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USO

United States Oil

$156.13 -3.54%

(9/16 11:01) ◀

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 (12:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 12:00pm) 148,460

Calls: 74,072 (50%)

Puts: 74,388 (50%)

Prior (09/15) 74,610

Calls: 40,014 (54%)

Puts: 34,596 (46%)

Current vs Prior +98.98%

Calls: +85.12% (Calls)

Puts: +115.02% (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 -38.87%

Calls: -43.45%

Puts: -33.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16 12:00pm) $38.53M

Calls: $20.88M (54%)

Puts: $17.65M (46%)

Prior (09/15) $35.14M

Calls: $27.92M (79%)

Puts: $7.23M (21%)

Current vs Prior +9.62%

Calls: -25.20%

Puts: +144.15%

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 -56.35%

Calls: -69.54%

Puts: -10.49%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 12:00pm) 1.00

Prior (09/15) 0.86

Current vs Prior +16.15%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +14.88%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 12:00pm) 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 1.37% | 3.73%3.73% | 6.89%1.37% | 12.51%

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

Current vs Prior -69.31% | -19.34%-19.34% | -12.11%-69.31% | -6.18%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -64.43% | -27.80%+19.61% | +1.90%-73.36% | -3.72%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -69.31% | -19.34%-19.34% | -12.11%-69.31% | -6.18%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 9.02% | 15.48%

Calls: 9.64% | 9.85%

Puts: 8.40% | 21.10%

Prior 11.22% | 4.65%

Calls: 14.15% | 5.06%

Puts: 8.29% | 4.25%

Current vs Prior -19.61% | +232.90%

Prior 7-Day Avg 17.87% | 15.74%

Calls: 13.94% | 10.72%

Puts: 21.80% | 20.78%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -49.53% | -1.68%

Liquidity Expensive

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Above-average activity with volume up 99% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.00. Put-heavy open interest (626,500 puts vs 415,556 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall MIXED

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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
12:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
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 246 of results (avg 7.0%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$127.00	Sep 16	28.85	29.40	$29.13	1.9%	34	1.00	106
$126.00	Sep 16	29.90	30.50	$30.20	2.0%	35	1.00	242
$125.00	Sep 16	30.85	31.55	$31.20	2.2%	31	1.00	295
$135.00	Oct 16	23.15	23.70	$23.42	2.3%	37	0.84	1.8K
$128.00	Sep 18	27.70	28.45	$28.08	2.7%	4	0.96	377

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Oct 16	18.50	18.80	$18.65	1.6%	25	0.67	155
$150.00	Oct 16	6.25	6.40	$6.33	2.4%	2.3K	0.37	4.8K
$160.00	Oct 16	11.50	11.80	$11.65	2.6%	508	0.53	995
$180.00	Oct 16	26.30	27.00	$26.65	2.6%	8	0.77	63
$158.00	Oct 9	9.10	9.40	$9.25	3.2%	5	0.51	208

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 22 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.15)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$158.00	Sep 16	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	3.1K	0.19	1.5K
$157.50	Sep 16	0.29	0.33	$0.31	12.9%	941	0.26	64
$157.00	Sep 16	0.42	0.44	$0.43	4.7%	2.3K	0.33	122
$156.00	Sep 16	0.79	0.87	$0.83	9.6%	2.1K	0.53	333
$165.00	Sep 18	0.40	0.47	$0.44	15.9%	2.5K	0.12	6.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$154.00	Sep 16	0.14	0.15	$0.15	6.7%	3.7K	0.14	4.6K
$155.00	Sep 16	0.31	0.34	$0.33	9.1%	5.0K	0.27	2.0K
$156.00	Sep 16	0.66	0.71	$0.69	7.2%	2.8K	0.47	611
$150.00	Sep 18	0.61	0.67	$0.64	9.4%	5.0K	0.17	9.8K
$144.00	Sep 23	0.81	0.99	$0.90	20.0%	9	0.14	82

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 406 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Sep 23	29.80	31.90	$30.85	6.8%	2	1.00	2
$130.00	Sep 23	24.85	27.00	$25.93	8.3%	--	1.00	19
$125.00	Sep 25	29.90	31.55	$30.73	5.4%	--	1.00	269
$127.00	Sep 25	27.90	29.65	$28.78	6.1%	--	1.00	271
$128.00	Sep 25	26.95	29.10	$28.03	7.7%	--	1.00	114

