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USO

United States Oil

$154.33 -0.63%

(9/18 13:00) ◀

Friday, September 18, 2026 (2:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 2:00pm) 183,616

Calls: 101,002 (55%)

Puts: 82,614 (45%)

Prior (09/17) 114,160

Calls: 56,827 (50%)

Puts: 57,333 (50%)

Current vs Prior +60.84%

Calls: +77.74% (Calls)

Puts: +44.10% (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 -26.39%

Calls: -24.06%

Puts: -29.05%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 2:00pm) $45.91M

Calls: $27.99M (61%)

Puts: $17.92M (39%)

Prior (09/17) $48.20M

Calls: $33.64M (70%)

Puts: $14.56M (30%)

Current vs Prior -4.73%

Calls: -16.78%

Puts: +23.09%

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 -49.43%

Calls: -58.69%

Puts: -22.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 2:00pm) 0.82

Prior (09/17) 1.01

Current vs Prior -18.93%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.90

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.56%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 2:00pm) 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 1.06% | 4.36%1.06% | 5.18%1.06% | 10.76%

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

Current vs Prior -57.68% | -10.06%-57.68% | -13.53%-57.68% | -4.16%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -72.11% | -21.23%-67.97% | -26.32%-74.00% | -17.00%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -57.68% | -10.06%-70.29% | -25.76%+41.22% | -13.41%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 18.57% | 30.41%

Calls: 14.67% | 25.53%

Puts: 22.47% | 35.29%

Prior 27.15% | 15.23%

Calls: 18.52% | 5.33%

Puts: 35.78% | 25.13%

Current vs Prior -31.60% | +99.67%

Prior 7-Day Avg 14.16% | 10.37%

Calls: 10.95% | 7.44%

Puts: 17.36% | 13.30%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +31.16% | +193.29%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bullish flow with 61% call dollar volume ($27.99M). Above-average activity with volume up 61% vs prior.

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 BULLISH

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
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 426 of results (avg 6.2%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$157.00	Oct 23	7.90	8.05	$7.98	1.9%	42	0.48	47
$157.50	Oct 23	7.70	7.85	$7.78	1.9%	114	0.47	35
$124.00	Sep 18	29.95	30.60	$30.28	2.1%	50	1.00	206
$157.00	Oct 16	6.90	7.05	$6.98	2.1%	154	0.47	333
$124.00	Sep 25	30.05	30.75	$30.40	2.3%	--	1.00	84

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Oct 16	8.10	8.30	$8.20	2.4%	231	0.49	1.0K
$141.00	Oct 16	2.74	2.81	$2.78	2.5%	309	0.22	241
$145.00	Oct 16	3.90	4.00	$3.95	2.5%	2.3K	0.29	4.8K
$153.00	Sep 23	2.38	2.45	$2.42	2.9%	345	0.42	210
$153.00	Oct 23	8.00	8.25	$8.13	3.1%	117	0.45	103

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 74 found (avg $0.55, cheapest $0.24)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 18	0.22	0.25	$0.24	12.5%	3.6K	0.32	7.6K
$154.00	Sep 18	0.69	0.80	$0.75	14.7%	584	0.62	3.4K
$171.00	Sep 23	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	5	0.06	227
$167.50	Sep 23	0.32	0.36	$0.34	11.8%	32	0.09	153
$168.00	Sep 23	0.30	0.34	$0.32	12.5%	30	0.08	187

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$153.00	Sep 18	0.19	0.22	$0.21	14.3%	1.5K	0.20	1.5K
$154.00	Sep 18	0.40	0.43	$0.42	7.1%	3.7K	0.38	966
$141.00	Sep 23	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	47	0.06	112
$140.00	Sep 23	0.18	0.20	$0.19	10.5%	691	0.05	822
$142.00	Sep 23	0.26	0.30	$0.28	14.3%	54	0.07	132

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 372 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$124.00	Sep 18	29.95	30.60	$30.28	2.1%	50	1.00	206
$125.00	Sep 18	28.90	29.60	$29.25	2.4%	108	1.00	1.8K
$126.00	Sep 18	27.70	28.80	$28.25	3.9%	11	1.00	84
$127.00	Sep 18	26.85	27.80	$27.33	3.5%	24	1.00	191
$128.00	Sep 18	25.85	26.80	$26.33	3.6%	89	1.00	365

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$172.00	Sep 18	16.20	18.30	$17.25	12.2%	5	1.00	1
$172.50	Sep 18	16.60	18.85	$17.73	12.7%	4	1.00	2
$173.00	Sep 18	17.00	19.30	$18.15	12.7%	5	1.00	--
$175.00	Sep 18	20.25	21.15	$20.70	4.3%	3	1.00	3
$167.00	Sep 18	12.20	13.30	$12.75	8.6%	4	1.00	2

