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CATERPILLAR INC

$889.97 +2.97%

(7/21 15:05) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/21) 25,521

Calls: 10,972 (43%)

Puts: 14,549 (57%)

Prior (07/20) 27,802

Calls: 10,001 (36%)

Puts: 17,801 (64%)

Current vs Prior -8.20%

Calls: +9.71% (Calls)

Puts: -18.27% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 220,830

Calls: 96,073 (44%)

Puts: 124,757 (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average 31,547

Calls: 13,724 (44%)

Puts: 17,822 (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -19.10%

Calls: -20.06%

Puts: -18.37%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/21) $66.21M

Calls: $41.84M (63%)

Puts: $24.37M (37%)

Prior (07/20) $60.25M

Calls: $20.47M (34%)

Puts: $39.78M (66%)

Current vs Prior +9.89%

Calls: +104.36%

Puts: -38.73%

Prior 7-Day Total $514.81M

Calls: $273.69M (53%)

Puts: $241.12M (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average $73.54M

Calls: $39.10M (53%)

Puts: $34.45M (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.97%

Calls: +7.01%

Puts: -29.25%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/21) 1.33

Prior (07/20) 1.78

Current vs Prior -25.50%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.78%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/21) 248,225

Calls: 121,588 (49%)

Puts: 126,637 (51%)

Prior (07/20) 235,467

Calls: 116,824 (50%)

Puts: 118,643 (50%)

Current vs Prior +5.42%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,915,985

Calls: 904,210 (47%)

Puts: 1,011,775 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 273,712

Calls: 129,172 (47%)

Puts: 144,539 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.31%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/24) | Next (07/31)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 4.51% | 7.65%12.92% | 16.87%

Prior 5.40% | 8.20%13.28% | 17.04%

Current vs Prior -16.61% | -6.73%-2.69% | -0.95%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.42% | 7.08%4.77% | 14.15%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +1.89% | +8.02%+171.11% | +19.25%

Prior 7-Day Eod 5.40% | 8.20%13.28% | 17.04%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -16.61% | -6.73%-2.69% | -0.95%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 16.97% | 11.52%

Calls: 16.67% | 11.18%

Puts: 17.27% | 11.85%

Prior 16.16% | 15.32%

Calls: 16.39% | 15.57%

Puts: 15.93% | 15.07%

Current vs Prior +5.01% | -24.80%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.28% | 11.89%

Calls: 25.43% | 11.16%

Puts: 31.13% | 12.61%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.99% | -3.09%

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Moderately bullish flow with 63% call dollar volume ($41.84M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.33 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 26% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 121 of results (avg 8.3%, best 4.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$730.00	Aug 7	162.25	170.15	$166.20	4.8%	5	0.92	--
$760.00	Aug 14	135.50	144.25	$139.88	6.3%	2	0.87	--
$800.00	Jul 31	92.00	98.00	$95.00	6.3%	21	0.87	22
$740.00	Aug 21	154.60	164.80	$159.70	6.4%	--	0.88	501
$825.00	Aug 28	95.00	101.55	$98.28	6.7%	2	0.70	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1020.00	Aug 28	143.15	150.95	$147.05	5.3%	2	0.77	--
$1060.00	Aug 21	173.00	183.00	$178.00	5.6%	--	0.86	57
$1065.00	Jul 24	172.00	183.00	$177.50	6.2%	1	0.99	--
$1040.00	Aug 21	155.00	165.05	$160.03	6.3%	--	0.83	74
$1015.00	Aug 7	129.25	138.00	$133.63	6.5%	10	0.83	19

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 216 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Jul 24	133.00	144.00	$138.50	7.9%	--	1.00	15
$775.00	Jul 24	108.00	121.10	$114.55	11.4%	--	1.00	11
$780.00	Jul 24	103.90	114.75	$109.33	9.9%	1	1.00	3
$730.00	Jul 31	154.00	167.10	$160.55	8.2%	--	1.00	13
$795.00	Jul 24	91.00	100.20	$95.60	9.6%	1	0.95	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1065.00	Jul 24	172.00	183.00	$177.50	6.2%	1	0.99	--
$995.00	Jul 24	101.00	110.00	$105.50	8.5%	2	0.98	25
$1000.00	Jul 24	107.00	118.00	$112.50	9.8%	--	0.98	10
$1010.00	Jul 24	116.40	128.00	$122.20	9.5%	8	0.98	5
$1005.00	Jul 24	112.00	123.00	$117.50	9.4%	--	0.98	37

