Tour v472
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CATERPILLAR INC
$809.14 +3.38%
$812.05 (+0.36%)🌙
as of 07/30 06:07 PM
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (07/30) 27,025
Calls: 11,134 (41%)
Puts: 15,891 (59%)
Prior (07/29) 52,184
Calls: 18,567 (36%)
Puts: 33,617 (64%)
Current vs Prior -48.21%
Calls: -40.03% (Calls)
Puts: -52.73% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 229,328
Calls: 85,225 (37%)
Puts: 144,103 (63%)
Prior 7-Day Average 32,761
Calls: 12,175 (37%)
Puts: 20,586 (63%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.51%
Calls: -8.55%
Puts: -22.81%
Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (07/30) $66.25M
Calls: $32.80M (50%)
Puts: $33.45M (50%)
Prior (07/29) $113.25M
Calls: $48.18M (43%)
Puts: $65.07M (57%)
Current vs Prior -41.50%
Calls: -31.92%
Puts: -48.60%
Prior 7-Day Total $469.17M
Calls: $229.53M (49%)
Puts: $239.65M (51%)
Prior 7-Day Average $67.02M
Calls: $32.79M (49%)
Puts: $34.24M (51%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.16%
Calls: +0.04%
Puts: -2.30%
Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (07/30) 1.43
Prior (07/29) 1.81
Current vs Prior -21.17%
Prior 7-Day Average 1.96
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -27.16%
Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (07/30) 282,026
Calls: 137,491 (49%)
Puts: 144,535 (51%)
Prior (07/29) 179,223
Calls: 77,624 (43%)
Puts: 101,599 (57%)
Current vs Prior +57.36%
Prior 7-Day Total 1,436,296
Calls: 664,626 (46%)
Puts: 771,670 (54%)
Prior 7-Day Average 205,185
Calls: 94,946 (46%)
Puts: 110,238 (54%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +37.45%
Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (07/31) | Next (08/07)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 2.87% | 8.46%10.96% | 15.09%
Prior 4.27% | 9.35%11.95% | 15.81%
Current vs Prior -32.87% | -9.50%-8.30% | -4.52%
Prior 7-Day Avg 4.56% | 8.56%12.20% | 16.18%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -37.18% | -1.15%-10.17% | -6.70%
Prior 7-Day Eod 4.27% | 9.35%11.95% | 15.81%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -32.87% | -9.50%-8.30% | -4.52%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 36.20% | 18.01%
Calls: 34.68% | 18.03%
Puts: 37.73% | 17.98%
Prior 36.20% | 18.01%
Calls: 34.68% | 18.03%
Puts: 37.73% | 17.98%
Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%
Prior 7-Day Avg 25.41% | 13.07%
Calls: 24.81% | 15.51%
Puts: 26.01% | 10.63%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +42.45% | +37.80%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Below-average activity with volume down 48% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.43 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 21% - sentiment shifting bullish. Rising open interest (up 57%) indicates new positions being established.

Smart Money BEARISH
Retail Flow BEARISH
Overall BEARISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg BEARISH
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current NEUTRAL
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads
💰 Best Value Under $1
📊 High Delta (ITM)
🔥 High Volume
⏰ Backwardation
📈 Debit Spreads
📉 Credit Spreads
📅 Calendar Spreads
⚡ Straddles
🔀 Strangles
🦅 Iron Condors
🦋 Butterflies
⚖️ Ratio Spreads
🛡️ Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 123 of results (avg 8.3%, best 5.8%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$650.00Aug 21157.00166.50$161.755.9%--0.9237
$680.00Aug 28132.80141.65$137.236.4%--0.8813
$675.00Aug 28137.10146.60$141.856.7%--0.8915
$720.00Aug 2198.00104.90$101.456.8%--0.8265
$685.00Sep 4131.15140.50$135.826.9%--0.8611
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$960.00Aug 28153.35162.55$157.955.8%--0.8611
$950.00Aug 21143.05151.80$147.435.9%80.8874
$907.50Aug 14102.85110.00$106.436.7%20.83--
$895.00Aug 2899.10106.00$102.556.7%--0.7316
$955.00Aug 7142.90152.85$147.886.7%--0.9523

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. 242 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$650.00Jul 31152.00164.70$158.358.0%41.00--
$655.00Jul 31147.00159.95$153.488.4%51.00--
$660.00Jul 31142.00155.05$148.538.8%41.00--
$665.00Jul 31137.00149.90$143.459.0%41.00--
$670.00Jul 31132.00145.05$138.539.4%41.00--
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$930.00Jul 31116.00128.00$122.009.8%620.9914
$915.00Jul 31102.75114.00$108.3810.4%350.9911
$925.00Jul 31112.80123.00$117.908.7%10.991
$880.00Jul 3167.1076.00$71.5512.4%10.99297
$960.00Jul 31145.30159.00$152.159.0%10.991

