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USO

United States Oil

$156.49 -3.32%

(9/16 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 11:00am) 76,500

Calls: 41,455 (54%)

Puts: 35,045 (46%)

Prior (09/15) 47,541

Calls: 26,184 (55%)

Puts: 21,357 (45%)

Current vs Prior +60.91%

Calls: +58.32% (Calls)

Puts: +64.09% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,700,144

Calls: 916,894 (54%)

Puts: 783,250 (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average 242,877

Calls: 130,984 (54%)

Puts: 111,892 (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -68.50%

Calls: -68.35%

Puts: -68.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16 11:00am) $23.44M

Calls: $13.35M (57%)

Puts: $10.09M (43%)

Prior (09/15) $20.57M

Calls: $16.25M (79%)

Puts: $4.32M (21%)

Current vs Prior +13.94%

Calls: -17.85%

Puts: +133.54%

Prior 7-Day Total $617.79M

Calls: $479.80M (78%)

Puts: $137.99M (22%)

Prior 7-Day Average $88.26M

Calls: $68.54M (78%)

Puts: $19.71M (22%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -73.44%

Calls: -80.52%

Puts: -48.82%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 11:00am) 0.85

Prior (09/15) 0.82

Current vs Prior +3.64%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -3.30%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 11:00am) 1,042,056

Calls: 415,556 (40%)

Puts: 626,500 (60%)

Prior (09/15) 986,080

Calls: 400,843 (41%)

Puts: 585,237 (59%)

Current vs Prior +5.68%

Prior 7-Day Total 6,319,559

Calls: 2,692,298 (43%)

Puts: 3,627,261 (57%)

Prior 7-Day Average 902,794

Calls: 384,614 (43%)

Puts: 518,180 (57%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.43%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 1.32% | 3.52%3.52% | 7.05%1.32% | 12.56%

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

Current vs Prior -70.39% | -23.81%-23.81% | -10.03%-70.39% | -5.77%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.85% | 5.16%3.12% | 6.76%5.15% | 12.99%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -65.67% | -31.80%+12.98% | +4.31%-74.29% | -3.30%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -70.39% | -23.81%-23.81% | -10.03%-70.39% | -5.77%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 20.30% | 23.61%

Calls: 21.36% | 33.33%

Puts: 19.23% | 13.88%

Prior 11.22% | 4.65%

Calls: 14.15% | 5.06%

Puts: 8.29% | 4.25%

Current vs Prior +80.93% | +407.74%

Prior 7-Day Avg 17.87% | 15.74%

Calls: 13.94% | 10.72%

Puts: 21.80% | 20.78%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +13.59% | +49.96%

Liquidity Expensive

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Above-average activity with volume up 61% vs prior. Put-heavy open interest (626,500 puts vs 415,556 calls) suggests hedging or bearish 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 NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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 146 of results (avg 8.0%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$165.00	Oct 16	6.40	6.60	$6.50	3.1%	197	0.40	3.7K
$151.00	Sep 23	7.45	7.70	$7.58	3.3%	5	0.72	5
$130.00	Oct 16	27.75	28.70	$28.23	3.4%	38	0.90	4.8K
$129.00	Sep 18	27.25	28.40	$27.83	4.1%	--	0.99	588
$160.00	Oct 23	9.15	9.55	$9.35	4.3%	861	0.49	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Oct 16	6.20	6.30	$6.25	1.6%	1.2K	0.36	4.8K
$155.00	Oct 16	8.45	8.75	$8.60	3.5%	101	0.44	865
$156.00	Oct 16	8.85	9.20	$9.02	3.9%	14	0.46	152
$160.00	Oct 16	11.25	11.70	$11.48	3.9%	313	0.52	995
$145.00	Oct 9	3.35	3.50	$3.43	4.4%	16	0.25	637

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 15 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Sep 16	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	3.6K	0.06	2.2K
$177.00	Sep 25	0.72	0.86	$0.79	17.7%	--	0.11	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$154.00	Sep 16	0.12	0.13	$0.13	7.7%	357	0.12	4.6K
$156.00	Sep 16	0.55	0.59	$0.57	7.0%	1.0K	0.41	611
$150.00	Sep 18	0.50	0.55	$0.53	9.4%	3.2K	0.15	9.8K
$151.00	Sep 18	0.59	0.72	$0.66	19.7%	74	0.18	348
$152.00	Sep 18	0.77	0.94	$0.86	19.8%	378	0.23	1.9K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 379 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$126.00	Sep 16	30.15	32.55	$31.35	7.7%	35	1.00	242
$127.00	Sep 16	29.20	31.55	$30.38	7.7%	33	1.00	106
$128.00	Sep 16	28.00	30.60	$29.30	8.9%	23	1.00	125
$129.00	Sep 16	27.20	29.55	$28.38	8.3%	44	1.00	24
$130.00	Sep 16	26.20	28.05	$27.13	6.8%	86	1.00	126

