Equity futures show mild upside ahead of inflation and jobless claims data, with market participants pricing in a cautious session as options sellers lean into elevated IV and hedge flows around CPI prints.

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📊 UAL → 12/19 $108 PUT

Metric	Value
Δ	-0.23
Premium	$0.85
IV	50
Return	0.79%
AY	287%
PoP	83%
Spread	7%
Cushion	2%
RSI	63
ADX	25
Collateral	$10.8k
MLABS Score	76.0

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📊 MS → 12/26 $170 PUT

Metric	Value
Δ	-0.21
Premium	$0.83
IV	29
Return	0.49%
AY	22%
PoP	82%
Spread	7%
Cushion	3%
RSI	58
ADX	31
Collateral	$17k
MLABS Score	72.7

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📊 BAC → 12/19 $54 PUT

Metric	Value
Δ	-0.24
Premium	$0.21
IV	27
Return	0.39%
AY	142%
PoP	83%
Spread	9%
Cushion	1%
RSI	59
ADX	18
Collateral	$5.4k
MLABS Score	69.7

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📊 IBM → 12/19 $300 PUT

Metric	Value
Δ	-0.25
Premium	$1.35
IV	26
Return	0.45%
AY	164%
PoP	82%
Spread	10%
Cushion	1%
RSI	49
ADX	18
Collateral	$30k
MLABS Score	60.1

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📊 EBAY → 1/2 $80 PUT

Metric	Value
Δ	-0.25
Premium	$0.69
IV	30
Return	0.86%
AY	21%
PoP	78%
Spread	7%
Cushion	3%
RSI	46
ADX	15
Collateral	$8k
MLABS Score	51.1

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📊 VLO → 1/16 $155 PUT

Metric	Value
Δ	-0.28
Premium	$2.75
IV	33
Return	1.77%
AY	22%
PoP	75%
Spread	8%
Cushion	5%
RSI	35
ADX	17
Collateral	$15.5k
MLABS Score	45.2