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 756 active (total vol 170.2K, top 7.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$157.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	7.3K	0.04	2.3K
$156.00	Sep 18	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	6.1K	0.10	1.9K
$185.00	Sep 25	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	5.3K	0.03	4.2K
$185.00	Sep 23	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	4.2K	0.02	4.2K
$160.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	4.0K	0.02	11.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$155.00	Sep 18	0.79	0.99	$0.89	22.5%	4.6K	0.68	3.4K
$154.00	Sep 18	0.40	0.43	$0.42	7.1%	3.7K	0.38	966
$125.00	Oct 16	0.54	0.60	$0.57	10.5%	3.1K	0.06	11.9K
$140.00	Oct 16	2.47	2.57	$2.52	4.0%	2.7K	0.21	7.9K
$150.00	Sep 18	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	2.6K	0.03	12.1K

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 19.1%, max 48.0%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$153.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	68.4%	46.2%	48.0%	219	1.7K
$154.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	57.2%	46.5%	23.2%	589	3.4K
$143.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	45.4%	43.6%	4.1%	3	31
$155.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	50.3%	49.8%	1.1%	3.9K	7.7K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$153.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	68.4%	46.2%	48.0%	1.5K	1.6K
$154.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	57.2%	46.5%	23.2%	3.7K	988
$143.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	45.4%	43.6%	4.1%	302	403
$155.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	50.3%	49.8%	1.1%	4.6K	4.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 374 found (best R:R 2.57, avg 2.77)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$170.00	$175.00	Oct 23	$0.63	$4.37	$0.63	28%	6.94	$170.63
$170.00	$175.00	Oct 30	$0.92	$4.08	$0.92	31%	4.43	$170.92
$180.00	$185.00	Oct 30	$0.50	$4.50	$0.50	22%	9.00	$180.50
$133.00	$134.00	Oct 2	$0.55	$0.45	$0.55	93%	0.82	$133.55
$175.00	$180.00	Oct 23	$0.61	$4.39	$0.61	23%	7.20	$175.61

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$169.00	$168.00	Sep 25	$0.28	$0.72	$0.28	90%	2.57	$168.72
$169.00	$168.00	Sep 18	$0.43	$0.57	$0.43	100%	1.33	$168.57
$163.00	$162.00	Sep 23	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	84%	2.33	$162.70
$172.00	$171.00	Sep 25	$0.41	$0.59	$0.41	92%	1.44	$171.59
$171.00	$170.00	Sep 18	$0.63	$0.37	$0.63	99%	0.59	$170.37

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 263 found (best R:R 3.00, avg 0.60)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$158.00	$159.00	Oct 9	$0.80	$0.80	$0.20	56%	4.00	$158.80
$177.00	$178.00	Sep 23	$0.41	$0.41	$0.59	92%	0.69	$177.41
$168.00	$169.00	Oct 9	$0.51	$0.51	$0.49	74%	1.04	$168.51
$177.00	$177.50	Sep 18	$0.28	$0.28	$0.22	95%	1.27	$177.28
$164.00	$165.00	Oct 9	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	68%	1.22	$164.55

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$141.00	$140.00	Oct 9	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	79%	3.00	$140.25
$132.00	$131.00	Oct 23	$0.56	$0.56	$0.44	85%	1.27	$131.44
$139.00	$138.00	Oct 9	$0.55	$0.55	$0.45	83%	1.22	$138.45
$137.00	$136.00	Oct 23	$0.53	$0.53	$0.47	81%	1.13	$136.47
$153.00	$151.00	Sep 30	$1.17	$1.17	$0.83	55%	1.41	$151.83

