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USO

United States Oil

$168.25 +3.53%

(10/23 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/23 1:00pm) 177,866

Calls: 93,135 (52%)

Puts: 84,731 (48%)

Prior (10/22) 68,359

Calls: 40,659 (59%)

Puts: 27,700 (41%)

Current vs Prior +160.19%

Calls: +129.06% (Calls)

Puts: +205.89% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 854,008

Calls: 426,564 (50%)

Puts: 427,444 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 122,001

Calls: 60,937 (50%)

Puts: 61,063 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +45.79%

Calls: +52.84%

Puts: +38.76%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/23 1:00pm) $82.89M

Calls: $69.89M (84%)

Puts: $13.00M (16%)

Prior (10/22) $45.09M

Calls: $37.10M (82%)

Puts: $7.99M (18%)

Current vs Prior +83.82%

Calls: +88.36%

Puts: +62.75%

Prior 7-Day Total $386.92M

Calls: $307.92M (80%)

Puts: $79.00M (20%)

Prior 7-Day Average $55.27M

Calls: $43.99M (80%)

Puts: $11.29M (20%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +49.97%

Calls: +58.89%

Puts: +15.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/23 1:00pm) 0.91

Prior (10/22) 0.68

Current vs Prior +33.54%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.98

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.41%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/23 1:00pm) 457,001

Calls: 220,162 (48%)

Puts: 236,839 (52%)

Prior (10/22) 428,602

Calls: 204,103 (48%)

Puts: 224,499 (52%)

Current vs Prior +6.63%

Prior 7-Day Total 4,084,265

Calls: 1,730,819 (42%)

Puts: 2,353,446 (58%)

Prior 7-Day Average 583,466

Calls: 247,259 (42%)

Puts: 336,206 (58%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -21.67%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/28)Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/30)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 1.33% | 5.35%1.33% | 6.47%12.42% | 17.72%

Prior 2.48% | 5.14%2.48% | 6.50%11.78% | 15.82%

Current vs Prior -46.55% | +4.11%-46.55% | -0.48%+5.42% | +12.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.50% | 4.24%3.21% | 6.11%4.15% | 12.10%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -47.06% | +26.29%-58.71% | +5.79%+199.20% | +46.46%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.48% | 5.14%2.48% | 6.50%11.78% | 15.82%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -46.55% | +4.11%-46.55% | -0.48%+5.42% | +12.03%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.77% | 16.65%

Calls: 9.68% | 16.28%

Puts: 43.85% | 17.02%

Prior 10.93% | 60.54%

Calls: 10.19% | 62.75%

Puts: 11.68% | 58.33%

Current vs Prior +144.92% | -72.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 13.59% | 14.97%

Calls: 10.27% | 16.13%

Puts: 16.92% | 13.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +96.92% | +11.22%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 84% of dollar volume in calls ($69.89M) vs puts ($13.00M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 84% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 160% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio rising 34% - increased hedging/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 BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
13:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	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 400 of results (avg 6.7%, best 2.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Nov 13	8.10	8.30	$8.20	2.4%	172	0.49	830
$140.00	Oct 30	27.95	28.75	$28.35	2.8%	21	1.00	342
$171.00	Nov 20	9.00	9.30	$9.15	3.3%	44	0.48	708
$140.00	Nov 20	29.00	30.00	$29.50	3.4%	82	0.89	1.6K
$173.00	Nov 13	6.95	7.20	$7.08	3.5%	18	0.44	92

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$168.00	Oct 30	5.00	5.10	$5.05	2.0%	278	0.48	13
$167.00	Oct 30	4.50	4.60	$4.55	2.2%	519	0.45	65
$170.00	Nov 20	10.95	11.20	$11.08	2.3%	83	0.50	253
$195.00	Oct 23	26.50	27.20	$26.85	2.6%	2	1.00	--
$168.00	Nov 6	7.05	7.25	$7.15	2.8%	218	0.48	8