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 456 active (total vol 10.9K, top 936)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1050.00	Jul 24	0.01	0.10	$0.06	150.0%	936	0.00	1.0K
$900.00	Jul 24	12.15	16.65	$14.40	31.2%	692	0.42	191
$905.00	Jul 24	11.15	12.70	$11.93	13.0%	595	0.38	144
$950.00	Jul 24	2.00	2.63	$2.32	27.2%	219	0.11	599
$970.00	Jul 24	0.45	1.45	$0.95	105.3%	135	0.05	159

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$875.00	Jul 24	11.40	15.25	$13.33	28.9%	234	0.38	178
$880.00	Aug 14	44.80	49.45	$47.13	9.9%	194	0.45	21
$840.00	Jul 24	3.50	4.95	$4.22	34.4%	146	0.15	132
$880.00	Aug 21	46.90	54.60	$50.75	15.2%	146	0.45	972
$720.00	Jul 24	0.05	0.22	$0.14	121.4%	133	0.01	58

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 119 strikes (avg 20.4%, max 90.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1035.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	88.5%	52.2%	69.6%	--	38
$1040.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	89.8%	53.1%	69.0%	2	47
$1045.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	86.5%	51.5%	68.0%	1	23
$1060.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	79.1%	51.5%	53.7%	10	86
$1065.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	81.3%	54.1%	50.4%	24	34

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$740.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	106.5%	56.0%	90.4%	4	319
$745.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	109.7%	58.5%	87.3%	17	37
$720.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	94.3%	55.1%	71.0%	135	78
$730.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	89.1%	55.1%	61.7%	30	74
$750.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	88.0%	54.9%	60.1%	37	154

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 387 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 5.20)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1015.00	$1020.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$1015.11
$995.00	$1000.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$995.12
$975.00	$980.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$975.15
$990.00	$995.00	Jul 24	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$990.16
$1025.00	$1030.00	Jul 24	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$1025.16

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$805.00	$800.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$804.90
$740.00	$735.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$739.89
$795.00	$790.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$794.88
$800.00	$795.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$799.87
$785.00	$780.00	Aug 14	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$784.87

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 501 found (best R:R 68.77, avg 2.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$730.00	$760.00	Jul 31	$29.57	$29.57	$0.43	68.77	$759.57
$720.00	$730.00	Aug 21	$9.85	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$729.85
$730.00	$740.00	Aug 21	$9.75	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$739.75
$760.00	$770.00	Aug 21	$9.75	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$769.75
$750.00	$775.00	Jul 24	$23.95	$23.95	$1.05	22.81	$773.95

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1035.00	$1030.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1030.15
$1050.00	$1045.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1045.15
$990.00	$985.00	Jul 24	$4.83	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$985.17
$980.00	$977.50	Jul 24	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$977.60
$985.00	$980.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$980.25