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$164.00	Sep 16	7.55	8.30	$7.93	9.5%	8	1.00	--
$165.00	Sep 16	8.65	9.10	$8.88	5.1%	265	1.00	325
$170.00	Sep 16	13.45	14.30	$13.88	6.1%	8	1.00	54
$171.00	Sep 16	14.60	16.85	$15.73	14.3%	1	1.00	--
$172.00	Sep 16	15.15	17.90	$16.52	16.6%	2	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 764 active (total vol 134.5K, top 5.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Sep 16	0.06	0.10	$0.08	50.0%	5.6K	0.07	2.2K
$160.00	Sep 18	1.09	1.32	$1.21	19.0%	3.8K	0.29	12.7K
$166.00	Sep 18	0.31	0.42	$0.37	29.7%	3.6K	0.10	501
$158.00	Sep 16	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	3.1K	0.19	1.5K
$159.00	Sep 16	0.11	0.15	$0.13	30.8%	3.1K	0.12	506

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 16	0.31	0.34	$0.33	9.1%	5.0K	0.27	2.0K
$150.00	Sep 18	0.61	0.67	$0.64	9.4%	5.0K	0.17	9.8K
$155.00	Sep 18	1.97	2.14	$2.06	8.3%	4.4K	0.42	3.7K
$154.00	Sep 16	0.14	0.15	$0.15	6.7%	3.7K	0.14	4.6K
$156.00	Sep 16	0.66	0.71	$0.69	7.2%	2.8K	0.47	611

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 15 strikes (avg 72.2%, max 521.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$158.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	61.6%	53.8%	14.5%	3.1K	1.6K
$155.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	56.1%	51.8%	8.3%	684	929
$157.50	Sep 16	Oct 23	59.2%	55.1%	7.4%	945	101
$156.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	54.9%	51.7%	6.2%	2.1K	618
$162.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	57.8%	55.1%	4.8%	457	647

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$169.00	Sep 16	Sep 25	359.4%	57.9%	521.2%	1	300
$168.00	Sep 16	Sep 25	323.3%	57.5%	462.7%	1	58
$158.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	61.6%	53.8%	14.5%	1.8K	844
$157.50	Sep 16	Oct 30	59.2%	54.1%	9.5%	1.0K	748
$155.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	56.1%	51.8%	8.3%	5.1K	2.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 364 found (best R:R 19.83, avg 2.76)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$180.00	$185.00	Oct 23	$0.24	$4.76	$0.24	23%	19.83	$180.24
$175.00	$180.00	Oct 30	$0.64	$4.36	$0.64	32%	6.81	$175.64
$136.00	$137.00	Oct 9	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	84%	4.88	$136.17
$147.00	$148.00	Sep 18	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	91%	2.57	$147.28
$170.00	$175.00	Oct 30	$1.03	$3.97	$1.03	36%	3.85	$171.03

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$175.00	$174.00	Sep 16	$0.22	$0.78	$0.22	100%	3.55	$174.78
$163.00	$162.00	Sep 16	$0.37	$0.63	$0.37	96%	1.70	$162.63
$170.00	$169.00	Sep 16	$0.33	$0.67	$0.33	100%	2.03	$169.67
$165.00	$163.00	Oct 9	$0.80	$1.20	$0.80	62%	1.50	$164.20
$160.00	$159.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	51%	5.67	$159.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 269 found (best R:R 6.69, avg 0.83)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$158.00	$159.00	Sep 30	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	53%	5.67	$158.85
$161.00	$162.00	Sep 30	$0.78	$0.78	$0.22	59%	3.55	$161.78
$175.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$1.02	$1.02	$3.98	80%	0.26	$176.02
$165.00	$166.00	Oct 2	$0.66	$0.66	$0.34	66%	1.94	$165.66
$170.00	$172.00	Sep 30	$0.64	$0.64	$1.36	77%	0.47	$170.64

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$136.00	$135.00	Oct 9	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	84%	6.69	$135.13
$134.00	$133.00	Oct 9	$0.81	$0.81	$0.19	85%	4.26	$133.19
$138.00	$137.00	Oct 9	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	80%	5.67	$137.15
$144.00	$142.00	Oct 30	$1.20	$1.20	$0.80	70%	1.50	$142.80
$126.00	$125.00	Sep 23	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	93%	2.03	$125.33