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $2.52, cheapest $2.48)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$154.00	Sep 18	Sep 23	$2.58	57.2%	41.8%
$155.00	Sep 18	Sep 23	$2.51	50.3%	42.1%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$154.00	Sep 18	Sep 23	$2.48	57.2%	41.8%
$155.00	Sep 18	Sep 23	$2.51	50.3%	42.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 245 found (cheapest 0.73% of stock, avg 8.63%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$155.00	Sep 18	$0.24	$0.89	$1.13	$153.87	$156.13	0.73%
$154.00	Sep 18	$0.75	$0.42	$1.17	$152.83	$155.17	0.76%
$153.00	Sep 18	$1.54	$0.21	$1.75	$151.25	$154.75	1.13%
$156.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$1.79	$1.84	$154.16	$157.84	1.19%
$152.50	Sep 18	$2.01	$0.15	$2.16	$150.34	$154.66	1.40%
$152.00	Sep 18	$2.44	$0.10	$2.54	$149.46	$154.54	1.65%
$157.00	Sep 18	$0.02	$2.64	$2.66	$154.34	$159.66	1.72%
$157.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$3.27	$3.28	$154.22	$160.78	2.13%
$151.00	Sep 18	$3.37	$0.06	$3.43	$147.57	$154.43	2.22%
$158.00	Sep 18	$0.02	$3.65	$3.67	$154.33	$161.67	2.38%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 215 found (cheapest 0.10% of stock, avg 6.50%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$156.00	$152.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.10	$0.15	$151.85	$156.15
$156.00	$152.50	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.15	$0.20	$152.30	$156.20
$156.00	$153.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.21	$0.26	$152.74	$156.26
$177.00	$152.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.10	$0.40	$151.60	$177.40
$155.00	$152.00	Sep 18	$0.24	$0.10	$0.34	$151.66	$155.34
$155.00	$152.50	Sep 18	$0.24	$0.15	$0.39	$152.11	$155.39
$177.00	$152.50	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.15	$0.45	$152.05	$177.45
$155.00	$153.00	Sep 18	$0.24	$0.21	$0.45	$152.55	$155.45
$177.00	$153.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$0.21	$0.51	$152.49	$177.51
$156.00	$154.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$0.42	$0.47	$153.53	$156.47

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 206 found (best R:R 2.45, avg credit $0.46)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
125/126	161/162	Oct 2	$0.71	$0.29	62%	2.45	$124.79	$161.71
136/137	177/178	Sep 18	$0.40	$0.60	92%	0.67	$136.60	$177.40
138/139	163/164	Oct 9	$0.83	$0.17	49%	4.88	$138.17	$163.83
149/150	177/178	Sep 23	$0.68	$0.32	64%	2.13	$149.32	$177.68
133/134	164/165	Oct 9	$0.73	$0.27	58%	2.70	$133.27	$164.73
144/145	177/178	Sep 23	$0.51	$0.49	80%	1.04	$144.49	$177.51
146/147	177/178	Sep 23	$0.56	$0.44	75%	1.27	$146.44	$177.56
128/129	164/165	Oct 9	$0.70	$0.30	61%	2.33	$128.30	$164.70
145/146	177/178	Sep 23	$0.53	$0.47	78%	1.13	$145.47	$177.53
148/149	177/178	Sep 23	$0.62	$0.38	68%	1.63	$148.38	$177.62

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 264 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 23	$0.11	$4.89	8%	44.45
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$165.00	$170.00	$175.00	Oct 16	$0.28	$4.72	13%	16.86
$153.00	$154.00	$155.00	Sep 18	$0.28	$0.72	49%	2.57
$154.00	$155.00	$156.00	Sep 18	$0.32	$0.68	53%	2.12

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$130.00	$135.00	$140.00	Sep 30	$0.12	$4.88	8%	40.67
$153.00	$154.00	$155.00	Sep 18	$0.26	$0.74	48%	2.85
$125.00	$130.00	$135.00	Sep 30	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Oct 16	$0.17	$4.83	7%	28.41
$170.00	$175.00	$180.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$4.75	10%	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. 210 found (best net $-0.57, 201 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$170.00	$175.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.76	$4.24
$180.00	$185.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.22	$4.78
$177.50	$180.00	1:2	Sep 18	$0.00	$2.50
$171.00	$172.00	1:2	Sep 18	$0.00	$1.00
$174.00	$175.00	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	-$0.57	$13.43
$175.00	$165.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$5.30	$4.70
$175.00	$166.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$5.31	$3.69
$140.00	$135.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$0.15	$4.85
$154.00	$153.00	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. 180 found (best yield 4.44%, avg 1.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$162.00	Oct 30	$6.85	0.42	5.0%	4.44%	9.41%	2	455
$166.00	Oct 30	$5.75	0.37	7.6%	3.73%	11.29%	--	17
$163.00	Oct 30	$6.60	0.40	5.6%	4.28%	9.89%	8	40
$165.00	Oct 30	$6.00	0.38	6.9%	3.89%	10.80%	164	399
$161.00	Oct 30	$7.15	0.43	4.3%	4.63%	8.95%	1	531
$159.00	Oct 30	$7.85	0.46	3.0%	5.09%	8.11%	7	110
$156.00	Oct 30	$9.15	0.50	1.1%	5.93%	7.01%	75	310
$158.00	Oct 30	$8.25	0.47	2.4%	5.35%	7.72%	2	74
$164.00	Oct 30	$6.15	0.39	6.3%	3.98%	10.25%	8	--
$167.00	Oct 30	$5.50	0.35	8.2%	3.56%	11.77%	4	17

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 101,002

Total Puts 82,614

Put/Call Ratio 0.82

Net Difference 18,388

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 56,827

Total Puts 57,333

Put/Call Ratio 1.01

Net Difference -506

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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