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USO

United States Oil

$154.40 -0.59%

(9/18 12:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 1:00pm) 148,527

Calls: 82,769 (56%)

Puts: 65,758 (44%)

Prior (09/17) 102,274

Calls: 51,116 (50%)

Puts: 51,158 (50%)

Current vs Prior +45.22%

Calls: +61.92% (Calls)

Puts: +28.54% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,746,111

Calls: 931,053 (53%)

Puts: 815,058 (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average 249,444

Calls: 133,007 (53%)

Puts: 116,436 (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -40.46%

Calls: -37.77%

Puts: -43.52%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 1:00pm) $37.90M

Calls: $22.94M (61%)

Puts: $14.97M (39%)

Prior (09/17) $41.00M

Calls: $29.40M (72%)

Puts: $11.60M (28%)

Current vs Prior -7.56%

Calls: -21.98%

Puts: +28.97%

Prior 7-Day Total $635.53M

Calls: $474.38M (75%)

Puts: $161.15M (25%)

Prior 7-Day Average $90.79M

Calls: $67.77M (75%)

Puts: $23.02M (25%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -58.25%

Calls: -66.15%

Puts: -34.99%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 1:00pm) 0.79

Prior (09/17) 1.00

Current vs Prior -20.62%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.90

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.14%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 1:00pm) 1,023,239

Calls: 420,350 (41%)

Puts: 602,889 (59%)

Prior (09/17) 989,235

Calls: 402,025 (41%)

Puts: 587,210 (59%)

Current vs Prior +3.44%

Prior 7-Day Total 6,644,767

Calls: 2,756,550 (41%)

Puts: 3,888,217 (59%)

Prior 7-Day Average 949,252

Calls: 393,792 (41%)

Puts: 555,459 (59%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.79%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/23)Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 1.22% | 4.34%1.22% | 5.27%1.22% | 10.67%

Prior 2.51% | 4.85%2.51% | 5.99%2.51% | 11.22%

Current vs Prior -51.50% | -10.49%-51.50% | -12.15%-51.50% | -4.94%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.81% | 5.54%3.32% | 7.04%4.09% | 12.96%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -68.04% | -21.60%-63.29% | -25.14%-70.20% | -17.67%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.51% | 4.85%3.58% | 6.98%0.75% | 12.42%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -51.50% | -10.49%-65.96% | -24.58%+61.83% | -14.12%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.00% | 28.36%

Calls: 9.20% | 38.81%

Puts: 18.81% | 17.91%

Prior 27.15% | 15.23%

Calls: 18.52% | 5.33%

Puts: 35.78% | 25.13%

Current vs Prior -48.43% | +86.21%

Prior 7-Day Avg 14.16% | 10.37%

Calls: 10.95% | 7.44%

Puts: 17.36% | 13.30%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -1.12% | +173.52%

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Moderately bullish flow with 61% call dollar volume ($22.94M). P/C ratio dropping 21% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

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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
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 334 of results (avg 6.1%, best 1.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$125.00	Sep 18	29.00	29.45	$29.23	1.5%	85	1.00	1.8K
$160.00	Sep 23	1.13	1.15	$1.14	1.8%	914	0.25	905
$158.00	Oct 9	5.35	5.45	$5.40	1.9%	142	0.44	176
$157.00	Oct 23	7.90	8.05	$7.98	1.9%	37	0.48	47
$157.50	Oct 23	7.70	7.85	$7.78	1.9%	78	0.47	35

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$151.00	Oct 9	5.05	5.15	$5.10	2.0%	169	0.40	81
$155.00	Oct 16	8.05	8.25	$8.15	2.5%	81	0.49	1.0K
$147.00	Sep 23	0.77	0.79	$0.78	2.6%	243	0.17	952
$154.00	Sep 23	2.87	2.95	$2.91	2.7%	626	0.47	476
$153.00	Sep 23	2.43	2.50	$2.47	2.8%	223	0.42	210

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 71 found (avg $0.48, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$156.00	Sep 18	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	5.1K	0.15	1.9K
$155.00	Sep 18	0.34	0.38	$0.36	11.1%	2.9K	0.34	7.6K
$154.00	Sep 18	0.83	0.91	$0.87	9.2%	210	0.58	3.4K
$172.00	Sep 23	0.18	0.20	$0.19	10.5%	80	0.05	65
$167.50	Sep 23	0.31	0.35	$0.33	12.1%	32	0.08	153

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$153.00	Sep 18	0.24	0.27	$0.26	11.5%	1.3K	0.23	1.5K
$154.00	Sep 18	0.48	0.54	$0.51	11.8%	3.0K	0.42	966
$140.00	Sep 23	0.17	0.19	$0.18	11.1%	638	0.05	822
$141.00	Sep 23	0.22	0.24	$0.23	8.7%	44	0.06	112
$142.00	Sep 23	0.25	0.29	$0.27	14.8%	52	0.07	132