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$162.00	Sep 16	3.85	5.80	$4.83	40.4%	6	1.00	--
$163.00	Sep 16	4.95	6.80	$5.88	31.5%	2	1.00	--
$164.00	Sep 16	5.85	7.80	$6.82	28.6%	2	1.00	--
$165.00	Sep 16	8.05	8.85	$8.45	9.5%	244	1.00	325
$170.00	Sep 16	12.35	13.90	$13.13	11.8%	7	1.00	54

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 653 active (total vol 67.8K, top 3.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Sep 16	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	3.6K	0.06	2.2K
$185.00	Sep 23	0.11	0.29	$0.20	90.0%	3.0K	0.04	561
$159.00	Sep 16	0.08	0.12	$0.10	40.0%	2.4K	0.10	506
$160.00	Sep 18	1.16	1.27	$1.21	9.1%	2.1K	0.30	12.7K
$165.00	Sep 18	0.40	0.50	$0.45	22.2%	1.7K	0.13	6.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 18	0.50	0.55	$0.53	9.4%	3.2K	0.15	9.8K
$155.00	Sep 18	1.73	1.85	$1.79	6.7%	2.9K	0.40	3.7K
$158.00	Sep 16	1.53	1.93	$1.73	23.1%	1.6K	0.78	802
$157.00	Sep 16	0.94	1.14	$1.04	19.2%	1.5K	0.61	824
$150.00	Oct 16	6.20	6.30	$6.25	1.6%	1.2K	0.36	4.8K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 1.7%, max 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$162.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	54.4%	53.2%	2.2%	384	647
$156.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	52.4%	51.4%	1.8%	29	618
$157.50	Sep 16	Oct 23	52.4%	51.5%	1.8%	47	101
$158.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	51.8%	50.9%	1.6%	547	1.6K
$157.00	Sep 16	Oct 23	51.3%	51.2%	0.3%	82	166

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$162.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	54.4%	53.2%	2.2%	120	107
$158.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	51.9%	50.9%	1.8%	1.6K	844
$156.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	52.2%	51.4%	1.6%	1.0K	648

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 379 found (best R:R 0.62, avg 2.71)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$131.00	$135.00	Oct 23	$2.47	$1.53	$2.47	88%	0.62	$133.47
$180.00	$185.00	Oct 30	$0.55	$4.45	$0.55	29%	8.09	$180.55
$180.00	$185.00	Oct 23	$0.45	$4.55	$0.45	26%	10.11	$180.45
$170.00	$175.00	Oct 30	$1.12	$3.88	$1.12	39%	3.46	$171.12
$165.00	$170.00	Oct 30	$1.42	$3.58	$1.42	44%	2.52	$166.42

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$168.00	$167.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	93%	3.00	$167.75
$171.00	$170.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	82%	3.00	$170.75
$161.00	$160.00	Sep 16	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	96%	0.82	$160.45
$163.00	$162.00	Oct 23	$0.19	$0.81	$0.19	55%	4.26	$162.81
$165.00	$164.00	Sep 25	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	71%	1.86	$164.65

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 268 found (best R:R 5.67, avg 0.71)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$174.00	$175.00	Sep 30	$0.68	$0.68	$0.32	77%	2.12	$174.68
$163.00	$165.00	Oct 30	$1.31	$1.31	$0.69	53%	1.90	$164.31
$169.00	$170.00	Sep 25	$0.53	$0.53	$0.47	76%	1.13	$169.53
$162.00	$163.00	Sep 30	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	58%	2.33	$162.70
$159.00	$160.00	Oct 23	$0.78	$0.78	$0.22	49%	3.55	$159.78

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$148.00	$147.00	Oct 9	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	70%	5.67	$147.15
$149.00	$148.00	Oct 23	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	66%	6.69	$148.13
$144.00	$142.00	Oct 30	$1.05	$1.05	$0.95	72%	1.11	$142.95
$155.00	$154.00	Oct 16	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	56%	9.00	$154.10
$155.00	$154.00	Oct 30	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	57%	6.69	$154.13

