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USO

United States Oil

$157.30 -2.82%

(9/16 13:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 3:00pm) 213,168

Calls: 109,906 (52%)

Puts: 103,262 (48%)

Prior (09/15) 196,393

Calls: 99,405 (51%)

Puts: 96,988 (49%)

Current vs Prior +8.54%

Calls: +10.56% (Calls)

Puts: +6.47% (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 -12.23%

Calls: -16.09%

Puts: -7.71%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16 3:00pm) $49.84M

Calls: $31.88M (64%)

Puts: $17.96M (36%)

Prior (09/15) $92.66M

Calls: $72.24M (78%)

Puts: $20.41M (22%)

Current vs Prior -46.21%

Calls: -55.87%

Puts: -12.03%

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 -43.53%

Calls: -53.49%

Puts: -8.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 3:00pm) 0.94

Prior (09/15) 0.98

Current vs Prior -3.70%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.47%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16 3:00pm) 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 0.67% | 3.30%3.30% | 6.74%0.67% | 12.59%

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

Current vs Prior -85.06% | -28.60%-28.60% | -13.98%-85.06% | -5.59%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -82.68% | -36.09%+5.87% | -0.27%-87.03% | -3.12%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -85.06% | -28.60%-28.60% | -13.98%-85.06% | -5.59%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 22.27% | 18.12%

Calls: 14.55% | 19.77%

Puts: 30.00% | 16.48%

Prior 11.22% | 4.65%

Calls: 14.15% | 5.06%

Puts: 8.29% | 4.25%

Current vs Prior +98.48% | +289.68%

Prior 7-Day Avg 17.87% | 15.74%

Calls: 13.94% | 10.72%

Puts: 21.80% | 20.78%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +24.61% | +15.09%

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Moderately bullish flow with 64% call dollar volume ($31.88M). Put-heavy open interest (626,500 puts vs 415,556 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

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 NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
15:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
13:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
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 259 of results (avg 7.4%, best 1.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$130.00	Sep 18	27.15	27.60	$27.38	1.6%	135	1.00	2.5K
$135.00	Sep 18	22.20	22.70	$22.45	2.2%	58	1.00	4.4K
$157.00	Sep 30	6.55	6.75	$6.65	3.0%	50	0.52	--
$140.00	Sep 18	17.20	17.75	$17.48	3.1%	73	1.00	4.2K
$130.00	Oct 16	28.05	29.10	$28.58	3.7%	129	0.90	4.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Oct 16	10.90	11.20	$11.05	2.7%	528	0.51	995
$170.00	Oct 30	19.30	19.90	$19.60	3.1%	218	0.62	89
$163.00	Oct 30	14.55	15.05	$14.80	3.4%	--	0.54	67
$157.00	Oct 16	9.15	9.50	$9.32	3.8%	20	0.47	180
$149.00	Sep 25	1.97	2.06	$2.02	4.5%	8	0.25	90

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 19 found (avg $0.70, cheapest $0.30)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$157.50	Sep 16	0.27	0.32	$0.30	16.7%	1.4K	0.44	64
$157.00	Sep 16	0.51	0.59	$0.55	14.5%	3.5K	0.64	122
$170.00	Sep 18	0.19	0.20	$0.20	5.0%	2.6K	0.06	7.1K
$163.00	Sep 18	0.71	0.81	$0.76	13.2%	1.6K	0.20	754
$162.00	Sep 18	0.90	1.00	$0.95	10.5%	1.1K	0.25	1.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 18	0.36	0.42	$0.39	15.4%	9.1K	0.12	9.8K
$152.00	Sep 18	0.60	0.72	$0.66	18.2%	968	0.19	1.9K
$146.00	Sep 23	0.89	1.05	$0.97	16.5%	99	0.16	192
$140.00	Sep 25	0.60	0.70	$0.65	15.4%	503	0.09	11.1K
$141.00	Sep 25	0.67	0.79	$0.73	16.4%	4	0.10	120

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 405 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$128.00	Sep 18	27.50	29.85	$28.68	8.2%	10	1.00	377
$129.00	Sep 18	27.65	28.85	$28.25	4.2%	33	1.00	588
$129.50	Sep 18	25.80	28.35	$27.08	9.4%	24	1.00	33
$130.00	Sep 18	27.15	27.60	$27.38	1.6%	135	1.00	2.5K
$130.50	Sep 18	24.80	27.35	$26.08	9.8%	7	1.00	22