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 65 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.22)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Oct 23	0.20	0.23	$0.22	13.6%	4.2K	0.20	3.3K
$169.00	Oct 23	0.44	0.52	$0.48	16.7%	2.6K	0.36	615
$168.00	Oct 23	0.88	0.97	$0.93	9.7%	4.1K	0.56	994
$182.50	Oct 28	0.91	1.00	$0.96	9.4%	808	0.15	--
$193.00	Oct 30	0.56	0.64	$0.60	13.3%	31	0.08	6

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$167.00	Oct 23	0.30	0.34	$0.32	12.5%	5.7K	0.26	7
$168.00	Oct 23	0.60	0.70	$0.65	15.4%	4.2K	0.45	23
$150.00	Oct 28	0.32	0.36	$0.34	11.8%	805	0.06	999
$149.00	Oct 28	0.30	0.32	$0.31	6.5%	3	0.06	138
$147.00	Oct 28	0.22	0.25	$0.24	12.5%	23	0.04	219

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 363 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$135.00	Oct 23	32.05	33.80	$32.92	5.3%	64	1.00	55
$136.00	Oct 23	31.15	32.85	$32.00	5.3%	51	1.00	44
$137.00	Oct 23	30.25	31.80	$31.03	5.0%	98	1.00	67
$138.00	Oct 23	29.30	30.85	$30.08	5.2%	99	1.00	112
$139.00	Oct 23	28.20	29.85	$29.03	5.7%	98	1.00	58

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Oct 23	20.55	23.55	$22.05	13.6%	30	1.00	--
$195.00	Oct 23	26.50	27.20	$26.85	2.6%	2	1.00	--
$200.00	Oct 23	30.15	33.80	$31.98	11.4%	1	1.00	--
$185.00	Oct 23	16.05	18.05	$17.05	11.7%	19	1.00	16
$180.00	Oct 23	10.35	13.70	$12.02	27.9%	27	1.00	2

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 743 active (total vol 142.6K, top 5.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$170.00	Oct 23	0.20	0.23	$0.22	13.6%	4.2K	0.20	3.3K
$168.00	Oct 23	0.88	0.97	$0.93	9.7%	4.1K	0.56	994
$169.00	Oct 30	4.80	5.00	$4.90	4.1%	4.0K	0.49	699
$174.00	Oct 30	3.05	3.20	$3.13	4.8%	3.0K	0.35	56
$169.00	Oct 23	0.44	0.52	$0.48	16.7%	2.6K	0.36	615

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$165.00	Oct 23	0.05	0.09	$0.07	57.1%	5.8K	0.07	60
$167.00	Oct 23	0.30	0.34	$0.32	12.5%	5.7K	0.26	7
$168.00	Oct 23	0.60	0.70	$0.65	15.4%	4.2K	0.45	23
$145.00	Nov 20	2.01	2.14	$2.08	6.3%	3.6K	0.15	2.0K
$140.00	Oct 30	0.21	0.23	$0.22	9.1%	3.4K	0.03	1.8K

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 11.4%, max 18.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$167.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	62.5%	52.8%	18.4%	1.7K	966
$168.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	60.9%	53.0%	15.0%	4.1K	1.0K
$170.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	61.8%	54.6%	13.2%	5.2K	3.3K
$169.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	61.5%	56.6%	8.6%	2.7K	615
$181.00	Oct 28	Nov 6	63.4%	59.8%	6.1%	468	346

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$168.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	60.9%	52.0%	17.1%	4.2K	23
$170.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	61.8%	54.6%	13.2%	240	66

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 374 found (best R:R 10.63, avg 2.70)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$190.00	$195.00	Nov 27	$0.43	$4.57	$0.43	28%	10.63	$190.43
$173.00	$175.00	Dec 4	$0.20	$1.80	$0.20	47%	9.00	$173.20
$173.00	$175.00	Nov 27	$0.22	$1.78	$0.22	46%	8.09	$173.22
$185.00	$190.00	Dec 4	$0.90	$4.10	$0.90	34%	4.56	$185.90
$180.00	$185.00	Dec 4	$1.13	$3.87	$1.13	39%	3.42	$181.13