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 475 active (total vol 11.7K, top 2.3K)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$850.00Jul 310.460.76$0.6149.2%2.3K0.06167
$937.50Jul 310.000.23$0.12191.7%1990.0119
$820.00Jul 312.826.35$4.5976.9%1300.3043
$885.00Jul 310.010.16$0.09166.7%1290.0165
$840.00Jul 311.001.88$1.4461.1%1100.1167
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$700.00Jul 310.010.62$0.32190.6%7600.02279
$835.00Jul 3126.0531.85$28.9520.0%4100.85470
$870.00Jul 3157.6565.50$61.5812.7%3870.99606
$800.00Jul 314.708.90$6.8061.8%3390.38466
$900.00Jul 3188.8096.00$92.407.8%3040.9982

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 128 strikes (avg 72.1%, max 219.4%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$955.00Jul 31Aug 28164.6%51.9%216.9%1121
$960.00Jul 31Sep 4135.8%48.2%181.8%99140
$680.00Jul 31Aug 28154.2%55.3%178.9%413
$940.00Jul 31Sep 4128.4%48.5%164.7%95144
$970.00Jul 31Aug 28132.4%50.6%161.7%25168
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$655.00Jul 31Sep 4170.4%53.3%219.4%1810
$680.00Jul 31Sep 4154.2%52.1%195.8%940
$665.00Jul 31Sep 4159.3%54.1%194.7%722
$650.00Jul 31Sep 4146.6%54.5%169.0%621
$960.00Jul 31Aug 28135.8%52.0%161.1%112

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 381 found (best R:R 54.56, avg 5.52)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$955.00$965.00Aug 14$0.18$9.82$0.1854.56$955.18
$850.00$855.00Jul 31$0.12$4.88$0.1240.67$850.12
$950.00$955.00Aug 28$0.12$4.88$0.1240.67$950.12
$965.00$970.00Aug 7$0.15$4.85$0.1532.33$965.15
$930.00$935.00Aug 7$0.16$4.84$0.1630.25$930.16
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$710.00$705.00Jul 31$0.10$4.90$0.1049.00$709.90
$655.00$650.00Jul 31$0.12$4.88$0.1240.67$654.88
$655.00$650.00Sep 4$0.12$4.88$0.1240.67$654.88
$665.00$660.00Jul 31$0.13$4.87$0.1337.46$664.87
$755.00$750.00Jul 31$0.14$4.86$0.1434.71$754.86

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 511 found (best R:R 92.75, avg 2.77)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$745.00$760.00Jul 31$14.84$14.84$0.1692.75$759.84
$670.00$680.00Aug 21$9.88$9.88$0.1282.33$679.88
$730.00$745.00Jul 31$14.75$14.75$0.2559.00$744.75
$717.50$730.00Jul 31$12.28$12.28$0.2255.82$729.78
$650.00$655.00Jul 31$4.87$4.87$0.1337.46$654.87
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$870.00$865.00Jul 31$4.88$4.88$0.1240.67$865.12
$955.00$950.00Aug 7$4.88$4.88$0.1240.67$950.12
$860.00$855.00Jul 31$4.87$4.87$0.1337.46$855.13
$910.00$905.00Aug 21$4.87$4.87$0.1337.46$905.13
$925.00$915.00Jul 31$9.52$9.52$0.4819.83$915.48

