 7-Day Avg 20.12% | 16.47%

Calls: 15.66% | 11.63%

Puts: 24.58% | 21.32%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +84.68% | -0.50%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bullish flow with 64% call dollar volume ($33.18M). Put-heavy open interest (626,500 puts vs 415,556 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning. Rising open interest (up 27%) indicates new positions being established.

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Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 369 of results (avg 6.9%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$157.00	Sep 23	4.40	4.50	$4.45	2.2%	286	0.51	582
$165.00	Sep 23	1.80	1.85	$1.83	2.7%	2.1K	0.26	475
$134.00	Oct 16	24.60	25.30	$24.95	2.8%	1	0.86	397
$132.00	Oct 16	26.30	27.05	$26.68	2.8%	1	0.88	482
$137.00	Oct 16	22.10	22.75	$22.43	2.9%	--	0.83	221

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Oct 16	6.00	6.15	$6.08	2.5%	2.6K	0.36	4.8K
$161.00	Oct 16	11.50	11.85	$11.68	3.0%	9	0.54	185
$185.00	Oct 16	29.60	30.65	$30.13	3.5%	1	0.81	43
$160.00	Oct 16	10.95	11.35	$11.15	3.6%	528	0.52	995
$163.00	Oct 30	14.55	15.10	$14.83	3.7%	--	0.54	67

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 26 found (avg $0.71, cheapest $0.28)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$165.00	Sep 18	0.43	0.51	$0.47	17.0%	8.1K	0.14	6.6K
$166.00	Sep 18	0.35	0.42	$0.39	17.9%	3.8K	0.11	501
$164.00	Sep 18	0.54	0.64	$0.59	16.9%	212	0.16	1.4K
$163.00	Sep 18	0.65	0.75	$0.70	14.3%	1.6K	0.19	754
$162.50	Sep 18	0.69	0.80	$0.75	14.7%	499	0.20	339

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$149.00	Sep 18	0.26	0.29	$0.28	10.7%	247	0.09	411
$150.00	Sep 18	0.36	0.39	$0.38	7.9%	9.1K	0.12	9.8K
$152.00	Sep 18	0.60	0.73	$0.67	19.4%	971	0.20	1.9K
$153.00	Sep 18	0.83	0.99	$0.91	17.6%	571	0.25	1.4K
$145.00	Sep 23	0.74	0.82	$0.78	10.3%	1.1K	0.13	4.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 410 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$126.00	Sep 16	29.95	31.50	$30.73	5.0%	49	1.00	242
$127.00	Sep 16	29.20	30.60	$29.90	4.7%	53	1.00	106
$128.00	Sep 16	28.25	29.50	$28.88	4.3%	45	1.00	125
$129.00	Sep 16	27.30	28.50	$27.90	4.3%	66	1.00	24
$130.00	Sep 16	26.35	27.50	$26.93	4.3%	292	1.00	126

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$159.00	Sep 16	1.88	2.30	$2.09	20.1%	622	1.00	732
$160.00	Sep 16	2.94	3.45	$3.20	15.9%	1.4K	1.00	1.9K
$161.00	Sep 16	3.50	4.40	$3.95	22.8%	25	1.00	--
$162.00	Sep 16	4.30	5.70	$5.00	28.0%	12	1.00	--
$164.00	Sep 16	6.45	7.50	$6.98	15.0%	16	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 824 active (total vol 201.0K, top 10.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Sep 18	1.24	1.34	$1.29	7.8%	10.7K	0.32	12.7K
$160.00	Sep 16	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	8.2K	0.03	2.2K
$165.00	Sep 18	0.43	0.51	$0.47	17.0%	8.1K	0.14	6.6K
$159.00	Sep 16	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	4.6K	0.01	506
$158.00	Sep 16	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	4.2K	0.06	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 18	0.36	0.39	$0.38	7.9%	9.1K	0.12	9.8K
$155.00	Sep 16	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	7.8K	0.04	2.0K
$155.00	Sep 18	1.54	1.64	$1.59	6.3%	5.6K	0.37	3.7K
$156.00	Sep 16	0.02	0.05	$0.04	75.0%	4.7K	0.11	611
$154.00	Sep 16	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	4.6K	0.03	4.6K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 622.9%, max 1326.9%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$162.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	55.9%	54.8%	2.1%	510	647