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 369 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$124.00	Oct 2	29.65	32.10	$30.88	7.9%	--	1.00	120
$125.00	Oct 2	29.05	31.10	$30.08	6.8%	13	1.00	45
$126.00	Oct 2	27.80	30.15	$28.98	8.1%	--	1.00	10
$125.00	Sep 18	29.00	29.45	$29.23	1.5%	85	1.00	1.8K
$126.00	Sep 18	27.90	28.70	$28.30	2.8%	10	1.00	84

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$159.00	Sep 18	4.10	5.30	$4.70	25.5%	13	1.00	766
$160.00	Sep 18	5.45	6.00	$5.73	9.6%	1.5K	1.00	941
$161.00	Sep 18	5.60	7.05	$6.32	22.9%	118	1.00	122
$162.00	Sep 18	7.20	8.00	$7.60	10.5%	406	1.00	553
$162.50	Sep 18	6.55	9.25	$7.90	34.2%	1	1.00	70

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 721 active (total vol 137.9K, top 7.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$157.00	Sep 18	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	7.1K	0.07	2.3K
$185.00	Sep 25	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	5.3K	0.03	4.2K
$156.00	Sep 18	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	5.1K	0.15	1.9K
$160.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	4.0K	0.02	11.7K
$185.00	Sep 23	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	3.7K	0.02	4.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 18	0.91	1.10	$1.01	18.8%	4.0K	0.66	3.4K
$154.00	Sep 18	0.48	0.54	$0.51	11.8%	3.0K	0.42	966
$140.00	Oct 16	2.43	2.54	$2.49	4.4%	2.6K	0.21	7.9K
$157.00	Sep 18	2.46	3.05	$2.76	21.4%	2.4K	0.95	512
$155.00	Sep 25	3.95	4.30	$4.13	8.5%	2.4K	0.51	3.1K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 10 strikes (avg 24.9%, max 49.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$152.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	66.3%	44.5%	49.0%	28	33
$153.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	63.6%	46.5%	36.7%	63	1.7K
$154.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	57.5%	46.2%	24.6%	213	3.4K
$155.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	53.5%	49.6%	7.9%	2.9K	7.7K
$156.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	53.7%	50.1%	7.1%	5.1K	2.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$152.50	Sep 18	Oct 30	66.3%	45.2%	46.7%	826	214
$153.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	63.6%	46.5%	36.7%	1.3K	1.6K
$154.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	57.5%	46.2%	24.6%	3.0K	988
$155.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	53.5%	49.6%	7.9%	4.1K	4.0K
$143.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	47.1%	43.8%	7.5%	301	403

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 364 found (best R:R 4.00, avg 2.80)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$137.00	$138.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	83%	4.00	$137.20
$147.00	$148.00	Sep 18	$0.47	$0.53	$0.47	97%	1.13	$147.47
$148.00	$149.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	64%	7.33	$148.12
$145.00	$146.00	Sep 23	$0.38	$0.62	$0.38	88%	1.63	$145.38
$180.00	$185.00	Oct 30	$0.48	$4.52	$0.48	22%	9.42	$180.48

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$163.00	$162.00	Sep 23	$0.24	$0.76	$0.24	84%	3.17	$162.76
$164.00	$163.00	Sep 18	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	100%	1.00	$163.50
$169.00	$168.00	Sep 25	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	90%	1.33	$168.57
$163.00	$162.00	Oct 2	$0.25	$0.75	$0.25	71%	3.00	$162.75
$162.00	$160.00	Sep 30	$0.92	$1.08	$0.92	70%	1.17	$161.08

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 258 found (best R:R 6.69, avg 0.59)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$177.00	$178.00	Sep 23	$0.43	$0.43	$0.57	92%	0.75	$177.43
$177.00	$177.50	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	95%	1.00	$177.25
$182.00	$182.50	Oct 2	$0.27	$0.27	$0.23	91%	1.17	$182.27
$160.00	$161.00	Sep 30	$0.54	$0.54	$0.46	64%	1.17	$160.54
$174.00	$175.00	Oct 2	$0.32	$0.32	$0.68	86%	0.47	$174.32