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 128 found (avg debit $9.53, cheapest $0.18)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$955.00Jul 31Aug 7$0.82164.6%65.4%
$970.00Jul 31Aug 7$0.91132.4%65.9%
$965.00Jul 31Aug 7$1.06129.0%66.0%
$950.00Jul 31Aug 7$1.53130.6%66.1%
$960.00Jul 31Aug 7$1.60135.8%69.9%
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$950.00Jul 31Aug 7$0.18130.6%66.1%
$940.00Jul 31Aug 7$0.40128.4%66.9%
$965.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.8266.0%56.5%
$650.00Jul 31Aug 7$0.88146.6%77.3%
$655.00Jul 31Aug 7$0.90170.4%76.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 211 found (cheapest 2.47% of stock, avg 12.44%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$810.00Jul 31$8.55$11.40$19.95$790.05$829.952.47%
$815.00Jul 31$6.85$13.75$20.60$794.40$835.602.55%
$805.00Jul 31$11.80$9.03$20.83$784.17$825.832.57%
$820.00Jul 31$4.59$16.70$21.29$798.71$841.292.63%
$800.00Jul 31$15.53$6.80$22.33$777.67$822.332.76%
$795.00Jul 31$18.50$5.05$23.55$771.45$818.552.91%
$825.00Jul 31$3.56$20.55$24.11$800.89$849.112.98%
$790.00Jul 31$22.20$3.60$25.80$764.20$815.803.19%
$830.00Jul 31$2.81$23.35$26.16$803.84$856.163.23%
$785.00Jul 31$25.75$2.58$28.33$756.67$813.333.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 155 found (cheapest 0.67% of stock, avg 7.74%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$830.00$785.00Jul 31$2.81$2.58$5.39$779.61$835.39
$825.00$785.00Jul 31$3.56$2.58$6.14$778.86$831.14
$830.00$790.00Jul 31$2.81$3.60$6.41$783.59$836.41
$825.00$790.00Jul 31$3.56$3.60$7.16$782.84$832.16
$820.00$785.00Jul 31$4.59$2.58$7.17$777.83$827.17
$830.00$795.00Jul 31$2.81$5.05$7.86$787.14$837.86
$820.00$790.00Jul 31$4.59$3.60$8.19$781.81$828.19
$825.00$795.00Jul 31$3.56$5.05$8.61$786.39$833.61
$815.00$785.00Jul 31$6.85$2.58$9.43$775.57$824.43
$820.00$795.00Jul 31$4.59$5.05$9.64$785.36$829.64

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 397 found (best R:R 37.46, avg credit $8.20)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossR:RBE LowBE High
650/655675/680Aug 28$4.87$0.1337.46$650.13$679.87
660/665695/700Jul 31$4.83$0.1728.41$660.17$699.83
650/655695/700Jul 31$4.82$0.1826.78$650.18$699.82
655/660685/690Sep 4$4.82$0.1826.78$655.18$689.82
705/710720/730Aug 7$9.63$0.3726.03$700.37$729.63
660/665690/695Jul 31$4.81$0.1925.32$660.19$694.81
650/655690/695Jul 31$4.80$0.2024.00$650.20$694.80
665/670685/690Sep 4$4.80$0.2024.00$665.20$689.80
700/710730/740Aug 21$9.52$0.4819.83$700.48$739.52
680/690700/710Aug 21$9.44$0.5616.86$680.56$709.44

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 236 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$925.00$930.00$935.00Aug 14$0.07$4.9370.43
$915.00$920.00$925.00Aug 21$0.07$4.9370.43
$795.00$800.00$805.00Aug 28$0.08$4.9261.50
$905.00$910.00$915.00Jul 31$0.10$4.9049.00
$915.00$920.00$925.00Jul 31$0.10$4.9049.00
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$685.00$690.00$695.00Jul 31$0.06$4.9482.33
$750.00$755.00$760.00Jul 31$0.07$4.9370.43
$810.00$815.00$820.00Aug 7$0.07$4.9370.43
$845.00$850.00$855.00Jul 31$0.08$4.9261.50
$805.00$810.00$815.00Aug 28$0.08$4.9261.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 144 found (best net $-21.50, 122 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$755.00$810.001:2Sep 4-$21.50$33.50
$805.00$850.001:2Sep 11-$18.50$26.50
$885.00$915.001:2Sep 4-$9.09$20.91
$955.00$965.001:2Aug 14-$2.42$7.58
$960.00$970.001:2Aug 21-$3.48$6.52
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$800.00$765.001:2Sep 11-$19.15$15.85
$700.00$685.001:2Aug 14-$3.44$11.56
$685.00$675.001:2Aug 14-$1.05$8.95
$670.00$660.001:2Aug 21-$2.80$7.20
$660.00$650.001:2Aug 21-$2.81$7.19

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 153 found (best yield 6.06%, avg 1.74%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$810.00Sep 4$49.000.520.1%6.06%6.16%22
$815.00Sep 4$46.000.510.7%5.69%6.41%--15
$810.00Aug 28$44.800.520.1%5.54%5.64%43
$820.00Sep 4$44.000.491.3%5.44%6.78%--12
$810.00Aug 21$42.000.520.1%5.19%5.30%2824
$815.00Aug 28$41.000.510.7%5.07%5.79%1--
$825.00Sep 4$41.000.482.0%5.07%7.03%--15
$820.00Aug 28$40.000.491.3%4.94%6.29%32
$815.00Aug 21$38.000.500.7%4.70%5.42%113
$820.00Aug 21$35.750.481.3%4.42%5.76%24440

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 11,134
Total Puts 15,891
Put/Call Ratio 1.43
Net Difference -4,757

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 18,567
Total Puts 33,617
Put/Call Ratio 1.81
Net Difference -15,050

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 85,225
Total Puts 144,103
Average Put/Call Ratio 1.96
Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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