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 127 found (avg debit $7.45, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1040.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.12	89.8%	50.1%
$1065.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.42	81.3%	52.7%
$1035.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.47	88.5%	52.2%
$1055.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.50	81.0%	52.1%
$1060.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.50	79.1%	52.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$745.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.50	109.7%	63.7%
$740.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.70	106.5%	64.6%
$725.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.85	95.3%	66.0%
$720.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.94	94.3%	68.3%
$730.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.18	89.1%	66.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 207 found (cheapest 4.19% of stock, avg 11.64%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$890.00	Jul 24	$18.30	$18.98	$37.28	$852.72	$927.28	4.19%
$885.00	Jul 24	$21.13	$17.00	$38.13	$846.87	$923.13	4.28%
$895.00	Jul 24	$16.08	$22.25	$38.33	$856.67	$933.33	4.31%
$900.00	Jul 24	$14.40	$24.78	$39.18	$860.82	$939.18	4.40%
$880.00	Jul 24	$23.88	$15.73	$39.61	$840.39	$919.61	4.45%
$905.00	Jul 24	$11.93	$28.13	$40.06	$864.94	$945.06	4.50%
$875.00	Jul 24	$27.60	$13.33	$40.93	$834.07	$915.93	4.60%
$910.00	Jul 24	$9.98	$31.25	$41.23	$868.77	$951.23	4.63%
$870.00	Jul 24	$30.50	$11.00	$41.50	$828.50	$911.50	4.66%
$865.00	Jul 24	$32.65	$9.90	$42.55	$822.45	$907.55	4.78%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 2.13% of stock, avg 8.69%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$915.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$7.98	$11.00	$18.98	$851.02	$933.98
$910.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$9.98	$11.00	$20.98	$849.02	$930.98
$915.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$7.98	$13.33	$21.31	$853.69	$936.31
$905.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$11.93	$11.00	$22.93	$847.07	$927.93
$910.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$9.98	$13.33	$23.31	$851.69	$933.31
$915.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$7.98	$15.73	$23.71	$856.29	$938.71
$915.00	$885.00	Jul 24	$7.98	$17.00	$24.98	$860.02	$939.98
$905.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$11.93	$13.33	$25.26	$849.74	$930.26
$900.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$14.40	$11.00	$25.40	$844.60	$925.40
$910.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$9.98	$15.73	$25.71	$854.29	$935.71

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 430 found (best R:R 102.45, avg credit $8.77)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
720/722	730/760	Jul 31	$29.71	$0.29	102.45	$692.79	$759.71
750/760	770/780	Aug 21	$9.90	$0.10	99.00	$750.10	$779.90
730/740	750/775	Jul 24	$24.61	$0.39	63.10	$715.39	$774.61
810/815	825/840	Jul 24	$14.73	$0.27	54.56	$800.27	$839.73
740/745	825/840	Jul 24	$14.67	$0.33	44.45	$730.33	$839.67
780/785	795/800	Jul 24	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$780.11	$799.89
750/755	790/795	Jul 31	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$750.13	$794.87
770/775	805/810	Jul 31	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$770.13	$809.87
815/820	825/840	Jul 24	$14.58	$0.42	34.71	$805.42	$839.58
725/730	885/890	Aug 14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$725.14	$889.86

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 214 found (best R:R 141.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$970.00	$980.00	$990.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$9.93	141.86
$720.00	$730.00	$740.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$9.90	99.00
$1055.00	$1060.00	$1065.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$850.00	$860.00	$870.00	Jul 31	$0.14	$9.86	70.43
$890.00	$895.00	$900.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$4.93	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$870.00	$875.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$755.00	$760.00	$765.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$825.00	$830.00	$835.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$4.92	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 122 found (best net $-26.90, 119 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$825.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$26.90	$48.10
$1025.00	$1045.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$4.03	$15.97
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$6.30	$13.70
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$7.97	$12.03
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$12.66	$7.34

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$785.00	$760.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$9.23	$15.77
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.06	$8.94
$780.00	$765.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$7.70	$7.30
$725.00	$720.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.09	$4.91
$730.00	$725.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.24	$4.76

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 160 found (best yield 6.52%, avg 1.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$890.00	Aug 28	$58.00	0.53	0.0%	6.52%	6.52%	2	2
$890.00	Aug 21	$53.00	0.53	0.0%	5.96%	5.96%	14	350
$905.00	Aug 28	$51.00	0.49	1.7%	5.73%	7.42%	1	4
$895.00	Aug 21	$50.00	0.51	0.6%	5.62%	6.18%	4	6
$900.00	Aug 21	$50.00	0.50	1.1%	5.62%	6.75%	77	789
$910.00	Aug 28	$49.75	0.48	2.2%	5.59%	7.84%	--	20
$890.00	Aug 14	$48.15	0.52	0.0%	5.41%	5.41%	2	18
$915.00	Aug 28	$46.60	0.47	2.8%	5.24%	8.05%	9	16
$905.00	Aug 21	$46.00	0.48	1.7%	5.17%	6.86%	29	3
$910.00	Aug 21	$44.80	0.47	2.2%	5.03%	7.28%	--	61

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,972

Total Puts 14,549

Put/Call Ratio 1.33

Net Difference -3,577

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,001

Total Puts 17,801

Put/Call Ratio 1.78

Net Difference -7,800

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 96,073

Total Puts 124,757

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.50

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

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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