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$171.00	Sep 16	Sep 25	822.3%	57.6%	1326.9%	6	322
$168.00	Sep 16	Sep 25	710.0%	56.3%	1160.5%	10	58
$162.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	55.9%	54.8%	2.1%	164	107

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 398 found (best R:R 8.62, avg 2.70)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$180.00	$185.00	Oct 30	$0.52	$4.48	$0.52	28%	8.62	$180.52
$128.00	$129.00	Sep 18	$0.42	$0.58	$0.42	99%	1.38	$128.42
$146.00	$147.00	Oct 9	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	74%	4.88	$146.17
$136.00	$140.00	Oct 30	$2.65	$1.35	$2.65	82%	0.51	$138.65
$148.00	$149.00	Oct 2	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	72%	4.00	$148.20

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$164.00	$163.00	Sep 16	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	100%	1.33	$163.57
$165.00	$163.00	Oct 30	$0.75	$1.25	$0.75	57%	1.67	$164.25
$159.00	$158.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	50%	6.69	$158.87
$170.00	$169.00	Sep 25	$0.52	$0.48	$0.52	80%	0.92	$169.48
$154.00	$153.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	43%	5.67	$153.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 279 found (best R:R 4.26, avg 0.68)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$164.00	$165.00	Oct 2	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	62%	2.33	$164.70
$162.00	$163.00	Oct 23	$0.77	$0.77	$0.23	53%	3.35	$162.77
$183.00	$184.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.32	$0.68	90%	0.47	$183.32
$158.00	$159.00	Sep 30	$0.68	$0.68	$0.32	51%	2.12	$158.68
$180.00	$185.00	Sep 23	$0.32	$0.32	$4.68	93%	0.07	$180.32

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$136.00	$135.00	Oct 9	$0.81	$0.81	$0.19	84%	4.26	$135.19
$143.00	$142.00	Oct 9	$0.81	$0.81	$0.19	77%	4.26	$142.19
$140.00	$139.00	Oct 9	$0.76	$0.76	$0.24	81%	3.17	$139.24
$148.00	$147.00	Oct 9	$0.88	$0.88	$0.12	69%	7.33	$147.12
$149.00	$148.00	Oct 23	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	66%	6.69	$148.13

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.25, cheapest $2.25)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$157.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$2.25	36.4%	53.9%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$157.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$2.26	36.4%	53.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 254 found (cheapest 0.30% of stock, avg 9.23%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$157.00	Sep 16	$0.16	$0.31	$0.47	$156.53	$157.47	0.30%
$157.50	Sep 16	$0.03	$0.68	$0.71	$156.79	$158.21	0.45%
$156.00	Sep 16	$0.87	$0.04	$0.91	$155.09	$156.91	0.58%
$158.00	Sep 16	$0.02	$1.10	$1.12	$156.88	$159.12	0.71%
$155.00	Sep 16	$2.08	$0.02	$2.10	$152.90	$157.10	1.34%
$159.00	Sep 16	$0.01	$2.09	$2.10	$156.90	$161.10	1.34%
$154.00	Sep 16	$3.02	$0.02	$3.04	$150.96	$157.04	1.94%
$160.00	Sep 16	$0.02	$3.20	$3.22	$156.78	$163.22	2.05%
$153.00	Sep 16	$3.80	$0.01	$3.81	$149.19	$156.81	2.43%
$161.00	Sep 16	$0.01	$3.95	$3.96	$157.04	$164.96	2.53%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 233 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 7.71%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$157.50	$156.00	Sep 16	$0.03	$0.04	$0.07	$155.93	$157.57
$158.00	$156.00	Sep 16	$0.02	$0.04	$0.06	$155.94	$158.06
$158.00	$152.50	Sep 16	$0.02	$0.10	$0.12	$152.38	$158.12
$157.50	$152.50	Sep 16	$0.03	$0.10	$0.13	$152.37	$157.63
$157.00	$156.00	Sep 16	$0.16	$0.04	$0.20	$155.80	$157.20
$157.00	$152.50	Sep 16	$0.16	$0.10	$0.26	$152.24	$157.26
$168.00	$156.00	Sep 16	$1.06	$0.04	$1.10	$154.90	$169.10
$168.00	$152.50	Sep 16	$1.06	$0.10	$1.16	$151.34	$169.16
$160.00	$152.50	Sep 18	$1.29	$0.79	$2.08	$150.42	$162.08
$160.00	$153.00	Sep 18	$1.29	$0.91	$2.20	$150.80	$162.20