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$161.00	Sep 16	2.97	4.70	$3.84	45.1%	24	1.00	--
$162.00	Sep 16	4.30	5.70	$5.00	28.0%	12	1.00	--
$163.00	Sep 16	5.45	7.65	$6.55	33.6%	3	1.00	--
$165.00	Sep 16	7.30	8.15	$7.73	11.0%	282	1.00	325
$166.00	Sep 16	8.50	10.25	$9.38	18.7%	14	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 814 active (total vol 194.7K, top 10.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$160.00	Sep 18	1.40	1.49	$1.44	6.3%	10.6K	0.34	12.7K
$160.00	Sep 16	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	8.2K	0.04	2.2K
$165.00	Sep 18	0.45	0.55	$0.50	20.0%	8.1K	0.14	6.6K
$159.00	Sep 16	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	4.1K	0.08	506
$158.00	Sep 16	0.14	0.18	$0.16	25.0%	4.0K	0.27	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$150.00	Sep 18	0.36	0.42	$0.39	15.4%	9.1K	0.12	9.8K
$155.00	Sep 16	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	7.6K	0.01	2.0K
$155.00	Sep 18	1.30	1.53	$1.42	16.2%	5.6K	0.35	3.7K
$154.00	Sep 16	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	4.6K	0.02	4.6K
$156.00	Sep 16	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	4.3K	0.08	611

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 233.4%, max 1116.3%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$158.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	57.5%	54.8%	5.0%	4.0K	1.6K
$157.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	53.7%	51.5%	4.2%	3.5K	130
$162.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	56.6%	55.0%	2.9%	508	647

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$171.00	Sep 16	Sep 25	691.1%	56.8%	1116.3%	6	322
$168.00	Sep 16	Sep 25	593.6%	56.2%	956.5%	10	58
$158.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	57.5%	54.8%	5.0%	2.4K	844
$157.00	Sep 16	Oct 30	53.7%	51.5%	4.2%	3.1K	857
$157.50	Sep 16	Oct 30	54.1%	52.0%	4.0%	1.1K	748

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 382 found (best R:R 7.33, avg 2.67)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$139.00	$140.00	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	100%	7.33	$139.12
$180.00	$185.00	Oct 30	$0.57	$4.43	$0.57	28%	7.77	$180.57
$138.00	$140.00	Oct 9	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00	84%	1.00	$139.00
$139.00	$140.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	92%	2.33	$139.30
$148.00	$149.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	72%	6.69	$148.13

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$164.00	$163.00	Sep 16	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	95%	1.00	$163.50
$162.00	$161.00	Oct 2	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	58%	4.56	$161.82
$165.00	$163.00	Oct 30	$0.73	$1.27	$0.73	56%	1.74	$164.27
$157.00	$156.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	48%	5.67	$156.85
$154.00	$153.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	42%	4.88	$153.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 262 found (best R:R 4.88, avg 0.72)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$164.00	$165.00	Oct 2	$0.63	$0.63	$0.37	62%	1.70	$164.63
$183.00	$184.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.32	$0.68	90%	0.47	$183.32
$159.00	$160.00	Oct 23	$0.73	$0.73	$0.27	50%	2.70	$159.73
$158.00	$159.00	Sep 30	$0.68	$0.68	$0.32	50%	2.12	$158.68
$162.00	$163.00	Oct 23	$0.63	$0.63	$0.37	54%	1.70	$162.63

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$143.00	$142.00	Oct 30	$0.83	$0.83	$0.17	72%	4.88	$142.17
$152.00	$151.00	Oct 9	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	62%	9.00	$151.10
$136.00	$135.00	Oct 23	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	81%	2.33	$135.30
$154.00	$151.00	Sep 30	$1.60	$1.60	$1.40	60%	1.14	$152.40
$146.00	$145.00	Oct 2	$0.70	$0.70	$0.30	74%	2.33	$145.30

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.08, cheapest $2.03)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$157.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$2.03	53.7%	52.0%
$157.50	Sep 16	Sep 18	$2.10	54.1%	52.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$157.00	Sep 16	Sep 18	$2.07	53.7%	52.0%
$157.50	Sep 16	Sep 18	$2.11	54.1%	52.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 256 found (cheapest 0.51% of stock, avg 9.26%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$157.00	Sep 16	$0.55	$0.26	$0.81	$156.19	$157.81	0.51%
$157.50	Sep 16	$0.30	$0.50	$0.80	$156.70	$158.30	0.51%
$158.00	Sep 16	$0.16	$0.86	$1.02	$156.98	$159.02	0.65%
$156.00	Sep 16	$1.35	$0.04	$1.39	$154.61	$157.39	0.88%
$159.00	Sep 16	$0.04	$1.90	$1.94	$157.06	$160.94	1.23%
$155.00	Sep 16	$2.24	$0.01	$2.25	$152.75	$157.25	1.43%
$160.00	Sep 16	$0.03	$2.74	$2.77	$157.23	$162.77	1.76%
$154.00	Sep 16	$2.97	$0.02	$2.99	$151.01	$156.99	1.90%
$161.00	Sep 16	$0.02	$3.84	$3.86	$157.14	$164.86	2.45%
$153.00	Sep 16	$3.97	$0.01	$3.98	$149.02	$156.98	2.53%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 236 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 7.63%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$159.00	$156.00	Sep 16	$0.04	$0.04	$0.08	$155.92	$159.08
$159.00	$152.50	Sep 16	$0.04	$0.09	$0.13	$152.37	$159.13
$158.00	$156.00	Sep 16	$0.16	$0.04	$0.20	$155.80	$158.20
$158.00	$152.50	Sep 16	$0.16	$0.09	$0.25	$152.25	$158.25
$159.00	$157.00	Sep 16	$0.04	$0.26	$0.30	$156.70	$159.30
$158.00	$157.00	Sep 16	$0.16	$0.26	$0.42	$156.58	$158.42
$157.50	$156.00	Sep 16	$0.30	$0.04	$0.34	$155.66	$157.84
$157.50	$157.00	Sep 16	$0.30	$0.26	$0.56	$156.44	$158.06
$157.50	$152.50	Sep 16	$0.30	$0.09	$0.39	$152.11	$157.89
$168.00	$156.00	Sep 16	$1.07	$0.04	$1.11	$154.89	$169.11