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$169.00	$168.00	Nov 27	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	48%	4.56	$168.82
$164.00	$163.00	Nov 27	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	41%	5.67	$163.85
$155.00	$153.00	Nov 4	$0.12	$1.88	$0.12	20%	15.67	$154.88
$172.00	$170.00	Dec 4	$0.78	$1.22	$0.78	52%	1.56	$171.22
$177.50	$177.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$0.35	$0.15	72%	2.33	$177.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 261 found (best R:R 0.58, avg 0.58)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$172.00	$173.00	Nov 27	$0.86	$0.86	$0.14	53%	6.14	$172.86
$169.00	$170.00	Dec 4	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	48%	9.00	$169.90
$175.00	$180.00	Dec 4	$2.35	$2.35	$2.65	55%	0.89	$177.35
$169.00	$170.00	Nov 4	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	50%	2.03	$169.67
$176.00	$177.00	Nov 4	$0.48	$0.48	$0.52	66%	0.92	$176.48

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$160.00	$153.00	Dec 4	$2.57	$2.57	$4.43	64%	0.58	$157.43
$159.00	$158.00	Nov 4	$0.69	$0.69	$0.31	72%	2.23	$158.31
$137.00	$136.00	Nov 27	$0.45	$0.45	$0.55	89%	0.82	$136.55
$164.00	$163.00	Nov 13	$0.73	$0.73	$0.27	60%	2.70	$163.27
$167.00	$166.00	Nov 13	$0.78	$0.78	$0.22	54%	3.55	$166.22

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $3.39, cheapest $3.37)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$168.00	Oct 23	Oct 28	$3.37	60.9%	52.9%
$169.00	Oct 23	Oct 28	$3.49	61.5%	55.8%
$167.50	Oct 28	Nov 13	$4.75	51.7%	52.9%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$168.00	Oct 23	Oct 28	$3.55	60.9%	52.9%
$169.00	Oct 23	Oct 28	$3.40	61.5%	55.8%
$167.50	Oct 28	Nov 13	$4.55	51.7%	52.9%
$174.00	Oct 28	Oct 30	$0.64	56.8%	58.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 214 found (cheapest 0.94% of stock, avg 9.43%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$168.00	Oct 23	$0.93	$0.65	$1.58	$166.42	$169.58	0.94%
$169.00	Oct 23	$0.48	$1.30	$1.78	$167.22	$170.78	1.06%
$167.00	Oct 23	$1.61	$0.32	$1.93	$165.07	$168.93	1.15%
$170.00	Oct 23	$0.22	$2.09	$2.31	$167.69	$172.31	1.37%
$166.00	Oct 23	$2.38	$0.17	$2.55	$163.45	$168.55	1.52%
$171.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$3.03	$3.13	$167.87	$174.13	1.86%
$165.00	Oct 23	$3.31	$0.07	$3.38	$161.62	$168.38	2.01%
$172.00	Oct 23	$0.04	$3.71	$3.75	$168.25	$175.75	2.23%
$164.00	Oct 23	$4.35	$0.05	$4.40	$159.60	$168.40	2.62%
$172.50	Oct 23	$0.04	$5.00	$5.04	$167.46	$177.54	3.00%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 212 found (cheapest 0.10% of stock, avg 7.98%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$171.00	$165.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$0.07	$0.17	$164.83	$171.17
$171.00	$166.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$0.17	$0.27	$165.73	$171.27
$170.00	$165.00	Oct 23	$0.22	$0.07	$0.29	$164.71	$170.29
$170.00	$166.00	Oct 23	$0.22	$0.17	$0.39	$165.61	$170.39
$171.00	$167.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$0.32	$0.42	$166.58	$171.42
$170.00	$167.00	Oct 23	$0.22	$0.32	$0.54	$166.46	$170.54
$169.00	$165.00	Oct 23	$0.48	$0.07	$0.55	$164.45	$169.55
$169.00	$166.00	Oct 23	$0.48	$0.17	$0.65	$165.35	$169.65
$169.00	$167.00	Oct 23	$0.48	$0.32	$0.80	$166.20	$169.80
$171.00	$168.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$0.65	$0.75	$167.25	$171.75