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 201 found (best R:R 1.94, avg credit $0.72)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
126/127	164/165	Sep 18	$0.66	$0.34	78%	1.94	$126.34	$164.66
126/127	163/164	Sep 18	$0.65	$0.35	75%	1.86	$126.35	$163.65
126/127	160/161	Sep 18	$0.77	$0.23	62%	3.35	$126.23	$160.77
126/127	162/162	Sep 18	$0.68	$0.32	71%	2.13	$126.32	$162.68
126/127	161/162	Sep 18	$0.71	$0.29	67%	2.45	$126.29	$161.71
130/131	162/162	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.14	73%	2.57	$130.64	$162.36
145/146	164/165	Sep 25	$0.71	$0.29	49%	2.45	$145.29	$164.71
131/132	163/164	Sep 23	$0.54	$0.46	63%	1.17	$131.46	$163.54
132/132	162/162	Sep 18	$0.28	$0.22	73%	1.27	$132.22	$162.28
142/143	163/164	Sep 23	$0.57	$0.43	57%	1.33	$142.43	$163.57

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 281 found (best R:R 44.45, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$4.81	11%	25.32
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 9	$0.23	$4.77	11%	20.74
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$4.81	9%	25.32
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 23	$0.23	$4.77	10%	20.74
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$0.25	$4.75	11%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.11	$4.89	9%	44.45
$155.00	$156.00	$157.00	Sep 16	$0.25	$0.75	56%	3.00
$157.00	$157.50	$158.00	Sep 16	$0.05	$0.45	36%	9.00
$169.00	$170.00	$171.00	Sep 16	$0.08	$0.92	16%	11.50
$159.00	$160.00	$161.00	Sep 30	$0.05	$0.95	4%	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. 176 found (best net $-2.20, 164 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$175.00	$180.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.32	$4.68
$180.00	$185.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.02	$4.98
$158.00	$159.00	1:2	Sep 16	$0.00	$1.00
$160.00	$161.00	1:2	Sep 16	$0.00	$1.00
$170.00	$175.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.01	$4.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$179.00	$166.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$2.20	$10.80
$173.00	$166.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$4.92	$2.08
$159.00	$158.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.11	$0.89
$158.00	$157.50	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.26	$0.24
$156.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 16	$0.00	$1.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 163 found (best yield 6.25%, avg 2.33%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$161.00	Oct 30	$9.80	0.48	2.7%	6.25%	8.91%	30	460
$165.00	Oct 30	$8.20	0.43	5.2%	5.23%	10.45%	32	393
$162.00	Oct 30	$9.25	0.47	3.3%	5.90%	9.20%	20	462
$170.00	Oct 30	$6.75	0.37	8.4%	4.30%	12.71%	55	179
$160.00	Oct 30	$10.00	0.49	2.0%	6.38%	8.40%	55	170
$163.00	Oct 30	$8.70	0.46	3.9%	5.55%	9.49%	23	57
$158.00	Oct 30	$10.90	0.52	0.8%	6.95%	7.70%	1	79
$175.00	Oct 30	$5.60	0.32	11.6%	3.57%	15.16%	820	105
$157.00	Oct 30	$11.25	0.53	0.1%	7.17%	7.29%	5	8
$159.00	Oct 30	$10.20	0.51	1.4%	6.50%	7.89%	2	104

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 114,101

Total Puts 105,460

Put/Call Ratio 0.92

Net Difference 8,641

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 109,328

Total Puts 108,196

Put/Call Ratio 0.99

Net Difference 1,132

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 907,399

Total Puts 746,960

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.84

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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