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 237 found (best R:R 1.50, avg credit $0.81)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
130/131	163/164	Sep 18	$0.60	$0.40	74%	1.50	$130.40	$163.60
131/132	163/164	Sep 23	$0.68	$0.32	63%	2.13	$131.32	$163.68
130/131	161/162	Sep 18	$0.65	$0.35	65%	1.86	$130.35	$161.65
142/143	163/164	Sep 23	$0.73	$0.27	56%	2.70	$142.27	$163.73
130/131	160/161	Sep 18	$0.68	$0.32	60%	2.13	$130.32	$160.68
126/127	163/164	Sep 18	$0.50	$0.50	73%	1.00	$126.50	$163.50
134/134	163/164	Sep 18	$0.51	$0.49	72%	1.04	$133.49	$163.51
135/136	163/164	Sep 23	$0.62	$0.38	61%	1.63	$135.38	$163.62
126/127	161/162	Sep 18	$0.55	$0.45	65%	1.22	$126.45	$161.55
148/149	163/164	Sep 23	$0.75	$0.25	45%	3.00	$148.25	$163.75

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 282 found (best R:R 37.46, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$4.87	10%	37.46
$155.00	$156.00	$157.00	Sep 16	$0.09	$0.91	35%	10.11
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 30	$0.19	$4.81	10%	25.32
$165.00	$170.00	$175.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$4.70	13%	15.67
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 2	$0.27	$4.73	11%	17.52

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$165.00	$170.00	$175.00	Oct 9	$0.32	$4.68	14%	14.62
$155.00	$156.00	$157.00	Sep 16	$0.19	$0.81	35%	4.26
$154.00	$155.00	$156.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.95	13%	19.00
$155.00	$156.00	$157.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$0.93	13%	13.29
$157.00	$157.50	$158.00	Sep 16	$0.12	$0.38	37%	3.17

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 166 found (best net $-2.26, 156 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$155.00	$156.00	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.46	$0.54
$175.00	$180.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.32	$4.68
$180.00	$185.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.01	$4.99
$164.00	$165.00	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	-$2.26	$10.74
$173.00	$166.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$4.92	$2.08
$158.00	$157.50	1:2	Sep 16	-$0.14	$0.36
$127.00	$126.00	1:2	Sep 18	$0.00	$1.00
$154.00	$153.00	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. 153 found (best yield 5.21%, avg 2.21%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$165.00	Oct 30	$8.20	0.43	4.9%	5.21%	10.11%	32	393
$162.00	Oct 30	$9.25	0.47	3.0%	5.88%	8.87%	20	462
$170.00	Oct 30	$6.75	0.37	8.1%	4.29%	12.36%	55	179
$161.00	Oct 30	$9.60	0.48	2.4%	6.10%	8.46%	28	460
$160.00	Oct 30	$10.00	0.49	1.7%	6.36%	8.07%	55	170
$163.00	Oct 30	$8.70	0.46	3.6%	5.53%	9.15%	23	57
$158.00	Oct 30	$10.90	0.52	0.5%	6.93%	7.37%	1	79
$175.00	Oct 30	$5.60	0.32	11.2%	3.56%	14.81%	819	105
$159.00	Oct 30	$10.20	0.51	1.1%	6.48%	7.57%	2	104
$180.00	Oct 30	$4.60	0.28	14.4%	2.92%	17.36%	31	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 109,906

Total Puts 103,262

Put/Call Ratio 0.94

Net Difference 6,644

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 99,405

Total Puts 96,988

Put/Call Ratio 0.98

Net Difference 2,417

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 916,894

Total Puts 783,250

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.87

Ratio Trend Falling

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

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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