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$149.00	$148.00	Oct 23	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	62%	6.69	$148.13
$153.00	$151.00	Sep 30	$1.30	$1.30	$0.70	56%	1.86	$151.70
$141.00	$140.00	Oct 9	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	79%	2.03	$140.33
$139.00	$138.00	Oct 9	$0.59	$0.59	$0.41	83%	1.44	$138.41
$154.00	$153.00	Oct 9	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	53%	5.67	$153.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.39, cheapest $2.40)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$154.00	Sep 18	Sep 23	$2.48	57.5%	42.4%
$155.00	Sep 18	Sep 23	$2.35	53.5%	41.4%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$154.00	Sep 18	Sep 23	$2.40	57.5%	42.4%
$155.00	Sep 18	Sep 23	$2.34	53.5%	41.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 242 found (cheapest 0.89% of stock, avg 8.64%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$154.00	Sep 18	$0.87	$0.51	$1.38	$152.62	$155.38	0.89%
$155.00	Sep 18	$0.36	$1.01	$1.37	$153.63	$156.37	0.89%
$153.00	Sep 18	$1.58	$0.26	$1.84	$151.16	$154.84	1.19%
$156.00	Sep 18	$0.12	$1.80	$1.92	$154.08	$157.92	1.24%
$152.50	Sep 18	$2.15	$0.18	$2.33	$150.17	$154.83	1.51%
$152.00	Sep 18	$2.47	$0.14	$2.61	$149.39	$154.61	1.69%
$157.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$2.76	$2.81	$154.19	$159.81	1.82%
$157.50	Sep 18	$0.03	$3.25	$3.28	$154.22	$160.78	2.12%
$151.00	Sep 18	$3.33	$0.07	$3.40	$147.60	$154.40	2.20%
$158.00	Sep 18	$0.03	$3.70	$3.73	$154.27	$161.73	2.42%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 220 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 6.29%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$157.00	$152.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.14	$0.19	$151.81	$157.19
$157.00	$152.50	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.18	$0.23	$152.27	$157.23
$156.00	$152.00	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.14	$0.26	$151.74	$156.26
$156.00	$152.50	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.18	$0.30	$152.20	$156.30
$157.00	$153.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.26	$0.31	$152.69	$157.31
$156.00	$153.00	Sep 18	$0.12	$0.26	$0.38	$152.62	$156.38
$177.00	$152.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.14	$0.41	$151.59	$177.41
$177.00	$152.50	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.18	$0.45	$152.05	$177.45
$155.00	$152.00	Sep 18	$0.36	$0.14	$0.50	$151.50	$155.50
$177.00	$153.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.26	$0.53	$152.47	$177.53

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 183 found (best R:R 3.17, avg credit $0.45)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
149/150	177/178	Sep 23	$0.76	$0.24	64%	3.17	$149.24	$177.76
140/141	164/165	Oct 9	$0.89	$0.11	47%	8.09	$140.11	$164.89
144/145	177/178	Sep 23	$0.54	$0.46	80%	1.17	$144.46	$177.54
150/151	177/178	Sep 23	$0.74	$0.26	59%	2.85	$150.26	$177.74
138/139	164/165	Oct 9	$0.81	$0.19	51%	4.26	$138.19	$164.81
146/147	177/178	Sep 23	$0.57	$0.43	74%	1.33	$146.43	$177.57
145/146	177/178	Sep 23	$0.54	$0.46	77%	1.17	$145.46	$177.54
136/137	177/178	Sep 18	$0.37	$0.63	93%	0.59	$136.63	$177.37
148/149	177/178	Sep 23	$0.63	$0.37	66%	1.70	$148.37	$177.63
125/126	164/165	Oct 2	$0.60	$0.40	68%	1.50	$124.90	$164.60

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 272 found (best R:R 44.45, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.11	$4.89	8%	44.45
$153.00	$154.00	$155.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$0.80	42%	4.00
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$4.75	10%	19.00
$154.00	$155.00	$156.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.73	43%	2.70
$165.00	$170.00	$175.00	Oct 16	$0.35	$4.65	13%	13.29

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$130.00	$135.00	$140.00	Sep 30	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$125.00	$130.00	$135.00	Sep 30	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$125.00	$130.00	$135.00	Oct 30	$0.18	$4.82	10%	26.78
$165.00	$170.00	$175.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$4.69	13%	15.13
$153.00	$154.00	$155.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.75	43%	3.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 205 found (best net $-0.23, 197 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$153.00	$154.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.16	$0.84
$180.00	$185.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.14	$4.86
$170.00	$175.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.64	$4.36
$180.00	$182.00	1:2	Sep 23	-$0.01	$1.99
$163.00	$164.00	1:2	Sep 18	$0.00	$1.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$180.00	$166.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.23	$13.77
$175.00	$166.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$4.87	$4.13
$175.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$5.63	$4.37
$156.00	$155.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.22	$0.78
$140.00	$135.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.17	$4.83

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 180 found (best yield 5.12%, avg 1.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$160.00	Oct 30	$7.90	0.45	3.6%	5.12%	8.74%	25	343
$161.00	Oct 30	$7.30	0.43	4.3%	4.73%	9.00%	1	531
$166.00	Oct 30	$5.80	0.37	7.5%	3.76%	11.27%	--	17
$158.00	Oct 30	$8.30	0.48	2.3%	5.38%	7.71%	2	74
$165.00	Oct 30	$6.00	0.38	6.9%	3.89%	10.75%	164	399
$167.00	Oct 30	$5.50	0.36	8.2%	3.56%	11.72%	3	17
$156.00	Oct 30	$9.20	0.51	1.0%	5.96%	6.99%	75	310
$159.00	Oct 30	$7.90	0.46	3.0%	5.12%	8.10%	4	110
$162.00	Oct 30	$6.80	0.42	4.9%	4.40%	9.33%	2	455
$157.00	Oct 30	$8.70	0.49	1.7%	5.63%	7.32%	81	174

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 82,769

Total Puts 65,758

Put/Call Ratio 0.79

Net Difference 17,011

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 51,116

Total Puts 51,158

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference -42

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 931,053

Total Puts 815,058

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.90

Ratio Trend Falling

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)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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