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.81, cheapest $1.77)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$157.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$1.77	57.1%	53.3%
$156.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$1.91	54.9%	53.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$157.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$1.77	57.1%	53.3%
$156.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$1.79	54.9%	53.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 251 found (cheapest 0.97% of stock, avg 9.44%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$156.00	Sep 16	$0.83	$0.69	$1.52	$154.48	$157.52	0.97%
$157.00	Sep 16	$0.43	$1.31	$1.74	$155.26	$158.74	1.11%
$155.00	Sep 16	$1.46	$0.33	$1.79	$153.21	$156.79	1.15%
$157.50	Sep 16	$0.31	$1.70	$2.01	$155.49	$159.51	1.29%
$158.00	Sep 16	$0.22	$2.15	$2.37	$155.63	$160.37	1.52%
$154.00	Sep 16	$2.30	$0.15	$2.45	$151.55	$156.45	1.57%
$153.00	Sep 16	$3.21	$0.07	$3.28	$149.72	$156.28	2.10%
$159.00	Sep 16	$0.13	$3.18	$3.31	$155.69	$162.31	2.12%
$152.50	Sep 16	$3.48	$0.05	$3.53	$148.97	$156.03	2.26%
$152.00	Sep 16	$3.78	$0.04	$3.82	$148.18	$155.82	2.45%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 250 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 7.37%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$160.00	$152.50	Sep 16	$0.08	$0.05	$0.13	$152.37	$160.13
$160.00	$153.00	Sep 16	$0.08	$0.07	$0.15	$152.85	$160.15
$159.00	$152.50	Sep 16	$0.13	$0.05	$0.18	$152.32	$159.18
$159.00	$153.00	Sep 16	$0.13	$0.07	$0.20	$152.80	$159.20
$160.00	$154.00	Sep 16	$0.08	$0.15	$0.23	$153.77	$160.23
$159.00	$154.00	Sep 16	$0.13	$0.15	$0.28	$153.72	$159.28
$158.00	$152.50	Sep 16	$0.22	$0.05	$0.27	$152.23	$158.27
$158.00	$153.00	Sep 16	$0.22	$0.07	$0.29	$152.71	$158.29
$158.00	$154.00	Sep 16	$0.22	$0.15	$0.37	$153.63	$158.37
$157.50	$152.50	Sep 16	$0.31	$0.05	$0.36	$152.14	$157.86

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 277 found (best R:R 2.23, avg credit $0.74)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
134/134	176/177	Sep 18	$0.69	$0.31	86%	2.23	$133.31	$176.69
134/134	174/175	Sep 18	$0.70	$0.30	85%	2.33	$133.30	$174.70
125/126	164/165	Sep 23	$0.88	$0.12	66%	7.33	$125.12	$164.88
125/126	165/166	Sep 23	$0.85	$0.15	68%	5.67	$125.15	$165.85
125/126	163/164	Sep 23	$0.88	$0.12	64%	7.33	$125.12	$163.88
145/146	170/172	Sep 30	$1.43	$0.57	51%	2.51	$144.57	$171.43
126/126	165/166	Oct 2	$0.82	$0.18	62%	4.56	$125.18	$165.82
128/128	165/166	Oct 2	$0.83	$0.17	60%	4.88	$127.67	$165.83
134/134	164/165	Sep 18	$0.67	$0.33	76%	2.03	$133.33	$164.67
125/126	162/163	Sep 23	$0.80	$0.20	62%	4.00	$125.20	$163.30

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 265 found (best R:R 26.78, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$165.00	$170.00	$175.00	Oct 9	$0.18	$4.82	14%	26.78
$165.00	$170.00	$175.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$4.75	12%	19.00
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$4.82	8%	26.78
$153.00	$154.00	$155.00	Sep 16	$0.07	$0.93	20%	13.29
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$4.75	10%	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$154.00	$155.00	$156.00	Sep 16	$0.18	$0.82	33%	4.56
$153.00	$154.00	$155.00	Sep 16	$0.10	$0.90	20%	9.00
$155.00	$156.00	$157.00	Sep 16	$0.26	$0.74	39%	2.85
$149.00	$150.00	$151.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	7%	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. 173 found (best net $-2.31, 166 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$175.00	$180.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.03	$4.97
$155.00	$156.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.20	$0.80
$154.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.62	$0.38
$175.00	$180.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.21	$4.79
$180.00	$185.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.03	$4.97

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$179.00	$166.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$2.31	$10.69
$140.00	$130.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.03	$9.97
$157.00	$156.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.07	$0.93
$173.00	$166.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$5.71	$1.29
$127.00	$126.00	1:2	Sep 18	$0.00	$1.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 155 found (best yield 5.60%, avg 2.18%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$163.00	Oct 30	$8.75	0.45	4.4%	5.60%	10.00%	23	57
$161.00	Oct 30	$9.45	0.47	3.1%	6.05%	9.17%	14	460
$165.00	Oct 30	$7.95	0.42	5.7%	5.09%	10.77%	24	393
$160.00	Oct 30	$9.80	0.48	2.5%	6.28%	8.76%	45	170
$162.00	Oct 30	$8.95	0.46	3.8%	5.73%	9.49%	20	462
$175.00	Oct 30	$5.55	0.32	12.1%	3.55%	15.64%	691	105
$170.00	Oct 30	$6.40	0.36	8.9%	4.10%	12.98%	36	179
$159.00	Oct 30	$9.90	0.50	1.8%	6.34%	8.18%	2	104
$158.00	Oct 30	$10.25	0.51	1.2%	6.57%	7.76%	1	79
$180.00	Oct 30	$4.45	0.28	15.3%	2.85%	18.14%	24	82

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 74,072

Total Puts 74,388

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference -316

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 40,014

Total Puts 34,596

Put/Call Ratio 0.86

Net Difference 5,418

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 916,894

Total Puts 783,250

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.87

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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