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 239 found (best R:R 3.55, avg credit $0.73)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
150/151	176/177	Nov 4	$0.78	$0.22	51%	3.55	$150.22	$176.78
147/148	176/177	Nov 4	$0.67	$0.33	54%	2.03	$147.33	$176.67
158/159	177/178	Nov 4	$0.80	$0.20	40%	4.00	$158.20	$177.80
145/146	178/178	Nov 6	$0.38	$0.12	55%	3.17	$145.12	$177.88
156/157	176/177	Nov 4	$0.72	$0.28	42%	2.57	$156.28	$176.72
149/150	176/177	Nov 4	$0.61	$0.39	53%	1.56	$149.39	$176.61
160/161	176/177	Nov 4	$0.79	$0.21	34%	3.76	$160.21	$176.79
157/158	176/177	Nov 4	$0.72	$0.28	40%	2.57	$157.28	$176.72
155/156	176/177	Nov 4	$0.67	$0.33	44%	2.03	$155.33	$176.67
157/158	178/178	Nov 6	$0.37	$0.13	40%	2.85	$157.13	$177.87

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 198 found (best R:R 10.11, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$166.00	$167.00	$168.00	Oct 23	$0.09	$0.91	30%	10.11
$175.00	$180.00	$185.00	Nov 27	$0.24	$4.76	12%	19.83
$180.00	$185.00	$190.00	Nov 20	$0.24	$4.76	11%	19.83
$185.00	$190.00	$195.00	Nov 20	$0.21	$4.79	9%	22.81
$168.00	$169.00	$170.00	Oct 23	$0.19	$0.81	36%	4.26

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$168.00	$169.00	$170.00	Oct 23	$0.14	$0.86	36%	6.14
$169.00	$170.00	$171.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$0.85	26%	5.67
$166.00	$167.00	$168.00	Oct 23	$0.18	$0.82	30%	4.56
$164.00	$165.00	$166.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$0.92	10%	11.50
$155.00	$156.00	$157.00	Nov 4	$0.05	$0.95	4%	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. 125 found (best net $-4.05, 125 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$167.00	$168.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.25	$0.75
$175.00	$176.00	1:2	Oct 23	$0.00	$1.00
$180.00	$185.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.01	$4.99
$179.00	$180.00	1:2	Oct 23	$0.00	$1.00
$185.00	$190.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.01	$4.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$190.00	$175.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$4.05	$10.95
$180.00	$174.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$3.13	$2.87
$169.00	$168.00	1:2	Oct 23	$0.00	$1.00
$170.00	$169.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.51	$0.49
$156.00	$155.00	1:2	Oct 23	$0.00	$1.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 154 found (best yield 5.68%, avg 2.17%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$175.00	Dec 4	$9.55	0.45	4.0%	5.68%	9.69%	3	--
$172.00	Dec 4	$9.85	0.48	2.2%	5.85%	8.08%	1	229
$190.00	Dec 4	$5.10	0.30	12.9%	3.03%	15.96%	2	--
$180.00	Dec 4	$6.95	0.39	7.0%	4.13%	11.11%	2	--
$185.00	Dec 4	$5.70	0.34	10.0%	3.39%	13.34%	2	--
$175.00	Nov 27	$8.35	0.44	4.0%	4.96%	8.97%	122	376
$180.00	Nov 27	$6.80	0.38	7.0%	4.04%	11.03%	97	456
$195.00	Dec 4	$4.30	0.26	15.9%	2.56%	18.45%	7	--
$173.00	Dec 4	$9.00	0.47	2.8%	5.35%	8.17%	2	1.1K
$172.00	Nov 27	$9.40	0.47	2.2%	5.59%	7.82%	83	95

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 93,135

Total Puts 84,731

Put/Call Ratio 0.91

Net Difference 8,404

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 40,659

Total Puts 27,700

Put/Call Ratio 0.68

Net Difference 12,959

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 426,564

Total Puts 427,444

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.98

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

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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