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.65, cheapest $1.57)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$157.50	Sep 16	Sep 18	$1.59	52.4%	49.6%
$156.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$1.67	52.4%	49.8%
$157.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$1.72	51.3%	51.2%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$157.50	Sep 16	Sep 18	$1.57	52.5%	49.6%
$156.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$1.60	52.2%	49.8%
$157.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$1.77	51.5%	51.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 247 found (cheapest 1.01% of stock, avg 9.39%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$157.00	Sep 16	$0.54	$1.04	$1.58	$155.42	$158.58	1.01%
$156.00	Sep 16	$1.03	$0.57	$1.60	$154.40	$157.60	1.02%
$157.50	Sep 16	$0.38	$1.43	$1.81	$155.69	$159.31	1.16%
$158.00	Sep 16	$0.25	$1.73	$1.98	$156.02	$159.98	1.27%
$155.00	Sep 16	$1.73	$0.27	$2.00	$153.00	$157.00	1.28%
$159.00	Sep 16	$0.10	$2.60	$2.70	$156.30	$161.70	1.73%
$154.00	Sep 16	$3.00	$0.13	$3.13	$150.87	$157.13	2.00%
$160.00	Sep 16	$0.06	$3.38	$3.44	$156.56	$163.44	2.20%
$161.00	Sep 16	$0.03	$3.93	$3.96	$157.04	$164.96	2.53%
$153.00	Sep 16	$3.95	$0.06	$4.01	$148.99	$157.01	2.56%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 245 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 7.35%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$160.00	$153.00	Sep 16	$0.06	$0.06	$0.12	$152.88	$160.12
$159.00	$153.00	Sep 16	$0.10	$0.06	$0.16	$152.84	$159.16
$160.00	$154.00	Sep 16	$0.06	$0.13	$0.19	$153.81	$160.19
$159.00	$154.00	Sep 16	$0.10	$0.13	$0.23	$153.77	$159.23
$158.00	$153.00	Sep 16	$0.25	$0.06	$0.31	$152.69	$158.31
$160.00	$155.00	Sep 16	$0.06	$0.27	$0.33	$154.67	$160.33
$158.00	$154.00	Sep 16	$0.25	$0.13	$0.38	$153.62	$158.38
$159.00	$155.00	Sep 16	$0.10	$0.27	$0.37	$154.63	$159.37
$158.00	$155.00	Sep 16	$0.25	$0.27	$0.52	$154.48	$158.52
$157.50	$153.00	Sep 16	$0.38	$0.06	$0.44	$152.56	$157.94

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 204 found (best R:R 0.56, avg credit $0.69)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
126/127	166/167	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.64	85%	0.56	$126.64	$166.36
126/127	160/161	Sep 18	$0.50	$0.50	65%	1.00	$126.50	$160.50
126/127	163/164	Sep 18	$0.37	$0.63	78%	0.59	$126.63	$163.37
126/127	161/162	Sep 18	$0.44	$0.56	70%	0.79	$126.56	$161.44
127/128	163/164	Sep 23	$0.48	$0.52	65%	0.92	$127.52	$163.48
127/128	164/165	Sep 23	$0.44	$0.56	67%	0.79	$127.56	$164.44
146/147	166/167	Sep 25	$0.60	$0.40	51%	1.50	$146.40	$166.60
127/128	165/166	Sep 23	$0.40	$0.60	70%	0.67	$127.60	$165.40
126/127	166/167	Sep 25	$0.40	$0.60	68%	0.67	$126.60	$166.40
146/147	163/164	Sep 25	$0.62	$0.38	45%	1.63	$146.38	$163.62

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 264 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$4.92	11%	61.50
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$4.84	9%	30.25
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.16	$4.84	9%	30.25
$165.00	$170.00	$175.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$4.75	12%	19.00
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Sep 23	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$4.86	10%	34.71
$155.00	$156.00	$157.00	Sep 16	$0.17	$0.83	38%	4.88
$153.00	$154.00	$155.00	Sep 16	$0.07	$0.93	17%	13.29
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$4.80	8%	24.00
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 9	$0.29	$4.71	12%	16.24

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 168 found (best net $-4.30, 166 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$154.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.46	$0.54
$156.00	$157.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.05	$0.95
$155.00	$156.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.33	$0.67
$175.00	$180.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.12	$4.88
$180.00	$185.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.07	$4.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$173.00	$166.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$4.30	$2.70
$170.00	$165.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$3.77	$1.23
$157.00	$156.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.10	$0.90
$127.00	$126.00	1:2	Sep 25	$0.00	$1.00
$159.00	$158.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.86	$0.14

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 162 found (best yield 4.44%, avg 2.26%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$170.00	Oct 30	$6.95	0.39	8.6%	4.44%	13.07%	15	179
$175.00	Oct 30	$5.80	0.34	11.8%	3.71%	15.53%	687	105
$162.00	Oct 30	$9.35	0.48	3.5%	5.97%	9.50%	1	462
$163.00	Oct 30	$8.90	0.47	4.2%	5.69%	9.85%	1	57
$160.00	Oct 30	$10.05	0.51	2.2%	6.42%	8.67%	34	170
$165.00	Oct 30	$8.10	0.44	5.4%	5.18%	10.61%	13	393
$161.00	Oct 30	$9.55	0.50	2.9%	6.10%	8.98%	--	460
$158.00	Oct 30	$10.80	0.53	1.0%	6.90%	7.87%	--	79
$180.00	Oct 30	$4.75	0.29	15.0%	3.04%	18.06%	10	82
$185.00	Oct 30	$4.15	0.26	18.2%	2.65%	20.87%	--	32

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 41,455

Total Puts 35,045

Put/Call Ratio 0.85

Net Difference 6,410

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 26,184

Total Puts 21,357

Put/Call Ratio 0.82

Net Difference 4,827

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 916,894

Total Puts 783,250

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.87

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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